I was not sure if I should post this on email to the list serve or put it on the blog which I can't find. Anyway, here it is. Thanks again for your great work keeping the class of 66 connected:
I have been thinking about responding all summer. Debby, you are right life is more complicated and it’s hard to carve out time to do something different and interesting. I got away from it all a few times early in the summer by taking long hikes. This proved to be so invigorating that, spurred on by my daughter, I decided to celebrate being 60 by trying a short triathlon. We mostly trained for the swim; I can’t run much and had already planned on walking for most of the running part. The biking was great—not too hilly at all. Although by the end, I felt like 60 was the new 100, we both finished, which has been a great confidence booster. The second place finisher in my division, who was blind and competed with an assistant, provided great inspiration. I would love to hear about the challenges and events that you all are doing. I must say that I don’t think I could have done the tri when I was in high school.
Kate Wilber
Friday, August 28, 2009
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Dan McCabe
"Just got back from a 1600 mile trip with my daughter Mollie. I had 5 days to spend with her so we went to Glacier National Park. Spectacular to say the least as the mountains are beyond mortal scope. Beautiful in ways beyond words. Immense and inspiring. These words probably mean as much as wow, or gee-whiz, but how can one describe God's masterpiece. Honestly, it makes me want to paint so I could spend a long time living with the memories. We had a ball and for the first time shared the driving. We tolerated each others music and ate all the things off the menus that we wanted. Our grand finale was a 7 mile downhill ride on mountain bikes dropping 2500 ft off Whitefish Mountain ski area in Kalispell Montana. We also swam in Lake McDonald in about 45 degree water in Glacier Park.
Yahoo!"
Dan
Yahoo!"
Dan
Monday, August 24, 2009
Tom Weller
Things are going fine out here.
I went back to N.C. for a family get together and I have gone out to Lake Havasu a few times. That's about it. I saw Sandy Jackson for a short time when she was out here in July. See, not much to write about! yet.Take care and I'll write back.
Tom
I went back to N.C. for a family get together and I have gone out to Lake Havasu a few times. That's about it. I saw Sandy Jackson for a short time when she was out here in July. See, not much to write about! yet.Take care and I'll write back.
Tom
Gerry Phillips
Not much going on here. Went to NY to see all the kids in July. Going on a cruise in Nov. for two weeks in the Caribbean. Next April to Paris for a week then a bicycle tour in Italy for 3 weeks. Weather is to nice here to leave Huntington Beach in the summer..
I read lately about all our classmates including you having to take care of their parents. Sounds like a pretty rough deal at our age, but somebody has to take charge. Both my parents passed in the mid-ninetys in their 80's. Good news and bad news. Lost my sister in 94 to breast cancer, discovered mine in 98 but was able to survive after several surgeries and chemo.
Gerry
I read lately about all our classmates including you having to take care of their parents. Sounds like a pretty rough deal at our age, but somebody has to take charge. Both my parents passed in the mid-ninetys in their 80's. Good news and bad news. Lost my sister in 94 to breast cancer, discovered mine in 98 but was able to survive after several surgeries and chemo.
Gerry
Jack Mapstone
Ciao... Y'all,I realize it has been six months (or more) since I had something to say. Perhaps that reflects on the incredible sameness of our lives or more likely the fact that I'm lazy and a procrastinator. At any rate, Renae and I have kept on 'keeping on' with rather uneventful (at our age may be uneventful is good?) routines.
Renae still works at FSU student financial services and I will once again start another semester of supervising teacher interns. By the way, it seems mentally more difficult to have nothing to do during the summer than actually going to work. I used to tell the kids in my classes that if they said they were bored that meant they weren't focusing on the task at hand or they weren't smart enough to find something constructive to do. Although, the summer is the time I have to devote more time to exercise, eating better, reading some books, fishing, playing some golf, playing with the grandkids at the community pool and traveling. OK, forget the ...'doing work' comment.
Renae and I did go camping with Steve and Gerry Martin near Sarasota back in March. We had a fabulous time shooting the breeze, a little fishing, checking out the local restaurants, stopping by perhaps the biggest Flea-market in Florida, fixing camping fare and consuming a few beers and bottles of vino. But you folks may already know that if the Eagle(Steve) submitted his semi-annual update.Renae and I flew to Portland, OR in June to visit our son Kip and his wife Becky. We did some sightseeing, a couple of wine tastings, traveled along the Columbia River by car, played some golf and just relished the wonderfully cool weather. Oregon is a beautiful place in the summer. Kip and Becky are trying to start a family but are finding a rough go of it. They may end up going invitro. After they told us we all sat around and cried a bit.( It seems like the older I get, the weepier I get.)
