Sunday 11 July 2004
Dear Jaspers,
As of July 1st, there is now only one way to get your
Jottings fix via email. You must join the Yahoo Group
Distribute_Jasper_Jottings. If you want
to receive it via email, you must send an email to
Distribute_Jasper_Jottings-subscribe-- AT --yahoogroups.com from that address
with your name and class as identifying information.
399 have registered on the Distribute site.
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This issue is at: http://www.jasperjottings.com/jasperjottings20040711.htm
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Fr July 30, '04, 11:30 A.M. Saratoga Race Course
--- Paddock Tent, Saratoga Springs, NY
--- Chairman: Bill Chandler ‘70
--- Club Leader: Rev. Erwin Schweigardt ‘61
Mo Aug 2, '04 -- Seventh Annual Jasper Construction Golf Open
--- at Lake Isle Country Club, East Chester, New York.
--- Further details to follow. Joseph E. Van Etten (MC????)
Sa Aug 7, '04 -- Pete Matzke Memorial 5-Kilometer Road Race
--- http://www.me.stier.org/matzke/masterpage.html
--- The 1996 graduate and engineering student at Manhattan College died in
--- an accidental fall on the Cornell University campus in August 1997.
--- The Maine-Endwell Central School District is located
--- four hours northwest of New York City.
Mo Sep 20, '04 -- The 4th Annual James Keating O'Neill Memorial Golf Classic
--- Hamlet Wind Watch Golf & Country Club in Hauppauge, Long Island.
--- More info on this year's event will be posted online www.jkogolf.org .
--- By July online registration will be available as well.
We Nov 3 Treasure Coast FL Alumni Holiday Inn
--- on US 1 in Stuart, Florida at noon
--- contact Ed Plumeau '52A c/o Jasper Jottings
We Dec 15 Treasure Coast FL Alumni Holiday Inn
--- on US 1 in Stuart, Florida at noon
--- contact Ed Plumeau '52A c/o Jasper Jottings
We Jan 26 Treasure Coast FL Alumni Holiday Inn
--- on US 1 in Stuart, Florida at noon
--- contact Ed Plumeau '52A c/o Jasper Jottings
We Mar 16 Treasure Coast FL Alumni Holiday Inn
--- on US 1 in Stuart, Florida at noon
--- contact Ed Plumeau '52A c/o Jasper Jottings
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My list of Jaspers who are in harms way:
- Afghanistan
- - Feldman, Aaron (1997)
- Iraq
- - Mortillo, Steven F., son of Mortillo, Steve (1980)
… … my thoughts are with you and all that I don't know about.
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http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2004/7/2/155515.shtml
What Makes America Unique
Sunday, July 4, 2004
Dinesh D’Souza, the Rishwain Scholar at the Hoover Institution, is the author of What’s So Great About America. Email: thedsouzas-- AT --aol.com
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More than any country in the world, America is the land of opportunity. This is usually understood in economic terms: the ordinary person has a better shot at success in the United States than anywhere else. As an immigrant to the United States, however, I view the notion of opportunity more broadly. America is the country where we are the architects of our own destiny. This is the place where we get to write the script of our own lives.
Admittedly the first thing that strikes the newcomer upon arriving in the United States is how well the common man lives. Rich people live well everywhere in the world. In many countries, however, the poor endure a different fate: they are slaves to necessity. The greatness of America is that it has extended the benefits of comfort and affluence, traditionally enjoyed by very few, to a large segment of society.
Very few people in America have to wonder where their next meal is coming from. Even sick people who don’t have money or insurance will receive medical care at hospital emergency rooms. The poorest American girls are not humiliated by having to wear torn clothes. Every child is offered an education, and most have the chance to go on to college. The ordinary fellow can expect to live well into his seventies and have time to play with the grandchildren.
Ordinary Americans not only enjoy security and dignity, but also comforts that other societies reserve for the elite. We now live in a country where construction workers pay $4 for a nonfat latte, where maids drive nice cars, and where plumbers take their families on vacation to Europe. I recently asked an acquaintance of mine who has been trying to relocate to the United States for years why he is so eager to come. He replied, “I really want to move to a country where the poor people are fat.”
Some European countries offer their citizens more welfare state benefits, such as national health insurance. In return, even middle class Europeans pay nearly 50 percent of their income in taxes.
America offers fewer government benefits but vastly greater economic opportunity and social mobility. Only in America could Pierre Omidyar, whose parents are from Iran and who was educated in France, have started the highly successful Internet auction site eBay. Only in America could Ronald Reagan, who grew up poor in the Midwest, go on to become a Hollywood star, governor of California, and then President of the United States.
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If there is a single phrase that captures this, it is the “pursuit of happiness.” America doesn’t guarantee happiness, but it guarantees you the freedom and the opportunity to discover happiness for yourself. Nobel laureate V.S. Naipaul analyses the term in this way: “It is an elastic idea; it fits all men. It implies a certain kind of society, a certain kind of awakened spirit. So much is contained in it: the idea of the individual, responsibility, choice, the life of the intellect, the idea of vocation and perfectibility and achievement. It is an immense human idea. It cannot be reduced to a fixed system. It cannot generate fanaticism. But it is known to exist, and because of that, other more rigid systems in the end blow away.”
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Of all the July 4th "stuff" I read,
this by an immigrant captured the essence of the promise of America. How can we
wrest America from the clutches of the two "me too" parties? I would
offer the Libertarian alternative. http://www.badnarik.org/Issues
/
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
john.reinke--AT--att.net
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Miller, Bill |
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Dans, Peter |
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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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[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.
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The following people have recently graduated from their respective colleges and universities.
GRADUATES
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Manhattan College
Worcester: Luciana Montilla, B.A.
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LOAD-DATE: July 4, 2004
Morning Call
(Allentown, PA)
July 1, 2004 Thursday FIFTH EDITION
SECTION: COMMUNITY REPORT, Pg. B7
HEADLINE: Area residents receive college degrees
BYLINE: The Morning Call
Residents in the Lehigh Valley region recently received college and university degrees.
Receiving bachelor's degrees were:
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Manhattan College, Riverdale, N.Y. -- Stephanie Hamill of Bethlehem.
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LOAD-DATE: July 1, 2004
The News Journal
(Wilmington, DE)
July 1, 2004 Thursday
SECTION: LOCAL; Pg. 15111511811RWXVUS
HEADLINE: Awards honor Blue-Gold participants
BYLINE: JACK IRELAND, Staff
Several participants in last Saturday's Blue-Gold High School All-Star Football Game were presented awards at the annual banquet, held June 25 at the Modern Maturity Center in Dover.
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Hall of fame elects 1990 Archmere alumna
Danielle Yearick, a 1990 Archmere Academy graduate, has been elected to the Manhattan College Sports Hall of Fame.
Yearick, a shortstop on the Manhattan softball team, set an NCAA Division I record for RBIs in one season. She also tied Division I marks for home runs (three) and RBIs (nine) in a single game. Yearick was named to the 1994 National Softball Academic All-American team.
