Sunday 29 December 2002

Dear Jaspers,

The jasper jottings email list has 999 subscribers to the full edition and 6 to the "slim pointer" message by my count.

Don't forget:

Fr Jan. 24 '03 - MC Young Alumni Happy Hour
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We, Jan 15 – Treasure Coast Florida Alumni Lunch
               Holiday Inn US 1 Stuart FL noon
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We, Mar 19 – Treasure Coast Florida Alumni Lunch
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Fr Apr. 25 '03 - MC Young Alumni Happy Hour
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Th Jul. 24 '03 - MC Young Alumni Happy Hour
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ALL BOILER PLATE is at the end.

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http://www.pbs.org/healthweek/featurep3_413.htm

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CASH-ONLY DOCTORS

Go to the doctor and the first thing you're usually asked is not what's wrong but what kind of insurance do you have? Well, in some offices you won't hear that question because they don't take insurance. That means you don't have to fill out insurance forms or get approval from your HMO for a test or treatment. But it also means you have to pay the entire bill out of your own pocket. HealthWeek's Andrew Holtz visited two clinics to hear what patients have to say.

ANDREW HOLTZ: For his job, Mark Skakel spends most of his days deep in the Vermont woods. Occasionally he takes a break from his work and visits what looks like a typical New England bed and breakfast.

Inside, though, you won't find room rates behind the counter, but prices for blood draws, IVS and bandages. It's a parts-and-labor list for a different kind of medical practice.

LISA GRIGG, MD, SIMPLY MEDICINE: "I don't take any insurance, not even Medicaid, and I charge you $2.00 a minute.

ANDREW HOLTZ: After the pleasantries, Dr. Lisa Grigg, who started the clinic, punches a time clock and gets down to work, tending to Mark's aching ears.

Mark has insurance to cover serious illness or injury. But he says Dr. Grigg's cash-and-carry care is just right for the little things.

MARK SKAKEL: It's convenient. I mean, she's local. You just walk in the door and you're seeing the doctor within 5 or 10 minutes.

ANDREW HOLTZ: Dr. Grigg says she tried to work within the standard insurance system but eventually gave up.

LISA GRIGG, MD: The patients weren't happy and were often in some kind of contentious discussions with their insurance companies. I wasn't happy and was often also in some kind of contentious discussion with their insurance companies. And I was looking for a simpler, more equitable way to practice.

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Sounds like some out-of-the-box thinking! I wish I can do some of that kind of thinking about every habit and every activity. I know my fellow alums can. I wish everyone a Happy New Year and Peace of Earth to all of good will. I hope I can carry the seasonal goodness all year long. Dona Nobis Pacem.

Reflect well on our alma mater, this week, every week, in any and every way possible, large or small. God bless.

"Collector-in-chief" John
reinkefj@alum.manhattan.edu

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CONTENTS

        1      Formal announcements
        2      Messages from Headquarters (like MC Press Releases)
        1      Jaspers publishing web pages
        3      Jaspers found web-wise
        0      Honors
        2      Weddings
        0      Births
        1      Engagements
        0      Graduations
        2      Obits
        3      "Manhattan in the news" stories
        0      Resumes
        9      Sports
        13     Emails

 

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Announcement1

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Richardson, Dawn

News1

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Russell, Sara

Email12

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Sendrakowski, Sister Mary

Obit2

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Valk, Scott

Engagement1

1949

Demara, Paul L.

Obit1

1955

Lawler, John

Email10

1961

Tobin, Robert T.

Found1

1962

Gildea, Bill

Email5

1963

Petroski, Henry

News2

1966?

McGuinness, Bill

Found2

1968

Buscemi, John

Email4

1968

Buscemi, John

Email9

1968

Kaufmann, Richard U.

Email4

1968

Luczaj, Ken

Email4

1968

Rispoli, James

Email7

1982

Ross, Robert B.

WebPage1

1986

Lawler, Andrew

Email10

1987

Menchise, Louis

Email6

1988

Alas, Tom

Found3

1992

Ameres, Mike

Email3

1992

Roberts, Kyle

Email1

1994

Minaya, Jose

Email11

1995

Cobuzzi, Anthony

Wedding1

1997

Ruggiero, Ed

Email13

2000

Gannon, James

Email2

2000

Meltzer, Melissa

Email8

 

[PARTICIPANTS BY NAME]

Class   

Name  

Section

1988

Alas, Tom

Found3

1992

Ameres, Mike

Email3

1968

Buscemi, John

Email4

1968

Buscemi, John

Email9

1995

Cobuzzi, Anthony

Wedding1

1949

Demara, Paul L.

Obit1

2000

Gannon, James

Email2

1962

Gildea, Bill

Email5

1968

Kaufmann, Richard U.

Email4

????

Kelly, John

Announcement1

????

Lambert, Kathleen

Wedding2

1986

Lawler, Andrew

Email10

1955

Lawler, John

Email10

1968

Luczaj, Ken

Email4

1966?

McGuinness, Bill

Found2

2000

Meltzer, Melissa

Email8

1987

Menchise, Louis

Email6

1994

Minaya, Jose

Email11

1963

Petroski, Henry

News2

????

Richardson, Dawn

News1

1968

Rispoli, James

Email7

1992

Roberts, Kyle

Email1

1982

Ross, Robert B.

WebPage1

1997

Ruggiero, Ed

Email13

????

Russell, Sara

Email12

????

Sendrakowski, Sister Mary

Obit2

1961

Tobin, Robert T.

Found1

????

Valk, Scott

Engagement1

 

 

[FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENTS ABOUT JASPERS]

[Announcement1]

Copyright 2002 Poughkeepsie Journal (Poughkeepsie, NY)
All Rights Reserved  
Poughkeepsie Journal (Poughkeepsie, NY)
December 22, 2002 Sunday
SECTION: REAL ESTATE; Pg. 2G
HEADLINE: MOVERS AND SHAKERS
NEW FACES

At Prudential Serls Prime Properties -- In the LaGrange office, Donald Aviles and John Kelly are the newest members of the sales staff.

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Kelly is a Realtor and has two years of experience in property management. He worked in finance for IBM for 25 years. Kelly received a bachelor's degree in industrial management from Manhattan College and attended The Culinary Institute of America. He is a member of the National, New York State and Dutchess County Associations of Realtors and the Mid-Hudson and Westchester-Putnam Multiple Listing Service. Kelly makes his home in Hyde Park.

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(-- Compiled by Linda Frede-Tripicco)

LOAD-DATE: December 24, 2002 

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[Messages from Headquarters (Manhattan College Press Releases & Stuff)]

[Message1]

MANHATTAN COLLEGE STUDENTS VOLUNTEER AT THE KINGSBRIDGE HEIGHTS COMMUNITY CENTER

RIVERDALE, N.Y. --  Seventeen Manhattan College students spent the fall semester volunteering at the Kingsbridge Heights Community Center as part of a service-learning project for Riverdale, New York, resident Dan Collins, assistant professor of English.

Throughout the semester students volunteered as tutors, assisted on articles for the Center’s newsletter, and helped with the Center’s poetry group.

Participating students included: Will Conway of Worthington, Ohio; Liz Hanratty of Ridgefield Park, New Jersey; Lindsay Harrington of Shelton, Connecticut; Coleen Horgan of Pearl River, New York; Alex Jonsson of Portland, Oregon; Bethany Karbowski of Seekonk, Massachusetts; Jeff Latzer of Closter, New Jersey; Hanni Liliedahl of Auke Bay, Alaska; Greg Lipari of Suffern, New York; Matt Matystik of Hawthorne, New York; Nate Mehlman of Delmar, New York; Byron Nagy of Wyckoff, New Jersey; Arben Poloka of New York City; Meg Randall of Wakefield, Rhode Island; Caitlin Read of Shelter Island, New York; Danna Freedman Shara of Mount Kisco, New York; and Alex Vinci of East Northport, New York.

Established in 1974, the Kingsbridge Heights Community Center offers a wide range of programs for children, teens and adults including early head start, family child-care youth programs, after school respite, child sexual abuse treatment & prevention program, and fathers' group, among others.  

