May 2014

ALUMNI/BOOSTER CLUB OUTING RESCHEDULED

Because of heavy rains and storms, the Susquehannock High School All-Sports Booster Club and the Susquehannock High School Alumni Association’s 8th annual celebrity Golf Tournament has been rescheduled to Friday, June 27, 2014 at Hickory Heights Golf Course in Spring Grove. Highlighting the event are a host of local sports celebrities, awards, door prizes, and an opportunity to play at an outstanding local sporting venue hosted by course owner Lynn Snyder, ’76, a proud Susquehannock Alumnus. The event will conclude with a luncheon and awards presentations.

Proceeds from the event will be used to help fund scholarships for student athletes and SHS Alumni Association programs.

COMMENCEMENT CEREMONIES SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 6TH

Commencement ceremonies for the Class of 2014 will take place Friday, June 6, 2014 at the Robert Lau Memorial Field, beginning at 7:00 p.m. Should inclement weather arise, graduation will be held indoors at the Susquehannock High School gymnasium. This year’s Distinguished Alumni, David Seitz, ’53, will address the graduating class at commencement services and will be honored with a plaque in the High School’s auditorium lobby.

Dave was among the first graduates of newly consolidated Southern York County School District and the newly constructed Susquehannock High School in June 1953.

FISSEL’S ONE-ROOM SCHOOL HOUSE TOUR Fissel’s One-room School House is open for tours Sunday, June 1, 2014 from 1:00 to 5:00 PM. This event is sponsored by the Glen Rock Historic Preservation Society. This is a wonderful opportunity to view the preserved original school house.

ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT - FRANK BODANI ‘87

For the past 20 years, YAIAA and Penn State fans have anticipated the wisdom and analysis of sports writer Frank Bodani with their wake-up coffee. While they might take his work for granted, he does not. He loves what he does, is thankful for the path that brought him to it, and couldn’t imagine doing anything else.

But Frank did not arrive here as a fulfillment of any life-long dream. In fact, it wasn’t until his SHS junior year that he gave writing a thought as a career choice. “I took a journalism class with Mrs. Cheryl Land on a whim,” he recalls, “and part of the curriculum was working on the school newspaper. It was only then that it hit me: ‘Here is something I could do for a living.’”

In addition to working on the newspaper for two years, he played baseball and was an outstanding cellist. He performed in district and regional orchestras, and credits his experience as a student musician as one of the strongest influences on his later success. “My experience with (orchestra director) Mrs. (Kathy) Yeater taught me self-discipline and responsibility,” he says. “She was very nurturing and kind to me.”

As graduation approached and his interest in journalism piqued, he chose Duquesne University. It had a strong communications program and offered him an opportunity to work on the school paper as a freshman. For his final three years, he was the school’s sports editor.

He also worked as a stringer and weekend correspondent with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and further honed his writing skills in the summers working in the sports department of The York Dispatch covering Central and Susquehanna baseball leagues.

Frank graduated from Duquesne in 1991 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree with a concentration in communication and emphasis on print journalism. He then returned to York and continued his work as a stringer, for The Dispatch, but when a full-time opening came up in the news department, he was offered the job

– with one catch; his “try-out” was writing an in-depth article on legislative re-districting.

“I was in a panic. I knew absolutely nothing about political science, let alone re-districting,” he remembers. “It was like writing a college term-paper.”

But it must have been a good term paper: Frank got the job. He started as a “general assignment reporter,” meaning that he worked on whatever was hot news on any given day. His most interesting assignment was an interview with then-candidate Bill Clinton, who was in York on a campaign swing. But Clinton schedule’s was such that he could only talk to reporters during his morning jog with the Secret Service. In the best shape of anyone in the news room, Frank drew the assignment.

Although he liked the variety and unpredictability of the news pool, his first

passion was for sports writing and when an opening came up in that department after three years in news, he took it.

