The Covington Catholic Journal
Spring 2008
With a Spirit that Will Not Die
1600 Dixie Highway • Park Hills, KY 41011-2797 • (859) 448-2247 • www.covcath.org
From the Principal’s
Dear Alumnus,
As I write my last letter to you as principal of Covington Catholic High School, I want to take this
opportunity to thank some people both individually and collectively. It is inevitable that I will fail to
mention someone and nearly impossible to mention everyone, so I want to apologize in advance if I
offend anyone.
First to Dave Kline, Linda Bricking, and former principal Steve McCafferty: All three played a
role in my hiring in the fall of 1992.
To Fr. John Sterling and Fr. William: For their spiritual guidance as Covington Catholic’s chaplain
and for my personal spiritual growth.
To Mr. Jack Kennevan: My former mentor and tormentor who had the faith in me to bring me back to CCH as a guidance
counselor and who supported me immensely over the years.
To Michael Sketch: The school board president who took a chance and hired a 34 year-old with very little administrative experience to lead his alma mater, Covington Catholic.
To Mr. Wayne Carlisle, Mr. Gerry Thelen, Mr. George Schneider and Mr. Jack Kennevan: For handing over such a wonderful facility to me. I want them to know that not a day went by that I did not feel truly blessed to be the principal of this campus.
Their efforts and commitment to Catholic education makes a difference in our learning community daily.
To Mike Hemmer, Kent Dailey, Kevin Moser, and Tom Kramer: For their tireless work as members of the building committee.
They were quite a team - one that I really admired.
To Roy Romes, Nick Seligman, Jack and Debbie Abeln, Dennis Walsh, Tom Cochran, Tom and the late Patty Dusing,
Tom and Karen Ford, Bob Placke, Jenny Adams, Kevin Moser, Mike LaFever, and Debbie Klare: The core group of bingo
workers that leads by example. Their commitment, dedication, financial support, and overall care for the school are extraordinary
and inspiring.
To Kent Dailey, Tom Kramer, Kevin Moser and John Nienaber (2 years): My four school board presidents who trusted me
and supported me as we phased into a new building, faced an enrollment of 458 students, addressed a $450,000 budget deficit, and
implemented $193,000 of budget cuts. They were my confidants and counsel, and their leadership is much appreciated.
To Bob Hoffer: For being both my friend and my sounding board for the past five years. He was a resource to me in many ways
and for that I am truly grateful.
To Mr. Frank Sommerkamp: His leadership on the Northern Kentuckian of the Year committee has elevated the event to an
elite award that epitomizes Covington Catholic.
To the Parents: For establishing a strong educational foundation for their sons, for their support and volunteerism, and for their
commitment to Catholic education.
To the Alumni: I will miss the almost daily interaction with them. Their care and concern for Covington Catholic are inspirational and genuine, and I could always count on their support.
To Mary Lenihan: As cafeteria manager, for giving the lunches a life of their own, for taking a risk with the new biometric lunch
system, and for making the lunches such a powerful recruiting tool. I really have a lot of respect for what she does on a daily basis.
To Joe Mangan: For taking care of our beautiful facility. Joe and I were together for almost my entire 15 years. He is a tremendous asset to Covington Catholic.
To Lois Flaherty, Diane Kohlhepp and Kathy Crail: Lois kept the front office running smoothly. Diane helped me in one way
or another for nine years and always came through for me. Kathy was a rock for me. She always kept me on schedule and exercised
extreme patience.
Upcoming Events:
For more information on
upcoming events
contact the
Alumni & Development
Office at
(859) 448-2247 or
development@covcath.org.
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August 14th���������������������������������������������������������������������� Alumni 5K Run
August 29th������������������������������������������������������������ Alumni Golf Outing at
Twin Oaks Plantation and Golf Club
November 15th ������������������������������������ Big Blue Hullabaloo Dinner Dance
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Office . . .
To Jack Kaelin and Dan Tieman: They have been role models for me.
Their wisdom, commitment, and love for Covington Catholic High School are
unmatched by anyone in its 83 year history. Thank you for letting me be a part
of your journey.
To Charlie Hartman: For his efforts as the Dean of Discipline and living out
the belief that no one person is above or beneath the rules. It is a thankless job.
To Sue Finke: Her “get it done” attitude is contagious, and she epitomizes
the intelligent worker who has a heart of gold. Her commitment to advancing Covington Catholic is exceptional, and she has positively influenced and
changed the lives of many people. The outstanding work of her and her staff is
vital to the future of the school.
To Mike Guidugli: I know it was difficult going from the youngest
administrator to the oldest in a matter of months back in 2003, but he handled
it like he handles all things – with calmness and professionalism. The insight
and experience he brought to discussions and decision-making meetings were
invaluable.
To Tony Zechella: I consider it divine intervention that we had the opportunity to collaborate together when we both taught English in 2000 - 2001. It
provided a glimpse into the future for us, as we would later become administrative colleagues. His attentiveness to the many tasks presented served everyone
perfectly.
To the Students: I will miss watching them grow spiritually, academically,
physically, and socially during their four years. They brought a little of everything to my job, and really made my 15 years both memorable and enjoyable.
To the Faculty: I always felt that they believed in me, that they listened to my
goals and plans, and trusted that we were all in it together. And during it all, their
commitment to high expectations and academic excellence never wavered. I am
proud to say that I taught and coached with them, worked with them as a counselor, and served as their principal. They are why I consider Covington Catholic
High School to be one of the premiere high schools in the state.
To my wife Tammy: We first met when I was teaching which I believe
intrigued her at the time – I hope she does not have any regrets. We both know
that she has sacrificed much for my career. As I continue to work and we raise a
family, my number one goal will always be to celebrate our 50th wedding anniversary together. Only 40 more years to go!
Lastly, please know that the needs, the aspirations, and the successes of
Covington Catholic High School will always be a part of my prayers, and that I
have faith that all the dreams for Covington Catholic will be realized.
Yours in education,
Michael Clines
Covington Catholic High School was established in 1925. Our mission is to educate
young men spiritually, academically, physically, and socially. Covington Catholic
is the only all-male high school in Northern Kentucky, and serves the parishes of
Blessed Sacrament, Mother of God, St. Agnes, St. Ann, St. Boniface/St. James,
St. John, St. Joseph and St. Pius X. Visit our website at www.covcath.org.
Spring 2008
In This Issue
Graduation
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Alumni Basketball
Tournament
8
CCH Says Goodbye
5
Reunion Update
9
What’s Happening
10
Alumni Spotlight –
Phil Schworer
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Golf Outing
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Sue Finke
Director of Development
Alma Finke
Alumni Relations and Reunion Coordinator
Jennifer Abdrabbo
Communications and Media Relations
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2008 Northern Kentuckian of the Year
Mr. Matth. Toebben
Community leaders gather to honor Mr. Toebben’s accomplishments and service
Mr. Toebben was honored on Tuesday,
May 13, 2008 at the Northern Kentucky
Convention Center with a noon luncheon
hosted by Covington Catholic High School
in front of a crowd of over 550 people.
This year marks the 12th annual
Northern Kentuckian of the Year Award.
It is an honor reserved for a community
member that has distinguished himself as a
leader dedicated to both the economic and
social well-being of the Northern Kentucky
region. The Chairperson this year was
Matth.’s son, Mr. John Toebben of Toebben
Companies.
Mr. Toebben was honored for his incredible achievements since immigrating to
the United States from Lorup, Germany
in 1953 at the age of twenty-one. Mr.
