golden anniversary campaign - Marian Central Catholic High School

2008 Dinner Auction. . . 2-3Hall Of FameInduction . . . . . . . . . . 4-5Harding Field Mass ....... 5Around Campus . . . . . . . 6Development News. . . . . 7Class Notes . . . . . . . . 8-9Bridal Aisle . . . . . . . . . 10Birth Announcements . . 11In Memory . . . . . . . . . . 11Class Reunion Photos . . 12V o l u m e 2 8 S P R I N G 2 0 0 8VALEDICTORIANChristopherKunzweilerAlissa LeeH U R R I C A N ESALUTATORIANKevin LeRoyMichelle MedveczHONORS DAYMay 22GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY CAMPAIGNCelebrating Our Past – Securing Our FutureOn February 10th at Bull Valley Golf Club MarianCentral unveiled a major school expansion plan. TheA P U B L I C A T I O N O F main T H E component O F F I C E is O the F Dconstruction E V E L O P Mof E Na T20,000square-foot building addition to include 8 newcombination science classroom/labs. Also plannedis a 900 square-foot chapel on the ground floor,renovation of the current science classrooms andexpansion/renovation of the guidance department.BACCALAUREATEMASSMay 29GRADUATIONMay 30GOLF OUTINGJune 18HOMECOMINGOctober 3The renovated guidance and counseling center, whencompleted, will be named in honor of Sr. Mardelle,longtime head of the department. “At Marian, we’reperson-centered. We care about people. Not onlyto succeed, but to be fulfilled as a person. This newguidance and counseling center will help our studentsas they prepare for the future,” said Sr. Mardelle, nowretired and living in LaCrosse, Wisconsin.Superintendent Tom Landers commented,“We couldn’t be happier to honor Sr. Mardelle by naming the newguidance center after her. She had such a remarkable impact onthe students at Marian. This is an honor she richly deserves.” Sr.Mardelle replied, “I thank God for any good that I may have doneduring my years at Marian.” To fund the $5 million expansionplan, the “Golden Anniversary” Capital Campaign was launchedin January. The naming opportunity for the new guidance centeris being provided by the Bolger Family in honor of their parents,Thomas F. and Kathyrn Bolger.Pictured at the February 10th event are David Bolger ’75,Chicago, Kathryn Bolger, McHenry, Sr. Mardelle, La Crosse,WI, Superintendent Tom Landers, Woodstock, and GeneralChairpersons Janet and John Smith of McHenry.To date over $1.3 million has been pledged. For more informationcall the Development Office at 815-338-4220 ext. 125.Sr. Mardelle with John ’83 and Barb ’83(Anspaugh) Miceli.

“New York, New York” was truly a topdrawerevent at the Holiday Inn in Crystal Lake onMarch 8. Honorary Chairpersons Mike and Erin ’83Smith, Crystal Lake, and General Chairpersons Garyand Cheryl Rabine, Johnsburg, worked to insure awonderful evening for all. The 384 guests enjoyeda delicious meal before furiously bidding on live andsilent auction items. The proceeds of over $145,000will go toward financial aid, department programs andparent support group expenses.Erin Smith drew the winning raffle tickets with cashprizes going to Len Martinez ’66, Katey (Sullivan)Lawrence ’87, former Marian parent Tom Loizzo, andButch Schnulle. Ray Benoy, Woodstock, Marian’schief raffle ticket seller, sold three of the winningtickets. Mr. Benoy sold over $6,000 worth of ticketsthis year.The auction committee wishes to give a “Big Apple”thank you to the volunteers at the event and all who contributedin any way to make the evening successful.Julie and MarkT h o m p s o n ,Woodstock wererecognized fortheir outstandingwork asC h a i r p e r s o n sof the AnnualFund.This year’s leadership included Superintendent Tom and Carol Landers, Woodstock;General Chairpersons Gary and Cheryl Rabine, Johnsburg; and Erin ’83 and MikeSmith, Crystal Lake.– SAVE THE DATE –NEXT YEAR’S DINNER AUCTION WILL BE ONMARCH 14, 2009

