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SHARING MCHS '60 people share their news and views... Note: this page offers a
forum for those who would like to contribute something longer and perhaps
more personal than the brief news items on the "News of the Class of '60"
page.
From Barbara Lewis Borak: Wow what can I say: Enjoy life while we
still can, Happy 70th to all.
My wife, Jan and I live in the Sierra Nevada Foothills, 15 minutes from downtown historic Grass Valley and Nevada City. What a great place to live if you are retired, because it has all the elements for quality living. Our home is located on a small hilltop surrounded by pines, firs and oak trees. I planted a small vinyard and make my own red wine, Our 18 acres keeps me plenty busy beginning in the spring through the fall. The winter months are spent turning wood into bowls, birdhouses and wine stoppers. I have been a featured artist at one of our tourist stops in downtown Grass Valley. Another of my passion is my love for bike riding. I either do the spin class at the gym or I venture out on the highway with a group of fellow bicyclists. My most recent achievement was a ride from Cisco Grove up the Donner Pass, which stands at 7,000 feet. This area is a mecca for bicycle riders because of its hilly terrain and majestic sierra scenery. In fact it is one of Lance Armstrong's favorite places to ride. I had the pleasure of helping out this year with both the first stage of the Amgen Tour of California and also the 50th California Classic Bike Race in Nevada City. For 38 years, my wife Jan has been my soul
mate. Twelve years younger than I, she
We are proud parents of two children. Our son, Craig is married and is a contractor in Long Beach. Our daughter, Kelly is a mother of seven year old triplet boys, Isaac, Sean andParker. She works as a paramedic and teaches a paramedic program at the local college. I'll close by saying that life has been very good to us.
From John Winter: I retired several years ago due to heart problems. Owning and running an Insurance Agency must have been the culprit, as I have had no problems since retiring. Moved to San Diego and sold a couple pieces of rental properties I owned and purchased a 1912 home with rental units on the grounds. This takes most of my time remodeling and upgrading. I volunteer time and am on the Board and Treasurer of PAWS of San Diego County. (Pets Are Wonderful Support). We are volunteer run and have over 200 clients. Our annual fundraiser is in June so most of my time now is spent getting items for the silent auction and organizing for the event. My son moved back to California after living in Iowa and Oregon for the past 15 years. It is nice to have him close by again plus he is a contractor and very handy with helping on the many projects that come with older property. I still have rentals in Phoenix so go over there about once a month except in the summer. Too hot. Life is basically good.
From Jack Mike Clute: Jack Mike Clute (Grass Valley, CA) - Just about the same old thing. Just takes longer, less of it, slower to do it and forget I’ve done it! Mainly working a damn good size organic garden and greenhouse. Oh, and when visiting Redondo this February, noticed a pain in my shoulder and chest…. Talked to our daughter who’s an emergency room RN and she convinced us to cut our visit short and see our local hospital. Ended up having obligatory open heart surgery with a six way bypass. Guess maybe some of the crap eaten in the snack shop plus smoking down in the parking lot of MCHS wasn’t all that good for the heart. Things are looking OK now, and think I’m on top of the cardio-vascular trend.
From Gretchen Guethlein Gunderson: Gretchen Guethlein Gunderson (Raymond, WA) - In a nutshell — Operating on the assumption that the third time is a charm. After two breast cancers, am in remission from leukemia (all three cancers essentially unrelated except for the fact that they chose me to host them), and I don’t want any more of it. But I regained enough energy and enough white and red cells and platelets to do some subbing. My foolish mouth said yes when the principal asked me if I’d like to finish out the school year for a guy who decided to retire the last day of October. So, this high school teacher (retired and enjoying being retired) inherited one of the worst seventh grades to come through our doors in years. It was seven weeks before I had them in shape so that I could actually teach them. Am looking forward to retiring again in June! Am still serving as priest at St. John Episcopal Church — I’m not ready to retire from that. Karl and I have been married for 33 years; he is almost retired, but commercial fishing still calls him. Explaining our kids is way too complicated for a nutshell; it would take a novel or a soap opera to do them justice. We currently count 13 grandchildren as officially ours, although there are quite a few more who call us grandma and grandpa.
