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Pirates Log “PLOG” August 18, 2007 WOW! I can’t remember how long it’s been since I did one of these! Hope this finds all healthy, wealthy and wise. I have some exciting news concerning one in our midst and I have obtained their permission to share. First, let me tell you that the website has had a facelift. If you haven’t visited lately, please do so at your earliest convenience. Now on to our news! I had started getting my emails back from Sharon Mahon Fiscus and was concerned that maybe we had lost her. I found her still in classmates.com so I emailed her through there and she responded. She had moved and her email has changed. She has moved to Marlene Robinson (“Miss R” to us girls) had a total knee replacement on August 1st. I haven’t heard from her again, but hope all went well. Write soon Miss R and let us know! Also for those of you keeping up, her birthday is August 20th, Monday. Her email address is ********* Debbie Hazleton Rausch wrote recently to let me know that she is a grandma again! Congrats to you Debbie! Her son, Jim, and his wife, Angel, had a boy, 8 lbs 5 oz and 20½ inches, long on July 17th. His name is Michael Lee Rausch. ******* I received a new email for Charlie Comberrel also. He requests that we use ******** Thanks for letting me know, Charlie. I’m still looking at another Mini Reunion in the southeast and will let you. Rick Gracey emailed back in June that he is now flying part time for the Air Support Unit for the John Baudier and his wife, Theresa, are still in Dale Perkins wrote back in April to let me know about Dan Imig’s daughter passing away. I know we all send our condolences to Dan. While we are remembering, give a special thought to Debbie Hazleton Rausch also. It’s been a little over a year now that her husband has been gone. Some of you may remember that my dealership closed down back in January and we were able to reopen under new ownership in mid-February. It has been very stressful for me since then (well truth be told, it’s been stressful for several years, but that’s another story). Anyway, I turned in my two week notice on Thursday! I will be leaving the Kia dealership after 10 years and actually starting up the store back in 1998. It will be very traumatic as I love the stupid place and have felt like it was MY dealership. I have taken a position as Comptroller with Carlock Nissan in Let’s give KUDOS to Gerry Gothrow Paris. She has completed another walk for womankind. Thank you Gerry! I appreciate all you do for the cause of breast cancer. ******* Well, just like dessert, I have saved the best news for last. One among us has a new addition to their family! His name is Conrad and he was born on May 28th, weighing in at 7 lbs 7 oz and 22 inches long. He is now over 12 lbs and 24 inches long! They do grow fast! I wish I had pictures of the family, but I’ve been promised they are on their way. The proud parents?.......................................................... None other than our very own Robin (Whipple) and Bruce Burrow. They are very excited and Conrad has stolen their hearts, I think. They flew to Well, it is now 6:30 and guess I will get ready for work. One thing about the new job, I will have 3 people in the office so maybe I won’t have to work 70 hours a week and 6 days a week. I’m getting too old for this! J Just a quick note to let you know that the 40th reunion will be here before you know it, so get your ideas, comments, whatever in. Keep your eyes and ears open for “lost” classmates and teachers. It’s been suggested that instead of “combining” with other classes, we just “invite” them to our reunion. What say you? Those of you who stay busy ALL THE TIME, mark a time frame in the summer of 2011 to take a trip down memory lane and renew old friendships and make new ones. I know that at the 35th I came away having “met” some wonderful people that I didn’t know back in ’71. I’m sorry it took us 35 years to get to know one another. Oh! Another tidbit, one of our teachers, Charles Biederman (Spanish I & History, I think) is still counseling at a camp for kids in Well, the days are long and lazy here in the south and the magnolias seem to bloom forever. Everyone take care, send in your tidbits and continue to check out the website.