Volunteer work allows Manhattan College students to enhance their academic skills and lifelong learning while being of service to others as well as explore, develop and enhance their personal growth.

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EUGENE R. MCGRATH, CHAIRMAN AND CEO OF CON EDISON, TO RECEIVE MANHATTAN COLLEGE'S DE LA SALLE MEDAL

RIVERDALE, N.Y. – Manhattan College alumnus, Eugene R. McGrath ‘63, chairman and CEO of Con Edison, will be presented with Manhattan College’s De La Salle Medal at the College's annual fund-raising dinner on Thursday, January 23, at New York City's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, located on Park Avenue at 50th Street.

The De La Salle Medal was established in 1951 in honor of John Baptist de La Salle, founder of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, whose mission was to provide a value-centered education.  This mission provided the inspiration upon which Manhattan College was founded in 1853.  Since 1977, the De La Salle Medal has been annually conferred by the College's board of trustees upon an individual who exemplifies the principles of excellence in business and corporate leadership.

The 2003 De La Salle Medal Dinner celebrates the 150th anniversary of Manhattan College and its Lasallian tradition of excellence in teaching, respect for individual dignity, and commitment to social justice.  Prior to the dinner will be the inaugural celebration of the Sesquicentennial Capital Campaign that will recognize leadership gift donors of $100,000 or more who have already committed to helping the College meet its fund-raising goal of $150 million.

Mr. McGrath joined Con Edison of New York as an engineer following his graduation from Manhattan College in 1963.  He eventually held key executive positions in the utility’s major operating and customer service areas and managed fossil-fired and nuclear generating plants.  He was elected vice president in 1978, executive vice president in 1982, and president and chief operating officer in 1989.  He became chairman and chief executive officer in 1990.

A resident of Rye, New York, Mr. McGrath earned a mechanical engineering degree from Manhattan College, a master’s degree in business administration from Iona College and completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard University.  He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering.  Mr. McGrath also serves on the board of directors of many organizations that advance economic development, human services, culture and education.  Within the energy industry, Mr. McGrath is a member of the Executive Committee of the Energy Association of New York State and a director of the Edison Electric Institute.

Serving as this year's dinner chairman is John O. Utendahl, chairman and CEO, Utendahl Capital Partners.  Assisting Mr. Utendahl as vice chair are Manhattan alumni John P. Abplanalp, president, Precision Valve Corporation; Eileen K. Murray, managing director, Credit Suisse First Boston; Thomas J. Moran, president and CEO, Mutual of America Life Insurance Co.; and Frederic V. Salerno, retired vice chairman and CFO of  Verizon  Communications.  Robert B. Catell, chairman and CEO, KeySpan and John F. Hennessy III, P.E., chairman and CEO of Syska Hennessy Group also will serve as vice chairmen.  Manhattan alumnus, John L. Paluszek, senior consultant, Ketchum Inc. is journal chairman.  Jim Ryan, anchor of Fox 5/WNYW's Good Day New York and a Manhattan College alumnus, will be master of ceremonies for the dinner.

Consolidated Edison, Inc. is one of the nation’s largest investor-owned energy companies, with more than $8 billion in annual revenues and $18 billion in assets.  The company provides a wide range of energy-related products and services to its customers through its six subsidiaries: Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., a regulated utility providing electric, gas and steam service to New York City and Westchester County, New York; Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc., a regulated utility serving customers in Southeastern New York State as well as adjacent sections of Northern New Jersey and Northeastern Pennsylvania; Con Edison Solutions, a retail energy services company; Con Edison Energy, a wholesale energy supply company; Con Edison Development, an infrastructure development company; and Con Edison Communications, a telecommunications infrastructure company.

Proceeds from the $750-per-plate fund-raiser support Manhattan College's academic programs and provide scholarship assistance to students.  The evening begins with a cocktail reception at 6:30pm followed by dinner and dancing at 7:30pm.  The half-hour awards ceremony  begins at  9:00pm  followed by dancing until 11:00pm. 

 

 

[JASPERS PUBLISHING WEB PAGES]

[WebPage1]

http://www.camatron.com  

Robert B. Ross (1982)

 

 

[JASPERS FOUND ON & OFF THE WEB BY USING THE WEB]

[Found1]

http://www.kenyon.com/nsearch.CFM?LName=Tobin&Office=ALL

Robert T. Tobin - Partner

B.E.E., Manhattan College, 1961

 

 

[Found2]

East Bay Business Times - August 27, 2001

http://eastbay.bizjournals.com/eastbay/stories/2001/08/27/smallb1.html   

From the August 24, 2001 print edition More Print Edition Stories

Profile

Finance leads McGuiness to new path
David Goll  

Financial advisor and author Bill McGuinness always had the trappings of a successful American life. But it wasn't enough.

Raised in the suburb of Little Neck, N.Y., on Long Island's tony north shore, McGuiness earned a business degree from Manhattan College and got a job with IBM, serving as a liaison between Big Blue and such Big Apple financial giants as American Express and Chase Manhattan. A few years later, he returned to academia to earn an MBA from Harvard University in 1971.

All the while, he enjoyed life with his wife, Kathy, and their growing family that eventually included three children.

In the mid-1970s, he moved them to the Bay Area, taking a job running the MasterCard division of Wells Fargo Bank in San Francisco. He later became a financial consultant specializing in cash-flow dynamics for Menlo Park-based SRI International and Moody's Risk Management. Finally, he started his own consulting firm. During that period, the family settled into a home in Walnut Creek.

But by the mid-1980s, McGuinness said he felt his life needed new direction. Though still challenged by work and family responsibilities, spiritual yearnings grew stronger.

"I felt the need to return to my faith ­ or maybe come to faith for the first time," said McGuinness, who was raised a Roman Catholic but drifted away during young adulthood. "It lost its relevance for a period of time in my life. But there was something missing as I grew older and my family grew. Spirituality became important again."

McGuinness and his wife joined Walnut Creek Presbyterian Church and became community outreach volunteers.

"It became clear this was what I really enjoyed doing," he said. "Reaching out to others and connecting in a spiritual way was the most satisfying thing to me."

After months of reflection, prayer and conversations with family members, McGuinness said he began considering a career in the ministry. In 1985, he enrolled in a three-year course of study at Pasadena's Fuller Theological Seminary.

"It was a big change," he said. "My oldest child was entering college, while one was in middle school and the youngest in elementary school. It was difficult financially, but I was clear this is what I needed to do. I was lucky to have wonderful support from my wife and family."

In 1988, McGuinness graduated from Fuller with a Master of Divinity degree. Wanting to move closer to East Coast relatives, McGuinness and his family moved again, though only about 2,000 miles this time. They settled in Mackinaw City, Mich., a small resort town at the convergence of Michigan's upper and lower peninsulas.

In his first pastoral job, he took over leadership of a rather unusual 250-member congregation.

"Mackinaw City is such a small town that they merged the Presbyterian and United Methodist congregations," McGuinness said. "They were in the habit of alternating between Presbyterian and United Methodist pastors. I was the Presbyterian pastor."

McGuinness grew fond of the split congregation and remained seven years. But in 1995, after his daughter's high school graduation, the family moved again ­ this time getting all the way to an old, upstate New York town called Wappingers Falls, where he became the sole spiritual leader of the town's 400 Presbyterians.

This time, his tenure was much shorter.

"We stayed only two years," he said. "It wasn't a good long-term fit. By that time, all three of our children had moved back to the Bay Area, and we had our first grandchild."

Though he left the church job, McGuinness didn't return immediately to the Bay Area. While still in New York, McGuinness satisfied another long-time dream and, drawing on his business expertise, wrote a book titled, "Cash Rules: Learn & Manage The 7 Cash-Flow Drivers for Your Company's Success."

"That's a particular area of expertise I'd developed during my years working in the financial community," he said. "I'd conducted many seminars on the subject for bankers over the years, but felt strongly I also wanted to help small business people understand the importance of cash flow to their success. Writing a book seemed the best way to reach them."

