The Carbon County Hall of Fame banquet will be held Sunday, May 29 at Memorial Hall in Jim Thorpe. The doors will open at 1 p.m.

This year's inductees are:Palmerton - John Kleintop, Ted Plessl and Mike Dakan.Lehighton - Jim Remaley, Monroe Berger and Rick Stroup.Nesquehoning - Gary Barna, Nicole Hackenberg and Erick Hackenberg.Lansford - Joseph Jaso, Donnie Fredericks and Ed Shubeck.Jim Thorpe - Terry McElmoyle, Tricia McElmoyle and Farley Foster.Summit Hill - Trevor Lawrence Jr., Tom Bonner and Dave Evans.Coadale - Allysa Vavra, Joseph Holubek and Joe Terry.Tamaqua - Bob Schlosser, Aaron Frantz and Bill Sakusky.Banquet tickets can be purchased from the following Hall of Fame committee members: Danny McGinley 570-325-3550, Emmett McCall 570-645-2093, Art George (610-826-2830), Jake Boyer (610-751-6634), Trevor Lawrence (570-645-4722), Bill Gardiner (570-669-6564), Tom Bonner (570-386-2516), Herb Welsh (570-386-3187) and Bob Gelatko (570-645-8652). Tickets are $35 for adults. For children under 12 the cost is $15. The deadline for tickets is May 8.Following are members of the 2016 Lehighton Hall of Fame class.Monroe BergerA graduate from Lehighton Area High School in 1969, Monroe Berger participated in plenty of activities and several athletic programs. Berger was a member of the freshmen and JV football and basketball programs, and later became a varsity member of the football, basketball and track teams. Berger also participated in numerous extracurricular activities, such as the weight lifting club, the gym team and the varsity "L" club.While in football, he averaged 30-plus yards per catch as a wide receiver, and played alongside some of the best football players in the history of Lehighton. While in track, Berger received plenty of recognition for his achievements. At the LVIAA League Meet, he medaled in the 440-yard dash (two years), the 880-yard run once, and anchored the mile relay for three years. At the district meets, he received medals in the mile relay two years and qualified for the state meet in one of his high school years. He also anchored the mile relay at the Emrey Relays in 1968, setting a new high school record.After graduation, Berger attended Kutztown State College. He played freshman football in 1969, and then varsity in 1970-72. He was the team co-captain in his senior year. Following graduation, he remained and became an assistant coach under George Baldwin from 1974-76. He received his Elementary Education Certificate in 1974 from Kutztown and his Master of Science in Education from Wilkes University in 2006.Berger began his teaching career at Ridgefield Park, New Jersey in 1975-76, then KidsPeace Special Education in 1990-2002, and is currently teaching Emotional Support in the Jim Thorpe Area School District.Once a runner, Berger appeared on the cover of Bicycling Magazine (Sept. 1979-80). Over the years, he has been active in numerous bicycling fund raisers for children.Berger has consistently been an advocate for charitable causes throughout the area. He is the co-founder and organizer of the "Lehighton All Alumni Family Day" for the past 10 years.He is married to his loving wife, Cathy, and is currently living in the Bethlehem area.James RemaleyA graduate of Lehighton High School in 1939, Remaley "may well be the greatest distance runner developed at LHS," according to former sports writer Rudy Bednar.For all four years of his high school career, Jim ran the 440, the 880, and the mile run, while also anchoring the mile relay.In August of 1938, Remaley participated in the first annual Lansford Marathon (3.5 miles) and finished first among those under 21 years of age, while he was just 16. In his senior year, he won every race in which he competed at Lehighton, and also won three gold medals in the Carbon County Track Meet, held in Summit Hill. In May of 1939, in Pottsville, he won the district mile championship, where he established a new high school record (which stood for 21 years). Jim also represented District 11 at Penn State and finished eighth in the mile run with a time of 4:36, his personal best.Jim received the first track scholarship for a Lehighton runner to Muhlenberg College, where he went on to win eight varsity letters in his four years as a pre-medical student (1939-43). As a junior in college, Remaley ran the mile, two mile, and anchored the mile relay that won the college class at the 1942 Penn Relays, which set a record and was just broken in 2012. In 1943, he was the co-captain of the cross country team that went on to win the Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Cross Country Championships, the first time the Mules won that title. He also served as the co-captain of the track team, which won every dual meet, the Eastern States Collegiate Championships, and the MAC Track Championships that year.Jim graduated from Muhlenberg in '43 with a Bachelor of Science degree in biochemistry, and went on to enlist in the Navy in 1942. He served as one of four Navy Medical Corpsman on the USS Puget Sound. After his discharge in 1946, Jim opened a Medical Lab in Lehighton and was the owner/medical technician for 38 years, until he retired in 1984. He also graduated from East Stroudsburg State College in 1949 with a Bachelors in Education.Jim passed away in August of 2013 at the age of 91, and was married to the late Barbara Brong. He is survived by a son, James, a daughter, Janice, three grandsons - Brian, Kurt, and Lucas, and three great grandchildren - Katrina, Torena, and Vanessa.Rick StroupA graduate of Lehighton Area High School in 1973, Rick Stroup was a three-sport athlete in football, basketball, and track. Stroup served as captain of the football and basketball teams, and was named to the First Team All Lehigh Valley League in football, while also receiving the Most Valuable Athlete in 1973.Stroup moved on to Kutztown University, where he studied Secondary Education and received his B.S. in 1977. While attending KU, he participated in football and was the co-captain of that team and also named the most valuable player. Eventually, he went on to receive PSAC All League honors at defensive end. He then moved to West Chester University to get his Masters of Education in 1982.Stroup made his presence felt even more as a football coach, beginning as a tight end coach in 1978 at KU. From August 1978 through July of 1980, he also helped with the defensive line for the Golden Bears. His coaching career then moved to West Chester University, where he coached as the linebacker and strength coach from 1994-97. He assisted with the design and set-up of the new weight room and recruited Delaware, Lehigh and Carbon counties for the school's football program.From 1994-97, he served as the head football coach at Sun Valley High School. He moved to Oxford High School, where his team won the District 1-AA championship that year.After that, he went to Cheyney University, where he was the offensive line coach and the weight room coordinator from 1998-99. He also assisted with the special teams.Swarthmore College came next for Stroup, where he was the offensive line coach for a season (1999-2000), before finding his foothold at Garnet Valley School District, where he served as the offensive and defensive coordinators from 2000-2011.Stroup is currently at Penncrest High School, where he landed following his departure from Garnet Valley in 2011. He serves as the school's head football coach and a substitute teacher.Along the way, Stroup also worked for Federal Express Corporation for 26 years, before retiring.