From Patty Gray Robinson: My Mom went home to be with the Lord two months ago at the age of 92 with congestive heart failure. She and my Dad had just celebrated their 71st Anniversary - quite an accomplishment! My Dad (94) is now living with us and doing quite well for his age. He misses my Mom but has always been a strong person with a lot of faith. We have been blessed to have had them both in our lives for so long. My granddaughter, Katy (17), just graduated from Yucaipa High School with high honors and will be going to Cal Baptist in Riverside in the fall. Her goal is to work with children - not sure in what area. She enjoys short term missions - especially to orphanages. So, we'll see where God leads her. My oldest Granddaughter, Mandy (20), is in nursing school and my oldest Grandson, Kenny (21), is a personal trainer for Fitness 19. My youngest Grandson, Kevin (17), will be a senior at Yucaipa HIgh and is leaning towards being a policeman, like his Dad, or a fireman. My son, Joe, is a police officer in Riverside and his wife is CSI. My daughter, Kathy, just started working at Cal Baptist (this gives Katy free tuition). That's a great help since Kathy is a single Mom. So, Kenny and Katy are her two kids and Mandy and Kevin are Joe's. We attend Harvest Christian Fellowship,
with Pastor Greg Laurie, in Riverside and really enjoy it.
From Jim McEntyre Wow, almost 50 years ago (!) I graduated along with everyone else and then set out to conquer the world, I suppose much like everyone else. College was too expensive to continue full time, so I started working my way through school. I met my future wife at El Camino College (in Dr. Kirk’s English 1A class). We married in 1964 and now, 45 years later, we still are happy we met. We put each other through college and eventually both of us became teachers in Torrance. We settled into the ‘burbs and started our family -- a boy and a girl. Everything was fine until I started teaching adults in the evening division at El Camino College. I discovered that I didn’t like teaching middle school so much any more, so I resigned and took employment as a technical trainer with a very large multinational company. Many years later, when I was the training manager, the company decided that it had too many employees and offered a generous early retirement package to those who had enough years with the company. The package was especially generous for management types and I was very surprised to find that I could early retire at 55, so I did. Pam and I wasted no time in trying to fulfill a life-long fantasy of mine. We bought a good boat and began to make plans to outfit it for sea. We sold our home, invested all our house and retirement money in the stock market, and moved aboard. During the two years we took to ready our boat for sea, our son proposed to and married his high school sweetheart. The day eventually arrived when the last item was finally checked off our very long list of things to do. It was time to go. We hosted a bon-voyage party and sailed away to the south to find out just how well fantasy would align with reality. It didn’t take long – the 2001 stock market crash KO’d our income stream while we were in Mexico. I took a job with the Special Effects Dept. for a film being shot in Mexico, “Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World”. After a year of filmmaking and refilling our bank account, and yet another retirement, our daughter announced that she was engaged to be married. We did all the things parents are expected to do to marry off a daughter and in the process delayed our departure for one more year. After the wedding we set sail a second time and this time we kept on moving, slow as it was, but always moving in the general direction of south, along the Pacific Coast of North and Central America. A few years later, after deciding it was time for us to leave Panama, we turned right and sailed across the South Pacific Ocean to the Galapagos Islands, French Polynesia, the Cook Islands, Tonga, and eventually to New Zealand and Australia where we spent more than a year. Around this time our grandkids began to arrive so we sold our boat in New Zealand and came home to spoil our four beautiful grandkids. We bought another boat, won the battle with melanoma (we really did have too much fun in the sun, it seems) and we now live aboard in SF Bay. It’s much colder here than way down south! During the summer of 2010 we will sail from wherever we happen to be and make our way to King Harbor where we will anchor “Lyric” so we can attend the 50th reunion. For out-of-town classmates who could use a place to stay, we have extra room aboard for 2 or 3 hardy souls to stay with us during the celebration. I look forward to seeing all my “old” classmates again. You may not recognize me because I now have mostly gray hair.