Now with the York Daily Record, his primary assignment is covering Penn State sports – predominantly football – and he loves it. He attends every home and away game and has covered 14 bowls. The paper also encourages him to find his own interesting features and he enjoys that challenge and variety. He has written pieces on topics ranging from Appalachian Trail hiking to shark fishing.

He also embraces the emerging technology of the news business: social media, short video postings, blogs, and on-line chats. “It’s not ‘the paper’ anymore,” he explains. “It’s ‘a news organization.’ I also like having the freedom to write without being constrained by available print space.”

Frank still plays the cello, but his schedule prevents him from playing full-time with the York Symphony as he did when he returned to York after college. It’s mostly church, nursing homes, or an occasional wedding performance now. But he retains his membership in the local musicians union, seeing “cellist” as a part of his identity.

He maintains strong family connections to

Southern York County through his parents and grandparents. He also made the wise choice of marrying another Susquehannock graduate, Michele Boyd ’86.

Frank and Michele, an expert wildlife photographer, enjoy nature trips together whenever they can work them into their busy schedules.

Thanks to Frank Bodani ’87 for making us Warrior Proud.

KATIE SWADE ’11 SHINES AT DICKINSON Katie Swade, a key player on many Warrior championship softball teams, continues to enjoy and excel at the sport at the collegiate level. As a switch-hitter in the lead-off role for the Dickinson Red Devils, Katie carries a .341 batting average and a .476 on-base percentage. A second baseman for the Warriors, she now splits time between her former position and the outfield. Off the field, Katie is the Junior Class President, an orientation leader, a member of the Club Affairs Committee, U-Turn Program Chair, and Social Justice House Manager.

LAURA DZWONCZYK ’09: FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR

Laura Dzwonczyk recently received a Fulbright Scholarship and will spend another year studying in Germany. Candidates recommended for Fulbright grants have high academic achievement, a compelling project proposal and/or statement of purpose, demonstrated leadership potential, and flexibility and adaptability to interact successfully with the host community abroad. The Fulbright Program is one of the most prestigious awards programs worldwide, operating in more than 155 countries. Fifty-three Fulbright alumni have won Nobel Prizes; seventy-eight have won Pulitzer Prizes. More Nobel laureates are former Fulbright recipients than any other award program.

Dr. Robert Bryson Appointed Assistant Superintendent

The Southern York County School District approved Dr. Robert Bryson as the new Assistant Superintendent, beginning July 1, 2014. The current Assistant Superintendent, Dr. Sandra Lemmon, has been selected to replace Superintendent of Schools Dr. Thomas Hensley, who is retiring at the conclusion of this school year. Dr. Bryson has served as the Principal of Susquehannock High School for the past four years. In addition, Dr. Bryson has served the Southern York County School District as an assistant principal, athletic director, and math teacher.

Susquehannock High School Takes First Place in Safe Driving Competition

A team from Susquehannock High School earned first place recently in a safe driving competition. Students from Susquehannock joined those from 18 other area high schools for the 23rd Annual York/Adams Safe Driving Competition for Youth, held at South Western High School. The event featured teen drivers, who represented their perspective high schools and competed in three categories of driving: Driving Skills Range, a Perceptual Driving Test, and a written test on the Pennsylvania Driver’s Manual. Three students from each school competed in each category for individual and team scores. During the event, police officers from local police departments served as course officials. Local businesses also provided scholarships to the competition winners. Susquehannock’s team consisted of seniors, Ashton Alban, Seth Heidlebaugh, and junior A.J. Schaeffer, who competed in these categories and won the overall event in the team competition. Individually, Schaeffer tied for first place overall and Heidlebaugh tied for third place overall.

STAY IN TOUCH WITH SHS ON YouTube

Alumni will also be fascinated with the district’s new ‘YouTube’ channel, a showcase for the creative talents of Susquehannock students. In addition to alumni features, the channel includes a treasure house of productions originally broadcast on the School District cable channel 99. Click here for a direct link to the YouTube Channel. Warrior T.V. includes Warrior Chats (information for parents and taxpayers); Board meeting re-broadcasts and archives); Student Spotlight (student productions); Alumni Pride; Special Features. Most of the features on the district’s television outlet are the product of Tim Hare’s (’95) communication classes.

