JULY 2006

Greetings, everyone. We have some news from various classmates, a few interesting pictures and an updated address list, which is at the bottom of the page. There is a also a question for everyone to consider about the next reunion. So, without further ado.....

Once again, sad news starts the letter. As reported in the last issue, Carol Chafin has passed away. I didn't have any details at the time, but have since received a very nice note from Carol's daughter, Nikki. Here is an excerpt: It was 8/19/04 and she was living in West Palm Beach, FL. She had been sick for awhile with pneumonia/emphysema and I was with her when she passed. I know she was very proud of her attendance at Horace Greeley! She would also be happy to know that she's still in our thoughts. Did you know her in high school? I would love to know what she was like then; just a curiosity!

I'm right behind her (the tall one!), my older sister Cheryl is next to me. Did you know Fred Steck? That's his daughter. My mom's boyfriend at the time, Pat, is on the right. He too has passed away. Of course
my grandparents are sitting in the front. I think it's one of the
only pictures with all of us together!

Nikki would love to hear from any of us who have memories to share about Carol. You can contact her at dalcazar@nyc.rr.com. You can also check out her band, The Mynks, at www.myspace.com/themynks

Kirk Tuttle sent this picture of, as he calls it, the "64 year old drummer." He has his own band in the Seattle area, KT's Kicks. As you may recall, Kirk, in addition to his musical talent, was always good with electronics, and recently earned a degree in electronics technology. Like many of us, another life-long learner. (He looks pretty good in that picture!)

Lorraine (Price) Muth is still living in Kalispell, Montana, and sent this update:

Bob and I are both fine. We have 9 grandchildren now and that's it for both families.
Our daughter and her family now live in Sammamish, WA, so it's nice to have them
closer. Our son-in-law is still in the military and is currently the military
rep to the FFA in Renton (I'm pretty sure that's what he's doing). He seems to like
it although he misses flying. He travels a lot, with Alaska, Colorado, and many other
western states in his territory. They were recently here for a get-together and we
all had a great time.
Bob is planning on teaching one more year. I am still nursing but will probably cut
back to part time after I turn 65 next May. I still enjoy it but I like to play golf and
tennis and hike and I don't seem to have enough time for everything.

Lorraine also asked if anyone has information about Rosemary Keane. As far as I know we have never had her address or an update. If anyone has anything about Rosemary, please let us know.

I wonder how many of us remember the incredibly realistic Civil War cannon model that Bob Wallace made in shop when we were at Greeley? I have always remembered it for its detail and workmanship. That is an actual picture of it on the left. Bob made the whole things from scratch, including such things as the wheels, spokes, fittings, etc. The only thing he used that was already made was the fine link chain. What a piece of work! Anyway, I have been bugging him about it for a couple of years, and finally got this update:

The Civil War Cannon I built way back in 1960 is alive and well. It has been through the wars over the years. My oldest son Brett, when he was a senior, brought it to St. Patrick's High School as part of an American History project. When the display was taken down the cannon disappeared. Two weeks later it was returned anonymously. It is now loaded and standing guard in my office at Brewster Plastics Inc. in Patterson, N.Y.

Some of you may have noticed that Sandie Donham Gardner changed her email address to "gardnerpottery." I asked her what that was all about, and here is some interesting news about what she is doing these days:

I am a potter and have been for going on 18yrs.Unfortunately, the love that started as mental therapy after our home
in North Carolina was torched to the ground, has turned into an
obsession. I have, however, not learned how to make a living at it. I
show locally in several galleries in this Roaring Fork Valley. I've
shown on the in galleries throughout Colorado, in North Carolina, New
Jersey and New York... Sounds great "til you pay for the shipping-
sometimes both ways- and add in all the labor and materials. It
amounts to a little "vacation slush fund"... hardly a living. But I
continue. I am currently collecting SS EARLY and work as a gallery
associate 5 mins. from the house and am grateful for the work.

Sandie's family is also doing well. Son Bret and his wife Christine and their two children live in Denver, where Bret works for Northwest Mutual.Daughter Paige is a speech pathologist specializing in autism at a live in facility in Ellicot City, MD. Her husband, Matt, is a supervisor with T-Mobile. They have two kids Wyatt 10 and Delilah 6 (going on 30).

