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Dunmore Lions club

Dunmore Lions held a reorganizal meeting and new member induction on Sept. 25 at Case Quattro winery at Blakely Street Plaza, Dunmore.

Jim Aita will serve as the Dunmore Lions Club president; Richard Green, first vice president; Angelo Martarano, second vice president; Sam Sebastianelli, secretary/ treasurer, and Jim Colangelo, membership chairman.

lionsNew members are Carmel Verrastro-Biko and Justin Petchcoski; sponsors Michael Colangelo and James Colangelo.

Membership in the Dunmore Lions Club is open to all residents of Dunmore Borough and surrounding communities over the age of 18. If interested, please call 570-878-7166, 570-466-5058 or email dunmorelions@gmail.comfor further information.

New members of the Dunmore Lions Club include, from left: Richard Green, vice president; Michael Colangelo, sponsor; Justin Petchcoski, new member; Carmel Verrastro-Biko, new member; James Colangelo, sponsor; James Aita, president and installing officer.

Lions Club Awards Scholarships to Dunmore Students

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lionsThe Dunmore Lions Club recently held its 37th annual Scholarship Award Banquet at  La Buona Vita Restaurant.

Remarks were offered by Margaret Hart, vice principal at Dunmore High School, and Alexa Schoenberg guidance counselor at Holy Cross High School. Presentation of awards was made by Lion president James Aita and committee cochairmen Lion Sam Sebastianelli and Lion James Colangelo. Lion Michael Colangelo offered Invocation and Lion Anthony DeSantis served as toastmaster and commented:  “They and past award recipients demonstrate the outstanding traits necessary to receive Lions awards. All recipients have shown exemplary leadership. They’re all amazing students.”

The Dunmore Lions have been serving the community for over 67 years and are currently holding a membership campaign. Anyone interested in joining or helping in any way should email dunmorelions@gmail.com or call 570-878-7166 or 570-947-1287. 

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Mark Finan of Dunmore High School was honored with a Penn State scholarship. Also honored with monetary gifts were: Dunmore High School Boy Scholar/Athlete Nathan Fangio and DHS Girl Scholar /Athlete- Gillian Coar.

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Jared Griffin of Holy Cross High School received another Penn State scholarship. Holy Cross High School Boy Scholar/Athlete Carson Cacioppo and Holy Cross Girl Scholar/Athlete Jillian Warabak were awarded monetary gifts as well.

Bucks Beat Crusaders in Intraborough Champion Game

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The Intraborough Boys Basketball Champion Game between the Dunmore Bucks and the Holy Cross Crusaders was recently held at Dunmore High School  sponsored by the Dunmore Lions Club.  The event aiming to help defray the cost of its College Scholarships programs is in its 35th year.

This year the Holy Cross boys defeated the Dunmore boys by a score of 62-47.

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Pictured above from Dunmore High School are, front row, kneeling from left: Daniel Walsh, Owen Haggerty, Frank Ruggiero and Rich Grippi.

Standing, same order: Mark Rinaldi, Noah Mihal, Jerry Longo, Nate Fangio, Head Coach Tony Lacertoso, Mike Aronica, Lion president  Jim Aita, Jared Argust, Steve Borgia, Tom Dougherty, Lion Richard Green, Mark Finan, Christopher Murray, Joe Schmidt, Assistant Coach Gino Tempesta, and Lion Angelo Martarano.

 

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The photo above shows  members of the Holy Cross team, from left: Andrew Craven, Anthony Fletcher, Tyler  Mozeleski, T J Liuzzo, Angelo Calciano, Joey Liuzzo, Pat Gavin, Decian Tokash, Caleb Callejas, Jake Rasimovich, Carl Shuster, Leahy O’Connor, John Hartridge, Jeremy Fick, Jake Wiercinski, Justin Walker, John Egan, Tommy Montefour, Nick Ferraro, Dan Dougherty, Kieran Burrier, Joe DeGrazia, Brenden Willsch, Sang Nuyeng Asst. Coaches; Tim Callejas, Mike Zayac, Rich Larussa, Rob Heyen, Head Coach Al Callejas, and Lion Members; Jim Aita,  Richard Green and Angelo Martarano.