The Monogram Club honored former Huskies guard Kayla Burt of Alki, pictured center, & club member Joe Epler, age 101, pictured with wife, Marion, also 101, at Salty's on Alki Thursday. The Monogram Club comprises former West Seattle High School athletes providing scholarships to new alumni.

The Monogram Club, former West Seattle High School lettered varsity athletes providing scholarships to new alumni there met at Salty's on Alki Thursday, Aug. 2, for a special luncheon. They recognized two citizens. Each, you might say, beat the odds, Kayla Burt and Joe Epler.

Kayla Burt

Guest speaker Kayla Burt is an Alki resident and former UW Huskies basketball leading scorer. At a small get-together at her home, she went into cardiac arrest and was clinically dead, shortly before New Year's Eve, 2003. Her heart stopped for five minutes.

Luckily she had eight teammates over, hanging out for the holiday. At 11:23 p.m. she was sitting down on her bed, then collapsed face down. Her eyes were rolled in the back of her head. She was purple and seemed lifeless her pals recalled. Two performed CPR.

Paramedics shocked her out of ventricular fibrillation and into a normal sinus rhythm. She lay in a coma for 15 hours at UW Medical Center. Six days later she had an ICD (Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator) placed in her chest to shock her heart back to a normal rhythm. Doctors still do not know the cause. Her daily routine involves exercise, including basketball, biking, and running.

"I have a story of surviving sudden cardiac arrest when I was a college athlete at UW," she told the West Seattle Herald. "It's great to be here today, around so many inspirational people who have led the way for a lot of other people, like this 101 year-old man, still kicking it."

She pointed to Joe Epler.

"I was a guard," she said of her basketball position. "Being a lefty I played left wing a lot."

She graduated in 2006 with a communications degree. She was an Assistant Womens Basketball Coach at the University of Portland, an EMT in South King County, and then worked in the Valley Medical Center ER as a Medical/Surgical Technician. She is an Outreach Coordinator at The Hope Heart Institute.

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William E. Evans Jr., a member of the Class of 1973, will be the third recipient of the St. Ignatius of Loyola Alumni Award from Fairfield Prep.

The award was established in 2010 to recognize alumni of Fairfield Prep "who exemplify the characteristics that Prep seeks to instill in its graduates, specifically open to growth, intellectually competent, religious, loving, and committed to doing justice."

"Bill Evans has demonstrated these qualities through his extensive volunteer efforts and programs to support the people of Nicaragua, and currently works as the president of Connecticut Quest for Peace, leading an organization which is actively providing relief via humanitarian cargo aid, education, medicine and health care to poverty stricken Nicaraguan communities," according to a press release from the school.

Evans will receive his award at the school-wide Mass of the Holy Spirit on Sept. 7.

At Connecticut Quest for Peace, Evans heads and oversees an organization that contributes time, resources, and financial aid to a dozen missions in Nicaragua, many of which are Jesuit-based, and which include schools, a trade learning center, medical facilities, a maternity hospital, a burn center, and an orphanage. Through many of his efforts, this organization sends tons of needed supplies, supports nutrition programs, has started scholarship programs, and contributes to loan programs. Evans travels to Nicaragua twice a year to interact with the local communities and organizations, identify new areas of need, and make plans for the distribution of his aid and resources. All of his Connecticut efforts are handled by volunteers. More information can be found at ctquestforpeace.org.

Evans grew up in Stamford, one of seven children. His three brothers also attended Fairfield Prep: Matthew '73, John '74 and Mark '78.

He attended Worcester Polytechnical Institute, graduating with a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering.

He carried on the painting business (currently William Evans Painting) that he and his brothers started to help pay their tuitions to Prep and college.

He met his wife Joyce in high school; has four children Bryan, Abby, Tim and Molly, and lives in Westport.

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An anonymous letter has tagged several students and alumni in the alleged hazing and death of San Beda law student Marc Andre Marcos.

The letter, sent to the police and Marcos' family by one of those supposedly present during the victim's initiation rights, mentioned 33 people who may have been involved in the alleged hazing incident.

In an interview aired over GMA News TV's News To Go, the San Beda College School of Law confirmed that at least 16 of the people identified in the letter were their students.

"We can confirm at least 16 are students of San Beda College Alabang School of Law. I think I can also confirm two, three, four of them have already graduated and [are] presently reviewing for the Bar exam," said Atty. Bruce Rivera, prefect for student affairs of San Beda College School of Law.

