November 2012

Reminder that the monthly, 4th Monday GHS ’70 Luncheon is right around the corner, noon November 26 at Auburn’s Peking Buffet (@Grandstaff&SR8, 260.925.2746). Put this on your calendar now, and while you’re at it, fill out the year’s remaining 4^th Monday dates.

 

The October luncheon saw 20 classmates including me, too many to show, though we did get everyone seated together around several tables arranged in a large rectangle. To the right you can see Lauren Fike, and proceeding clockwise, Steve Tullis, Steve’s son Michael, Vickey Markley Bishop (Bob Bishop’s sister-in-law), Jama Payton Campbell, the top third of Bob Woodward’s skull, Stephen Rowe, and Bob Bishop …

 

 

While on the opposite side of the rectangle you see Brian Custer, Dave Kobiella, Greg Weller, Arnie Placencia, and Pat Casey

 

That accounts for 12 of the 20 …

 

… and here you can see Penny Evans Wolf and Cindy Nodine DeWitt at the car back with Vickie and Jama.

 

John Jinnings took the photos (thank you John), and also unseen but there and having a good time were Tom Refner, Mike Rhodes, Hal Hippensteel, Dan Yarde, and Kathy Creager VanAllen, making 20.

 

 

This was a red-letter occasion – Steve Tullis’ wife (Anita Fetter Tullis, GHS ’72) had a surprise birthday cake for Steve, and you can see the Peking Buffet hostess cutting more cake while Steve looks at a card signed by all, just after everyone sang Happy Birthday!

Just after the singing, Randy Brumbaugh called in to the Peking Buffet’s phone, he wanted to say he couldn’t make it but hopes to attend in November.

From the beginning this was an excellent, high-vibe/high-spirited affair – surely the best to date, but surely many more ahead. So come when you can, continue to spread the word, and when you do come, bring a camera.

 

Other News and People

 

Pat Casey and his wife Debby Neukom Casey (GHS ’71) are moving  (have moved?) to Eugene, Oregon to be near their daughter Lisa and grandson Ethan – Pat said the move date was in three weeks, so I’m guessing they are all together in Eugene by now, just before Thanksgiving.

 

Linda Runion Treesh has retired or is retiring from the DeKalb County Hospital by the end of this month. Congratulations Linda! Hope now you can make some of the monthly Luncheons?

 

Doris Sleek Jarnagin informed me that the October newsletter’s In Memoriam page did not include Patricia Snook Brown, who died while undergoing surgery for a brain aneurism around 1972. I did not recognize the name (though several others did). However, Jama Payton Campbell and Cindy Nodine Dewitt had brought yearbooks to the luncheon, and I remembered Patty instantly by her photo. Patty, you are remembered by many.

 

 

 

 

  

New Additions to the GHS ’70 Cyber-Gathering

 

The last newsletter noted seven new additions to the newsletter distribution list. New additions will slow, but I can report five this month: Robert (Bob) Woodward, who also came to the luncheon (photo on right, thanks to Doris Sleek Jarnagin); Randy Thomas; Karen Freeze Stoltz; and Karl Kearns.


 

The last time I saw Bob was 1982, when he stopped me for driving too fast in Garrett (just a warning), so it was good to see him again under better circumstances. Bob had a good time and said he intends to make the monthly luncheons regularly going forward.

 

 

 

This makes 51 on the newsletter email distribution, and it is gratifying to know how many classmates unable to attend the luncheons (still working or living afar) nevertheless enjoy these monthly newsletters. Still, a good many coming to the luncheons do not use email, so please consider bringing a copy of your newsletter to share whenever you do come.

 

 

A Special Collection

 

Lauren Fike and Hal Hippensteel took up a special collection ($170) for Angie LaTurner Smith (Sam LaTurner’s sister), who suffered a brain aneurism and has no insurance. It was a thoughtful, generous gesture that will surely be appreciated, even more than the money.

