Sunday 21 December 2003
Dear Jaspers,
The jasper jottings email list has 1,140 subscribers.
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This issue is at: http://ferdinand_reinke.tripod.com/jasperjottings20031214.htm
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Don't forget:
We Jan 7 Treasure Coast Club (Florida) 2003 - 2004 Luncheon
Meeting
For more information call: Joe Dillon 62 Director, Alumni Relations, (718)
862-7977
Sa Feb National Alumni Council meeting
please contact Peter Sweeney
’64 (973) 353-7610
We Feb 10 Treasure Coast Club (Florida) 2003 - 2004 Luncheon Meeting
For more information call: Joe Dillon 62 Director, Alumni Relations, (718)
862-7977
Sa Jun 12 '04 National Alumni Council meeting
please contact Peter Sweeney ’64 (973) 353-7610
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My list of Jaspers who are in harms way:
- Afghanistan
- - Cote, Richard A. (1990)
- - Feldman, Aaron (1997)
- Iraq
- - Esposito, Steven G. (1981) [JR: Photos at the following URL. ]
- - Menchise, Louis (1987)
… … my thoughts are with you and all that I don't know about.
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http://web.icq.com/wwp?Uin=72967466
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http://www.lasalle.org/English/Events/ce.html
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Rome, December 16, 2003
Brother Álvaro Rodríguez Echeverría
Superior General
Christmas 2003
Dear Brothers, Sisters, Catechists of Jesus Crucified and Mary Immaculate, Signum Fidei members, Associates, Partners, young people and all members of the Lasallian Family,
"Do you have sentiments of charity and tenderness towards the poor children whom you have to educate? Do you take advantage of their affection for you to lead them to God? If you have for them the firmness of a father you must also have for them tenderness of a mother to draw them to you, and to do for them all the good that depends on you." (St. John Baptist de La Salle)
This Christmas and in the course of the New Year which is about to begin, may the children occupy a special place in our hearts and rouse us to a delicate and generous commitment. May the Lord who became a child, bless all the children of the world especially the poorest and most abandoned, and make us creative in responding to their needs.
Brother Álvaro Rodríguez
Echeverría
Superior General
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I hope that I can live up to this admonishment. Hope we all can.
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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[FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENTS ABOUT JASPERS]
[JR: The following people have "bounced off" the list. Some bounces expose my poor administrative skills and I can not "who" bounced off. Thus the subscriber total may change more than are shown in this section. I have done what I can to notify them. If you can help "reconnect" – or "connect" new people -- I really appreciate it. And as always, I need your "news".]
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[JR: The following people have updated their information. To conserve space, "please change my email from X to Y" which isn't very interesting, and to alert you that they are here, I have listed them here. As always, I need your "news" and "recruits".]
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[Messages from
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[JASPERS PUBLISHING WEB PAGES]
[WebPage1]
From: John McLaughlin (????)
Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 3:42 AM
To: info@jasperjottings.com
Subject: New Address - for McLaughlin - Please Update
Hi:
I've moved and have a new Denver address. Please update your records, www.executivenetwork.net.
Also, have you updated your Professional & Career Development recently? Visit www.executivenetwork.net to keep your career on track.
Thanks,
John McLaughlin
[JASPERS FOUND ON/OFF WEB BY USING WEB]
[Found1]
Craig J. Guiffre
Vice President, Institutional Business
National Accounts
MetLife, Inc.
Craig J. Guiffre is vice president and head of Institutional Business's National Accounts group. He was appointed to this position in July 2003.
In this role, Guiffre leads the organization focused on the sales and service needs of MetLife's largest customers, including 88 of the Fortune 100 companies. With a cadre of more than 1,000 MetLife associates, National Accounts is responsible for account management, underwriting, sales, financial, actuarial and service functions for customers with at least 25,000 employees.
Guiffre brings to his role deep experience in relationship management and a unique customer-centric approach. Prior to assuming his current role, Guiffre was chief marketing officer for Institutional Business with responsibility for marketing research and data management, field and customer communications, advertising, sales modeling and compensation, and event planning. In this capacity, Guiffre led the evolution of the value proposition for Institutional Business and was responsible for putting it into practice, a role for which he was especially well suited given his long line experience.
In 1999, Guiffre was head of MetLife's Detroit Division of National Accounts, with primary responsibility for MetLife's largest customer, General Motors. Previous to this, he led the GE Division and also spent time responsible for the east coast operations of National Accounts, serving more than 50 large customers. In addition to sales and relationship expertise, Guiffre also has experience in product development, having held a position as officer-in-charge of product development earlier in his career.
Guiffre has a B.S. degree from Lehigh University, and an M.B.A. from Manhattan College. He has served as a member of the Corporate Educational Services Committee of the International Foundation of Employee Benefits. In 2001, he was named one of Business-to-Business Magazine's Top Ten Marketers.
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TNS INC, filed this S-1/A on 12/12/2003.
McDonnell has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Manhattan College, an M.S.E.E. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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http://www.iatp.org/enviroag/staff.cfm
Mark Muller, Director
Program management, agricultural transportation, diversification and renewable energy
Since Mark joined IATP in 1997, he has concentrated on promoting policies and opportunities for farmers that increase agriculture's profitability and environmental benefits. His work has focused on agricultural transportation, nutrient management, renewable energy and diversifying agriculture. He has an M.S. in environmental engineering from Manhattan College and a B.A. in physics from the State University of New York at Geneseo.
Mark has had a variety of work experiences, including work on farms and for cooperative extension. He taught science and computers for two years at a New York City high school and also worked as an environmental engineer for two years. Additionally, Mark volunteered for nine months on a community water project in Guatemala.
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[HONORS]
[WEDDINGS]
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From: Joann Pignataro
(1993)
Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 7:14 AM
Subject: Re: http://ferdinand_reinke.tripod.com/jasperjottings20031214.htm
John, if you would be so kind to let my fellow Jaspers know that my husband and I welcomed our son Dominic Anthony into the world on July 31st he joins his three year old sister Nicole Everyone is just great! Thanks and Merry Christmas!
[JR: Thanks for the good news. We have to balance out the scales. Otherwise we'll have to change the name to "Sports and Obits"! ]
[No Engagements]
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[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.
Copyright
2003 Star-Telegram Newspaper, Inc.
Fort Worth Star Telegram (Texas)
December 12, 2003, Friday FINAL EDITION
SECTION: METRO; Pg. 8B
HEADLINE: Obituaries
BYLINE: Star-Telegram
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Thomas P. Earls
EULESS -- Thomas P. Earls, a Dallas attorney, died Monday, Dec. 8, 2003, in Bedford.
Memorial service: 3 p.m. Friday in Bluebonnet Hills Memorial Chapel in Colleyville.
Memorials: In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to a charity of choice.
Thomas P. Earls of Euless, the son of Irish immigrants, who was raised in foster homes in New York City, grew up to serve his country as an officer in the U.S. Air Force, serve his community as an attorney-at-law and serve his family as a loyal and loving husband and father, died Dec. 8 after a brief illness. He was 69 and despite his illness had argued a case in court, his signature voice intact, just six days before his death. Born May 1, 1934, in New York City's Bellvue Hospital, Tom spent much of his youth in the care of foster families, primarily the Koop family of Staten Island. He was the 1952 valedictorian at LaSalle Academy and later graduated from Manhattan College with a degree in psychology, after which he was commissioned as a lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. There he served for over 10 years as a navigator and bombardier on the B-47 and other aircraft. While in the Air Force, he met his future wife, Lucile Johnson of Laredo, whom he married in August 1962. True to their vows, Tom and Lucile's union lasted over 41 years and was soon blessed by the arrival of daughter, Deirdre Earls, now of Austin, and son, Thomas Aquinas Earls, now of Corpus Christi. Capt. Earls was accepted into the University of Texas School of Law where he graduated in the top tier of his class in May 1969, though not before his studies were interrupted for several months in 1968 when his reserve unit was recalled to active duty. After graduation, Tom entered practice as an attorney with Fullbright & Jaworski in Houston before moving his practice to Dallas in 1972, where he was later board certified as a specialist in civil appellate Law. His keen intellect, courage and devotion to his family and friends, all of whom count themselves blessed to have known him, were obvious right up to the end.
