Sunday 02 September 2007

Housekeeping

This issue is at:
http://www.jasperjottings.com/2007/jasperjottings20070902.htm

Send email to http://tinyurl.com/yh34ut (gives you an email address), fax 781-723-3746, or call 732-917-4816 (It’s the phone on my computer) anytime.

All communications are ASSUMED to be for inclusion, UNLESS otherwise indicated.

Happy and Safe Labor Day wishes.

As is my 4QTR custom, I am opening the “change window” for Jasper Jottings. I have some changes for the next year, that I think would be good. I’ll be itemizing them in the following weeks. Now’s the time for you to get your ideas in. What would make Jasper Jottings “better”?

Weekly Stats

750 Jaspers are active on the Distribute Yahoo site. (Serve any purpose?)

The site had 3,902 unique visits last week.

23 in LinkedInJaspers (http://tinyurl.com/yp6x2q).
(A bust! What was I thinking? )

mcALUMdb is STILL off the air.

285 page views for the week over at the daily blog.
(Should the daily blog replace the weekly email?)

The daily blog has 2 on Feedblitz and 2 on Feedburner. (Another flub!)

FLASH! Important info received after the deadline

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Events

jasper events that i have heard about

Help wanted: An events editor? No pay; short hours; high autonomy.

Monday, September 17th

From: Patrick J. O'Neill
Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2007 6:34 PM
Subject: Online Registration Available for the 7th Annual JKO Memorial Golf Classic

Online Registration is now open for the 7th Annual Long Island Jasper Outing/James Keating O'Neill Memorial Golf Classic (www.jkogolf.org). This year's event is on Monday, September 17th 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. All proceeds from the event benefit the James K. O'Neill '90 Scholarship Fund at Manhattan College. Last year's event raised over $12,000 and a great day was had by all. We hope that everyone can join us for another great day.

Whether your a golfer or you play once a year, the 4-man scramble format is fun for all. We will have prizes/awards in 3 flights - Competitive, Hackers and Ladies. The Hamlet Wind Watch has a magnificent golf course and an excellent cuisine.

We hope you can join us for this great day.
JKO Foundation

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September 21-23, 2007

The Retreat this year is scheduled for September 21, 22, and 23 at the Retreat House in Riverdale. Email EdMcE c/o Jottings for details.

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My list of Jaspers who are in harm's way:

- Afghanistan

- - Feldman, Aaron (1997)

- Iraq

- - Angel Estrella (2002)

- Korea

-- Stephanie (????)

- Unknown location

- - Lynch, Chris (1991)

- Uzbekistan

- - Brock (nee Klein-Smith), Lt Col Ruth (1979)

… … my thoughts are with you, and

… … with all of you that I don't know about.

Dona Nobis Pacem

QUOTE OF THE WEEK:

We don’t know a millionth of one percent about anything.

– Thomas Edison

EXHORTATION

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/
articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=
477300&in_page_id=1770

The baby born at 30,000ft on holiday flight who weighed just 1lb
By CHRIS BROOKE
Last updated at 00:52am on 24th August 2007

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As Nicola Delemere struggled through the pain of contractions, she was gripped with greater fears than the average expectant mother.

She and her husband were 30,000ft in the air on a plane to Crete, she was 25 weeks into her pregnancy - and there were no doctors on board.

The jet had been diverted when her waters broke but Mrs Delemere knew that Alfie couldn't wait for landing.

Somewhere above Dusseldorf in Germany, as she sat in her seat with an air hostess and a passenger acting as midwives, he arrived, barely alive and weighing only 1lb 1oz.

Mile high birth: Baby Alfie is finally at home with proud parents Nicola and Dominic Delemere

Thankfully, flight supervisor Carol Miller was there. The woman described as "Alfie's angel" used a drinking straw to clear the boy's lungs, before carrying out mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and heart massage for half an hour.

She relied on her basic medical training, and a retired nurse and ambulance driver were also there to offer advice. The plane soon arrived at Gatwick Airport and Alfie was taken straight to hospital.

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I love a happy ending. And, there is something to be said here for the Fight for Life. Of course, the old joke says, if men had to have children, the race would have been lost as soon as we found out what caused the condition. Seriously, you just have to be in awe of life and stories like this. At least a little bit? And, amazed at what people can do when you have to. So, when’s my turn? I had, which at the time I thought was dumb, and still do, a one hour required USAF lecture on how to deliver a baby. Just yet another thing I’ve learned but never got to use. Really, deep down inside, I hope all my tests are little ones. Those I might pass. I’ll leave the big ones to you my fellow alums, since you seem to handle them with ease. You all deliver the babies; I’ll stick to delivering Jasper Jottings.

