St. Teresa: 80 Years of Academic Excellence

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COMMUNITYSERVICE BEGINS INSCHOOLBy COURTNEY WESTLAKEFor the Herald & Review

DECATUR – St. Teresa HighSchool campus minister TheresaBoynton was recently sent a request

for volunteers to help with a gradeschool basketball tournament. By theend of the day, she had filled 18 of the20 open volunteer slots with studentsfrom St. Teresa.

“The kids just step up,” Boyntonsaid. “There are a lot who volunteerwho don’t even need the hours.”

The motto of St. Teresa HighSchool is “Serviam,” which means “Iwill serve.” The school’s mission isfocused on loving others and givingfreely of one’s time and talent. Tofulfill this mission and call to service,St. Teresa employs a Christian ServiceLearning program in which everystudent is required to complete atleast 10 hours of service a year.

“It’s an important component fora Christian school, so they canexperience that,” said Kim Peters,guidance counselor at St. Teresa. “Thestudents and their parents are verycommunity-driven; it’s not just thestaff but the parents who drive that

too. It’s a deeply rooted tradition inthe St. Teresa school.”

To help students accomplish theirservice hours, the school coordinatestwo Lend-a-Hand days, during whichBoynton organizes the students intogroups that volunteer at agencies,organizations and individual homesaround the area. This year, the Lend-a-Hand days are on October 29 andApril 15, Peters said.

“We go to 20 to 30 different

organizations or sites in community,”Boynton said. “It’s geared towardhelping those in need, to follow theBiblical call to help those lessfortunate. We get all 300 kids out inthe community twice a year.”

While the students are welcometo, and often do, complete servicehours outside of the Lend-A-Handdays, Boynton pointed out that byplacing them at local sites during thatevent, the students usually end up

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September 30, 2010 • www.herald-review.com • Herald & Review ST. TERESA 5 volunteering at places they wouldn’thave otherwise signed up at.

“We’re putting them in placesthey’ve never known they could go. Sowe’re opening up their opportunitiesto help,” she said. “We have kids whogo back after those days and keepvolunteering. I had one girl whovolunteered at the New LifePregnancy Center and later she cameback with 20 hours more of servicethere because she liked working thereso much.”

Community service is becomingsuch an integral part of a high schoolexperience that even colleges areconsidering students’ service foradmission, Peters said.

“For St. Teresa in particular, it’salways been based on faith and theservice we can give back to others andhow we can give back,” she said. “Ourstudents are doing a great job ofmaking strides to help people.”

To recognize the communityefforts of the students, St. Teresa hasbegun to add the number of servicehours to the students’ transcripts foreach of their school years, Boyntonsaid. And this year, she hopes to

implement a recognition program atthe senior awards banquet, andpossibly for all of the classes, to honorthose students who go “so far aboveand beyond” the service hourrequirement.

If a student chooses not tocomplete their service requirement,their grade in theology is lowered twosteps. This rarely happens, however,and Peters said it’s much morecommon that students complete waymore service than the requirement.

“You’d be surprised at how manygo above and beyond many of thosehours without any recognition,” shesaid. “We have lots that come back andask to do more volunteeropportunities, from the SpecialOlympics to programs through theirown church.”

Boynton has a bulletin board up atthe school with a variety of volunteeropenings, and the board usually fillsup quickly.

“It’s rare that I have to gobegging,” she said with a laugh. “Iusually get too many. I’m proud ofthem; they step up to the plate. It’s agood feeling.”

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ST. TERESA’SMEGA RAFFLECONTINUES TORAISE FUNDSBy COURTNEY WESTLAKEFor the Herald & Review

DECATUR – Fifteen years ago, St.Teresa High School decided to dosomething new and different to raisemoney: they raffled off a house.

“We were only going to sell 5,000tickets, and we sold out all of thetickets; it was really exciting,” saidAmy Bliefnick, who was director ofdevelopment for St. Teresa at the timeand was hired in the midst ofplanning for that first raffle. “Thedevelopment committee had a visionof what they thought it could be, andwe sold out two days before theraffle.”