His parents, Joseph and Anna Cloherty Earls, preceded Tom in death, as did his brother, Joseph Earls.
Survivors: In addition to his wife and children, he is also survived by his sisters, Margaret O'Donnell of Queens, N.Y., and Helen Radigan of Bayport, N.Y.; his in-laws, Frank and Joyce Early of Euless, Carlos and Linda Farias of Austin and Tony and Nella Saldana of San Antonio; a host of cousins, nieces, nephews and friends; and his longtime colleagues, especially Doug Dunn, Robert Mahlin, Rosemary Rubio, Jack Price, Jack Norman, Rod Poirot and Irv Queal.
Bluebonnet
Hills Funeral Home
Colleyville, (817) 498-5894
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LOAD-DATE: December 12, 2003
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[JR: I never ceased to be amazed at the record our fellow Jaspers achieve. We should all be challenged to do more and better! I know I am.]
Copyright
2003 St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Inc.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Missouri)
December 12, 2003 Friday Five Star Late Lift Edition
SECTION: METRO; Pg. B9
HEADLINE: SISTER ROSE CATHERINE FENTON/ LONGTIME EDUCATOR
Sister Rose Catherine Fenton, a retired teacher, died Tuesday (Dec. 9, 2003) of congestive heart failure at Loretto Center in Webster Groves. She was 86.
Sister Fenton was born in Bonne Terre, Mo. She entered the Dominican Congregation or Our Lady of the Rosary in Sparkill, N.Y., in 1936 and professed her final vows in 1943.
She earned a bachelor of arts degree in English from Manhattan College in Riverdale, N.Y., in 1947 and a master's degree in education from St. Louis University in 1953.
Sister Fenton began her career in education at Holy Redeemer School in Webster Groves in 1940. From 1947 to 1968, she taught at the former St. Mark's High School in St. Louis and then served as principal there for the next 11 years. From 1980 to 1986, she was the principal at St. Kevin's School in St. Ann.
A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. today at Loretto Center, 590 East Lockwood Avenue, Webster Groves. Burial will be at St. Agnes Cemetery in Sparkill, N.Y.
Among the survivors are two sisters, Gertrude Burtard of Carbondale, Colo., and Jane Burtard of Mesa, Colo.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Dominican Sisters, 175 Route 340, Sparkill, N.Y. 10976, Attn. Sister Maryann Summa, president.
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[JR: She graduated the year I was born. I wonder how many she influenced? ]
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Copyright 2003 Daily News, L.P.
Daily News (New York)
December 15, 2003, Monday SPORTS FINAL EDITION
SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 27
HEADLINE: N.Y. IRAQIS AWAKEN TO A DREAM COME TRUE
BYLINE: By CARRIE MELAGO and TAMER EL-GHOBASHY DAILY NEWS WRITERS With Leslie Casimir
Iraqi New Yorkers yesterday greeted the news of Saddam Hussein's capture with tempered joy and prayers for a better future.
"I'm happy that he was really caught," said Zaynab Obaydi, 24, an Iraqi-American who lives in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. "We don't have to worry about Saddam and his family taking over again."
For the estimated 1,300 Iraqis in New York, the shocking news came in early-morning phone calls and E-mails - some from family members they were forced to leave behind during the years of tyranny.
"I thought I was dreaming," said Mahmuda Uddin, 21, a student at Manhattan Community College. "[Saddam] should be brought to justice."
After the jolt, Iraqis here began to reflect on how Saddam's capture will change their lives.
Imam Fadhel Al-Sahlani, leader of the city's largest Shia mosque, said the arrest will reunite families separated during Saddam's 30-year reign. Al-Sahlani fled Iraq 25 years ago, leaving behind dozens of relatives. "There will be a better future for our families there and for us here," said Al-Sahlani, of the Al-Khoei Islamic Center in Jamaica, Queens.
For Obaydi, the arrest of the dictator opens the door for her to return and contribute to the rebuilding of the nation tattered by sanctions and war. "It gives me hope that the Iraqi people are going to be free to choose their leader," said Obaydi, who is studying for a master's degree in psychology at Manhattan College.
Among the city's Arab and Muslim communities, the debate revolved around what Saddam's capture would mean for the future of the Middle East.
"It is a big sigh of relief in the Arab world and among the Muslim masses that this man now is out of the equation," said Omar Abu-Namous, imam of the Islamic Cultural Center on the upper East Side. "I hope this will greatly contribute to the stability of Iraq."
LOAD-DATE: December 15, 2003
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Copyright 2003 Philadelphia Inquirer
All Rights Reserved
Philadelphia Inquirer
December 14, 2003 Sunday CITY-D EDITION
SECTION: CURRENTS; Pg. C04
HEADLINE: New book tackles resilient hoax of Jewish 'plot'
Jim Remsen is Inquirer Faith Life editor.
If anti-Semitism is a rogue religion, its reigning bible is The Protocols of the Elders of Zion.
The Protocols, first issued in Russia a century ago, is a notoriously fraudulent manifesto. It purports to spell out a Jewish plot to control the world by secretly manipulating the financial markets, the media, and other levers of power.
Though it was soon exposed as a paranoid hoax forged by the czar's secret police, The Protocols didn't vanish. In fact, its vitriol has never had wider circulation than today, because of the Internet and the "New Anti-Semitism" that watchdog groups are chronicling, particularly in Europe and the Muslim world.
In response, specialists from the Simon Wiesenthal Center, a Jewish human- rights group, have written a book that scholars say is the first item-by-item rebuttal of the undying Protocols.
Titled Dismantling the Big Lie, the new book tackles a grim task. The Protocols is a dense polemic, a supposed master plot written by Jewish "learned elders" who regard non-Jews as "a flock of sheep, and we are their wolves."
For instance, Protocol 7 ("A Prophecy of Worldwide War") declares that "we must create unrest, dissension, and mutual animosities throughout Europe and, with the help of her relationship, on other continents."
In their refutation, Dismantling the Big Lie authors Steven Jacobs and Mark Weitzman say such a goal "is the very antithesis of what both ancient Israelites and contemporary Jews regard as the ideal of societal harmony... of attaining shalom, peace."
Jacobs and Weitzman cite moral-ethical examples from Jewish Scripture, post biblical Jewish societies, and modern Jewish thought about the primacy of peace between Jews and neighbors.
By systematically challenging all 24 protocols in this way, the new book is unique, said Frederick Schweitzer, director of the Holocaust Research Center at Manhattan College, a Catholic school in New York, who reviewed the manuscript.
"Its point-by-point rebuttals, citing Talmudic and biblical texts and historic attitudes and examples, are without precedent," Schweitzer said in an interview.
Dismantling the Big Lie (Ktav, $18.95) was developed under the auspices of the Wiesenthal Center's Snider Social Action Institute, named for Philadelphia Flyers and 76ers chairman Ed Snider, who gave the center $5 million.
The book reprints eight Protocols book covers (all craven images of Jews) from various times and countries, and runs the complete, toxic text, translated into English.
"Three to five years ago, we would have had a serious debate about the merits of running the text, but we don't have that choice now," said Rabbi Abraham Cooper, associate dean of the Wiesenthal Center. "It's out there so much now, repackaged, online."
Though some booksellers refuse to handle The Protocols, it is readily available in many parts of the world and through e-commerce.
Arabic translations are published by government presses in Egypt and are best-sellers. Radioislam.org makes it available in a dozen languages free.
The Palestinian group Hamas cites The Protocols in its charter as justification for the destruction of Israel. Egyptian and Syrian TV heavily referenced it in recent anti-Semitic mini-series.
The Alexandria Library in Egypt, as part of an exhibition of holy books of monotheistic faiths, displayed a copy of TheProtocolsin the Judaism section, removing it only when United Nations cultural officials raised objections.
Schweitzer, the Manhattan College historian, said he sees The Protocols for sale regularly at a Nation of Islam book stand in New York.
