Feature Articles

The Cherubim The Newspaper of St. Peter/St. Francis School

Volume 10, Issue 1 Fall 2015-2016

Calendar, Archives, Alumni news

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Alumni news, In memoriam

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Spring 2015 Teacher biographies

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Reviews, Band 5

First Day, Fr. Sullivan 6

Halloween Party All Saints Presentations

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Yogi Berra, Abner Doubleday Notre Dame football Science

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Recipes 9

Kids’ Page 10

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Staff: Hope Bruzzi Nathan Kupcho Ryan Lauer Joseph Matarese Matthew Sefcik Connor Albert Madison Howe Sophia Howe Catherine Propfe Elizabeth Speaker Declan Toland Kirsten Ward Faculty Advisors: Miss Frauenhofer Mrs. Kupcho

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landed in Washington, D.C., for his very first visit to the United States. He came to share the Gospel and to reinvigorate peo-ple’s faith, hope, trust, and com-mitment to God who loves all. He came to serve. Pope Francis was born Jorge Mario Bergoglio on December 17, 1936, in Flores, Buenos Ai-res, Argentina. He was the eld-est of the five children of Mario Jose Bergoglio and Regina Maria Sivori; the other children were Maria Elena, Alberto Horacio, Oscar Adrian, and Marta Regina. Jorge’s father was born in Portacomaro, Asti, in the Province of Piemonte, Italy. Jorge’s mother was born in Buenos Aires to Italian immi-grants. Jorge graduated from technical secondary school with a chemi-cal technician’s diploma. Be-fore joining the Jesuits, he worked in laboratories, as a bouncer, and as a janitor sweep-ing floors. The future pope had planned on getting married, but, one day, he felt the calling to enter the religious life. On December 13, 1969, he was ordained a priest. He took his fourth and final vow in the Soci-ety of Jesus on April 22, 1973. In 1992, Reverend Bergoglio was named Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires. On February 28, 1 9 9 8 , h e w a s n a m e d Archbishop. On February 21, 2001, he was elevated to cardi-nal. On March 13, 2013, he was elected pope. He chose the name Francis after St. Francis of Assisi. .

After being welcomed by Presi-dent Barack Obama on Septem-ber 23, 2015, Pope Francis be-came the first pope to address a joint meeting of congress. He canonized Junipero Serra at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. He honored the dead and com-forted their families at ground zero in New York. He spoke before the United Nations. He said Mass in Madison Square Garden. In Philadelphia he spoke from a lectern which was once used by Abraham Lincoln, calling for respect for religious freedom. These are just a few of the highlights of his visit. The Most Reverend Leonard P. Blair, Archbishop of Hartford, was fortunate enough to meet with Pope Francis on Sept. 23 during a midday prayer service for the bishops of the United States at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Wash-ington, D.C. Not every bishop in attendance was able to greet the pope due to lack of time. The theme of the papal visit was family. Archbishop Blair expressed his hope that the trip’s positive impact on Amer-ica will have an evangelizing effect. He noted that all bish-ops are teachers of the faith and need to bear witness to that faith in a positive way, just as the pope is doing.

Father Bergoglio with his par-ents and siblings.

With President Obama.

At ground zero, laying a rose at the South Pool of the 9/11 Memorial.

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Abigail DiBetta, St. Peter/St.Francis School, Class of 2011, is a freshman at Nauga-tuck Valley Community Col-lege. She is a member of the Community College Scholars Program. Abby is also an ESL tutor for adults for the Literacy V o l u n t e e r s o f G r e a t e r Waterbury. On October 5, 2015, she participated in the Confluencia Poetry Event at NVCC, reading “Tu ti spez-zasti” by Giuseppe Ungaretti in both Italian and English.

2006-2007: Grade 4, Trip to Action Wildlife

During the fall of the 2003-2004 school year, Mrs. Alyce Pollock read short stories with grades seven and eight in literature classes at St. Francis School. After working with the elements of the short story, the students incorporated those elements into creative writing assignments. Later in the year, grade seven read Bearstone by Will Hobbs and The Miracle Worker by William Gibson. Grade eight read The Pearl by John Stein-beck and Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller. Stage and screen directions, as well as strategies for actively reading drama, were also studied.

