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Sad to report the passing of a Great Track Coach Roy Griak. He was 91 and had work for the U. of M. Since 1963 a total of 52 years. His obituary is in the Star and Tribune today. RIP
Me and my partner, Bob, have traveled to Puerto Rico, Mexico and Florida. We love to travel, especially during the winter months. We've been to Florida four times: Miami Beach, Siesta Key, Inglewood & Fort Lauderdale. We also go dancing every week to different places and do salsa. We see a lot of movies. I've been dancing since I was 13. I read a lot and we travel a lot and it is very fun and exciting. I work at STEP doing clerical work and I really like that. Being with Bob has been the best relationship I've ever had. I was real saddened by Penny Glassman's passing. I was also saddened by Roxy Orenstein's passing. Bob and I like to go on a lot of walks in the summer. We love the ocean. Whenever we go on vacation, we just love the ocean. It's interesting to see how other people live in the other countries that we have visited. Traveling is fun and keeps you young at heart. It broadens your mind.
I 'd always associated the name of our year book Echowan with its homophone Echo 1, the the balloon satellite which I was just reminded, on the radio this morning, NASA launched 55 years ago today (Aug 12, 1960). So I pulled the year books off the shelf, and it occurred to me that the association must be coincidental, as the first two volumes are labeled Vol. 34 and Vol. 35, and by senior year they had lost count. This would imply that Volume 1 celebrated the graduating class of 1929, back far enough that they weren't even thinking about how to undo a Depression, never mind communication satellites. Does anyone have a better story behind the naming of the yearbook? If not, I'm just gonna stick with the NASA balloon. I won't be able to make the reunion, but I'd like to suggest this as something to talk about after a few drinks at the Park Tavern.
It was wonderful to see everyone at this 50th reunion. The committees that put this together did a wonderful job. Thank you to all.
HI, "FELLOW PARKITES!!!!" I guess that, TECHNICALLY, I really don't have the RIGHT to sign this book, since our FAMILY'S MOVE prevented me from GRADUATING with what I will ALWAYS CONSIDER to be "MY CLASS," in my HEART!!!! However, I just wanted to take this OPPORTUNITY to say, "HI!," to all of you, & to tell you how WONDERFUL I think it IS that you are getting TOGETHER for a REUNION, after an UNBELIEVABLE 40 YEARS since our GRADUATION!!!! :-) If you are going to SELL PICS of the REUNION & a CLASS DIRECTORY, PLEASE let me KNOW so I can find OUT HOW to GET them!!!! THANK YOU!!!! I HOPE that YOU are ALL WELL & HAPPY!!!! Take CARE, SMILE, HAPPY EASTER, & may GOD BLESS YOU & YOURS REAL GOOD!!!!
What a great reunion site you have created! It has been fun going through it, stirring up memories, "trying" to reminisce (hard to remember THAT FAR BACK!!) Living in MN most of my adult life, I've often been back to SLP just to connect with my youth and to see how things keep changing! Marit Fredheim (the foreign exchange student our senior year, and my "sister" for the year) was back a few years ago, and we visited the high school. We checked in to the office and visited with staff there...and found out that one of the secretaries there is living IN THE HOUSE WHERE I WAS BORN AND RAISED!!! Small world! (In fact, Marit will be here this summer...but not in August.) It will be fun attending the reunion to meet and greet old friends...and make new ones!
Sadly, another classmate has passed away. Linda Benjamin died on March 10th. Her obituary is in today's Star Tribune. Rest in Peace, Linda.
Hi from Los Angeles, where I have lived for 31 years. Am really looking forward to our 40th. Have only been to Mpls 3 times since I left for L.A., but am happy to come in for this event. There are so many people I am excited to see (you know who you are : ) Anyone else in Los Angeles?
Unfortunately the reuion falls on my 37th wedding anniversary and we have a wedding out of town so I won't be able to attend but I hope everyone has a great time and I hope to see alot of pictures in the Memory Book
Hello everyone, how time flies!!! I left St. Louis Park in 1965 to study Art at the Banff School of Fine Arts and fell in love with the Canadian Rockies and never looked back! I'm still here in the mountains during the summer and spend winters in Mexico. I love the sixties rock & roll music and still love to dance...salsa anyone??!! Thanks to the reunion team and invitation but I will not be attending but thinking of old friends and happy times. Life is great!!