Yearick became only the second softball player to be inducted into the Manhattan Sports Hall of Fame. The induction banquet will be held Dec. 4.
Yearick played on Archmere's 1990 state-championship team as a senior. She also played basketball and field hockey for the Auks. Yearick, a graduate of Villanova Law School, is a partner in the Wilmington firm of Tybout, Redfearn and Pell.
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LOAD-DATE: July 2, 2004
MCintheNEWS: Columbus Citizens Foundation (the Columbus Day Parade group) awards 3 scholarships to MC bound students.
Columbus Citizens Foundation to Present $1.1m in Four-Year College Scholarships Sixty-nine High School Graduates, 56 from the Tri-State Area, Find a College Education within Reach Awards Ceremony to be Held on June 30, 2004
6/28/2004 4:10:00 PM
NEW YORK, Jun 28, 2004 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Lawrence E. Auriana, President of the Columbus Citizens Foundation, announced today that the Foundation will present college scholarship awards to 69 high school graduates at a ceremony to be held on June 30, 2004. The students, 56 of whom are from the Tri-State area, will receive four-year college scholarships that total $1.1 million. "The Columbus Citizens Foundation is proud to recognize and support these young men and women who, despite difficult financial circumstances, have committed themselves to pursuing college educations," Mr. Auriana said. "We look forward to their continuing successes and involvement in their communities as they go on to greater achievements."
Recipients were chosen based on financial need and commitment to education and their communities. The states with the most recipients are New York (49), New Jersey (6), and Pennsylvania (4). A breakdown by state and city follows.
The scholarship recipients will be attending forty schools in the United States and Canada, including New York University (6), Fordham University (6), Binghamton University (4), Manhattan College (3), and Harvard University (2).
The Columbus Citizens Foundation, best known for organizing the Columbus Day Parade, is a non-profit organization that supports cultural initiatives and scholarship programs for students in elementary and high schools and in college.
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Contact: Andrew Decker,
212.222.4688; 917.860.3557;
Andrew.Decker-- AT --att.net
SOURCE Columbus Citizens Foundation
McintheNEWS: Todd, Jim (xMCsft) named to Toronto Raptors staff
INSIDEHOOPS.COM
Raptors News / July 2, 2004
Inside Hoops - Stockbridge,MA,USA
Raptors firming up basketball staff
... 86, he worked as a head coach at Fitchburg State, an assistant at Columbia University
(NY) and Marist College, and as associate head coach at Manhattan College ...
http://www.insidehoops.com/raptors-staff-070204.shtml
The Toronto Raptors announced Friday they have named Mike Evans, Jim Todd and Jay Triano to their basketball staff for the 2004-05 season, and have made director of player development Alex English an assistant coach. Todd and Triano will join English as assistants to head coach Sam Mitchell, while Evans will serve as a scout. Mitchell was named head coach June 29.
English and Todd will join Mitchell in Minneapolis from July 6-10 to assist with the Raptors' entry in the Minnesota Summer League, while Triano will travel to China next week to tend to his duties as head coach of the Canadian National Team.
"I am very happy with this coaching staff and know they embody the basketball philosophy that Rob Babcock (Raptors general manager) and I want to bring to this organization," said Mitchell. "These gentlemen have a vast amount of basketball experience on a myriad of levels. They will help us to prepare a team that works hard and is ready to compete each and every game."
English will continue his duties as director of player development with the Raptors. He was named to that post June 7. This will be his third stint on an NBA bench after serving as an assistant coach with the Philadelphia 76ers last season and with the Atlanta Hawks during the 2002-03 campaign. He began his professional basketball coaching career in 2001-02 as the head coach of the National Basketball Development League's North Charleston (S.C.) Lowgaters. In his lone season at the helm, English guided his team to a 36-20 record and a berth in the finals of the first NBDL Championship.
English was elected to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility in 1997 and is the NBA's 11th all-time leading scorer with 25,613 points. He averaged 21.5 points, 5.5 points and 3.6 assists in 1,193 regular season games with Milwaukee, Indiana, Denver and Dallas.
Todd rejoins Mitchell as both worked in a coaching capacity for the Milwaukee Bucks the past two seasons. Todd served as assistant coach/player development for the Bucks last season after working as a coaching consultant in 2002-03.
Todd has been involved in coaching basketball at the high school, college or professional level since 1976. He began his NBA career in Milwaukee in 1996 as an assistant coach under Chris Ford. He followed Ford to the Los Angeles Clippers in 1998, and was named interim head coach of the Clippers on February 3, 2000.
After graduating from Fitchburg State in 1976, Todd led Notre Dame High School in Fitchburg, Massachusetts to the state championship. From 1977-86, he worked as a head coach at Fitchburg State, an assistant at Columbia University (NY) and Marist College, and as associate head coach at Manhattan College.
From 1987-96, Todd served as head coach at Salem State University and finished his tenure with an overall record of 192-57 (.771), including a mark of 110-10 (.917) in Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference play. He led the school to eight playoff appearances. In 1990 was named NCAA New England Coach of the Year.
Triano returns for his third season as a member of the Raptors' coaching staff. He became the first Canadian born and Canadian trained coach in the NBA when he joined the Raptors in 2001.
A native of Niagara Falls, Triano has been the head coach of the Canadian men's national team for the past six years posting a 49-39 (.557) record. He led Canada to a semifinal berth in the 2003 FIBA Americas Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Puerto Rico and to a 5-2 record, second best to the United States, in the 2000 Olympics.
Triano began his coaching career in 1985 as an assistant at his alma mater Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia. He took over the school's head coaching duties in 1988 and served in that capacity until 1995. In 1992-93, he also worked as an assistant coach on the Canadian men's national team and in 1993-94 he was the head coach of the Canadian men's junior national team.
Evans has served as a player, scout, assistant coach, director of player personnel and head coach in his 20-plus years in the NBA. A first-round draft pick by Denver in 1978, he played nine seasons in the NBA averaging 7.7 points and 2.6 assists.
Evans spent six playing seasons with the Nuggets before joining their coaching staff in 1990. He was an assistant coach for the 1993-94 team that defeated No. 1 seed Seattle in the first round of the playoffs. He took over the head coaching duties of the Nuggets for the final 56 games of the 2001-02 season.
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MCintheNEWS: Jasmine Rogers is headed to Manhattan College to compete in both track and volleyball AND posted a 3.9, graduating in the top 25 percentile
Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette (Pennsylvania)
July 7, 2004 Wednesday REGION EDITION
SECTION: SPORTS, Pg.N-11
HEADLINE: QUAKERS' ROGERS IS THE REAL
DEAL IN TWO DIFFERENT SPORTS
BYLINE: COLIN DUNLAP TRI-STATE SPORTS & NEWS SERVICE
A few summers ago, Jasmine Rogers spent a month in Austria, visiting a friend and learning to speak German.
