tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-282367912024-02-21T02:20:26.775-06:00Highland Park High School Class of 1967Share your news!HPHS Class of 1967http://www.blogger.com/profile/01856441137678758094noreply@blogger.comBlogger64125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28236791.post-36448012747854339542017-06-17T09:16:00.007-05:002017-06-17T09:28:44.743-05:00Soon, Soon, Soon!<h3 style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: center;">
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HPHS Class of 1967http://www.blogger.com/profile/01856441137678758094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28236791.post-69198531161960986042017-04-29T08:24:00.003-05:002017-04-29T08:24:42.308-05:00Sad News - David Nemer We received the sad news that David Nemer passed away in in Glendale California on April 24, 2017. We send our thoughts and prayers to David's family and friends.<br />
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<br />HPHS Class of 1967http://www.blogger.com/profile/01856441137678758094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28236791.post-31572492893307288282014-10-14T17:37:00.000-05:002014-10-14T17:38:05.275-05:00Sad News - Mark Shapiro from Peggy Reuler<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333339691162px; line-height: 18px;">I am sad to report that my high school classmate and friend, Mark Shapiro, died this morning in Corvallis, Oregon. Though he had cancer for the past year and a half, his death came suddenly and unexpectedly. Throughout his illness, he maintained a positive attitude and a good spirit. RIP MJS.</span><br />
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HPHS Class of 1967http://www.blogger.com/profile/01856441137678758094noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28236791.post-2920800981844715692014-07-13T17:33:00.001-05:002014-07-13T18:32:38.438-05:00World Cup Final - Thinking of FriendsCongratulations Germany! Today's final against Argentina brought back memories of our wonderful foreign exchange students, Joachim Bornkamm from Germany and Alfred Monteverde from Argentina.HPHS Class of 1967http://www.blogger.com/profile/01856441137678758094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28236791.post-31565589331358412122014-07-13T08:18:00.000-05:002014-07-13T18:29:59.659-05:00Sad News - Wendy Bay LewisWendy Bay Lewis passed away Oct. 29, 2013 in Bozeman, MT after a long and courageous battle with cancer. For additional details: <a href="http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/bozemandailychronicle/obituary.aspx?pid=16777807">http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/bozemandailychronicle/obituary.aspx?pid=16777807</a>HPHS Class of 1967http://www.blogger.com/profile/01856441137678758094noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28236791.post-46556245195248769302014-04-01T15:18:00.001-05:002014-07-13T18:30:44.589-05:00Sad News - Candy Simons Sad news from Tucson, Arizona that Candy died March 22. As of now, the only information we have found are the posts on her Facebook page: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/candy.simons.71">https://www.facebook.com/candy.simons.71</a><br />
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It was great she joined us for our last reunion. She said how happy she was to be there, to see so many old friends again. HPHS Class of 1967http://www.blogger.com/profile/01856441137678758094noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28236791.post-71463601672203409592013-12-15T19:59:00.002-06:002014-04-01T15:19:49.127-05:00Michael Pollock currently fighting a "daunting," recurring health crisis.."<a href="http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2013-12-10/urbana-kind-guy-takes-leave-classroom.html" target="_blank">http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2013-12-10/urbana-kind-guy-takes-leave-classroom.html</a><br />
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URBANA — If you were trying to sum up what kind of person Michael Pollock is, you probably could not do better than the way he once described himself.</div>
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"I'm an Urbana kind of guy," he told Urbana school officials about 10 years ago when he'd finished earning his teaching certificate later in life and stopped in to inquire about jobs.</div>
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At an age when some teachers are looking forward to retirement, the former Urbana alderman and businessman was just getting started in education.</div>
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A decade later, the well-known teacher is starting a new chapter in his life. He is 64.</div>
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Pollock recently took a medical leave of absence from his teaching job at Urbana High School to deal with what a Facebook group in his honor describes as a "daunting," recurring health crisis.</div>
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His path to teaching started when he considered his ownership of Record Service, a Champaign-Urbana enterprise that sold vinyl records, CDs, tapes and posters. He wondered if he was on the same path as a typewriter salesman might have been on 25 years earlier. Big-box stores and the Internet were daunting challenges to locally owned retail music stores like his.</div>
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So, he sold his share in the business and went back to school at Eastern Illinois University, earning both his teaching certificate and a master's degree in history. He and his daughter, Elisabeth, were in college at the same time.</div>
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Pollock said he specifically chose to teach high school students, after doing some substitute teaching in Champaign at all grade levels.</div>
