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 Taste of CKS Alumni Party
CKS Alumni gathered in October for the 3rd Annual Taste of CKS Alumni Party featuring "tastes" from local restaurants & caterers with alumni ties. Favorite dishes from Carole Parks Catering, Arby's, Waffle House, Doc Chey's, Piece of Cake, Twist, Two French Hens, One Midtown Kitchen, Amalfi Ristorante Italiano and Lime Taqueria were on the menu along with family favorites from the Preston/Rodriguez, Murray and Pitra families. Concentrics Restaurants and Five Paces Inn also graciously provided our beverages!
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Amy Bonesteel Smith, Laura Preston Stokes (CKS '84), Lucy Garry Flinn (CKS '78) and Gracia Wollsperger Zabinski (CKS '72)
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Jay and Class Rep Spencer Bonner Byce (CKS '92)
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(CKS '55)
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Class Rep Mary Rinaldi Winn (CKS '84), Jennifer Pitra Wootten (CKS '78), and Class Rep Jim Clifton (CKS '79)
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Bill (CKS '61) and Newbie Murray, Nils and Carol Thompson
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Kathryn Ledlie (CKS '00) and Vivian Rodriguez Clarke (CKS '84)
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Andy (CKS '94) and Joanne Silvestri
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Sara Horney Utsch (CKS '83), Alumni Chair Kelly Cambias Miles (CKS '82) and Kristen Johansen Kilguss (CKS '80)
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Class Rep Bob Kelly (CKS '78) and Bill Smith (CKS '78)
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Father Frank, Kathryn Ledlie (CKS '00) and Vivian Rodriguez Clarke (CKS '84)
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John Dennison, Neno Murray Schildgen (CKS '64) and Kathleen Euart Dennison (CKS '93)
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(CKS '60), and Rose Maksimowski
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Besides enjoying fabulous food & drink, guests were able to bid on over 75 silent auction items that included Georgia & Notre Dame football tickets, original artwork and jewelry. Big thanks to our auction item donors as well as our event sponsors listed below. With your help we were able to raise over $3,500 for the Alumni Scholarship Fund. Thank you!
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More Celebrations...
Class of 1987
The class of 1987 gathered for a happy hour at Central City Tavern in September to reminisce about old times and catch up on the latest news.
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Frank Cox, Alan Neely, Class of 1987 Alumni Rep Liz Klump Nyholm, Philip Gibson, and Jon Callaghan
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Class of 1990
Classmates from the CKS Class of 1990 also gathered for a dinner at Angelo Avino's restaurant, Amalfi Ristorante Italiano, over the summer and were kind enough to share their photo with us as well!
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Leslie Rodriguez Ziegler, Jennifer Harris Gotch, Amanda Kelley Forgione, Susan Stephens Shelnutt, Angelo Avino, Erin Preston Lovings, Katie Cambias Morgan, and Emily Wilson Callahan.
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 Message from our Alumni Chair Thanks to everyone who came to our Taste of CKS party on October 6. It was great to see so many familiar faces! And thank you to all the alums that provided the delicious food. We look forward seeing even more of you next October as we kick off the Cathedral's 75th year. Please mark your calendars now for the annual Pack the House event which will take place on Friday, February 24. We would love to see lots of alums there! Kelly Cambias Miles (CKS '82)
Alumni Chair
kellycmiles@yahoo.com
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 Rock for Owen - A Tribute to Owen Stokes
East Andrews Cafe
Saturday, November 5
6 - 9pm
Join us for Rock for Owen, a tribute to Owen Stokes, son of Laura Preston Stokes (CKS '84). The event will feature Second Verse, a band of CKS alums and current students that we featured in our last Alumni eNews, as well as local performers My Favorite Baldwin. All are welcome...kids, too!
Owen passed away four years ago, just two months before he was to begin Kindergarten at Christ the King School. In order to help keep Owen's angelic memory alive, the Stokes family established a scholarship in his name at CKS. Like Owen, the recipient must be a Kindergarten boy who demonstrates a passion for reading, sports and arts-and-crafts. The recipient must also be kind, well-mannered, good at sharing and always ready to do the right thing. All proceeds from this event will fund the Owen Stokes Scholarship Fund and the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Click here for more details about the event and ways to support.
$10 suggested cover charge plus a raffle & t-shirts for purchase.
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Front: Principal Peggy Warner and Betty Haverty Smith, Back: Jimmy, Kendrick, Clarence and Bill Smith
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Alex & Betty Smith Fund
In July, Christ the King School was honored to receive a $50,000 donation from the Alex & Betty Smith Donor Advised Fund as the inaugural gift for the pending capital campaign. Many thanks to Mrs. Betty Haverty Smith and to Liz Smith Crew (CKS '61), Clarence Smith (CKS '64), Jimmy Smith (CKS '68), Kendrick Smith (CKS '70), and Bill Smith (CKS '78) who are fund advisors and kindly remembered their former school with this tremendously generous donation.
