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Subject: Daren's update
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001
From: Daren Matteson <hpdsro@hotmail.com>
Working at Hanford High for the past 6 years has been exciting....
No, that's not right????? Interesting......??????? No....... Challenging.........
OK - OK...... It's FUN! Yes! I enjoy working at Hanford High! The
place we all wanted to leave in 78 is not a bad place to work.
Hi again to all! This is really to update my email and web address.
BUT, since my last post to this site in 1998, I got married again!!!
She is my best friend and we are doing great. I do have a confession......
She is a Tiger. Well... That kind of tiger too... But, I meant a Lemoore
Tiger. I know... I'm a traitor.
ALSO! My daughter got married to her best friend! Dad wishes they
would have waited to finish college, but they are good together.
Good luck to all.
http://www.kings.k12.ca.us/huhsd/staff/sro/index.html
PS.... My oldest child's favorite sport was VOLLEYBALL! You didn't
have it listed. She played 3 years on varsity at Redwood and even
got a 10 day trip for games in Hawaii.
Later!
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Subject: Yeah, yeah! Greetings!
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001
From: RH<star68@hotmail.com>
Yeah, yeah! Greetings! While talking on the telephone to one of my
fellow Armona girls, she related the news to me about this site. :-)
It amused me greatly! The opportunity for self amusment is too great.
We decided to "do" each others: "Where are you nows." She is living
in Wyoming, Casper to be exact. That's as far as I'll go on that.
You can probably tell from the e-mail adress to whom I refer to. We
might have gotten old; however not dead. Yet! :-) I thought I might
make up some long tale of crime and corruption as her biography, and
everyone would probably believe it. But, even though I love her dearly,
Wyoming isn't that far! Whatever happened to the Armona Girls? Hell
I'm one of them and I still don't know. I know where everyone lives
and basically the "scoop", but whatever happen to those kids? I don't
know, I guess life. I someday plan to write a book--"The Life and
Times of the Armona Girls." Of course I'll change the names to protect
the innocent!:-)
In reading all the stories that everyone else wrote, I'm impressed
by not only the punctuation correctness, but everyone that wrote seems
to be so well educated. (I guess it took some of us longer) I laughed
out loud when I read Lavida Dial Webb's letter. Very honest Lavida!
(You ROCK!) My folks still live in Armona, and everytime I visit or
go into Hanford it freaks me out to realize, I never see anyone I
know. However, it may be that everyone has degenerated to the point
of being unrecognizable. I will adimit that neither gravity nor my
years of thinking I was some sort of sun goddess helped the overall
appearance of this old broad, but. . . Back to "Where are you now"--
my friend, the one I'm writing about, is living on the prairie seeing
nothing but prairie, as far as the eye can see, tending her own garden
in peace. Her children are grown and out on their own. I was going
to be me and say that she's giving pedicures for a living, :-) Well
I almost was mature and behaved myself! Would you believe she's a
prairie dog rancher? How about--she makes Indian bead necklaces and
sells them along the highway? :-) Okay, I'm finished.
Love you always old friend, RH
P.S. The flavor of ice cream and favorite sport are for my oldest
child, I would have to call her oldest son and do a survey. Ain't
gonna happen!
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Subject: Greetings and salutations!
Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2001
From: RH<star68@hotmail.com>
Somewhere in AR kansas. . .
Yes once again it's me--the Armona phantom writer. Ready for round
two? I in my infinite pursuit of self-amusement have decided to (out
of true friendship) send yet another quick "bio" of another fellow
Armona Girl. Remaining ever discreet, her initials Carla Keefover,
my next victim. :-) Well as you may or may not recall, this Armona
Girl married our senior year of high school. (Much to my dismay!)
