The Claymont Foundation Alumni Awards banquet was held at Claymont HighSchool on Saturday, May 7. The attendees were treated to musical selections from theClaymont High School Music Department’s Chorale, Show Choirs and Symphonic Choirunder the direction of Elizabeth Bausch, with accompanist, Julie Gilmore Pearch (C’76). The choirs were adorned in their new choir robes, which were obtained via agenerous donation made through the Claymont Foundation by Dave Adams (U ’58).

The Claymont High School Student Council, under the leadership of Pam Schram,High School Guidance Counselor, served the meal prepared by Sue Bonifay Vermillion.During the social hour, sponsored by Ember Complete Home Care (Jock and LoisWhitman Grandison), several recipients of Claymont Foundation Teacher Grantsdisplayed their grant work with the help of their students.

Martha Campbell recognized Claymont juniors Travis Johns and Megan Travis andpresented them with gift certificates for a local restaurant for their service to theFoundation. They coordinated the foul shot contest at the boys and girls basketballgames to raise money for the Foundation.

Marcia Hathaway Shamel recognized the recipients of theClaymont Foundation Teacher Grants. Blair Hillyer introduced theClaymont Foundation Scholarship Winners and recognized thosescholarship donors that were present.

Jimmy Shamel led the evening with the invocation. JeanneCarrothers served as the chairperson for the event, with MarciaHathaway Shamel, Greg Grant and Jim Carrothers serving on hercommittee. First National Bank of Dennison sponsored the programbooklet for the evening.

Sponsors for the Awards Dinner were: Hudson and CaroleHillyer (In Memory of Marie Hillyer), Mr. & Mrs. Fred Bollon, Mary Lee and EW “Skip” McClave, The First National Bank ofDennison, Uhrichsville Class of 1946, Dr. Andrea and Paul Fanti,Neil’s Shirt Shop (Jackie Rae & Neil Putnam), Brent & Sara Lehigh,

Summer 2005 Volume VI • Issue 2

Ace Program pg 11Alumni Awards Recipients pg 2Brick Order Form pg 10Class Reunions pg 6Contact Us back coverDonations pg 11Upcoming Foundation Events pg 4Golf Outing pg 8Graduate Updates pg 6Happenings at Claymont pg 5Reunion reports pg 6Scholarships pg 4Teacher grant reports pg 7Trustees back coverWhere are they now? pg 9

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Foundation Alumni Awards Banquet

INSIDE THIS EDITION:

(l to r): Wilma Ault, Jeff Arthurs, Liz Bausch,Milan Lint and Natalie Lupi

(l to r): 1st-Kelsi Barnhart, Jan Warden, DianeRafael • 2nd-Becky Wagner, Shawna Hupp,Heather Dotts, Beth Newton, Amy Conn

• 3rd-Joe Lunsford, Barb Arnold, Barb Bollon, Jon McCluskey, Pam Schram

• not pictured: Susan Mosher & Dana Kendziorski

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Please understand that some information included in Claymont Connection may be incomplete due to the number of resources consulted for each issue. We apologize for any inaccuracies, and hope that you will contact Claymont Foundation with any corrections.

Mr. & Mrs. Ira Wentworth, SmithAmbulance Services, Barbour Publishing,Inc., Rod, Diane & Tony Rafael, Bill & GayCox, Sam & Linda Fausto, FabOhio, PillarsClub, Joe & Barb Bollon, Jim & JeanneCarrothers, Robert & Catherine Clarke,Rob & Beth Lint, Blair Hillyer, Truck Salesand Service, Sue & John Raymond,Edward D. Jones Company, RepresentativeCollin Fawcett, Steve Long, George &Bessie Demis, Kerry Mezger, and Bloom’sPrinting.

Collin Fawcett closed the evening bythanking all in attendance.

Choir in Robes

Citizen of the Year Award - Jeff ArthursClaymont Class of 1967

The Citizen of the Year Award is given to a person who has been activein the community and in community education and awareness. This awardwas presented to Jeff Arthurs, a 1967 graduate of Claymont High School.Jeff received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Social Science Comprehensivefrom West Liberty State College. He has post graduate studies at theUniversity of Dayton, Ashland University, Rio Grande College and KentState University. Jeff has been a teacher at Claymont High School for34 years. Jeff has also served as Claymont’s track coach for 34 years and

cross-country coach for 33 years. In track, he has had 84 state qualifiers, 25 All-Ohio performers, 5 state champions, 1 honorable mention All-American and 1 All-American. In cross-country, he has had 19 individualstate qualifiers, 6 state qualifying teams, 15 All-Ohio runners and 1 statechampion. He has managed numerous community road races and trackmeets for the booster club. He also sponsors a fifth and sixth grade cross-country meet. He has received the Claymont Booster Club’s RobertMcCullough Award; the 1995-1996 State Sportsmanship Ethics andIntegrity Award; the 2002 Ethics and Integrity Award for Boys Track andField; track and cross-country league coach of the year awards in the SenateLeague and the ECOL; track and cross-country District Coach of the Year;and track and cross-country longevity awards. Jeff apologized for not havingexact dates, but stated it has never been about him. He feels the athletesshould get the recognition.

