The Class of 2018 Distinguished Fairless Falcons to be inducted into the Hall of Honor are:

The Distinguished Fairless Falcon Award Committee exists to annually recognize outstanding Fairless individuals that have achieved distinction in their lives and/or chosen fields after high school through significant contributions to their careers, communities, or personal achievements. The purpose of the Hall of Honor is threefold:

1. Recognize and honor alumni, faculty, staff, non-graduates, and community members who have brought honor to the Fairless Local Schools.

2. To establish in the hearts of our youth a motivating influence to excel.

3. To foster pride, scholarship, preserve good sportsmanship, and citizenship in our school, city, and community.

Those who receive the Distinguished Fairless Falcon Award become members of the Fairless Hall of Honor.

Mr. Dominic V. Belloni - Dominic, “Dud” as he was more commonly known, graduated from Brewster High School in 1937.  He attended Miami University where he played football and baseball. World War II interrupted his education plans and he was drafted into the United States Army as a medic.  Later he was accepted into Officer Candidate School in the newly created United States Army Air Forces where he attained the rank of 1st Lieutenant. While on leave in 1943, he married Evelyn Morgenstern, a local teacher.  He served his Country during WWII, was honorably discharged in 1945 and returned home to serve his community with the same passion that he had served his country.

For over 25 years Dominic voluntarily took movies for Brewster High School and then Fairless High School football and basketball teams.  He was instrumental in having the press box installed in the Fairless Gymnasium. For 27 years Dominic coordinated the American Legion Buckeye Boys State Program with Fairless High School.  In those 27 years he helped send over 180 boys from the Fairless School District to attend The American Legion Boys State Program. Dominic worked tirelessly to benefit all military veterans.  He was instrumental in the revitalization of the Veterans Memorial Boulevard in Brewster. In 1981 Dominic was elected American Legion State Commander and traveled throughout Ohio to improve the lives of all military veterans.  

Mr. Tom Winkhart - Tom graduated in 1950 from Navarre High School where he lettered in three sports and was an all county selection in football and basketball.  Tom rejected an offer to play minor league baseball and chose to attend Miami University in Ohio to play football after being recruited by Woody Hayes. After graduation, Tom hoped to enlist in the Air Force, but when it was discovered he was color blind and could not become a pilot, he served in the US Army as a signalman.

Tom began his career in education in Richmond Indiana where he taught and coached three sports.  He was the Head Coach at Sandy Valley High School and was the Head Coach and later Athletic Director at Perry High School.  He was selected Stark County Football Coach of the Year in 1969. In 1981, Tom accepted the Fairless High School Principal position and 1 year later became Superintendent of Fairless Local Schools.  In 1988, Tom was hired as Superintendent of R.G. Drage Career center, a position he retired from in 1992. He left retirement to accept the interim Superintendent position at Louisville City Schools.  Tom was elected to the Perry Local Board of Education, but resigned from the Board to accept the position of Superintendent of Perry Local Schools. In addition to coaching and his work in administration, Tom taught History, Government, Biology and Driver’s Education.  His entire career in education spanned 40 years.

Dr. Vickie Zurcher - Dr. Zurcher attended schools in Wilmot, Justus, and Beach City before graduating from Fairless High School in 1974 as co-valedictorian and outstanding senior girl.  Vickie was active in band and a variety of clubs while at FHS. She served as captain of the Academic Challenge quiz team and as a statistician for boys track and basketball. Vickie is a graduate of the College of Wooster where she received Departmental Honors in biology and was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa academic honor society.   After graduating from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine she completed a pediatric residency at Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago followed by a fellowship in clinical genetics at University Hospitals in Cleveland. She is currently employed as a medical geneticist at the Genomic Medicine institute at the Cleveland Clinic.

Vickie evaluates children and adults with various problems, including birth defects, chromosomal abnormalities, and genetic disorders which include skin findings.   She and her husband Dr. David Joyce live in Avon Lake, Ohio and are the proud parents of two children, Katherine, who is in medical school, and Michael, who is a mental health therapist.  Vickie is indebted to her junior high science teacher, Mr. Donald Nichols, for sparking her interest in science and to her high school biology teacher, Mr. Craig Hildebrand, who introduced her to the wonders of genetics

The Class of 2018 will be inducted in a ceremony at Fairless High School on November 2rd at 1:00 p.m.

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