Support Coach Dwight Moniz! Saint Louis Varsity Basketball Schedule 2009

Jordan Ilagan goes up and around Damien's Breyson Lee in the Saints' 73-56 win over the Monarchs on Jan. 23 at McCabe Gym. Photo courtesy Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Article and another photo from the Star-Bulletin here.

As you probably already know, Dwight Moniz '79 is the new head coach of the #6 Saint Louis Varsity basketball team. The team got off to a good start, winning the championship of the SL Walter Wong Tournament at the end of December.

If you get a chance, support Coach Dwight and the team by showing up at a game! Here's what's remaining on the schedule (home games at McCabe Gym; "away" games in italics, with location):

• Friday Jan. 30, 7 pm: vs. `Iolani
• Saturday, Feb. 7, 6:30 pm: at Mid-Pacific Institute
• Tuesday, Feb. 10, 7 pm: vs. Punahou
• Friday, Feb. 13, 7 pm: at Kamehameha
• Tuesday, Feb. 17, 6 pm: at Damien
• Saturday, Feb. 21, 5 pm: vs. Maryknoll @ Punahou

Super Bowl XLIII at SLAA Clubhouse!

SUPER BOWL 2009
St. Louis Alumni Clubhouse
916 Coolidge Street
Sunday, February 1, 2009
12 Noon - 6 pm

HEAVY PUPU BUFFET: $15
PAY AT THE DOOR
HAPPY HOUR PRICES!

RSVP to John Aiwohi 955.6618
Crusader Lounge 949.8020
Bob Takei 949.6633
E-mail: slaa001(at)hawaii.rr.com

Cast Your Vote

There's a poll that we're running in the upper right hand corner of the home page to find out how many people are interested in attending 30th Reunion events here in Las Vegas and/or here in Hawai`i. It's obviously not scientific, but it's also a way to have fun -- and help Tracy M. in figuring out how many people might go Vegas.

Take a moment and cast your preference. Mahalo!

Softball Tourney: Your Chance to Help Out!

Hey Gang '79,

The 2009 Softball Tournament is quickly approaching! It's set for Saturday, February 14th, at Ke`ehi Lagoon Park.

I hope everyone has been stretching, walking around the block, and swinging something or other as previously requested.

We will try to contact classmates by either e-mail or phone call within a week or two, to finalize a few things. If you are able to retrieve e-mails within one week with the information that we provide and you don't need us to call you, please let us know so we waste your time as well as ours, and we can spend more time in contacting those by phone who really haven't welcomed the 21st century yet with all it's technologies.

To those who offered to donate to the cause, we are asking to get it to Mike Meyer (Treasurer'79) as we are trying to get an established budget to decide the offset costs for the event. If you wish to donate to the cause please get in touch with Mike Meyer ASAP (you can make a check payable to Greg Perry; you can postal mail it to Mike at 94-864 Lumiiki St., Waipahu HI 96797. Or you can e-mail Mike at mmeyer(at)hccsmg.com. If you would like his phone number you can e-mail Mike). This will help bring down the final costs for all classmates.

The food and cooking duties will be taken care by Dwayne A., Tracy M.,and Mark V. If you can help them out in any way please contact them. James S. is still looking for bodies for the event either to set-up, clean-up, players,musicians, etc.

Please help in anyway that you can.This event will be kicking off our 30th year (out-of-school) reunion, so let's all do their part in making it a sucess.

Mahalo Tony'79

Have a Cigar! Neal Sakamoto Helping Charity Event

Click on flyer to enlarge

Aloha Fellow StL 79:

I am a volunteer with the Louisa Gomez Foundation and we are hosting a Cigar Charity Event on Sunday, February 15, 2009, (day after softball tourney; next day is a holiday). I am asking for your support and your assistance in telling others about the event.

A flyer and ticket order form are available on our Web site. You may print the flyer and order form for distribution.

We are also accepting donations for our Silent Auction and raffle.

Please contact me if you have any questions.

Sincerely,
Neal Sakamoto '79
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Reunion News

Aloha Classmates!

As you all know 2009 marks our 30th Class Reunion. The following is a tentative plan for holding activities involving our 30th Reunion.

We will hold a no host bar get together at the Alumni Clubhouse and a Buffet Dinner (TBD) sometime during late July or early August. You will be notified of the final dates for these events sometime in February via mail, e-mail, or here on our website (http://slhs1979.blogspot.com).

We are also planning a get-together in Las Vegas during the same weekend (Sept. 17 – 21) as the UH vs. UNLV football game. I am organizing a cocktail reception, class gaming, and a dinner at the Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino. A golf outing is also being planned.