What a fabulous website! A piece of art and hours of planning. Just fantastic. Thank you.Mark L Rosen
Have missed the last few reunions and, sadly, missed the 60th birthday party. Can hardly believe we\'re all 60 - no wait, we\'re older than 60 now! I\'m looking forward to the reunion wondering if, after all these years, I\'ll recognize those I walked the halls with. Or will you recognize me??? So many wonderful memories!
Greetings from Allen, Texas, my home for 30 years now. I am still wokrng as a nurse as I like to spend too much money on my 5 grandchildren who all live in the same town as I do. They keep me young and busy. Still married to Doug for 47 years. I will miss the reunion as I have already made my Minnesota trip this year but sounds like you have done a great job of planning this event. Hope you all have a great time!
Mrs. Hagstrom, our art teacher, is attending the tour of the school on Friday and the Big Event on Saturday. She would love to see her former students. We will meet for lunch after the school tour. Join us if you can!
Sorry to say Bob Wexler died late July.
I'm looking forward to seeing the Gang at the reunion, too. Very fun seeing the guys last fall at the reunion of the '64 football team. BIG REQUEST- If anyone has, or knows how to get, a Class of '65 Yearbook, it would be a great favor, I lost mine and would love to replace it. Maybe a married Oriole couple who have 2? Thanks, Bob
I am still living in the So. Calif desert area, 30 years. My parents moved from St. Louis Park just last Nov. to Alabama where my brother Jeff Nelson lives. I am looking forward to this reunion very much. WOW 40 years, I guess we all feel this way, WOW!! See you in August!!!
Great job on developing our website! Thanks to George Kohan and Linda Steele.
Hi Everyone! I will be moving to northern MN from southern MN in June. But my nephew has a wedding on the day of the reunion so unfortunately I won\'t be able to attend. Wish I could see everyone. It sounds like fun! Thank you to the organizers.
hi all, i'm unable to attend the reunion but will think of you all that night and look forward to getting to the next one. i mostly go by the name spruce (life is interesting). I live in minneapolis and part of the time on 40 gorgeous acres with my life partner paul ( a different paul than high school/former husband paul). i do healing work for a living and love it. i also create visual art in my attic studio and dance -- contra, interplay, any kind of dance. would love to hear from people. have a fun event.
I really can't wait to see everyone that is coming. Elaine and I live in Scottsdale now and only visit Minny a couple of times a year. We are both very excited to see all of our old friends. Our children have made us grandparents 4 times and they are all gorgeous. See you on Friday. Call me if you want at my office at 480-483-7253. It is easiest to contact me there.
I can’t believe that 5 years have pasted since our last reunion. It was a reunion I will never forget! Nooper and I will be returning 5 years later as husband and wife. We love living in Arizona and have adjusted to the warm winter weather. We are looking forward to seeing everyone. See you soon.
Unable to attend once again do to traveling to Long Island to visit my son and his new wife. Update: lost my husband July 5, 2009 so things have been hard to adjust to but my son has helped me alot. I hope everyone who attends has a great time...someone have a beer for me.
Hey Orioles! Great website and photos - thanks to all who made that happen. I am disappointed not to be able to make the 45th this summer, but look forward to seeing folks at future reunions. The pix brought smiles and the list of departed sadness. Easy to recall walking the halls together and amazing it was so long ago. Happiness and good health to all.
I teach at a year-round school in Los Angeles. Therefore. I won't be able to attend the 40th reunion. However, I think the website is great. Hello to anyone who still remembers me from Park High. I have lived in California since 1968. I left Minnesota on the coldest day that I can remember in January 1968. I finished my education at San Diego State. Then I became a teacher and have been teaching in LAUSD for more years than I can remember. I am very lucky that I love what I do..It is not a glamorous profession but it is certainly very gratifying.
Greetings to you from Wenatchee, Washington! I have lived in Wenatchee for 28 years. Wenatchee is on the East side of the Cascade Mountain range with 300 days of sunshine. (I know you thought all of Washington rains!) I have returned for my "Minnesota fix" often over the last 40 years but unfortunately, I will not be attending the reunion. Thank you for the amazing website that's been created for the class of 1965!!
Hard to believe another year has gone by.......... I am planning to be at the "birthday bash" at the PT. I will be at the Bison Booth at the State Fair again this year on Thursday the 30th, in the evening, and Sunday the 2nd. If anyone wants to reach me my cell # is 760-567-7823. Looking forward to seeing all!!!
