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UpdatesAlumni UpdatesAlumni Updates1947Elmer Molnar celebrated 50 yearswith his wife Virginia on February 11at St. Stephen’s Church where they areactive parishioners.1949Joe Hanus has been living in CarsonCity, Nevada since1999. While a seniorat CCHS, Joe helpededit the Centric. Hewent on to earn adegree in chemistryfrom the Universityof Detroit. He servedJoe Hanus ‘49 in Korea and thenworked in research atLOF. Joe left the area in 1962 andraised his family in Livermore,California. He began working in constructionmanagement in the early1970’s. His wife, Fran, passed away in2004. Now Joe writes poetry and says,“I’m the self-proclaimed Poet Lariat ofCarson City. Don’t you mean PoetLaureate? No! Someone read my stuffand said, ‘I have a noose for you.’”Here is one of his poems…ALL HAT – NO COWS (Some bull)I’m a no cowhand sportinga Wal-Mart brandBut it never worked out as I plannedThen I learned to ride witha new found zealOnce I found a horse with trainingwheelsAnd a pink corral with curb appealYipee i oh ti-ay! Yipee i oh ti-ay!For more samples of Joe’s poetry, go towww.crackedlenses.com.1950James Stokes and his wife Jean celebrated41 years of marriage onFebruary 27. James says they stillenjoy the winters in NorthernMichigan, although their snow shoesdo not get as much exercise as theyonce did!1952Jim Hite has been named one of threeAll-Americans in the 70-74 age groupin duathlon (run/bike/run) by InsideTriathlon magazine in its January/February 2006 issue. His wife Joycecompleted her first 50-mile run inJanuary in North Carolina. It was her104th run of marathon distance (26.2miles) or longer. Jim says he is lookingforward to his 55th class reunion!Beverly (Kwiatkowski) Walczak andher husband Richard celebrated their50th wedding anniversary on January28. The couple has two children andthree grandchildren.1953Thomas Black reports that he and hiswife now have 30 grandchildren.1954Gerald Demski and his wife MaxineMartin will renew their vows after 50years of marriage on July 7.S & G • Spring 2006 • page 12Diane (Jurski) Podgorski and her husbandGerald celebrated their 50th weddinganniversary on January 14. Theyhave four children, seven grandchildren,and three great-grandchildren.1959France Koester-Harmon will retirefrom the College of Mount St. Josephin Cincinnati in May. She is an associateprofessor of history.1961Barbara (Ignatowski) Brzozka retiredin 2004 after working for 40 years as aregistered nurse and pediatric nursepractitioner. She and her late husband,Thomas Brzozka ‘61 have three childrenand four grandchildren.1967David Pettee, Sr. has written a bookentitled Folks, Will You Please BeSeated regarding problems in educationtoday. David was honorably dischargedfrom the Air Force in 1971,graduated from the Culinary Instituteof Arts, and earned a B.S. in educationand an M.Ed. in 1992 from theUniversity of Toledo. He and his wifeJeannine have three sons.1969Mary Valentine Kohanski wasordained as a ministerin the UnitedChurch of Christ onDecember 4, 2005.Reverend Marygraduated lastAugust fromWinebrennerTheologicalSeminary with aMaster’s ofDivinity.MaryValentineKohanski ‘69Navy Capt. Stephen F. Nowak is currentlydeployed to Kuwait in support ofOperation Iraqi Freedom. He is servingas group commander for the NavyExpeditionary Logistics Support GroupForward Headquarters which includesmore than 1,000 sailors serving as custominspectors, cargo handlers and supplyspecialists. Stephen has served hiscountry in the Navy Reserve since1982. When not deployed, he is ahealthcare administrator for AlamedaCounty Medical Center. He resideswith his wife, Barbara, and childrenKatie, Paul, and Adam in Cheyenne,Wyoming.1971Lynn (Pfaff) Zeitler was presentedwith the Chrysler Sales Master EliteAward, the highest award given byChrysler. Lynn is employed with YarkAutomotive, voted Best Place to Buy aCar for the fifth consecutive year bythe Toledo City Paper. She is the company’snumber one Chrysler salesperson.Lynn and her husband Fred arelong supporters of CCHS - Fred wasthe Lady Irish soccer coach for 13years. Daughter Shannon Hoyt '92 isa dental assistant with an area dentaloffice. Daughter Randi Hoyt '96 is alegal assistant with a local firm and justannounced her engagement to KurtWalters '97. Daughter StephanieZeitler '02 is also employed with anarea dental office as a dental technician.1974Mike Coyle was elected