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AT THIS POINT, I'D, I'D LIKE TO INVITE TO THE STAGE THE PRESIDENT OF THE HASTINGS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, MR. STAN MEIDA.
I'M STAN MEIDA, CLASS OF 1973, AND I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE, UH, ALUMNI ASSOCIATION.
UM, THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, UH, WA WAS FORMED TO RECOGNIZE, UH, STUDENT ATHLETES INITIALLY, UH, FOR THEIR WORK THAT THEY HAD DONE, AND THERE WERE ACHIEVEMENTS IN HASTINGS HIGH SCHOOL.
UH, LATER ON, UM, UH, STUDENTS THAT HAD, UH, GRADUATED AND GONE ON TO, UH, A MEANINGFUL CAREER WERE ALSO RECOGNIZED, AND WE ALSO RAISE MONEY FOR SCHOLARSHIPS THAT WE GIVE OUT EVERY YEAR.
SO, I'M HERE TONIGHT ON BEHALF OF, UH, APPROXIMATELY 9,000 INDIVIDUALS WHO PROCEEDED YOU IN GRADUATING, UH, FROM HASTINGS HIGH SCHOOL.
UH, WHEN YOU WAKE UP ON, UH, FRIDAY MORNING, PROVIDED YOU GET SOME SLEEP AFTER GRADUATION, UM, YOU'LL BE ALUMNI TOO, PART OF A NETWORK OF INDIVIDUALS THROUGHOUT THE US AND, UH, THE WORLD, WHICH INCLUDES, UH, ALUMNI IN FRANCE, CANADA, ISRAEL, HONG KONG, AND AUSTRALIA.
SO ON BEHALF OF ALL THE GRADUATES THAT CAME BEFORE YOU AND, UH, THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BOARD, UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASS OF 2 20 26.
IT IS THROUGH THE GENEROSITY OF THESE ALUMNI THAT TONIGHT WILL BE AWARDING A TOTAL OF $36,750 IN SCHOLARSHIPS, INCLUDING A $5,000 DONATION FROM THE CLASS OF 1986, WHICH ENHANCED OUR SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS.
UH, SO GETTING STARTED, OUR FIRST AWARD IS GIVEN IN HONOR OF BERNIE O'BRIEN, A 1950 GRADUATE OF HASTINGS HIGH SCHOOL, WHO WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION IN 2000.
IT WAS THROUGH BERNIE'S PERSISTENCE AND DEDICATION THAT ALUMNI ASSOCIATION HAS GROWN INTO THE ORGANIZATION THAT IT IS TODAY WE ARE HAPPY TO AWARD THIS YEAR'S BERNIE BERNARD J O'BRIEN, LEADER SCHOLARSHIP TO AIDEN CURTIS, COACH RICHARD BUB, WHO WAS A FORCE BEHIND THE HASTINGS HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL AND WRESTLING PROGRAMS. THIS SCHOLARSHIP WAS ESTABLISHED TO HONOR HIS SUPPORT OF THE TEAMS AND THE IMPACT HE MADE ON THE INDIVIDUAL ATHLETES.
THIS YEAR, BECAUSE OF THE SPONSOR OF THE, UH, SCHOLARSHIP, COULDN'T DECIDE BETWEEN TWO APPLICANTS, BOTH SETH MONTE QUINN AND LOLA LAKE NORLANDER EACH ARE RECEIVING A SCHOLARSHIP.
LARRY KENT BENJAMIN WAS A NINE, UH, UH, WAS A 1983 GRADUATE WHO MADE HIS CAREER IN THE FIELD OF COMPUTER SCIENCE.
IN MEMORY OF HIS LIFE, HIS FRIENDS AND FAMILY ESTABLISHED THIS SCHOLARSHIP AWARDED THIS YEAR TO ANDRE RAPHAEL FOR ALL RIGHT, AND MY CLASS.