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

CONTENTS

0	Messages from Headquarters (i.e., MC Press Releases)
0	Good_News
4	Obits
4	Jaspers_in_the_News
6	Manhattan_in_the_News
2	Email From Jaspers
2	Jaspers found web-wise
0	MC mentioned web-wise
4	New Jasper Bloggers

PARTICIPANTS BY CLASS

Class	Name	Locator
????	Kleis, Charles J.	JObit3
????	Lall, Eric	JNews1
1932	Kenny, James Patrick	JObit2
1943	McKillop, Harry	JEmail01
1943	McKillop, Harry	JNews2
1944	Blewitt, Roy E. Jr.	JEmail02 (RIP)
1953	McEneney, Mike	JEmail01
1957	Kliewe, Lou	JObit4
1964	Capdevilla, Martin J.	JObit1
1969	Colon, Frank	JNews3
1977	Burke, Ann Marie	JEmail01
1985	Meara, Edward	JNews4
1998	Miras, John	JFound2
2006	Frechette, Nikki	JFound1
2009	“inthemix Jae”, Jasper	JBlog
2009	“inthemix Steve”, Jasper	JBlog
2010?	“joeysac”, Jasper	JBlog
2011	“Patchogue”, Jasper	JBlog
2011	Scofield, Amy	JBlog

PARTICIPANTS BY NAME

Class	Name	Locator
2009	“inthemix Jae”, Jasper	JBlog
2009	“inthemix Steve”, Jasper	JBlog
2010?	“joeysac”, Jasper	JBlog
2011	“Patchogue”, Jasper	JBlog
1944	Blewitt, Roy E. Jr.	JEmail02 (RIP)
1977	Burke, Ann Marie	JEmail01
1964	Capdevilla, Martin J.	JObit1
1969	Colon, Frank	JNews3
2006	Frechette, Nikki	JFound1
1932	Kenny, James Patrick	JObit2
????	Kleis, Charles J.	JObit3
1957	Kliewe, Lou	JObit4
????	Lall, Eric	JNews1
1953	McEneney, Mike	JEmail01
1943	McKillop, Harry	JEmail01
1943	McKillop, Harry	JNews2
1985	Meara, Edward	JNews4
1998	Miras, John	JFound2
2011	Scofield, Amy	JBlog

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AND NOW THE “NEWS” if there is any

But first a cartoon from Jerry Breen ‘70

From my collection:

http://jasperjottings-daily.com/2007/08/31/cartoon-nasa-qualifications/

{JR: Thanks, Jerry! }

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HEADQUARTER'S MESSAGES

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OBITS

(Memento Mori)

JObit1

JObit: Capdevilla, Martin J. (MC1964) leaves us some big shoes to fill!!

ACTIONABLE OBIT: EXPIRES 09SEP07 San Diego, CA MC1964 Capdevilla, Martin J.

http://www.legacy.com/SignOnSanDiego/
Obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonId=93350941

http://tinyurl.com/2frcm8

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Martin J. Capdevilla

CAPDEVILLA, MARTIN J.

On August 9, 2007, San Diego lost one of its outstanding entrepreneurs, Martin James Capdevilla of Point Loma. Albert Einstein said imagination was more important than knowledge and Marty was blessed with both. A true Renaissance man, he loved philosophy, history, art, music, science and world travel. He was an artist in his own right, as well as a brilliant international businessman and marketer of consumer products. As he often said, he could make the numbers sing. He was a purveyor of ideas who dared to dream big and shared his passions with everyone who would listen. He loved ice hockey, fishing, skiing, good wine and most of all, his family. He had a quick wit, was fiercely loyal and fair, and lived life with gusto. Marty was passionate about making a difference, and was always willing to share his love of education and entrepreneurial spirit with others.

Marty was born in New York on November 19, 1942. He attended Monsignor McClancy High School, and received a B.S. from Manhattan College with a major in Psychology and minors in English and History. In 1966, he graduated from New York University with an MBA in Marketing and Finance. He was very proud to have served his country in the U.S. Marine Corps.

