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 Special ceremony highlights Friday's home opener You won’t want to miss the pre-game ceremonies Friday night at Messmer Stadium. As part of National POW-MIA Day, there will be a special fly-over by two A-10s from Barksdale AFB -- piloted by Loyola parents Lt. Col. Brady Glick and Lt. Col. J.R. Russell. But there’s even more of a reason to get to the game early. There will be a Tailgate Party starting at 5:30 p.m. with Chefs Lenny Raymond and Tony Pagni serving up their special jambalaya (and hot dogs). Food is FREE and soft drinks are $2. At 7 p.m., the Flyers play their first home game of the season as they meet St. Frederick in the annual battle for the Bishop’s Cup. This is the first of four straight home games for the Flyers: SEPT. 22 vs. Many SEPT. 29 vs. BTW (Homecoming) OCT. 6 vs. Parkway Hope to see you at a game! Holland gives presentation about Internet sites
Principal Frank Israel, in a message to Loyola parents after Holland's presentation, wrote: "I implore you to discuss this matter with your Flyer today. Find out if they have such a personal site. Look at it with them. Here’s the hard part—parents need to look at the sites the way a person with evil intent might. It’s cute that a sophomore girl lists her work days at the mall and her membership in a church youth group on her site until the wrong man sees it. It requires that we view these sites through more jaded part of our minds than we are accustomed to. I know, it’s awful; but we must protect our kids from harm as best we can." Loyola holds Sept. 11 memorial prayer service
There was a gospel reading and a special prayer, followed by senior Katherine Jaynes playing "God Bless America". The student body concluded the ceremony by saying the Pledge of Allegiance.
The Flyer Field House is in its final stages of construction and will be used for the first time during Friday's game against St. Frederick. Work on about 75 percent -- the portion of the building needed for home and visiting football teams -- has been completed, but construction will continue to "finish out" the building. The building (almost 10,000 square feet) has a brick entrance and is located just to the north of the home bleachers Messmer Stadium. With four locker rooms for boys and girls teams, the facility will feature a 2,500-square foot weight room for all Loyola athletes. The Flyer Field House building has been constructed entirely through donations of alumni, parents and friends. “The Field House is important for a number of reasons,” said Athletic Director John LeBlanc said. “First of all, we’ve needed a first-class facility to go with what has been built at our Athletic Complex. Next, we’ve been in need of a weight room for all of our male and female athletes that will allow them to be as good as they can be. But most of all, since it will service so many of our students and athletes, it will be a great source of pride for all of Loyola Athletics.” The Field House is equipped with player lockers unlike any other you will find in high school athletics. By buying a gold nameplate to be put in these lockers, you can participate in the Flyer Field House project. Nameplates can be used as a memorial, a dedication or any form of recognition you choose. The cost to have a nameplate placed in a locker is $1,500. For more information about this or any part of the fund-raising effort for the Flyer Field House, contact John LeBlanc at (318) 226-6297 or email alumni@loyolaprep.org
Wes Ely '81 recently completed a triathlon in Couer D'Alene, Idaho, and shares his experience with Flyer alumni. "The entire day is a series of problems solving events and basically a long eating contest. I figure that some of our alums might enjoy thinking through how the Jesuit/Loyola experience truly prepares us for life. I can honestly say that without Jesuit/Loyola, I doubt that I’d have ever had the story below to write about. Our high school provided the religious base of faith that eventually called me to do this…and for that I am so very thankful." [Read Wes' account of the event (.pdf)]
If not, please let us know because it means we don't have your current address. We'll be happy to get a copy to you as soon as possible. OTHER ALUMNI NOTES: *** The 1976 state championship football team will be hold a reunion on Oct 6-7 when the Flyers play Parkway at Messmer Stadium. If you were on that team and have not received any information, call (318) 226-6291. *** We'll start back with "Lunch with Loyola" in the next few weeks. Check your email for details. *** We are currently undergoing a renovation to our listings on our Alumni page of the Loyola website. *** If you'd like to keep up with school news and student activities, Loyola also publishes a weekly "ParentFlyer" that is available online by clicking http://www.loyolaprep.org/parentflyer/ Alumni Update ED CASSIERE '77, an award-winning publicist and sportswriter, has been hired as Xavier University's sports information director. Cassiere comes to Xavier after 13 years (1987-2000) as the sports information director at the University of New Orleans. He was president of the Louisiana Sports Writers Association from 1994-96. He was assistant sports information director at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in 1986-87 and a sportswriter at the Shreveport Journal in his hometown from 1981-86. LAUREN ROSS '98 is the co owner and assistant director of the Academy of Children's Theatre. The newly formed company is an all children's community theatre based at the Performing Arts Center in downtown Shreveport. The company presented their first main stage show last May and received the Memory Award for Best Musical - Fiddler on the Roof among many other awards and nominations. The awards are presented by SB Magazine. Lauren is also getting married to another LCP alumni, Robert McKinnon '92 on July 14th, 2007 in the great city of New Orleans. SARA BASS '001 and STEPHEN ZENTER '002 were married on June 17, 2006. Sara graduated from Louisiana Tech in May 2005 with a B.S. in Industrial Engineering. She works as a store engineer for Academy Sports and Outdoors in Katy, TX. Stephen graduated from Louisiana Tech in May 2006 with a B.S. in Industrial Engineering. The couple now resides in Katy, TX. If you have any items for the Alumni Update, please send them to alumni@loyolaprep.org The E-Flyer is compiled by
John James Marshall '77 Phone:
(318) 226-6291 email: jjmarshall@loyolaprep.org
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Holland '81, assistant Caddo Parish District Attorney, spoke to the Loyola
student body on Aug. 25 about the dangers of internet websites. Holland,
who works with the sex crimes division in the DA's office, spoke to our
students about the perils of internet use, especially in the area of
self-disclosure such as MySpace, Facebook, and similar sites aimed
specifically at the young user. He shared a visual presentation that
offered a very frank, and perhaps shocking, look at some of the content of
these sites. 
The
student body and faculty held a prayer service in front of the school for
the victims as part of the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11 tragedy.
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