The Arab Voice newspaper in North Jersey published excerpts last year, drawing condemnations from both Jewish groups and the Council on American Islamic Relations.
The Protocols is "such nonsense," Islamic council spokesman Ibrahim Hooper said in an interview. "But it just keeps returning out there."
Cooper, the Wiesenthal Center official, said that in Arab and Muslim societies, "there has been a transmutation of classic Christian anti-Semitism adapted into the mainstream of cultures that traditionally did not have any homegrown, pseudo- intellectual anti-Semitic invective... . In looking to demonize Israel and the Jewish people, they had to go shopping outside their own cultural references."
Cooper said he would be in Europe next week and planned to give copies of Dismantling the Big Lie to the French prime minister and the German justice minister, whose governments are launching studies of global anti-Semitism. The goal, he said, is to get the book and other tolerance materials into "the educational bloodstream" through schools and libraries.
The center plans to translate the book into Arabic, German, French, Spanish, Russian and Persian, Cooper said, and to distribute it to church and government officials at a conference that will be held in Moscow in March to mark the centennial of The Protocols' emergence.
Contact Faith Life editor Jim Remsen at 215-854-5621 or jremsen@phillynews.com
LOAD-DATE: December 14, 2003
[News3]
Copyright 2003 The Courier-Journal (Louisville,
KY)
All Rights Reserved
The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)
December 11, 2003 Thursday metro Met Edition
SECTION: SPORTS; BOZICH RICK; Pg. 1E
HEADLINE: This was the call Garcia dreaded
BYLINE: BOZICH RICK
Some players worry about playing time. Others worry about grades. Whenever Francisco Garcia had a quiet moment around the University of Louisville basketball program, he worried about something else: his younger brother, Hector Lopez.
"Francisco was the only one Hector listened to," said former UofL assistant coach Mick Cronin, now the head coach at Murray State University. "The only one. Francisco worried about Hector, the things he did, the people he hung around. He always talked about Hector. He was worried he might get that phone call."
On Tuesday Garcia got that phone call, that terrible, unimaginable phone call.
Hector Lopez, 19, died after two unidentified gunmen pumped multiple bullets into his neck and chest Monday night. He was standing in the lobby of the South Bronx housing project where he lived with his mother, Miguelina Garcia.
"Last spring Francisco was hoping his mom and brother would move back home (to the Dominican Republic) because he was terrified something bad was going to happen," Cronin said.
NOW A TRAGEDY has happened before Garcia's mom could take Hector back home - and before Francisco, a 21-year-old sophomore, could sign his first pro contract and move his family to a place where guys don't walk into lobbies and fill 19-year-olds with bullets.
To honor his brother, Garcia played last night as UofL beat Seton Hall 80-71 in Freedom Hall. It was just last March that his mother and brother made their first trip to Louisville to watch him make the all-tournament team as UofL won the Conference USA Tournament. Cronin can't forget the way Hector was laughing that day.
Garcia will return to New York City today, traveling two stops past Yankee Stadium on the D train. He'll return to the neighborhood that killed his brother, just as Garcia always feared it might.
Anybody who has made the journey will tell you how gritty and unforgiving the South Bronx is . Ask any coach who has recruited the neighborhood, and he'll tell you Rule No.1 is that all home visits must be made during daylight.
"THE VALUE of life is different," Manhattan College coach Bobby Gonzalez said. "In most neighborhoods when something like this happens the reaction is, 'How could this be?' It's not like that there. It's sad, but too many view it as a common occurrence.
"I remember when I recruited God Shammgod, walking up a stairwell where guys were sitting smoking crack. I'm taking the article about Hector and reading it to my team before practice because they all know Francisco. It's just an environment surrounded by tragedy."
Some statistics illuminate the tragedy and danger. Lopez attended Morris High School, where 70 percent of all students receive a free or reduced-price lunch. Less than a third of the 1,600 students are expected to graduate. The absentee rate averages 30 percent.
MORRIS IS the troubled school that Microsoft chairman Bill Gates visited on Sept.16 to announce the $51 million grant that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation awarded to New York City schools. At Morris the reading level of many incoming freshmen registers at second grade or below.
Garcia made it out of the South Bronx. His brother did not.
"Hector was struggling," Cronin said, "but it's an environment where a lot of kids struggle. I know when Francisco was in prep school (in Winchendon, Mass., two years ago) his mother wanted him to come home as much as possible because he's the only one who could get Hector to do the right thing.
"Once Francisco went away (to UofL), all he could do was talk to Hector on the phone."
And worry about getting that unimaginable phone call, the call he received Tuesday morning.
Rick Bozich's column normally runs Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays in Sports. You can reach him at (502) 582-4650 or send e-mail to rbozich@courier-journal.com.
LOAD-DATE: December 12, 2003
[News4]
http://www.silive.com/news/advance/index.ssf?/base/news/107158600546690.xml
58 years after his death, a hero gets his medals
Family, friends of WW II soldier Paul Heyne celebrate
his life, sacrifice
Tuesday, December 16, 2003
By STEPHANIE SLEPIAN
STATEN ISLAND ADVANCE
This story begins in 1923 in a house on Whitney Avenue in Grasmere, when the third of four children was born to Teresa and Paul Heyne.
It is the story of a boy who became the man of the house at age 12 when his father died, the story of a high school student who nurtured his passion for football on the field at New Dorp High School, the story of a husband who left his wife and infant daughter behind to answer the call to arms.
His is a story of what once was and what could have been.
On Mother's Day 1945, a mortar shell landed just feet from Staff Sgt. Paul Heyne as he led his 77th Infantry Division squad in an attack on a Japanese-controlled ridge called Chocolate Drop Hill in Okinawa.
Heyne was killed instantly. He was 22.
Later that day, a Catholic chaplain presided over the funeral service for the soldier considered the best in his company. Heyne was buried in Grave 492, Row 15, Plot 1 in the 77th Infantry Division Cemetery in Okinawa.
Four years later, his remains were returned to Staten Island and with full military honors, he was laid to rest beside his father in Moravian Cemetery, New Dorp.
And that is where the story ends. For almost 60 years, it was rarely discussed, only to be rediscovered in 1996 in dozens of dusty cardboard boxes found by Heyne's niece as she cleaned her parents' Grasmere home after their deaths.
"I always knew about Uncle Paul," said Delaware resident Karen Murray, the daughter of his sister. "He was one of four children. We knew he was involved in football and also that he was killed during the war."
NEW DORP LEGEND
Mrs. Murray learned that her uncle became New Dorp's first football legend in 1939 and 1940. He attended the Heisman Trophy dinners and won the Knute Rockne Trophy. He earned a football scholarship to Manhattan College, but attended LaSalle Military Academy in Long Island for a year after his high school graduation.
He married his high school sweetheart in 1941, worked for upstate construction companies and became a father in 1942, the same year he enlisted in the Army. Two years later, he was shipped overseas, having seen his daughter, Kathleen, only twice.
Mrs. Murray tracked down his widow, the former Rita Nobile, now Rita Oxendine, and the cousins she never knew. After Heyne's death the family had drifted apart, but his story was about to bring them together again.
With the help of friends, Joan Giebelhaus and David Marcus, Mrs. Murray began filming a documentary. The last segment was filmed yesterday when, in a solemn ceremony in the Carriage House on the grounds of Fort Wadsworth, Rep. Vito Fossella (R-Staten Island/Brooklyn) presented the slain soldier's family with 10 medals -- including the Purple Heart -- which they should have received 58 years ago.
"[The capture of Saddam Hussein] once again reaffirms in large part how brave men and women follow the calling and wear our nation's uniform, and sometimes pay the ultimate sacrifice," Fossella said. "In this country, we don't forget. We get a better appreciation as the days go on about what those sacrifices mean."
Before and after the ceremony, family and friends read through Heyne's letters, sent from the far side of the world. He frequently asked after his sisters, Lois Olsen and Norma Paulsen, and his 15-year-old brother, Warren.
