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Les, who is a physical education teacher and coach at Stissing Mountain Jr./Sr. High School, enlisted in June of 1986, right after graduating high school. “At that time, it was making a decision between college or doing something else, and I didn’t know what I wanted to do just yet,” he said.
Brian worked in the U.S. Army Civil Affairs, which meant that much of his work dealt with liaising with local governments and militaries to increase stability, enable local governments, and improve the quality of life for civilians.
The Stissing Theatre Guild (STG) is presenting their fall play, “Fools” by Neil Simon, on December 1, 2, and 3 at Stissing Mountain High School.
When U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Stephen Valyou was shot in the chest, his first thought upon waking up from a two day coma was “When can I go back to Iraq?” The short answer was never.
“My purpose for joining this group is two-fold,” Babette Fasolino said of joining the Native American Journalists Association (NAJA). “One, I’ve always been passionate about journalism, and I like this association because their focus is to give a voice to Native American issues. Two, is to try and encourage Native American college students to pursue careers in journalism. We need more people in journalism to begin with, but we need more diverse voices as well.”
Over time, he was drawn more to track and field. “All of the different aspects of it – the running, jumping, and throwing – just had me hooked,” he said. “Track seemed to be the ultimate test of pushing boundaries and I continued to fall more in love with it.”
In the late 1960s, a passenger plane crashed in the North Atlantic and Charlie and his crew were charged with recovering bodies during the search and rescue. “We probably spent a week out there looking for bodies through the wreckage,” he said.
When Dorrie Carolan realized that her son was suffering from addiction in 1993, she knew she had to do whatever she could to help him.
In 2003, at 17 years old, Andy Anderson gave up three sports scholarships that would provide him with a full ride to college and instead, chose to enlist in the Marines.
In honor of Veteran’s Day on November 11, we are profiling veterans from around the area all month long to honor their service. Our first installment is Marie Stewart, an Air Force veteran.
