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Hickory Run Complex gets new op manager
Bishop Joseph C. Bambera, center, addresses the congregation at St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church in White Haven, during the Mass celebrating the church’s 150th anniversary on Sunday, August 18. Also pictured from left are the Rev. Michael Kolton, the church’s present pastor who is also pastor of the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Freeland, and the Rev. James Brown, a White Haven native. Please turn to page 5 for more about this JH: Jim Dino sesquicentennial celebration.
Stacie Hall has been named the new Park Operations Manager at Hickory Run State Park Complex (Hickory Run, Lehigh Gorge, and Nescopeck State Parks), effective August 24. The appointment was announced on Tuesday by John S. Hallas, Director of the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Bureau of State Parks. “Stacie will have the privilege to serve the citizens of Pennsylvania and residents of Carbon and Luzerne Counties while overseeing this recreational and nationally significant natural resource,” Hallas said. Hall is a 2003 graduate of Albright College with a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science, Environmental Policy, and Biology. Stacie joined the Bureau of State Parks in 2004 as a Park Manager Trainee in the Resource Management and Planning Division in Harrisburg. Since then, she has gained invaluable knowledge and skills while working as a Park Manager across the Commonwealth at several locations including the Western Regional Office, Ohiopyle State Park, and most recently Pymatuning State Park, where she has been since 2015.