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• Western High School All-City Team 1963(Dennis Manrique, Craig Dwyer, George Saldana, Coach Gunnerson, Mark Manrique, Rick Skarbo, Jim Nagy)
• Western High Team c. 1965
• Sully and Mark (Tom Sullivan and Mark Manrique) c.1965
• Michigan State Water Polo Team: Dave Dixon, Ron Pohlanski, Mark Manrique, Dennis Manrique c.1965
• Pan Pacific Masters Water Polo Team 40-45 yrs: Dennis Manrique, Mark Manrique, Ron Pohlanski, Dave Pohlanski, Allen McDaid, Bo Rhudy, George Runciman, Rick Skarbo, Ken Karasik c.1988
• Paul, Karen, and Mark Manrique 1997
• Water Wonderland Finalists #1( 1-Unknown, 2-Dave Gagnon, 3-Mark Manrique, 4-Unknown, 5-Carl Boyd, 6-Unknown, 7-Richard Szuba) c.1963
• Water Wonderland Finalists #2 (1-Unknown, 2-Unknown, 3-Mark Manrique, 4-Richard Szuba, 5-Dave Gagnon, 6-Unknown, 7-Unknown, 8-Unknown) c.1963
• 1963 Western High Team Photo Top row: Rick Skarbo, Unknown, Unknown, Jim Nagy, George Saldana, Mark Manrique, Dennis Manrique, Wilbur Gunnerson; Bottom row: Unknown, Topper Moosekian, Frank Bernoudy, Craig Dwyer, J. Connor, Unknown, J. Bean)
• Patton Team Photo: (Bottom row L to R: Harry Hauck Jr., Laura Frost, Mark Manrique, Linda Foster, Unknown, Barbara Foster; Top row L to R: John Savinsky, LaJune Rodgers, Ed Picard, Lee Davis, Tom Sullivan, Carl Boyd, Harry Hauck, Dennis Manrique, Monty Blashill, Rick Skarbo, Scott Blashill, Ron Boyd, Jim McNairy) c.1962
• Doug, Move Your Big Fat Head!: (1st row: Randy Penn, Unknown, Sally Williams, Susan Williams, Elaine Cooper, Sally Sherk, Diane Greer; 2nd row: Peggy Sherk, Barbara Foster, Mary Beth Ceresko, Mary Lou Shefsky, Tina Solis, Alice Ceresko, Janice Enck, Susan Roll; 3rd row: John Szuba, Tom Koch, Sue Spilski, Marcy Snyder, Jackie Jones, Christine Szuba, Linda Foster, Carol Danboise, John Sherk, Randy Cooper; 4th row: Joyce Allen, Bonnie Danboise, Stan Johnson, Fred Johnson, Carl Boyd, Craig Dwyer, Greg Penn, Ron Enck, Doug Webster, Tom Szuba; 5th row: Rick Skarbo, David Sahagian, George Saldana, Pete Adams, Mark Manrique, Ron Boyd, Larry Dalton, Richard Szuba, Jay Osrowske, Ed Picard, John Powser, Harry Hauck) c.1962
• Bring It Home!: (Mark Manrique, Pete Adams) c.1962
• The Detroit White Sox: (Sue Spilski, Marcy Snyder, Mark Manrique, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Larry Dalton, Ed Picard, Fred Johnson, Dennis Manrique, Marion Abbott, Rick Skarbo, Richard Szuba) c.1962
• Beehive Hairdos Popular With Martian Team: (1st row: Unknown, Lori Davis, Bobby Allred, Harry Hauck Jr., Diane Allred, Barbara Foster, Johnny Allred, Gary Davis, Unknown; 2nd row: Ed Picard, Mark Manrique, John Savinsky, Doug Webster, Carl Boyd, Rick Skarbo; 3rd row: Dennis Manrique, Lee Davis, Joan Makkonen, Mary Louise Abbey, Lynn Makkonen, Leslie Taliaferro, Vivian Carozzo, Linda Foster, Unknown, John Stewart; 4th row: Ron Boyd, Pete Adams, Harry Hauck, John Westcott, John Powser, Jim McNairy) c.1961
• Sul•ly (sul'lee) n. 1. Irish sobriquet for one who is sullen: (1st row: Dave Dixion, Dave Wendler, Tom Sullivan, Dennis Manrique; 2nd row: Mark Manrique, Rick Skarbo, Harry Hauck, Ron Boyd, George Saldana) c.1963
• Looks Like Patton Won Again!: (Mark Manrique, Doug Webster, Dennis Manrique, John Westcott, Harry Hauck, Stan Johnson, John Stewart, Ron Boyd, John Savinsky) c.1962
