Spring Benefit Dinner 

May 13, 2011

Commencement

June 11, 2011

Alumni Summer Play

July 22-24, 2011

Bill Wacker

Photos Submitted by

Lanita Gaworski '05 

Lucy Cunningham '92 

John Vogel

Elena Stanton

[This is the honoring of Dave Beskar that Bill Wacker gave to the student body and faculty of Trinity at a recent Morning Prayer.]   

I have known Dave Beskar since he was twelve-years old. My first memory of him comes from the time we took a big group of men and boys up to my father's hunting property near Milaca, Minnesota. We were on a mission to cut firewood for the Beskar farmstead, and like everything with Dave and his dad, it was slightly larger than life. They brought their big grain truck and we filled it with wood. The truck got a flat tire on the drive home and they had to unload it just to jack it up and repair the tire - then reload the truck.

 My memories come both from my observations on visits to the farm and quite honestly the host of stories that I have heard him tell and re-tell over the years. I no longer try to sort out what I observed from what I have heard. If you want to laugh, ask him about the time his father had to hit a bull with his truck to save his life, or about their two dogs Skeeter and Ernie; He has stories about milking cows, spreading manure, playing basketball, and rebuilding the farm after a devastating wind storm. My admiration for him as a person deepened during those years. I quite honestly envied the dedication and work ethic which were forged on the farm. He has an enormous ability to endure hardship which was probably forged at 4:30 a.m. on cold January mornings when he had to get up and milk cows. His stories also reveal his sense of humor and love for life. And if you listen carefully you will hear that he loves a challenge. (Read More) 

Alumni competed in the annual basketball games this past December at River Ridge. Following the games, several alumni gathered at O'Gara's in St. Paul.

We ask that you are certain about your availability so that we do not have to make last-minute cast changes. Technical jobs are available as well, and may be open to current Trinity students as well as alums. We look forward to hearing from you! 

Are you interested in a summer literature seminar series for alumni?  This could be an English and Irish Literature series; perhaps meeting once a week at various pubs around the Twin Cities to discuss literature and poetry.  Selections may include the Augustan, Romantic and Modernist periods.  Authors could include Alexander Pope, Jonathan Swift, William Wordsworth, Byron and Shelley, W.B. Yeats, T. S. Eliot, and James Joyce. 

If you are interested in participating, please contact  Lucy Cunningham at alumni.rr@trinityschools.org.

Fourteen members of the Class of 2005 gathered for a 5-year reunion this past January at the Cherokee Tavern in West St. Paul. The guests shared food, drinks and conversation to catch up on the happenings in their lives since graduation from River Ridge.

Anna Altman, Eleni Christoforides, Anna Torgerson, Ellen Putzier

Back Row, Left to Right: Eleni Christoforides, Ellen Putzier, Amy Laust, Hannah Gross, John Lodoen, Sam Brummer Front Row, Left to Right: Kathryn-Ann Geis, Anna Torgerson, Anna Altman, Lanita Gaworski, Leona Jovanovich, Molly Annala, Rachelle (Lamers) Wind, Molly O'Hare

1999

Peter Barrett married Jennifer Janeczko on December 31, 2010.  

2000

Laura (Simones) DeSouza started a new job in January, 2010, as a Child and Adult Mental Health Case Manager at Volunteers of America in their Family Treatment Program.

2001 

Cathy Grill and Justin Walters were married on February 5, 2011, at Mary Mother of the Church in Burnsville, MN.

In February 2011, Katie Kieffer spoke at CPAC in Washington, D.C., which had a record attendance of over 11,000 student leaders from across the country.

Jake and Anna (Ostby) Prettyman welcomed Eloise Florence on April 26, 2010.

2002

Anne Marie Hidding and Mike Lamers were married on November 20, 2010.

2003 

Gabrielle (Pease) and Joseph Doran are overjoyed to announce the arrival of Fiona Clare, on January 31, 2011.

2004 

Ryan Kieffer and Anne Harmon were married on Oct 16, 2010, in White Bear Lake, MN.  

Isaac Willard started a new job developing aging models for the Institute of Aging at the University of Minnesota.

2005 

Since graduating from George Mason University this past May with a degree in Sport Management, John Coleman has started a new job with the Hagerstown Suns (Single-A minor league affiliate of the Washington Nationals) as a Front Office Account Executive.

2007

Elliot Amundson and Renee Lamers were married on January 8, 2011, at the Chapel of St. Thomas Aquinas in St. Paul.

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