Mike Rhodes Herb Redding Herb Miesle

VoiceMarch 2006

For Alumni, Friends and Families of Saint Joseph Central Catholic High School

“SJCC exists to educate the mind, nourish the soul, train the body,inspire the heart, and in so doing, build the Kingdom of God.”

The

Page 3....School News

Page 7....Recognizing Gifts

Page 8....Achievements, Births, Deaths, Weddings

Page 9....Guest Column: Sheri Ross

Page 11...Spring Sports Preview

In the News....

SJCC NadererSports Complex

“206” Reverse Raffle & DinnerGrand Prize $2,000

Silent AuctionWhere: Sacred Heart Parish HallDate: Saturday, May 20, 2006Time: Doors open at 6:00 p.m. Dinner served at 7:00 p.m. Raffle starts after dinnerCost: $50 a ticket (includes two dinners) BBQ chicken, potato salad, coleslaw,

roll & butter, and pop. (Cash bar)Tickets Available: SJCC Development Officeor any SJCC baseball or softball player

2006 Hall of Fame inductees

The Sara BarbourMemorial Golf Outing

May 20, 2006

Where: Green Hills Golf CourseTime: 8:00 a.m. Shotgun Start.

Proceeds will benefit the Sara BarbourMemorial Scholarship Fund and theSacred Heart Elevator Fund.

To sponsor a hole or sign up to play,contact SJCC sophomore EricBarbour, 332-8065.

By Brittni Darke

Three outstanding individuals will be inducted intothe SJCC Athletic Hall of Fame, Sunday, May 21.Michael Rhodes, Herb J. Redding and HerbertMiesle will be inducted during a 4 p.m. dinner cer-emony at Crystal Arbors Banquet Hall. Rhodes (’65) was a three yearletter winner on the undefeatedSt. Joseph High School ’62-‘64football teams. He was votedfirst team all Sandusky BayConference running back anddefensive back on the 9th Stateof Ohio rated football team of1964 and voted defensive backon The News-Messenger AllCentury Team. He also lettered in basketball(’64-’65) and baseball (’63). Rhodes graduated from Bowling Green State Uni-versity where he was a member of the football teamhis freshman and sophomore years. After graduation he joined the U.S. Marine Corps(’70-’76) where he received a Vietnam service medal,was one of 10 Marine Corps pilots to fly the com-manding general to Fleet Marine Force Atlantic, andachieved the rank of captain. He has flown for several commercial airlines andis currently flying with Northwest Airlines. Rhodeshas been a pilot instructor since 1992 and in his spare

time is a senior mortgage loan officer for GreatSouthwest Mortgage Company in Scottsdale, Ari-zona where he lives with his wife, Sheila. The couplehas three grown children: Carrie, Kathleen andMichael. Redding, (’44) was a varsity fullback, offensiveleft end, defensive end, and a line backer during theschool’s toughest schedule.The school was playing teamsfrom Lima, Fostoria, Tiffin,Findlay, Sandusky and Toledo. He also played point guardon the varsity basketball team,scoring 107 points for theseason. Redding earned a Masters inEducation from BowlingGreen State University afterserving in the U.S. Navy AirCorps. He was head coach at Lorain St. Mary’s for a va-riety of sports, including football, baseball and track(’50-’52) and then at Gibsonburg High School wherehe also served as principal and superintendent. Redding has been married to Mary Anne(Wiegman) for over 50 years, and the couple has onedaughter, Marcia Jo Redding-Sanders. Miesle, (’35) lettered three years in basketball. The1935 team was the only team to compete in the statetournament where they lost to the Waterloo Won-ders. That team finished 20-3 with one of the losses

Dinner & Banquet Information

Date: Sunday, May 21, 2006Place: Crystal Arbors Banquet HallTime: 4:00 Cocktails, 5:00 Dinner 6:00 ProgramCost: $20 includes dinner Tickets are available in the SJCC main

office (419-332-9947)

to Toledo Central Catholic. Miesle earned Player ofthe State Tournament Award. Miesle played baseball as a freshman and coachedseventh and eighth grade basketball teams while hewas still in high school. He is credited with coaching the first Little Leaguebaseball team in Fremont and was involved for 30years in bowling, basketballand baseball. Miesle was employed atUnion Carbide for 13 years asa supervisor, managed theElmore bowling alleys for 30years, Riedy Manner TruckEquipment as district salesmanager, Daybrook Hydrau-lic as regional sales manager,Carwood Industries as districtmanager, Bendix HomeEquipment as a supervisor,and White Truck as a sales manager where he re-tired in 1978. Miesle was married for over 60 years to the lateDolores (Hoffman). They have three children --Mike, David, Mary Lynn (Simmonds) -- 10 grand-children and 11 great-grandchildren.

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Mike GabelPrincipalKathy BoukissenDirector of Development

EditorKathy BoukissenCopy Editors:Ellen LeiteSally DaubelContributors:Journalism students: AmandaBabione, Brittni Darke, JakeStreacker, and Ross WetoskeySJCC faculty: Greg Kohler &Jodi Pollick

The Voice is published four times a yearfor the alumni, families and friends ofSJCC. Direct all comments to The Voice,702 Croghan St., Fremont, Ohio 43420.

From the Principal

Prefer The Voice on Website Only? If you would prefer not to get the hardcopy of The Voice in the mail, but wouldlike to be notified by email (it is posted onthe website on pdf format), please emailKathy at kboukiss@fremontstjoe.org

Kerr says farewell I am humbled and so verygrateful for the gathering held,well wishes sent, and generousgifts given. Your manykindnesses this past year andalways have been so appreci-ated. The decision to leave wasfar from easy. It came only af-ter careful consideration,thought and prayer. The school community wasa healing element. The people at SJCC, now and inthe past, are so very special. Parents, alumni, andfriends can and should be proud. I know I will al-ways be proud to say I was allowed to work with thebest. I taught at SJCC. I have been blessed. God gave me precious, lov-ing parents and siblings. I was fortunate to have Ronin my life for 45 years and three wonderul caring sons.My faith and belief in all that is good has beenstrengthened.

On December 19th, an assembly was heldto honor Jeanne Kerr. Family, students, fac-ulty, staff, past student council members, alumniand friends, were in attendance as a power-pointpresentation displayed Jeanne’s life. She wasshowered with well wishes and gifts; one ofthem being a plane trip home for her and a guestfor the 2006 SJCC graduation in May. Jeanne has moved to South Carolina to becloser with family.

Thanks Jeanne for your dedication to SJCCfor 20 + years! Your SJCC Family

By Brittni Darke

A “Wild and Wacky Variety Show”, written byJudy Wicklund, was presented as the Winter One Actsrecently in the SJCC Media Center. This unique blend of spoofs and clever reparteesincluded the “Ninja Sisters”, a hilarious story of fournuns (Megan Luc, Antonia Alcala, Amanda Babioneand April Peters) who kicked and chopped their wayacross the stage to stop evildoers and set them backon the road to righteousness, and, “First Date” whichpitted a brave waitress (Lexi Glaneman) against theever terrifying Bogeyman (Matt Hoffman). Whilehe struggled to keep his identity from his date (JennyFreeh), the waitress tried covertly to expose him. “Advice Panel” featured three experts and Tina,a regular girl, who attempted to advise phone call-ers. Tension built when Tina (Carly Smith) counteredthe other panel members’ advice. This lively one-upmanship starred John Komorowski, Babione, andMike Wagner. “Barbie and Ken Break Up” featured Smith andKomorowski in a humorous exchange between two“dolls”. When Ken finally got fed up playing sec-ond fiddle to Barbie, he decided to run away withBarbie’s little sister, Skipper. Interspersed between the skits were “commer-cials” for Relvon Body Spackle and Matey Deodor-ant.

Wacky One Acts were wild!

SJCC Booster Club The annual stag had a profit of $6,200. As afund raiser, it is the second largest behind the alu-minum can recycling program. Over the 55 yearsthat the stag has existed, hundreds of thousandsof dollars have been generated to help supportthe many boys and girls sports programs thatSJCC offers. Thanks to all who worked and thosewho supported it. The aluminum can recycling program is nowin partnership with Burns Iron & Metal Co., 911N. Front St. Their hours are 7:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.Mon-Fr; 7:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Sat. You can re-ceive cash for your cans or deposit them in thebin designated for SJCC donations. Booster meetings are held the first and thirdMondays of the month above Sheets Supply Co.on Jackson St. All are welcome.

Additionally, two concurrent skits, “Nerds inLove” starring Babione, Wagner and RoseannaAuxter, and “Eagle Six” starring Auxter andBrittney Contreras, were presented as a series ofshort scenes, allowing for scenery and costumechanges for the other acts. The Winter One Acts were directed by Ms.Amy Miller, drama advisor. She was assisted byMs. Brenda Nopper, drama instructor.