THE CLASS OF 1973 HELD OUR 50TH YEAR REUNION THREE YEARS AGO, AND WE RAISED ENOUGH MONEY TO SPONSOR A SCHOLARSHIP FOR A GRADUATING SENIOR, FOLLOWING A CAREER TRACK, AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO KEEP THIS GOING SINCE OUR, OUR GRAD, UH, SINCE OUR, UH, REUNION, WE'VE DECIDED, UH, THIS YEAR THIS SCHOLARSHIP WOULD BE AWARDED TO MIRANDA BTO.
I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE, UH, LEE KAISER, WHO WILL PRESENT THE NEXT FOUR AWARDS.
HI, I AM LEE KAISER HASTINGS HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1987.
I'LL START WITH THE SCHOLARSHIP SPONSORED BY CLASS OF 1988 AND FRIEND JAMES KENNEDY AND MYSELF BENEFITING FROM THE TERRIFIC TEACHERS AND EDUCATION WE RECEIVED THROUGHOUT KINDERGARTEN TO 12TH GRADE AND HASTINGS.
WE WERE BOTH INSPIRED AND CALLED TO CAREERS AS EDUCATORS.
WITH THAT, WE WANNA SUPPORT THOSE WHO ALSO
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WISH TO PURSUE A CAREER IN EDUCATION.THIS YEAR'S RECIPIENT OF THE KAISER KENNEDY FUTURE EDUCATORS SCHOLARSHIP IS JULIAN ALVARO CARNIVAL.
THE MICHAEL AND ERIC CANTOR MATHEMATICS SCHOLARSHIP IS AWARDED TO AN INDIVIDUAL PLANNING TO PURSUE FURTHER STUDIES IN MATH OR ENGINEERING TO HELP HIM PURSUE HIS STUDIES IN APPLIED MATHEMATICS.
THIS YEAR'S RECIPIENT IS AWARDED TO JACOB KLIGERMAN.
COACH LINDEMAN SERVED HASTINGS HIGH SCHOOL AS A PHYS ED TEACHER, ADMINISTRATOR, AND COACH FROM 1944 TO 1957.
THIS YEAR, THE LINDEMAN ATHLETICS SCHOLARSHIP IS BEING AWARDED TO RIAN KASIK.
NOW I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE RECIPIENT OF THIS YEAR'S KB FAMILY CHEMISTRY SCHOLARSHIP IN MEMORY OF JAMES PRESLEY, A FANTASTIC CHEMISTRY TEACHER.
THIS AWARD IS SPONSORED BY ANDY KOB, CLASS OF 1963, WHO IS ALSO PROVIDING A $250 DONATION TO THE SCHOOL'S SCIENCE PROGRAM.
RONAN LER, PLEASE COME UP AND RECEIVE YOUR AWARD.
ALL RIGHT, IT IS NOW MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE FROM THE CLASS OF 1980 GARY WEINBERG.
GOOD EVENING, AND, UH, CONGRATULATIONS.
THE, UH, CLASS OF 1926, I'M GARY WEINBERG.
AS LEE SAID, THE CLASS OF 1980, WHICH MAY SOUND LIKE A LONG TIME AGO, BUT, UH, I WAS HERE FOR KINDERGARTEN, UH, IN THE ROGATE WING.
WENT UP TO, UH, HILLSIDE AND THEN, UH, ALL THE WAY THROUGH ALONG WITH ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF MY CLASS.
UH, SO IT'S BEEN A GREAT SCHOOL FOR ME AND, UH, MY CLASS THAT HAD A REUNION LAST YEAR, AND, UH, I'M GLAD TO HEAR EVERYTHING.
IT'S BEEN POSITIVE FOR EVERYBODY HERE.
UH, FIRST UP WE HAVE THE PHIL CLIP MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP.
PHIL'S A GRADUATE OF 1946 AND WAS A REMARKABLE BASEBALL PLAYER AND STUDENT ATHLETE.
THIS YEAR, THE AWARD GOES TO ALEXIS SHEER.