The Philippines, Feb. 14, 1945: "As you read in the paper, we're moving very fast. Expect before long, you will be reading some more about us. It looks like Europe is about finished.
"Norma mentioned [Warren] is seeing quite a bit of his girlfriend. Boy, time is sure flying, he must be growing. I probably wouldn't recognize him if I saw him."
'RETURN TO SENDER'
The correspondence ends with a letter dated May 8, 1945 -- VE Day. It was marked "Return to Sender."
"I have also been watching the news and see that the 77th have now replaced the 27th in Okinawa," wrote Heyne's mother in her last letter to the front. "It must be terrible there, but I pray that God and his Blessed Mother will see you safely through these trying times."
They held a memorial mass and by the time of the military funeral four years later, the war hero's widow had remarried and had another daughter. She left the past in the past, raised her family and spoke little of the man she once loved -- and still loves -- so deeply.
"We lived in the same town and we met through other young people in town," said Mrs. Oxendine, 82, a graduate of St. John Villa Academy. "I went to all New Dorp's football games when he was playing, and he played all the time. We were childhood sweethearts, and there was no thought other than that some day we were going to be married."
He proposed on Christmas Eve.
Today, he would be the proud grandfather of Andrew, Keith, Pamela and Ryan Conroy, and the doting great-grandfather of Ross, Luke, Madeline, Shannon and Nolan Conroy. Kathleen, his only child, died in 1998.
"[My grandmother] used to hold my hands and say, 'You have hands just like Paul,'" Andrew Conroy said. "I never really knew what that meant to her. This forced us to go back and dig out the old photo albums. We feel wonderful that we still have Gram to share this with."
Mrs. Oxendine has since talked to Peter Marino, another New Dorp alum, a 77th comrade.
"We were on Chocolate Drop for about 30 days," Marino said. "Paul's outfit was about to relieve us. As our company was passing, I saw Paul sitting on a wall reading a letter from his wife.
"When we get off the hill, we'll have a beer," Marino told his buddy. "We never had that beer. I got word later that night that he was killed."
Fifty-eight years later, Marino and his friend's family raised a glass in memory of a young soldier.
"I wonder if I would have become a football coach's wife," Mrs. Oxendine said. "I think that's what he would have liked to do."
And that is the story of Staff Sgt. Paul Heyne.
Stephanie Slepian is a news reporter for the Advance. She may be reached at slepian@siadvance.com.
Copyright 2003 SILive.com. All Rights Reserved.
[News5]
http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/108-12122003-212222.html
Fate helps bring Evans to Truman
By WILLIAM KENNY
Bucks County Courier Times
Bruce Evans had no intention of ever setting foot on the campus of Harry S Truman High School when he graduated from Long Island's Amityville High School in 1996.
But fate must have had different ideas.
Evans, a high school track and field standout, enrolled at Rider University, where he ran for an assistant coach named Fred Brown. Brown was Truman's head coach in the early 1990s.
Then Evans began competing in Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference meets. That's where he met his fiancée, a Manhattan College sprinter named Stefani Allen. Allen won several state gold medals as a student-athlete at Truman and still shares a state record in the 4x100 relay.
Obviously, the Levittown school was beckoning Evans. Now it has him.
He took over as the head indoor boys and girls coach at the school this winter.
In recent years, the Tigers have been anything but a model of stability. In fact, Evans is the third boys coach there in as many seasons and the fourth girls coach in six seasons.
But the 26-year-old wants to buck the trend.
"I plan on being around there for a while," he said.
The coaching job looks like it will fit right in with his many other life plans. Evans is hoping to land a job soon teaching in Bristol Township. And he and Allen are planning a July 2005 wedding.
In the meantime, Evans is studying for his master's degree in counseling and continues to chase his dream of making the 2004 U.S. Olympic team.
His specialty event is the 400-meter hurdles. Evans won New York's Empire Games in the event last year and took second in the Penn Relays' Olympic Development competition.
Though he never placed in the NCAA nationals while at Rider, he considers himself a late bloomer. And at his age, he figures he still has time to try for the 2008 Olympics if things don't work out in 2004.
As Truman's coach, Evans has liked much of what he's seen in early season workouts, although the Tigers don't plan on competing in a meet until later this month.
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William Kenny can be reached at kennywj@hotmail.com.
December 12, 2003 7:50 AM
[JR: But did the Jasper girl get her man? Can anyone fill in the details? ]
[RESUMES]
CIC'S SUGGESTION: Everyone who works for a major corporation should send resumes placed here into their HR system or department. While you may not see the value, it may be that one thing that delivers an opportunity to a fellow Jasper that changes their life.
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
From:
Pete Devlin (1999)
Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 12:15 AM
Subject: Devlin
John,
Hope all is well. I am currently in the process of a career change and was hoping to enlist the help of JJ. I spent the past three years teaching at St. Raymond's in the Bronx, but am looking for a bit of a change. I was hoping to make a transition into a communications environment: Public Relations / Corporate Communications. If anyone has any ideas, contacts, etc. I would love to hear from them. I have also attached a copy of my resume. Thanks much. Pete Devlin '99
Peter E.
Devlin
Hauppauge, NY 11788
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Objective: To utilize my diverse abilities in a fast-paced communications environment.
Achievements:
Article accepted for publication in Journal of Hispanic / Latino Theology
●The article explores the social, political and economic climate of Latin America and assesses the impact of such a climate on the concept of martyrdom.
Writing Seminars
●I was selected as one of twenty students invited to partake in Manhattan College’s advanced writing seminar “Argument and Exposition.” Grade received: A.
●I excelled in a creative writing seminar / workshop directed by author Elizabeth Richards. Ms. Richards suggested that my final project be submitted for publication. Grade received: A.
National Science Foundation Fellowship Recipient, Summer 1998
●I conducted original mathematics research in the area of Real Analysis at Northern Arizona University. Under self-direction I originated novel hypotheses, formulated theorems, and proved the validity of results.
●During the project I took the initiative to learn mathematical software to facilitate the written communication of complicated information.
●I effectively presented complex results to a diverse audience in both lecture and written format.
Guest Lecture at the Hudson River Mathematics Conference, Title: “Wavelets and Linear Algebra”
●The lecture explained modern techniques of image processing and data compression, such as that used in digital fingerprint storage. The material was made accessible to an audience including undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty.
Guest Lecture at Marist College Mathematics Colloquium, Title: “Degrees of Differentiability”
●The lecture examined functions that are non-differentiable, yet become differentiable when raised to an appropriate power. The talk successfully conveyed graduate level material to a primarily undergraduate audience.
Experience:
St. Raymond High School for Boys, Bronx, NY (09/00 – 08/03)
Secondary Education Mathematics and Theology Teacher
●I developed and implemented an innovative and challenging curriculum focused on addressing real world implications of mathematical and theological topics.
●I have successfully applied a critical thinking centered pedagogical approach. This accomplishment is evidenced by a class passing-rate well above average.
●During the past two years I served as departmental advisor to new teachers. In this capacity I provided classroom management recommendations and aided in their implementation.
Education:
Master
of Arts, February 2003
Fordham University, Bronx, NY
Major: Systematic Theology
GPA: 3.93/4.0
Bachelor
of Science, May 1999
Manhattan College, Riverdale, NY
Major: Mathematics
GPA: 3.96/4.0 Major GPA:
4.0/4.0
Honors:
Manhattan College Presidential Mathematics Scholarship
Received Manhattan College Medal of Excellence in:
•Mathematics
•Scientific Research
•Science and Mathematics
Membership:
Honor societies: Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Pi Mu
Epsilon, Phi Kappa Phi, Theta Alpha Kappa, Epsilon
Sigma Pi, American Academy of Religion
Leadership:
President of the Manhattan College Math and Computer Science Club
Volunteer Math Tutor
Elected to Manhattan College’s Pen and Sword Society
Frequent student panelist as a member of Manhattan College’s Honors Enrichment
Program
Undergraduate Valedictorian Nominee
Former Band Manager for the Manhattan College Bagpipe Band
Skills:
Computer knowledge including Microsoft Word, Windows 95-00, Excel, and
Microsoft Office
Reading knowledge of French and Spanish
Ability to present information clearly and effectively in writing
Proficient oral presenter
Capacity and desire to develop new areas of expertise
Performed the Bagpipes live in concert at New York’s Carnegie Hall
[JR: I think that you have presented what you've done. No we have to figure out what you want to "sell". ]
[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.]
