Music of the 60's -Click on this

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and this one as well

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Oak Leaves Yearbook photographs

Dear Mrs. Lockwood and Mrs. Doolittle,
Regarding your questions about yearbooks and copyright, neither our yearbook advisor nor I, are aware of copyrights attached to copies of the "Oakleaves." Building a website for your graduating class sounds like a good idea as does the use of photos from "Oakleaves."
Jim Chupaila
Principal F-M HS

Dale Drypolcher Class of 1965

Message from Dale Drypolcher:
Great job on your blog! I was the class of 1965, but i read a blurb from duke leonard about my old teammate, tom jones and i was hoping that if duke saw this he could send me jones' email address. We attended jr. college together ( after being asked to leave from our first colleges ) and i have not seen him in 40 years. thanks for this opportunity. you guys did a magnificent job on this blog site. i had a number of friends from 1966 and got some great info.
best regards- dale drypolcher, class of '65

Let's Say thanks

Click on this site to send a postcard thanking the troops:

http://www.letssaythanks.com/ThankYou.html

This is a great web site. It's so easy to do. You can write your own message or choose one. Something cool that Xerox is doing.If you go to this web site, www.LetsSayThanks.com, you can pick out a thank you card and Xerox will print it and it will be sent to a soldier that is currently serving in Iraq. You can't pick out who gets it, but it will go to some member of the armed services.
How AMAZING it would be if we could get everyone we know to send one. It is FREE and it only takes a second. Wouldn't it be wonderful if the soldiers received a bunch of these?Whether you are for or against the war, our people over there need to know we are behind them...
from anonymous

Identifying a Stroke Victim

New Sign of a Stroke --------Stick out Your Tongue STROKE: Remember The 1st Three Letters.... S.T.R.
My nurse friend sent this and encouraged me to post it and spread the word. I agree. If everyone can remember something this simple, we could save some folks. Seriously.. Please read: STROKE IDENTIFICATION: During a BBQ, a friend stumbled and took a little fall - she assured everyone that she was fine (they offered to call paramedics) .....she said she had just tripped over a brick because of her new shoes. They got her cleaned up and got her a new plate of food. While she appeared a bit shaken up, Ingrid went about enjoying herself the rest of the evening. Ingrid's husband called later telling everyone that his wife had been taken to the hospital - (at 6:00 pm Ingrid passed away.) She had suffered a stroke at the BBQ. Had they known how to identify the signs of a stroke, perhaps Ingrid would be with us today. Some don't die.... they end up in a helpless, hopeless condition instead. It only takes a minute to read this... A neurologist says that if he can get to a stroke victim within 3 hours he can totally reverse the effects of a stroke... totally. He said the trick was getting a stroke recognized, diagnosed, and then getting the patient medically cared for within 3 hours, which is tough. RECOGNIZING A STROKE Thank God for the sense to remember the "3" steps, STR . Read and Learn! Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify. Unfortunately, the lack of awareness spells disaster. The stroke victim may suffer severe brain damage when people nearby fail to recognize the symptoms of a stroke .Now doctors say a bystander can recognize a stroke by asking three simple questions:S * Ask the individual to SMILE. T * Ask the person to TALK and SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE (Coherently)(i.e. It is sunny out today) R * Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS. NOTE: Another 'sign' of a stroke is this: Ask the person to 'stick' out his tongue.. If the tongue is 'crooked', if it goes to one side or the other , that is also an indication of a stroke. If he or she has trouble with ANY ONE of these tasks, call 911(US)/999(UK) immediately and describe the symptoms to the dispatcher or 110 in China. A cardiologist says if everyone who gets this e-mail sends it to 10 people; you can bet that at least one life will be saved.

Internet Jargon

Thought this might be interesting.

