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.
Contributors to date:

• Becky Brock Maynard
• Gretchen Andersen Marchmann
• Murray Bishop
• Judi Broberg Pasco
• Bob Campbell
• Manley Fox
• Boyd Garriott
• Steve Main
• Barbara Pennington Harris
• Richard Saum
• Darryl Stucker
• Vickie White Costello

From  Becky Brock Maynard:

After a 37-year involvement in education both full time and part-time, I
retired in 2003 from coordinating the Parent Education program for South Bay
Adult School.  First year was a partial retirement while on contract with
the adult school to coordinate the Parent Talk lecture series.  While
enjoyable and fulfilling, event planning interfered with retirement!  Travel
and spending time with two darling granddaughters 3 & 5 years with a third
girl due in October 2005 is just too much fun!  Grandma keeps the road hot
between Manhattan Beach and Mission Viejo where they live.

Husband Richard is still working and traveling and now I can go with
him--Florida, Hawaii, Washington DC, New England--fun places to visit.  We
just returned from a European vacation, combination road/train trip to
Southern France, Northern Italy, Rome and Paris.  What an education!  Wish I
had paid more attention in history classes.

Motorhoming with my single sister Nancy in her TREK is an adventure.  We
travel to visit various rallies, friends and relatives, once dodging
snowstorms while crossing the Continental Divide early in May.  Richard and
I enjoy singing in the Torrance Civic Chorale.  The Chorale is singing in
Carnegie Hall, Sunday afternoon of Memorial Day weekend 2006.  Between now
and then we will be practicing.  Precept Bible studies at church is another
passion.

The college thing worked!  All four of our sons are gainfully employed and
independent.  Only Rick is married. Now to get Jeff, Scott and Jon married
off! Jeff still lives at home.  Rent is cheap at Mom and Dad's and close to
beach volleyball courts.  It is nice to have someone in the house when we
travel.  Looking forward to reconnecting with everyone at the 45th reunion.
 

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.
 

From Murray Bishop:

It’s been quite a ride. I was in the travel business for a number of years. United Airlines, and then with Mexicana Airlines (Director of Marketing) which began my twelve year adventure with Mexico. I should write a book about it especially the last chapter when I was in partnerships with a high profile, Mexico City based, family owned company. My suspicion is the TV series Dallas was in large part based on the goings on of this family. For the last fifteen years or so I’ve been in financial services as a certified financial planner here in the bay area. I love the San Francisco area but do miss the south bay and the people I grew up with. That became particularly apparent at our 40’Th reunion. My kids are making their own way in life. My eldest son, Derek, went to Cal, is a special Ed teacher on the Big Island, and is constructing his own web site on spiritual transformation – singingmountain.com. My youngest son, Lindsay, went to NYU, had a play he had written produced Off Broadway and is currently starving in Southern Calif. as a writer/director/actor. Rachel, my daughter just started college at Redlands and is settling in well. My proudest achievements?? My ex-wives say nice things about me now, my current and final wife, Ann, loves me outrageously and I’ve been paying child support, consistently I might add, for twenty-five years now. Those, my dear friends, are no small achievements. Via con dios - Murray. (posted 1/7/02)
 

From Judi Broberg Pasco:

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)
 

From Bob Campbell

You may or may not remember, right after graduation from MICOHI (four days), I took a fast plane to Hawaii where I spent the next 5-plus years at the University of Hawaii becoming an educated surfbum.  After graduating with a Bachelors degree in Personnel and Industrial Relations, I returned to the Beach to begin my career in Human Resources Management, which has now spanned some 35 years, and counting.  During that period I got married and also divorced and had two sons, both of whom graduated from MICOHI (Chad in 1992 and Bret 1995).  In 1994, after over 30 years being out of school, I returned to graduate school at the University of Phoenix to obtain my Masters Degree in Organizational Management. Since 2000, I have been teaching both undergraduate and graduate courses at two local Universities.

My business career included assignments with United Airlines, Memorex, Baxter - Travenol Pharmaceuticals, the Cummins Engine Company and Sempra Energy Systems of San Diego, CA.  In 1998 I took an early retirement from Sempra Energy Systems and relocated to the beautiful "Emerald City", which is Seattle, WA.  I am now working for Lafarge-North America, the world largest manufacturer of construction materials as their Area Human Resources Manager for the PNW.  Retirement is a question mark right now and not an important issue to me at this point in my life.

