Garfield Heights High School Class of 1967 Garfield Heights, Ohio
An Alumni Organization
NEWS LETTER
OCTOBER, 2008 
Dear Fellow GHHS 1967 Graduate,
Some things just never seem to change…..especially when it comes to the Class of ’67 knowing how to celebrate! We were proud to announce last month that the winners of the 1975 NCAA Division III Wrestling Championship and their then Assistant Coach, Chuck Angello, were inducted into John Carroll’s Hall of Fame on September 26, 2008. Several of us Bulldogs congratulated Chuck at Champps Restaurant in Lyndhurst the evening of September 27th. Below are a few pictures of the group saying, “Well Done!” You may look at several more photos located on the Class website (www.ghhs1967.org) under the page entitled, “Chuck Angello Nite”. A very good time was had by all!
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AND, more fun followed on October 11, 2008, when Tom & Janice (Wroblewski) Hola hosted, at their home, our Class clambake. Tents covered the backyard, enclosing tables and chairs to comfortably seat 41. With a steamer cooking clams, chicken, yams, and sweet corn, coupled with a wide variety of appetizers and desserts, no one left hungry! The weather couldn’t have been more perfect, providing us with a gorgeous autumn day! Music and camaraderie abounded, and our 50/50 raffle amounted to $114.00. Dan Mihalik had the winning ticket this time and then graciously donated $25 of his winnings to our Scholarship Fund!! Thanks so much, Dan!!
We have photos to share, but because we didn’t want to slight anyone by choosing just two or three for placement here in the newsletter, we refer you, again, to our Class website (www.ghhs1967.org) at the page entitled, “Clambake”. There you can view Audrey Sopko and Carol Stolarski’s photo abilities!!
ALSO…..a note from Jan & Tom:
“The fall clambake was terrific! Thanks to all the great people who attended.
We never ran out of conversation and everyone was willing to lend a helping
hand. We enjoyed hosting this event and thanks to all for contributing towards
our scholarship fund.
Tom and Jan Hola”
Speaking of websites, just a reminder to continue to utilize ours! Have an outing or charity event you would like us to know about? Selling an item? Contact Bill Williams with those details and they’ll be included on our “Bulletin Board” page.
Our website is funded by donations. ADVERTISING is the perfect method that helps both you and our class! Our rates are most reasonable. Display your company banner for $20 a year, or your business card for $15 a year. What better way to promote a business or organization …..it’s an inexpensive marketing tool, and it also assists in keeping our website going!
While Class events may taper a bit due to the forthcoming holidays and weather (meaning winter!), we can report that Dan & Mary Ann Mihalik’s daughter-in-law, Kim, is directing the dinner theatre production, “Pump Boys & Dinettes”, for the Broadview Heights SpotLights Community Theater. To support the Mihaliks and see some great, local theatre, we thought we would get a group together to see the show.
"Pump Boys & Dinettes" is an interactive musical comedy about the pump boys selling high octane on Highway 57 in Grand Ole Opry country and the dinettes, Prudie and Rhetta Cupp, running the Double Cupp diner next door. Together they fashion an evening of country western songs that have received unanimous raves on and off Broadway. They perform on guitars, piano, bass and, yes, kitchen utensils.
Since this show is a dinner theatre presentation, tickets include appetizers, dinner, dessert, show and cash bar. It will be held at the Country Lakes Party Center, 8626 Broadview Road, Broadview Heights, Ohio, on Friday, November 21, 2008, $42 per person. Doors open at 6:00; dinner at 6:30; show at 7:30.
PLUS……..The Spotlights' costumed carolers will provide background entertainment during seating and cocktails.
Military Discount Price $ 5.00 -- to active duty personnel!!!! (Valid military ID must be presented at box office).
INTERESTED? Contact Audrey Sopko to be added to our list of attendees (440/582-1780, or (asopko@sbcglobal.net).
Bulldog Kudos goes to:
Estelle Angyal Hofer, who received a promotion at her place of employment, Advanstar, to full-time sales rep, and,
Ken Zach, whose daughter, Christina, was married in Cleveland, Tennessee, October 11th (so that’s why we didn’t see Ken at the clambake!!).
