PINE GROVE - The auditorium at the Pine Grove Area High School was filled with alumni and their friends and family Saturday evening for the dedication of the Distinguished Alumni Wall of Fame that featured their classmates.

"It really is a privilege for me to represent the Alumni Association and the many people who made this project possible," said Dr. Jack Kline, Class of 1955 and chair of the Wall of Fame Committee.

Members of the wall of fame are past graduates that received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the Alumni Association. The case houses each individual plaque with a picture and a brief biography of the award winner.

"The achievements on this wall are as varied as they are impressive," Kline said.

The display case is located in the hallway just in front of the auditorium as a way to inspire students as they walk by the awards.

"We hope that this wall to be an inspiration and a reminder to all students that the Pine Grove Area Educational system provides a strong platform for a successful academic and professional career," Kline said.

Kline noted that the plans for the display were almost abandoned as it cost more than the association originally expected.

"We were just about to scrap the idea when a member of the Class of 1966, who wishes to remain anonymous, came forward to fund the program," Kline said. "We cannot emphasize our thanks enough."

Alumni Association President Barbara Wiggins also appreciated the donation and efforts of everyone involved in getting the display case.

"No one can imagine just how much it took and how much it means to us," Wiggins said.

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Saturday, May 26, 2012

WITH its mission of promoting the social, economic and moral welfare of its members, the Board of Directors of Capitol University Alumni Association Inc. (CUAA) who were elected during the 40th Alumni Homecoming last February 14, 2011, is proud to share its accomplishments for the first 15 months of its operation.

CUAA Inc. is an association registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission and duly recognized by the Capitol University administration.

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The association already completed two sets of medical and dental missions; supported the 2011 and 2012 CU Job Fair; sponsored and coordinated at least seven bloodletting activities, tree planting activity and led more than 2,500 volunteers in home-building activities for Gawad Kalinga and Habitat for Humanity.

The association also had two gift-giving activities to the school children in Puntod and to the survivors of Tropical Storm Sendong in Navaro Amakan Village Relocation Area.

The first medical and dental Mission was held in Puntod village last year which served at least 500 patients.

The second medical and dental mission was in collaboration with the Veterans Federation of the Philippines Sons and Daughters Inc. held at SM City Cagayan de Oro which served more than 700 patients.

With the immediate objective of strengthening its governance, the Board of Directors meet at least a month to discuss activities to invite participation from the Alumni, CU Communities, students and the general public and create linkages of stakeholders, companies, other associations and media personalities.

While the CUAA supported the various relief operations for Sendong survivors, they focused on the re-building phase by helping in the installation of 45 ShelterBox Tents at the Lumbia Elementary School.

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Yosemite High athletic physicals

Physicals will be offered to Yosemite High athletes in the school cafeteria this evening, May 24.

Physicals for returning YHS athletes will start at 5:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. for incoming freshman.

The cost is $15 per student and checks should be made out to "YHS," and a completed and parent signed medical history form needs to be submitted. Forms can be picked up in the school office or printed from the YHS website. The forms will also be available at the physicals.

The public summer swim season has started at the Yosemite High School Baker Swim Complex noon to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday and noon to 6 p.m. Saturday. Closed on Sunday.

SwimAmerica is providing swim lessons for pre-school and older children as well as "Baby N Me" classes.

Recreational swimming, water aerobics and lap swimming are also being offered.

Admission fees for recreational swimming are $4 per person before 5 p.m. ($3.50 with senior discount) and $3 per person after 5 p.m.

Swim lesson dates, times and prices, see swimamericafresno.com or stop by the school front office.

Yosemite High School senior, Riley Cooks, has been named to the Fresno Bee's second team All-Star soccer team.

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Contact: John Easton john.easton@uchospitals.edu 773-795-5225 University of Chicago Medical Center

Donations from Jim and Karen Frank and others will endow the Janet Davison Rowley, MD, Professorship in Cancer Research at the University of Chicago Medicine. This new named professorship will honor one of the University's most distinguished scientists and alumni, Janet D. Rowley, MD'48, the Blum-Riese Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine, Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, and Human Genetics.

