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John Bird ’81
announced his reelection
campaign for Lehighton Borough Council.
Bird, an Army veteran, previously served
Lehighton residents as a councilman for
four years and was active on the police-
fire-safety and power-light committees.
Peter Detterline ’81,
director of the Boyer-
town Planetarium in the Boyertown Area
School District, was the keynote speaker
at the Chesmont Astronomical Society’s
annual outreach event about astronomy,
StarFest 2015.
Linda (Dalpiaz) Hartman ’81
has retired.
Mark Marcante ’81
directed the Theater for
the New City’s world premiere presentation
of the musical comedy, “Heather Smiley
for President.” Marcante has worked and
toured with The People’s Theater Company,
Theater East and the Guthsville Playhouse,
and was the theatrical and technical con-
sultant for the Arts Connection.
Lisa (Marino) Oswald’s ’82
fashion jewelry
company, Sorrelli, has opened a retail
location in downtown Allentown at The
Shops at City Center.
Michele Pingar-DeAngelo ’84
was
inducted into the Hazleton Area Sports
Hall of Fame’s Class of 2015. One of the
most decorated distance runners in Bishop
Hafey history, she was also a three-time
Division II All-American at Kutztown
University.
Richard Roth ’84
and his twin brother,
Robert Roth ’84
, recently retired from the
Air Force after 27 years as high-level secu-
rity officers. Sent into different directions
after enlistment to accomplish their missions,
they traveled around the world, with mul-
tiple deployments to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait,
Iraq and Afghanistan.
Tara Funk Grim’s ’85
colorful art exhibit
was displayed at Philip Morton Gallery.
Her inspiration comes from beautiful
flowers, coastal and water themes, birds,
the movement of theme parks and the
landscape.
Kevin Devera ’86,
the sports program
manager for Reading Recreation Commission,
was crowned 2015 King of Baseballtown
by the Reading Fightin’ Phils and Base-
balltown Charities. Devera was honored
because of his many accomplishments and
contributions to baseball for youth in the
city of Reading.
James Carroll ’87
performed his successful
stand-up comedy material at Sellersville
Theater, sharing the stage with witty
magician and “America’s Got Talent”
season-six finalist Scott Alexander and
Sinatra-inspired retro crooner Tony Babino.
The trio of headliners have a combined 90
years of show business experience between
them, including Carroll’s entertainment
performances for overseas U.S. military
troops, and his appearances in twomovies.
Holly (Ginsberg) Gage ’87
won the
internationally acclaimed Saul Bell Design
Award in jewelry for her work,
Je’taime,—
Dual Flame.
Her fine silver necklace won in
the metal/clay category, which was one of
six competitive categories.
Brian Hoover ’88
announced his selection of
prize winners of the Expressions West 2015
exhibition, a 13-state painting competition.
Hoover is a professor of painting and
printmaking at Southern Utah University
and the winner of the 2009 Expressions
West exhibition at Coos Art Museum with
his painting “Girl with Fantastic Hat IX
Saturnalia.”
The 1990s
Paul Lees ’90,
shareholder in the Allentown
office of Marshall DenneheyWarner Coleman
& Goggin, was a featured speaker at the
University Risk Management & Insurance As-
sociation’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference.
Tom Warburton ’90
, creator of
Codename:
Kids Next Door,
hosted the 46th Annual
Animation Festival Awards Ceremony. The
festival is a unique showcase for the most
groundbreaking independent and commercial
animation produced in the industry today.
Carla (Teets) Bednar ’78
was one of 400
artists, selected from more than 3,700
entries, featured on Creative Capital’s
On Our Radar website. The website was
created exclusively for projects short-
listed in Creative Capital’s 2014 Visual
Arts and Moving Image grant category,
which recurs on a seven year cycle. An
annual competition, Creative Capital
provides funding, counseling and career
development support to groundbreaking
artists nationwide. Bednar’s proposal,
“Black Beauty,” is based on three projects
inspired by antique French, English and
American fabric samples from a swatch
book in the historical textile collections at
Philadelphia University. Her artwork has
been exhibited in juried national shows
and regional and local venues, including
the Art of the State at the State Museum
of Pennsylvania.
John Gabriel ’78
was nominated for the
Adams County Sports Hall of Fame Class
of 2015. Gabriel has held a range of
responsibilities with the NBA, including
handling trades, signings and draft picks
for the Orlando Magic and New York
Knicks. Gabriel was named NBA Executive
of the Year in 1999 and has continued to
work for the Knicks as a scout.
Dwight D. Hollenbach ’79
retired after 28
years in the U.S. Army in April 2013. He
currently resides in Mt. Wolf, Pa., with his
wife, Linda.
The 1980s
Jeffrey Dietrich ’80,
an art teacher at
Oley Valley High School, was a featured
artist at Hawk Mountain Sanctuary’s 10th
Annual Arts Tour and Sale. He showed his
Pennsylvania German-style redware and
stoneware in his 18th century log house.
Dr. Michael Pladus ’80
was appointed
substitute superintendent, and later,
acting superintendent, of the Walling-
ford-Swarthmore School District.
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