Reid Reynolds was here in the northwest a couple of weeks ago, and even though our schedules did not match up, as you can see he had a very active and good time. Reid also has some news of former friends in Chappaqua/Millwood.

Sorry I missed you during my visit to the northwest. Had a chance to spend some time with Isabel Miraco (drove up Whitby Island to Anacortes). I then drove down to Mt. St. Helen�s, The Dalles to fish the Deschuttes River, Portland to visit my nephew and then on to Eugene where the two of us fished the Wilamette and the Mackenzie. Beautiful country!

Speaking of connected, I had a visit this past weekend from my childhood friend, Steve Cohn. He lived across the street from me and therefore attended Ossining schools, but many of you might have met him when visiting me. First time I�ve seen him since he moved to Australia 34 years ago!However, he has maintained contact with my other neighbors Bill (1959) and Mary (1961) Allanach and with Clayton Fisher. Steve was also a good friend of John Fils and Jeff Fields. We have, independently, become avid fly fishermen and we had an enjoyable day fishing the Colorado River yesterday.

Ann Hill Connolly sent this picture of her son Patrick's wedding in Colorado. She didn't actually say so, but I am assuming that is Ann in the picture. Patrick is Ann's youngest, and tallest, at 6'9" !!

And here is the other news from Ann:

My husband and I love Colorado after 32 years in Iowa. We don�t miss the humidity in the summer or the snow and cold of winter. Two of our 5 children live close by, Mary is 3 minutes and Mark is 15 minutes. Our other children are scattered across the country. Shaun is in Annapolis MD,

Shannon is in Omaha, NE and Patrick is in LaCrosse, WI. We now have 9 grandchildren and enjoy visiting them. I have been caring for our youngest, Ryan while my daughter Mary, a dentist, works full time. Chasing after a 20 month old really keeps you in shape. But it is so much fun. I leave this week for a trip to Norway. It should be fun. I enjoy reading about our classmates and especially enjoy the pictures. (Italics added for emphasis by your editor; hint, hint.)

It's always a challenge keeping the address list up to date, but for years it seemed to me that I never could get Linda Thomas Harrison's address right. First, I had hers and Linda Lenhard's addresses reversed, then it seemed like every time I turned around I had the wrong zip code or the wrong town. Being confused is not a new experience for me, but the Linda Thomas address issue was beginning to make me doubt my sanity. (Also not a new experience.) Anyway, Linda explained it all in the following rather whimsical note:

A new post office was built at least ten years ago. Although we have not moved our address was changed from Herndon to Oak Hill and we were assigned yet another zip code (22071 was changed to 20171) was changed because of a new regional postal center at Dulles. This is probably more than you wanted to know. Our address is 12207 Lake James Drive, Oak Hill, VA 20171. My family can never get all the changes straight. This is the second house number, second town name and third zip code we have had since moving to this house 27 years ago.

Now I feel better.

Debbie Moslander Baxter and her hubby will be traveling with another couple to China in August and will be there for five weeks. Debbie tells me that their female traveling companion is Chinese and speaks the language. She will therefore be able to keep Debbie's worst fear from coming true, namely being served "three-snake soup" which is in fact a local delicacy.

(Well, of course, that sent me scurrying to Google, and here is a picture of someone with their bowl of snake soup (really.) The caption reads: A Hong Kong restaurant patron sips a bowl of snake soup, held by tradition to banish everything from winter chills to boudoir blahs.)

If you want more information, you can check out this link:

http://south-thai.com/snakehouse.html

For what it's worth, Debbie, I am with you. Let the snakes live!

Here is a quick update from Tony Kilburn, up in Maine.

All is well, Jan is busy selling her artwork
and I am still doing my sales thing. Hope to retire but seems as if is not
going to be anytime soon. We just moved into a new home for us, and we
always like to rip out and replace kitchens and other things that blow plans
and budgets out of the water.

Brian and Becky (Beckwith) Walsh have downsized to a condo. Brian is looking at retirement next year with plans to a)stay where they are, b)move out to Maryland where they have a vacation house, or c) move to Seattle and "do the grandparent thing." Too close to call at this time.