Jeff is a resident of Uhrichsville, where he resides with his wife, Diane.They have two children, Keith Arthurs, a 1992 graduate of Claymont, and adaughter, Jennifer Bronson, a 1993 graduate of Claymont. They also have agrandson, Nathan Bronson. Some of Jeff’s favorite high school memoriesare the get-togethers at friends’ houses; dances after the games; pick upbasketball games; and pick up track meets after practice.

The Award was presented by his daughter Jennifer Arthurs Bronson.

Teacher of the Year - Elizabeth BauschClaymont Vocal Music Teacher

The Teacher of the Year is presented to a teacher basedon quality of teaching, impact on students, commitment tothe educational process and pursuit of lifetime learning.Teachers nominated must have been at Claymont for at leastfive years and must be currently on the staff. Nominationsfor this award are made by their peers within the ClaymontCity School District.

Liz graduated from Capital University’s Conservatory ofMusic in 1997 and immediately was hired at Claymont,where she also teaches general music at the junior high.

At the high school, Bausch leads Chorale, SymphonicChoir and two show choirs that perform throughout thecommunity at events. She also has begun an after-schoolprogram at Claymont Junior High for students interested inchoir.

Claymont High French teacher Amy Conn nominatedBausch for the award, citing her dedication to her studentsand commitment to education and the community. Conn alsomentioned the obstacles Bausch has overcome this year dueto a debilitating hearing loss. Conn cited “Liz has taught thestudents more than music this year, she has taught them thatlife often hands you the unexpected and you must persevere.”

For being selected, Bausch has also been awarded a$300 grant for use in her classroom. The Claymont Jayceessponsored the grant.

Bausch and her husband, Adam, reside in Dennisonwith their son, Addison.

The award was presented by Amy Conn.

Alumnus of the Year Award - Milan D. Lint, Ph.D (Claymont Class of 1978)The Alumnus of the Year Award is granted to an individual who has demonstrated lifetime leadership and abilities in his or her chosen

field. The award was presented to Milan D. Lint, Ph.D. Milan, a 1978 Claymont High School graduate, is the First Vice President and Headof Human Resources for Merrill Lynch in New York, New York. He has served as Head of Human Resources, Merrill Lynch InvestmentManagers; Head of Executive Compensation, Merrill Lynch; Global Compensation Manager, Merrill Lynch; and Compensation Analyst,Merrill Lynch. He has also served with the National Labor Relations Board. He has a Bachelors Degree in Finance, a Masters Degree inIndustrial Relations, and a Ph.D. in Labor and Human Resources, all from The Ohio State University. He has homes in New York city andBuckingham, Pennsylvania with his partner of 16 years, Mitchell Berlin. He enjoys raising and competitively exhibiting Portuguese waterdogs.

This awards was presented by Milan’s sister, Amy Lint Conn.

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Alumnus Achievement Award - David W. AdamsUhrichsville Class of 1958

The Alumnus Achievement Award isgiven to a person whose contributions havemade an impact on society and thecommunity. This award will he presented toDavid V. Adams (previously known asElmer E. Adams). David is a 1958 graduateof Uhrichsville High School. David wasborn in Maiden, Missouri and moved toUhrichsville at age ten. While in JuniorHigh, he met Mr. Charles Shelby, the

school’s music director, who first developed his interest in music. Mr. Shelby started him on the baritone, but David also wanted toplay the piano but could not afford a piano or the lessons. Mr.Shelby sold him his personal piano for $5.00 and gave him pianolessons at no charge.

He attended The Ohio State University on a music scholarshipin piano. He also played in the OSU Marching Band. While atOSU, he became a part of ROTC and the Army. He was given aregular army commission as a 2nd Lt. upon graduation in 1962. HisArmy career of 20 years included a tour of duty in Panama and twotours in Vietnam. Other assignments were all stateside, including 10years at the Pentagon. He then returned to Ohio State University foran MBA in personnel management.

During service in Vietnam, David received two Legions ofMerit, two Presidential Unit Citations and the Vietnamese Medal ofHonor First Class. He commanded the last American unit to leaveVietnam after the truce was signed. While assigned to the Pentagon,he developed the Army’s first master plan for automating the totalpersonnel system from recruitment to retirement. He also conceived,developed, and implemented the Army’s first worldwide, on-line,interactive system for re-enlisting soldiers, which included retrainingand reassignment. He received his Third Legion of Merit uponcompletion of assignment in the Pentagon.