Rowley, 87, a pioneer in understanding the connections between genetics and cancer, remains an active member of the faculty. She rides her bicycle to work every day.

In the early 1970s, Rowley made the first of a series of fundamental discoveries demonstrating that specific chromosomal changes caused certain types of leukemia. She then struggled for years to convince fellow researchers that cancer was essentially a genetic disease.

Her discoveries eventually gained acceptance. They brought her widespread recognition, including the Lasker Award, the National Medal of Science and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In the last six months, she received the Ernest Beutler Prize and the Japan Prize for Healthcare and Medical Technology.

"Dr. Rowley, a graduate of the University's Laboratory Schools, the College and the Medical School, has long been a shining example of the power of a University of Chicago education," said medical center trustee Jim Frank, of Winnetka. "She is also a model of what that kind of training, combined with enormous talent and dedication, can do. Karen and I are proud to help celebrate her accomplishments and support the outstanding researchers who will be honored to hold this endowed chair."

"All of us in the Cancer Center are excited to see Janet's remarkable career recognized in this enduring way," said colleague Michelle Le Beau, PhD, director of the University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center, who trained under Rowley. "She has received just about every imaginable honor. Now someone with extraordinary promise will benefit from this support, from the history of Janet's discoveries and the immediate recognition that comes with selection as the Rowley Professor."

Rowley was born Apr. 5, 1925, in New York City. At age 15, she won a scholarship to enroll in the University of Chicago's Hutchins College, which combined the last two years of high school with the first two years of college. "The U of C," Rowley later recalled, "taught me to stick to my convictions if I really thought that I was correct even when others disagree."

She completed a bachelor of philosophy degree in 1944 and graduated from medical school in 1948. The next day, she married fellow medical student Donald Rowley, MD, now a professor emeritus of pathology at the University. She spent the next 20 years raising their four boys while working three days a week at various sites, including a Chicago clinic for children with Down syndrome, a genetic condition caused by an extra chromosome.

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On May 5, Garden City High School hosted Monsters Kids 2nd Annual Woodstick Alumni Event to benefit Steven and Alexandra Cohen Childrens Medical Center (CCMC) of New York. Lacrosse players from Garden City and Manhasset took to the field, with a final victory for Manhasset. All participants walked away winners, as the teams helped raised $39,650 for the Center for Autism at CCMC.

Tim Goettelmann noted, After watching the game, I realized how lucky I am to be a part of this long-standing tradition between two great towns. This event allowed many of us to catch up with old friends and make many new memories.

Monsters Kids was an idea that Goettelmann came up with while reading the late Maurice Sendaks Where the Wild Things Are to his children. While reading, he thought about how fortunate he and his wife were to have healthy children. Inspired, he decided to start a charity that would help children in need of medical care. What excites Tim about Monsters Kids is that he was able to take two things that he is very passionate about, children and lacrosse, and combine them into a successful charity.

A player for the Long Island Lizards, Goettelmann decided to donate his entire salary to make the Monsters Kids a reality in 2009. Additionally, the Long Island Lizards organization and Major League Lacrosse provided significant support to get the charity up and running. Over the last three years, Monsters Kids has raised nearly $125,000 for the NICU, Child Life and the Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics Unit at CCMC.

This event was a success and kick starts the goal of raising $100,000 this year. Monsters Kids next event will be a cocktail party on Dec. 7 at Fresh Meadows Country Club in Lake Success. Be sure to mark your calendars now for another Monster event.

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By LINDA REILLY and VINCE SULLIVAN

UPPER DARBY Parents, teachers and alumni hit the ground running soon after Upper Darby School District officials announced plans to realign elementary and middle school curriculum and reduce staff at a cost savings of $4 million.

They mobilized, school by school, neighborhood by neighborhood, all in the name of the future of their children and what students would miss by not having the specials of art, music, library and gym as part of their school experience.

In May, close to 1,000 people attended two board meetings in a show of unity and to plan a full-court press for tonights budget hearing at 7:30 in the Upper Darby Performing Arts Center, Lansdowne Avenue.