Alumni Pride” and More on Warrior TV Webcast Joshua Chronister ‘94 Jeff & Joy (Keller) Brown ‘74 Susan Barnhart ‘85 Todd Stiffler ’85 Anne Druck ‘83 Daniel Jesse Mays ‘43 Dave Seitz ‘53 Bob Williams ‘52 Kevin Krebs ‘94 Mark Rill ‘99 Lisa Myers ‘89 Jeff Garner ‘95 Roberta Thoman ‘65 Darryl Engler ‘65 Jack Hedrick ‘55 Daryl McCullough ‘82 Kevin Angle ‘97 Bobbie (Clark) Lamond ‘88 Eric Thiegs ‘91 Robert Wolf ‘58 Bruce Bauman ‘ 67 Jeff Molinsky ’97 Paul Rego ‘97 Doug Walters ’03 Ronnie (’85) and Rob (’89) McCoury Ron Wolf ‘56 Erica Shallcross ‘08

John Lewis ‘82 Anne (Baublitz)Bozevich ’01 Deb Zang ‘77 Andrea Hoover ‘07

Click here for link to Alumni Pride and other Warrior Webcast features

SCHOLARSHIP AND GIVING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALUMNI

REUNION NEWS

Class of 1989 25th

Reunion August 8-10, 2014

The 25th class reunion will be the weekend of August 8th 2014. Plans are as follows: Friday Evening: Gathering at Seven’s Bar and Grille, New Freedom 7:00 pm – until? Saturday Evening: Pending. Sunday Morning: (optional) Breakfast at Mason Dixon Restaurant to wish our Out-of-Staters a safe trip home. More details will follow as event gets closer to the date. Contact Sherrie Prall at sherbear1420@yahoo.com; 717-345-6621

Class of 1979 35th

Reunion August 16, 2014

Contact Vicki Zembas at vzembas@comcast.net or 717-578-8794 for more information. Class of 1969 45

th Reunion August 23, 2014

The 45th class reunion will be held at the Gitt Mansion in Hanover, PA on August 23, 2014. Contact Rick Miller at miller19692@comcast.net , 717-792-0813.

Class of 1974 40th

Reunion October 10-11, 2014

The 40th class reunion will be held on October 10 & 11, 2014. The class will be attending the football game on October 10. A reunion dinner is planned at The Great American Saloon on October 11. Contact Sherry Hayes Chubb at sjc0214@comcast.net ,

717-417-6480

Post your alumni reunion information on the District website at www.sycsd.org. Go to the “Add Reunion Information” page. Send reunion photos to wayne.mccullough@sycsd.org. They will be included in the alumni newsletter. Please include a key to names

for identification.

Name:

Street Address:

City/State/Zip:

Mail to:

SYCSD Foundation

PO Box 128

Glen Rock, PA 17327-0128

Contribution Allocation Amount

General Scholarship Fund $

The Belinda S. Bensel-Hershey Scholarship $

Bill Jones Scholarship $

Bob McCoy Memorial Scholarship $

Curtis Stermer Memorial Scholarship $

Richard “Dick” Amspacher Memorial Scholarship $

Eric Gonzales Memorial Scholarship $

James Hartenstein, III Memorial Scholarship $

You will receive an

acknowledgement of your gift

for tax purposes.

James McKinney Memorial Scholarship $

Jeff Hill Memorial Scholarship $

Karl Steger Scholarship $

Kathy Yeater Scholarship $

Kenneth J. Alwine Memorial Scholarship $

Loretta Rappoldt Memorial Scholarship $

Peggy Kingman Memorial Gift $

Ron Leese Scholarship $

Susquehannock High School Alumni Scholarship $

Thomas Kerrigan Memorial Scholarship $

Unrestricted Donation $

Susquehannock Alumni Field House Project $

Other (specify______________________)

Total Contribution $

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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