At age 35 he gave up bachelorhood and married a wonderfulwoman named Roxanna; who passed away on their 25th weddinganniversary in 2001.

In San Antonio, he became the first Personnel Director of theCancer Therapy and Research Center, which was a small cancerresearch and treatment center. During his 14 years as PersonnelDirector, the Center grew from 95 employees to over 400, spun off anew research company which is now listed on the Exchange andexpanded from one small building to five new modern ones fortreatment and research.

In I999 he was diagnosed with lymphoma cancer that hadalready reached stage IV and had spread to the bone marrow as wellas all lymph nodes. He has been through five differentchemotherapy protocols with less results each time and has nowreached the stage where no other treatments are available.

He retired from his job in September 2000 and has beenenjoying life by doing all the things he has always wanted to do.David has spent time hiking, backpacking, canoeing, taking a cruise,and saddling up at a longhorn cattle roundup.

David’s health prevented him from attending so his sisterWilma Ault accepted the award on his behalf and shared a messagefrom Dave. Martha Campbell presented the award.

Distinguished Alumnus Award - Natalie McBeth LupiClaymont Class of 1973

The Distinguished Alumnus Award is given to a person who hasdedicated his or her life or career to the service of humanity. Theaward was presented to Natalie M. Lupi, a 1973 graduate ofClaymont High School. She is the Superintendent for the TuscarawasCounty Board of Mental Retardation Developmental Disabilities. Shehas a Superintendent Certification, Management III Certification forAdult Services and Early Intervention Supervision Certification fromthe Ohio Department of Mental Retardation DevelopmentalDisabilities. She also has a Supervisor’s Certification, Multi-Handicapped K- 12 Certification, Learning Disabilities K- 12Certification and Behavior Disorders K- 12 Certification from theOhio Department of Education. She also has training in strategicplanning, neurodevelopment training for teachers andgrantsmanship.

Natalie received her Bachelor of Science Degree inAdministration of Criminal Justice, with a focus on BehaviorDisorder/Juvenile Delinquency, Magna Cum Laude and her Mastersof Education in Special Education from Kent State University. Shehas postgraduate studies in Education Administration from KentState and Ashland Universities. She had a 4.0 grade average for herMasters and post-graduate studies.

She is involved with numerous community and civic groups. Herprofessional achievements include being current President of RegionV Superintendents consisting of eighteen County Boards of MentalRetardation Developmental Disabilities; an Ohio Superintendent’sExecutive Committee Member; an Ohio Medicaid Strategic PlanningGroup Member; and on Ohio Department of Mental RetardationDevelopmental State Level Committees. She has previously beenSuperintendent of the Fairfield and Hocking County Boards ofMental Retardation Developmental Disabilities; Director of ChildrenServices of Knox County Board of MR/DD; AssistantSuperintendent of Carroll County Board of MR/DD; and pastpresident of Mid Eastern Ohio Regional Council of Governments.She has received the Ohio Department of Mental RetardationAccreditation Award and the Ohio Public Image Awards for 1998-2004. Natalie resides in New Philadelphia, Ohio with her husband,Don Lupi (a 1962 Dennison High School graduate).

Some of her favorite high school memories are as follows: “I enjoyed attending the basketball games and participating in thePEP Club to cheer on the team. We had a great basketball team andone of the special players was Dave Smith, who did an outstandingjob. I also had fond memories of working in the library with JaneAmos, the school librarian. Speech class in my senior year wasanother enjoyable time; Judy Bear was the teacher and I reallyenjoyed that class and her leadership. I also enjoyed being involvedin the various clubs: future teachers, future nurses and the NationalHonor Society. I also remember and enjoyed getting out of study hallto go to work at the Dairy Queen in Uhrichsville working for Mr.and Mrs. Eggan. They were great people to work for and that iswhere I got my start in the world of work-dealing and interactingwith people. It was the best experience of working with the public atthat time in my life.

This award was presented by Jim Carrothers.

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Kristen Burdette - daughter of Toddand Beth Burdette received a $1,000.00 Ted and Carol Gram Memorial Scholarshipfor her continued studies in medicine atOhio State University.

T.J. McMillen- son of Tim and TammyMcMillen received a $500.00 Sam ShimpMemorial Scholarship. T.J. will attend West Liberty College and major inEducation.

Madison Davis- daughter of Troy and Michele Dalpiaz received a$500.00 John Harstine Memorial Scholarship and will major inInternational Studies at Mount Union College.

Travis Wright- son of Terry and Debby Wright received a $500.00Randy & Beth Johnson Education Scholarship. Travis will attend ValleyForge Christian College and major in Music Education.

Jerrin Brindley- son of Jeff and Kathy Brindley received a $1,000.00Scott Luikart Scholarship. Jerrin will study Business at The College ofWooster.