WE'VE ALREADY HEARD ABOUT COACH BOB, AND THE NEXT SCHOLARSHIP IS IN, IN LEGACY FOR COACH JOHN COSTELLO, WHO WAS ANOTHER, UH, UH, GYM COACH, AS WELL AS, UH, HE HAD A GREAT LEGACY WITH THE HASTINGS HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL TEAM.
WE'RE VERY PROUD TO AWARD THIS YEAR'S SCHOLARSHIP AND MEMORY OF COACH COSTELLO TO DYLAN ALAKA.
EVERY YEAR, THE GHOULISH FAMILY SPONSORS A SCHOLARSHIP FOR A STUDENT WHO IS PURSUING A CAREER IN THE ARTS.
THIS YEAR, THE AWARD IS TO SARAH ZAMORE.
AND FINALLY, A SCHOLARSHIP FROM MY CLASS, THE CLASS OF 1980.
WE HAD A REUNION LAST YEAR AND, UH, BROUGHT TOGETHER A NUMBER OF PEOPLE AND ABOUT 50 FROM OUR CLASS AND ABOUT ANOTHER 50 FROM OTHER NEIGHBORING CLASSES.
AND WHEN WE HAD OUR REUNION FOR WHAT WOULD'VE BEEN OUR 40TH, WE ENDED UP BEING SKIPPING BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.
WE ENDED UP HAVING A 60TH BIRTHDAY PARTY.
UH, THAT WAS JUST THREE YEARS BEFORE LAST YEAR'S SCHOLARSHIP, SO LAST YEAR'S, UH, REUNION.
SO WE DECIDED THAT WE WOULD START A SCHOLARSHIP FUND FUND THEN, AND HAVE
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THAT WITH EACH REUNION THIS YEAR.WE HAD A LOT OF FUN THAT WE RAISED THE MONEY FIRST IN ADVANCE THROUGH GETTING PEOPLE, UH, ASKING TO DONATE THROUGH THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION IN PREPARATION FOR OUR REUNION.
BUT THEN AT THE REUNION, WE HAD THIS BOX THAT WE ASKED PEOPLE TO MAKE DONATIONS TO.
AND I HAVE TO SAY, I STOOD THERE ON A TABLE LIKE THIS AT MAUDS AND ASKED PEOPLE TO SUPPORT THE SCHOLARSHIP.
AND IF YOU WATCH, IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE AT THE END.
EVERYONE'S COMING FORWARD WITH ALL THIS MONEY, AND YOU JUST SEE ALL THIS PILES OF MONEY COMING.
WELL, THAT'S THE WAY IT FELT WITH EVERYBODY THERE JUST HANDING OVER BILLS THAT STARTED OFF SMALL AND MANY THAT WERE VERY LARGE.
WE CALLED OUT, WE CALLED OUR SCHOLARSHIP, THE TAKING ON CHALLENGES SCHOLARSHIP, AND IT'S IN MEMORY OF OUR CLASSMATES THAT HAVE PASSED OVER THE YEARS.
THIS REFLECTS OUR COMMITMENT TO SUPPORTING GRADUATING SENIORS FROM HASTINGS HIGH SCHOOL.
SO THIS YEAR WE'RE AWARDING THE SCHOLARSHIP TO ANTHONY LABOY.
AND NOW I'M GONNA TURN THE PODIUM OVER TO VICKI GAGLIARDI.
UM, I'M VICKI GAGLIARDI TER CLASS OF 2006.
SOME OF YOU MIGHT KNOW ME, MAYBE
UM, I HAVE A LOT OF SCHOLARSHIPS.
UM, THE FIRST ONE IS ON BEHALF OF DR.
JESS BLACK PAOLI FROM THE CLASS OF 2000.
UM, SHE'S, HER FAMILY STARTED THE SCHOLARSHIP TO HONOR HER SISTER, SARAH ELIZABETH, WHO PASSED AWAY OF PEDIATRIC CANCER AT THE AGE OF FOUR.
