Sunday 25 July 2004

Dear Jaspers,

583 have registered on the Distribute site.

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This issue is at: http://www.jasperjottings.com/jasperjottings20040725.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

Sa Nov 6, '04 MC Gulf Coast Alumni golf tournament
--- Pelican Pointe Golf and Country Club, Venice, Fl
--- George Brew '50 Co-Chairman

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.utu.org/worksite/detail_news.cfm?ArticleID=11993

MTA employee: 'Just keep moving'

===<begin quote>===

LOS ANGELES -- Strong and sharp and bearing down on 100 years of living, Arthur Winston has drawn a bead on what it takes to age well, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Cut up the credit cards. They don't do anything more than bring about worry. Worry will kill you.

Get off the couch. Stop in one place too long, you freeze up. If you freeze up, you're done for.

Work as long and hard as you possibly can. Folks retire, they end up on the front porch watching the street go by. If despair sets in, you're as good as gone.

Known as Deke to some and Mr. Winston to most, Winston is walking history and a living parable. A 97-year-old black man who turned the sting of racism into something sweet. A man who plans on loving every bit of life until his last breath.

In 1924, at age 17, Winston started cleaning trolley cars for the Los Angeles Railway Co., which morphed and merged nearly half a dozen times and is now the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

He quit that job for a while, then went back Jan. 24, 1934.

He has never left. For 70 years and counting, Winston has worked for the transit agency as a service attendant, applying spit, polish and love to vehicles ranging from the current fleet of buses to the trolley cars that once made the Los Angeles transit system a marvel.

For as long as he has endured, he has been astonishingly consistent.

In 70 years, according to the transportation authority, Winston has missed just one day of work -- the day his wife died, in 1988. The records show he has never been late, never left early.

The closest to him in seniority at the MTA has 25 fewer years on the job and weeks of absences. A spokesman for the U.S. Department of Labor says he's never heard of anyone like Winston. The American Public Transportation Association searched and could not find anybody like him in the transit industry.

"Mr. Winston," says Donna Aggazio, a spokeswoman for the association, "appears to be one of kind."

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In 1997 the MTA decided to name the bus yard after an elderly service attendant.

Today, the agency has 15 bus and rail yards, also known as "divisions." Most are identified by numbers -- Division 1 downtown, Division 15 in the San Fernando Valley. Only one is named for a person: The Arthur Winston Bus Division.

"I'm not leaving just because it's got my name on it," Winston says. "If I did, you'd probably see me freeze up and get sick. If I got sick, I'd probably die."

(This item appeared in the Los Angeles Times Feb. 17, 2004)

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When I read things like this, I am amazed. Amazed at the bounds of human performance. The race is not to the swift or to the smart. It goes to those who endure. When I get frustrated with the pace, (or lack there of), I'll think of this exemplar and how he set a mark in his own way. I hope we all can do as "well", in however we define that for our selves.

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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[CONTENTS]

 

1

Formal announcements

 

1

Updates

 

1

Messages from Headquarters
 (like MC Press Releases)

 

1

Jaspers publishing web pages

 

2

Jaspers found web-wise

 

1

Good News

 

0

Obits

 

7

"Manhattan in the news" stories

 

0

Resumes

 

2

Sports

 

7

Emails

 

[PARTICIPANTS BY CLASS]

Class

Name

Section

????

Lardon, Christine

News7

????

Liu, Daniel

News3

????

Regan, Michael J.

Announcement1

????

Trapani, Donnalyn

Email01

????

Woodruff, Dave

Email03

1950

Harding, John

Email02

1951

Helm, Robert A.

Email05

1968

Alline, Vince

Email06

1968

Viscasillas, Rafe "Ralph"

Email07

1976

Harrington, Alfred

Found2

1979

Sturm, Richard

WebPage1

1981

Gormley, Joe

Update1

1984

Fabinski, Bob

Birth1

1985

Misra, Mahendra Nath

Found3

1998

Maksomski, Nancy

Email04

2004

Flores, Luis

News4

 

 

[PARTICIPANTS BY NAME]

Class

Name

Section

1968

Alline, Vince

Email06

1984

Fabinski, Bob

Birth1

2004

Flores, Luis

News4

1981

Gormley, Joe

Update1

1950

Harding, John

Email02

1976

Harrington, Alfred

Found2

1951

Helm, Robert A.

Email05

????

Lardon, Christine

News7

????

Liu, Daniel

News3

1998

Maksomski, Nancy

Email04

1985

Misra, Mahendra Nath

Found3

????

Regan, Michael J.

Announcement1

1979

Sturm, Richard

WebPage1

????

Trapani, Donnalyn

Email01

1968

Viscasillas, Rafe "Ralph"

Email07

????

Woodruff, Dave

Email03

 

 

 

 

FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENTS

[Announcement1]

Medical Devices & Surgical Technology Week
July 25, 2004
SECTION: EXPANDED REPORTING; Pg. 181
HEADLINE
: PERSONNEL

Ophthalmology company Eyetech Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (EYET) announced that its board of directors has appointed Michael J. Regan to the board.

Regan is a former vice chairman and the Chief Administrative Officer of KPMG LLP, a leading provider of audit and tax services.

Over his 40 years with KPMG, Regan was involved in a wide range of business activities, was lead audit partner for many well-known Fortune 500 companies and was head of the New York Audit Practice.

He is a graduate of Manhattan College and served 4 years as a naval officer. Regan is currently a member of the board of Trustees of Manhattan College and a member and former chairman of the board of directors of the United Way of Bergen County, New Jersey.

David R. Guyer, CEO of Eyetech said, "Regan will be a great addition to our board of directors. His in-depth knowledge of public companies together with his many years of experience in a wide range of business activities will be invaluable as we plan the expected launch of Macugen, our lead product candidate."

This article was prepared by Medical Devices & Surgical Technology Week editors from staff and other reports. Copyright 2004, Medical Devices & Surgical Technology Week via NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net.

LOAD-DATE: July 16, 2004

 

 

Updates

[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".]

Joe Gormley,  Class of 1981

 

 

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

[Headquarters1]

MANHATTAN COLLEGE TO HOST EDUCATIONAL CAMP FOR UNDERSERVED HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

RIVERDALE, N.Y. – Aiming to give underserved high school students a taste of the college experience, Manhattan College will host 60 students during Camp College weekend from Aug. 6 – 8 at its Riverdale campus. 