He noted, however, that they "cannot be sure if these are the actual persons there or they might be the fall guys or [if] the list is sanitized."

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Bill Neiss, Opportunities in Emergency Care director at Spring Lake Park High School, is planning to take a group of emergency medical responders to the Dominican Republic this month on a medical mission trip.

Bill Neiss, Opportunities in Emergency Care director at Spring Lake Park High School, will lead a group on a medical mission to the Dominican Republic. File photo

Ive always wanted to do a straight-up medical trip, Neiss said.

The group of eight will team with a local physician and nurse in San Juan to help people and to give students a chance to do some medicine at a level they might not get to do here, Neiss told the Blaine/Spring Lake Park Life.

Neiss is looking into lining up work at a barrio (neighborhood) clinic where his group members could have the opportunity to help administer anything from tooth care to sewing up wounds.

Whatever comes in, Neiss said, about the clinics that have the potential of seeing 100 to 200 patients a day.

The group

Four alumni of Spring Lake Parks OEC program, Neisss 15-year-old daughter and her teenage friend, and a nurse from the Minneapolis Shriners Hospital for Children will accompany Neiss to San Juan.

Neiss figures costs for the trip at about $1,200 per person. The group has been busy fund-raising. Some have volunteered to work emergency medical at such events as Blaines Fourth of July celebration, Spring Lake Parks Tower Days, the USA Cup Youth Soccer Tournament at the National Sports Center in Blaine and more.

The Spring Lake Park Lions Club and Anoka American Legion have donated funds and the group is requesting donations from families and friends. A pharmacist at Unity Hospital in Fridley donated 32 scrubs for the trip.

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Gabrieleno High School alumni and the San Gabriel community remembers two former students who were killed in a DUI crash with a small memorial at Gabrielino High School on Wednesday. (SGVN/Staff photo by Keith Birmingham)

SAN GABRIEL - Grieving friends and classmates Wednesday commemorated the lives of two former Gabrielino High School students who were killed Tuesday in a suspected DUI crash.

Manolo "Simon" Magat, 23, and Joseph Almario, 21, were killed when the car they were in fell at least 60 feet off the transition road from the westbound I-10 to the southbound 710 Freeway at 1:05 a.m., California Highway Patrol officials said.

The driver, Christine Meng, 22, faces charges of felony driving under the influence and manslaughter after she is released from the hospital, CHP Sgt. Connie Guzman said Wednesday. Meng broke an arm and three vertebrae in the accident.

Passenger Jason Lieu, 22, also suffered injuries and was transported to Los Angeles County/USC Medical Center.

The four students graduated from GHS in 2007 and 2008.

Many students attended a memorial service at the high school Tuesday night, according to a Facebook event. They gathered in the quad and front of the school, signing a commemorative poster, school staff said.

Matt Izumida, 21, said he grew up playing Little League baseball with Almario. He said the thing he remembers most about the former GHS baseball player and homecoming king is his laugh.

"We both kind of had the same cackling laugh when we laughed really hard," said Izumida, a Pasadena City College student. "We would always laugh to the point where we couldn't breathe."

Almario was involved in the

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Case alumni golf outing

The 12th annual Case High School Alumni C Club golf outing will be held Friday, Aug. 17 at Ives Grove Golf Links.

The four-person scramble starts at 10 a.m. with a shotgun start. The fee is $95, which includes 18 holes of golf, cart, six hole prizes, hole-in-one contest, gift, beverages, food, prizes, flight competition and the Athletes Bash. The scramble is limited to the first 144 golfers, ages 21 and older. The fee to golf is $70 or for only the bash, the fee is $25. Single golfers will be placed in a foursome.

The bash will be held at the course immediately following golf, with a social hour at 3:30 p.m. and a cookout starting at 5 p.m.

Proceeds from the scramble and bash support Case High School athletics and a scholarship program. More than $44,000 has been donated to the sports programs over the last 10 years and more than $10,000 has been awarded in scholarships to the top male and female athletes.

For more information, please call Ken Heffel at (262) 884-8056.