Those of you who would like a package deal (air/hotel/football game) can go to www.pandaonline.com to make reservations (space is limited). It is important that I get a head count and commitment (deposit) for the cocktail reception/dinner no later than April 30, 2009. The cost to attend these reunion functions will be sent to you sometime in February via the same arrangements as stated above.

Many classmates have expressed their interest in attending our 30th Reunion in Hawaii and/or Las Vegas. We welcome you to bring your wife / significant other to all reunion events. So spread the word, mark your calendar, make arrangements early, and we will see you soon!!!!

Aloha,
Tracy Mizota
Reunion Committee

2009 Softball Tournament Update

Gentlemen,

We will be having our annual Softball Tournament on the 14th of February (yes only one day this year). Due to circumstances beyond anyone's control we were unable to secure the permit for two days, but it is planned for 2 days next year. The tournament fee is $200 as in the past and you will only have one pitch to swing at (so swing baby swing). So Gents stretch, jog and swing at a couple before the tournament. Maximum participation on the one day will be all we have so please make the effort.

We need effort by all to make this a success;

1) We have monetary donations promised by Greg Perry (Tournament Fee), Greg Frey (Partial Uniforms), Steven Soong (Partial Uniforms), Randy Uyema (Partial Uniforms), Tony Souza (Partial Uniforms), James Santos (Partial Uniforms), more would be greatly appreciated to offset the remainder of the cost.

I have 2 types of shirts, 2 types of hats and 1 bag all with printing or embroidery. There will be 3 dozen of each item, so enough for all and then some.

2) William Tito (Tuitama) has donated beverages, any food, beverages or people to assist with cooking and stoves.

3) Tents are needed along with some help to setup and breakdown.

4) A great attitude and tolerance for FUN and LAUGHS.

Please let me know as soon as possible what you are able to assist with, what is not covered by the monetary donations will be collected from the membership at the Tournament. I have Shirts ( M, L, XL,XXL,XXXL) and Caps to fit all, along with other items. So Gents the LARGER your monetary gift the better for the class. if you would like to call me directly to fill the actual needs please don't hesitate to call @ 428-0575.

Mahalo,

James

Special Class Meeting: Thursday Jan. 22

President Mark V. has scheduled a meeting at 6:00p.m. at the SLAA clubhouse this Thursday, January 22. It's not the usual scheduled date due to the urgency of the upcoming events. We will go over the reunion status, softball status, future class status and other important things pertaining to the class.

If you are unable to make the meeting but wish to relay your message to the class, either post it here on the blog-site or find a fellow classmate to voice your opinion. Don't quote me on this but Mark V. said refreshments will be provided. So come one,come all.

Thanks and may God Bless you all.
Tony'79

Walter Wong Basketball Tournament at SL

A reminder that the Walter Wong Basketball Tournament tips off at McCabe Gym this weekend!

The tournament runs Saturday, Sunday and Monday, Dec. 27, 28 and 29. Saint Louis, led by new head coach Dwight Moniz '79, plays its first game at 2 pm Saturday. Turn out and show your support for Coach Moniz and the Crusaders!

Saint Louis Varsity Basketball Schedule

From Head Coach Dwight Moniz '79:

Here's the schedule for Saint Louis Varsity Basketball:

• The Walter Wong Classic at McCabe Gym is Dec. 27,28,29. We play the last Game at 2:00pm on the first night.
• The first regular season game is Iolani at Iolani on Jan. 6th 2009. I'll get the rest of the schedule out to you next week.

Mahalo for the support,
Dwight

Current Class Directory - UPDATED

More names have been added and updated as of 2.10.09

Classmates, you should have received an e-mail from Tony S. with the current class directory as listed by James S. It includes e-mail addresses from the prior list and the 2004 St. Louis Alumni Directory.


For privacy reasons and to prevent spammers and hackers, we are not going to make the e-mail addresses public on this site. Instead, we are going to list classmates for whom we have a current e-mail address, a phone number and/or a postal address.


Please check to see if your name is on the list below. If you didn't get an e-mail, or if you did get the e-mail and the information is correct, let us know slhs1979@gmail.com so we know it's okay.


If you are not on this list, or know of any other classmates who are not on this list, or would like to update your e-mail address(es), please e-mail us so we can update the list.


Update: Some of you have already responded via e-mail with confirmations and updates; those names, and the names of those whose e-mails we have confirmed by other means, are in bold italics. Mahalo! We also have a lot of e-mails that bounced back as "undeliverable," so please update your e-mail address when you can.