From Bob Campbell As a quick overview to my past history, in 1998 I accepted an Early Retirement package from San Diego Gas and Electric in July of 1998. I made a decision to make Washington my home for lots of reasons mostly concerned with the quality of life up here versus the situation as I found it in California at the time. For those of you who have not visited the Great Pacific Northwest, you are missing ‘ a little bit of paradise’ . Not long after locating here I went to work for a major player in the construction materials industry and was the Regional HR Executive here in the Northwest encompassing facilities in WA, OR, Idaho and Montana. After 7 years with that organization, I retired in June of 2006. Subsequent to that I established my own HR Consulting firm, The RMC Group, which specialized in working with small to medium sized organizations assisting them in resolving their employee related issues. In addition, I continued teaching at several local colleges, including the University of Phoenix, in their Graduate and Undergraduate Business Schools. In 2007 I retired from teaching after 8 years with these schools. Based upon a conversation I had with a close friend I joined the Costco organization working initially as a seasonal employee and eventually was asked to return as a permanent employee working in the Members Services organization. We are responsible for Customer Relations, Safety and Security for the warehouse that I work at in Tacoma, WA. It is a GREAT company with lots of extras for their employees, even for those who may be a bit “over the hill”. I am having a great time with every part of this new adventure! As to personal side, I am still in a wonderful relationship with my significant other (Sharon) that has now entered into its 9th year. We live in a small town south of Seattle called Federal Way and are enjoy everything about our life together. I have adopted Sharon’s family and as my own and we are able to enjoy all the pleasures that come with daughters, sons and especially grandkids! Speaking of Kid lets, I have two (also MICOHI alumni) Chad (class of 92) and Bret (class of 95) who reside in Arizona, California respectfully and who are doing very well in their own rights as outstanding young men. My oldest son, Chad and his lady are about to give birth to their first child at any point as we speak. It will be a boy and his name will be Bryce Munro Campbell. I am sincerely looking forward to seeing all of you at the upcoming 50th Anniversary of the Great MICOHI Class of 1960 next year. It truly will be a tremendous and spectacular event for us all. To each of you I send best wishes and continued
good health in the coming year and years. Aloha and be well.
(posted 8/17/09)
(Bob attended Mira Costa in 1956-57, then was transferred to Aviation High and graduated in 1960. He sent this item, which is full of MCHS references, in 2009. Renzo Ferraris, of course, was the MCHS exchange student from Italy in 1959-60. -ed.) During my Freshman year at Mira Costa,
one of my most vivid memories, aside
As juniors at Aviation, Sue Miller and
I were selected as AFS "candidates"
I attended the University of Southern California
on a Naval ROTC scholarship
A few years ago, in 2006, my daughter was doing a lot of research about Italy and preparing to go there for a vacation. She even learned the language. I told her about Renzo, who I thought might still be in Genoa, and recounted that the e-mail address in the MCHS60 website did not work. (Bob recently sent us Renzo's new address. -ed.) Somehow she found him by using an Italian search engine and that is how we reconnected. My daughter met up with him for a day in Genoa and they spoke Italian the whole time. Then in 2007, my wife and I were planning an Eastern Mediterranean cruise on Costa, an Italian cruise line, which was to make a port visit for a day in Savona, just West of Genoa. That is where and how we got to see Renzo. He was wonderful, spending the day with us on the Italian Riviera, while conducting his engineering consulting business on his cellphone throughout the day. If you look up Cervo, Italy in Google Earth, it is near Imperia, between Savona and San Remo, West of Genoa, the Baroque Cathedral is impressive. We were there about 10am and the sun was shining in through the stained glass windows onto the Altar. Cervo is so small and the streets so narrow, one must park at the bottom of the hill on the outskirts of town and hike up to the beautiful Baroque Cathedral at the top of the village. And from the piazza in front of the Cathedral the view of the Italian Riviera was fantastico! I am retired from a career in Commercial
Real Estate (I listed and sold parts of the former Olympia Brewery in Tumwater),
Regional, Community and Neighborhood Shopping Center Management, and as
a retired Navy Captain, having served in Cruisers, Destroyers, Frigates,
Minesweepers and was even a Foreign Exchange Officer on a Dutch Frigate
with the Royal Netherlands Navy for 14 months.
From Judy Hawley Deatherage: My husband Richard and I live on ten acres in the Sierra foothills after moving her from Sacramento in 1998. He was medically retired in 2000 after 30 years of practice as a Clinical Psychologist in southern California, Hawaii, and northern California. When he retired, I worked as his office manager, a job I had taken on at various times in his professional career. (The photo shows Richard and Judy at Yosemite.)
