Wyoming Area Catholic School Principal Eileen Rishcoff, right, welcomes the crowd including the Mayor of Exeter Denise Adams along with members of council, far left, to the blessing of the new parking lot at the Wyoming Ave. school, Exeter, on Friday.
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Eighth grade student Caitlyn Wagner reads a passage from the Bible with Fr. Michael Drevitch looking on.
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Fr. Michael Drevitch of Corpus Cristie Parish blesses the new $500,000 parking lot at Wyoming Area Catholic School, Wyoming Ave., Exeter.
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Luzerne County Councilman Brian Thornton, a Wyoming Area Catholic alumn, presented a check for $280,000 from money secured through Act 13, money collected from fracking. The money will be tied in for use with Exeter Borough, Exeter Little League, and Exeter Panther Junior football. Seventh grade students holding the check are Bridget DePhillips and Tyler Vecchi.
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Students, veterans, officials from Exeter Borough, along with Wyoming Area Catholic School Principal Eileen Rishcoff, second from right, and Diocese of Scranton Superintendent of Schools Kristen Donahue, far right, stand with a check presented by Luzerne County Council towards the project.
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EXETER — Wyoming Area Catholic School held a blessing ceremony to dedicate the new $500,000 parking lot located at the front of the school on Wyoming Ave. on Friday afternoon.
School Principal Eileen Rishcoff served as host with remarks by the Diocese of Scranton Superintendent of Schools Kristen Donahue, Fr. Michael Drevitch, who performed the blessing, Exeter Mayor Denise Adams and a special check presentation from Luzerne Co. Councilman Brian Thornton who presented a check from the county for $280,000 from Act 13 money.