He began his business career at Compton Advertising, working on the Proctor and Gamble account. After quickly realizing he preferred to be a client, he spent fourteen years at Pfizer Inc. in the Leeming Pacquin consumer division and launched several successful new products. His deep interest in international business became reality when he went to Mexico with Pfizer as Marketing and Sales Director of its Vanart division, followed by five years as Marketing Director for General Foods in Mexico. In 1986, he moved to San Diego where he founded Distribuidora MJC in Tijuana. A year later, he partnered with his wife, Wendy Gillespie, in establishing Frontier Trading, Inc. in San Diego. He considered his success with Frontier Trading as his proudest achievement. While the company initially exported and distributed many different brand name products such as Gerber, Ralston-Purina and Hunt-Wesson, the company’s major focus was the initiation and development of the Maruchan ramen noodle soup market in Mexico and Central America over a period of 15 years.

Marty not only provided jobs for people on both sides of the border, he touched so many more in much deeper ways. He didn’t just export soup; he exported hope and opportunities for people to create their own success. You can’t be philanthropic if you haven’t been successful and Marty was both, using his gifts to their fullest potential and sharing them with the world.

One of the living legacies to Marty’s generosity is Junior Achievement’s new home in Mission Valley, housing JA BizTown. Joanne Pastula, President of Junior Achievement believes that “San Diego has lost one of our most dedicated entrepreneurs who epitomized all the positive values of personal achievement…Marty believed in giving back and sharing his love of life, learning and entrepreneurship with the world, especially young people.”

He is survived by his wife and business partner, Wendy Gillespie, his daughter Danielle and son-in-law, Joseph Griffin of Long Island, NY, along with three grandchildren, Joseph Martin, Brendan James, and Connor John. His mother, Kathleen Cronin lives in Rancho Bernardo. He was a wonderful husband, father and friend. Marty will be deeply missed by not only his family, but also the myriad of people whose lives he influenced so positively.

Marty will never really be gone because his passionate love of life and people will remain in the hearts of all those who were fortunate to know him. A celebration of life will be held at his home on Sunday, September 9th from 4-8 p.m. Donations in Marty’s memory may be sent to Junior Achievement of San Diego and Imperial Counties, 4756 Mission Gorge Place, San Diego, CA 92120. Please sign the guest book at obituaries.uniontrib.com

Published in the San Diego Union-Tribune on 8/26/2007.

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Guestbook for your comments is at:

http://www.legacy.com/SignOnSanDiego/GB/
GuestbookView.aspx?PersonId=93350941

http://tinyurl.com/33nnnb

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{MikeMcE reports: Dear John, Grace says Martin is a member of the Class of 1964. Mike (Thanks, Mike.) }

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JObit2

JObit: Kenny, James Patrick (MC1932)

Kenny, James Patrick

http://www.legacy.com/SFGate/DeathNotices.asp?
Page=LifeStory&PersonId=93434459

http://tinyurl.com/29jw79

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James Patrick Kenny

James Patrick Kenny Longtime Oakland resident, died peacefully on August 22, 2007 in Poulsbo, WA. Jim was born March 12, 1910 in New York City. He was a graduate of Manhattan College and held a law degree from St. John’s University in Brooklyn. He joined the Navy in 1944 and was one of the first lawyers to serve in the Navy Judge Advocate General’s Corps. He retired from the Navy as a commander in 1971. In his retirement years he became a fixture on the tennis courts in Montclair where he formed enduring friendships which continued until his death. Jim was preceded in death by his wife of 67 years, Kathleen. He is survived his daughter Patricia Stark of Poulsbo, WA, grandsons, Michael Stark of Easton, PA, and Kenneth Stark of Bellevue, WA, and four great-grandchildren. He will be remembered for his quick wit and strong personality. A great husband, father and friend, he will be greatly missed. Donations may be sent to Hospice of Kitsap County, P.O. Box 3416, Silverdale, WA 98383.

Published in the San Francisco Chronicle on 8/28/2007.

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Guestbook for your comments is at:

http://www.legacy.com/SFGate/GB/
GuestbookView.aspx?PersonId=93434459

http://tinyurl.com/2nhhjx

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{MikeMcE reports: Dear John, I believe that James is a member of the Classs of 1932. May He Rest In Peace. Mike (Thanks, Mike.) }

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JObit3

JObit: Kleis, Charles J. (MC????)