THIS AWARD IS MADE TO AN INDIVIDUAL WHO WILL BE PURSUING A CAREER IN MEDICINE OR MEDICAL RESEARCH.
THIS YEAR, THE AWARD IS GOING TO TAVIA SITES.
THE NEXT, WE HAVE TWO MUSIC SCHOLARSHIPS.
FIRST, THE RITA IAN TRIBUTE TO THE HIGH HASTINGS HIGH SCHOOL MUSIC TEACHER SCHOLARSHIP IS IN HONOR OF ALL THE MUSIC TEACHERS WHO PRESENTLY TEACH OR HAVE TAUGHT AT HHS IN THE PAST.
UH, THIS YEAR, THE AWARD IS BEING GIVEN TO DEVIN MULDOON.
UH, OUR SECOND MUSIC AWARD IS IN HONOR OF RICHARD M. THOMAS, WHO GRADUATED FROM HASTINGS HIGH SCHOOL IN 1956.
HIS PASSION FOR MUSIC FOLLOWED HIM THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE, AND HIS FAMILY HONORS HIM EVERY YEAR WITH THE RICHARD M. THOMAS MUSIC SCHOLARSHIP.
THIS YEAR, THE SCHOLARSHIP IS BEING AWARDED TO SALEM NICHOLSON.
THE JULIUS R CHEKA SCHOLARSHIP IS PROVIDED IN MEMORY OF OUR FORMER MAYOR.
OH, PROVIDED IN MEMORY OF OUR FORMER MAYOR, IS AWARDED EACH YEAR TO SOMEONE WITH A DEMONSTRATED COMMITMENT TO THEIR COMMUNITY.
THE COMMITTEE FELT NO ONE EXHIBITED THAT COMMITMENT MORE THAN JACK REYNOLDS.
UH, THE NEXT SCHOLARSHIP IS IN HONOR OF ALL HASTINGS HIGH SCHOOL COACHES AND THE DEDICATION THEY HAVE TO BOTH THEIR SPORT AND THEIR STUDENTS.
THIS YEAR'S AWARD IS GIVEN TO RALEIGH SORO.
UH, THE NEXT AWARD IS IN MEMORY OF JIM HARMON.
MANY OF THOSE IN ATTENDANCE TONIGHT.
REMEMBER MR. HARMON AND THE TIME AND ATTENTION HE GAVE TO THE YOUTH OF THIS VILLAGE.
MR. HARMON WOULD SURELY APPRECIATE THE ENTHUSIASM OF THIS YEAR'S WINNER.
ANDREW SUZUKI, UH, A MEMBER OF THE CLASS OF 1962, ESTABLISHED A SCHOLARSHIP TO HONOR THE COMRADERY OF HIS CLASS, WHICH STILL RE UNITES FOR REUNIONS.
THIS YEAR, THE CLASS OF 1962 MERIT SCHOLARSHIP IS BEING AWARDED TO AUDEN ESPOSITO.
UM, I'M VERY PLEASED TO BE MAKING AN AWARD IN MEMORY OF AUGIE AND VERONICA, WHO IS A VERY STAUNCH SUPPORTER OF THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM, AS WELL AS A
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ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE HASTINGS COMMUNITY.THIS YEAR'S AUGIE AND VERONICA MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP IS BEING AWARDED TO MAXWELL BOYD.
OUR LAST SCHOLARSHIP THIS EVENING IS THE CHARLES O ASHMAN SCHOLARSHIP FOR EXCELLENCE, WHICH CARRIES WITH ITS SOME PRESTIGE.
MR. ASHMAN WAS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS BOOMING VOICE AND CHALLENGING COURSEWORK.
THE SCHOLARSHIP IS AWARDED TO HONOR HIM, TO RECOGNIZE THE HISTORY OF EXCELLENCE, EXCELLENCE IN HHS APPARENT IN THE TWO NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS WHO GRADUATED FROM HASTINGS.
THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT THIS NEW YEAR'S WINNER WILL RISE UP TO ALL FUTURE CHALLENGES.