2018 Inductees

 Class of 1962

Michael Klembara is the son of the late Mike and Anne Klembara of West Point, Ohio. He graduated from Beaver Local High School in 1962. He attended The Ohio State University, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics in 1966, and a Master of Science in Mathematics in 1968.

From 1968 to 1970 he served as an officer in the United State Army Corps of Engineers, stationed first at the Pentagon and then in Vietnam. Upon his honorable discharge he was awarded the Bronze Star.

He returned to civilian life to earn a Ph.D in Mathematics from the University of Cincinnati in 1975.

Over the next 35 years he had a two-pronged career at Northern Kentucky University. Serving as a Mathematics Professor, Associate Provost, Director of International Programs and Executive Director of the Cooperative Center for Study Abroad (CCSA). CCSA is a consortium of then 24 universities and colleges with study abroad, internship, and service learning programs in English speaking countries. His work and travels have led him to 31 countries and 6 continents.

He and his wife Linda live in Fort Thomas, Kentucky. They share two children and four grandchildren.

 Class of 1965

Richard graduated from Beaver Local High School in 1965. Most of his efforts during his school career were placed more into sports than academic, but I all turned out well.

Richard attended Kent State University in Salem, Ohio and was recruited out of school into the automotive industry, working for International Harvester, Motor Truck Engineering in Fort Way, Indiana. He left the auto industry after 7 years and became affiliated Beatrice Foods, in Chicago. It was a good fit and a turning point in his life. This was his first exposure to the “Great American Hot Dog Industry”. He worked there for 7 years, then realizing that it was time for him to step up and take advantage of the opportunity that had presented itself – setting out to be in the “High Speed Automated Hot Dog Production Business.

In the 1980s myself and 3 partners formed a new company. Over the next 9 years the company took off and became a global operation. This is due to 3 US patents being issued to me, 2 being apparatus and 1 being a process patent. This established the company as the “standard” for hot dog production, domestically and globally.

In 1993, my son came into the business, we had bought a small business out of an estate the year before, we determined that Denver was a great land for opportunity and it was. Over the next 25 years, Denver Cutlery, Inc. and now her 5 sister companies, have become one of the major suppliers to the total food service industry throughout the Rocky Mountain Region.

Five years ago my son and I entered into a gentleman’s agreement, located in East Cape of South Africa, just off the Indian Ocean. As a hobby, we started raising Cape Buffalo, specifically bulls, just for safari hunting. It has turned out very well, it’s a very exciting business venture, saying that Richard believes that Africa is the last real frontier on earth and it could be his as well.

Class of 1974

Candy Fisher Solterbeck is a proud 1974 graduate of Beaver Local High School she grew up in Calcutta enjoying life on her family farm.

While attending Beaver Local, she was a cheerleader, the statistician for the 1st undefeated football team in 1973, she was a member of the first girls basketball team and enjoyed being in Fiddler on the Roof and The Music Man.

Candy attended Kent State University after graduating.  She majored in Business & Office Education.  After 3 years of school she decided she didn’t want to teach she just wanted to “do it”, she loved office work thanks in part to her high school BOE teacher Mr. Gary Williams.

She worked at Potters Medical Center for 10 years until securing her dream job on November 16, 1987, being the Secretary to the Assistant Dean at Kent State at East Liverpool.  In 1995 she became Administrative Secretary to Dean of the East Liverpool Campus.

She has served on numerous committees throughout the years at the East Liverpool Campus as well as the Kent Campus.

She is one of the founding members of the Beaver Local Alumni Association, she held the office of Vice President at one time, and is currently the Secretary.  She also is an original member of the Beaver Local Schools Foundation.

Her love for her family, community and alma mater have been her focus for the last 30 years.  Some of Candy’s community endeavors include United Way Board member and President, long time board member of the YMCA, chaired a levy committee for East Liverpool City Schools, member and President of the East Liverpool Women’s Club, member and President of The Child Study Club, former Vice President of the East Liverpool City Hospital Lady’s Auxiliary, at Emmanuel Presbyterian Church, she taught Sunday School, Bible School and was an Elder.  She worked on a successful levy campaign for Beaver Local, serving as an alumni member, she helped with and participated in the successful Music, Memories and Milestones – the final musical performance held at Beaver Local High School, she was featured as an Outstanding Valley Education Graduate on WKBN in 2016 and she chaired the committee for the dedication of the Beaver Local K12 Campus.

She is married to Mike Solterbeck, retired - long time teacher at Beaver Local High School.  They are the proud parents of Erin Solterbeck Volino.  

They enjoy spending time with and traveling with Erin her husband Dr. Louie Volino and their grandsons Michael & Dominick.

