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The 2009 Autism Golf Classic planning committee began plans for the 16th annual event, which will be held June 15 at Huntsville Golf Club of Lehman. More than $350,000 has been raised for autism services for pediatric patients at the John Heinz Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine in Wilkes-Barre Township, and for pragmatic social groups serving children with autism throughout the region. The 2009 Autism Golf Classic planning committee members, from left: Eric Wassel, Tom Pugh, Jack Simpson, Alex Rogers, John McCarthy, Susan Yelen, Jim Brogna, Doug Straub, Stuart Bell, Ken Steenback and Phil Straub. Absent from the photo were Bill Anzalone, Tom Bevevino, Tina McCarthy, Mark Rowan and Michael Raymond.