• Ricky Trys New Method For Attracting Girls: (Not in any particular order: John Hollinger, Frank Toomey, David Sahagian, Bobby Allred, Lori Davis, Gary Davis, John Savinsky, Mark Manrique, Don Cox, Ed Picard, George Saldana, Rick Skarbo, Mrs. Manrique, Caroll Hauck, Tim Hauck, Ed Snelzer, Brother, Francis, Mr. Adams, Mrs. Sahagian, Lori Davis, Gary Davis, John Westcott, Ron Enck, Sue Spilski, Pete Adams, Janice Enck, Ray Ferguson, Tom Sullivan, Randy Penn, Greg Penn) c.1962
• Last Dance: (Carl Boyd, Ron Boyd, Linda Foster, Mark Manrique, John Westcott, Ed Picard, Richard Szuba, Jay Osrowske, Joan Makkonen, Stan Johnson, Sue Spilski) c.1962
• Why's Everybody Always Pickin' On Me?: (Mary Beth Ceresko, Carol Danboise, Monty Blashill, Harry Hauck, Richard Szuba, Greg Golin, Doug Webster, Mark Manrique, Marcy Snyder, Tom Sullivan) c.1963
• Musical Chairs: (Richard Szuba, Dennis Manrique, Marion Abbott, Ron Boyd, Joan Makkonen, Mary Jo Szuba, John Hollinger, Mrs. Allred, Mr. Allred, Mrs. Szuba, Harry Hauck, Ed Picard, John Savinsky, George Saldana, Mark Manrique, Fred Savinsky, Sue Spilski, Lynn Makkonen, Bobby Allred, Diane Allred, Barbara Foster, Lee Davis, Jeanie Sherk, Mary Lou Shefsky, Tommy Koch, John Westcott) c.1962
• Wanna Dance?: (Fred Savinsky, David Sahagian, Joan Makkonen, Ron Boyd, Dennis Manrique, Stan Johnson, John Hollinger, Richard Szuba, Sue Spilski, Harry Hauck, Frank Toomey, Vivian Carozzo, Tom Sullivan, John Westcott, Lynn Makkonen, Mark Manrique, Tom Szuba, Tom Koch, Fred Johnson) c.1962
• David Sahagian, Tina (Solis) Lessnau, Mark Manrique, Lynn Makkonen, Richard Szuba, Harry Hauck, Ron Boyd, Pete Adams c.2000
• Lynn Makkonen and Mark Manrique c.2000
• Mark, Paul, Karen, Danielle, and Aaron Manrique c.2000
• Rick Skarbo, Mark Manrique, Karen Manrique c.2000
• Bob Moosekian and Mark Manrique c.2000
• Most Improved Swimmers (Tina Solis, Lynn Makkonen, David Sahagian, Mark Manrique, Richard Szuba, Harry Hauck, Ron Boyd, Pete Adams) c.2000
• Oh My, He Fell Asleep!: (Karen Manrique, John Savinsky) c.2000
• Polo Patriarchs (Harry Hauck, Ron Boyd, Richard Dixon, Tom Sullivan, Joe Mueller, Mark Manrique, Dennis Manrique) c.2000
• Mark Manrique and Tom Sullivan c.2000

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My wife Karen and I met at Michigan State in 1969 and married in 1972. We have a son, Paul, who is a terrific kid. He is 14 (1997), but wise and funny beyond his years. He plays baseball (made the all star team last year at the bottom of his age group) and ran cross country for the first time last fall. His cross country team took third in the state and received an invitation to the national AAU Youth Championships in Cleveland on December 7 (and I thought the Scott Park meet was cold!). The team did well with 3 guys receiving All American honors. Paul finished about mid pack, but is already looking forward to next season when he will be at the top of his age group and the meet will be held in Florida. I expect it should be a tad bit warmer. Paul just started running track this spring and is hopeful for a good season. He also sings in the school choir and a smaller group called the select ensemble. They have a choir director who would have fit right in at Patton. He gets the kids to go above and beyond normal expectations. Their select group sang at the state capital during the holidays and as a result, got invited as the only group to perform at the Governor's residence for a party. He also formed a doo woop group that performed at the school Christmas concert (remember the singing sessions at Patton with Sully and Moose beating on the pots from the kitchen?)