"Him" who I unaffectionately refered to as "Bongo Lips" only remained
married to my old friend approximately oh. . . 3 weeks? Last I heard
he was living in Washington state with some female named Bunny. Alas,
to be fair that was 20 some years ago and I am sure that there have
been several rodent-like creatures in his life over the years. Shortly
after, post-Bongo Lip era, my friend and her kin-folk, loaded up the
truck and moved to the fair state of Arkansas. (Home of our emasculated
former President Billy Bob Clinton) Where she evidently sunk in roots,
because it's where she remains until this day. After a couple of years,
she married again; however, this was also a doomed association. I
never had the displeasure of meeting #2, but he had some strange rock-a-hillbilly
name like Leroy? McElroy? Joe Roy? Whatever he's history! Now and
for several years, CK(N), has been happily and fruitfully married
to (a mother's dream) handsome doctor. She has five, count them, five
children. Their ages range from 17-2, you'd think with that many you'd
have to space them out, agian however, #3 & #4 are the same age
for a fair part of the year. Of course I asked if there wasn't some
class or course that her doctor husband should have taken that could
have educated them on the perils of being pregnant virtually 2 solid
years. (And at her advanced years!!!) :-) I'm sure that you can imagine
her reply, at any rate, she blamed it on the wine. (Likely story)
Anyway, all five children are exceptionally beautiful via the Christmas
photos. As you may surmise she's terribly busy doing MOM things and
most definitely WIFE things. As before, I'll NOT behave myself and
tell you -- She plays the corn-mash jug and doubles as the lead "spoon"
player in a hillbilly band? She moonlights and runs a road side stand,
where she sells wild huckleberry wine that she made herself in the
bathtub? Or, she's a backwoods revival holding snake charmer? Would
you believe. . . She owns a truck stop named: "Mom's Homemade Opossum
Pie"? :-) In truth she's taken it upon herself to repopulate Arkansas
with the next generation of half breed Armonians and I wish her well.
I, as you may have picked up on, sit around and seek out the answers
to the profunity and mysteries of life. Okay I'm done!
I love you too old friend,
RH
P.S. Wouldn't a better question be, "When at Superior Dairy what
is your favorite order? Because there's ice cream and then there's
ice cream. No? Besides who cares what the eldest spawn of everyone's
lions prefers when partaking of frozen bovine excretions? (Just another
revelation of my profunity) :-) R.
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Subject: Thanks a lot, Dr. Roberson
Date: Thu, Mar 22 2001
From: Kevin Gates <Des Moines, Iowa>
It was a dark and windy night . . . Actually, it is pretty nice out
tonight. Anyway, I was just here visiting my sister (Gina HUHS class
of '72), and we found this great site (Yahoo didn't come up with anything
for EFJ)! It was soooooo crazy to read what some of you have been
up to (Hey Darryl, you rock!!!) Well, it's hard to believe it's alreddy
been 20+ years, now my daughter is a junior and thinks that was anchient
history, if only I had finished my senior year. thanks a lot, Dr.
Roberson.
As for me, I'm happily married (2nd time around) to my true soul
mate Shelly, we met at Walmart (where we both work!) and have two
kids of our own ages 7 and 2. It was really great when Gina took me
and Shelly and the kids to Superiors and we even drove by Bill McKee's
house where we had all those great parties.
Anyway, gotta go. Will try to visit agian soon.
Kevin Gates
Subject: Yes, Yes, Yes!!! It is I
Date: Tue Apr 17 2001
From:Ronda Henshaw
Yes, Yes, Yes!!! It is I, Ronda the terrible. ALIVE AND WELL.
I am currently doing time in a hospital for the criminally insane.
Hey, dont get scared. I cant seem to talk, buy or sell my way out
of this place. If anyone would care to visit I'm in Paso Robles.
Before committing my crimes against mankind. I was a Glow Girl. (Gorgeous
Ladies of Wrestling) That was a blast. I'll always treasure those
days of wine and glory. Held the title for 6 yrs.
I'll write again soon. It's "nice" time. They just brought in my
color crayons. I like blue..
You all take care.
P.S. Does anyone know where Joe Rogers is at? I miss him. Flying
around the old school in his hot firebird.
Ronda