Jessica Kimble- daughter of Gary Kimble and Lori Nardi received a$1,000.00 Scott Luikart Scholarship. Jessica will attend The College ofWooster and major in Middle Childhood Education.

Vaughn Stull- son of Vaughn and Jean Stull received a $1,000.00Truck Sales Inc. Scholarship to attend Hocking College. Vaughn plans onpursuing audio/video production as his field of study.

Staci Peterman- daughter of Dale and Deb Peterman received a$500.00 Clayton “Pete” Wolfe Scholarship to attend West Liberty Collegeor Walsh University and major in Education.

Janelle Jones- daughter of Jeff and Carla Jones received a $500.00James Haverfield Memorial Scholarship. Janelle will attend OtterbeinCollege and major in Athletic Training.

Lauren Mills- daughter of Larry Mills and Barb Bollon received the$1,000.00 Marie Hillyer Scholarship. Lauren will attend Baldwin-WallaceCollege and major in Physical Therapy.

Sam Pearch- son of Kelly andKathleen Pearch received the $500.00First National Bank Scholarship. Sam will attend Kent State University andmajor in Business.

Kingsly Wanosik- daughter of Timand Tui Wanosik received a $1,000.000Richard & Martha Armstrong DenmanScholarship. Kingsly is completing herfinal year of studies at Ohio StateUniversity majoring in Animal Sciences.

This is Kingsly’s fourth year of this continuing scholarship.

Ashley Hockenberry- daughter of Donald and Susan Hockenberryreceived a $1,000.00 Scott Luikart Scholarship. Ashley will attend WalshUniversity and major in Education.

Gary Versluis- son of Martin and Laura Versluis received a $1,000.00Uhrichsville Alumni Scholarship. This scholarship was donated by GlennStilgenbauer in honor of Sam Shimp. Gary will attend Miami Universityto major in Mechanical Engineering.

Ben Tulak- son of Steve and Teresa Patterson and the late Joe Tulakreceived a $1,000.00 Uhrichsville Alumni Scholarship. This scholarshipwas donated by Glenn Stilgenbauer in honor of Sam Shimp. Ben willattend Kent State University and major in Business.

Ashley Rogers- daughter of David and Lorie Rogers received a$500.00 Uhrichsville Alumni Scholarship. This scholarship was donatedby Glenn Stilgenbauer in honor of Sam Shimp. Ashley will attend OhioUniversity this fall.

Bethany Clarke- daughter of Robert and Jackie Clarke received a$1,000.00 Scott Luikart Scholarship. Bethany will major in Education atMount Union College.

Katelyn Kendziorski- daughter of Mike and Dana Kendziorskireceived a $250.00 Uhrichsville Class of 1979 Scholarship. Katelyn willattend Kent State University Tuscarawas and major in Nursing.

Scholarships AwardedThe following students received scholarships for the 2004/2005 school year.

A total of $13,750.00 was awarded to graduating seniors at the annual Claymont Foundation Alumni Dinner.

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Aleigh Bollon (center), a 5th gradestudent at Claymont IntermediateSchool, recently visited with herpenpal, Bella Quezada(left), at SallieJones Elementary School in PuntaGorda, Florida. Aleigh and herclassmates, students in Amy Reiser’sSocial Studies class, adopted Dr.Stroup’s (right) 5th grade classearlier in the year after HurricaneCharley struck their city. Aleighpresented a check to the class withmoney their class earned conductingbakesaleslastfall.

Park and Eastport Avenue Elementary were both named Schoolsof Promise for the 2004-2005 school year. In order to qualify for theaward schools have to meet certain qualifications. An awardedschool must meet Adequate Yearly Progress requirements requiredby the federal government. 40% of students taking standardizedtests must meet low-income criteria. At least 75% of students in 3rdand 4th grade must pass the Ohio Proficiency Test in either readingor math. At lest 75% of students in racial or ethnic groups in eachtested grade level passed the proficiency test in reading or math.Finally, at least 50% of the students at the tested grade levels alsopassed the 2002-2003 proficiency tests in reading or math.

Students in Mrs. Carol Swigert’s first grade and Mrs. RhondaSmith’s fourth grade helped organize a donation drive and held abake sale to raise money for an Afghanistan humanitarian reliefeffort. Items such as winter clothing, coats, hats and gloves weredonated from schools around the district. Students at Eastport thenpacked and made sure the items were delivered to the post office.Maj. Chris Conn, a C-130 pilot from the Ohio Air National Guard inMansfield and father delivered the items to Herat, Afghanistan inearly April. Maj. Conn is the father of two students at Eastport,Everett in fourth grade and Owen in first grade.

