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Alumni NewsOldenburg Academy of the Immaculate ConceptionOver 155 Years of Academic Excellence in the Franciscan TraditionSummer 2010 | VOLUME 26 ISSUE 2Oldenburg Academy does not include the names of current students with photos online. Thecaption for this photo, as well as other photos throughout the publication, has been removed.VALEDICTORIANAlumni Welcome 2010 GraduatesSALUTATORIANKonnichiha! Chào!¡Hola Hello!F.L.A.G.S. Program pg. 2Opportunities AwaitThe Immaculate Conception Legacy pg. 7Class of 2010 Academic HonorsDiploma recipientsWilliam David BockstiegelMatthew Neal BohmanWesley Walter CookOlivia Mae EcksteinCatherine Ann FiutemDerek Taylor GetzBlake Edward LanningOlivia QuirozLauren Carol ReedLogan Robert RickeAudrey Claire RozmanAnna Rose SchulteGeorgia Elizabeth SmithTrevor Ray StacyJason Thomas StrasemeierZachary Alan WaechterLillian Grace WalkerAlexander Joseph WilhelmRuberg ‘07 makes a difference pg. 5

Mary’s Court Legacy Program to be available to Alumni!Mary’s Court Legacy Program currently provides graduating seniors with theopportunity to leave a permanent reminder of their past while providing for thefuture success of Oldenburg Academy. This is done by recognizing those whochoose to make an unrestricted gift to the Annual Fund with a commemorativebrick paver. The brick paver is engraved with their name and graduation yearand placed in Mary’s Court in front of the Academic building by graduation day!We are excited to announce that we are in the process of finalizing the detailson how you can become a permanent part of the future by leaving a memory ofyour past!More information on how you can participate will be available in October, 2010!Annual Golf ClassicOldenburg Academy hosted its 19th annual golf outing on Monday, June 14th at Hillcrest Golf & Country Club, with21 foursomes, 13 professionals and 8 celebrity guests in attendance. There was much excitement on the course andat dinner as Dave Alexander - former Purdue baseball coach, Ray Donaldson - former center for the IndianapolisColts, Gerry Faust - former football head coach of Notre Dame, Gene Keady - former Purdue men’s basketball coach,Bruce Kozerski - former Cincinnati Bengals center, Larry Luebbers - former Cincinnati Reds pitcher, Dan Ross - headcoach of Purdue men’s swimming and diving team and Ken Shields - former NKU men’s basketball coach, lent theirsupport to help raise funds for the academic and tuition needs of over 200 students at OA.First place winners in each of the three flights were awarded a beautiful Nambe’ crystal tray, donated by John andJoan Hillenbrand. First place winners in the Twister Flight were Bill Goldsmith, Marc Jansing, Dave Laudick, JerryMerkel and pro John Gordon. Winners in the St. Francis Flight were Thomas Brown, Jon Geers, Jim Geers, NoelMungcal and pro Andy Kirkoff. The top team in the Hail Mary flight included two OA alumni, Cindy Meyer Ziemke’77 and Rachel Wuest Werner ’88, along with Sue DiBease, Michelle Garcia and pro Chad Ayres.Additional prizes were given to Bill Gardner, Larry Luebbers, Bill Kloote and David Conrad for closest to the pin.Longest drive winners were Tom Fledderman and Katie Gardner and the putting contest was won by Bill Fisher, JerryMerkel and Ben Brunsman, respectively.The raffle prize, a year’s tuition at Oldenburg Academy ($6,850) or $3,000 cash, was won by Julia Hunter fromGreensburg. Julia will be using the tuition for her daughter who will be a student at OA in the fall of 2013!We extend a big thank you to all of our celebrities,sponsors, golf participants, advertisers, gift andproduct donors, raffle ticket buyers, volunteers, andespecially our OA alumni, who helped to make this afantastic day for OA and our students!Mark your calendar for Monday, June 13, 2011 for the 20th Annual Golf Classic!ALUMNI NEWS - 4Bruce Kozerski, Pam Decker Vanderhaar ‘64, and Ken Shields