Volunteers arrived at noon to set up the decorations and auction items. Pictured are front; Michelle Fortin,Sandy Mitchard, Cassie Fortin, Jessica Simmons, and Morgan Thome. Back row; Erin Smith, DonnaGustafson, Martha Peters, Karen Judy-Thome, Mary Kelly, Olivia Morrissey, Deanna Borkowski, JessicaCampana, and Cheryl Rabine.Auctioneer Wayne Amore ’66 worked thecrowd to obtain the highest possible bidsat the live auction.Guests were welcomed by Kathy Free, Darice Latowicz, Peggy Murwin, and Liz(Schaefer) Campana ’77.Alyssa Marunde ’07 enjoyed the eveningwith dad, Kip Marunde ’82Top raffle ticket seller Ray Benoyenjoyed the evening along with hiswife Marilyn.Just a few of over 150 items on the silent auction.The Hurricane Alert is published twice a year by the Development Office. All information is accurateto the best of our knowledge. All news items should be addressed to: Marian Central DevelopmentOffice, 1001 McHenry Avenue, Woodstock, IL 60098. Information may also be sent viaFAX (815) 338-8445 or emailed to mamartinez@marian.com. Thank you in advance for yourefforts and support. These issues would not be possible without your generosity.Mary Ann (Stilling) Martinez ’66, Development Director, Editor/writerLiz (Schaefer) Campana ’77, Development SecretaryKathy Free, Campaign Staff Support

HURRICANES around campusHomecoming 2007 Hall of FameMarian alums cameto help current ’Canescelebrate homecoming.On Friday morningthe 2007 DistinguishedAlumni Recipient, BobWelter ’68, addressed thestudent body after the allschool mass. Bob spokeof his experiences on his10 mission trips to Haiti.He said, “It’s an honorto be the hands andfeet of our Lord and doHis work.” A receptionand a tour of the schoolfollowed the Mass. TheSuperintendent Tom Landers congratulatesalumni float was full ofBob Welter ’70, the 2007 DistinguishedAlumni Recipient.honorees in the paradeon Friday afternoon.Alumni found their way to the alumni tent and enjoyedthe new bleachers at George Harding Field. The tent waspacked all night, especially when the heavens opened up andpoured down on the game watchers.Hall of Fame Inductees included Mike Eisele ’81 who holdsthe school record in the Class A IHSA State ChampionshipMeet for the Boys CrossCountry Team. He was votedMVP in both Cross Countryand Track.Correction: The DevelopmentOffice regrets that the pictureon the cover of the last issuefor Mike Eisele was incorrect.Here is the correct picture ofMike.Dennis Jackson ’66, played football, basketball and baseballat Marian. In football he led his team in receiving andtouchdowns. Dennis is a Top 5 record holder for receivingat the University of Cincinnati.Cynthi (Parker) Lysne ’95, was a State Champion ingymnastics and also participated in Track & Field. In Track& Field she was a State Qualifier in 1992 and 1994.Dirk Stanger ’93, holds 4 records in football as starting varsityquarterback. He was named Northwest Suburban ConferencePlayer of the Year and Northwest Herald Football Player ofthe Year in 1992, and was a member of the 1994 University ofWisconsin Rose Bowl Champion Team.Coach David Proffitt was Head Football coach at Marianfor 10 years with 3 conference championships and 7 playoffappearances. In 1995 he led the Hurricanes to the StateSemi-Final game.Coach Gregg Wikierak is in his 29th year of coachingbaseball and his 19th at Marian. His teams have won twoNorthwest Suburban Championships, one Suburban CatholicChampionship and seven Regional Championships. He wasNorthwest Herald Baseball Coach of the Year 4 times.Coach Terry Stanger has coached Marian football teamsthat reached the playoffs 13 out of 15 seasons. He wasassistant coach on the 1983, 1986, 1987 and 1989 StateChampionship Teams, as well as the 1985 and 2006 StateRunner-Up Teams.John Guanci, Jr. has been a friend of Marian for years,especially during the 1980’s and was very active in theBooster Club in the 70’s and 80’s.Mike Eisele ’81