The first week of August we traveled with our daughter and granddaughters to Waynesboro,Virginia to visit my mother, brother and sister.Although my mom stays with my sister Kris, she has a cabin just off the Blueridge Parkway so we all stayed there for a couple of days. There is no electricity and the generator wasn't working so we were basically camping in the woods. About twice a day we would have to drive to a nearby pond, fill several five gallon pails with water then slosh back up the mountain just to be able to flush the toilet. Those of us who could stand the cold water took baths in the pond's spillway. But it was all worth it to be with family in a place we all love.
May you all be well and happy.
Jack M.
Renae still works at FSU student financial services and I will once again start another semester of supervising teacher interns. By the way, it seems mentally more difficult to have nothing to do during the summer than actually going to work. I used to tell the kids in my classes that if they said they were bored that meant they weren't focusing on the task at hand or they weren't smart enough to find something constructive to do. Although, the summer is the time I have to devote more time to exercise, eating better, reading some books, fishing, playing some golf, playing with the grandkids at the community pool and traveling. OK, forget the ...'doing work' comment.
Renae and I did go camping with Steve and Gerry Martin near Sarasota back in March. We had a fabulous time shooting the breeze, a little fishing, checking out the local restaurants, stopping by perhaps the biggest Flea-market in Florida, fixing camping fare and consuming a few beers and bottles of vino. But you folks may already know that if the Eagle(Steve) submitted his semi-annual update.Renae and I flew to Portland, OR in June to visit our son Kip and his wife Becky. We did some sightseeing, a couple of wine tastings, traveled along the Columbia River by car, played some golf and just relished the wonderfully cool weather. Oregon is a beautiful place in the summer. Kip and Becky are trying to start a family but are finding a rough go of it. They may end up going invitro. After they told us we all sat around and cried a bit.( It seems like the older I get, the weepier I get.)
The first week of August we traveled with our daughter and granddaughters to Waynesboro,Virginia to visit my mother, brother and sister.Although my mom stays with my sister Kris, she has a cabin just off the Blueridge Parkway so we all stayed there for a couple of days. There is no electricity and the generator wasn't working so we were basically camping in the woods. About twice a day we would have to drive to a nearby pond, fill several five gallon pails with water then slosh back up the mountain just to be able to flush the toilet. Those of us who could stand the cold water took baths in the pond's spillway. But it was all worth it to be with family in a place we all love.
May you all be well and happy.
Jack M.
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Glenn Prestwich
Busier than ever, building new company, making new connections on Orcas to establish new network, existing companies growing and need attention from time to time. Sabbatical this year from UU but still in and out of SLC.
Glenn
Glenn
Bob Gwinn
Things are well. I'm enjoying a quiet life in Minnesota and enjoying being a grandfather to Zoe who is almost 3. I have a small woodworking business, work part time for Nechville Banjos (making high end instruments for musicians like Bela Fleck), and I do a little substitute teaching. I continue to make wine and and officiate high school track meets. We have survived two Minnesota winters which aren't any worse than upstate New York. Being in the mid west gives me access to a whole new region of the country to explore. Last summer I did 110 miles by canoe on the Missouri River in Montana following the route of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and camping at sites where they camped.Walleye fishing is great and, oh yeah, today Pat and I are celebrating our 39th anniversary today. I guess thats about it.
I enjoy your updates.
Thanks for all your work on behalf of the class.
Bob Gwinn
I enjoy your updates.
Thanks for all your work on behalf of the class.
Bob Gwinn
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Terry Infantine Doe
Condolences to Terry and her family on the passing of her father.
