‘Women of Achievement' winners announced

NEWBURGH — The Girl Scouts and the Orange County YWCA will honor Orange County women who have made a difference in their professional, personal or school-based activities at the annual “Tribute to Women of Achievement” dinner on Wednesday, May 7 at Anthony’s Pier 9 in Newburgh. The following women will be honored in these categories: arts, Larisa Selezneva; business, Sharon B. Warantz; communications, Janice Valentino; education, Jean Parr; health Care and human services, Leah Cerkvenik; public service, Annie Rabbitt; woman of the future, Abigail Feliciano; with the Bobbie A. Lahey Memorial Award for Volunteer Services going to Claudia Grammatico and Janet Pinckney. All proceeds from this dinner support the efforts of the YWCA and girl scouts as they seek future women of achievement. For more information, visit: www.ywca-orangecty.org or www.girlscoutshh.org; or call Margaret Passalacqua at 561-8050.