Our Alumni Keep Traveling:
Candice Coneglio Frantz, and husband, Bob, enjoyed 16 days in Europe. Started in Barcelona on a cruise and visited France & Italy, some of which was seen via rental car…….and,
Amy (Roman) Kostka, and husband, Bill, who traveled to London and then cruised from that glorious city back to New York City.
Our Condolences To:
Dennis Liniman whose brother, Norman, passed away September 19th, and
Bill Williams who lost his Dad, also Bill, on September 28th.
All of us who own animals also know how treasured they become and are included as members of our families. Therefore, we would also like to say “Thinking of You” to Ken Zach, who lost a great companion, Jake, September 27th. Ken says Jake was a great dog and in tribute to him, he has become “immortalized” on the beer labels of Ken’s “home brewed” bottled beer! Ken & friends will now look forward to drinking, “Jake’s Christmas Ale”!
AND A CHUCKLE FOR THE DAY:
A man was walking home alone late one foggy night, when behind him he hears:
BUMP...
BUMP...
BUMP...
Walking faster, he looks back and through the fog he makes out the
image of an upright casket banging its way down the middle of the
street toward him.
BUMP...
BUMP...
BUMP...
Terrified, the man begins to run toward his home, the casket bouncing
quickly behind him
FASTER...
FASTER...
BUMP...
BUMP...
He runs up to his door, fumbles with his keys, opens the door, rushes
in, slams and locks the door behind him.
However, the casket crashes through his door, with the lid of the
casket clapping
clappity-BUMP...
clappity-BUMP...
clappity-BUMP...
on his heels, the terrified man runs.
Rushing upstairs to the bathroom, the man locks himself in.
His heart is pounding; his head is reeling; his breath is coming in
sobbing gasps.
With a loud CRASH the casket breaks down the door.
Bumping and clapping toward him.
The man screams and reaches for something, anything, but all he can
find is a bottle of cough syrup!
Desperate, he throws the cough syrup at the casket... and,
(hopefully you're ready for this!!!)
The coffin stops.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!!!!!!!
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Guess that’s the news for this month! If you have anything you would like to share or have an item you feel would interest our alumni family, please let us know!
Till next time………go Bulldogs!!!!
Your energetic editor,
Gail Russler Meyer
SEPTEMBER 2008
Dear Fellow GHHS 1967 Graduate,
It is also hard to believe that a year “plus some” has flown by since our Class celebrated its 40th reunion (we partied the weekend of Aug. 3 & 4, 2007)! Since that reunion, our Class began its own website, has a monthly newsletter, and has tried to schedule at least two social events a year when not a reunion year! Communication between alumni appears to be better than ever, and we are pleased that so many of you are interested in what your past fellow classmates are doing now! We appreciate your support…..without it, none of the above would have happened!
With growth comes change, and we hope it is all for the better! Therefore, you are going to see a few changes to our website that will allow you to locate alumni news quickly.
Our newsletter is automatically included on our website. Each newsletter will now include a broader scope of information giving you the “who, what, where and why”s of news concerning upcoming and past events, plus items of interest, as well as “trivia” items regarding our alumni family.
Our “Bulldog Banter” pages will now be archived. Those pages that have been created will be archived on our webpage, so if you have not seen them, you can still view them.
“Breaking News” will be just that………information of events coming up, or news that we feel you should know about immediately. As this section is updated, a notation to that effect will be posted which will provide a date of when the update took place. So please continue to provide us with your news and notes!
Of course, we hope you will continue to “click” on all the other pages at this site and post your comments to its Guest Book. Never know what might be there!
And please remember, our website is funded by donations AND ADVERTISING. So if you have a business you’d like us to promote, remember our rates are the most reasonable on the internet! You can display your company’s banner for as little as $20 a year, or your business card for $15 a year!
ALUMNI EVENTS
We hope your summer has been enjoyable and that you are now thinking about some extra special plans for fall. To help you begin, we want to remind you of our Class of ’67, clambake hosted at the home of Tom & Janice (Wroblewski) Hola on Saturday, October 11th, come rain or shine! The particulars are as follows:
TIME: 3:00 P.M.
