Gwen Pongracz, left, of the Allentown West Rotary Club, made a presentation to Slatington Rotary Club President Dave Mohr discussing the benefits of the Annual Lehigh Valley Youth Leadership & Ethics Conference to be held at DeSales University Oct. 14-15. The first day will be for eighth-grade students, and the second day will be for high school juniors. The

purpose of the conference, which is sponsored by Rotary, is to motivate both students and faculty to pursue the development of competence and character within their own schools and throughout their lives as they aspire to be citizens of competence and character.