After our kids were raised, I returned to school and was working on a Special Major Master's degree in Design Research at CSUS when I was diagnosed with cancer in 1997. I went through all the necessary treatments and have been cancer-free for more than 11 years now. I had begun working in the Interior Design field when our family lived in Hawaii in the early 80's and finally decided that my real career hope was to combine my design experience and my writing skills with the training to research and write about various aspects--both historical and current--of Interior Design. All that has been put on the back burner these days. Now I seem to be more than busy with church work and being the grandmother of five wonderful grandkids who live in widely separate parts of the U.S. that can be a challenge! A trip to see them all would take us almost all the way across the country. Our oldest son, Joe, is married, lives in Olympia, WA, and has a 5 year-old son, David. After earning all his degrees at Pepperdine and doing post-grad work through the Air force at Harvard, Joe is now a Pediatric Psychologist. His current position is as Director of the Behavior Modification Clinic at Madigan Army Medical Center within Fort Lewis. Our second son, Mark, is married and lives in Atlanta with his wife and two children--Judy, 7, and Finn, 4. Mark works as an Account Executive with Dell Computer. Andrew and David, our youngest two sons live in Austin, Texas, and also work for Dell. Andrew is married and has two little girls--Abby, age 4, and Hannah, almost 1. Davis isn't married but says he's "the world's best uncle". Richard and I have decided that the only trouble with raising our children and moving a lot during their younger years is that they all live too darn far from us now! Sigh! Such is life, I guess! Needless to say, we spend as much time as we can with all of our kids and grandkids. When possible, we RV to places we both enjoy. For Richard, that's the mountains. As for me, nothing is quite like being near the beach, hearing the sound of waves and smelling the ocean. In upcoming weeks, we're planning for a
new arrival at our house. Hopefully we'll have an Australian Shepherd
pup before the end of the year and will be able to train her for agility
competitions. I'll have to keep you posted on how that goes.
From JoAnn Haworth Emmett: We both retired and moved to Canyon Lake, 2 1/2 years ago. We have been married now for 47 years. We have two kids, Debbie 46 years old, and has 3 kids; Aubree 21 years old, going to college and transferring to Long Beach State this year, to be a teacher for Special Need Kids; Barrett 18 years old, just graduated from Huntington High was on football team and is going to college this September. Colbee, 14 years old, is going into high school, Huntington High. Jimmy is 42, lives out here by us, has one son Brandon, he is going to be a senior in September in high school. Jimmy is married and has two step daughters. One 21 years old and married, and the other one is 18 and just graduated from high school and going to Santa Barbara State this August. Jimmy has taken up fishing like his Dad and is going pro next year. We love it out here. Jim fishes at least four to five days a week. I have joined some clubs and ride around in our golf cart.
Now living in Arizona. Working three days a week for the Chamber of Commerce in Carefree, AZ. Loving life and all it has to offer. Took four months last summer and traveled the U.S. with my now ex-husband in our Airstream. We had a super time and saw the beauty and wonders of our great country. The four grandkids are getting older but I refuse to. They are 18, 15, 10 & 8. Two are in Colorado and two in California. Arizona is a new chapter, maybe two, in my life. Having a good time meeting new people and exploring a new area. There are some great places in this state. Retirement has been great. It has afforded me the opportunity to stay busy doing the things I like; ceramics, jewelry classes, yoga, reading, walking my black lab and of course traveling. Looking forward to the 50th. It is always great fun! Thanks to the committee for all the great work you do in making each and everyone of our reunions a super success and exceptionally great fun.
From Barbara Pennington Harris: Barbara Pennington Harris (Sun City, CA)
- Life’s Story in a Nutshell? That doesn’t leave much room!
What can I say, life has been a challenge but I’m a survivor and for the
most part, lifes been sweet. Then it’s all in ones attitude isn’t
it? With little or no help, I pretty much raised a daughter and a
son on my own and I’m so blessed with how they’ve grown up. After
many years my daughter Kris went back to school, graduated with honors
from MSJC (Mt. San Jacinto College) a year ago and has just completed her
first year at UCR and plans on becoming a Wildlife Conservationist or Biologist.