PLACE: 9899 Seneca Court
Brecksville, OH 44141
(440) 838-5375
MENU: - Dozen Middle Neck Clams
- Half Chicken
- Corn on the Cob
- Sweet Potato
- Creamy Cole Slaw
- Dinner Rolls
Please bring your own beverages; Appetizers and/or desserts are welcome!!!
PRICE: $17.95 per person; subtract $6.95 if you don’t like clams! Add another $6.95 if you want a double portion of clams!
Make checks payable to Janice Hola and mail to above address;
payment due by September 24th!!
Join us and create some fun!!!!!
ALUMNI NEWS
Chuck continued his interest in wrestling by lending his talents as Assistant Coach of the John Carroll University Blue Streaks. He and the team won the NCAA Division III Wrestling Championship in 1975.
We are happy to report that both Chuck and the Team of 1975 are going to be inducted into John Carroll’s Hall of Fame on Friday, September 26th, with ceremonials being presented that evening at the Windows on the World, in the Flats of Cleveland.
Since Chuck lives in Oxford, Ohio, and, of course, will be in Cleveland for this special award, there is going to be a congratulatory get-together for Chuck on Saturday, September 27th, 8:00pm, at Champps Restaurant in Lyndhurst, 5835 Landerbrook Drive, (440) 605-9222. Any “Bulldog” who would like to stop by, see Chuck and extend their congratulations is welcome!
We’re proud of you, Chuck……..congratulations!!
We have also learned that Rhea Jones Ashmore, Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction Literacy Studies Program, is taking a sabbatical from The University of Montana and will be traveling to China October 9, returning to the USA December 3rd.
Rhea will be teaching at the Zhejiang University, training Chinese teachers of English, and conducting English as a second language research. The purpose of this research project is to investigate the effects of peer-assisted repeated oral reading (PROR) on silent reading fluency in English for Chinese English language learners in fifth grade. After selection of two classes, Rhea will be overseeing reading for 20 a day, 3 days a week……which leaves time to tour China! Rhea will be living in Hangzhou, an hour’s ride from Shanghai by fast train! Rhea is a Fulbright Scholar, with Tai, Russian and Chinese teaching experience.
Good luck, Rhea…….we want to hear updates!
BULLDOG BANTER
Bulldog Kudos goes to:
Terry Calabro Karwan, a resident of Kentucky, tells us that she has returned to school and hopes to get into the nursing program in January!! This semester she is taking medical microbiology and fundamental psychology….our hats are off to you, Terry!
Bill Williams (our Class webmaster), who has recently become the Webmaster for the Garfield Heights Historical Society. They need assistance in creating their webpage, and whose better hands can do it than that of Bill’s!
By the way, Bill’s middle daughter, Kathryn, was married September 7th in a beautiful wedding on the shore of Chippewa Lake. Newlyweds live in Madison, Wisconsin, where “Katy” is employed as the Art Director for Athletic Business magazine.
Thinking of:
Millie Gerak, continues to convalesce at home from surgery performed the end of July; and,
Ernie Chizmar, who had his left hip replaced July 16th, but is recovering well. He says his running career is over, but he’s still riding his rode bicycle and lifting weights.
Our thoughts are also with Chuck Pflueger, who was right in the path of Hurricane Ike when it roared through Houston. Chuck reported that the winds came whistling through for more than 12 hours at 110 mph. Even the dog started howling when the wind noise hit a certain pitch! He is a bit “wounded” but ok….minor damage to his house and he thinks a “hurricane tornado” knocked his brick wall over….the wall broke about 4 rows of bricks up from the base and then just snapped and broke off. The neighborhood looks wrecked. In storms like these, winds from the hurricane tend to push or roll trees over, taking huge chunks of sod with it. Some trees get snapped off at the top so there have been lots & lots of tree and shrubbery debris clean-up. Chuck and family were without power for 60 hours, they faring a bit better than 80% of the greater Houston population. But what a BBQ they are having: he and neighbors have been cooking food that was defrosting in the freezers…lots of steak, lamb, chicken, sausage and even dessert! We’re glad you made it, Chuck!
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Guess that’s the news for this month! If you have anything you would like to share or have an item you feel would interest our alumni family, please let us know!
Till next time………go Bulldogs!!!!