Over the years many have asked me about Matt Solovskoy. Matthew passed away Saturday Jan. 19,2008 from lung cancer. He left Minnesota over 30 years ago and lived in Texas, Florida and So. Carolina where he died . He is survived by his current wife Dorothy. He had a son David before we were married. We had 3 children together, Joshua, Jacob and Bethany. May he finally be at peace.
I just found this site. How do I sign up for info on coming reunions? So far I havn't been to any.
I just wanted to update my military service. I served in the Army from 1968-1970.
It's a pleasure to sign this guest book. It's my 58th birthday today, and I have to say that life has been great. It's also funny that I received the 40th reunion invite on my birthday. ( I'm surprised I lasted this long ) I live in Atlanta, GA. for those people who still live in Minnesota, I'm on my way to play some golf. I wish everyone well. See you at the reunion
To George Kohan, what do you know about website design? as I recall you couldn\'t master a mechanical pencil. Good work Georgie, you\'ve come a long way and it is a nice site
Nice job on creating this web site. Looking forward to reunion 45, hard to believe.
Well, I'm back in Minnesota now. I spent about 17 years in Houston, Texas and 5 years in New Braunfels, Texas. I lost my wife of 29 Years in 2016 and moved back to Minnesota in 2017. My health isn't the greatest, so I moved in with 2 of my single boys in Cambridge, MN. I truely believe we grew up in the best of times. I have many fond memories of my growing up in the 50's & 60's. Hopefully those of us still here will hookup at the next reunion.
Sorry, I won\'t be able to make the reunion, but thank you to the folks who are making this happen.Last month I announced my retirement (on 09/01/10) from Standard Insurance where I have been the lead programmer for the Disability Claims Management System for the last 12 years. Approx 90% of Standard\'s income each year is from their Group Disability Insurance. I will spend most of July and August teaching contractors for India (yes, my job is being off-shored) as much as I can about the system.Big retirement plans include ramping up my involvement with Toastmasters, serving as a guide at the Portland Arboretum (my first degree was in forestry) & spending more time with our friend\'s 3-1/2 year old twin girls. We have been helping them on a weekly basis since the twins were 4 days old. A very important part of my life.I hope things are going well for all of you. Enjoy!
I just received news this morning that fellow classmate, William (Bill) Dahl passed away early this morning. Bill had struggled with diabetes and its terrible side effects for many years. He had recently been receiving dialysis three times a week for several months for kidney failure, and has also struggled with cancer, a foot amputation and congestive heart failure. Bill and I first met at age 4 and we have remained dear friends ever since. My heart is broken.
It is a pleasure to be able to chair the 75/57 celebration. We have a great weekend planned and I really hope everyone who is able will attend. We deserve to have FUN, see old friends and trash talk those who don't come (just kidding). My friend Ellen Gold Nelson just said it best when celebrating her 75th birthday yesterday: "It's an honor and privilege to join the quarter century club -- and it's free!" Looking forward to seeing everyone July 22 and 23. We will definitely do The Stroll Down Memory Lane.
I was at the Park Taveren for the last reunion. It was interesting and fun to visit with so many of my classmates of 1965. I recently retired from teaching (District 196; Apple Valley rosemount) after 33 years. I also pulled the plug about five years ago from the USAR (27 years). It has been fun, but I want to travel and spend some fun time with my first wife, Joan skog.R. Morss
Unfortunately, this is becoming all to familiar. Classmate Peter Hagen, still living in St. Louis Park, passed away on October 28th. His obituary is in the Sunday Star Tribune today.
Looking forward to a 40 year reunion. Anyone there in the Charlotte, NC area. One good thing is the NO SNOW to put up with. Can't believe we made it this far.
I too am looking forward to attending the reunion. Seems like the past 40 years have flown by. So much to tell...and so little space. To wet your appetite - Mu guidenance counselor, bless his heart, suggested that with my academic record at Park I attend a trade school and maybe make furniture for a living. So off I went after graduation with his sagely advice and 1. Graduated from Mankaot in 1970, 2. Joined the Navy as a pilot and retired from the service in 1992, and 3. Am just now retiring from being the Director of Aviation for Tenet Healthcare where I have worked since my Navy retirement. Those counselors passed out some pretty good information didn't they! Any way, I'm in good health and looking forward to seeing all my other classmates. By the Way, Bruce Peters was my neighbor in SLP and I had no idea he had passed away. If anyone has any further information please let me know, i.e. is his mother still alive and living in SLP. See ya'll on the 26th of August.