Class of 1985

Steve Hale graduated from Beaver Local High School in 1985 where he participated in Football for four years. He went on to attend Muskingum College where he was also a member of the varsity football team for four years before graduating in 1989 with a degree in Education. Steve has been a teacher and football coach since moving to Columbus Ohio in 1989.  He received his Master’s degree in Education in 2003.  His coaching career began in the Fall of 1989 as an assistant coach in the Olentangy School district where he worked for 8 years before becoming the Head football coach in Shelby Ohio.  While at Shelby he took the Whippets to their first state playoff in school history and complied a record of 17-5 in two years. He then moved back to Columbus to coach at Groveport High school for several years before being named the first ever coach at a newly opened Olentangy Liberty High School in 2003.  During Steve’s coaching career, he has received several honors. He has been named conference coach of the year 7 times. He was also named District coach of the year three times. In 2004 Steve was named Division II state coach of the year, and in 2016 was named the Division I state coach of the year. His overall coaching record is 125-72.  Steve and his wife Jill have 2 sons (Jake and Matthew) and 2 daughters (Jordan and Samantha).  

Class of 1965

Judy grew up on a farm in the Negley, Ohio, area of what is now Lake Tomahawk. She spent many hours listening to stories told by her father and grandfathers.  She is the oldest of three children born to Ruth Butler and James Clark of Rogers, Ohio. Her father worked as a house mover and had his own saw mill. She worked at a young age shoveling saw dust and carrying slabs.  

Judy is a proud 1965 graduate of Beaver Local High School. She is a mother of one daughter, and two step-children, as well as two nephews whom she loves very much. She has two grandsons and four great grandchildren.  

She is never happy sitting in one place very long, so she chose factory work as her career. Judy retired after 38 years of assembly line factory work.  

Suddenly finding herself alone every day was a new chapter in her life. She began to write a story for her husband. It was titled, Saving Diana and was the story of a girl coming of age in South Central Pennsylvania during the Civil War, abolishment of slavery, assassination of President Lincoln and the building of the Pennsylvania railroad. Upon completing the book, her wonderful husband encouraged her to publish it, thus the real adventure began. Saving Diana was published in 2011 and Judy has since managed to publish at least two novels a year.  Her other novels include Daniel’s Day; Snow; Daffodils; Bluegrass Dynasty; Mud Sock; Twin Mirrors; The Old Brick; The Grey Areas; Pauline and the Prince; and Deb.

Class of 1994

Brian Karmie is the son of Helen Karmie (Wardeh) and the late Fred T. Karmie. He was born in the American bicentennial year of 1976 and grew up in northeastern Ohio. He attended Beaver Local his entire school career and graduated in 1994. While at BLHS, Brian played football, was president of his senior class and was more than just a little bit ornary.

Brian’s father passed away in 1987, leaving only Brian and Helen at their home in Lake Tomahawk. Her sacrificial love and guiding faith kept Brian on track.  Additionally, while they all had started families of their own and lived hours away, Brian’s three adult brothers - Jim, Ken and Dale - stepped in and mentored Brian through his teen years, attending his sporting and school events, and always being present when guidance was needed.

Brian attended both Heidelberg College and Kent State University at East Liverpool, but after one full year of college, realized it wasn’t the right fit for him.  Brian worked several jobs in the area before landing in the computer software field in the Cleveland area in 1996.  In 1999, Brian joined his brother Dale at the small consulting firm Lupine Partners. While this was a good job, the entrepreneurial seeds planted by their father began to sprout.

In 2002, Brian and Dale decided to quit their jobs, sell their homes and move their families to Albuquerque, New Mexico, to start a synthetic grass business. Through many trials and tribulations, the Karmie brothers persevered and kept moving forward. Fueled by their faith and their burn-the-bridges mentality, their business grew into what is now a multi-million dollar international enterprise - ForeverLawn.   Several other BLHS alums have since joined Brian and Dale in the ForeverLawn venture, including Jim Karmie (BLHS 1978), Ken Karmie (BLHS 1982), Ty Allen (BLHS 1983), Michael Ross (BLHS 1999) and Corey Adkins (BLHS 2005). 

While ForeverLawn continues to lead the synthetic grass industry to new markets and new heights, Brian is most proud of the model that is the basis of ForeverLawn. Still focused on their founding principles of quality, integrity and innovation, ForeverLawn has grown through extending opportunities to other entrepreneurs. 

Brian and Dale have helped launch over 50 independent ForeverLawn businesses across North America and provided others with the same opportunities that they searched for earlier in their careers.  