August 20, 2009 William E. Infantine, 87, of Manlius, NY, passed away on Thursday afternoon at Community General Hospital in Syracuse after a lengthy illness. Mr. Infantine was born June 10, 1922, the son of William Sr. and Lena (LaDuke) Infantine, in Canton, NY. He attended St. Mary's School and graduated from Canton High School in 1940. He spent two years at St. Lawrence University before enlisting in the U.S. Marines during World War II, serving in the Pacific Theater and in China. Upon the end of the war, Mr. Infantine returned to Canton and reentered St. Lawrence University. While at SLU, he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity. He married Patricia Mitchell on August 31, 1947, and graduated as president of his senior class in 1948. Mr. Infantine worked for McNeil Labs and Johnson & Johnson for 40 years. He was a coach and referee and served as commissioner for Canton Pee Wee hockey before being transferred to Manlius in 1963. While in Manlius, Mr. Infantine served as an usher at St. Ann's Church for over 20 years. He was an avid golfer who belonged to the Cazenovia Golf Club. He was a lifelong fly-fisherman who tied his own flies and enjoyed fly-fishing with his brother, Hark. He loved the Adirondacks and vacationed every summer at Camp Canaras on Upper Saranac Lake until recently. Survivors: his wife, Patricia; his children, Teresa (David) Doe of Canton, Christine (Frank) Marino of Rochester, Thomas (Corrie) Infantine of Chittenango and Lorraine Ager of Syracuse; a sister, Marilyn (Brad) Mintener of Canton; 11 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his sister, Helene, and brothers Harlan "Hark" and Richard. A memorial Mass will be held 10 a.m. Monday, August 24, at St. Ann's Church, 104 Academy St., Manlius. Burial will be in St. Paul's Cemetery in Bloomingdale at a later date. Visitation will be 3 to 6 p.m. Sunday, August 23, at Newell-Fay Funeral Home, 8171 Cazenovia Rd. (Rte. 92), Manlius. For directions, local florists or a guest book, please visit www.SCHEPPFAMILY.com Contributions: St. Camillus Homecare Agency, 813 Fay Rd., Syracuse, NY 13219 or St. Mary's School, 2 Powers St., Canton, NY 13617. NEWELL-FAY Manlius 682-5300
Published in Syracuse Post Standard on August 22, 2009
August 20, 2009 William E. Infantine, 87, of Manlius, NY, passed away on Thursday afternoon at Community General Hospital in Syracuse after a lengthy illness. Mr. Infantine was born June 10, 1922, the son of William Sr. and Lena (LaDuke) Infantine, in Canton, NY. He attended St. Mary's School and graduated from Canton High School in 1940. He spent two years at St. Lawrence University before enlisting in the U.S. Marines during World War II, serving in the Pacific Theater and in China. Upon the end of the war, Mr. Infantine returned to Canton and reentered St. Lawrence University. While at SLU, he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity. He married Patricia Mitchell on August 31, 1947, and graduated as president of his senior class in 1948. Mr. Infantine worked for McNeil Labs and Johnson & Johnson for 40 years. He was a coach and referee and served as commissioner for Canton Pee Wee hockey before being transferred to Manlius in 1963. While in Manlius, Mr. Infantine served as an usher at St. Ann's Church for over 20 years. He was an avid golfer who belonged to the Cazenovia Golf Club. He was a lifelong fly-fisherman who tied his own flies and enjoyed fly-fishing with his brother, Hark. He loved the Adirondacks and vacationed every summer at Camp Canaras on Upper Saranac Lake until recently. Survivors: his wife, Patricia; his children, Teresa (David) Doe of Canton, Christine (Frank) Marino of Rochester, Thomas (Corrie) Infantine of Chittenango and Lorraine Ager of Syracuse; a sister, Marilyn (Brad) Mintener of Canton; 11 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his sister, Helene, and brothers Harlan "Hark" and Richard. A memorial Mass will be held 10 a.m. Monday, August 24, at St. Ann's Church, 104 Academy St., Manlius. Burial will be in St. Paul's Cemetery in Bloomingdale at a later date. Visitation will be 3 to 6 p.m. Sunday, August 23, at Newell-Fay Funeral Home, 8171 Cazenovia Rd. (Rte. 92), Manlius. For directions, local florists or a guest book, please visit www.SCHEPPFAMILY.com Contributions: St. Camillus Homecare Agency, 813 Fay Rd., Syracuse, NY 13219 or St. Mary's School, 2 Powers St., Canton, NY 13617. NEWELL-FAY Manlius 682-5300
Published in Syracuse Post Standard on August 22, 2009
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Who Knew -- Coffee Filters
1. Cover bowls or dishes when cooking in the microwave. They make excellent covers.
2. Clean window and mirrors - they are lint free so they leave windows sparkling.
3. Protect your china - separate your good dishes by putting a filter between each dish.
4. Filter broken cork from wine. If you break the cork filter the wine through the coffee filter.
5. Hold tacos - filters make convenient wrappers for messy foods.
6. Stop soil from leaking out of a plant pot. Line your pot with a coffee filter to prevent the soil from going through the drainage holes.
7. Put a couple of filters on a plate to put your fried bacon, french fries, chicken fingers, etc - soaks out all the grease.
8. Oh yeah - they are great to use in your coffee maker!
2. Clean window and mirrors - they are lint free so they leave windows sparkling.
3. Protect your china - separate your good dishes by putting a filter between each dish.
4. Filter broken cork from wine. If you break the cork filter the wine through the coffee filter.
5. Hold tacos - filters make convenient wrappers for messy foods.
6. Stop soil from leaking out of a plant pot. Line your pot with a coffee filter to prevent the soil from going through the drainage holes.