Her husband (Randy) is a Firefighter with the US Forest Service and maybe
going to CDF this year. Around two years ago my son and his wife
(Colin and Jacki) got full custody of his daughter (Morgan) from a prior
relationship. They’ve lived in CO for many years but maybe returning
to CA by the end of the year wanting to invest in property while the prices
are low. With all luck, I may trade in my mobile for a house myself.
So for the moment I’m priming, painting, having light fixtures changed
and I’ll soon be additing curb appeal to the front. Website didn’t
do so well, so closed that and rented a space in a Boutique where I sell
my products and my daughter got me started selling on eBay, so that affords
me the opportunity to spend more time at home doing what I want to do or
just going for a bike ride with my little Pomeranian Ariel in the basket.
Yeah, we check out all the ‘old’ people living around here. (4/09)
Well, 2008 was a very interesting year. I left Visa in March, or perhaps I should say, Visa left me, which was good for me. The experience of dealing with Social Security and Medicare was a challenge since I took it midyear prior to reaching my full retirement age. I still have my oldest daughter, Lauren, and my three grandchildren living with me. It has been fun to help with them and to have them around the house. It is amazing how busy I keep now that I do not have a job. My Mother spent the last several years of her life with us and that experience was something we all enjoyed and now miss. I traveled to the Mid-West and Pacific
North West to visit relatives, but for the most part I really enjoy being
around the neighborhood. I guess the commute for all those years
has caught up with me. I have had to deal with some health issues,
but who our age has not? I Iearned all about Sleep Apnea. Additionally,
I had Carotid Artery Surgery in October. Now I am better and ready
to go for an exciting 2009 as long as the money holds out.
Aloha all you MCHS senior citizens! I retired December 1, 2008 to enjoy the holidays and start chipping away on the things I’ve put off doing for far too long. 50 years in the work force is enough. I find volunteering with some of the nonprofits on the North Shore is a whole subculture unto its self … and very rewarding. We are having lots of success with the North Shore Community Land Trust and with our Pupukea Marine Life Conservation District. And, the Haleiwa Arts Festival gets bigger and better every year … watch out Laguna! One of my pleasures is being Santa Clause in our local Haleiwa parade and sitting with the young “believers” while the parents perform the “smile, smile gymnastics” for their bewildered ones … priceless. Both my daughters are out in the Honolulu suburbs trying hard to match their urban life styles with their income … just like most of us are. My wonderful wife, Glandness, is a school administrator on a military base … a big time physiological pressure cooker. Since I robbed the cradle … she will be at it for a few more years. My mom, Ruth Leinau (92) lives just down the road and still keeps a busy social calendar that keeps lots of people jumping. She is affectionately referred to as Madam Pupu in honor of her elegant party appetizers. My new years resolution is to get my two
new titanium hips [see attached picture] into high gear at least once a
day in the ocean or up some hills. And, get some root bound potted plants
into the ground. Happy, Healthy New Year,
From Bob Wildenberg: I have been retired for 10+ years now, but the way the market is going I might have to become a greeter at WalMart. Oh well, no one would hire me for the WalMart job except maybe the Target store across the street (to encourage customers to go to Target instead). I have two daughters, both grads of MICOHI, and two grandaughters, both now attending MICOHI. And my son-in-law, Robert Woodie, went there too! And his father, Bob Woodie, graduated from MICOHI, class of 1960! And my oldest daughter, Jennifer, is a counselor for the South Bay Union School District and her office is at MICOHI! So, why have I moved from Manhattan Beach to New Hampshire, to Boston MA, to Hermosa Beach, to LA, to Eagle Rock, to Boston, (again), to Yorba Linda, to Anaheim Hills, to Tustin Ranch, and now to San Clemente? I guess three wives and my sense (or nonsense) of adventure had something to do with it. Way interesting. I do traveling, the gym, golf, lots of reading, crosswords, WEB surfing, and occasional sip(s) of wine, or whatever else is at hand. Looking forward to the 50th,
From Murray Bishop: I’ve finally found out what I want to be
when I grow up - a bad boy biker
From Roger Anderson: I'm still very busy being involved
with motorcycle and airplane activities, both locally and also at
other reasonably distanced rallies and events. And my wife and I
do try to get out into the back roads and country side, by car,
several times each year visiting other parts of the country. We go
Southwest out to L.A. or San Diego usually every
From Rick Mattox: Let's see, 50 years in a nutshell: after M.C.H.S. I entered Long Beach State (as it was called then) with the intention of becoming a secondary level music instructor. I idolized George Cather, the instrumental music teacher at MiCoHi; he not only encouraged me to develop my talent, but put up with my adolescent nonsense. But while at L.B.S.C. I discovered I could actually make a living playing music; so I basically spent the next 30 years trying for the brass ring. I never hit the big time, but with the love and support of my wife, Vita, who incidentally I met while performing at a little beer bar at the foot of the Manhattan Pier (anybody remember the "Port of Entry" aka "Passport Inn"?), we've managed a good life. We celebrate our 42nd Anniversary next month, have three sons and three grandsons, and live in the same house in Costa Mesa that we moved into right after marriage. One of the highlights of my otherwise mediocre career was working for Princess Cruises, playing on their ships from 1974-1978; I fell in love with cruising and ships--I had always loved the ocean, growing up in Manhattan. I have since retired, but we cruise as often as possible, most recently in Scandanavia, with my Mother, who is 92 and still doing quite nicely.
