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JASPER EVENTS THAT I HAVE HEARD ABOUT
Monday September 18, 2006
Online Registration is now open for the 6th Annual James Keating O'Neill Memorial Golf Classic/Long Island Jasper Golf Outing (www.jkogolf.org). This year's event is on Monday, September 19th at the Hamlet Wind Watch Golf & Country Club in Hauppauge, Long Island. If you can't make it out for golf, join us that evening for the cocktails/reception. The event is sponsored by the Manhattan College Alumni Society and the James Keating O'Neill Foundation. All proceeds from the event benefit the James K. O'Neill '90 Scholarship Fund at Manhattan College. Last year's event raised over $20,000 and a great day was had by all. We hope that everyone can join us for another great day.
Friday September 22^nd-24^th, 2006
Annual Manhattan College Businessmen's Retreat Passionist's Retreat House (formerly the Cardinal Spellman Retreat House) in Riverdale The weekend is monastic in approach (men only). Any one interested in attending may call Ed McEneney, '59 at (914) 962-2700 for a registration form.
Saturday February 24, 2007
Hold the date for 2007 Manhattan Alumni of the Treasure Coast Jasper Open Golf Tourney
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My list of Jaspers who are in harm's way:
- Afghanistan
- - Feldman, Aaron (1997)
- Unknown location
- - Lynch, Chris (1991)
- Uzbekistan
- - Brock (nee Klein-Smith), Lt Col Ruth (1979)
… … my thoughts are with you and all that I don't know about.
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK:
Doing 90 percent of what is required is one of the biggest wastes because you have nothing to show for all your efforts. But doing 110 percent of what is expected is one of the smartest investments because it can pay off with a big reputation for just a little more effort. -Thomas Sowell
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Any Volunteers?
The Jasper Jottings Editorial Board --- Me and Mike --- are now accepting applications for "MySpace Investigative" reporter. No salary of course! Join the exciting world of inet investigations. You get to (at your own expense, of course) look at strange websites, some of which are … … less than tasteful. Your duties should you accept are to investigate the 1460 current "jaspers" there, find the real Jaspers, and report back to the weekly distribution your findings. Also, included are some minor clerical duties, like inviting them to join the distribution, maintaining a spreadsheet of your findings, uploading that spreadsheet to headquarters, and keep your heart pure in the quest (Some of these sites are VERY "less than tasteful"). Once the quest is completed, we'll need you to "farm" it. Keeping the seatch current that is. As a semi secret agent there is of course danger and sex involved. You must risk virus infections (computer virus, not the other kind) that are known to exist on MySpace, as well as the other Sexy sites. The Jasper Jottings Editorial Board takes no risk in this position. Should you or any of your MySpace Investigative Team be killed or captured, the Secretary will disavow any knowledge of you. Good luck. Send an email to apply! For the less adventuresome, there are also similar assignments (minus the sex, and most of the danger) in: è the Martindale's site of lawyers (sex around lawyers? Nah!) with 223 Jaspers. (Can you spell boring?) è the webshots site with 6819 photos to be investigated. è the friendster site with 412 "friends" to be investigate. è the flicker site with 72 photos to be investigated. è the omegli site with 149 blog entries to be investigated. And a bunch of other places that need qualifying and quantifying.
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http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/8/21/201719/923 Beautiful Dead Girls by hrh Mon Aug 21, 2006 at 08:19:05 PM PDT ***Begin Quote*** We hear a lot about beautiful dead girls in the US media. Here are some that we haven't heard about much. Their smiles haven't been plastered over the supermarket tabloid press, and they're not likely to be. One of the reasons is that they don't fit the popular stereotype of beautiful-woman-as-helpless-victim. Another reason is that many people still haven't focused on the reality of women in the military. Even here on DKos, I see comments about "sons and fathers" who have been killed and maimed. Almost NO MENTION of women in the military. Here, in no particular order, are some American heroes who were killed in combat in Iraq: ***End Quote*** Now, I get in a lot of trouble from time to time with some of my more outrageous beliefs. Yeah, I know you find that hard to believe. OK, here goes one. What in the name of the Intelligent Designer are we doing with women in, and around, combat? No insult intended to Jasper Ruth and all the women in the military, but I just don't understand it. For that matter, what ARE any of our young men and women doing in harm's way outside of our borders? I look thru these pictures, which happen to be of the girls … err strong young vibrant women, and just shake my head. I do the same with the various boys … err strong young vibrant men as well. I'm an equal opportunity head shaker. I understand why the Israeli's have boys and girls in their Army. For them, there is no safe rear area. But for us? If we were standing on the shoreline, then hey everybody is a "rifleman"! (Admiral Yamamoto is reputed to have said, “You cannot invade America. There is a rifle behind every blade of grass.”!) Maybe I am rooted in the caveman era, but womyn (So as not to upset Jasper Kathleen!) are too darn valuable to be wasting on a war. As people, as thought leaders, as keepers of home and hearth (which isn't the same as domestic engineer or who does the chores), and as Mothers. They are the core of our heritage as a species. The "weaker sex" propagates us humans. My grandmother traveled the Oregon Trail; she buried a husband and some children. I think of her as a model. She could do anything she set her mind to. Less than a man, nahh! Just different. Weaker, I don't think so! How dumb is it to put this at risk? Don't get me wrong I'm not from the "barefoot and pregnant" school of thought. I AM from the "every human is valuable" or "differently equal" school, where I NEED every single one -- womyn and man -- to make their contribution to our civilization. What I DON'T need is cannon fodder. We can use politicians for that! You would think we would learn from the trench warfare of WW1, the Hiroshima / Nagasaki / Dresden / Shoah of WW2, and the Vietnam War. War should have taught us something. We have to find a better way. I guess all I can do is pray for all their safe returns. And, ask my fellow alums to second this emotion. (Oh well it's the labor day edition, nobody will read this rant, notice how upset this made me, or take offense to my ramblings!)