7. Put a couple of filters on a plate to put your fried bacon, french fries, chicken fingers, etc - soaks out all the grease.
8. Oh yeah - they are great to use in your coffee maker!
Monday, August 17, 2009
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Kirsten Mackey Fleisher
Hi Everyone,
I have just returned home from another wonderful mission trip to the Lake Atitlan area of Guatemala (Solola.) As many of you know, Guatemala is not only a country paralyzed by gangs and crime, but also mired in third world poverty. Again this year, we brought a medical team that set up clinics and a pharmacy in rural villages. Mostly we encountered stomach problems, upper respiratory distress, skin infections...but then there was the young man with end stage liver failure....or the twenty four year old girl trying keep her ten siblings together without money or food. Every year this trip is a life changing experience for the American team members. Thanks to the wonderful Santizo family and Promise Land Ministries, we are able to take small steps toward improving the lives of these people. It is a privilege to be a part of this ministry.
I've included a picture of our pharmacy team, our boat landing near the village San Marcos for a medical clinic, our Buy-A-Bag project (a bag of food that will help a family for a month,) a little girl in her traditional dress, the front of a medical clinic at a local church and finally a picture of the sewing project...helping woman develop a small business making textiles.
There are lots of opportunities for you...not only can you come with us next year, but you could support a student...help a widow with no means of support...or join us to try and rebuild a village destroyed by a mudslide - relocate the people and rebuild theirs means to a livelihood. If any of this sound like a possibility, please contact me at http://us.mc817.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=kirstenmaki@yahoo.com. It will be a gratifying experience - I promise!
Kirsten
I have just returned home from another wonderful mission trip to the Lake Atitlan area of Guatemala (Solola.) As many of you know, Guatemala is not only a country paralyzed by gangs and crime, but also mired in third world poverty. Again this year, we brought a medical team that set up clinics and a pharmacy in rural villages. Mostly we encountered stomach problems, upper respiratory distress, skin infections...but then there was the young man with end stage liver failure....or the twenty four year old girl trying keep her ten siblings together without money or food. Every year this trip is a life changing experience for the American team members. Thanks to the wonderful Santizo family and Promise Land Ministries, we are able to take small steps toward improving the lives of these people. It is a privilege to be a part of this ministry.
I've included a picture of our pharmacy team, our boat landing near the village San Marcos for a medical clinic, our Buy-A-Bag project (a bag of food that will help a family for a month,) a little girl in her traditional dress, the front of a medical clinic at a local church and finally a picture of the sewing project...helping woman develop a small business making textiles.
There are lots of opportunities for you...not only can you come with us next year, but you could support a student...help a widow with no means of support...or join us to try and rebuild a village destroyed by a mudslide - relocate the people and rebuild theirs means to a livelihood. If any of this sound like a possibility, please contact me at http://us.mc817.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=kirstenmaki@yahoo.com. It will be a gratifying experience - I promise!
Kirsten
Friday, August 14, 2009
Larry English
Condolences to Larry on the loss of his mother:
LaVonne M. English
August 11, 2009 LaVonne M. English, 83, passed away on Tuesday, August 11, 2009, at her home in Manlius following a lengthy illness. The daughter of Harry Tupper and Beatrice (Mathison) Tupper, she was born in St. Paul, Minnesota on May 14, 1926, but spent most of her childhood in Malone, NY. Vonnie met her husband Robert in Syracuse in 1946; Bob predeceased her in 1998 after 52 years of marriage. Vonnie was also predeceased by her sons, Robert and Bradley; and her grandson, Wesley Harridge. Her early career was spent working in the advertising department at the Addis Company and E. W. Edwards department stores. The responsibility of raising a family caused Vonnie to "retire" from advertising in the early 1950s. In 1962, she returned to the work force and began a 25-year career at Dey Brothers Department Store as a copy writer and layout artist. Her advertising work was the recipient of numerous Clio awards. She maintained lifelong friendships with many of her coworkers. In 1987, Vonnie entered retirement for real, spending time with her family, playing bridge several times a week, caring for infirmed friends and volunteering at her church. Vonnie was a lover of the arts and a lifelong painter and watercolorist