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Local People News Charthene Club Names Girls of the Month for September through December At the most recent meeting of the Charthene Club, Youth and Education Chairperson Mareen Lindsay announced the Girls of the Month to be honored this fall. The Girl of the Month for September is Vanessa LaBryer. LaBryer is a senior highest honor roll student at Charleroi Area Mackenzie Skobel Vanessa LaBryer High School. She is involved in many clubs at school, plays in the marching band, plays softball, and is employed by McDonalds. The Girl of the Month for October is Mackenzie Skobel. Skobel is a senior at Charleroi Area High School and is involved in several clubs, served on Student Council, plays Johanna Fagan Jessica Day many sports, and is a volunteer at Camp Intention. The Girl of the Month for November is Jessica Day. Jessica is a senior highest honor roll student as Charleroi Area High School. She has been inducted into NHS, is a member of SADD, and is on the executive committee and in the history club. She runs on the varsity track team and is the captain of the varsity soccer team. She has served as a community volunteer for the Charleroi Education Foundation, Camp Intention, Joe Perrotta Pinto Tournament, and is involved in many other activities. She plans to study nursing at Robert Morris University. Johanna Fagan has been selected as the December Girl of the Month. Johanna is a senior highest honor roll student at Charleroi Area High School. She serves as president of Student Council and the executive committee. She is a member of the Drafting Club, Cougar Crazies, STEM Club, Camp Invention, and Charleroi Clean-up Day. She is employed at King’s Family Restaurant. She plans to attend West Virginia University or Penn State to pursue a career in engineering.

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Centerville’s Bailey Bauer Achieves Eagle Scout Rank Bailey Bauer, 17, of Boy Scout Troop 1515 Centerville, PA has achieved the rank of Eagle Scout after passing his board of review early November. Bailey, currently a Junior Assistant Scoutmaster for the troop, is the son of Brian and AnnMarie Bauer and the grandson of Richard and Eileen Bauer and Betty Zajac of Fredericktown. He is a senior attending Bethlehem Center High School and is a thirdgeneration Scout — his father and grandfather preceded him and his brothers in the program. His scouting career began in 2005 as a member of Cub Scout Pack 1515. In addition to working Bailey Bauer his way through the ranks of Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts, he has earned many merit badges and gained membership in the Order of the Arrow, the BSA National Honor Society. He also is a staff member for the Heritage Reservation Camp for Scouts at Farmington in Fayette County and works there every summer. As a result of Bailey’s service project, residents, visitors and staff at the Residence At Hilltop Personal Care Community in Carroll Township are enjoying updated vegetable and flower gardening opportunities. Bailey was assisted by other members of Troop 1515, including his brothers, Benett and Bryson. Adult leaders working with the Scouts included Scoutmaster Rich Anderson and others. Bauer worked directly with R.A.H. Executive Director Walt Young and Activities Director Lynn Matsick on the project’s initial design. The project included expansion of the vegetable garden. Six large planter tubs were mounted on concrete blocks and had the potential to tip over, so stronger wood stands on wheels were built to support the tubs. A bench was built for the patio for gardeners to sit on and rest. In addition, five cedar planter stands were built and placed next to five existing benches that wrap around the walking path in the back of the center. Soil and flower plants were supplied for the enjoyment of the gardening club participants. The Residence At Hilltop is operated by Mon-Vale Non-Acute Care Services, a subsidiary of Mon-Vale Health Resources Inc., parent company of Monongahela Valley Hospital.

Welcome, Ariah Abigail Schoedel! Max and Renee Schoedel wish to announce the birth of their third child, a daughter, Ariah Abigail Schoedel. She was born at St. Clair Hospital at 9:16 a.m. on October 22, 2016. Ariah weighed in at 7 pounds, 6 ounces and was 19 inches long. Ariah’s proud grandparents are John and Linda Schoedel and James and Kathy Sipes. Great-grandmothers are Charlotte Hooton and Lois Sipes.