The top prize is now cash instead

of a house, but St. Teresa is stillcelebrating success with their annualMega Raffle 15 years later.

The raffle begins in March eachyear and runs through the 2nd weekof June, said Lindsey Walters, current

director of advancement at St. Teresa.St. Teresa teams up with the threeCatholic grade schools in town – OurLady of Lourdes, St. Patrick and HolyFamily - to sell tickets and raise

money for the schools. Each raffleticket is $100, and those that buy araffle ticket can circle one gradeschool to receive $10 from the ticket.

“We have parents and localbusinesses selling tickets,” Walters

said. “We have seller incentives – wehave a drawing at the end of the raffle,and we give away free tuition as wellas $1,000, $750, $500 and $250.”

Each time someone sells 30tickets, their name is put into thedrawing, Walters said. The gradeschools also hold their own sellerincentive drawings, she said.

“It gets the whole Catholiccommunity involved,” she said.

St. Teresa advertises for the megaraffle in the Herald & Review, on thelocal radio stations with live remotebroadcasts and at local businesses.Many of the businesses that are

helping to sell raffle tickets display anorange sign, she said.

“Some have a St. Teresa affiliation,and some just like to get involved inselling,” she said.

Then in June, the raffle winnersare drawn, from smaller $250 prizes tothe grand prize of $100,000. This year,St. Teresa sold 3,893 tickets in themega raffle, and Tom Gallenbach, a1950 St. Teresa graduate, won the$100,000 prize. Gallenbach is now apriest living in Las Vegas.

“We give away about $140,000 to$150,000 in prizes,” Walters said. “Forthe past two years, we’ve had 75winners.”

The mega raffle has become acity-wide affair since the beginningdays, said Bliefnick, who is also agraduate of St. Teresa.

“It’s not just the Catholiccommunity; the whole Decaturcommunity has embraced it, whichhas made it an exciting fundraiser,”she said. “I’m happy that it’scontinued. It’s a great fundraiser fornot only the high school but the gradeschools too.”

Tuition only covers about 60percent of the budget, so the fundsprocured from the mega raffle aid incovering the rest of the operatingcosts for the schools. This year, theraffle raised about $200,000 for theschools Walters said.

“It goes to our operating expenses– power, electricity, internet,maintenance, cleaning, and things likethat,” she said. “(The raffle) is vital; it’sone of our biggest fundraisers.”

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ST. TERESATHROUGHTHEGENERATIONSBy COURTNEY WESTLAKEFor the Herald & Review

DECATUR – When she was inhigh school, Teresa (Dowd) Haydenspent her summers babysitting for $15a week. She then used part of hermoney to help her family pay hertuition at St. Teresa High School.

“I was one of six kids, and the onlyone of the six who stayed at St. Teresa;my siblings all went to StephenDecatur but I was especially fond of itand involved in a lot of things at theschool,” said Hayden, a 1956 graduateof St. Teresa.

This year, during trips back to herhometown from her new residence inArizona, Hayden will be able toexperience some of the sportingevents and school activities of St.

Teresa once again through two of hergrandchildren, Wyatt Wilkerson andHolly Haskins, who are both seniorsat St. Teresa.

Hayden said she was thrilledwhen her family members beganattending St. Teresa again, from herson-in-law to her grandchildren.

“Oh, I loved it,” she said. “We alllove it; it’s a fun thing. St. Teresa is awonderful place for a very goodeducation.”

That is precisely the reason Hollyand Wyatt’s mothers – Teresa’s

daughters – say they decided to sendtheir children to the school.

“We’ve been Catholic our wholelives, and my kids attended Our Ladyof Lourdes,” said Robin Haskins,whose son Joey also graduated fromSt. Teresa in 2007. “I feel like they’vehad a really good education there,they’ve enjoyed it and it’s been apositive experience. We even movedout to Warrensburg, but my son didn’twant to switch schools.”