I have been bugging several folks for an update of life since Greeley, and one of them, Grant Schroeder, just came through, and it was certainly worth the wait. Here is what he has to tell us, which is all pretty interesting and written in Grant's typical lively prose:

After high school, I was off to Colgate where I majored in Economics and Geology. Some combination, I guess. The geology part came about as a result of being interested in the oil patch. While at Colgate I had summer jobs with Sun Oil in Kentucky and South Texas along the Texas/ Mexican border. After graduation in 1964, that interest took me to Boston where I started to work with Shell Oil. I only lasted a year in Boston and was moved to New York in the summer of 1965. Boston was a great place to be (the San Francisco of the East) at that time. I lived on the ocean North of Boston for all of $110.00 per month, furnished, on the beach. Oh, those were the days. I also met Susan, my future wife, who was working as a Physical Therapist at Peter Brent Brigham.From NYC in 1965 to Springfield,Virginia in early 1966. Sue and I supported the old Eastern Airlines Shuttle between Boston and New York and Boston and Washington. At times I felt that I should have been a shareholder in Eastern. Guess now I�m glad I wasn�t. Many a winter evening was spent snowed in at one airport or another. At least Logan Airport in Boston had good oyster bars! At that point my paycheck was moved to Houston, Texas. Off we went to the great Southwest. Hot temperatures, no seasons, hurricanes and cattle. Houston was such a cow-town back then that topless bars had entries in the rodeo parades. The closest us Yankees had come to such a thing was watching the Rockettes sunbathe in the spring on the roof of Radio City Music Hall. Sue and I had our first child in September of 1970 in the middle of tropical storm Fern. A son, Charles, now 35. married, gainfully employed in Austin in the computer industry, and the father of our three wonderful grandchildren. Next, in the summer of 1972, it was off to London to work for Royal Dutch, Shell Oil�s parent company. We lived south of the City in Surrey, town of Ashtead and loved England. The work was not very challenging, but life was great. A quick tale if I may.

In Ashtead, there was a small pub named The Lamb Chop and Cauliflower Inn. On either side of the bar there were signs indicating �Ladies Restroom� and �Men�s Restroom� respectively. After several beers, we were off to our respective restrooms, opened the doors, and found ourselves staring at each other out in the pouring rain. The actual restrooms were across the courtyard.

We came back earlier than anticipated as a result of the Arab Israeli war. That was during the oil embargo and in the U.S. Shell Oil was headed into International Markets. Our daughter, Kristen, was born in England in 1973 in Epsom, just a mile from the famous Epsom Downs Race track. She is now 33, graduated with a Masters in Physical Therapy, teaching High School Chemistry and Physics. Having moved back to Houston in 1974, we settled down and are still here. I moved around quite a bit within the Company becoming a Jack of all trades (and master on none) and eventually retired in 1998. I had a good run; the Company was good to us, and now I�m enjoying my kids, grandchildren, some light travel and the golf course. One thing about Texas is that you can play 12 months a year. The problem is I never get much better. Some golfers try to shoot their age. I just try to shoot the temperature � at least in the summer.We still try to get to New England every year. My brother and his wife have a �camp� on Lake George so it gives us a chance to get cool every summer at least for a week or so. Sue�s brother retired to Hilton Head so that�s our fall destination. Our other travels take us around the States and Canada. Long airplane trips just don�t suit us anymore. Healthwise, I feel lucky to be here in Houston with the medical center we have. I�ve had my aorta bypassed, a heart bypass and back surgery. Sue will live to be 100, I guess, as she continues to be very health. Must all be in the genes.

Here is the latest from Peter Kennedy.

Hello Dave...the great and good Clem and Ellen Lagala are due to arrive in Ft. Lauderdale to spend a few days on our new Vessel "Amazing Grace" that has just arrived from Communist China...the first 55 sport fish they have built complete with two ( maybe real }Suzuki 125cc motorcycles smuggled in. Karen and I have made 4 trips to China over the last eight months to supervise construction and believe me you can live like a King in a 5 Star Hotel for your social security check in Hoji City in Dong Guan Province. 60 miles south of Hong Kong. The food was terrific and the locals love the dollar....it goes a long, long way. Any of our former classmates are well come to come for a cruise.....as long they do not harbor any bad memories...just let us know....bring money...yuan, HK dollars or US. We could have one heck of a reunion in the Bahamas....Harbour Island in fact....there would have to be some native sleeping arrangements....but what the hell ...they do not make shrouds with pockets. Our best regards to all....Peter and Karen Kennedy

Locke Bogart continues in his scientific pursuits related to the energy industry. Here's what he's up to these days.