Hopefully, she mastered the correct pronunciation for "der Sieger," because that's the easiest way she can describe herself.
It translates to "winner."
A recent Quaker Valley High School graduate, Rogers capped off a stellar high school career with a great senior season.
She was an All-WPIAL and All-PIAA selection in volleyball from her setter position in the fall, but perhaps saved her best performances for the track. She picked up MVP honors at the prestigious Mars Invitational, but that regular-season showing was just a glimpse into what would come.
At the tail end of the track season, Rogers won four individual gold medals as she broke one and tied another highly regarded record in the process. In the WPIAL Class AA final, she won the gold medal in the 100-meter dash with a time of 12.13, but more impressively, ran the 100-meter hurdles in the fastest time ever recorded in the WPIAL for that distance, turning in a 14.18. Rogers' accolades continued when she made the trip to Shippensburg for the PIAA final, winning both events again -- in the span of 12 minutes -- as she posted a meet-tying time of 14.37 in the hurdles and then running a 12.36 in the 100, even with the ever-so-quick turnaround time.
For her efforts, Rogers, who is headed to Manhattan College to compete in both track and volleyball, has been named the Post-Gazette North Edition's Female High School Athlete of the Year.
Others who received strong consideration for the award included Fox Chapel Area basketball star Meagan Cowher and Butler senior soccer standout Annie Lowry.
While Rogers had success in two sports, she attributes much of it to the fact that she chose to drop a sport this season. Until this school year, she had also competed in basketball, but decided against it. Later, she said the decision was integral to her track success, in particular.
"I liked basketball, but I started to get really focused on track," she said. "In the winter this year, there wasn't that every day of having to go to practice and I really concentrated on running and lifting weights. I did that the entire time during the off-season and it definitely helped, I could really tell."
Some of the people in and around the track program didn't need to see the on-track results to know Rogers was in the best shape she had ever been.
"I was looking at a picture of her in the Post-Gazette from around the middle of the track season," Quaker Valley hurdles coach Bill Viccari said.
"In the pictures, you could just tell how much more lean and muscular her body was. She was already strong before she decided to dedicate herself in the weight room, but her workouts really, really paid off and were a big difference."
Rogers isn't just strong, but also very versatile, as is evidenced by her volleyball career.
She began on the left side as a hitter and played the position in her freshman and sophomore seasons, but when the Quakers were in need of a setter before Rogers' junior season, coach Jim Walls found himself in quite a quandary.
Guess who was chosen to make the move?
"Jasmine said that she'd do whatever if it helped us win," Walls said. "Asking her to make that move was like asking a point guard in basketball to go down and play center, but I knew she could handle it.
"There's not a lot of people that would have been able to pull that off."
It's not just in the athletic realm where Rogers thrives. Last summer she was selected to attend the Governor's School and has won numerous academic awards. In an extremely competitive Quaker Valley Class of 2004 -- where 27 students had a 4.0 or higher cumulative GPA -- Rogers posted a 3.9, graduating in the top 25 percentile.
"I feel safe saying that Jasmine is leaving Quaker Valley as the most accomplished student-athlete, male or female, in the history of the school," Walls said. "That's saying a lot, a whole lot.
"She's just the kind of person that wants to be the best at everything she does and is a ferocious competitor and a leader and I know we'll miss her next season."
GRAPHIC: Matt Freed/Post-Gazette QV's Jasmine Rogers smiles as she captures her second PIAA gold medal.
LOAD-DATE: July 7, 2004
Damiano, Chris (MC2003?) admits he's mostly struggled in area amateur tournaments.
MALLON deserves
prominent place
The Journal News.com - Westchester,NY,USA
... Since completing his career at Manhattan College last spring, Damiano admits
he's mostly struggled in area amateur tournaments. ...
By SAM WEINMAN, GOLFBEAT
(Original publication: July 6, 2004)
http://www.thejournalnews.com/newsroom/070604/c0306golfbeatweb.html
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Moving on: Say this about Chris Damiano's motivation in turning pro: At least he's honest. Most players who leave the amateur ranks behind do so because they're feeling good about their game. Damiano is doing it because he doesn't feel good enough.
Since completing his career at Manhattan College last spring, Damiano admits he's mostly struggled in area amateur tournaments. But in turning pro, Damiano figures he'll have added incentive to work on his game.
"It's not like I think I'm better than everyone else. I just wanted to go somewhere else," said Damiano, a Westchester Hills member and Scarsdale resident whose biggest career win came in the 2002 Westchester Amateur. "It's more of a focus thing. Now that there's money involved, my head will have to be in it."
Like Jerry Courville Jr., another high-profile area player who recently turned pro, the long-hitting Damiano will try his hand on the Cleveland (formerly New England) Golf Tour, then hopefully work his way up the ranks.
"Everyone dreams of making it on the big tour, but usually the only way to get there is through the mini tours," said Damiano, who played his last event as an amateur last week at the Stoddard Trophy matches. "Basically my game is good; it's just confidence. I can come out here (to Westchester Hills) and hit a leaf on a tree. But if I go somewhere else, the fairways could be 600 yards wide and I'd still miss it. I just have to get my confidence up."
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Reach Sam Weinman at sweinman-- AT --thejournalnews.com. Reach Sam Weinman at sweinman-- AT --thejournalnews.com.
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JASPERintheNEWS: Miller, Bill (MC1948) inducted into Manhattan College Hall of Fame
MILLER inducted into
Manhattan College Hall of Fame
By HAROLD GUTMANN THE JOURNAL NEWS
(Original publication: July 6, 2004)
The Journal News.com - Westchester,NY,USA
Before spin was a public-relations term, there was Bill Miller, and his attempts
to create positive publicity for Manhattan College out of one of the biggest
...
http://www.thejournalnews.com/newsroom/070604/06millerweb.html
Before spin was a public-relations term, there was Bill Miller, and his attempts to create positive publicity for Manhattan College out of one of the biggest scandals in college basketball history.
A Pearl River resident and 1948 Manhattan graduate, Miller was the Jaspers' first sports information director. When a gambling scandal hit the Riverdale campus in 1951, he became the envy of any current spin doctor. It would also serve as an example of Miller's support and dedication to Jaspers athletics and make him one of eight inductees elected last month to the Manhattan College Athletic Hall of Fame.
The game-fixing scandal that enveloped a handful of New York-area college basketball teams - most famously the 1950 NCAA and NIT champion City College - came to Manhattan College when two ex-Jaspers' captains tried to get first-year player Junius Kellogg to throw a game for $1,000.
Kellogg seemed like a well-picked target. He was talented, and the 6-foot-8 star center was one of 11 siblings in a poor family. But instead of taking the money, Kellogg told the school hierarchy and the Manhattan district attorney about the offer.
When the story broke, the city's afternoon dailies focused on how the Manhattan program was tainted with gambling money. The morning papers were about to pile on until Miller, in his recently created position of sports information director, hit the phones.