The book was published in December 2000 by Kiplinger's Business Management Library.

McGuinness eventually returned to the Bay Area in 1999, as he and Kathy moved into a home in Pleasant Hill to be close to their children, who had settled in Berkeley and Walnut Creek. He temporarily returned to the business world, working at Moody's headquarters office in Walnut Creek.

Late last year, he heard of an associate pastor opening at the First Presbyterian Church of Hayward, located in Castro Valley. Aahmes Overton, the church's longtime senior pastor, was preparing to embark on a six-month sabbatical and McGuinness was ready for a return to the pulpit.

"I met with the search committee in mid-December and I was on duty by late January," McGuinness said. "That's pretty fast by church standards. But it's a great fit. The church has a strong emphasis on evangelism and family life, which mirrors my religious philosophy. It's an outstanding staff and congregation."

Kim Huggett, director of public affairs at Cal State Hayward, is among the 800-member congregation.

"Many of the qualities that made Bill successful in the business world make him a great pastor," said Huggett, a church elder. "He really enjoys listening and problem-solving and has compassion for the people he serves and a love for his work."

Huggett added that McGuinness' marketing savvy is also welcome, as the church is interested in attracting larger numbers of high school- and college-aged members. He's good at the spiritual aspects of his job, too, Huggett said.

"His sermons are wonderfully down to earth, much like his plain-spoken book," he said. "You can tell he loves what he does. I really appreciate that a man who made his mark in the world as an author and financial expert got a calling to serve Almighty God rather than the almighty dollar."

Reach Goll at dgoll@bizjournals.com or 925-598-1436.

© 2001 American City Business Journals Inc.

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http://tampabay.bizjournals.com/tampabay/stories/2000/03/06/focus6.html

The Business Journal of Tampa Bay - March 6, 2000
From the March 3, 2000 print edition More Print Edition Stories
Buccaneers hire new finance exec
Calculator: Alas oversees all aspects of team financials
Carl Cronan   Staff Writer

Amid all the off-season personnel deals the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have been making lately, one of the most important is right in the team's front office.

Tom Alas, a 12-year accounting veteran, has been hired as the Bucs' chief financial officer. Alas, 33, will oversee all aspects of the organization's financial operations, including cash management, financial reporting, banking relationships, internal controls and budgeting.

Before joining the Bucs, Alas served as the CFO for IBE Trade, a fertilizer broker. He previously was with Coopers & Lybrand (now PricewaterhouseCoopers) for seven years.

A 1988 graduate of Manhattan College, Alas moved to Tampa from his hometown of Port Washington, N.Y. He and his wife, Lori, have three children.

"I'm excited about the opportunity to join an up-and-coming franchise," Alas said recently. "I felt I was ready for a new challenge, and I wanted to get into sports."

Alas was one of more than 200 applicants for the Bucs' CFO opening. The list was narrowed down during a three-month period, and Alas was offered the job just weeks before the Bucs' Jan. 15 playoff game against the Washington Redskins at Raymond James Stadium.

"I got into town two hours before the Redskins game," Alas said. "I was down on the sidelines the last two minutes."

He watched Bucs games via satellite every week during the interview process and has now switched his allegiance from the team he grew up with, the New York Giants, he said.

To reach Carl Cronan, call (813) 342-2468, or send your e-mail to ccronan@amcity.com.

Copyright 2000 American City Business Journals Inc.

 

 

[JASPER HONORS]

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[JASPER WEDDINGS]

[Weddings 1]

Copyright 2002 The Journal News (Westchester County, NY)
All Rights Reserved  
The Journal News (Westchester County, NY)
December 22, 2002 Sunday
SECTION: LIFE&STYLE; Pg. 12E
HEADLINE: Battaglia-Piliero
BYLINE: Staff

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Barbera-Cobuzzi

Christine Barbera and Anthony Cobuzzi were married Sept. 21 at the Orienta Beach Club in Mamaroneck.

The bride is the daughter of Evelyn and John Barbera of New Rochelle. A graduate of Academy of the Resurrection in Rye, she received a bachelor's degree in psychology from Drexel University in Philadelphia. She is a national account manager for Airborne Express in northern New Jersey.

Her husband is the son of Marie and Richard Cobuzzi of Ossining. A graduate of Iona Preparatory High School in New Rochelle, he received a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Manhattan College. He is a mechanical engineer with Malcolm Piernie in White Plains.

After a honeymoon trip to Hawaii, they are living in Greenwich, Conn.

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[Weddings 2]

Copyright 2002 The New York Times Company  
The New York Times
December 22, 2002, Sunday, Late Edition - Final
SECTION: Section 9; Page 14; Column 1; Society Desk
HEADLINE: WEDDINGS/CELEBRATIONS;

Kathleen Lambert, Mark Boccardi

Kathleen Patricia Lambert, a daughter of Christina and John Patrick Lambert of Yonkers, was married yesterday to Mark Louis Boccardi, a son of Joan and Louis Boccardi of New Rochelle, N.Y. The Rev. Owen Lambert, an uncle of the bride, performed the ceremony at St. Barnabas Roman Catholic Church in the Bronx.

The bride, 25, will continue to use her name professionally. She graduated magna cum laude from Manhattan College and is a candidate for a dental degree at the University of Pennsylvania. Her father owns Lambert Construction, contractors in Yonkers. The bridegroom, 26, graduated from Northwestern University and is a candidate for an M.B.A. degree at Fordham. His mother is a fund-raiser for Hope, a nonprofit, community-outreach organization in New Rochelle. His father, who works in Manhattan, is the president and chief executive of the Associated Press.

GRAPHIC: Photo (H & H Photographers)

LOAD-DATE: December 22, 2002 

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[JASPER BIRTHS]

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[JASPER ENGAGEMENTS]

[Engagement1]

Copyright 2002 Press & Sun-Bulletin (Binghamton, NY)
All Rights Reserved  
Press & Sun-Bulletin (Binghamton, NY)
December 21, 2002 Saturday
SECTION: CELEBRATIONS; Pg. 4SS
HEADLINE: Feher-Valk

Tanya Feher

Scott Valk

Ronald and Elizabeth Feher of Endicott announce the engagement of their daughter, Tanya, to Scott Valk. The future bridegroom is the son of Richard and Donna Valk of Yonkers.

Miss Feher graduated from Union-Endicott High School and State University College at Cortland. She is a health teacher for Yonkers Public Schools.

Valk graduated from Iona Preparatory High School, Manhattan College and Fordham University. He is a history teacher for Yonkers Public Schools.

A July 19 wedding is planned.

LOAD-DATE: December 24, 2002 

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[JASPER GRADUATIONS]

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[JASPER OBITS]

[Collector's prayer: And, may perpetual light shine on our fellow departed Jaspers, and all the souls of the faithful departed.]

Your assistance is requested in finding these. Please don’t assume that I will “catch” it via an automated search. Sometimes the data just doesn’t makes it’s way in.

[Obit1]

Copyright 2002 Providence Publications, LLC  
The Providence Journal-Bulletin (Providence, RI)
December 24, 2002, Tuesday All Editions
SECTION: News; Pg. C-04
HEADLINE: OBITUARIES

Providence

PAUL L. DEMARA, 75, of 80 Westwood Dr., Groton, Conn., a retired chief of electrical engineering, died Sunday at Fairview, Groton.

He was the husband of Marilyn (McIntyre) Demara. Born in Providence, he was a son of the late George and Germaine Bobay Demara.

Mr. Demara had worked as chief of electrical engineering for the Electric Boat Division of General Dynmics., Groton, for 40 years, retiring in 1991.

He was a graduate of LaSalle Academy, Providence, and Manhattan College, the Bronx, N.Y.

He was an Army veteran of World War II, and served in Germany.

He had been a member of Sacred Heart Church, Groton.

He had been a member of Groton Lodge of Elks, where he also served as a former chairman of the scholarship committee. He had been a member and past chairman of Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers, and a past committee chairman of Boy Scouts Troop 75.

He enjoyed traveling throughout the world.

