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Faculty/Staff Profile By Frank A. Kruppenbacher Published in NTID FOCUS, Fall 2006 / Winter 2007 Page 9 When he awoke from a coma brought on by meningitis, Harry Lang’s life as a high school sophomore in Irwin, Pa., veered suddenly from a path of eventual employment in a Pittsburgh steel mill. “That’s probably where I…

Robert W. Kramer, age 78, passed away on February 26, 2007, from pneumonia. He was a resident of Torrance, California, and attended the Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf. He is the father of Jean Toner (James), Jane Massaro (Keith), Joan Chaffin (Theodis) and Elizabeth Ferguson (William).

WPSD Alumni Association regrets to announce that “The Pittsburgh Horse Derby” scheduled for February 10 at the Pittsburgh Assocation of the Deaf clubhouse is canceled until further notice.

This video was recorded in December 16th during our alumni meeting.

Support WPSD for 2006/2007 Giant Eagle Apples For The Students Program. The Apples For The Students program allows you to support WPSD simply by shopping at Giant Eagle and using your Giant Eagle Advantage Card®. Go to Giant Eagle website (www.gianteagle.com) and click on “Apples for the Students” under Community Events (bottom in front main…

Shirley Smith MOUNDSVILLE, W.Va. — Shirley Eldon Smith, 71, died Thursday, Sept. 28, 2006, in Wheeling Hospital Medical Park, Wheeling, W.Va. He was born Nov. 8, 1934 in Harrisburg, Pa., the son of late Kenner C. Smith and Helen Foutty Westfall. He was a retired lab technician with the West Virginia Division of Highways, a…

Phillip Randall Spittler, 49, of E. Florida Ave., Urbana, Ill., formerly of Clarion, died Thursday, Dec. 7, 2006, of a heart attack at his home. Born Sept. 10, 1957, in Clarion, he was the son of Calvin C. Spittler and Genevieve Hitchcock. Mr. Spittler was a 1978 graduate of the Western PA School for the…

Tracey Colbert-Czinka, Class of 1987 married George Czinka on August 26, 2006. Tracey works freelance Lance Star newspaper for night shift – production worker (Inserter III) for six years in Fredericksburg, Va. Her husband, George work as security officer at Mary Washington Hospital. Congratulations on your marriage, Tracey! We are so thrilled to see you…

Amber Stanton (Class of 1997) just got an acting role for an episode with highly rated CBS drama CSI: NY. The date and time of her show will be on Wednesday, December 13th at 10:00pm EST. The episode title of CSI: NY, ‘Silent Night’ details about the show: A 19-year-old deaf woman is gunned down…