I continue on this journey, I accept the chal-lenge and will forever be grateful for my years,memories, and experiences at SJCC and its people.

Jeanne Kerr ‘64 jmkerr@carolina.rr.com

Greetings,

We have now started thefourth quarter and our se-niors have returned from awonderful trip to NewYork City. They are now beginningtheir senior projects and aspart of this project theywill be out in the commu-nity shadowing differentindividuals trying to getsome first-hand experience

in different career choices. At this time I would like to congratulate severalpeople. First of all congratulations to our new Ath-

letic Hall of Fame inductees: Herb Redding, HerbMiesle and Mike Rhodes. A big congratulations toour Quiz Bowl team, which won the Sandusky CountyQuiz Bowl championship and to our Science Olym-piad team, which qualified for state competition. Con-gratulations also Nick Swint, who qualified forregionals in swimming, and to Cara Steinberger, whoqualified for regionals in bowling. And finally con-gratulations to Juni Arreola, who placed 6th at state in

wrestling, and to Alex Estrada, who qualified forthe state in wrestling. These are just a few of oursuccess stories, and there are many more. We areproud of all of our students at SJCC. In closing, I once again want to thank you for allyour support. We will continue to pray for each ofyou, and we ask you to do the same for us.

GO STREAKS!

PAGE 3 SJCC SCHOOL NEWS

Database is invaluable toolSpieldenner key to starting Alumni & Friends Association

New classes notedKeyboards purchased withdonations

By Amanda Babione

SJCC placed 5th and 6th in the 23rd annual MockTrial competition held in Port Clinton in February. The sentencing of Terry Bale, a fictional charac-ter in The State of Ohio vs. Terry Bale court case,was argued in the Ottawa County Courthouse byseven area high school teams. Bale was found guilty of aggravated murder andwas facing the death penalty, but since he sufferedfrom paranoid schizophrenia his lawyers argued thatit may have had an effect on his moral standing atthe time of the murder. The two SJCC teams, Alpha and Omega, eachconsisted of four attorneys, four witnesses (two eachfor the defense and prosecution), and one bailiff.They were advised by Mrs. Kim Cope, who teachesCitizenship and Modern U.S. Government, and at-torney Tim Braun, a Lucas County assistant pros-ecutor. “The kids worked really hard and learned fromtheir experience. They are extremely competitiveand are looking forward to next year,” said Cope.

Two new music classes were introduced intothe curriculum this year — Beginner Piano andShow Choir. “We only planned on about 10 kids,” said mu-sic director Bill Burkett about the piano class,“but we ended up with 15.” Beginner Piano teaches students piano basics,according to Burkett, who hopes the studentswill improve enough to perform at the studentMass and maybe learn to play the pipe organ inthe church. “New keyboards and stands were purchasedthrough the generosity of the Music Boostersand private donors,” said Burkett. Show Choir consists of eight advanced sing-ers. They have performed at the Christmas con-cert, a benefit at Sandusky St. Mary’s and a fewsmall group events. Some choreographed movesare performed with show tunes like O HappyDay and Joyful, Joyful from “Sister Act”, saidBurkett.

Students plead their cases

By Brittni Darke

In 1980 The Rev. Paul Mueller, then St. Josephparish pastor, approached SJCC board memberCarolyn (Tight) Spieldenner ‘58, with a project re-quest —start an alumni association. This association would publish an alumni news-letter and sponsor an annual alumni social event, he toldher. “The first thing we had to do was make a list of allthe alumni beginning with the class of 1924,”Spieldenner said. She and many others reviewed the list and foundaddresses for them, removing the names of deceasedmembers. A board, consisting of two members for every de-cade, was formed to maintain this database. They also agreed on a name for this association.“We came up with the name SJCC Alumni andFriends,” she said, adding that they decided to spon-sor a party in the cafeteria after the Homecoming gameeach year. More than 25 years later this database continuesto provide valuable information to SJCC graduates. “We get between five and 10 requests daily forinformation,” said Sue Berryman, SJCC & CEDF ad-ministrative assistant. The database is maintained by Kathy Boukissen,Office of Institutional Advancement Director of

Development along with staff members Joanne Bu-sold and Berryman. “Through Carolyn’s efforts and spearheading avery big project, our development office is where itis today. Her start gave us a basis to grow and ex-pand, which has been key to our success infundraising and hosting special events,” said Boukis-sen. “Keeping our database updated is a daily andongoing process. We appreciate when alumni andfriends contact us with address changes and newsabout their births, weddings, achievements, etc.” Although the database contains names, addressesand phone numbers of SJCC grads, they are lookingto add more e-mail addresses. “It’s just a more effective and efficient method ofcontacting people,” Boukissen said. Alumni andfriends are encouraged to send their e-mail addressesto kboukiss@fremontstjoe.org. The Alumni & Friends Association continues togrow, and the special events they hold have expandedfrom the early years of The Homecoming Party. Theassociation now hosts annually The Heritage AwardBanquet and Easter Egg Hunt. Through the annualdues, the association also contributes financially tothe cost of printing and mailing The Voice. Spieldenner was president of the SJCC Alumniand Friends Association from its inception until theearly 90s. John Lauer (‘65) is currently the president.

By Jake Streacker

Two weeks before the Sandusky County QuizBowl League tournament, SJCC student Eric Staibstrolled up to coach Nancy Risner and made a boldproclamation. “We’re going to take the tournamentby storm,” said the junior, going on to predict a leaguechampionship for the Streaks. Risner had plenty of reason to be skeptical; theStreaks were coming off a 3-3 regular season, as wellas a tough loss to Eastwood. However, a few weekslater, the league trophy sat on display in the main of-fice at SJCC, shocking not only Risner, but the rest ofthe league as well. “I honestly didn’t expect the results that we got thisyear,” said Risner. “We lost a lot of high scorers tograduation last year, and I was very doubtful about thetournament.” After the Ottawa County Quiz Bowl League foldedlast year, Risner and her SJCC team were left withonly six Sandusky County League games to play forthe 2005-06 season. Not only did this put more em-phasis on each game, but it also gave the teams muchless time to prepare for the tournament. In the league tournament, SJCC dominated a roundrobin-style competition by going 6-0, defeating everyother team in the league to take the championship. The Streaks’ first real tournament challenge camein their second match, where they faced Eastwood, ateam that had previously been undefeated in the leagueand was widely expected to take the title. After pull-ing off a major upset, SJCC was immediately pairedagainst Gibsonburg, the team that handed them their

first loss in September. SJCC took them out as well. In round six, SJCC defeated Clyde, which had beenresponsible for their third loss in regular season. Then,in a picture-perfect ending, the team defeated cross-town rivals, Fremont Ross, to round out a sweep ofthe division and bring home the trophy. Making his final trip to the tournament was seniorJohn Komorowski. Underclassmen Staib, MichaelBlohm, Zach Hampshire, Johnathon Kanakaraj, andJoe Stierwalt made up the rest of the team while KyleGood, John Koenig, Mike Wagner, Andy Wolf, andJonathon Wood cheered them on from home. The Sandusky County Conference, like the OttawaCounty Conference, is struggling to keep afloat. Af-ter beginning the season with eight teams, Hopewell-Loudon bowed out, leaving the total at only seven.However, with only two seniors graduating and nineunderclassmen returning next year, Risner has goodreason to believe that the Streaks will not only be field-ing a team next year, but they’ll be among the favor-ites to repeat as champions.

Quiz Bowl wins tournament

Front l-r:Hampshire,Staib,Stierwalt

Back l-rBlohm,Kanakaraj,Komorowski

Keep these people in your prayers

Each week at the school Mass we pray for thosewho might be suffering and we ask that you let usknow about anyone who is in need of our prayers.