Matthew Baril, St. Peter/St. Francis School, Class of 2010, is a member of the sophomore class at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury. 

Bessie Gryniuk, St. Peter/St. Francis School, Class of 2010, was commissioned as a Eucha-ristic minister at St. Mary of Czestochowa Church on Sun-day, October 18, 2015. Bessie is the daughter of music teacher Miss Francine Gryniuk. 

Jeffrey Hall, St. Peter/St. Fran-cis School, Class of 2009, is a member of the junior class, majoring in political science, at Western Connecticut State Uni-versity in Danbury.

Maria Killiany, St. Francis of Assisi School, Class of 2003, accepted a position in June with Justice Resource Institute, Pom-fret, CT. JRI operates a broad range of specialized schools and unique programs which serve the needs of unserved individuals, families, and com-munities. Maria is a graduate of Torrington High School. In January 2014 she received a bachelor of science degree in forensic psychology from the University of New Haven where she was a member of the Phi Sigma Sigma sorority. She is the daughter of SFS alumna Dona Frauenhofer. Dr. Jennifer MacDonald, St. Francis of Assisi School, Class of 1996, received the Torring-ton High School Annual Distin-guished Alumni Award at the school’s awards ceremony in May 2015. She is currently completing her residency in pediatrics at Children’s Hospi-tal in Philadelphia.