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 reinke--AT—jasperjottings.com
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CONTENTS
1 Messages from Headquarters (like MC Press Releases) 1 Good_News 2 Obits 2 Jaspers_in_the_News 2 Manhattan_in_the_News 4 Email From Jaspers 1 Jaspers found web-wise 9 Jaspers Found on Ziggs 2 MC mentioned web-wise 0 New Jasper Bloggers (8 Previously reported)
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PARTICIPANTS BY CLASS
Class		Name			Section
????		Cavanaugh, Michael			ZFound
????		Chau, Kevin			ZFound
????		Reutemann, Br. Charles L.			JObit2
1935?		Amyot, Raymond			JObit1
1935		Fichera, Michael A.			Email01
1953		McEneney, Mike			JObit1 (commentator)
1956		La Blanc, Robert			Good1
1958		Welsh, Richard H. Jr.			JObit3
1968		Christenson, Terrance P.			ZFound
1968		Kaufmann, Dick			JNews1
1971		Chase, Gregory W.			ZFound
1974		Costantini, Dan			Email02
1974		Zuccaro, Rich			Email02
1976		Carrara, John J.			ZFound
1979		Scotto, Deborah Ahlgrim			Email03
1981		Caputi, Mauro J.			ZFound
1982		Cappo, Raymond G.			ZFound
1988		Casella, Matthew T.			ZFound
1988		O'Neill, Patrick J.			Email04
1990		O'Neill, James K.			Email04 (cited)
1997		Chiocchio, Lucia			ZFound
2004		Wassenbergh, Paul			JUpdate
2006		Davis, Ashley D.			JUpdate
2006		Kaufmann, Mary B.			JNews1
2006		Medea, Jillian			JUpdate
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PARTICIPANTS BY NAME
Class		Name			Section
1935?		Amyot, Raymond			JObit1
1982		Cappo, Raymond G.			ZFound
1981		Caputi, Mauro J.			ZFound
1976		Carrara, John J.			ZFound
1988		Casella, Matthew T.			ZFound
????		Cavanaugh, Michael			ZFound
1971		Chase, Gregory W.			ZFound
????		Chau, Kevin			ZFound
1997		Chiocchio, Lucia			ZFound
1968		Christenson, Terrance P.			ZFound
1974		Costantini, Dan			Email02
2006		Davis, Ashley D.			JUpdate
1935		Fichera, Michael A.			Email01
1968		Kaufmann, Dick			JNews1
2006		Kaufmann, Mary B.			JNews1
1956		La Blanc, Robert			Good1
1953		McEneney, Mike			JObit1 (commentator)
2006		Medea, Jillian			JUpdate
1990		O'Neill, James K.			Email04 (cited)
1988		O'Neill, Patrick J.			Email04
????		Reutemann, Br. Charles L.			JObit2
1979		Scotto, Deborah Ahlgrim			Email03
2004		Wassenbergh, Paul			JUpdate
1958		Welsh, Richard H. Jr.			JObit3
1974		Zuccaro, Rich			Email02
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http://www.manhattan.edu/news/news_releases/090106_1.shtml September 01, 2006 Contact: Scott Silversten Phone: (718) 862-7232 Manhattan College To Present Stained Glass Art Exhibit Belgian artist Eugene Yoors’ works to be on display at O’Malley Library RIVERDALE, N.Y. – A selection of studies of stained glass windows by Belgian artist Eugene Yoors will be on display in the Alumni Room of Manhattan College’s O’Malley Library, beginning Sept. 21. The exhibit, which will run until Nov. 19, kicks off with an opening reception from 4:30-8:00 p.m. on Sept. 21. Sponsored by the Manhattan College archives, the studies are from Eugene Yoors’ portfolio “Brandglas Poëem (Poems in Stained Glass)” and are exhibited in individual lightboxes that highlight Yoors’ trademark vibrant colors. Each study chosen for the exhibit was professionally photographed, made into large transparencies and mounted to simulate cathedral windows. The studies include four saints from the portfolio: John the Baptist, John at Patmos, Thomas Aquinas and Lawrence. The Resurrection, intended as the middle image in a vertical triptych of the Holy Trinity, is represented, although the panels of the Father and the Holy Spirit are not part of the portfolio. Two images are shown both as studies and as completed windows: “Free Me, O Lord, from the Mouth of the Lion” and “Pentecost.” This allows the viewer to note the differences between study and execution. Some images belong to groups, such as saints, sacraments and feasts of the church. Others stand alone, such as “Ecce Homo” and the exhibit’s hallmark “Lord, Hear My Prayer.” For more information about this exhibit, please contact Amy Surak, Manhattan College archivist, at (718) 862-7139. Born in Antwerp, Belgium in 1879, Yoors spent many years of his life in Sevilla, Antwerp and Paris, where he studied art. As a Belgian soldier in World War I, Yoors lived in a Dutch internment camp. Throughout his years of internment, he worked only with materials he could get - chalk, charcoal and butcher’s paper. He created portraits of his suffering comrades drew the gnarled, leafless trees that he could see outside the camp. In Holland, he met Magda Peeters, Belgian poetess and political writer. They married in 1918 and returned to a hard life in Antwerp. He strove to break through the rigid, traditional church views of acceptable subjects and treatments. The human figure was to take one third of the window, the landscape of the drama and the props each another third. Instead, Yoors aimed to show “Christ (as He) would appear to us in a window, His figure and presence glowing through the light in the whole surface of the window.” A deep Catholic mysticism imbued Yoors’ life and motivated him to design and create stained glass church windows, bringing new methods and colors to the art. In 1924, he became one of 12 pilgrims and joined other artists who believed that their artistic collaboration could bring them closer to God. The portfolio that contains the exhibited studies was published in 1929. It is a collaboration between Yoors and a Jesuit priest, both Pilgrims. The chapel of a convent-school in Heverlee, Belgium, has 50 square meters of his stained glass windows. Architecture, windows, altar and stations of the cross are all the work of Pilgrims. During World War II, Yoors went to England with his wife, son and daughter. He carried out many commissions, including the George Lansbury Memorial Window at Kingsley Hall in London. More than 300 windows in Belgium, England and the former Belgian Congo attest to his vision. Members of the media who will be visiting the exhibit can call Scott Silversten at (718) 862-7232 or e-mail scott (dot) silversten (at) manhattan (dot) edu. Manhattan College is located at West 242nd Street near Broadway in the Riverdale section of the Bronx, one mile from the Westchester County line and accessible by MTA subway line 1. Founded in 1853, Manhattan College is an independent, Catholic, coeducational institution of higher learning offering more than 40 major programs of undergraduate study in the areas of arts, business, education, engineering and science, along with graduate programs in education and engineering. For more information about Manhattan College, visit www.manhattan.edu. ####