Looking forward to renewing old acquaintances and seeing new (old) faces! Have lived in Iowa, then PA, and now Alabama since 1990. We love it - so glad we don't live on the coast, although beautiful!! See y'all in August!
Thanks to Rollie for all the work she is doing to make this event special...she has put her heart and soul into it!! Looking forward to seeing everyone at the reunion!!
Yikes! This website has been live so long, I've changed jobs and e-mail addresses. At this point in life it's good just to have our minds, most of our body parts, and a lust for life. Looking forward to re-establishing connections, hearing those incomprehensible song lyrics of the '60s, and raising some cold beers with dear friends! A big thanks to everyone working hard on the reunion.
just going thru the guestbook messages in planning to attend the 8/25/07 party. Took this opportunity to post my own message so friends & acquaintences could reach me if they desire to connect. email is posted or 800.444.5535
Great job on the 45th reunion
I went to the PT on the 27th and saw quite a few classmates. Nice experience. Looking forward to attending the 50th. Hope to hear from you.
I got back to Calif last night after spending 2 wonderful weeks in Minnesota. I can\'t quite express the emotions of our class reunion. Just an awesome time!!!! Thank you to everyone on the committee!!! LOVE to all my "classmates"! Hope to see you for our 65th birthday.
50 Years Already? Wow! I will be at the reunion with my husband, Jim. Marit Fredheim (foreign exchange student and my sister for the year) will be coming with us! She is very excited to meet and greet everyone again. Being retired now, I am being kept busy with projects for both my children (Lee and Miki,) but do not as of yet have any grandkids! 2 grandpuppies that I love, however. I am also volunteering at my church, and still doing creative arts for fun. Since my husband does not wish to retire yet, we are still living in Minnesota. Maybe in a few years we will try something a little warmer. The older we get, the less we tolerate the cold! Especially after spending our 40th Wedding Anniversary in the beautiful, magical island of Hawaii. Looking forward to greeting everyone soon.
40 years..WOW! I'm too am looking forward to the get together. It'll be great seeing how many still have hair. See you there!! Gregg Griffiths
Sad to report the passing of a Great Track Coach Roy Griak. He was 91 and had work for the U. of M. Since 1963 a total of 52 years. His obituary is in the Star and Tribune today. RIP
Me and my partner, Bob, have traveled to Puerto Rico, Mexico and Florida. We love to travel, especially during the winter months. We've been to Florida four times: Miami Beach, Siesta Key, Inglewood & Fort Lauderdale. We also go dancing every week to different places and do salsa. We see a lot of movies. I've been dancing since I was 13. I read a lot and we travel a lot and it is very fun and exciting. I work at STEP doing clerical work and I really like that. Being with Bob has been the best relationship I've ever had. I was real saddened by Penny Glassman's passing. I was also saddened by Roxy Orenstein's passing. Bob and I like to go on a lot of walks in the summer. We love the ocean. Whenever we go on vacation, we just love the ocean. It's interesting to see how other people live in the other countries that we have visited. Traveling is fun and keeps you young at heart. It broadens your mind.
I 'd always associated the name of our year book Echowan with its homophone Echo 1, the the balloon satellite which I was just reminded, on the radio this morning, NASA launched 55 years ago today (Aug 12, 1960). So I pulled the year books off the shelf, and it occurred to me that the association must be coincidental, as the first two volumes are labeled Vol. 34 and Vol. 35, and by senior year they had lost count. This would imply that Volume 1 celebrated the graduating class of 1929, back far enough that they weren't even thinking about how to undo a Depression, never mind communication satellites. Does anyone have a better story behind the naming of the yearbook? If not, I'm just gonna stick with the NASA balloon. I won't be able to make the reunion, but I'd like to suggest this as something to talk about after a few drinks at the Park Tavern.
It was wonderful to see everyone at this 50th reunion. The committees that put this together did a wonderful job. Thank you to all.