From Peggy Stone Bodmer: MY LIFE IS MOVING, AT A MUCH
SLOWER PACE, RIGHT ALONG. SUFFERED MASSIVE STROKE IN JUNE 2005.
ALWAYS LONGED FOR A CONVERTIBLE ROADSTER TO RIDE AROUND THE BEACH, BUT
DIDN’T REALIZE IT WOULD BE A CHERRY RED PRIDE MOBILITY SCOOTER. TERRORIZE
PEDESTRIANS AND DRIVERS ALIKE ON REDONDO BEACH HIGHWAYS AND SHOPPING MALLS.
COMPLETED DMV DRIVERS SAFETY PROGRAM AND FINALLY DRIVING LEGALLY(WHAT A
CONCEPT) AGAIN, BUT STILL HAVE A MAJOR PROBLEM TEXT MESSAGING AND DRIVING
WITH ONE HAND. THE LEFT ONE STILL DOESN’T COOPERATE 100% OF THE TIME.
I TRY TO WAVE TO PEOPLE AND ONLY HOPE IT DOESN’T APPEAR I AM MAKING OBSCENE
GESTURES. BUT IT’S GETTING BETTER.
STILL HAVE BOOKKEEPING/TAX SERVICE IN SOUTH BAY. WORKING EVERY DAY. MOVED THE OFFICE INTO THE HOUSE. MY FAMILY IS GROWING. 2 MORE CATS FREDDY AND LUCY JOINED OUR HOME WITH WALLY AND SPIKE ALONG WITH MUFFY OUR 16 YEAR OLD BLIND AND DEAF POOCH. HAVE THE SAME 6 KIDS AND 12 GRANDKIDS. I HAVE BEGUN WALKING (MORE LIKE HOBBLING) ON MY OWN FOR SHORT DISTANCES. MY NEW GOAL IS TO SLOW-DANCE AT THE 50TH. -PEGGY STONE BODMER
From Becky Brock Maynard: After a 37-year involvement in education
both full time and part-time, I
Husband Richard is still working and traveling
and now I can go with
Motorhoming with my single sister Nancy
in her TREK is an adventure. We
The college thing worked! All four
of our sons are gainfully employed and
From Gretchen Andersen Marchmann: Gretchen Andersen Marchmann has been retired from the insurance industry for 12 years now but she hasn’t been idle. She started her own "non-lucrative" home-based business making custom baby books on her computer but gave that up 8 years ago when she was appointed by the national Lutheran Women’s Missionary Society as their Publications Committee Chairwoman. It may not be a “paying job” and she enjoys working out of her home using her computer to design/write/organize/edit/publish three yearly newsletters and the annual convention binder as well as anything else they want her and the committee to do. Her husband Bill is not retired yet and doesn’t plan on it for awhile because he enjoys designing computer programs for his employer. Their son Brian, a computer wiz and a website designer, and his wife Patricia, another computer wiz, have two daughters Emily (5½) and Kelsey (3) which are the apples of their eyes. Since they only live 20 minutes away from them, they see them as frequently as possible. Gretchen and Bill say it is great being grandparents and family is the most important thing for them. They are looking forward to the reunion and hopes everyone will be there.
