Kent Shoemaker retired as the “Voice of the Planets” in June, after 38 years of service. A proposal was made at Tuesday’s Mars Area school board meeting to design signage on the Mars Athletic Complex in honor of Shoemaker. Submitted photo

ADAMS TWP — It’s a rare achievement to see your name written in the skies.

But it may soon be a reality for the recently retired “Voice of the Planets,” Kent Shoemaker.

At a Mars Area school board meeting Tuesday night, Valencia resident and Mars High graduate Corey Utz proposed the creation of, and fundraising for, signage on the Mars Athletic Complex in honor of Shoemaker, who retired in June as the Planets’ announcer, after 38 years of service.

Shoemaker retired from teaching in 2007 and works with the Quality EMS ambulance service. He was inducted into the Mars Area High School Sports Hall of Fame in 2012.

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