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PAGE 8 — The Georgia Bulletin, June 6, 1985
EXCITING EVENT — Susan
Wiessel (second from left) was
Valedictorian for the St. Pius
graduation. She is seen with
classmates and fellow graduates
as they prepare for the ceremony,
(1 to r) Ann Contrucci, Susan
Baerwalde and Caroline
McManus.
Burtenshaw
Awards Are Presented
St. Pius Graduates 194
In School Ceremonies
St. Pius X High School graduated 194
students on Friday evening May 31. The
ceremony took place in the student center.
Archbishop Thomas A. Donnellan presided
at the packed auditorium.
A special award was given to Steve
Maloof for his leadership in the school over
the entire four years. This award is not
usually given but the teachers and staff
agreed that Steve was a star-student in
every way and were happy to present the
award.
Others to receive awards were:
STAR Student — Patrick Brisbane.
Journal Cup — Patrick Brisbane.
Cornelius L. Maloney Award — Susan
Wiessel.
Bausch and Lomb Award — Joseph Steb-
bins.
Daughters of the American Revolution
Good Citizenship Award — Barbara
Prevost, Steve Maloof.
Athletes of the Year — Matt Jardina,
Monica Fry.
National Merit Scholars — Patrick
Brisbane, Margaret Bolen.
Monsignor Clancy Scholarship —
Patrick Brisbane.
Archbishop’s Award for Scholarship —
Patrick Brisbane, Susan Wiessel.
Society of Woman Engineers — Nancy
Heter (honor), Amy Stevenson (high
honor) and Cary Johnson (highest honor).
National Merit Commended Scholars —
Cynthia Alby, Jeff Gerlach, Frank
McElrath, Joseph Stebbins.
National Achievement Commended
Scholars — Lauri Silas.
Principal’s List Academic Certificates
— Barbara Prevost, Cecile Nguyen, Susan
Baerwalde.
Gold Winner — Susan Wiessel.
Silver Winners — Ann Contrucci,
Margaret Bolen, Patrick Brisbane.
Bronze Winners — Theresa Ruffin,
Kristin Skillas, Cary Johnson, Frank
McElrath, Lynn Dobson, Caroline
McManus, Michael McHale.
Christian Living Awards — Joseph
Huey, Lisa McBride.
LAST CALL — Soon they are to be on their
way to the world outside St. Pius. Elizabeth
Thompson waits to have her say after Cathy
Scarazzo has her last word.
GETTING ALL DRESSED UP — These
students are almost ready to walk in the
graduation procession — their final ceremony
at St. Pius. They are (1 to r) Doug Bobar,
Patrick Brisbane, Doug Tierney and (front)
Matt Bobar.
Anthony Wayne Van De Ryt
Eagle Scout Award Is Received
Anthony Wayne Van De
Ryt, 19, Snellville,
has earned the highest
advancement award the
Boy Scouts of America of
fers to Scouts, the Eagle
Award.
Van De Ryt, was
recognized in ceremonies
on June 2, at 8:00 p.m. at
St. Oliver Plunkett
Catholic Church Snell
ville.
A member of Troop
#582, Van De Ryt is one of
approximately 2 percent
of all Boy Scouts who at
tain the Eagle rank, ac
cording to Scoutmaster
Melvin Johnson.
Each candidate must
earn 21 merit badges and
successfully complete a
community, church or
synagogue-related ser
vice project to earn his
Eagle; Van De Ryt chose
to erect a storage
building for his church us
ing over 300 concrete
blocks on a 12 X 12 slab.
He has served as Senior
Patrol Leader and receiv
ed numerous scouting
honors. Van De Ryt joins
other outstanding
American citizens who
have become Eagle
Scouts, among them
Anthony Van de Ryt
former President Gerald
R. Ford, Jr., astronaut
Neil A. Armstrong,
Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development
Samuel R. Pierce, Jr.,
and Washington, D.C.
Mayor Marion Barry.
Van De Ryt is a
member of St. Oliver
Plunkett and is active at
Southern Technical In
stitute where he is a
freshman studying ar
chitectural engineering
technology.
He is the son of Wayne
and Sgndy Van Pp.Ryt of
Snell viile.
He Has His Eye
On The Olympics
BY LYNN DOBSON
St. Pius X High School
senior Ken Knudson has ac
cepted a full four year
scholarship to the Univer
sity of Tennessee for his ex
cellence in the swimming
pool. Ken was offered a
total of 14 scholarships to
nationally ranked swim
ming schools like the
University of Miami, the
University of Georgia,
Auburn University, Sou
thern Methodist University
and the University of Sou
thern California, but chose
Tennessee after weighing
all the plusses and
minuses.
“I gave it a lot of
thought,” Ken said, “and I
was really leaning towards
USC. But after looking at
all the sides, I chose Ten
nessee. They’re only grad
uating one senior from the
team so I’m looking for
ward to being a real part of
their building program.”
Ken’s swimming ambi
tions began only seven
years ago and he has spent
the last five with the
Dynamos Swim Club of
Atlanta. He has par
ticipated in the State High
School swim meet two
years in a row, and this
year he placed first in the
100 meter and 200 meter
backstroke and second in
the 200 meter individual
medley with times of 51.97
seconds, 1 minute, 53
seconds, and 55 seconds,
respectively.
These two first places
won him a qualifying slot
for both events in the
Senior National Swim meet
held in California April 2-7.
Being his second trip to the
Nationals, Ken fared well
and placed fourth overall
among all high school
students in the 200 meter
backstroke.
Ken foresees the Olym
pics as a long range goal.
According to Ken, it’s the
trials beforehand that are
the toughest part.
“For now,” Ken said, “I
will aim at scoring in the
top four at the trials and
then I’ll shoot for the top
two.”
Although the Olympics
may seem like a far off
dream, Ken plans on fur
thering his talents and
refining his skills. He has
put much effort into the
sport, and hopefully his
dedication and determina
tion will pay off.
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