Toebben started his own business in 1955,
known today as Toebben Builders and
Developers. His first ­ custom homes were
built off of Fortside Drive in Ft. Mitchell,
KY. He met his wife LaVerne, from Delhi,
at the Fenwick Club in Cincinnati in 1954.
They were married in November 1955.
LaVerne took over the bookkeeping for
the business when she realized Matth. had
difficulty paying the bills because he was
still learning to read and write English.
Later she scaled back her time at the office
when she started to have children, who
are Susan, John, Diane, William (Bill) and
Frank Sommerkamp
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Elizabeth. The sons – John ’77 and Bill
’81 are graduates of Covington Catholic,
and John’s son, Jake, is a junior. In 1971,
Matth. started the well known community
Country Squire Estates, now operated by
John. In 1988 he started the commercialindustrial division, Toebben Construction
as well as Toebben Ltd. Building, where
he owns and leases industrial and commercial buildings throughout the tri-state area.
Bill operates and manages this division. In
1979, Matth. and a partner, Judith Phillips
started another company, known today as
Stand Energy Corporation, a natural gas
marketing company selling natural gas to
commercial and industrial businesses in
12 states.
Not only is Mr. Toebben an excellent
businessman, he is also very involved with
the community. Mr. Toebben served twice
as the President of the Home Builders
Association in 1965 and 1982. Matth. is
a strong supporter of education and has
contributed to many schools: Covington
Catholic, Notre Dame Academy, Holy
Cross High School, Thomas More
College, The Springer School and Gateway
Community & Technical College. At
Covington Catholic he was one of the
original members of the S.C.O.R.E. committee which helped obtain land in 1977 to
build the now football/soccer field.
Frank Sommerkamp, emcee for the
luncheon, surprised even family members
at the luncheon when he revealed to the
crowd the original plywood suitcase Matth.
constructed himself for his first journey
to the United States. The audience was
also entertained with a video by some of
Matth.’s closest friends Ralph Drees, Jim
Huff, Ed Bessler and Bill Zeck who shared
some special memories about the honoree.
The Northern Kentuckian of the Year
luncheon benefits Covington Catholic High
School which in the fall of 2007 was designated by the U.S. Department of Education
as a No Child Left Behind - Blue Ribbon
School of Excellence. Covington Catholic
was one of only three private/parochial
high schools in the nation in 2007 to
receive the national award. In addition,
100% of the Class of 2007 matriculated
to college and 80% of its alumni live in
our area. Truly, Covington Catholic and
its alumni positively impact the Northern
Kentucky Community, and the luncheon
provides a vehicle for the business community to support Covington Catholic’s
tradition of excellence in education.
Past honorees:
Wayne Carlisle
Mer Grayson
William T. (Bill) Robinson III
Bill Butler
Paul Hemmer, Sr.
John Yeager
Ralph Drees
Ray Beil
Jim & Bert Huff
Joe Gross
NKYL Committee
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Covington Catholic Welcomes New Principal
Bishop Roger J. Foys has appointed Robert (Bob) J. Rowe as the new principal of CCH. Mr.
Rowe comes to Cov Cath from Bishop Brossart High School.
Mr. Rowe earned a bachelor of arts degree from NKU in 1996. He earned both his Master’s
Degree (2001) and his Rank I in Administration (2004) from Xavier University. He began his
teaching career at St. Anthony in Taylor Mill in 1996. Two years later Mr. Rowe had the opportunity to go back to his Alma Mater, Bishop Brossart, where he would serve as teacher, counselor,
coach, dean and assistant principal for the next 10 years.
Upon accepting the job as Principal of CCH, Mr. Rowe said, “I am honored to be presented
with the opportunity to serve as principal of Covington Catholic High School. Covington Catholic has a strong respected
reputation spiritually, academically and athletically. I pledge to do my best to continue to advance the high standards, values,
principles and the tradition of Covington Catholic High School and to serve to the best of my ability ‘with a spirit that will
not die.’”
Mr. Rowe also noted that one of the reasons he sought the position was that, as a National Blue Ribbon School of
Excellence, Covington Catholic balances its high academic standards with a mission to serve all students, as illustrated by the
school’s Academic Support Program. Mr. Rowe was instrumental in creating a similar program to facilitate student learning,
the Academic Enhancement Program, at Bishop Brossart High School.
Welcome Mr. Rowe. We look forward to your joining the CCH family and helping us to carry on the great tradition of the
Colonels.
CCH Bids Farewell to Principal Clines
On Wednesday, May 21, the Covington Catholic High School Booster organization
sponsored an event where friends, co-workers, students, alumni & parents honored
Principal, Mike Clines, for his many contributions and accomplishments as principal,
teacher, counselor and coach. Principal Clines accepted the position of Assistant
Superintendent of Schools in the Diocesan Department of Catholic Schools for the
Diocese of Covington where he will assist Bishop Roger Foys and Dr. Larry Bowman,
Superintendent of Schools, to increase enrollment in the diocese’s 28 elementary and
nine high schools together serving more than 11,000 students, along with working to
Mike and Tammy Clines
foster collaborations between schools. Covington Catholic High School wishes Mr.
Clines the best and knows that he will bring the same passion, dedication and wisdom to the other catholic schools in the
Diocese of Covington, just as he has brought to Covington Catholic.
Celebrating Education
On Wednesday May 7th faculty, students, alumni and friends
stopped by Covington Catholic to celebrate Mr. Don Buchanan
(English), Mr. Ron Durham (Fine Arts/Choral Director) and Fr.
William Fitzgerald’s (Religion/Chaplain) service to education. Each
of these teachers had over 30 years in education. We wish Don and
Ron the best on their retirement. Fr. William has accepted a new
assignment as instructor and Chaplain of Christendom College near
Front Royal, Virginia. All three of these fine teachers will be missed
by the Covington Catholic community. We thank them for their dedication to education and service to Covington Catholic and wish them
and their families the best of luck.
Don Buchanan, Fr. William, Ron Durham, Mike Clines
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The Class
May 20th, 2008 118 seniors and
their parents attended the Baccalaureate
Mass at St. Agnes with Father William
presiding. This day is not a day of cele­
brating the achievements of individuals; rather, it is a day of celebrating the
many gifts of the past four years as well
as the blessing of family and friends.
After mass the soon to be graduates
and their parents attended a luncheon
at Receptions. Honors and awards were
presented. Three new scholarships were
awarded. The Kelsey Sorrell Memorial
Scholarship was given out by her father
Steve Sorrell ’75, the Science award,
renamed the Jon Biedenharn Award
was presented by the Science chair Mr.
Bill Krumpelbeck and Al Hertsenberg
presented the tennis scholarship. Two
of these scholarships came from family
tragedies who wanted to make a positive
impact on a graduating senior so that
their loved one would be remembered
by helping others. A military scholarship was awarded to Jay VonLehman
who plans to attend West Pont. The
salutatorian address was delivered at
the luncheon by Kevin Murray who
plans to attend Xavier University in the
fall. Graduation that night was held at
Thomas More College. Proud parents,
grandparents, friends and relatives of
the graduating class filled the Conner
Convocation Center. Mr. Joe Gross,
President and CEO of St. Elizabeth
Medical Center and 2007 Northern
Kentuckian of the Year honoree gave
the commencement address. Joe
stressed that the values, friendships,
education and camaraderie found here
at Covington Catholic would take them
to new heights in college and later
in life. Aaron Noll had the honor of
addressing the class of 2008 as valedictorian. Aaron plans to join his brother
Andrew ’05 at Vanderbilt University
in the fall. Bishop Foys concluded the
evening with a brief talk stressing that
what ever the graduates end up doing
to do it well. The class of 2008 earned
252 academic and KEES scholarships
valued at approximately $4,370,000.