who produced many works of art adorning the walls of family and friends. She was a member and officer of the Onondaga Art Guild (OAG) and the Cazenovia Watercolor Society. Into her 80's Vonnie continued to attend art workshops every year to perfect her artistic technique. She loved her church, St. Ann's Roman Catholic Church in Manlius, where she was a member, supporter and avid volunteer for over 40 years. Surviving: her sister, Mary (Tupper) Roth of Webster; sons, Jonathan English of Syracuse, Kevin (Helen) English of Ithaca, Larry English of Manlius, Steven (Teresa) English of Fayetteville; daughters, Karen English of Ithaca and Laura (David Powers) Harridge of LaFayette; grandchildren, Bryan English, Carolyn English, Scott (Larissa) English, Quincy English, Patrick English, Joshua Robarge, Andrew Robarge, Justin (Michelle) English and Lindsey English. Funeral Services: A Mass of celebration of Vonnie's life will be held on Monday, August 17 at 10 a.m. at St. Ann's Church, 104 Academy St., Manlius; burial will be in St. Patrick's Cemetery on Salt Springs Road in Chittenango immediately following the funeral. Calling hours will be held on Sunday, August 16 from 3 to 6 p.m. at the Newell-Fay Funeral Home, 8171 Cazenovia Rd. (Rt. 92), Manlius. For directions, local florists, or a guestbook, please visit www.SCHEPPFAMILY.com NEWELL-FAY Manlius 682-5300
Published in Syracuse Post Standard on August 14, 2009
LaVonne M. English
August 11, 2009 LaVonne M. English, 83, passed away on Tuesday, August 11, 2009, at her home in Manlius following a lengthy illness. The daughter of Harry Tupper and Beatrice (Mathison) Tupper, she was born in St. Paul, Minnesota on May 14, 1926, but spent most of her childhood in Malone, NY. Vonnie met her husband Robert in Syracuse in 1946; Bob predeceased her in 1998 after 52 years of marriage. Vonnie was also predeceased by her sons, Robert and Bradley; and her grandson, Wesley Harridge. Her early career was spent working in the advertising department at the Addis Company and E. W. Edwards department stores. The responsibility of raising a family caused Vonnie to "retire" from advertising in the early 1950s. In 1962, she returned to the work force and began a 25-year career at Dey Brothers Department Store as a copy writer and layout artist. Her advertising work was the recipient of numerous Clio awards. She maintained lifelong friendships with many of her coworkers. In 1987, Vonnie entered retirement for real, spending time with her family, playing bridge several times a week, caring for infirmed friends and volunteering at her church. Vonnie was a lover of the arts and a lifelong painter and watercolorist who produced many works of art adorning the walls of family and friends. She was a member and officer of the Onondaga Art Guild (OAG) and the Cazenovia Watercolor Society. Into her 80's Vonnie continued to attend art workshops every year to perfect her artistic technique. She loved her church, St. Ann's Roman Catholic Church in Manlius, where she was a member, supporter and avid volunteer for over 40 years. Surviving: her sister, Mary (Tupper) Roth of Webster; sons, Jonathan English of Syracuse, Kevin (Helen) English of Ithaca, Larry English of Manlius, Steven (Teresa) English of Fayetteville; daughters, Karen English of Ithaca and Laura (David Powers) Harridge of LaFayette; grandchildren, Bryan English, Carolyn English, Scott (Larissa) English, Quincy English, Patrick English, Joshua Robarge, Andrew Robarge, Justin (Michelle) English and Lindsey English. Funeral Services: A Mass of celebration of Vonnie's life will be held on Monday, August 17 at 10 a.m. at St. Ann's Church, 104 Academy St., Manlius; burial will be in St. Patrick's Cemetery on Salt Springs Road in Chittenango immediately following the funeral. Calling hours will be held on Sunday, August 16 from 3 to 6 p.m. at the Newell-Fay Funeral Home, 8171 Cazenovia Rd. (Rt. 92), Manlius. For directions, local florists, or a guestbook, please visit www.SCHEPPFAMILY.com NEWELL-FAY Manlius 682-5300
Published in Syracuse Post Standard on August 14, 2009
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Sandy Jackson Epoch
Summer News from Texas
It's been a hot, hot, hot summer here in Austin (Georgetown, TX). Over 45 days of three digit weather. I keep myself busy with belonging to the Single Volunteers of Austin and bowling twice a week in the afternoon. I bowl with three great guys over the age of 75 with averages above 170 on Tuesday and with three great guys, two of them in their 80s, also with averages way above mine on Thursday. It was a fluke that I was hooked into bowling with these guys other than my regular friends but have enjoyed bowling with them alot. I just hope I have the same energy and humor at their ages. I had to leave the guys to bowl on their own for three weeks while in San Diego but I was sure with my average and handicap, they would move up in place. On Tuesday, the guys moved to 1st place and on Thursday, the guys landed in last place. The Thursday guys must have missed me.