Charlie Ruberg ‘07 is making a difference in Panama“Graduating from Oldenburg Academy in 2007, I was directly admitted to the Kelley School of Business at Indiana UniversityBloomington. I am now going into my senior year pursuing a double major in both Economic Consulting and Public PolicyAnalysis. I decided to help bring Global Business Brigades to campus after hearing about the experiences of a good childhoodfriend’s trip to Panama. After graduation next May, I plan on pursuing a career in business development and strategy.”This past year I helped bring a new student organization to the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University, GlobalBusiness Brigades. The goal of this organization is to send students to help educate low-income business owners in povertystricken regions of Panama. As a junior studying Business-Economics and Public Policy, I wanted to find a way to put to useall of my hard work and knowledge that I have gained from school. I am studying to be an economic consultant, and onthis trip I had the chance to be an economic consultant and personally work with an entire community. We helped thesevillagers turn their community farm profitable in order to provide economic stability to the entire village using the skillslearned in our college classrooms. Like the famous proverb says: “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teacha man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.” Over my spring break this year I went on a trip to Panama with 15 otherstudents to teach these farmers “how to fish.”We arrived in Panama City late on March 14th and left forthe village early the next morning. We traveled about sixhours west of the city into a remote jungle village deep inthe Veraguas province. There we stayed at a farm and slepton the floor of a school house. Luckily it was still the dryseason so the bugs were not as bad. With that being said,we did see a poisonous snake near the farm and a scorpionin our sleeping quarters. In the mornings we were able tohelp the six farmers with work, such as planting corn byhand and clearing a field by machete for laying irrigationpipe. Then in the afternoons, we helped teach the sixfarmers basic accounting methods to keep track of costsand plan their harvesting seasons. They were very eager tolearn in order to improve the farm, and along with it thecommunity as a whole.The farmers were onlyeducated to the sixthgrade level and hadnever been exposedto even the most basicmethods of recordingrevenues and expenses.“It was a very humbling experience to help them and itwas very obvious that we were directly making a hugedifference in each of their lives.”“Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day.Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.”In fact, these farmers lived off of only $4 per day and almostall supported a family. It was a very humbling experienceto help them and it was very obvious that we were directlymaking a huge difference in each of their lives. The farmwas the only source of income for the entire communityand there is a great potential for sustainable growth due toits location near a river for irrigation during the dry season.Since everything the farmers did was by hand, with ourinvestment fund we donated a simple machine, increasingthe corn harvesting rate by over 3,000%.Continued on page 9ALUMNI NEWS - 5

Update yourwhereabouts andaccomplishments!We are creating a list of alumni and theiraccomplishments after graduating from OA/ICA.Our goal is to create a communication systembetween our alumni! Send your information nowby mail or email to the addresses listed below!Alumni, keep us updated!!!After graduating from OA/ICA I…______________________________________________________First Name Maiden Last______________________________________________________Email Address______________________________________________________Graduating class year from OA/ICA______________________________________________________List Colleges/Universities attended______________________________________________________Degree/Major______________________________________________________Post Graduate studies______________________________________________________OccupationContact:slamping@oldenburgacademy.orgOldenburg Academy of the Immaculate ConceptionAlumni Office1 Twister Circle, PO Box 200Oldenburg, IN 470362010 - 2011 Calendar of eventsFriday, August 6 and Saturday, August 7, 2010“Steel Magnolias” Alumni Production at 7:00 pm in the OAauditoriumMonday, August 9, 2010Freshman Orientation, half day of school for Freshman ClassTuesday, August 10, 2010School begins for all OA studentsMonday, September 27, 2010Fine Arts Week Extravaganza in ICA HallFriday, October 8, 2010Distinguished Alumni EventSaturday, October 9, 2010Alumni Homecoming: “Bring a Friend”Friday, November 12 and Saturday, November 13, 2010Fall MusicalSunday, December 12, 2010Christmas Concert at 3:00 pm in the OA auditoriumSaturday, February 26, 2011Reverse RaffleFriday, March 11 and Saturday, March 12, 2011Spring PlayApril 5-19, 2011Art Show – 1st Year Students ICA HallApril 16, 2011 (new date)Holly Bruns ‘74 Memorial Walk/RunSaturday, April 23, 2011Alumni Easter Egg Hunt at 10:00 amApril 26 – May 11, 2011Art Show – 2nd, 3rd Year and AP Students ICA HallFriday, April 29, 2011Grandparents Day at 1:00 pm in the auditoriumSunday, May 1, 2011Spring ConcertThursday, May 26, 2011Walkathon – Last day of schoolSunday, May 29, 2011GraduationALUMNI NEWS - 6