Camp College, which is in its fifth year, is a three-day, pre-college camp created for traditionally underserved students who are mainly first-generation college-bound or from lower socioeconomic backgrounds.

“This is a program that goes hand in hand with the College’s commitment to first-generation, college-bound students,” said William Bisset, assistant vice president for enrollment management and dean of admissions and financial aid.  “The students who participate in Camp College are qualified candidates to the best colleges in the country and in the state and, without a program like this one, would not recognize their own abilities and potential to pursue a college degree. This program has an incredible record of success in making college a reality for first-generation students.”

Student campers, who are primarily 10th- and 11th-graders, will spend the weekend learning about the college application process and student life through interaction with the College’s counselors, faculty volunteers and simulated classes. Students will attend classes taught by Manhattan College professors. Courses in the arts, science and engineering fields will be offered, coupled with other workshops that address higher education preparation such as researching colleges, essay writing and financial aid applications.  Students will stay in Manhattan College’s residence halls, enjoy meals at on-campus dining facilities and attend other planned social events enabling them to get a good sampling of what college life is all about.

“Camp College lets students ‘try on’ college. Many campers might not otherwise consider higher education,” said Susan Nesbitt Perez, director of outreach programs for Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities (CICU), which is a cosponsor. “The benefits of a college education are many. College graduates earn more, become active citizens and have the chance to build lifelong friendships.”

This marks the second year Manhattan College will host Camp College on its campus. Last summer, the College was forced to cancel the weekend program due to the unexpected power outage in August that crippled several East Coast cities.  An additional Camp College weekend is being held this summer at Niagara University in Niagara Falls, N.Y.

The majority of the students slated to attend Camp College this summer were nominated by New York’s GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs) as well as by state high schools, Boys and Girls Clubs, historically black churches, arts centers and other youth-based nonprofits.  Support by a federal grant awarded to CICU by the Higher Education Services Corp. (HESC) makes the weekend possible, along with funding from the New York State Association of College Admissions Counselors (NYSACAC), GEAR UP and local businesses and volunteers. 

If you are a member of the press interested in covering this event, please contact Melanie A. Farmer at (718) 862-7232 or e-mail melanie.farmer@manhattan.edu.

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Honors

[No Honors]

 

 

Weddings]

[No Weddings]

 

 

Births

[Birth1]

From: Bob Fabinski [1984]
Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2004 10:51 PM
Subject: New Jasper

Hi John,

As an alumnus wish to share my joy at the birth of our third child, Thomas Dennis Fabinski. He weighed in at 9.5lbs and it was a wonderful home birth. (yes, planned that way)

Thank you for organizing Jasper Jottings.

Bob Fabinski
'84 BChE

[JR: Thanks for the good news. As you know, I love to live vicariously through joyous events. ]

 

 

Engagements

[No Engagements]

 

 

Graduations

[No Graduations]

 

 

 

[OBITS]

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

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

No Obits

 

 

 

[News from Web and Other Sources]

News1

MContheWEB: MC gives discounts to the NYPD. (Interesting, I didn't know that, if it's true?)

http://www.nypdwives.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=59

Manhattan College

Located in the Riverdale section of the Bronx, Manhattan College is offering civilian and service employees an opportunity to enroll in a Bachelor of Science degree program with a concentration in Organizational Management. The 23 month accelerated program consists of 4 semesters and requires students to meet one night a week for a 4-hour session. Tuition for each semester is $3,125 which includes a $1,000 discount per semester for NYPD members. In order to receive the reduction members must provide Department identification at the Adult Completion Office when registering. Manhattan College accepts 66 transfer credits, including credits earned from Police Academy training. The school is located at 3840 Corlear Avenue, Riverdale, N.Y. 10471.The next cohort begins on September 4, 2003. Call Suzanne Murphy at 718-862-7863 for information. 

 

 

 

News2

MC_in_the_NEWS: Marli Blanco, a graduate of Mount Pleasant High School, who plans

8 students earn Cianci scholarship
Providence Journal (subscription) - Providence,RI,USA
... Marli Blanco, a graduate of Mount Pleasant High School, who plans to attend Manhattan College, Riverdale, NY Blanco plays softball, baseball and basketball ...
http://www.projo.com/metro/content/projo_20040714_caward7.1e9771.html
The scholarship fund is supported through sales of the Mayor's Own marinara sauce and other fundraisers.
01:00 AM EDT on Wednesday, July 14, 2004
BY AMANDA MILKOVITS Journal Staff Writer

PROVIDENCE -- Buddy may be gone, serving time in federal prison miles away, but his legacy in the form of scholarships carries on.

The scholarship fund started by former Mayor Vincent A. Cianci Jr. before his corruption conviction is continuing to reward promising high school graduates.

This year, the eight $1,000 awards go to a group of graduates that includes leaders in student government, community volunteers, and teenagers proud to be the first in their families to go to college.

Charles Mansolillo, who was city solicitor under Cianci and a good friend of his, is president of the group that awards the scholarships. He said fewer scholarships were awarded this year than when Cianci was in office. Then, about a dozen were given out, he said.

The fund is supported through sales of the Mayor's Own marinara sauce and other fundraisers, and built up through investments, Mansolillo said. The scholarships are meant to honor students who display leadership in school and in their community, and who have financial need.

Despite popular belief, Cianci actually has little to do with how the scholarship winners are chosen, Mansolillo said. Students are nominated by high school guidance counselors, and approved by the board of directors, Mansolillo said.

Mansolillo said he informed Cianci about the scholarship winners when he visited the former mayor at the federal prison in Fort Dix, N.J., last month.

"He's doing very well," Mansolillo said. "His spirits were high."

Cianci reads the daily newspapers, including The Providence Journal, to keep up with news in the city, Mansolillo said. The former mayor didn't have much to say about current city politics, he said.

Among the things they discussed were Cianci's hopes for his appeal of his conviction.

"He's hopeful, but at the same time he realizes winning an appeal is not an easy task," Mansolillo said.