Click on the ARTICLE

David Milan

Hi Debby,
No, I haven't drowned in Lake Coeur d'Alene, although it seems like my job has done that. It's been very busy around here, and my commute to and from work is ... um ... "fun?" More like challenging. It's the first job I've had in a long time where I commute on the freeway with the normal flow of traffic. It's usually fairly good with only a couple of places where it slows, but I'm waiting for the first big snow fall (which is predicted this week) to see how that goes. The first one is always the fun one with folks forgetting how to drive on the slippery stuff. I can't wait! The transition to life in CDA has been wonderful. We're having a great time together, and my work is interesting. I do miss my son and his family, especially my grandchildren, but I plan to visit on a very regular basis. The plane fare is fairly cheap, and it's only an hour flight. So it's mostly been work and sleep. The weekends seem to fly by, and Kristi and I stay very busy with workouts at the gym and some fun stuff. We went to see James Taylor in Spokane and it was terrific. He's one of my all-time favorites, and he didn't disappoint. Naturally, I had to buy a JT baseball cap to commemorate the occasion, and Kristi bought a t-shirt so we'll remember the fun time we had. Thanksgiving was fun, and especially so because my brother is recovering from his near-death experience. I called him on Thurs morning and was heartened to hear that he's back on his feet and getting around by himself. He even went to the grocery store, and he's been going out to dinner with his lady friend. Something to be truly grateful for this Thanksgiving. My younger son Jesse was planning on coming to visit us here in CDA for Thanksgiving. He was going to drive in on Wed night and leave on Fri afternoon, because he had to be back to play at a winery south of Portland on Sat. After he had a chance to think about it, he realized that he would be spending almost as much time on the road as he would have spent with us, so he canceled. Pretty smart, actually, especially at this time of year when the weather is unpredictable. Kristi's kids are here in town, though, and her grandkids are as well, so we all got together and had fun. We went to her son's house for Turkey Day and they came over to our house last evening. Her son doesn't cook turkey, so we had prime rib on Thurs, and we cooked the turkey yesterday for a traditional followup dinner. We also watched the Boise State Broncos get beat by Hawaii for the WAC championship. Good thing I don't live in Boise anymore. Well, I'd better get going. Hope all is well with you and your family.
Dave

New Slide Show Feature

Blogger added a new slide show feature. Am using many of the candids from the 40th reunion which will change periodically.

Happy Thanksgiving

Hope everyone is having a good day.

Debby

Jamie Steele

Jamie Steele has seen and talked to Ray Conover who unfortunately wants to remain incommunicado. I have been in touch with another classmate, Jim Carroll who also wants to remain out of touch. I just don't understand. I know there are others like that so we will forge ahead and try and find the people who want to be found.

Tom Ford Class of 68

Debby,
It’s great that you share them. I had a lot of friends in your class. I always liked the Morrisseys and looked up to John. He was an Army helo pilot in Vietnam, and maybe that’s part of the reason I chose to fly helos.As you will remember, I was very active in music. Sandy Geiss was one of my closest friends, so I got to know Dave through her. I remember working on Skip’s HS campaign (student council Pres?) at his house and was good friends with David – we were in Swing 16 together.Have a great Thanksgiving with your family. I had hoped to be home by now (with a new job) to enjoy the day with Tommy & Stephen and my dad in Pensacola, but the Navy hasn’t picked the winner of the contract yet.....All the best,Tom

Rick Cook

Rick Cook is a consultant for Chevron. He lives 2 weeks out of each month in Dinosaur, CO. The other 2 weeks of the month he either flies home to MI or goes fishing or hunting with his brother Carl or his wife Maureen and daughter. If not doing that, he races vintage Corvettes. It seems he's getting ready to retire from consulting after the first of the year. On his drive home, he may stop in St. Louis for a visit.

Happy Thanksgiving

Best wishes to the class of '66 for a Happy Thanksgiving.
The Sheedy family (Dan, Jill, Ben and Jon) will share Thanksgiving dinner at home. The boys will slip away at some point to spend time with friends and the old folks will slip into their customary coma. The four dogs will be standing by for anything that just happens to "fall off the table."
Ben is home from SUNY Fredonia for the week, while Jonathan's escape from high school starts at 2:20 pm Tuesday (that's today).
The old man will go through the motions of visiting the gym in the never ending battle of the bulge. Then there will be the start of Christmas shopping (thank God for the internet).
So, that's about it from this side of the moon. Happiness and good health to all!