Haskins said she believes therehave been more opportunities open toher children by going to a smaller,private school. Both of her childrenplayed multiple sports during theirhigh school careers and were on highhonor roll.

“There are more opportunitiesbecause there aren’t as many kids, sothey get more attention and are ableto do more,” she said. “Between all ofthe activities they have at school andchurch, we’ve also become friendswith all of the kids’ parents. It’s very

family-oriented; we’ve really becomea community.”

Rocki Wilkerson said her sonWyatt had always wanted to attend St.Teresa to become a part of the footballprogram. Wyatt was given a choicewhen he graduated 8th grade from St.Patrick’s grade school about where hewanted to enroll for high school, andhe chose St. Teresa, she said.

“He lived for the footballprogram; he always wanted to be a

part of the Bulldogs football team,”Wilkerson said, adding that Wyatt isnow a senior lineman on the team.

Wilkerson also spoke highly of herson’s experience at St. Teresa.

“He is in honors classes, and likesthe social part very much. Academi-cally he was always interested inscience and math, so I like theopportunities he got with honorsclasses,” she said. “He always had agood relationship with faculty, andthat pertains to the fact that there is asmall class size, so if you were havinga difficult time or needed moreattention, there was the opportunitythere to get it. The religious aspect wasalso very important to Wyatt, and hegot involved in service and student

ministry.”School activities and programs are

some of the things that Hayden saidshe remembers most about her timein high school and is thrilled that hergrandchildren are able to experiencethe same things.

“Back then, I remember Fridaynight football games; we always hadan assembly on Friday, and I was onthe cheerleading squad,” she said.“Yearbook was also a big thing back

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Herald & Review photo / Ralf PanschTeresa Hayden, center, a graduate of St. Teresa High School, is flanked by her grandchildren, Holly Haskins, left, and Wyatt Wilkerson, who are carrying on the family tradition of attending the school.

September 30, 2010 • www.herald-review.com • Herald & Review ST. TERESA 9then. We just had such a good time.Those were special years.”

Hayden can recall at least fivecouples from her class of about 74students who ended up gettingmarried, she said, and several morestudents went on to become nuns orpriests. She and her husband stillkeep in touch with many of her formerclassmates, some of whom even live inArizona and get together with theHaydens on occasion.

“Our class has always been reallyclose,” she said. “We still have ourreunions, and we have a pretty goodturnout. There are a lot of goodfriendships. It seems like when you goto school like St. Teresa, thefriendships are close and they last,which I think is special.”

When Haskins’ son Joeygraduated from St. Teresa, she saidthere were seven boys in his class whohad grown up together sincepreschool and decided to have theirgraduation party together. She alsoacknowledged that her husband’sgroup of friends from St. Teresa alsostill gets together often.

“Their group of friends is all

turning 50 next year, and they’re goingto get together to celebrate,” Haskinssaid.

Wilkerson said she believes thatSt. Teresa has done a great job atpreparing her son for the next stepafter high school.

“St. Teresa has given him a goodfoundation academically andspiritually, and I think Wyatt will dojust fine wherever he goes,” she said. “Ihope someday he realizes howimportant that foundation was.”

Both Wilkerson and Haskins saidthey feel blessed that their childrenwere able to experience a positive andquality education at St. Teresa just liketheir mother did. They have a close-knit family, Wilkerson said, and Hollyand Wyatt are very “connected,”especially after spending their highschool years together.

“It is a sacrifice to send your kidsthere because it is expensive. But it’s aquality education with faith-basedenvironment,” Haskins said. “It’s awonderful community to put yourkids through. It’s a good thing; Iwould do it over again.”

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KAIROS RETREATHELPS TO DEEPENFAITHBy COURTNEY WESTLAKEFor the Herald & Review

DECATUR – During her junioryear, Leanne Wagner was thrilled tolearn that she was hand-picked byfaculty members and upperclassmenat St. Teresa High School to becomeone of six female leaders for the seniorretreat called Kairos. The honor greweven more when her peers selectedher to be the “rector,” who is in chargeof the entire event.