"You don't want the same story the afternoon papers have, here's the story - put the emphasis on Junius Kellogg," Miller told the New York Times, the Daily News, the Daily Mirror, the Herald Tribune and others.
Miller said that Kellogg, the team's first black player, should be admired for standing up to the gamblers; Kellogg's efforts, which included recording his conversations with the dirty Manhattan alums, led to widespread efforts to clean up the sport.
"(Miller) was instrumental in pointing out the courage of Junius Kellogg," said George Skau, head of the Hall of Fame Committee. "He's always been prominently in the forefront of promoting Manhattan athletics."
Miller went to La Salle Academy in Manhattan, where he won the quarter mile at the CHSAA Sectional Championships. He went to Manhattan on a track scholarship, but was called up to serve in the Army Air Corps Reserve toward the end of his freshman year.
After two years of service in the South Pacific and Asia, Miller used the G.I. Bill, which paid the tuition of veterans, to go back to Manhattan without needing an athletic scholarship to support his education.
"I didn't have to worry about money then, so I concentrated on what I was going to do after college," Miller said. "That's when I turned to the newspaper."
Miller became the sports editor of the campus newspaper, the Quadrangle, for two years, and the power of his writing quickly became apparent.
Manhattan planned to drop crew for financial reasons. The college eliminated its Division I football squad after World War II, but Miller's advocacy for crew helped save that program from a similar fate.
"It was one of the few times they take seriously what a guy with a sports column does," Miller said.
Miller is best known in the local track and field community as a sports writer for the New York Times, where Miller has worked continuously for 57 years. He is a recent recipient of the prestigious Jesse Abramson Award, given at the Penn Relays for outstanding reporting on track and field.
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Reach Harold Gutmann at hgutmann-- AT --thejournalnews.gannett.com or 914-696-8568.
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http://www.af.mil/bios/bio_6668.shtml
MAJOR GENERAL GARY W. O'SHAUGHNESSY
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Retired June 1, 1993.
Major General Gary W. O'Shaughnessy is commander of Air Force Intelligence Command and director of the Joint Electronic Warfare Center, both headquartered at Kelly Air Force Base, Texas. An Air Force major command, AFIC's 17,000 people worldwide provide timely services, products and resources in the interrelated areas of intelligence, security, electronic combat, foreign technology and treaty monitoring. The JEWC provides comprehensive electronic warfare support to the secretary of defense, the Joint Chiefs of Staff and other requesting Department of Defense agencies.
General O'Shaughnessy was born in New York City and completed high school at Brooklyn Preparatory. He earned a bachelor of arts degree in English from Fordham University in 1960 and a master of arts degree in education from Manhattan College in 1970. The general completed Squadron Officer School in 1964, Armed Forces Staff College in 1974 and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces in 1979.
He entered the Air Force in September 1960 after receiving his commission as a second lieutenant through the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps program. His first assignment was as an administrative officer at the Air Flight Test Center, Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
The general was a student at the Communications Intelligence Officers Course, Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas, from September 1962 until March 1963. Upon graduation he was assigned to the 6923rd Radio Squadron Mobile and then to an operating location of the 6925th Security Group, both Electronic Security Command units in South Vietnam. In September 1963 he became an intelligence officer with the 6925th Security Group, Clark Air Base, Philippines.
General O'Shaughnessy was assigned to the National Security Agency, Fort George G. Meade, Md., from September 1965 until April 1966, when he returned to South Vietnam as the Department of Defense special representative to the Military Assistance Command. He then was assigned as an instructor and commandant of cadets at Manhattan College. He remained there until June 1970, when he transferred to Pacific Security Region, Wheeler Air Force Base, Hawaii, as an intelligence officer.
The general became an assistant operations officer with the 6921st Security Wing, Misawa Air Base, Japan, in May 1972. In November 1972 he was transferred to Headquarters U.S. Air Force Security Service, San Antonio, as an intelligence officer, overseeing the operations of Pacific and Alaskan units until December 1973.
After completing the Armed Forces Staff College in July 1974, he returned to Fort Meade as National Security Agency representative to the Air Staff and also served for a period as military assistant to the director of National Security Agency. In April 1977 he became commander of the 6903rd Security Squadron, Osan Air Base, South Korea, where he developed concepts for intelligence support to tactical operations.
From June 1979 until June 1982 General O'Shaughnessy was commander of Electronic Security Command Pacific, Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, where he managed Electronic Security Command resources from Alaska to the Philippines, From Hawaii he was assigned parallel duties at Ramstein Air Base, West Germany, commanding all Electronic Security Command units in Europe. In May 1985 he became associate deputy director for operations, National Security Agency. In June 1987 he became deputy chief of staff for intelligence, Headquarters U.S. Air Forces in Europe, Ramstein Air Base. He was assigned as director of intelligence, J-2, Headquarters U.S. European Command, Stuttgart-Vaihingen, West Germany, in April 1988. In August 1989 General O'Shaughnessy took command of the Electronic Security Command, Kelly Air Force Base. He assumed his present position in October 1991.
The general's military awards and decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal with oak leaf cluster, Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster, Bronze Star Medal, Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster, Joint Service Commendation Medal and Air Force Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters. Also, he published a paper in the Air University Education Bulletin, 1968, titled, "Learning Through Reinforcement."
He was promoted to major general July 1, 1989, with same date of rank.
(Current as of April 1992)
[Reported as 1970]
JASPERontheWEB: Spence, Jean (MC????) is
http://www.kraft.com/newsroom/biosspence.html
JEAN SPENCE
Executive Vice President, Global Technology & Quality
Kraft Foods Inc.
Jean Spence is Executive Vice President of Global Technology & Quality for Kraft Foods. She is responsible for all product and packaging development, research, nutrition, quality, food safety and scientific affairs worldwide.
Spence joined Kraft in 1981 as a Research Engineer for Maxwell House coffee research and holds three U.S. and worldwide patents for her development work. She held a variety of management positions in Research and Development and Quality before being named Quality Assurance Director in 1993. A year later in 1994, Spence was named Research Director, Beverages then became Group Director for Beverages and Desserts in 1995. She became Vice President of Technology in 1996 and Vice President, Worldwide Quality and Scientific Relations in 1999.
In November 2001, she was appointed Senior Vice President of Worldwide Quality, Scientific Affairs and Compliance for Kraft Foods North America and was responsible for quality on a worldwide basis, coordinating global compliance programs, scientific relations, regulatory issues, microbiology and auditing. In August of 2003 she was named Senior Vice President, Research & Development, Kraft Foods North America. In that role, she oversaw basic research, nutrition and product, product, package and process development.
Prior to joining Kraft, Spence worked in manufacturing as a Process Supervisor for Procter and Gamble in Staten Island, NY.
Spence serves on the board of directors of the International Life Sciences Institute, CERES-Center for Food & Nutrition Policy, Girl Scouts Illinois Crossroads Council and Clarkson University Alumni National Executive Committee.