Besides his wife, he leaves a son, Robert M. Demara of Stonington, Conn.; three daughters, Cheryl Demara and Karen Burke, both of Groton, and Janice Lewis of East Lyme, Conn.; two brothers, Bernard Demara of Bristol and Raymond Demara of Laurel Hill, Fla.; a sister, Eleanor Green of Warwick; and nine grandchildren.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Friday at 10:30 a.m. in Sacred Heart Church, Groton, Conn. Burial will follow in Elm Grove Cemetery, Mystic, Conn.

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[Obit2]

Copyright 2002 The Hearst Corporation  
The Times Union (Albany, NY)
December 21, 2002 Saturday THREE STAR EDITION
SECTION: CAPITAL REGION, Pg. B6
HEADLINE: Sendrakowski, Sister Mary Rodricia C.R.
DATELINE: CASTLETON

Sister Mary Rodricia Sendrakowski, C.R. (Ursula), age 87, was born to eternal life on December 20, 2002 at Resurrection Nursing Home in Castleton, where she had been a resident since December 6, 2000. Previous to this time she resided at the Provincialate of the Sisters of the Resurrection in Castleton. Sister entered the Sisters of the Resurrection on September 8, 1929 and professed her final vows on August 15, 1938. She celebrated 60 years of religious profession in 1993. She received her B.A. in education from Manhattan College. Her ministry was extensive and included teaching at St. Adalbert and St. Mary in Schenectady, St. Michael in Cohoes, St. Casimir in Albany, Immaculate Conception in Watervliet, St. Joseph in Poughkeepsie, St. Clemens Mary in New York City, St. Casimir in Yonkers, St. Francis in Newburgh and St. Veronica in Howell, N.J., directing religious education at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel in Elmsford, N.Y., assisting in the development office at Mt. Loretto Nursing Home in Amsterdam and at Resurrection Nursing Home in Castleton. Born in Watervliet, N.Y., Sister Rodricia was the daughter of the late Leopold and Mary Nierzejewski Sendrakowski. She is predeceased by a sister, Eleanor Mullins and a brother, Leopold Sendrakowski. Sister is survived by a brother and sister-in-law, Stanley and Helen Sendrakowski of Watervliet and devoted nieces and a nephew, a grandniece and a grandnephew. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Monday, December 23, 11:00 a.m. at the Sisters of the Resurrection Provincialate Chapel, 35 Boltwood Avenue, Castleton. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend and may call at the chapel on Sunday afternoon from 2 to 5 p.m. Interment will be in Resurrection Cemetery, Castleton. Those desiring may send a remembrance in Sister Mary Rodricia's name to the Sisters of the Resurrection Memorial Fund, 35 Boltwood Ave., Castleton, NY 12033.

LOAD-DATE: December 23, 2002 

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[MANHATTAN IN THE NEWS OR FOUND ON & OFF THE WEB]

[News1]

Biking and business keep her world on a roll
NEIGHBORS
DINA GUIRGUIS
12/19/2002
IN THE TOWNS
The Star-Ledger   Newark, NJ
SOUTHWEST

(c) 2002. The Star-Ledger. All rights reserved.

  * Name: Dawn Richardson
  * Age: 43
  * Residence: Flemington
  * Birthplace: Yonkers, N.Y.

  * Occupation: Chief operating officer of the U.S. Bicycling Hall of Fame, where an extensive collection of memorabilia on cycling is located.

  * What she does for a living: Richardson is trying to publicize the fact that the Hall of Fame is in Somerset County. She also oversees the hall's administrative offices and functions.

  * How she got the job: Richardson was hired in part because of her passion for cycling but also because of her rich background in business and management. She previously served as a project manager for AT&T, a project implementation manager for Synchronoss Technologies in Pennsylvania and a regional sales operations and support manager for eCustomers Inc. in Texas.

  * Education: Richardson graduated from Manhattan College with a bachelor's degree in mathematics and physics. She also has a project management certificate from George Washington University and project management certification from the Project Management Institute.

  * Cycling background: Richardson began cycling when she was a young girl but got seriously involved in 1994. She is also the president of the Western Jersey Wheelman Bicycling Club, which engages in group biking expeditions all over the state.

  * What she loves most about cycling: "You can bike until you're 100 years old," said Richardson. She also loves the fact that it's great exercise, keeps you in shape but at the same time is a great way to socialize with other people. "The sport has great camaraderie!"

  Richardson also teaches spinning, a stationary bike aerobics class, at Honeywell and Merck fitness facilities in her spare time.

  * Favorite ride: Richardson has never cycled competitively, but she has participated in the Jersey Double, a 200-mile ride in one day that spans five counties. The ride starts at 5 a.m., and bikers have until 9 p.m. to complete the trek. Richardson has done it twice and hopes to do it again and improve her time

  * Wilderness woman: Besides biking regularly, Richardson is an avid hiker and snowshoer. She often does both in Colorado. In addition, she enjoys shooting and is a certified National Rifle Association instructor.

  * Family: Richardson and her husband, James, have lived in New Jersey for 10 years.

1. Dawn Richardson with a 1908 Caminade sprint bike.  

[MCOLDB: No record found. Arghhhhh! ]

 

 

[News2]

Memories of a Paper Route to Success
Dennis Duggan
12/22/2002
QUEENS LIFE
Newsday
QUEENS
Copyright 2002, Newsday. All Rights Reserved.

Reading Henry Petroski's recent book, "Paperboy: Confessions of a Future Engineer" (Knopf), takes me back to my youth in Detroit, where I worked as a paperboy, a "little merchant," as we were called.

Petroski's warm and engaging memoir of his years growing up in Cambria Heights and delivering the now defunct Long Island Press, begins with his family's move from Park Slope in Brooklyn to Queens, an upward 12-mile move from a row house to a Tudor-style tract house "on a street of extraordinary beauty."

There were three children in the family, and the move took place on Petroski's 12th birthday. He had been asking his parents for a bicycle but wasn't prepared when his father took him to the basement, where a box the size of a baby crib mattress with the word "Schwinn," stamped on it caught his attention.

It held an unassembled, full-size 26-inch bike, and the excited boy began putting it together, foretelling his ultimate career in engineering.

All of this is told in glowing detail in the first chapter, titled "All You  Need Is a Bike." (On Page 23 there is a picture of the bike.) The paper route that brought in as much as $20 a week came a few months later.

I told Petroski, now a professor of civil engineering at Duke University but who still reads the New York papers to keep informed about his hometown, that the excitement he felt getting a new bike was exactly how I felt when a kind neighbor named Larry Jacobson invited me for hot chocolate on a snowy Christmas morning in Detroit 1939 and I found a beautiful maroon Schwinn standing in front of the Christmas tree with a note that read, "Dennis' bike."

I had turned 12 that year and was already a paperboy, delivering The Detroit News in northwest Detroit. The Jacobson family was one of my customers and I think Mr. Jacobson felt sorry for me pulling the papers up in front of each home in a small red wagon.

I have never forgotten that kindness, and to this day I recall that Christmas as the very best and that bike - with a tank horn and a light on the front fender - as the gift that stands as the most memorable of my life.

Petroski later that summer joined "a long and rich tradition of boys selling newspapers." He writes that Benjamin Franklin delivered The New-England  Courant to its customers and that in 1761, the New-York Mercury advertised for  a "nice boy" to deliver papers. "By the 1930s," Petroski, 60, writes that "a newsboy or carrier handled more than 80 percent of all newspapers sold in America."

After he got a work permit and his father posted a $40 bond, the youngster was given a route that covered 231st and 232nd streets between Linden Boulevard and 12lst Avenue. It was known as Route 5812 on his collection books, all of which he still possesses.

Petroski learned how to fold the 74 papers he delivered, and he writes that "the papers in the bag stood neatly in staggered rows, like choirboys in a Christmas pageant," and the bag weighed 30 pounds.

On his first morning of work in August 1954, his proud parents rose and his mother made a breakfast of bacon and eggs and urged him to "be careful," and wished him "good luck" as he went off into the still-dark morning.

