(4) Continuing his dedicated service to public education
and children, Mr. Paternostro served as the director of the
Children's Advocacy Initiative for Lycoming County in the
early 2000s. In 2004, he received the Child Advocate Award
for Leadership on Children's Issues.
(5) Mr. Paternostro spent time supervising student
teachers at Bloomsburg University. He also spent three years
as a consultant for the American Board for the Certification
of Teacher Excellence in Washington, DC.
(6) From 2005 to 2011, following an appointment by the
Pennsylvania Secretary of Education, Mr. Paternostro served
as one of the Commonwealth's first Distinguished Educators,
individuals serving to help struggling districts throughout
the State improve student achievement.
(7) Mr. Paternostro was an active member of his
community. He was a charter board member of the Northcentral
Pennsylvania Conservancy, past president of the Lycoming
Audubon Society, chairman of the capital campaign of the
Hughesville Library Building Committee, past president of the
Hughesville Rotary, past chairman of the Literacy Board at
the James V. Brown Library, former member of the Lycoming
County Historical Society Museum board, former member of the
Williamsport/Lycoming Chamber of Commerce Education Committee
and a Leadership Lycoming volunteer.
(8) Mr. Paternostro also served on the State Legislative
Joint Commission Task Force on Children, Lycoming County's
Child Death Review Team, Lycoming County's School Safety
Committee on Homeland Security and, most recently, as a
member of the Lycoming County Heroin Drug Task Force. He was
also a proud former member of the Picture Rocks Volunteer
Fire Department fire police.
(9) Until his passing, Mr. Paternostro was a regular
contributor to Webb Weekly, where he wrote a feature column
on nature.
(10) Mr. Paternostro served his country in the U.S. Navy
from 1957 through 1965, including time spent in the Naval
Reserve. He attended Naval Communications School as well as
Officer Candidate School in Newport, Rhode Island. He
received a special commendation from the Chief of Naval
Operations for his far East service following his time spent
in Japan.
(b) Designation.--The section of State Route 220 in Lycoming
County from State Route 405 in Hughesville Borough to the
Picture Rocks Borough line is hereby designated the Thomas A.
Paternostro Memorial Highway.
(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the highway to
traffic in both directions on the highway.
Section 18. Polk Township Veterans Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares that
Polk Township wishes to honor all past, present and future
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