The scholarship winners are:

Marli Blanco, a graduate of Mount Pleasant High School, who plans to attend Manhattan College, Riverdale, N.Y. Blanco plays softball, baseball and basketball, and has worked at the Washington Park Community Center and Groundworks Providence.

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News3

The Journal News (Westchester County, NY)
July 18, 2004 Sunday
SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 6A
HEADLINE: DANIEL LIU
SERIES: Immigrants in Suburbia
BYLINE: Noreen O'Donnell, Staff

'Burbs beckoned Chinese builder

From the start, Daniel Liu refused to compete for contracting work in Chinatown or Queens, for small jobs renovating homes or restaurants.

Why go up against other Chinese builders when there was more money elsewhere, he reasoned.

Ten years after arriving in New York City, with experience garnered at a few big firms, he started D & L Associates. Positioning himself as a minority contractor, he vied for government projects from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the School Construction Authority and the Dormitory Authority.

"A lot of Chinese don't have the experience," he said. "Their eyes are not on the mainstream, not competing in the mainstream. There are a lot of opportunities. The Hispanics, blacks are doing very well but not the Chinese. They're stuck in their own community."

Liu, 41, did well enough to bring in about $15 million a year in business from the public work until Sept. 11, 2001, when city funds became scarcer. Last year he moved his business to Westchester County, formed a second company, the Hill Group, and added luxury houses to his dossier. Now he hopes to focus more on developing his own projects and less on building for others.

"We figure if we can cover both ends and spread out our eggs, that would be better," said Liu, who lives in Scarsdale with his family. Today he employees 25 people, some 70 percent of them Chinese. He runs three vans each day to pick up construction workers in New York City. Other employees, like 39-year-old James Huang, live in Westchester. Huang was an architect in China and now puts his experience to use at the company while he studies for his license here.

Liu arrived in the United States from Szechwan province in 1983 with $50 in his pocket. Unlike many Chinese immigrants who make their way to New York City, he already had completed his undergraduate studies. He attended Columbia University and got a master's degree at Manhattan College in civil engineering - all the while working as a waiter.

"Crazy," he remembered. "Work in the evening, study during the day."

When he emigrated, wanting to see more of the world and looking for better financial prospects, it was difficult to leave China. At first no one could even tell him how to apply for a visa, he said.

"You had to be a top-notch student," he said.

Later, after the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989, the U.S. government made it easier for Chinese students to remain permanently in the United States.

University students aside, the Chinese immigrant population in New York City is generally less educated than the city's population as a whole, said Thomas Tam, executive director of the Asian American/Asian Research Institute at the City University of New York. Some 74 percent of New Yorkers have a high school diploma compared with 58 percent of the immigrants. But those like Liu are now finding themselves in demand in China, where the economy is growing and a building boom is under way.

"Recently in the past few years, there seems to be a big trend of returning to China," Tam said. "More opportunities over there."

Liu, one of the first Chinese developers in the northern suburbs, is full of ideas for opportunities here. He wants to introduce some investors from China to the area, toys with the idea of an Asian shopping plaza similar to one in Fort Lee, N.J., and hopes to be part of a Chinese community center and apartment development that Westchester County is considering.

"I'm the perfect guy to build it," he said.

LOAD-DATE: July 20, 2004

 

 

News4

The Journal News (Westchester County, NY)
July 15, 2004 Thursday
SECTION: SPORTS; Pg. 1C
HEADLINE: Flores realistic about chances
BYLINE: Mike Dougherty, Staff

Ex-Jaspers star impressing, but knows he has much work to do

LONG BEACH, Calif. - Luis Flores hasn't escaped notice, but there's a strong possibility his NBA aspirations will not be fulfilled this season.

Getting off the bench is half the battle at the Los Angeles Pro Summer League, and the Dallas Mavericks are not lacking for point guards. He's already playing behind Devin Harris and Jon Stefansson and barely got a chance to warm up on Tuesday night against the Knicks.

"It's not hard to stay patient because that comes with the territory," said Flores, who did not score in 10 minutes. "I'm coming in from Manhattan College and I'm behind Devin Harris, a top-five pick in the draft. I understand. At the same time, I want to be out there playing."

There have been a few opportunities, and Flores has displayed qualities that might eventually result in a roster spot.

"He's a scoring point guard, there's no question about that, and those guys have had success in our system before," Mavericks president of basketball operations Donn Nelson said. "He's got his work cut out for him because it's a situation where we're looking at a lot of guys, whether they're on the roster now or other potential veterans out there. When you lose a Steve Nash, it's tough for any rookie to go in there, much less a second-round pick."

It sounds like Flores might be headed for Europe or the National Basketball Development League, but he's not thinking ahead.

"Right now, I'm focused on doing a good job here, and everything else will come after," he said.

After the competition here is complete, Dallas is heading for the Rocky Mountain Revue to see what else its young players can do. Flores is playing a little shooting guard, but he's also being asked to run the show. It's a difficult adjustment that's going to require plenty of court time.

"You're trying to find a spot and you have to play hard in every practice and every game," he said. "It definitely is different from a normal team setting. ... In college there were a lot of times where I had to allow the game to come to me. It's the same thing here. If there's a situation, I'll attack it. If not, I'll run the play.

"Everything is going as planned. Hopefully, that's how it will finish."

Since the Mavericks like what they've seen thus far in Flores, it's quite possible they'll retain his rights and set him up overseas. A little experience would improve his standing.

"I think he's got a bright future," Nelson said. "My feeling is, it would be good for him to get some mileage at the point and really run his own team so he's got a chance to grow into that position. But he possesses some things right now that could make him successful. He's got a great body, he gets to the rim, he finishes in traffic. But, look, point guard in the NBA is the toughest position, period. He's fighting the good fight at this point."

Reach Mike Dougherty at mdougher@thejournalnews.com.

LOAD-DATE: July 16, 2004

 

 

News5

The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
July 15, 2004 Thursday Oswego Edition
SECTION: NEIGHBORS OSWEGO
HEADLINE: WHERE OSWEGO HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES ARE HEADING

Members of the Oswego High School "Class of 2004" received their high school diplomas June 26 during graduation ceremonies at Romney Field House.