HI, "FELLOW PARKITES!!!!" I guess that, TECHNICALLY, I really don't have the RIGHT to sign this book, since our FAMILY'S MOVE prevented me from GRADUATING with what I will ALWAYS CONSIDER to be "MY CLASS," in my HEART!!!! However, I just wanted to take this OPPORTUNITY to say, "HI!," to all of you, & to tell you how WONDERFUL I think it IS that you are getting TOGETHER for a REUNION, after an UNBELIEVABLE 40 YEARS since our GRADUATION!!!! :-) If you are going to SELL PICS of the REUNION & a CLASS DIRECTORY, PLEASE let me KNOW so I can find OUT HOW to GET them!!!! THANK YOU!!!! I HOPE that YOU are ALL WELL & HAPPY!!!! Take CARE, SMILE, HAPPY EASTER, & may GOD BLESS YOU & YOURS REAL GOOD!!!!
What a great reunion site you have created! It has been fun going through it, stirring up memories, "trying" to reminisce (hard to remember THAT FAR BACK!!) Living in MN most of my adult life, I've often been back to SLP just to connect with my youth and to see how things keep changing! Marit Fredheim (the foreign exchange student our senior year, and my "sister" for the year) was back a few years ago, and we visited the high school. We checked in to the office and visited with staff there...and found out that one of the secretaries there is living IN THE HOUSE WHERE I WAS BORN AND RAISED!!! Small world! (In fact, Marit will be here this summer...but not in August.) It will be fun attending the reunion to meet and greet old friends...and make new ones!
Sadly, another classmate has passed away. Linda Benjamin died on March 10th. Her obituary is in today's Star Tribune. Rest in Peace, Linda.
Hi from Los Angeles, where I have lived for 31 years. Am really looking forward to our 40th. Have only been to Mpls 3 times since I left for L.A., but am happy to come in for this event. There are so many people I am excited to see (you know who you are : ) Anyone else in Los Angeles?
Unfortunately the reuion falls on my 37th wedding anniversary and we have a wedding out of town so I won't be able to attend but I hope everyone has a great time and I hope to see alot of pictures in the Memory Book
Hello everyone, how time flies!!! I left St. Louis Park in 1965 to study Art at the Banff School of Fine Arts and fell in love with the Canadian Rockies and never looked back! I'm still here in the mountains during the summer and spend winters in Mexico. I love the sixties rock & roll music and still love to dance...salsa anyone??!! Thanks to the reunion team and invitation but I will not be attending but thinking of old friends and happy times. Life is great!!
What a fabulous website! A piece of art and hours of planning. Just fantastic. Thank you.Mark L Rosen
Have missed the last few reunions and, sadly, missed the 60th birthday party. Can hardly believe we\'re all 60 - no wait, we\'re older than 60 now! I\'m looking forward to the reunion wondering if, after all these years, I\'ll recognize those I walked the halls with. Or will you recognize me??? So many wonderful memories!
Greetings from Allen, Texas, my home for 30 years now. I am still wokrng as a nurse as I like to spend too much money on my 5 grandchildren who all live in the same town as I do. They keep me young and busy. Still married to Doug for 47 years. I will miss the reunion as I have already made my Minnesota trip this year but sounds like you have done a great job of planning this event. Hope you all have a great time!
Mrs. Hagstrom, our art teacher, is attending the tour of the school on Friday and the Big Event on Saturday. She would love to see her former students. We will meet for lunch after the school tour. Join us if you can!
Sorry to say Bob Wexler died late July.
I'm looking forward to seeing the Gang at the reunion, too. Very fun seeing the guys last fall at the reunion of the '64 football team. BIG REQUEST- If anyone has, or knows how to get, a Class of '65 Yearbook, it would be a great favor, I lost mine and would love to replace it. Maybe a married Oriole couple who have 2? Thanks, Bob
I am still living in the So. Calif desert area, 30 years. My parents moved from St. Louis Park just last Nov. to Alabama where my brother Jeff Nelson lives. I am looking forward to this reunion very much. WOW 40 years, I guess we all feel this way, WOW!! See you in August!!!
Great job on developing our website! Thanks to George Kohan and Linda Steele.
Hi Everyone! I will be moving to northern MN from southern MN in June. But my nephew has a wedding on the day of the reunion so unfortunately I won\'t be able to attend. Wish I could see everyone. It sounds like fun! Thank you to the organizers.
hi all, i'm unable to attend the reunion but will think of you all that night and look forward to getting to the next one. i mostly go by the name spruce (life is interesting). I live in minneapolis and part of the time on 40 gorgeous acres with my life partner paul ( a different paul than high school/former husband paul). i do healing work for a living and love it. i also create visual art in my attic studio and dance -- contra, interplay, any kind of dance. would love to hear from people. have a fun event.