In 2015, Brian and Dale published their book, Grass Without Limits, that chronicles the first two years of their entrepreneurial journey.

While ForeverLawn has truly been a blessing and an incredible journey, Brian’s primary focus and joy remains his family. During their senior year at Beaver Local, Brian began dating Angie Linger. Three years later in 1997, they were married. Over the past 19 years, Angie has been an incredible friend and confidant and today they live in Uniontown, Ohio, with their four daughters: Julia (16), Paige (15), Meredith (12) and Ava (10). They are active in their local community and church, The Chapel in Green. Brian and Angie treasure their family time and love sporting events and trips to the beach.

Class of 1972

Born Washington, Pa. Feb. 7, 1954
Parents Jim and Evelyn McKahan
Grew up on a farm in Clarkson south of Rogers
Showed horses competitively for 10 years
Graduated Beaver Local HS 1972
Editor Beaver Tales senior year
Husband: Allan Gilbert
One son: Mike Bobby, BLHS graduate 1990
Three grandsons: All BL students - Kaydon Bobby, 4th grade Calcutta; Casey Bobby, sophomore; Logan Bobby, senior
Started newspaper career 1978 with the Youngstown Vindicator, using only the clips from my stories with the Beaver Tales as examples of my work to get the job since I had no other formal journalism training except high school journalism.
Went from there to Columbiana Ledger, a weekly newspaper, as a reporter then an editor
From there to Farm & Dairy as a proofreader
Then to the Panhandle Press, a weekly newspaper, as a reporter then as its editor
For the last 31 years have been a staff writer for the Morning Journal daily newspaper covering southern Columbiana County, including Beaver Local at times.
Currently, covering the East Liverpool beat.
Have won eight Associated Press awards, including twice first place for investigative reporting in Ohio and twice for third place investigative reporting in Ohio, several awards for best breaking news stories, community service writing and columns.
In what spare time I have I attend my grandsons' athletic events, ride my own Harley and enjoy my three German shepherd dogs.

Class of 1982

 Vice President for Health Sciences and Research Development Vice 

As vice president for health sciences and research development and vice dean for medical external affairs at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), Carol provides the leadership for a comprehensive and global development and strategic initiatives program with the goal of increasing philanthropy and government support for the CWRU Health Sciences.  Within this role, she provides leadership and oversight of CWRU’s health sciences campaign and all aspects of external affairs including philanthropy, communications, government relations, foundation and corporate relations, and alumni relations.  Under Carol’s leadership, the School of Medicine has achieved philanthropic records for six consecutive years and surpassed $600M in private support in the current campaign. 

In addition, Carol serves as the chief development officer for CWRU’s global research enterprise.  Working in partnership with the vice president for research, she is leading an institution-wide initiative to increase philanthropic research funding from foundations, corporations, and individuals. 

She serves as a member of the university president’s senior management team, the senior leadership team for the School of Medicine and the senior management team for the division of university relations and development.  Carol will lead CWRU through the post-campaign period working closely with the university president and a blue ribbon commission.

Carol brings an outstanding philanthropic track record to CWRU’s health sciences and research development. In her previous role, she served as vice chancellor for development and alumni relations at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), where she was responsible for the institution’s alumni relations and philanthropic support, encompassing the UCSF Medical Center, the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital, and service as vice president of the UCSF Foundation. During her tenure, she positioned UCSF to achieve record-breaking results in philanthropy reaching more than $400 million in annual private support during her second year.

Carol's past leadership includes positions at Cleveland Clinic where she was chairman and vice chairman of the division of institutional relations and development. During her tenure, she directed philanthropic programs to support capital projects, medical education, patient care and research activities for the main campus, regional operations, and national and international outreach programs. Under her leadership, Cleveland Clinic surpassed the campaign goal of $1.25B and private support reached a new record of $183 million in 2008. 

Prior to Cleveland Clinic, Carol was assistant vice president for university development at The Ohio State University.  

Carol earned her bachelor’s degree from Slippery Rock University and her master’s degree from Ohio University.

Class of 1974

Emmy Award Winning Writer, Producer and Director

First American granted permission by the Soviet Government to film at their top secret submarine base in Murmansk-Submarines, Sharks of Steel

National Emmy Award-The Discovery Channel-The Hidden Threat

2 Golden CINE Awards-Broadway or Bust

1 Silver CINE Award-Broadway for Bust

Silver Award, Houston Film Festival-The Discovery Channel-The Hunters and the Hunted

 Caesars Entertainment in Las Vegas-Creator, Writer & Executive Producer-The Three Sleuths

Lance often works in Nashville, New York and Los Angeles

Signed options with author John J. Nance for aviation thriller Headwind