The annual Carbon County Hall of Fame banquet will be held on Sunday, May 24 at Memorial Hall in Jim Thorpe.

This year's inductees are:Palmerton - Jan Sosik, Nicole Levandusky, Joe Visnosky Jr., Charles "Biddy" Romig.Lehighton - Carl Wolfe, Wayne Wentz, George Tkach.Jim Thorpe - Mary Gillespie Whalen, Kevin Trice, Scott Kmetz.Nesquehoning - Katherine A. "Kitty" Curry, Anita Misantone, Robert "Bob" Rehatchek, James Agosti, Carl Mikovich.Lansford - Robert D. "Bob" Popik, John "Nini" Kranchick, Edward J. "Moose" Kosciolek.Summit Hill - Brad Miller, Joseph D. Perilli, Gary John Evans.Coaldale - Mike Frendak, Jack Evans, James "Blue" Bonner.Tamaqua - Mike Miorelli, Dave Lehatto, Charles Connely.Anyone looking for tickets to the banquet can contact Danny McGinley (570-325-3550) or any other Hall of Fame committee member.During the next several weeks, the Times News will be running biographies of everyone in this year's class.Following are members of the 2015 Tamaqua Hall of Fame class.CHARLES CONNELYConnely graduated from Tamaqua Area High School in 1971 and lettered in two years of both football and basketball as a Blue Raider. From there, he moved on to Kutztown State College and played football for one year, before graduating in 1976 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Secondary Education/Social Studies.After teaching at Marian Catholic High School for 15 years, he moved on to teach at Mount Carmel Area School District as a seventh grade social studies teacher and is teaching there to this day.Married to wife, Suzanne, Charles has two daughters, Rachel and Sarah, and they reside in Tamaqua.As a coach, Connely has been coaching for the past 39 years, and has been a part of championships ranging from Eastern Conference, District and State Championships.He served as a coach at Marian Catholic from '76 to '92, and then returned in 2000 and has been there since as the offensive and defensive line coach and defensive coordinator. While at Marian, Connely's teams have collected Eastern Conference championships (1980, '86 - undefeated, '92 and 2013), and were the runners-up in 1981. His teams earned District championships in 1989, 2000, and '07, and were the runners-up in 1988 and 2014. The Colts nabbed an Anthracite League title under his tutelage in '07, and in 1990, he saw his team capture the PIAA State Class A title. He also was named the Schuylkill County Coaches Association "Assistant Coach of the Year."Connely coached football at Mount Carmel, as well, and continued to garner accolades while serving there as the offensive and defensive line coach, along with defensive coordinator. While at Mount Carmel, the Red Tornados won PIAA Class AA State championships in 1994, '96 - undefeated and never trailed, and '98. In 1994, the team won the District XI AA championship, the District IV AA title in '96 and '98, and were the runner-up in '97, and were the District XI AAA runner-up in '93. The Red Tornados also were the Eastern Conference Division II champions, as well.Other than coaching football, Connely also manned the helm as a baseball coach at Marian Catholic for 17 years (two years as assistant, 15 as head coach). He has compiled an overall record in baseball of 192-101, a league record of 154-53, qualified for districts for 14 years and also managed to capture championships throughout that time. In 1980, '81 and '82, his team won the Hughie McGeehan League championship, and in '81 won the District XI AA Championship and moved on to the final eight teams in the state tournament that season, as well. In the Hughie McGeehan League, Connely's Colts were the Southern Division champs in 1980, '81 and '82, and after moving to the Schuylkill League, his team was the Division II South champs in 1984, '88, '89 and '90.Connely was named to the Marian Catholic High School Hall of Fame in 2008 and in 1989, he recieved the Basball Coach 'Bronze Award', which is awarded by the Scholastic Coach Magazine.DAVIS A. LEHATTOA graduate from Tamaqua Area High in 1969, Lehatto made his presence felt in three sports - football, baseball and swimming. After high school, he moved on to Kutztown State College, where he continued his football career and eventually was a three-year starter for the Golden Bears.As a Blue Raider, Lehatto was a two-way starter on the gridiron as a fullback and outside linebacker. He was the leading rusher in 1968 with 742 years, while averaging 5.1 yard per rush, and was eventually nominated for the Big 33 game. In baseball, he started two years in left field for the Blue Raiders, and in swimming, he was a district qualifier in the 100-breaststroke, was a member of the 400 Medley Relay team, a member of the 400 freestyle relay team and received the Outstanding Swimmer Award in 1968.While a member of the football team at Kutztown, Lehatto was a three-year starter at defensive back, and led the team in interceptions (1972). In his senior year, he saw action at running back, punt returner, and kickoff returner, as well. He was elected a tri-captain, was named the Outstanding Offensive Performer at Spring practice in '72, and was eventually honored by the Touchdown Club of Berks County as Most Valuable Player for Kutztown for the season. "Lehatto is the perfect athlete, too valuable to sit on the bench," said the assistant defensive coach at Kutztown State College from 1973-76, Bob Mazie.Lehatto has been an educator at Governor Mifflin School District for 36 years, teaching social studies for nine years, serving as school counselor for 27 years, and as selected as Head of the Counseling Department. Also, from 1976 to 1984, Lehatto served as assistant football coach at the school.Married for 41 years to the former Dianne Smulligan of Tamaqua, Lehatto is the father of two children - Kathryn Lehatto of Wyomissing, and Andrew Lehatto of Glen Allen, VA, and also has two granddaughters, Camryn and Leighton.MIKE MIORELLIMiorelli graduated from Tamaqua in 1976 and was a three-year letterwinner in football, basketball, and baseball, along with being a three-year starter in baseball and basketball and two years for football.In football, Miorelli quarterbacked the '74 team, which has been called one of the best in school history, to a 9-1 record, passing for more than 1,000 yards and 13 TDs. The following season, the team was 7-4, after losing its first three games of the season. In his career, Miorelli passed for more than 2,500 yards and 22 scores. He was named to the First Team All-Schuylkill County in his senior year and became the second Tamaqua grad to be named Schuylkill County scholar athlete in '76.In basketball, Mike started three seasons and was the captain in the 75-76 season that won the Schuylkill League championship, finished 19-3 overall, and was also a three-year starter in baseball, and earned all-county honors as a catcher for the Blue Raiders.After being recruited to play for Delaware University for football, he played one season, but decided to play baseball instead. For the Blue Hen baseball team, he proved to be a four-year letterwinner, starting two years as catcher, and earned All-East Coast Conference honors as an all-star in 1981.Miorelli has spent his professional career in journalism, working for the Hazleton Standard-Speaker, the Reading Eagle and The Morning Call in Allentown. He has served in a variety of ways, including assistant sports editor, sports editor and metro editor throughout his career. Currently, he is the metro editor/sports editor at The Morning Call.