It was the next step toward further education, the military or the work force. The majority of graduates have made their choices for the immediate future. Those going to college have their majors listed in parenthesis, if declared:

<extraneous deleted>

Manhattan College - Kevin Dorsey (Accounting)

<extraneous deleted>

LOAD-DATE: July 16, 2004

 

 

News6

CHICAGO reporters thought All-Star might miss game
StlCardinals.com - USA
... The right-hander from Manhattan College allowed a run on four hits, striking out six and walking one. Matthew Leach is a reporter for MLB.com.
http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/stl/news/stl_news.jsp?ymd=20040719&content_id=803989&vkey=news_stl&fext=.jsp
07/19/2004  7:42 PM ET
By Matthew Leach / MLB.com

CHICAGO -- Somewhere out there, a rumor was floating around Chicago on Monday that Scott Rolen would miss the Cardinals' game against the Cubs due to "personal reasons." Fortunately for the Cards and unfortunately for the locals, that rumor came as news to Rolen and St. Louis manager Tony La Russa.

<extraneous deleted>

Short-season New Jersey beat Aberdeen, 4-1, behind seven excellent innings from Michael Parisi and Wes Swackhamer's two RBIs. ... Jose Delgado went 3-for-5 with two RBIs as rookie-level Johnson City beat Bluefield, 7-3.

The player of the day was Parisi, the Cards' ninth-round pick in June. The right-hander from Manhattan College allowed a run on four hits, striking out six and walking one.

This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

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News7

MISERICORDIA women's coach stepping down
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader - Wilkes Barre,PA,USA
... said. Lardon, a former star player at Division I Manhattan College, said her decision to leave college wasn't easy. "Misericordia ...
<http://www.timesleader.com/mld/timesleader/9193552.htm>
Posted on Tue, Jul. 20, 2004
Christine Lardon, whose teams went 64-45 in her four years at the helm, is set to start a job with WMC Mortgage Corporation.
By VAN ROSE vrose@leader.net

DALLAS - Christine Lardon is stepping down as the women's basketball coach at College Misericordia to accept a job with a Texas-based mortgage company.

Lardon, who posted a 64-45 record during her four-year tenure with the Cougars, begins her new job this week with the WMC Mortgage Corporation, which is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

The search for a replacement for Lardon has already begun, according to Misericordia Athletic Director Dave Martin. "We're accepting applications and hope to begin the interview process in the near future," Martin said.

Lardon, a former star player at Division I Manhattan College, said her decision to leave college wasn't easy.

"Misericordia was a good place for me to start as head coach. I think I had a pretty good run. I worked with great people, and obviously I loved the kids.

"The hardest part is leaving them," she added. "There's no good time to say goodbye."

Lardon said she met recently with the players to tell them she was leaving. She starts her new job tomorrow.

In her first season at Misericordia in 2000-01, Lardon was named Pennsylvania Athletic Conference Coach of the Year after leading the Cougars to their best-ever record (21-7).

"I'll always remember that first season," Lardon said. "We broke the school record for wins in a season and were undefeated at home. We finished first in the PAC for the first time, and hosted the conference tournament."

Misericordia was beaten in the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference championship game by Gwynedd-Mercy that season.

The Cougars have qualified for the league playoffs 10 consecutive years, including Lardon's four-year run. Martin said Lardon will be sorely missed.

"She made a tremendous contribution to the women's basketball program. She did a great job. We played for a couple of PAC championships."

Lardon was a Metro Atlantic Conference all-star at Manhattan, where she scored more than 1,000 points and finished eighth among the school's all-time leaders in scoring and rebounding.

She played two seasons of professional basketball and led her team in scoring and rebounding while helping it win the Luxembourg Basketball Association championship.

Misericordia may be facing a rebuilding project next season with the departure of its two leading scorers, Colleen Corrigan and Emily Sauck. Corrigan graduated and Sauck transferred to a school in Rhode Island.

However, the cupboard won't be bare. Guards Megan Yhlen and Rachel Haley return, along with 6-foot-1 center Jenell Fort. The Cougars will have three promising freshmen, including Bishop Hannan star Amy Hughes.

"They'll be just fine," Lardon said.   

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[Findings from Web and Other Sources]

WEBPAGES

[WebPage1]

http://www.islandeye.net/ies-doc_list2.htm

Richard Sturm, M.D.

Undergrad School: Manhattan College, 1979
Medical School: New York Medical College, 1983
Fellowship: Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, 7/87-6/88

Dr. Sturm actively participates in Glaucoma Medication Research and coordinates extensively to ophthalmic literature

Services Performed:
General Ophthalmology
Cataract Surgery
Glaucoma Surgery

Office Name:
Ophthalmic Consultants of Long Island

 

 

FOUND

[Found1]

JASPERSontheWeb: ROTC alums of Det 560's Bronx Bombers at MC

http://www.geocities.com/belou103/alumni.html

Alumni Listing 

2001 
2d Lt Oswaldo X. Bonilla
Base: Vandenberg AFB, California
Developmental Engineer, 2nd Space Launch Sq

2000  
2d Lt Anthony Fontanetta
Base: Wright-Patt AFB, Ohio
Design Manager, 88th ABW/CECP

1999  
2d Lt Joseph W. McKenna
Base: Wright-Patt AFB, Ohio
AFSC: 62E1E

1998  
1st Lt Michael J. Bancroft
Base: F.E. Warren AFB, Wyoming
Deputy Missile Combat Crew Commander

1996 
Captain Justina Whiteley (formerly Stoffel)
Base: Kirtland AFB, New Mexico
Manpower and Personnel Manager

1995 
Captain Patrick O'Hara
Base: Mildenhall AFB, United Kingdom
Navigator, AFSC: 12S3G
Captain Jason Riera
Base: Maxwell AFB, Alabama
Intructor Training Officer, AFSC: 21M

1993
2d Lt Jim Corrigan
Base: Vance AFB, Oklahoma
Student Pilot, AFSC: 9T20

Return Home 

[JR: I don't know who are Jaspers or not. Or, when they graduated? But I found it for you! ] 

 

 

[Found2]

JASPERFOUND: Harrington, Alfred (MC 1976) 2002 Executive MBA graduate

http://cba.unomaha.edu/xmba/emba/alumni_emba.htm

2002 Executive MBA
College of Business Administration
University of Nebraska at Omaha
6001 Dodge Street
Omaha NE 68182

Dr. Alfred (Al) Harrington (M.D. and M.S. Public Health, Yale; B.S. Biochemistry, Manhattan College) is a Physician and Independent Medical Consultant. Previously, he was First Vice President and Associate Medical Director at Mutual of Omaha Companies in Omaha, NE. Prior to that he was the Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of the Charles Drew Medical Center in Omaha.