Staten Island Advance (New York)
August 22, 2007 Wednesday
CHARLES KLEIS, 64
SECTION: OBITS; Pg. A10

Date of Death: 08/20/2007 Bank president enjoyed computers, reading Charles J. Kleis, 64, of Annadale, a community bank president, died Monday in New York Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn.

Born in Brooklyn, he settled in Annadale in 1997.

Mr. Kleis attended Manhattan College and Pace University, where he studied accounting. An accounting officer during his service in the U.S. Army, he was discharged in 1963.

In the early 1970s, he went to work as an accountant for Atlas Savings Bank, a community bank in Brooklyn’s Park Slope. He remained there for more than 35 years, rising through the ranks and eventually becoming president, a goal he’d set when he first walked through its doors.

“He knew when he started he wanted to be president, and he said, ‘One day, I will,’ ” said his granddaughter, Theresa Kleis, who worked at the bank along with Mr. Kleis and his wife, the former Ingrid Eberl.

Mr. Kleis also was a licensed real-estate broker and mortgage broker in New York and Florida, although he devoted himself to his banking career.

In his leisure time, he enjoyed working with computers and reading, especially The New York Times and computer-related literature.

“He will be greatly missed,” said Ingrid, his wife of 45 years.

Surviving Mr. Kleis, in addition to his granddaughter and wife, are his son, William; his daughter, Nicole Kleis-Hattani; two sisters, Connie Smouse and Carol Sarni, and six more grandchildren.

The funeral will be Friday from the Colonial Funeral Home, New Dorp, with a mass at 9:15 a.m. in St. Charles R.C. Church, Oakwood. Entombment will be in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn.

LOAD-DATE: August 22, 2007

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JObit4

JObit: Kliewe, Lou (1957)

http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/
pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007708300403

Record-setting coach Kliewe passes away at 72
By CHRISTOPHER HUNT
THE JOURNAL NEWS
(Original publication: August 30, 2007)

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Tom Collins called him the closest thing he had to a father, next to his real dad.

Collins followed in his footsteps -as big as they were. So Collins said it was a sad day yesterday for him.

His coach, friend and mentor, Lou Kliewe, died Tuesday night at home in Pearl River, succumbing to a bout with cancer that lasted roughly a year.

“He meant a lot to a lot of people,” said Collins, Pearl River’s athletic director.

Kliewe, 72, who coached boys basketball at Spring Valley and Albertus Magnus, holds the Rockland County record for career wins with 447 over 45 years. He led Spring Valley to a state championship in 1982, which represents Rockland County’s only state title in boys basketball.

He received the county’s highest honor in 1998 when he was inducted into the Rockland County Sports Hall of Fame.

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Collins said he went to Manhattan College because Kliewe did. He coached because Kliewe did. And until a few years ago only called him “Coach.”

“He was the man,” said Collins, who coached Albertus to 400 wins and was also inducted into the Rockland Sports Hall of Fame.

“You just followed what he told you to do and if you did what he told you it normally came out correctly,” Collins said. “The guy has had a marvelous career. A lot of people will remember him as a great coach. But I’ll remember him as a man that taught me to make the correct choice in life.”

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Note: Not exactly sure of the MC connection involved, but it appears to be there.

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{MikeMcE reports: Dear John, I believe that Lou is a member of the Class of 1957. May He Rest In Peace. Mike (Thanks, Mike.) }

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Jaspers_Missing

Reported by mcALUMdb as “lost”:

No, the mcALUMdb itself is lost. To some extent no surprise. And, it’s discouraging. And, it puts a bigger load on MikeMcE who is supplying the “class look up function” for me.

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Jaspers_in_the_News

JNews1

JNEWS: Lall, Eric (MC????)

http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?
AID=/20070824/NEWS02/708240368/1018/NEWS02

Yonkers officials toast scholarships
By ERNIE GARCIA THE JOURNAL NEWS
(Original publication: August 24, 2007)

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Eric Lall, 24, graduated from Saunders High School and used his scholarship to attend Manhattan College, where he earned a bachelor of arts degree in radiation therapy technology. He said Hyatt eased a financial burden.

“Thank you for allowing my parents to save money for my third and fourth year,” Lall said.

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Lall, Eric (MC????)

