My worries are over!
It was mostly resolved adding 3/4 oz to the tail. Also, I found as britbrat mentioned, the trust angle was down a hair. So after bringing the CG back 4 1/4 inches from the LE (book says 3.5 to 4 inches) and bringing up the thrust angle about 1 degree and re-trimming, it flew as nice as I would expect from a stick. In fact, it was getting more fun than ever when, on the busy Sunday at the airfield, someone flew right through my plane... rekitted both of them.
Thanks everyone for all your advice and support.
rc spender