 

 

Need More Photos
 

This is me in the first or second grade, the costume had something to do with a school Thanksgiving program, I believe related to Mrs. Flora’s Music class - so if you attended JE Ober, I’m thinking you may remember having a get-up like this as well?

 

Anyway, I’m hoping YOU will send me additional photos from back in the day that I might use if not immediately, then sometime along the way, as these newsletters unfold.

 

 

 

 

Doris in the First Grade

Doris Sleek Jarnagin has sent some first and sixth grade classroom photos (thank you very  much!), but not everyone was in her classroom (and no one from the Catholic school). There is SO much material “out there” that I could ultimately use in this newsletter, so please send whatever you might like electronically.

 

 

 

 

 

Garrett Streets

 

I needed a “model” so this is my wife and

former GHS teacher Kathy Koons Rowe

Do you remember Simon and Garfunkel’s poignant 1968 song,

Old friends, old friends, sat on the park bench like bookends …

 Can you imagine us years from today, sharing apark bench so quietly? How terribly strange to be seventy …



Garrett’s Mayor, Tonya Hoeffel

 Click on the above link to play it, and know that Garrett’s Mayor Tonya Hoeffel is planning to provide downtown park benches, so long absent, so that people can indeed spend some pleasant, idle time downtown, talking with a friend, or just taking in the town’s pulse as time runs its course. And if someday you see me sitting thus, won’t you please stop and join me for half an hour?

 

 

 

 

 

Downtown Garrett Murals?

 

Have you seen the murals painted on Ligonier’s downtown brick buildings?

They are really fabulous, these are just two of many …  And there is a movement in Garrett to do something on the same order.

 

Pat Kinsey (our old study-hall teacher) and Pat Weimer have met a few times with a committee from Ligonier, and these two are planning to charter a non-profit corporation dedicated to such a project in Garrett. Can you imagine that?

 

Special News Bulletin (Doris Sleek Jarnagin)

 

I generally try to write these newsletters soon after the preceding luncheon, but this unfortunate news came 23 days later, long after I had written all the above and the ending below – writing to which Doris had contributed much (by reminding me of Patty Snook Brown’s passing, and by providing the photos of Patty, Bob Woodward, little Miss “Guess Who” farther below, and the very cute photo of Doris' first grade self).

 

Doris Sleek Jarnagin (GHS ’70) and her husband Gary (GHS ’68) were displaced from their home by Saturday’s Indianapolis subdivision explosion which destroyed 2 homes and rendered 29 uninhabitable (Doris herself took the photo you see here).

Neither was harmed – I saw the story on KPCnews.com, written by Matt Getts with a Wednesday, November 14, 2012, 1:00AM time stamp.

 

Quoting from KPCnews: They’ve had to rely on the generosity of others for everything from toiletries to winter coats. “People have been very good,” Doris said. “There’s a lot to be thankful for. It’s easy to help someone, it’s very humbling to receive.” And “We’re safe, God was protecting us. We’re OK.”

 

Those helping to date include their Indianapolis neighborhood, church, and the appraisal management company where Doris works in quality control. Gary was forced to retire due to health issues shortly after their move to Indianapolis about 3-4 years ago.

 

As I write “today” (Nov 14), having just spoken with Doris on the phone, Doris, Gary, and their dog are staying at a motel arranged by the American Red Cross, but their tenure is just one week and they are uncertain of where they will stay afterward. Nevertheless, they are planning to spend Thanksgiving in the Garrett area, though again, lodging arrangements are uncertain.

 

Anyone wishing to contact Doris may call 260.235.0709 (a number she maintains so that her grandchildren can call toll free); or send email to doris.jarnagin@gmail.com (she has not yet retrieved her computer, but hopes to soon); or you may write to her address, 8339 Andrusia Lane, Indianapolis, IN 46237.

Another GHS ’70 Profile

 

Lucy Curtis Cumston

 

 

After living in Garrett from the age of three my parents and I moved to the West Coast of Florida in the summer of 1968, as I turned 16. As fate would have it, I met my husband, Paul, our senior year of high school (He had just moved from Ohio). We married in 1972 and lived in the Ft. Lauderdale, Florida area where we raised our two sons, Jonathan Paul and Christopher Adam.