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of
2008
Awards:
Art Award��������������������������������������������������������������������������� Matthew Maloney
Business Award������������������������������������������������������������������ Timothy Gleason
English Award – David Stoppelwerth Award��������������������Thomas Flanagan
Foreign Language
Spanish Award����������������������������������������������������������������������Kevin Murray
Latin Award������������������������������������������������������������������������ Zachary Tewes
Mathematics Award����������������������������������������������������������������Nathan Bessler
Religion Award ���������������������������������������������������������������������������� Aaron Noll
Science Award – Jon Biedenharn Award ��������������������������Nathan Bessler &
Aaron Noll
Social Studies Award – Joseph T. Hackett Scholar Award
1st��������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Alexander Knipper
2nd����������������������������������������������������������������������������Joseph Brueggemann
Woodmen of the World Award ������������������������������������������Thomas Flanagan
Conduct Recognition:Bradley Arlinghaus, Nathan Bessler,
Thomas Flanagan, Daniel Freking, Michael Jacobs,
Christopher Jester, Brad Kaufman, Joseph List,
Matthew Maloney, Mark McPhillips, Eric Meier,
Joseph Metzger, Jonathan Meyer, Kevin Murray,
Aaron Noll, Shay Owens, Ryan Satek, Dustin Webb,
Daniel Whitehead, Daniel Whitehouse,
Michael Wurzbacher
Perfect Attendance:Thomas Flanagan, Zachary Tewes,
Kevin VonHandorf
Student Senate Officers:
Andrew Hemmer – President
Brent Buckley – Vice President
Eric Meier – Secretary
Andrew LaFever – Treasurer
Honors:
The Blessed William Chaminade Service Award������� Bradley Arlinghaus &
Jaron Ruth
“Colonel of the Year” Award��������������������������������������������������Matthew Giese
Valedictorian Award���������������������������������������������������������������������� Aaron Noll
Salutatorian Award��������������������������������������������������������������������Kevin Murray
Principal’s Award��������������������������������������������������������������������������� Eric Meier
Grants and Scholarships:
U.S. Military Academy @ West Point ��������������������������������� Jay VonLehman
Jon Biedenharn Memorial Scholarship��������������������������������� Joseph Metzger
Soccer Memorial Scholarship������������������������������������������������������Ryan Satek
Artie Steinmetz Memorial Scholarship������������������������������������Kevin Stewart
Jeff Pfetzer Memorial Scholarship������������������������������������������� Ryan Shouse
Tennis Scholarship���������������������������������������������������������������������� Brian Bailey
Kelsey Sorrell Memorial Scholarship������������������������������������� Colin Dunlevy
Brian & Kenny Williams Scholarship������������������������������������������� Eric Meier
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T
he Kenny and Brian Williams Fund Scholarship
Friday, May 9, Eric Meier was pleasantly surprised with the news that he
was the recipient of the 2008 College
Scholarship awarded by the Kenny and
Brian Williams Fund. He will receive
$5,000 towards his college education.
Eric held a 4.007 GPA and was ranked
fourth in his class. He was a member of
the National Honor Society and received
first honors every year of his high school
career. He was a member of the JETS
TEAMS (Junior Engineering Technical
Society Teams of Engineering Aptitude
Mathematics and Science) Competition
of which he recently helped his senior
team place third in the nation. Eric most
recently was the Secretary of the student
senate. He was a member of the ski club
and fishing club and had participated in
cross country, baseball, track and field,
and intramural volleyball and basketball. He volunteered with the Special
Olympics, Madonna House, St. Pius X,
March For Life, Zalla House, and HONK
just to name a few.
Eric will be attending Purdue
University in the fall. He will be in their
Freshman Honors Engineering Program
and plans to major in Aeronautical
Engineering.
In May, Blessed Sacrament eighthgrader Kyle Surace was presented with
the wonderful news of his receiving
the incoming freshmen scholarship from
the Kenny and Brian Williams Fund.
Principals from all Covington Catholic
feeder schools nominate one student who
they feel is deserving of the scholarship.
Each nominated student wrote an essay
explaining why they would like to attend
Covington Catholic. The board members
of the Kenny and Brian Williams fund
choose the winner based on the essay, the
principal’s recommendations and school
performance.
For more information, visit The
Kenny and Brian Williams Fund website at http://www.kbwilliamsfund.org or
the Covington
Catholic website at www.
covcath.org.
Kyle Surace
Spring 2008
David Thiel, Eric Meier, Ken & Kate Williams
Groundbreaking for the New Grotto
and Multi-Sport Building
Just five years after its construction of a new academic center, Covington
Catholic High School is expanding and improving its sports facilities with a $1.2
million multi-sport building this summer. Paul Hemmer Companies has been
tapped to construct the new 8,600 sq. ft. two-story sports building where the
“C” on the hill is located. At the same time a grotto dedicated to Mary and the
Marianist Brothers who founded Covington Catholic High School, near the Roy
Romes Concession stand (visitors side of the football field) and adjacent to the
multi-sport building, will be constructed.
The new two-story building will serve a variety of sports including baseball,
soccer, track and field, cross country and lacrosse. A multi-purpose room, weight
and locker rooms as well as public restrooms will be featured in the new facility.
Offices for coaches will also be constructed within the facility along with a state of
the art athletic training room. “This new facility is necessary to meet the growing
needs of our school and sports programs,” said Principal, Bob Rowe. “The current
sports facility is inadequate to serve all the students participating in the different
sports teams.” Covington Catholic enrollment is now over 500 students and more
space is needed for the athletes. The football program will continue utilizing the
existing Knochelman Building for its sports and training facilities while baseball,
soccer, track, cross country and lacrosse will utilize the new building.
Dave Heidrich, chairman of the school building committee and a CCH school
board member, had this to say about the new building, “The Knochelman Athletic
Building has served Covington Catholic well but with increased enrollment and
sport programs, the student/athletes and coaches need additional space.”
In addition to the sports building, a grotto will be constructed this summer by
Tom Schutzman, CCH parent, Steve Schutzman, Tom’s nephew, and other volunteers. The grotto will serve as a sanctuary to Mary and a place of prayer and
reflection for the students. Covington Catholic was founded by Marian brothers
and formulated as an institution devoted to Mary. This will be the first outside
display of reverence to Mary on the school property since the construction of the
new school. Construction is expected to be completed by the end of winter.
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2008 ALUMNI BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT
Team Kennedy – Tournament Winners
There is nothing better going on in March when CCH basketball games are over, the NCAA basketball tournament is about
to begin and the alumni come back to the gym for a weekend to
battle it out for the honor of being the alumni basketball champs
with their team picture to hang in Williams Way for a year.
This year’s tournament had a record number of players 106
consisting of 14 teams which forced the tournament to play 10
games half court on Friday night. That meant twice as many
timers, clocks, score keepers and referees for each game. It was
a record crowd for spectators as well. The atmosphere in the
gym was like playing high school intramurals all over again.
Starting on Saturday morning the games were played on the
full court. On Sunday three teams out of 14 were in the hunt for
the championship. They were team Erpenbeck, McQuade and
Kennedy. In the semi-finals it was Erpenbeck against McQuade.