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
12/22/03 Monday W. Basketball
Delaware Newark, DE 7:00 PM
12/28/03 Sunday W. Basketball
Wagner HOME 2:00 PM
12/28/03 Sunday M. Basketball Holy
Cross% New York, NY 2:00
PM
12/29/03 Monday M. Basketball St.
John's/Pennsylvania% New York, NY TBA
12/31/03 Wednesday M. Basketball Hofstra HOME 5:00 PM
…………December events downloaded 08 Nov 03
1/2/04 Friday W. Basketball Bucknell Lewisburg,
PA 7:00 PM
1/3/04 Saturday M. Basketball
Siena* Albany, NY 7:00 PM
1/6/04 Tuesday W. Basketball St.
Peter's* Jersey City, NJ 7:30 PM
1/7/04 Wednesday M. Basketball Canisius* Buffalo,
NY 7:00 PM
1/9/04 Friday Track & Field
Fordham/St. John's Invitational
The Armory 12:00 PM
1/9/04 Friday M. Basketball
Niagara* Niagara University,
NY 7:00 PM
1/9/04 Friday W. Basketball
Marist* HOME 7:00 PM
1/11/04 Sunday W. Basketball Iona* New Rochelle, NY 2:00 PM
1/14/04 Wednesday W. Basketball
Dartmouth Hanover, NH 7:00 PM
1/14/04 Wednesday M. Basketball St.
Peter's* HOME 7:00 PM
1/16/04 Friday Track & Field
Manhattan Invitational HOME 10:00 AM
1/16/04 Friday W. Basketball
Siena* HOME 7:00 PM
1/17/04 Saturday Track & Field
Manhattan Invitational HOME 10:00 AM
1/18/04 Sunday W. Basketball
Fairfield*(DH) HOME 1:00 PM
1/18/04 Sunday M. Basketball
Fairfield*(DH) HOME 4:00 PM
1/20/04 Tuesday W. Basketball
Fordham HOME 7:00 PM
1/23/04 Friday M. Basketball Loyola
(MD)* HOME 7:00 PM
1/24/04 Saturday Track & Field
Army West Point, NY TBA
1/25/04 Sunday W. Swimming CW
Post/NJIT Brookville, NY 1:00 PM
1/25/04 Sunday W. Basketball
Rider* HOME 2:00 PM
1/25/04 Sunday M. Basketball Iona* New Rochelle, NY 4:00 PM
1/30/04 Friday W. Basketball Canisius*(DH)
HOME 5:30 PM
1/30/04 Friday M. Basketball
Niagara*(DH) HOME 7:00 PM
1/30/04 Friday W. Swimming
Fairfield* Fairfield, CT 7:00 PM
1/31/04 Saturday M. Tennis Columbia Big
Apple New York, NY TBA
1/31/04 Saturday Track & Field
Princeton 5-Way The Armory TBA
…………January events downloaded 06 Dec 03
[Sports from College]
MEN'S BASKETBALL'S UPSET BID FALLS SHORT, 69-63
Syracuse, NY (December 17, 2003)- The Jaspers looked to gain a measure of revenge from the team that knocked them out of the NCAA Tournament last season, and led by eight, 42-34, at the half, but Manhattan's upset bid fell short against the defending national champion Syracuse Orangemen, 69-63.
After a Josh Pace jumper gave Syracuse (4-1) a 2-0 lead 1:14 into the game, Manhattan scored the next 10 points to take the early 10-2 lead. The Orangemen answered with a run of their own to knot the score at 10-10 with 15:33 remaining in the first half.
The rest of the first half was a see-saw battle that saw 11 lead changes and six ties until Manhattan (3-2) outscored Syracuse 14-6 over the last 4:55 of the half to take a 42-34 halftime lead.
Each team shot well in the first half, as the Jaspers shot 59.3% (16-27) and the Orangemen shot 61.9% (13-21). Senior Jason Benton scored 12 of his season-high 14 points in the first half on perfect six-of-six from the floor.
Syracuse switched from its traditional 2-3 zone to an aggressive man-to-man in the second half, and the Jaspers had touble adjusting as Syracuse scored the first eight points of the second half to even the score at 42-42 with 17:40 left. Syracuse's Billy Edelin scored 12 of his team's first 17 second half points as the Orangemen opened up a four point lead, 52-48, with 12:38 remaining.
Manhattan made just six second half field goals on 26.1% shooting (6-23) as Syracuse gradually built its lead to eight, 64-56, with 4:16 remaining. The Jaspers could get no closer than five the rest of the way.
Joining Benton in double-figures were Luis Flores (game-high 22 points), and Dave Holmes, who tallied 12 points and nine caroms.
Edelin led three Syracuse players in double-figures with 17 points. Joining Edelin were Gerry McNamara (16 points) and Hakim Warrick (12 points, 10 rebounds).
The Jaspers return to action on Saturday, December 20, when they battle Richmond at Madison Square Garden as part of the Dreyfus Classic. The game follows the Duke/Texas game and will tip off at approximately 2:30 p.m.
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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL INKS THREE PLAYERS
Riverdale, NY (December 16, 2003) - The Lady Jaspers have inked three players to play for the Manhattan women's basketball team beginning the 2004-05 season. Caitlin Flood (Blairstown, NJ/ North Warren Regional), Aubrie Dellinger (Lebanon, PA/ Cedar Crest) and Joann Nwafili (Maplewood, NJ/ Columbia) will join the Lady Jaspers as part of the class of 2008.
“Caitlin, Joann and Aubrie exemplify the qualities and characteristics we look for not only as a member of the women's basketball program but also as a member of the Manhattan College campus community,” commented Head Coach Myndi Hill. “All three are already proven leaders and winners on the basketball court and in the classroom. We are very confident this will carry over into their college career.”
Flood a 5-11, forward has recorded 1,366 points in just three years as a starter for the North Warren Regional Patriots. In her junior year, Flood received many accolades, as she was a Star Ledger First Team All-Group 1 selection, First Team All-West Jersey selection, Top 15 Women's Basketball players for juniors in New Jersey by the Jersey Herald, Express Times First Team All Area, 2002-03 Warren County Player of the Year, First Team All Warren County, and First Team All Conference.
“Caitlin gives us a versatile player whom we can utilize on the inside or move out to the perimeter,” noted Hill.
Dellinger a guard from Lebanon, Pennsylvania has also posted over 1,000 points during her high school campaign. Dellinger played a key role in the Lancaster Lebanon League and District Three Class AAAA Championships for the Cedar Crest Falcons. In both her sophomore and junior year, Dellinger was selected All-County, All-Section and All-League for the Falcons.
“Aubrie is a talented combination guard who can shoot, drive, and pull up,” stated Hill.
Nwafili, a 5-7 guard from Columbia High School, was the All-Conference, All-County, All Area, and MVP of the Columbia basketball team last season.
According to Hill, “Joann is an explosive guard who loves to get the ball to the basket. She also has a nice touch from the outside.
Last season, the Lady Jaspers captured the 2003 MAAC Regular Season and Tournament Championships making their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1996. This season Manhattan is currently 3-3 overall and 0-2 in the conference.
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ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL OUTING FOR MANHATTAN TRACK & FIELD
Daly Broke the School Record Again in the Pole Vault While Pellet, and Cruz Break Personal Records
Bronx, NY (December 12, 2003)- Manhattan Track & Field competed yesterday at the Christmas Invitational at the Vincent T. Lombardi Center at Fordham University. Jenna Daly (Massapequa, NY) captured first place in the Pole Vault jumping 10’6 breaking the school record, which was set by her last week. Andrew Pellet (Croton, NY) qualified for the Metropolitan Championships in the Men’s High Jump with a jump of 6’2 breaking his own personal record. Joseph Cruz (New York, NY) also earned a qualifying mark for the Metropolitan Championships after he broke his personal best time in the 60m High Hurdle preliminaries with a time of 8.7.
