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Colony Design Review and Standards
Committee and is the chairman for the
Colony Residents Council.
Valetta Eshbach ’75
was inducted into
the Muhlenberg School District Hall
of Fame. The inductees were picked
based on accomplishments in sports
or in their careers. Eshbach was a high
school math teacher for 29 years, and
served as math department chair and
adviser to Students Against Drunk
Driving, Youth-to-Youth and com-
mencement. She also taught at Penn
State Berks for 16 years.
Rick Stein ’75
has retired after a 34-year
career as a major with the Pennsyl-
vania State Police. He served for six
years as the department’s director
of research and development after
several command positions, including
commanding officer of Troop T.
William Kochan ’77
has entered the
Berks County Recorder of Deeds race.
Lawrence Stuardi ’79
was inducted
into the Hatboro-Horsham High
School District’s Hall of Fame. He
founded MRA Group, a multidisci-
plined firm that specializes in real
estate services for health care and
institutional clients.
The 1980s
Kevin Beebe ’81
and his wife, Cortney,
will serve as chairs for the 56th annual
Naples Community Hospital (NCH)
Ball. The NCH Ball is Naples’ longest-
lived charitable event and has raised
more than six million dollars since
2000 to help fund projects that
vary from the NCH Heart Institute
to Pediatric Emergency Department
expansion.
Lisa (Marino) Oswald ’82,
co-owner
of Sorrelli Jewelers of Kutztown, will
open a 1,600-square-foot showroom
in center city Allentown. Sorrelli, an
experienced retail operator who also
serves as head designer, founded the
company in 1983.
Dave Steckel ’82
was named Missouri
State University’s 20th head football
coach. He spent the last 14 seasons
with the Southern Columbia Tigers
and was a finalist for the 2014 Frank
Broyles Award as the nation’s top as-
sistant coach.
Vicki (Tyndall) DaSilva ’83
had her
photography of light graffiti art fea-
tured at Cheryl Hazan Contemporary
at SCOPE Miami Beach during Art
Basel Miami Art Week 2014. One of the
photographic works exhibited,
Tour
Paris 13
, was created on the last night
of the highly popular graffiti show in
Paris presented by Galerie Itinerrance.
Robert Hawke ’83
placed a bid for
re-election to a six-year term as a
district judge serving northwestern
Northampton County. First seated as
a district judge in 2010, Hawke began
his career in 1984 as a police officer in
Lehigh Township.
Gregory McElvaney ’84
was appointed
a board member of the Schuylkill
United Way, with the ability to serve
for two three-year terms.
Patricia (Tinsman) Schaffer ’84
“Personal Geographies,”
a joint exhibi-
tion featuring the artwork of Schaffer
and Deborah Hamburger, was featured
in March 2015 at Studio B, Boyertown,
Pa. In
“Personal Geographies,”
Schaffer
and Hamburger explore the fine balance
between what connects them and
how their differences also serve to
mutually inspire and strengthen their
art and their friendship.
Frederick Sheeler ’84
is seeking a third
term as the Berks County Recorder of
Deeds.
Kim Zsitek ’84
was named assistant
director for health services at Allen-
town School District. She is attending
Wilkes University for her Doctorate
of Nursing Practice with an expected
graduation of November 2015.
been awarded residencies at the
MacDowell Colony and Ucross.
Thomas is a learning specialist and
teaches at Smith College.
Donald Everhart ’72
was awarded a
collective Congressional Gold Medal,
along with the other World War II
members of the Civil Air Patrol (CAP),
during a ceremony in Emancipation
Hall in the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center.
The medal recognizes the organiza-
tion for its humanitarian, combat and
national services during a critical time
for our nation. Everhart also created
a coin design for a 10-coin set, the
America the Beautiful Quarters. Ever-
hart designed the Great Sand Dunes
National Park quarter.
Marilyn (Tiffany) Klimcho ’72
participated in an event involving
published writers in the Boyertown
community. Authors read portions of
their published works, shared their
publishing experiences, offered their
work for sale and autographed copies
as requested. Klimcho is the treasurer
of Berks Bards, Inc., a grassroots
poetry group centered in Reading.
Her work has been published in the
Schuylkill Valley Journal and received
a nomination for a Pushcart Prize. She
has published a book of poetry titled
“The Ceremony of Great Age,”
and
expects to publish a second volume
titled
“LandScrapes and Muses”
with
Foothills Publishing.
Marjorie Reppert ’72
celebrating her
30th year of her shop and small works
art gallery called Rosemary Remem-
brances II, which was established in
1984 in Jim Thorpe, Pa. and features
Reppert’s assemblages, collages,
shadow boxes and shrines.
William Ribble ’73
won a seat on
the Village of Estero council. He is a
small business owner and a retired
35-year UPS executive. He served as
co-chairman of the Pelican Landing
Unit Owners Committee, chaired the
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