I really can't wait to see everyone that is coming. Elaine and I live in Scottsdale now and only visit Minny a couple of times a year. We are both very excited to see all of our old friends. Our children have made us grandparents 4 times and they are all gorgeous. See you on Friday. Call me if you want at my office at 480-483-7253. It is easiest to contact me there.
I can’t believe that 5 years have pasted since our last reunion. It was a reunion I will never forget! Nooper and I will be returning 5 years later as husband and wife. We love living in Arizona and have adjusted to the warm winter weather. We are looking forward to seeing everyone. See you soon.
Unable to attend once again do to traveling to Long Island to visit my son and his new wife. Update: lost my husband July 5, 2009 so things have been hard to adjust to but my son has helped me alot. I hope everyone who attends has a great time...someone have a beer for me.
Hey Orioles! Great website and photos - thanks to all who made that happen. I am disappointed not to be able to make the 45th this summer, but look forward to seeing folks at future reunions. The pix brought smiles and the list of departed sadness. Easy to recall walking the halls together and amazing it was so long ago. Happiness and good health to all.
I teach at a year-round school in Los Angeles. Therefore. I won't be able to attend the 40th reunion. However, I think the website is great. Hello to anyone who still remembers me from Park High. I have lived in California since 1968. I left Minnesota on the coldest day that I can remember in January 1968. I finished my education at San Diego State. Then I became a teacher and have been teaching in LAUSD for more years than I can remember. I am very lucky that I love what I do..It is not a glamorous profession but it is certainly very gratifying.
Greetings to you from Wenatchee, Washington! I have lived in Wenatchee for 28 years. Wenatchee is on the East side of the Cascade Mountain range with 300 days of sunshine. (I know you thought all of Washington rains!) I have returned for my "Minnesota fix" often over the last 40 years but unfortunately, I will not be attending the reunion. Thank you for the amazing website that's been created for the class of 1965!!
Hard to believe another year has gone by.......... I am planning to be at the "birthday bash" at the PT. I will be at the Bison Booth at the State Fair again this year on Thursday the 30th, in the evening, and Sunday the 2nd. If anyone wants to reach me my cell # is 760-567-7823. Looking forward to seeing all!!!
Over the years many have asked me about Matt Solovskoy. Matthew passed away Saturday Jan. 19,2008 from lung cancer. He left Minnesota over 30 years ago and lived in Texas, Florida and So. Carolina where he died . He is survived by his current wife Dorothy. He had a son David before we were married. We had 3 children together, Joshua, Jacob and Bethany. May he finally be at peace.
I just found this site. How do I sign up for info on coming reunions? So far I havn't been to any.
I just wanted to update my military service. I served in the Army from 1968-1970.
It's a pleasure to sign this guest book. It's my 58th birthday today, and I have to say that life has been great. It's also funny that I received the 40th reunion invite on my birthday. ( I'm surprised I lasted this long ) I live in Atlanta, GA. for those people who still live in Minnesota, I'm on my way to play some golf. I wish everyone well. See you at the reunion
To George Kohan, what do you know about website design? as I recall you couldn\'t master a mechanical pencil. Good work Georgie, you\'ve come a long way and it is a nice site
Nice job on creating this web site. Looking forward to reunion 45, hard to believe.
Well, I'm back in Minnesota now. I spent about 17 years in Houston, Texas and 5 years in New Braunfels, Texas. I lost my wife of 29 Years in 2016 and moved back to Minnesota in 2017. My health isn't the greatest, so I moved in with 2 of my single boys in Cambridge, MN. I truely believe we grew up in the best of times. I have many fond memories of my growing up in the 50's & 60's. Hopefully those of us still here will hookup at the next reunion.
Sorry, I won\'t be able to make the reunion, but thank you to the folks who are making this happen.Last month I announced my retirement (on 09/01/10) from Standard Insurance where I have been the lead programmer for the Disability Claims Management System for the last 12 years. Approx 90% of Standard\'s income each year is from their Group Disability Insurance. I will spend most of July and August teaching contractors for India (yes, my job is being off-shored) as much as I can about the system.Big retirement plans include ramping up my involvement with Toastmasters, serving as a guide at the Portland Arboretum (my first degree was in forestry) & spending more time with our friend\'s 3-1/2 year old twin girls. We have been helping them on a weekly basis since the twins were 4 days old. A very important part of my life.I hope things are going well for all of you. Enjoy!