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The New York Times August 27, 2006 Sunday Late Edition – Final SECTION: Section 9; Column 4; Society Desk; WEDDINGS/CELEBRATIONS; Pg. 14 HEADLINE: Erica Christensen, Paul La Blanc Erica Christensen and Paul Raymond La Blanc were married on Wednesday at the Old Lahaina Luau, an event space on Maui, Hawaii. The Rev. Laki Kaahumanu, a Pentecostal minister, officiated. The bride, 32, is the manager of corporate sponsorship for the Brooklyn Philharmonic. She graduated from Western Washington University in Bellingham. She is a daughter of Nelson Christensen of Seattle and the late Florian Christensen, who lived in Honolulu. Her father, who is retired, was a lawyer in Seattle. Her mother was a research scientist in the chemistry department at Western Washington University. The bridegroom, 35, is the owner and the creative director of LanternEye Productions, a television and film company in Manhattan, for which he directed and produced his first feature film, ''Millions: A Lottery Story,'' a documentary about lottery winners that was shown at the Palm Beach International Film Festival in April. He graduated from Clark University in Worcester, Mass. He is a son of Elizabeth La Blanc and Robert La Blanc of Ridgewood, N.J. His mother is a guide at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the American Museum of Natural History. His father owns a consulting and investment banking firm in Ridgewood, specializing in information technology companies, and is on the board of Manhattan College. The bride and bridegroom met in 1998 while working together as producers in Manhattan on ''Total Request Live,'' the daily music and talk show on MTV. They became friends, but Ms. Christensen sensed there could be more to the relationship. ''I was working on him for a long time,'' she said. By 2002, their friendship had deepened. ''We spent almost every day and night together,'' Mr. La Blanc said. Yet the relationship remained platonic. ''So I finally went out with someone else who worked at MTV,'' she said. ''And he didn't like it very much.'' He tried to convince her to stop seeing the other man. ''I ranted and raved,'' he said. ''I was jealous, but I wouldn't admit that's why I was so upset.'' Then, as she remembered, he blurted out: ''I love you. I'm sorry.'' They started dating, but he wasn't sure it was the right choice. ''Was I just jealous? Or did I have real feelings for her?'' he recalled deliberating. ''I was sick of him changing his mind all the time,'' she said. So in 2004, she moved to Seattle, where she had grown up. ''My mom passed away. I needed to get away and have a fresh start.'' He didn't try to stop her. ''Sometimes I don't act in my best interest,'' he said. Then she started dating someone else, and that put everything in perspective. He flew to Seattle and told her that he didn't want to live without her. ''The one thing I did right is I did go and get her back,'' Mr. La Blanc said. ''And that was the best decision I ever made.'' GRAPHIC: Photo (Photo by Horton Event Photographers) LOAD-DATE: August 27, 2006 {JR: Congrats to Jasper Bob LaBlanc on his son's nuptials. Great story. Bob's Jasper Jottings reader, but obviously thought this would slip by the eagle eyed CIC!}
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OBITS
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http://www.saratogian.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17127268&BRD=1169&PAG=461&dept_id=17708&rfi=6 Amyot remembered as unique judge MATTHEW RABIN, The Saratogian 08/30/2006 SARATOGA SPRINGS -- Friends and fellow judges said they remember Raymond Amyot, who died Tuesday at the age of 91, as an excellent trial lawyer and a unique judge. Amyot was a retired New York State Supreme Court administrative judge but still practiced law until three years ago. 'He kept right on doing it and doing it well,' said retired State Supreme Court Judge Robert Doran. Amyot loved the law, and outside the office, he would always talk about it with friends, discussing new cases and the new people in charge, Doran said. Doran was close to Amyot, and like many others who knew him, dined many a time at Amyot's favorite restaurant, the Wishing Well on Route 9. 'He was never married, but five nights a week he took his meal at the Wishing Well, and everyone knew him. He was an institution in is own right,' Retired Chief Administrative Judge Robert Sise said. The longtime Saratoga Springs resident was born in 1915 in Cohoes and attended Manhattan College and Ohio State University. He graduated from Albany Law School in1939. In 1941, he worked as a special agent in the Federal Bureau of Investigation for three years. He joined the Marines in 1944 and served in combat intelligence in the Pacific Theater and China. After the war, he rejoined his brother's law firm, Carroll and Amyot, where he practiced until 1973 when he was appointed to the State Supreme Court by the late Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller. He continued to serve as a justice and was appointed Fourth Judicial District Administrative Judge in 1984. He retired from the bench in 1992 and resumed practicing law and served as counsel to the law firm of Snyder, Kiley, Toohey, Corbett & Cox. 'He was just an outstanding lawyer, and when he was on the bench, he was just a unique and great trial judge,' Doran said. Outside of the law, Amyot was known as an engaging man who was well read and knowledgeable about worldly affairs. 'It's difficult to express -- he was just one of those people you were happy to know and have in your life,' Doran said. 'He was just a great guy.' Although he loved Saratoga Springs, Amyot was not a racing enthusiast and would rarely make his way to the track. 