InductionRich Hoover ’84 has been president of the Hall of FameCommittee since the beginning and is also a class agent.He is currently a Marian assistant football coach.GEORGE HARDING FIELDThe August all school Mass was held out at the new bleachersat George Harding Field. The bleachers hold up to1,500 and include a large press box. The project was theresult of a recommendation from the 2010 Strategic Planand was funded by the Fathers Club bingo program.First all school MassFront: Rich Hoover ’84 with Richie and Carly, and Terry Stanger. Back: MikeEisele ’81, Cynthi (Parker) Lysne ’95, Dirk Stanger ’93, and Gregg Wikierak.THE 1987 VOLLEYBALL TEAM is an example ofdetermination in reaching their potential after startingthe season 0-2. They were undefeated in the NorthwestSuburban Conference, won the Marengo regional, wonthe Sectional championship, and won the Super-sectionalchampionship.Fathers Club members Roberta Suthard, Mike Chodorowski, Bob Whalen, DonKaminski, Mike Maksymiak, George FrischThe 1987 Volleyball Team. Front: Jennifer (Stanger) Smith, Jennifer Thennes,Bonnie (White) Graff, Cindy (Sankey) Giles, and Jean-Marie (Ferraro) Brickey.Back; Coach Nancy McLennand, Coach Anna Penza, HeadCoach Tom Faber, Patty (Wightman) Peisert,and Amy (Chapman) Evans.

HURRICANES around campusGRANDPARENTS MASSThe first Marian Central Grandparent Mass was held November 1.Over 100 grandparents attended and had a chance to greet their grandchildrenafter the Mass. A reception in the commons area and tour ofthe school followed.Senior Katie Sharp had a hug for both grandmothers. Pictured are Mary AnnSharp, Katie Sharp, and Joan Larkin, all of McHenry.MARIAN’S DR. GLENN PINNAUIS NHS ADVISER OF THE YEARTen NHS officers attended the NHS Leadership Conference in Atlantain November. The Marian chapter was honored with the OutstandingService Project Award for last year’s book drive, which collected morethan 10,000 books for the Maternity of the Blessed Virgin MaryElementary School in Chicago. Dr. Glenn Pinnau merited the Adviserof the Year Award, which is granted to only one NHS adviser fromamong 22,000 worldwide chapters.NATIONAL MERIT WINNERSNine members of the senior class received special recognition inthe prestigious National Merit Scholarship Competition. TheresaReckamp was named a semifinalist. The eight commended studentsare Kara Bussey, Louis Gioia, Carol Henning, Alissa Lee, Alyssa Miller,Kelly Paton, Conrad Smith and Margaret Tully.HOMECOMING 2008IS OCTOBER 3GIRLSGOLFFor the second straightyear junior Tori Stock wasnamed the NorthwestHerald Girls Golfer of theYear. For winning theschool’s first IHSA ClassAA Regional championship,Coach Jim Speakerwas selected as theNorthwest Herald GirlsGolf coach of the Year.Natalie Buch is all smiles on signing day withher parents Linda and Ken ’77 Buch of McHenryRunner-up for Northwestbehind Marian’s first ever Regional trophy.Herald Player of the Yearwas senior Natalie Buch. Natalie signed with NCAA D-1 SouthCarolina-Upstate to play golf next year.FOOTBALL STANDOUT -SEAN CWYNARNotre Dame Coach Charlie Weis at Marian visiting with Sean Cwynar andCoach Ed Brucker.Senior Sean Cwynar is the first area player to be invited to playin the U.S. Army All-American Bowl, the most prestigious highschool all-star football game held in January. Also at the AmericanBowl game was head coach Ed Brucker, quarterback Jon Budmayr,and lineman Cody O’Neil.Sean was named IHSA Player of the Year for the state of Illinoisand will be playing football next season for Notre Dame.