Colleen Sullivan Motuzick, St. Francis of Assisi School, Class of 1994,opened Empower Ka-rate and Kickboxing school in Torrington. Classes in karate and kickboxing are offered to students of all ages. Colleen is a sixth-degree black belt in ka-rate and is employed by the Susan B. Anthony Project as a community educator for vio-lence prevention. 

~~~~~~ Sergeant William Baldwin was named commander of the Con-necticut State Police Troop B in Canaan, CT, in June 2015. Sgt. Baldwin is the father of David Baldwin, St. Francis of Assisi School, Class of 2003, Michael Baldwin, St. Peter/St. Francis School, Class of 2006, and Nicholas Baldwin, St. Peter/St. Francis School, Class of 2009.

Torrington High School named the following St. Peter/St. Fran-cis School alumni to the fourth-quarter honor roll of 2014-2015: Ella Marisa Frauenhofer, ‘12 Honors with distinction Michael Allan O’Brien, ‘12 Honors Sofia Carmela Frauenhofer, ‘14 Honors.

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Abigail Hanlon, St. Peter/St. Francis School, Class of 2014, received first place for her apple pie at the 2015 Harwinton Fair (Oct. 3-4). Her pie also took the trophy for 'Best Overall in Youth Baking' at the Fair!

MARK YOUR CALENDAR!

Penny Auction Friday, November 13 Silent Auction Saturday, November 21 Thanksgiving Break Begins Thursday, November 26 Christmas Concert Friday, December 4 Christmas Craft Fair Saturday, December 5

Emily Kupcho, St. Peter/St. Francis School, Class of 2013, received High School Aca-demic Awards of Excellence in art, modern world history, and biology at Wamogo Regional Vocational High School in June 2015. For sports, she has re-ceived the Scholar-Athlete Award for soccer, basketball, and track. Emily also placed third in the CTFFA Northeast Floral Expo Competition. She is a member of the National Society of High School Schol-ars and the National Art Honor Society. Emily is the daughter of St. Francis School alumna Mrs. Christine Kupcho.

Rachel Hanlon, St. Francis of Assisi School, Class of 2002, has taken the on line test for Jeop-ardy! every year since her high school graduation. In October 2015, she was finally granted a group audition which consisted of a written test, mock game, and personality interview. She is now in the contestant pool for the next eighteen months and may be called out to Los Ange-les at any time for a filming.

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Timothy W Driscoll, Sr., St. Francis of Assisi School, Class of 1961, August 12, 1947—August 12, 2015. He was the husband of Catherine Bauer Driscoll. In addition to his wife, Mr. Driscoll leaves his children Kyla Driscoll;Tim Driscoll, Jr., and wife Amber; Kevin Driscoll and wife Jodi; and Kristin Ray-mond and husband Paul; as well as eight grandchildren. He also leaves a sister Charlene Driscoll and several cousins, nieces and nephews.

Tim was born in Torrington, a son of the late Margaret (Kittle) and Paul E Driscoll. A graduate of Torrington High Class of 1965, and New England Insti-tute of Anatomy, Embalming, and Funeral Directing in 1967, he was the owner of Dris-coll Mortuary in Torrington prior to his retirement. He was active in community organiza-tions, both as an elected official and as a volunteer. He was the founder of the St. Jude Chil-dren’s Research Hospital Tele-thon and President of the Litch-field County Chapter of AL-SAC. Torrington will certainly miss his smiling face and com-munity service.

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Sister Zita Torlai, 97, Religious Teachers Filippini, March 22, 2015. Sister Zita was born in Lupinaia, Italy. In 1936 she entered the Religious Teachers Filippinni. In 1940 she pro-fessed her final vows. Sister Zita served in pastoral ministry at St. Peter School from 1958-1971 and from 1972-1973.

3 Douglas Leichner, St. Francis of Assisi School,Class of 1984, accepted his current position of assistant basketball coach at Iona College in New Rochelle, New York, in 2014. In 2004, he began working at the University of Maine. He served as associ-ate head coach during his last five years in Maine. Prior to that he worked as head coach of the UCC Demons Basketball Club in Cork, Ireland, and the Great Britain U20 National Team. Douglas is a graduate of Holy Cross High School, Waterbury, and Central Connecticut State University, New Britain.

Roger Wentz, St. Francis of Assisi School, Class of 1963, is the Chief Staff Officer of the American Traffic Safety Ser-vices Association (ATSSA), which has its headquarters in Fredericksburg, VA. Roger attended Assumption Prep School in Worcester, MA, and The American University in Washington, DC. He resides in Fairfax, VA, with his wife, Judi, and two of their four children. Claire O’Brien Ferrarotti, St. Francis of Assisi School, Class of 1957, is a homemaker and the mother of five children. Her mother, Priscilla Zavatkay, graduated from St. Francis of Assisi in 1929; her brother, Frederick O’Brien graduated from SFS in 1953. Claire’s granddaughters, Caitlyn and Tasha Harmon are currently enrolled in St. Peter/St. Francis School. She resides in Harwin-ton.

