Luncheon set
The Northeast PA Go Red for Women Luncheon will celebrate nine heart and stroke survivors.
The survivors include Karley Hill, 9, Roaring Brook Twp., tetralogy of fallot; Leann Zuby, 38, Taylor, stroke; Mackenna Cole, 17, Scranton, transportation of the great arteries, triscuspid atresia and coarctation of the Aorta; Joelean Gavek, 43, Tunkhannock, congestive heart failure; Mary Beth Zincone, 60, Susquehanna, prinzmetal angina; Jenny Riley, 43, Sayre, peripartum cardiomyopathy; Kathi Bankes, 65, Exeter, stroke; Patti Creveling, 79, Berwick, congestive heart failure due to a 99% LAD blockage; and Sharon Hinchey, 70, Kingston, myocardial infarction.
The luncheon, emceed by Julie Sidoni from WNEP-TV, will offer inspiration to take action and commit to living a healthy lifestyle.
“Women tend to spend so much time caring for others, they often neglect their own health,” said Lynn Distasio, Clinical Director, C.O.O. at PRO Rehabilitation Services and chairwoman of the luncheon. “It is important to take control, know your numbers, and encourage all to do the same. Because together, there isn’t anything we can’t achieve.”
The American Heart Association’s annual Northeast PA Go Red for Women Luncheon is Friday.
For details or to purchase tickets, visit www.heart.org/north
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Super students
King’s College student Daniel Aguilar was awarded the Monsignor Andrew J. McGowan Hispanic $25,000 four-year scholarship.
Aguilar, a Scranton resident, is a freshman psychology major and member of the college’s multicultural international and psychology clubs and a student in the college’s honors program.
He is also participating in an affiliation program between King’s and the Widger School of Law at Villanova University.
The scholarship was initiated in 2008 with funding from the McGowan Charitable Fund. Two scholarships are awarded annually to applicants that are first-generation college students of Hispanic Heritage with a 3.0 GPA or higher and reside in Northeast Pennsylvania.
A Scranton High School graduate, Aguilar was a member of the National Honor Society and captain of the soccer team leading his team to its first district championship, earning a parent’s club award and all-star selection from the UNICO organization.
High notes
A new scholarship at the University of Scranton honors long-time Forest City/Carbondale teacher, the late David F. St. Ledger.
Established by the St. Ledger family, the David F. St. Ledger ’56 Scholarship will be awarded to undergraduate students graduating from Forest City Regional High School or Carbondale Area High School who enroll at the University as an education, history or political science major, according to the university. The scholarship will be awarded starting in the fall semester of 2020.
St. Ledger graduated from Benjamin Franklin High School in Carbondale and served in the United States Navy. He earned his bachelor’s degree in political science from the university in 1956 and his master’s degree in history in 1969. He taught courses in American history and government in the Carbondale Area School District for seven years, then taught in the Forest City Regional School District until his retirement in 1995.
St. Ledger, who lived in the Carbondale area for most of his life, was an active member of St. Rose of Lima Church, served on several parish committees and was a lector for more than 25 years. He also served on the board of directors for the Carbondale Public Library and the Carbondale YMCA and coached Little League baseball.
St. Ledger died in 2017.