CLASS OF 1961JOHN FLOOD, The Villages, FL, is enjoying retirement in Florida– no snow to shovel.THERESA MARIE (SCHMID) RAO, Dover, NJ, has been retiredsince March ’07. She enjoys reading, playing tennis and is veryinvolved with her 5 granddaughters.CLASS OF 1962PAT (SULLIVAN) SMITH, Chicago, has been working as a librarianat Columbia College Chicago for 30 years.CLASS OF 1963JANE (NYE) SELBY, Berkeley, CA, is a nurse practitioner workingas a clinic director in a Community Health Center in Berkeley. Herhusband is an M.D. and they have two sons.CLASS OF 1965MARY (MORIARTY) O’MEARA, Crystal Lake, recently retiredfrom teaching after 36 years at Cary-Grove High School. She andher husband Larry have two children in college.CLASS OF 1966BETTY (SEXTON) CREIGHTON, Woodstock, and her husbandBill welcomed grandchild Caden Joseph on December 8, 2007.CLASS OF 1968ELAINE (SCHAEFER) & WOODY PALMER, Woodstock,recently celebrated their son Brian’s wedding. Rev. John Cahill wasthe celebrant at the June 16, 2007 wedding as well as at Elaine andWoody’s wedding in 1975.CLASS OF 1969ROBERT RUGGERO, Milwaukee, WI, and his wife Terese areenjoying their first year of an “empty nest.”CLASS OF 1971BUSTER AMORE, Twin Lakes, WI, and his wife Cindy, recentlycelebrated their 30th wedding anniversary.CLASS OF 1973STAN WALCZYNSKI, St. Charles, is a project manager with TurnerConstruction Company. He is currently working on the $500 millionCTA Brown Line Expansion Project. His wife, Pam, is a specialeducation teacher. Their son attends Bradley University, one daughterattends the University of Iowa, and the other attends St. CharlesNorth High School.CLASS OF 1981MICHELLE (NASH) LARSEN, Spencer, WI, is currently workingas a Medicare Reimbursement Specialist for Security Health Plan.CLASS OF 1984KIMBERLY (KUPER) STRIKE, Racine, WI, is a recipient of PhiDelta Kappa’s 2007 Distinguished Leadership in Education award.Kimberly is a Midwest Region Program Manager with CatapultLearning, providing Title 1 services to K-12 students in Milwaukee.CLASS OF 1987RICH POWERS, Cedar Falls, IA, was inducted into the IllinoisWrestling Officials and Coaches Association Hall of Fame. Rich isthe principal at Cedar Falls High School and said, “The number onereason I am in education was the positive experience at Marian.”CLASS OF 1989GREG SCHNEIDER, Elgin, is an Elgin police officer and serves asa Port Security Specialist in the Coast Guard. He was recently recognizedfor pulling a man off of railroad tracks seconds before a trainsped by, thereby saving the man’s life. Greg was valedictorian of hisPolice Academy class and served five years on the S.W.A.T. team.CLASS OF 1990MARK HATTAS, Naperville, owns Geneca, which has won threemajor awards in 2007. The awards are “101 Best and BrightestCompanies to Work For”, Inc. 500, and Deloitte named Geneca the3rd fastest growing technology company in Illinios.MIKE LALOR, Stillman Valley, has been Head Football Coach atStillman Valley for the past nine years. Mike played on Marian’s laststate championship team (1989) and coached three state championshipsat Stillman Valley (1999, 2000 and 2003).

ANDREA (STAHL) RADCLIFFE, Woodstock, is working in theEnglish Department at Marian. She taught at St. Mary’s MiddleSchool for six years before coming to Marian. Andrea said, “As aMarian Central alumni, I am overwhelmed with the opportunity thatI have been given to teach here. It means so much to teach at a schoolthat has given me so much.”KRISANNE (PENZA) TERRELL, Saline, MI, is the mother of 3and coaches freshman volleyball at Saline High School.CLASS OF 1995JOY (OLSEN) MANDICH, Green Bay, WI, and her husband,Michael, have 4 girls; Michaela, 5, Marjorie, 3.5, Madeline, 2.5and Mariana, 6 months. She is employed by United Healthcare asResident Head Trainer for MAPD Telesales.CLASS OF 1997JOHN KOBYLANSKI, Springfield, MO, is District Manager forFamily Video.CLASS OF 1998KRISTEN BOYSEN, Odessa, FL, received her Bachelor of Fine Artsfrom Southern IL University and her Master of Arts from EducationUniversity of South Florida.GREGORY KLEIN, Las Vegas, NV, works as a graphic artist for anarchitectural firm. Gregory recently donated part of his liver to hisbrother.CLASS OF 1999SARAH BLANKENBAKER, Los Angeles, CA, is attending GradSchool at Southern California Institute of Architecture.TOM LAGARZA, Carlsbad, CA, attended The Institute of Art andis a 3-D artist for “Rock Star” which is in the game industry.CLASS OF 2000LAUREN HANSON, Lynchburg, VA, teaches Latin at VirginiaEpiscopal School and teaches a community dance class.CLASS OF 2001ANDREA VALLE, New York, NY, is an Executive RecruitmentManager with Teach For America.CLASS OF 2003NATE USREY, China, graduated cum laude from Tulane Universityin New Orleans. During his “Katrina semester” he attendedNorthwestern University and took classes at Charles University,Prague, The Czech Republic during the summer of 2006. He left forChina 5 days after graduation and is currently living and working inChina as a teacher of English. He completed his teacher certificationin Suzhou, China at Boland School. His first work assignment wasin Wuxi, China near Shanghai.NATHAN VALLE, Fort Walton Beach, FL, graduated from the U.S.Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, CO. in May 2007. Hereceived a Bachelor of Science degree and was commissioned as asecond lieutenant. Nathan will be a pilot assigned to the 20th SpecialOperations Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Fort Walton Beach, Fl.CLASS OF 2004KATHRYN VALLE, Woodstock, is a junior at Illinois StateUniversity, Math Education Major. She is the President of thePresidential Scholars Club. She was also one of three universitystudents at ISU selected in October 2007 by the President of the universityto represent the university in competition for the USA Todaynewspaper All American Team, published March 2008.CLASS OF 2007BRIAN BULAGA, Crystal Lake, attends the University of Iowa andis one of five underclassman recently named to the 2007 SportingFreshman All-Big Ten Team.KACIE WIKIERAK, Crystal Lake, attends the University of Denverand in her first season at NCAA Division I Denver Kacie has earnedplenty of recognition and is a critical part of a 20-win team. Recently,she was named, for the fourth time this season, Sun Belt ConferenceDefensive Player of the Week. This is a first for a Denver athlete.