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Norman R. Dubreuil, St. Francis of Assisi School, Class of 1952, August 14, 1937-October 17, 2015. Norman served his coun-try in the United States Air Force. During the 1960s and 1970s he participated in a weekly radio program, discuss-ing Torrington. He worked at Shoppers’ World appliance store in the downtown plaza. During the 1970s, he owned and oper-ated Norman’s Appliance Cen-ter on Main St., sponsoring Miss Frauenhofer’s racer in the 1973 Soap Box Derby. Norman also served on the Torrington Board of Safety. He is survived by his wife, Saint Francis of Assisi alumna, the former Patti Ross, and his children, St. Francis School alumni Michelle Macek, Stephen Dubreuil, and James Dubreuil.

Thomas “TJ” Lamanna, Jr., St. Francis of Assisi School, Class of 2000, son of St. Francis School alumni Thomas La-manna, Sr., and Maureen Pfist-ner Lamanna, was married on October 24, 2015, to Katherine Kelly of Garrison, NY. TJ is a graduate of Torrington High School, Northeastern University in Boston, MA, and Drexel Uni-versity in Philadelphia, PA. He holds a degree in library sci-ence. He is employed as an adult service librarian at Cherry Hill Public Library in Cherry Hill, NJ. Kelly is a professional engineer and commercial diver for the Castle Group in Haines-port, NJ.

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Ryan Christopher Killiany, St. Francis of Assisi School, Class of 2002, married Kara Marie Kaminski on July 17, 2015, at St. Alphonsus Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Maria Kil-liany, sister of the groom, SFS ’03, and Rachel Hanlon, SFS ’02, served as groomswomen. Kara is the daughter of Kevin and Dela Kaminski, Lexington, MA. She received a bachelors degree from Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, in 2010, and a masters degree from Suffolk University, Boston, MA, in 2013.

Ryan is a graduate of Torrington High School. He received a masters degree in studio art from Boston College in 2010, and a masters degree in graphic design from the New England School of Art and Design at Suffolk University in 2012. Ryan is employed by Expect Miracles Foundation, Financial Services Against Cancer, and also does free-lance web design. He is the son of St. Francis alumna Dona Frauenhofer. The couple is residing in Somerville, MA.

Dona J. Frauenhofer, St. Francis of Assisi School, Class of 1974, has accepted a position with Yabla, an internet language edu-cation company. She is writing blogs about the Italian language and related topics. Miss Frauen-hofer holds a masters degree in Italian language and literature from Middlebury College Scuola Italiana, Middlebury, VT/Florence, Italy, and has twenty-four doctoral credits at the University of Connecticut in the Department of Modern and Classical Languages.

Congratulations! to the Ryan Family for submit-ting the winning school slogan. Home of the Faithful

Katie Faryniarz, St. Peter/St. Francis School, Class of 2007, is a graduate of Lewis S. Mills High School, Burlington. While at Mills, she excelled in swim-ming, basketball, volleyball, crew, and more. She graduated from Salve Regina University, Newport, RI, receiving a BSRN with a minor in art. She was also able to travel to Italy and use the Italian she learned while at SP/SFS. Katie recently moved to Portland, Oregon, to work in a teaching hospital. Her goal is surgical nursing after working in an ICU.

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Name: Mrs. Barbara Grenier Birthday: May 6 Hometown: Thomaston Family: Mr. Grenier, my daughter Olivia, and a chubby Chihuahua named Tucker Education: University of Bridgeport Favorite Book: Books by Janet Youvanish Favorite Movie: Despicable Me 2 Favorite Color: Purple Favorite Animal: Horses and my dog Favorite Vacation: Cruise or Cape Cod Favorite Hobbies: Reading and Hiking Favorite Food: Pizza Most Admired Person: Mi-chelle, former co worker! So spiritual Best Advice: “Smile at every-one who passes by you. It could be the best part of their day.” “When faced tough choices, ask yourself, ‘What would Jesus do?’”

Name: Miss Francine Gryniuk Birthday: March 20 Hometown: Torrington, CT Family: Two daughters (Mary and Bessie) Education: Master of Science in Elementary Education Favorite Book: Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Therese of Lisieux Favorite Movie: The Wizard of Oz Favorite Color: Blue Favorite Animal: Deer Favorite Vacation: Poland Favorite Hobbies: Reading and collecting Polish pottery Favorite Food: Chicken noodle soup and chocolate! Most Admired Person: St. Pope John Paul II Best Advice: “Pray, hope, and don’t worry.” -St. Pio of Pietrel-cina

Teacher Biographies Spring 2015