[Liz Velasquez '98 reports: 1976 (Thanks, Liz) ]

 

 

[Found3]

JASPERFOUND: Misra, Mahendra Nath (MC 1985)

http://recrkl.tripod.com/database.html

Name:           Mahendra Nath Misra
Graduation:     1970
Branch:         Chemical Engineering
Further Study:  MS in Chemical Engr at Manhattan College, New York
Occupation:     Manger, Process & Product Development
Work Address:   Stone Container Corporation
Home Address:   Roswell, Ga 30075
Spouse:         Kabita Misra (nee Satpathy) (RECR, 1975)
Children:       Dipika and Monika
Last Updated:   3 Oct 1997

[Liz Velasquez '98 reports: 1985 (Thanks, Liz) ]

 

 

[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--AT--manhattan.edu

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

[No Resumes]

 

 

 

[SportsSchedule]

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

Date Day Sport Opponent Location Time/Result
8/27/04 Friday W. Soccer   Binghamton   North Rockland, NY   4:00 PM

9/1/04 Wednesday M. Soccer   Fordham   HOME   3:30 PM
9/1/04 Wednesday Volleyball   St. Francis (NY)   Brooklyn Heights, NY   7:00 PM
9/3/04 Friday W. Soccer   Army   West Point, NY   7:00 PM
9/3/04 Friday Volleyball   American#   HOME   7:30 PM
9/4/04 Saturday Volleyball   Michigan#   HOME   11:00 AM
9/4/04 Saturday Volleyball   Maryland-Eastern Shore#   HOME   2:00 PM
9/5/04 Sunday W. Soccer   Yale   New Haven, CT   1:00 PM
9/6/04 Monday M. Soccer   Seton Hall   South Orange, NJ   3:00 PM
9/10/04 Friday Cross Country   Boston University Invitational   Boston, MA   TBA 
9/10/04 Friday Volleyball   Syracuse$   Syracuse, NY   7:00 PM
9/11/04 Saturday Cross Country   Princeton Battlefield   Princeton, NJ   TBA 
9/11/04 Saturday Volleyball   Cleveland State$   Syracuse, NY   10:00 AM
9/11/04 Saturday Volleyball   New Hampshire$   Syracuse, NY   2:00 PM
9/11/04 Saturday M. Soccer   Virginia Military Institute   Lexington, VA   4:00 PM
9/12/04 Sunday W. Soccer   Quinnipiac   Hamden, CT   1:00 PM
9/15/04 Wednesday Volleyball   St. John's   Jamaica, NY   7:00 PM
9/17/04 Friday Volleyball   Fordham%   Bronx, NY   7:00 PM
9/17/04 Friday W. Soccer   Hartford   Hartford, CT   7:00 PM
9/18/04 Saturday Volleyball   Canisius%   Bronx, NY   9:00 AM
9/18/04 Saturday Volleyball   Wagner%   Bronx, NY   2:00 PM
9/19/04 Sunday M. Soccer   Maine   HOME   10:00 AM
9/19/04 Sunday W. Soccer   Fordham   Bronx, NY   1:00 PM
9/21/04 Tuesday M. Soccer   Virginia   Charlottesville, VA   7:00 PM
9/22/04 Wednesday Volleyball   Columbia   New York, NY   7:00 PM
9/24/04 Friday Volleyball   vs. Wagner&   New Haven, CT   TBA 
9/24/04 Friday W. Soccer   Robert Morris   Pittsburgh, PA   TBA 
9/25/04 Saturday Cross Country   Paul Short Invitational   Bethlehem, PA   TBA 
9/25/04 Saturday Volleyball   vs. Sacred Heart&   New Haven, CT   12:00 PM
9/25/04 Saturday Volleyball   at Yale&   New Haven, CT   6:00 PM
9/26/04 Sunday W. Soccer   St. Francis   Loretto, PA   2:00 PM
9/27/04 Monday M. Soccer   St. Francis   Brooklyn, NY   7:00 PM
9/28/04 Tuesday Volleyball   Fordham   HOME   6:00 PM

 

[Sports from College]

DERBA SIGNS WITH CHATHAM OF THE CAPE COD LEAGUE

Riverdale, NY (July 21, 2004)- Nick Derba, a sophomore-to-be at Manhattan College and a member of the Jasper baseball team, recently signed to play for the Chatham A's of the prestigious Cape Cod Baseball League, which is one of the premier amateur baseball leagues in the nation.

“I am very happy to get the chance to play in the Cape League,” commented Derba, who started at third base and batted fifth in his debut Tuesday night against Orleans. “The best college players come to play in this league and it has been my one of my goals since I started high school to be able to compete in this league. I appreciate the opportunity given to me by the team.” This past season, Derba batted .303 while spending time at second, third, short, catcher and designated hitter for the Jaspers, who advanced to the championship game of the MAAC Tournament for the first time in program history. He added four home runs, 30 RBI, and seven stolen bases starting all 51 games he played in.

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[Sports from Web]

Deseret Morning News (Salt Lake City)
July 16, 2004 Friday
HEADLINE: Chiesa never rests
BYLINE: Linda Hamilton Deseret Morning News

This time of year -- the NBA offseason -- Utah Jazz assistant coach Gordon Chiesa is everywhere.

He's on TV and sports radio, and quoted in newspapers, explaining draft picks or free-agent strengths and how they'll all fit in. Or he's asked about coach Jerry Sloan and top assistant Phil Johnson, who both contemplated leaving the team this summer.

During the Jazz season, Chiesa is the media favorite to explain what happened in the game or might happen next game.

Going into his 16th season as a Jazz assistant, Chiesa will be quoted daily for the next few weeks as coach (with new assistant Ty Corbin) of the Jazz team in the Rocky Mountain Revue that will run today through July 24 at Salt Lake Community College.