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If a high school student is having a bad day, you can reason with him or her, Pollock said, and that's not necessarily true of a third- or seventh-grader.</div>
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He student-taught at Central High School in Champaign and finished his certificate at the end of the fall semester in 2002.</div>
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It was then that he popped in to the Urbana school district, asking them to let him know if a social studies job opened. Turns out, a teacher at the high school was considering a dean's job at another school.</div>
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When it was decided that Pollock would replace that teacher, they spent a few days in the classroom together. After that, Pollock was on his own.</div>
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Many of his students that year were lifelong friends of the Pollocks' younger child, Henry.</div>
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"They had been hanging out in my back yard since they were 3 years old," Michael Pollock said. "It was great fun."</div>
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<strong style="line-height: 1.428571em;">'Force until itself'</strong></div>
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Pollock is steadily modest; he attributes his success in the classroom to "an unwillingness to do anything less than all the way." Many good teachers do the same, he said.</div>
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His wife, Renee, is more willing to mention Pollock's strengths as a teacher: He gets his students thinking critically and spends 17 or 18 hours a day plotting ways to engage them, support them and prepare them for life after high school.</div>
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"It's a force unto itself," she said.</div>
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Pollock believes that, because of his age when he started, he never had trouble controlling his classroom. His advice for reaching young people: "Make sure they know what to expect and treat students with respect. You'll get it back."</div>
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From the first day of class, Pollock said he made clear that his classroom is a safe space where all opinions should be accepted, and that students are expected to respect one another, even as they discuss controversial topics.</div>
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"I push it every day," he said.</div>
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That's one skill — along with being able to think critically and write well — that Pollock said is "just as important as the fact that William Howard Taft got stuck in the bathtub, which students always remember."</div>
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He wants them to be prepared to move on, and he believes they leave Urbana High School ready to take on whatever is next. He won't take credit, though.</div>
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"UHS is a great public high school," he said. "There are a lot of good teachers in that building."</div>
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Michael Pollock was inventive in getting and holding students' attention. For example, when it was time to talk about freedom of speech, he would plan beforehand with one student to have him or her throw a fit in class, perhaps throwing books or swearing. Once, administrators came running down the hall toward Pollock's room, getting ready to call the police, he said.</div>
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Once the other students got over their shock, Pollock and the actor would take a quick bow.</div>
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"At that point, invariably, they're mine," he said. "I've got them for the day."</div>
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His wife describes him as "one of the most creative people I have met."</div>
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<strong style="line-height: 1.428571em;">'He got things done'</strong></div>
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Pollock said he's lucky to have had two vocations he enjoys: Record Service was started as a small music ordering service and grew into a multimillion-dollar business with four locations.</div>
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It was a reflection of the generation that started it, he said, and was tied in with activism and the anti-war movement of the time. A portion of every sale was donated to community organizations, like the Earthworks grocery store or Frances Nelson Health Center.</div>
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He has been able to combine his passion for music and teaching into a class at the high school that uses film and music to help students learn what has happened throughout history.</div>
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"I think it's a great way to engage students," he said.</div>
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Urbana math teacher and instructional coach Dan Bechtel said he's known Pollock to be a great teacher from the way students talk about him.</div>
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"He is the person who, in some cases, kept them coming to school," Bechtel said.</div>
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He said you can also see it in how Pollock talks about teaching and in all the things he hoped to help his students accomplish. Pollock could challenge students in a way that was respectful, but get them talking about their thoughts and experiences with hot-button issues, such as abortion.</div>