Well now. Once again, I am doing something new -- this time Nuclear Electric Propulsion of space vehicles. As has become customary, the work found me rather than vice versa. This is good as the nuclear/carbon synfuel symbiosis work is being delayed for now, so continuity of income doing other interesting things is always welcome. However, I did make a presentation at the Reno American Nuclear Society meeting a couple of weeks ago on nuclear synfuels. It was reasonably well received, along with another two from MIT and Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Other than that, I spend more time on the West Coast than I had planned -- after having moved from San Diego to Florida a couple of years ago. Oh well, that's the way the cookie crumbles. (I'm sure that if I had remained in California, I'd be spending a lot of time on the East Coast.)

Steve Walsh continues, like many of us, to enjoy retirement, but still do a little work.

still enjoying semi-retirement at Amelia Island, FL. Am teaching a couple of securities law courses at Florida Coastal School of Law in Jacksonville as well as doing some part-time arbitration and mediation work. Swede and Jayne Murphy and Peter Kilburn were here for a fun visit at the end of April. Hope all is well with you. Steve

Andy Adams is operating his ownVolvo sales and repair business in Arcata, California. (He always was a guy who could fix things and make stuff work.) Andy is also a private pilot, flying a number of different aircraft. He is currently building his own "Coot" which is an amphibious craft. That's a picture of one on the right. He was in the area a week or so ago and we got together at the Arlington Air Show, where he was making a very professional presentation to fellow "Coot Drivers" showing them his own recently-developed device for landing gear extension and retraction, resulting in a weight savings of over 40 pounds. No, that's not a hospital bracelet on his left wrist -- it's the air show admission "ticket." We spent a nice day together catching up on old times. We had a lot to catch up on -- we have known each other since we were neighbors on Castle Road at age 3!

Nick Bowen has retired and is very happy with a number of long-deferred pursuits. He and wife Pat continue to be very active in their church and are preparing for another mission trip to Paraguay. Among other things Nick is doing, is taking up classical guitar. As I'm sure you all remember, he was quite accomplished on the guitar during high school and has continued though the years. But, as he notes, classical guitar is a whole new ballgame. (I can attest to that, because I recently took up classical too! What a coincidence.)

Nick in fact leaves on the mission trip July 25th. Here's what he has to say about it.

We leave for Paraguay tomorrow (July 25), after a week and 1/2 delay. The first trip was scrubbed when Varig, when of our airlines, went out of business. This time we're on American, so that will be better. We'll be glad to get some cooler weather (it's winter there) after this hot, humid Southern summer. Our trip will be journalled on the church youth web site at

http://www.stgilesepc.org/youth.php should anyone care to follow it.

Here is a very newsy and fun update from Sue McKinley Carpenter:

News from here?... son, Don and his wife are at 17,000 feet on Mt McKinley. They work for NOLS (National Outdoor Leadership School) and have a group of 10 students who are attempting it for the first time. They hope to summit within the next week but bad weather has slowed them down. (Don summitted about 5 years ago) He and Sarah just finished building their strawbale house in Victor, Idaho. Bob�s Inside Lacrosse Magazine is going great� since he was a Duke Lacrosse player, he has been very involved in the coverage of that story. He�s now ready to cover the World Games in Canada. His website is Insidelacrosse.com

Charlie had a weak year with the maple syrup production� only about 12 gallons� he recently toured the South Pacific WWII sites with one of his buddies.

My news is that Bonnie Ray Phelps and I got together at the Cape� just like we�d seen each other the day� she is terrific. We caught up on family and life. I�ll hope to see her more often as we have friends moving near her at the Cape. Hope to catch up with Dave Lyons who is nearby as well.