"I enjoy it," Chiesa says of coaching the Jazz Revue team, knowing that for the team's rookies, like 2004 draftees Kris Humphries and Kirk Snyder, he'll be their first "voice" of the NBA.

But how much do Jazz observers or fans know about the always-upbeat former point guard from a small Eastern college who's become so visible in Utah?

Do they really know who he is?

Do they know, for example, that this New Jersey native had never met transplanted New Yorker Frank Layden when the former Jazz coach heeded the advice of Georgetown's John Thompson, Seton Hall's P.J. Carlesimo and St. John's Lou Carnesecca to pick the brain of Chiesa? He'd just been fired after one season as head coach at Providence College trying to follow Rick Pitino and a Final Four team that graduated four starters.

Most Jazz fans think Layden's Eastern roots included Chiesa, but they never knew each other until they met at the Salt Lake Marriott in September 1988. Scott Layden had invited Chiesa to observe the Jazz's 1988 training camp in St. George and offer some ideas on how to teach individual skills to Jazz players and how to deal with trap defenses.

Frank Layden and Chiesa drove home from St. George, talking basketball, and Layden offered him a scouting position with the team. A year later, he was on the Jazz bench.

Do Jazz fans know that this "behind-the-scenes guy" -- who cheerfully does so many thankless tasks for players, coaches, staff and media -- quietly burns to be an NBA head coach some day, even though he doesn't employ an agent to help make that happen?

"I am ready for the challenge. I'll get my chance. Just let nature take its course," says the man who became a head college coach at age 24, running the team he'd just played for at St. Thomas Aquinas.

Do Jazz watchers know that Chiesa's wife, Nancy -- also a former basketball player at St. Thomas Aquinas -- is an accomplished watercolor artist who gave up the art gallery and gift shop that she operated for 15 years on the Jersey shore so he could become a coach in the NBA? "My better half," Chiesa says of Nancy, who scored 34 points in a basketball game against Marist College and still paints in her home studio and sells ocean scenes and golf watercolors. She added mountain scenes upon moving to Utah.

Do season-ticket holders know that Chiesa, a workaholic's workaholic, successfully balances passion for his job and passion for his family that includes two athletic teenage boys whose games he regularly manages to attend? And that he still finds time to work out at the Sports Mall at 5 a.m. almost every day? "I have a lot of energy. I don't need much sleep," he says.

Though his wife and sons (Matthew, 17; Craig, 14) are basketball and Jazz fans, Chiesa doesn't "bring the game home. Don't let the game become a meat-grinder with your family," he says.

Do Jazzaholics know that this teacher of the game and teacher of life, this eternally positive self-described "natural encourager" and "world-class listener," credits his crowded childhood Jersey neighborhood, his parents and his Catholic-school upbringing with classic no-nonsense nuns with giving him the love for the game and the love for people that prepared him for the NBA? He proudly calls himself a product of the "University of the Streets."

If most people don't know a lot about him, Chiesa doesn't mind. The players know just how much he means to them and the team as he gently influences them. "Let me help you develop your game," he tells them, rather than just telling them what to do when. "My credo is, I don't know a thing," he says, though he's always doing his best to learn.

"He's concerned with the players and team, not himself," says Jazz senior vice president of basketball operations Kevin O'Connor, who often observes Chiesa staying long after practice to work with players and has noticed the improvement in those players. "He's consistent, organized, spontaneous and has a very dry East Coast wit," O'Connor says.

Richard Smith, Jazz director of scouting services, works closely with Chiesa and marvels at just how much film he'll watch and time he'll spend on the job. Smith concurs with a statement he once heard Jazz basketball operations assistant Marie Spence make about Chiesa: "I have never worked with anyone more passionate about their job."

"I like work," Chiesa says. "I always say, 'Thank God it's Monday.' "

"He is the consummate basketball junky," says Smith, noting that Chiesa is always talking to others in the business, picking their brains. Smith says that sometimes in the summer, Chiesa makes phone calls to other NBA people and can't understand if they're not at their desks. It's called "vacation," but vacation for Chiesa includes running his own one-day, invitation-only coaching clinic each August in New York.

For the past 15 vacations, he's brought some 35-40 coaches to a hot gym in the Bronx to exchange ideas for work. He invites friends and asks them to bring another person. Beforehand, he asks invitees to submit topics for the forum. He does it to give back to the profession, and because "I have a huge curiosity streak," he says.

The youngest of four children, born in 1950 in Union City, N.J., Chiesa grew up in a multi-ethnic neighborhood that encompassed some 70,000 people in two square miles -- but no one locked their doors. Basketball was the game of choice, "my first true love," he says, though there was also football and other sports.

His father was a World War II army staff sergeant who worked two jobs and spent seven years going through night school for a degree in accounting. "He could figure out how to get things done," Chiesa says, remembering his dad, who died in 1997, as a mixture of psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud and 1950s Phil Silvers sitcom character Sgt. Bilko.

It was an "old-fashioned" upbringing, complete with traditional Catholic-school discipline, that taught Chiesa respect for authority and for others. He was a good student but admits to daydreaming of basketball during school. When he was 16, his mother died at age 45 from congenital heart failure. "She was a big influence," he says, remembering learning compassion and empathy through her illness and learning how to be on his own after she passed.

He focused more on school in college, "planning on teaching so I could coach," he says. His first job was at Luther College in Teaneck, N.J., where he taught social studies and history. He was assigned to teach China's Ming Dynasty. "I knew nothing about the Ming Dynasty," he says. But the job included an assistant coaching position that paid $300 for the season.

Soon, he went back to St. Thomas Aquinas as head basketball coach because he "fit the pay structure." He had no coaching philosophy in mind and was coaching former teammates, but he stayed five years until he got an assistant's position at Dartmouth, then was named head coach at Manhattan College in 1981 and soon was Metro Atlantic coach of the year.

On Good Friday 1985, Chiesa got the first of two unexpected phone calls from strangers that changed his life. Pitino had observed him and offered an assistant's spot at Providence, which went to the 1987 NCAA Final Four. Chiesa took over the '87-'88 Providence team but had lost four starters to graduation and didn't live up to Pitino's legend, so he was fired. But Big East coaches had taken note of him, and when the Laydens called them about Big East players they might be interested in drafting, they spoke well of Chiesa.

