Fall 2011 Issue - Covington Catholic High School

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2 Covington Catholic Journal Welcome Richard Dickmann ’80 The Alumni Association has officially set its roots in the daily offerings on the campus of Covington Catholic. The Alumni Center is bustling and I am pleased to announce that Richard has been hired as the Director of Alumni Relations. This new position shows the commitment that Covington Catholic has in the newly formed Alumni Association. This investment will allow our association to grow and provide the needed resources to reconnect alumni with their alma mater. Bob Rowe - Principal Dear alumni, as the Director of alumni relations, my job is to reach out to alumni and provide the tools for communication, as well as direct events and activities to invite alumni back to the campus. The task at hand will have its challenges and will not happen overnight. In the short time that I have been involved in the development of the alumni association, I have learned a lot. The most important lesson is that it is very easy to get excited about Covington Catholic when you have a son here or you volunteer your time as a coach or are a member of one of the many school committees. The hard part is getting alumni who do not have an active role in the school to take the time to come back. We all have very busy lives these days. Finding time to reconnect to your high school is not high on most priority lists. I would like to challenge each of you to make the commitment to find time to visit the campus one time this next year. High school sports have always been a source of pride in the northern Kentucky community. What better way to reconnect with CovCath than to go to a game? There is a buzz about basketball and Coach Krumps is headed into this spring with 90% of last year’s team. If you cannot make it to a game, we have alumni socials on the second Wednesday of the month at the alumni center and there are many alumni activities in the planning stages. alma mater is latin for “nourishing mother.” sometimes when your life is a constant progression forward, it is hard to look back at the tracks that you have laid. often, in conversations that I have with alums, they share with me about how they have become more successful or better people because of their four years at Covington Catholic. as any nourishing mother would, Covington Catholic has given all of us the tools to become leaders in our community and in our faith. It is for this reason that I ask you to come back and reconnect with Covington Catholic and the Colonel brotherhood. At CovCath, you are always welcome. Go Colonels! richard Dickmann Director of alumni relations Thank You Alumni by Richard Dickmann This summer, many alumni rallied to clean up and remodel the Alumni Center, which is in the basement level of the Griffin Centre. The project would not be a success if not for those alumni and especially the efforts of the following five Colonels. A special thank you goes out to: • Bill Frisch’79, works in the plumbing division of Century Construction and is father to Ben ’10 and John ’13. • Ken Hardcorn ’86, owner and operator of J & A Interiors, and has two sons attending CCH Jason ’12 and Alec ’14. • Barry Brake ’84, father to future Colonels, Kyle ’17 and Logan ’19, who owns and operates JF Brake Interiors. • Nate Thamann ’99, project manager with Reece-Campbell who would often bring a group of Thamann alumni. • Joe Fischer ’78, owner of Jafco Electric and father to future Colonel Jake ’16. While there were many contributors, some in huge ways, these five not only provided their companies’ services, but were often found in the trenches night after night with me until the project was finished. Please stop by the Alumni Center to see the work that has been done to your Alumni Center. The Center is open after all home football and basketball games and for many scheduled socials and events throughout the year. On the following page is a full list of Colonels who helped make this happen. I would like to apologize if anyone has been left off of this list. Some evenings I would go home and crash in lieu of writing down the names of those who had shown up that evening. A Message From The Director of Alumni Relations Richard Dickmann
ecently I watched the video: “Celebrate What’s right with the World” by DeWitt Jones. Throughout the presentation DeWitt discusses how our vision controls our perception and how that perception then becomes our reality in many facets of our lives. I could not help but think of how this relates to the vision we share as an administration, faculty, staff and student body. Dewitt also focused on the idea of celebrating the best in people and having a vision of the best possible future. For this reason I have chosen the theme “Celebrate” for the principal’s message in this issue of the alumni journal. Where do we look for something to celebrate? We have a multitude of examples right here at CovCath. I have to look no further than our students to see the good in them, the good they produce, and the good that is still yet to be achieved. We celebrate their successes, which instill them with optimism, confidence and fulfillment. to them, Covington Catholic High school is a 24/7 experience. Whether it is the Chamber Choir helping to create a scholarship in maria schaffstein’s name, attaining a three-year average of 24.7 on the aCt, Tony Barzack ’95 Ken Bosch ’59 Barry Brake ’84 Don Brossart ’90 Mike Cummings ’77 Jim Devenny ’67 Jerry Dressman ’86 Mike Dyas ’61 Randy Ellison ’79 Drew Ellison ’06 Wayne Erpenbeck ’78 Mike Finke ’79 Joe Fischer ’78 Bill Frisch ’79 Troy Gronotte ’83 Ken Hardcorn ’86 Charlie Hartman Rich Heidrich ’80 Craig Jacobs ’98 A MessAGe FRoM The PRInCIPAl BoB Rowe Joe Kathman ’86 Mark Keller ’79 Chris Klensch ’82 Greg Knipper ’81 Jeremy Lenihan ’94 Rob Lonneman ’85 Mike Mardis ’78 Larry McGovern ’81 Dan Melching ’90 Joe Melching ’83 Jim Meyers ’98 Jared Mohr ’86 Todd Nienaber ’86 Joe Nienaber, Jr. ’89 Bob Otte ’81 Stephen Otte ’10 Michael Patti ’00 Pete Petroze ’74 Lou Redlinger ’98 Covington Catholic Journal 3 achieving success on the athletic fields, or participating in one of our 42 different clubs or organizations, our young men will tell you that they feel as if CCH challenges them to work hard, be involved, and become proud members of our brotherhood of Colonels. We celebrate our faculty and staff who have sacrificed to give us many years of experience and educational leadership, believing in the good that is done here and the things we accomplish together. The passion, values, dedication, and knowledge, which the entire faculty instills on a daily basis, are manifested several times over as our graduates enter their chosen professions. each day the faculty’s presence speaks to the dedication and legacy that has been built here. Finally we celebrate our alumni. Your efforts and contributions exemplify the values and qualities that were instilled in you while you were receiving your education. These factors in themselves are reason enough to celebrate what is right with CCH. god’s blessings, Bob rowe Griffin Centre Volunteers Kevin Sander ’81 Phil Schneider ’78 Bob Schulenberg ’65 Dave Schulte ’79 Todd Schulte ’83 Tim Sieter ’80 Bill Snyder ’64 Steve Sorrell ’75 Bob Stack Nate Thamann ’99 Bob Thamann ’73 Stephen Thamann ’14 Jay Thamann ’66 Paul Thamann ’97 David Thiel ’86 Jon Votel ’71 Tony Ward ’94 Phil Wehrman ’80 Dave Woods ’86 John Zalla ’83 John Zembrodt ’78 The Thamanns that I didn’t account for! Corporate Donors AGI Architects Art’s Rental Boone Ready Mix Gateway Glass Gleason Electric in Memory of Keith Flynn ’78 J & A Interiors JF Brake Interiors Ken/API Diane & Jerry Kohlhepp Rusk Heating and Cooling
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