“Going on Kairos was an amazingexperience in itself, but leading it wasan honor, and seeing the reactions ofthe girls in my class was wonderful,”said Wagner, a 2009 graduate of St.Teresa.

Kairos is just one of several retreat

programs offered at St. Teresa to allowstudents to deepen their faith andexplore their relationships withthemselves, others and God, said DanBoynton, director of retreats andbusiness education department chair

at the school.The retreat opportunities for

students are progressive as thestudents grow older, starting with aone-day freshmen retreat led by agroup of seniors. The next year,

sophomores are able to attend a 24-hour retreat called Quest.

“Boys go one week, and girls goanother week,” Boynton said. “It’sanother step in their faith journey, sothey can grow a little deeper in theirfaith. It’s a student-directed retreat.”

The Teens Encounter Christ (TEC)retreat is open to students who haveturned 16 or completed theirsophomore year. TEC is sponsored bythe Springfield Diocese and takesplace in Springfield, so the teens canget to know students from other areaschools.

Then, when students are seniors,they can attend Kairos, which is athree-day retreat – one for boys andone for girls – in the spring offcampus. Boynton and several otherfaculty members help to facilitateKairos, with student leaders alsocoordinating much of the retreat.

“Kairos means God’s time,”Boynton said. “It’s a good experiencefor seniors because they are just aboutto move on to the next big phase asthey graduate high school. It’s anexcellent way to keep them groundedin their faith and cement theirrelationships with each other and

know they can carry their faith withthem in the next part of their faithjourney.”

Lindsey Walters, who now servesas the director for advancement at St.Teresa, graduated in 2003 andattended the retreat as a senior.

“I had a great experience; it’s notmandatory, but almost 100 percent ofthe class goes,” she said. “It makesyour class so much closer. I know it’s areal emotional retreat for a lot of thegirls.”

Wagner echoed Walters’sentiments.

“It becomes a part of us,” Wagnersaid. “Everyone always says they wishit could have been earlier (in our highschool career). The connection youhave afterwards is really incredible.Everyone is closer and moreunderstanding, and you realize yourfriendships and relationships couldget deeper than you ever thoughtpossible.”

Wagner said she would encourageanyone to attend Kairos, whether theyare a spiritual person or not.

“It’s a spiritual retreat, but youdon’t need to be spiritual toparticipate,” she said. “It’s incrediblymeaningful; you can’t really explain itunless you experience it, and you can’tappreciate it until experience it. Youjust need to open up - the term we useis ‘let go and let God’.”

Boynton said he believes thateveryone will have a positiveexperience if they come into a retreatwith an open mind.

“We’re not in control; God is incontrol,” he said. “If our leaders arewell-prepared, and our candidates areopen to the experience, we can allhave a great experience.”

The retreat programs always seemto have a high turnout at St. Teresa,Boynton said. During last year’s Questretreat, everyone in the sophomoreclass attended except one student, hesaid. His goal is to encourage as manystudents to attend as possible so thatthey have the opportunity to delveinto their faith journey.

“The goal is for the kids to deepentheir faiths overall, so they can feelgood about where they are in theirfaith lives,” he said, “but alsounderstand that it is a journey andthey have love and support along theway.”

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COMMUNITY SERVANTSTHE KNIGHTS OFCOLUMBUSCONTINUE TOSERVE THECOMMUNITYBy COURTNEY WESTLAKEFor the Herald & Review

DECATUR – From hosting majorcommunity fundraisers to serving uplunch each day, the Knights ofColumbus hall has been an integralpart of the community for years, andeven more so now with a majorrenovation.