Still in touch with Sandie (Donham)� she continues to be a fantastic potter� her work is being accepted in more and more judged shows. She had a set back after a fall and had to have shoulder surgery (not making it too easy to use her potters� wheel). Also got to see Carolyn Greico Hill� she was serving meals for the homeless at our church and we had a good catch up. I am due for a total knee in Aug� I�ll be part of a research project in which 12 sensors will be placed inside the prosthesis. After the surgery, as I do exercises and return to activities (oh, to be on the tennis court again!.. and ski) I will be able to record the changes in pressure within the knee. This should be a help to people who are experiencing early signs of degenerative arthritis� so that it will be more definitive which activities and exercises are better for the knee because they don�t increase the pressure�. I�ll be reporting on that in the next news letter! In the meantime, I�m wearing the knee out on the golf course and am excited to be playing with a pro-friend in a pro-am at Pinehurst� with my high, high handicap, I just might be a help to her. Love to all. Sue.

Gay Mayer relates an episode that brought up realizations that we have all probably had in recent years.

Scary stuff - I am about to head to Phoenix to help buy beer for our son's
40th birthday- a surprise party- I am still in shock about the concept that I
can have a 40 year old son!

Last month we visited Mount Rushmore and Devil's Tower - a good time and very
impressive. Now we need to rent the movies again and pretend that we can turn
the clock backwards.

(Ed. note -- Amen!)

Libby Hoeft sent a nice little note and a copy of the newspaper article about the dedication of Doug's statue at in the city of Elgin.

I hope that the attachment regarding the blessing of the sculpture of Doug in his memorial area come through.

Also, the scholarship foundation which we set up in Doug's name using his campaign fund now has a good endowment from memorials. We awarded seven scholarships this year to local high school seniors who have faced and overcome challenges. I will attach our announcement letter as well and you can use any part of it you like.

Another philosophical missive and accompanying picture from Carlos Ballantyne. I present both without further comment.

All,

I recently spent a week camping in the Sierras in California with a few days of cooler weather at a natural hot spring in the middle of the desert in a back portion of Death Valley.

The waterfall pic is from a side canyon from the desert � all these canyons have lovely waterfalls if you hike in a bit. The poetry enclosed is by a friend about one of them.

The Song of the Nightingale

Could I love you again

In a different time in place

Where hearts merge to hope

and yield one face

In a land so strange

A dream can be

Where waterfall mist

Floats to an inland sea

Where flowers don�t end

And the sky bend low

Where nightingales give birth

To a song we know

Richard Watkins

This is from a story of mine called �Desert Dogs� about my first trip into the desert hot springs in a July 15 years ago with the temp running 118 degrees. I found Richard at the hot springs there in his Jeep and the subtitle is

�A phantasmagoric confluence of Jeeped souls in the summer desert�

All of my adventures get cataloged in my a periodic newsletter Ballantyne�s Inspired Musings which is available by subscription as a .pdf only, $25 for an indefinite period with the addendum � the more you send the more you get.

Returning to LA from the desert a month ago I drove to Wyoming on kind of a whim � I have a whim of iron � and have, as I like to report, been Ohm-ing in WY for a month now. Staying in Lander with an old girlfriend from my �Animal House� daze at Dartmouth. [My fraternity brother wrote the screenplay. I am/was, the Seal.]

Wyoming has the smallest population of all the 50 states and has the most amazing countryside I have ever seen in the US. I discovered a lovely huge desert nearby about the size of Death Valley where I traipse off to on driving walk-abouts. Many of America�s great Western rivers have their headwaters here in the Wind River Mountains. The driving is particularly dangerous as many antelope and deer manage to get roadside. Small antelope are a big problem at 75 and most WY regulars have huge accessory 2� pipe front end grills/antelope catchers on their diesels pick-em-ups. Coming back from Casper last night I passed a ranch - The Pathfinder - that had about 30 miles of road frontage.

I am getting settled in here a bit - not but a few daze ago a lil� ol� lady ran into the back of my Toyota pick-em-up in Riverton, WY while I was returning from K-Mart. $5161.09. Riverton was the setting for Brokeback Mountian.

Sic transit Gloria mundi - LOL

Lator

Carlos, errrr Seal

Carlos Ballantyne

775-315-3731

When you come to a fork in the road take it." Yogi Berra
Ed Note: I think Carlos is proof that we may be aging, but it does not appear that we are maturing. (I think that's a good thing.)