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Every teacher aspires to do that, Bechtel said, but "Michael went after it every time he did anything."</div>
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John Taylor, a federal public defender in Urbana, has known the Pollocks in several different capacities over the years, and his time on the city council overlapped with Pollock's.</div>
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"Michael is a doer," Taylor said. "He got things done."</div>
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He also worked hard to serve the city, and was congenial, even when trying to persuade you to see something his way.</div>
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"If he wanted to move you in one way or another, he had a way of sitting down and talking to you in a friendly manner, and bringing you to his point of view," Taylor said.</div>
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Libby Tyler, the city of Urbana's community development director, said Pollock is a champion of fairness. They worked closely during Pollock's years chairing the city's plan commission.</div>
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"He's just really good at bringing people together, and you feel like you're in good hands," she said, calling that "a remarkable trait."</div>
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"He just commands people's respect," she said. "That's been a gift for the city for all of these years."</div>
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Urbana High School Principal Matthew Stark said it's clear that Pollock is passionate about his students and the subject matter they cover in class.</div>
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"He's everything we aspire to be, in education," Stark said.</div>
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Stark is new to the district but said Pollock has already urged him to give students more opportunities to advocate for themselves.</div>
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"He's passionate, and he truly cares about what happens to these students," he said. "He adores them. And that comes through. He doesn't necessarily want them to believe the way that he believes, but he helps them argue their points and make stronger advocates for themselves."</div>
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Urbana Superintendent Don Owen said Pollock's experience in business and local government help him share firsthand experiences.</div>
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"It's almost like an oral history," Owen said. "That's the fun part. He brings those personal experiences to almost every lesson."</div>
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As Pollock has taken some time off to deal with his health issues, his Facebook support page has exploded with thoughtful comments from former students, parents, Urbana residents and friends.</div>
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He's also received many notes from students and others and said he's "more gratified than I can possibly express" by their words.</div>
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"I guess, over a period of time, you can have a big impact," Pollock said.</div>
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<strong style="line-height: 1.428571em;">District establishes scholarship</strong></div>
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The Urbana school district is establishing the Michael Pollock History Scholarship and is accepting cash and checks as donations to the scholarship fund.</div>
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Those who want to donate can make checks payable to the school district, with "Michael Pollock Scholarship" on the memo line. They can be mailed to Superintendent Donald Owen, Urbana School District 116, 205 N. Race St., Urbana, Illinois 61801.</div>
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The scholarship will be provided annually to a senior who excels in history.<br />
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And here's a link to a very praiseful editorial that appeared in <span style="font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 1.428571em;">The News-Gazette few days later:</span><br />
<a href="http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2013-12-12/credit-classroom.html" target="_blank">http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2013-12-12/credit-classroom.html</a></div>
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HPHS Class of 1967http://www.blogger.com/profile/01856441137678758094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28236791.post-1001387905313797152012-10-27T13:26:00.000-05:002012-11-19T13:55:59.719-06:00Highway to Love by Dani Burke<b><i><span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Our prolific class--we have another published author!</span></i></b><br />
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Just found out Danielle (Nanni) Berkemeir published her first novel in July, </span><b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Highway to Love</b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> (pen name Dani Burke). </span></span><a href="http://www.daniburke.com/" style="font-family: Helvetica;">www.daniburke.com</a> <span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Here's some info about the book:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Soon-to-be-married Alexis Parker and her flirty friend, Stephanie Bradford, find more than they dreamed of when Alexis' Lexus sputters and dies on a Chicago expressway. The hilarious and disconcerting events that follow introduce both of them to construction workers Joe Baker and Mike Murphy. Readers bounce up and down on their bumpy road to love.