At the station where he was to pick up his papers, the other boys grabbed him, stripped off his pants and threw them on a spike protruding from a utility pole.

"I was being initiated into the fraternity of paperboys," Petroski writes.

For the next four years the young man delivered papers and in that last year saw a headline that read: "Education Plan for Space Age Unveiled by Ike: Calls for Aid to Gifted HS students." Not surprisingly, Petroski, whom critics call the "Poet Laureate of Technology," was funneled into math and science courses as the Cold War commenced.

He studied at Manhattan College in Riverdale and then went to graduate school in Urbana, Ill., where he met his wife-to-be, Catherine, who was studying English. The couple had two children - a boy, Stephen, who is an engineer today, and a girl, Karen, who is studying law.

Petroski, an author of 12 books, is completing still another, he tells me. It is titled "Nothing's Perfect." "It"s all about how imperfect some designs are," he says. It includes objects such as potato peelers and car cup holders, and even the design of today's supermarkets: "If you buy just one or two things, you have to find the right line to stand in, and then you are behind someone with more items than they should have and who is using a credit card."

Petroski seems to take such imperfections in stride. "Nothing is ever perfect, but we humans make compromises and adapt, and in the end it all works out."

He says what happened to the city on Sept. 11 affected him profoundly both on a personal level - since his sister who lives with his mother in Rockland County worked nearby - and as an engineer. "I have written a lot about structural failures, and I had been to the World Trade Center to see the impact  of the first bombing in 1993."

What Henry Petroski has written is a rich memoir, a story about a far more innocent time in America. Gay Talese called it a "wonderful book on a wonderful  subject," and if you are looking for a true New York City book to put in someone's stocking, here it is.

Newsday File Photo/Ken Spencer -  Author Henry Petroski  in Cambria Heights, where he grew up and delivered  newspapers.

[MCOLDB: 1963 ]

 

 

[News3]

Copyright 2002 The New York Times Company  
The New York Times
December 25, 2002, Wednesday, Late Edition - Final
SECTION: Section A; Page 22; Column 4; Editorial Desk
HEADLINE: Using Sweets as a Quick Pick-Me-Up

To the Editor:

Excessive sugar intake is probably a significant cause of illness, if not death, in the United States ("The Sugar Rush of the Holidays," by Tim Richardson, Op-Ed, Dec. 23).

Sucrose (table sugar), the primary ingredient in candy, is devoid of all essential nutrients. Moreover, its metabolism requires the use of several vitamins and minerals. Sugar also exacerbates a condition known as syndrome X, which is associated with diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular disease.

Considering that a 12-ounce can of most soft drinks contains nine teaspoons of sugar, that several dry breakfast cereals are more than one-half sugar and that most processed foods contain sugar, many, if not most, Americans are consuming excessive sugar. 

BARRY S. KENDLER
Bronx, Dec. 23, 2002
The writer is a professor of biology at Manhattan College. 

LOAD-DATE: December 25, 2002 

 

 

[RESUMES]

FROM THE COLLEGE’S WEB SITE: Your resume can be sent to employers who contact our office seeking to fill positions.  For more information contact the Recruitment Coordinator at (718) 862-7965 or Email to JGlenn@manhattan.edu

Actual jobs at MC are at: http://www.manhattan.edu/hrs/jobs 

[No Resumes]

 

 

[SPORTS]

FROM THE COLLEGE’S WEB SITE: http://www.gojaspers.com [which is no longer at the College, but at a third party. Web bugs are on the pages. (That’s the benefit of being a security weenie!) So, it’s reader beware. Your browser can tell people “stuff” about you, like your email address, leading to SPAM. Forewarned is forearmed.]

[SportsSchedule]

The only reason for putting this here is to give us a chance to attend one of these games and support "our" team.

Date Day Sport Opponent Location Time/Result
12/27/02 Friday M. Basketball   St. John's$   Madison Square Garden   8:30 PM
12/28/02 Saturday M. Basketball   North Carolina/Iona$   Madison Square Garden   3:00/5:00 PM 
12/28/02 Saturday W. Basketball   Tulsa   HOME   2:00 PM
12/30/02 Monday W. Basketball   Harvard   HOME   2:00 PM
1/4/03 Saturday M. Basketball   Marist*   Poughkeepsie, NY   12:00 PM
1/5/03 Sunday W. Basketball   Fordham   Bronx, NY   2:00 PM
1/7/03 Tuesday M. Basketball   Siena*   HOME   7:00 PM
1/7/03 Tuesday W. Basketball   Saint Peter's*   Jersey City, NJ   7:30 PM
1/10/03 Friday Track & Field   St. John's/Fordham Invitational   The Armory   10:00 AM
1/10/03 Friday W. Basketball   Siena*   Londonville, NY   6:00 PM
1/10/03 Friday M. Basketball   Niagara*   HOME   7:00 PM
1/11/03 Saturday Track & Field   St. John's Fordham Invitational   The Armory   11:00 AM
1/12/03 Sunday W. Basketball   Marist*   HOME   2:00 PM
1/16/03 Thursday M. Basketball   Rider*   Lawrenceville, NJ   7:30 PM
1/17/03 Friday Track & Field   Manhattan Invitational   HOME   10:00 AM
1/18/03 Saturday Track & Field   Manhattan Invitational   HOME   11:00 AM
1/18/03 Saturday M. Basketball   Saint Peter's*   Jersey City, NJ   4:00 PM
1/19/03 Sunday W. Basketball   Rider*   HOME   2:00 PM
1/21/03 Tuesday M. Basketball   Rider*   HOME   7:00 PM
1/22/03 Wednesday W. Basketball   Fairfield*   Fairfield, CT   7:30 PM
1/23/03 Thursday M. Basketball   Fairfield*   Fairfield, CT   7:30 PM
1/25/03 Saturday Track & Field   Princeton Five Team Invitational   Princeton, NJ   12:00 PM
1/25/03 Saturday W. Basketball   Loyola*   HOME   2:00 PM
1/27/03 Monday M. Basketball   Seton Hall   Continental Airlines Arena   8:00 PM
1/30/03 Thursday W. Basketball   Rider*   Lawrenceville, NJ   7:00 PM
1/31/03 Friday Track & Field   Metropolitan Championships Pentalon/Throws   Draddy Gym   2:00 PM
1/31/03 Friday W. Swimming   Fairfield*   HOME   5:30 PM
1/31/03 Friday M. Basketball   Niagara*   Buffalo, NY   7:00 PM

 

 

[Sports from the College]

FLORES, JASPERS POUND HOFSTRA 93-75
Luis Flores Notches Season-High 30 Points

HEMPSTEAD, NY (December 23, 2002) - Junior Luis Flores (New York, NY) scored a season-high 30 points to lead four Jaspers in double figures as the visiting Manhattan Jaspers defeated the Hofstra Pride 93-57 in Hofstra Arena Monday evening.

Manhattan snapped a two-game losing skid and scored a season-high 93 points to improve to 5-3 overall. Hofstra falls to 1-7.

Manhattan used a balanced scoring attack against the Pride, which saw four players net season-highs. In addition, the Jasper bench outscored Hofstra's reserves 26-6.

In the first half, the lead changed hands four times before the Jaspers gained the upper hand for good. It would remain a two-possession game until Manhattan scored eight straight points to go up 28-18 with 4:10 remaining. After leading by as many as 13 in the half, Manhattan took a 37-28 lead into the lockerroom.

The Jaspers outscored Hofstra 13-4 to start the second half and never looked back. Manhattan shot 64.3% from the field in the second half and maintained its double-figure advantage for the majority of the half.

Flores made 8-17 shots including a career-best four three-pointers. Flores was also 10-10 from the line to extend his consecutive free throw streak to 22. Freshman Mike Konovelchick (Litchfield, NH) had a breakout game with 13 points and eight rebounds, both season-highs. Junior Dave Holmes (Washington, DC) and senior Jared Johnson (Bronx, NY) were the other Jaspers in double figures with 11 and 10 points, respectively. In a starting role for just the second time this season, freshman Jason Wingate (New York, NY) had a season-high seven points and four assists while sophomore Charus Moore (Boston, MA) also scored a season-high seven points in 10 minutes off the bench.

