Fall 2011 Issue - Covington Catholic High School

14 Covington Catholic Journal
1960 Ken shields, who led
Highlands to five ninth region
championships and northern
Kentucky university to two
nCaa Division II runner-up
finishes, held camps over the
summer for boys and girls in
grades 1-12 at sports of all sorts
in union.
1971 Thomas more College, along
with presenting sponsor pnC
Bank, honored Andrew J.
Vonlehman at the 16th annual
Bishop Hughes awards Dinner at
Drees pavilion on sept. 29, 2011.
vonlehman was honored for his
involvement in Catholic higher
education.
1972 Terry Boehmker was featured
in a recent edition of “The
northerner,” nKu’s newspaper.
He reflected on his prolific career
in local journalism, including
serving as sports editor for the
Kentucky post for 28 years.
1976 Jim Berger, co-owner of Bilz
insurance in Covington, was
named to the Kenton County
airport Board.
1977 Don Mcnay authored a new
book, “Wealth Without Wall
street: a main street guide to
making money.”
1978 Dr. Paul Tenkotte, professor of
history and department chair at
northern Kentucky university,
gave a brief history of how
the st. elizabeth Hospital was
established at a presentation
on october 7 of a “Historical
marker” at the site in Covington.
1979 David schulte biked 439 miles
in october to raise money for
injured marines.
1998 on august 11, over 58 runners
met for the annual cross country
run in Devou park. 30 alumni,
25 current students and several
supporters enjoyed 80 degree
weather for the race. as a team,
the alumni bested the student
team. Brian Marshall won with
a time of 18:24. For full results,
check out www.covcath.org.
What’s Happening
1980 Greg Moser was inducted into
the northern Kentucky soccer
Hall of Fame.
1981 Mike McKeown with was
recognized as an “outstanding
alumnus” at the annual alumni
awards banquet at northern
Kentucky university for his
contributions to the university
as an adjunct professor, as well
as serving as an active advisory
board president.
1982 Rick shumate was named the
head basketball coach of south
Dearborn High school.
1984 Chris Moriconi serves as mayor
of Independence. He was recently
featured in nKY magazine,
explaining his plans for managing
growth and attracting business.
1989 Matthew scheben married
elizabeth tsvetkoff from Canfield,
ohio in January of 2011. They
reside in new albany, ohio.
1991 Father Matthew summe recently
spoke at Blessed sacrament
school and was featured in an
article in the messenger. as a
former student at the school, he
spoke with the 2nd and 5th grade
classes, presided over an allschool
mass, as well as at sunday
parish masses. ordained in
rome in 2007, Father is currently
bringing others to Christ and
promoting vocations in Brazil.
1992 Matt Berger was named to the
university of louisville sports
Hall of Fame.
1994 Allen Kohlhepp is based in
sausalito, California and working
for the brand naming company
lexicon. The company was
recently featured in “The new
Yorker” magazine for its unique
approach to branding, including
naming the “Blackberry” device.
John Gardiner has been
contracted to play tommy Devito
on the national tour of “Jersey
Boys.”
1995 Pat o’Donnell can be seen
on “Design star” as a guest
carpenter. The show can be
viewed on Hgtv and on-line.
1998 lt. John hiltz was named to
the prestigious navy flight
demonstration squadron, The
Blue angels.
1999 Mike Mauntel and his wife,
emily, are currently in the process
of adopting a child from the
Democratic republic of Congo.
You can follow their journey at
http://thenextlittlem.blogspot.com.
scott Gamm writes “my wife
Christian and I had a baby girl
october 12, 2011. Her name is
Claire elizabeth. she was 6 lbs 11
oz and 19.5 inches long. everyone
is doing great.”
2000 Patrick Rice (in photo below)was
named “employee of the Year”
at Wms, a lottery and gaming
manufacturing company that
employs nearly 1,800 people. He
is also engaged to be married in
December.