Hall of Fame 2009 - St. Mary's Central High School

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issue no.26SUMMER2 0 0 9DIRECTIONSis printed four timesper year by St. Mary’sCentral High School(SMCHS) and theSt. Mary’s CentralHigh School AlumniAssociationST. MARY’SCENTRAL HIGHSCHOOL1025 North 2nd St.Bismarck, ND 58501(701) 223-4113www.smchs.orgSUPERINTENDENTJohn JankowskiPRINCIPALTom EberleSMCHS SCHOOLBOARD PRESIDENTFather Paul BeckerSMCHS ALUMNIASSOCIATION, INC.1025 North 2nd St.Bismarck, ND 58501(701) 224-9753www.smchs.orgPRESIDENTLeeRon PlanteOFFICEADMINISTRATORFran FeigitschDIRECTIONS EDITORGwen BecklerCONTRIBUTINGWRITERSConnie TschiderKelly VelazquezSend commentsregardingDIRECTIONS to:DIRECTIONS Editor1025 North 2nd St.Bismarck, ND 58501John JankowskiSMCHS SuperintendentFriends and Alumni of St. Mary’s Central High School:Ninety seniors became alumni of St. Mary’s Central High School onMay 17th. I wish them the best of luck in all of their future endeavors.I hope that their experiences here at SMCHS have prepared them forthe challenges they are about to face.Our alumni are an important part of our school’s history andheritage. This issue of the Directions Newsletter is dedicated to thenew inductees to the SMCHS Hall of Fame. The induction banquetwill be held on September 11th as part of our Homecoming activities.Tickets for the event will soon be on sale.I would like to thank everyone who contributed to the annualAlumni Phone-a-thon. Your gift supports our Scholarship and Work-Study programs, which areso important to our school. As we move forward, our greatest challenge continues to be able toprovide a Catholic education at a reasonable cost. Our tuition next year will be $3,350. It is onlythrough parish support and our various fundraising activities that we are able operate at such a low tuitionrate.Again, congratulations to our new Hall of Fame inductees, and please join us on September 11th atthe Radisson Hotel in Bismarck to congratulate them.SMCHS Homecoming and Hall of Fame Weekend 2009Friday, September 11th, and Saturday, September 12thSt. Mary’s Central High School (SMCHS) welcomes all alumni and friends forHomecoming and Hall of Fame Weekend 2009! For more information or to purchasetickets for the Hall of Fame Induction Banquet, call (701) 223-4113or visit www.smchs.org.Friday, September 11thHomecoming Mass(SAINTS Gymnasium at 10:30 a.m.)Hall of Fame Induction Banquet(Radisson Inn, Downtown Bismarck)Social begins at 5:30 p.m. and Induction Ceremony immediately follows at 6:15 p.m.Saturday, September 12thSMCHS Homecoming Football GameThe SMCHS SAINTS vs. Bottineau BravesBismarck Community Bowl at 6:30 p.m.Halftime features a parade of the 2009 Homecoming Courtand 2009 Hall of Fame InducteesSunday, September 13thSt. Mary’s Central High School’s PRIDE Parents Homecoming Breakfast.All friends and alumni of SMCHS are invited to end the weekend withbreakfast at St. Mary’s High School.2
Hall of Fame Inductees, continuedValerie Jundt, AlumniValerie (Geiger) Jundt is a 1975 graduate of St. Mary’s Central High School who pursued her higher educationdegrees from Bismarck State College and Dickinson State University (Magna Cum Laude). Val and her husbandWayne Jundt have two daughters. Their daughters, Kathryn and Anne, attended St. Anne Elementary School andgraduated from St. Mary’s Central High School.Over the years, Val actively participated as a volunteer in her children’s extracurricular activities in music, 4Hand Girl Scouts. Val served on a number of volunteer committees, but most actively as a SMCHS Music Parent.She served as the Editor for the UPBEAT for seven years and volunteered for numerous concerts and musicevents. Val received the 2007 SMCHS National Band Association Band Booster Award.Val has become a nationally recognized subject-matter specialist in the field of unclaimed property. She hasover 25 years of experience in government and the private sector. Currently, Val is the Director of the UnclaimedProperty Group at Onesource Property Tax.Val speaks on unclaimed propertyat national conferences and trade association meetings and has been quoted in Redbook, GoodHousekeeping, Readers Digest, Women’s World, Money Magazine, USA Today and the WallStreet Journal. She has also been interviewedby Dateline NBC, CNN News, EXTRA and WallStreet Journal Reports. Val is a two-time recipient of NAUPA’s Presidential DistinguishedService Award and the Unclaimed Property Professional’s Organization’s Team Player of the Year Award in 2004. In 2008, Val was awardedthe NAUPA Lifetime Achievement Award. Val is the co-author of the Bureau of National Affair’s Treatise, “Unclaimed Property,” and waselected to serve as the First Vice President of the Unclaimed Property Professional’s Organization (UPPO), rotating to President in 2010.Joseph Mahoney, AthleticsJoseph (Joe) Mahoney graduated from St. Mary’s Central High School in 1990. While he was at SMCHS Joeexcelled in sports and academics. Joe lettered twelve times in four different sports: cross country, soccer,swimming and track & field. Until 2008, Joe was the school record-holder for the 1,600m and 3,200m. Hereceived the Elite Saint Award and the Harry Weisgerber Award. He was the senior class co-president and alsohis class valedictorian.Joe earned his undergraduate degree at Wesleyan University where he was a Rhodes Scholarship Finalist and a4-time All-American in cross country and track. He currently holds the school record in the 10,000m. He wasalso named the New England College Athletic Conference Division III Male Athlete of the Year.Joe went on to graduate Magna Cum Laude from Jefferson Medical College. He trained at the Children’sHospital in Pittsburgh where he won two prestigious teaching awards. In 2004, he became the only practicingmedical doctor to ever qualify for the Olympic Trials Marathon by running the Chicago Marathon in 2:19:36. During that race, he also set theNorth Dakota record.Currently, Joe lives in Minnesota with his wife, Deborah Mahoney, and their two children, Noah and Isabel. Joe is a pediatrician at theMonticello Clinic and serves on the clinic’s Executive Committee. He is also on the Monticello Big Lake Hospital Board. He is still an activerunner and enjoys spending time with his family.Dave St. Peter, AlumniDave St. Peter was named the fourth president in Minnesota Twins history on November 26, 2002. He overseesthe team’s strategic planning process and the club’s business departments, including ticket sales and service,corporate partnerships, marketing, community affairs, communications, broadcasting, stadium operations,human resources and finance. St. Peter is also involved in business-related baseball decisions as well asthe development, design and construction of Target Field – the team’s new ballpark currently being built inMinneapolis’ Historic Warehouse District.At age 42, St. Peter begins his 20th year with the Twins in 2009. He joined the Twins organization in 1990 andheld avariety of positions within the organization. In addition, St. Peter’s leadership has been integral in theteam’s growing corporate partnership base, aggressive community outreach and expanded alumni involvement,including the development of the Twins Hall of Fame.Continued on pg 4DIRECTIONS Summer 20093
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