Doug Weiss has all sorts of things to tell us about.
www.sarasotadoug.com is now in full swing. What does everyone do when they move to Sarasota, you may ask....they become Realtors. I've always been a joiner, so here I am, one of 5000 registered Realtors in Sarasota. You can't turn around in this town without running into a Realtor....my waitress last night was a realtor. If anyone would like to look for real estate here or if you know anyone who is interested in Sarasota give me a call (are cheap tasteless advertisements allowed here?). Marianne and I are off to China in September...16 days hitting the major tourist sites and avoiding that very large muddy river cruise. We even have a private cooking school day planned in Chengdu, the capital of Szechwan province (note, we will be buying all the ingredients in person at the local market...yes, the chickens too...do I hear someone thinking Bird Flu?? Next year, we're doing an upper amazon small ship cruise where we catch piranhas and cook them for dinner. In preparation for these trips, we have updated our wills.... Son Matthew who really had to struggle to find a job when he graduated from Tufts is now attending Sloan (MIT) business school. The economy has certainly changed...he was actively recruited by Amazon, Yahoo and Google to work for the summer. Matt opted for Amazon and is loving Seattle. Unfortunately, his fiance has just been accepted to Harvard for her PHD so we face Matt maybe working in Seattle after he gets his MBA next year and Megan attending Harvard for a year or so living in Boston. Hmmm...will this work? Daughter Jen and husband Adam are now in their first home in Atlanta. Jen was an editor of childrens books (Hardy boy/Nancy Drew) in NY and didn't think she could even get a job in Atlanta. Turns out she found a great job with an internet startup and is making more now than she was making as an editor in NYC. Go figure.... Other than that, Marianne and I are happy that summer is back...the 92 degree days with the afternoon rain that doesn't effect the temperature but raises the humidity to 99%.....the constant watching of weather forecasts for tropical depressions, the annual packing up of hurricane supplies if we are evacuated from Siesta Key, which is fundamentally a sand bar. Opps...I forgot I am a Realtor. Sarasota is really wonderful year round...y'all come on down.....

Linda Lenhard sent a nice note with a great update on what she has been doing since Greeley --
My last name never changed....still go by Lenhard, which you probably know.
Since I am writing, I will catch you up with my life to date. I am married 25 years this year to a medical school professor & we have a 21 year old daughter who is studying @ Boston College. She will be entering her senior year in Sept., majoring in history (specifically medieval). She just spent her junior year in England & hopes to return after her BA to do grad work there. Career....???

I worked in biomedical research until 1994, then took a break to do volunteer work; Have been working in real estate since 2001. My husband & I travel overseas every year & now I am going additionally on various trips to exotic/interesting places with others as well. Travel is a passion of mine. I get to the East Coast regularly now that our daughter is studying there. I took up karate in fall of 2003, really challenging. Our karate group went to the Shaolin Temple (and other parts of China)in 2004 which was amazing. Southern California has totally agreed with me. We have lived in the same house for 22 years & I have lived in the same community in SD for 37 years....love it out here. The weather is "perfect."

Ed note: Yet another classmate spending time in China. I wonder if any of them have tried Snake Soup yet?

Liz Lewis Usborne checks in with her latest doings, and a nice picture.

We just returned from a month in England and Spain. We had a wonderful time. We especially liked spending more than a week in Madrid where we lived from 1972-1976. We were able to visit some of our old Spanish friends there, and see our old neighborhood.

We returned just in time to attend the ceremony marking the end of our middle son, Paul's, residency in family practice at USC in Los Angeles. He has just started practicing medicine in Covina, CA and showed us around. It was also special because my Mom flew in from Orlando . Below is a photo of our family including my mom, husband and three sons with one daughter in law and one finance and our grandson. Hugs to all...Liz

And.... here in Washington, I, Dave Williams, have joined the ranks of the retired. 28 years in the Air Force and 12 more teaching 4th graders..... what a great ride! Still do a little subbing just to be able to spend time with the kids. Learning classical guitar, active with my church, visiting grandkids, and indulging myself with travel. My wife and I were together in Chappaqua in June as our family gathered for a memorial service for my mom. (She passed away in December after a long and vibrant life, but we interred her ashes in Bedford on June 10th, which would have been her 92nd birthday.) Elaine and I took a trip around New England afterward for about a week. She's an Idaho girl and had never had the opportunity to travel in the Northeast before.
Update as of 9/26: Well, that idea didn't last long! I couldn't stay away, and am back at my favorite school teaching a wonderful bunch of 6th graders and team teaching with an old friend. Sheesh! - It's hard to escape......