Heather Laurer, daughter of Scott Laurer ‘78,as she recuperates from open heart surgery.Their address is: 1744 Tomahawk Trace,Fremont, OH 43420

Leona “Birdie” Laurer ‘49, as she recuperatesfrom cervical laminectomy surgery. Her addressis: 1828 W. Cole Rd., Fremont, OH 43420

By Amanda Babione

PAGE 4 SJCC MAKING NEWS

Koebel motivated by the Fremont community

Classmates, friends, and even spouses got the op-portunity to shoot some hoops against one another inthe first annual SJCC Alumni Basketball Game heldat the school. Jeff Radde (’89) came up with the idea and orga-nized the successful event, which featured 21 formerSJCC basketball players, dressed in a red or gray teamshirt. “Running out into the gym with the crowd yellingand cheering was just like being in high school,” saidChris Hirt (’90), Red team member. The difference was that there were both men andwomen on each team, and for Hirt the opposing Grayteam included his wife, Denice (Quaintance) Hirt (’88).“Playing against my husband was different andcompetitive,” she admitted. Even Kevin Yeckley (’86), who currently teachesand is an SJCC counselor, joined in as a Gray teammember. “It was a lot of fun. No one got hurt, whichwas great, and seeing the stands packed was the mostexciting,” he said. 1987 alumnus and Red team member Matt Paethagreed. “It was one of the greatest experiences sincehigh school. It was exciting to see the people I wentto high school with and all the different generationsof fans in the stands.” Radde added that the presence and performance ofthe pep band was great, which contributed to thatfeeling of being in high school. Although it had been years since these graduateshad played together, it didn’t take more than one ortwo practices to get back into the swing of things andfeel like a team again, according to Chris Hirt.“Seeing the gym, seeing everyone and their moves, itbrought you back.” Tom Michael (’89) was the high scorer for the Red

Alumni basketball game huge success$1,500 raised applied to new concession stand

By Ross Wetoskey

Two weeks after Hurricane Katrina hit the GulfCoast on August 29, Mike Koebel, SJCC 1970 gradand owner of American Auto Sales, said he “justwanted to help.” He had in mind to fill one truck with non-perish-able goods and supplies and drive them down to theFEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency)representatives in Mississippi. He ended up with a total of five trucks filled withgoods and supplies and a small contingent of Fremont

residents todrive and dis-tribute the dona-tions. Unfortu-nately, whenthey arrived,FEMA wouldnot accept thematerial becauseit wasn’t on pal-lets. Not surewhat to do next,the convoydrove arounduntil they saw a local church in Picayune, MS thatwas passing out clothing and water. Koebel stoppedand asked if it would be possible to set up a food bankat the Salem Ochs Baptist Church. The volunteersagreed, and all the food and goods were distributedfrom that church. It was determined before he made the second tripat the end of September that he would be taking build-ing supplies such as shovels, chainsaws, nails, ham-mers, etc. in addition to food supplies. Koebel andanother group of volunteers drove four trucks down

this time, stopping in the small town of Waveland,MS. It was at Waveland that Katrina came on shore. “Waveland is about the size of Clyde, and approxi-mately 92 percent of the houses were heavily dam-aged or completely destroyed,” said Koebel. Since the city hall was completely destroyed, andthe police and county sheriff were working out ofmilitary tents, Koebel decided that the rest of the do-nations would go to this particular community. The three vehicles that made the trip to Wavelandin November were filled mostly with 40 fold-up beds,food, water, soap and about 55 stuffed animals. FEMA had begun to distribute small campers forrefugees, Koebel said. “It just broke my heart to see how people were try-ing to live in these (campers),” he said. He was able to give one little girl a stuffed animalthat looked just like the bear she had lost in the hurri-cane, he said. Koebel’s fourth trip to Mississippi, around Christ-mas, was made to deliver non-perishable food donatedby members of the Fremont community, money col-lected from an SJCC jeans day, and school suppliesdonated by the city of Kalamazoo, MI. “If it wasn’t for the community of Fremont, whomotivated me to do this — so many people wanted tohelp out— I couldn’t have done it,” said Koebel.

team with 13 points while Radde scored 18 points forthe Gray team. The Red team beat the Gray team by ascore of 56-46. The event raised over $1,500 between ticket sales,concessions, the 50/50 drawing, personal donationsfrom the teams, and DVD/tape copies of the game.The funds were directed towards the new concessionstand in the cafeteria. “I’m hoping to double the amount raised next year,”said Radde. Each year the funds will go to an area ofthe school as chosen by the administration. Next year’s event is scheduled to have two games.One game will be comprised of alumni from 1985-1993 while the second game will feature graduates of1994-2001. Both games will be played the same night so it shouldbring in a larger crowd, said Radde. Alumni playing for this year’s Red team included Paeth, Michael, Chris Hirt, Amy Davidson (’89),Elaine Gonya (’88), Craig Gabel (’91), Jill Steyer(’90), Scott Radde (89), Dorothy Stanforth (’89),Randy Wammes (’86) and Ann Rethman (’89). Playing for the Gray team were Yeckley, ToddDrusback (’90), Denice Hirt (’88), Jeff Radde (’89),Annette Mercer (’87), Nikki Willis (’89), Dawn Smith(’89), Dave Dixon (’86), Tom Gonya (’85) and JohnSchneider (’94).

The SJCC Science Club is going to state competi-tion in April after coming in sixth at the NorthwestOhio Regional Science Olympiad recently. A total of24 high school teams competed in the Olympiad heldon the Ohio State University Lima Campus. “It’s exciting to go to the state competitions twoyears in a row,” said Nancy Risner, Science Club ad-visor. This is only SJCC’s third year competing in theOlympiad, she said. Equally excited about the team’sperformance was Lauretta Swint, co-advisor. “The team scored exceptionally high in the buildingevents this year due to the many hours of afterschool commitment,” Swint said. Although most of the students placing well in theircategories were sophomores or juniors, one freshman,Zach Lieske, took third place in one category withthe help of his partner, junior Allie Braun. “The best part is building stuff – testing it,” saidLieske. “It’s something I’m really good at.” Lieske is looking forward to the state competition,he said. “I think it’s fun because now it gives me twomore months to work on stuff,” he said. Contributing to this outstanding achievement were:Cody Molyet and April Peters — second place TowerBuilding; Alex Reineck and Mike Wagner — secondplace Robot Ramble; Andy Wolf and Eric Staib – thirdplace Fermi Questions; Zach Lieske and Allie Braun– Scrambler; Mini Kanakaraj and Wagner – fourthplace in Health Science; and, Braun and Zach Hamp-shire – Forensics. Placing fifth in their categories were: SamanthaBurns and Mike Blohm — Astronomy; and BrianJohnson and Burns in Rocks and Minerals. Sixth place in Designer Genes went to Blohm andKanakaraj; Molyet and Wolf took seventh place in theWright Stuff category; and Braun and Staib tookseventh place in Write It/Do It. “I was especially proud of Alex Reineck, CodyMolyet and Zach Hampshire not only because theyspent many hours of their time preparing for theirevents but they also helped with projects they didn’tcompete in,” said Risner Three other club members, Braun, Staib and Blohm,spent some of their time helping the St. Joseph El-ementary School students get ready for their competi-tions the following weekend, according to Risner. Both Swint and Risner are looking forward to nextyear. “Since we have 12 underclassmen who will bereturning, I have high hopes for next year,” said Risner.

Science Clubadvances to state

Anyone interested in playing can contact Raddeat 937-780-4869 or jradde20@yahoo.com. There will be a $15 fee to join to help cover thecost of the team shirts.

2006 Alumni Basketball GameFriday, November 17

Koebel (center) with a group ofvolunteers and the Mayor ofD’lberville, MS

PAGE 5 SJCC SPECIAL EVENTS

Browns concession raises money for handicap accessibility

2nd Annual Alumni & Friends Golf Scramble & PartyFriday, August 4 - 11:00 Shotgun - Sycamore Hills Golf Course

Entry Form: Please fill out completely and send with your check by

July 21, 2006 to CEDF, PO Box 1302, Fremont, OH 43420 Checks payable to: CEDF

Early Bird Registration Send in entry by July 1st for a special drawing

Player #1 _____________________________ Phone: _______________ E-mail________________

Player #2 _____________________________ Phone: _______________ E-mail________________

Player #3 _____________________________ Phone: _______________ E-mail________________

Player #4 _____________________________ Phone: _______________ E-mail________________

Total number of people attending party (including spouses/guests) $5 each :__________________

“Hole Sponsor” opportunity for personal or business - $50 per sign posted on golf course

Sponsor #1 _____________________________ Contact & Phone: ___________________________

Sponsor #2 _____________________________ Contact & Phone: ___________________________

Sponsor #3 _____________________________ Contact & Phone: ___________________________

Sponsor #4 _____________________________ Contact & Phone: ___________________________

$200 per team includes:√ 18 Holes √ 2 golf carts√ 10:30 lunch **Sponsored by Grund Drug√ Field prizes on every hole√ 2 Closest to the pin ($100 winners) *Sponsored by Baumann Auto Group√ Door Prizes√ SJCC athletes assisting with golf bags from carsContact:Tony Michael 332-5716 (Pro Shop)John Lauer 332-0178

Party after the tournamentSponsored by the

SJCC Alumni & Friends Assoc.♦SJCC cafeteria♦Immediately after scramble♦Spouses/guests invited♦$5.00 per person♦Sandwiches, appetizers & refreshment♦50/50 Raffle

A special thank you goes out to the many peoplethat it took to make this year’s Cleveland Browns2005-2006 St. Bernard’s fundraiser a huge success.We are truly blessed to have such giving volun-teers at SJCC. Our profit was $17,224.91. The mon-ies will be put towards making our school handi-cap accessible. Mark and Nancy Reilly started this fundraiserin an effort to renovate our school gym. The moneywas donated in memory of their daughter Margo.