Students in the Multiple Disabilities unit at Eastport are therecipients of adaptive equipment from the Rainbow Connection.Students in the unit will benefit from an adaptive toilet chair, an

adaptive seating system and a gait trainer to assist with walking.On June 17, 2005 Eastport Elementary will be hosting a Quality

Academy. Teachers from around the state will have the opportunityto see quality tools in action with students, parents and teachers.They will be meeting with grade level counterparts from Eastport.The visiting teachers will see several demonstrations involvingparents and students. Finally, they will have the opportunity to takebuilding tours led by Eastport students.

Claymont Junior High School just recently finished up its 11thannual March Madness Chess Tournament. The tournament ismodeled after the NCAA basketball tournament of the same name.We use a bracket and seeding system with byes for some players. Itis open to all seventh and eighth grade Claymont students, not justchess team members. This year we had 60 students sign up for thecompetition. We recognize the top eight finishers in each grade, alsoknown as the “sweet sixteen.” These competitors all receive sometype of award at the Academic Awards ceremony in May. In addition,the top four finishers receive a special award and a very nice carrybag travel chess set.

The top eight finishers for the seventh grade were: RachaelMiller, Cass Corpman, Sam VanFossen, Christopher Miskimen, HaleyHoward, Kees Edwards, Cory Johnson and the seventh gradechampion, Taylor Birney.

During the month ofFebruary the students atClaymont Intermediate Schoolwere given a challenge. Mrs. Linda Roberts Davis hadentered them in the “Read toAchieve” program with theCleveland Cavaliers. The students had to keepa log of their after school reading minutes perhomeroom.

Mr. Chad Peterman’s class read a total of50,804 minutes and Mr. Brian Watkins classreading 49,543 after school minutes. The totalfor the whole building was 302,524 afterschool minutes read.

After turning all records into the Cav’s, wegot the news that Mr. Peterman’s class came inthe top 5 for the month of February. Alongwith that we had two 6th grade individual

students that came in the top 5.They were: Nathan Baker andJohn Constantino. Upon receivingthis news Mrs. Davis along withMr. Grant presented two ticketseach for Nathan and John toattend the April 14th Cav’s game

against New York. Both Nathan and John were recognized

center court before the game started.Congratulations Nathan and John.

All students who participated in theprogram received a back pack from theCleveland Cavaliers as a participation award.

Claymont Intermediate School was the only school that had two in the top 5 forawards.

John is in the middle beside Nathan in the Cavaliers shirt.

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The Claymont Classes of 1970, 1975, 1980, 1995 and2000 will join together for their reunion celebration on Moose Islandon Saturday, July 2nd. Dinner and a DJ will be provided for this event.If you have not made your reservation, contact the ClaymontFoundation today!!

The Uhrichsville High School Clas of 1965 will have their40th reunion during the weekend of August 12 and 13. On Friday,August 12 there will be a picnic at the Atwood Yacht Club as well as apontoon cruise on Atwood Lake. There will also be a lawn cocktailparty on Saturday, August 13 at the Atwood Lake Resort. Forinformation, contact Karen Hunter Tripodi at (330) 364-5653.

Uhrichsville Class Of 1957 will hold their annual class picnicon June 25 at 12 noon till 4 pm at the Uhrichsville City Park Pavillion(Across from Stadium). Please bring a covered dish. Meat andbeverages will be provided. For further information, contact Joe Fanti.

Uhrichsville High School Class of 1939 is planning a 2 dayevent for June 24 & 25. On Friday, they will meet at Chef Ernies fordinner 6:30 pm. On Saturday, June 25, at noon, there is a tour ofWarther’s Museum. C Larry Beaver hopes to host a get together at BestWestern Inn at around 3 pm. They will end the evening by attendingthe Uhrichsville Alumni Banquet at the K of C Hall, Dennison at 5:45pm Dinner & Dance. For further information contact Peg Mallernee.

The Dennison Alumni will be held at the Claymont High Schoolon Saturday, June 18. For further information, contact Rick Bloom orDonna Gold Herman.

The Dennison Class of 1955 will be holding their reunion atThe Dennison Yard. For further information, contact Barb McCoolRoberts at (740) 922-3028.

The Uhrichsville Class of 1936 will meet at the Pros Table atnoon on Saturday, June 25. For further information, contact Carl Fisher.

Alumni Reunions

This year the Arizonia based group of Uhrichsville Alumni met at alocal Phoenix restaurant and included Angelo (’54) and LindaDemis; Jim (’60) and Linda Long; Bob (’59) and Doris Pounds(’61) Miller; Everett (’51) and Carolyn Hodkinson; Mike (’58) andNancy Goodyear; John (’59) and Marcie Ivan (’62) Goodyear; Dave(’59) and Jan Gooding. This year’s get-together also included twonew couples, Stan (’54) and Gladys Kleski of the Phoenix area andRichard (’46) and Edna Miller, who drove over from California.

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Nicole Wenger (C’04) just completed Air Force Basic Trainingat Lackland AFB in Texas. She says she has a new found respect forthe people in the military and all of the citizens who support them.She is currently in tech school and is studying to become a nurse.She is in the choir and loves the Air Force.