'If he were well this month, he probably would have gone twice,' Sise said. Calling hours have been set for 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the William J. Burke & Sons/Bussing & Cunniff Funeral Homes, 628 North Broadway. A service is planned for 9:30 a.m. Friday at St. Clement's Roman Catholic Church, 231 Lake Ave. Amyot's obituary can be found on Page 5A. ### From: Mike McEneney [1953] Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 12:47 AM To: John Reinke Subject: Judge Raymond Amyot Dear John, I knew Judge Amyot well. He was a great lawyer, an excellent Judge and always the consummate gentleman! While he did not graduate from Manhattan College, he was always quick to remind me that he had been a student there. He was forced to drop out due to financial reasons but was eventually able obtain his degree from Ohio State. The people of the State of New York have lost a great citizen. May He Rest In Peace. Mike McEneney {JR: Well everyone knows that I have a lax standard for who is and who is not a Jasper. Graduating isn't that criteria. It's you went, took the Spirit away, and self-identify. All very loosey goosey. Yeah, yeah, I know that I may self-identify as a kangaroo, that doesn't make one. But, it does make me a loon! It's that common bond. I guesstimate he would have been Class of 1935. In this lax classification system, I include all the WW2 vets who started at Manhattan and finished elsewhere or never finished at all. Even modern day folks too! I want a big tent. I'm just lucky I graduated and not tossed out on my ear for my various hijinxs. Dean Weil (I think) thought I was funny; I know his secretary did!}
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http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060825/OBITUARIES/608250359/-1/WEATHER0501 BROTHER CHARLES LAWRENCE REUTEMANN, F.S.C., 86, of Lincroft, MIDDLETOWN Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 08/25/06 BROTHER CHARLES LAWRENCE REUTEMANN, F.S.C., 86, of Lincroft, MIDDLETOWN, died Thursday, Aug. 24, at De La Salle Hall, Lincroft. He was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. and received the Holy Habit of the Christian Brothers on Sept. 7, 1937. He was a graduate of Catholic University and earned a Master of Arts Degree from Manhattan College, New York City and a Ph.L. and Ph.D. from Catholic University, Washington, D.C. He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and received the National Brotherhood Award from the National Association of Religious Brothers in 1988. His assignments included St. Joseph's Novitiate, Barrytown, N.Y., De La Salle College, Washington, D.C., St. Cecilia's School and St. Augustine's School, both of Brooklyn, N.Y., Manhattan College, where he served as Dean of Arts and Sciences, Sangre di Cristo, Santa Fe, N.M., and Sacred Heart School, Yonkers, N.Y. He had been in residence at De La Salle Hall for the past six months. The viewing will be from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6:30 to 8 p.m. Sunday at De La Salle Hall, Lincroft. The Funeral Liturgy will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Monday at De La Salle Hall, followed by interment at St. Gabriel's Cemetery, Marlboro. Memorial donations to the De La Salle Nursing Fund, 810 Newman Springs Road, Lincroft, NJ 07738, would be appreciated. Higgins Memorial Home, Freehold, is in charge of arrangements. ### {mcALUMdb: No record found! }
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http://www.legacy.com/PostStar/Obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonId=19044853 Richard H. Welsh Jr. WARRENSBURG * Richard H. Welsh Jr., 69, of Moose Ridge Drive, passed away, Sunday morning, Aug. 27, 2006, at the Albany Medical Center Hospital after suffering an aortic aneurysm. Richard was born in Mount Vernon, N.Y., in Nov. 12, 1936. Raised in Pelham, Richard attended St. Catherine's Elementary and was a noted track star at Stepanic High School in White Plains. He participated in school musicals with classmates Alan Alda and John Voight. Richard attended Manhattan College and earned a full track scholarship after battling and recovering from polio. He graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, and was a proud,member of Phi Kappa Theta. Growing up, he spent every summer in Iowa, home of his parents' family, rounding up cattle and working on the farm. After completion of Marine officer candidate school, he served as a Lieutenant in Okinawa just prior to the Vietnam War. He proudly served his country as a Marine Officer from 1957 to 1960, retiring as Captain. His professional career began when he joined Cannon Mills in the early 1960s as a yarn salesman and was then promoted into the Consumer Products Bedding Division. He worked very hard and became Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing from 1982 to 1986. In 1986, Fieldcrest purchased Cannon and he was Senior Vice President of Bedding Marketing and Sales. From 1988 to 1992 he was Vice President of Sales for Bibb Manufacturing, developing a brand new division to launch an upscale line in the department store market for the company. In 1993, he began a career with Henstan International, where he was involved in global sourcing for several major manufacturers until his retirement. Dick was well-known throughout the industry for his expert marketing ability and his knowledge of the textiles. He was well-respected by his peers and competitors alike. Before retiring, he was self-employed, importing yarn from Egypt and Portugal. Richard will be remembered by most for his outstanding natural musical talents. He was an accomplished pianist, gifted with the ability to play without the aid of written music. He used his God-given gift to entertain his wife, children, friends and family, playing the piano, singing and even playing his accordion. As a young adult, he sang with the Bronx famous St. Helena's Glee Club. Richard was an active member of St. Cecilia's Catholic Church in Warrensburg, where he served as a member of the Pastoral Council and Music Ministry. He performed many ministries, including providing transportation for seniors to Mass every Sunday, providing music at the Countryside Manor Adult Residence and assisting his wife, Phyllis, in her ministries as Pastoral Associate at St. Cecilia's. Anyone who had the privilege of spending time with Richard will recall his humor, compassion, generosity and penchant for vacuuming. Richard was predeceased by parents, Richard and Helen Welsh, and his sister, Margaret Cabriele. He is survived by his loving wife of 21 years, Phyllis Welsh of Warrensburg; daughter, Ellen Volpe and her husband, Bob, of West Haven, Conn.; son, Rick Welsh of Oxford, Conn.; daughter, Laura Welsh of Lahaina, Hawaii; son, Mark Welsh of New York City, N.Y.; stepdaughter, Kimberly Brewster and husband, Tom, of Charlotte, N.C.; granddaughter, Jade Volpe and great-granddaughter, Chloe Joslin; former wife, Sheila Welsh, of Orange, Conn.; brother, Joe Welsh and his wife, Ginny, of Raleigh, N.C.; several nephews, nieces, cousins and countless special friends. Friends may call on Richard's family from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at St. Cecilia's Roman Catholic Church, Main Street, Warrensburg. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Thursday at the church, with the Rev. Paul Cox officiating. The Rite of Committal with full military honors will follow the Mass in St. Cecilia's Cemetery, Warrensburg. In lieu of flowers, memorials may take the form of donations to the St. Cecilia's Roman Catholic Church, Building Fund, Main Street, Warrensburg, NY 12885. Please visit www.alexanderfuneralhomes.com for online guest book, condolences and directions. Published in the Post-Star from 8/28/2006 - 8/29/2006. {MikeMcE reports: I believe that Richard was a member of the Class of 1958. May He Rest In Peace. (Thanks, Mike.) } {JR: FYI FWIW, this did NOT show up in the usual scans. I was R&D-ing a new source to add to the repertoire. Yup, it's not just goggle and be done with it. Finding Jaspers is tedious work. They don't cooperate and report in like good little kids. SO when I found this, I cracked open the issue to bring you’re the freshest week-old news. As I keep saying, I need your eyes, ears, and fingers to "find" all this stuff. Don't just assume that I'm going to find it. In fact, there is rarely duplication. }
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[JR: Alerting old friends seeking to reconnect or "youngsters" seeking a networking contact with someone who might have a unique viewpoint that they are interested in.] # # #
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Jaspers_in_the_News
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Brattleboro Reformer (Vermont) August 26, 2006 Saturday SECTION: LOCAL HEADLINE: College News BYLINE: Reformer.com {extraneous deleted} Manhattan College RIVERDALE, N.Y. -- Mary B. Kaufmann, a 2002 graduate of Brattleboro Union High School in Brattleboro, Vt., graduated magna cum laude from Manhattan College on May 21, 2006, with a bachelor of science degree in elementary education. She will be returning to Manhattan College in the fall 2006 to pursue a master's degree in special education. She is the daughter of Cathy and Dick Kaufmann of West Dover, Vt. {extraneous deleted} LOAD-DATE: August 27, 2006 {JR: And Dick is Class of 1968 and, we have previously established that, Mary B. gets both her looks and brains from her Mom! And, Dick is so proud; it's as if he had something to do with it. We know that Mom and Mary did all the work. Dick, do you have to pay to get these published? ;-) So despite have Dick as a dad, Mary B. has overcome that adversity. Kudos! }
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JNews2
San Antonio Express-News August 23, 2006 Wednesday STATE&METRO Edition SECTION: NEIGHBORS - SOUTH/EAST; Pg. 2SE HEADLINE: Campus News {extraneous deleted} --Antonio Azios has graduated with a bachelor's degree from Manhattan College in Riverdale, N.Y. {extraneous deleted} LOAD-DATE: August 23, 2006 {Reported As: 2006 }
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Manhattan_in_the_News
MNews1
The Journal News (Westerchester County, New York) August 26, 2006 Saturday SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 3A HEADLINE: Freshmen, kin share laughs, tears BYLINE: Randi Weiner For many, this is first separation of family, taste of independence ORANGEBURG - The boxes and bags stacked on the twin beds in Veronica Phillips and Kelly O'Sullivan's dorm room at Dominican College reached higher than their heads, but their computers were up and running, courtesy of family members. Three floors below, Gail Luksch, her elder son in tow, was finishing a tour of Hertel Hall's lounge, scoping out where her youngest would be spending the next few months on his own. "We're going to go to the mall for something to eat and then we'll go home, but I'm not going to go until I get that last hug and shed some more tears," said Luksch, a resident of Freeport, Long Island. "It's tough. This one and I are joined at the hip. But he needs the experience." Yesterday was freshman move-in day at Dominican, and nearly 300 new students at the 1,800-student liberal arts college hauled boxes of clothing, mini-refrigerators and posters into what appeared - to outsiders - to be amazingly tiny living spaces. Carlyle Hicks, director of residence life at the college, has been through it before. He's overseen freshman move-in day at Manhattan College's Riverdale campus and SUNY Farmingdale on Long Island, and said yesterday's event went pretty well. Upperclassmen and returning students move in tomorrow. Classes start Monday. "It's always hard because you are dealing with a lot of parents. I believe it's tougher for the parents. I think the parents go though more separation anxiety," Hicks said. "For a lot of the parents, this is the first time their child is going to be away from home. They're worried about the unknown, what's going to happen." Dominican staff members prepared a two-day orientation and welcome for the new students, but gave only the first sheet of events to parents. Orientation for parents ended at 4:30 p.m., but student events, including a residence hall meeting, were slated to end at 10:30 p.m., after ice cream. Today's events include a hot breakfast buffet, group activities and meetings with academic advisers. For Phillips and O'Sullivan, move-in day was the first step toward independence, they said. The two have been friends since elementary school and have