Probably the best game of the tournament that went into double
overtime. Todd Jacobs and Brian McQuade had 21 points but
fell short to Erpenbeck who won 68-66. Matt Nesthide led the
win with 26 pts. with Steven Muck coming in with 18. Needless
to say team Erpenbeck was exhausted when they had to play
Kennedy for the final game. It was hard for team Erpenbeck to
come back but Nesthide posted 16 pts in the first half to make it
interesting but the balanced team of Kennedy pulled away in the
3rd quarter to win 68-47. Thanks to everyone that came out to
watch the games, Mickey Fritz for organizing the tournament,
Jerry Arrasmith for designing and printing of the tee shirts, the
past parents who helped with registration, kept score, ran the
clock and thanks to Dan Shields who scheduled the referees for
the tournament. It was a great time and we are looking forward
to a big event next year! Listed are the teams and players in the
2008 Alumni Basketball Tournament.
Team Kennedy: Jonathan Blazejewski, Marc Bain, Brian
Lewin, Michael Kennedy, Matt Finke, Greg Hiltz, Bryan
Kreyling
Team Little Blaze: Andrew Blazejewski, Tim Tierney,
Mike Stephens, Kurt Bovard, Brett Sutton, Danny Noll, A.J.
Schriever
Team Erpenbeck: Eric Erpenbeck, Greg Erpenbeck, Brian
Erpenbeck, Matt Nestheide, Ryan Kennedy, Steven Muck, Ryan
Wachs, Drew Board
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Team Dyas: Phil Ruschman, Alex Williams, Matt Loos, Pete
Wischer, Jeff Scheper, Sean Oliver, Brook Dyas, Mike Hackett
Team McQuade: Brian McQuade, Jason Theissen, Chris
Gibson, Justin Baute, Drew Kordenbrock, Brent Jacobs, Todd
Jacobs, Eric Wulfeck, Chad Wachs
Team Lanham: Nick Lanham, Matt Lanham, Dustin Hicks,
Barry Jones, Ryan Kendall, Pat Flesch, Nate Roedig, Nick
Dikeos
Team Ruwe: Andy Ruwe, John Bain, Michael Reeves, Todd
Etler, Eric Dickman, Chad Davis
Team Witzgall: Jeff Witzgall, Randy Myers, Rob Grimes,
Robbie Quast, Eric Quinn, Drew Kreyling, Eric Spencer, Tom
Grout, Al Arrasmith
Team Klare: Matt Klare, Kurt Kreyling, Billy Hoffer, Joe
Wendt, Brian Roeding, Andrew Middendorf
Team Rechtin: Alex Rechtin, Dave Rechtin, Chris Wise,
Derek Roedig, Greg Trucotte, Drew Fahey, Keith Simpson
Team Huller: Tommy Huller, Jim Hiltz, Jason Elfers, Sean
Gruber, Brian Gruber, Mark Ford, Tim Grogan
Team Fritz: Mickey Fritz, Mike Finke, Jerry Arrasmith,
Mike Johanamann, Tony Robke, Drew VonLehman, Eric
Godshall, Jarrod Overmann, Matt Bain
Team Wilcox: Brett Wilcox, Greg Durr, Nate Hornsby, Kyle
Groneck, Alex Fedders, Grant Groneck, Jason Collett, Adam
Kunkel
Team Meyrose: Seth Wiggins, Phil Meyrose, John Wagner,
Matt Middendorf, Colin Stayton, Matt Ammerman, Don Niehaus
It’s that time
of year again!
The 30th Annual Alumni 5K Race is just around the
corner so get out your running shoes. This year it will
take place at Devou Park on Thursday, August 14th at
6:30 pm. You do not have to be a cross country alum to
participate and even if you have no intention of running,
please come out to see some friendly faces and have
some fun. The race will start at the Volpenhein Pavilion,
which is adjacent to the Drees Pavilion. Alumni, parents
and friends are invited to participate. Last year, the race
was cancelled due to the heat. Please pray for a better
evening this year! The 2006 winner was Dennis Wolff
’00 with a time of 17:39. Don’t forget to fill out your
card at the end of the race and turn it in so we can track
the results in the next news­letter. Please contact Head
Coach Patrick Anneken ’85 at panneken@covcath.org
or 859-331-1835 with questions.
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Reunions
1948 – Ed Schroeder and his committee are planning their
60th Reunion for September 13. The reunion will attend
the football game against Dixie at 1:00 p.m. with a social
in the CCH cafeteria afterwards. Additional information
will follow.
1953 – Louis Fritz and Jim Resing are working on their
reunion. More information will be available once the
details are finalized.
1958 – Art Baute and his committee are planning their
50th reunion. Proposed is golfing, tennis and bowling on
Friday August 29th. After these activities, grads will gather
at CovCath for refreshments, cards and general catching
up with all in attendance. On Saturday, August 30th at
CovCath 4:00 p.m. there will be tours of the school followed by Mass at approximately 5 p.m. At 8:00 p.m. a dinner is planned at the Gardens of Park Hills.
1963 – Ken Williams and the committee have planned two
fun filled days on August 22 and 23rd at the Edgewood
Senior Center. Friday they will play golf at Lassing Point
followed by a stag starting at 6:30 p.m. On Saturday everyone is invited for dinner with music afterwards. If anyone is
interested in tours of the new school, let Ken know.
1968
–
Bill
Kathman and
his committee
celebrated their
40th Reunion
on February 8 in
the cafeteria following the CCH
VS.
Newport
Class of 1968
Central Catholic
basketball game. A good time was had by all.
1973 – Phil Schworer, Mark Dwertman, and Tony Noll are
organizing their 35th reunion. As soon as they have more
information it will be posted to the Web page: www.covcath.org under reunions.
1978 – John Zembrodt is in the process of making plans for
their 30th reunion. It is scheduled for October 3rd and 4th.
More information to follow.
1983 – Todd Schulte has organized a Golf Weekend at Perry
Park for October 18th and 19th. This will be a stag event. A
Northern Kentucky gathering is being planned for Friday,
October 17th. Contact Todd at tschulte@fuse.net if you
wish to be on the reunion committee.
1988 – Mark Heidrich, Chris Thiel and others are planning
their 20th for Friday, October 24th and Saturday, October
25th. They will be having an event on Friday night with
spouses and on Saturday they will attend the CCH football
game with a “Guys Only” night out afterwards.
1993 – is being organized by Benjie Pieper for Saturday,
October 4th with a bus trip to Keeneland Race Track
in Lexington. They will meet at KJ’s in Crescent Springs
around 9:00 a.m. Then return to KJ’s later that evening.
The bus trip will be for alumni only but guests can join
the alumni afterwards at KJ’s. He invites all who are interested in joining the reunion committee to contact him at
bpieper@trivaco.com.
1998 – Chad Summe, Tom Ernst and their reunion committee have planned a dinner at The Gardens of Park Hills on
Friday, Sept. 12th at 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13th they will
attend the football game at CovCath. The cost for dinner
on Friday is $35 per person and paid to Chad Summe –
2 Oxford Dr. Ft. Mitchell, KY 41017.
2003 – Seth Wiggins has planned the following for their 5th
reunion. Friday October 10th they will gather and attend
the CCH vs. Elder football game. On Saturday, October 11
meet in CCH parking lot to take a bus to Keeneland. Seth
requests that classmates email him an email address and
phone number at bswiggins84@gmail.com.