Preschool Graduation

Kindergarten Graduation

D.A.R.E. Graduation

Photos by: Miss Frauenhofer

Class of 2015

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won a game and made it 2-1. A couple of games later, Will’s best friend Tim had to move to Arizona because his father got a new job there. It was another disappointment.

Then the games went by, and the playoffs were com-ing. Actually the Bulldogs made it to the playoffs. Now at the start of the playoffs, they won the first and second games. The reader will have to wait until the end to find out what happens. It is a fun book to read.

Pan By Kirsten Ward

Pan is a new action movie about the boy who never grew up. Pan was released on October 9, 2015; the running time is 111 minutes. Pan is a family movie any age will love. It is a prequel to the 1904 stage play written by J.M. Barre; it is a very imaginative recreation. Pan is directed by Joe Wright and edited by William Hoy and Paul Tothill. The producers of Pan are Greg Berlant, Sarah Schechter, Paul Webster. Pan features Hugh Jackman as Blackbeard and Rooney Mara as Tiger Lily. The main character, Peter Pan, is played by Levi Miller.

P e t e r P a n wakes up every morning to more empty beds in the London orphanage where he was left when he was a baby. He thinks something is wrong. At first, he thinks that the children are being taken away because of the war. He later learns that owner of the orphanage has been selling boys

The Underdogs By Declan Toland

The Underdogs is a

book about a football team that is struggling financially. It was published on Sept. 20, 2011, and is 512 pages. The author of the book is Mike Lupica, a famous sports writer. People who like football will like The Under-dogs.

Will Tyler was the best running back on the team, the Bulldogs; he had great speed, strength, and acceleration. One season, he was in a playoff game. His team ran a running play. Will ran off into the red zone where there was a pothole. The worst thing happened to him. He tripped and fell over. After that play, they lost the playoff game. It was very disap-pointing. The next season, worse things happened to them. First, a girl named Hannah Grayson, who played soccer, wanted to play football. They did not like that idea. On top of that, they did not actually have enough players for the team. Luckily, in football, a player can have two positions, an offensive one and a defensive one. For example, a wide receiver can also play the defensive corner back position. Then there was the money prob-lem. Without enough money they did not have a good sta-dium, good uniforms, or good coaches. If a player quit, got injured, or moved to a different place, the team would have to forfeit the season.

Now, the start of the season actually was really good. They started at 1-1; then they

to the Neverland Pirates who need children to work in their mines. The pirates come though the skylights at night to steal the children while they sleep. Blackbeard is looking for fairy dust or pixium in the Neverland mines. Peter leads a revolt against Blackbeard to free the children. He finds out that he has the ability to fly and uses it to help free the children. James Hook is not the bad Captain Hook from the book. He is not even a captain yet. He is a really nice man in this movie who helps Peter Pan steal a ship and fly away from Blackbeard. In the end Peter learns that the pan flute necklace that he always wears was a gift from his mom. Tiger Lily shows Peter that he wears the pan flute, which means he is the chosen one. Captain Hook, Tiger Lily, and Peter use the flying ship to go to the forbidden Fairy King-dom when Tiger Lily discovers that the Pan is the key to the Fairy Kingdom the Indians have been looking to find for years. When they get in to the Fairy Kingdom, it is as magical as it sounds until Blackbeard and his pirates come and have a huge battle.

There are some things about Pan that are taken from the original play. The Lost Boys are a group of boys without par-ents, led by Peter Pan ,who do not want to grow up. They have to learn how to help themselves and be responsible. The movie is a really good story about growing up and being more re-sponsible. It also tells people how important imagination really is in achieving one’s dreams and being happy. It was exciting and better than the original book. It is rated PG.

The Band! Future Musicians instructor Miss Welch is giving lessons to twenty-three students.

Photos by: Mrs. Propfe

Photo by: Mrs. Melissa Bird

Basketball Clinic

6 First Day of School! Good-bye, Fr. Sullivan

