Volume 19 Issue 1 April 2013

Alumni Dinner

2013

Friday, July 5

The Fifth Season

Banquet Center

Cash bar, 6 - 7

p.m.

Dinner, 7 p.m.

Brief Meeting,

8 p.m.

Visiting ‘til 10 p.m.

President’s

Message

1

Treasurer’s

Report

1

2011 Reunion

Pictures

2-3

Scholarship

Recipients

2

Scholarship

Contributors

4

Scholarship

Contribution

Form

5

Dinner Reser-

vation Form

5

Inside this

issue:

Newsletter McDonald Alumni Association

Alumni

Dinner 2014

Tentatively set for

Friday, July 4

Our Scholarship fund (Vanguard Wellington) is at $64,460. Last year’s total was $53,000. This is the first time

that the total has been over $60,000! Last year was also a first – over $50,000. We are improving!

Our operating checking account (day to day bills) is at $2,076.

Donations last year were approximately $6,200.

The dinner cost was approximately $3,400. The alumni dinner does not make any money. It is a break-even

endeavor for camaraderie.

We have not awarded over $70,000 in scholarships since 1998. Even though $70,000 might sound lofty, that

sum only pays two years of tuition at a medium tier private college. It is a different world out there in post-

secondary education; costs are just crazy compared to my days. My parents paid $3,500 out of pocket for four

years at Oberlin College. I have nephews and younger colleagues with medical-dental school debts of over

$100,000. Mine was $20,000. So my plea is this, if you can, please be generous. However, we will never turn

down any donation as every bit helps!

An alumni association is very different from a parent booster club --- the alumni association helps people other

than our own children.

Thank you for your past and future generosity!

Bill Kunkel, Treasurer

Class of 1971

Treasurer’s Report

President’s Report

Reunions this year

at Alumni Dinner:

1968 & 1978

Reunion Info Class of ‘68 will be celebrating their 45th reunion.

If you know of someone who is a member of the

Class of ‘68, please tell them about the reunion. If

you have any questions concerning this event contact

Carol Carkido Scirocco at 330-530-4890 or by email:

dance51@aol.com.

Traditionally, this letter has provided me the opportunity to relate to you events that have occurred in the past year

involving the McDonald Local Schools and the Alumni Association. This year, I would like to get your thoughts

and ideas regarding some specific matters concerning the Alumni Association.

Contributions – Annually we receive contributions for the scholarship fund approximating $5,000.

We would like to increase the giving level to build up the size of the scholarship fund. What do you

think would be the best way to increase our annual scholarship contributions?

E-mail addresses – We would like to increase sending this publication by e-mail to help minimize

our postage expenses and ensure that it is received as many people as possible. How can we best

obtain the e-mail addresses of as many of our members as possible?

Lost Classmates – We lack contact information for several members of each graduating class. What

would be the best way to obtain this information?

Reunion Classes – Each year, we provide special recognition for reunion classes (classes whose

anniversaries end in a number divisible by 5 (20th, 25th, 30th, 35th, etc.)) at the dinner meeting for the

Alumni Association. What should we do to increase the level of participation by reunion classes?

I would love to hear your thoughts and ideas on these matters. Please don’t hesitate to contact me at

jmsaganich@vorys.com or personally at this year’s Alumni Association dinner. I hope to hear from you soon.

Always a Blue Devil,

John M. Saganich, President

Class of 1975

Class of ‘78 will be celebrating their 35th reunion. For

more information, contact Karen Dye by email: kagold-

en@ysu.edu.

The website: www.friendsofmhs.com is no longer the McDonald Alumni website. The website still exists, but is not operated by us. If you make a donation to this website, your donation does not go to the MHS Alumni account.

If you plan on attending any of the reunions, you

will need to send in the registration form on page 5.

Four graduating seniors from the Class of 2012 were each awarded a $1,500 scholarship. The recipi-ents were presented with their scholarship checks at the banquet: (l-r) Meghan McCarthy, Hannah Sylvester, Alexis Howard (daughter of Deann Magill Howard ‘89) and Paige Eckman.

