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, Joe Petko.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), Art George (610-826-2830), Jake Boyer (610-751-6634), TrevorLawrence (570-645-4722), Bill Gardiner (570-669-6564) or Bob Gelatko (570-645-8652). The deadline for tickets is May 4.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 Nesquehoning Hall of Fame class.ANITA M. MISANTONEAnita Misantone was a 1967 graduate from Panther Valley High School, and a member of the school's first women's baseketball team. After graduation, he moved on to Mansfield University to continue her education and graduated in 1971 with a BS in English. While there, she was recognized as one of the Outstanding Women on Campus. Appointed to that organization, she received recognition for her leadership and commitment to on-campus activities.In '71-72, Anita taught English and coached basketball and softball at Williams Valley High School in Williamstown, PA. She was an assistant in basketball, but served as head coach of the softball team, which amassed a record of 14-1 that season. In 1972, she returned to Panther Valley High to teach English. She eventually initiated and coached two programs at the school: softball and volleyball. The softball program had plenty of successful seasons, representing PV at the PIAA State Tournament for two straight years. Volleyball also produced wins and totalled seven consecutive league championships and five straight district champions, eventually progressing to participation in State Tournaments, as well. In 1984, she was named the SCIAA Coach of the Year. Including both softball and volleyball, she had a combined record of 356-84 (.728).After continuing her education on at Penn State University and Bloomsburg University, Anita attained her Masters in Education in 1976 from Bloomsburg. In 1989, she relocated to Florida, where she taught English and coached volleyball at Indian River State College. She manufactured nationally-ranked teams, and several players named to the Florida All-American Team. She also coached United States Volleyball club teams (formerly known as USVBA), and travelled to Las Vegas for two straight years to compete against other strong teams from around the nation.Misantone currently resides in Jensen Beach, FL with her dachsund, Dieter, and is the daughter of the late Reno and Mary Misantone, Nesquehoning.ROBERT REHATCHEKA graduate of Nesquehoning High School in the class of 1955, Rehatchek was an outstanding all-around athlete and participated on the football, basketball and gym teams for all four years, and three years of participation in track.In football, he played the position of quarterback in his senior year, and received recognition, being nominated to play in the All Star Game, which was played in the Lansford High Stadium. He kicked the longest field goal, which was a school record at the time.On the gym team, he excelled on the parallel bars and was part of one of the best gymnastics teams in the area, coached by George Roscoe and Kathryn (Kitty) Curry.After graduation, Bob joined the United States Army and became a paratrooper, spending 27 months of his three-year Army career in Germany. He spent time teaching on the rifle range, being a life member of the NRA.Upon returning from Germany, he married the former Mary Helen (Sniscak) Rehatchek and when he finished the army, they moved to New Jersey. He went to college at the Programming Institute School, while attending Middlesex College at night. He eventually worked for Ford Motor Company as a process engineer, before retiring after 32 years of service and moving back to Lake Hauto.Bob was involved with the Lansford Amvets and was president of the Lansford Home Association in 1999.JIM AGOSTIThe son of Ermano and Diane Agosti, Lake Hauto, Agosti was a three-sport athlete at Marian High School, before graduating in 1978. Jim played football for four years, basketball for three and track for one season as a Marian Colt.A three-year starter in football, Agosti broke the existing high school record for yards rushing in a single game, going for 256 yards in one game, while also re-setting the single-game record of touchdowns in a game, as he reached paydirt five times in a game. He was Marian's scholar-athlete in 1978, a Big 33 nominee, and the Schuylkill County scoring champion. He also managed to become the all-time Carbon County Panther Valley Area scoring champion, as well. He finished his career in football with 212 points, and as a running back, compiled 2,512 yards rushing and 3,019 total yards.Jim also was a two-year starter at forward and co-captain for the Marian Colts basketball team and was eventually selected to the Schuylkill County All-Star team.In his one year of participating on the track team, Jim broke the existing school record for the javelin and took first place in the Schuylkill County League meet.Currently residing in Tamaqua with his wife Tracy and three childre, Abbigale, Tavio and Ava, Jim owns and operates the Mahanoy City Food Store, along with co-owning A&C Catering.CARL MIKOVICHCarl Mikovich was a 1952 graduate of Nesquehoning High School, where he excelled on the football field and basketball court.In football, Carl played four years at center under head coach Anthony Mezza, and assistant Sam Pagano. During his senior year, he served as team captain, was named to the Carbon-Schuylkill All-Star team, and played in the 1951 Anthracite All-Star game.In basketball, Mikovich played for four years, as well, under head coach George Roscoe and assistant Sam Pagano. He was captain his senior year, as the team won the 1951-52 District XI Championship. It was an honor he was very proud of when, years later, both of his sons were captains of their respective D-11 Championship Basketball Teams.After graduation, Carl moved on to Temple University on a full football scholarship, and graduated with a degree in Business. He played on the Owls football team for all four years, and after graduation, enlisted in the US Army with the 34th Armored Division. Upon honorable discharge, he returned to Nesquehoning and was employed by the Quartite Lamp Factory. He then moved on to Mack Trucks in Allentown as a line supervisor, until retirement. He and his wife, Jean, were among the founding members of the former Panther Valley 12th Man Club, and the Panther Valley Hoopster Boosters.On October 4, 2012, Carl passed away, and is survived by his wife Jean, sons John and James, along with James' fiance Judy, daughter Carla and her husband Joseph. He also has grandchildren Trajan and his wife, Tori, Marley, Jamey and Connor; and great grandchildren Kaden, Kale, and Karnby. Carl is also survived by his brother Victor and his wife, Janet.KATHRYN A. CURRYKathryn taught school at Lehighton, Nesquehoning, and a private school in Mount Holly, New Jersey. She spent over 25 years teaching at the Nesquehoning High School, however.Kathryn,

a.k.a. Kitty, was a graduate of East Stroudsburg State Teachers College and received a BS in Physical Education. She earned her Masters Degree at New York University, and studied at Columbia University with a degree in Hygiene and Physical Education. In the private school in Mount Holly, she worked with the special education program for children.In 1941, both the Nesquehoning girls and boys gymnastic teams gained first place at competition as a team at the East Stroudsburg State Teachers College Gymnastics Meet. As gymnastic individuals, the firls finished second in 'tumbling,' and the boys team was runner-up. The girls that were on the second place team included: Lois Becker, Vilma Drigan, and Agnes DeAngelis. Kitty's teams also competed in a gymnastics meet at Penn State Finals on April 7, 1951.Kathryn was instrumental in putting together the gym team with choreographed dance and music, along with the gymnastics on the mat. All the while, she nobly guided the students to improve their abilities and minds throughout their school days in the classroom. Every year that Kitty coached, along with George Roscoe, they put together a girls and boys gymnastics team show for everyone from the area to attend the night performance. Their teams were of high quality and known to be some of the best around.Kitty was also the girls' basketball coach with 14 players on her team.She was married to John Polohovich and they resided in Mount Holly, NJ.