Anyway, the heat looks like it is sticking around until el nino hits so I am glad to be going home to Syracuse in September for 10 days for a wedding and back to San Diego with a one way ticket in October. Not to move there (even though it's always in my thoughts), but just because I can stay as long as I want and have many friends and family there to keep me busy for awhile.
I hope everyone else is enjoying their summer and getting ready for the holidays coming up. Take care and keep on blogging. Debby is trying her best to keep the blog alive and we need to help her do that. If anyone out there is in Texas or San Diego, let me know. Maybe we can connect and share memories. Got to go bowling with my Thursday guys.....
Sandy from Texas Today
It's been a hot, hot, hot summer here in Austin (Georgetown, TX). Over 45 days of three digit weather. I keep myself busy with belonging to the Single Volunteers of Austin and bowling twice a week in the afternoon. I bowl with three great guys over the age of 75 with averages above 170 on Tuesday and with three great guys, two of them in their 80s, also with averages way above mine on Thursday. It was a fluke that I was hooked into bowling with these guys other than my regular friends but have enjoyed bowling with them alot. I just hope I have the same energy and humor at their ages. I had to leave the guys to bowl on their own for three weeks while in San Diego but I was sure with my average and handicap, they would move up in place. On Tuesday, the guys moved to 1st place and on Thursday, the guys landed in last place. The Thursday guys must have missed me.
Anyway, the heat looks like it is sticking around until el nino hits so I am glad to be going home to Syracuse in September for 10 days for a wedding and back to San Diego with a one way ticket in October. Not to move there (even though it's always in my thoughts), but just because I can stay as long as I want and have many friends and family there to keep me busy for awhile.
I hope everyone else is enjoying their summer and getting ready for the holidays coming up. Take care and keep on blogging. Debby is trying her best to keep the blog alive and we need to help her do that. If anyone out there is in Texas or San Diego, let me know. Maybe we can connect and share memories. Got to go bowling with my Thursday guys.....
Sandy from Texas Today
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Camp Tellman
I have been away for most of the summer. Sailed from Key West to New York City delivering a boat that had been sold. It was a great trip with super weather and no problems. It took 6 days. Then I flew back to North Carolina and began a motorcycle trip that covered about 5,000 miles. My wife Lisa is a reluctant rider but we did some of it together. I spent a week in the Tennessee mountains at the BMW Owners Rally. The mountains of Tennessee/Virginia and North Carolina are the most challenging I have experienced.We're still working on our sailboat and she should be ready next spring. We hope to retire in 2011 and begin our travels to the islands, South America and maybe the Northeast.Anyway, that is a little news. I am not yet comfortable with the concept of retirement. I will always have something going on
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Any information ....
Does anyone have any information on the following people:
Joan Bettman
Susan Fancher
Linda Van Newkirk
Carol Christenson
Jim Johnson
Janet Wolf
Linda Heels
Linda LaBarge
Janet MacMakin
Gail Becker
Joan Bettman
Susan Fancher
Linda Van Newkirk
Carol Christenson
Jim Johnson
Janet Wolf
Linda Heels
Linda LaBarge
Janet MacMakin
Gail Becker
45th Reunion October 2011
As a reminder, the 45th reunion is being planned for a beautiful, CNY Fall in October 2011.
That's not that far off now for plans and arrangements to be made. Anita Cottrell and Terry Steenburg vonSneidern have agreed to help out in the continuing effort to locate people.
If you would like to help in ANY way, please let me know.
Debby
That's not that far off now for plans and arrangements to be made. Anita Cottrell and Terry Steenburg vonSneidern have agreed to help out in the continuing effort to locate people.
If you would like to help in ANY way, please let me know.
Debby
Marcia Stager Livingston
I am retiring from Precision Systems in January.
I have been with the company 25 years.
This will give me more time to spend with my 5 grandchildren.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Marcia Livingston
I have been with the company 25 years.
This will give me more time to spend with my 5 grandchildren.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Marcia Livingston
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Charlene Owens Maguire
Hi Debbie,
It has been a very interesting year so far. Our middle child got married in Denver and another wedding 3 weeks later in Jacksonville, Florida. While juggling these two events, I had been diagnosed with lung cancer and had surgery to remove 2/3 of my right lung. Working on recovery, slow and easy, I am now planning a road trip to St. Louis, Cincinnati and then to Baltimore to visit a new grandchild to be born in early Sept. Interested in lunch or a quick drink September 15?? I can give you a call earlier that week so maybe we could get together for a short while. It could be fun.