As to the family, my oldest son Chad now resides just outside of Phoenix AZ, and has been involved in an energy services consulting business for the last 12 years.  My youngest son Bret, works for Verizon Telecommunications as a Technical Support Specialist in the San Fernando Valley.  Bret is presently working on finishing his degree in Computer Science and looking forward to attending graduate school in the future.  Neither of these two young men has married so no grandkids that I have been told about?  The closest thing I have is my adopted "granddaughter' of the wonderful lady (Sharon) that I have spent the last five years with here in Seattle.  The granddaughter is "8" going on "21" and as talented as they come.  Her name is Adrianna but my nickname for her is "Girl".

I moved to the Seattle in 1999 because I fell in love with everything about the area. I had traveled here a number of times while visiting a fraternity brother, from the UH, who was a Navy pilot and flew out of Whidbey Island Naval Air Station.  I love the green trees; the open water and the mountains that are so close you can touch them. I left California because of the crowdiness and the unhealthy environment to both man and beast and feel thatI have found a bit of heaven of earth (tho it be a bit wet from time to
time) here amongst the greenery.  Come visit and see for yourself and be sure to let the MICOHI Northwest Connection (Alumni in WA) know you are coming.  I look forward to seeing you all at the 45th, the 50th and beyond. Aloha until then.  (posted 5/31/05)

From Manley Fox

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)
 

From Boyd Garriott:

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 Steve Main:

I am now single and have three grown children.  My job took the family to
Northern California in 1979.  I settled in Walnut Creek and enjoy it up here
in the Bay Area.  Its not lonely around the house since my oldest daughter
and three of my five grandchildren moved in when they returned from Hong
Kong.  In addition, my Mother spends a lot of time with us so she will not
be alone in Manhattan Beach.  It is interesting having four generations in
one house.

I am looking forward to retirement but it is still in the future, probably
about five years off.  I enjoy what I am doing at Visa USA where I worked as
a consultant for several years until I became an employee late last year.
************

Thanks,...Steve Main  (smain@visa.com)  (posted 4/6/02)
 

From Barbara Pennington Harris:

       What's new with Barbara Pennington Harris? What isn't new? Well, as
some of you know, I've moved so many times, you could barely keep up, but
life has taken many turns and I'm now settling down. Thank you Lord for
this!
     Upon returning to California, I told my daughter Kristina, that I was
going to make myself so comfortable, that I'd never want to move again.
(time will tell)? I'm now living in a two bedroom, two bath apartment in the city
of Murrieta, CA. and the only one who shares my home is a little one year
old fawn female Pomeranian, named Ariel. No love interest these days and not
even looking, maybe I'm just not ready. Who knows, maybe one day.
     I retired from K-Mart last year, after six years, and by the way it
looks, just in time. Following this, I purchased a brand new complete Dell
Computer System, purchased a Scanner and a Printer on Ebay, followed by
upgraded computer, Burner and additional memory. Now there's something I
could also use myself. I also bought a brand new oak desk, file cabinet, desk
lamp and a black leather chair and I'm just loving it!! Let's hear it for seniors 
on AARP!  We have come along way!
     I'd been wanting to do something different for sometime and boy, did I
ever make a change. In April, I started working for Pechanga Entertainment
Center, as a Money Changer. The new Casino and Hotel will be called Pechanga
Resort and Casino. The end of October, I was told I'd been promoted to a
Slotfloor Attendant. I now take care of hopper-fills, paper jams, coin jams,
hand-pays and jackpots, etc. It's a lot of fun and love the jackpots as
people are always happy about that one.
     I have two adult children, both happily married. Kris and her husband
Randy live nearby in Menifee, where Randy is working for the Forest Service
and Kris has a business on-line. My son Colin and his wife live in Colorado,
where he drives large trucks for a living and Jacki works for a bank there
in town.
     I have many hobbies, but since I purchased my computer, I can't seem to
do much of anything else these days, other than the decorating I'm doing in
an African Motif and boy am I loving that. You ever been to a store called
'The Alley'? Boy did I have fun there recently. Large cushy animal print
throw pillows, lamps with leopard shades etc. I only went in for ties for
work and walked out with two salesgirls and a bunch of stuff. For my
birthday yesterday, I ordered a sofa and chair in a gold/camel colored leather, but
unfortunately, I have to wait 10-12 weeks, as they're coming from Italy. I
just have to practice patience for a while. I can hardly wait!
     Life is good and for this I thank the Lord. Mom always said that good
things come to those who wait and many times I found myself asking ''how
long?"  But I've found that if you want something bad enough, hold on to
your dreams, work hard and you can make it happen. Then again, maybe Mom was
right all along. Too bad it just takes some of us a long time to figure it out.
     For me, I'm still learning, still growing but all for the best. What
the future holds is anyone's guess, but for the first time in my life, I'm
setting goals for myself and I'm following through. I'm not planning on
retiring just yet and hopefully, by the end of the year, I'll be driving a
new car and saving for my own home, God willing. For now, however, I'm
enjoying life, my Ariel & my computer! Amen....                God love you
and bless you all.    - Barbara Pennington Harris (posted 2/8/02)