NEW SINCE LAST UPDATE

Well, as usual, the last newsletter brought in several new inputs. (You will find their email and snail mail addresses updated in the usual locations as well as here;) without further ado, here they are:
Doug Weiss recently returned from his China trip and sends us this great picture. As Doug says, "No caption necessary."


Mr. John (Jack) Behonek, one of our science teachers, and Locke Bogart have been in touch and I recently got this update from Jack:
In '71 I moved over to FLHS and finished out 30 years in '85. Since then, I've devoted myself full time to the performing arts. Over Labor Day I was in Ocean City, NJ, doing Victor Herbert's "Naughty Marietta" with their summer Pops Orchestra. In August, in the UK with an operetta triple bill (G&S, S w/o G) which I co-produced and also did a couple of walk-ons. Well received. Have been invited back for next year. Just got the final paperwork qualifying my newest project, The Light Opera of New York, as as a tax-exempt charity. We do our first performance the end of November. In January, I'll be at City Center with a production of Sullivan's "The Rose of Persia." And so it goes.

My CA journey takes me to San Diego, San Francisco, and Vancouver (for a first visit) then home early October.

And you can contact him at jackspoint@prodigy.net

Then, lo and behold, through Jack Duncan came this from Anita Lindholm Smith!

Glad that I've connected with you all after so many years. After Greeley I went to Endicott for one year then transferred to BriarcliffCollege. After graduating I worked for Reader's Digest in Chappaqua and soon fter was transferred to their New York City office. My responsibilities were to help coordinate the publishing of The Condensed Books. I learned a lot and had lots of fun living in New York City. Afterfive years I took a job at Smith Associates, an advertising agency where I then met Edmund Smith who later became my husband. We were married in 1971and had our little William in 1973. In 1976 we moved to Norwalk, Ct. where we lived for 26 years. We both love to sing and Ed is an artist soSilvermine, Norwalk was the perfect place to express ourselves. I started a piano and voice school and Ed painted away (when he wasn't commuting to hisagency in New York). Now we are living in a most beautiful area in the foothills of the Berkshire Mtns. Sherman is a small town in N.W. Connecticut
at the top of Candlewood Lake. I am teaching piano and voice, my husband is retired (he still is painting and loving the garden) and little William isn't little anymore. He is 6'2", married and has made us grandparents on Feb. 11, 2006 with Evan Avery Smith. He and his wife Kelly live in No. Kentucky right outside of Cincinnati. A little far away from us, but we are adjusting.
Of course there is much more to write, but I don't want to bore you. Just the highlights! Thought I'd attach two photos. One of us with 3 week old Evan last March, then the other of me with some of my students at last year's piano recital. Happy to say we all survived!

                                                         My address is Anita Smith, 18 Route 55, Sherman, Ct. 06784.
By the way Jack Duncan is my neighbor. He was the one who led me to you.
With fond memories of Greeley especially "The Bayou Flute" our Junior
Musical.
Anita Lindholm Smith

And then from Anita, came contact with Linda (Olson) Sachs, and another good picture too. Here�s what Linda had to report:

You can certainly add my email address to your list. I am sorry I don't know anything about anyone else. But here is my life's story:

I went to a B.Sc. nursing program which involved two years of liberal arts at Cedar Crest College in Allentown, PA, and then three years at Columbia University School of Nursing. I then moved to Boston where I met my
husband, David Sachs, a Harvard medical student. We have been married for 37 years, have four kids and 4 grandchildren--3 of which were born over the last 4 weeks! During that time, we lived 21 years in suburban Maryland where David worked at the National Institutes of Health and I taught at Georgetown University until our first child was born. We moved back to Boston 15 years ago. In the middle of all that, we also spent a sabbatical year in Sweden, where I was born. We now live in Newton, MA, and our children all live nearby. David is a Transplantation Immunologist at Massachusetts General Hospital, and I help take care of my grandchildren. I am attaching a picture of our family (3 daughters, a son, two sons-in-law and a grand-daughter) taken last December, which of course does not include the 3 babies born in August.

Mr. Rex Thrasher, our long-time social studies teacher has also joined the cyber-world, and here are some of his observations.