been planning to attend college together for years. Phillips' father went to Dominican, as did O'Sullivan's mother. Phillips said she was worried about sharing a bathroom. O'Sullivan was concerned about the lack of privacy. But both were looking forward to campus life, especially the fact that they wouldn't have curfews. "We've been unpacking everything," said Phillips, 18, of Garnerville and a North Rockland High School grad. The dorm room was "about what we expected," she said with a laugh. "We have a mini-fridge, a television, a stereo - all the essentials." O'Sullivan, 18, of North Arlington, N.J., moved from North Rockland two years ago but said she was happy to be back in the county because it was relatively close to home and she could visit and get visits from her family. Both students said they expected many visits from their parents. "I know they'll still be here every other day," Phillips joked. LOAD-DATE: August 30, 2006
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MNews2
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution August 24, 2006 Thursday Main Edition SECTION: METRO NEWS; Pg. 2B HEADLINE: Q&A BYLINE: Staff Q: How did the seventh-inning stretch come into being, and why is it in that inning? MARTHA HUNT, Suwanee A: As is often the case, no one knows for sure. But there are plenty of theories, several of which were advanced by David Emery, writing for the Web site About.com. One popular legend credits it to William Howard Taft, the 300-pound 27th president of the United States. Uncomfortable on his wooden chair, Taft supposedly stood up in the middle of the seventh inning of a 1910 Washington Senators game against the Athletics. Thinking he was about to leave, the rest of the crowd stood as well. Legend also has it Taft also started the tradition of a visiting dignitary throwing the first pitch that very day, Emery said. In the late 1800s, Brother Jasper, a coach of the Manhattan College baseball team, felt his team was becoming a bit restless on a hot and muggy day, Emery writes. So Jasper called time-out during the seventh inning of a game and invited everyone in the bleachers to stand and unwind, allegedly starting a tradition that spread into professional baseball. But it may go back even further. Emery reports that baseball historians located a letter dated 1869 written by Harry Wright of the Cincinnati Red Stockings, the first pro baseball team. "The spectators all arise between halves of the seventh inning, extend their legs and arms and sometimes walk about," Wright wrote. He described it as "relaxation from a long posture upon hard benches." {extraneous deleted} LOAD-DATE: August 24, 2006
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Reported from The Quadrangle (http://www.mcquadrangle.org/)
Friday, September 1, 2006 Riverdale Weather: HI 69 / LO 61 Rain High Hopes for New Administration As the academic year kicks off, students begin to wonder: who are these newly elected officers that will lead our student government? What does this administration have on their agenda? The 2006-2007 Manhattan College student government has begun its term in office and is anticipated to implement major changes for Manhattan College. News Commuters Beware: Traffic Agents Crack Down on Riverdale Parking As many Manhattan College commuters know, parking in the Riverdale area can cause quite a headache. This summer Riverdale residents and visitors expressed their outrage after traffic agents went on a ticketing rampage in the northwest region of the Bronx. The situation escalated when drivers logically presumed that parking signs only applied to working meters, not ones that had been expired or removed. Student Activities Plans This Semester's Events Campus Ministry Prepares f or a New Semester Summer's Over, Let the School Year Begin # # #
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EMAIL FROM JASPERS
Email01
From: Reinke's Jasper (mc68alum) Persona Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 8:37 PM To: 'Fichera, Michael A. [MC1935]' Subject: [JasperJottingsEditorial] Hello fellow Jasper Dear fellow Jasper Michael Class of 1935, I was skimming thru my Jasper file and was stunned to see you on Plaxo. Is this really you? That would make you, a 1935 graduate 2006-1935=71 plus if you graduated when you were 20, that puts you at the 91 years young mark. If that's so, you are DEFINITELY my hero. Can you tell me, and your fellow Jaspers, your life's learnings? Old stories, bad jokes, anything that you'd care to share, then we be interested in hearing. Best wishes, Good health, and another ten decades, Fjohn an almost sixty year old "youngster" Ferdinand John Reinke Manhattan College Alumni - Class of 1968 {JR: No reply yet? }
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Email02
From: Rich Zuccaro [1974] Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 9:16 PM To: Reinke Cc: Zuccaro, Rich (work) Subject: RE: Dan Costantini John, Somehow I did not hear you right when you gave me your email address over the phone on Thursday. (See the address I sent it to below.) I got a return from a very kind fellow telling me that I had the wrong address. I looked at the email you send out each week and have pieced together what I think the address should be based on that and what I heard on the phone. So, I am trying 2 more addresses. I hope one of them is right. Regards, Rich Zuccaro -----Original Message----- From: Rich Zuccaro Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 9:17 PM To: John Renke Cc: Zuccaro, Rich (work) Subject: Dan Costantini John, Here is the email you asked me to send you. I have also marked my office email address for a copy in case your email to me gets bounced back again. Thanks, Rich Zuccaro
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Email03