 

 

 

Paul worked at Motorola, Inc. in electronics and I ended up with a career in Early Childhood Education as a Christian Preschool Director. As we experienced the “empty nest”, we decided to move to the Asheville, North Carolina area in 2002. We spent nine years in Fines Creek thirty minutes West of Asheville; and now we have purchased a home in Hendersonville which is thirty miles South of Asheville. Our sons are both married. Jonathan lives in Noblesville, Indiana where he has a wife and two daughters; Samantha Jean (5) and Mackenzie Jane (2). Chris lives in Royal Palm Beach, Florida with his wife.

 

After a number of years off with early retirement, Paul went back to work at Home Depot. I continue to be retired due to health issues. However, I do volunteer at our local library and enjoy traveling, reading, cross stitching and knitting. We have always been active in our United Methodist Church.

This year we celebrated our 40th wedding anniversary.






Lucy in 1968 (her last year in Garrett)

We are blessed! I hope to see everyone in Garrett again one day. I have wonderful memories of growing up in that community.

 

 

 

Thank you Lucy.

 

There are a couple more profiles in the pipeline, people I have asked to contribute, but please don’t make me ask – whoever you are, people would like to hear what you might say. You could follow the examples set by Trudy Watson Boyd, Mike Barcus, Sandy Wilmot Wise, and Lucy, or simply express what it has meant for you to have been in our class, and perhaps how your feelings have changed through the years. Your writing need not be polished, what really touches people is what comes from the heart … so please step up and send me a note I can share (males especially needed).

 

 

In the mean time, can you guess who will appear in the December GHS ’70 profile???

 

 

We all grew up together in the Sixties …

 

And now that we have arrived in our 60s, it is indeed time to get know each other better!

 

 

 

In Memoriam

 

(alphabetical order, not sure of dates)

Calvary Cemetery

Angie Muzzillo

Ben Hatton

Bob Pickleseimer

Chuck Bergner

Dolan Boyd

Ed Schlotterback

John Yarian

Christian Union Cemetery

Patricia Snook

Peggy Chisholm

Randy Haffner

Rick Hyde

Sue Kirkpatrick

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Calvary Cemetery and Christian Union Cemetery are the two Garrett cemeteries I know best. (Are there others?) Certainly not all Garrett natives are buried here, but still, driving by I always reflect, if just for a moment, on the many generations that made Garrett what is was and is. And when I do take time to stroll through them, I am always moved: so many Garrett names, so much we shared, whether or not we ever met, just having lived in the same place.

Last month I suggested that we undertake a larger In Memoriam project. Are there any volunteers to collect birth/death dates and photos (an early grade school and a more senior year photo) for each, now and going forward?

 

 

$5.62 with tax for the buffet if you have water …

 

In Closing …

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

An ice cream toast …

I discovered a soup bowl works

better than the smaller desert bowl.

 

 

That’s just about all for now, except please help spread the word: share this email and help get other classmates “signed up.” Anyone wanting to be added directly to the distribution need only email or call me [voice, not text – my phone options are set to not receive text, even though the text may seem to go through] at 630.251.6931, and I will add them. And please share your newsletter with classmates not using email – perhaps print off a hard copy to pass along to a friend?

 

 

If you want to share class news, photos, etc, just send it electronically to me (along with descriptive text and perhaps your phone #). The idea is to make these bulletins interesting whether or not you want to or are able to attend the luncheons. You all out there know a lot more about what is going on than me, myself, and I, so please know that your input will be welcome!