Judi Broberg Pasco lives on Maui with her
husband, Fred, of 37 years. Judi has worked at the Realtors Association
of Maui for 26 years as Executive Assistant and Professional Standards
Administrator. Her most satisfying volunteer work was as a crisis
worker for Maui's Sex Abuse Intervention Center for several years.
After working years managing hotels and restaurants, her husband is semiretired.
His hotel management jobs took them to Kona on the Big Island and Kauai
for a few years, but Maui is definitely home. Judi moved to Lahaina,
Maui, 40 years ago to live with her father, and met Fred while working
at the Sheraton-Maui Hotel. Fred has five generations of family living
on Maui, which means lots of cousins, aunties, and uncles, and being related
to more people on the island every time someone gets married. Their
#1 daughter, Ke'ala (the fragrance), lives on Maui and works at the Kamehameha
Schools, a private school for children of Hawaiian ancestry. She
has danced hula since she was three years old and it continues to be a
major part of her life. Ke'ala's two sons, Kanoa (free spirit), 12
years, and Kala'iomakena (the tranquility of Makena), 10 years, both attend
Kamehameha Schools. Judi and Fred's #2 daughter, Misty Kalanionapua
(the heavenly flower) also lives on Maui and manages Camp Grande at the
Grand Wailea Resort. When Misty and her husband, Kalei, who also
has a large Hawaiian family, were married five years ago, their wedding
was a "little local gathering of 700!" They have one daughter, La'akeaokalani
(the sacred light of heaven), 2-1/2, who attends Kamehameha Preschool.
Judi writes, "When you see the Hawaiian names, keep in mind that, when
I was young, I planned on growing up, getting married, and having twins
named Janie & Johnny, who would have blonde hair and blue eyes...
I have a husband who is the true spirit of Hawaiian aloha, and golden skinned,
dark eyed children with Hawaiian names. I have been blessed..."
Judi's life revolves around her family and Keawala'i Congregational Church,
an old Hawaiian church in Makena, Maui. (posted 5/30/05)
Manley Fox became Dr. Manley Fox, obtaining
multiple different degrees, including several different Black Belt degrees.
Currently one of the highest ranking Black Belts in the U.S. Worked on
a variety of N.A.S.A. and D.O.D. projects including the first Moon and
Mars landers along with some of the military hardware that you're seeing
today. Copyright author of probably the World's largest combatives system,
which forms the basis of the current U.S. Army hand to hand combatives
manual. Published a qualitative and quantitative text on U.S. graduate
student comprehensives testing. Currently own and operate several businesses
in Calif. and Washington State and doing (Stargate) defense related work
when not gold prospecting. Currently living in Redondo Beach, Calif.
(posted shortly before his passing in 2003)
To bring you and other MCHS mustangs up to date since graduating from Mira Costa, I spent two years in Texas, earned a BS degree in Banking and Finance from Brigham Young University and an MBA from the University of Utah, then went to work for the Chief Engineer of the Manned Orbital Space Lab program at McDonald-Douglas Astronautics. We decided to leave California and spent nearly a decade in Connecticut with the expansion of a restaurant chain, then as a financial planner and supervisor of capital budgeting for the Nestle Company in New York. We loved the east coast, but our hearts were always in the west. We decided to settle in Salt Lake City, because it was near Pattie’s family yet close enough to dip your toes in the ocean or visit Disneyland during a summer vacation. Currently, I am a deputy director of the Utah Legislative Financial Office and oversee the budgeting for the State’s universities, colleges and technical schools. I can assure you that you do not want to see sausage being made nor politics in action. The budgets for these nineteen schools run into the billions. During hard economic times like were all seem to be having, many powerful people salivate over ways of getting their hands on this money to preserve their programs. To say the least, this job, with all its challenges, gets very exciting as political power plays unfold. As for my family, Pattie and I have been married 33 years. We have six children, two are married and we have 2 and 8/9th grand children (due this march). A son graduated from BYU-Hawaii last December, another son gets his law degree in May from Gonzaga, two daughters are attending the university, and two daughters (one married) enjoy working. I’ve sent along two pictures of the family. As you know, the Olympics are in full swing now, so my family and neighbors are involved with Olympic activities. We live about 20 minutes from Alta - Snowbird and Brighton ski resorts so the kids all enjoy winter sports. In fact, we will be hosting a couple this weekend that will be here to watch the Olympic events. A son that speaks Japanese is helping Japanese tourists get around while they are here for the Olympics. If you would like to speak Spanish, I have three kids and a son-in-law that would love to chat with you. So, if you’re ever in town, or know of anyone from MCHS that will be here, give us a call we’re in the phone book, I would love to have you over for a visit. Best wishes, Boyd Garriott (posted 2/13/02)
From Richard Saum: Dear Friends and Family: As most of you know, I am leaving August
3rd (2004) and heading for Israel for 2
Qumran is located in the Judean desert,
about 10 miles south of Jericho and
The Qumran community was founded sometime
during the Hasmonean (Maccabean)
To quote Dr. Randall Price [he's just completed
the 1st day at the dig at
Relax! This is only going to be a
3-part series! You can find all the
My interest in the Dead Sea Scrolls (and
the Qumran community that
That story was great in itself, but when
Dr. Monroe indicated that among
The rest, as they say, is history.