• Abbey, Alex
• Abram, Ellis
• Agor, David
• Angelo, Carl
• Aoki, George
• Apuna, John
• Aquino, Kevin
• Arelliano, Dwayne
  
• Au, Chad
• Bassett, Mark
• Benevedes, Brian
• Borges, Karlton
• Briones, Randy
• Burton, James
• Centeio, Bartley
• Chun, Anthony
• Chun, Darryl
• Chun, Lordric
• Costa, Kevin
• Cullen, Gerald
  
• Davis, Kawika
• Deponte, Robert
• Dureg, Byron
• Evora, Gary
• Fernandez, John
• Fontanilla, Charles
  
• Forsythe, James
• Freitas, Eric
• Frey, Greg
• Funakoshi, Kevin
  
• George, Hank
  
• Go, Lawrence
• Goo, Jon
• Goo, Paul
• Grado, Milton
• Graff, Eddie
• Gustie, Thomas
  
• Gutierrez, Ben.
• Hayes, Christopher
• Hebert, Stephen
• Honda, Justin
• Honold, John
• Ignacio, Gary
• Ingel, Alex
• Ishikawa, Stephen
• Jordan, Matt
• Kam, Ben
  
• Kamakana, Rex
• Kanoa, Harrigan "Bino"
  
• Kashiwabara, Grant
• Kawamura, Stacey
• Keanu, Austin
• Kijowski, Anthony
• Kirihara, Eric
• LaPierre, Roland
  
• Laszloffy, Jeff
• Lau, Robert
  
• Leu, Clinton
• Look, Damian
• Low, Curtis
• Lum, Gerard
• Lum, Gregory
• Lum, Kirbin
• Lung, Greg
• Luster, Eugene
• Maehara, Gary
  
• Makini, Hank
• Makuakane, Patrick
• Manayan, Conrad
  
• Manuel, Aaron
• Mathers, Thomas
• Mathews, Jeff
• Medeiros, Andrew
• Melendy, Scott
• Meyer, Mike
• Mizota, Tracy
• Moniz, Dwight
• Murnin, Steven
• Nakama, Randy
• Nakanishi, Albert
• Nakanishi, Nathan
• Oneha, James
• Pedro, Albert
  
• Perry, Greg
• Philips, Bob
  
• Pilien, Mel
• Pimental, Elliott
• Puchalski, John
  
• Rabut, Bernard
• Rapoza, Roy
• Resentes, Derek
• Sakamoto, Mike
• Sakamoto, Neal
• Santos, James
• Shintani, David
• Siders, Kevin
  
• Sinnott, Tom
• Soong, Steven
• Souza, Tony
• Speck, Robert
• Tito, William
• Tolentino, Bryan
• Uyema, Randy
  
• Valente, Russell
• Villanueva, Mark
• Ward, Eric
• Watts, Ken
• Wong, Glenn
• Wong, Thomas
• Yamaguchi, Dean
• Ylarde, Roland
• Yocom, James
• Yoshimura, Roy
  
• Yost, Charles
• Young, Ben
• Young, Henry
  

The more fellow classmates we can contact the better our events will become.Thanks and Mahalos


Tony S. '79 (Events Committee)
Ben. G./Mark V. (Blogger Guys)

Softball Update from Coach Santos

Na Kane O Kalaepohaku,

First of all Tony thanks for your diligence in keeping the information pipe line open.

With that said, here's an update on the Softball Tourney. There is one thing we can assume that the Tourney will be the Presidents Day weekend as usual. And I would like to send out plea for participation in this years events.

We are looking for sponsorships to help with the overall cost. To date we have gotten commitments of donation from the following individuals: Tony Souza, Randy Uyema, Greg Perry, Greg Frey, Steven Soong, and William Tito. These individuals donate every year to the class for special events and have always shouldered the burden. I know we all appreciate their efforts, however with this tourney marking the beginning of our 30th year since we left the slopes of Kalaepohaku, I would hope that more people would come forward to share with this fiscal burden. St. Louis has helped to mold our personalities, determination and passion. Whether our four years were filled with hardship, life's lessons or success we have persevered. And, our lives are forever entwined because of the snapshot we called High School.

This year, I would also like to have an after-game dinner for all classmates on Saturday. This would be for all classmates, not just those who have played in that day's games, and would start about 5:00 pm. So you don't need to play to come to the dinner.

We are in need of the following items to make the softball tourney weekend a success: cooks, tents, musicians (Greg Martin has already volunteered), coolers, ice, paper products, food, players, cooking items, tables, chairs, setup crew, breakdown crew, party goers, players, money, and fun to be had by all. If you see something you can help with please feel free to email me at coach79 (at) hawaii.rr.com (yes I have had this email address for 15 years go figure).