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Pirates Log 2006/Vol V (November 7, 2006) Well, it’s been 2 months since the last PLog and while I haven’t had much news, there has been some excitement amongst the class. First and foremost, let me apologize to any classmate that I offended by forwarding the email about the Muslim stamp. Such was not my intention and I am very sorry. Please accept my apology. This will be a short PLog as not many of you have been corresponding with me lately. There are some new pictures on the website in the “35th I would also like to let all of you know of a recent upgrade on the website. You can now download your own pictures to the photo albums. Simply go to the Photo Album page and you will see an area for that purpose. It is easy to do and will save you time and effort rather than sending them to me. BUT if you prefer to send them to me, that will be great, I will be happy to put them on the site for you. If you have any problems or questions, please feel free to give me a holler via email or telephone. Lynne (Gross Baker), thank you for all of the wonderful emails. I love hearing from you and look forward to seeing you at the next reunion. If you have any information that you can share concerning any classmates or teachers, please let me know. If you feel more comfortable giving them my information, please do. Gerry (Gothrow Paris), I hope your Ya’ll be sure to check the website often as I do still make adjustments and additions. I have located Roger Bennett’s brother, Rick, and he has given our information to Roger. Hopefully, I will hear from him soon. I got Rick through a classmate of his who happened to be looking for Mindy Bailey’s sister. I often get emails from people who were in other classes at Wheatland and who have visited our website. If any of you have any information on anyone on the “Lost” page, please let them know that we are looking for them. I will be sending the PLog to members of other classes as well in case they have any information or wish to stay in contact with any of you. Not much has been happening here in Francisco Velez, how is retirement treating you? I’m not sure I’m cut out for that. Always great to hear from you! Lyle Williams, I am starting to think very hard on the mini reunion aka “Southern Connection 2”. I’m leaning towards Thank you to those of you who have let me know when your birthdays are. I hope to eventually have everyone’s on file. I hope, too, that you are getting birthday greetings on your special days. Remember the password for that page is “********”. That will not be displayed once I put this PLog on the website. Well, ladies and gentlemen, tis time to call it a night. Maybe next time there will be more news to share with you. Lord willin’ and the creek don’t rise, I’ll be back! Deborah debbo571@bellsouth.net Magnolia’s Forever |
Pirates Log 2006/Vol IV (September 3, 2006) Happy Labor Day! I hope this PLog finds everyone enjoying a safe and relaxing holiday. Things are quiet here in I think the reunion was a smashing success. Thanks entirely to those of you who attended. Ya’ll brought with you your enthusiastic personalities and a willingness to reach out to those you may not have known well back in 70/71 and expand your circle of friends. I, for one, found people that I am truly sorry I didn’t know better in high school. I always seem to come away from one of our reunions with those thoughts. I want to express my special thanks again to Gerry Gothrow Paris, Dale Perkins, Robin Whipple Burrow (and her husband, Bruce), Linda Greenwade (and her husband, Joseph), Cheryl Cornelius Ochs, Jean Garst Kelly, Ray Stanaland, Larry Collins (his wife, Crystal), Dave Pack (his wife, Noralee), John Broumas (his wife, Kathryn), and Mark Chaussee. I’m sure I have forgotten someone, but these people contributed so much of their time and energy into making the reunion the special occasion that it was. I would also like to thank those from other classes that visited with us Friday night, Gene & Cathy Reyes (70 & 73), Gene’s brother, Les (75) and Billy & Cheryl Rohm (70). It was great to see you guys! The gift baskets were wonderful and such a variety! I am already working on the 40th and hope to have some volunteers. I am still diligently working on locating any classmates that are on the “lost” list, so if you know of anyone, please ask them to contact me or ask them if you can give me their information. Don’t forget to check the website often, as I update it almost daily. http://www.wheatland1971.myevent.com Another thing, if you have any information on any of our teachers, please forward that info as well. I have more on that later on. Here are a few short notes about teachers. Shortly before the reunion, I received a phone call one night about 9:30. I answered the phone (caller ID said unknown”) and this man says “Is this Debbie Wilson? Debbie Shortly after the reunion, my son called me one morning while I was at Weight Watchers (for those of you who don’t know, I have been trying to lose weight since the mini reunion in A few days after talking with Lynne, I got an email from Marlene Robinson (more affectionately known as “Miss R”). She currently lives in I had an email from Sharon Martin, Ricky’s wife. I think Ricky is like most of the male classmates, their wives do most of the emailing back to me. LOL I look forward to meeting Sharon one day. Anyway, she was thumbing through our yearbook and had some questions. One, she wants to know why Ricky got the nickname “Lips”. Now Rick tells her it was because he played the trumpet, but she’s not sure she buys that story. So, if anybody out there has the real story, or at least a different story, please send it in. Inquiring minds want to know…… Rick and Sharon celebrated their 31st anniversary on July 31st. richsay@aol.com I have permission from another classmate to inform ya’ll that he is retiring. Francisco Velez is taking an early retirement from the