AUGUST, 2008
News Letter
Dear Fellow GHHS 1967 Graduate,
There is already a “tingling” of fall in the air! With that come plans for another alumni event – a GHHS Class of ’67 Clambake! What better way to begin the fall season!
Hosted by Tom & Janice (Wroblewski) Hola at their home in Brecksville, we are looking forward to gather together on Saturday, October 11th, rain or shine! The particulars are as follows:
TIME: 3:00 P.M.
PLACE: 9899 Seneca Court
Brecksville, OH 44141
(440) 838-5375
MENU: - Dozen Middle Neck Clams
- Half Chicken
- Corn on the Cob
- Sweet Potato
- Creamy Cole Slaw
- Dinner Rolls
Please bring your own beverages; Appetizers and/or desserts are welcome!!!
PRICE: $17.95 per person; subtract $6.95 if you don’t like clams! Add another $6.95 if you want a double portion of clams!
Make checks payable to Janice Hola and mail to above address;
payment due by September 24th!!
Due to the expense of postage, there will not be a mailing of this event to those who did not provide the reunion committee with their email address. Please pass the word to any other alumni member you know that might be interested in joining in the fun!
We hope to have a great turn out! After all, this event will be the last for 2008, so join us and create some fun!!!!!
Scholarship Recipient,
Michael Miller
As a follow-up…..in the June newsletter, you met Michael Miller, a 2008 graduate of GHHS, and this year’s Class of 1967 Scholarship Recipient. Mike’s graduation plans include attending Bowling Green University and majoring in aviation technology, and then pursuing a gratifying career with the United States Air Force. We are happy to report that Mike graduated from Air Force basic training on August 22, 2008, and will be attending BG in January, 2009, to begin his college career. CONGRATULATIONS, MIKE!!!
It has been said that as you grow older, you begin to reminisce more! Three gals from GHHS were extensively reminiscing in Columbus, OH, on August 9, 2008. Audrey Sopko, Gail Russler Meyer, and Marsha Grimes Oakley (who actually moved from GH at the end of 1966) attended “Alumni Day” of the All Ohio State Fair Youth Choir. This organization, which is still a viable choir today and known as “Ohio’s singing ambassadors”, performs for several weeks at the Ohio State Fair, as well as providing concerts throughout the State of Ohio. The Choir has also toured internationally.
It is composed of high school males and females, selected on the recommendation of their high school choir director. Audrey, Gail and Marsha sang at the Ohio State Fair in 1966 and then traveled, toured, and gave concerts in Europe with the Choir after high school graduation during the summer of 1967. On August 9th, they were able to sing with the 2008 Choir (and remembered the music!), view all kinds of archival materials of the choirs past and present, as well as make new “choir” friends. They even ventured to find the girls’ dormitory and it brought back memories…..looked like the same 1966 bunk beds!! All of us to this day still thank our GHHS Acapella Choir director, Mr. E. J. Kotora, for the wonderful experiences we shared during our time spent with the AOSFYC! Those recommendations must have been phenomenal!!!
Left to right: Gail, Marsha & Audrey at
the Ohio State Fair, Ohio Department
of Natural Resources Pavillion.
And, yes…that is Smokey the Bear behind us!
Speaking of music, another 1967 GHHS alum, Ken Zach, is currently a member of the Master Singers, Inc. Chorale of Northeast Ohio. This choral organization began in 2001 and is founded on the premise that it performs serious, heavy, classical choral masterworks. It specializes in a broad range of choral literature, from a cappella works to major choral-orchestral masterpieces representative of all eras of choral composition. Auditions for singers are held year-round by appointment. While the Chorale performed it’s summer concert, “The Romantic Era – Verdi, Dvorak & Brahms” on August 3rd, Ken will also be participating in its winter concert scheduled for December 7, 2008, entitled, “O Magnum Mysterium” – Master Singers, Inc., Chamber Singers, Inc. and The Paragon Brass (a resident quintet ensemble at The University of Akron) will be performing.
Maybe we should surprise Ken and attend???
As a reminder, continue to check our website (www.ghhs1967.org) for postings and more class information, as well as those little tidbits included on the “Bulldog Banter” page!