to his secondterm as Maumee city councilman. Heis currently facilities director ofOtterbein Portage Valley, a 167-acreretirement community in Pemberville.Debi (Zak) Sifuentes has retired fromLucas County after 30 years of service,most recently from the Lucas CountySheriff's Office. She and her husbandRay, a retired Toledo Police detective,have moved to Sun City West, Arizona,just outside Phoenix. They have beenenjoying their new home, golfing often,and of course the wonderful weather!1977Tina (Metzger) Marshall has lived inHawaii since 1981. She and her husbandBob own and run an interiorremodeling business, specializing incustom cabinetry. Tina returned toToledo for a visit in November and hada night out with seven other membersof the Class of ’77. These eightL to R: From the class of 1977...Ann (Maloney) Balcerzak, Jodi Soll,Tina (Metzger) Marshall, Nancy(Moore) Adams, Beth (Morgenstern)Lacy, Cindi (Benore) Dolias, Darlene(Stader) Heller, andKris (Weiss) Carothers.women have been friends since theymet during their freshman year. Theseladies would like to alert other classmatesthat they will be contacting classpresident Kevin Katafias to plan their30th class reunion in 2007 in Maui!After visiting Toledo, Tina headed toNew York City to march in theThanksgiving Day Parade. Tina hastwo daughters, Kanaan (16) and Kiana(19. Kanaan was selected to participatein the Hawaii All State MarchingBand as one of the 380 performers representing35 high schools across fiveislands. The parade experience willforever be an incredible memory intheir lives!Mitch Seeman was ranked one of the“Top Docs” for sports medicine inDenver by 5280 Magazine in a poll ofphysicians. He headed a humanitarianmedical trip to Luiu, Ukraine to teachphysicians’ surgical techniques. Healso became a member of the PGA andLPGA medical team and covered themedical concerns of the U.S. Women’sOpen in Denver.1982Joe Palka has been named head footballcoach at Whitmer High School.Joe was defensive secondary coach atEastern Michigan University for thelast two seasons, and he was the headfootball coach at CCHS from 1990 to1993. He will also be a substituteteacher with Washington LocalSchools. Joe is a 1987 EasternMichigan graduate and he earned threevarsity letters with the EMU footballteam. He was the head football coachat St. Joseph’s College in Rensselaer,Indiana in 1995 and the defensive coordinatorin 1994. He also served as apart time football coach at AdrianCollege in 2002-2003. He was headfootball coach at Bryan High Schoolfrom 1996-1998 and Summerfield from1988-1990, and he was an assistantfootball coach at Montpelier from1987-1988. His 1993 CCHS team wasranked number 10 in the state and finished8-2.1983Martin Koop is a lawyer with Supanceand Howard Law Offices in Tiffin,Ohio. He and two other attorneys contributedtheir legal expertise to the productionof a CD, “Hands Across TheWater: A Benefit for the Children of theTsunami.” Artists from England,Scotland, Wales, Ireland, and theUnited States have joined together tocreate this collaboration of Celtic andAmerican music. The CD is availableat Borders and Barnes &Noble and online through Amazon,iTunes, andwww.compassrecords.com. Martinis also a performing songwriter andcore member of northwest Ohio’straditional Irish band Toraigh. Heplays guitar, mandolin, and fiddleand also sings.1985John Dorfmeisterhas been named ageneral partner atthe Toledo CPA firmMax Dorfmeister &Co. LLP. John andhis wife Kelly are theparents of seven-yearoldtwins, Ryan andKelsey.Martin Koop‘831986Doug Goodnough hasbeen named director ofcommunications andmarketing for SienaHeights University in Adrian,Michigan. His duties include assistingwith university marketing initiatives,producing university publications,maintaining and supporting media relations,and coordinating internal andexternal communications. For the past10 years, Doug served as managingeditor of The Advance, a weekly newspaperin Blissfield, Michigan. Duringhis tenure with the newspaper, itreceived more than 55 awards for itsnews coverage. Doug graduated fromHillsdale College in 1990, where heserved as sports editor at the HillsdaleDaily News and was part of a nationalreporting team that covered the 1996Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta.Doug resides in Pittsford, Michigan.1987Matt Kregel has been named the headfootball coach at Perrysburg HighSchool. Matt was an All-City offensive