BRIDAL aisleCLASS OF 1994MATTHEW WARD, Two Harbors, MN, married Angela Aarhuson September 1, 2007. Matthew works as a fisheries specialist forthe Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and Angela is awildlife research biologist for the 1854 Treaty Authority in Duluth.CLASS OF 1995JOSEPH WINKELMAN, McHenry,married Sarah Beagle on July 21,2007 on the beach in Negril, Jamaica.Marian alums in attendance were siblings,Mandy ’98 and Benji ’92, GeorgeDowns ’95 and mom, Vicki ’68.CLASS OF 1999JENNIFER BAILEY, Edmond, OK,married Alan Walters on October13, 2007. Jennifer works as a NICUnurse and Alan works in automationsales for the Hartfiel company.ELIZABETH CAREY, marriedMichael Thompson on August 11,Jennifer and Alan Walters2007. She is the daughter of Joe ’72 and Theresa (Cummings) ’74.Matt and Elizabeth CarneyCLASS OF 1996MATT CARNEY, ArlingtonHeights, married ElizabethMarrs on May 12, 2007.CLASS OF 1998JESSICA THACKER,McHenry, married Kristofer Holt in May 2007. Jessica received herBS in Special Education from Western IL University and her MA inReading from Aurora University.AMANDA WINKELMAN,McHenry, married Timothy Ragan,on May 19, 2007. The weddingparty included brothers Benji ’92 andJoe ’95, Kelly (Dehn) Winkelman’96, Leigh Hadick ’95, Becky (Miller)Standish ’99 and future Hurricane,Jodie Winkelman ’21, daughter ofBenji and Kelly, and mom, Vicki ’68.Amanda and Tim RaganJoe and Sarah WinkelmanPatrick ’05, Bridget ’07, Joe ’72, Elizabeth ’99, Michael, Theresa(Cummings) ’74 and Andrew ’02.TIMOTHY SHIVERS, Ames, Iowa, married Christina Richter onDecember 1, 2007. Timothy works at Hickory Park in Ames andChristina is working on her veterinary medicine degree.CLASS OF 2000KATHERINE McEVOY, Fox Lake, married Michael Demski on July7, 2007. Katherine is a nurse tech at Centegra Memorial Hospitaland Michael works at Northwest Community Bank in Gurnee.CLASS OF 2001MARISSA BIANCHI, Decatur, married Drew Spencer on June 2,2007. Marissa is finishing up her last semester of law school as a visitingstudent at the University of Illinois in Champaign. Drew is amedical student at Southern Illinois School of Medicine.BRENNA DEFRISCO, Crystal Lake, married Nicholas O’Hearn onSeptember 1, 2007. Brenna teaches at St. James in Arlington Heights.SHARON MEYER, Pleasant Hill, MO, married Nathan Doll on July28, 2007. Sharon is a music teacher in Pleasant Hill. Nathan is anassistant scientist at Midwest Research Institute in Kansas City, MO.CLASS OF 2002LAUREN KENTON, Crystal Lake, married Titus Mielke on June8, 2007. Lauren is a registered nurse at St. Alexius Medical Centerin Hoffman Estates. Titus works at Pre-Paid Legal Services inCrystal Lake.10