From Richard Saum:

Dear Friends and Family:

As most of you know, I am leaving August 3rd (2004) and heading for Israel for 2
weeks to participate in an archealogical dig at Khirbet ("ruins of") Qumran.
The excavation site is located inside the Israeli National Park, and
everyone working at the dig will be eating, sleeping and lodging at nearby
Kibbutz Kalia when we are not excavating.

Qumran is located in the Judean desert, about 10 miles south of Jericho and
directly east of Jerusalem.  Situated on a marl terrace overlooking the Dead
Sea to the east (which is the lowest point on earth - 1300' below sea
level); to the west and northwest are a line of cliffs where over the last
several decades all the famous Dead Sea Scrolls have been found.  Between
Jerusalem and the Dead Sea there is a drop of almost 4000', with about 2000'
of that descent occuring within a short distance of less than a mile(along
the Jericho Road)!

The Qumran community was founded sometime during the Hasmonean (Maccabean)
Period (as early as 170 B.C. or as late as 135 B.C.) and was continuously
occupied until either the Parthian invasion (40 B.C.) or "the earthquake"
(31 B.C.).  The 2nd period of occupation at this site began approximately
around the time of Herod the Great's death (4 B.C.) and ended when the
community was destroyed (67 B.C.) at the hands of the troops of the Tenth
Legion as they headed toward Jerusalem during the first Jewish revolt
against Rome (66-70 A.D.).

To quote Dr. Randall Price [he's just completed the 1st day at the dig at
Qumran] in his book, SECRETS OF THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS (p.20):
"When we view the Qumran community we encounter a people living an
aesthetically simple and austere lifestyle in extremely difficult environs
by the Dead Sea.  They survived only because of a nearby spring of water
they were able to channel to their retreat, and they lived in this desolate
region with utmost dedication to God.  What was it that caused some 200 men,
along with their families, to leave the protection of the city and
congregate in this desert region?"

Relax!  This is only going to be a 3-part series!  You can find all the
background information on Qurman you could possibly absorb by using the
GOOGLE search engine, clicking the "Images" tab, and then typing
"Qumran".  Your search results will yield 3,440 images, many of which have
great accompanying info.  Most of the images you will find are of Cave 4,
which is right next to the Ruins of Qumran... and only a stone's throw from
where our excavation will be.

My interest in the Dead Sea Scrolls (and the Qumran community that
produced them) began back in the spring of 1961.  I was sitting in a Life
and Literature of the Old Testament class at Westmont College in Santa
Barbara, CA.   Instructor Dr. Kenneth Monroe was sharing the conventional
story surrounding the initial discovery of the scrolls in 1947 by Muhammed
edh-Dhib, a shepherd boy.

That story was great in itself, but when Dr. Monroe indicated that among
those first scrolls was what came to be known as the "Great Isaiah
Scroll" and that it had pushed back extant manuscripts on that book of
the Bible (as had the other scrolls for the rest of the Old Testament
Scriptures) by 1000 years... that is, about 125 years before the birth of
Christ.  Well, I could hardly stay in my seat!  Apparently that excitement
was obvious to some of my classmates, for a few weeks later they gave me as
an Easter present my first book on the Dead Sea Scrolls.

