4 + Cal's daughter make BJ luncheon



Photo by Tom Moore

From left are Cal Deshong, daughter Mary Pat Deshong-Kinkelaar, Tom Moore, Al Hunsicker and Carl Nelson.



John:

Only four at luncheon. Gal is Cal's daughter Mary.

Take care of yourself.

I'll be in Florida for the next luncheon.

Tom

I was under the weather and asked Tom to handle the report and photo. Thanks, Tom.

Tom will be heading to Fort Myers, Florida for former BJ sports editor Tom Giffen's Roy Hobbs World Series of Baseball for older players. Tom Moore handles the daily newsletter for the six-week event. It will be the newsroom retiree's 7th year at this task.

As for Cal's and his late wife Mary Louise's daughter Mary, that would be Mary Pat Deshong-Kinkelaar, who lives in Akron and is married to David Kinkelaar. Mary is in real estate in Akron and Chicago and is a certified financial planner. Mary and David adopted Clair Louise, 4, who was born in Guatemala.

There has been nothing lower than today's attendance -- 5, or 4 if you count only retirees -- since only engraving’s Pat Dougherty and composing’s Gene McClellan braved a February 2010 snowstorm to show up. Retired printers Al Hunsicker, Carl Nelson and Cal Deshong, newsroom retiree Tom Moore and Cal's daughter, Mary Pat Deshong-Kinkelaar, attended today's luncheon.

BJ retirees meet at 1 p.m. the second Wednesday of the month at Papa Joe's restaurant at Akron/Peninsula Road and Portage Trail Extension.