WPSD Alumni Association

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  • 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…

  • Preparing for life in a hearing world – School for the Deaf students graduate

    By Gabrielle Banks and Darrell Sapp, Post-Gazette Emily Jo Noschese, wearing her crown as the May queen, sits with fellow senior Marisa Mills to watch the May Day event last month at the Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf. The aroma in the school cafeteria and the banter around its tables two weeks before graduation…

  • Fund set up for slain couple's kids

    BY LINDA JUMP, FLORIDA TODAY May 7, 2005 PALM BAY – A memorial fund has been established for the four hearing-impaired children of a deaf Palm Bay couple slain in Pennsylvania earlier this week. Steven and Marilyn Bergman were shot and killed, and Marilyn’s brother Thomas Simich Jr., who also is deaf, is accused of…

  • Motive for shootings baffles cops

    Bill Vidonic and Robyn Russo, Times Staff 05/04/2005 FREEDOM – Tom Simich Sr. watched in horror Monday as his son raised a 20-gauge shotgun inside their Freedom home and in quick succession shot his brother-in-law once in the back and then his sister in the chest, according to Rochester police. The frail, elder Simich, 80,…