AND, as another reminder, this is your newsletter. Please share with us any information that you feel our alums would like to hear about….after all, we can’t spread the word about the members of the Class of 1967 if we don’t know what the “word” is!!
In closing, for all of you who know some seniors, feel like seniors, or will soon BE seniors, here’s the chuckle for the day:
An irate customer called her newspaper office, loudly demanding to know where her Sunday edition was.
“Ma’am”, said the employee, “Today is Saturday. The Sunday paper isn’t delivered until Sunday.” There was quite a pause on the other end of the phone, followed by a ray of recognition.
“So that’s why no one was in church today!”
Till next time………go Bulldogs!!!!
JULY 2008
Dear Fellow GHHS 1967 Graduate,
As the ticket states, Saturday, July19th, brought together 18 alumni & friends for some casual wine tasting at Jerry’s Wine Center in Broadview Heights. Light appetizers were served with a selection of 6 Ohio wines from Debonne Vineyards. We had a few wine connoisseurs in the group and the general consensus is that Ohio is becoming a bigger and better wine producing area. The ever popular 50/50 raffle provided a “pot” of $88, with Carol Stolarski having the winning ticket for half that amount.
The party and gathering continued when 17 of us walked across the parking lot for an optional dinner at the restaurant, Cozumel’s. A back corner of the restaurant proved to be a great place for conversation and laughter (where there was plenty!), along with experiencing some great Mexican dishes. Some of us even tried margaritas!
Once again, the camaraderie and mingling were great, as you can see by the group photo below! (Check the page entitled “Wine Swirl” here at the website to view more photos of that evening.) It was fun to again see: Linda Capretta, Millie Gerak, Tom & Janice (Wroblewski) Hola, John Nosek, Guy & Karen Papa, Bill and Amy (Roman) Kostka, Barry and Gail (Russler) Meyer, Arlene (Sobie) Rieker, Audrey Sopko, Helen (Steblinski) Cejer, Carol Stolarski and friend, Will, and, Paul & Sharon (Travagliante) Weitzman.
We had also scheduled a trip aboard the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railway for October 10, 2008. Their “Grape Express” that evening was featuring Italian wines. While our reservation deadline date was June 28th, we were baffled on June 25th to find out that the train was sold out! Some of you probably thought we were a bit crazy asking for money in June for an event in October, but as you can see, these wine tasting events aboard the train are extremely popular! Hopefully, we can try to schedule again in 2009 when we discuss future alumni events!
(Photos courtesy of Carol Stolarski!)
Unfortunately, our Class has lost three more of our alumni family.
On June 10, 2008, Patrick “Spud” Piekarczyk passed away suddenly due to a blood clot breaking away from his leg and traveling to his lung. Pat attended his first Class Reunion last year when we celebrated our 40th. He was one of Garfield’s “mighty Bulldogs”, playing guard on the football team. Hence his nickname, “Spud”….someone said he looked like a potato when mud splashed into his face! Pat is survived by his wife, Joanne, and two children, Alexandra and Michael.
Brian Jasin passed away July 3, 2008. Brian was also at the 40th Reunion celebration and had participated during high school in JCWA, Spanish Club and Booster Club, to name a few. Brian retired in 2007 after being an insurance agent for 31 years. He was an avid fan of the Indians and Browns, and even a renowned softball coach. Brian is survived by wife, Pam, son, Mike and daughter, Nikki Gervais.
Joseph Fetzer passed away suddenly July 14, 2008. If you remember, as a senior at GHHS, he was voted “Most Prettiest Eyes”. He was a great “character” in high school and in life. Joe served in the US Army’s 101st Airborne, and received a Jump Master diploma in 1975 at Ft. Benning, Georgia. He served two tours of duty in Vietnam and was wounded in action. His health deteriorated from his injuries. Joe is survived by wife, Joyce, and daughter Kellie.
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While some sad news has been passed along, there is some great news to share in ending this letter! We want to extend a great, big Bulldog kiss to Ken Dankowski who donated $100 to our Scholarship Fund! Thanks, Ken…..you are one heck of a GHHS alum! It will certainly help our cause in reaching out to future seniors of Garfield Heights High School.
Wishing you a continued great summer!
Till then………..go Bulldogs!
