PAGE 12 THE DALLAS POST Sunday, December 21, 2008 SEMINARY ATHLETES RECEIVE AWARDS FUSION FINISHES FIRST AT SOCCER TOURNEY Wyoming Seminary Upper School recently named the athletes from the Back Mountain who received Most Valuable Player, Coaches Awards and Most Improved Player awards for the fall season. From left, first row, are senior Sean Dickinson, Shavertown, Coaches’ Platinum Award, cross country; senior Katherine Levandoski, Dallas, MVP and Gold Award, cross country; senior Katherine Farias, Shavertown, Most Improved Award, tennis; and sophomore Caroline Meuser, Shavertown, Most Valuable Player, tennis. Second row, junior John Henry, Shavertown, Coaches Award, golf; and senior Kelly Mericle, Shavertown, Gold Award, field hockey. Back Mountain Fusion U13 girls travel soccer team recently placed first at the Southhampton Classic Tournament. The Fusion also placed first in Division | of the Lehigh Valley Soccer League, finishing its season with a record of 8-1. Members of the team are, from left, first row, Melanie Kusakavitch, Taylor Kelley, Molly Turner, Emily Sutton, Sarah Altemose and Kirsten Cope, guest player. Second row, Tylo Kurtz, Nora Fazzi, Emily Crawford, Kady Gurtis, Shoshana Mahoney, Mal- lory Kusakavitch, Nicole Turner, Amanda Martin, Chris Lacy, coach; and AnneMarie Sutton, coach. Absent at the time of the photo were Elizabeth Dillon and Cheyenne Brown. BACK MOUNTAIN BOMBERS COMPETE IN FALL LEAGUES The Back Mountain Bombers girls’ softball team recently competed in two Fall Ball Leagues during September and October. The Bombers enjoyed successful seasons in both the West Wyom- ing U2 Monday/Wednesday Fall Ball League and in the Ashley U13 Saturday Fall Ball League with records of 8 1and 8-2, respectively. Members of the team are, from left, first row, Kylee Saba, Kelly Snyder, Talia Szatkowski, Amy Bolton and Sadie Trudgen. Second row, Sydney Kern, Tessa Paul, Sara Smith, Samantha Missal, Cori Wandell, Kayla Glecko and Coach Rich Wydra. Third row, Coach Rich Szatkowski. Absent at the time of the photo was Stephanie Cybulski. PANTRY Continued from Page 1 dinator and went for an inter- view. But as the interview pro- gressed, she realized her hus- band, Mark, would make a better coordinator. Lisa works full-time at Camp Orchard Hill in Franklin Township, is a mother and a homemaker and lacked the time for the position. “When she was at the inter- view,” Mark said, “She said, ‘You know, you've got the right phone number but the wrong Stull.” Mark Stull applied to be coor- dinator, interviewed and was chosen for the job. The 53-year- old has taken over in the midst of a weakened economy and a grow- ing need for food assistance. And, although he works full-time as a serials specialist in the Mary Kintz Bevevino Library at Miser- icordia University, his job allows him to donate the needed hours at the pantry. “Misericordia University has been phenomenally supportive of my applying for and taking this position,” Mark Stull said. “They have given me not only support in campus food drives, but moral support.” The coordinator position has also been broken down to include an assistant, which reduces some of Stull’s responsibilities. Anna Skrosky became the assistant manager and completes much of the clerical work. That’s a big help for Stull, who is the father of four children: Sara, 23; Rachael, 16; Rebecca, 14; and Isaiah, 4. Stull points out that without the many volunteers and donors who contribute to the food pan- try, it wouldn't exist. “The Back Mountain Food Pantry can run just fine without Mark Stull, but it cannot run without the 45 volunteers,” he said. “We all do this on a volun- teer basis. Every one of our vol- unteers donates a tremendous amount of time. We do it because there are others who need help.” What Stull wasn’t prepared for was not being able to feed every- one who needs food. Even though the pantry estimates it will receive and distribute 50,000 pounds of food this year, it can on- ly serve its 227 families seven times a year — every other month and on Thanksgiving. Also, the demand for food has increased since the economy has fallen into a recession. The pan- try distributed 217 food baskets for Thanksgiving, an increase of 72 baskets from 2007. Just 75 bas- kets were distributed in 2003. “‘'m surprised at how many families are one or two paychecks away from very serious trouble in their lives,” Stull said. “I didn’t know how quickly an average family can get into big trouble.” Hazeltine was recognized for her years of service to the Back Mountain Food Pantry during the afternoon of October 24 when more than 50 people gath- ered for a celebration at Trucks- ville United Methodist Church. A gold