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Tuesday, June 12, 2018


June 13, 2018

COVER STORY
A Flag Day story
Beth Masiado has always taken pride in the American flag and shown the utmost respect for those who work to protect it and everything it stands for. In both times of well-being and times of tragedy, the American flag has held great significance for her. A few years ago, she joined the organization Stars for Our Troops before branching off to found her own organization, Stars for Our Heroes. Both organizations are devoted to recognizing the men and women who serve this country, but while Stars for Our Troops explicitly recognizes veterans and members of the armed forces, Masiado’s Stars for Our Heroes is all-encompassing. Photo: One day while walking past Girl on the Hill Framing in Bethlehem, Beth Masiado had an idea. After speaking with framer Dawn Moser, the two worked together to create a shadowbox.

By Katya Hrichak  Photos by Ryan Hulvat

 

GRADUATION: FREEDON HS

‘A hero is in all of you’

Amid an ecstatic throng of thousands, years of grueling work now behind them, Freedom HS’s graduated seniors were nonetheless unable to focus squarely on the vacations, vocations, friendships and adventures to come. For the past is prologue, and the June 6 commencement at Stabler Arena was themed, “Reflections in the Mirror,” and it was marked by reminders of all they’d leaned thus far, the people who helped them, and how their experiences can inform successes to come. Photo: A Freedom graduate waves to her family in the stands at Stabler Athletic and Convocation Center during the processional at the June 6 graduation ceremony. She is one of 451 who took home diplomas that evening.

By Nate Jastrzemski    Photos by Ed Courrier

 

GRADUATION: BETHLEHEM CATHOLIC HS

‘Memories are yours forver’

The 188 members of Bethlehem Catholic HS’s class of 2018, dressed in their brown caps and gowns, proceeded into the high school’s filled-to-capacity auditorium the evening of June 6, eagerly awaiting the moment they would become high school graduates. Following the procession of the graduates to the familiar tune of Elgar’s “Pomp and Circumstance,” the ceremony began with an invocation given by school chaplain, the Reverend Kevin Bobbin, in which he prayed that God would stay close to the graduates and prepare them for what lies ahead. Photo: Following a commencement tradition, Bethlehem Catholic graduates move the tassels on their caps in unison from left side to right. They then descended the auditorium to the gymnasium, where they threw their caps in the air in celebration after removing their individual tassels.

By Katya Hrichak      Photos by Lori Patrick

 

GRADUATION: LIBERTY HS

‘Hit opportunities head on’

“Go big,” he said, and it was certainly keeping with the evening’s theme. Liberty HS lives up to that advice, and School Board President Michael Faccinetto knew it. From the giant crowd filling Stabler Arena to the brim, to the opening trumpet fanfare, to the night-long pageantry, no other local school hosts a commencement like Liberty. The class of 2018 was given the send-off it deserves June 7, with a special guest, multiple award recognitions, and musical interludes by the chorus and world-famous band and bagpipers. Photo: This group of Liberty ladies graduating was ready to celebrate prior to their Class of 2018 commencement.
By Nate Jastrzemski      Photos by Dana Grubb

 

CLASSROOM: NCC

Mystery cooking competition

Eight culinary students competed May 18 in the annual mystery basket cooking competition at Northampton Community College’s Hampton Winds Restaurant for a chance to win a scholarship to attend a weeklong externship at one of celebrity chef Emeril Lagasse’s New Orleans restaurants.

Six judges evaluated the contestants in seven categories: texture/doneness, taste/balance of flavors, proper cooking techniques, plating, sanitation/organization, overall technique/ portion size, and creativity with using the mystery basket ingredients. Photo: Luke Guensch contemplates how to prepare his chicken. Ultimately, it became the appetizer, served with a vegetable puree. Guensch also served a broccoli salad with grilled striped bass as the main course.

By Joanna Ireland

 

CLASSROOM: BASD

Academic signing Day

The top 10 academic scholars from both Freedom and Liberty high schools were recognized at the fifth annual academic signing ceremony June 5, which was held in the Bethlehem Area School District’s Education Center. Students in attendance and their parents heard words of appreciation and encouragement from both Superintendent Dr. Joseph Roy and Assistant Superintendent and Chief Academic Officer Dr. Jack Silva, and received some advice from Dr. Robert Flowers, provost of faculty affairs at Lehigh University, who related some of his own experiences when he headed off to college. Photo: The academic scholars from Freedom and Liberty high schools are all smiles after signing their letters of commitment and then facing the cameras of their parents, who were also in attendance.

By Dana Grubb

 

BETHLEHEM SPORTS

Carpenter Cup team opens this week

The Lehigh Valley’s 2018 Carpenter Cup baseball team was announced last week as the squad looks to prepare for this year’s edition in Philadelphia. This will be the 26th year of the franchise, as they look to buck a recent trend of being ousted from the first round in two of the last three years. Freedom sophomore outfielder Nick Stannard is the lone Bethlehem player on the list, as the team is led by 10 players from Parkland and Emmaus. LV will open up the tournament on Thursday at Philadelphia’s Franklin D. Roosevelt Park against Suburban One National/Bicentennial at 12:30 p.m. The next round of action will take place next Monday, before the semifinals and finals move to Citizens Bank Park next Friday and Saturday.

By Peter Car

 

LV FOCUS

LV Summer Theatre – Part 2

Muhlenberg Summer Music Theatre (MSMT) promises spectacle with a big, splashy family show, a stage-filling classic Frank Loesser musical, and the high-flying acrobatics of a modern circus. “It’s going to be a very happy summer,” says MSMT artistic director Charles Richter. “There will be lots of premiere-performing.” The 38th season kicks off with Disney’s Broadway musical, “Beauty and the Beast,” June 14 to July 1. The production will feature lavish scenic design, spectacular special effects, and “a touch of Disney magic,” says Richter. “We’ve been trying to get the rights for years,” Richter says of “Beauty and the Beast.”

By Kathy Lauer-Williams

 

OTHER STORIES

Bethlehem: Marijuana one step closer to being legal

Bethlehem: 50-unit apartment complex proposed

Bethlehem: EMT Week event notes service, professionalism

Fountain Hill: Jeter Ave. work will move to phase 2

Lehigh Valley: Police seek assault victims

Lehigh Valley: Tourism by the numbers

Saucon Valley: Board approves new math program

 

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