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JNews2

JNEWS: McKillop, Harry (MC1943)

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/
localnews/stories/DN-mckillop_23nat.ART.State.Edition2.4265a56.html

http://tinyurl.com/2m4ldo

Humanitarian, patriot honored
For Perot aide, nearly 40 years of rescuing Americans overseas
12:00 AM CDT on Thursday, August 23, 2007
By JAMES HOHMANN / The Dallas Morning News

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PLANO – At 85, Harry McKillop still reports to work five days a week as an aide to Ross Perot, his closest friend and an associate for more than 35 years.

His office is in the unmarked Perot Systems compound in Plano, where the halls are lined with Perot memorabilia. Mr. McKillop’s office is filled with mementos of his own – maps and photos that document his daring, sometimes covert, global adventures.

Mr. McKillop has made a career out of rescuing Americans in foreign hotspots. With leverage from Mr. Perot’s checkbook and international reputation, combined with a mastery of logistics, he has worked through governments and backchannels to complete a variety of private missions in often unfriendly countries.

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Mr. McKillop, born in New York City in 1922, served in the Navy during World War II. He graduated from Manhattan College and earned a law degree at St. John’s University.

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WOW!! A great read.

McKillop, Harry (MC????)

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{MikeMcE reports: Dear John, I believe that Harry is a member of the Class of 1943. Another great Jasper. Mike (Thanks, Mike.) }

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JNews3

JNEWS: Colon, Frank (MC1969) inspiring story

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/hschool/
2007/08/28/2007-08-28_proud_papa.html

Proud Papa
Colon scales back at South Bronx
BY IAN BEGLEY
Tuesday, August 28th 2007, 12:59 PM

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Frank Colon has coached at South Bronx for the past 29 years, but will scale back his duties this fall. Colon will coach baseball, but won’t be on sideline for soccer and basketball.

Frank Colon has coached at South Bronx for the past 29 years, but will scale back his duties this fall. Colon will coach baseball, but won’t be on sideline for soccer and basketball.

Frank Colon spent last week basking in the sun at an all-inclusive resort in the Dominican Republic. He sat poolside, he said, and had people waiting at his beck and call at a five-star hotel on the beach in Punta Cana.

Still, the longtime South Bronx HS dean couldn’t completely enjoy himself.

“I had people serving me food, waiting on me all day,” Colon said. “I lived like a king for one week, but it wasn’t a good feeling.”

The “good feeling” Colon was missing in the Dominican will come on Thursday, when he enters the halls of South Bronx HS Campus. Colon, who turns 60 on Sept. 9, felt uncomfortable being coddled in the Caribbean because he has spent the last three decades of his life trying to serve students.

Colon has been at the school on St. Ann’s Avenue since 1978, a year after it opened, He launched the soccer and boys and girls basketball programs, as well as the softball program, and he’s coached the baseball team for the past 20 years. This year, though, Colon has decided to scale it back. Colon is giving up his duties as soccer and basketball coach, though he will continue to coach baseball next spring.

Colon was a physical education teacher for 26 years before he became dean four years ago. As the face of the Phoenix, he has seen the school’s student body evolve from a predominantly Latino composition to its current multi-cultural mix. He has survived the hiring and firing of a dozen principals and seen funds come and go, but there’s one constant that has kept Colon feeling good every fall: the students.

“If I can touch these kids’ lives, I’m making a difference,” Colon said. “That’s what keeps me going: the opportunity to make a difference.”

Students at South Bronx call Colon Papa, which translates in Spanish to Pope. Colon may enjoy an elevated status, but those who know him say he’s also down to earth.

“He doesn’t wear a tie and he doesn’t try to separate himself from the kids,” said South Bronx soccer coach Chris White. “He has an incredible way of communicating with these kids … the bottom line is, he’s a father figure to a lot of them.”

One reason Colon has survived in South Bronx for the past 30 years, according to White and Phoenix basketball coach Douglas Porter, is his ability to relate to students.

“He grew up in the Bronx and he didn’t have an easy upbringing,” Porter said. “He overcame a lot of obstacles - the same obstacles that our students face. So kids look up to him and think, ‘You can come from difficult and modest means and still do well in life.’”

But Colon puts it in simpler terms: “My job is to keep that school cool. I’ve been at it for 30 years, and as you get older, you get calmer. I’m gonna be 60 years old and it took a long time for me to get my act together, but now I have that wisdom.”

When Colon speaks to a troubled student or ballplayer, he speaks from experience. He can talk to them about their neighborhoods because he knows them well.

Colon split his childhood between the McKinley Houses and Forest Houses, both on Tinton Avenue and less than a mile from South Bronx HS.

