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The Times Leader from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania • 10

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PAGE 10 A FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 2011 THE TIMES LEADER www.timesleader.com Cart gives students another shot at breakfast acrifice commemorated Studies show students who eat breakfast are better behaved and more attentive. By MARK GUYDEH mgupdishtmesleader.com PLYMOUTH Rahjae Dixon grinned as he palmed a small bag of Crunchmania (French toast flavor), a pack of "Oatmeal to go bars and a foil-sealed plastic cup of orange juice he bought seconds before entering Wyoming Valley West High School Wednesday morning. Hadn't he had breakfast at home? "I like this jtzt i iiMH if CLARK VAN ORDENTHE TIMES LEADER WVW seniors Jalen McClary and Rahjae Dixon stop by the "Breakfast on the go" cart for a bite to eat before class. JASON RtEDMILLERFOR THE TIMES LEADER Joanne Katula, sister of Carol Ann Drazba, and Drazba's former nursing classmates Anne Domln and Lavona Daniels. Sfarra said the district had been selling about 100 breakfasts in the cafeteria, and that the cart had attracted about 20 students a day since being stuff better," the senior said, still smiling.

Senior Steve Matello had a different reason for grabbing a bite from the "Breakfast on the Go" cart set up outside the school entrance to entice students to have what many consider the most important meal of the day. "I got up Jate," he said, acknowledging that if the cart had not been there, he would have GET INVOLVED By STEPHANIE LONGO Times Leader Correspondent DUNMORE When Spring Brook Township resident Joanne Katula pushed the golden shovel into the ground outside of St. Joseph Center's 320 S. Blakely St. campus on Wednesday afternoon, she knew that history was about to be made.

"When I was moving the shovel, I thought to myself that this is the first step toward forever," Katula said. "Now my sister will be remembered forever." Katula's sister, Carol Ann Drazba, was the first American woman to be killed in Vietnam on Feb. 18, 1966, when the helicopter she was traveling in became entangled in high tension wires and crashed, killing all seven passengers. Drazba, a 1961 graduate of Dunmore High School, was a nurse at the 3rd Field Hospital in Saigon as well as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army.

The Northeastern Pennsylvania wing of the Friends of the Forgotten, a veterans' advocacy group, has been working to build a monument in Drazba's memory in her hometown of Dunmore since the aniu'versaiy of her death in 2010. Wednesday's groundbreaking ceremony at St Joseph's marks the first step towards the monument's construction, which will take place over the summer. An official dedication is slated for Oct. 8. Kim Atkinson, the member of the Friends of the Forgotten who has sxarheaded the memorial effort, feels that Drazba will finally be able to take her rightful place in history.

"If it wasn't for the divine intervention of a lot of people and saints and angels and Carol Ann herself who has led us on this path, we would not finally be able to give her her just due," Atkinson said. "She is going to be recognized. She is the first woman who gave her life for her country in Vietnam; the first female who died in battle it wasn actually a battle but she was there on the Not much when you look at the total enrollment according to the state department of education but still about a 20 percent increase in the number of breakfasts being served. Assistant Principal David Rob-bins praised the program, repeating the importance of breakfast for a good day in school. And, um, did he eat breakfast? "Absolutely," he said.

He had "a banana." Here or at home? "Here," he admitted. There you have it, the program works. shown that students who eat breakfast are more'attentive, better behaved and less likely to end up visiting the school nurse, she added. Sfarra, who works for Aramark Food Services the company contracted by the district to handle cafeteria service said the grant was competitive, with about 42 districts nationwide winning some money. The funds bought the cart and related material, so the program can and will continue next year, Sfarra added.

The program started in December with the' cart set up inside; Wednesday was the first' day the school rolled it onto the concourse outside the front door. Sfarra said the district had been selling about 100 breakfasts in the cafeteria, and that the cart had attracted about 20 students a day since being introduced. vided drawings and architectural work, and the Career Technology Center of Scranton, which will do the brickwork, laying of the foundation, and setting of the stones. Monuments by Parise of Car-bondale is making the monument, which will include a life-sized bronze statue of Drazba surrounded by a wall including the photos of the six other crash victims and her biography. They have also donated benches to be installed next to the monument to create a park-like setting.

"When you see her standing it is going to be majestic, breathtaking, and outstanding," Atkinson said. Lavona Daniels, who was Drazba's friend and nursing school classmate, is amazed by the outpouring of public support for the monument. "I am just overwhelmed by the dedication to her," she said. "I think Kim and her group are such dedicated people. So many times these things fall through, but they made this into a reality." DECK POOL SALE Memorial engraved bricks are available to help offset the costs of the Carol Ann Drazba Memorial.

Bricks are available for a tax-deductible donation of $100 for four lines with 15 characters per line. Checks can be sent to Carol Ann Drazba Memorial Fund, co Friends of the Forgotten, 527 E. Scott Olyphant, Pa. 18447. For more information, call Kim Atkinson at (570) 383-9552.

battlefield. She gave her life; she gave her all so that we could be here today as free people in a free country." The monument was originally supposed to be constructed on the property of the Dunmore Municipal Building, which is next to the St. Joseph's site. When that property was deemed too small, Dominick DeNaples of DeNa-ples Auto Parts stepped in to help secure the spot at St. Joseph's.

Besides DeNaples and St. Jo seph's Center, other monument benefactors include Johnson Technical Institute, which pro- )awi 0,, ROY.41 CVNIN skipped breakfast, even though the cafeteria serves breakfast to those who want it. Which is the point of the Breakfast on the Go Program, made possible through a grant of about $2,900 from General Mills. "It's hard to get some kids to eat breakfast, especially in high school," Food Service Director Suzanne Sfarra said as the majority of students entering the school Wednesday strolled past the small cart offering fresh fruit, juice, milk and small packs of high-protein snacks. Yet studies have repeatedly lus "3 18 i 13' Fan Deck 799 wS'x 10 Skovish Brothers, Inc.

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