</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> </span>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Alexis Parker's engagement to Richard Churchfield causes her to ignore his selfishness and personality flaws and repeatedly question her attraction to very generous and noble Joe Baker. <i>Highway to Love</i> takes the reader on a pothole-filled journey as Alex repeatedly denies Joe’s love and her own feelings. Joe possesses the extraordinary patience of a man in love. His kind and charismatic friend, Carolyn, often shares her feminine perspective with him along the way. As Alex's emotional and moral beliefs are tested, she is forced to create a new and more appropriate definition of true love as she sprints to the finish line. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; text-indent: -27px;">ABOUT THE AUTHOR:</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; text-indent: -27px;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; text-indent: -27px;">Dani Burke has always been an avid fan of women's fiction. She finally decided it was time to try her hand at a little story telling of her own. Having resided in the Chicago area the better part of her life, it seemed appropriate to use this location as the setting for </span><i style="letter-spacing: 0px; text-indent: -27px;">Highway to Love</i><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; text-indent: -27px;">. Dani has spent her career with various legal teams in several real estate industry related companies. Currently she is a Legal Administrative Assistant for a Chicago real estate developer and resides with the love of her life in a Chicago suburb.</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; text-indent: -27px;"> </span></span></div>
HPHS Class of 1967http://www.blogger.com/profile/01856441137678758094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28236791.post-79306910298231379082012-10-13T06:57:00.000-05:002012-10-13T06:59:50.773-05:00A Very Little Mini-Reunion<br />
Eleven of us dined together Wednesday evening thanks to Linda Verin while visiting from Birmingham, sort of a 45 year mini-reunion. Once again the years seem to mostly disappear when we talked about important things like Andy Simon's Rambler seats that collapsed all the way back; and Kay Speyer and Susie Shure seeing the Beatles 1964 concert at the Amphitheatre.<br />
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<b><i>Some Elm Place alumni have already started planning for a 50 year celebration in 2013. Will Edgewood and Northwood follow? </i></b>HPHS Class of 1967http://www.blogger.com/profile/01856441137678758094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28236791.post-57136967315224869612012-09-25T13:19:00.000-05:002012-09-25T13:22:17.655-05:00Richard Rosen's Latest Essay: Al Rosen & Me<span style="color: orange; font-family: Helvetica;">Hi Folks --</span><br />
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<span style="color: orange;"> I wanted to share with you a front-page essay I have today on <a href="http://sbnation.com/">sbnation.com</a>, a big sports site. Hope you can share it with others. Thanks! Richard</span></div>
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HPHS Class of 1967http://www.blogger.com/profile/01856441137678758094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28236791.post-2941760712082174102011-10-01T10:26:00.014-05:002011-11-10T16:08:16.899-06:00Suzy Eckmann Needs Our Help, Love and Prayers -- Message from Sari Kadison-Shapiro<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Hi Fred...</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">I wrote you a couple of weeks ago to let you know about Suzy. This is an appeal to everyone and I'm addressing it specifically to you because of the great job you did gathering everyone's email addresses and keeping them up to date, and also in acknowledgement of Sooz being your prom date all those years ago. I've communicated with a few people about this, but not many. And now that I realize that I'm addressing everyone that I can possibly reach through email, it's just about the most difficult thing that I've done in recent memory.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Richie Rosen's eloquent eulogy for Stan Katz inspired me....especially the part about our looking out for each other.Our classmate and my dear friend, confidante and godmother of my son (as much as a Jewish kid can have a godmother), Suzy Eckmann, has been diagnosed with stage 3-4 non-Hodgekins Lymphoma and unfortunately has no health insurance.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Suzy has worked all her life as many of you might know. She worked at Howard Johnson's in high school and worked very hard to be a headliner in Student Stunts as a freshman. (Remember?) She was in Second City (with John Belushi and the Murray brothers, Brian Doyle and Bill) and then the Proposition in Boston with Jane Curtin.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Her comedy partner John Monteith was in Toronto's Second City with Gilda Radner, Dan Ackroyd and John Candy. Together they had their own Off-Broadway show, attended by many</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">show busisness luminaries and then the show moved to Broadway and was produced by Jim Lipton (of The Actor's Workshop.) During that time, I got to meet Robin Williams, Norman Lear, Carol Channing, Sylvia Sims, Andy Warhol and others who came to their shows. I have to say that Suzy was even more thrilled when old friends she knew from Highland Park came backstage to see her.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">No one becomes a comedian for the money and anyone over 35 can't keep up with the demands of the comedy circuit. So what happens to our childhood friends who make us laugh and keeps us entertained?