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2011 STS Scavenger Hunt

On Thursday August 11, 2011, almost two dozen kids participated in the Third Annual STS Scavenger Hunt. The Hunters, ages 11 to 15, arrived at Union Station in Pottsville on STS fixed route buses to begin their search for items on their clue sheets. Prizes were awarded through a drawing at the end of the day.

Joan Breslin, STS Marketing and Service Support Coordinator, supervised the activities. She is wearing the blue T-shirt to right of center in above photo that was taken in the new Union Station waiting room. Standing to the right of Joan is Rose Partridge, proprietor of the Partridge House Bed and Breakfast, who sponsored the First Prize -- an Apple iPod.

On Third Street in Pottsville our participants had to locate a particular brick with Congressman Tim Holden’s name that is embedded in the length of sidewalk created as a memorial display by the Schuylkill County Historical Society.

Other Scavenger Hunters were captured in the photo below taken as they searched for more clues along Centre Street in Pottsville.

Scavengers at right pause to take a break for a moment as they search along South Centre Street.

Pictured front row – Christopher Ott;

second row – Kirkland and Sierra Zelanko;

back row – Becky Consugar, Madeline Consugar and Abby Schroding.

The kids were invited to tour WPPA Radio where they met newscaster Jay Levan. Pictured above from left to right are: Lisa Reick holding her son CJ Reick, Ashlee Reick, Calista Carl, Sarah Hausenauer and Jay.

And the winners are, from left to right:

Becky Staller of Port Carbon, Second Prize Winner of a one year teen membership from the YMCA;

Alexis Padelsky of Minersville, a Special Prize Winner of a Flip video camera sponsored by McCann School of Business and Technology;

Joan Breslin, STS Marketing and Service Support Coordinator;

Rose Partridge, Partridge House Bed and Breakfast, sponsor of the First Prize Apple iPod;

Calista Carl of Schuylkill Haven, Third Prize Winner of a $50 American Express Card sponsored by STS;

and Devin Holmes of Shenandoah, First Prize Winner of the Apple iPod.

On the Air - Live from Union Station

On Monday June 27, 2011, the first day STS vehicles departed from the new Union Station in Pottsville, STS drivers, administrative staff members and friends were "on the air" live from 10 till noon participating in a WPPA-AM radio broadcast of “Step up to the Mic.”

STS Driver Floyd Dillman (pictured left) stepped off his bus for a moment to take part in the broadcast.

The list of other amateur broadcasters on the air that day included: Ed Barket, Chairman of the Schuylkill County Transportation Authority; Mike Micko, Executive Director of STS: Shawn Updegrove, Director of STS Operations; Dolly Kuehn, STS Safety Supervisor; Joan Breslin, STS Marketing and Service Support Coordinator; Gary Martinaitis, Operations Service Coordinator; Gina Gargano, Executive Director, Schuylkill County Visitor’s Bureau; and Rose Partridge, owner of The Partridge House Bed and Breakfast.

During the broadcast Dolly Kuehn, STS Safety Supervisor (pictured right) presented driver Dillman with a plaque acknowledging his 20 years of service as a driver with STS.

And the Safety Supervisor herself took a turn to "Step Up To The Mic."

Union Station Intermodal Transit Center Officially Opened

On June 10, 2011 the City of Pottsville dedicated the new $16.1 million Union Station Intermodal Transit Center. Pictured center row above (left to right), Congressman Tim Holden, County Commissioner Mantura Gallagher, Pottsville Mayor John D.W. Reilly; bottom row right, STS Executive Director Mike Micko.

The first STS bus is scheduled to arrive at the facility on June 27 at 6:50 a.m. and to depart for Shenadoah just a few minutes later.

According to Micko, "About 65 buses will stop at the station every day."

STS Driver Recognized for Safe Driving

Driver Theodore Gurecki is shown receiving a Safe Driving Certificate of Appreciation from Dolly Kuehn, STS Safety Supervisor for his quick reaction in avoiding an incident while driving on April 27, 2011. Congratulations Ted!

STS Driver Retires

Linda DeCindio, retiring after thirteen years of service with STS, served as a part-time driver and provided transportation to our passengers who rode the Shenandoah fixed route bus on Saturday. Pictured with Linda is Mike Micko, VP of Public Transportation.

STS Employee Honored for 20 Years Service

Mike Micko, Vice President of Public Transportation, presents a Plaque of Appreciation to Pat Sonoski to acknowledge his dedication to the Schuylkill Transportation System. As a mechanic at STS, Pat has helped keep our vehicles "up and running" for the past 20 years. Thanks Pat!

STS Employees Earn Customer Service Excellence Certificates

Displaying their Customer Service Excellence certificates from the Leadership & Workforce Development Center classes taught through Lehigh-Carbon Community College are front row, left to right: Dixie Skinner, Barb Abrasonis, Michele Eckert. Back row, left to right:  Gary Martinaitis, Michelle Bohanick, Dolly Kuehn

STS Employees Mark 20 Years of Service

Mike Micko, Vice President of Public Transportation, is shown presenting Ms. Dixie Skinner with a Certificate of Appreciation for her many years of dedicated service to the Schuylkill Transportation System. Dixie has been employed as a dispatcher in the operations department for the past twenty years.

Mike Micko, Vice President of Public Transportation, is shown presenting Mr. Kenny Wetzel, fixed route bus driver, with his Plaque of Appreciation for his twenty years of service to the Schuylkill Transportation System. Kenny can usually be found each day driving the Minersville route.