Charlene
It has been a very interesting year so far. Our middle child got married in Denver and another wedding 3 weeks later in Jacksonville, Florida. While juggling these two events, I had been diagnosed with lung cancer and had surgery to remove 2/3 of my right lung. Working on recovery, slow and easy, I am now planning a road trip to St. Louis, Cincinnati and then to Baltimore to visit a new grandchild to be born in early Sept. Interested in lunch or a quick drink September 15?? I can give you a call earlier that week so maybe we could get together for a short while. It could be fun.
Charlene
Frank Carroll
Hey there Deb
!i'm in oakland right now, primarily getting my house re-roofed and enjoying the myriad bay area pursuits under azure skies.
talk to you soon!
Frank
!i'm in oakland right now, primarily getting my house re-roofed and enjoying the myriad bay area pursuits under azure skies.
talk to you soon!
Frank
Camilla Zankowski Daniels
Jerry and I are becoming grandparents once again in early February 2010. Unfortunately, we'll also have the new parents moving to Troy, Michigan in early January. This means a four hour trip to see our new grandchild, and not the eleven minute ride we've been use to for the last
7 1\2 years. Oh, well. We're all still employed.
Jerry and I are heading to the Daniels Family Reunion this next weekend.
7 1\2 years. Oh, well. We're all still employed.
Jerry and I are heading to the Daniels Family Reunion this next weekend.
Larry English
Sunday August 2nd my 24 year old son Justin was married to the girl that he had been dating since 7th grade. Pictures are not the best, luckily we had a professional photographer to do the real work, but we won’t see those pics for weeks, so attached are a couple of the early rushes. We had a very nice rehearsal dinner at the Brewster Inn in Cazenovia on Saturday evening, it was a beautiful sunny day. The day of the wedding it rained all day long. About 20 minutes prior to the start of the ceremony it just poured. Thank goodness all events were indoors and most everyone had arrived prior to the cloudburst and thunder. About 225 guests joined us in the festivities. The happy couple left the day after the ceremony for their honeymoon at Lake Tahoe. Justin is a graduate of Cornell University and is currently working on his PHD in Micro Biology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Michelle is a graduate of SUNY Geneseo, she just completed her master’s degree and is now seeking employment, along with a few million others. They planned the entire event themselves and it turned out to be a very personal and moving wedding. The wedding party along with about 30 “close friends” returned to the Double Tree Hotel near Carrier Circle after the reception wound up and Dad sprung for a few extra hours of drinks and munchies. I was very glad to escape around midnight, with my wallet!!.
45th Reunion
Lest, you all forget, the 45th reunion is being planned for a wonderful CNY Fall weekend.
October 14, 15, 16, 2011.
October 14, 15, 16, 2011.
Dave Neary
Hi Debby,Finally feeling guilty about ignoring your requests for information!
I've been managing the Wyoming Shakespeare Company's production of RICHARD II. We just completed our tour of Wyoming communities, and also finished the Kid's Theater Academy performance of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. Here's a image from RICHARD, David playing Northumberland, with Neil Worden and Joe Lefever as Bullingbrook and Harry Hotspur (my son). Now that the play is over I'll finish several strategic planning projects, then head for the Wind Rivers for three weeks of hiking and fishing.
Hope all is well with you.
David
Monday, August 3, 2009
Debby
Jury Duty,
I made it through jury selection. I sat in a room from 8:30 in the morning till 11:45 and then again from 1:30 to 3:15. And then it was over. I was not picked. From the group waiting, 3 groups of 45 were selected.
Ah, it's over.
I made it through jury selection. I sat in a room from 8:30 in the morning till 11:45 and then again from 1:30 to 3:15. And then it was over. I was not picked. From the group waiting, 3 groups of 45 were selected.
Ah, it's over.
The 36 Hour Day
For all of you who are dealing with parents now with memory loss, The 36 Hour Day, is a good book to have. I spent my time in the jury selection room going through the book. It helps you to organize your thoughts about what is going on with an aging parent. My mother never knows what day it is and forgets the instant you tell her.
