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Sister Nancy Merkle, left, principal at Mother of Mercy High School, is retiring June 30.
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A crash course in business
By Heidi Fallon
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Stosh Grozek’s career plans can be summed in two words – ice cream. Grozek and nine of his St. Dominic School sixth-grade classmates on the Enrichment Team recently went behind the scenes at five Delhi Township businesses. One of those stops was the Sweets and Eats owned by Carl Davidson. “I learned a lot and the ice cream is really good,” Grozek said. “That’s what I want to do is own an ice cream shop.” While he admitted he might just eat most of his future profits, “It looks like fun.” Mary White, teacher and Enrichment Team leader, said the aim was to show her students how small businesses along the pike operate. Proving the adage that location is key, White said the project was limited to places they could walk to and from during the 50minute team time. They also visited Bianco Tailoring, Robben Florist and Garden Center, Brinker Animal Hospital and the Delhi Township Fire Department’s Greenwell Avenue station. “I thought I wanted to be a veterinarian until this,” said Abby Nutter. “I don’t think I could put a pet to sleep, but Dr. Brinker said it’s the last gift you can give your pet if they’re really sick and in pain.” Classmate Nora Hibbard said the trip to Brinker’s also taught her “you have to be really good in math and science to be a vet.” “And, you really have to love animals of all kinds,” she added. The students said they didn’t even know
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St. Dominic sixth-graders Keith Orloff, rear, and Adam Melvin get a lesson in making ice cream cones from Sweets and Eats owner Carl Davidson. what a tailor was until they stopped by Joe Bianco’s shop. “He makes custom clothes and does the alterations for the Bengals,” said a now more knowledgeable Blake Bethel. Students said they had no idea how large
Robben’s enterprise is or how much work was involved. Gwen Homan said she was disappointed when her classmates went to the fire house. “I wanted to see the pole they slide down,” she said, “but they don’t have one.”
Seton students to make ‘kindest cut’ By Kurt Backscheider kbackscheider@communitypress.com
Seton High School Principal Susan Gibbons said it makes her proud to walk through the school hallways and see so many students with long, flowing hair. It’s going to make her even more proud to see all those long ponytails get chopped off. More than 325 Seton students, alumnae and friends will fill the floor of the school’s gymnasium Friday, May 21, to participate in the largest simultaneous hair cut in history for Pantene Beautiful Lengths, a program of the Procter & Gamble shampoo brand that makes free wigs for women battling cancer and other illnesses. “I think it’s such a great project, and anyone can get involved,” Gibbons said. “So many people are affected by cancer and this is a nice way to make a difference.” Seton sophomore Lauren Tepe knows firsthand how important wigs are to cancer patients. She lost her hair while undergoing chemotherapy treatments for lung cancer when she was an eighth-grader at Our Lady of Visitation School in Green Township. “Losing my hair was the hardest part because it’s so noticeable,” said Tepe, who has been
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Seton High School sophomore Lauren Tepe, center, who is a cancer survivor, will cut the ponytail of her friend Anna Combs, far left, during the simultaneous hair cut event the school is doing for Pantene Beautiful Lengths. Seton Principal Susan Gibbons, far right, is also donating her hair to the organization, which makes free wigs for women suffering from cancer or other illnesses. cancer free for two years. Although she’s not donating her hair to Beautiful Lengths, she’s participating in the event. She is going to take the scissors to the ponytail of her friend, Anna Combs. Combs was by Tepe’s side through all her treatments and has been growing her hair out in honor of Tepe and her fight against cancer. “It was hard watching her go
through it. Her chemotherapy was in the summer and there were a lot of things she had to miss out on,” Combs said. “I’ve been wanting to donate my hair in honor of her for a while.” Tepe said she looks forward to taking part in the cut and helping give women an opportunity to feel pretty and normal. This is the second time Seton has organized a cutting event. In
2006, more than 235 participants made the “kindest cut of all” and donated their hair to Beautiful Lengths. “We thought 50 girls was a lofty goal the first time. It was stunning to me to have more than 200 sign up,” said Gibbons, who has been growing her hair out since last spring and will lead this year’s event. “That cut was really emotional for me. It was such a powerful moment to see all the girls lined up on the gym floor. “It was overwhelming,” she said. Gibbons, who will have her hair cut by Seton alumna and breast cancer survivor Joline Adams Lecture, said she expects this year’s cut to be emotional as well. “I walk around and I see all this hair and I think, ‘They are really doing it,’” Gibbons said. “It makes me so proud. That’s just us. It’s what we’re all about.” The program will include presentations from the American Cancer Society, breast cancer survivors, students affected by cancer and Pantene representatives. All participants will be able to have their hair cut and styled by a professional stylist after the simultaneous cut. Eighty-five stylists have volunteered their services.
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