2012 Scholarships PAGE 2 NEWSLETTER VOLUME 19 ISSUE 1

2012

Alumni Dinner

Photos

1940’s From (l-r): Becky Evans Paxton,

Pauline Coleman Beamer, Ted Snyder

Back: Mike Casale, Gib Woods

1950’s Front (l-r): Nancy McClelland Galipo, Kitty Bucan Woods,

Elizabeth Jane Pastore Jones, Donna Frazier Hughes, Donna

Mackey Postlethwait, Betty Toth Leskovac, Pearl Mackey

Smith, Beverly Mackey

Back: Gene Telego, Emil Ruha, Ed Moody, Kathryn

“Babe” Regich Gresko, Barb Lewis Zautner, Tom Riley,

David Leskovac, Joe Rich, Jerry Andrews

90’s & 2000’s (l-r): Pam Miner, Tammy Budrevich, Rose

Saganich, Eric Shehadi, Alexis Pizzulo, Deann

Magill Howard, Chris Hjelle

Class of 1962 Front (l-r): Bonnie Polo Nagy, Robin Green Ru-

schman, Karen Lewis Perusek, Kay Lewis VanBalen,

Susan Braun Daugherty, Kay Alexander Quirk, Isa-

belle Hodge Pavlich

Back: Keith Dunnigan, Eddie Daigneau, Dave Heil-

man, Clarence Newhouse, Neil “Rusty” Sabino, Gary

Konsol, Ed Dolsak, Richard Alderfer, Robert Scar-

brough

1960’s Front (l-r): Kathryn Casale Rimedio, Carol Ann Siranovic Hart,

Karen Mackey Loibl, Mary Lou Flere, Patty Markusic Leskovac,

Shirley Ferraro Moody, Cathy Scarbrough, Carol Carkido Scirocco

Back: George “Bing” Davis, Ed Dolsak, Donna Millick Dolsak,

Tom Leskovac, Bill Lewis, Jim Ruschman, Tom Hart, Larry Pax-

ton, Mary Jo Krumpak, Robert Scirocco

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70’s & 80’s (left) Front (l-r): Monica Golec Oblinger, Elaine Timariu, Kate

Stitt Harvey, Karen Dye, Barbara Snyder Weltch, Linda Hjelle

Wellington, Susie Watts Owens, Laurie Evans Smith, Ingrid

Kalany Lyras

Back: Pam Lowers D’Amore, Bradley Eldridge, Cathy Woods,

Terry Temnick, Emily Timariu Shehadi, John Saganich, Ted

Baumhauer, Thom Kunkel, Robin Ramsay Infante, Ken Bar-

ber, Debbie Snyder Gallite, Linda Temnick Tulchin, Laurie

Stevens Barber, Paula Borecki Kunkel, Debbie Logar Kunkel,

Bill Kunkel, Don Oblinger

2012 Spring Sports Baseball: 15-6-1; Sectional Champs

Softball: 9-10

Boys’ Track: ITCL Champions; District Champions; Podium at State: Zack Conley - 2nd High Jump (Son of Staci Augustine

Conley ‘85); Patrick Kunkel - 5th Mile (Son of Thom & Debbie Logar Kunkel ’78); Kyle Joynes - 6th 3200 (Son of Kim

Kosovec ’75); 4x800m Relay - 7th - Patrick Kunkel, Bobby Johnson, Kyle Joynes, Allan Coviello

Girls’ Track: ITCL Champions; District Champions; Podium at State: Jai’Lyn Mosley - 2nd in Discus, Tory Ross - 5th in Discus

(Daughter of Mary Ellen Billock Ross ‘83)

2012 Fall Sports Football: 6-4

Boys’ Cross Country: 1st – Trumbull County, 1st – ITCL, District Runner-Up, State Runner-Up

Girls’ Cross Country: 1st – Trumbull County; 1st – ITCL; 2nd - District; 3rd - Regional; 9th - State

Tennis: 11-6

Golf: 4-9

2012-2013 Winter Sports Boys’ Basketball: 21-5; ITCL Champs; District Runner-Up

Girls’ Basketball: 2-19

MHS Sports News

Class of 1952 Front (l-r): Emma Ruha

Gromofsky, Jacqueline Fra-

zier Barr, Catherine Betts

Stitt

Back: John Budrevich, Rev.

Tom McDermott, Art O’Neill

Class of 1977 Front (l-r): Gayle

Frantz Bowser, Marlene

Smail, Michael Gifford,

Marie McNulty, Cindy

Wilson O’Dea

Class of 1972 Monica Golec Oblinger,

Bradley Eldridge,

Elaine Timariu

Where are they now?

Class of 2000 Scholarship Recipient— Jenny Green Borgens

Jenny graduated from Kent State in December 2004 with a

double major in Biology and Psychology. While studying at

Kent, she worked at Six Flags Worlds of Adventure for the

Education and Conservation Department. After college, Jen-

ny completed an animal training internship at the National

Aquarium in Baltimore allowing her to work with Bottlenose

Dolphins. Jenny interviewed with SeaWorld San Antonio,

and being a former Royal Swan and a certified SCUBA div-

er, she passed the swim test. Jenny moved to San Antonio

and was an animal trainer at SeaWorld for 6 years where she

worked with Killer Whales, Pacific White-sided Dolphins,

Beluga Whales, and California Sea Lions. Jenny took educa-

tion classes and became a certified teacher in Texas. Jenny

continues to live San Antonio with her husband, Bart, a San

Antonio Police Officer, and their dog, Kooper. She is now a

teacher for Northside Independent School District. In her

free time, Jenny enjoys the outdoors, trying different Tex-

Mex restaurants, and spending time with family. She is a

cancer survivor and spends time raising awareness about

melanoma.

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Scholarship Contributors 2012-2013

If you made a donation and your name was left off this list, please contact Cathy Woods at cathy.woods@neomin.org or 330-530-8051 x. 1135.