Amy Cummings Barnabi (CHS 89’) and Michael Barnabiof Dennison, son born November 25, 2004 (Nathan). Big brother,Ryan, 8. Grandparents are Nick & Terriann Cummings (DennisonAlumni) and Mary & Lynn Barnabi, Dennison.

Brittany Bonner ( C’02) is working in Asheville, NorthCarolina as a chef in The Bistro on the famous Biltmore Etate.After graduation, Brittany (daughter of Jim and Sally Kuba Bonner)attended the University of Chicago before switching to IUP’sAcademy of Culinary Arts. She graduated from there in December2004 and did her externship at The Biltmore. They hired her as afull-time chef and her boss allowed her to create her own menuitem - Bruschetta. Brittany loves to create Italian dishes andabsolutely adores living in Asheville.

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The top eight finishers for the eighth grade were: RanceDavis, Jeremy Shepherd, Ben Meese, Tanner Day, Brad Reeder,Coree Howard, Aaron Colvin and the eighth grade and overallJunior High champion, Kenny Fannon.

Special thanks go out to Principal Mike Wright and AssistantPrincipal Mike Smith for their constant support of the JuniorHigh chess program and a VERY special thanks go out to LynneStanbarger, Gale Langford and Kathy Wallace for giving up manylunch times during the school year to be there for the studentsinvolved in chess.

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Students in Heather Dotts’ 10th grade English classes will go into“sales” this spring, when they they select library books to read, andconvince other students to read the same book. Students will followtheir reading with by writing skits, radio shows, children’s books,and puppet shows. Mrs. Dotts, Library Media Specialist, selectedbooks from The Junior Library Guild Company, with theFoundation Grants. The Junior Library Guild, sends award winningbooks throughout the year, allowing for any student at the highschool to check out a good book.

Teacher Grant Reports

Susan Mosher’s Math students have been exploring complexgeometric concepts through hands-on activities with the help of theClaymont Foundation. A Lateral AreaSet was purchased with grant moneyprovided by the Foundation. Sixgeometric solids are represented in twodimensions with their accompanyingfold-down nets. Students were able to

explorevolume,surface area, and symmetry ofcubes, rectangular prisms, triangularprisms, square pyramids, hexagonalpyramids, and square prisms as wellas terminology related to geometricsolids.

Jon McCluskey teaches 5th and 6th grade special education atClaymont Intermediate School. The students in his reading classhave difficulties with reading comprehension. The difficulties areoften compounded by the fact that several of his students do not readfluently.

The Claymont Foundation Grant that Iwas used to purchase thereading fluency program, Five Minutes to Better Reading Skills. Theexercises are very quick paced. The pace of the exercise is beneficial,as many of the students in my classroom have short attention spans.They use the program at least twice a week.

The drills are organized according to the phonic rules andcombinations that are used in reading. Each drill builds upon priordrills so that there is continual review and mastery of all readingconcepts. The students really enjoy the drills and are becomingcompetitive with the program. It is fun to see students take so muchpride in their work. Students are asking to take copies of the readingprogram home so that they can practice and keep up with theirfriends who may be at a higher level.

He has seen great improvements in the reading fluency of thestudents in my reading class. The students are becoming moreconfident in their reading selections, as they are choosing morechallenging books during silent reading time. The students in myreading class are benefiting greatly from this program which wasmade possible by the Claymont Foundation. Thanks to theFoundation for supporting the efforts of my students and supplyingme with the materials necessary to foster education within myclassroom.

The Scripps National Spelling Bee compact discs were used to helpstudents enrich their spelling and vocabulary skills and gainconfidence and success with spelling, including competition in theschool’s spelling bee. All language teachers were given a copy of thediscs to be loaned to students who wanted to study the words from acompact disc. All words in the Scripps National Spelling Bee bookand their meanings were pronounced and defined on the CD.Many seventh grade students voluntarily gave up their lunch timesfrom September through February to prepare for the bee, and theyused the discs as an accompaniment to the spelling bee book. Thisgrant was award to Gale Langford.

When the 10th gradersplay Survivor: Claymont,no one is safe! KelsiBarnhart’s classes aredivided into tribes thatcompete in reward andimmunity challenges each week.The challenges relate to currentBiology topics. After a rewardchallenge, the tribe that finishesfirst gets to pick from the rewardbox. Inside are all kinds of prizesincluding pencils, stickers, tattoos,mind games, spinning tops,and bracelets. After animmunity challenge, theteam that finishes last hasto “vote” someone off theisland. This consists ofdrawing the short straw.Eventually the class iswhittled down to just a fewremaining survivors. Thenthey begin to compete againstthemselves. The Sole Survivor isdecided by a series of smallerchallenges. First semester we had5 lucky winners, Pernissa Grimm,Sandy Williams, Brittany Massie,Quinn O’Hara, and HillaryHillyer. Each winner received atwenty-dollar gift certificateto the mall.Congratulations! We areplaying again thissemester- who will be theSOLE SURVIVOR?