If anyone from the class of 1943 is interested in working
on your reunions, please contact Alma Finke, 859-448-2247
Ext. 2 or email her at aafinke@covcath.org. She will be
happy to work with you.
2007-2008 Annual Appeal
Thank you to all who contributed to the 2007/2008 Annual
Appeal. To date (6/18) we
have raised $185,941, exceeding our goal of $185,000. We
will be accepting donations to
the annual appeal through the
Annual Appeal Chairman summer. Check out the class
Jerry Collins
comparison to the right and
feel free to help move your class ahead. Less than $100
separates the class of 1977 from the class of 1974.
The Annual Appeal is a driving force behind Covington
Catholic’s ability to continue the tradition of excellence
generation after generation. The funds generated by last
year’s Annual Appeal helped to minimize the tuition
increase ($100), supported tuition assistance to forty-one
students ($148,472, which is a record amount), purchased
Spring 2008
thirty-seven new laptops for the teachers and purchased
seven SMART Boards (interactive whiteboards) for the
classroom.
(As of 6/18/08)
Top Ten Classes
By Donation
1964
$12,695
1978
$10,350
1973
$8,845
1965
$7,580
1975
$7,080
1967
$6,705
1939
$5,055
1960
$4,700
1977
$4,465
1974
$4,375
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What’s Happening
Tell us your good news by emailing development@covcath.org – we would love to hear from you!
1955 Ron Ewing and his wife, Carol, will be celebrating their
50th wedding anniversary on July 19th.
1955 Ron Siemer and his wife, Carolyn, will be celebrating
their 50th wedding anniversary on August 30th.
1960 Ron Schneider was recently inducted into the “Northern
Kentucky Sports Hall of Fame”.
1964 Richard “Rick” Heideman retired in July 2007 and resides
with his wife Kimberly on Lake Cumberland in Somerset, KY.
They have a daughter Chris, son-in-law Mike Harlow and are
grandparents to Jesse, Melinda, Aidan & Lily.
1985 Steve Flesch played in The Masters at the Augusta
National Golf Club this past April. He finished in a three-way tie
for fifth place. Eight days later he hosted a free junior golf clinic
at The Golf Ranch in Burlington. Congrats Steve!
1992 Jason Depenbrock and his wife Angelique welcomed
their third child, Drew Ambrose on February 18th. They now
have a son and two daughters.
1993 Kevin Elfers and his wife, Katie, currently reside in
Florence, KY. They have a son Jake Patrick who was born on
August 12, 2005. Kevin is currently a Manager with Kroger Co.
1993 Ernie Florkowski and his wife, Meghan, welcomed Maura
Klare into the world on May 21st at 10:09 a.m. She weighed 7 lbs.
9 oz. and was 19 3/4” long. Big brother Auggie is thrilled.
1993 Michael Hub and his wife Rachel are the proud parents of William Michael who was born October 22, 2007. He
weighed 7 lbs. 2 oz. and was 20.5” long.
1995 Matt Danneman graduated from the University of
Cincinnati’s School of Radiology. He is currently working with
the Radiology group at Clermont Mercy.
1995 Ben Wolff married Loren Van Dyke on September 2,
2007. He and his wife started their own general practice law
firm in Northern Kentucky, the Wolff Law Firm, PLLC.
1996 John Bain and his wife Beth welcomed Gavin Joseph
into the world on February 20th. He weighed in at 7 lbs. 4 oz.
1996 Eric Schwartz and his wife Kelly are proud to announce
the birth of their daughter, Maya Isabelle, who came into the
world on April 18th. Eric is a software engineer for Northrop
Grumann.
1997 Eric Brass and his wife, Katie, are the proud parents of
Maxwell Charles. He was born on April 8th at 1:25 a.m. weighing in at 6 lbs. 4 oz. He wasn’t too happy about being born so
he decided to have a contest with his Dad to see who could
hold their breath the longest….Max won. Max and his Mom are
doing fine.
1998 Daniel Schomaker was ordained a priest for the Diocese
of Covington on May 16th at the Cathedral Basilica of the
Assumption. He is currently waiting on his assignment. He will
return to Mundelein Seminary, just outside Chicago, in the fall
to complete his Licentiate in Sacred Theology with a focus in
Sacramental Theology and Liturgy.
1998 Pete Shively, of Shively Photo Design will have some of
his photos on display at Reality Tuesday Café, just down the
street from CCH, from July 1-31. For more information please
visit his website at shivelyphotodesign.com.
1999 Scott Gamm married Christian Mattingly, of Louisville,
on June 7th. Several CCH grads were a part of the wedding
party: Kevin Gamm ’07, Brad Gamm ’03, Craig Eten ’99 & Luke
Boemker ’99. Scott and his wife currently reside in Louisville
where he is an insurance analyst for Humana. His wife,
Christian is a graduate admissions counselor at the University of
Louisville.
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2003 Brian Piper was asked by the Bengals to attend their
rookie camp this past May. While in college, Brian played for
Georgetown.
2004 Tom Awadalla, founder of Xpress Laundry Service,
formed his own business along with his partners, while still a
student at Xavier. The service picks up and delivers laundry to
the residence halls on campus. He accepted a job with Merrill
Lynch, a semester before he graduated this past May.
2004 Jeremy Baker joined the NKU Track and Field team this
year and recently finished their indoor track season. Initially he
joined so that they could have enough members on the team
to be able to compete. Over time however, he began to enjoy it
and always gave it his all. Through his hard work he has set an
NKU school record for the 60m dash. He is very proud of that
accomplishment. Way to go Jeremy!
2004 Danny Ruberg recently graduated from the University
of Kentucky - College of Design with a degree in Architecture.
Earlier this year, Danny took home the first place design
award in the 2007 American Institute of Architecture Students
Pediatric Outpatient Rehabilitation Center Design Competition
sponsored by Kawneer Co. Inc. His design evolved from his
research into pediatric health care design, Kawneer aluminum
thermal building systems and sustainable design. Danny won
$2500 for his first place design, which was displayed in the AIAS
Student Lounge and Gallery at the 2008 American Institute Of
Architects National Convention and Design Exposition held this
past May in Boston.
2006 Michael Young plays basketball for Washington
University St. Louis. His team recently won the NCAA Division III
Men’s National Championship. A field of 59 teams played in the
NCAA tourney and Wash U won 6 games to claim the national
championship. There are around 432 teams in division three.
2006 A.J. Schreiver, Chris Farrell, Matthew Reis ’07 &
Nick Warning ’07 helped lead the University of Kentucky
baseball team to the 2008 College Club Baseball National
Championship.
2007 Will Geisen is currently playing football for Centre
College. He was recently named to the Southern Collegiate
Athletic Conference Academic Honor Roll. Out of the seven team
members to receive this award, Will was the only freshman.
Faculty
Al Hertsenberg (Religion) was named The Enquirer’s Boys’ Tennis
Coach of the Year. He led the Colonels to a conference and
regional title and finished fifth at the state meet.
Jack Kaelin was awarded the “Teacher of the Year” for Greater
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky by Junior Achievement. The
award was based on longevity, the number of students taking Economics at CCH and the number of students majoring
in Economics or Finance in college, letters of recommendation, involvement in the community and the success of student
companies. He was also nominated for the Junior Achievement
Worldwide Teacher of the Year where he was one of five finalists (two from the USA, one from Canada, one from Hungary
and one from Austria). He competed among teachers from all
50 states, as well as 120 countries overseas. Although he did
not win that award, he was ranked very high by the Junior
Achievement National Board and the Committee.
