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07/24/19 01:36 PM #5409    

 

Nancy Rollins (Gantz) (1968)

What a truly beautiful and inspirational message! It makes us look at things from a different perspective and one of openness, hope and survival. Thank you for posting Robert Cowing!💖🙏

07/25/19 05:28 AM #5410    

Janice Bell (Killian) (1966)

Absolutely awesome. What a wonderful inspiration.

07/25/19 10:17 AM #5411    

 

Lynn Rollins (Wilson) (1968)

Robert, thank you for sharing Jim's story.  What a remarkable human being!  A business associate from my last employment is in the throes of ALS.  What becomes apparent after diagnosis, is one's attitude toward life -- that of a survivor or victim.  Jim has obviously chosen the former, with gratitude, as has my colleague.  Thanks again, Robert, for this uplifting insight into a person who chooses to live life at its fullest!


07/26/19 05:00 AM #5412    

 

Tom Stewart (1969)

Just a reminder.....Lois H Kawata has ALS and also has a remarkable story of survival with hope and inspiration.  She was also a 1969 WHS graduate.  Not sure what the odds are of two classmates having this same disease.


07/26/19 01:21 PM #5413    

Miguel Michel (1966)

Thank for sharing Jim’s story, Robert. He is truly an inspiration. I’m sure we can all be very proud of him. 


07/28/19 08:32 AM #5414    

Robert Cowing (1965)

Tom Stewart is refering to Lois Takimoto Kawata of the Class of 1969. Her personal "testimony" is available by going to:

(1)  Portal to Class Pages;

(2)  Select Class of 1969;

(3)  Select Lois Takimoto Kawata

And Lois' personal testtimony is available for you to read, 12-18 pages.


07/30/19 08:57 PM #5415    

Tim Tucker (1965)

LAST CHANCE, Going out of business.....one Russet burbank potato.( would easily feed one adult.) The very last of my inventory. This thing is like new, washed and ready. No decent offer refused. Free shipping anywhere in the lower 48 states ( excluding Delaware ) Phone 888-SPUDGUY.


07/31/19 01:31 PM #5416    

Janice Spencer (Crowley) (1962)

This is sure to spark a bidding war...good luck!  


07/31/19 10:35 PM #5417    

Bernard Rocksvold (1965)

I bid 1.735 Gillygongs.... but only if it is "half baked"


08/01/19 09:24 AM #5418    

 

Joel Childers (1966)

I left a Russet alone with a Laura potato and ended up with Tater Tots.


08/01/19 10:00 AM #5419    

 

Kathy Northup (Schick) (1965)

A few days late, sorry, but this is a thank you to Robert Cowing for posting the story from the newspaper about my little brother Jim.  We are all proud of him.  And amazed because in 1981 the best prognosis for him was a year or two.  He went ahead with his research in Colombia then, taking his whole family with him.  His work helped with an epidemic of drug-resistant malaria.

So he has lived a very full life, and continues to do amazing things with his time on this Earth. Lois was diagnosed with the disease 20 years later, but has the misfortune of being on a respirator, which Jim continues to avoid.  Yet Lois reaches out to so many of us with wonderful inspiring messages.

Yes, it is truly amazing that there would be two classmates with this rare disease, and that in spite of the illness, both would participate so fully in their communities.  I am inspired by both, and thanks for drawing our attention to them.

- Kathy (class of 65)

 


08/01/19 10:03 AM #5420    

 

Charlotte Apodaca (Lucero) (1961)

Just wondering if you are willing to accept foreign currency for this bidding war?  I have Pesos from the Philippines; Polish ztoty, Europe Euro’s, and both Cuban peso’s used by the locals, plus Cuban convertible pesos used by foreigners.

I am open to bit on my favorite food the “RUSSET POTATO” at the grand total of $2.73...in any currency including USD$...

Respectfully submitting my bid on this day of Thursday, August 1, 2019!

 


08/01/19 01:11 PM #5421    

Tim Tucker (1965)

Do I hear $2.74 ?..................and Bernie, please convert your Gillygongs.