The Laydens made that other unexpected call and job offer in '88, and 10 years after being in the '87 Final Four, Chiesa was assisting for a team in the NBA Finals. E-mail: lahm@desnews.com

LOAD-DATE: July 16, 2004

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[EMAIL FROM JASPERS]

Email01

From: Trapani, Donnalyn [MC????]
Sent: Sunday, July 11, 2004 11:20 PM
To: Distribute_Jasper_Jottings moderator
Subject: Out of Office AutoReply: Invitation to join the Distribute_Jasper _Jottings group

I am currently out of the office on maternity leave. Please call <privacy invoked> for assistance.

[JR: I get great info from OOO messages. ]

 

 

Email02

From: John Harding (1950)
Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2004 3:30 PM
To: Distribute_Jasper_Jottings-owner@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: File - Welcome

I regret that i must withdraw as a volunteer.

John Harding
Class of 1950

[JR:  Dear fellow Jasper John'50, I have to admit I am confused. If you don't wish to receive Jottings by email, then you (or I) can set your subscription to "No Mail". If you think I am requiring you to do anything other than enjoy the weekly distribution and share any news, then I'll have to fix the "welcome" file. Either way, please tell me what you want me to do. OK? John'68]

 

 

Email03

From: Dave Woodruff [????]
Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 5:44 PM
Subject: Jasper Jottings

John,

Please stop sending me these 'invitations'.  If I get any more, I'll treat them like spam.

                                    David Woodruff

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From: Jasper John '68 @ Jasper Jottings.com
Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 6:04 PM
To: 'Dave Woodruff'
Subject: RE: Jasper Jottings

David: Sorry to bother you. Just trying to make sure no one was left out. Those that wanted to be "in the loop". John'68

 

 

Email04

From: Nancy Maksomski [1998]
Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2004 5:56 PM
Subject: Please add to distibution list

Please add me <privacy invoked>  to the distribution list

[JR: Done, of course. ]

 

 

Email05

From: Robert A. Helm [1951]
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2004 12:54 PM
Subject: RE: This issue is at: jasperjottings2004025.htm

Good Afternoon, John:

1. Life has mushroomed around us/me during the past 3 weeks in the following manner.

2. A. My retirement from the Naval Reserve was finally approved - 16 years and 8 months late - and backdated to my 60th birthday, 12 OCT '87. My pension is based upon the current salary of an O-4 - LCDR - and I have received 6 years back pay - all they allow under the current rules, with the option of my appealing to receive the remaining 10 years and 8 months. It took awhile for me to be entered into the "system" but my wife and I have our "Grey" cards and are now eligible for Tri-Care et al.

3. B. My Lady re-arranged our opton line contract and out new phone number is <privacy invoked> .

4. C. My 96 year old Mother-in-Law passed away quietly 2 weeks ago, with all the concomitant upset the death of an aged parent entails. While her failing was becoming obvious, the suddenness has taken its toll. She was in Honey Hill Nursing Home here in Norwalk for the past four years and a nearly daily tip to see her is a hard habit to break for both of us.

5. The real point of this letter is that I have not received/been able to find/open "Jasper Jottings" for the past 3 weeks. This was probably a good thing, as the petty comments of unintelligent and childish fellow Alumni were getting under my skin and I would have verbally slapped some infantile faces - which you probably would not have published and that editorial prerogative would have further annoyed me. Now, as I think I have told you in the past, I am Computer Semi-literate, in spite of being married to an IBM programmer/systems analyst/second level Manager/Seminar Leader and having 5 computers in the home along with a son who taught computers at the now defunct Academy of Learning. (This was caused by a "budget crunch" in the CT budget which now has a 1.9 billion dollar surplus. You Libertarians don't go far enough. You should stop drinking Sam Adams and start reading him!)

6. Now, how do I access/receive Jasper Jottings again?

Sincerely, LCDR Robert A. Helm, USNR (RET) - finally - class of 1951 - Arts.   FNS sends

[JR: I am truly sorry for the clouds that are passing your way. The key word being "passing". I am sure you'll be able to catch up quickly with your reading. I sent you the three you missed. (Senior courtesy!) The usual cast of characters are I am sure waiting for your unique viewpoint to intstruct them in the errors in their thinking. Well as far as the Libertarians are concerned, we love to take a swack at the budget. Carla Howell came within a cat's wisker in Tax-z-chusetts of passing the limitation initiative. And, the scuttlebutt is that "we" might "cost" Bush the Presidential election, putting us back in "gridlock". Considering how the spendthrifts have raided the public purse, how bad can that be? Hell, if we start reading Adams, then there may be shooting in the streets. (My history shows Adams was a hothead!) One Libertarian has asked for the repeal of all the amendments after the 12th. Of course, I agree. Yup, we have missed your participation. ]

 

 

Email06

From: Vince Alline [1968]
Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2004 10:11 PM
To: editor@jasperjottings.com
Subject: Email 10 (07/18/2004)

Hello again, John

While I am not normally a "letter to the editor" type person, I occasionally get my hackles raised by gross misrepresentations such as the one in the last Jasper Jottings. The letter about the 4th Infantry Division statue contains a number of distortions of the truth. The real story follows:

Origins:   The sculpture pictured above is real, and it was indeed crafted by an Iraqi sculptor from bronze recovered by melting down statues of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, but the explanatory text accompanying the photo is quite misleading: The Iraqi sculptor was not "forced by Saddam Hussein to make the many hundreds of bronze busts of Saddam," he did not produce the memorial shown because he was "so grateful that the Americans liberated his country," and the monument was not his idea. Members of the U.S. Army paid the sculptor, who had previously worked on a few other Saddam statues, to create the work pictured according to a design of their choosing.

As part of the U.S. Army's Task Force Ironhorse, the 4th Infantry Division was deployed in Iraq for most of 2003, participated in the capture of Saddam Hussein in December 2003, and saw many of their comrades killed and wounded in the violence that followed the end of major combat operations. In mid-2003, while the 4th Infantry Division was headquartered in Tikrit, Saddam Hussein's hometown, Command Sgt. Maj. Charles Fuss, the division's top enlisted officer, headed up a project to commemorate the unit's dead and conceived of a memorial featuring the figure of a forlorn soldier kneeling to mourn before empty helmet, boots, and rifle — an array of objects that traditionally represents a fallen compatriot.

