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WPPC St Louis Newsletter July, 2008 West Point
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June 8 Minutes – Crowne Plaza Hotel
The June meeting of the West
Point Parents Club of St. Louis was called to order by Co-President Mike
Alderson at 1215 with the Pledge of Allegiance.
Mike McCullough offered a prayer for Cadets, Cadet Candidates, soldiers
and family members. A luncheon was then
served.
1. Chris Rojewski
introduced three members of the WP Class of 2008. 2LT Jeff Nichols, 2LT Rachel Larson and 2LT
Clint Wing provided insights about their
2. Frank
Janoski, West Point Class of 1974 offered his recommendations for the Plebe
Year and R-Day. He mentioned the New
West Point Commandant, BG Linnington, Class of 1980. He
also reviewed the results of various undergraduate evaluation studies which
found that
3. The Class of
2012 candidates introduced themselves; present were Tate Husemann,
Kevin Lucas and Sarah Binder of O’Fallon
Il, Kevin Collins, Ladue H.S. and the NM
Preparatory Institute, Jacob Standley, Osage Beach,
Julia Schemel,
St. Vincent HS in Perryville, Jason Newell from Rolla, and Dan Krumrey,
Parkway Central H.S and lives in Chesterfield, MO.
4. A break was
then taken, with the Cadet Candidates given the opportunity to meet privately
with current Cadets and the Class of 2008 speakers.
5. Club
Co-President
6. The annual
All Academies ball in late December will be hosted by Navy this year at the Crowne Plaza Hotel.
7. The
Activities Committee continues to be involved with Operation Support our
Troops, Wheels for Warriors and sending boodle to deployed troops. Marge McCullough may be contacted with any
questions or offers of help with this committee.
8. Webmaster
Mike McCullough discussed the valuable information available on the WPPC of St.
Louis website. Included in this website
are the membership directory, club calendar, photos of previous meetings, links
to the Pointer View and AOG Assembly magazine, the Master Calendar, and other
features. Mike will call all members
individually for membership renewal.
9. Mike
Alderson stated that Class of 2012 families will be called by current members
of the WPPC to determine how the club can fulfill their needs.
10. Marge McCullough reviewed her committee’s
activities, including sending undergarments
to the troops and the wounded soldiers at
11. Brag news
was shared, and the meeting was adjourned at 1500.
12. Visit our
web site at http://www.west-point.org/st_louis
and click on Meeting Pictures.
Welcome Class of
2012!
If they are in your area please give them a call and welcome them to our club.
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Name |
Parent Name |
City/State |
Phone |
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David Bierbrauer |
Rick & Kim Bierbrauer |
O’Fallon, IL |
618-624-8053 |
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Sarah Binder |
Timothy & Nancy Binder |
O’Fallon, IL |
618-632-9672 |
|
Kevin Collins |
Mike & Sarah Collins |
|
314-993-8755 |
|
Jeff Gulley |
Neal & Suzie Nolen |
|
618-841-8634 |
|
Grant Hopkins |
Tom & Rose Hopkins |
|
573-636-9534 |
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Jacob Henry |
Bill & Lisa Henry |
|
217-488-2821 |
|
Tate Husemann |
Kathy & Wayne Husemann |
O’Fallon, IL |
618-622-2935 |
|
Neil Kanneberg |
Keith & Chris Kanneberg |
|
573-651-4120 |
|
Michael Kohne |
Mary & Kevin Kohne |
|
636-282-1317 |
|
Dan Krumrey |
Larry & Linda Krumrey |
|
636-537-0340 |
|
Kevin Lucas |
John & Coleen Lucas |
O’Fallon, IL |
618-628-1668 |
|
Jason Newell |
Mark & Kerri Newell |
|
573-308-1555 |
|
Julia Schemel |
Rick & Jean Schemel |
Perryville. MO |
573-547-7510 |
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Jacob Standley |
Derrick & Dawn Standley |
|
573-348-0075 |
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Rachal Yanker |
Eleanor & Mark Yanker |
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314-849-1254 |
Congratulations 2008
graduates!
Class of 2008 graduates and
new 2nd Lieutenants from our area are Thomas Russell (Armor), Sean
Flachs, Jeffrey Nichols, and Pamela Rusinko
(Engineers), Rahul Harpalani
and John Hughes (Infantry), Monica Shea (Medical Service), Clinton Wing
(Military Intelligence) and Rachel Larson (Quartermasters). Congratulations on your accomplishments and
the best of luck in your career!