Lastly, for those who will be participating in the games, please gentlemen let's start stretching, throwing a ball around, bending down to pick up a ball (ha-ha), and swing something; doesn't have to be a bat, you choose, just limber up those joints. This is for fun and fellowship and along the way maybe a victory over the classes of '80 and '77. So if you see something you can donate or help with please either email me or leave me a message at 808-256-7002.

Gentlemen thank you for your Time, Effort and Participation,
James Santos

Event Updates

79 Crusaders,

Besides the big 30th year reunion in Las Vegas, the Events Committee will be trying to set up a 2009 event calendar for those interested in participating in such events. Send your interest and comments to the blogsite. We will try to set up at least three or four events each year, other than the softball tournament. (By the way, the trophy is still up for grabs so let's make a good showing this upcoming year.)

Thanks to All.

Tony'79 vice-chair (Events Committee)

Happy Holidays!

To All Classmates,

The year is coming quickly to a close as the Holidays are upon us. Happy Holidays to all!

As our reunion year approaches us,we will be concentrating on contacting and informing classmates of class goings-on. Please frequent the blogsite for updated information; it is a real resource of information. Even if you don't have e-mail, still let us know a way to contact you so we can contact you either by postal mail or phone (Kevin should be happy about that). Feedback is also a great tool for decision-making on class events. Everybodys two cents really adds up. Thanks for your time and Mahalo.

Tony'79 Vice-chair (Events Committee)

There!

Just FYI, we have gotten our tenth MIA turned in.

While activity has slowed down a little bit, and it took a little while to get ten classmates in, we now have more than 60 '79ers from all over Hawai`i and the mainland who have responded with updated and current contact information. But we still have more classmates to find, especially with the 30th reunion coming up. Send the info to the e-mail address above.

Almost There!

If you've been checking in on the blog, you know that we are giving away a Crusader visor to the tenth MIA '79 alum who e-mails us their updated information. And if you know of an MIA and give us their information, you get a visor, too!

This is to let you know that as of this morning, we are just one person away from getting #10!

Even when we reach that goal, we ultimately want to update everyone that's on the class list post, so that no one gets left out on the 30th reunion next year. Keep the updates coming!

And as always, if you have news to share with your fellow classmates, e-mail that info to the address above.

Where Are You MIA's?

If you find one, steer them here! Tenth MIA gets a Crusader visor, but this offer is only good until the end of this year!

(Still trying to find out if we can get a bounty available for the classmate who brings in the 10th MIA.)

Look at the list under the "Class Directory" post, or just click on the "Classmates" label to go there. We currently have 63 people who have current information on the list, which sounds good until you remember there were, what, 200 or more of us? If you or someone you're in contact with is listed as not having contact information, e-mail us so we can get the list updated!

Also, be on the lookout for more updates on the annual Softball Tournament on President's Day weekend in February 2009!

Softball Tourney Time Coming Up!

Just a reminder that the February 2009 Softball Tournament is around the corner (Presidents Day weekend). So start getting out and stretching before the Holidays quickly approach us!

Any questions for the softball tournament will be handled by James Santos and his committee. We're also in the process of orderig our 2009 softball shirts. The order will be made in response to sizes given to James, so don't miss out on yours.

Thanks!
Tony'79 vice-chair (events committee)

P.S. Please support Dwight Moniz and his St.Louis Varsity Crusaders coming soon to a Gym near you. Mahalo!

Still Looking for MIA's! Win Something!

Apologies for the lack of posts lately -- other activities keep the blogmaster busy every October!

We're still looking for classmates to update their contact information (e-mail, phone number, cell -- whatever works for you!) in advance of our 30th Reunion next year. So far, we've had a few that have been updated to the list. But we're not going to tell you exactly how many right now, because the 10th classmate who checks in will get a Crusader visor! That should at least tell you we have fewer than ten.

Again, a reminder: Any time you run into or hear from a classmate, tell them about this site and the reunion plans so we can get everyone together soon, if not for the reunion, for the other activities that are coming up, including the February softball tournament. Details on that soon.

-- UPDATE: Crusader visor also will be given to a "bounty hunter" who turns in an MIA .

News From Steve Hebert in Colorado

Classmate Steve Hebert recently won a contest from Canon. The top prize -- taking photos from the sidelines at a Denver Broncos game!

You can read all about it from the Summit Daily News here.

Photo courtesy Summit Daily News, Colorado.