Iron Horse 5K Run/Walk

The 6th annual Sturtevant Iron Horse 5K Run/Walk will be held Saturday, Aug. 18. Registration starts at 7 a.m. and the race starts at 8 a.m. Registration is $15 before Aug. 1 and $20 after Aug. 1. Team entrants are $20 each. Medals will be awarded to the top three male and female finishers overall and in 14 age groups. The race starts at the Sturtevant Volunteer Fire Department Park, 9698 Charles St., Sturtevant. Race packets will be available for early pick-up from 5-7 p.m. Aug. 17 at the park. Registration forms may be downloaded from http://www.sturtevant-wi.gov and click on current events or by contacting Christy at Omni Physical Therapy (262) 886-2599 or by email at christy@omniorthopt.com

Roaring Challenge Run/Walk

The 3rd annual South Milwaukee Lions Club Roaring Challenge 5K Challenge, 5K Run & 2 Mile Walk will be held Saturday, Aug. 4. All races start at 8 a.m. The starting line and finish lines are at South Milwaukee High School, 901 15th Ave. Entry fees for the 5K Run & Walk are $25 until Aug. 2 and $35 after and on race day and $30 until Aug. 2 and $35 after and on race day for the 5K Challenge. To obtain registration forms, please email Tom Rudey at trudey@t-ru.com or call him at (262) 332-0366.

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The numbers had it, thanks to "100" and "50" and Links in between.

On a recent Thursday evening in the Napoleon Ballroom of the Hilton Riverside, the LSU Medical Alumni Association Committee of 100 -- Champions of Excellence held its 29th annual black-tie-optional banquet. A one-hour reception preceded the dinner of bisque, salad, beef tenderloin, shrimp and a dessert trio.

More than 700 individuals are included in the Committee of 100, and they are committed to the financial support of the School of Medicine though professorships, chairs, the Isidore Cohn Jr. MD Learning Center and the Russell C. Klein MD, Center for Advanced Practice. Among the 150 attendees were new members, such as Drs. Janine Parker with daughter Samantha, Kevin Riche, Sanjiv Jindia, Louis Levin, Ann Kay Cefalu Logarbo and Jerry Poche, the latter five with spouses Catherine, Deborah, Donna, Brian and Tessa. They listened attentively to speakers Drs. Charles Hilton, associate dean for Graduate Medical Education, and faculty member Paul Thein, who were with their wives, Drs. Deborah and Diana.

Still others were Dr. Fred Cerise, vice president of LSU System for Health Education, School of Medicine Dean Dr. Steve Nelson, interim LSU Hospital Medical Director Dr. Juzar Ali, and, with husband Frank Modica, Dr. Cathi Fontenot, interim CEO LSU Healthcare Network and associate dean for Alumni Affairs and Development. The above Dr. Klein (with Donna), who preceded Dr. Fontenot as an associate dean, now answers to emeritus professor.

From the committee's top ranks came Dr. Fred Rodriguez, president of the steering committee, and Dr. Bernard Samuels, a Committee of 100 founder, whose wives, Susan and Jeannine, made rounds as well. So did Drs. Bo Sanders, Jack Strong and Harvey Gabert -- with Julia, Mihoko and Ave Maria -- and a pair of half-century celebrants. Hailing 50 years since their graduation from the med school were Drs. John McLachlan and Mack Thomas with Betty and Victoria.

"White Rose Jazz Brunch" bannered the midday to-do given by the Pontchartrain Chapter of The Links Inc., which unfolded in LACE, the Grand Ballroom, with sponsorship from Gertrude Geddes Willis, First NBC Bank, Sheriff Marlin Gusman, and Metro Disposal. A highlight of the event was an overview provided by chapter President Hattie Broussard (with son and daughter-in-law Matthew and Krystal) of the chapter's community service initiatives. Additional high points were the entertainment provided by Clark J. Knighten and 4 x 4 Connection with Gina Brown; pretty centerpieces consisting of the signature white roses accented with silver jazz-instrument ornaments; a menu of traditional breakfast foods and an omelet station; and a 40-item silent auction showcasing local artists, including Terrance Osborne, Harlin Miller Jr., Ted Ellis, and Amy Bryan.

Yvonne Mitchell-Grubb chaired the bunch with Renee Gusman as her "co." Their guests were daughter Alicia Grubb and Sheriff Gusman. Further Links luminaries were Southern Area Director Eneid Francis and niece Nia Mason, President Hattie Broussard, Vice President Sarah Moody Thomas, immediate past President Anita Dabon, and Therese and state Rep. Austin Badon.

In-attendance committee members were Claudia Clark with Lloyd, Belva Pichon, Rhoda Timpton with Link mother Mary, Dr. Janet Barnes with Dr. Shelton, Dr. Erica Broussard Bart, Shaniece B. Bickham, and Kiana Aaron Mitchell with husband Craig Mitchell. They caught up -- or linked -- with the latest of Dr. Lynn Bernal-Green and spouse Dr. Dwight Green, Currita Waddy with husband Dwayne Pierce, Carolyn Lewis, Dr. Jinx and Robert Broussard, and G. Rochelle and Winston Brown.

