The E-Flyer
Loyola College Prep’s on-line newsletter
Dec. 13, 2005      Issue No. 61
www.loyolaprep.org

In the next few days, most of you will receive your annual appeal for the Alumni Giving Drive . The goal of this drive is to provide more than $60,000 is donations to Loyola for the school’s unrestricted use.

Our graduates have always been a generous and giving group of men and women. But never in the 103-year history of the school has that been illustrated more than in the last few months.

In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, our alumni stepped forward and donated more than $50,000 to our school to assist in tuition for the many students who were displaced and came to Loyola. Thanks to those generous donations, these students – at one time, we had 130 from the New Orleans area -- were able to find a degree of stability in their lives. Many have returned to New Orleans , but dozens still remain with us.

This appeal is being made at this time of year because many would like to make a year-end gift for their 2005 tax purposes. However, it may be more convenient for you to make a gift/pledge in January. No matter which time works best, your participation is essential to the success of this drive. Typically, only 12-15 percent of our alumni contribute. That's too low and with your help, we can change that number dramatically.

When you receive the appeal, please return the enclosed contribution form at your earliest convenience. Or you might find it easier to make an online contribution at http://www.loyolaprep.org/php/donation.htm

   There is no "Lunch with Loyola" for December ... the next event will be scheduled for January   

Class of 1995 Reunion
Oct. 28-29, 2005

Back Row (Left to Right):
Jim Cotter MD, Brian Wilkinson, Michael Mitchell, Jed Holton, Tookie Tew, Burt Ogilvie, Stewart Hamel, Cory Watson, Amy Scheel, Mark Pernotto, Elizabeth Hogan, Caroline Dunn.

Middle Row (Left to Right):
Seth Ostendorff, Courtney Hood, Emily Washbourne Paine, Alison Reeves, Meredith Walker Price, Laura Caraway Akers, Sarah Katherine Dowling Kendrick, Nora Tingle Greer, Jennifer Meldrum Varnadore, Sarah Bess Lee Hudson, Brad Nichols.

Back Row (Left to Right):
Hayley Harmon, Kathryn Hill, Elosie Kayser Graf, Courtney Hennigan Hollis, Ann Marie Griffith, Dawson Parker, Trey Roberts, Chris Lentini, Tina Falk Ware.

Not pictured but attending weekend events:
Chris Ricord, Mary Ellen Brown Chaffin, Jay Hudson, Kristen Rainey Brousette, Brandy Canatella Thompson, Jamie Harral.

St. Vincent's/Loyola Class of 1989
A group from the SVA-LCP class of 1989 got together in August. One friend realized that it was the 20th anniversary of our meeting freshman year at SVA -- what a scary thought to all of us!

We had fun catching up and sharing photos of our combined 17 children. We laughed about how our girls' night conversations had changed from boys to babies, from prom to preschool and from college to college funds.

-- Lee Colquitt Schaffler


Front row (from left): Leslie Griffin Scott, Peggy Valentine McCoy, Amanda Head Bowman, Lee Colquitt Schaffler. 

Back row (from left): Stephanie Walker Sockrider, Catherine Cooper, Laura Wakeman Chemell, Kerri Bozman Pearce and Yvette Robideaux-Wagner.

Scenes from FAiTH 2005 On Dec. 5, Loyola College Prep held its annual FAiTH Day as students fed 600 families a Christmas meal. Since 1990, the name of the group that spearheads the undertaking is called FAiTH – Flyers Aiding the Hungry. The FaiTH officers converted the gym into Santa’s Food Giveaway, complete with Snoopy's Toy Shack. From 3-4:30 p.m., the baskets were given out to the needy. Once again, the Flyers live the school motto of "Becoming Men and Women for Others."

Baseball sponsors needed for Diamond Classic

The Flyer baseball team is looking for sponsors for the “Loyola Diamond Classic,” a six-team tournament to be held March 23-25 at Cicero Field. Sponsors are needed to cover the costs for umpires, T-shirts and food & beverage for the participants.
If you would like more information about the sponsorship packages, please call 226-6291 or click the link below:

DIAMOND CLASSIC SPONSOR INFORMATION (pdf)

Chassity Brown with Coach Rob Horneman

Brown signs to play basketball at Tulane

Loyola senior Chassity Brown has signed with Tulane University to play college basketball. Entering this season, the 5-foot-8 guard is Loyola’s third-leading career scorer and needs 378 to take over the top spot. She was a All-State second team selection last year and has been a three-time All-District performer. She chose Tulane over Louisiana-Monroe, Southeastern and Stephen F. Austin.

"Chassity has tons of potential," Tulane coach Lisa Stockton said. "She has a great defensive presence and handles the ball very well." 

Sports Report: Looney named "Outstanding"

Loyola’s Robert Looney (left) was named Outstanding Male Swimmer in Division IV (Classes 2A, A, B and C) at the Nokia Sugar Bowl/LHSAA State Swim Meet at the LSU Natatorium.Looney finished first in the 100 butterfly with an All-American qualifying time of 51:04. He also won the 500 freestyle in another All-American qualifying time of 4:33.38. The Loyola boys finished 12th in the team competition and the girls finished tied for seventh.

