Page 18 - Priorities #67 2017 Spring

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Ready,Set,Go!
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On April 18th the Priory community gathered on the new track and field to mark the official opening of the track. A dedication was done by Father Maurus as he spoke about the history of the field from what he remembered fifty years ago was a “low swampy area.” He recalled the origin of the soccer field parcel: “In the early seventies a wonderful benefactor, Mrs. Mici Briggs bought it from the Gambettas and donated it to the school so that we might build a second sport field.“ “The renovation became a wonderful communi- ty effort. Soon earth moving equipment arrived (all donated by parents who owned construction companies) and started to shape the area, cutting the hillside, bringing truckloads of soil from other parts of the campus, filling up the swamp. Then students, faculty, parents and monks with shovels and rakes in hand, [we] shaped our new soccer field.”
Inspirational speeches by Head of School Tim Molak, Athletic Director Mark Stogner, Building and Grounds board
1. Tim Molak welcomes the crowd.
2. Building and Grounds board member and alumni parent, Dave
Brett encouraged everyone to get out and use the track.
3. Paul Trudelle thanked everyone after the track was named the “Trudelle Family Track.”
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