The Decatur Illinois Council wasestablished on May 12, 1901, with thefocus of helping those less fortunate.The Knights of Columbus Council 577is located at 522 E. North St. andbetween March 2008 and July 2009,was the object of a major facelift in

order to better serve the community.The subject of a remodel came up

when members began to realize thatthe innerworkings ofthe buildingneeded to bereplaced, suchas theplumbing,electricity andeven the roof,said TomDilbeck, aKnights ofColumbusmember and a1969 graduateof St. TeresaHigh School.

“Everythinghad run its course and was needing alot of maintenance,” he said. “It hadbeen 40 years, so it was time to do

something.”The members researched

relocating the hall but decided thatthe facilitywas a goodbuilding andcentrallylocated, sorenovatingwould be abetter option,Dilbeck said.

“Thebuilding wasgutted to theexistingwalls,” hesaid. “Thetotal insidewasrenovatedfrom the

front to the back.”The facility is now complete with a

Knights of Columbus clubroom

offering a sports bar atmosphere withbig screen TV viewing, as well as abanquet area that can accommodateup to 380 guests for weddings, partiesor other events.

“The main hall is a little smaller,but the bar area is a lot bigger so thereare more opportunities to servelunches and host smaller meetings,”Dilbeck said. “The old hall heldbetween 500 and 600 people; backthen we had bingos, but we no longerdo. This one still holds over 300. Andwe needed more space on the otherside.”

The banquet room is availablewith full in-house catering and isavailable for rent seven days a weekdepending on availability.

Dilbeck said the hall has hostedmany community and private eventssince opening with the newrenovations, such as the UnitedCerebral Palsy’s Barstool Open, theSpecial Olympics Tootsie Roll Drive,

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Don’t miss McLeod’s tailgatethis Friday in our

parking lot!

Come see us before or after the gameor any time for pizza, great service fromKatie, Jason and Billand a great time.

fundraisers for local organizations andeven a dance for kids with disabilities.Wedding receptions are also held atthe hall; Dilbeck said May and June of2011 are already booked up.

“St. Patrick’s parade is a big timefor us too; we have a party before andafter,” Dilbeck said.

And in October, the Knights ofColumbus Hall will be the location ofthe St. Teresa Homecomingcelebration for alumni. Dilbeck saidabout 300 people are expected at thecelebration event, which will be a big

party with dueling pianos and willeven include three class reunions.

Aside from large events, theKnights of Columbus Hall is openevery day for lunch and dinner,Dilbeck said.

“We have a full kitchenoperational in the club, so we canserve lunches and dinners at night.We didn’t have that before,” Dilbecksaid. “Everything (in the new facility)is current, fresh and conducive todowntown. The public is welcome tocome down and eat.”

Congratulations St. Tesaon 80 years of quality Catholic education.

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this holiday season.

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MARK MCLEODCONTINUES THETAILGATINGTRADITION AT ST.TERESA

By REX SPIRESFor the Herald & Review

DECATUR – If you don’t want tohave fun, you shouldn’t be aroundMark McLeod. Fun should be hismiddle name.

Anyone who knows him or has

seen him in action when he’soperating his monster grill at afootball game or a charitable eventwill tell you that.

During a typical fall weekend,McLeod may log a thousand miles ormore and cook hundreds of pounds ofmeat and other goodies whiletailgating at football games all overthe Midwest. He’s been known to setup his custom-built grill at a highschool football game on a Fridaynight, head for northern Indiana to dothe same thing at a Notre Dame gameon Saturday, fold his tent and repeatthe performance at a Chicago Bears’game on Sunday.

It’s a schedule that might do in alesser man, but McLeod is a robustfellow who competed in “tough man”contests in his younger days. Just ashe’s told many people, football hasbeen his passion ever since he playedfor Assumption High School morethan 30 years ago.

“I don’t have any hobbies. I don’tplay golf or do anything like that,” hesaid. “If my buddies want to go see agood high school game, or an Illinoisor pro game, we load up the cookerand a bunch of meat and take off.”

His initial foray into grilling camesome 13 years ago when he and hisfriends put up a tent at a St. Teresa-Central A&M showdown and sent outthe word to fans of both teams, “ya’allcome.” It turned out to be so much funand drew such a favorable responsefrom the fans that he’s continued thatpattern ever since.