 


Presently the direct email distribution includes 51 classmates, and so far 20 have elected for their email address to be shown (in alphabetical order):

Bill Fetter, Bob Bishop , Carolyn Myers Kowal, Delana Runion Kantzer, Don Campbell , Gery Barry , Jama Payton Campbell, Jeanne Hockaday McNeal, Jim Burns , John Jinnings , Karen Freeze Stoltz, Karl Kearns, Lucy Curtis Cumston, Mike Barcus, Pat Casey , Paulette Swank Kobiella, Phil Wheeler, Rick Elder , Ron Gall , Vicki Miller Hodge

 

The others listed below are on the email distribution as well, but email addresses are hidden per the Bcc option:

 

Arni Placencia , Barbara Tustison Smith, Cindy Nodine DeWitt, Clyde Handshoe , Dan Yarde , Dave Ashenfelter , Dave Kobiella , Doris Sleek Jarnagin, Doug Smith , Gary Fike , Greg Weller , Jack Clark, Kathy Creager VanAllen, Lisa Englehard Murphy, Marisa Kennedy , Mary Yoder Weeks, Mike Rhodes , Nancy McKee Ireland, Paula Johnston Fike, Penny Evans Wolf, Randy Thomas, Sandra Wilmot Wise, Sarah Haynes Sweitzer, Sharon Heitz , Steve Tullis , Sue Rhetts, Teresa Koehl Thorne, Tony Janueski , Trudy Watson Boyd, Wayne Smith

 

 If you are willing to let your email address be seen, please respond with “SHOW ADDRESS” in the subject line or in the email body.

 

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October 2012

Reminder that the monthly, 4th Monday GHS ’70 Luncheon is right around the corner, noon October 22 at Auburn’s Peking Buffet (@Grandstaff&SR8, 260.925.2746). Put this on your calendar now, and while you’re at it, fill out the year’s remaining 4^th Monday dates.

 

The September luncheon saw 9 classmates in addition to me. Going clockwise around the table are Kathy Creager VanAllen, Cindy Nodine DeWitt, Jama Payton Campbell, Cindy Hathaway Myers, Dan Myers, Greg Weller, Lauren Fike, and Mike Rhodes. Sandy Wilmot Wise took the photo and is hence unseen, yet was very much a part of the luncheon ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

… And here she is. This was Sandy’s first luncheon, and it was very nice to have her there with us. Unfortunately she lives an hour away and won’t be able to attend regularly, but that is true for many of us. There will be more on Sandy below, but for now the take-home idea is that whenever you can come or feel like coming, there will be others here who will be happy to see you. And when you do come, bring a camera!

 

 

 

You can see now that we’ve come a long way since Kathy Creager VanAllen was the only female, so you other women there at home - it’s safe to come, and you are guaranteed a good time.

 

 

The men had a good time as well, but are not as photogenic, so you will just have to take my word for it.

 

Pat Casey was also present, at least in spirit – he had sent me an email expressing his desire but inability to come this particular Monday, and asked that I give everyone there his regards. Of course you are wondering what could possibly be more rewarding than a GHS ’70 luncheon?

Well, the answer is pretty obvious in this photo Pat’s son-in-law took of Pat with his daughter Lisa and grandson Ethan while at a restaurant in Eugene, Oregon. Lisa has been seven years in Eugene, including her time in Law School at the University of Oregon.

 

 This photo is sized for the newsletter, but viewed larger you see Pat’s joy is absolutely radiant. Pat’s wife, Deb Neukom Casey (GHS ’71), was there as well, but this was obviously Pat’s moment.

Other News and People

I learned that Bud Saxer (known to very many through his founding and operating the Garrett Boxing Club for decades) will be inducted into Garrett’s Hall of Honor, and that Ed Placencia (who continued the club in a downtown Garrett building) has cancer and the club’s downtown location is now occupied by the t-shirt (and more) store MJS Apparel (they relocated their store within the past month or so). A recent Garrett Clipper featured a very nice article on Bud, and noted a few of the club’s more prominent boxers, including Tommy Esselburn, Randy Brown, Arnie and several other Placencias, Ray Burniston, and Dan Somers (apologies to those I forgot). Should this be the end of the Garrett Boxing Club, it will truly be the end of an era.