Frank Carroll

While sitting in the Raleigh Durham airport yesterday waiting for my flight, I had a long chat with fellow Verizon user Frank Carroll. Verizon callers have unlimited calling minutes to each other so we chatted for almost an hour. We caught up on the last couple months we've been out of touch with each other.
Frank and I share similar situations with our Mothers. While I'm dealing with an assisted living facility, Frank is dealing with 24/7 inhome nursing care of his Mother. Many of the stresses and demands are the same.
If anyone has similiar stories, let us know. And if anyone is a Verizon user let us know so we can talk.
Debby

Tom Ford Class of 1968

Just had a nice email from Tom Ford from my brother's class, 1968. Tom was our neighbor on Thornwood Lane in Fayetteville. He was a Navy helicopter pilot. He writes: " I’m a retired US Navy Captain, helicopter pilot. I've been living/working in Sevastopol as Senior U.S. Advisor to the Ukrainian Navy since 2005. I have 3 sons: Cliff, Stephen, and Tommy Jr; also 3 granddaughters. Cliff is a Marine Captain flying the H-46 helicopter, which is the same helo I flew during my career. He returns to Iraq next Spring for his 3rd tour. I was married to Laurie Hamel; we divorced in 2005."
Tom filled me in on the comings and goings of our neighbors on Thornwood Lane. Very interesting. The Class of '68 is due for their 40th reunion in 2008.

Linda Badgley D'Agostino

Hi Deb,
my husband and I have been through a similar experience when his mother decided at 88 years young to come home, after living many years in Florida. I think the only thing we can compare it to is that time in our lives when we dropped our children off at college and waved bravely goodbye. They thrived and we worried. Little did we realize that we would be doing it again, later in our lives, for our parents. "Ma" is playing "queen bee" to a bunch of little old ladies and a few men, and for the first time in her life is doing what she wants to if and when wants to. I know there's probably so much more yet for you to do, but take heart that your Mom's probably settled in quite well, and enjoying life more than she ever thought she would at her age. Take care, and try not to worry. Linda Posted by Linda Badgely D'Agostino to F-M Class 1966 at November 14, 2007 11:42 PM

Jane and Tad Collins

Hi, Deb-

Greetings from Jane (Gaitley) Collins and Tad.

Eighteen for Thanksgiving, and counting. Oy, joy…. Rel’s, wannabees, in laws, outlaws, groupies, hangers on, and a mangy black poodle eyeing a pear tree. Happy Holidays to the “Class” of ’66 from your classmates residing in the shadow of the space shuttle’s launch trajectory. Where is Tom Stone? Happy Holidays!

C2 and Jane

Debby Larus Doolittle

My mother turned 88 10/25/07. Until very recently she was living alone in her home and still driving. The DVM graced her with a renewed license in the spring so she thought she was good to go. Unfortunately she had a number of small accidents doing minor damage to the car. She seemed to be doing OK. I flew to NC the first part of Oct. to check on her. ... Her forgetfulness had increased and her appearance had declined along with her weight. I finally convinced her to get the First Alert pendent so if she fell she would have a way of summoning help.... I flew home thinking I had damned up the hole in the dyke so to speak. The next weekend my uncle stopped by for a visit. On Sunday I got a call from him telling me my mother had fallen in the night. I directed him to take her to the emergency room after questioning him about her responses. ..... It was this small but significant crisis that led to my brother driving from Atlanta and for me to fly to NC again. In a week we secured an assisted living apartment and on 11/1, I moved my mother in. ... Without the help of Aging Outreach Agency, the gifted people at the residence, the doctors, lawyers and others, I would not have been able to do this. ... This was the single most gut wrenching, stress filled experience of my life. Placing my once tall, vibrant, classy mother in a facility where she is a frail, little older lady who is totally dependent now. .... I know I am not unique, but no one or nothing could have prepared me for this. .... Once into it, there is no guide to tell you what to do. I just ran in my little rented car back and forth and did whatever that had to be done. Never eating and hardly sleeping and not thinking about anything but my mother.....Guess what. She seems to like it there. She's gained some weight back and has some people to talk with and share a meal. .... Am flying back this Wed. to return a cell phone I foolishly thought she could use. Way too complicated. I also have to return the alert pendent and have the locks changed. I found one door that would not lock so I had to barricade the door from the inside and let the police know that house was unoccupied. .... Unknown to my brother and me, our mother was saving magazines and printed stuff she thought was important, like annual reports. I also have to deal with bags of trash from having gone through papers and drawers of stuff. .... selling the car and then the house will follow in due time. But the most important part has been dealt with. Securing a safe place for my mother and peace of mind for me.

