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Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Class of '79 Board Meeting June 2, 2010 7pm

Aloha Crusaders of 1979,

We will be having our monthly class board meeting at the Crusader Lounge (Alumni Club House) on Wednesday, June 2, 2010 at 7pm. Please, if you can, come and join us in planning future events and activities for our class members and their families so that we can enjoy the fellowship of our brotherhood known as the Class of '79.

Our May 5th meeting had a nice turn out of guys. Alex Ingel, fresh in from San Francisco was there, as well as Tony Souza, Ben Guiterez, Tracy Mizota, James Santos, Dwayne Areliano, and myself, Mel Pilien.

It had been decided that the first get together to be planned is a Chili Cook Off/Contest. So get your best/favorite Chili recipes out and get ready to get cooking! Target date is one of the Sundays in July. Most probable location at the moment is Ke'ehi Lagoon Park. Set up at about 10 til whenevers. Format will most likely be, cook a pot of chili at home, bring it to the Cook Off, and have everyone blind taste and vote on who has the best chili. The board will provide prizes, rice and salad, bottled water, tents, tables, plates/bowls, forks/spoons, and some means to warm up the chili so that it is hot and at its best. It has also been suggested that we have a dessert contest at the same time, so that those with a sweet tooth can get in the act too. Any comments or suggestions are warmly welcomed.

Everyone was in general agreement that the Las Vegas trip/get together to celebrate the majority of the Class of '79 's 50th birthday is a good idea. Planning is currently on going. We are looking at most probably a spring or fall date, when it would not be too hot or too cold to play golf. UH football game weekends will be avoided in order to keep the costs reasonable.

The next issue discussed was if there should be a second monthly board meeting, and it was agreed upon that there should be another board meeting. So the the second board meeting will be on the third Thursday of the month. Thursday was selected because it was pointed out that some have diffculty making the Wedneday meetings. The next meeting was set for May 20, 2010 at the same bat time at the same bat cave.

The May 20th meeting was poorly attended, just Tony Souza, James Santos, and myself, Mel Pilien. I take the blame for that, since I neglected to post an announcement on the blog or via email. Ben G. posted a small announcement on the blog, but it was too small and difficult to see.

We accounted for the known assets of the Class of '79. $601.32 has been forwarded from the previous administration to me. These funds will be placed in a (yet to be created) SLS Class of 79 board checking account and utilized for our future activities. Tony Souza is currently in possesion of our Class Banner, the Class of '80 has possesion of the softball perpetual trophy, and Aaron Manuel currently has possesion of the class First Aid Kit required for the softball tournament. Inquiries are being made to see if we have any other class assets to be accounted for.

Next, we decided that a quarterly newsletter should be mailed out, in an effort to reach those of our class who are not electronically connected. The SLS Alumni association would be able to assist with this. We just need to provide a original to Bob Takei, and he will make the required copies for us. We then need to stuff the envelopes or fold the newsletters, and the Alumni association will pay for postage and mail out the newsletters for us. We will attempt to get a newletter out in June.

Tony brought up that we need for an easier way to view and share pictures. A photo album site such as Photobucket, Snapfish, or Picasa needs to be set up and linked to our site. That would make it easier for everyone to upload and share photos from our various get togethers and events. Tony also brought up, that we need to get a link to our Class of '79 blogsite on the SLS Alumni site. That would make it easier for anyone at the SLS Alumni site looking for information about the Class of '79 activities. Other classes have links, so we will work on getting one too.

Finally, James Santos mentioned that there should be a way for us to remember our classmates who have unfortunately left us too soon. We will be working on ways to remember our late friends. We will also be working on ways to keep you updated on classmates who have health problems and/or other issues. We are not getting any younger and our thoughts and prayers go a long way in assisting them in their recovery.

Memoir et Fidelis

Mel Pilien
Interim Board President

Friday, May 7, 2010

Buy a Book, Raise Money for Saint Louis!

It's Saint Louis vs. Sacred Hearts in a Gentle(wo)man's Wager over who can raise the most funds this weekend.

It's happening at a Book Fair at Barnes & Noble, Kahala Mall, this Mother's Day weekend, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, May 7-9.

Visit any Barnes & Noble to purchase Mother's Day gifts, summer reading or books for fun from May 7-9, and until May 14 for on-line purchases, to benefit Saint Louis School.

Use
SLS Coupon #10205862 and help us earn to up a 20 percent cash rebate. Sales are not limited to the Kahala location, and will include on-line purchases using the coupon number.

As for the wager? If Saint Louis wins, SHA principal Betty White has to wear the famous Saint Louis football jersey to work. (If Sacred Hearts wins, then SL president Walter Kirimitsu will have to wear an SHA soccer jersey.)

SLS and SHA students will provide FREE gift-wrapping services Friday between 3-6 pm and 7-10 pm.

And here's the schedule of events for Saturday, May 8:

1:00 - 4:00 pm:
Author Lance Tominage will sign copies of A Prophecy Fullfilled: The Story of Clarence T.C. Ching, a newly released biography of the philanthropic developer.

Also,
Ray Tam, '51, Ching's nephew, will share his uncle's legacy and his rags to riches story.

1:45 - 2:30 pm:
Walter S. Kirimitsu, '58 (SL President), Betty White (SHA Principal) and Patricia Hamamoto (SL Principal) will read from their favorite children's books.

2:30 - 4:00 pm:
SLS and SHA students will provide entertainment, fun and book reading.

Voucher coupons and more information can be found at SaintLouisHawaii.org.

See you at Kahala Mall!