From: Distribute_Jasper_Jottings Moderator Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2006 6:25 AM To: Scotto, Deborah Ahlgrim (1979) Subject: File - Who are you and what class are you Greetings stranger, You have asked for admission into a private Yahoo group. But, you didn't supply any of the required credentials. For example, if I sent you an invite, I don't recognize your email address. If you received an invite from some one else, they didn't tell me you were coming. Or, you are not using your "@alum" email address. You gave me nothing by way of intro, so my guard is up. Who are you and what is your connection to Manhattan College? Sorry to be so blunt, but there are bad people out there. They try to get into private yahoo groups for all sorts of bad purposes. I have been "publishing" a weekly free ezine about Jaspers, there activities, and stuff about Manhattan College for a while now. I have about 700 weekly email readers and an unknown number of web browsers who all trust me to be vigilant about their information. I'm trying to recreate a virtual Plato's Cave where Jaspers of all eras can share a common bound. The first step of doing that is to make you give the "secret handshake" for admission. Any way, that's all I need to admit you. I look forward to hearing from you. FJohnR (MC1968E) Ferdinand John Reinke --1-- From: Scotto, Deborah Ahlgrim (1979) Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2006 6:40 AM To: 'Distribute_Jasper_Jottings Moderator' Subject: RE: File - Who are you and what class are you. Deborah (Ahlgrim) Scotto - Class of 1979 - I am just changing my email address from {privacy invoked} to {privacy invoked} . I do not have an @alum email address - the last time I asked they weren't available. Can you tell me how to get one? Thanks, Debbie --2— From: Reinke's Jasper (mc68alum) Persona Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2006 7:46 AM To: Scotto, Debbie [JJ] [MC1979] Subject: RE: File - Who are you and what class are you.txt Dear Ms. Debbie, Great. I just directed my clerk (me!) to update my records. So I don't waste everyone's time with "join jottings" emails. I'm a nag! When you registered on the alum website, which I see you have, you pick a user name. That's your username at alum dot Manhattan dot edu. I see you've updated your email address. (I used the "remind me of my password function" with your old address which failed. And with your new address, which worked. We in computer security call that "a traffic analysis deduction". Spammers use that all the time to deduce emails. I knew you registered because your listing says so.) That email from the alum site SHOULD have your username with it. If you email me JUST the username (e.g.: sexyjasper; iluvcats; wishwazonbeach; or whatever you picked), I can send you a test message. There was in fact a short time when alum addresses were "unavailable", after someone made the decision to NOT offer email to alums. (I think that was a GIANT DUMB decision, but no one wanted to listen. They were all concerned about the then recent federal child porn law. Argh!) SO when they were shifting from a web based real email system to the current redirector, those addresses were unavailable. They never did formally announce that they were working again. I know because I nag them and keep trying "stuff". Hope this helps. Any other questions? Remember the old cliché "the only dumb question is the one you don't ask"! Sayings become cliché because they are true and widely spread thru the population as people share the wisdom. :-) The alums are useful in that they allow you to change the underlying email address without notifying an unknown population. They are not AS valuable as they once were because of the advent of services like Plaxo. Plaxo is an address sync free service that allows people to "find" you with an old email address. When you "join" Plaxo, it (if you let it) vacuums up your address book to it's website. Any other Plaxo member with your address is then kept in sync with you. It also allows you to query your address book on a regular basis that you select. It makes it impossible for fellow Plaxo member to get "lost". I think it's the wave of the future. Some people are concerned with "privacy" but as those AOL searchers learned, there is none on the net. :-( L8r, fjohn68 --3-- From: Scotto, Deborah Ahlgrim (1979) Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2006 7:53 AM To: 'Reinke's Jasper (mc68alum) Persona' Subject: RE: File - Who are you and what class are you.txt My user name on the Alumni website is {privacy invoked} . Thanks for your help, Debbie --4-- {JR: Long story short. It's didn't work and I'm trying to get the answer why from the powers that be at MC. Stay tuned. }
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Email04
From: Patrick J. O'Neill Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 6:51 PM To: info (at) jkogolf.org Subject: Reminder - 6th Annual JKO Memorial Golf Classic If you have not done so already please make sure to register http://www.jkogolf.org/outing2006.htm for the 6th Annual JKO Memorial Golf Classic. Registration ends on Monday, September 11th. If you have registered already we look forward to seeing you in a few weeks at the event. The event is sponsored by the Manhattan College Alumni Society and the Long Island Jaspers. All proceeds from the event benefit the James K. O'Neill '90 Scholarship Fund at Manhattan College. Last year's event raised over $15,000 and a great day was had by all. We hope that everyone can join us for another great day. This year's event is on Monday, September 18th at the Hamlet Wind Watch Golf & Country Club in Hauppauge, Long Island. If you can't make it out for golf, join us that evening for the cocktails/reception. All proceeds from the event benefit the James K. O'Neill '90 Scholarship Fund at Manhattan College. We hope you can join us for this great day. Patrick J. O'Neill '88 www.jkogolf.org
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Jaspers found web-wise
JFound1
http://www.flickr.com/photos/brianewart/4042402/ {JR: But who is Uncle Iain? Is he a Jasper? }
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ZFound (Jaspers Found on Ziggs http://www.ziggs.com) Ziggs harvested all the public personal pages as a search engine would. Using their free offering, I have identified ~700 possible Jaspers from it. I'm planning to share 10 "found on Ziggs" Jaspers each week in the coming weeks. The first group moves in this week's issue. I don't like to overwhelm the readership with too much of anything. Besides "harvesting" takes a lot of time. And, these folks thought they could hide from Jasper Jottings!