The Jaspers return to action on Friday, December 27 when they square off with St. John's at Madison Square Garden in the MSG/Foot Locker Holiday Festival, televised by MSG Network. Tip-off is set for 8:30 PM. Manhattan won the 2001 Holiday Festival after defeating Fordham and Iona.

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JASPERS RANK ON THE SWEDISH NATIONAL LISTINGS

RIVERDALE, NY (December 23, 2002) – Manhattan College track and field junior Karin Larsson (Garphyttan, Sweden), seniors Magnus Ahlen (Karlstad, Sweden) and Rajne Svenssohn (Karlstad, Sweden), and sophomore Nils Pettersson (Boden, Sweden) are currently ranked in the Swedish National List for the week ending 12/22/02.

In the women's listings, Larsson ranks first in the Shot Put with a mark of 12.36m, third in the Triple Jump with a leap of 11.33m, fourth in the Pole Vault with a rise of 2.90m, ninth in the High Jump at 1.60m, and tenth in the Long Jump with a mark of 5.26m.

In the men's listings, Svenssohn holds the fourth slot in the High Jump with a mark of 1.88m, while Ahlen and Pettersson are tied at the fourth slot in the Long Jump with a leap of 6.69m.

The Jaspers will break for the holiday and return to action on Friday, January 10th at the St. John's/Fordham Invitational beginning at 11:00 AM.

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CLARK’S LAST SECOND BASKET LIFTS PEACOCKS TO 74-72 VICTORY
Junior Dave Holmes Ties Career-High With 27 Points

RIVERDALE, NY (December 21, 2002) – Freshman guard Keydren Clark's runner in the lane with seven tenths of a second remaining lifted the visiting Saint Peter's Peacocks to a dramatic 74-72 victory over the Manhattan Jaspers Saturday evening in Draddy Gymnasium.

With the win, the Peacocks improve to 3-6 overall and 1-1 in the MAAC, while the Jaspers suffered their third loss in four games and fall to 4-3 overall and 1-1 in the conference.

The first half featured nine lead changes and five ties before Saint Peter's made a push in the final four minutes of the game. The Jaspers held a 26-25 edge after a layup by Jared Johnson (Bronx, NY) but the Peacocks responded with back-to-back baskets by Corien John and Amir Ali to go up by three. Saint Peter's then proceeded to outscore Manhattan 17-2 to close the half, and held the Jaspers scoreless for the final 4:02. Saint Peter's led 46-30 at the break.

The Peacocks shot a scorching 69.0% in the first half and got 27 of its 46 points from John and Clark. Junior Dave Holmes (Washington, DC) tallied 10 points on 4-9 shooting with seven rebounds in the first half.

The Jaspers clawed their way back in the second half and eventually closed to within five (57-52) after an 18-4 run. Holmes had seven points and Mike Konovelchick (Alvirne, NH) stepped up with two clutch baskets during the spurt. Then after a missed layup by Holmes, Konovelchick came down with the offensive board and got the ball ahead to Flores who got the layup to go and drew a foul. Flores completed the three-point play to cut the lead to two, 57-55, at the 10:26 mark.

Saint Peter's clung to a narrow lead down the stretch until a three-pointer on the left wing by Flores gave the Jaspers a 70-68 advantage with 1:41 to play. Saint Peter's tied it on two free throws by Rafael Martinez on the next possession. At the other end, a layup by Holmes rimmed out and Saint Peter's pulled down the board. John missed a layup for the Peacocks but Melvin Robinson was there for the putback to regain the lead for Saint Peter's with 47 seconds to play.

Down 72-70, the Jaspers called a timeout, and when play resumed it was Flores who hit a runner in the lane to tie the game up at 72-72. With one last chance, the Peacocks worked the ball down the court and Clark took the reigns. Guarded by former Rice high school teammate Jason Wingate (New York, NY), Clark dribbled around the defense and put up a floater just before time expired to lift the Peacocks to the dramatic victory. The win was the first for Saint Peter's over the Jaspers in the last seven meetings.

Flores led all scorers with 27 points on 11-17 shooting while playing all 40 minutes. Holmes recorded his second double-double in the last three games with 21 points and 12 rebounds. The Peacocks got 18 points apiece from John and Robinson.

The Jaspers return to action on Monday, December 23, when they travel to local rival Hofstra for a 7:00 PM tipoff.

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LADY JASPERS LOSE 55-36 TO SAINT FRANCIS

RIVERDALE, NY (DECEMBER 21, 2002)- The Manhattan College women's basketball team lost 55-36 to Saint Francis (PA) on Saturday afternoon.

The Lady Jaspers (3-5) were unable to mount much of an offensive attack against the Red Flashes. Saint Francis held Manhattan to 21% shooting for the game.

Saint Francis took control of the game when they went on a 20-0 run at the end of the first half and the start of the second half to go up 40-15.

The Red Flashes (5-3) were led by Beth Swink, who scored 14 points and added 10 rebounds.

The Lady Jaspers were led by Rosalee Mason (London, England) who scored eight points and added 13 rebounds.

The Lady Jaspers return to action on Saturday, December 28, when they host Tulsa at 2:00 PM at Draddy Gym.

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WOMEN'S SOCCER EARNS TEAM ACADEMIC AWARD

RIVERDALE, NY (DECEMBER 19, 2002) - The Manhattan College women's soccer team was honored with the NSCAA College Team Academic Award, announced the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.

The Lady Jaspers finished with a team GPA of 3.29. This marked the fifth year in a row the team has earned the NSCAA College Team Academic Award.

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[Sports from the News or Web]

Langhorne a powerful force down South
12/20/2002
Sports
The Star-Ledger   Newark, NJ
FINAL
(c) 2002. The Star-Ledger. All rights reserved.

  POWER FORWARDS

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  7-Michelle Bernal-Silva, Mountain Lakes: The 5-11 Bernal-Silva, who has committed to Manhattan College, is not one to shy away from contact inside or miss the chance to hit the floor for a loose ball. She averaged 12.8 points and 10.3 rebounds last season while shooting 55 percent from the field.

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FRESHMAN SHOCKS JASPERS
SEAN BRENNAN DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER
12/22/2002
SPORTS
New York Daily News
SPORTS FINAL
(Copyright 2002 Daily News, L.P.)

   The game plan was a simple one for St. Peter's.

   "We wanted to put the ball in Kee Kee's hands and then get out of his way," St. Peter's Corien John said.

   Such a simple plan, such a big payoff.

   Last night, with the ball in his hands for the final 22 seconds, St. Peter's freshman guard Kee Kee Clark drove the length of the floor and threw up a short jumper from just inside the foul line, then watched as it fell through with :00.7 to play to give St. Peter's a stunning 74-72 victory over Manhattan at Draddy Gym.

   "He's averaging 25 points a game," St. Peter's coach Bob Leckie said. "Who else am I going to give the ball to?"

   "Coach wanted the ball in my hands," said Clark, who finished with 15 points. "He wanted to make sure I made something happen. When I let it go it looked good, but I was on the floor when it went through."

   Clark's shot capped a wild second half in which Manhattan rallied back from a 16-point halftime deficit that grew to as many as 19 points to pass the Peacocks with a frantic surge.

   After St. Peter's (3-6, 1-1 MAAC) upped its lead to 51-32 on a three-pointer by Melvin Robinson (18 points) with 18:09 to play, the Jaspers (4-3, 1-1) put together a 25-7 run - fueled mostly by Luis Flores (27 points) and Dave Holmes (21) - to pull within 58-57 with 9:55 left.

   This is where St. Peter's, picked in the preseason to finish ninth in the MAAC, was expected to wilt and succumb to the Jaspers, who lose at home about as often as the Packers lose at Lambeau Field in December. But St. Peter's wouldn't back down.