leaf was placed on the Tree of Life at the church in hon- or of Hazeltine. She also received a certificate of appreciation from the Dallas Rotary Club and proc- lamations from State Senator Li- sa Baker (R-Lehman Township) and State Representative Karen Boback (R-Harveys Lake). “Louise has been a phenom- enal help to me during this transi- tion time,” Stull said. “Any time I call with any questions I have, she’s got answers, suggestions. She’s been wonderful.” BMT AMERICAN GIRLS WIN SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP The Back Mountain American girls soccer team won the Northeast Travel Soccer U15-16 cham- pionship by defeating the Pittston Stoners and the Abington Fusions. Members of the team are, from left, first row, Kassondra Michno and Gabriella Oliveri. Second row, Kara Augustine, Ashley Dunbar, Ashley Metz, Sarah Bray and Jessica Valenti. Third row, Kristy Komrowski, Bree Morgan, Alex Heltzel, Ashley Gross, Elaina Tomaselli and Nikki Sutliff. Bob Morgan coaches the team and is assisted by Joe Tomaselli and Len Valenti. CITRUS Continued from Page 1 Band members will leave for Florida on December 28 and spend the next day at Universal Studios in Orlan- do. They will perform in the Florida Citrus Parade on De- cember 30 with over 80,000 people lining the streets, cheering them on as they play the school’s new fight song. The parade serves as the kick-off celebration for the Capital One Bowl and is one of only two bowl parades na- tionally televised on more than 100 stations. The pa- rade in downtown Orlando has citrus floats, clowns and high school marching bands from around the nation. The parade’s unique citrus floats are covered with or- anges, tangerines and grape- fruits. Floats are constructed using rubber bands to avoid harming the fruit, which is donated to a local food bank after the parade. Chris Harrison, host of ABC’s “The Bachelor” and “The Bachelorette,” as well as HGTV’s Designer’s Chal- lenge and Paige Hemmis, carpenter/designer of ABC’s “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” are co-hosts. Ryan Lochte, who won a gold medal and broke the world record in the 200 me- ter backstroke at the 2008 Summer Olympics, has been named Grand Marshal. Ash- ley Eckstein, the voice of Ah- soka Tano in “Star Wars: The JONATHAN J. JUKA/ FOR THE DALLAS POST Members of the Dallas High School Marching Band who will participate in the Citrus Bowl Parade in Florida are, from left, first row, Amanda Mikolaitis, Sal Polit-Moran, Bernie Bronsberg, David Sebolka, Jamie Wise, Jennifer Merithew and Ashlyn Van Deutsch. Second row, Brian Wise, Kevin Hunter, Bryan Biesecker, Hilary Hoover, Michael Mazula, Kevin Barry, A.J. Arnoldi, James Schwemmer, Grace Carolan and Jodi Hilstolsky. Clone Wars” and known for her role on Blue Collar TV as well as Disney sitcoms, “That’s So Raven,” “Phil of the Future” and “Drake and Josh,” will serve as the pa- rade’s on-street commenta- tor. Additional parade talent will include Grammy Award Winner Scott Stapp, who will perform the national an- them, and reigning Mrs. Florida America Jacklyn Stapp. The marching bands and mascots of the teams partici- pating in the Capital One Bowl will also join in the pa- rade. Other high school march- ing bands participating in the parade include Attica High School, New York; Bell- brook High School, Ohio; Brunswick High School, Ohio; Butler High School, Pennsylvania; Kennedy High School, Iowa; Mundelein High School, Illinois; New Milford High School, Con- necticut; Shawnee Heights High School, Kansas; Shaw- nee Mission South High School, Kansas; Southwest Iowa Honor Marching Band, Iowa; and The Legend Band, Bahamas. The band will spend all day New Year’s Eve explor- ing and enjoying Universal Studios. In the evening, it will perform in the Universal Studios Macy’s New Year’s Eve Holiday Parade. This pa- rade features authentic floats and balloons direct from the Macy’s Thanksgiv- ing Day Parade® in New York City. The parade also includes festive street per- formers, talented marching bands from around the coun- try and, of course, Santa Claus. Afterwards, band members will enjoy a spec- tacular tree-lighting ceremo- ny with music and a dazzling light display. On New Year’s Day, band members will have ' the choice of going to SeaWorld, the Capital One Bowl col- lege football game or relax- ing at their hotel and swim- ming. Band members will home on January 3 in time to re- turn to school on January 5. 2 ls S PSS SP BTS ATR SR BE EC TRS TRU RNTL E BR SRs sk hae RE a ok JS a = a be a a a Rev Ee 2 AT DAT or pb i (A LOR RA TO SADA I NA SEA SRE EEE CT BR oF NR RA AE TI ET RL AT A EN IEA CR a
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