California Department of Transportation. He’s not sure how long he will stay “retired”, at least until he gets bored. Hey! That‘s another use for the “Message Boards” on the website! If anyone is looking for a new career or looking for someone to hire, place those notices on the “Networking” Board. fev@frontiernet.net I also heard from Gail Burton. She was not able to attend the reunion, but she and I will be meeting up in I sent out the September birthdays late last week, but incase you missed it, they are: Ray Stanaland 9/3 (CA) TODAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! Gail Burton 9/6 (AR) Mike Georgulis 9/12 (NC) Susan Muck Rowan 9/16 (CA) Robert Richardson 9/30 (MA) unless he’s moved to OH already, which he was supposed to do in September Send these people birthday wishes and make their day something special. I will send out the October birthdays at the end of September. If you have a birthday (well I KNOW you have a birthday), but what I mean to say is if your birthday is coming up, let me know. You can check the “Birthdays” page on the website to see if I have your day listed. Remember the password for that page is “********”. Speaking about the website, be sure to check out the new photo album entitled “Our Pride & Joy”. This album is for our “next” generation. That would be our kids and grandkids or maybe your favorite niece or nephew or favorite pet. Due to space limitation, only two pictures per child/pet, please. I have also started a “Recipe” page. So if you have a favorite recipe you might like to share, send it in. All are welcome. I love recipes, even though I don’t cook much anymore except for functions at work or family get togethers, I love looking at recipes and dreaming of the days when I could eat anything and still weigh 110 lbs! Yeah, like that’s going to happen today! LOL I really enjoy working on the website and I have been in the process of kind of changing it from a total “reunion” site to a more general site for our class. Any ideas or suggestions are greatly appreciated. If you visit the website, please sign the guestbook and let everyone know you were there. Don’t forget about the message boards! You can network your business there, look for jobs, volunteer to help with the 40th reunion, give us suggestions for the 40th reunion, let us know what you would do differently for the 40th. I have also created a survey for the 40th reunion, so please fill that out as well. I have enjoyed working on the website so much that I have also created one for my family http://www.jenningsfamily.makeswebsites.com , turned one of my friends on to it http://www.southernized.makeswebsites.com and now my daughter is working on her 15th reunion, so she and a friend are creating their website http://www.chs1994.myevent.com . Lynne, she is a much better writer than I am. Those of you who could not make the reunion, you were missed. Rick Gracey, I have been trying to figure out how I can get some Lil Dooey BBQ to you. I’m thinking on it. Sandy Parker Lopez, I will be getting back to you with your reunion package and refund. Mike Sandquist, we missed you and hope your trip to Oh! Before I forget! Gerry is fine tuning the reunion slideshow and that will be mailed out to all attendees. Also, Larry Collins sent me a wonderful CD of the reunion photos set to music. If anyone would like a copy, just let me know. It is in power point so you would need to have that on your computer. Larry has turned me onto power point and I am really getting into that. Well ladies and gentlemen, it is that time again to say good night. So, from the very first PLog…… Ya’ll come back! Magnolia’s Forever |
Pirates Log 2006/Vol III
(February 17, 2006) Well, it's been a busy couple of weeks. I have lots of news, but first to the "Mail Bag". I heard from Cindy "Sunny" Hudson in response to the last PLog. I wanted to know what it was she did because she emails me late late at night. She says she maintains records on Apache helicopters. They train Army pilots. You may recall that Sunny lives in Ozark, AL. Thanks for writing Sunny and stay in touch! sunnyh@charter.net
I got a really nice email from Beverly Sheridan (Mike's wife). I'm glad that the spouses read what I write as well as the classmates (truth be told, they probably read more than the classmates) because then when we do get together, nobody will be a stranger. Beverly wrote to let me know that she and Mike saw Reilly Porter in Galveston in 2004 and Mike had called him at Christmas and spoke with his girlfriend, so we know he is still in Arlington, TX. We just don't have an email address for him and I am assuming that the Arlington address I have is still correct. Mush, Beverly was going to pass on your message about your crush on Reilly. Beverly, it was great to hear from you, please write often! mbsheridan@sbcglobal.net
Michele "Mush" Schlick wrote to let me know that she had seen Chris Carringer a few years ago and that Colleen Corrigan may have info on her. Problem is, Mush, I don't know if the email I have for Colleen is current. I have no snail mail address for her either. If you have a valid email for Colleen, please forward it to me! Thanks! jharris@cwnet.com
Brian Goforth has been very helpful in obtaining information for me on some of the "lost" classmates, as has Robin Whipple Burrow. They gave me info on Alice Craig Wagner and Josina Weststeyn Conant. Although, guys, you gave me two different addresses for Josina. Does she live in Wheatland or Nicolaus? A bit of news from both Brian and Robin, Alice Craig's brother, Steve Craig, collapsed after jogging recently and they were unable to revive him. My thought and prayers go out to Alice and her family. Brian also offered some insight on some of our "departed" classmates, Lori Ranta. Otto Jaks had asked about her. I thought she had committed suicide and Brian did confirm. He said her dad also committed suicide and Lori had found him. Such a sad story. Yes, Brian, we have also lost Vernon Detwiler, Jerry Joyner and Rick Mauritson. Also, Sherry Hornbrook (I don't remember her, sad to say), Barry Mink and Adella Slade. According to Brian, Adella died in 1985 from breast-turned-liver-turned-bone cancer. Barry Mink died of a heart attack. Since he had no history of heart disease, he didn't realize he was having a heart attack until it was too late. Brian, when did Barry die? I would love to have any information that anybody has on our "fallen" comrades. I think we could do a real nice memorial. Thanks for all your info, Brian. And thank Aunt Helen too! Any word on John Skeffington? bjwsagoforth@cs.com