Needing a sculptor to carry out his vision, Sgt. Maj. Fuss and other Americans asked around for local talent, and an Iraqi contractor recommended a 27-year-old artist named Khalid Alussy to them. As it turned out, Mr. Alussy was one of several artisans who had worked on a pair of 50-foot bronze statues of Saddam Hussein on horseback that flanked the gateway on the main road into the presidential palace compound in Tikrit, the site of the 4th Infantry Division's temporary headquarters. Commissioned by 4th Infantry Division officers to fashion the memorial conceptualized by Sgt. Maj. Fuss, Khalid Alussy (whose first name is also rendered in English as 'Kalat') took the assignment not out love for Americans, but because he needed the money:

The officers didn't question Mr. Alussy further about his political views. Had they pressed him, they might have learned that he's harshly critical of the U.S. and bitter over an American rocket attack during the war that killed his uncle. In an interview, he says he thinks the war was fought for oil and holds the U.S. responsible for the violence and unemployment that have plagued Iraq since.

"I made the statues of Saddam — even though I didn't want to — because I needed money for my family and to finish my education," he says, reclining in a room decorated with several of his paintings. "And I decided to make statues for the Americans for the exact same reasons."

Mr. Alussy's initial asking price was far higher than the officers had expected. He blamed the steep price of bronze. So the Americans decided to recycle the bronze Hussein-on-horseback twins. "We figured we were going to blow them up anyway, so why not take the bronze and use it for our own statues?" recalls Sgt. Fuss. "That way we could take something that honored Saddam and use it to remember all of those we lost getting rid of him."

Without having to supply the metal, Mr. Alussy agreed to do the job for $8,000. By comparison, the former regime paid him the equivalent of several hundred dollars for his work on the Hussein statues. To finance the project, Sgt. Fuss publicized it in the task force's internal newspaper and asked officers to get soldiers to contribute $1 each. Within weeks, he raised $30,000.

In July 2003, Army engineers blew up the two Saddam statues, cut them into pieces, melted them down, and delivered them to Mr. Alussy's house. (The delivery was done furtively in case Mr. Alussy's neighbors proved to be less than thrilled about his being in the employ of the American military.) Using a photograph of 1st Sgt. Glen Simpson as a model for the depiction of the kneeling soldier, Mr. Alussy began his work on the monument; near the end, another segment was added to his task:

As the work neared completion, Sgt. Fuss and the division's commander, Maj. Gen. Ray Odierno, decided it needed a clearer connection to Iraq. The general suggested adding a small child to symbolize Iraq's new future, Sgt. Fuss says. When they told the artist they wanted another statue, Mr. Alussy demanded $10,000 more. "He learned capitalism real fast," Sgt. Fuss says.

After four months' worth of night and weekend labor, Mr. Alussy completed his assignment, and the statues were installed in an entranceway inside the 4th Infantry Division's headquarters in Tikrit. In February 2004 the statues were flown to the 4th Infantry Division Museum at the unit's home base of Fort Hood, Texas.

[JR: I just report. The reader can decide which story is "correct". I certainly will stand aside having no first hand information. I would observe that while not evidence, I have not seen this "alternative explanation" in the liberal media or on the net. I have seen the the original story on the net. That doesn't mean anything with respect to "reliability". But, it does favor the first "spin". I just say that the sculptor is very talented since he evoked some strong emotions just from the pictures. ]

 

 

Email07

From: R.A. Viscasillas [1968]
Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 9:50 PM
To: Distribute_Jasper_Jottings-owner@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Distribute_Jasper_Jottings] This issue is at: jasperjottings20040718.htm

John, thanks for all the great work, being stranded out here in glorious Minnesota has always kept me out of the Jasper Alumni action. Can you share my e-mail address with Sal Celeste '68, he and I lost touch about 2 years  ago.

Like the new set-up, hope all is going well with you, and, keep promoting  the Arnold Air Society reunion in October.

Rafe "Ralph" Viscasillas '68

[JR: Shared, as requested. John'68]

 

 

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Curmudgeon

FINAL WORDS THIS WEEK

 

<SNIP>

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is an anachronism that needs to be abolished. With a budget for fiscal year 2005 of $81.8 billion, it is time for the Congress to get rid of this financial millstone on the body politic. Actual spending for the current fiscal year 2004 should come in at about $77.7 billion

Ostensibly set up to protect small farmers from the vagaries of price fluctuations and crop disasters, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has grown into a multi-faceted bureaucracy that now spends more than half of its budget ($47.3 billion) on the food stamp and related food-type welfare programs. But if the taxpayers ended other farm subsidies, such as the $15.2 billion proposed for price supports, there probably would not be a need for food stamps as food prices would decline, making food affordable to poor people.

Today’s Agriculture Department budget generally reads like a laundry list of welfare programs, from the various food stamp and food welfare programs to all sorts of aid for farmers, including such items as rural electrification and telecommunications programs, subsidies for renting farms and purchasing farm houses, federal crop insurance, dairy indemnities, export subsidies, etc. The list is lengthy, and it looks ridiculous. One program gets morphed into another, with a new name, but always the same purpose, protecting the farmer from the vagaries of the free market. In the real world, farmers can purchase all the protection they need by executing commodity futures contracts to protect themselves from price fluctuations. Selected forms of crop insurance might eventually be offered by private insurers, and such insurance would be better run by the private sector than the current government program.

The food stamp, school lunch, and other food welfare programs were ostensibly set up to provide subsidized food for the poor or disadvantaged or assuring that school children were not malnourished. The real rationale was to provide back-door support for food prices and assure that no one would ever attempt to abolish such welfare. Eliminate all these food welfare programs and food prices will drop. Americans were not starving before the advent of these programs, and they will not starve after these programs are abolished. Total savings from abolishing these food and farmer welfare programs would be approximately $75 billion per year!

<SNIP>

And, listen to the "me too" candidates. No reductions. No cuts. No elimination. We just pay more. More in taxes. More in debt. And, more in inflation.

And that’s the last word.

Curmudgeon

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GBu. GBA.