I personally want to give tribute to Jean Wasser-man, who has donated her time tirelessly. She at-tended all but two games this year. Jean is the back-bone of this operation! A special thank you to thosegenerous people who worked the Christmas Evegame and the New Year’s Day game, that is com-mendable. The profits for those two games werehuge! In closing, I want to thank my co-workers at SJCCcafeteria: Yo Reyna, her efforts won us the best deco-

Ron AutulloMichelle BeckJeff & Sue BerrymanJim BlymeyerAlicia BorkFr. Ron BricknerRob & Kathy BoukissenTom & Mary CarmackKevin CelekMarcia ClevelandSue ColemanKim CopeMike CopePatty CulbertAnn DarkeKelly & Greg DarrNick DarrRon DarrDave EngemanMatt EngemanJamie EshlemanJack FaticaSally FeyKen & Lela FoosTim FoosTom FoosTony & Cora FoosRick FrankBob FreehCindy Gabel

--------------------------------Browns Concession Volunteers---------------------------------

rated booth on our Christmas Eve game, KellyHrupcho, who gathered a team of 20 volunteers fora game and worked a couple of other games, JimBlymeyer, who volunteered for a game, and JeanBisnett, for being the bouncing board, listening tothis for four months, your patience was appreciated. Good luck to the future of this fundraiser. GoBrowns in 2006! Listed are all the volunteers. Ifanyone was missed, please accept my apologies.

Thank You,Peggy (Foos ‘76) Mitchell

Bob & Kim GabelMike & Beth GabelJohn GilbertJerry & Linda GonyaJim GrayPaul GrowelMike GruissBrad HarmanSandy HarmanBob & Julie HartMitsy & Dan HaubertTom & Deb HerbSue & George HientzMarge HirtTom HoelzleJohn HoffmanRuth HoffmanRon HouseKelly HrupchoMike & MaryLou JayDenny JenkinsRick JenkinsLucy KeatingTom KeatingKim KindredGreg KniermanJackie KoenigBrenda KralickJulie KupkaRick & Sue Kusmer

John KuzmaTom KwiatkowskiJeff LamsonJohn LauerMark LeJeunePete LeJeuneRobbie LeJeuneJoe & Julie LiebyAndy LucTim LucWayne & Nancy MorroneyTom MerrillRay & Laurie MillerPeggy MitchellLisa MorrisonPaul & Ellen NagyKelly NasonDan NeilingPete NeilingJerry NicholasKendra OchsPete OchsPat PicuttoLiz PietrykowskiAaron PumphreyAdam PumphreySue PumphreyBridgid RielyMark & Nancy Reilly

Amber ReineckKathleen ReineckRoss ReineckScott & Joanie ReineckVickey RenyaYo RenyaBetty RodenhauserDick RossTony & Sherry RossDave RothSteve SlomaGene Snyder

Browns Concessionto continue next year?

We need to find a coordinator by the spring if wewant to continue this fundraiser next year. A big “thank you” to Peggy Mitchell for being thecoordinator this past year and doing a great job. Shewill not be able to do it next year. If you are interested, please contact myself or PeggyMitchell. There is a financial compensation for thisposition.

Kathy Boukissen

CalendarMar ch19 Senior Class Trip begins31 Teachers In-Service - No schoolApril1 Sandusky Co. Catholic Schools Auction7 First Hour; Benediction14-17 Easter Vacation21-23 Spring Musical25 Honors Banquet

May5 First Hour - Benediction6 Prom11-12 Senior exams23 Senior Sports Banquet25 Senior Project Day26 Senior Breakfast, Awards, & Farewell Mass28 Graduation30-31& June 1 Semester exams for underclassmen

Mike & Bianca SnyderTom SpaderDonna SteinmetzKen & Lauretta SwintBarb & DennySzymanowskiKyle SzymanowskiRoger & Shelly TarolliKaren ValcoSteve VerockGreg WalkerSonya Walters

Tim & Lilly WaltersBeth WarneckeJean WassermanMike WassermanTootie WilhelmKen & Carla WilliamsNick WobserMick WolfAndy WonderlyCindy WoodDave & Mary Ann Young

PAGE 6 SJCC DEVELOPMENTFrom Director of DevelopmentKathy (Reineck) Boukissen

kboukiss@fremontstjoe.org / 419-332-5124

2006 Class ReunionsClass of 1946Wednesday, June 14, 4:00 p.m. Mass at St. Jo-seph Church for deceased classmates, 5:00 p.m. - ?followed by cocktails, extensive hors d’oeuvres, andsandwiches in the SJCC cafeteria and an optionaltour of the high school.Thursday, June 15, 11:30 a.m. lunch at FremontCountry Club. Those interested will board the ferryto Put-in-Bay to sight see and have dinner.

Class of 1949Wednesday, July 12, at 12:30 p.m. at the FremontVFW. Call Mary Lou Guyer 419-332-0724 orBirdie Laurer 419-332-3134 for reservations.

Class of 1956Friday, August 18, Golf Scramble at River CliffGolf Course.Saturday, August 19, tour of SJCC at 3:00 p.m.and time permitting, of the elementary school (oldhigh school), 4:30 p.m. Mass at St. Joseph Church,dinner following at Crystal Arbors Banquet Hall.Sunday, Aug 20, 10:00 a.m. brunch at The MooseLodge. Contact Paula Daniel 419-447-7794 or JudyWeickert jweickert@sbcglobal.net.

Class of 1961Saturday, September 9, 4:30 Mass at St. JosephChurch, 6:30 p.m. at the Fremont Country Club.Contact Connie Coleman at 419-332-1386.

Class of 1966Saturday, August 5, at 6:00 p.m. at the FremontYacht Club. Contact Tim Hoffman at 419-334-3172.

“SJCC Window Club”

Name: ______________________________________________________________ _____ Yes, I would like enroll in a Level of Giving___ Copper $100 ___ Bronze $300 ___ Silver $500 ___ Gold $1,000 ___ Platinum $1,500

Address:___________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Name to be displayed on Plaque: ___________________________________________________________________________(Graduating Class, Individual, Family, In Memoriam, etc.)

__ ___ Yes, I would like to donate $_________________ to help sponsor a window (Any amount is greatly appreciated)

Enclosed is my gift of $_________________ Please bill me for the remainder $___________ ˇ Monthly ˇ Quarterly

Please bill my credit card (circle one) Visa MasterCard

Name on card________________________________ Amount to charge ________________________ Expiration date __________________________

Card number ________________________________ Signature ______________________________________ Verification Code ______________(last 3 digit number of back of card)

Billing address if different than above ______________________________________________________________

Great Birthday, Anniversary, Christmas, In Honor Of, gift for those individuals you don’t know what to buy.If you would like to enroll in the “Level of Giving” to honor someone, please fill out the name(s) and what occasion you are recognizing them.

We will send you a special card & gift to give them or we will be happy to mail the card & gift directly to them.

Name(s): _______________________________________________________ Occasion: ________________________________________

Mail to: SJCC Development Office 702 Croghan St. Fremont, OH 43420

Class of 1971Saturday, July 22, more information being mailed.Contact Rose Herb at 419-841-3309 /herbwm@peoplepc.com or Mike Chudzinski at419-332-1063.

Class of 1976Saturday, August 12, at Crystal Arbors in Fremont.More info to come. Contact Ken Kusmer317-585-0342 / kkusmer@comcast.net or Paul Hotz419-843-7736 / plsahotz@aol.com.

Class of 1981Friday, November 24, at the Fremont Yacht Club.More info to come. Contact Mike Reardon 419-332-2606 (H), 332-2500 (W), msreardon@sbcglobal.net.

Class of 1986Saturday, July 8th, 4:30 p.m. Mass at St. JosephChurch, 6:00 p.m. cocktails and 7:00 p.m. dinner atthe Fremont Yacht Club. Contact Sandy Jett atfourjetts@aol.com or 419-547-6451.

Class of 1996August 5, at The Depot in Fremont. Go to thewebsite www.geocities.com/sjccclass of 1996 for moreinformation. Addresses of some classmates are stillmissing. Please e-mail your updated mailingaddress to sjccclass of 1996@yahoo.com.Chairpersons: Call or e-mail Kathy Boukissen if youwould like any of the following: class lists, address la-bels, door prizes, “It Happened In” (senior class year),tour of SJCC, power-point presentation on SJCC.Everything is FREE.