I heard from John Baudier too. He works for Intel Corporation managing one of their many engineering teams in Asia. For the past 13 years John has also been supporting various internal business entities in Asia. He and Theresa (his wife?) love it over there and hope to stay many more years. John, I hope ya'll can make the reunion. Mark your calendar for July 28-30, 2006. Thanks for the info. john.baudier@intel.com
I got an email from Charlie Comberrel explaining that he got home from Atlanta and tried to find his Junior yearbook but couldn't. He decided that he probably doesn't have one as he left WUHS in October or November of our Junior and didn't come back until late our Senior year. Is that right Charlie? I had also asked Charlie to clarify how many children he has...1 son, who has 1 child. Thanks for the information Charlie and it was great to see you in Atlanta! Keep in touch! ccomberr@lycos.com
Robin Whipple Burrow wrote to give me Josina Weststeyn Conant's address and she also had an email address for Sharon Mahon (fiscuss@msn.com) Robin says that Sharon lives in Washington, Alice Craig lives in Florida and Chip Marcus lives in the River bottoms. Thanks for the update on folks, Robin. Let me say again how much we appreciate you offering your home for the Friday Night Mixer for the reunion on Friday, July 28, 2006. robin.burrow@sacagloan.com
Have had many emails from Gerry Gothrow Paris and Dale Perkins. Mainly concerning the reunion. They both are being terrific in helping on the west coast end. Dale is looking into entertainment (DJ) possibilities and Gerry is looking into accommodations and a venue for Saturday night. Thanks guys! gpparis@aol.com and perqkey@hotmail.com
Okay guys and girls on to my news! We have a website! The Class of 71 is now adequately represented on the wide world web at www.wheatland1971.myevent.com . We have been working on it all week and I think it is ready for your review. If you find any errors, please let me know immediately. I hope you all will take a minute when you get through reading this PLog and go to the site to check it out. Please fill in your information on the Classmates page and if you can, download a current picture and I will download a "Then" picture. Write a short bio (if you like) too. I am open to suggestions and if you see something that should be changed or added, let me know. Please sign the guest book and let us know that you were there. When the time gets closer and we have the reunion more finalized, I will be putting prices and such on the "Buy Tickets" page. We are able to accept credit card payments on the site as well. You will see several different "Tickets", so please pay close attention to what you mark if you decide to use that option. I hope that you enjoy it and visit it many times. I will add a link below to make it easy for you to jump over there.
Well, my mailbag is empty now so I will sign off once again. Ya'll keep those emails coming and contact brothers and sisters, moms and dads of our classmates to find out where they are. I emailed Ginny Skeffington looking for John (no response yet) and I emailed Dave Bresnyan's brother (at least I hope it was his brother), again no response yet. Thanks to all who have written and to all who are going to write (see? I stay ever hopeful! hee hee) Sharon Martin, I have missed you this week. Hope all is well down your way.
Magnolia's Forever!
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Pirates Log 2006/Vol II
(February 4, 2006) Hey guys! Well, it's been a month since the last PLog and here I am again. News has been slow coming in BUT I do have news for you! First the Southern Connection! This was a mini reunion held in Atlanta, GA for those who live in the Southeast. It was the brainchild of Kim Ferguson Boyd coolkim994@comcast.net (who unfortunately was too sick to attend) and was a major success!!! A good time was had by all. Attendees were Mark Underwood (wife, Sallie), Charlie Comberrel (he left WUHS and came back shortly before graduation), Dee Starnes Horton (husband, Joe), Darnelda "Donnie" Sloan Trower, and me (Debbie Jennings Wilson). Donnie lives in Stone Mountain, GA and Mark & Sallie live in Marietta, GA. I found a hotel in between the two so hopefully it was not too inconvenient for anybody. I arrived first and called Mark and Donnie. Donnie was working until 9 or so and Mark, Sallie and I made dinner plans. After dinner, we went back to the hotel and Charlie had just checked in so I called his room and he joined us in the lobby, where we drank coffee and looked over yearbooks and reunion pictures. Charlie had brought his Freshman and Sophomore yearbooks, so we had everything except Junior year. Donnie came in about 9:30 and Dee & Joe got there about 10:00. We sat up to till 11:30 or so gabbing and catching up. Donnie will be a first time grandmother in July. Mark and Sallie celebrated their 16th anniversary the weekend before and have two children and two grandchildren. Dee & Joe have two children and two grandchildren (is that right Dee or did I miss one?). Charlie it was never clear if you had one or two children, but Charlie, ya'll may recall just became a first-time grandparent a couple of months ago! And of course me, with my two children and two grandchildren! We seemed to do things in pairs, don't we?