NEWS LETTER
June, 2008
The month of June brings good weather and many thoughts of vacations, weddings and graduations. Forty-one years ago on June 8, 1967, dressed in white and blue robes, each of us, when our name was called, marched across the stage of the Public Auditorium to accept the diploma that was presented to us that evening, as we had now become a full-fledged graduate from Garfield Heights High School.
Believe it or not, GHHS is graduating its 100th Senior Class and commencement will take place in the High School Athletic Complex on June 4th at 7:30 p.m. WE EXTEND OUR CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL!
May 22, 2008, was Senior Awards Night at GHHS, where seniors were recognized and presented with awards, honors and local scholarships. Audrey Sopko and I were honored to present that evening a $500 Scholarship Award from the Class of ’67. The task of choosing a candidate was not an easy one, as we were given 64 applications to review. However, after doing so, we selected Mr. Michael Miller as our Scholarship recipient. Michael plans to attend Bowling Green State University and major in aviation technology. He decided to pursue this career as early as the 6th grade, as that is when the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, upon the World Trade Center, made an impact upon him to become a fighter pilot for our Armed Services.
Michael joined the Ohio Air National Guard in 2007, and is presently in the United States Air National Guard. He has also volunteered his services with Ohio Habitat for Humanity, the Blood Mobile, working the polls on election days, and serving the parish of St. Therese Church.
During school, he was a member of the band, the Snowboarding Club, Honors Government, and even played soccer, while carrying a grade point average of 3.174.
We are certain that he will continue to work diligently in college, as he has during the past four years in high school, in order to achieve his goal of a gratifying career with the United States Air Force. Our best wishes to Michael as he now makes his mark on the world!
And congratulations to all of the 1967 Alumni who have supported our goal of continuing the tradition of awarding a scholarship to a deserving GHHS senior. With the celebration and success of our 40th Reunion, we hope to honor a senior EVERY year with a scholarship award, rather than just after the year of our reunions.
To do so, we will still need contributions, and, as you have already been told, you may see a slight increase of event fees so that a few dollars of the fee can be put into our “scholarship kitty”. If any of you are unable to attend our Class events but feel strongly about continuing this tradition, we would certainly accept your donation toward this cause….doesn’t need to be much….a few dollars multiplied by a number of alumni will grow into an honorable amount to present to a senior in 2009. As you already know, with college costs being what they are, every dollar counts!!
A REMINDER ---
Our last two events of 2008 are being held July 19th and October 10th. July 19 is a casual wine tasting at Jerry’s Wine Center, 9200 Broadview Road (in the shopping center at Rt. 82 & Broadview Road), Broadview Heights; 6:30 p.m. There will be 5 wines + light appetizers and an opportunity for lots of mingling; $7.00 per person. There will also be an optional dinner (pay on your own) at Cozumel’s (Mexican) across the parking lot from Jerry’s. For those of you who might want to see folks but are not a wine taster, join us just for dinner!
October 10th is an Italian “Grape Express” tasting aboard the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad. Departing Rockside Station & Canal Road at 7 p.m., returning at 9 p.m.; $50 per person in coach. These wine tastings on the train sell out quickly. We must reserve spaces and need your check by June 28th in order to place our order. EVERYONE needs an advance ticket and there can be NO last minute arrivals.
For either/or or both events, send your check and a self-addressed, stamped envelope to Gail Meyer, 6678 Tudor Circle, North Royalton, OH 44133; or contact grdmohio@aol.com, or (440) 582-9620 for more details.
Tickets for these events will be sent to you via U.S. mail using the envelope you provide us, so please allow enough time for us to mail them and you to receive them.
Hope to see many of you in July and October.
Till then………go Bulldogs!!
News Lettter
MAY 2008
Dear Fellow GHHS 1967 Graduate,
The evening of April 26th began with two tiers of reserved tables, all displaying Bulldogs perched at eyelevel, sitting at window’s edge with great views of the track, followed by an all-you-could-eat buffet dinner. The 6th race was dedicated to the Garfield Heights High School Class of 1967, and four attendees (all participants’ names were entered and then drawn from a “hat”) were lucky to share a photo opportunity in the Winners Circle with Got Bail, the winner of the race. Check out the “Winners” and group photos on the page called “Night at the Races”.