</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">We count on them to lift our spirits and put a smile on our face. One way we can give back is buy one "ticket" to all the shows we never paid for and for all the memories of good times past and present. We gotta be able to laugh in a decade where daily life is no laughing matter. Even just among friends from HP this could be a great way for friends to help friends.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Last year, the company Suzy was doing catering for cut all their employees back to part time, which meant no benefits. It's quite difficult to pay rent in New York City on an hourly wage. And now that she is ill, she cannot work at all. The doctor she went to said she could use a PET scan, but since she had no insurance she would have to make do with a CT scan. It hurts my heart to think that her care could be compromised because of a lack of funds.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">During this time of the Jewish High Holidays, even those of us who are not religiously observant look back on the past year and think of the friends, family members and/or acquaintances we have lost. Like Richie said, we are so fortunate to have our friends from school in our lives. Even if you're not religious, please say a prayer for Suzanne to be written in the "book of life" for the coming year.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Perhaps if we all can contribute a small amount or whatever we can afford, we can help Sooz get the care she needs....or at the very least help ease some of her very real financial worries while she fights for her life.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">I've set up a fund at <a href="http://WePay.com/">WePay.com</a> called "No Laughing Matter". Here's a link to it: <a href="https://www.wepay.com/donate/no_laughing_matter">https://www.wepay.com/donate/no_laughing_matter</a></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Thanks to everyone....for your generosity of spirit and being in my life. Stay well.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Love, Sari</span>HPHS Class of 1967http://www.blogger.com/profile/01856441137678758094noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28236791.post-43794802911498046702011-08-05T21:56:00.005-05:002011-10-23T10:45:28.465-05:00Sad News - Stan KatzStan Katz died of a heart attack Friday. Funeral is Tuesday, August 9 (details below).<br />
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I knew Stan from the time we were five when we attended Tamarack Camp together. Stan and I talked many times over the following 57 years, becoming closer in the last few years. We got together several times following his therapy at the Chicago Rehab Institute.<br />
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Stan was a great guy. He was fortunate to follow his passion of bridge for so many years, eventually serving in a professional capacity with the American Contract Bridge league.<br />
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Well, I've gone and done it -- leapt into the e-book fray with the digital publication of my FIRST book, yes, the infamous Hardware Stores book from 1988(!). Just couldn't hold out any longer.<br />
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After 23 years in print in various formata -- a new one roughly every five years -- The Complete Illustrated Guide To Everything Sold in Hardware Stores is now available on-line through the major e-retailers, including:<br />
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- Apple iBookstore <br />
- Kindle<br />
- Barnes and Noble.com <br />
- and the Sony e-reader store, too.<br />
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I just couldn't resist letting all my friends know about it. If you want more information about it, you can check out its web site, www.everythingsoldinhardwarestores.com. What the heck.<br />
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And now you can rest assured that I have no new books to bother you about, at least for a while...<br />
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Cheers, SteveHPHS Class of 1967http://www.blogger.com/profile/01856441137678758094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28236791.post-13541592643630449202011-05-31T18:04:00.004-05:002011-06-03T11:41:09.387-05:00Terre Cohen and Rich Maisel: Premiere of Terre's One-Woman Show, June 5<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">Terre Cohen returns to the Skokie Theatre June 5 </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">for the Premiere of her </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">One-Woman Show</span><br />
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"I'm Still Here!"<br />
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A Life Survival Guide in Song<br />
Produced and Directed by Ascap Award-Winner *Rich Maisel*<br />
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Experience an afternoon filled with Love, Light, and Song, as Terre explores the roller coaster of Life’s Emotions. She will be drawing on her long and varied career as a professional Singer/Actor, her work as a Psychotherapist, and her reflections as a Lymphoma survivor.<br />
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Terre's truly amazing Voice is only equaled by her Beauty, her Heart, and her Spirit.<br />
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This will be a memorable occasion for those lucky enough to be in attendance.<br />
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Rich and Terre will be joined by<br />
Ben Jammin' Johnson on drums and<br />
Tom Krol on guitar and<br />
Mike Fiorino on bass.<br />
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Tickets $20 in advance $25 at door<br />