We met for breakfast Saturday morning and Mark & Sallie took us over to the MARTA (the Atlanta transportation system) so we could hitch a ride downtown to the Underground. We met Donnie at that end. From there it was fun, friendship and fresh air! The day was gorgeous and we all had a ball! We walked through the Underground, bought gifts for the grands, toured the Coca Cola Museum (Mark works for Coca Cola Enterprises, that's the bottling part of Coke), then walked down to the CNN building and had lunch at a Sports Grill there. Then we walked over to Centennial Park (or is it Square?) where we found Sallie's dad's name in one of the memorial bricks there. We became momentary movie stars when we got caught for a commercial for the Georgia Arts Council (I think), then walked up to the Buckhead. Is that right Mark? Found a little cafe where we dropped down and had a few cool ones. Then started the return trip to the hotel. Saturday night we went out to dinner then Charlie left for home about 10:30 and the rest of us went our separate ways after many hugs.
Girls, Mark still has those wonderful eyes and now he has a wonderful wife, too! Sallie is a beautiful and friendly person. It was a real pleasure to meet her! She was at our 20th reunion but I don't think I met her then. She and Mark "suit" one another. The same for Dee and her husband, Joe. Joe and Sallie just fell in with the rest of us and it was like old home week! Bit of trivia...Dee and Joe eloped after only knowing each other a month or so and here they are 35 years later! Congratulations guys! So, that was our weekend in Atlanta for the Southern Connection. I hope everybody got the pictures. And the funny thing is, as we discussed during one of our conversations that weekend, none of us hung around together in high school but that didn't seem to matter. We learned that as we got older those "cliques" didn't seem to matter anymore. We missed Lyle Williams, Gail Burton, Kim Ferguson Boyd, Art Bitterman, Rachel Kelly Reno, Cindy Hudson, Ernie Brown and Ricky Martin. We wished all of you could have joined us, but Life happens.
On to the E-mail Bag. Oh! One more bit of news before I get into that! We have been working hard on the 35th Reunion in California! Gerry Gothrow is helping me out on the west coast end and Donnie's mom is going to help her. We have set the date so ya'll mark your calendars!
WUHS 35th Reunion July 28, 29 & 30, 2006
Friday night's festivities will be at Robin Whipple Burrow's home. She has graciously offered her hospitality complete with swimming pool, backyard and hot tub. We will provide music & appetizers and ask that the locals help provide lawn chairs. More on that as we go along. Thank you Robin again for the offer!
I got a wonderful email from Sharon Martin (Ricky's wife). I think she has as much fun with our PLog as Ricky does. Thank you Sharon for the kind words and we will meet one day. ricshay@aol.com
Michele "Mush" Schlick Harris wrote to thank me for putting out the pictures that she had sent. She says that Mark's sister, Karen, married her longtime fella in September on Maui. She is now Karen Underwood Riney. Karen also became a first-time grandma by her son, Kevin who now has a beautiful baby boy, Jackson. Mush also writes that she would like to say hi to Frank "Tiki" Starnes and she'd like to let Reilly Porter know that she had the biggest crush on him. She wishes him well and hopes he gets her message. Reilly is one that I don't have an email for. My last known address is in Arlington, TX. So if anyone out there has any info on him, please let me know. Mush, since Gerry is handling things out there, if you have any suggestions, I am going to ask that you direct them to her at gpparis@aol.com , but make sure to put 35TH REUNION in the subject line. The same for anybody else. If you email Gerry, please use that subject so they won't go into her spam file. Thanks for writing Mush and we look forward to seeing you in CA! jharris@cwnet.com
Received an email from Debbie Martin. Ya'll remember she moved to Arizona from Atlanta a few months ago. She thought she might be able to come back and join us for the Mini Reunion, but was not able to. Deb has been asking me for information of Sharon Okano Misumi. Well, I finally received an email from Sharon with her new email address, which I immediately forwarded to Deb. I think they have since hooked up. Thanks for writing, Deb and keep us up to date on what's happening with you. debtall@comcast.net
Donnie emailed me that whatever we decided on for the 35th was fine with her and to let me know about her upcoming grandchild. Donnie also has several irons in the fire with her job situation. She currently works full-time but is also working on setting up her own LLC and in the next two years will be working on building a resort in Georgia. Good luck Donnie! Look forward to seeing you again real soon!. darnelda@aol.com
Mindy Bailey wrote to thank me for passing along Mrs. Mink's address in the last PLog. That was Barry's mother. Glad you are able to hook up with her Mindy as well as Brian Goforth. Thanks for keeping in touch! bacosb@webtv.net