On Sunday, October 18, 2015, the parishioners and friends of the Torrington Cluster of Catholic Parishes bid farewell to Fr. James Sullivan, as he was about to begin his new assign-ment. The faculty, staff, stu-dents, and parents of St. Peter/St. Francis School owe him a deep debt of gratitude for all of his spiritual leadership, practical involvement, and fundraising efforts—from helping at the car wash, to lunches with the chil-dren, to building a picnic table for FISH with grades 6 and 7, to the basketball shoot out, to do-nating the statue of Our Lady, to replanting the garden with grade 3, to Our Father’s Ride (which raised over $115,000), to paint-ing bases in the playground... His contact information is: Church of the Assumption 61 North Cliff St. Ansonia, CT 06401 203-735-7857 Thank you, Fr. Sullivan. May God bless you!

Photos by: Miss Frauenhofer

Photos by: Miss Frauenhofer

Running Clinic

Photos by: Mrs. Melissa Bird

7 All Saints Day On Tuesday, November 3, the students made presentations of vari-ous saints from around the world and different eras.

Photos by: Miss Frauenhofer

Halloween Party, October 30

Student Council The following students were elected to serve on the 2015-2016 Student Council: Lydia Bird– President

Jason Hamm-Vice President

Nathan Kupcho-Secretary

Elizabeth Speaker-Treasurer

Class representatives:

Dylan Bird, John DiCostanzo,

Jaidyn Michalec, Luke Reising

Emma Ryan, Mallory Sefcik

Matthew Sefcik, Eric Sovia

Ainsley Toland

Lawrence Peter “Yogi”Berra

By Ryan Lauer Lawrence Berra was

born May 12, 1925, in St. Louis, Missouri. His parents, Pietro and Paolina Berra, arrived in Ellis Island, New York, on Oc-tober 18, 1909. He attended Southside Catholic School, which is now called St. Mary’s High School, in St. Louis. He has four siblings: Josie, Mike, Tony, and John Berra.

Lawrence signed with the New York Yankees in 1942 for $500 dollars. A year later he joined the Navy to serve his country in World War II. Yogi made his major league debut on September 22, 1946, against the Philadelphia Athletics, getting two hits for four at bats, with one home run, two runs batted-in, and no stolen bases. In 1949, Yogi Berra married Carmen Peter. Carmen died on March 7, 2014, and Yogi died on the an-niversary of his major league debut, which was September 22, 2015, in West Caldwell, New Jersey, at the age of 90. Yogi ended his career with a .285 batting average, 358 shocking home runs, 1430 RBIs, and a .348 on-base-percentage. He leads MLB history with the most World Series hits at sev-enty-one. He is in third place in MLB history with 12 home runs. While he still leads MLB history with 10 World Series wins, he also leads MLB history with most World Series appear-ances. Yogi Berra had many famous quotes that have moti-vated many, sometimes chang-ing their lives. “When you come to a fork in the road, take it.” “You can observe a lot by just watching.” “It isn’t over ‘til it is over.” These and more came from the mouth of Yogi Berra.

8 Abner Doubleday By Ryan Lauer

Abner Doubleday, the inventor of the American sport of baseball, was born June 26, 1819, in Ballston Spa, NY. During the Civil War, Abner had a pivotal role as a general for the Union forces in the Bat-tle of Gettysburg, which lasted from June 1 to June 3, 1863. Doubleday fired his first shots of a gun in the defense of Fort Sumter, which lasted April 12 to April 14, 1861. In 1839, Doubleday created the sport called baseball in Cooperstown, New York. Ninety-two years later, the Baseball Hall of Fame was built in Cooperstown, New York, where he had invented the game. The original rules of baseball included: First team to 21 runs won

the game Pitcher’s box was four feet

in total A player could make it to a

base on a foul ball There was no gear for the

catchers and umpires No substitutions Pegging was allowed

Later a group of people named the Knickerbockers changed the rules of Double-day’s original game of baseball.

Abner Doubleday died in Mendham, NJ, in 1893. He is buried at the Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.

Notre Dame By Connor Albert and

Declan Toland

Notre DameUniversity is located in South Bend, Indi-ana. Their football team has eleven national championships. Brian Kelly is their head coach, and they are in the independent conference. They have a con-tract with Underarmor, and their team colors are blue and gold. Their team mascot is a lepre-chaun; their nickname is the Fighting Irish. This season dur-ing a game against Virginia, Malik Zaire, the starting quarter-back was badly injured, so Deshone Kizer became the new starting quarterback. When they played Clemson, they were down was 16-24. Torii Hunter, Jr., scored with a one yard pass from Deshone Kizer, but Notre Dame failed to complete the two point conversion. After that the final score was 24-22 in favor Clemson.

Notre Dame has had many outstanding players over the years. One such standout was John Lujack. He was born in Connellsville, Pennsylvania, in the south of Pitts-burgh. Lujack was a four-sport athlete in Connellsville. He graduated as both the Valedicto-rian and Senior Class President of Connellsville High School in 1942. In 1947 he won the Heis-man Trophy and was named the Associated Press’s Athlete of the Year.