Tonights meeting will be dedicated to comments from the public. A budget must be approved by June 30, and the board next meets on June 12. Depending on the number of commenters tonight, the forum may be extended to another meeting, and may require the convening of a special meeting later in June to approve the budget.

District officials laid the blame with Harrisburg and the cuts in education funding, the rising costs of charter schools and dwindling investment returns. At the end of the day, however, administrators made the decision to realign programs to cut costs.

Two Upper Darby High School graduates, Colleen Kennedy and Melanie Shanfield, established an online presence to address the issue and communicate the need to organize. With a website (saveudarts.org) and a similarly titled Facebook page, the group has reached out to thousands in opposition to the proposed curriculum realignment.

A group of parents from all over the township has organized to rally and correspond with elected officials from Upper Darby all the way to Harrisburg to find a solution that will preserve the arts.

We do not believe that taking time away from the art, music, library and gym programs will gain the teachers enough time to have the desired effect the administration is looking for to boost academic performance, said Lisa McNamee, a parent from the Primos section of Upper Darby.

The realignment proposal would integrate general art and music classes, along with library and physical education classes, into the core curriculum of classroom teachers at the elementary level.

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The 2012 inductees into the Brighton Schools Alumni Association (BSAA)/Brighton High School (BHS) Alumni Hall of Fame are figures in medicine, the sciences, the military and sports volunteering. The hall of fame, a project of the BSAA, inducted its first honorees in 2006.

This years honorees are:

James Allison, MD, BHS60, clinical professor of medicine emeritus at the University of California San Francisco, Division of Gastroenterology. He has been instrumental in creating and testing new screening tests for colorectal cancer and active in bringing those testing opportunities to underserved populations. Allisons local educational roots include receiving his medical degree from the University of Rochester School of Medicine.

Jeffrey Levy, BHS59, honors graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy, Fulbright scholar at the University of Stockholm and Air Force fighter pilot. Levy had a distinguished career with the Air Force, including serving as chief of the Middle East and Africa Division for the joint chiefs of staff, before retiring with the rank of colonel in 1988. He then earned an MBA degree from Marymount University and has founded and led a number of businesses. He also has been active on the national board of directors of Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

John Milliman, BHS56, chancellor professor, School of Marine Science, College of William and Mary; former senior scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; world-class oceanographer, educator and administrator. Milliman has conducted groundbreaking research and published seminal works in two areas of marine science river discharge and carbonate chemistry. He is also a pioneer in establishing collaborative research ties between the U.S. and China.

Jerry Stahl, BHS57, volunteer in the game of golf and a recognized authority on the rules of golf. Stahl has served as a rules official at 53 major championships, including the U.S. and British Opens, Masters, PGA Championships, Solheim Cup and other major events. He is a member of the USGA Executive Committee, chair of the 1989 U.S. Open, chair of the Rochester LPGA event and president of Oak Hill Country Club. He is president and CEO of Rochester Lumber Company.

Members of the hall of fame will participate in the BSAAs annual free symposium for students, district faculty and staff, and the community on Thursday evening, May 31, at the high school. The annual recognition gala for the new members will be held Friday, June 1, at Oak Hill Country Club.

The 2012 BSAA Scholarship recipient will be announced and presented with the first of four annual $1,500 checks at the BHS Award Ceremony on the morning of June 1. The BSAA will present a second scholarship award this year as well. Both students will be the guests of the BSAA at the recognition gala.

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Northeastern University is launching a new center focused on training students and alumni to become entrepreneurs, made possible by a $5 million investment by alumnus and Clean Harbors, Inc. founder Alan S. McKim.

The Northeastern University Center for Entrepreneurship Education creates a pipeline that teaches entrepreneurship and business skills, helps students and alumni develop new ventures, and unites startups with a connected network of angel investors and venture capitalists, according to the campus website.

Marc Meyer, who directs the colleges High Tech MBA program, will lead the development of the new center along with business school faculty members Daniel Gregory and Daniel J. McCarthy, the campus said.

