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Vol. 62 No. 1 Spring 2021 Golf Outing – September 10 During this pandemic, ensuring the health and safety of our alums is our top priority, so we have decided to reschedule our annual golf outing to Friday, September 10. Grantwood Golf Course, 38855 Aurora Road in Solon, Ohio will host our event. The driving range will be open at 8:30 a.m. followed by company and it’s tax deductible. a shotgun start at 9:30 a.m. Winking Lizard will serve This event is our only fundraiser for the alumni delicious burgers and sausages at the turn, followed by association, so please consider a donation for hole a chicken and rib BBQ dinner. Due to new guidelines sponsorship. with social distancing, dinner will be served at the outdoor pavilion. The cost is $125 per golfer, which includes driving range, golf with cart, lunch, dinner and beverages. If We will open the sale of 50/50 raffle tickets to all you would like to attend dinner only, the cost is $40. alums – not just the golfers. Last year we had a record We are not sure yet how many golfers Grantwood will number of tickets sold! Since it was so successful, allow at the outing. Last year, the maximum was 88 we’ve decided to have multiple winners (not just one) golfers. More info will follow as we get closer to the split half the pot – so your chances are even better. event. To register, mail check made payable to Cathedral Latin Alumni to the alumni office or pay We are also looking for hole sponsors. For a cost of by credit card at www.clatin.com. $125, we will place a purple and gold sign on the course. It’s a great way to advertise your name or Questions? Contact Sue Wise at 216-691-9999. Tom Ashdown ’62 & Dr. John Bastulli ’72 to be honored at October 3 Communion Breakfast We believe it was in the best health interest to cancel the April 25 Communion Breakfast due to the coronavirus and reschedule the event for Sunday, October 3. The 69th annual Communion Breakast will honor merit award recipients Tom Ashdown ’62 and Dr. John Bastulli ’72 (see their full bios in the 2020 Spring Alumnotes). This award is given to someone who distinguishes himself in his chosen field of endeavor in a manner that brings renown to Cathedral Latin School. The Class of 1970 and 1971 will also be honored on the occasion of their 50th anniversary. Since the event was cancelled last continued on page 3 PRESIDENT’S LETTER A Difficult Year for All of Us As you are all aware, this has been a difficult year for many organizations and our alumni organization is no exception. Our annual Communion Breakfast and Man of the Year Award ceremony, normally held in April, was cancelled. The annual June alumni meeting was also cancelled as were many luncheons and reunions. The golf outing was postponed to September of 2020 and was limited to only 88 golfers. Even though the attendance was limited, our sponsors and raffle netted a higher than expected revenue. The Hall of Fame Ceremony was held remotely via Zoom. Our thanks goes out to the NDCL staff responsible for putting the remote event together. The 1958 Football Team (the last team to win the Cleveland City Championship) and Steve Pekarcik ’63, a basketball stalwart on our ’62 – ’63 team, were honored. There is a YouTube video available for viewing. Please contact Keven Krajnak at NDCL for the link to that video. Looking forward to 2021, we needed to postpone several events but are still looking forward to holding our annual golf outing at Grantwood on September 10 and our Communion Breakfast/Man of the Year on October 3. Our annual Trustee dinner meeting is still scheduled for June 14 but will likely be cancelled and replaced by an online Zoom Trustee meeting. Despite all of these difficulties, our dues collections have been strong and we want to thank you all for your generous commitment to the alumni organization. We also want to thank Sue Wise for the superb effort she has put in this year, as always, to keep our alumni office running smoothly. Joe Nista ’64, President Latin Lions Twitter Account We would like to note that the Twitter account “Latin Lions” is not an official account for the Cathedral Latin Alumni Association. The person handling this account does not want to reveal himself or his connection to us. He pointed out that he does this as a service – not for profit or credit. 