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Written by Randy ANDREW
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Monday, 31 August 2009 |
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Susan and Skip Morton
Skip Morton and his wife Susan celebrated their first wedding anniversary this January in Las Vegas and visiting Skip's family in California. He enlisted in the in the Air Force after graduation. When his tour of duty ended he lived in California for several years and then moved to Las Vegas where he joined the North Las Vegas Police Department. In 2001 he retired and moved back to Indiana. He and his wife now live in Brownsburg.
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 Sharon and John Vesotko with their sister Darcy and Lulu.
We had one set of twins in our class… John and Sharon Verostko. But it was little Lulu that caused the family so much worry in the summer of 2009. John and Sharon’s younger sister Darcy was on her way to visit Sharon in Borden, Indiana. As she came down the road and turned into Sharon’s driveway, little Lulu ran in front of her car and was run over. Darcy, of course was devastated… as was Sharon. They rushed the dog to the veterinarian and it wasn’t good news. Lulu spent several days in the hospital and it was touch and go. Sharon spent every day praying for Lulu and her sister Marcy, who felt so bad about what had happened. But the prayers were answered and Lulu came home for Sharon to nurse her back to health. By Christmas she did what we all do to our pets....
She dressed her in a Santa Claus outfit. (picture above)
Good News… Bad News…
Tom and Janet Runner Schleier Janet Runner Schleier and her husband Tom have good news and bad news. After living in Phoenix, Arizona for over 30 years, they moved to Los Angeles five years ago. That was good news, we got to see each other quite often over the years. Tom worked in Long Beach for Boeing Airlines as an aircraft engineer. Because of the economy and lack of contracts, he was laid off early in December for at least six months… that was bad news. But the good news is that he has accepted an offer and will begin his new job February first… the bad news is that they will have to move across country to Connecticut. It’s not easy to pull up stakes and move to another new city, especially at our age. Tom and Janet feel very blessed that this opportunity has presented itself. The good news, is their son Dusty and his wife Amy lived in the same town just seven miles from Tom’s new job. The bad news is Dusty and Amy moved to Nashville, Tennessee to take a new job. The good news is Dusty decided to keep their house and rent it out… the bad news is that they just signed a year lease with their new tenants before Tom took the job in Connecticut. The good news is we got together with them one last time before they left California. The bad news is, I hate to see them go.
February 1, 2010: Tom and Janet are now in their new home.
Freddie Schleier 1995-2009
Tom and Janet lost their beloved Freddie December 28th.
He was such a wonderful little angel of love.
They will miss him dearly.
See what Jim Berry, Marsha Lawson, Tim Catterson, Tom Torrens, Babs Beavers, Brenda Runkle and Roberta Savage are up to these days...
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Last Updated ( Monday, 01 February 2010 )
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Written by Randy ANDREW
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Tuesday, 15 December 2009 |
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by, Randy Andrew
When we were kids growing up in the fifties the TV tube was filled with westerns like Have Gun We’ll Travel, The Rifleman, Wyatt Earp, Wanted: Dead or Alive and on and on. There wasn’t a night that went by without cowboys shooting it out somewhere on television. But viewers began losing interest with them in the mid sixties, until the only remaining shows were Bonanza and Gunsmoke. The westerns on television ended in 1975 when Marshall Dillon, Festus, Miss Kitty and Doc took the show to cowboy heaven. Although there have been motion pictures based on stories of the old West, the days of Hopalong Cassidy, Gene Autry and John Wayne are gone forever.
But it was Roy Rogers, the "King of the Cowboys" that I remember best. 
Randy Andrew with RoyRogers
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Written by Randy ANDREW
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Tuesday, 30 June 2009 |
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Several years ago I signed on to MySpace.com. I had heard of this popular web site and joined with hopes of getting in touch with long lost friends. The first day I filled out the profile information, added a photo of myself and looked at my home page… I couldn’t believe I already had my first friend. His name was Tom and I had no idea who he was. I soon found out Tom was everyone’s friend, he comes with the territory. My daughter Jamie felt sorry for me and became my first official friend. She was quick... however to point out the fact that I was listed as a SINGLE male. I guess I didn't fill out the entire profile. I realize now that two hundred ninety nine million of the the three hundred million members are teenagers. After three years I still have the same two friends… I’ve come to the conclusion that My Space isn’t for people over 30... let alone 60. Being a glutton for punishment I heard about facebook.com three months ago. Again I entered all the information into my profile and to my amazement I began to hear from friends all over the country. Among my group are over 35 former Garfield classmates and a teacher. The site provides messages from everyone in your group as well as picture galleries to keep up with ever growing families and friends.
Sign up, it's free and it's easy... just click here:
http://www.facebook.com 8 new faces on facebook
Marlene Beaman Bonner Tim Skinner
Willis, TX Terre Haute
Rich Chandler Carol Turner Tolin
Greenwood, IN. Terre Haute
Susan Freed Lonergan Ruth Anne Eliott Zion
Olathe, KS. Indianapolis, IN
Randy Sparks Allison Roman Holdaway
West Palm Beach, FL. Rollo, MO.
We also have some members from the class of 1968
and one faculty member.
We thought you would enjoy seeing how several members from the class of '68' have changed. Starting upper left: David Haynes, Shari Ward Hays, Mike Roberts, Kindell Taylor, Nancy Royer Callahan, Ronnie Jeffers and Lynne Thomas (Faculty, Music dept.)
Still waiting for Profile photos from:
Linda Pounds Dean
Kathy Aggertt Taeubert
Regina Ball Dailey
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Written by Jane BUCHHOLZ
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Wednesday, 27 January 2010 |
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Jane Buchholz Gallagher shares with us, stories about growing up in Terre Haute and just being a Hoosier. She and her husband, Larry Gallagher, also class of ‘67’ now live in Crawfordsville, IN. Larry came to Garfield from Otter Creek and Jane went to McLean. They dated through graduation and were married in 1968. They have one son, Kevin who is married and lives near them. Larry works for the “Paper of Montgomery County” and Jane is a recently retired grade school teacher.
The Bush Restaurant,
formerly known as Conroy's and
The Bramble Bush
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What this town needs is a great fish sandwich. Oh, one can find good fish sandwiches, but they’re not like the cod fish sandwiches we get at The Bramble Bush in Terre Haute. We’ve tried about every fish sandwich there is in Montgomery County. Some come close, but just don’t make the final cut. To read this story,
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Written by Randy ANDREW
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Saturday, 03 October 2009 |
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Biography of a Classmate
E. J. BOZARTH
Dwight CONQUERGOOD
Mike DIX (now DIXIANO)
Deborah DOWNEY Lyons
Jim HAMMOND
Tim SKINNER
Tom TORRENS
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Other articles and photos: Our 40th class reunion photo enlarged Classmate's Web Sites of Interest
Tom Gillis talks about Coach Don McDonald
Jennifer Hammond Kiefer... Fishing with my Grandfather
Janet Runner Schleier and Conan O'Brien
Randy Andrew... Secret service man
Hear the Ballad of the '67' Chimney Caper of 1965
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