Linda Craig Cummings

I am now living in sunny Florida. I moved to Naples about 5 years ago and love it here. I work for the school district and am the Fine Arts Coordinator - which means I oversee the art, music and dance in 46 schools. Yikes!! It does keep me very busy. Last February, my father moved here from Indianapolis and is living in an independent/assisted living facility about a mile from my house. He really enjoys the warmer weather here. In July, my daughter and my two grandchildren (pictured above-ages 6 and 2) moved to Naples from Colorado. At this point, they are living with me and there is an explosion of toys throughout my house. I love the time I have now with all my family. My son Darren lives in Rochester, NY, and is married and has two beautiful children. He owns the Otter Lodge in Rochester (bar/restaurant) and is doing very well. Erica is a financial advisor. Zachary will be 2 in November and Kaitlyn was 3 in September. Life is good but busy.

Linda Craig Cummings

Teri Guhin Ayer

Hi Debby,
I've never done any blogging, so will respond this way. My first grandchild - a grandson - was born on July 28th - Kaden David Yenny.
His father, our son Jason Yenny, has the same birthday. We traveled to Salt Lake City the first week in September to meet him. Since
both our sons are there, Jason and his older brother, Josh, it was a great trip. My husband David and I are completely smitten with this
little person. We're going back to Utah to spend Christmas with him, our sons and our future daughter-in-law Melissa, and while I know it
will be here before I know it, it can't be soon enough.

I would love a class directory.

Thanks and winter well.....

Teri (Guhin) Ayer

Jim Myers and son Ed

Hi, Deb. Hope all is well. Here’s an update, and yes, you have my permission to publish any or all of this!
Had a visit from Frank Carroll at the end of October when he was in the Phoenix area playing baseball with his buddies from Oakland. His men’s senior league team, the Oakland Oaks, drives down here every year to play in something called the “Men’s Senior World Series,” a huge week of tournaments that are held mostly at the pro spring training stadiums here in the Valley. (There are 5 of those, plus a couple of dozen large public sports complexes with multiple fields.) His team made it all the way to the championship game in the “geezer” division, but lost a close one. I think he deserved to win for the longest commute to the game, however, flying in all the way from Syracuse, where he’s still looking after his Mom.
Attached is a picture of my son Ed and me in front of Hidden Falls, just above Jenny Lake in Grand Teton National Park. He and I try to meet up for a “guy” week in the outdoors somewhere once a year. This year was Jackson Hole, where we took off for several days of hiking and camping in the Tetons and Yellowstone in early September. Great time, including close encounters with elk, moose, bison, deer, coyotes, eagles, and every other live thing you can imagine.
Returned home on a Monday afternoon to find that I was suddenly out of work, due to a major corporate layoff that had occurred while I was away and out of cell phone range. An unpleasant surprise on the eve of 9/11 (coincidentally, my 59th birthday). I’m currently networking and interviewing to find a new gig. So if anybody out there knows someone looking for a good Creative Director who’s also an experienced TV/Radio announcer, please give me a call. Resume is readily available!

F-M Forever…

Jim Myers
4243 E Desert Crest Dr
Paradise Valley, AZ 85253

602-331-1915 office
602-692-9665 mobile
jemyers@cox.net

Counter

The counter on the blog had reached almost 2000 then stopped working so I replaced it with a new one. The count is really about 2000 plus hits.
debby

Mrs. Rowland

For those who had Mrs. Rowland for Spanish in high school, please read.
Sent for the blog by Anita Cottrell