1940 Barbara Havaich Paulicivic

1941

In Memory of Veronica Pucekovich --- Lillian Pucekovich Petrick '41

1941 John Fedyski

1942 Harold Beatty

1942 John Mikacinich

1942 Anne Ancik Mikacinich

1943 In memory of Rose Bodnar Jones

1943 Pauline Coleman Beamer

1944 In memory of Charles Morrison

1944 Jack Evans

1946 Pat Bodnar Morrison

1947 Becky Evans Paxton

1949 Katherine Dikun

1949 Gib Woods

1951 James Bodnar

1951 Kitty Bucan Woods

1952 Jacqueline Frazier Barr

1952 Matt Luknis, Jr.

1952 Art O'Neill

1952 Catherine Betts Stitt

1953 Bob Sell

1954 David Leskovac

1955 Betty Toth Leskovac

1956 Elizabeth "Jane" Pastore Jones

1956 Frances Colburn Pantalone

1956 Nancy Cartwright Sell

1956 Joann Grsetic Mosca

1956 David Hall

1957 Mary Pete Riddick

1957 David K. Miller

1957 Honi Lobinger Engster

1958 Robert Cuharick Locher

1959 Tim Wilkes

1959 Arlene Molin McClain

1959 Nancy McClelland Galipo

1960 Ginny Fry Wilkes

1960 Patty Markusic Leskovac

1960 Mary Lou Flere

1961 Susan McClelland Guthrie

1961 Joseph M. Dikun

1961 Tom Leskovac

1961 George "Bing" Davis

1962 Linda Fritz Montgomery

1962 Dave Heilman

1962 Susan Braun Daugherty

1962 Bonnie Polo Nagy

1962 Neal "Rusty" Sabino

1963 In Memory of Louis P. Flere ---Mary Lou Flere

1964 David Alderfer

1966 Larry Paxton

1966 Don Alderfer

1967 Robert Scirocco

1967 Cathy Scarbrough

1967 Linda Kunkel March

1967 Patti Lowers Gardner

1968 Kathy Jones Jones

1968 Ron Jones

1968 Carol Carkido Scirocco

1968 Jennifer Colla

1969 In memory of Suzanne Jones

1970 Suzy Watts Owens

1970 Linda Hjelle Wellington

1970 In Memory of Kenneth J. Flere ---Mary Lou Flere

1971 Don Oblinger

1971 Ray Morello

1971 Bill Kunkel

1971 Paula Borecki Kunkel

1972 Monica Golec Oblinger

1973 Sam Merola

1975 Ted Baumhauer

1975 John Saganich

1976 Laura Bumback Malloy

1976 Cathy Woods

1976 Leslie Flere Sperati

1976 Laurie Evans Smith

1976 Terry Temnick

1976 Michael O'Connell

1976 Pam Lowers Saganich

1978 Karen Dye

1978 Linda Temnick Tulchin

1978 Thom Kunkel

1978 Debbie Logar Kunkel

1978 Katie Stitt Harvey

1978 Thomas Pierson

1980 Rose Saganich

1981 Dan Tomich

1981 John Muckridge

1985 Mary Noble

1990 Diane Tomich Novakovic

Patricia Heilman Werzel

Ingrid Kalany Lyras

Mary Altenbernd

Stacy& Pam Sowers

Thanks for your generous donations!

2013 Banquet Reservation

Name(s)______________________________________________________Class of _____ ____ (include maiden name) His Hers

Address_______________________________________________________ Check if new address

Email_________________________________________________________ Check if new email

Number of reservations at $30.00 ________ Amount enclosed $________

I would be willing to serve as an officer or committee member: Yes ____ No____

Please make check payable to McDonald Alumni Association,

McDonald High School, 600 Iowa Avenue, McDonald, OH 44437

Please return by June 14, 2013

2013-2014 Scholarship Contribution (Please Print)

Name(s)_______________________________________________________Class of _____ _____ (include maiden name) His Hers

Address_______________________________________________________ Check if new address

Email________________________________________________________ Check if new email

I have enclosed a check in the amount of:

$10.00___ $25.00___ $50.00___ $100.00___ $250.00___ $500.00___ Other ___

____Please check here if a portion of your donation can be used for the Operating Fund.

Please make check payable to McDonald Alumni Association,

McDonald High School, 600 Iowa Avenue, McDonald, OH 44437

BUFFET DINNER

THE FIFTH SEASON BANQUET CENTER 1400 N. Canfield-Niles Road (Route 46)

Mineral Ridge, OH 44440

Friday, July 5, 2013

Social Hour will begin at 6:00 p.m.

Dinner Buffet will follow at 7:00 p.m.

Please share this newsletter with family and alumni. Remember, you are automatically a member of the Association if

you attended or graduated from McDonald High School. If you know of someone who did not receive a newsletter, or

has had a change of address, please mail his/her name and address to McDonald High School Alumni Association,

McDonald High School, 600 Iowa Avenue, McDonald, OH 44437. For more information please contact

Carol Scirocco at 330-530-4890 or by email: dance51@aol.com

Please print carefully and include your maiden name where applicable!!!