Notre Dame has also had many outstanding coaches over the years. Many years ago, the school had an excellent coach named Ara Parseghian. Coach Parseghian had been an NFL player and coach. At Notre Dame, he won national champi-onships in 1966 and1973. Parseghian is known for bring-ing Notre Dame’s football pro-gram from years of futility back into the national spotlight as a major force.

Junior High Science

The students made delicious cells out of jell-o.

Intermediate Science

The students made edible, chocolate models of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks.

Photos by: Mrs. Nypert

Fall Recipes

Pumpkin Turkey Chili

Ingredients: 1 Tb. vegetable oil 2 c. pumpkin puree 1 dash salt 1c. chopped onions 1½ Tbs. chili powder ½ c. sour cream ½ c. chopped green bell

pepper ½ tsp. ground black pepper ½ clove minced garlic ½ c. chopped yellow bell

pepper 1 lb. ground turkey ½ c. shredded cheddar

cheese 1 (14.5 oz.) can diced toma-

toes Prep: 10 mins. Cook: 20 mins.

Directions: Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat, and sauté the onion, green bell pepper, yellow bell pepper, and garlic until ten-der. Stir in the turkey and cook until evenly brown. Drain and mix in tomatoes and pumpkin puree. Season with chili pow-der, pepper, and salt. Reduce the heat to low, cover the skillet, and simmer chili for twenty minutes. Serve topped with cheddar cheese and sour cream. Serves six.

Chef John’s Perfect Mashed

Potatoes Ingredients: 3 large peeled , halved russet potatoes ½ c. milk ¼ c. butter salt , ground black pepper

Directions: Place the potatoes into a large pot and cover with salted water. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until tender, about 20-25 min-utes. Drain and return the pot. Turn heat to high and allow the potatoes to dry for about 30 sec-onds. Then turn off the heat. Mash the potatoes with a potato masher twice around the pot and then add the butter and milk. Continue to mash until smooth and fluffy. Whisk in the salt and black pepper until evenly dis-tributed, about 15 seconds. Serves four.

Grandma’s Green Bean Casserole

Ingredients: 2 Tbs. butter 1 c. sour cream 1 tsp. salt ¼ c. diced onions 2 Tbs. all-purpose flour 1 tsp. white sugar 1 Tb. melted butter 3 (14.5 oz.) cans drained

French style green beans 1 Tb. melted butter 2 c. shredded Cheddar

cheese ¼ c. diced onions ½ c. crumbled buttery

round crackers Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F . Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Stir in the flour until smooth and cook for one minute. Stir in the salt, sugar, onion, and sour cream. Add green beans and stir to coat.

Transfer the mixture to a 2½ quart casserole dish. Spread the shredded Cheddar cheese over the top. In a small bowl, toss together the cracker crumbs and remaining butter, and sprinkle over the cheese.

Bake for 30 minutes in the pre-heated oven or until the top is golden and the cheese is bubbly.

Sefciks’ Delicious

Pumpkin Pie Ingredients: 1 pkg (2 crusts) of Price

Chopper refrigerated pie crusts

2 c. sugar 2 tsp. cinnamon 1 tsp. ground ginger 1 tsp. salt ½ tsp. ground nutmeg ¼ tsp. ground cloves 4 large eggs 1 29 oz. of canned pump-

kin 3 c. (2 12 fl. oz. can) of

evaporated milk

Directions: Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Place one crust in each of the two nine inch pie pans and decoratively crimp edges.

In a small bowl, combine sugar, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cloves, and salt. In a large bowl, lightly beat the eggs. Stir the pumpkin and the sugar/spice mixture into the eggs, mixing well. Gradually add the evapo-rated milk, stirring until com-pletely mixed.

Divide mixture evenly between the two pie shells. Place the filled pies into the preheated 425 degrees F oven. Bake for 15 minutes. Reduce the oven’s temperature to 350 degrees F; bake for an additional 40 to 50 minutes. Cool. Garnish with a whipped topping or a whipped cream. Refrigerate any left-overs.

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Send your name with your guess and where it is to Miss

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The Best Rolled Sugar Cookies Ingredients: 1½ c. softened butter 5 c. all-purpose flour 2 c. white sugar 2 tsp. baking powder 1 tsp. salt 4 eggs 1 tsp. vanilla extract Directions: In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Stir in the flour, baking powder, and salt. Cover and chill dough for at least one hour or overnight. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 C). Roll out dough on floured surface from ¼ to ½ inches thick. Cut into shapes with any cookie cutter. Place cookies 1 inch apart on un-greased cookie sheets. Bake 6 to 8 minutes in pre-heated oven. Cool completely.

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Thanksgiving Favorites by Nathan Kupcho

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