Mike Sandquist wrote to update us on his life. He is married to Donna and they have two sons and a daughter. They live in Magalia, CA. Matthew is 19, Aaron is 16 and Marisa is 10...another late starter. Mike's business, Paradise Pictures LLC, has a website if you are interested in seeing what he is up to these days, paradisepictures.com Mike asked for Barry Anderson's email, which I sent to him, but all of Barry's emails have been coming back to me lately. So his snail mail is on file, just email me and I will give it to you as well as his phone number. Hope that helps, Mike. Thanks for checking in! msandquist@joshuanet.com
I correspond almost daily with Gerry Gothrow Paris and Dale Perkins. Gerry wrote that she thought Cheryl Cornelius Ochs was also in Tucson, AZ. Deb Martin, you may want to try to look her up. Surely there can't be that many Ochs in the phone book. If you find anything, let me know. Thanks for that tidbit, Gerry! Gerry was asking me about some of the classmates that we have lost. I knew the causes for some of them but others I did not. If anyone out there has any information please let me know. I think we need to remember them and how they died always. Gerry, the State Capitol looked wonderful! Gerry had Lobby Day in Sacramento on the 24th of January and that night they put the pink lights on the Capitol. It was beautiful! Gerry has been a volunteer for the Komen Foundation for many years and walks for Avon for breast cancer. Thank you Gerry for all you do! Gerry is steadily working on finding a place for Saturday night's festivities and lodging accommodations for us for the reunion. We really appreciate it! Gerry and I must have been online at the same time a couple of weeks ago because there for about 30 minutes or so we were emailing back and forth. She would write and I'd answer, then she would answer, then me and so on. Any way in that conversation we got talking about our addresses on Beale. Do you remember yours? Mine was 4599 Lark Drive, hers was 4469 Dove Drive. I didn't know until last weekend that Mark Underwood also lived on Lark Drive, but at the other end! I remember my ex living across the street and Billy Rohm (Class of 70) down the street and Mel Iveson (Class of 70) down the street. Funny thing, my husband and I were stationed in Turkey back in 72-73 and had gone down to Incirlik, Turkey (southern Turkey) to visit some friends. I walk into the NCO Club for breakfast and there sits Mel Iveson. But even before that, after we got married (maybe a month or so) he and I are driving out of the back gate at Keelser AFB, MS and I holler for him to stop the car! I go running back hugging this guy on a motorcycle....Billy Rohm. Billy and Mel were my football buddies there on Lark Drive. How'd I get off on that? Senior moments....anyway along the same vein, Gerry ran into Donnie Sloan at Clark AFB Philippines in 73 or so. So it truly is a small small world. Gerry, you asked about Suzanne Miller. The last address I have for her is in Sacramento, CA. If anyone knows anything different, let us know. gpparis@aol.com
I heard from Sharon Okano Misumi as I said earlier. She is very interested in the 35th and offered up her sister's name as a reunion planner. Gerry that information is Norine N. Okano, 916-683-3624 okanoent@quiknet.com Thanks, Sharon for the info. Good to hear from you and don't forget to switch to my new email address of debbo571@bellsouth.net I'm glad we "found" you again and hope you enjoy the PLogs. tmisok7@yahoo.com
Another "found" one is Diane Kennon, who is now Diane Kennon Piacentino. I got Diane through Classmates.com. Thanks for writing back Diane and I hop you can make the 35th. Diane lives in High Point, NC. If we had known that, we would have invited you down for the Mini Reunion, Diane. Keep in touch! piacentino1@aol.com
Another one I got through Classmates.com is Susan Handschumacher Hamby. I had Susan's snail mail address, but had no email for her. Thanks for responding Susan! shamby46@hotmail.com
Okay guys & girls that's it for the E-mail Bag. So now on to more reunion stuff. Gerry and I are looking into making a "slide show" for the 35th and we need your help! Actually Gerry is doing the work so she needs your help. I am scanning the yearbook pictures to Gerry for her to use and we need for you to send her a current picture of yourself and your family, or pet, whatever, if you like. She needs the pictures to be scanned to her individually not all on one page or if you need to mail them, she will return them if you enclose the postage. If I understand Gerry correctly, this will all be put to music from our "era". Gosh! that sounds so old! I didn't know I even had an "era"! Her brother did one for his reunion and Gerry is going to con him into helping her to do ours. What are little brothers for anyway? I have lists of the Top 100 from two of the radio stations in the area at the time. We also think that we can make copies if anyone wishes to purchase one. I would ask that you not pay for those until you get them at the reunion. If anyone who is not going (and I'm sure there's none of those people) wants one , we can work out the details on that later. As far as cost on those CD's, it would be minimal (just the cost of the CD and postage of .63 if you want it mailed). Back to the pictures, if you have any pictures of our days at WUHS you can send those as well, but again only scan individual pictures NOT groups of pictures!! Gerry's email is gpparis@aol.com and her mailing address is on file, just email me and I will give it to you. More reunion news will follow as we go along and get closer. We are trying to keep the price in line with past reunions, but remember that was 5, 15, & 25 years ago!