Lady Jasper Marina Liander (Staten Island, NY) came in second place in the Shot Put after her throw of 13.04m and also the Weight Throw 15.46m. Ginine Lucarello (Mastic Beach, NY) finished fourth in the women’s mile race coming in at a time of 5:30.5.
On the men’s side, Michael Freeman (East Greenwich, RI) placed second in the Weight Throw throwing 18.29m. Dan Gazzola (East Greenwich, RI) finished fourth in the Weight Throw with a toss of 16.49m. In the 60m Hurdles, Magnus Ahlen (Karlstad, Sweden) tied for fifth place running in a time of 7.1 seconds. Chris Breslin (Latham, NY) captured second place in the 800m finishing in 2:01.7 seconds. Doug Becht (East Patchogue, NY) ran the 3000m in a time of 9:00.2 placing second. The men’s 4 x 800 team earned first place running in a time of 7:51.5 missing the qualifying mark for the IC4A by five tenths of a second. The members include, Joseph Van Dyke (Millington, NJ), Kerry O’Brien (Middletown, NJ), Matt Reilly (Burnt Hills, NY), and Tyler Raymond (Scotia, NY).
The Jaspers compete again on Friday, January 9 at the Fordham/St. John’s Invitational, which will be held at the Armory at 12:00pm.
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VAN CAUTEREN RECOGNIZED BY THE AVCA
Riverdale, NY (December 11, 2003) – Senior tri-captain Luka Van Cauteren was recognized by the AVCA in their All-Region team selections posted this week, as she was acknowledged as an honorable mention in the Mid-east section for the second straight year.
Van Cauteren, in addition to being recognized by the AVCA has received several accolades this season, including being named to the Academic All-District Team, being selected as the 2003 MAAC Player of the Year, 2003 MAAC Tournament MVP, a three-time MAAC Player of the Week selection, 2003 MAAC Preseason Player of the Year, and breaking the record for kills in a season in Manhattan volleyball history with 610 kills. In the 2003 season, Van Cauteren, in addition to the 610 kills, recorded 398 digs, 728 assists, 86 total blocks, 57 service aces along with a .314 hitting percentage.
Manhattan (21-14, 8-1 MAAC), went back to the NCAA Tournament this season for the second straight year, after capturing the MAAC regular season crown, taking two matches in the MAAC Tournament, clinching the tournament championship and a berth to the NCAA Tournament. The Lady Jaspers faced #4 Pepperdine in the first round of the tournament, despite the solid effort they fell in three straight games.
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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL FALLS TO DePAUL, 98-57
RIVERDALE, NY (December 10, 2003) – In their second home game of the season, the Lady Jaspers fell to Conference USA member, DePaul. With the loss, the Lady Jaspers fall to 3-3 on the season. Manhattan was led by junior Serra Sangar, who posted a career high 22 points along with 7 rebounds.
DePaul jumped out on a quick 9-0 run to start the first half, the Blue Demons shot 68.6 percent from the field for the half. The Blue Demons scored 20 points in the first five minutes of the game. Khara Smith shot 6-8 from the field, posting 12 points, leading DePaul into the half with a 59-35 lead.
DePaul continued their success in the second half holding the Lady Jaspers to 22 points with a field goal percentage of 25.8. Sangar posted 10 points and 3 rebounds in the second half for the Lady Jaspers
Freshman Kristen Tracey posted a career high 10 points and four rebounds, and freshman Michelle Bernal-Silva tallied a career high 7 points and 9 rebounds, in the loss.
Leading the way for the Blue Demons (6-0), were Khara Smith who totaled 23 points with nine rebounds, and Sarah Kustok who went 5-6 from the three point line, posting 15 points for the game.
The Lady Jaspers will head down to Newark, Delaware to face the University of Delaware Blue Hens in their next contest, on Monday December 22 at 7 pm.
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[Sports from News & Web]
Copyright 2003 Rochester Democrat
and Chronicle
All Rights Reserved
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
December 14, 2003 Sunday Metro Edition
SECTION: SPORTS; Pg. 10D
LENGTH: 1956 words
HEADLINE: 2003 ALL-GREATER ROCHESTER FOOTBALL TEAM
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C.J. Lee
Pittsford
One of Section V's top athletes. Monroe County all-star defensive back picked off six passes for the Panthers (6-3). Ran for six touchdowns and threw for three more as Pittsford's quarterback. Also returned a punt for a score. Honor roll student maintains an 89 average. Recruited by Division I schools for football and basketball. Two-time AGR first-team basketball guard. Accepted basketball scholarship from Manhattan College.
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LOAD-DATE: December 16, 2003
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[EMAIL FROM JASPERS]
[Email01]
From: Justin N. (1952) Tierney
Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2003 7:29 PM
Subject: Re: http://ferdinand_reinke.tripod.com/jasperjottings20031214.htm
My dear Marjorie,
I could not read any of your messages today. Justin said I could not do the one about cleaning the mouse.
We have a leak in the ceiling of the hall. Thank God we have a maintenance dept. and the best man came.. He lives far away but he was the only one home.
Joan always buys me a wreath from the school as a fund raiser.
Next Sunday they will celebrate all our birthdays at the club.
I am sorry I could not get your emails since one of them was from Juan and are always good. One was marked cute. Our mouse is new so does not need cleaning.
Love and prayers, Jean
[JR: I really didn't understand, but, "love and prayers" right back at you. (I guess dealing with elderly relatives has made me a lot more understanding of the things I don't understand.) ]
[Email02]
From: John
R (1968) Goll
Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 1:33 AM
Subject: Re: http://ferdinand_reinke.tripod.com/jasperjottings20031214.htm
Curmudgeon.....A bad-tempered, ill-mannered man.
What would a bad-tempered, ill-mannered woman be called? Curmudgeoness?
Keep up the good work
Regards,
Jack Goll
[JR: My dictionary says the same. But I kinda of envision a W.C.Fields type with plain as your nose on your face wisdom. Which kinda fits a Jasper! Down to earth practicality. Reminds me of our fellow Jasper, who hides behind the mask! Any way, thanks for the kind words. ]
Main
Entry: cur·mud·geon
Pronunciation: (")k&r-'m&-j&n
Function: noun
Etymology: origin unknown
Date: 1577
1 archaic : MISER
2 : a crusty, ill-tempered, and usually old man
- cur·mud·geon·li·ness /-lE-n&s/ noun
- cur·mud·geon·ly
/-lE/ adjective
[Email03]
From: Kevin Sarsfield
(1970)
Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 8:27 PM
Subject: Re: http://ferdinand_reinke.tripod.com/jasperjottings20031207.htm
Hi, John...
Got your message re. providing Names to go with e-mail addresses..
My info follows:
Kevin Sarsfield
'70 Science
Hope this helps.
BTW, could you send this info to Pat Scopelitti ('70) who sent you a resume in your Jjot of 12/13/03? Or, if you prefer, please send me his e-mail so that I might contact him.
Thanks and enjoy the holidays.
Kevin
[JR: Every one is one less that is a UFO. Done by BCC. ]
[Email04]
From: Robert A Helm (1951)
Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 10:22 PM
Subject: RE: http://ferdinand_reinke.tripod.com/jasperjottings20031214.htm
Good Evening, John:
1. Just a quickie re the e-mail about Happy Holiday. My Lady has exploded this year about the feast of st. reindeer! She has gathered every deeply religious card she can find and is sending them to the world. I have joined forces with her and am sending e-mails to my entire list wishing all a Merry Christmas and a Healthy New Year...I am sick of all the tripe from the American Communist Liberties Union and their anti-Christian campaign to destroy our Judeo-Christian heritage and I think that it is about time that all of us get up from our chairs and demand that all the pro-com jurists that rule against out heritage - such as that lame-brain chief justice from Alabama - simply resign. And keep up the pressure wherever we see them...in the mall, their church (if they dare go), on the street, in the halls of their courthouse (NEVER in their courtrooms) NEVER call them names, merely continue to press for their resignations as their decisions against God are a violation of their oaths of office!!!!!! My oath of allegiance in 1946 and again in 1960 ended with the words "So help me God" I think that all of the judges in these United States use the same phrase, do they not? If all of us get just one jerky jurist off the bench, we may yet prolong the life of our republic. (This got a little longer than a 'quickie, John...Sorry)
[JR: I suggest we demand the impeachment of one Supreme, one from the Ninth Circus, and one from the District Court level. Pick the worst one and nuke him or her. Then watch the close attention to the Constitution pick up. ]
[Email05]
From:
Joe Dillon (1967))
Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 11:59 AM
Subject: alum/Iraq
John-how are you?
