Honor Roll
Recognizing the accomplishments of Western New Yorkers
Marine Cpl. Lisa M. Bodenburg, a 2005 honors graduate of Kenmore East High School, is serving in Iraq as the only female crew chief with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 367.
Bodenburg, who joined the Marines as soon as she turned 18, excelled in boot camp and graduated as her platoon’s honor graduate, earning a meritorious promotion to private first class. She recently earned her combat air crew wings, allowing her to serve as mission crew chief without having a training crew chief on board.
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Sally Herzog recently was installed as president of Town Line Volunteer Fire Department’s Ladies Auxiliary in Lancaster. Other officers are Ann Mosman, vice president; Cathy Pucci, treasurer; Judy Mang, secretary; and Arlene Miranda, Betty Trzybinski and Barb Rice, trustees.
The organization also honored two members — sisters — whose combined service is 100 years. Ednamae Folger has served for 60 years and Charlotte Lung for 40.
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Army Spc. Matthew M. Gordon, a 2006 graduate of Sweet Home High School, has returned to Fort Richardson in Alaska following a deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Gordon is a member of the 164th Military Police Company based in Alaska.
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Jon Kemp has been elected chief of the Main-Transit Fire Department in Amherst for 2009. Other elected officers are: Christopher Feuz, first assistant chief; William Riley, second assistant chief; Marc Gravelle Jr., senior fire captain; and Daniel Hooper, Adam Karl, Bradley Sprague and Michael Karl, fire captains.
••• Drs. Craig Kubik and Ronald Januchowski, osteopaths who are from Cheektowaga, recently were installed as presidents of the Georgia Osteopathic Medical Association and South Carolina Osteopathic Medical Society, respectively.
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The Alzheimer’s Association, Western New York Chapter, has given its Community Awareness Award to Tall Girls Design, a graphic design studio in Orchard Park. The award, which recognizes work to raise public awareness of the needs of people with dementia and their caregivers, was presented at the association’s annual meeting.
Since 2004, Tall Girls Design partners Pam Stromecki and Debbie Oberg have designed and produced materials for chapter programs, services and events such as the annual Blue Moon Gala and Memory Walk.
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