The 36 Hour Day
The Definitive Guide to Caring for persons with Alzheimer's Disease, Related Dementing Illnesses and Memory Loss in Later Life.
by Nancy L. Mace and Peter V. Rabins
The 36 Hour Day
The Definitive Guide to Caring for persons with Alzheimer's Disease, Related Dementing Illnesses and Memory Loss in Later Life.
by Nancy L. Mace and Peter V. Rabins
Roberta Weeks Beagle
Hi Debby--
My husband, Jim, and I will be celebrating our 40th anniversary this month--Aug 16--
We are both teachers--recently moved to Greenville, SC--Last year I taught biology at
JL Mann Academy High School in Greenville-
We have 3 grown children--Debbie, Lauri and Jeff--and 6 grandchildren--3 girls--Taylor, Emily, and Olivia and 3 boys--Matthew,Mark, and Luke--
Thanks for keeping in touch--Hope all is well--
Robbi Beagle
Greenville, SC
My husband, Jim, and I will be celebrating our 40th anniversary this month--Aug 16--
We are both teachers--recently moved to Greenville, SC--Last year I taught biology at
JL Mann Academy High School in Greenville-
We have 3 grown children--Debbie, Lauri and Jeff--and 6 grandchildren--3 girls--Taylor, Emily, and Olivia and 3 boys--Matthew,Mark, and Luke--
Thanks for keeping in touch--Hope all is well--
Robbi Beagle
Greenville, SC
Mike Krall
I mentioned I have been building knives. I build them on an occasional basis, as time permits, mostly working them in around building a house. This is the latest. The blade is 3.5" and forged from 1/2" round O1 tool steel... guard is etched wrought iron from an old wagon tire... handle is spacer of black, paper micarta, aged elk antler stabilized with dyed epoxy and a stainless steel pin. I've got 9 or 10 more in process, both straight steel and damascus steel I've made, but it seems like I only get a couple done in a year.
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Jury Duty
I have to report for jury duty in the morning. I have to be in St. Louis county court by 8:30am. I will have to leave my house about 7 am to travel, find my way through road construction, park and report. I reallllllly do not want to do this. In fact I've got to hit the hay so I can get up early enough to walk the dogs before I go and get ready. Yuk.
Rob Whitaker
Through the magic of Facebook I found out by accident that Bob, Robert, Orville, RC, Whitaker
is back in the US in Virginia. Evidently the family's stint in the middle east is up. They were in Doha Quitar. Waiting for some kind of communication from him directly.
is back in the US in Virginia. Evidently the family's stint in the middle east is up. They were in Doha Quitar. Waiting for some kind of communication from him directly.
My email
My email to the class asking for news generated responses from the following people but with nothing to share :(
Pamela Revercomb
Dan Sheedy
Terry Euston
Vivian Bender Munson
Pamela Revercomb
Dan Sheedy
Terry Euston
Vivian Bender Munson
Debby
My mother's memory is down to nano seconds now. She seems happy and content in the Dolan Residential Care home. There are 9 residents in this house -- 7 singles and 1 couple. Each person has their own room. All other facilities have you share a room. Each person has some form of dementia. It's quite a world to enter.
You have to use a code to get in the door. My mother has no desire to go out at all. There's a fenced in backyard with a lovely porch. We sit out there most days and enjoy the air, when it isn't too humid. Sometimes I bring one of my dogs.
The desire to read and even watch TV is not there. A year ago my mother was glued to the TV for all the election coverage. Now she only watches golf matches.
I've seen a remarkable improvement since she has gotten individual care and attention. She no longer uses a wheelchair, but a walker. In April when I moved here she was not communicating much. Now she talks and laughs and even helps take care of some of the other residents.
It's been an interesting transition.
You have to use a code to get in the door. My mother has no desire to go out at all. There's a fenced in backyard with a lovely porch. We sit out there most days and enjoy the air, when it isn't too humid. Sometimes I bring one of my dogs.
The desire to read and even watch TV is not there. A year ago my mother was glued to the TV for all the election coverage. Now she only watches golf matches.
I've seen a remarkable improvement since she has gotten individual care and attention. She no longer uses a wheelchair, but a walker. In April when I moved here she was not communicating much. Now she talks and laughs and even helps take care of some of the other residents.
It's been an interesting transition.
Kirsten Mackey Fleisher
I leave for Guatemala in a few days. As soon as I get back I'll send some pictures and text!
I taught a summer session until last Friday, and am now enjoying a few days off until I leave. Then shortly after I return, I crank it up for another school year
I taught a summer session until last Friday, and am now enjoying a few days off until I leave. Then shortly after I return, I crank it up for another school year
Smiling Dalmatian
This is so funny. Dalmatians do actually smile like this. My dog Savana does -- but really hard to get a picture.
Debby
The Birkenstock store had a sale. 65 % off. Hard to pass up. Bought a few. Not just brown, black and beige either:
August Issue FINALLY Magazine
Finally Magazinethe online magazine
for BabyBoomers
http://www.finallymagazine.net/click on this link and check out the magazine