 

The Friday just before the September luncheon, the Garrett Museum of Art opened an EXCELLENT new exhibit: “Vision 2012" by IPFW’s Visual Communications and Design Department students. This museum is a local miracle which you have to see to believe. I can’t imagine how the local high school art teacher, Mark Ober, imagined such a project could succeed, but his inspiration was shared and supported by the Garrett State Bank. Sarah Haynes Sweitzer’s husband Kent, who took our 40^th Reunion photos, has photographed many of the museum’s exhibits, and has exhibited some of his photos there as well. In this case though, you see me (along with the larger street scene) reflected in the museum’s side window, as I took the photograph during Garrett’s Alumni Days celebration in July.

 

Speaking of Kent, did anyone notice in his 40^th Reunion group photo (shown in last month’s newsletter) which two GHS ’70 classmates were holding hands? I will tell you only that I never noticed and never would have, but for Hal Hippensteel’s eagle-eye zeroing in on the clasped hands within seconds of seeing Kent’s photo. It is an innocent, public, and ‘touching’ expression of friendship, a very nice, shared moment … Would that we were all closer and more open.

 

Auburn Fair Week

 

The September luncheon fell on the first day of the Auburn Fair – unfortunately my cheap camera was out of focus, but you still get the idea.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And Garrett kids still get out of school on Friday.

 

 

 

 

 

 

What’s different these days, for me at least, is that I now like to see the 4-H exhibits more than the street fair …In fact I don’t think I ever even realized there were 4-H exhibits as a kid.

Looking at the (many, many more than seen here) ribbons, exhibit projects, and animals the kids raised, and looking at many of the kids themselves, I can’t help but wonder “Whose grandsons and granddaughters are these?” Surely many belong to our classmates, so congratulations to them all on being able to continue this wholesome tradition.

 

New Additions to the GHS ’70 Cyber-Gathering

 

Let’s take a moment to welcome those who have requested or have otherwise been added to this email distribution since last month: Sandra Wilmot Wise, Mike Barcus, Sue Rhetts, Lucy Curtis Cumston, Sharon Heitz, Phil Wheeler, and Paula Johnston Fike.

 It is really nice having you all here with us, and even though the gathering is in Cyberspace, anyone can participate in the way that Trudy Watson Boyd did last month.

 

For those who weren’t at the September luncheon, the newsletter profile that Trudy wrote and shared was very well received - so much so that I want to allow anyone else who is willing to do the same.

 

Initially I thought people might be reluctant to share themselves in writing, but after asking a couple, it became apparent that people are indeed willing. So hopefully each month for some time we will be able to share somebody’s profile and/or thoughts and reflections. Thanks again to Trudy for going first – the fact that others are so willing is a testament to the success of her initial example.

 

This month we hear from Mike Barcus and Sandy Wilmot Wise:

 

 

Mike Barcus

Stephen, what a pleasant surprise to receive your note; I enjoyed viewing the newsletter on your blog.  I will look forward to receiving future editions via email.  When you asked if I would be willing to share something about myself, I thought about your newsletter/luncheon theme “We all grew up together in the Sixties, and now that we have arrived in our 60s, maybe it is time we got to know each other better!”  I reminisced about the pleasant experience of finally making it back for one of the class reunions, our 40^th and briefly reconnecting with old acquaintances.  The only other time I ventured back was for the 10^th, which ended up being canceled (Actually a small group of folks assembled at the abode of Gary Vice and Karen (Freeze).  Mostly I contemplated your personal efforts to connect classmates and renew old acquaintances; I decide to step up my game and follow your example. 

 

After graduation from GHS, my goal (like many of us at that time) was to put Garrett in my review mirror and explore new options.  I headed off to Ball State University where I partied hard, explored many majors, and met an engaging young woman, Sue Watts. I graduated in ’74 with a degree in special education and migrated to Westminster Maryland for my first job teaching children with children with severe multiple disabilities & supporting their families.  In December of that year, Sue and I “tied the knot” in her home town of South Bend.  Wow, it is astonishing how fast time slips by; we recently celebrated our 37^th anniversary. 