Another alum now in Balad, Iraq (north of Bagdad) is Capt. Aaron Feldman ’97 recently awarded Bronze Star for “exceptionally meritorious service” while serving as brigade staff judge advocate with the 205th Military Intelligence Brigade. Previously, Capt. Feldman had received the Army Commendation Medal and the Army Achievement Medal.
On a separate subject, we are making a special effort to update our alum emails. Can you provide us with your list? If not, please ask your subscribers to send us an email update for their alum records. Thanks.
=
Joe:
I am hanging in there. Still searching, but I think I am getting close to an even better job.
Thanks for the info. I have added him to the "list" that some Jaspers are using for "praying for" lists.
I don't think you'd want my list. It's pretty crappy. But I will urge everyone to update their records with the alumni database. OK? That, and when I solicited the addresses, I promised not to disclose them (that's why the BCC contact procedure) Some are afraid that you'll hit them up for money. ;-)
Best
wishes,
John
[JR: Come on people. Toddle over to the alumni site and update your info. In between holy-day parties and computer games, not everyone is in Church all the time. Help Joe out; get me off the hot seat with him! ]
[Email06]
From: Steven
G. (1981) Esposito
Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 3:48 AM
Subject: Fwd: December 2003 Christmas From Steve in
Iraq
hAPPY hOLIDAYS TO YOU JOHN AND THE MANHATTAN COLLEGE FAMILY...GOD BLESS, STEVE
[JR: It's a long way from Iraq to NJ so Steve had to yell. ]
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Subject: December 2003 Christmas From Steve in Iraq
Sorry
....I didn't get out Christmas cards....but I haven't been to the PX in over a month...not to mention a haircut ..& I have 30 minutes on line and I have to send my greetings from a memory stick attachment.......but this will have to do, so open the attachment. Merry Christmas to all, and to all a Good night...but I wish I could call, wish I could write, but this message will have to do to wish you a blessed Christmas night!!!!
..take care God Bless all especially America and Merry Christmas from Iraq as I miss you!!
Steve
MAJOR
STEVE ESPOSITO
404TH CAB(SO)
SO-38/B CO
APO, AE 09347
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From: Steven
G. (1981) Esposito
Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 5:18 AM
Subject: Fwd: here it is
From our CGSC classmate Elsa
Steve
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From: <privacy
invoked>
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 11:00 AM
To: <privacy invoked>
Subject: here it is
In a message dated 12/11/2003 9:17:59 AM Eastern Standard Time, <privacy invoked> writes:
http://www.dix.army.mil/PAO/post03/post120503/ForwardSurgicalTeam.htm
here it is
Forward
Surgical Team takes life-saving show on the road
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Sgt. Robert L. Jones
444th MPAD/Fort Dix PAO
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Forty-mile-per-hour winds hurtle clouds across the sky as raindrops pelt outprocessing Soldiers moving between Mills Clinic and the main Soldier Readiness Check (SRC) site. Apparently, it’s another Fort Dix day of dreary weather — but not for everyone.
1982nd FST/Lt. Col. Michael Badellino
A family in the field, Soldiers of the 1982nd Forward Surgical Team, a U.S. Army Reserve unit based in New York, present a united front during their deployment to Iraq. The unit is demobilizing at Fort Dix. The unit provided emergency trauma support in the field during its deployment, working with Combat Support Hospitals near Baghdad. Above, Lt. Col Michael Badellino and Maj. Kurt Vonfricken operate on a casualty in the 1982nd FST's trauma operating room while on deployment.
Spc. Michael Kelso, a combat medic serving with the 1982nd Forward Surgical Team (FST),just returned from Iraq, has a different perspective.
Peering up at the sky, Kelso comments, “You know, I kind of miss the rain. It only rained twice when we were out there.” He says he’s glad to be back home, or - to be more exact - almost home.
The 1982nd FST just returned from a seven-month deployment as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Initially supporting Operations Cliffhanger and Gangbusters, in the northern part of Iraq, the unit finally established base operations at Camp Warhorse, north of Baghdad in Ba’qubah. There, the Soldiers provided direct emergency trauma support to combat units as part of Task Force Iron Horse under the Fourth Infantry Division (ID).
For those laboring under the misimpression that the medical service field is an easy gig, the truth lies with the Soldiers serving with an FST. “We had half the unit augmenting the aid station, while the other half would provide combat support out in the field,” said 2nd Lt. Bryan Hall, an operating room registered nurse from Lewiston, N.Y.
“We moved right out with the line units on convoy,” said Staff Sgt. Paul Newton of Hamburg, N.Y., an operating room technician and the unit’s first sergeant. “It didn’t matter where we were, we’d be under constant fire from mortar attacks and IEDs (improvised explosive devices).”
The forward surgical team is a new concept in military medical operations. According to 1982nd Commander Lt. Col. Michael Badellino, the 20-Soldier unit is designed for maximum flexibility and mobility, to be able to “leapfrog” along with combat and support units as they move. Badellino is the unit’s chief surgeon whose background as a trauma surgeon at Lehigh Valley Medical Center in Allentown, Pa., has prepared him for the rigors and chaos of combat.
“In Operation Desert Storm,” said Badellino, describing the origins of the FST concept after that 1991 war, “80 to 85 percent of casualties didn’t make it to the first echelon of medical care. Of those who did make it, we lost almost five percent of casualties just to blood loss.” The 1982nd was formed in 1997, and this mission was its first test under fire. There are presently about 10 FSTs serving in Iraq.
Sgt. Maja Chromiak, a combat medic from Cheektowaga, N.Y., explained how the 1982nd was crucial in saving lives of many casualties that might have never made it. “When patients come into our operating room,” she said, “the first thing we do is stop the bleeding. We stabilize them and give them blood infusions before moving them up to CASH,” referring to the 21st Combat Support Hospital at Camp Anaconda in Balad. Over the course of operations, the 1982nd treated over 50 patients, ranging from U.S. service members, civilian children and Iraqi EPWs (enemy prisoners of war). Of those patients, about 25 were operated on.
The medics, doctors, nurses and medical technicians saw the most punishing, life-threatening battlefield injuries. The unit performed such life-saving surgeries as neck explorations, laparotomies (abdominal surgeries) and amputations. Hall reflected on the nature of the unit’s mission, noting the fact that most of the unit’s personnel work in the medical arena in their civilian lives as well.
“These FST soldiers have seen more horrific cases in Iraq than they’ll see in a lifetime,” Hall said, matter-of-factly. He pauses to consider the weightiness of what the unit had been through. “They don’t need to see that ever again.”
In carrying out that grueling mission, Newton felt that the unit’s strength lay in its esprit de corps. “The strength of our unit is in our cohesiveness. We always counted on that,” said Newton. “No matter what, we got along. If we had to set up our gear, there wasn’t any griping. The soldiers rarely separated into cliques; we did it all together. Sure, we had problems, but they always got resolved.”
For an FST, down time comes at a premium. Hall said that the chaos was so unpredictable that “I just slept in my BDUs the entire tour.” Chromiak, a native of Poland, who has been in the United States just seven years, recalls a pair of memorable moments: When the unit turned in its equipment in Kuwait, she met a couple of her countrymen, soldiers serving in the Polish army. “Yes, it made me homesick, but it was good meeting them,” she admitted. Another high point was when comedian Drew Carey and actress Kathy Kinney, who plays “Mimi” on his show, stopped by their base in Iraq while touring with the USO.
