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The Ringgold High School Boosters will honor their 2019 Hall of Fame inductees at a banquet on Saturday, November 2. The Hall of Fame Banquet, the organization’s major fundraiser, will be held in the Ringgold High School Cafeteria beginning at 5:30 PM with hors d’oeuvres followed by dinner at 6:30 PM.

2019 Hall of Fame Class

The selection committee has been in contact with this year’s eight honorees and the families of two posthumous inductees. At the Hall of Fame Banquet, the following graduates of Ringgold High School, Donora High School or Monongahela High School will be honored:

• Brad Bassi - Community Service Leader, Educational Mentor, Attorney
• Don Devore - Community Leader/ Businessman
• Betty Dornan - Administrative Assistant to nine Ringgold Superintendents
• David Hunter - Investment and Financial Specialist/Athlete
• Emily Kokinos - Athlete/Educator
• Jay Moses - Global Sports Entertainment Businessman and Entrepreneur
• William Reisinger, MD - Emergency Physician
• Ramont Small - Athlete/Coach

Posthumous Honorees:

• Lilyan Affinito - Corporate CEO                            
• Major Jeffery Fawcett - Major, United States Air Force

Banquet Fundraiser

Funds raised at the $40 per plate dinner are geared toward the advancement of the arts, academic and athletic programs as well as improvement of facilities and the quality of education throughout the Ringgold school system.

Executive Director, Brad Bassi, and President, Carl Crawley, are especially pleased that monies raised in 2019, in excess of $8,000, were awarded for educational enhancement in grades K through twelve.

The distribution of funds:

• Chelsey Bowker-RESS- four flex- space comfy floor seats, four flex- space wobble cushions, four surf lap desks
• Hannah Castaneda-RESN- reading center, stacking audio storage, read along books and CD sets, two flex space comfy floor seats
• Sharon Gamble-RESN - Nurse, wheelchair
• Earl Gilpin-RESN - eight drawing horses, twelve sketch boards
• Bella McGreger-RESN - Ringgold Robotics
• Kurt Olinger-RHS- Volleyball set- poles and net
• Kristen Scalise-RESN - Kindergarten organization materials and sustainable supplies
• Lindsay Schaffer-RESS Librarian - Maker Space Opportunities, coding robot, make your own movie, construction building toys, and sustainable supplies
• Denise Scheiber -RESS - ten surf portable lap desks, four metal storage rolling carts
• Melissa Trilli -RESN - Science Instant Learning Center
• Janice Zurenski RESS - four Flex-space comfy floor seats, four Flex- space wobble cushions, four surf lap desks

The HOF Banquet is a popular and well attended event for family and friends of honorees. Please mark the date (Saturday, Nov. 2) and call for your tickets. Tickets for the Hall of Fame Banquet will be available beginning September 1 at Devore Hardware 437 West Main Street, Monongahela, phone 724-258-7100.

Go to our "Gallery" to see photos of the Hall Of Fame Inductees

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