 

In ‘78, we journeyed to South Carolina were I accepted a special education administrator position and she a teaching position.  In ‘83 we moved to our present location -- Mechanicsville Virginia.  I have been employed at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) and have held a variety of positions related to evidence based disability research, personnel training, and knowledge translation.  Currently I serve as an Assistant Professor with Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) and Administrator for the Center for Rehabilitation Science and Engineering (VCU-CERSE).   We are engaged in efforts to further the science for evidence based rehabilitation research, education and clinical care for children and adults with disabilities and rehabilitation processes and outcomes for veterans, especially those with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), spinal cord injury (SCI), traumatic brain injury (TBI), and Parkinson's disease.

 

Sue has worked for local school districts as a special education teacher.  Currently she is a senior teacher (quasi administrator) for special education at Lee Davis High School.  We have two married daughters, one living in Virginia and the other in Georgia. When we are not working, Sue and I enjoy a variety of activities such as; rooting for our favorite college sports teams, cycling, kayaking, touring wineries, attending festivals, walking on the beach, spending time with family, etc... We enjoy organic gardening, although at the present we don’t have a vegetable garden. 

 

My mother still resides in Garrett (currently at the Yellow Retirement Apartments).  I get back to visit a couple times a year, usually in the summer and around the winter holidays. I hope that my future visits align with a 4th Monday GHS ’70 Luncheon, so that I may reconnect with you and other classmates.

 

 

 

Sandy Wilmot Wise

 

It was great to see all of you at the Peking Buffet.  It brought back a lot of memories.

After graduation I attended IPFW for 2 years and then went down to Purdue for the remaining time. I met my husband Jim while at Purdue at church. Jim was from a small town Mentone, near Warsaw.

Jim began farming with a relative of his and has been farming there ever since.  We were married in March of 1975, have been married 37 ½ yrs, and have 3 kids: Kevin (36), Jill(34), and Jeff(32). Kevin lives in Missouri and has 5 children. Jill lives in Michigan and has 4 children. Jeff came back to the farm and is farming with us. He has 1 child and 1 on the way, for a total of 10 grandchildren and 1 more on the way.

In 1989 we purchased the farm at the death of Jim’s relative. We farm 1700+ acres of corn and soybeans in Kosciusko , Marshall and Fulton Counties. We also raise hogs  (feeder to finish ). I help with the farming when needed. I don’t have to help as much with Jeff here now.

I still help with loading the hogs and driving the grain trucks. I unloaded the semi after I got home from Auburn, so that chores could be done.

I mostly just do the book work and (gopher work) running for parts etc.  I do a lot of volunteer work. Jim and I were 4-H leaders for 18+ years until our children were done with 4-H.

 

Sandy at 60

We are active with our local church. I also am a Master Gardener and do a lot of volunteer work there. I still keep a small garden.

We keep busy visiting and keeping up with our grandchildren. They range in age from ( 9 – 1) . Right now our concern and prayers are with our son Kevin’s 5 year old daughter Madi, who was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia on Sept 5th of this year. We are trying to help them as much as we can  (they are 7 hrs. away).  I don’t make it to Garrett or Auburn much anymore since both of my parents are gone.

 I only live an hour away but life is busy here. I hope to be able to come and visit with you in the future. 

 

Thank you so much Mike and Sandy (and Trudy).

 

I have often wondered “Who are these people we spent so much time with, yet in so many cases never really knew, except so superficially? Who were they, and who have they become?” Of course even now we can know only so much, such is the mystery of our lives, but these personal contributions really do reflect some otherwise-absent knowing, and we are all richer for their sharing. I look forward to hearing from many others in the months ahead, and I have to believe I am not alone.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We all grew up together in the Sixties …

 

 

 

 

 

And now that we have arrived in our 60s, it is indeed time to get know each other better!