Newton remembers the good times the unit had celebrating the troops’ birthdays. “We always did stuff for people’s birthdays, like buying a cake on the economy,” he reminisced. “Packages from home were a big thing: We’d listen to dance music on CDs people got in care packages, pass around food, like a pepperoni one guy got, cookies,” said Newton.
Often, the festivities were short-lived. “We were giving one of our troops, Spc. Kara Manning, a party for her 21st birthday. Right as it started, a mortar attack stopped the party.” Newton said. “Every holiday we had, whether it was Labor Day, of the Fourth of July, they’d know,” he said referring to guerilla holdouts still fighting for Saddam Hussein, “and they’d hit us with a mortar attack.” All told there were about 45 mortar attacks on the 1982nd through the course of the war. Fortunately, the unit returned intact.
The commander’s memories mostly centered around his pride for his unit for having performed intense trauma surgeries under direct enemy fire. It’s a little difficult to pick up in the actual words he uses to relate what his unit accomplished in Iraq. Lt. Col. Badellino’s account is succinct and understated: “We did some major cases. We saved a few lives.”
But, the hard look in his eye and the way he holds his head high when speaking of his officers, NCOs and troops says volumes more. He doesn’t need to brag out loud.
Staff Sgt. Raymond St. Denis, a combat medic from Syracuse, N.Y., probably speaks for everybody in the 1982nd when recounting his only overriding memory: The oppressive, parching and blistering heat. “It felt like a hair dryer constantly blowing hot air on you,” said St. Denis. “And, of course, the dust on top of that, got in your teeth, your ears and eyes. Sand even got into my waterproof Army flashlight. It was the strangest thing.”
After the first three weeks, suffering the heat and the sand, he and Kelso built an improvised shower out of Styrofoam pallets, a medical chest and old Iraqi vent tubing and a faucet. “We filled it with a five-gallon bucket from the water buffalo,” said Kelso. “That was the shower we used the whole time we were out there.”
No wonder Spc. Kelso looks up at the overcast New Jersey sky as though the rain were coming from heaven.
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[JR: Steve, thanks for some interesting stuff. Keep your head in the game and down! Get home soon. ]
[Email07]
From: NancyMaksomski (1998)
Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 10:17 AM
Subject: Jasper Jottings
John,
I received a copy of the Jasper Jottings from a friend of mine. I would like to be added to the distribution list. I can be emailed at <privacy invoked> . Thanks.
Nancy
[JR: OK, who is to blame for sharing their "private" copy? ;-) ]
[Email08]
From: Padraic E. Mulvihill (1968)
Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 3:06 PM
To: Ferdinand John Reinke (@ Home Office)
Cc: Joseph P. Dillon Sr.
Subject: Establish in early 2004 of "Jaspers of Northeast Florida"
Alumni Club
Friday- 12/19/03
John:
Greetings to you and your family in this Christmas season.
I look forward to reading your "Jaspergrams" every week, and keeping current on the "state of union in Riverdale,etc.". It certainly has been a quick 40 years since you and I graduated from the Prep. I have had lunch with Brother George (Berrian) a number of times in the past few years- when he was on vacation down here with some friends at Sawgrass (Ponte Vedra Beach), and enjoyed reminiscing with him on the many days/years we spent at the Riverdale Campus.
I have attached some correspondence between Joe Dillon and myself regarding the formation of an Alumni Club in the Jacksonville FL area. This project has been in a gestation phase for the past few years and I believe that there may now ( in 2004 )be a critical mass of alumni in this area to make this Jasper Club of Northeast Florida viable ( similar to Atlanta; South and Central Florida; and, Southwest Florida-Naples/ Ft.Myers) .
I was wondering if you might have in your recently updated electronic data base, the names/e-mail addresses of those Jaspers who are currently residing in the I-95 corridor between Brunswick, GA and Daytona Beach FL (Jacksonville is the center for this South Georgia/North Florida area).
If you have any questions on this project, please give me a call. My electronic Business Contact Card is attached.
Thank you. Have a Happy Christmas and New Year 2004!
Best regards.
Pat Mulvihill
[JR: Pat, I don't have such but if there is any one in your target area who wants to get involved, jottings would be pleased to forward any messages to you along. As we have been doing for anyone who askes. Forty years? Not until next June! Don't rush it. Arghh, now I really feel old! ]
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From: Padraic E. Mulvihill
Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 9:24 AM
To: Joseph P. Dillon Sr.
Subject: Follow-up on our conversation during week of 12/15/03
Friday-12/19/03
Joe:
Greetings.
This is to follow up on our phone conversation earlier this week. The names of the Jacksonville,FL "area" surrounding towns and cities are listed in my e-mail attached below. As I mentioned on the phone:
The Jacksonville area is only recently experiencing significant growth and now has,in our six county metro-area, over one million residents. The city itself has approximately 750,000 people in the Jacksonville 875 sq. mile land area ( Duval County and Jacksonville were consolidated into one governmental unit to eliminate redundancies, and it thereby became the "largest U.S. city" in land area). To place Jacksonville in relation to the rest of Florida which has approximately 16 million residents- it is approximately five to six percent of the state-wide population total.
Enough for geo- demographics. If your assistant has any question regarding the ZIP codes, please pass along my office phone #. I have attached an electronic Business Card below.
I want to wish you and your family a Happy and Blessed Christmas and New Year.
Best regards.
Padraic E. "Pat" Mulvihill BBA-Accounting '68
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From: Joseph
P. Dillon Sr.
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 11:21 PM
To: Padraic E. Mulvihill
Subject: Re: Regional Club Leader("RCL") Survey
Pat-thanks;will be in touch
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Quoting "Padraic E. Mulvihill"
Friday- 9/19/03
Dear Joe:
YES, I am interested in remaining as a RCL in Northeast Florida/Southeast Georgia area (Jacksonville and its Beaches, Ponte Vedra, Flager / Palm Coast, St. Augustine, Ormond / Daytona, St. Simons / Brunswick / Sea Island, Fernandina / Amelia Island, Ocala / Gainesville etc.)
Please give me a call in the near future to discuss this activity- I believe that there is a recent influx of MC Alumni in this area and would like to see if there are listings available.
Best
Regards,
Padraic E.("Pat") Mulvihill
BBA'68
[JR: Calling all readers in the above cited areas! ]
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FINAL WORDS THIS WEEK
http://www.lewrockwell.com/taylor/taylor53.html
Authorized Data Collection on Teachers
by Linda Schrock Taylor
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The US Census Bureau and the US Department of Education have now teamed to collect data on teachers, via the "SCHOOLS AND STAFFING SURVEY, 2003-2004 SCHOOL YEAR." I cannot help but question their motives, as well as the use of taxpayer monies. The 48-page questionnaire was placed on my desk, with a note stating, "You have been chosen…" and my first thought was a facetious, "Well, aren't I lucky?"
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This survey leaves me offended by the intrusion; angry about the time taken away from my teaching duties; disgusted about the waste of taxpayers' monies. I hope that hundreds of teachers will choose to only answer sensible questions; refuse to answer personal questions; write negative comments as warranted and especially complain about this new attempt to build a data base. The government has no right to intrude in our lives in this manner, and this survey serves no other purpose.
The public school system is not reform-able; not fixable; not save-able. The educational establishment is doomed; the 'jobs project' that has supported so many, for so long, is overdue for implosion. This 48-page waste of paper, multiplied by the hundreds/thousands of teachers who will have to take it, simply weakens another portion of the educational foundation, hurrying its eventual collapse. They are playing right into our hands.
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Aghh, (To quote John) what can I say. Government is the problem. Government schools do nothing more than create uneducated citizens who believe that government is the answer. Jut watch Jaywalkings. You couldn't make this stuff up. Quoting Walter Willaims, "If the Grand Wizard of the Klu Klux Clan wanted to destroy blacks, he could not have come up with a better way than the education system!" -
And that’s the last word.
Curmudgeon
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