Broadband Cable Association of Pennsylvania

Pencor Services, Inc. is proud to announce the winners of 2007's Claude E. Reinhard Telecommunications Scholarships. The six recipients and their families will be honored at a special dinner and an awards presentation at Penn's Peak on Friday, June 1. This is the fifth year the scholarships have been awarded. There were 39 applicants.

Ellen Pauloski, from Salisbury High School, will receive a $5,000 scholarship and plans to attend the University of Maryland to study journalism. Ashley Ensminger, from Mansfield Jr./Sr. High School, will receive a $1,000 Scholarship. Ashley plans to attend Mansfield University to study communications. Elizabeth Wagner, from Northern Lehigh High School, will receive a $1,000 Scholarship. She plans to attend LaSalle University to study journalism. Nicholas Troiano, from Delaware Valley High School, will receive a $1,000 Scholarship and plans to attend American University to study political science/journalism. Rachel Brown, from Parkland High School, will receive a $1,000 Scholarship. Rachel plans to attend Waynesburg University to study journalism. Ryan Balton, from Delaware Valley High School, will receive a $1,000 Scholarship. He plans to attend Syracuse University to study public communications.

Pencor Services, Inc. is awarding the scholarships, which total $10,000, to area high school seniors who live in the coverage of any of Pencor's companies and who plan to pursue an education and career in the field of telecommunications such as, newspaper, cable television, television broadcasting, telephone or Internet services. Pencor is a local corporation of telecommunication companies. Palmerton Telephone, Blue Ridge Communications, television stations TV-13 and Cable 11, The Times News, East Penn Publishing, PenTeleData and ProLog Internet Services comprise this vast reaching communication company. The scholarship is named in honor of the founder of Pencor, Claude E. Reinhard. He was a cable pioneer and a visionary. He built up Pencor from a start-up, shoestring operation to a major company with thriving telecommunication divisions, something that may not have happened if he had not received a college scholarship. It is to honor him that Pencor offers encouragement to other students to further their education. After the awards dinner, the students and their families will be guests of honor at Penn's Peak show which will feature the popular country award winning group, "Lonestar." Lehighton Times News