Cappo, Raymond G. (1982)			http://www.mccarter.com/www2/att_412.html
Christenson, Terrance P. (1968)			http://www.coopererving.com/attorney_christenson.html
Chiocchio, Lucia (1997)			http://www.cuddyfeder.com/abtlwlc.html
Chau, Kevin (????)			http://fa.smithbarney.com/kevinchau/
Chase, Gregory W. (1971)			http://mccoll.queens.edu/Faculty/Chase.htm
Cavanaugh, Michael (????)			http://www.mercy.edu/Faculty/cavanaugh/index.htm
Casella, Matthew T. (1988)			http://www.aimsinfo.com/ourpeople.htm#MatthewCasella
Carrara, John J. (1976)			http://www.meadwestvaco.com/corporate.nsf/company/executives/JohnJCarrara
Caputi, Mauro J. (1981)			http://www.hofstra.edu/Academics/HCLAS/Engineering/egg_caputi.cfm
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MC mentioned web-wise
MFound1
http://leviosa.livejournal.com/295984.html this sucks. just like everything. i honestly don't remember when the last time i updated was or what has gone on since then. i leave in a day and a half and it doesn't feel right or real. i have to start packing and it's like my brain can't comprehend what i'm packing FOR. i feel like i'm done with college, with wagner. i did that already. i'm done. wake up call... no i'm not. but it's not like i have anything left here to stay for, so i guess it doesnt really matter where i am. i've got nothing everywhere. i've just been working and trying to see tony as much as i can. yesterday was my last day at the gap-dizzle, and it was pretty sad. goodbyes always are, i guess. i just regret having to leave ANYONE i deem "not annoying as fuck". but i'll be back. so i guess it's only temporary. monday sucked from what i remember. i think tuesday was the day i watched "saw 2" with tony. and then wednesday he came over and i raped his new laptop. it looks like millie. they're going to be lovers together. we just have to name his. we played "chuzzle" and of course i was over it in about 15 minutes and he has that competitive spirit i don't understand so he just kept chuzzlin' it up. then he wasnt feeling well so those nights are never fun... aftr i worked 8-5 yesterday i went to the cheesecake factory with the fam i guess for my :going away dinner", or whatevs. it was ok. i was exhausted when we came home and fell asleep at 9:45. then i talked to tony this morning and he asked if i wanted to come with him to his school to drop off something, so i went. and manhattan college is way cute. in case you didn't know. we snuck into his dorm room and saw it for a little while before we were kicked out by cleaning ladies...("no move-in no move-in!") and he staked out the bed/desk he wants. it's really small though, it's gunna kind of suck even more than my triple did... not gunna lie. then afterwards i came with him to his grandparents' house in flushing so he could say goodbye to them... and that was cute. his grandpa is like a real grandpa... old and cute and nice and shit. not really like mine. his grandma cried when we left, which was a little awkward for me but i guess still cute... especially since he's probably moving like CLOSER to them now if anything. i should really go pack. and then later last goodbyes since he leaves tomorrow at 8am. it's not like i'm not going to see him for months or anything... but he was such a big part of what kept me half together this summer that i don't know what i'm going to do when i can't see him every day. this goodbye might suck a little. or a lot. "i realize that i've been a total downer to be around lately. i don't want it to be like that." "i know." {JR: Hopefully things will get better. Even us injineers know you gotta use capital letters every once in a while despite the fact that they waste electrons. }
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MFound2
http://lasallianvolunteer.blogspot.com/2006/08/new-york.html Sunday, August 27, 2006 New York Hello everyone, Jenny and I moved into Newburgh, NY on the 17 but we haven't spent much time home. The day after we arrived we went to a bbq by Manhattan College
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JASPER’s BLOGGING
Yell if you need help.
Jasper Jottings as a feed				http://www.feedyes.com/feed.php?f=3KNUXxDz2JdArs6b
Jasper Jottings Sports				http://jasperjottings.blogspot.com/atom.xml
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Asherah, Kathleen (1992)				http://katyknits.typepad.com/katyknits/rss.xml
Fay, John (1986)				http://irisheagle.blogspot.com/atom.xml
Kahn, Donald J. Sr. (1961)				http://alykahn.livejournal.com/data/rss
Lampe, Blaire (2005)				http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Blair/
Mauro, Nicholas (2003)				http://evilnickm.blogspot.com/atom.xml
Mawn, Theresa (2001)				http://theresamawn.blogspot.com/
McCarra-Fitzpatrick, MaryAnn (1989)				http://mccarra--poetry.blogspot.com/ http://mccarra-fitzpatrickscatalogueshopping.blogspot.com/ http://mccarra-fitzpatrick.blogspot.com/
Reinke, John (1968)				http://reinkefj.wordpress.com/feed/
Steinberg, Robert (1993)				http://www.myspace.com/bobstei
Webb, Joe (1978)				http://drjoewebb.blogspot.com/atom.xml
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Sports from College (http://www.gojaspers.com)
Sports from others (http://jasperjottings.blogspot.com/ )
Jaspers In Strange Places (Not including Brooklyn!) Volunteers in other countries accepted!
Country	City			Who		Last update
China	HongKong			Haybyrne, James B. (1966)		2006-06-18
Ethiopia	Addis Ababa			Flynn, Bro. Gregory (1966)		2005-11-10
Hawaii	Kaneohe			Yamamoto, John H. (1963)		2004-07-15
Ireland	?			Fay, John C. (1986)		2005-09-18
Italy	Mascalucia			Celeste, Salvatore L. (1968)		2006-06-15
Italy	Rome			Tully, Rev. Gerard P. (1983)		2006-04-16
Japan	Tokyo			Carroll, Kevin M. (1974)		2006-06-18
Philippines	Cebu			Rotando, Jerome (1968)		2006-06-18
Spain	Madrid			Pradas, Eugene (1978)		2005-07-27
Spain	Valencia			Giner, Robert (1979)		2006-06-16
UAE	Dubai			Kahn, Donald J. (1961)		2006-06-15
Venezuela	Valencia			Grimaldi, Gustavo A. (1980)		2006-06-20
{JR: All Jaspers in Strange Places please ping in. When I retire, I'm planning to visit! No one in merry Old England? We would have all wanted to know more.}
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Boilerplate
http://www.jasperjottings.com/boilerplate.htm
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Curmudgeon's Final Words This Week
http://newsbusters.org/node/6225 Home » blogs » Noel Sheppard's blog Bill O’Reilly Gets John Kerry to Admit an Extremely Inconvenient Truth Posted by Noel Sheppard on July 1, 2006 - 20:51. ***Begin Quote*** O'REILLY: If it's better for every one of us not to be oil dependent, every single American, in 30 years the Congress could not, or would not, make it happen. You're telling me that the Congress sold us out and so did four presidents. You have to arrive at that conclusion. KERRY: I believe the American people have been sold short by the United States Congress with respect to the energy future of our country. Yes. And it is regrettable, because millions of jobs have been lost. Our security has been put at risk. The United States' technological lead in those areas has been set back. Our health has been set back. The environment has been set back. The overall security interests of our nation have not been well served. O'REILLY: Both parties at fault, right? KERRY: Both parties at fault. ***End Quote*** And you want us to depend upon the gubamint to get us to energy independence?
And that’s the last word. Curmudgeon
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GBu. GBA. Reinke sends.