2 Nancy Hlad Noltkamper – A Lion to Remember In 1990, looking forward to NDCL’s first varsity football season, Donna Hlad fashioned a lion mascot costume so that daughter Nancy ’91 could cheer on the new team. Nancy prowled the sidelines during that season, but NDCL soon produced its own mascot, and so the Latin alumni adopted Nancy and her costume as their own. The lion’s crown was altered to feature purple pinstriping and an old “LATIN LIONS” button. Soon after, Nancy was invited to appear in costume at the St Patrick’s Day parades, marching with the Cathedral Latin Alumni just ahead of the NDCL Band. A student favorite of Development Director Pete Pucher ’55 and an East 55th Marina boating buddy of Dominic LoGalbo ’50, Nancy would ride in the jalopy with Brother Frank Nurthen, walk alongside the CL Alumni banner, and shake hands or dance with excited children who left their parents on the curbs of Euclid Avenue. She would march in that parade with the Men of Latin 26 times. In her teens, Nancy honed her skill at the button box accordion, recording several Slovenian polka albums. Now thirty years after NDCL, she lives with husband Eric Noltkamper in Bainbridge. The couple has been the featured entertainment at the Hofbrau Haus for several years. Nancy, a graduate of Cleveland State, is an IT security analyst at Progressive Insurance, where she has worked for over 24 years. She is shown here on ESPN, performing at the Hofbrau during the Cavs’ run to the 2016 NBA Championship. Communion Breakfast (cont’d from page 1) year, we are going to honor both classes. They are Tickets are $25 for adults and $20 for students (18 invited as our guests (no charge) to celebrate their years & younger). Reservations can be made by credit golden jubilees and participate at the Mass. card at www.clatin.com or checks made payable and mailed to Cathedral Latin Alumni, 5247 Wilson Mills Mass will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. at the Cathedral Road PMB #175, Richmond Hts., OH 44143. Please of St. John the Evangelist, 1007 Superior Avenue, RSVP by September 27. Cleveland, OH. The breakfast and presentation of the award is at noon at the Crowne Plaza Cleveland at Questions, feel free to contact Sue at 216-691-9999. Playhouse Square, 1260 Euclid Avenue. A shuttle will be provided for those needing assistance to and from church. 3 NDCL Installs New Championship Wall Beginning with the Legacy Wall installation in 2019, NDCL has made efforts to refresh and update the athletic space honoring our legacy schools to welcome home our alumni and to inspire our current Dr. Adolph and future students. This summer, the McGarry Znidarsic ’45 – Gym was improved with fresh paint, a new sound Trophy Awarded system and a new 77 Years Later championship wall. “The new championship wall in the McGarry Gym While searching through old Latin makes an immediate trophies, Sue Wise came across one statement to guests as from 1944 which read 1944 Indoor Meet, they walk in,” says Keven Met. A – Two Mile Relay. Sue looked Krajnak ’98, NDCL’s Director of Development. “We are proud through the yearbooks in hopes of to honor the state championships from Latin’s great football finding someone who ran track during teams and the 1977 Basketball team. It’s an honor to have that year and was still with us. As it these accomplishments side by side with NDCL’s state turns out, she “tracked down” Dr. championships inside the HOME OF THE LIONS!” Adolph Znidarsic ’45 through a family friend on Facebook. Adolph’s son John gladly shared the contact information. Luckily, he lived close by to Sue who excitedly got in her car and delivered the Correction to 2020 trophy to Adolph. Who would have thought that 77 years later we could Fall Alumnotes deliver this trophy! The smile on his face On page 8 – Lions Football team – one player’s name says it all. He was thrilled to have that read incorrectly. It should have read John Paglio ’60 trophy in his possession and plans to (not Ray Paglio ’60). We apologize for this error. share it with his family. 4 Alberto’s Relish Albert Habinak, a 1948 Cathedral Latin graduate and a veteran of the Korean War, spent most of his career traveling. After he retired he missed some his favorite foods that he experienced while dining across the country. Although not a cook, he set out to recreate some of those flavors. He mastered an amazing sweet jalapeno relish. Since he was not a chef it never occurred to him to add salt, yet his relish is bursting with flavor. His favorite condiment, Alberto’s Sweet Jalapeno Relish with no sodium became a healthier option and is delicious on eggs, hot dogs, hamburgers, sandwiches, tuna, chili and on tortilla chips. After perfecting the recipe he would say, “It’s so good I know I can sell it.” And he was right.