The Immaculate Conception LegacyThe Immaculate Conception Legacy was created to recognize alumniand friends who have included a gift for Oldenburg Academy intheir estate plans. Leaving a legacy gift is greatly appreciated and isbeneficial to ensuring the future of the Academy and its students.If you are interested in sharing your estate plans with us or interestedin learning more about how to include Oldenburg Academy of theImmaculate Conception in your estate plans, please complete andreturn the following info to:Oldenburg Academy of the Immaculate ConceptionAlumni Office1 Twister Circle, PO Box 200Oldenburg, IN 47036Declaration of IntentBy (name):Address:City, state, zip:Phone:Email:I have included OA/ICA in my estate plan.Please list my name as a member of The Immaculate Conception Legacy in the following manner.Name:ORI would like to be an anonymous member of the Immaculate Conception LegacyI am interested in learning more about how to include Oldenburg Academy of the ImmaculateConception in my estate plans.Signature:Date:THANK YOUOldenburg Academy would like to thank you for your generous support throughout your life. We understand thatyou are thinking about many things as you complete your estate planning. We hope you will consider supporting usas part of your plan.QUESTIONS? For more information or if you have any questions, please contact Sarah Lamping at 812.933.0737ext. 240 or slamping@oldenburgacademy.org.ALUMNI NEWS - 7

Alumni Updates1950sRosalie Grossman Geis ‘56 - She and husband, Al, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in April 2010.Joan Lohman Eckstein ‘58 - She and husband, Walter, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in May 2010.Laura Collins Zamborsky ‘58 - She has three children, six grandchildren and lives five houses away from four of them!1980sSuzanne Fasbinder Westerfeld ‘83 - Remarried in 2007 to Adam Westerfeld. She has two sons, Tyler, 20, enrolled atDepauw University and Chris, 17, Batesville High School. Currently works as a Registered Respiratory Therapist.Shirley Lecher Stenger ‘83 - In July 2010, will celebrate 25th wedding anniversary with her husband, Marlin. They haveeight children with ages ranging from high school to kindergarten. Celebrate 10th anniversary of owning Stenger AutoBody in Brookville this June. She has worked at Hill-Rom since 1983. Currently works as a Configurator Specialist andReport Writer in the Sales Administration Department. Busy with kids and work and enjoys living in the country nearOak Forest.1990sTamara Reese Schrader ‘90 - Works as Payroll Specialist for Impact Forge Group, Inc of Columbus, IN. She is a proudgrandmother from her first daughter whose husband is in the Marines stationed at Camp Lejeune.Rebecca Radcliffe Anderson ‘92 - Gave birth to son Nolan Patrick in April 2010.Michelle Powell Perkins ‘94 - Married to Kevin Perkins in December 2009. Living in Cincinnati, OH and has worked forExecutive Jet Management as a Corporate Flight Attendant Instructor for the last ten years.Kathleen Brackmann Noll ‘95 - Served 9 years in the US Army and left in 2008 with the rank of Captain. She marriedMajor Jeffrey Noll and gave birth to her first son Theodore in December 2008. She is expecting her second child inOctober. She is working on her Master’s in Library Science from the University of Washington.Sarah Brackmann ‘97 - In 2008, started PhD in Higher Education at the University of Georgia. Currently studyinguniversity and community relationships.Michelle “Shelly’ Koch ‘98 - Obtained M.B.A. from Xavier University in May 2009. Currently resides in Cleveland, OHand works for Department of Defense. She is also studying for CPA exam.Angela Brackmann Holzschuh ‘99 - She and her husband Jeff just gave birth to their first child, Violeta Marie, in May2010. She and her husband live in Cleveland where Angela works as Global Accounts Marketing Manager for SherwinWilliams.2000sHayley Caudill Hatfield ‘00 - She and her husband, Dustin Hatfield, welcomed their first child, daughter Olivia JaneHatfield on April 4, 2010. She was 6 lbs 15 oz and 21.5 inches long.Emily Brackmann ‘02 - Emily received her Masters in Civil Engineering from the University of Washington in 2009. Shecurrently works for a structural civil engineering firm in Oakland, CA.ALUMNI NEWS - 8

