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By BillFlashHum at 21 Sep 2007 - 12:22pm | BillFlashHum's blog
2007 Reunion Wrap UpSeptember 19, 2007 Dear Brother Kantyite: Benedicamus Domino…Deo Gratias! The eagerly anticipated 50th reunion of the class of “57 is now a fond memory. Friday afternoon provided an opportunity to tentatively meet each other in the hospitality room and identify names with faces. Later in the day we were able to separate from the larger group and seek out dinner enabling us to look in each others faces and get more familiar with a friendly personage and his loving spouse. Saturday morning started with a buffet breakfast in the motel courtyard. Many more new faces arrived and once again the same process of familiarization began to solidify us into a family. We adjourned to the hospitality room to commiserate and inspect the various memorabilia brought to the display tables. A noon time business meeting was brought to order addressing the members concerns, present the treasurer’s report ($2,543.16 balance) and elect the following year’s officers. The remainder of the afternoon we spent comparing memory vignettes, singing to Fr. Lou Dytkowski’s music and much laughter and nostalgia. Saturday evening cocktails and dinner hour came accompanied by soft music and more enjoyment of each other’s endearing personalities. The evening concluded too soon even for the elders who were regenerated by the moment. Sunday morning led us to the beautifully awesome St. Adalbert’s Church, truly Fr. Carl Urban’s home. He arranged 11 vigil lights on the main alter with the names of our ’57 classmates who have gone forward before us. Mass was quite emotional evoking cherished memories of our classmates and those family members in the prior classes. Fr. Carl provided a superb catered brunch for all to feast together once again. It was regretfully time to go and parting as the song goes is sweet sorrow. I look forward to the next reunion on the third weekend of September 2008 in Niagara Falls, N.Y. Shalom, Michael E. Zimmer ‘57 By Michael Zimmer at 20 Sep 2007 - 4:28pm | read more | Michael Zimmer's blog
Kanty 2007 Reunion PlanThe St. John Kanty Prep 2007 Reunion Plans: Reunion dates: Friday, September 14th through Sunday, September 16, 2007 Place: Holiday Inn in downtown Schenectady Check-in time is 3PM and check-out time on Sunday, 12 noon. (Sharp) A shuttle bus is available at no charge from the Albany International airport to the Schenectady Holiday Inn. When making your room reservations, please advise the Holiday Inn that you will be needing transportation to the hotel. A complimentary hospitality room that will be open for our exclusive use after check-in on Friday and Saturday from 8AM to 4PM. We will be allowed any snacks that we wish to bring for the hospitality room. Beverages must be purchased from the Holiday Inn. Beer, soda, wine and hard liquor, by the bottle, can be purchased by us for the hospitality room. Friday night if anyone needs dinner, there are several restaurants right around the hotel. Saturday morning, September 15th The rest of the day, until 4PM, we can use the hospitality room to renew our friendships and acquaintances in a casual and relaxed atmosphere. Saturday evening, September 15th Cocktail Hour: 6-7 PM, cash bar with cold appetizers - cheese, pepperoni, crackers, vegetables and fruit platter. Dinner Entree: (Deadline for choice notice is August 31, 2007) Above served with house salad, chicken noodle soup, beverage of choice, and a reunion sheet cake (served for dessert). A merlot red wine and a white chardonnay will be placed on each table. Total cost to us: $29.00 per person. Entertainment: a guitar-vocalist to play during our cocktail hour and background music for dinner and maybe an hour after dinner for our listening and dancing pleasure. The PCC will be available to us until 11PM. A cash bar is available all evening. Sunday, September 16th Directions to the Holiday Inn, Polish Community Center and St. Adalbert's Church can be obtained on Map Quest. Cost to Attendees: Recommendations: Nb. 1.Contact Holiday Inn directly prior to 8/15/07 for your room reservations. By Michael Zimmer at 21 Jun 2007 - 5:16pm | read more | Michael Zimmer's blog
Kanty Alumni Reunion 2007Benedicamus Domino...! By Michael Zimmer at 19 Jun 2007 - 3:06pm | Michael Zimmer's blog
Rev. Carl Urban '57 to be chief celebrant of mass at West PointWEST POINT MILITARY ACADEMY—The American Association of the Friends of Kosciuszko at West Point, in concert with the Kosciuszko Squadron of West Point and the Polish American Congress divisions of the Northeastern United States, invite you to commemorate the 261st anniversary year of the birth of Tadeusz Koscuiszko on Saturday, April 21, 2007. By John Swoszowski at 13 Apr 2007 - 6:23pm | John Swoszowski's blog
Site UpdatesConrad Czaplicki has been working hard scanning the 1959 yearbook as some other resources. THANK YOU! You can find these in the new "Kanty Yearbooks" section on the left sidebar. He's done a few other contributions, and I'll be sorting them into their own departments sometime this week. Again, Thanks Conrad! By garywiz at 12 Dec 2006 - 2:36am | garywiz's blog
Lenny's Back BABY!!!After 5 1/2 months of ill health which consisted of open heart surgery, 5-vessel bypass and a new aortic valve, 2 months of physical rehabilitation, I'm finally back at home w/ my wife Carolyn. Looking forward to exploring the kantyalumni website, and catching up w/ old friends. Thanks to Danny Kij for giving me the web address. By laswita at 15 Nov 2006 - 9:03pm | laswita's blog
Great Conversation with Dan
Also it's obvious Dan has volumes of information about Kanty and Alumni. So, again, any tech-savvy volunteers out there are much needed to get things online. You can now reach Dan at the convenient email address . Or, you can use the contact form on his profile page. By garywiz at 10 Nov 2006 - 11:31pm | read more | garywiz's blog
More Pictures From Bill
Also, here's a trick: If you use the recent posts link in the left-hand menu you can see all the new posts and images which have gone on the site since you last visited. That makes it easy to quickly visit and see if anything is new. Again, thanks to Bill for all the new photos! By garywiz at 8 Nov 2006 - 10:41pm | read more | garywiz's blog
How It All BeganI added the first section to the "Kanty Prep History" collection (left) called "How It All Began". It's a paraphrased version of an article I found in the May 1976 Prepster that Mike Trott was kind enough to upload. The article was really informative to me and so I thought it was a worthy start to the history section.
It would be great to get more historical information about the school. Old scans like this are probably one of the best starting points. By garywiz at 23 Oct 2006 - 9:15pm | read more | garywiz's blog
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