Colon graduated from Taft HS and earned a baseball scholarship to Manhattan College. He graduated from Manhattan in 1969, and joined the National Guard. He worked for Liberty Mutual as a claims adjuster for a few years after college, but decided to switch careers and was hired as a teacher’s assistant at Jane Addams HS in 1977. He took courses Baruch College in the summer of 1978 to earn certification as a teacher and was hired at South Bronx that fall. Colon volunteered to coach the soccer and basketball teams that fall. In 1988, he took over the baseball team and later coached his son Frank Jr., who went on to play at Stony Brook University and in the minor leagues.

Colon has sent scores of players to college on scholarships in the three sports, and coached Yankees minor league pitcher Humberto Sanchez. He’s also had to attend the funerals of a few students, including Manny Pichardo, in 1990, after his starting left fielder was shot after an argument in school.

“There’s a lot of stuff that happens out here,” Colon said. “And we got used to living that crazy life and thinking it’s normal.”

But Colon says the school is safer than it has been in the past, partly because South Bronx was divided into a campus consisting of Urban Assembly School for Careers in Sports, Mott Haven and New Explorers. Colon could have retired five years ago, but said he doesn’t see that day coming anytime soon.

“Frank is an institution at South Bronx,” athletic director Lou Schlanger, who has worked with Colon for more than 20 years, said earlier this year. “He’s done incredible things here.”

For the first time in 30 years, he won’t be on the sideline when the soccer team opens at home against Kennedy on Sept. 10. Chris White will take over as head coach (Colon and White served as co-coaches the past two seasons), and Doug Porter will take over as basketball coach.

But Colon said he couldn’t bring himself to give up his position as baseball coach. He will also still serve as dean, and though some have speculated that this is his last year at South Bronx, Colon didn’t sound like he was ready to retire.

“Being at South Bronx gives me a purpose,” he said. “I’m very lucky because I have the opportunity to touch kids’ lives, and that’s something I don’t want to give up.

“I have a lot more to give.”

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Hats off to Colon, Frank (MC1969)!!

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{MikeMcE reports: Dear John, Frank is a member of the Class of 1969. Mike (Thanks, Mike.) }

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JNews4

JNEWS: Meara, Edward (MC1985)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/sddt/20070830/lo_sddt/
mearaelectedpresidentofcitizendiplomacycouncil

Meara elected president of Citizen Diplomacy Council
Wed Aug 29, 8:46 PM ET

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San Diego attorney Edward Meara has been elected president of the Citizen Diplomacy Council of San Diego (CDCSD) for the 2007-08 term.

The nonprofit organization, which works in cooperation with the U.S. Department of State and other federal agencies, brings high-ranking foreign dignitaries to San Diego to meet with their professional counterparts and to experience casual get-togethers in the homes of local residents. In the past year, CDCSD has arranged local visits for more than 500 international visitors.

Meara is associated with the law firm Brownwood Chazen & Cannon, serving as field counsel for the Liberty Mutual Group in San Diego. He is a graduate of Manhattan College and Pace University Law School. After law school, he clerked for the Honorable J. Daniel Mahoney, U.S.C.J, for the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. Meara is a graduate of the UCSD Executive Business Program in U.S./Mexican Trade and speaks German, Russian and Spanish. Meara is a former president of the San Diego Chapter of the Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy.

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{MikeMcE reports: Dear John, I believe that Ed is a member of the Class of 1985. Mike (Thanks, Mike.) }

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Manhattan_in_the_News

MNews1

MNEWS: MC back to school gets cited

http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007708240409

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But other fans were drawn here by the new format. Ray Sheerin was planning to attend The Barclays until he found out Woods wasn’t playing. But he was already scheduled to drop off his daughter Alli at Manhattan College for her freshman year, and when he learned The Barclays would be part of a playoff, he got the tickets after all.

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SO did future Jasper Ali have to find another ride to school? Did she make it? Did Snidely Whiplash tie her to the train tracks? But most important who won a meaningless yet another golf tourney? Argh!

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MNews2

MNEWS: Adolfo Rivera (2009)

http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll
/article?AID=/20070827/SPORTS/708270326

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Adolfo Rivera, a 2005 Wallkill graduate, set a state record with 62 straight extra points in 2004. He now plays soccer at Manhattan College.

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MNews3

MNEWS: Good Press Dean’s List (Who’s Dean? Is that like CriagsList?)