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Available @ <a href="http://www.skokietheatre.com/" target="_blank">www.skokietheatre.com</a><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">20% of proceeds will Benefit the Lymphoma and Leukemia Society</span><br />
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</span></span>HPHS Class of 1967http://www.blogger.com/profile/01856441137678758094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28236791.post-10830142467663538342011-03-26T16:09:00.003-05:002011-03-26T16:12:08.470-05:00Here's Lookin' At You Highland Park!Stan Katz posted a connection to this Highland Park Historical Society video on his Facebook site. Hope you enjoy watching it, seeing some familiar faces and places.<br />
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<a href="http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10150092032604947&oid=73390528702&comments">http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10150092032604947&oid=73390528702&comments</a>HPHS Class of 1967http://www.blogger.com/profile/01856441137678758094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28236791.post-59469031817807070662010-12-11T17:09:00.000-06:002010-12-11T17:09:33.101-06:00Our "Ronda Kay" on Internet radio talking about gifts for grandchildrenHere's a great opportunity to hear Ronda interviewed by Sandra Levitin, host of Kalon Women in Business, discussing Grandgifting, giving the best gifts for grandchildren. <br />
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To listen click: <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/kalon-women/2010/11/08/ronda-kay--how-to-keep-out-of-the-holiday-how-to-g">http://www.blogtalkradio.com/kalon-women/2010/11/08/ronda-kay--how-to-keep-out-of-the-holiday-how-to-g</a><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Here's the interview topic and description from Kalon's website:</span><br />
<h1 style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Ronda Kay - How to Keep Out of the Holiday How-to-Get-Gifts-for-Grandkids Horror Zone</h1><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Do you dread buying gifts at holiday time for grandkids and other precious children in your life? The pressure of finding great kid gifts can easily take the fun out of giving. In the Holiday Gift Horror Zone, anxiety can build to terror as we struggle with: “What’s hot? What’s not? Where can I find it? Who has time to shop? How will they react? Will they like it? Will it be a ‘Blooper’ or ‘Super’?” And even “Why am I doing this?” and “Will they love me?” Join me for answers and a refreshing look</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">To visit Ronda's website: <a href="http://Grandgifting.com/">Grandgifting.com</a></span><br />
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</span>HPHS Class of 1967http://www.blogger.com/profile/01856441137678758094noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28236791.post-87936983460625149952010-11-18T13:49:00.000-06:002010-11-18T13:49:31.878-06:00Richard Rosen Reminiscing About Football At Wrigley FieldRichard wrote a story, published yesterday, for ESPN Chicago. Here's the link<br />
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<a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/nfl/columns/story?id=5797658">http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/nfl/columns/story?id=5797658</a>HPHS Class of 1967http://www.blogger.com/profile/01856441137678758094noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28236791.post-80461468218325708572010-11-12T06:41:00.001-06:002010-11-12T07:22:31.310-06:00Our Favorite YouTube Star Georgette aka Gigi<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;"></span><br />
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</tbody></table>HPHS Class of 1967http://www.blogger.com/profile/01856441137678758094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28236791.post-34309865093215714262010-09-08T22:38:00.000-05:002010-09-08T22:38:20.960-05:00Heard from Debbie Soglin, Class of '68<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br />
</span></div>Hey Friends,</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">I am writing to put in a plug for my younger son, Zach (Appelman). He'll be appearing in Romeo and Juliet at the Chicago Shakespeare theater (why had I never heard of it before???), beginning Sept 15. He's there now in rehearsal phase.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><a href="http://www.chicagoshakes.com/main.taf?p=2,47,1,11">http://www.chicagoshakes.com/main.taf?p=2,47,1,11</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">I'm so excited that he'll get to know our city - He's playing Tybalt, so will be dead by intermission, but he promises a spectacular fight scene. We hope to get to see a few performances, though unsure when.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">Debbie</span></div>HPHS Class of 1967http://www.blogger.com/profile/01856441137678758094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28236791.post-74305462386885903862010-07-24T15:43:00.000-05:002010-07-24T15:43:44.171-05:00Summer 2010 message from Gigi<div style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc33cc;">Wishing everyone a great summer! Sharing with you my first "<i>greatest hits</i>" medley.</span></b></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc33cc;">Love & Happiness always, Gigi (Jacobs) Mitrovic</span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc33cc;"><br />
