Birthdays
Perryopolis news Kathy Chaw, Robb Jubin and Steve Torruiso celebrate their birthdays today. Other birthdays this week include: Lori Dzurko Koltiska and Mary DiVirgilio Lake, Monday; Roy Fuller and Jim Steiner, Tuesday; Robert Rhodes, Betty Sager and Michele Dominick, Thursday; Adrienne Dzurko, Matthew Shaporka and Betty Twigg, Friday; and Janet Colebank, Jennifer Campbell, Mary Olson, Linda Forsythe, and Matthew Pato turns 20 on Saturday.
Reminders
n Thursday, Friday – Run For Fun camp, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at Sampey Park. For more information, call Coach Joe Turek at 724-628-0999 or Trish Persichetti at: 724-736-8309.
n Aug. 3 – Annual Mon River Communities Cruise at 6 p.m. Includes buffet dinner, cash bar, sight seeing, socializing with other community members and a brief awards presentation. Open to the public. Call the Chamber Office for cost and more information at 724-929-3329.
n Aug. 6 – Physicals for varsity and middle school cross country, varsity, junior varsity and middle school football, varsity golf, varsity volleyball, middle school girls’ basketball and varsity and middle school cheerleaders.
n Aug. 9 through 14 – Dawson Grange Fair. Free admission and parking.
n Sept. 4 – Frazier Class of 1965, 45th reunion. Casual picnic at St. Nicholas Church pavilion starting at noon. Call Ruthie (Hawker) Shields at 724-736-2578 or e-mail to ruthieshields@verizon.net.
n Oct. 2 – Stockdale Volunteer Fire Department oldies dance from 8 p.m. to midnight. Cost is $10 per person and attendance is limited to 600. Call for reservations at 724-938-7950.
n For information on the Perryopolis Travel Club, call Ed at 724-326-4579.
n Christian Thrift Shop, Tuesdays, Thursdays, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
n Perryopolis Food Bank, second Thursday of the month. Call Helen Coldren 724-736-2713 for information.
n Frazier Class of 1991 is gathering e-mail addresses from classmates for a 20th-year reunion for 2011. Information may be e-mailed to frazierclassof91@hotmail.com.
n Women of the Moose are accepting new members. Call Caroline at 724-984-5592 for more information.
n To rent the Sampey Park Pavilion for weddings, reunions, graduations and parties, contact Bob DeCroo at 724-326-8741.
n Fairview United Methodist Church in Grindstone is seeking an organist for the 10:30 a.m. Sunday service. Call the church at 724-677-0828 or Karen Langley at 724-677-4503.
Nominations accepted
The Frazier Hall of Fame Committee is accepting nominations through Aug. 10. Nomination forms are available at any of the district’s schools, at the district’s administrative offices and the Frazier Community Library.
The purpose of the Hall of Fame is to recognize those alumni of the Frazier School District who have distinguished themselves through outstanding achievements in their professional career or through outstanding contributions to their community or society.
To be considered for the Hall of Fame, a candidate must meet the following criteria: The candidate must be an alumni of the Frazier School District; a period of 12 years must have elapsed since the candidate’s graduation; the candidate must have distinguished himself/herself through outstanding achievements in his/her professional career or through outstanding contributions to his/her community or to society.
Under the character of the Hall of Fame, outstanding achievements in one’s professional career are described as accomplishments that make the candidate clearly stand out among his/her colleagues. Outstanding contributions to the community or to society are described as those acts that have led to major improvements in the quality of life in the candidate’s community or in society.
Any Frazier alumni or current student may nominate a candidate for the Hall of Fame. Nominations must be submitted on official forms that are provided by the committee.
The Hall of Fame committee will review the nominations during the month of August and will elect inductees. Up to three inductees may be elected each year.
During the induction ceremony, the school district will present each inductee with a plaque to commemorate his/her election into the Hall of Fame. The district will also hang a framed portrait of the inductee in the Hall of Fame at Frazier High School.
Heart walks
A series of heart health walks are scheduled for August. The walks begin at 6:30 p.m. and usually consist of a two-mile walk.
July 28 – Jumonville – This walk will lead you to the cross. On a clear day the mountain boasts a view of three states and seven counties with sights up to 50 miles away .
Aug. 4 – Brownsville – Meet at the back of the North Side Fire Hall, 520 Market St. Walk to Front Street and learn about many of the historic homes there.
Continue through Market Street with a stop to view the historic buildings and the wharf.
Aug. 11 – Perryopolis. Tour the historical sites: the Grist Mill, Distillery, Old State Bank and the Mary Fuller Frazier home. Meet at Sampey Park at 6:30 p.m.
Aug. 18 – New Meadow Run – A mountain walk through New Meadow Run. Members of the community will be at the entrance to direct folks where to park.
Aug. 25 – Smock – Join us on a stroll through the town as we find out why the architecture in Smock is different from other early communities.
Hike
Our Crabby got talked into one of the heart health walks last week. She and her friends really had no idea what it was about. They just went because an e-mail she received said there was a walk and tour at Friendship Hill, the home of Albert Gallatin. Crabby and her co-worker, Mary, had never been there. Another co-worker, Diane, had raved about Friendship Hill for so long, they had to go see for themselves.
Mary, Diane and Crabby packed a picnic dinner and went to New Geneva. They went to the scheduled walk at 6:30 and down the path into the woods. There were four demonstrators along the way. The first one showed them animals pelts. The second told them about eating right. The third asked them to sign a petition to get rid of the whiskey tax and the last showed them the grave of Albert Gallatin’s neighbor.
After that, they were on their own and hiked through the woods for what seemed like forever. It was getting late, they didn’t know where they were and none of them had remembered to bring their cell phone. Crabby was afraid she was going to get eaten by a bear. It was sort of like Goldilocks times three. Three middle-aged blondes, lost in the woods and looking for a way out or at least a little house with some porrage. But they finally got out of the woods and the next day and suffered no ill effects from the experience.