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 CKS Holiday Market
November 17
8:30am - 4pm
Kenny Hall
Over 40 vendors will be on hand to offer jewelry, handbags, accessories, stationary, art work, yummy treats, Christmas ornaments and much, much more. Come enjoy a wonderful day of Christmas shopping knowing that Market Day proceeds fund complimentary Gala tickets for the CKS faculty & staff. All are welcome, so feel free to bring a friend. Click here for more info.
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 New Event - Christmas Tour of Homes
Please join us for our inaugural CKS Tour of Homes on Sunday, December 11, from 1 - 5pm. The tour will feature a total of four homes owned by Christ the King School and Christ the King Parish families, all in Buckhead. Click here for details and to purchase tickets for the event. Sponsorship opportunities are still available as well. Contact Kerrie Bauer at bauerkerrie@yahoo.com for details.
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 Pack the House
Mark your calendars now for our next big alumni event, Pack the House, on Friday, February 24, 2012. The event will again feature an 8th grade vs. parents game, coaches vs. coaches game, as well as the granddaddy of them all, the annual alumni game! Contact Kelly Miles at kellycmiles@yahoo.com if you'd like to volunteer or play (if not, we'll find you anyway!).
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CKS Gala
While you're updating your calendar, be sure to save March 24, 2012 as well. That's the night of our Seventeenth Annual CKS Gala. This year is sure to top all others as we start the spring season with an "indoor garden party" at Mason Murer Fine Art. Contact Nicole Jung at ajung73@comcast.net for more info and details on sponsorship or donation opportunities. Last year's event raised over $100,000 for technology upgrades at CKS.
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 CKS Cookbook
Wicked witches, creepy creatures, ghastly ghosts, even junior firefighters and petite ballerinas can't survive on candy alone. Kitchen Secrets, Christ the King School's new cookbook, has just what you need to make the evening frightfully fun for everyone!
*Pumpkin Dip (pg. 37)
*Crock Pot Baked Potato Soup (pg. 50)
*Baby Romaine Salad with Vinaigrette (pg. 69)
*Best Brownies (pg. 257)
*Oven Made Caramel Corn (pg. 260)
Kitchen Secrets contains these and over 500 more tried, true and tested recipes submitted by CKS family, faculty and friends. Click here to order today.
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Class Notes
Patricia Montealegre Hoyos (CKS '75)
Patricia is working for an American Catholic school in Bogota, Columbia teaching 4th & 5th grade subjects. She has three children - a son in his 20's, and two daughters, 19 and 11. She's hoping to set up a Skype connection between CKS and her school so the kids can practice their English and Spanish with each other.
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Foster Edwards (CKS '95)
Foster and Corrinne Plumer Edwards were married on June 25, 2011 in Annapolis, MD at the Naval Academy Chapel. The wedding party included brother Frank (CKS '98) and sister Mary Adeline (CKS '03) as well as Andrew Heedy (CKS '94). Foster graduated from the Naval Academy in May of 2003 and is currently stationed in Mayport, FL as a Lieutenant in the Navy and a helicopter flight instructor. Corrinne and her family are members of Christ the King Cathedral and Foster's mom Cecilia works in the front office at CKS!
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Michael Peyton (CKS '97)Michael and wife Eli welcomed John Sawyer Peyton into the world on August 1, 2011 at 6:57pm. Sawyer arrived weighing 9 pounds, 9 ounces and was 21 1/2 inches long. Congratulations!
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Clare (CKS '03) & Joseph (CKS '06) MonardoClare was a Team Captain for the 2011 Notre Dame Relay for Life. The "Fight Like a Champion Team" raised over $2,700 for the American Cancer Society. The event kicked off in Notre Dame Stadium on a Friday evening, where teams walked throughout the night. A number of CKS families generously supported the team. She's pictured here with her brother Joseph, also a team member. Look for Joseph as a sports journalist for the Notre Dame student newspaper, The Observer. He'll be covering the women's basketball team as they make a run for the national championship.
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Daniel Guidot (CKS '05)Our superstar alums continue their amazing work even when they reach college. Click here to check out this fantastic story about Daniel and his efforts at UGA.
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Elizabeth Elliott & Phillip Quigley (CKS '08)Elizabeth and Phillip took home Queen and King honors during Homecoming at St. Pius in September. Also part of the court as class representatives were CKS Alums Shockley Nunnery (CKS '08), Rachel Woung (CKS '10) and Drew Einbender (CKS '11).
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Garrett Bernhardt (CKS '09)As a player at St. Pius X, Garrett was named to the All-State Golf Team as only a sophomore. Even more amazing, he broke the St. Pius school scoring record by firing a 66 in a tournament last spring! Look for him on the PGA tour soon.
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Maggie Schaffer & Myriam Shehata (CKS '11)Maggie & Myriam were honored as Class Medal Winners at Marist School for their outstanding academic work as 8th graders. They tied with the highest GPA for the Class of 2015. Great job, girls!
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What's new?
Awards? Achievements? Job changes? New babies? We want to know! Keep us posted on you or your classmates. Send a note to CKSAlumni@christking.org and we'll include it in our next issue.
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In memoriam...
