Wicked Proud Parents

It was a pleasure to read the article in the Salem News last week regarding awards and scholarships given out at Salem High School and find as recipients the names of two of our members’ children: Susie Barnes, daughter of Jason Barnes, and Aiden Church, son of Karen Giroux. Among other awards, Susie was named Salem High’s recipient of the Paul J. Higgins Scholarship, a gift of $10,000 that represents one of the more impressive awards available to one of the school’s student athletes. The article mentions that “her (Susie’s) dad was a decorated distance runner at Marblehead High (who still holds the record there) and later at Northeastern University, and still is active on the roads today.” Susie goes on to say, “I owe a lot to my father, who taught me the techniques about running. He can still beat me.” What a nice thing to say about your dad, Susie. Karen Giroux should also be extremely proud of her son, Aiden Church, an Andrews’ scholar and ranked #12 in his class. Aiden was baseball captain for two years, a varsity basketball player, and a member of the Indoor Track team. Among other awards, Aiden received the John and Abigail Adams Scholarship, the Larry Callahan Student/Athlete Scholarship, the Collins Dooley Academic Scholarship, and the Cartoon League Basketball Scholarship. Very, very impressive. And we know where they both got their athletic prowess!!