September Boodle Meeting, Saturday Sept. 6
The Boodle Meeting will be Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008 at
12:30 PM at the home of Alan and Annette Mandel – call 618-263-7828 for
directions. Check our website for a map to The Mandel’s home (From I64 Exit
36). This is a pot luck luncheon & door prizes will be provided by the Grad parents. The Club will provide
drinks and table service; please bring the following:
A-H Casseroles or Sandwiches L-N Desserts O-Z Salads
This is always a fun meeting where we build boodle
boxes for our cadets and grads. Hope you
can join us!
Please RSVP to Mike and Nancy Alderson at ald7611@swbell.net or call 314-725-7071.
West Point Society Charity Golf Tournament – August 19th
The WPS St. Louis Annual
Charity Golf Tournament is scheduled for August 19 at Norwood Hills CC and is
open to all. The Society needs hole sponsors and groups to play. Contact Kevin Kaveney ’96 at Kevin.Kaveney@nmfm.com or call 314-746-2813.
Visit their website at www.WestPointStLouisCharityGolf.com
Membership Renewals Due for June 08 – May 09
Enclosed is the WPPC St. Louis area membership
form. If you have not yet sent in your
membership information and dues, please do so by Sept 6, 2008. We appreciate your financial support, as this
covers the cost of printing, postage, boodle and other club expenses. Dues paying members in our club receive newsletters
and informational emails. Please also
note that if you desire a WPPC name badge, there is a space on the form for
your order.
Toys for Tots/Military Academies Women’s
Soccer Classic, September 5-7
The West Point women’s team will play Friday, Sept. 5
at 5:30 PM against Missouri State, (SLU will play Nebraska at 7:30), and
Sunday, Sept. 7 at 11:00 AM vs. Southeast Missouri State (SLU plays SEMO at
1:00 PM). Games will be played on the
SLU Campus. This will be Coach
Ventriglia’s last trip to
Brag News
Maj Thomas Shea ’92 is stationed at Fr. Bragg, and has
safely returned from
Maj Jay Broemmel ’95 was awarded
the Bronze Star for meritorious service while in
Capt. Robert McCullough ’04 reported on July 1 to
1LT Michael Collins, Jr. ‘06 is a platoon leader with
3-73 Cav, 1st BCT, 82nd
Airborne. He was awarded the Bronze Star
for meritorious service while in
1LT Joseph Sanfilippo ’06 has
been in
2LT Adam Hilkenkamp ’07 is a Military Police Executive
Officer at Ft. Leonard Wood. Adam is the
son of Karen Hilkenkamp.
2LT Rachel Larson ’08 received the Association of the
Bar of the City of New Committee on Military Affairs and Justice Award, the
highest academic achievement in the American legal system field of study. She will attend officer training at
2LT Sean Flachs ‘08 recently completed the “post
graduation wedding tour!” Sean will join
the 5th Combat Engineers after Engineer Basic. Sean is the son of Patrick and Lorraine
Flachs.
2LT Monica Shea ’08 graduated in the top 15% of her
class as an Economics major, and received a departmental award as top performer
in Econometrics II. She is engaged to be
married to 2LT Lt Ryan Schubert, ’07 and will report to
2LT Clinton Wing ’08 was awarded the language
department scroll for excellence in foreign language and was inducted into the
Sigma Phi Iota Honor Society. He reports
to
Amelia Janoski ’09 was inducted into the Engineering
Management Honor Society (Epsilon Mu Eta).
She was given an award as the top student in the Decision Analysis
Course in Systems Engineering. She spent
June in
Michelle Alderson ‘09 is attending CLDT this summer,
and majoring in Life Sciences. She is a
member of the 2008 National Champion West Point Orienteering Team. Michelle is
the daughter of Mike and Nancy Alderson.
Joshua Wiley ’10 is a member of the West Point
Orienteering team. Joshua is the son of
Rich and Mary Ann Wiley.
Robert Mandel ’10 is training new Cadets in Beast
1. He will play corner for spring
football in the fall. He is majoring in
Russian and Spanish, and will spend the spring, 2009 semester in
Christopher Rojewski ’11 in enjoying his summer leave
and looking forward to CFT and his training at
Alan Spadone ’11 is finishing CFT at