At The Rose Garden in Elmwood, De La Salle High School's Dr. Warren F. Caire Tribute Dinner honored "50 Years of LaSallian Education." Folks mingled for an hour before the bounty of the buffet.

Among the many expressing formal congratulations -- either in person or in absentia -- were Gov. Bobby Jindal, U.S. Sen. David Vitter, Jefferson Parish President John Young, Brother Gale Condit, FSC (representing New Orleans-Santa Fe Provincial Brother Timothy Coldwell, FSC), Janell Weber (for St. John Parish, where the honored "Doc" lives), Joe Rosolino, Tony Behan, Michael Buras, and the school's Parents' Club.

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As part of their entry into the world of medicine, 192 first-year students at Tulane University School of Medicine will receive their white coats Sunday. The coats will be presented in a 2 p.m. ceremony in McAlister Auditorium on Tulane's Uptown campus.

The principal speaker will be Dr. Karen DeSalvo, New Orleans' health commissioner and the senior health policy adviser to Mayor Mitch Landrieu. DeSalvo is on leave from her position as a professor of medicine at Tulane's medical school.

In addition to the coats,the students will receive blue and green Tulane medical-school patches to adorn those coats,stethoscopes and pins promoting humanism in medicine. The stethoscopes are gifts from the medical alumni association, and the pins come from the Arnold P.Gold Foundation, a not-for-profit organization based in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., that emphasizes the importance of the doctor-patient relationship.

The white coats, which are presented at the start of each academic year, symbolize care for patients. Second-year students at LSU School of Medicine received their white coats Saturday.

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Two days after a Philadelphia judge sentenced a monsignor in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia to jail for enabling a pedophile priest, a Delaware County man filed a civil suit Wednesday against the archdiocese and Malvern Preparatory School for allegedly not protecting him from a sexually abusive cleric who taught there.

Also named in the lawsuit, filed by Chester County attorney Daniel F. Monahan in Philadelphia, were the religious Order of St. Augustine and John R. Liggio, the Augustinian priest who allegedly assaulted the plaintiff in 1997 and 1998 when he was a student at the 170-year-old private Catholic boys school for grades 6 through 12 in Chester County.

He did so by using physical, intellectual, moral, emotional and psychological force. The abuse began as compelled touching in Malvern Prep bathrooms where Liggio followed the plaintiff and isolated him. It progressed to sexual contact at Liggios residence on campus, the lawsuit states.

The plaintiff is identified only as an adult male individual less than 30 years of age and a citizen and resident of Delaware County in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania because he was a minor when he was an alleged victim of sex crimes.

According to the lawsuit that seeks in excess of $50,000, the alleged abuse has caused the Delaware County man great pain of mind and body, has affected his earning capacity and has caused him to incur expenses for medical and psychological treatment.

The lawsuit states that in December 2002, the plaintiff told the Malvern Prep headmaster that Liggio had sexually abused him, but the headmaster said he did not believe the plaintiff and would not confront Liggio with the allegations because he did not want to ruin his holiday.

However, Malvern Prep President the Rev. James R. Flynn said on Thursday that Liggio was immediately removed from all contact with students when school officials became aware of the abuse allegations in December 2002. The Chester County District Attorneys office investigated the complaint against Liggio, but the case was closed in August 2003 because of insufficient evidence.

The lawsuit maintains Malvern Prep officials did not disclose the complaint about Liggio to law enforcement authorities until another Augustinian priest who formerly taught there, the Rev. Richard J. Cochrane, was prosecuted for assaulting a Malvern student at a home in the Poconos. Cochrane pleaded no contest to statutory rape in Monroe County and was sentenced in July 2003 to 18 to 48 months in jail.

Our first priority is the welfare and safety of our students, and that includes our alumni, that they have a safe and secure learning environment, said the prep school president, adding that Malvern officials are reviewing the lawsuit.

Flynn said Liggio, who had taught religion and was campus ministry director at Malvern Prep, was out of active ministry. Teddie Gallagher, a spokeswoman for the Augustinian Province of St. Thomas of Villanova, would not confirm whether Liggio was still a member of the religious order. She said Augustinian officials are reviewing the lawsuit. Continued...

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