The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
August 26, 2007 Sunday
All Editions
DEAN’S LIST
SECTION: LOCAL; DEAN’S LIST; Pg. L02

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MANHATTAN COLLEGE

* River Edge: Catherine Lindsley

* Mahwah: Kathleen Kratchman

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Mail items to Cathy Krzeczkowski, The Record, 1 Garret Mountain Plaza, West Paterson, NJ 07424-0471; fax to 973-569-7766. No phone calls please.

LOAD-DATE: August 28, 2007

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MNews4

MNEWS: Yet Another Dean’s List story

Asbury Park Press (New Jersey)
August 25, 2007 Saturday
DEAN’S LIST
SECTION: COMMUNITY

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Manhattan College, Riverdale, N.Y.

* Daniel Hesslein,

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LOAD-DATE: August 25, 2007

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MNews5

MNEWS: More good press

http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=617704&
category=RENSSELAER&BCCode=&newsdate=8/29/2007

Student roundup
First published: Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Honors

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Colleen Schilling, the daughter of Dee and Tony Schilling of Brunswick, was named to the spring dean’s list at Manhattan College. She was recently accepted into Manhattan’s five-year master’s degree program. During the spring semester, Schilling was inducted into the Kappa Delta Pi international honor society. KDP recognizes the status of scholars to achieve and sustain pre-eminence in teaching, scholarship and service. Schilling is a 2005 graduate of Catholic Central High School.

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MNews6

MNEWS: MC students and email

http://www.uwire.com/content/topnews082907003.html

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Rowan University in New Jersey gives students 51.76 MB of space; Ramapo College of New Jersey, 120 MB; and students at Manhattan College in the Bronx use 50 MB of their e-mail space. Arizona State University started to move their 65,000 student population to the email system, which holds two gigabytes, 10 times the amount given to students at Rutgers University. Students have had an overwhelmingly positive response to the move.

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But do they have access to keypunch machines. (Old Jasper injineer joke. See back when … ahh forget it!)

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Reported from The Quadrangle (http://www.mcquadrangle.org/ )

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EMAIL FROM JASPERS
(Disclaimer emails may be edited for form, but never substance.)

JEmail01

From: Mike McEneney [1953]
Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 2:26 PM
To: John Reinke
Subject: Fw: Manhattan Grad

Dear John,

I received this from Ann Marie Burke, Esq. '77 (First Women President of the Manhattan College Alumni Society). Harry is a member of the Class of 1943. Another great story!

Mike

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Sent: Fri Aug 24 08:51:06 2007
Subject: FW: Manhattan Grad

From my sister in Dallas. Wow!

I think the College should recognize this guy. Perhaps we could give him an award or have him speak at one of our Lawyer events.....

-----Original Message-----

From: Veronica (Ronnie) Thomas
Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 8:42 AM
To: 'Ann Burke'
Subject: Manhattan Grad

<http://sev.prnewswire.com/aerospace-defense
/20070821/LATU13321082007-1.html>

There was an article in yesterday’s paper, similar to the one attached, about Harry McKillop who recently rec’d an award from Pres. Bush for his humanitarian efforts to retrieve POW’s, etc.

He’s a Manhattan Grad and received his law degree from St. John’s.

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JEmail02

From: Ms. Donna Blewitt
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 11:25 AM
To: reinkefj
Subject: Guest Book for Roy E. Blewitt Jr. (MC1944)

Thank you for your condolences. We appreciate your expression of sympathy and informing Manhattan College and the Alumni Association. Yes, he will be missed by all.

Fond regards,
Donna Blewitt
(daughter)

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JASPERS FOUND WEB-WISE

JFound1

JFound: Nikki Frechette [MC2006] (on FACEBOOK)

REPORTING FROM THE FACEBOOK DESK
IN THE JASPER JOTTINGS NEWSROOM

http://manhattan.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=5556142773&ref=mf

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Nikki Frechette’s Notes

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 1 @ OLIVER’S in ESSEX!!! BE THERE!!

Share

10:05pm Sunday, Aug 26

HEY HEY!

Everyone who can make it out SATURDAY, SEPETEMBE 1ST, to OLIVER’S in ESSEX, CT is gonna be having a blast with me and my gang! We’re kicking things off at 8:30, so come down, enjoy some great FOOD & DRINK and, of course, ROCKING COUNTRY MUSIC going all night until a12:30!!!! For more details, please visit:

www.nicolefrehette.com

www.myspace.com/nicolefrechette

We hope to see you all there so…..be there, or….well, you know!!

