APRIL 15TH,2011 AT THE LEXINGTON HOUSE IN HICKORY HILLS,ILL. WAS A RESOUNDING SUCCESS WITH WELL OVER 425 FELLOW MENDEL ALUMS, PRIESTS, FACULTY, & GUESTS IN ATTENDANCE. JUST ABOUT EVERY CLASS FROM 1951-1988 WAS REPRESENTED IN THE EVENING'S FESTIVITIES. 15 MENDEL MEN & FORMER TEACHER/COACHES WERE ESPECIALLY HONORED & INDUCTED INTO THE MENDEL HALL OF FAME. NOTEWORTHY, TOO, WERE THE SPECIAL 50TH ANNIVERSARY CLASSES OF 1959-1960-1961 THAT WERE DESERVINGLY RECOGNIZED. KUDOS TO ALL THOSE IN THIS GROUP ABOVE FOR PROVIDING A NICE TOUCH FOR THE NIGHT.
A VERY SPECIAL TRIBUTE PLAQUE WAS AWARDED TO OUR MENDEL ALUM CHAIRMAN, JACK VLAZNY CLASS OF '61 FOR HIS PASSIONATE COMMITTMENT TO THE CAUSE AS "MENDEL MAN OF THE DECADE". CERTAINLY, A GOOD TIME WAS HAD BY ALL. ALSO, ANOTHER DESERVING HONOREE THAT EVENING WAS OUR MENDEL HALL OF FAME CHAIRMAN, MR BOB NAPOLI, CLASS OF '58 ALUM, WHO LIKEWISE WAS AWARDED A TRIBUTE PLAQUE AS "MENDEL MAN OF THE DECADE" FOR HIS TIRELESS EFFORTS ON BEHALF OF THE HOF COMMITTEE.
OUR NEXT UPCOMING EVENT IS THE ANNUAL GOLF OUTING ON JULY 8TH AT THE TUCKAWAY GOLF COURSE IN CRETE, ILLINOIS. SO FELLOW MONARCH ALUMS, PLEASE STAY IN TOUCH AND STAY CONNECTED TO MENDEL! THANK YOU & GO YOU MEN OF MENDEL SINCERELY,
THE MENDEL MONARCH ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
Class pictures from the reunion are available from: Tom Killoran 11314 S Harlem Worth IL 60482 708-361-0025
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