We are saddened to announce the deaths of the following members of our Christ the King School community:
Joseph Mitchell (CKS '49) Peggy Hynes (CKS '57)
Father, we come to you in the name of your son, Jesus. We pray for the repose of the souls of Joseph and Peggy. May their families be comforted by your love and by their faith in you. Give them the strength and support they need to endure the difficult days ahead. May their souls, and the souls of all the faithful departed, rest in peace.
Amen.
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 Do you have old yearbooks or photos?
We need them!
As plans are coming together for the celebration of the 75th year of both Christ the King Cathedral and School, we're looking for any old photos or yearbooks that you might have in your attic or storage space. We're especially desperate for the "lost years" between 1960 and 1980 when yearbooks don't seem to have been printed and photos are scarce! If you can help, please contact Melissa Porter at mporter@christking.org. We'll be more than happy to return any items that are shared with us, or add them to our alumni archives if you approve.
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 Where are they now?
Sister Eileen Murray
Former CKS science teacher Eileen Murray celebrated her 70th Jubilee as a Grey Nun of the Sacred Heart this past summer. The occasion included one surprise from an old friend. The very touching story of their reunion highlights the fruits of many years of service and the impact of her work many, many years ago. Click here to read the article from The Georgia Bulletin.
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Michael Murray on the Case!
We couldn't resist sharing this funny story from Michael Murray, our Class of 1975 Alumni Rep. Michael has been a true Sherlock Holmes when it comes to hunting down his classmates, finding current contact information for all but a few. He was even able to have dinner with Patricia Monteleagre Hoyos while on a business trip to Bogota, Colombia (see the class notes above). Having dinner wasn't the funny part though. It's the sampling of comments that Michael was sure that he'd get from his family after we posted this update. Here are but a few... "Michael, now I now what you do when you travel..." "Michael, what in the heck are you doing on company time meeting up with old girlfriends?" "Michael, you travel how far to meet up with CKS folks?" "Michael, does your wife, Jenny (CKS '75), know you took a former female classmate to dinner alone?!"** **For the record, yes, she did!
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 New Alumni Reps
Keeping alumni involved is important to the vitality of our school, so each year members of the eighth grade are given the opportunity to apply for the position of Alumni Rep for their graduating class. These representatives facilitate the link between alumni and CKS after graduation by organizing reunions, sending news to their former classmates and being an overall ambassador for the school. At a school mass in September, Alumni Chair Kelly Cambias Miles (CKS '82) introduced Stephanie Giralt and Joe Reigner as the Alumni Reps for the Class of 2012.
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Class Representatives:
Joan Gunning Merkle (CKHS '47)
Barbara Gunning Johansen (CKHS '50)
Genny Lucchese Kelly (CKHS '51)
Michele Murphy Mitchell (CKS '58)
Linda Lehner Holman (CKHS '59)
Susan Murray Euart (CKS '60)
Richard Farnsworth (CKS '65)
Michael Warren (CKS '68)
Dev Maguire (CKS '70)
Rock Taber (CKS '72)
Michael Murray (CKS '75)
Gelene Beck Braswell (CKS '76)
Robert Kelly and Katie Miller Einbender (CKS '78)
Jim Clifton (CKS '79)
Karleen Parks-Ferguson (CKS '80)
Emmanuel Klump (CKS '81)
Kelly Cambias Miles (CKS '82)
Daniel Klump and Raul Trujillo (CKS '83)
Mary Rinaldi-Winn (CKS '84)
David Withers (CKS '86)
Liz Klump Nyholm (CKS '87)
Ryan Murray Thompson (CKS '88)
Mary Cota Reed (CKS '89)
Amanda Malley Rose (CKS '90)
Karen Trujillo (CKS '91)
Spencer Bonner Byce (CKS '92)
Drew Giblin (CKS '95)
Justin Williams (CKS '96)
Augusto Michael Trujillo (CKS '97)
Brittany Arnold (CKS '98)
Colleen Williams and Melissa Wood (CKS '99)
Clare Monardo (CKS '03)
Becht Neel (CKS '04)
Claire Bresnahan and Gavin Brown (CKS '06)
Caitlin Griffin and Janey Nelson (CKS '07)
Maria Elizabeth Eliot (CKS '08)
Elizabeth Eidson and Berlin Sewell (CKS '09)
Reeves Trivette and Rachael Woung (CKS '10)
Sally Varner and Sam Porter (CKS '11)
Stephanie Giralt and Joe Reigner (CKS '12) **welcome**
Don't see your year listed? That means we need you! As a Class Rep, we only ask that you keep up with your classmates current contact info and help spread the word about alumni events. It's a great way to catch up with old friends. If you're interested, contact Kelly Miles at kellycmiles@yahoo.com.
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Stay connected....
Alumni of Christ the King School (Atlanta)
Christ the King School Atlanta Alumni Group
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Ideas?
We want them! Let us know how we can better serve our alumni.
Camille Naughton, Director of Development & Alumni Relations
ccnaughton@christking.org
404-233-0383 ext. 403
Kelly Cambias Miles (CKS '82), Alumni Chair kellycmiles@yahoo.com
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