*Dumminger Photography does group photos for classreunions for $10 each / includes mailing. If interestedcall 419-332-8814 or Photopro@dumminger.com.

“I’ve learned that youshouldn’t go through lifewith a catcher’s mitt onboth hands; you need to beable to throw somethingback.” Maya Angelou

This quote exemplifies howso many of you live yourlives! Every edition of TheVoice I find it harder andharder to fit everything in because so many greatthings are happening at SJCC thanks to you “throw-ing something back” -- volunteering, financial sup-port, and prayers. Our students are performing to higher levels dueto your investment in SJCC. Our faculty and staffare very appreciative of the wonderful environmentin which they teach. I hope you look over the letter from Tom Babioneon page 9. The Building Committee has put in count-less volunteer hours establishing a strategic plan forSJCC along with manually implementing thoseplans. I can’t imagine the amount of savings to ourschool we’ve had because these professionals vol-unteer their time. We are blessed. If you can find itin your charitable giving this year to support theirendeavor, it would be greatly appreciated. People call and e-mail me daily with ideas, com-ments, information, etc. I love it! So remember tokeep in touch!

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Recognizing GiftsAthletic Dept.Dan Paradiso*Sam Picciuto* M/M Daniel AutulloEugene Landig* M/M Walter Auxter M/M William Babione Yvonne Bowen Casimir Dorobek M/M Edward Guyer Mercedes Keating Elizabeth Provonsha Unidentified Cash DonorsWilliam Wagner* M/M Ed Guyer

Building FacilitiesSara Barbour* Esther BarbourMarcella Anna Hammer* M/M Ben HamiltonMildred Nieset* From her estateTim Smith Boeing-Matching GiftRon Kerr* M/M Bob MoodyIrene Swint* M/M Ray Barbour M/M Don Bertsch M/M Gene Courtney M/M Ray Darr M/M Jim Denman M/M Ted Erhman M/M Mike Gabel Eleanor Hagemeyer M/M Don Kiser Anna Knisely Tom Knisely M/M Carl Konisczny Jim Lauer M/M John Lauer Leona Laurer M/M Ray Miller M/M Roger Miller M/M Carl Oatman M/M Jim Reardon M/M Wally Ronski M/M Steve Rusch Barbara Schmidt M/M Robert Schuler Peg Schwartz M/M Dick Setzler M/M Ken Smith M/M Phil Steinle Phyllis Stierwalt Thomas Steinbauer M/M Tom Swint Tom Swint M/M Mike Wasserman M/M John Whittaker M/M Roy Wilhelm Ann Wolfe M/M Dave Wolfe M/M David Winters R. Marilyn Wright M/M Mike Young Darlene Manini

The “Light of Christ”

Faculty & Staff EndowmentGene Mehling* Viola MehlingMildred Nieset* From her estateSam Picciuto* M/M Erik AndersonJoe Overmyer* M/M Tim RobinsonMary Recktenwald* June BaughmanMuriel Wagner* Shari Ackerman Helen Baker M/M Franklin Bender M/M K. Bernell Boehm M/M Robert Boukissen M/M Gay Bowden M/M Dan Coleman M/M Mike Gabel M/M Tim Haubert Mercedes Keating Elaine Kidwell M/M James Klos M/M Dan Knisely M/M John Lauer M/M John Naderer Pilkington North America Inc. M/M Dennis Reed M/M Albert Wagner Kenneth Wagner M/M Roger Wise

SJCC Booster ClubSR. Mary Mathias* GYSGT Juan Hinojosa

Tuition AssistancePaul and Martha Dickman* M/M Tom GonyaDaniel Paradiso* M/M Robert KaminskiCasimer and Audrey Macielewicz* Margaret Woessner

Mary Rettig-Irish Center forLanguage Arts and JournalismMary Rettig-Irish* M/M Charles Draper Ms. Diana Fuentes Charles Lewis

The Don and Jean WassermanEndowed ScholarshipM/M Jerry Wasserman

The Agnes and Frank BorerEndowed ScholarshipTony Pfefferle* Dr. Ronald Borer M/M James WintonNicholas Stimac* M/M James Winton

The Urban and Mary BeierAnnual Scholarship FundUrban Beier* M/M Jim Andrews M/M James Barr Catherine Beier M/M Frank Beier Jim Beier Ruth Beier M/M John Burkin Gene Fisher Leo Fisher Robert Fox Lyle Hirt M/M Gene Hofelich Ken Hofelich Lisa Hoffman and Mike Piero M/M Ron House M/M Richard Karr Inez Kerlin M/M Kevin Kwiatkowski Jean Little Marion Mariotti M/M Peter Miller Dorothy Nieset M/M Ken Novitski Sally Novitski John Overmyer M/M Tom Pfefferle Bonnie Preston M/M Wilbert Smith M/M Jim Snyder Pam Solze Carl Steinbauer Townsend School M/M Don Van Brackel M/M Mike Wagner M/M James Walter M/M Stan Wise Richard Wott and Family Tim Wott and Family William Wott and Family Natalie Tea Helen Zienta

UndesignatedBernard Celek* M/M Glenn SallerDorothy Keegan* Class of 1944 M/M Doyle Kusmer M/M Windsor SmithGladys Gabel Sisinger* M/M Herbert HoffmanIrene Swint* Fred Bostleman Dennis GrahlCharles Wise* Margaret MosserWilliam Wagner* M/M Jim Denman M/M Ken Gabel

---------------------------------MEMORIALS---------------------------------Alumni & Friends AssociationM/M Carlton Harris

Art ClubMain Street Promotions Committee

AthleticsM/M Robert ChudzinskiMarianne Stillner

Naderer Athletic ComplexGreat Lakes Inter-Drain Inc.Steve Bower

BandM/M Tom Wolf

Athletic BoostersIn Honor of Fr. Earl LoefflerGYSGT Juan HinojosaDonna Morykwas

Boys BasketballJune Hart

Building FacilitiesClass of 1960Sr. Margaret Marie WagnerM/M George Ward

Concession Stand RenovationsAlumni Basketball GameAmy DavidsonM/M Tom GonyaM/M Jeff RaddeM/M Vincent Synder-Ceiling Paint

Development OfficeJamie Heberling

Handicap AccessibilitySJCC Society of the St. Bernards- Cleveland Browns Concessions

Keyboard FundM/M Mark AshbaM/M Mike AschenbrenerM/M Bill BoveeEthel BurkettAaron GonyaTom HoffmanM/M Ben JonesMarian MillerDr./M Mark PickettM/M John PlaceM/M Eric Rini

The “Light of Christ”Faculty and Staff EndowmentM/M David KnieriemenWeickert Family Faculty and StaffEndowment FundJudith WeickertKenneth WeickertKent Weickert

Mock TrialDr./M Michael Grillis

Music DepartmentAnn Brayley

Scholarship EndowmentM/M Dick CelekMildred Nieset* From her estate

Ron and Jeanne KerrScholarship FundM/M Norman GabelM/M Tom Leite

Athletic Complex “300 Club”M/M Mark AlbrightM/M Theodore BintzM/M Bill BorkM/M Kevin CaseyM/M Wayne DarrCasimir DorobekKevin and Tracey FurlongNick, Kelly, Jake HalmM/M Chris HirtM/M Rick JonesM/M Lance MowreyM/M Tom WeickertWolf Insurance LLCM/M Raymond Young

Tuition AssistanceM/M Richard BoucherTom OchsNathalie Walter

The VoiceM/M Gerald Cronin

Wrestling ScoreclocksMary Colemen

Undesignated Gifts

In Honor of Dan Chudzinski’s

80th BirthdayM/M John Gabel

In Honor of M/M Bill Pert’s 60th

Wedding AnniversaryM/M John Gabel

Mary BarringtonEd CelekCristo Rey Center-Jose A. RamirezAnnabelle FisherM/M Harold GonyaM/M Michael HaaserJanet HazenFr. Mark HerzogMercedes KeatingLarry KramerM/M Robert LewisMary Alice MannBetty MeyerMosser Construction

Tom OchsM/M Gerard ShondellLouise StoutVirginia ValleClara WesolekGeorge WidmanCharleen Woessner

In Honor of Bernard and RuthMolyet’s 50th AnniversaryJudy WeickertKen Weickert

Perpetual Fund OnlyM/M Albert Nichols

MEMORIALSRichard Daoust* M/M David DaoustJoseph Freeh* M/M James Freeh Kathleen FreehRoman Gabel* Dr./M J. Thomas ReineckFrancis A. and Lilian B. Mekus* Estate of Lilian Bronson Mekus