Spence received a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Clarkson University and an M.S. in Chemical Engineering from Manhattan College.
In more than 150 countries, Kraft Foods markets the world's favorite food and beverage brands including Kraft cheese, Jacobs and Maxwell House coffees, Nabisco cookies and crackers, Philadelphia cream cheese, Oscar Mayer meats, Post cereals, and Milka chocolates.
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[Liz Velasquez '98 reports: 1985 (Thanks, Liz) ]
JASPERontheWEB: Fischer, Grahme (MC1962)
Grahme Fischer has over 40 years of experience practicing various aspects of mechanical and forensic engineering. He has conducted and/or supervised many hundreds of accident investigations involving automobiles, trucks, motorcycles, bicycles, pedestrians and roadways, often using state-of-the-art computer software for analysis, for creating static visual descriptions, or for 3-D animations which illustrate an accident reconstruction. Clients have frequently praised the quality and clarity of his written reports and some attorneys have described him as “the leading accident reconstructionist in New York.”
Credentials
● a Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Columbia University, cited by the engineering and applied science faculty of Columbia for an “outstanding achievement”
● a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering degree from Manhattan College
● expert witness testimony pertaining to vehicle accident reconstruction and mechanical engineering cases in civil litigation, appearing at depositions and trials for both plaintiff and defense clients
● founding member and Director of the New York Statewide Traffic Accident Reconstruction Society, Inc. (NYSTARS, with a membership of over 200 persons)
● editor of the peer-reviewed newsletter, "NYSTARS News"
● invited lecturer at trial lawyers association meetings and at accident reconstruction seminars
● Professional Engineer (New York)
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Grahme Fischer, P.E.
Technical Problem Solvers, Inc.
Hauppauge, NY 11788-
[Liz Velasquez '98 reports: 1962 (Thanks, Liz) ]
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--AT--manhattan.edu
Actual jobs at MC are at: http://www.manhattan.edu/hrs/jobs
JASPERRESUME: Rodriguez, Fernando (MC2000)
Fernando Rodriguez
Scarsdale, NY 10583 US
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Dear Sirs,
My name is Fernando C. Rodriguez. I am a Manhattan College alumni from the class of 2000. I am very interested in obtaining a position with your firm. I hold a Bachelor's Of Science in Electrical Engineering.
My background is a diversified one. I am capable of working independently or in team-oriented environments. I possess good oral and written communication skills. The work experience and education I have acquired can be a great asset to your corporation.
I am positive that with the proper orientation and guidance I can be successful in your organization. If you are interested in my profile, please email me at <privacy invoked> so that we can arrange an interview. I look forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely yours,
Fernando C. Rodriguez
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Professional Resume
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Career Focus: Engineering & Architecture
Position Type: Permanent Full-Time
Education: 4-Year College Degree
Willingness to Relocate: No Relocation
Travel Preference: Light Travel
Travel Distance: 1 Hour
Electrical Engineer
Objective
To obtain a position in the field of engineering which will utilize my experience and knowledge while allowing the opportunity for growth and advancement.
Employment
FCR ENTERPRISES
SOLE PROPRIETOR 6/03 - Present
*Designed and installed custom audio and video and telephone systems
*Surveyed potential jobs and estimated cost of labor and materials
NYC DEP 8/00-4/01
Electrical Engineering Intern
* Researched and Surveyed Potential Jobs
* Estimated job cost and determined which comparable bid to accept
* Designed projects on Autocad 2000
* Performed Project management form inception of job to completion of work
* Supervised all facets of work performed by contractors
FCR Enterprises, Scarsdale, NY 6/88-8/00
Sole Proprietor
* Designed and installed custom audio and video systems
* Surveyed potential jobs and estimated cost of labor and materials
* Cable television subcontractor for TCI and Paragon cable systems
* Performed residential and commercial installations of cable systems
Audio Command Systems, R.C, NY 8/87 - 2/88
Field Service and Installation Technician
* Installed custom audio and video systems
* Serviced and maintained systems in the field
Audio Design Associates, WP, NY 6/83 - 5/87
Field Service and Installation Technician / Manager
* Managed six field technicians and coordinated their daily
schedules and delegated projects accordingly
* Reported directly to CEO on the status of all pending projects
* Traveled extensively (domestic and international) to perform
installations
Education
SCS Business and Technical Institute, NY - Graduate
Diploma in Digital Electronics and Computer Technology 1/80 - 9/81
Westchester Community College, Valhalla, NY - Graduate
A S in Engineering Science 5/98
Manhattan College Riverdale, NY - Graduate
B S in Electrical Engineering 5/2000
Professional memberships
The Institute of Electrical And Electronics Engineers, Incorporated
Languages
Fluent in English and Spanish
Computer Skills
Literate in all aspects of computer operations hardware and software
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
7/11/04 Sunday Track & Field US
Olympic Trials Sacramento, CA TBA
7/12/04 Monday Track & Field US
Olympic Trials Sacramento, CA TBA
7/13/04 Tuesday Track & Field US
Olympic Trials Sacramento, CA TBA
7/14/04 Wednesday Track & Field US
Olympic Trials Sacramento, CA TBA
7/15/04 Thursday Track & Field US
Olympic Trials Sacramento, CA TBA
7/16/04 Friday Track & Field US
Olympic Trials Sacramento, CA TBA
8/27/04 Friday W. Soccer
Binghamton North Rockland,
NY 4:00 PM
JASPERS TO COMPETE AT OLYMPIC TRIALS
Riverdale, NY (July 9, 2004)-Three graduates from Manhattan College are going to compete at the Olympic Trials this weekend in Sacramento, CA. Recent graduate Thomas Jacob Freeman ('04) and Patrick McGrath ('95) will compete in the Hammer Throw preliminaries on Saturday at 1:00pm. Assistant coach Lauren Primerano ('03) will compete in the Javelin preliminaries today Friday, July 9 at 12pm.
Charlotte Observer (North Carolina)
July 4, 2004 Sunday THREE REP EDITION
SECTION: SPORTS; Pg. 7C
HEADLINE: N. CAROLINA FRESHMAN BREAKS HAMMER-THROW JUNIOR RECORD
BYLINE: BRETT HONEYCUTT, STAFF WRITER
It has been a good year for North Carolina's Nick Owens, and it could get better.
Owens shattered the American junior record in the men's hammer throw on June 25 at the USA Junior Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Texas A&M. He also qualified for the World Junior Championships, July 13-18, in Grosseto, Italy. Both meets are for athletes 19 and under.
Owens, runner-up at last year's Pan Am Junior Championships, won ACC indoor and outdoor titles in the event and was the ACC male freshman field event athlete of the year this past season.
On his third of six throws, he heaved the hammer 234 feet, 4 inches to break the mark of 219-9 set by Manhattan College's Michael Freeman on June 23, 2003. Owens fouled on two of his six throws, but he easily beat runner-up Cory Martin of Auburn (220-6); three of Owens' four legal throws were farther than all but one of Martin's.