The rest, as they say, is history.  My interest (and library) over the
decades regarding the Qumran community and the Dead Sea Scrolls has
continued to grow.  While we will not be looking for more manuscripts in
caves (the 30 caves in the area have given us between 223 and 233 copies
of the O.T. scriptures - more than twice the number of N.T. Greek papyri,
which numbers 96), we will be hoping to discover more about the people who
so carefully copied these scrolls and who lived during the same time when
Jesus the Messiah "became flesh and dwelled among us."

Conventional scholarship over the decades has believed that the Qumran
community belonged to a sect called the Essenes... even some proposing
that John the Baptist was a part of this community.  For a number of
reasons, recent discoveries suggest otherwise.  What we may find in this
excavation will hopefully help clarify this and other unresolved matters.
With the present political situation, it may well be that this
will be the last opportunity to excavate the area.  Opposition to this
dig has been particularly strong.  Please pray for the team and for strength
for this 62-year-old codger!

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
at www.worldofthebible.com  .  Just click on the donation link on the left hand side bar dealing with Qumran. Or you may call us at our toll free number 1-866-604-7322 and donate by credit card (if no one is there to pick up you may leave a message with all the card details- type, number, billing address, exp date, and amount and we will process the donation later).

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
WBM Operations Manager

***
This just came in...  They started digging yesterday at 5 a.m. (which is 7 p.m. Pacific and 9 p.m. Central time) and have just concluded digging for Day #2 (which is about 11:30 p.m. now in Israel).  Pray for laborers... carefully removing 15' x 15' squares of dusty and rocky earth to a depth of about 3'  where the anomalies are in evidence takes many hands to pick, shovel, trowel, brush and sift that much soil.   I'm only going to be there during the last 2 weeks of this 4-week excavation.  (This paragraph was added 7/25/04.)

***

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
daughter-in-law Amanda sent regarding the controversy over whether the
Qumran community wrote the Dead Sea Scrolls.  Our certified archaeologist at
the site, Dr. Randall Price, is quoted in the attached article.  He believes
that the Qumran community is another group distinct from the Essenes: for
example, it used the solar calender instead of the lunar one used by the
Essenes, etc.

We also unearthed a large number of animal bones at the site the last week
of excavation (including several intact jaw bones whose teeth hold the DNA
better than any other skeletal part).  This would enable us to  determine
the family of the animals and if some of these bones prove to be of sheep,
then the DNA from the sheepskins on which most of the scrolls were written
could then perhaps provide a match.  This would be an additional
confirmation of a direct connection between the scrolls and the Qumran
community.

Rich/Dick Saum

From Darryl Stucker:

After high school I matriculated to El Camino College where I received an AA
in Chemistry. The formal education continued, with interruptions , to
include BA Long Beach State University,MA Long Beach State Uni.M Ed Loyola
University, Ed D University of San Francisco.
My work life has been in public education.I tought Biology and Chemistry at
Hawthorne HS for ten years.I was a serious basketball coach, to the degree
that I thought I might pursue becoming a college coach.Before that could
materialize I found myself in high school administration. I started as a
student activities director ( student govn-asb, proms,yearbook contracts
etc. ) I spent a brief time as an assistant principal than 21 years as a
High School Principal. ( Savanna HS,anaheim - Huntington Beach HS,- Palm
Springs HS,- American HS -Fremont, Encinal HS Alameda )I am sure the fact
that I had such a great high school experience influenced my decision to
spend a life time as a high school principal. I am currently the Dir. of
Adult Ed. In the San Lorenzo usd.(East Bay area )  Over the years I have
enjoyed being an adjunct Prof. at various universities, usually in the area
of teacher and administrative credentaling. I also work in the supervision
of student teachers. My wife is also in education. She is a classroom
teacher--kindergarten.
We have three great daughters----Krista 23 is out on her own-------Jennifer
19 is in her second year at SDSU--------Katie 17 is a junior at San Ramon
High School. We have lived in Danville for 10 years.
My hobbies continue to be outdoor activities,running,skiing,golf,etc.Its
getting harder to get the girls together to go water skiing so that may soon
be a thing of the past.
I seldom get back to the South Bay.My visits are usually to see my mom who
now lives in Rolling Hills.
I haven't started using the"R" word (retirement ) yet.Maybe in three or four
years.
My memories ,although fading, are of a wonderful high school experience with
terrific classmates. I would real enjoying hearing from one and all!
Darryl  (posted 2/15/02)

From Vickie White Costello:

I'm really pleased to hear from old friends.  I'll share with you, and hope
you'll let me know what you've done these last 41 years!