-----------------------------Catholic Education Development Fund (CEDF)------------------------Mildred Nieset* From her estateDaniel Paradiso* M/M Tom Swint Mike Weickert Kent WeickertWalt, Bert, Dick and Jim Sneider* M/M Robert SchummWilliam Wagner* Slyvia Celek M/M James Haubert M/M Jerry Freeh Leona Laurer M/M Leonard Mosser

------------------Designated Gifts------------------

Donors to theTrophy Fund

from the GameFeed will be listedin the June issue

PAGE 8 SJCC MILESTONESLittle Streaks from the stork

Deaths

---------------------------Achievements/Updates--------------------------

Weddings

To be inducted into either the Sports Hall of Fameor the Alumni and Friends Heritage Award a personmust be nominated. Call the school for a nomination form or just sendin the name of the person you would like to nominatewith the following information:

Hall of Fame: -Sports involved in and years -Any awards and/or school records either previously or currently held -Current involvement in sports/ community

Heritage Award: -Involvement in the community in which they live -Any awards received -VolunteerismPlease help SJCC in honoring those who deserverecognition. For more information or any questions, contact GaryGeller, ggeller@fremontstjoe.org orKathy Boukissen, kboukiss@fremontstjoe.org.

Nominations for Hall of Fame orthe Heritage Award

**James Homan ‘39**Dorothy (Kramer) Keegan ‘44**Arthur Bruggeman ‘45**Aloysius “Al” O’Neill ‘48**Aaron Eakin ‘61

Andy Wetoski ‘03 will be performing in aproduction of “The Passion, The Musical” atthe Park Performing Arts Center in Union City,NJ. He will be playing the character of KingHerod in some performances, and the disciplePeter in others. The Park Performing ArtsCenter is a 1400-seat, Broadway-style theatrethat has been putting this production on for90 years. The performances are on Saturdayand Sundays from 3/25 - 4/23 at 2:00.(www.parkpac.org) Jill (Camella) Leventhal ‘92 received hermasters degree in school counseling this pastDecember. Jo Ann (Szakovits) Cook ‘62, who lives inFremont, visited Rome and while attendingMass in St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City wasasked to do the second reading. She also joinedthousands of others who annually shake thehand of the pontiff, Pope Benedict XVI. Elaine (Smith) Garvin ‘57, who lives inBloomfield Hills, MI was asked by her aero-bics instructor at her gym if she wanted to getinvolved in the Super Bowl’s halftime showwhen the Rolling Stones performed. She stoodin the crowd a short distance from the centerof the stage. Jim Mumford ‘86 was named the HospitalAdministrator for Tod’s Children’s Hospital,Youngstown, OH this past January. He waspreviously a corporate Director for VanderbiltUniversity Medical Center and VanderbiltChildren’s Hospital in Nashville, TN. Jim will

**Shelby Ann, daughter of Deeand John Harman, Jr. ‘85** Jacob Stephen, son ofStephanie (Stetzel ‘98) andRobert Mackey

**Lance Paul, son of Tracy Overmyer ‘88and Tom Halm ‘81**Joseph David, son of Jill (Camella ‘92) andDavid Leventhal**Thomas Jon, son of Joelie (Camella ‘95)and Jon Smedley**Lannai Constance, daughter of Mar-Cee(Mumford ‘87) and Jack Gerdes

Thank you....

Thank you to everyone else who might not bementioned. SJCC appreciates the supportfrom so many individuals and businesses.

Anniversaries

Tim Braun and Penny Mullins for their helpwith the Mock Trial team this year.

Jeff Radde for organizing the alumni basket-ball game.

Bill Bork for videotaping the alumni basket-ball game.

Ralph Mills for organizing the Naderer SportsComplex Reverse Raffle.

SJCC Students for volunteering to work theAnnual Fund Phoneathon.

Joan Gillis for office supplies for the Office ofInstitutional Advancement.

Band thanks: Yo Reyna for helping with the band fundraiserat the Biddy Wrestling tournament, BrendaBaker for her assistance with Tag Day, MaryRellinger for accompanying the solo contestantsat the Solo and Ensemble contest in February,to all who give their time and donations to theMusic Dept.

40th Jeannine (Schwinger ‘63) and Terry Miesle ‘6040th Nancy and Dave Francis ‘6045th Lou and Dick Chamberlain ‘54

**Carrie Obenauer ‘99 and Franklin Kaiser**Nicole Smith and Kevin Wasserman ‘96**Destiny Pierce and Aaron Shiets ‘98**Raeshael Ohms ‘96 and Clifford Jay ‘98**Tiffany Zilles ‘98 and Steven Alfafita**Cora Bruch ‘97 and Tony Foos ‘87**Brenda McAfee ‘99 and Derek Floriana**Melissa Boyer ‘86 and William Bundy**Heather Wagner ‘93 and Shawn Swander

be responsible for the construction of a newhospital, all operational, fiscal, and clinicaloversight as well as community relations. Norb ‘59 and Sandy (Brunner ‘61)Widman moved to Karachi, Pakistan in Au-gust to teach American school for the next twoyears. Norb is teaching middle school socialstudies and math, Sandy teaches second grade. Steve Sabo ‘90 launched a brand newwebsite, www.iwantmy2dollars.net - check itout! Kelly Read ‘87 was awarded the 2005Champion Novis Amateur of the Ohio PainHorse Club. She was 3rd in Zone 8 of theUnited States. Kelly was recently appointedthe 2006 vice president of the Amateur HorseClub. She’s appreciative to her mom for ev-erything and feels she couldn’t have done itwithout her. Mark Molyet ‘90 has returned from Iraqwith the 612th Bravo Co. Grand Opening of The Father John OliverMemorial Library was held at Holy SpiritChurch in Lake Wales, FL. where he spent hiswinters. The library is located on the bottomfloor of St. Williams Academy in the roomnearest the church. Mike James ‘60 accepted a position of Di-rector of Planned Giving with Lynn Univer-sity in Boca Raton, FL. He and his wife Dianamoved from Michigan to Delray Beach, FL.They moved in October, just in time for Hurri-cane Wilma!

We’re always looking for feature stories orguest columnists.Please contact Kathy at

419-332-5124 if you have any ideas.**Please note**

Most items submitted for The Voice must be sentthree-four weeks prior to its mailing. Anythingcoming in after the deadline will be put in thenext issue.

**Grant Andrew, son of Jami and KevinRaubenolt ‘96**Madeline Elise, daughter of Heather(Swartz ‘90) and Patrick Militello ‘90**Lucy Catherine, daughter of Cathy (Mayle‘94) and Aaron Smith**Drake Oliver, son of Christ Jo (Hammer‘98) and Dustin Guhn**Nicholas John, son of Jean (Naderer ‘87)and John “J.P.” Anderson**Rebecca Marie, daughter of Carrie(Obenauer ‘99) and Franklin Kaiser

PAGE 9 GUEST COLUMN

Auction is great way of uniting Catholic schoolsSheri (Wolf) Ross1978 SJCC grad2006 AuctionChairpersonsross@wcnet.org

As the currentchairperson of theSandusky CountyCatholic Schools An-nual Dinner Auction,I was happy to agreeto write an article de-scribing this worth-while fundraisingevent.

