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CATHEDRAL HIGH SCHOOL 2010 REUNION March Newsletter

Dear Classmates,

Here is a Review and also an Update of the Feb Newsletter along with some very important advise about Alternatives to Nursing Home Care,   Very Funny.

Here is the Review.
We will be celebrating our 50th anniversary of our graduation from Cathedral High School on Saturday, July 17, 2010.  Do you remember walking the halls as a freshman as well as the senior motor board?

We have traveled many paths over the course of 50 years as we have studied, worked, wed, raised children and volunteered.  As diverse as our lives have been, we do share the common bond of attending Crookston Cathedral, developing lasting friendships and acquired the self confidence to meet the past decades.

Our reunion committee is working on details for a fun weekend.  We are planning the celebration with 1960 and 1961 classes and other interested friends from Cathedral.  We invite and encourage you to bring spouse, partner, children, siblings, friends, cousins and others interested in this reunion.  Msgr. Krebs will be attending however Rev. Lt Col Prior will not be coming because of the distance. He however, is in constant contact with Msgr. Krebs who will be giving him updates.

There will be a four course dinner and lots of conversation.  Charge for the dinner is $40 per person with choices of steak or walleye.  Please mail checks by June 1, 2010 Made out to:
Mary Jo Leier, 3513 18th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN  55407

Please plan to bring memorabilia from your memory savings, pictures, clippings, programs,
M & H items,and other items to share.  It would be great if each classmate brought a door prize that is significant to you or the place you live.

We plan to gather Friday evening near the hotels.
Pat Pierce Langer and Henry have offered to host a Sunday gathering at their home.

We look forward to seeing you and your guest by and joining us for this wonderful celebration.

Sincerely,
Mary Jo LaBonte Leier, maryjo.leier@gmail.com, 612-387-9716
Sally Gagner Staggert, bstaggert@aol.com, 763-421-7556
Marilyn Pink Wolkerstorfer, j.wolker@comcast.net, 763-421-3804

Please send a note on your life in 500 words or less. This will be enclosed in a book given at the 50th Cathedral Reunion. Return to Mary Jo LaBonte Leier ASAP via e-mail or US Mail.



Form Below      Click Here to Print it out
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Form and Checks returned by June 1, 2010 made out  to: Mary Jo LaBonte Leier, 3513 18th Avenue South,    
                Minneapolis, MN  55407

___    I will be attending Cathedral 1960 – 1961 Reunion July 17, 2010

___    I will not be attending.

___    Guest name



    Banquet Menu Choice

___    Steak     ___ Rare,    ___Medium,    ___ Well

___    Walleye

Mail dinner reservations to Mary Jo LaBonte Leier, 3513 18th Avenue South,    
                Minneapolis, MN  55407   

___    Will attend Friday evening gathering

___    Will attend Open House at Pat Piece Langer, Sunday, July 18, 2010

Form and Checks returned by June 1, 2010 Made out to: Mary Jo LaBonte Leier, 3513 18th Avenue South,    
                Minneapolis, MN  55407

Wells Catering, 6139 Highway 10, Ramsey, MN 55303

Hotels:
Regency Inn & Suites
1129 West Highway 10
Anoka, MN  55303
1/800-230-4134

Comfort Suites
6440 Highway 10 NW
Ramsey, MN  55303
763-323-4800
1/800-424-6423

Both include breakfast in $100 – 120 range without discounts.
Both are within 2 miles of Wells Catering Center.


Pat Pierce Langer
7101 Antrim Court
Edina, MN  55439
952-941-6117
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No Nursing Home for me. 

About 2 years ago my wife and I were on a cruise through the Western Mediterranean aboard the Princess Cruise. 

At dinner we noticed an elderly lady sitting alone by the rail of the grand stairway in the main dinning room. 

I also noticed that all the staff ship officers, waiters , busboys, ect all seemed very familiar with this lady.

I asked our waiter who the lady was expecting to be told that she owned the line, but he said he only knew that she had been on board for the last 4 cruises. 

As we left the dining room one evening I caught her eye and stopped to say hello. We chatted and I said, I understand you have been on this ship for the last 4 cruises. She replied, yes that is true . I stated I don't understand, and she replied without a pause.  It is cheaper than a nursing home. 

So there will be no nursing home in my future, when I get old and feeble. 

I am going to get on a Princess Cruise ship.  The average cost for a nursing home is over $200 a day.  

I have checked the reservations of Princess and I can get a long term discount and senior discount price of $135 per day.  That leaves 65  dollars a day for . 

1. Gratuities will be $10 per day. 

2. I will have as many as 10 meals a day if I woddle to the restaurant or with room service, I can have breakfast in bed every day of the week. 

3. Princess has as many as three swimming pools, work out rooms, free washer and dryer, and shows every night. 

4. They have free toothpaste, and razors and free soap and shampoo. 

5. They will even treat you like a customer not a patient . And extra 5 dollars worth of tips  will have the entire staff scrambling to help you. 

6. I will get to meet new people every  7-14 days . 

7. TV broken, light bulbs need changing, need to have a matress replaced, no problem.  They will fix everything and apologize for your inconvenience. 

8. Clean sheets and towels every day and you don't even have to ask for them. 

9. If you fall in a nursing home and break a hip, you are on medicare.  If you fall and break a hip on Princess ship they will upgrade you to a suite for the rest of your life. 

Now hold on for the best part. Do you want to see S. America, the Panama Canal, Tahiti, Australia, New Zealand, Asia or name where  you want to go. Princess will have a ship ready to go so don't look for me in a nursing home. Just call shore to ship. 

P.S. If you die they just toss your body of the side of the boat.


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