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Newsday (New York)
July 1, 2004 Thursday
CITY EDITION
SECTION: SPORTS; Pg. A73
HEADLINE: CITY ALL-STARS
BYLINE: Compiled by Marcus Henry and Christine Sampson
ALL-CITY FIRST TEAM
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First base: Matt Rizzotti, Molloy, sr. - There's a good chance Rizzotti led his team in intentional walks as well as all the other categories: he batted .512 with 52 RBIs, a school- record 15 home runs, earned the nickname "Mayor of Molloy" and often bemoaned the lack of pitchers who were willing to give him something to swing at. The Manhattan College-bound lefty also went 6-2 on the mound, with a 3.06 ERA and 76 strikeouts in 52 innings pitched, and played nearly error-free defense at first base.
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Outfield: Nunzio Franzese, St. Edmund, sr. - Franzese holds school records in at-bats, runs, hits, doubles, home runs and batting average. The Manhattan College-bound senior batted .500 this year, with 13 doubles, 4 triples, 8 home runs and 30 RBIs as his team advanced to the second round of the playoffs, and was part of St. Edmund's most successful season since joining the CHSAA's A league three years ago.
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JASPERsports: DeFino, Alicia will attend Manhattan College next year on a soccer scholarship
WHEATLEY Spring Sports Awards
By Fred M. Apgar
Rosyln News - Roslyn,NY,USA
... each sport. She was a heavily recruited athlete who will attend Manhattan College
next year on a soccer scholarship. Like DeFino ...
http://www.antonnews.com/roslynnews/2004/07/02/sports/wheatley.html
The Wheatley School conducted its Spring Sports Awards Program on Monday, June 7, at which time the coaches and athletes were recognized for their contributions to the athletic program. A similar program is conducted at the conclusion of each of the three high school sports seasons. One of the highlights of the program was the induction of coach Mo Schneider and alumnus Michael Ferrara into The Wheatley Hall of Fame. A reception in their honor was held prior to the start of the awards program.
For the past 36 years, Mo Schneider has coached the varsity boys and girls tennis teams. During his long and distinguished career, the Wheatley tennis program has been among the finest in Nassau County, and his winning percentage is over .900. His teams have garnered 13 Conference championships and four Nassau County titles. Of the 15 Wheatley tennis players who qualified for the New York State Tennis Championships, six brought home state titles.
Michael Ferrara, a 1985 graduate of The Wheatley School, was an outstanding student-athlete who excelled in baseball, basketball and football. During his senior year, Michael received All-Star honors in football and was a member of the New York State Basketball Championship team. As the captain of the baseball team during his senior year, Michael earned All-County honors. When not pitching, Ferrara fielded the shortstop and second base positions flawlessly while batting .380. Following his graduation, Ferrara attended Columbia University where he was a four-year starter on the baseball team.
Another highlight of the evening was the announcement and presentation of special awards. The Walter W. Wathey Award, which honors a former principal of The Wheatley School, was presented to Katie Papadopoulos for athletic excellence and outstanding service. Lauren Ball was the recipient of the George Glaser Memorial Award as the senior who most exemplifies the qualities of excellence and dedication to the athletic program. George Glaser was a graduate of The Wheatley School (1965) and charter member of The Wheatley Hall of Fame. The Scholar-Athlete Awards, which are presented for scholastic and athletic achievement, were presented to Erin Johnson and Vivek Kuncham.
The most prestigious awards to be presented recognized the Athletes of the Year. These awards are presented to those graduating male and graduating female student-athletes for outstanding athletic achievement, dedication, sportsmanship, and love of the game. The recipients were Alicia DeFino and Sean Johnson. Since the ninth grade, DeFino has been a starter on the varsity soccer, basketball, and softball teams, having received All-County honors in each sport. She was a heavily recruited athlete who will attend Manhattan College next year on a soccer scholarship. Like DeFino, Johnson has been a three-sport athlete during his high school years, having been a member of the cross-country, indoor track and lacrosse teams. Johnson has represented Wheatley in the New York State cross country championships and was captain of the lacrosse team this spring.
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From: Robert A Helm [1951]
Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 11:03 AM
Subject: FW:
Good Morning, Ladies and Gentlemen:
This message speaks for itself. Grandma was failing rapidly during the last month or so, and only recognized me once or twice. Mournfully, Robert A. Helm FNS sends
-----Original Message-----
From: Helen Helm
Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 2:23 AM
Subject:
Sadly, I have to tell you that Mom passed away shortly after midnight today,
June 28th. She never really woke up
Sunday and drifted off quietly and peacefully. Rob and I were with her most of
Sunday and went back again about 10pm and stayed until the end. I will have more info about the funeral Mass
later.
Helen A. Helm
[JR: Sorry to hear of the sad news. One can only repeat the
“better place” wish and that time heals all wounds. We’ll all be there some day
and so need to take heed that every day we are day closer to the “Final Issue”
of our own personal Jottings. What we have done and how we have done it will
determine our “score”. Sounds like a nice lady had a caring family as a tribute
to her accomplishments. Can’t ask for more than that. Best wishes, John’68]
From: jack goll [ 1968 ]
Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 5:19 PM
Subject: Fw: Bowling Bishop in our local newspaper-with photos!
Jim Falls is Molloy HS 1963 & Manhattan 1967
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Sunday May 23, 2004
Wednesday, May 12, 2004
Bowling Alley Bishop
Owner of Fireside Lanes has a different passion on weekends
By Jamie Trump The Press-Tribune
Jim Falls, on weekdays the owner of the Fireside Lanes, slips into a different role on weekends, serving as a bishop of the Granite Bay First Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Pardon the pun, but what Jim Falls does in his spare time has absolutely nothing to do with bowling. With a 193 average, Falls regularly picks up his share of spares at the bowling alley. However, he does much more than just bowl. The owner of Fireside Lanes in Citrus Heights fills a completely different role with his other passion.
At night and on weekends the Granite Bay resident trades in his bowling ball and shoes for a hymn book and button-up shirt, serving as bishop of the Granite Bay First Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
This might sound like a talented juggling act, but he’s not the only one to pull it off. The Mormon church relies on a completely lay ministry. Therefore, all service members balance a “regular day job” with volunteering time with the church and spending time with family.
“There’s no paid clergy,” Falls said. “Everyone gets different callings at different times. We’re all members of the church.”
Falls said it’s not as hard as it might seem to an outsider.
“If you enjoy things, it’s not taxing at all,” he said. “I enjoy working with people. We do it because we love it.”
To Falls, bowling is like any other hobby.
“Some people have hobbies like hiking or biking and mine is working with the church,” he said. “I don’t personally think religion was designed as a paid profession and obviously the church doesn’t either.”
As bishop, Falls works with the youth involved in the church on a weekly basis. He also coordinates large get-togethers at least once a month and on Sundays he presides over morning services and meets with patrons for three hours.