The dinner auction dates back to 1994 when Mr.Joe Noonan was hired as development director byFather Denny Hartigan to organize an event mod-eled after one he had been involved with at TiffinCalvert High School. Early organizers saw it as anopportunity to bring representatives from all of theCatholic schools in Sandusky County and the Catho-lic Education Development Fund together to worktoward a common goal: financially supportingCatholic education. According to Peggy Ochs and Doug Smith, cur-rent members who have served on the committeefrom its inception, the initial committee of 15 got arather late start in planning, and skeptics wondered

if it could be pulled off. However, I’m told it was ahuge success and proceeds surpassed all expecta-tions. I don’t know what the first auction profited,but I can tell you that to date, the annual event hasbrought in over $1.25 million. All proceeds are di-vided fairly among SJCC, the five elementaryschools and the CEDF. The keys to the success of the dinner auction aremany. Here’s an overview of how it comes together.A committee of dedicated individuals begins in lateAugust to brainstorm ideas for an overall theme,which remains confidential until a “kick-off” partyin October. The committee meets bi-weekly, and eventuallyweekly, to plan every detail of the event, from deco-rations, invitations, entertainment and menu, to stu-dent volunteers, auction items, building security, andtable assignments. Each committee member sharesthe responsibility of contacting past and potentialdonors to request an auction item or monetary do-nation. Now as you can imagine, without the generosityof the hundreds of individual, school, business andcorporate donors, the dinner auction ceases to exist.We can never show enough gratitude to those whogive so freely to our worthy cause. The four days preceding the auction are nothingless than hectic. With the help of many volunteers,who are not on the committee, the SJCC gymna-sium, hallways and balcony are transformed beyond

recognition to replicate the chosen theme. Friday night brings a Preview Party, where do-nors and attendees are invited to enjoy cocktails andhors d’oeuvres while perusing the wide array of auc-tion items that will be available to the highest bidderthe following night. And I cannot overlook the 400+ people who pur-chase tickets to attend the event. Again, without sup-porters willing to come ready with cash, credit cardsand checkbook in hand, anxious to “outbid all theothers” for the item they can’t live without, the auc-tion will no longer succeed. Saturday night arrives and the good times roll.Great food, catered by Sprenger Catering, plenty todrink, countless ways to spend money, the ever en-tertaining Baker-Bonnigson Auctioneers, and awe-some camaraderie. What’s more fun and exciting thanthat? And then, of course, as the evening comes to anend, we’re anxious to hear the bottom line, the fruitsof our labor. Again, all for a commongoal…..Catholic education. So take the opportunity to support the auction.It’s very rewarding to be part of the planning, to be adonor, and to attend and join in the friendly compe-tition of trying to “win” that special item. This year’s theme is “Jewel of the Nile”.For more information, contact SJCC at (419) 332-9947.

Dear SJCC Supporters,

About six years ago a building committee was formed to address the needs of our 50-year-old facility. Initially, the task seemed overwhelming. But in thespirit of St. Joseph, patron saint of workers, projects were identified and prioritized. Through the efforts of a small army of volunteers and generous financialsupporters, a long list of projects have been accomplished:

1. New gym roof 7. New boiler and HVAC system 13. New development offices2. New gym windows 8. New hallway lockers 14. Hallway benches3. Total gym renovation 9. New concession stand in the cafeteria 15. Main office renovation4. Restroom renovations 10. Some new interior doors 16. Expanded trophy cases5. New exterior doors 11. Numerous painting projects 17. Front entrance handicap railings6. Locker room renovations 12. New windows in main office and chapel

As you can see, much has been accomplished, yet much remains to be done. Two important projects on our list are new windows with integral blinds forthe remainder of the building and a handicap accessible ramp to enter the building. Ballpark estimate of replacement windows is $300,000 and phase oneof the handicap ramp is $30,000. More than half of the monies for the ramp have already been raised by an amazing, hard-working group of volunteersworking concessions at the Cleveland Browns games. Although the $300,000 price of window replacement may seem overwhelming, breaking it down into sections of the building makes it cost efficient andattainable. The “Reineck Media Center” (old library), on the third floor facing Croghan Street, will be $24,000. When we have raised that sum, the projectwill begin. The glass block above the windows will be replaced with an energy-efficient panel and the new energy-efficient windows will be installed. Withthe skyrocketing cost of energy, a significant operating savings will be realized. There are 16 windows in the eight openings, breaking down to a cost of $1,500per window. An “SJCC Window Club” will finance this project. Five “Levels of Giving” are available for your consideration:

• Copper $100• Bronze $300• Silver $500• Gold $1,000• Platinum $1,500

A permanent plaque will be displayed in the main hallway commemorating your gift as a CLASS, INDIVIDUAL, or in MEMORIAM. I would also liketo assure you that ANY donation is greatly appreciated. The members of our building committee take very seriously our responsibility to you and the entireSJCC family to use your gift wisely.

Yours in Christ,Tom Babione ‘68Building Committee ChairmanBabione Construction

Ron Autullo, Union Pipe FitterJeff Blohm, SJCC MaintenanceJoe Dohanos, Electical EngineerMike Gabel, SJCC PrincipalKen Haslinger, Mosser Construction - VP

Tom Haslinger, Flowtronex - Outside SalesJay Hensley, Burkett Industries - ElectricianTom Hoelzle, The Master’s Craft - OwnerRick Jenkins, Mosser Construction - SupervisorDan Knisely, Telemon - Designer/Draftsman

Volunteer Building Committee Members

Volunteer Building Committee Update and Projects

Return pledge form is located on Page 6

Tim Walters, Walters’ Boiler Works, Inc. - OwnerMike Wasserman, Mosser Construction - Field CoordinatorBruce Wobser, Architect

PAGE 10 SJCC SPORTS

By Ross Wetoskey SJCC has a new foot-ball coach. Todd Drusback, a 1990SJCC alum, will be re-turning to his alma materas head football coach andhealth and physical edu-cation instructor in thefall. “I feel really good aboutit,” said principal MikeGabel, referring to thesearch committee’s deci-

sion to hire Drusback who was one of 31 applicantsfor the job. “He has a great relationship with youngpeople.” Drusback spent some time in 1998 as an assistantcoach to Rick Wonderly, who stepped down as headcoach at the end of last season. “I have a lot of respect for Mr. Wonderly,”Drusback said. “It will be hard to fill his shoes.” Drusback played as middle linebacker on three 9-1 teams under coach Tom Narducci. As a junior, hewas an all-state linebacker. He wears a ring from thelast Michigan State team to win a Big Ten title in1990. Drusback was a freshman walk-on. He was defensive coordinator at Vanlue in 1999before taking the head coaching position at Genoain 2000. He spent two years in Genoa, then four years ashead coach at Edgerton. Prior to his arrival atEdgerton, the team had won one game in three sea-sons. In his four years there, the team racked up 21wins and hosted a playoff game in 2003, their firstpostseason appearance since 1983. Drusback believes that accomplishments will comewith lots of hard work. Weightlifting, camps, andseven-on-seven workouts will be part of the processof getting physically ready, but winning involves amental readiness as well. “You need to expect success; you don’t hope forit,” he said. Drusback, and his wife, Amy (Vassar ‘95), whoteaches at Sacred Heart, have two young children.

SJCC alumreturns to coach

Football FundraiserGolf player’s pass

The player’s pass gets you 2 for 1 green feesto approximately 25 area golf courses aroundnorthwest Ohio. The cost of the pass is only $40 and you willbe able to use each coupon in the pass up tofour times each. You save between $20 to $50every time you play! The pass pays for itself inas little as one or two rounds of golf. Find a complete listing of courses and theirdiscounts at www.playerspass.com. To purchase a golf pass contact any footballplayer or e-mail Coach Drusback atedg_aca_td@nwoca.org.

Fremont’s first CSHL (Cleveland Suburban HockeyLeague) championship banner is hanging in the Fre-mont Recreation Center thanks to the efforts of the IceWolves bantam hockey team. The Ice Wolves, which includes three SJCC fresh-men, Max Yellstrom, Jordan Frank, and Max Celek,went 13-1 in regular season. Prior to the playoffs, they participated in the GarfieldHeights Tournament where they finished 3-0-1, win-ning the tournament. Unfortunately, they lost their first game in the semi-final playoffs held at Iceland USA in Strongsville tothe Euclid team 3-2. “It was a tough loss,” said Frank. “We beat themtwice in regular season and once in the Mentor Tourna-ment in the beginning of the season.” The freshmen hope more SJCC students get involvedin hockey so they can establish an SJCC hockey team.

Ice Wolves league champs

Senior Cara Steinberger is the first SJCC bowler toadvance to regional competition. “Advancing toregionals gives those bowlers that are returning nextyear the hope that they can do it now that I have,” saidSteinberger. Steinberger placed 46th out of 85 bowlers at the re-gional level with a 420 series. The girls’ season record was 11-4 with key winsagainst Sandusky Perkins and Tiffin Calvert. Advanc-ing to district games held in Fostoria, the team hadhopes of qualifying for regionals. However, theyweren’t able to put together a good series of games inthe first regular match. They did much better in thesecond and third matches and bakers games, but hadtoo much ground to make up. They finished 11th outof 16 teams. High bowler was Steinberger with a 588series. This ranked her 14th overall and gave her oneof the top six positions, advancing without a team. The girls’ team also included senior Shannon Co-lon and juniors Justine Rhoad, Carly Picciuto, andKelsey Gallagher.