   Manhattan edged ahead for the first time since the early going, 70-68, on a Flores three-pointer with 1:36 to go. But the Peacocks responded with a pair of free throws by Rafael Martinez and a tip-in by Robinson to go up 72-70, before Manhattan knotted the score at 72 on a Flores jumper with :22.3 to play. That set the stage for Clark's last-second winner.

   "We don't lose much at home," Manhattan coach Bobby Gonzalez said. "But Kee Kee made a great runner there at the end. That shot was incredible. He's one of the best freshman to come into this conference in a long time."

==

A New Ballgame, Minus Leather
By BILL PENNINGTON
12/26/2002
Sports Desk; Section D
The New York Times
  Page 1, Column 2
c. 2002 New York Times Company

   In March, for the first time in the 64-year history of the N.C.A.A. men's basketball tournament, the ball used in games will not be made of leather. The National Collegiate Athletic Association has decided to switch to a synthetic ball for its men's and women's championships.

   The decision puts the tournament in sync with the regular-season choice of most college teams, who had already begun to use nonleather, composite balls because they are cheaper and considered to be less slippery. Universities can use either synthetic or leather balls during the season.

   While the decision generated little discord within college basketball, it has provoked a spirited dispute in the larger world beyond players, coaches and athletic directors.

   ''Thanks for mooo-ving away from leather,'' the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) wrote to the N.C.A.A., applauding the switch as a victory for those who view the leather-making process as cruel to animals.

   PETA had urged the athletic association to drop leather basketballs, and it took some credit when the decision was announced last May by  pointing to a letter it had received from the N.C.A.A. thanking the animal rights organization for its input and for ''working cooperatively with our staff to achieve the desired result.''

   Those words inflamed the National Cattlemen's Beef Association,  PETA's archenemy.

   ''It's alarming to see that the N.C.A.A. apparently has been working with a radical animal rights organization,'' Wythe Willey, the cattlemen's association president, wrote to the N.C.A.A. The cattlemen's association made a copy of the letter available to The New York Times.

   Willey contended that leather was a valuable product humanely  produced, and asked how the N.C.A.A. would respond, ''when PETA returns to demand the N.C.A.A. prohibit the use of leather baseballs and baseball gloves, leather footballs and leather athletic shoes.''

   And indeed, a PETA official said last week that the organization was preparing to approach the N.C.A.A. about switching from a leather football to a synthetic one. PETA also said it thought it would soon convince the N.B.A. to stop using leather basketballs.

   Is this what people mean by the term a ''whole new ballgame''?

   The N.C.A.A., meanwhile, has been busy explaining itself, insisting that PETA did not play a significant role in its decision, which was announced with little fanfare on May 7.

   ''They contacted us after our basketball committee was already looking at this,'' Greg Shaheen, the managing director of the N.C.A.A. Division I men's basketball championship, said. ''We asked them to send us a letter. It was incidental. It was one of about 30 pages of data prepared for the committee.''

   Shaheen conceded that the letter he wrote to PETA -- the one that bothered the cattlemen's association -- might have been worded differently to avoid misinterpretation.

   ''The 'desired result' was the correct decision for the tournament,'' he said. ''It was not a political issue to the members of the committee.''

   PETA is not acknowledging that interpretation.

   ''If the N.C.A.A. wants to say that Martians told them to use a synthetic basketball, that's fine,'' Dan Shannon, PETA's campaign coordinator, said. ''From our end, it seemed like we had some impact. They told us to write a letter, and we spoke on the phone a few times. We got a letter thanking us.''

   Shaheen has spent time responding to individuals who protested the N.C.A.A.'s decision and PETA's perceived role in it. There was another unhappy group in his constituency: purists who believe the college game should be played with the same kind of leather sphere used by Bob Cousy, Bill Walton and Michael Jordan.

   ''We respect the purists' point of view; we respect everyone's point of view,'' Shaheen said. ''But the committee did not outlaw the use of leather basketballs. Schools can still use leather basketballs in their games. But it was clear that the preference of our membership was a composite basketball.''

   In the N.C.A.A.'s most recent poll of men's and women's basketball programs, only 18 percent said they were using a leather ball during the regular season, according to the N.C.A.A. Shaheen said that 89 percent of the teams that qualified for the 2002 men's N.C.A.A. tournament used a synthetic basketball for their home games.

   The switch is causing some concern for colleges that are still using a leather ball at home games. ''We use the real leather ball here and have done so for years,'' Manhattan College Coach Bobby Gonzalez said. ''My assistant coaches and I are now, however, looking into getting some of the synthetic balls just to practice with, in case we'll have to play with them at some point.''

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Copyright 2002 The Journal News (Westchester County, NY)
All Rights Reserved  
The Journal News (Westchester County, NY)
December 19, 2002 Thursday
SECTION: SPORTS; Pg. 24A
HEADLINE: Jackette, Jaspers back for more
BYLINE: Joe Lombardi, Staff
Former Iona Prep star, Manhattan look to defend holiday title

Joe Lombardi

The Manhattan College men's basketball team and former Iona Prep star Justin Jackette will look to defend their 2001-02 Foot Locker/MSG Holiday Festival title in action Dec. 27-28 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

The Jaspers face St. John's in the first round on Dec. 27. Iona and North Carolina meet in the other opening-round game. The championship game is set for 5 p.m. Dec. 28. Manhattan downed Iona 69-58 in last year's championship game after defeating Fordham 82-72 in the opening round.

Those wins came just a couple of weeks after Manhattan had beaten St. John's 85-68 for its first win against the Johnnies since 1976, a span of 17 games.

Jackette is a senior guard and team co-captain for Manhattan.

Jackette earned first-team CAA all-rookie honors at William & Mary in 1998-99 before transferring to Manhattan where both his father and grandfather played basketball.

During Jackette's two previous seasons in a Manhattan uniform, the Jaspers have steadily improved each season. Manhattan won 20 games and earned a berth in the National Invitation Tournament this past season.

A former Westchester County Mr. Basketball, the 6-foot-2 Jackette averaged 12.1 points per game as a freshman for William & Mary, including a 30-point outing against American University in the Colonial Athletic Association Tournament.

College connection: Akeisha Cumberbatch of New Rochelle scored eight points to lead the Monroe College women's basketball team to a 54-32 victory over Quinsigamond Dec. 7.

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Joe Lombardi is sports editor of weekly publications of The Journal News. He can be reached at jlombard@gannett.com.

LOAD-DATE: December 20, 2002 

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[EMAIL FROM JASPERS]

[Email 1]

From: Kyle Roberts (1992)
Subject: I have a new e-mail address
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 21:24:08 -0500

John,

Thanks for your letter. My e-mail has changed please send all correspondence to <privacy invoked>. Very kind of you to reach out. Merry Christmas.

Kyle Roberts

[JR: (This refers to me sending out a copy of the bounced message to anyone that I have good information for.) Glad to have you back. I can't afford to lose anyone willing to read my ramblings. And HNY to you and yours as well.]

 

 

[Email 2]

Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 11:00:28 -0800 (PST)
From: James Gannon (2000)
Subject: Next Young Alum happy hour details

Mr. Reinke:

Please add the details of the next Young Alumni happy hour in your newsletter.

Thanks again,

Jim Gannon

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Manhattan College
Young Alumni
Quarterly Happy Hour Party
A night of mingling & networking
with fellow Manhattan Young Alumni

Friday, January 24, 2003
$5 admission
DJ & dancing
7-10pm

upstairs
at:
Mad River Bar
1442 Third Ave.
(between 81st & 82nd St.)
New York, NY
(212) 580-8923

Please RSVP: MurphGuide@yahoo.com
(212) 288-0893

Mark your calendars for upcoming events:
Fri. Dec. 27 '02 - Manhattan vs. St. John's basketball at MSG
Fri. Jan. 24 '03 - MC Young Alumni Happy Hour at Mad River
Fri. Apr. 25 '03 - MC Young Alumni Happy Hour
Thu. Jul. 24 '03 - MC Young Alumni Happy Hour

©2002 Murphguide.com All Rights Reserved

[JR: This came in too late for the St. John's game. And what do you offer for the OLD Jaspers? (Yeah, I know NYC networking meetings.) Anyway who defines young and old? Don't worry we won't cramp your style. (But, some of the old ones might chase the young girls. The only ones you'll have to compete with are the rich ones or those who ran track.)]

