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REUNION NEWS:

Class of 1990 Reunion   The Riverside class of 1990 will hold it's 20 year reunion on Saturday, November 20, 2010.  The reunion will be held at Arcaro & Genell, Old Forge, PA at 6:00pm.  Please contact John Connell @ JCPSU777@yahoo.com or Dana (Sadowski) Davis @ MISSMOLLY330@aol.com with addresses and any questions.  Please include RHS reunion in subject line.


ALUMNI NEWS:

Heidi Wolfsberger Poeples- 1998   Running just the third marathon of her career, Wolfsberger won the Women's title of the Steamtown Marathon on October 12, 2008.  She did win with ease, but her time of 2:44:28 fell just 27 seconds shy of the Steamtown women’s record set in 1998.  More on this story can be found at the following  links:
http://www.scrantontimes.com/articles/2008/10/13/sports/sc_times_trib.20081013.b.pg1.tt13womens_s1.2010534_spo2.txt
http://thetimes-tribune.com/content/gallery/gallery_4/album_95/midsize_photo48f379a51616c295706357.jpg

Dana Ozark - 1987      Jeff Suppan, the husband of a former Riverside Graduate, Dana Ozark, and son-in-law of former Elementary East secretary, Sandy Ozark, was nonimated for the Roberto Clemente Award 2008-2009.  Jeff pitches for the Milwaukee Brewers. Congratulations on your nomination!   

Paul Brennan 1993  The principal at Riverside Elementary West has created a non profit organization called Vikings Helping Vikings. It exclusively creates scholarships and educational opportunities for graduating seniors at the Riverside Jr. Sr. High School.  Additional information about what it is and who is involved, can be found at:  http://www.vikingshelpingvikings.com/ 

Mark Powell -  1982   Attorney Mark J. Powell, a senior partner at Scranton’s historic Powell Law firm, has been awarded the coveted Certification in Criminal Law from the National Board of Trial Advocacy.   Click here for more information.

Jared Cicon  - 1982:   Jared is at it again.   He is finalist #5 in a Pepto-Bismol commercial contest.  Check out the link and vote!
http://www.pepto-bismol.com/cgi-bin/pepto-star-vote-for-video-contest.cgi
John Gronski - 1974: Gronski promoted to brigadier general in National Guard  Click on the link to the left to read the article that appeared in the Times-Tribune on 3/5/07 written by Times-Tribune staff writer David Singleton.
Ryan Joyce - 2002:  Ryan is a 2002 Riverside graduate studying automotive and industrial design at the Cleveland (OH) Institute of Art in a demanding five-year BFA program.  Last summer, Ryan was awarded one of 7 coveted design internships at the General Motors Design Center. The 12 week intensive work experience, which was filmed by the Discovery Channel for a 4 part series entitled FutureCar, challenged students to design and build  professional  scale ‘cars of the future’—cerca 2030.   The Discovery Channel  will air the program on Wednesdays in February in four, one-hour segments beginning February 7 at 8:00 p.m.  Ryan will play a feature role in each of those segments, according to program executives.  See the following link for more information. http://dsc.discovery.com/beyond/index.html?playerId=203711706&categoryId=433318910&lineupId=451776277&titleId=412163583

Jared Cicon - 1982:  Have you heard about the DORITOS Crash the Super Bowl Contest? DORITOS fans across the U.S. shot their own DORITOS commercials. The creators of the top five videos won $10,000 dollars and a trip to Miami for a private Super Bowl XLI viewing party. Riverside graduate, Jared Cicon, was one of the top 5 winners. http://www.jumpcut.com/view?id=C697B98A9A8611DBB4583EF340157CF2