Loyola’s Kelly Griffith was fourth in girls 200 free (2:14.83) and seventh in the 500 free (5:48.95). Other Loyola results included Amelia Kennedy (fourth consolation 200 IM, 2:38.08; fourth consolation 100 butterfly); Elle Greene (fifth 50 free, 26:64, seventh 100 butterfly, 1:04.54); Ann Renee Shores (seventh 100 free, 1:03.04; first consolation 100 breaststroke, 1:18.84). Loyola’s girls finished sixth in the 200 medley relay and eighth in the 400 freestyle relay.

FOOTBALL: The Flyers kept alive a streak of 15 straight playoff appearances by winning their final two games and reaching the playoffs as the No. 31 seed. Loyola traveled to New Orleans to play John Curtis. The Patriots won 53-13 and went on to win the Class 2A state championship -- their 20th state title.

GIRLS BASKETBALL: The Flyers are 14-2 after winning the East Texas Shootout in Brownsboro, Texas, last week. Loyola won all five games it played in the tournament. The Flyers are 35-7 in the last 12 regular season tournament in which they have played. Seniors Chassity Brown and Nesi Vallo have each scored 31 points in a game this year.

BOYS BASKETBALL: The boys' team is 6-9 this season, including a strong showing in the Loyola Thanksgiving Invitational -- the first time Loyola has played host to a tournament in many years. In that event, the Flyers won their pool by going 3-0 and then lost in the championship round to Ruston and Evangel.

GIRLS SOCCER: The Loyola girls team had a successful run through the Gator Cup last weekend. The girls defeated the host team, Captain Shreve, 4-1, and Southwood 7-0 but lost to West Monroe 2-0 in pool play. In the semifinal round, the Flyers were defeated by Caddo Magnet, 3-0. The girls are 4-3 overall and 2-1 in district play.

BOYS SOCCER: The boys are off to a 2-0 start in the district race with wins over Bossier and Haughton and are 2-1 overall. Ryan Wargo and Eric Augustin are among the leading goal scorers in the city. The Flyers are coached by Stephen Slack '001.

CROSS COUNTRY: T he state cross country meet was held in Natchitoches at Northwestern State University on Nov. 15. The girls team came in 15th out of 18 teams. Claire Naus broke the school record with a time of 22:34 for three miles and she placed 41st. The boys team finished in ninth place out of 18 teams. Matt Oden led the team with a new school record of 17:45 and finished 18th. 

Siobhan Couturier '98 part of military history 

A crew of six Airmen -- including 1st Lt. Siobhan Courtutier '98 -- at a forward deployed location climbed aboard a C-130 Hercules together recently for the first time in their careers. But something distinguished this mission from others they had flown --it was the first time an all-female C-130 crew flew a combat mission. 

http://www.defendamerica.mil/articles/sep2005/a092705wm3.html

GENE CAGLE '55 is currently the chairperson for the Division of Communications and Fine Arts at the University
of Arkansas Community College at Hope. "Although I am not Catholic, I look back with gratefulness for the sound education I received at St. Johns. It prepared me well for college ... A little trivia: My senior year was the first time St. Johns
had won the district title in any sport. We were district champs, having won over Minden."

VIKI PANOS FENTRESS ’91 and her husband Kevin welcomed their first child, a son, on Aug. 24^th.  Peter Lee Fentress was 7 lbs, 5 ozs and 19 inches long.

SAMANTHA McALLISTER '93 has recently moved back to Bossier City and was sworn into practice to the Louisiana Supreme Court by Justice Jeff Victory on October 21, 2005 at the 1st Judicial District Court, Caddo Parish. She is an attorney with the Law Offices of Elton B. Richey, Jr. (primary focus areas of the firm include workman's compensation and criminal defense.

ANDREW PODNER '94 was recently appointed to the City of Fort Worth, Texas, Planning Commission.

VALERIE PRICE '001 Graduated from Fordham University (Bronx, NY) in May '05 with a BA in Political Science and dual minor in business and French. She is now living in Manhattan working as an account manager for Competitrack, Inc, a competitive advertising tracking company.

GINA COLON '002 was named Homecoming Queen at Millsaps. There are some great pictures of her online if you wanted to use one of those. AMY SCALES '002 was on the homecoming court at LSU..

Memorials

DENO CHARLES BUSTILLO '40 passed away on Dec. 1 following a courageous battle with cancer. He was born May 27, 1924, in Vicenza, Italy and had been a resident of Shreveport most of his life. He graduated from St. John's, where he was a star baseball player. Mr. Bustillo played professional baseball for the Shreveport Sports in the 1940's He was a veteran of World War II and was retired from his family's business, Commercial Body Works. Mr. Bustillo was an avid hunter, a member of the Shreveport Gun Club and Sacred Heart Catholic Church.