 

 

[Email 3]

From: Mike Ameres (1992)
Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2002 21:38:21 EST
Subject: new email address

My new email address is: <privacy invoked>

I am trashing AOL after many years. The volumes of junk email have become overwhelming and AOL ignores it's mac users.

thanks

Mike Ameres

PS. I apologize for the impersonality of this email. I just sent it to my whole address book. Please write back if I have reached your valid email.  

[JR: Mike you never did tell me if anyone in that giant CC list was a recruit-able Jasper. I don't want to SPAM them but I get desperate when the count drops below a thousand. ]

 

 

[Email 4]

Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2002 08:28:04 -0500
From: "Richard U. Kaufmann (1968)
Subject: New Recruit

Hi John,

Please extend an invitation to join JJ to John Buscemi at <privacy invoked>. John graduated from the Prep with us in '64 and MC in '68.

Also it was great to read about Ken Luczaj in this week's JJ. Ken was also a classmate of ours in the Prep, class of '64.

Best wishes in the the New Year. And keep up the good work with Jasper Jottings.

Regards,
Rich Kaufmann

[JR: I remember both Ken and John. Small world. Thanks for recruiting. I appreciate you think of this modest effort. HNY and I'm still editing. Although it is easier during the holidays.]

 

 

[Email 5]

Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2002 16:51:16 -0500
From: Bill Gildea (1962)
Subject: Greetings

John:

I want to wish you and yours a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year.

Thank you for all your work on "Jottings", keeping us informed about fellow Jaspers and all their activities, including your curmudgeon ramblings!

Please keep up the great work!

Bill Gildea, '62S

[JR: Thanks, Bill. Be careful with a little encouragement, I could become even less lucid. HNY to you and yours and Peace to all.]

 

 

[Email 6]

Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2002 20:50:23 -0500
From: Louis Menchise (1987)
Subject: Re: jasperjottings20021222.htm

How about two films starring Harold Russell, who lost both his arms in an army  training accident: "The Best Years of Our Lives" and "Inside Moves?"

I am a cancer survivor and returned to the army reserves after a six year layoff due to the cancer.  We all suffered a great deal due to the events of 9-11. 

I hope Saddam Hussein disappears, going into hiding somewhere where he is caught and life-imprisoned for crimes against humanity.  Israel should give the Palestinians their own homeland and every nation should seek out, expose and make all terrorists, ex-terrorists through words, not violence.

LGM

[JR: <1> Good suggestions. "TBYOOL" never inspired me for some reason. Haven't seen the other one but I'll check the rental store. Maybe the movie maven Doc Dans will weigh in on the topic. I have entered your two tiles on my "Job Seeker Movie" list that I will drop on all Jaspers who want the "package". <2> I just wish SH would go away. I am unqualified for the role of "avenger of past injustices". It seems every time we try we just make stuff worse. As far as the Israelis, they have their own problems. I am not sure you can ever "give" anyone freedom, or their own "homeland". Or that the situation would be any better. I kind of like the suggestion about a "Chinese Wall" between the two parties. "Good fences make good neighbors." How about one between us and Mexico? There was a novel once that postulated peace in the mid-east created by the religious leaders of the four major faiths enforced by the Swiss Guards. A Clancy book perhaps? That might work. <3> Rights can't be given or taken away. Homelands must be one to be valued. IMHO]

 

 

[Email 7]

From: Rispoli, James (1968)
Subject: Thank You
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2002 08:25:34 -0500

Hello John -

Thank you for doing this.  I enjoy reading through it.

Merry Christmas

Jim Rispoli  

[JR: <1> Your welcome, but the kudos belongs to the readers and most of all to the writers. I am just the "pipe". (Empty and fat?) <2> That means we're doing something right. <3> And HNY to you and yours.]

 

 

[Email 8]

Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2002 08:31:42 -0500
Subject: Re:  jasperjottings20021222.htm
From: Melissa Meltzer (2000)

Hello,

Your message has been blocked by my spam blocker and put into a "junk" folder.

If this message is not spam and you would like me to receive it, please resend your message with key=1234 in the subject line (just put it in addition to your original subject).

Thank you & sorry for any inconvenience,

Melissa Meltzer :0)

[JR: So like a good engineer, I do like I am told.]

Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2002 16:11:01 -0500
Subject: Re: key=1234 RE: jasperjottings20021222.htm
From: Melissa

Thank you John, you can send it without that subject line from now on, thank you for resending!

[JR: And, I am rewarded with a "free pass". Ain't I special. ;-) As an industry we have to come up with some better solutions.]

 

 

[Email 9]

From: Buscemi,  John (1968)
Subject: Re: Hello from a 1968 Jasper
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2002 10:56:50 -0500

Dear John:

    Yes. Please put me on your mailing list.

    Merry Christmas,

    John Buscemi

[JR: For a fellow 68-er, anything. HNY. ]

 

 

[Email 10]

From: Andrew Lawler (1986)
Subject: John Lawler '55
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2002 13:00:57 -0500

Please add me to your list.

John Lawler '55, <privacy invoked>

[JR: Done. ]

 

 

[Email 11]

Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2002 22:39:06 -0500
To: Jose Minaya (1994)
From: John Reinke
Subject: Fwd: Undeliverable: http:

Hey Jasper Jose:

You dropped off the list. Hope everything's OK? Do you want your jottings over here?

John

[JR: I found he had updated MCOLDB with a new address. I "lost" him when he left MER. Hope I can get him back.]

 

 

[Email 12]

From: Sara Russell (?)
Subject: Re: Hello from a 1968 Jasper on 25 Dec 2002 PM
Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2002 09:10:15 -0500

I am in. thanks!

[JR: <1> You're in. <2> MCOLDB doesn't show a Class Year. What would you prefer? I assume it's because you received an advanced degree and the College didn't capture the year.]

 

 

[Email 13]

From: Ed Ruggiero (1997)
Subject: RE: Hello from a 1968 Jasper on 25 Dec 2002 PM
Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2002 13:58:37 -0500

Please add this address to your list: <privacy invoked>

Remove my old one: <privacy invoked>

Thanks John,

Ed

[JR: Done, but I don't see the old one. Let me know, if you get two copies, what address I should nuke.]

 

 

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A Final Thought

Vanishing Act: The U.S. Government's Disappearing Data

by Marylaine Block, Guest Writer

=== <begin quote> ===

More than any other country, the U.S. government has used the web to make a wealth of information available to its citizens. But as we are now discovering, the dark side of web-based information is the ease with which it can be deleted.

Government-sponsored (which is to say, taxpayer-funded) information and research is disappearing from government web sites, much of it in the name of national security. Airport safety data vanished, and chemical plant risk-management plans were deleted from the Environmental Protection Administration's web site.

The Department of Energy removed environmental impact statements which alerted local communities to potential dangers from nearby nuclear energy plants, as well as information on the transportation of hazardous materials.

The US Geological Service asked depository libraries to destroy a CD-ROM database on surface water (as a result, University of Michigan researchers lost access to information vital to their three-year study of hazardous waste facilities, and community activists could no longer access data on chemical plants that violate pollution laws).

<extraneous deleted>

Because it's not THEIR information. It's OUR information, and we can't let them get away with deleting it. We paid for it, and we need it, if we're to have any hope of knowing what our government is doing. Since giving people access to the information their taxes paid for has always been the job of librarians, we are the ones who are going to have to take on this challenge.

Marylaine Block a former academic librarian, is now an internet trainer, speaker, writer, and editor of two e-zines. This article originally appeared in one of them, ExLibris, on December 6, 2002.  Links to all her work are available at http://marylaine.com/.

=== <end quote> ===

Don't you trust your information to your government? I don't. It was bad before. Embarassing – just classify it. Now – it's too sensitive! Bull. It's just the government acting like government. I told you it was too big and you couldn't trust it!

Curmudgeon

And that’s the last word.

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