Georgieanna Rowland
October 30, 2007 Georgieanna "Georgie" Patchett Rowland, 80, of Manlius, passed away Tuesday at Van Duyn Home and Hospital, after a courageous and lengthy battle with Alzheimer's disease. She was born in Lysander, the daughter of the late Georgeand Anna Patchett. She graduated from Baldwinsville Academy Senior High School in 1943 and Syracuse University in 1947. Georgie was passionate about teaching her entire life and was a language teacher in the Fayetteville-Manlius schools from 1953 to 1976. She then was a full-time substitute teacher until 1998. Georgie had maintained a lifelong relationship with many of her former students. She loved to travel and was an avid golfer and bridge player. She was a member of Pompey Hills Country Club, a former member of Cavalry Club, and a 60-year member of Kappa Delta sorority-Sigma Nu Chapter. Survivors: her beloved husband of 59 years, Frederick; a daughter, Lisa R. (Steven) Serling of Jamesville; two grandchildren, Sarah Serling of Boston, MA, and Molly Serling of Hoboken, NJ; and several nieces and nephews. Memorial Services: 1 p.m. Wednesday, November 21, 2007, at Newell-Fay Funeral Home. Visitation will be held prior to the service, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the funeral home, 8171 Cazenovia Rd. (Route 92), Manlius. For directions, local florists or a guestbook, please visit www.SCHEPPFAMILY.com. Contributions: In lieu of flowers, please consider the Georgie Rowland Student Travel Trust Fund. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home. NEWELL-FAY Manlius 682-5300 Published in the Syracuse Post Standard on 11/4/2007.

Gerry and Denise Phillips

Key West 10/31

Weather is great see you all next week!
Gp&DP.

Hi Debby,

It seems that getting married is the thing to do right now. Here I thought I was special but others caught on to my novel idea. It must be something about our age group, maybe desperation ??I don't mind if you post anything I've sent to you. You will probably want to edit out some of my ravings though.I'll get some pictures to you soon. It's taken so long to get back to you , it's been a busy time. The wedding last Saturday was very nice, absolutely beautiful weather, small country church, quick ceremony and good party after, although, I did manage to crack my head on the car roof as we were going in. So there I am with my head banged up, dabbing it with Kleenex and Carol crying through the whole thing but I figure that was better that the hysterical laughter I had expected. We have had house guests since last Thursday (her pregnant daughter, two little children and husband) and they won't be leaving until Monday. You know what they say about relatives ?? They are like fish, after a few days, they stink ! I'll be going to NY in a week to help get my mother's house ready for sale. She is in a nursing home in Syracuse and won't be going home again so the place needs to be sold. I'll have a chance to see her (she has trouble remembering who I am) and my youngest brother, which I am looking forward to. I'm very close to him even though I think he is a little demented but we always have a great time when I come to visit (I'll remember the relative thing !) Really, I wish I had his sense of humor and timing, he's a hoot to be around and reminds me a lot of John Lennon only funnier I'll try to get some pictures to you, but I need one of my students to help put them on a web site, I never got the hang of it.Take care and stay in touch.

Ralph

Joyce Powell Donohoe

Hi Debby!

I finally........................ got on the fabulous "blog" you set up!!!!!!!!!! WOW WEE WOW WOW!!!!!!!!
I am very impressed it is fantastic!!! There have not been any of those gray rainy gloomy days in Syracuse yet this year, so sitting down to the computer was the last thing I wanted to do this summer!!! Great to see the wisdom lines on everyone's faces, we look great not like I remember my mother or grandfather looking at age 60!!!! I think everyone looks wonderful!!! We have the most interesting people in our class, I'm living vicariously thru all of them!!!! Just a few things, I thought when you emailed me you were going to put in the pictures from the reunion, I only saw 1 I thought you had more?????? And didn't I send you permission to put my emails in???? If not....can I just say in this email that it is okay or do I have to send you a formal email?? Because it is okay to submit any emails and pictures in the FM class of 66 blog.

Hope all is well with you Debby. Sandy and Ed say hello, as you know we travel with them a lot so maybe you might find us at your door step someday!!! The "blog" is just wonderful what you have done for all of us. I look forward to seeing EVERYONE at the next reunion. Stay healthy!! My prayers are with Wayne Trivelpiece and his family.

Speak to you soon!
Joyce Powell Donohoe