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), 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. No tickets will be available at the door.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 Lansford Hall of Fame class.EDWARD 'MOOSE' KOSCIOLEKKosciolek attended Lansford High School from 1958-1962 and lettered in football, basketball and baseball for three years of his high school career.In high school, Kosciolek's football career started as a center in his sophomore season and he played left guard on offense and linebacker on defense in his junior and senior years. Lansford put together an 8-2 record in 1960, and in 1961 was 9-2. He excelled on defense as a linebacker and had three touchdowns to his credit. He was co-captain of the team as a senior and was named honorable mention on the Pennsylvania Big 33 team.On the baseball team, "Moose" played first base, and was nicknamed after the New York Yankee, Ed "Moose" Skowron. He also played two summers for the Palmerton Legion team. In 1961, he made the Lehigh Valley Legion All-Star Team as a first baseman and in 1962, the Palmerton Legion team was in the Legion playoffs. He attended several baseball tryouts, including ones held by the Yankees, the Cardinals iand the Pirates.After graduating from high school, Kosciolek attended Stevens Trade School in Lancaster, PA for three years and graduated with a Certificate in Architectural Drafting. He played basketball for three years and as a senior, was selected co-captain. He played football for two years and was a fullback on offense, and linebacker on defense, while also being the team's co-captain.Moose then enlisted in the United States Naval Reserve for two years of active duty, and achieved the rank of 3rd Class Illustrator/Draftsman upon separation.Ed worked for three different architectural firms in the Lehigh Valley. He spent 30 years as Director of Construction for Brookhaven Homes in Allentown, PA.During that time, he pplayed for fast pitch softball teams in the Lehigh Valley and East Penn Leagues.Kosciolek resides in Hokendauqua, PA, and is married to the former Janice Daubenspeck of Coaldale, has two daughters - Laura and Lisa. Ed and Janice have five grandchildren - Meghan, Jenna, Emily, Koleson and Matthew.ROBERT POPIKBob Popik began his athletic career for the Coaldale Tigers in 1948. As a freshman and sophomore, Bob participated in football, basketball, and track. During the football season, Bob played tackle and handled the kicking chores.Just before his junior year, his family moved to Lansford and Bob enrolled in LHS for his junior year. During the Coaldale-Lansford game of 1951, the game remained scoreless until the fourth quarter. Bob rushed from his tackle position and blocked a punt that rolled through the endzone for a safety. Lansford won that game, 2-0, elating his present teammates and seriously disappointing his former. Bob was selected to participate in the Lions Club Carbon vs. Schuylkill All-Star game.During the rest of his school year, Bob played for and lettered in basketball and track.During his senior year in football, Bob converted five PATs in a first-game win over McAdoo. He extended his streak to nine over the following two games against Frackville and Summit Hill. During the Coaldale game, he ran off three more to tie a record of 18 PATs for the season. That record stood until1961. Bob was selected to play in the All-Star Game again, where he kicked three extra points. He then continued to play basketball and track for LHS that year, to finish his high school career.After graduation, Bob attended the University of Wyoming on a football scholarship. There, he played tackle and again assumed the duties of kicking. After one year, he returned back home to the coal region, and in November of 1954, he was drafted into the U.S. Army. He became a member of the military police, but continued to play football for an army team, composed of former college players in Munich, Germany. In the Fall of 1955, that team won the European Championship.Popik was discharged from the Army in 1956 and returned to Lansford, where he used his police background to work for the PA Turnpike Authority, and then the Lansford police force. Three years later, Bob moved to Baltimore, Maryland, where he worked for the city police department as a motorcycle officer. While in Baltimore, he became friends with members of the Baltimore Colts - Johnny Unitas, Alan Ameche, Gaino Marchetti and Dick Sysmanski, along with Oriole all-time great, Brooks Robinson.Bob passed away in 1980, leaving a son, Bobby and a daughter, Kristen.JOHN T. KRAUCHICKKrauchick started his football career during his sophomore year at Lansford High School in 1942, after moving from Hauto.He quickly moved to starting guard in his sophomore and junior seasons. In his senior year, he was the starting guard on the undefeated state championship team, where he made All-State Honorable Mention.Krauchick then enrolled at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and played for the Tarheels in his freshman year.The war then called, and Krauchick joined the U.S. Marines in December of 1944 and spent his time in the South Pacific, along with the earliest occupiers of Japan.Upon leaving the military, he rejoined the UNC football team for the 1946 season, where he was injured during the University of Miami game on October 4, 1946.Krauchick then enlisted in the U.S. Army, where he played on the Army football teams, including the U.S. Army All-Star team, playing against the U.S. Airforce All-Stars in the Rice Bowl of January, 1950.He continued playing and coaching during his early Army career and upon his discharge, returned to Lansford.John passed away in July of 1977 at the age of 50.