At these outings, he doesn’tcharge any of the people who partakeof the food, but there is a large tip jarhandy if someone wants to contribute.He’s found that people are usuallyappreciative and will throw enoughmoney into the jar to come close towhat he spends on supplies.

“I don’t do it to make money. I doit because I like to see people have funand to be around people who enjoythat kind of thing.” McLeod explained.

By the same token, neither hiscooker nor his grillmates are for hire.

“People want me to come to their

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Herald & Review photo / Ralf PanschMark McLeod has taken tailgating to a new level and can oftentimes be found at a St. Teresa homefootball game.

September 30, 2010 • www.herald-review.com • Herald & Review ST. TERESA 17functions and cook for them,” he said.“They ask me what I charge for doingit. I tell them I won’t take moneybecause that means they can dictatewhen and where I have to be andwhat I’m going to cook. That’s not whyI built the cooker. If I think it’s for agood cause, I may donate it, but Iwon’t rent it.”

He and his friends built his firstcooker and the trailer used totransport it in his garage in

Assumption nearly 15 years ago. It hasbeen modified, enlarged and refinedat least a couple of times into thegleaming stainless steel showpiece itis today. It is capable of cookingsteaks, chops, porkloins, burgers, hotdogs and brats all at the same timedepending upon the occasion andhow many people are expected. Withthat kind of draw, it never fails to be ahit with the fans or people attending acharity benefit.

At the request of Curley’s SportsBar owner Bill Miller, McLeod willhave his monster grill at St. Teresa’shomecoming and plans trips to otherhigh school, Illinois and St. LouisRams football games in the nearfuture.

“I’ve been slowed down a little bitby my 11-year old son’s JuniorFootball League games, but after Oct.2 we’ll be going to a lot of games,” hesaid.

When he isn’t tailgating, he’srunning his Decatur-based truckingcompany, McLeod Express,

commanding a fleet of 320 tractors,more than 800 semitrailers and 425employees. His vehicles move generalfreight from coast to coast and hecounts ADM, Tate & Lyle, PPGIndustries, Skeffington’s BudweiserDistributor, Coca-Cola andProctor&Gamble among his largestcustomers.

And when it comes to employeeperks, how about this one? He cooksfor his truckers and office staff everysix to eight weeks or so.

“They love it and I get a kick outof it,” McLeod said.

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Congratulations St. TeresaON YOUR 80TH ANNIVERSARY

Catholic education for our family and the community.Larry and Nancy Bullock

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G-1 Lisa Ernst Feriozzi ‘75, Allison Feriozzi ‘06H-2 Jerry Dawson ‘74, Brian Dawson ‘06I-3 Mark Brumleve ‘79, Chet Brumleve ‘04J-8 Martha McNamara Brinkoetter ‘68, Jodi Brinkoetter Powell ‘95K-10 Marty Bushell ‘76, Matthew Bushell ‘06L-9 Dianna Reynolds Wagner ‘79, LeAnne Wagner ‘09

Join us for our HomecomingJoin us for our Homecomingevents this weekendevents this weekend

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17:00 p.m.

Homecoming Football Game vs. Tolono Unity

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25:30 p.m.

Mass at St. Patrick Church

80th Anniversary Celebration at Knights of Columbus Hall

Cocktail Hour immediately following 5:30 Mass7:30 p.m.

Dinner9:00 p.m.

Entertainment by the All American Dueling PianosEntertainment only tickets $10 at the door(www.allamerican-duelingpianos.com)

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Mike Dawson‘67

Pat Dawson‘68

Tom Dawson‘72

Jerry Dawson‘74

Sean Dawson‘93

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Jim Dawson‘96

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Kristie Dawson Danko‘98

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Congratulations St. TeresaON 80 YEARS OF QUALITY

CATHOLIC EDUCATION.The family of Jim & Sue Dawson

Thank you for the memories.

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