Many thanks for sending the info for the Class of "60. I am well into my 80's but still enjoy the stimulating life of Chappaqua and Manhattan. During WW 11, I was stationed at the navy base in Bremerton, Wash., and had many a ride on the ferry across to Seattle. I do enjoy hearing about the students of years ago. Clair Risoli, the English teacher, at Greeley died just a few months ago. Robert Meredith, the Social Studies teacher died several years ago in Fla. Peg Stewart, the librarian, died several years ago. So much for the faculty obituary - may I escape it for some time!!!

I have finally obtained a computer - thanks to my son, Craig, who insisted I get out of the 19th century. Here is my E-mail address - rwtmet@yahoo.com

Harold Himmelman sent this nice little note and included his contact information too!
I am in regular touch with my dear friends Ken and Ann Nye, as they have lived in Maine since we all left high school.  My wife and I own a vacation home there to which we flee just as often as our busy work and family schedules in Washington allow. Be well. Harold

Harold Himmelman c/o Beveridge & Diamond, P.C.1350 I Street, N.W. Suite 700
Washington, D.C. 20005

202-789-6012 (Phone) hhimmelman@bdlaw.com

Jack Duncan is back in touch and here is an update on what he has been doing:

Sorry to hear about the troubles and losses within our ranks. Getting old is not for sissies! I've had my share. I now "glow in the dark" after seed implants
for prostate cancer. I'm six months out from treatment, and the radiation seems to be doing its thing. Next monday I have a second procedure to remove a basil cell carcinoma from my nose - minor, but I will be glad when it is over.
I've now retired from my third career (after years at Reader's Digest and some consulting) - the proverbial hardware store, and am still trying to figure out what
I will do when I grow up. Our son Mark and his wife Stacey produced a granddaughter last December, Alexandra, who is of course adorable. We found a great retirement community just outside of Easton PA, about 20 minutes from the kid's New Jersey home. Our daughter Amy and her husband Michael live in Naples Florida. Mike is older, has children with children, so we are great-grandparents of four.
Needless to say, when we visit them, we are BUSY! We will probably visit for a while in the dead of winter, and miss some of New England's fine cold months.
(They also have a place in Boothbay Harbor Maine, and we have a key. It can be a nice escape.)
We were in your neck of the woods last month. The Florida kids took us to Alaska on a cruise - Vancouver to Whittier/Ancorage. With all the travel
arrangements for our group of 21, we could not get a side trip to Washington state to visit friends and see more of the west coast. We have friends in Renton,
which I suspect is not all that far from you. Alaska was great. Still have some salmon I caught in Sitka.
I've kept busy doing the "first year retired fix up the house, wax the cars thing. I also volunteer with a group that repairs senion citizen's homes to keep
them in independent living, and do a little part-time at the old hardware store. The "Golf Gods" have smiled on me a little, too, and I have been able to
play more, usually with some of my retired Reader's Digest buddies.



Last, but by no means least, here is a link to the Greeley "Old Guard" web page which is just wonderful to behold. You can find links to the class of �41, some sports pictures from those days and yearbook photos from a couple of classes. Like me, you may recognize some of the names � it sure brought back memories to me. I have been communicating with Don Reynolds, Class of �41, and it turns out we know a lot of the same people � he knew them as classmates and young adults of course, and I recall them as adults around town to whom I looked up and respected. A very interesting comparison of perceptions indeed! Anyway, check it out if you are so inclined.   http://www.casa-chia.org/Alumi-HGHS/

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Well, lots of folks are agitating for a reunion sometime in the not-too-distant future. Opinion seems to favor either a reunion next fall, say, October '07, or wait until 2010 and have a 50 year anniversary of our graduation reunion. Yes, that's right, 50 years. Some say let's do both. Next year seems like a good idea in that we've been doing about every seven years, ('93, 2000.) Waiting until 2010 has the attraction of the symbolic nature of a 50 year anniversary. Both would be cool because they are a lot of fun, so why not have more. Folks that can't make one of them might make the other. Peter Davidson and I spoke briefly about it when I was back in Chappaqua in June, and he is ready to support a reunion if there is enough interest. I am happy to get the ball rolling and help coordinate the information flow for either scenario. So, what do you think? Email or phone me with your inputs. The ones in 1993 and 2000 were a lot of fun and everyone who attended seemed to be happy that they had. Make your voice heard!

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