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Matt Rainsberg (C’97) worked at Dover Chemical Corp. during hissenior mentoring project and now writes that the experience had a“profoundly positive influence in the start of my career.” He continuedon at Dover Chemical as a paid employee the summer after graduationas well as the summers and breaks during his years at AshlandUniversity. He worked on a designated project each summer in themetalworking fluids and lubricants section in research and development.Before his senior year at Ashland Matt accepted an internship with theOhio Aerospace Institute at NASA-Glenn Research Center in Cleveland.There he worked in the Surface Science and Tribology (study of frictionand wear) and studied the properties of aerospace lubricants for movingmechanical assemblies (MMA) like gyroscopes. He worked there againafter graduating with his Bachelors in chemistry.

After that Matt took a position with the AmeriCorps National CivilianCommunity Corps in Charleston, SC. It was a ten-month residentialprogram focused on national community service. One of the highlightswas a stint in Salt Lake City providing medical assistance to the homelessduring the XIX Winter Olympics.

Matt attended graduate school at OU, that ended with his MS inanalytical chemistry. He is currently a forensic chemist with the Dept. ofJustice-Drug Enforcement Administration in San Francisco. CA. His mainduty is chemically analyzing submitted exhibits for controlled substances.When necessary, he testifies as an expert witness in Federal and Statecourt with the results of his examinations. Soon Matt’s job will includeprocessing clandestine laboratories, training federal, state, and local lawenforcement officers, as well as fielding technical questions from agentsand prosecutors.

Matt believes the mentoring program was a fantastic stepping stonethat helped launch his career. “It helped me do several things includinggaining basic laboratory experience, networking and opening doors forscholarships and other internships.”

Sheila Benedum (C’66) lives in Rocky River and is a Consultant forINFOhio at Bay Village City Schools.She received her Bachelor’s degreein Education from Cleveland State and her Master’s in Education Mediafrom Kent State

Her community involvement includes: Choir & Bells at Bay UnitedMethodist church, Steering Committee and Board of Directors forLEECA, and City of Bay Village Mayor’s Commission For Technology andGrowth.

She received the Ohio Education Library/Media Assn. Award of Merit2004 and WVIZ’s Betty Cope Award 2004.

Her favorite high school memories are taking the band bus to awayfootball games, choir contests with Tom Hite and Miss Lenk’s Latinclasses.

Jan Lynn Aldergate (C ’70) resides in New Philadelphia. Shereceived BA honors in English at the University of Hull, England and hasa teaching certificate in England for Accounting Technician. She is amember of B A Hons 2(ii), P.G.C.E. in Education, Association ofAccounting Technicians.

After residing in England for 34 years, she has returned to the areaand continues to search for her dream job. Jan has 2 children David24 yrs and Elizabeth Wragg 23 years.

Her favorite high school memory is her time in homeroom with KarenCroniser.

W Richard Werner (U ’38) is now retired and resides in NewPhiladelphia, He is a graduate of Mount Union College Class of 1942.He donated a chemistry lab in Bracy Hall at MUC in Honor of SamuelShimp.

Peter Carrothers (C’ 68) resides in Scio with his wife of 30 years,Marjorie. Their son, Demetrius (C ’92) and his wife Cindy have twosons, Noah and Alex.

Pete has a BS in Telecommunications from Kent State University andis currently employed at Smokers Paradise.

Pete has been involved in the following community and civic activities:President of United Retail Merchants, Secretary of Claymont BoosterClub, Board of Directors for Rainbow Connection and Producer &Director of their Telethon, Chamber of Commerce Board of Directorsand served on the School Board at the age of 22.

He has been recognized by the Media Advisory Commission &Wrestling Coaches Association with their top award presented by OhioHigh School Athletic Association at the 2000 Wrestling State Tournament.Pete is only the 6th person to receive this award in 60 years.

His favorite high school memory is playing golf with the ‘67-’68 team.For 35 years he announced High School sports on Radio and TV andwas instrumental in adding the broadcasting of additional high schoolsports (baseball, wrestling, girls basketball, State track meets) and alocal daily radio sports talk show.

Ivan K. “Tex” Gilmore (C ’72) was recently elected Chairman of theNorth Carolina Board for Licensing of Geologists in Raleigh. Mr.Gilmore was appointed to the Board in 1999 by former Governor JamesB. Hunt and re-appointed in 2003 by Governor Michael F. Easley.Gilmore fills the Mining Geologist position on the Board.

Mr. Gilmore is the Superintendent of Mine Planning and ChiefGeologist of PCS Phosphate in Aurora. Gilmore has over 26 years ofexperience working in the mining industry as a professional geologist.He received his geology degree from Kent State University in 1976.