“I work with them (the youth), give them advice, council them, recreate with them,” he said. “I’m responsible for all other church responsibilities.”
Falls said a new bishop is appointed every six to seven years. Prior to being appointed as bishop two years ago, Falls was a young men’s president and a Sunday school teacher.
“You have a chance to do a lot of things,” he said.
Eleven million people are now involved with the Mormon Church “and it’s growing every day,” Falls said.
He converted to the religion 24 years ago. In June he bought the local bowling alley. Prior to that, he ran a construction company.
Falls, 58, has lived in Granite Bay for almost 30 years and said bowling is a recent hobby, referring to himself as more of an overall “sports freak.” His average score is an enviable 193.
In his spare time, he also finds time to act as an assistant coach with the Granite Bay High varsity football team and meet with widowers and senior citizens involved with the church.
Granite Bay’s Ken Lindelof is in a similar situation. During the day he works as a sales representative for Hewlett-Packard. At night he’s a deacon advisor and works with 12-13 year-old boys.
“All adults involved are in that same position,” he said. “It’s hard to say it’s hard work. Belonging to this church is really a way of life. It’s not just a meet-on-Sunday church. It seems natural. It’s just part of who you are. You get a lot of enjoyment out of it.”
Granite Bay resident Karen Motley – a speech pathologist at a school during the day and a young women’s president at night – said participating with the Mormon church actually has more benefits than cons.
“I get to know their (my children’s) friends on a different level,” she said.
Mike Pavik agreed.
“I know just about everyone at this church,” he said. “I’ve probably been to everybody’s house at least once.”
As for Falls, he plans to continue both his “jobs” for as long as he can.
“I just do it,” he said. “It’s not that hard. You stay young by moving, right?”
[JR: Thanks, Jack, for a GREAT nugget. I would have never caught it. So much for mechanical searching of the internet. Not only doesn’t everything in print make it to the net, but it is some really great stuff. Amazing where Jaspers wind up, who would have guessed a Mormon bishop. A little more uncommon than average. We all can appreciate a great “find” that this represents.]
From: Tom McGowan [1972]
Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 4:11 PM
Subject: NOx Elearning Course; Biomass WEF conference on thermal processes
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
This email is to inform you of a new E-Learning on line NOx Control course that I prepared in conjunction with AWMA. It is being offered for the first time this month. Detailed information can be had at http://www.awma.org/education/elearning/AIR311E.asp
This intermediate level course is focused on control of nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions for industrial heating equipment, including boilers, kilns, fired heaters, furnaces, and thermal oxidizers, as well as coal-fired boilers and gas turbines used for power production. Economical “front-end” changes in combustion equipment and more expensive “end-of-pipe” post-combustion controls are covered. Regulations that affect allowable NOx levels are also reviewed. The knowledge gained in the course will allow attendees to comply with myriad regulations and promote safe and economical operation.
A second item that may interest you is the WEF's Bioenergy Workshop – Permitting, Safety, Plant Operations, Unit Process Optimization, Energy Recovery and Product Development, held August 11 & 12, 2004 at the Hyatt Regency in Cincinnati. There will be emphasis at the workshop on use of incinerators to treat wastewater biosolids, as well as other thermal systems, such as dryers and gasifiers. More information can be accessed at http://www.wef.org/pdffiles/Cincinnati_Brochure.pdf and http://www.wef.org/pdffiles/Draft_Program_Information.pdf
Hope you all have a Happy Fourth of July Holiday!
Regards,
Tom McGowan, PE
President,
TMTS Associates, Inc.
Atlanta, GA 30315
From: Clarence J Jones [1967]
Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2004 9:05 AM
Subject: Re: http://ferdinand_reinke.tripod.com/jasperjottings20040620.htm
No Thanks. I don't want to use Yahoo at this time.
Clarence J. Jones
Class of 1967
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Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2004 8:19 PM
To: 'Clarence J Jones'
Subject: RE: http://ferdinand_reinke.tripod.com/jasperjottings20040620.htm
That's fine. I just had to get out of the emailing business. For example, I just did the distribution in about five minutes. (Literally!) Usually, I would expect to spend a minimum of four hours. And some weekends, I spent more than ten hours to do it. I can better spend that time on other projects. Please keep in touch and of course keep reading Jottings at the web site. I had to abandon the personal email due to time constraints. But, I hate to lose anyone. John'68
From: Gerard M. Delaney [1975]
Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2004 10:45 PM
Subject: Re: contact
John,
Thanks
Gerard
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[JR: Done. ]
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From: Gerard M. Delaney
Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2004 8:46 PM
To: John Reinke
Subject: contact
John,
I anticipate moving to the Fairfax/Arlington VA area in the near future (say 60 to 90 days). A job is finally in development, subject to the usual conditions. I would appreciate it if you could put me in contact with Jack Goll so I can do some research on the area.
Thanks
Gerard
Melbourne, FL
[JR: Glad to provide yet another value added service of Jasper Jottings.]
Jasper John '68 -- AT -- Jasper Jottings.com wrote:
"Ahoy", "<privacy invoked>". I don't recognize who you are. Can you please tell me your real name, Class Year, and how you found us? Thanks. Sorry for the delay but spammers and other ne'er do wells have to be kept "out". John'68
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From: Brian Boylan [1969]
Sent: Monday, July 05, 2004 7:47 PM
Subject: Re: FW: APPROVE -- <privacy invoked> wants to join Distribute_Jasper_Jottings
I am Brian Boylan class of 1969. I was on the list currently as <privacy invoked>. Sorry, I had a hard time trying to figure out the instructions but I had this yahoo address. You can send the newsletter here rather than at AOL.
[JR: Welcome home. Sorry the instructions weren’t written better. Maybe this will be the last change that we have to make (PlanetAlum, PlanetAll, MCOLDB’s messages, Email, EasyMail, and now Yahoo) but the one constant we have is change. Thanks for trekking in. ]
From: D'Angelo, Anthony [1967]
Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 4:39 PM
To: 'Distribute_Jasper_Jottings Moderator'
Subject: RE: File - Welcome
John,
Please remove me from this list.
Thank you.
TONY D.
From: Peter Dans [1957]
Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 11:38 AM
To: reporter-- AT --jasperjottings.com
Subject: Still Connected
Hi John:
I was one of your avid readers who decided not to join the Yahoo group. However, I simply "Googled" Jasper Jottings and added it to my "favorites" before going on to read this week's edition. It's true that new issues won't routinely appear in my mailbox, but all I have to do is remember to associate Sunday with both Mass and the Jottings. I think I can manage to do that even given my advanced age. Keep up the good work.