Diane Ruth (English/Journalism) welcomed Maxx Arthur into
the world on February 26th at 1:05 p.m. Maxx weighed 7 lbs.
6 oz. and was 20” long. Her husband Mitch, Jaron ’08 and
Sidney are enjoying having a little one around the house.
Cov Cath Journal
Alumni Spotlight
Philip Schworer from the class of
1973 was inducted as the 116th President
of the Cincinnati Bar Association on May
9th. Phil first became involved in the
CBA in 1985 through the environmental
law committee during his last year of law
school.
Phil has fond memories of his time while at CCH. He remembers
a feeling of spirit and the sense of belonging to an organization along
with experiencing the value of team work. When asked how CCH
helped prepare him for the future Phil had this to say “My education
at CCH was the start of my passion for science and math. To this day,
I have fond memories of Biology, taught by Ms. Pat Sommerkamp
and Calculus taught by Mr. Tom “PaPa” Krisa.” He remembers celebrating Earth Day his sophomore year. They removed trash from
the creek that used to run between the school and the property to the
north, thus contributing to his interest in the environment.
Education is very important in the Schworer family. His father,
a physician, went back to school to earn a specialty in allergy and
respiratory medicine when Phil was in college and his mother
earned her degree in nursing while Phil was in high school. Phil
would go on to receive both his bachelor’s degree in biology and
his master’s degree in environmental science and engineering from
the University of Cincinnati. He followed in his parents’ footsteps
of going back to school while raising a family and working. By day
he was an environmental engineer and by night a law student at
NKU’s Salmon P. Chase College of Law. That example of commitment to education by the Schworer family is evident in the successes of the Schworer’s three sons. Their oldest, Andy ’00 is working
in information technology for the U.S. Department of Defense in
Please keep our alumni serving in the military and their families in your prayers.
2001 Sgt. Adam Landrum
returned from Afghanistan after
a year long deployment with
the National Guard on March
6th. He is a member of the
Kentucky National Guard’s 2nd
Battalion, 138th Field Artillery.
They participated in more than
500 combat missions as it supported military police operations for coalition forces. The
first thing that Adam wanted to
do upon his return was to see
family and friends. He is now
studying auto body painting at Lincoln Tech in Indianapolis.
2002Lt. Sean Ryan finished graduate school at the University
of South Florida and earned his commission on May 2nd while
his brother Lt. Matt Ryan ’04 graduated from Xavier University
where he earned his commission on May 16th.
2002 PFC Michael P. Barczak graduated
to the Marine Corps from Parris Island,
South Carolina on May 9th. His training
continues at Camp Pendleton, California in
the School of Infantry where he will also
prepare for Reconnaissance Training.
PFC Michael P. Barczak
Spring 2008
Fort Meade, MD., earning his master’s degree at the University of
Hawaii. Their second son, Alex, graduated from Savannah College
of Art and Design and now does computer-aided movie animation
for Laika, Inc. in Portland, Ore. The youngest son, Adam ’07 is
studying biomedical engineering at the University of Louisville.
Phil knows that when you give of your time, talent and treasure
to local charities and civic organizations you get back so much
more. His genuine personality and generous heart is evident when
helping others. He has served on the Northern Kentuckian of the
Year luncheon committee for Covington Catholic since 2005. He
is involved in the Just the Beginning Foundation, a group formed
by federal minority judges to increase the number of minority
students entering the legal profession. He has chaired the Northern
Kentucky United Way Campaign, but the organization that his
closest to his heart is the Redwood Rehabilitation Center where
he is currently President-Elect of the Board of Directors. He will
become President of the Board in 2010. He started off by selling
raffle chances and would later chair their capital campaign that
raised $6.3 million dollars. He has been on the boards of the NKY
Chamber of Commerce, Leadership Northern Kentucky and is currently on the board of Leadership Cincinnati.
In an article featured in the Cincinnati Bar Report - May edition, Phil was quoted as saying “I am a quiet supportive leader. I
enjoy empowering the people I work with to help them exceed their
expectations about their leadership abilities”. These words summarize who Phil Schworer is, someone who genuinely cares for others
and gives of himself in order for others to succeed. Phil is currently
a member of the environmental law department of Frost Brown
Todd LLC. He represents business and industry in all aspects of
environmental, health and safety issues.
The Behringer Crawford Museum with the support of
the Northern Kentucky Sports Hall of Fame presented
an exhibit named “Reach for the Stars” that ran April
5th through June 7th. The exhibit featured over 70 of
Northern Kentucky’s greatest athletes, both in terms of
athletic achievement and value to the community. The
following Covington Catholic Alumni were honored:
Ed Kennedy ’34
Dick Maile ’61
Dan Tieman ’58
Steve Flesch ’85
Dan Neville ’59
Nate Dusing ’97
Kenney Shields ’60
On Thursday, May 29th, two Cov Cath grads names were
announced as part of the upcoming Dawahares/KHSAA
2009 Hall of Fame. Nate Dusing ’97 and Kenney Shields
’60 will be inducted at the Lexington Convention Center
on April 25, 2009 as part of the Class of 2009.
Nate won six swimming state championships and still
holds three state records. He was named the 2001
national swimmer of the year at Texas and became a 28time NCAA All-American. In addition Nate won a silver
medal in the 2000 Olympics and a bronze medal in the
2004 Olympics.
Kenney won more boy’s basketball games than any
other coach in Ninth Region history while coaching at
St. Thomas and Highlands. He also led the NKU’s men’s
basketball.
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A Day Of Reflection
Brad Fritz ’02 gave a very compelling and inspiring presentation, via PowerPoint, to the
junior class as part of their “day of reflection” on Friday, March 14th. Brad was paralyzed
in an accident by a drunk driver when he was a sophomore at Covington Catholic and
communicates via an electronic device where he types in his words.
His presentation touched on his childhood and the first part of his high school career.
He then went into detail about the night of the accident and the pains that followed him
for the next several years as he recuperated both physically and mentally. He even went
through an even darker period where he considered suicide on several occasions. But it
was a Covington Catholic retreat that turned his life around. He came back from the retreat
with a new view on life. The retreat helped to bring his faith back in God and he realized
that he was hurting himself. He no longer considered suicide and was happy to be alive.
He stated in his presentation that he had learned to cherish the good things and hang on to
them long enough that it drains out the bad things. He ended his presentation with these
final words to consider: I believe in God, but if you don’t believe and can find no real
reason to believe, consider this:
•If you live your life like there is a God and there turns out to be no God, what do you
lose?
•If you live your life like there is no God and there turns out to be a God, you spend
Brad Fritz
eternity paying for it.
There wasn’t a person in that gym that wasn’t moved and touched very deeply by Brad’s story. Everyone left the gym with a
new appreciation for life.
Brad graduated from Thomas More College this past May with a degree in Communications and a minor in Accounting. He
wants to become a motivational speaker.
Sportsfest 2008
On March 18, 2008 over 400 people
came out to socialize, bid on prizes,
eat, drink and listen to Steve Cauthen,
the featured speaker. Steve talked about
being the youngest jockey to win the
Triple Crown riding Affirmed in 1978.
Even though this was 30 years ago,
he is the last person to win the triple
crown. A feat not taken for granted
when you think about this year’s favorite Big Brown.
