WPSD Alumni Association

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  • Death Notice – Joan L. Sharpe Ciko

    Obituary – Joan L. Sharpe Ciko Joan L. Sharpe Ciko, 63, of 233 Boileau Place, Meadville, died at 8:40 p.m. Monday, Oct. 31, 2005, in Meadville Medical Center after being stricken at home. Born Jan. 12, 1942, in Shippenville, she was the daughter of the late John W. and Viola Burchett Sharpe. She attended the…

  • Beaver court goes high-tech to try deaf man

    Thursday, October 06, 2005 By Gabrielle Banks, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Url: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05279/583562.stm Beaver County court officials have rearranged the furniture and done a half-dozen practice runs with the high-tech contraptions they plan to use in a competency hearing today for a Freedom man charged with killing his sister and brother-in-law at his parents’ home in May.…

  • WPSD Cup 2005 Recap

    By Stephen Rute On September 10, 2005, The Alumni Association of the Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf held a golf outing at the Westwood Golf Club in West Mifflin. Twenty-nine golfers turned out to play four-player scrambles. The winning team included Paul Blahut, Scott Craig, Greg Sebastian and Paul Wojton with the lowest score…

  • New 2005-2008 Alumni Officers

    Pah! The new faces of 2005-2008 Alumni Officers are here! Here are the 2005-2008 officers: ohn Noschese–President Kathy Betz– Vice President Val Wojton–Recording Secretary Brett Shaffer–Corresponding Secretary Larry Hast–Treasure —————————————————— Paul Blahut Paul Deemer Wes Dickson David Fulmer Tom Hattaway Irene Hearn Verla Majocha Don Majocha Rosie Noschese Wendy Payne-Craig Danny Sheppeck Richard Wilt Troy…

  • New Member For Deaf and Hard of Hearing Council

    HARRISBURG, Pa., Aug. 30 /PRNewswire/ — PA Labor & Industry Secretary Stephen M. Schmerin today announced the appointment of Andrew P. Kovach to the Advisory Council for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (ACDHH). “The Rendell administration wants to help people who are deaf or hard of hearing find rewarding employment in Pennsylvania,” Schmerin said.…

  • 32nd Triennial Alumni Reunion Recap

    By Stephen Rute The goals of the Alumni Association of the Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf shall be primarily to keep alive their love for their Alma Mater, and secondly, to renew old ties of friendship and promote useful endeavors and social interactions among the graduates and former students of the school. The 32nd…

  • Cops: Knowing sign language can be vital in crisis

    Larissa Theodore, Beaver County Times Staff 07/23/2005 Rochester police had a life-and-death situation on their hands. They had responded to a double-fatal shooting in Freedom, and the shooter was still in the house. The problem was that police couldn’t talk to him directly because he couldn’t speak or hear. Officers tried to contact the man,…

  • Obituary – John D Kaselonis

    KASELONIS, JOHN D. Age 26, on Friday, July 15, 2005, of West Mifflin. Beloved son of John and Pat “Trish”; beloved brother of Nathan and Christopher; beloved grandson of Walter and the late Catherine Kaselonis; Jacqueline Mitchell and the late Frank Gasparovic; beloved nephew of Billy and Scott Mitchell of McKeesport, Margaret and Tom McDonough,…

  • AAWPSD Reunion Gallery 2005 is HERE!

    Alumni Association of the WPSD 32nd Triennial Reunion on June 17-18, 2005 gallery album are finally here! We had 128 items in album, our biggest number of pictures in our WPSD Alumni gallery! Our alumnus would like to say biggest thanks to Lee Ethridge to share the pictures with us and post theirs on Gallery…