Here is the link to the article in today's paper about Steve Howard. ADI Anyone else jealous that he can retire at 38?
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Here is the link to the article in today's paper about Steve Howard. ADI Anyone else jealous that he can retire at 38?
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Everyday is an adventure for me and
I have had so many since high school!
I won't bore you with everything though!
After high school I graduated from
college, married the most wonderful
man in the world and went back to
school for two more degrees! I really
liked the student life you could say.
About three years ago I earned
a certification in human resources and
have been in HR for some time now-
which I absolutely love. People
think I'm a party planner and I
suppose I am really! LOVE IT!!
I thought my husband and I were
set-great job, nice home and no
kids. Life was good! I made the
statement to someone that if we
didn't have any children by
the time I was 35 we would sell
our home, buy a condo and take
lavish vacations for the rest of
our lives. You see, I really never even
considered having a child. I hate
to admit this but as much as I loved
everyone's child, I was fine
without one of my own. Then I
read "The Purpose Driven
Life." I began to see that it wasn't
all about me. So, to make
a long story short, one month before
my 36th birthday we found out
we were pregnant and were overjoyed!
Campbell will be 18 months
old this month and is absolutely
a blessing. I don't know what we
ever did without her! So, some of
my plans have changed with this new
adventure like my vacation plans.
This year we're going to the zoo and
I know it will be the best trip yet!!
Hope to see you at the reunion!!![]()
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Jed after Graduation
Move to Tulsa, Oklahoma was a very long road trip in two vehicles. Me in my two tone Plymouth Reliant and my folks in the loaded down truck with everything I owned at the time. After arriving in Tulsa it was like a flash, in two seconds I was registered at school, had a roommate and the apartment. Two seconds later my mom and dad were hugging me and saying they needed to head back. My roommate was going to school for Avionics and I was going for my Airframe & Power Plant License. What I remember is going to school for 2.5 years, working full time, meeting my wife, graduating with a license, getting a job and leaving Oklahoma.
Writing this brings back memories of day dreaming in English class looking out those huge windows at people walking by. I hated English!!
Oh yea job, first job working on aircraft was in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, the oldest town west of the Mississippi River. My job consisted of turning corporate jets (Sabreliner) into Navy trainers and overhauling helicopter turbine engines. I was laid off after about a year and went to work for a farmer down the road loading up bales of hay. That went on for awhile; then Northwest Airlink called and wanted me to work in Memphis, it was just in time because I was getting married in Perryville, Missouri the next week.
The church was out in the
boonies between rows of corn and a field with cows. It had no air conditioning or running water, and
my fiancée was 30 minutes late. After the wedding we headed to Tennessee.
A quick honeymoon at the French Quarter Inn because I had to start my new job ASAP. Northwest Airlink is the puddle jumper for Northwest Airlines so I got to work on the smaller airplanes but it came with perks. I think it was $30 to fly nonrev, the bad thing was they didn’t let you off work to use it. I did cross paths with Amy T. who worked for the same company in a better town. Two and a half years later, did I mention it was in Memphis? The worse place I have ever lived, I feel sorry for Tennessee because they have to claim it. Nashville was calling and I jumped at the opportunity. See how I am working myself back home? In Nashville I worked for a company that performed maintenance on all the puddle jumpers, I repaired everything from Kevlar reinforced panels to urine damaged seat tracks. Work got slow and I was laid off again but this time it was different, I liked Nashville and wasn’t moving again. I took a job setting up brake press for Hayward Pool Products and have moved up the ranks into manufacturing engineering. This makes my 12th year, I miss the planes but I don’t see myself getting back into the toolbox unless it’s the one in my garage.
I have 2 kids, Ryan Spencer & Savannah Rae Moore, 10 and 5 years old. They both go to a Christian school where I hope they learn more than their old man did. I have been married to Cheri for 16 years and wander how she has put up with me this long.
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We are getting down to the wire and we still cannot locate several classmates. Please review this list and see if you all can help.
Thanks,
Julie
Arthur, Howie
Barrow, Jackie - living in Lexington.
Berry, Kevin
Bogardus, Dan
Clark, Shawn
Collins, Melissa (Is now Melissa Joseph)
Crank, Deanna - I have an email for her but I believe it is wrong because I have never gotten a response.
Cranston, Jamie
Crum, Tammy (Is now Tammy Bailey)
Flannery, Dianna
Foster, Andrew
Franklin, Sandra
French, Matt
Fultz, R.D.
Galloway, Ronald
Haney, Michael (Is in the Indiana area)
Hays, Rex
Henderson, Heather
Henry, Stacy
Hensley, Melanie
Hensley, Melissa
Hill, Teresa
Howell, Merlyne
Knipp, Joyce
Lambert, Kirstin
Larumbe, Karen
Long, Kathleen - her children go to Holy Family but do not know her new last name
Maynard, Sandra
Moore, Keith
McKnight, Donna
Nelson, Lisa (Is now Lisa Nelson Oney and in Hamilton Ohio area)
Nichols, Felisha
Patterson, Mary
Patton, Nicky
Perkins, Robert
Reed, Mike
Salyers, Chad
Shields, Scott - have emailed several times but never gotten a response.
Skarbowski, Mike
Smith, Amanda
Stanley, Susan
Thompson, Jim
VanHoose, Sonja
Wheeler, Mark
Wilson, Michelle
Wilson, Shane
Young, Rob
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after graduation i went to the naval
academy in annapolis, md for 4 years
(with summers spent in new england,
the eastern seaboard, florida keys,
and san diego); began my naval
career stationed in panama city,
panama followed by seoul, korea
and finally round out my 5 year
committment in pensacola,
florida. it was there i met my wife
kristin, left the navy, got into
business school and became engaged.
i spent the next 2 years at upenn in
philadelphia, with a fair amount of
time in new york and was eventually
hired by jpmorgan to work in the
los angeles office of the private bank.
I chose los angeles because my wife is
from outside santa barbara, approx 100
miles north - close enough for convenient
visits with family, but not too
close. we have 4 kids: ages 10, 8,
4 and 4, and live in manhattan beach.
life is good - damn busy (and
occasionally stressful), but good.
chris irwin lives out here and i've
had the pleasure of seeing him a couple
times...once with the hip, dreadlock
adorned william blake. it was also
nice catching up with carrie huber,
chris eby and jimmy (i.e. jim) gibbs.
i've enjoyed this site and agree with
joe avila that it has become part of
my daily routine...though it was
difficult identifying barry stewart
without the moustache (reveals my
sorry state of reference for old friends
- it has been 20 years).![]()
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