After MSU, I substitute taught for a couple years in the Lansing and East Lansing School Districts and did a little coaching on the side. In 1971 I began working for the neighborhood legal services program as a community organizer and paralegal. I carried a caseload representing clients on public benefit issues and supervised the program's VISTA project. In 1978 I started working for the Office of Consumer Protection with the Michigan Insurance Bureau. In 1987 I took a position with the Michigan Office of Services to the Aging where I am today. As Legal Services Developer, I provide technical assistance and support to the legal services programs serving seniors throughout the state under the Older Americans Act. I also do quite a bit of work on consumer issues and crime targeting the elderly.(4/97)

Some Things I Remember:

• John Westcott and I were good friends, despite the age difference. He was like an older brother to me. I use to spend the night at his house often and got to know his mother who was a very lovely and kind person. She had Parkingson's that exhibited in severe tremors, but it didn't seem to dim her spirits. I remember she always had a ready smile that made you feel immediately at home and at ease. I couldn't believe it when I got the news that John died. We use to write back and forth when he was in the Navy and I looked forward to him coming home on leave. His mother asked that I be a pall bearer at his funeral, but I couldn't do it. I couldn't even bring myself to go to the funeral. John was the first friend I ever had that died. It was tough coming to grips with that for me as a teenager. It's funny, because now I do volunteer work with Hospice of Lansing, but back then I didn't understand and couldn't cope very well with death, particularly the death of a close friend. (9/97)
• I remember the meet Mary Beth had her day (see F.F. V2N6P3). Pretty impressive swimming! She had trouble with asthma and taking on the 400 right after the 100 fly must have been something for her. Those open turns early on in the race provided her with a chance to catch her much needed breath. I remember the place just going nuts with Patton fans screaming their heads off, especially after Mary Beth started flipping her turns. But I also remember there were others in the audience who appreciated what Mary Beth was doing. It is tough not to applaud and recognize the competitive spirit at its best.
• Harry had taken the guys over to Chandler Park on the east side of Detroit to play against another team. Our team consisted of Ricky, Jim McNary, Denny, Monty, Ron Boyd and some of the other "older" guys. I went along as a spectator to see what this sport was all about (I was about 12 at the time). Problem was that when we got there we were one man short. So Harry immediately instructed me to "suit up" and jump in. Talk about trial by fire! I learned the rules that day by breaking every one and maybe even creating a couple new ones to break. Before the game was over I was thoroughly convinced there was a rule that required the whistle to be blown every time I touched the ball. That first taste of polo led to a long love affair with the sport.(11/97)
• One of my favorite memories of Monty is when we were coming back from the Cleveland Lake Erie meet one year and stopping at the Howard Johnson's on the turnpike. You remember how Monty's voice use to break. Well, he was right in the middle of ordering a 3-D (the HoJo big burger) and some fries. He asked for the 3-D in a very manly bass voice, but when he got to the part about the fries his voice suddenly went soprano on him. The expression on the face of the waitress was worth the dinner AND the toll fare. We laughed till we almost got sick. She must have thought we were nuts.
• Being brought up Catholic, Dennis, Tina and I used to go to confession on Christmas Eve day. Back then, Catholics still had to fast for at least 12 hours before taking Communion. Well, the tradition at our house was to make tamales, which was a major production. The three of us would come home from our last work out for the day (I think we only had two on Christmas Eve Day - that Harry, what a guy!). Anyway, we would get home, try to rinse out our eyes and hoof on over to the church. The other parishioners must have thought we were especially sorry for our sins with our eyes streaming like a river at flood level. After confession we would go back home and help out on the tamale production line (my mom did work at Willow Run for a while and the experience served her well). Once the tamales were finally finished and put in the big pots on the stove to cook, we would crash out on the couch, floor, bed or anywhere else we could get prone only to wake up to the most amazing smell of the season - home made tamales!! But remember, we had to fast! Oh, and did I mention that the tradition at our house also included attendance at midnight Mass? So there we were, dead tired from one of Harry's torturous workouts (which began at 8 am, by the way) and hungry as a tired swimmer smelling home made tamales. It wasn't until nearly 1:30 in the morning that we could finally obtain culinary satisfaction. Ah, the good ol' days.
• I remember Pete as just being a great guy. Never had a bad thing to say about anyone and always there with encouragement for his teammates. I remember watching Pete swim and thinking he reminded me of a snowball rolling down hill just gathering strength and speed as he went along. I don't remember who described his stroke, it might have been Sully, as looking like a rag doll. He might have looked like a rag doll on the surface, but he sure must have been efficient underwater to go the times he was going back then. I remember one of the Detroit Public School City meets when Pete was still at Pershing; he was probably about 15 at the time. He didn't do as well as he had hoped in the 200 in the prelims. I think he had just barely gone 2 minutes. He was feeling pretty down, as he expected to go much faster. Harry took him aside and talked about taking it easy going out and trying to negative split coming home. After the prelims were over Harry had him try it. As I recall, Pete went out in 1:00 and came back in 58. His confidence received an enormous boost and his times just kept getting faster from there. I used to love to watch him swim. You could just feel the energy build as that snowball just kept rolling along.
• Jimmy Ottinger! I can almost hear his melodic voice as he screams something soft and comforting to one of his divers. He used to crack me up as the quintessential polo ref screaming "Ghoul tenders bahl!!!", as only he could. I remember one time during a Sunday morning polo session when some of the players had the audacity to question his calls. With ashes from his dangling cigaret falling into the pool and jaws working overtime on a piece of gum, he disgustedly threw down the flags and stormed off the deck. What a guy! It took awhile, but he was finally sweet talked into coming back.