I just received news this morning that fellow classmate, William (Bill) Dahl passed away early this morning. Bill had struggled with diabetes and its terrible side effects for many years. He had recently been receiving dialysis three times a week for several months for kidney failure, and has also struggled with cancer, a foot amputation and congestive heart failure. Bill and I first met at age 4 and we have remained dear friends ever since. My heart is broken.
It is a pleasure to be able to chair the 75/57 celebration. We have a great weekend planned and I really hope everyone who is able will attend. We deserve to have FUN, see old friends and trash talk those who don't come (just kidding). My friend Ellen Gold Nelson just said it best when celebrating her 75th birthday yesterday: "It's an honor and privilege to join the quarter century club -- and it's free!" Looking forward to seeing everyone July 22 and 23. We will definitely do The Stroll Down Memory Lane.
I was at the Park Taveren for the last reunion. It was interesting and fun to visit with so many of my classmates of 1965. I recently retired from teaching (District 196; Apple Valley rosemount) after 33 years. I also pulled the plug about five years ago from the USAR (27 years). It has been fun, but I want to travel and spend some fun time with my first wife, Joan skog.R. Morss
Unfortunately, this is becoming all to familiar. Classmate Peter Hagen, still living in St. Louis Park, passed away on October 28th. His obituary is in the Sunday Star Tribune today.
Looking forward to a 40 year reunion. Anyone there in the Charlotte, NC area. One good thing is the NO SNOW to put up with. Can't believe we made it this far.
I too am looking forward to attending the reunion. Seems like the past 40 years have flown by. So much to tell...and so little space. To wet your appetite - Mu guidenance counselor, bless his heart, suggested that with my academic record at Park I attend a trade school and maybe make furniture for a living. So off I went after graduation with his sagely advice and 1. Graduated from Mankaot in 1970, 2. Joined the Navy as a pilot and retired from the service in 1992, and 3. Am just now retiring from being the Director of Aviation for Tenet Healthcare where I have worked since my Navy retirement. Those counselors passed out some pretty good information didn't they! Any way, I'm in good health and looking forward to seeing all my other classmates. By the Way, Bruce Peters was my neighbor in SLP and I had no idea he had passed away. If anyone has any further information please let me know, i.e. is his mother still alive and living in SLP. See ya'll on the 26th of August.
Looking forward to renewing old acquaintances and seeing new (old) faces! Have lived in Iowa, then PA, and now Alabama since 1990. We love it - so glad we don't live on the coast, although beautiful!! See y'all in August!
Thanks to Rollie for all the work she is doing to make this event special...she has put her heart and soul into it!! Looking forward to seeing everyone at the reunion!!
Yikes! This website has been live so long, I've changed jobs and e-mail addresses. At this point in life it's good just to have our minds, most of our body parts, and a lust for life. Looking forward to re-establishing connections, hearing those incomprehensible song lyrics of the '60s, and raising some cold beers with dear friends! A big thanks to everyone working hard on the reunion.
just going thru the guestbook messages in planning to attend the 8/25/07 party. Took this opportunity to post my own message so friends & acquaintences could reach me if they desire to connect. email is posted or 800.444.5535
Great job on the 45th reunion
I went to the PT on the 27th and saw quite a few classmates. Nice experience. Looking forward to attending the 50th. Hope to hear from you.
I got back to Calif last night after spending 2 wonderful weeks in Minnesota. I can\'t quite express the emotions of our class reunion. Just an awesome time!!!! Thank you to everyone on the committee!!! LOVE to all my "classmates"! Hope to see you for our 65th birthday.
50 Years Already? Wow! I will be at the reunion with my husband, Jim. Marit Fredheim (foreign exchange student and my sister for the year) will be coming with us! She is very excited to meet and greet everyone again. Being retired now, I am being kept busy with projects for both my children (Lee and Miki,) but do not as of yet have any grandkids! 2 grandpuppies that I love, however. I am also volunteering at my church, and still doing creative arts for fun. Since my husband does not wish to retire yet, we are still living in Minnesota. Maybe in a few years we will try something a little warmer. The older we get, the less we tolerate the cold! Especially after spending our 40th Wedding Anniversary in the beautiful, magical island of Hawaii. Looking forward to greeting everyone soon.
40 years..WOW! I'm too am looking forward to the get together. It'll be great seeing how many still have hair. See you there!! Gregg Griffiths