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Community NewsmakersLEFT: Girl Scouts from Troop51159 organized thousands ofplastic eggs with candy for theNorth Fayette Easter Egg Hunt inApril, filling the eggs anddistributing them around the parkfor youngsters to find. This is thesecond year that the troopvolunteered for this project.Pictured are, front, Allison Koester,Ali Perry, and Victoria St. Claire;back, Alison Mroczkowski, LilyAndualem, Rachel Mroczkowski,Katrina Dudukovich, and EricaNorris.LEFT: North Fayette residentCatherine Roberts finished infirst place in the PittsburghDiocesan junior high track andfield championship.Catherinefinished number one in thelong jump for the second yearin a row. In the picture, top,she is seen in her winning 12'8" jump. Bottom picture,Catherine, on the left, wasalso a part of a second-place4/100 relay team.LEFT: Kieran King recently wasrecognized by the AmericanLegion at its 13th Annual YouthAchievement Dinner held at theSoldiers & Sailors MemorialHall in Oakland. Recognized atthe event were the region’sEagle Scouts, Junior ROTC,Girl Scout Gold Awardees, andvarious academic and athleticsawardees. Kieran is picturedwith Commander WilliamCrookshank, chairman of theYouth Achievement Dinner.LEFT: Alayna Stevens ofFindlay Township recently wona series of ribbons in her firsteverhorse riding competition.She participated in a series ofshows at Off the Rail Farm,where she started takinglessons last fall. Pictured on aneight-year-old quarter ponynamed Rain, Alayna won a totalof 6 blue ribbons (1st place), 2red ribbons (2nd place), 2yellow ribbons (3rd place), 1white ribbon (4th place), apurple honorable mention, andthe High Points trophy for herdivision.RIGHT: Former West Allegheny student Jeffrey Cupelliwas recently honored by the College Hockey MidAmerica as the Rookie of the Year, a first for any IndianaUniversity of Pennsylvania Crimson Hawk hockeyplayer. In 34 regular season games, Cupelli tallied 11goals and 21 assists for 34 points. In 14 CHMA games,Cupelli had 3 goals, 6 assists, for 9 points. Jeffrey is a2009 graduate of West Allegheny High School. He was amember of the West Allegheny High School hockeyteam for four years and was the captain of the team hissenior year. He is majoring in Criminology at IndianaUniversity of Pennsylvania.JEFF CUPELLIStudent’s Senior ProjectEvent Nets $1,600 for TC HouseLEFT: ChrisMcGough andTyler Palko;RIGHT: Someof the modelswho participatedin thecharity event.Caitlin Corcoran, a senior at West Allegheny High School, coordinated asuccessful Charity Fashion Show benefiting TC House. At the end of the show, shepresented a check to Tyler Palko and Chris McGough, the organization’s founders,with the amount of $1,500. After the show, her committee added the money theymade from the bake sale and TC House was given a total of $1,606.Abbey Braustein and Emeka Agubta worked the runway and were chosen as thewinners of “West Allegheny’s Next Top Model.” However, all of the models in theshow showed so much confidence and personality, said Caitlin.Mark Gonnella, a 2007 graduate of West Allegheny High School, was selectedto present a paper at the Society for Scientific Study of Religion Conference to beheld in Baltimore on October 29. The paper is titled, “The Human Predicament inJudaism and Buddhism.” He also represented Waynesburg University in March atthe North American Association for the Study of Religion which was held atWestminster College in Westminster, Pennsylvania. He was one of two studentschosen from Waynesburg University to present papers at this conference.On April 11, at Waynesburg University, at the 41st Annual Academic AwardsCeremony, Mark Gonnella was awarded an academic award for GPA of 3.5 or betterin the College of Psychology and the Lively Award in Psychology, which was votedon by his professors in the college. During the presentation, Dr. Jenny Jellisondescribed Mark as “an inquisitive student who keeps the professors on their toes.”Sarah Rizzutto, a 2006 graduate of West Allegheny, has been named aPresidential Scholar at California University for the second year in a row. She is asenior majoring in elementary education and has an overall GPA of 3.8. She hasbeen on the Dean’s list all four years of school. Sarah is the daughter of Dick andShari Rizzutto of North Fayette.Steve and Ann Sarachine, of Imperial, announce the graduation of theirdaughter, Miranda Sarachine, from the University of Pittsburgh School ofMedicine with the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Molecular Pharmacology.Miranda is a graduate of West Allegheny’s Class of 2000 and an alumni ofAllegheny College. She accepted a post doc position at Lawrence LivermoreNational Lab and is residing in Oakland, California.30 Allegheny West Magazine June 2010
Foundation-Funded ProjectEnabled Local Veterans toRecord Stories of ServiceWest Allegheny High School students in Honors English 10 last fallselected a veteran, who served in World War II, the Korean War, or theVietnam War, as the subject of a biography writing assignment “Voices of ourVeterans.” The process began on Veteran’s Day in November 2009 and hascontinued throughout the school year. Students spent time interviewing theirvety, recording the conversations, and writing a biography on their veteran.Along with the biography, the students also included an “About the Author”section in which they described themselves and their approach to theproject.As the final component, the students hosted a “Voices of our Veterans”biography reception on Tuesday, May 25 in the high school cafeteria tohonor the individuals they wrote about. Students shared personal commentsabout their subjects or excerpts from their compositions before presentingthe honorees with a written copy of their biography.West Allegheny High School teacher Jessica Conforti coordinated theproject. Funding was provided by the West Allegheny Foundation.Do You Know Morse Code?Boy Scout Troop 248 is looking for someone who has experience ortraining with flag signaling and/or Morse Code. With 2010 being the100th anniversary of Scouting in America, they have brought back acouple of old merit badges the Scouts can earn for this year only. Anyonewith experience in signaling or knows signaling from a past militaryexperience is invited to share his or her skillsp. This would only be for theremainder of 2010. Volunteers are also welcome to be an instructor fortwo or three meetings to share these skills. Please contact Ron Parrish at(724) 693-9230 or Tom Taylor at (724) 693-0549.DEADLINE FOR THE AUGUSTISSUE SERVING WEST ALLEGHENY ISJULY 15. THIS IS THE BACK-TO-SCHOOLISSUE.June 2010 Allegheny West Magazine 31
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