Through the center, undergraduates will have access to entrepreneurship courses, co-op positions at companies including startups run by Northeastern alumni, and the Entrepreneurship Club, which offers a variety of programs for student entrepreneurs, the campus said. Graduate students meanwhile can experience the Lab to Ventures program, which helps campus researchers translate cutting-edge work in engineering, pharmaceutical sciences and medical devices into successful businesses.

The center will also offer startup boot camps to help alumni develop business plans and network with local investors, the campus said.

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CORAL GABLES, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

The University of Miami has announced that alumnus Joseph J. Joe Echevarra Jr. has joined its Board of Trustees. Echevarra, who serves as Chief Executive Officer of Deloitte LLP, is an alumnus of the UM School of Business Administration. Also today, the Board named T. Kendall Ken Hunt as Alumni Trustee, and Kartik Telukuntla as Student Trustee members.

The Board is responsible for governing the University of Miami, one of the largest private research universities in the southeastern United States.

After graduating from the School of Business in 1978, Echevarra joined Deloitte, the largest professional services organization in the U.S., and rose quickly within the firm and was admitted as an audit partner into the partnership in 1988. Since then, he has held many leadership positions within Deloitte, including U.S. Managing Partner of Operations, Vice Chairman, U.S. Deputy Managing Partner, and audit partner in charge of South Florida. In 2011, Echevarra became Chief Executive Officer at Deloitte. He has been honored as Executive of the Year by the Association of Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting (ALPFA), and back at his alma mater, he currently serves as Chairman of the School of Business Board of Overseers and has served as an Executive-in-Residence at the School.

Alumni Trustee

A 1965 alumnus of the University of Miami, T. Kendall Ken Hunt is Chairman and CEO of VASCO Data Security International, a software company specializing in Internet security based in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois. Hunt is a member of UMs Presidents Council and the School of Business Administrations Board of Overseers.

Student Trustee

Kartik Telukuntla, a Miller School of Medicine student expected to graduate in 2014, will serve as the President of the Medical School Student Council for the upcoming academic year. He is a member of the Iron Arrow Honor Society and Phi Beta Kappa.

University of Miamis mission is to educate and nurture students, to create knowledge, and to provide service to our community and beyond. Committed to excellence and proud of our diversity of our University family, we strive to develop future leaders of our nation and the world. http://www.miami.edu

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Published: Thursday, May 17, 2012 4:10 AM MST Compiled by Daniel Dullum

ONE YEAR AGO

Three different medical marijuana providers are seeking conditional use permits to operate in Florence, and their applications will receive an initial hearing before the Planning & Zoning Commission on June 2. The Town Council could hold additional hearings and take final action on the requests on June 20.

Applicants include Monarch Wellness Center LLC of Scottsdale, Great Western Developers LLC and Manager Rocky Pahwa, and Thomas and Julie Curtis for the Florence Medical Dispensary. Even if all three proposals obtain town approval, the state does not have unlimited permits to grant.

Florence won the Division III State Boys Track Meet at Mesa Community College on May 14, claiming its first-ever state track team championship without the benefit of a first-place finish. The Gophers finished with 66 points, edging a pair of former 4A schools Gilbert Higley with 65 and Peoria Liberty with 64.

Junior Robert Lewis earned 26 of Florences 66 points with second place finishes in the 100- and 200-meter dashes, the long jump and running one leg of the Gophers second-place 4x100 relay team.

FIVE YEARS AGO

May 17, 2007

Jim Garrison received the first Katie Montano Memorial Award and John Swearengin received the 2007 Preservation Award during Florences celebration of National Historic Preservation Month. The awards were presented following a walking tour of Florences many historic sites.

Citing conflicting schedules and philosophical approaches to developmental levels of athletics, Florence High School Athletic Director Mike Crymble informed the FUSD Board of a change of plans involving the districts K-8 schools. Beginning with the 2007-08 school year, Florence K-8 athletic teams will complete only within the district, and outside the traditional sports seasons.

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