 

 

 

In Memoriam

 

This newsletter is being archived at http://ghs70news.blogspot.com/, and I have been wondering whether to add a ‘page’ to that blog to commemorate our deceased classmates? My first thought was to simply list names and post (when possible) an early grade school photo, a more senior school photo, an adult photo, and the date of passing for each deceased classmate. In time, this simple framework might be expanded to include obituaries and/or classmate comments.

 

However, this is a much more grave and sensitive undertaking than these current newsletters, and I am very hesitant to proceed without some very serious, considered feedback ... And even then, I question whether I should undertake such a project on my own – maybe others should be involved as well … Or maybe others should undertake this project without my involvement?

 

After all, I was moved to write this newsletter, but there may well be other classmates who would feel moved to construct and maintain an In Memoriam project – perhaps a classmate(s) who would not need my help, and who honestly may prefer to work independently of me. In that case I really do not need to be involved, nor would I feel slighted – I have no ownership in this new project at this time. The key consideration is that the project be undertaken by those who can and will execute on the class’ behalf, without the personal conflicts that so often ultimately undermine cooperative projects.

 

I guess what I’m saying is:

·         I would really like to see an In Memoriam project go forward …

·         But acknowledge there may be others more suited and willing to carry it out …

·         So can we explore the issues and options without causing more problems than we solve?

 

In any case, I am aware of eleven, and whatever does or does not come about, let us remember these when we are ‘together’ per this newsletter.

 

And please, whom have I forgotten?

  

*        Angie Muzzillo

*        Ben Hatton

*        Bob Pickleseimer

*        Chuck Bergner

*        Dolan Boyd

*        Ed Schlotterback

*        John Yarian

*        Peggy Chisholm

*        Randy Haffner

*        Rick Hyde

*        Sue Kirkpatrick

 

$5.62 with tax for the buffet if you have water …

 




I discovered a soup bowl works
better than the smaller desert bowl
 

    

In Closing…


 

 

 

   

 

 

An ice cream toast …

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That’s just about all for now, except please help spread the word: share this email and help get other classmates “signed up.” Anyone wanting to be added directly to the distribution needs only email or call me [voice, not text – my phone options are set to not receive text, even though the text may seem to go through] at 630.251.6931, and I will add them. And please share your newsletter with classmates not using email – perhaps print off a hard copy to pass along to a friend?

 

 

If you want to share class news, a photo, etc, just send it electronically to me (along with descriptive text and perhaps your phone #). The idea is to make these bulletins interesting whether or not you want to or are able to attend the luncheons. You all out there know a lot more about what is going on than me, myself, and I, so please know that your input will be welcome!

 

 

Presently the direct email distribution includes 47 classmates, and so far 19 have elected for their email address to be shown (in alphabetical order):

Bill Fetter, Bob Bishop , Carolyn Myers Kowal, Delana Runion Kantzer, Don Campbell , Gery Barry , Jama Payton Campbell, Jeanne Hockaday McNeal, Jim Burns , John Jinnings , Lucy Curtis Cumston, Mike Barcus, Pat Casey , Paulette Swank Kobiella, Phil Wheeler, Rick Elder , Ron Gall , Teresa Koehl Thorne, Vicki Miller Hodge

 

The others listed below are on the email distribution as well, but email addresses are hidden per the Bcc option:

 

Arni Placencia , Barbara Tustison Smith, Cindy Nodine DeWitt, Clyde Handshoe , Dan Yarde , Dave Ashenfelter , Dave Kobiella , Doris Sleek Jarnagin, Doug Smith , Gary Fike , Greg Weller , Jack Clark , Kathy Creager VanAllen, Lisa Englehard Murphy, Marisa Kennedy , Mary Yoder Weeks, Mike Rhodes , Nancy McKee Ireland, Paula Johnston Fike, Penny Evans Wolf, Sandra Wilmot Wise, Sarah Haynes Sweitzer, Sharon Heitz , Steve Tullis , Sue Rhetts, Tony Janueski , Trudy Watson Boyd, Wayne Smith

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