~till Saturday~

?Nicole

OLIVER’S TAVERN
124 Westbrook Road
Essex, Connecticut
860-767-2633

http://www.oliverstavern.com/

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JFound2

JFound: Miras, John (MC1998) (on FACEBOOK)

REPORTING FROM THE FACEBOOK DESK
IN THE JASPER JOTTINGS NEWSROOM

http://manhattan.facebook.com/profile.php?
id=574178791&hif=15%011998

http://tinyurl.com/yunx3t

Miras, John (MC1998)

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Networks: Manhattan College Alum ‘98
Relationship Status: In a Relationship
Birthday: July 10, 1976
Hometown: Brewster, NY
Political Views: Libertarian
Religious Views: Catholic
Personal Info
Activities: playing piano
Favorite Music: classical, musical theater
Favorite TV Shows: Seinfeld, Everybody Loves Raymond, American Idol
Favorite Movies: Quiet Man, the Devil Wears prada, one flew over the cuckoo’s nest, dreamgirls
Favorite Books: anything by Alison Weir
Favorite Quotes: “Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.” - Barry Goldwater, Mr. Conservative.
Education Info
Grad School: * Brooklyn Law School ‘07 * Juris Doctor
College: * Manhattan College ‘98 * History
High School: * North Salem High School
Work Info
Employer: Bronx County District Attorney
Position: Assistant District Attorney
Location: bronx, NY

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MC mentioned web-wise

MFound1

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JASPER’s BLOGGING

JBlog

JBlogger: “joeysac”

http://joeysac.blogspot.com/

fall 07
from The Innerworkings of an underpaid stripper by Joe Sac

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so im back here at the ol manhattan college…in a new dorm this time..overlook manor they call it and its pretty much like a junior apartment…no furniture as of yet but hopefully this weekend will bring change in that department

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JBlogger: Steve and Jae (2009)

http://inthemixwithsteveandjae.blogspot.com
/2007/08/who-hell-is-steve-and-jae.html

8.27.2007
Who the Hell is Steve and Jae !?!?!?!?!?

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Were a couple of Juniors at Manhattan College in the scenic and sometimes hostile Bronx area of NYC. We host a radio show Wednesday nights here on campus, it doesn’t broadcast over the internet so we’re converting it into a podcast and hosting it on a blog. The first show should be up sometime Wednesday night or Thursday during the daytime when we get our situation cleared up, so check back for the first offical show, and watch this classic video

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JBlogger: Two new student bloggers!

Amy Scofield (2011)

http://scofieldi.livejournal.com

“Patchogue” (2011)

http://overth3moon.livejournal.com/

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Old

My list of previously reported Jasper Bloggers here:

http://jxymxu7sn5ho9d.wordpress.com/about/jasper-bloggers/

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Sports from College

(http://www.gojaspers.com)

Sports from others

(http://jasperjottings.blogspot.com/ )

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Boilerplate

Control your own subscription:

(1) Send a message from your old email account to Distribute_Jasper_Jottings-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com saying that you’re switching.

(2) Send a message from your new email account to Distribute_Jasper_Jottings-subscribe@yahoogroups.com with your name and class year.

To keep me from spamming you, Yahoo only permits me to invite and delete people. I can NOT just ADD your email address.

AND you’re done. With zero extra work for the CIC! :-)

http://www.jasperjottings.com/boilerplate.htm

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Curmudgeon's Final Words This Week

http://www.lewrockwell.com/vance/vance118.html

Not a Dime’s Worth of Difference
by Laurence M. Vance

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Not only is there not a "dime’s worth of difference" between the Democratic and Republican Parties when it comes to just about anything, there is certainly no difference at all when it comes to increased federal spending, the expansion of government power, the destruction of liberty, and interventionism in general, both at home and abroad.

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The only real conservative in Congress in the Old Right sense is Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX), who scored a perfect 100 on the index in both the 109th and 110th Congresses. (I should note, though, that those on the Old Right didn’t call themselves conservatives.)

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That’s what I’ve been saying all along. They say that insanity is doing the same thing and expecting different results. So the electorate is insane OR has vested interest is seeing the status quo. Argh

And that’s the last word.

Curmudgeon

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GBu GBA

"Bon courage a vous tous"

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