1960-Life took me first to Long Beach State (with Joann Gilbert as my
roommate).  Joann and I were either on the college newspaper or yearbook
together.  I edited the yearbook my junior year (with Joann as my
assistant).  Changed from an art degree to one in economics with a desire
to write for a newspaper.  Graduated and married in 1965 and moved to
Huntington Beach where John worked for the city manager.  In 1969 the last
of our  3 kids was born and we moved to Santee in San Diego County where
John worked for a land developer.  I edited the monthly East County
Democrat newsletter.

1975-The great outdoors took us to Salem, OR, where John worked for the
state in land development and enjoyed new hunting and fishing
opportunities.  Our youngest was in 1st grade and I started working 1/2
time for the school district and then the city library.  Both used my
"newsletter editing" talents.  John then commuted to Portland, overseeing
the construction of KOIN highrise tower for Olympia and York.

1984-When KOIN was finished, we moved to Marin County where I worked for a
Sausalito party planning company and John worked in the city for Walter
Shorenstein in building management.  Then for 6 years I worked for an
alternative newspaper, The Pacific Sun, and John oversaw the building of
Rincon Center, another highrise, for Perini Corp.  (During those last 5
years, we lived in Bolinas, if you know of that hippy town above Stinson
Beach. Loved it!)

1992-We left all three kids in college and moved to Jakarta, Indonesia,
where John built another highrise (again, as owner's rep).  Loved the
country, the weather and the experience.  I edited the American Women's
Assoc monthly news magazine, then ran its lending library and used book
store.  The city was so in need of English language writer/editors that I
wrote for 3 different in-house magazines.  But 4 1/2 years later, our kids
were having kids and Suharto was about to get bumped out of office, so we
moved back to Oregon where John works for a construction and development
consulting firm and I work 1/2 time for the county library system.

2002-Mark, our oldest, was a criminal defense attorney for 5 years and is
now a deputy DA in Klamath Falls, OR, which he loves for its backyard
hunting and fishing opportunities.  Mark married a Portland gal that he met
in college. They have Jack (6) and Meg (4) and are active in the Unitarian
church.  (No Catholics here. Tory and I just joined Portland's large UU
congregation.)

Daughter Tory and  son Trampas, our youngest, lived together in San Luis
Obispo.  She graduated Cal Poly in Recreational Therapy, lives two miles
from us,  and moonlights helping stroke and accident victims while being a
full-time mom for her two beautiful boys, Travis (4) and Truman ( 17
months). Her husband is an environmental engineer.  A surprise to me, Tory
grew to be 6 feet tall! She is lovely and a great mom and daughter.

Trampas graduated Cal Poly, (I'm sure), in Ethnic Studies (maybe).  Both
boys are philosophers, but Mark shoots whatever animal he can get a license
to hunt and Trampas is a vegetarian who loves his dad but can't bear to
catch anymore fish.  Mark carries a concealed gun, and Trampas hands out
copies of Siddhartha and Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.  He's
the one who is walking in India/Sri Lanka right now.  I would like to think
he is pondering the abstract, but his latest e-mail talks about the wind
blowing out the afternoon surf.  He e-mails a lot about the lack of clean
bathrooms and the joy of cities that have sidewalks.  We knew this year
would change him, but shudder to think it could make him cleaner or neater.
He has been with the same woman for nearly 10 years, the past 3 married,
but sadly says life might not bring them back together.

My interests are houses (we owned an Eichler in Marin County), gardening,
reading, obscure films and watching people play accordions and will spend
the rest of my life refurbishing our 1910 Portland-sytle bungalow.  I also
have a passion for bobby socks and other pieces of clothing with sparkles
in them.

John's rules of marriage include "my" not running out of taco sauce or
toilet paper (no connection), no subtitled films, and no ethnic dancing.
Otherwise, he is reasonably reasonable.

I love to hear from old friends...and what rules of life each is living
by....  (posted 2/10/02)

-VWC-