Thanks for everyone who attended
and a special thanks to Bilz Insurance
and Mike Schlotman for their generosity. The event made over $77,000
which will help the Boosters continue
their commitment of support to athletics and the new academic center for
Covington Catholic. Tim Reese, this
year’s chairperson would like to thank
the committee members, Marty Kamerauctioneer, Jeff Piecoro – Master of
Ceremonies and the “mom volunteers”
for making this night a success.
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Event Sponsor
McHale’s Hospitality Group
Platinum Sponsors
Cincinnati Bell Yellow
Great American Insurance
Century Construction
Graydon, Head & Ritchey LLP
Cengage
Wessels Construction
Bilz Insurance
Tri-State Gastroenterology
Opera Incorporated
Gold Sponsors
R & M Welding / Vernard Law Office
Fischer Homes
Centerline Development
St Elizabeth Medical Center
Greenebaum, Doll & McDonald
PLLC
Von Lehman & Company
Art’s Rental Equipment
Schiff, Kreidler, Shell
Class of 1985
Deters, Benzinger & LaVelle PSC
Boone Ready Mix
The Hudepohl Family
Toebben Builders
Towne Properties
Adams, Stepner, Woltermann &
Dusing, PLLC
The Bank of Kentucky
Nova Care
Groneck Courier Services
Remke Markets
Anneken & Moser, PSC
J. Charles Crystalworks
Bob Niehaus
Jerry Timmerman
Roeding Group
Systems Insight
Deloitte
Athletic Strength and Power
Wulco
Quast Paving
Cov Cath Journal
Endowments
Jon Biedenharn Scholarship
In Memory of William Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry
Biedenharn
In Memory of Mildred Durham
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Jones
In Memory of Gene Eckerle
(Christian Awakening Retreats)
Dr. Kristopher T. Abeln
Mr. and Mrs. David
Alexander
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald
Benzinger
Mr. and Mrs. John F. Bertke
Mr. and Mrs. J. Larry Boyle
Mr. Leo J. Brophy, III
Mr. and Bernard A. Brungs
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford
Brungs
Mr. Raymond E. Cahill
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew C.
Collins
Dr. and Mrs. William
Danneman
Sharon Nolan Dickman and
family
Mr. and Mrs. Randall
Donohue
Mr. and Mrs. Charles W.
Dusing
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Eckerle
Mr. and Mrs. Marty Eckerle
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Eckerle
Ms. Lavinia Eckerle
Mr. and Mrs. Ron Eubanks
Mrs. Alma Finke
Mr. and Mrs. Terry K.
Flanagan
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Gerwe
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Ginney
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Goebel
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy
Gruber
Mr. and Mrs. T. Randall R.
Haake
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice J.
Halpin, III
Mr. and Mrs. Ron Hellmann
Mr. Gary L. Hodge
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Hodge
Ms. Carol Hodge
Ms. Jeanine Ives
Mr. Jack Kaelin
Mr. and Mrs. Jerome C.
Kohlhepp
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard
Kramer
Mr. Casey D. Kramer
Mr. and Mrs. Mike
Listerman
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Martin
Mr. and Mrs. Laurence M.
McGovern
Mr. Donald E. Meihaus
Mr. Jeff M. Menne
Mrs. Joy Nolan
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Noll, Jr.
Ms. Madelyn Perry
Spring 2008
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard
Quinn
Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Rensing
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas S.
Reynolds
Ms. Jean Rieder
Mr. John Riesenberg
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen
Riesenberg
Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Rose
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ruwe
Mr. David J. Ruwe
Mr. and Mrs. James
Schwartz
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Severson
Mr. and Mrs. R. Kenney
Shields
Mrs. Judith Shields
Mr. and Mrs. John Shields
Mr. and Mrs. Tim P. Shields
Mr. and Mrs. William E.
Snyder
Mr. and Mrs. David Stamm
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Stich
Ms. Arlene Sullivan
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Tewes
Mr. and Mrs. David A. Thiel
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel T.
Tieman
Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Tipton
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Tuemler
Varsity Baseball Team
Mr. and Mrs. William E.
Wehrman, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald
Wilhoite
Mr. and Mrs. Ken E.
Williams
Mr. and Mrs. Gary J.
Wulfeck
In Memory of Mary Foltz
Mr. and Mrs. C. Timothy
Larkin
Mr. and Mrs. Chris G. Pieper
Mr. and Mrs. Hank Wise
For the Jon Gallenstein Art
Scholarship
In Memory of Jon
Gallenstein
Mr. and Mrs. Dan J. Bondick
Mr. and Mrs. Jason T.
Gallenstein
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
Schmidt
In Memory of Billy Grimm
Mr. and Mrs. Laurence M.
McGovern
In Memory of Richard Gunning
Mrs. Marlene Gunning
In Memory of Jeffrey Kater
Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Bernardo
Mr. and Mrs. James P. Cahill
Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Chapman
Mr. Mark Connaughton
Mr. and Mrs. John F. Curtin,
III
Mr. and Mrs. Gene DeZarn
Ms. Mercedes Dreier
Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert R.
Ellison
Dr. and Mrs. Daniel G. Fagel
Mrs. Linda Flynn
Mr. and Mrs. Neil Fry
Mr. and Mrs. John Furnish
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Gerwe
Mr. and Mrs. James M.
Hayden
Mr. Jack Kaelin
Mr. and Mrs. James Kater
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
Kremer
Mr. and Mrs. C. Timothy
Larkin
Mr. and Mrs. Everett
Lehman
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Manner
Dr. and Dr. Edward L.
Metzger
Dr. and Mrs. William F.
Metzger
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin J. Moser
Mr. Sean P. O’Connor
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Perry
Mr. and Mrs. Chris G. Pieper
Mr. and Mrs. James Reilly
St. Agnes School
Mr. and Mrs. William E.
Snyder
Mr. and Mrs. Michael T.
Sutton
Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Weimer
Mr. and Mrs. Hank Wise
In Memory of Matilda Leman
Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Rose
In Honor of W. Bruce Lunsford
Scholarship
Mr. Louis C. Buschle
Ms. Janet Neumann
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. T.
Robinson, III
Whitmer & Company CPA
In Memory of Jeff Pfetzer
Mr. Dave Brake
Friends of Jeff Pfetzer
Mr. Robert T. Kenning
Mr. Bruce A. Pfetzer
In Memory of Mark Schneider
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Albers
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Albers
Mr. and Mrs. Donald G.
Benzinger
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence J.
Boemker
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J.
Bosch, Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas W.
Brake
Ms. Susan Bray
Mr. and Mrs. William
Brockman
Mrs. Ethel M. Brungs
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Corbett
Mr. and Mrs. David L.
Cummings
Mr. and Mrs. Dale V.
Dickman
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Fischer
Mrs. Linda Flynn
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Gerrein
Mr. and Mrs. Steven N.
Gilliam
Mr. and Mrs. Walter E.
Haggerty
Ms. Kelly Hasler
Mr. and Mrs. Frank G.
Henn, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Hodge
Mr. and Mrs. James Hronek
Mr. and Mrs. William J.
Kathman, Jr.
Mrs. Joan Knasel
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Koenig
Kordenbrock Tool & Die Co
Mr. Tom Krallman
Ms. Margaret Kuhlman
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W.
Lahner
Mr. and Mrs. William Loyal
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Maher
Mainstrasse Village
Mr. and Mrs. Michael T.
McClure
Mr. and Mrs. James H
Niewahner
Ms. Yvonne Reissig
Mr. Justus Scharold
Mr. George J. Schewe
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J.
