Subject: Reunion Yes!
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003
From: Connie (Smith) Soares
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Subject: I promise to make this one short . . .
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003
From: Michelle (Proctor) Van
Sant
I promise I'll make this one A LOT shorter than the last one Brad!
Since it doesn't look too promising for me to make it to the reunion,
I thought I'd send a brief update on our family. Our second son is
no longer living at home and has dropped out of high school. He is
currently working at an auto salvage yard and comes around about every
other week. Our daughter is doing fairly well physically and cognitively,
but is still suffering some mental/emotional effects of the accident.
She is just now beginning to deal with her brother's death.
Our youngest two are really keeping us hopping. They
are in the 7th grade and involved in basketball, baseball, and soccer.
As for me, I'm still taking college classes and have managed a 3.59
GPA so far. I couldn't believe it for as long as I've been out of
school! I should graduate with a Bachelor's in Business in May of
2004. I'm also working part-time for a local convenience store until
I find another job, but the economy here in Iowa isn't too good right
now. Steve's company has had four layoffs in two years, and the Maytag
company in Newton has had about the same amount. They just laid off
124 employees a few weeks ago.
That's about all other than to say that I'd love to hear from any
former classmates. I've conected via internet with a couple already.
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Subject: just joggin around
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2003
From: Lorrie Barkins Lipshitz
Wow, can you imagine where the years went? After being such a wallflower,
I became the poster child for stupidy in college where I did everything
that I should not have did. No sex, but almost everything else that
you can imagine After graduating seven years later, I was then qualified
to work at Wendy's where I still work to this day. The dating has
been great and hey, I get 6 bucks and hour to boot! I sometimes have
had as many as two dates in one year! On the side, I have been working
on my Master degree in psychology where I have been looking into.
And yesterday, I met and married Barney Lipshitz, my gynocologist.
Amazing!
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Subject: I'm still in hanford
Date: Mon February 3, 2003
From:
Sheila SilkwoodI'm still in hanford, left it a few times but always came back. I
have two boys, one is 14 a freshmen at east campus and the other turned
two on oct 19, 2002. I would like an invitation to the reunion and
to know more about it, I havent went to one yet maybe I will next
time. Bye for now.
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Subject: After I left Hanford
Date: Sat February 1, 2003
From: JOSEPHINE M.(TOSTADO)KNEISEL
Well after I left Hanford back in 1986 to live in San Luis Obispo,went
to college there, spent about 5 1/2yrs there.Then I moved to Huntington
Beach down south for another 5 1/2yrs. Now we live here back in Hanford,
CA. I have two kids boy 12yrs old and a little girl 8yrs. I am now
an homemaker, I've retried from nursing back in 1997 and I am involved
with my kids schools progams,pta,clubs,room-mom,etc. I do keep busy.
Then my little girl is really keeping me on my toes with all her sports
and cheerlearding,and I also do lot of traveling.Well thats it. Bye.
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Subject: it won't be dark and windy on August 9, 2003
Date: Tue January 28, 2003
From: Robin (Doles) Mattos
It was a dark and windy night . . . and it won't be dark and windy
on August 9, 2003 when we have our 25th reunion at the Elks Lodge.
Please join in the fun and click on the "Reunion
News" area of this web site. and ... please help us by letting
the friends you've kept in touch with know about the reunion. We can
really use your help by giving us their names, last known address
or an email address.
Hope to see you there!
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Subject: thrilled to see some news
Date: Sun January 26, 2003
From: Marcie Lindley-Schlyer
It was a dark and windy night . . .and I was thrilled to see some
news on the up and coming reunion. Would hate to miss this one as
I have previously.
Update my oldest child has made me a grandmother again. Children
what a blessing. She had a boy Oct 19th and named him Kaleb Damian.
What a handful he can be for her. I guess mom has become so used to
them there is no thought to it.
This list is growing nicely. Looking forward to seeing so many familiar
faces again. Wishing all a wonderful day.
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Subject: Just a quick update
Date: Sat January 25, 2003
From: Daren Matteson
I'm no longer at the Gang Task Force... My reason for taking that
position was to eventually work into the PD Investigations unit and
that happened sooner than I thought. It's a suit and tie job with
midnight call-outs for rapes, robberies and murders... But, someone
has to do it!
Also... With the move to investigations... A change in EMAIL address
as well... pdinvestigations@hotmail.com
Hope all is well with all of you!
PS.... BRAD.... My daughter's favorite sport is still VOLLEYBALL!
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Subject: Hello Fellow 78ers!
Date: Fri January 24, 2003
From: Jamie Cheney
My! It's been a long time! I can hardly believe my last day on campus
was 25 years ago! It seems like yesterday....although I don't LOOK
like it was yesterday! HA!
Life for me has been plugging right along. I've owned a few businesses,
the last of which was a night club in Bakersfield, called (of course,haha!)
Cheney's Cocktail Lounge. I didn't name it though, I'm not THAT vain!
My ex is responsible for that one. Yes, my Ex...I've managed to rack
up two of those over the last 20 years.(I don't think the first one
counts though, HaHa!)
I sold my night club in 1999, (When I became single again, with no
children) and moved to Whidbey Island Washington. It's a small Island
on the northern-most tip of Washington, near Vancouver. (I call it
Gilligan's Island) I truly love it here, although I do miss California
from time to time. I don't think I can make the 25th reunion, (Not
that anyone cares HaHa!) but did my best to participate from afar
by creating the Reunion
flyer web page.
I hope each and every one of you enjoy the reunion, and take great
memories home with you!
Warmly, Jamie Cheney
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Subject: Hi
Date: Wed January 22, 2003
From = Kim (Frye) Evans
I have been living in Elk Grove, CA for the last 10 years after leaving
Hanford in 93. I have been married for 23 years to Tim Evans (class
of 76) and we have two boys Josh age 22 who is a supervisor with Misson
Linen here in Sacramento and Matt age 17 a Senior at Laguna Creek
High in Elk Grove (he is active in Soccer and Volleyball for the Varsity
teams).
I work full-time as an office manager for a Life Insurance Agency
in Sacramento and Tim runs our business Evans Martial Arts Academy
in Elk Grove which we opened in 95.
Look forward to seeing you all at the 25 year reunion.
Kim (Frye) Evans
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Subject: When is the reunion?
Date: Tue January 21, 2003
From: Michael B. Hernandez
I will enter my story another time...just want to know when the 25th
reunion is. I missed all the others and hope to attend this one.
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Subject: Hi Brad -- Reunion news . . .
Date: Wed January 15, 2003
From: Danette (Hart) Bettencourt
Just got hooked up with the website, Robin (Doles) Mattos gave me
the address and I have had a great time reading all the stories from
Chapter 1 to present. As for me - I have been married to my husband
Mike for 21 years. We have two children, Ashlee who is 19 and in her
second year at Cal Poly to become a teacher and our son Jake who is
14 and in the 8th grade. I have worked for a Credit Union in Hanford
for 22 years (since out of high school) and have recently moved to
a new Credit Union in town as their Assistant Branch Manager. Mike
has worked for Leprino Foods in Lemoore for the past 12 years. We
have remained faithful to Hanford and love it here.
Now for reunion news.....
Tonight (1/15) was our first meeting for the 25 reunion. We are looking
at the month of August, but no date has been set yet. It will probably
be held at the Elks lodge. Nothing has been set in stone and our next
meeting is 1/29. Between Robin and I, we will keep you posted. Talk
to you soon.
Danette
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