Deaths of Alumniand their familymembersCharlie Ruberg ‘07 continuedDoris Stober Knoer ‘41 passed awayJuly 2009. She lived in Eugene, OR.Mitzi Hirt Seiter’s ‘43 husband, Ray E.Seiter, passed away January 2010.Dorothy Bruns Eicher ’50 passedaway January 2010. Her daughter isJennifer Eicher Soldano ‘80.Kathleen Etter Struewing ‘50 passedaway May 2010. Her daughtersare Janice Struewing Grieshop ‘72,Linda Struewing Keller ‘76, and RoseDuerstock Hountz ‘80.Ruthe Riehle Moorman’s ‘54 brother,Lawrence E. Riehle, passed away May2010.Audrey Blessing ‘54 passed awayDecember 2009. Her sister is AngelaBlessing Bausch ‘60.Laura Collins Zamborsky’s ‘58husband, George, passed away July2009.Juanita “Dee Dee” Seifert Kaiser’s ‘59stepson, Stephen Kaiser, passed awayApril 2010.Ruth Leurck Mayo’s ‘67 son, DavidDouglas, passed away December2009.Carol Duerstock Ciesielski ‘73, AliceDuerstock Schwegman ‘74, andTheresa Duerstock Dickman’s ‘77mother, Caroline F. Duerstock, passedaway April 2010.Cecilia Felix’s ‘74 mother, Hilda Felix,passed away March 2010.Barbara Ann Green Gray’s ‘74 mother,Ruth M. Green, passed away March2010.Joan Merkel Crossell ’76 and JaneMerkel Mille’s ‘79 father, EdwardMerkel, passed away January 2010.Meredith L. Pank Patchett’s ‘99mother, Jennie M. Pank, passed awayMarch 2010.Along with helping the farmers, we were able to teach some of the schoolchildren basic English lessons which was another great experience that I’llalways remember.In addition to teaching both the farmers and the students we were able tohave other great experiences as well. We were able to go swimming in theriver near the farm and jump from the cliffs into the water 30 feet below.After our four day stay at the village we returned to Panama City for twodays. While there we went on a jungle tour on Lake Gatun of the panamacanal and saw amazing wildlife such as crocodiles and howler monkeys. Wewere even able to go swimming in the canal after eating lunch on a largehouseboat. After this we saw the canal locks and took a walking tour of thecity which was a startling contrast of new booming skyscrapers of CentralAmerican banks and harsh poverty stricken slums only feet away.“It was a great feeling to leave my own comfort zone to experiencethe realities of poverty and directly make a difference in the livesof that community.”Overall the entire trip was a greatexperience that I will never forget. Mybest memory is when before we left thevillage, the president of the farm read us aheartfelt letter of thanks describing all thecontributions we had made in our onlyfour day stay. In that moment it really hitme of how much we impacted the lives ofeveryone in the community. It was a greatfeeling to leave my own comfort zone toexperience the realities of poverty anddirectly make a difference in the lives ofthat community. We are excited to go backon another trip to that same communitythis upcoming December.ALUMNI NEWS - 9

Save the Date22 nd Annual Reverse RaffleNew Date – Saturday, February 26, 2011WalkathonWe hit our goal$20,000!New Bleachers - Summer 2010Oldenburg Academy’s dinner and auction has becomea premier celebration for the community. It is awonderful event involving over 300 guests and 150volunteers. The evening includes dinner, live auction,silent auction, Reverse Raffle drawing with a $2,000grand prize and many more opportunities to win andpurchase fabulous gifts.We invite all OA alumni to join us by attending theevent, donating a gift, joining the committee, hostinga gift gathering party in your area, or volunteeringto help the evening of the event. Contact DebbieHoltel Lamping ’73 in the OA Advancement Officefor more information at 812.933.0737 or lamping@oldenburgacademy.org.Special thanks to the Classesof 1980, 1982, and 2007 forgoing above and beyond tohelp raise money for OA’sWalkathon!ALUMNI NEWS - 10