Applause!
James H. Shaffer, son of Jimmi Kay of South Union Township and James of German Township and a junior at Geibel Catholic High School in Connellsville, has been granted a full scholarship to attend Pennsylvania Free Enterprise Week 2005, on the campus of Lycoming College, Williamsport. Pennsylvania Free Enterprise Week is a weeklong economic education program that offers students an inside look at the private enterprise system and the way the free market functions. Shaffer attended the week of Aug. 15 of the four, one-week sessions offered this summer. Pennsylvania teachers and counselors recommend the candidates who are then reviewed by the PFEW staff. Admission is based on motivation to learn that is demonstrated through essays submitted by the applicants. Those accepted are awarded scholarships, which cover all program costs, excluding a nominal registration fee and transportation to and from Lycoming College. When students arrive for their one-week session in July or August, they are housed on the campus in dormitories where they experience a taste of college life.