Peter E. Dans '57S
[JR: Well, one of the “selling points” was that Jottings would appear automagically in everyone’s email inbox. We know human nature. The intentions are pure, but actual results vary. One of the losses of not being able to do the “email distribution” is the actual number of readers. (That’s why most web sites put web beacons in their web pages. If I figure a way to do it for free, then I might try that.) I was toying with the idea of “hiding” Jottings with an obscure name (JJ20040714_123987123987.html) so that everyone would have to take the email to get the link. Sigh. Probably too much work for both the reader and the CIC. So we’ll have to see how this works out. I figure that I’ll know when nobody’s reading. (In MBA school, we were taught that you have to know when to put a failing enterprise out of its misery.) I had all sorts of weird ideas – go pay, lot’s of sub docs, and a new technology called RSS. So we’ll see how this works.]
From: Zebrowski, Nicole [2001]
Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 3:55 PM
Subject: FW: JERRY GALANTE BENEFIT NIGHT
Hi John,
Jerry Galante was a '99 engineering graduate who was recently in a very bad motorcycle accident. There will be a benefit for him (to help with the medical expenses) on July 9 in White Plains, NY (see attachment). Please post this or pass it on to help get the word out.
Thanks!
Nicole Zebrowski
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From: Jasper John '68 -- AT -- Jasper Jottings.com
Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 4:54 PM
To: 'Zebrowski, Nicole'
Subject: RE: JERRY GALANTE BENEFIT NIGHT
Hi Nicole, It was in last week's Jottings. (I recognized the tight timeframes and held the issue open.) It is in the calendar upfront, in the email section (Email #7), and I put the pdf on the website since I had no means to put in the text http://www.jasperjottings.com/jerry.pdf. I had no on-the-ground contact to cite for those who wanted more info, make a contribution without attending, or just get details to provide texture. Can you provide "local reporting"? John'68
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From: Zebrowski, Nicole
Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 5:03 PM
Subject: RE: JERRY GALANTE BENEFIT NIGHT
Thanks John, I just accepted the yahoo group invitation, so I didn't realize that it was already posted. Here are some excerpts from emails that I received from Steve DiPilato (99), one of Jerry's close friends-
6/30/04:
He got in a really bad motorcycle accident on Sunday, on Route 22 in Armonk. He lost control of his bike and slid into a guardrail. He lost his leg on impact. He also shattered his forearm, fractured a rib, and broke his collarbone. But obviously the biggest thing is the leg. Luckily, he was riding with a friend who is a member of the NY Fire Department and a trained EMT. His friend put pressure on the leg to slow the bleeding, stuff like that, and literally saved his life. Right now he still has 4" below his knee. He is going into surgery today to see if the skin is healing. If not, they will have to take up more, possibly even go above the knee. If that happens, prosthetics aren't going to do much for him.
7/1/04
New update on Jerry - he went for surgery yesterday, and although there was some infection and some dead cells on the leg, his chances of keeping the knee went from about 50-50 to 75-25. So that's some good news. Keeping the knee would make a world of difference, and his functionality with prosthetics would almost be the same as if this never happened.
I haven't heard anything further about his knee and how its been healing (I'm keeping my fingers crossed for the best), but please pass this on to anyone that wants to know what happened.
There is also an evite out for this event, which I will forward to you shortly.
Thanks,
Nicole Zebrowski
[JR: Please keep us updated. I, as well as our fellow alums, are interested in anything affecting our extended family. ]
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From: Jasper John '68 -- AT -- Jasper Jottings.com
Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 6:25 PM
To: 'Zebrowski, Nicole'
Subject: RE: JERRY GALANTE BENEFIT NIGHT
Nicole, No prob. Only reason I mentioned it was to let you know I was on the ball. ;-) What good is weekly "news" if it is stale? That's why I reopened the issue to push the story out. That, and it was time critical. Your update will move this week end. It is important to have the "local" touch. All I do is mechanical. It's my "reporters" that make it worth the effort to read it. I had no email or contact info for DiPilato. So I had no way of "verifying" the story. Dealing with internet stories, and after the Post's gaffe, fact checking does have some merit. I try to be careful. Otherwise, I could energize our fellow alums on a scam or blunder. With the loss of the Alumni online database, there is no way to even look up Jerry or Steve and confirm any thing. I have been creating my own version of a database, but I only have about 1500 of the more than 8000 alums in it. I have been aggressively trying to "recruit" readers for years and I can't "find" everyone. But it's a "fun" (frustrating Arghhh!) hobby. It shows me how limited the internet really is. But, that's the tool I have to work with. Any way, thanks for the report and please keep us apprised of results, changes, or further activities. John'68
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From: Zebrowski, Nicole
Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 8:53 AM
Subject: RE: JERRY GALANTE BENEFIT NIGHT
Thanks John,
I will try to have Steve, Jerry, and the others I am in touch with get in touch with you and hopefully they will want to join the jottings list.
Talk to you soon,
Nicole Zebrowski
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FINAL WORDS THIS WEEK
http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul189.html
Independence From Washington
by Rep. Ron Paul, MD
<SNIP>
Freedom, self-determination, and the end of allegiance to an
unaccountable government: 228 years ago this week a handful of radical American
colonists set forth their demands in the Declaration of Independence. They
sought independence not only from English rule, but also from the feudal notion
of obedience to King and Crown.
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For more than six months of every year the average American toils not for his family, for his needs, or for his future. No, for the first six months of the year the average American works to pay the cost of federal, state, and local taxes and regulations. From New Year’s Day until about the 4th of July, you worked to pay for government. This is unconscionable.
Our Founding Fathers no doubt would be embarrassed at our squandering of their vision. After all, they revolted at a comparable tax rate in the single digits or less. And yet we willingly suffer an effective tax rate of 50%, and much more in many cases. They tyranny of the Crown has been replaced by the tyranny of the federal government in Washington.
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Our Founding Fathers felt freedom was worth their
"lives, fortunes, and sacred honor." Do we?
<SNIP>
Nahh. To much trouble. Besides it would interfere with my (so called) "life". Until we are ready to do the heavy lifting, removing the tyranny that we have allowed to slowly build up, we are like the stupid proverbial frogs. If the water was hot, we jump in a second. But we will sit in the stew pot as the flame under it makes the water boil and not know anything is wrong. I'll help you. Here's a litmus test: (In alphabetical order) Abortion / Death Penalty, Drugs, Guns, Money, or Taxes. You can quickly determine if you should trust some politician by where they sand on any of these five issues.
* Can the government kill its current and future citizens?
* Can the government control what I do with my body?
* Can the government prevent me from protecting me and mine from the government?
* Can the government steal the value on my money by printing more paper?
* Can the government make we work for the better part of a year for "stuff" I don't want?
When you listen to the politicians of any party at any level of government, see if you can hear them answer any of these questions. Want a laugh, ask them one straight out. Measure the response in words, minutes, or "uhms and ahhs".
NO, we have taken the legacy of freedom given to us by some slave-owning truly enlightened Classical Liberal thinking Dead Old White Guys and squandered it away. Can we retake it? No , not by a direct frontal assault. Too many years of fuzzy thinking, publick skool education, of our fellow citizens. But let's ask the tough questions, maybe even the most-befuddled can see the answers as "Barbara Striesand"!
And that’s the last word.
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GBu. GBA.