My interest (and library) over the
Conventional scholarship over the decades
has believed that the Qumran
Rich/Dick Saum ******* Rich also sent the following letter. Dear Friend of World of the Bible, Randall Price is in Israel digging (in 107 deg. heat) on the Qumran Plateau as I write to you. They have started to uncover some further evidence of habitation but it is not yet clear what it is yet. The problem he has at this point is he has only 2 capable diggers with him at this point which is significantly slowing the dig which can not afford to be slowed down now. He has 5 squares to excavate (approx 15'x15' each) He has requested I inform those on the newsletter list of his situation. He would like to thank all those who have contributed thus far and let you know that he is where he is because of your generosity. But because of the lateness of time and the lack of time to find dig volunteers due to bureaucratic issues in receiving a permit from the governing authorities, he wanted me to ask you to consider donating to the dig if you have not or if you already have, donating a little bit more. He can hire some additional diggers from the local area sufficient to the task for about another $3000. If you can help with this small amount it would be most appreciated. For a $35 donation or more, those who donate (and have already donated to the Qumran dig) we will send a copy of Dr. Price's new book "Battle for the Last Days Temple" as a grateful gift for helping with Dr. Price at this time. As stated previously we can take donations
by credit card on our secure site
You may also send a check made out to World of the Bible Ministries (or WBM) to WBM, PO box 827, San Marcos, TX, 78667-0827. Please note on the check it is for the Qumran Dig. Of course, if you would like to try to get to Israel in a timely fashion to actually be a dig volunteer you may contact me for details by emailing me at wbmadmin@itouch.net . Thank you so much again for your support of Dr. Price and his efforts to bring the World of the Bible to the Word of the Church. In Christ Service, Ken Stanford
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*** Another update (8/2/04)... I just got off the phone with World of the Bible, and was told by the secretary that they found a jar and its cover, and last Thursday they unearthed 2 bronze coins predating the 31 B.C. earthquake in square 1 (see website map on www.worldofthebible/com) . In all of Randy's archaeology digs he has never found any coins... and so he's really excited since that's always an archaeologist's dream! 6 volunteers have came from Germany and they have also hired a bedouin and his son to help... so it looks as if we will be able to excavate all 5 squares as planned! *** A follow-up letter, posted 8/23/04: Just returned from Israel and the dig at
Qumran... this was a article my
We also unearthed a large number of animal
bones at the site the last week
Rich/Dick Saum
After high school I matriculated to El
Camino College where I received an AA
I'm really pleased to hear from old friends.
I'll share with you, and hope
1960-Life took me first to Long Beach State
(with Joann Gilbert as my
1975-The great outdoors took us to Salem,
OR, where John worked for the
1984-When KOIN was finished, we moved to
Marin County where I worked for a
1992-We left all three kids in college
and moved to Jakarta, Indonesia,
2002-Mark, our oldest, was a criminal defense
attorney for 5 years and is
Daughter Tory and son Trampas, our
youngest, lived together in San Luis
Trampas graduated Cal Poly, (I'm sure),
in Ethnic Studies (maybe). Both
My interests are houses (we owned an Eichler
in Marin County), gardening,
John's rules of marriage include "my" not
running out of taco sauce or
I love to hear from old friends...and what
rules of life each is living
-VWC-
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