Again I'm asking you, if you know of anybody from our class or maybe their parents, let me know. I may have them on file, I may not. Still no word on so many. I'm missing about 80 people. I will try to get a list out there so if you know of anyone you can let me know. Sometimes it's easier when you are looking at it on paper.
Well, that's all folks! Hope you have enjoyed reading this as much as I have enjoyed writing it. Keep your emails coming. Oh! how could I forget! I spoke with Dale Perkins when I got back from Atlanta. Actually he had called me when I was in Atlanta to harass us at the Mini Reunion but I didn't hear the phone....one of those senior things again. Anyway, thanks for the phone call Dale, it is always a pleasure to talk to you. Sorry we missed you in Atlanta.
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Pirates Log 2006/Vol I I heard from Dave Duguay this week. I don't hear from him often but his email was greatly appreciated. Dave had surgery about 3 months ago for prostate cancer. He is expected to make a full recovery as they caught it early. As a matter of fact his testing that was done on Monday, 1-9-06, came back cancer-free. He will have to go every 3 months for 2 years then every 6 months for the next 3 years and yearly after that. Dave, I know I speak for everyone when I say our thoughts and prayers are with you. As I told you in my reply, my best friend's husband had that surgery about 6 years ago and he has been cancer-free since. They took his prostate out at that time and I don't know how they did yours but I do know that medicine has come a long way! Dave also asked me for email addresses on Gerald Linker, Lyle Williams and Barry Anderson, which I was happy to supply. Thanks for asking about my Dad, Dave. He is doing great! We go every 2 months now so they can keep an eye on his lymph nodes. He says he's not having any more surgery though, so hopefully things will continue to look up. hoseboy8@comcast.net More news on John Broumas although the man himself has been awfully quiet. Larry Collins wrote around New Years and gave me the latest on Big John. He is doing good. The mass they saw on the first MRI was determined to be part of his bowel, so for now all is well. Larry & Crystal, Mark Chaussee & his girlfriend, Renee, all went over to John's for New Years Eve. Larry, I came this "()" close to calling ya'll at midnight my time, but didn't want to interrupt your card game. Were you able to stay up past 10:30? I made it all the way! Some friends and I went out to the American Legion , affectionately known as the "Geriatric Ward", to dance and listen to a little girl play the fiddle. This little girl is from Columbus and is 10 years old. She has performed at the Grand Ole Opry and is she ever great! I could not believe it when she started playing Orange Blossom Special. The band had a hard time keeping up with her. She will go far! Larry, I hope the rain has stopped by now. We have been very lucky this winter...very little rain, very little cold weather. It's been in the 70's most days. Thanks for keeping me informed on John and write again soon. whspiratz@comcast.net Kim Ferguson Boyd is now a Grandmother! Unfortunately, she has yet to see her granddaughter because her son and his wife don't live in the continental United States. I believe she was born on November 30, 2005. Congrats Kim, welcome to the club! Kim sent me some pictures that Michele "Mush" Schlick Harris sent to her for me to email out, so I will send those out under separate email. Sorry it's taken me so long Kim and Mush, but better late than never. Mush, I will send the pictures back to you as soon as I get them scanned in, okay? Kim and I have talked a few times on the telephone and several emails. She is getting a mini reunion together for the Southeasterners, commonly known as the "Southern Connection". It looks like it will be the end of January in Atlanta and so far, I've heard from Mark Underwood (he lives in Marietta), Donnie Sloan (she lives in Atlanta...more from Donnie later), Charlie Comberrel (South Carolina), and Lyle Williams (Florida). Still waiting to hear from Gail Burton (Arkansas), Dee Starnes Horton (South Carolina), Art Bitterman (Georgia), Denise Harvey Milligan (Georgia), Rachel Kelly (Florida) and Sally Nicholls (Texas). I did hear from Arlene Endicott Fuller (Arkansas, more from her later) and she won't be able to make it. I think we will have a grand time and am looking forward to it. Stay cool Kim. coolkim994@comcast.net I heard from Brian Goforth right after PLog 2005/VIII. Brian, no one has been able to give me a good email for John Skeffington yet, so he is on my "Lost" list. Brian brought up something that I have failed to mention along the way. We have several classmates who have passed away. Brian was talking about Barry Mink, in particular. He says Barry's widow (Donna) still lives in Carmichael, CA and their two sons are in their early 20's. She has not remarried to his knowledge. Mindy Bailey, Brian says that Barry's mom would love to hear from you and gave me her address. She does not have email so you would need to use snail mail or the telephone. As some of you may know, Brian is a little behind most us when it comes to kids and grandkids. His oldest son is a freshman...in high school and I guess his youngest is in the fifth grade. Thanks for writing Brian. bjwsagoforth@cs.com I heard from another classmate that I have never heard from