PROFILE UPDATES

•	Connie * Leonard Volkman 5/21
•	James Ryan 5/18
•	Janet * Irsik Kliesen 5/18
•	Michael Killingsworth 5/14
•	Christopher Strobel 5/5

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

Official Alumni Web Site For

To register click on "Classmate Profiles" on the Left menu bar. Then click your year, and then your name. Your name may be listed as your maiden name or married name.

High School Classmates Only

When you register you will see an ( * ) asterisk followed by 2 spaces before your last name. Please leave (or replace if accidently deleted) these characters when you join the site. The reason: The asterisk puts your name in the high school listing for your year. If you remove it (no harm done) but your name will drop down into the college list of names. If you have problems email me.

1953-69, high school names are listed above college names.

The
SMP Merchandise Store
is now open for business.

Click on the SMP Merchandise tab in the left menu bar.

Profit to help fund the 2012 Centennial reunion.

College Class of 1966 plans Mini-Reunion

SMOP Friends

Please mark your calendar for August 1st, 2nd and 3rd for the much discussed reunion in Kansas City. A big thanks to Bill Gast for making the hotel arrangements at The Intercontinental Hotel Kansas City Plaza, 401 Ward Parkway, KC, MO 64112. Bill reserved 15 rooms and negotiated a rate of $139++ per night, so we can accommodate more people. Their reservations number is 1-866-856-9717 and request the rate for St. Mary of the Plains Alumni Group (not available online). I'm sure that each of you can think of someone you would like to see again, so pass this email on and let them know.

To start the weekend off, I suggest that we all meet for dinner on Thursday at a place where we can move around a bit and get caught up.

Kansas City is a very special place and there is a lot to do. Feel free to pick out something that sounds like fun. Here are a few things to consider:

Nelson Art Gallery
Truman Library which has be recently refurbished and I'm told it looks great.
Liberty Park which is close to our hotel is dedicated to WWI and has an excellent museum below ground.
Negro Baseball Hall-of-Fame
Jazz Music Hall-of-Fame is next door to the baseball hall.
Starlight Theatre is an outdoor venue in Swope Park. Check their schedule on the internet.
The KC Royals are out-of-town when we're there.

Ray LeBlanc

1609 Highland Valley Circle

Chesterfield, MO 63005

Home - (636) 728-0860

Cell - (314) 691-6514

May Webpage Updates

For your 2012 dues/donations "Pay Pal" is now a payment option on the website. The "Donate" button is located in the top right corner, under the log-in box. Give it a try!

New Jersey Hall of Fame Members who Attended SMPC
with Vern Piantanida as Teammate or Coach.
Thanks Vern for providing this information.

NAME	Hall of Fame	Honor	APPROX. DATE
Bob Taglieri	SMPC Hoboken HS Bergenfield HS Newark	FB Player FB Player & FB Coach FB Coach FB Coach	1960s 2013 2012 2010
Charles Branda	SMPC Emerson HS	FB Player FB Player	1960s 2000
Bob Lisa	SMPC Hudson County Hoboken	FB Player FB Player FB Player	1960s 2000 2000
Fred Constantino	SMPC Hudson County	FB Player FB Player	1960s 1999
Mario Valenti	SMPC	FB Player	1960s
Gerry Govan	SMPC Hudson County	BB Player BB Player	1960s 1997
Nick Piantanida	SMPC	BB Player	1960s
Jack Nies	SMPC	BB Player	1960s

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Click on "Reunion Slide Shows" in left menu bar to see pictures of the July 4th-- All School Reunion

We Need Your Donations

The Alumni Association depends entirely upon your donations. Please consider a $20 annual membership remittance to help support this site. This site will be our main means of correspondence with all SMOP alumni from July 2009. We have committed to a 10 year contract to maintain this site. Your donation will help to assure we will continue to bring you all the current information regarding St. Mary's and 6,000 of your alumni brothers and sisters. Our address is St, Mary of the Plains Alumni Office, P.O. Box 416, Dodge City, Kansas. 67801 Thank You!

ANNOUNCEMENTS

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This site is and will be under construction probably forever!

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Alumni who need a copy of their transcripts can request a copy at the link below. All St. Mary's transcripts are housed at Ft. Hays State University.

http://www.fhsu.edu/registrar/transcripts/

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For our alumni who had friends or relatives killed in the Vietnam war, you can view that persons profile and other information by clicking on the following link. Just click on their home state and then the city for their home of record. For instance: Alumnus Jim Nufer HS'65, my classmate, was killed. Click on Kansas then Dodge City then his name. http://www.virtualwall.org/iStates.htm

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A printable Invitation Letter to join our site is now available to all alumni who have need of a "hard copy" to mail to classmates. Please make a copy and include it in your Christmas cards. It's in PDF format, allow time to load.
For a copy of the alumni letter Click here

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Newly Elected Association Officers

At the annual meeting of the alumni association, July 4 2009, the following alumni were elected to three year terms. President: Dr. Beverly Schmitz Glass C'76, Vice President: Mr. Cody Keith C'92, and Secretary: Ms. Joyce Batman Sullentrop C'62. They are to be congratulated! For more information on our new officers, please click on the "Directors Farewell" tab in the left menu bar.

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Help Spread The Word: For those of you who are still in touch with former classmates/alumni, your parents, brothers and sisters, relatives or friends of St. Mary's, please send them an email and let them know about this site. Classmates.com boast 350 SMOP alumni have joined their site. If you belong please tell them about our site.

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Any alumni of St. Mary's that went to or attended Windthorst Kansas High School are invited to check out the New Windthorst website at:

www.windthorstheritage.org

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This site was started on March 14, 2009 and opened for business on April 1. As of October 1, 2010, 729 alumni have joined up. Any ideas or suggestions you may have please feel free to email me at the "Contact Us" tab. There is still much left to do. Please be patient