Mr. Gilmore is active in the Society for Mining, Metallurgy andExploration (SME), the American Institute of Professional Geologists(AIPG) and the Association of Engineering Geologists (AEG).

The North Carolina Board for Licensing of Geologists has statutoryauthority to establish standards and conduct examinations for licensingof geologists and has the power to regulate the practice of licensedgeologists in North Carolina. The board consists of six members, five ofwhom are appointed by the governor.

PCS Phosphate is a division of PotashCorp, the world’s largest fertilizerenterprise and a leading supplier to the agriculture, animal nutrition,and industrial chemicals markets. At the Aurora facility about ninetypercent of its 1,000 employees are native to the area. PCS Phosphatehas shown the ability to properly balance the substantial economicbenefit it brings to eastern North Carolina with the importantresponsibility of being good stewards of our resources and theenvironment.

He has resided in North Carolina for 23 years and has survived 8hurricanes.

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• BRICK DONATIONS •Please make check payable to The Claymont Foundation, Inc., P.O. Box 255, Dennison, Ohio 44621.

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Scholarship Donations (through May 1, 2005)

Randy & Beth Johnson ScholarshipRandy & Beth Johnson

Marie Hillyer ScholarshipBlair Hillyer Beth Hillyer Becky Hillyer Hudson Hillyer Brad Hillyer

Luikart ScholarshipScott & Jennifer Luikart Wachovia Securities

Class of 1956 Scholarship Arnold Jack Irma Shroyer

Sam Shimp Scholarship In Memory of Gerald Boyd, James Jones, Mary

Margaret Watkins & Dorothy Smith Barabei Darrell Pancher W. Richard Werner

John Harstine Scholarship In Memory of Gerald Boyd, James Jones, Mary

Margaret Watkins & Dorothy Smith Barabei Darrell Pancher

L. Kathryn Jack Lint ScholarshipLillian Sproul Bob & Wanda Machan Wayne & Marilyn McMillen Bill & Claudia Sproul Dale & Mary Sproul Mary Carney Kathryn & Richard Boehm Harry & Sandra Eaglin Jim & Mary Sue Overholt

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• DONATIONS •Tax deductible donations may be sent to the Claymont Foundation, Inc., P.O. Box 255, Dennison, Ohio, 44621.

Please be sure to include your school, year of graduation and maiden name. We truly appreciate your support.

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BenefactorScott (C ’81) and Jennifer Luikart

Sponsor Robert & Janet Archer Donald Siano (U ’60) Jean & Sam Romig

Supporter Craft Technologies Sandra Stout Pont (U ’51)

PatronDonald & Connie Stoutt James Huprich (U ’50)

DonorRodney Hill (D ’45) Nettie Jackson (U ’42)

In Memory of• Mike Kilpatrick

Kathleen O’Donnell• Leslie Shelley Mulary

Tom & Sue Huff • Alma Schwab

Uhrichsville Class of 1936• Arlene Selcoma Jacops

Lesley Hay Wilson (U ’47) Betty Mahaffey Rausch (U ’53) Dick & Sheila Devney (U ’47)

• Clifford Bair, Faculty AdvisorUhrichsville Class of 1936

• Tom Lynch Uhrichsville Class of 1948

• Larry Ickes Uhrichsville Class of 1956

• Ralph Mills Uhrichsville Class of 1956

• Bill Carrothers Uhrichsville Class of 1956

• Shirley Pearch Uhrichsville Class of 1936

DonationsDonations (through May 1, 2005)

The Ace Program was developed to show students post graduation options that are available to them.Students from Buckeye Career Center came to Claymont Intermediate and provided demonstrations to 5th grade students in areas of hygiene and health care. This coincided with their visits to Twin CityHospital where they were given tours of the different departments of the hospital. While on the tour, theylearned what further education was needed to fill the various positions.

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Board of Trustees

PresidentCollin Fawcett C ‘89

Vice PresidentMartha Campbell C ‘80

TreasurerJason Jackson C ‘94

SecretaryBarb Huff Bollon C ‘78

Financial SecretaryAmy Edwards Staneart C ‘80

Legal CounselJim Carrothers D ‘64

Charles Grandison U ‘56Don Wright D ‘49Marcia Hathaway Shamel C ‘85Gay LaPorte Cox U ‘63Beth Wright Lint C ‘81Marilyn McCarroll Wilson D ‘57

ClaymontConnection Staff

Jeanne Carrothers

Rebecca Carrothers Stewart C ‘92

Jim Carrothers D ‘64

Barb Huff Bollon C ‘78

Martha Campbell C ‘80

Rick Bloom Jr. C ‘83

Beth Wright Lint C ‘81

Rob Lint C ‘76

Jennifer Donato Stewart C ‘88

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