08/02/19 04:50 PM #5422    

Bernard Rocksvold (1965)

Gillygongs...... Secret, magical, psycho currency, worth what you wish it is worth. No muggle conversion. 


08/02/19 05:30 PM #5423    

Tim Tucker (1965)

Ah yes, the old " muggle conversion " ...Freshman year General Math...lest we forget.


08/02/19 06:25 PM #5424    

Bernard Rocksvold (1965)

Actually it was Intro to Theoretical Calculus.... 4th grade, 2nd semester, Holy Rosary Academy.


08/02/19 07:30 PM #5425    

Tim Tucker (1965)

was Harry in that class ?...... Nevermind, he was born in 1980.

 


08/09/19 12:03 PM #5426    

Jim Northup (1969)

Kathy Northup Schick is also an entomologist. She works with little stingless wasps that parasitize insect pests of agriculture. Soon we will be able to eat food that has no poison on it or in it


08/10/19 09:23 PM #5427    

Rosemary Leventon (Hartwig) (1965)

My condolences to Gary & Greg, and family, on the passing of their mom, Bea.  She was a lovely lady. She, Cliff, and my parents, Daisy & Welden Leventon, were good friends for many years. Just know that your mom is in the arms of the angels.  So sorry for your loss.  Rosemary Leventon Hartwig. 


08/13/19 02:18 PM #5428    

Dee (Marilee) Damsen (Kindelt) (1965)

As the class rep for the class of 65, it is with sincere sadness that we have lost another one of our wonderful classmates:  Carole James Spurlock.  I have held off reporting the news about Carol until it was in "print."  To the family, if I have overstepped with this announcement, I deeply apologize.  My condolences to her family as she was a wonderful person that was loved dearly by her family.  She will be missed by all who knew her!


08/18/19 02:37 PM #5429    

Rosemary Leventon (Hartwig) (1965)

Deepest condolences to Carole's family.  She was a good friend for many years.  I was truly blessed to have her as a friend during high school.  We hadn't seen each other a lot, but when I moved back to Woodland in 2005 we ran into each other a few times.  Hold on to your family and hold on to your faith!.  You will make it through. Blessings,  Rosemary Hartwig.  (65).


08/18/19 09:02 PM #5430    

 

Vern Larson (1960)

 

 

 

 

 

Carole James Spurlock   WHS 1965   1947-2019

Our condolences to Carole’s husband Bill and children Scott & Eric and all other family members, classmates, and friends.  May she rest in peace.


08/23/19 06:16 PM #5431    

Steve Takimoto (1966)

I'm posting this message on behalf of my sister, Lois (Takimoto) Kawata (69).  Those of you who know her, or of her, may be wondering about her using a respirator.  She has not used one yet.  She has, however, been using a feeding tube, and hasn't eaten food for years.  She does appreciate everyone's thoughts and prayers.  She says "Thank you!"

My Message:  It is so amazing that both Lois, and Jim, were given 3 - 5 years to live when diagnosed, yet here they are, 20 and 38 years, respectively, later.  Yes, it is curious (what are the odds?) that they were both in the same graduating class at WHS.  Did Don, although in an earlier class at WHS, post that he has had ALS for more than the 5 years too?

What inspirations they are!  In the last 10 years, after retirement, I've run quite a few road races: 5K's, 5 Milers, 10K's, half-marathons, and even 5 marathons.  When I started feeling it, I thought of my sister, as inspiration.

 

 

 

 


08/29/19 12:22 PM #5432    

Anne Douglass (Loud) (1964)

I am hoping someone can help me identify people in this Dixieland band.  This is what I know or suspect:

Seated - Jack Martin, guitar; Harold Douglass, piano

Standing - Fred Miracle (?), bass; Bill Linford (?), trombone; Gordon Friday, trumpet; ?, sax; ?, clarinet.

 

 


08/30/19 05:19 AM #5433    

Walter J. "Wally" Summ (1967)

I can confirm that that is Bill Linford.  Also, it may be Mr. Ray Walker on saxophone.


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