Boys Bowling The boys’ bowling team attributes its 1-14 recordthis season to missed opportunities. Though theybowled well it was never enough to surpass the otherteam, according to senior Mike Hrupcho. “It was really difficult to get motivated when wewere bowling so well, but still losing to teams we shouldhave beaten,” said Hrupcho. SJCC bowled aggressively with a 990 and a 940series against Sandusky, one of the top 25 teams in thestate, but Sandusky bowled a 2,000 over two gamesclinching the win. The first time SJCC bowled against Clyde they wereconsistent, but Clyde closed the gap and squeaked bywith a win. Hrupcho was high bowler for the teamwith a 174 season average. Hoping to do better in tournament play, the teamheaded to district competitions in Fostoria. Still theycame in 16th out of 21 teams. High bowler at districts was Hrupcho, who endedup with a 544 series and finished 29th in the individualstandings. “We were hoping as a team to go further inthe tournament, but it just wasn’t meant to be,” saidHrupcho. Also on the five-man team were seniors Pete Reyna,Kyle Stierwalt, and Ross Wetoskey and sophomoreKyle Good.

Winter wrapup The SJCC girls basketball team finished 8-2 in theMAL, good for a 3rd place tie. The team finished 14-8 overall after a 50-41 loss to Monroeville in the sec-tional final. The highlight of the season was a 58-53 road-winover Carey. It turned out to be Carey’s only loss of theseason. Coach Gary Geller said the team exceededmost people’s expectations this season, even thoughthey fell short of their own goal of a sectional champi-onship. “We really thought about 10-12 wins would be nicethis year,” said Geller. “So 14 is a real positive to buildon.” In the Monroeville game, the Lady Streaks led withabout two minutes left despite almost 30 turnovers. Butthey went cold from the floor as Monroeville endedthe game on a 10-0 run. Sophomore Elyse Gonya cameoff the bench to spark the team with 13. Senior BrittLuc added 13 points in the loss. Luc led the team in scoring (11.8 ppg) andrebounding (6.5 rpg) and earned 1st Team All-MALhonors. Fellow senior Jamie Bork earned 2nd TeamMAL, and junior point guard Megan Boukissen wasnamed honorable mention. Against Gibsonburg, Boukis-sen broke the individual game record for assists with 12.

By Amanda Babione

Girls BowlingBy Ross Wetoskey

After starting the season0-5 the Streaks came back to end the season with an11-9 record, 6-4 in the MAL. They won 11 of their last15 games before moving on to sectionals where theybeat South Central and Danbury. However, the winning streak ended in their first dis-trict game against Plymouth. “The fans really tapped into the game and came tosupport us. We really appreciated it,” said senior BradGabel. The Streaks took their first win at home againstDanbury, 62-40 over the Lakers. The victory boostedthe team’s spirit helping them to achieve their 11 winsthis season. “The players continued working hard to improve.They needed to step their game up and come togetheras a team,” said coach Mike Gabel. During the Streaks’ district game versus Plymouth,the team held a strong lead until the 4th quarter. TheBig Red then went on an 11-point scoring streak thatclosed off the game at 42-36. “We picked up our game at the end of the season andhad some big wins, including Calvert and South Cen-tral,” said senior Derek Sponseller. Gabel received 1st team MAL honors this seasonwhile Sponseller received 2nd team honors. SeniorCory Swaisgood came in with an honorable mention. “I am very proud of this basketball team. After start-ing 0-5, they continued believing in themselves andworking hard. It is a season they will always remem-ber,” said coach Gabel.

Girls Basketball

Boys Basketball

Nick Swint

Juni Arreola

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Wrestling Seniors Alex Estrada and Juni Arreola saw fouryears of hard work finally pay off this year in the formof a trip to the state wrestling tourna-ment. It turned out to be an experi-ence that neither of them would for-get. “It was amazing,” said Arreola.“It was a little nerve-wracking, butI’m happy with how I did.” While Estrada lost his first twomatches and was eliminated from thetournament, Arreola went on to placesixth overall. “My goal was just to place at thetournament,” said Arreola. Estrada didn’t finish as well as he hoped he wouldat the tournament, but he feels that the team as a wholefar exceeded its expectations. “We did extremely well, considering the number ofsophomores and juniors we had on the team,” he said. The team finished 3rd in the MAL in a very closetournament. Only four points separated the first threeteams. Individual champs for SJCC were Arreola, Estrada,and Matt Franks. Both Arreola and Estrada attribute much of theirsuccess to coach Mike Naufel. He gave them a greatersense of discipline and pushed them to work harder. “I respect coach Naufel probably more that I’ve re-spected any other coach I’ve ever had,” said Arreola.

Winter wrapup cont.

The SJCC boys swim team brought home theschool’s first swim plaque after finishing second inthe Wapakoneta Invite this season. This was an outstanding accomplishment since oneof the four-man team, senior Mike Wagner, had neverswum competitively before and coach Kevin Caseyhad never coached this team before.At district competition, junior Nick Swint competedin the 100 backstroke and the 100 butterfly competi-tions, finishing 10th and 14th overall, respectively. “I thought he swam very well,” said Casey. “Bothof those times were his personal bests, so Icouldn’t ask for more.” Last year the young team competed in only fourseasonal matches while this year they competed in13 meets. With Swint leading the way, Casey hopes teammatesChris Ronski and Alex Reineck can encourage moreswimmers to join the boys team next sea-son. Casey also hopes to encourage more girls to jointhe girls team as well. Seniors, and foreign exchangestudents Diana Ruatti and Madeleine Dahl, who hadnever swum competitively either, will be leaving theteam. Returning next year are juniors Allie Braun and Sa-rah Stierwalt, sophomores Mini Kanakaraj and BrookeEicher; and freshman Sarah Keating. All the girls improved their personal best timesfor the season, according to Casey.

Swimming

Lady Streaks have strong defense Having brought home the team’s 1st district cham-pionship trophy last year, Bill Bork’s softball teamhas a lot of work cut out for them this year. The Lady Streaks, led by seniors Alyssa Dickman,Jamie Bork and Megan Casey, are strong in pitchingand in defense but need work on their offense, ac-cording to coach Bork. “I’m confident in Alyssa’s arm,” he said, “but weneed to get the bats going.” Freshmen players show-ing promise are HeatherBlake and twins Lindsay andAbby Crockett. “We will definitely go allthe way this season,” saidjunior Melissa Taylor. “Wehave great talent and experi-ence, not to mention ouramazing spirit.” The Lady Streaks tough-est games will be againstGenoa, Mohawk, SenecaEast and Clyde, said Bork,adding that their first gamewill be March 28 againstGenoa.

Baseball teamlooking good The pressure may be offthe boys’ baseball team sincethey were picked to finishfifth in the league this year,but the guys see this as a chal-lenge. “Our first goal is to finishin the top three in the league,”said coach Rick Barbour, “and I think that’s attain-able.” Returning seniors Ryan Schmidt, Adam Colemanand Cory Swaisgood agree. “We will make the top three in the MAL, if notnumber one,” said Schmidt. With Schmidt catching, Swaisgood as shortstop,and juniors Anthony Rusher at second base and GrantBarbour in center field, the Streaks look solid up themiddle. “The defense is going to be pretty good,” saidcoach Barbour, “and we have good team speed, of-fensively.” “I’m counting on pitchers senior Adam Colemanand juniors Cody Crockett, Devin Mills, and MattKwiatkowski,” said Barbour, who added that he ishopeful that junior Luke Lewis and sophomore DarekHilty will step up as centerfielders. The Streaks’ toughest opponents will be SenecaEast and Tiffin Calvert, said Barbour

Spring sports preview

Tennis sectionals will be challenging New tennis coach Scott Knisely is confident inhis team. “I have great expectations for SJCC tennis thisyear. They practice hard, and we have two reallygood incoming freshman, Chris Wobser and MattBarbour,” he said. Knisely predicts the greatest challenge will besectionals because the competition will be tough.However, he is confident in the team, including strongreturning players George Hossler and Eric Barbour. “I’m looking forward to a new head coach andnew people on the team,” said Hossler.

Track expectations are pretty highThe track team is revving up for a great season.“The expectations are pretty high. If they work

hard and stay in shape, we should have a pretty suc-cessful season,” said track coach Paul Grahl.

The team is already hard at work. Many of the

Schedules for the spring sportscan be located on the website

under athletics at:www.fremontstjoe.org

track athletes not involved in a winter sport havetaken advantage of indoor track to keep in shape. This is the second year for indoor track, a SJCCclub. The athletes practiced at the Fremont Com-munity Recreation Complex or at school, then com-peted at various college campuses. Indoor track participant Jenny Kusmer, who alsoplaced third at districts on the 4 x 200M relay teamgiving them a regional invite this past year, hopesindoor track will pay off.

“The girls team has high expectations for our-selves. Hopefully, we’ll pull through for the MAL,”said Kusmer. Andrew Adams, who qualified for regionals lastyear in the 110M hurdles, shares her enthusiasm. “The season will be exciting with ups and downs,hopefully ending in an MAL victory,” said Adams.

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