Eagle rank
Nathanael C. Marino, 15, of Orwigsburg Boy Scout Troop 624, earned the highest rank in Boy Scouting on Jan. 18.
His Eagle Scout Leadership Service Project involved disassembling and refurbishing an 11-year-old wooden structure playground and reassembling it at Kimmel's Evangelical Free Church, Orwigsburg. The playground was donated by Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Boran, Orwigsburg.
Nathanael hauled the disassembled pieces to his own backyard in May and spent the summer cleaning, staining, painting, replacing hardware and accessories and making structural improvements to the solid redwood playground. He led a team of fellow Scouts, family members and other volunteers in hauling the pieces to the churchyard and reassembling the structure.
In addition to the donated playground, Andy Geary Awnings, Pottsville, donated a custom-made replacement canopy for the castle section; Luckenbill Brothers Paving and Excavating, Schuylkill Haven, excavated and leveled the land, and S.R. Sloan Manufacturing, Orwigsburg, provided the wood chips, hauling trailer and back hoe for hoisting.
Pastor Preston Broadhurst of Kimmel's Church served as the project beneficiary representative. A total of 219.5 man-hours were used in the three-month project.
Nathanael is a freshman in the college preparatory curriculum at Blue Mountain High School. He competes on the high school swimming, soccer and track and field teams, plays in the school band and drama club pit orchestra and is an active member of Kimmel's Church youth group. He is a member of Schuylkill YMCA swim team for three years.
Nathanael is a son of Dr. Glen and Heather Marino, Orwigsburg. Boy Scout Troop 624 is led by Scoutmaster James Stokes.
Board seat
Jaclyn M. Fowler, D.Ed., vice president of MMI Preparatory School, Freeland, has been appointed by Pennsylvania Secretary of Education Ron Tomalis to a three-year term on the State Board of Private Academic Schools.
Prior to joining the administration of MMI in the summer of 2008, Fowler served as state director for the Pennsylvania Governor's Schools of Excellence, where her responsibilities included recruiting program directors for the schools and working closely with them to develop programming. She promoted the schools to gifted high school students across the state and served as a liaison between the Pennsylvania Department of Education and several state offices, including the Legislature, governor and the Department of Health.
Fowler is an online faculty member with the University of Phoenix, teaching courses through the Internet and distance learning. She instructs students at the doctoral and master's levels in education, as well as undergraduate students in English literature. She has previously taught International English and Second Language Composition as a professor at Penn State York. Fowler has also worked as a leader at several local area schools, having served as principal of Panther Valley Elementary School from 2007-08 and Cardinal Brennan Junior/Senior High School from 2004-07.
Fowler holds her doctor of education degree in education and linguistics from Penn State University. She earned her master's degree in English education from Millersville University and a bachelor's degree in government and Russian from Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster.
She is a daughter of John and JoAnne Fowler, Delano, and resides in Drifton with her two children, Katlyn and Collin.