before, Otto Jaks. I sat between Otto and Jerry Joyner at graduation. Otto is a little like Brian I think in the kids department. He just says his children are still small but not what ages. I'm not sure what Otto does, but he evidently travels a good bit. He has spent time in Sweden, Thailand and Japan. He also sent me a picture which I will pass along under separate email. Otto says he would love to have a collection of fairly current photos of classmates, so I will see what I can do at the mini reunion and the 35th. Thanks for writing Otto. Please stay in touch! ojaks@titan.com Another one that I haven't heard from in a very long time was Darnelda "Donnie" Sloan Trower. Donnie's news was not good. She was robbed at gunpoint on December 30th while trying to get into her apartment. She was moving this week, thank goodness! It was good to hear from you Donnie, although I'm sorry to hear about the way your 2005 ended. Thanks for looking into the hotel situation. Mark Underwood is helping also. Stay in touch and I look forward to seeing you at the end of the month! darnelda@aol.com Heard from Arlene Endicott Fuller today. She may have to put her reunion plans on hold as her son may be deployed to Iraq in May so she is planning a trip to South Carolina. Where in South Carolina, Arlene? You know we have 2 classmates there. Our thoughts and prayers go with your son as they do with any other children of classmates who have been deployed. Thanks for writing! aaefmf@hotmail.com Robert Richardson (Boston Robert) wrote to let me know he is probably moving to Cincinnati shortly. Robert, we don't have any classmates in that area unless there is someone who has recently moved there or someone on my "Lost" list. I have flown in and out of Cincinnati, but all I saw was the airport. One of your questions was about Kroger. Kroger is a big grocery store down here and they are very moderately priced with specials all the time...10 for $10.00 kind of stuff. Yes, I am still at the dealership and will give you any assistance I can. Let me know when you'll be moving. Robert is now working for Gillette (again) and really looking forward to the move. If anyone knows anyone in Cincy, let me know or let Robert know. bostonrobert@hotmail.com Well no email, but I did get my information survey back from Terri Thornton Cusci. She did not list an email address so I guess she is strictly a snail mail. Her address is on file, should anyone want it, please email me. She said she was interested in the 35th reunion so maybe we'll see her there. I heard from Debbie Martin. Last we heard she had moved to Tucson, AZ to be with her significant other. Well, they went to Las Vegas for her birthday and she had a great time! Thanks for writing Deb and stay in touch! debtall@comcast.net I hear from Lyle Williams quite often and always enjoy your emails, Lyle. Lyle is planning on coming to the mini reunion as well so I look forward to seeing you soon. Keep the emails coming. lkwms8253@aol.com Gerry Gothrow Paris and I exchange emails almost daily as do Dale Perkins and I. Gerry, my dad worked on the SR-71 as well. He worked with the SLR (side looking radar). It's funny, my dad went to Thailand also in 72. I remember I got married January 2, 1972 and he wasn't able to be there as he was at Udorn, Thailand. Small small world! Gerry is searching Sacramento for possible locations for the 35th. I think we are looking for someplace a little "low-key" so we can visit and not have to shout over music on Friday and maybe a dinner on Saturday. I wouldn't care if it was something very casual on Saturday night. If it was here, I'd say let's go out to the marina and have a crawfish & shrimp boil. If anyone out there has any ideas, now is the time. Speak up! gpparis@aol.com Dale Perkins and I have conversed several times, both via email and on the telephone. He called recently to check on me as I had been sick over the holidays. Thanks Dale. I am getting better everyday, but this stupid cough keeps hangin' in there. Looking forward to seeing you at the 35th! Keep the faith, F.O.! perqkey@hotmail.com I want to take a minute to remember those who have passed on. If my list is incomplete, please let me know. Vernon Detwiler, Sherry Hornbook, Jerry Joyner, Clint Lee, Rick Mauritson, Barry Mink, Lori Ranta and Adella Slade. Well guys, guess it's Happy Trails to You! Ya'll write and let me know your news and if there is ever anything you don't wish me to share, just say so. I don't always tell everything! Those of you I haven't heard from in a while, Gerald, John B., Ernie Brown, Joan Danzero, Chuck V., Francisco, Ron San Miguel, ya'll keep in touch! Chuck, I hope to see you at the 35th! Ernie, will you be able to make the mini reunion? Magnolia's Forever ! |
Pirates Log 2005/Vol VII Hi guys and girls! It's been a couple of weeks since I put out a PLog, so here goes. First let me thank all of you who have asked about my dad. He is doing great. He had surgery Sept 30th and the cancer was a grade 1, so the doc is real pleased. Thank you again. Also thanks to those who sent birthday greetings. I don't feel any older. We do have one other October birthday that I am aware of and that is Kim Ferguson Boyd. Her birthday is October 12th. Oh! also, she's not on our email list anymore because it kept coming back, but Jean Garst had a birthday on Oct 4th, the same day as mine. Actually we were born in the same hospital in |
Pirates Log 2005/VI Greetings from the |