Several attendees were in great form, picking winner after winner. We raffled a gift basket of goodies (donated by Audrey Sopko) with Linda Capretta being its recipient, and even had another 50/50 raffle amounting to $200. Pam Poveroni Conrad seized that prize, taking home $100.
The camaraderie and mingling were great. All in all, it was a grand night for racing at Northfield, and for our Alumni group (one drove in from Michigan and another from Oxford, OH)! And, our scholarship fund increased $167 that evening.
Many thanks goes to: Ken & Debbie Dankowski , Audrey Sopko, Arlene Sobie Rieker, John Nosek, Guy & Karen Papa, Richard & Connie Pettet Clark, Carol Niess Krajewski, Dan & Diane Marzano Mauser, Mary Chadwick, Chuck & Cindy Ruggerio Rifici, Dan & Mary Ann Mihalik, Linda Capretta and friend, Ken Patterson, Jerry Celebucki, Joe & Pam Poveroni Conrad, Frank Remesch, Bob & Lora Finocchi Garrett, Estelle Angyal Hofer, Chuck Angello, Donna Mazzola Bartczak & friend, Stan Faiken, Linda Maciaszek Fauble & friends, George & Linda Makovicka, Casey Lesiak, Donna Chapple Barton, Mark Miller & friend, Janet Tomele, Frank Picha, Gail Russler Meyer, and Al & Flo Novello.
One alum who couldn’t be with us that evening was Leslie Mroz Readinger, but she was busy, albeit using a walker!! Leslie was diagnosed with MS in 2002 (and she also broke her hip right before our 40th reunion last year!), yet she walked a little over a mile in the 2008 MS Walk also scheduled April 26th. She and the “Leslie Team” raised almost $3,000 to help in the cause of funding programs and doing research to battle this disease. Kudos Team Leslie!!!
Even though one alumni event just “came & went” we are already making progress in scheduling others:
REMAINING 2008 ALUMNI EVENTS
FOR THE CLASS OF 1967
1. July 19 - Casual wine tasting at Jerry’s Wine Center,
9200 Broadview Road, Broadview Heights; 6:30 p.m.
5 wines + light appetizers, lots of mingling; $7.00 per person
Optional dinner at Cozumel’ s (Mexican) across the street!
Deadline is July 13!
2. Oct. 10 – “Grape Express” tasting aboard the Cuyahoga Valley
Scenic Railroad – Italian wines; Depart Rockside Station & Canal
Rd., 7pm, return 9pm; $50 per person in Coach; Wine tastings sell
out quickly - We must reserve spaces & need your check by June
28th to place our order; EVERYONE needs an advance ticket and
there can be NO last minute arrivals.
Send check & self-addressed, stamped envelope to Gail Meyer,
6678 Tudor Circle, North Royalton, OH 44133; or contact
grdmohio@aol.com, or (440) 582-9620 for more details.
Tickets will be sent to you via U.S. Mail using the envelope you provide us, so allow enough time for us to do that and you to receive them.
The alumni events listed above will be the last ones for 2008, so we hope to see many of you at either one or both of them! We would love to see some “new faces” in the crowd…..especially those who reside in the “area”, so PLEASE join us!
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As a reminder, for all of you who have been meaning to purchase a reunion CD but just haven’t quite “gotten to it,” we still have a few for sale. Not only does the CD contain picture memories of our Reunion’s Friday and Saturday festivities, it includes music of our era, a complete directory of alumni, our complete Memorial page, old pictures shared by our alumni (and some of them are quite unique!), as well as pictures and information from our 1967 yearbook. And just in case you forgot the words to our Alma Mater, that’s included too! CDs are $10…..send a check to Gail Meyer and one will be quickly mailed to you.
And here’s some fun – while we have been out of high school (and college!) for a while now, here is a math trick that may stump you. Grab a calculator…..
- Key in the first 3 digits of your phone number (not the area code);
- Multiply by 80;
- Add 1;
- Multiply by 250;
- Add the last 4 digits of your phone number;
- Add the last 4 digits of your phone number again;
- Subtract 250;
- Divide by 2.
Do you r