Schneider
Mr. and Mrs. John Stemann
Dr. & Mrs. Joseph Stratman
Ms. Catherine Stratman
Mrs. Mary Lou Wagner
Mrs. Catherine Willenbrink
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas J.
Wisher
Dr. and Mrs. Anthony R.
Zembrodt
Ms. Cecilia Zerhusen
In Memory of Kelsey Sorrell
Dr. and Mrs. William
Danneman
In Memory of Jeff Strunk
Ms. Gwyndolyn L. Strunk
Tim Shields’ Class of ’61
Scholarship
In Memory of Tim Shields
2008 Shields Euchre
Tournament
Mr. Gary L. Hodge
Mrs. Kathleen E. Kiely
Mr. and Mrs. Tim P. Shields
In Memory of Dave
Kreutzkamp
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B.
Schmidt
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In Memoriam
ALUMNI
Donald R. Bahr ’54
John Blank ’52
William Due ’64
Edwin Duhme ’38
Steve Fried ’66
William Fritsch ’61
Richard Gunning ’39
Dave Kruetzkamp ’61
Ray Mueller ’48
Mark Schneider ’68
Karl Wissmann ’59
FATHER
James Atkins ’78
David Blank ’83
John A. Blank ’80
Gary Borhorst ’74
John Brucato ’83
Michael Brucato ’75
Thomas Brucato ’78
Andy Eckerle ’94
Kevin Eckerle ’88
Matt Eckerle ’96
Tom Eckerle ’84
Timothy Fedders ’65
Nathan Kater ’07
Zachary Kater ’09
Stephen Kuhnell ’79
David Locke ’77
Glen Locke ’81
Daniel Martin ’90
Matt McDonough ’90
Pat Noll ’87
Sean Noll ’91
Ralph J. Reis ’86
Scott Schneider ’94
Kenneth Steenken ’71
Jeff Taeuber ’83
Rev. Joseph Thaler ’67
Jack VonHandorf ’84
Jim VonHandorf ’86
Robert VonHandorf ’69
Chris Wagner ’89
William Wagner ’81
William Wischer ’61
MOTHER
James W. Atkins ’78
Laurence Annear ’67
Thomas Annear ’66
Greg Barker ’68
Brian Bowman ’00
Jeff Bowman ’03
William Dorning ’61
Pat Gregory ’71
Paul Gregory ’70
John Keuper ’56
Joseph Kuper ’69
Paul Kuper ’79
John Purdy ’67
Tom Purdy ’60
William Purdy ’63
Kurt Saalfeld ’77
Ralph Shinkle ’69
Stepehn Shinkle ’72
Anthony Siegrist ’01
John Siegrist ’74
Jeff Talbert ’71
Philip Tretter ’62
GRANDFATHER
Michael Awadalla ’05
Patrick Awadalla ’09
Tom Awadalla ’04
Adam Davey ’93
Matt Davey ’96
Cory Graves ’05
Ed Grout ’98
Tom Grout ’06
David Harmeling ’87
Donald Harmeling ’83
Joseph Kinsler ’02
Aaron Noll ’08
Andrew Noll ’05
Daniel Noll ’06
Andy Schulte ’08
Korey Schumacher ’08
Chris Shouse ’11
Ryan Shouse ’08
Mitch Shover ’10
Pete Wischer ’91
GRANDMOTHER
Brandon Butler ’08
Taylor Butler ’10
John Carroll ’07
Evan Chapman ’09
Eric Chapman ’07
John Dorning ’90
John Drummey ’90
Jace Ganshirt ’07
Toby Griffin ’89
Tony Griffin ’86
Brian Gruber ’98
Sean Gruber ’02
Nathan Hornsby ’01
Nick Hushebeck ’09
Justin Kruer ’90
Marc Litzler ’84
Mike Litzler ’85
Casey McEvoy ’94
Ryan McEvoy ’99
Kevin Schuler ’97
Bret Stephens ’04
Michael Stephens ’06
Scott Schuler ’97
Jason Simon ’11
John Simon ’06
Jordan Simon ’09
GREAT GRANDMOTHER
Wes Horton ’09
BROTHER
Harry Due ’72
Jerry Kirtley ’60
Clemon Schwabe ’66
Joseph Schwabe ’60
Michael Pohlgeers ’74
Tim Pohlgeers ’80
Justin Schneider ’61
FORMER FACULTY
Marian McTrusty
To the Covington Catholic Community:
Thank you from the bottom of our hearts. There were times we felt we couldn’t face another day and you were there,
like an extended family.
It began with a beautiful Memorial Prayer Service, you were there. There with loving hands to hug us and guide us.
There with meals to keep our strength and cards . . . cards everyday.
You honored Kelsey and our family with your tremendous love, visits and gifts to the Memorial Scholarship Fund.
We feel embraced by your support. When we couldn’t do the simplest things, like be in public, we went to Trevor’s
game at Covington Catholic and you were there with hugs and kind words. The bracelet and collage from the basketball
team parents is something we will always cherish. Thank you. Knowing so many people were praying for our healing
has given us strength when we needed it the most.
Kelsey helped her Dad with the Saturday grade school league at Cov Cath since she was a little girl. She followed
her brother Tyler and Trevor through their years at Cov Cath. She loved rooting for the Colonels and was there with
Trevor when he scored 28 points against Beechwood. The impact Kelsey had on your lives from the stories you’ve
shared – have carried us through this difficult time.
With a Spirit That Will Not Die, our love and gratitude,
Steve, Terri, Tyler and Trevor
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ST. ELIZABETH MEDICAL CENTER/
COVINGTON CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL
26TH GOLF OUTING
Twin Oaks Golf & Plantation Club
Friday, Aug. 29, 2008
We anticipate more than 250 alums and friends to participate in this double shotgun event. Get your four-man team
together for an 18-hole scramble. There will be a morning session and an afternoon session, each are limited to first
144 paid entries. Entry includes 18 holes of golf, cart, lunch, can beer, dinner, soft drinks and awards
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Grand Raffle Tickets - $5.00
1st place - Cincinnati Gaslite Grill
2nd place - Ohio River Cruise
3rd place - Taste of Northern Kentucky
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Closest to the Pin
Hole In One
Longest Drive
Longest Putt
Most Accurate Drive
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*Do not have to be present to win
SCHEDULE
SPONSORSHIP
Time
Event
Flight Sponsor AM (NEW)
$2,000 — 4 golfers
7:30 a.m.
Morning Shotgun
Flight Sponsor PM (NEW)
$2,500 — 4 golfers
11:30 a.m.
Lunch & Awards
Booster Sponsor
$275 — 1 golfer/ tee sign
12:30 p.m.
Afternoon Shotgun
Sand Trap Sponsor
$200 — 1 tee sign per trap
6:30 p.m.
Dinner & Awards
Hole Sponsor
$150 – tee sign
Sign-up Form
Name
Morning
$100.00 per golfer
Afternoon
$125.00 per golfer
Raffle Tickets
$ 5.00 per ticket
I would like to be a sponsor at the
___________________ level.
Address
Phone
E-mail
Total Payment _______________
Are you CCH alum? Graduation year _________
Method of Payment
Who will you be golfing with? Please list:
Name
Handicap
Check
Send check to:
Covington Catholic High School
1600 Dixie Hwy, Park Hills, KY 41011
Visa
Contact Sue Finke or Jennifer Abdrabbo: 859-448-2247 Fax: 859-448-2246
Email: development@covcath.org
Spring 2008
Credit Card #
MasterCard
Exp. date
Signature
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