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<div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 15px;">Check this out! It's awesome!</div><div style="background-color: #f9f9fd; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 255); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 10px;"><div style="border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; float: left; width: 122px;"><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; height: 72px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; width: 120px;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9VgdC3L8xc&feature=email"><img src="http://i2.ytimg.com/vi/-9VgdC3L8xc/default.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; height: 90px; width: 120px;" /></a></div></div><div style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 5px;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9VgdC3L8xc&feature=email">Gigi The Priceless One :: TP1 Medley</a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 5px;">Believe, Private Dancer, Dove L'Amore, and Eyes On Me. All together!!! Amazing performances by Gigi, The Priceless One.</div></div></div></td></tr>
</tbody></table></div></div></span></blockquote></div></div></div></div></span></blockquote></div></div></div></div></span></blockquote></span></b></span></div>HPHS Class of 1967http://www.blogger.com/profile/01856441137678758094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28236791.post-24453250903297145672010-06-17T16:30:00.013-05:002010-06-17T17:18:25.223-05:00From Ronda Kay (Server) Wasser<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibVKE9qyLP5uRyRbYiuI8BZiRVzreTD-dVGijVjQIJM6ggls_c6b09E27HI9L1qQ-VIaZ_BlwCGWT8ZyA4nOv2dAqzxm_vJr0SMFjBZiBxk-VfS1kQXQQhP-99xWWF7syzynwp/s1600/image004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibVKE9qyLP5uRyRbYiuI8BZiRVzreTD-dVGijVjQIJM6ggls_c6b09E27HI9L1qQ-VIaZ_BlwCGWT8ZyA4nOv2dAqzxm_vJr0SMFjBZiBxk-VfS1kQXQQhP-99xWWF7syzynwp/s320/image004.jpg" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;">Hi HPHS Friends,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"> <br />
I've reached the exciting point of beta launching my new venture -- my website, </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://Grandgifting.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Grandgifting.com</span></a></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">, and I'd love a little bit of your input!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">After months of working to get all the pieces together, now it is time to 'go live'. My goal for </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://Grandgifting.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Grandgifting</span></a> is to provide Grandparents remarkable resources to enhance relationships with their kids' kids -- in a funny, engaging way. For this first round, I'm turning to trusted friends and family for a candid review -- Grandparents or not! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
So please jump in for a few minutes and test the site for me -- Your feedback will be very valuable!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Here's what to do:</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">1. <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">First sign in</span></b>: Go to </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://Grandgifting.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Grandgifting.com</span></a>, and sign in your 'name and email' in the opt-in box, to joined my mailing list. [You can unsubscribe at any time with one-click.]</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">2. <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Then Poke Around</span></b>: Please explore the </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://Grandgifting.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Grandgifting.com</span></a> site from the viewpoint of a grandparent or parent. Check out where things are, and go where you feel compelled to go.<br />
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3. <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">And Take the Survey</span></b>: Two days after you sign in I will send you an email with a link to a quick survey to get your feedback on points like whether the site is easy to use, if content is of interest or not, what is missing, etc. (You are welcomed to send me an email at any time, too!)<br />
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4. <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Share with Care</span></b>: If you like, pass this along to three or four people you think will enjoy critiquing the site. I appreciate your referral to a few 'friendly critics', as I work out the kinks in this introductory phase.<br />
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Having feedback on your experience of </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://Grandgifting.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Grandgifting.com</span></a> and response on the survey, will be an <i><span style="font-style: italic;">invaluable</span></i> gift to me, and so helpful in making the site helpful for others. Thank you SO MUCH, in advance!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">I'm excited to share this part of my <i><span style="font-style: italic;">Grand Journey</span></i> with you -- See you inside!</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">All the best, </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Mb9KomCt4H02uNgKNOXK4vn08hbyeEaWnAVQrVJtQumj-wRNH_pIG1faUIRVwACyRT6rD19_uUmBAdAEng-ouLqfH_MI8ug-VqseVZAav_IQUNNNxET-f-dLfTTVpB31OwlZ/s1600/image006.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Mb9KomCt4H02uNgKNOXK4vn08hbyeEaWnAVQrVJtQumj-wRNH_pIG1faUIRVwACyRT6rD19_uUmBAdAEng-ouLqfH_MI8ug-VqseVZAav_IQUNNNxET-f-dLfTTVpB31OwlZ/s320/image006.jpg" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;">Ronda Kay</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"></span><b><span style="color: #85cdb6; font-family: Corbel; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #85cdb6; font-family: Corbel; font-size: 13.5pt; font-weight: bold;">Ronda Kay Wasser</span></span></b></div>HPHS Class of 1967http://www.blogger.com/profile/01856441137678758094noreply@blogger.com0