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Halstead, Knopf make it offi cial
Following a holiday performance last De-
cember at The Rinx arena in Hauppauge, N.Y., Robert Knopf got down on one knee and pro- posed to Ashley Halstead, his partner both on and off the ice for nearly seven years. “We skated our program, and after we fi nished our bows, he had our student
skate the ring and fl owers to me,” Halstead said. “I was completely surprised.” Both members of The Skating Club of New York and coaches at The Rinx, Halstead
and Knopf won the junior dance silver medal at the 2009 U.S. Collegiate Champion- ships. The couple is set to tie the knot in December 2014.
Northeast ISC teams up to help U.S. combat troops
The Northeast Ice Skating Club in Haverhill, Mass.,
dedicated the proceeds from its annual holiday dona- tion drive and skating show to help U.S. military men and women stationed in harm’s way overseas. The community service project idea came from
one of its members, high school senior Robyn Hills, who in 2011 organized The Jay Project. The Jay Project is named for her cousin, Sgt. Jason Santora, who was killed in Afghanistan in April 2010. “I wanted to do something special to honor Jason, our family’s fallen hero,” Hills said. Hills and the Northeast Ice Skating Club worked in concert with Any Soldier Inc.
in support of this eff ort. Club members and Jay Project volunteers collected items on the soldiers’ wish lists, and then sent 30 packages of much-needed supplies overseas, helping more than 500 servicemen and women. Inspiring letters and drawings from area children were also sent. “When Robyn approached us with her idea about The Jay Project, it was a natu-
ral fi t with our community outreach program,” club president Kristine Johnson said. “Everyone associated with the club was proud to be part of such a wonderful eff ort to honor and help all our U.S. troops and pay special tribute to Robyn’s cousin, Jason, through The Jay Project.” The eff orts of the Northeast Ice Skating Club and The Jay Project make a huge
diff erence in the lives of the servicemen and women, according to Any Soldier Inc. founder Marty Horn. “It is a letter, maybe even a box, addressed to a particular soldier, marine, sailor,
airman or coastguardsman, that will change the day of that warrior,” Horn said. “I can tell you that a simple act like that may not only save the life of that warrior, but aff ect the morale of the entire unit.”
Amherst coloring contest a big hit
Sophia Harkins, Emma Zhang and Ava Marcolini, represent- ing the club’s Shining Stars Bridge program, show their winning coloring contest entries.
The Amherst Skating Club in Williams-
ville, N.Y., conducted its second annual Snowplow Sam Coloring Contest during National Skating Month. The coloring contest is part of the club’s
Skate With Us program. “This year we received more than 100
entries,” Amherst SC Director Stacy Petri said. “We had such a great response that we extended the deadline for entries well into February. We chose a fi rst- and sec- ond-place winner from each Skate With Us day and time that was off ered. We had 16 winners.” Coloring contest winners received U.S.
Figure Skating prizes such as backpacks, balloons, stickers and press-on tattoos. The club displayed all the winning entries in its offi ce windows and around the rink. “Our coloring contest is just one event
we have to get skaters interested and ex- cited about learning to skate,” Petri said.
A group of skaters in Milwaukee, Wis., performed a benefi t exhibition for the Heart Center at Children’s Hospital of Wis- consin on Feb. 16. The exhibition, titled Skate With Heart 2013, took place at the Kern Center Ice Arena on the campus of the Milwaukee School of Engineering. It raised $6,000 and featured U.S. junior dance competitors Mackenzie Reid and Christian Erwin, the U.S. juvenile dance team of Meredith Kent and Palmer Mid- dlekauff and the U.S. senior pairs team of Kiri Baga and Taylor Toth. A local fi fth- grade class conducted a skate-a-thon, taking pledges for laps skated. It raised $2,200 toward the overall total. The event also included a silent auction and pink cupcake sale.
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