Karen McCarty (Messina)

What a sweet baby boy... and what a head of hair! Congratulations to all! Bill, what fun to watch him grow...   his name....Rad Elio Madonna.

Deborah Pike

Bill,

Adorable little one you are so blessed.  keep the pictures and news coming.

Debbie

Deborah Pike

Bill,

As a social scientist, I must support you,  my favorite bedtime reading is the Constitution (Never fails- I'm sleeping in three seconds.) 

Your humor is like mine. Don't ever give up. I need some one to understand me.

Debbie

Diana M. Codling (Reed)

My experience with military personnel makes it seem that dry and twisted senses of humor are rife in the military.  I enjoy it also, so keep it coming!

Deborah Pike

Bill,

Your posted article about the disease  resurgance was very interesting. I personally believe that it is part of the Global Warming issue. Most epidemics are started when the population in a specific area increases and causes severe crowding. With the population increase you have more people who can't find work and their health declines. These people get the diseases and spread it to the middle class workers who bring it home and share with their families.  This is how epidemics decimage populations. 

Global WArming is caused by an over abundance of people using more machines that require making heat and population in the air causing higher air temperature. No clean air- people get sicker faster.  I believe that this mess is our  fault. 

If you look into history you will see this is not the first time time we have screwed up the world. In the middle ages there was an Ice Age that was caused by using too much peet and trees for fuel causing  over cast skies.

End of Anthropology, Geology Lecture..

Debbie

Diana M. Codling (Reed)

If climate change is not a natural thing, how did ice ages and then warming happen before large populations, SUVs, "man" fires, technology, etc.?  Man tends to think they are so powerful that they can control (and thus are responsible for) everything, including the weather.  I have found I cannot change the weather no mater what I do.  That being said, I do try to care for this beautiful, wonder-filled earth that is so wonderfully balanced and is so recouperative that it goes on after we are gone,

And that is my soapbox! 

James A "Jim" White

Where are all of our Classmates? Please write what is going on in your life? Believe it or not, we do want to know.

Bill Leggitt, thanks for all you do to keep our website up-to-date. Your grandchild's birth is wonderful. I hope it helps take the edge of losing your wonderful wife. As Karen McCarty Fink and others can attest (and I cannot to please pardon my ignorant comment), that is a pain that diminishes a little but never goes away.

A reminder to all, we are all friends and wish to stay that way. Like the population of America, our class is about half and half Democrats and Republicans and we all have strongs views. We have lost classmates from the website due to someone writing a comment. Gregg Goodpature is one. If you know him, can you get this Oklahoma classmate back in the fold. We even lost a classmates, a popular female attorney, due to the posting of "In God We Trust" on our home page. People are very sensitive so on this class forum, please try to avoid politics and religion. Thanks. We love you all.

As for Kathy and my trip to 41 states thus far, we are in Dodge City, KS today and going back to some states we have been in before which includes, this weekend, seeing a couple crazy ladies in Denver.

Yes, JUDI ADAMS MORRIS and ELIZABETH GWARTNEY LOWNEY will be hosting Kathy and me. And when you look at the picture, do NOT think I just exposed myself and they are backing up to the wall. I didn't even do it in high school.

Because they love my wife, Kathy, so much, they tolorate me being around. This Monday is Elizabeth and (twin) Becky Gwartney Smith's birthday. I miss many birthdays because I do not have a good WiFi while traveling.

Finally, let me close with a question, are you in contact with your classmates? CHIP KING had surgery last night and is doing well (or I would not be reporting it), MARY HUSEMOLLER must be lost because I have not heard from her in about two years, TERRY BOONE has a nice, new boat to go with his nice, new house on the lake, BOYCE McFARLAND is probably moving to North Carolina in a week or two, BARBARA BUZBEE is in California still but I do not know where, as far as I know, MARLA GIBSON is still rowing or paddling or whatever it is called, ROBIN LOSTETTER is in upper NY but I still missed her when we were there a couple months ago, and MICHELLE AUSTIN KELLY is still traveling and keeping in contact with some of our dearest, ailing classmates. There are so many more to report on but why don't you let us know what you are up to.

JIM 

P.S. Any Colorado or New Mexico classmates wish to come to the Wine Harvest Festival the last weekend of this month? The Wines of the San Juan (in NW New Mexico near Bloomfield, 3-hours NW of Abq., 60 miles south of Durango) will host their annual festival on the 28th and 29th of September. There will be a lot of music so if you enjoy that, please come. Let me know if you are. Kathy and I will be working but we can still visit and I can try to get classmates together. www.WinesOfTheSanJuan.com

Mardi Gonyea (Nicklin)

Hmmmmm there is so much in my brain right now....where do I begin??!

I "try" really hard on this site not to tick anyone off, but honestly, over the years, I have received a few private emails telling me that I have said something they really did not like. And, I too, have had to offer up some apologies. Sometimes I really just have to pick my battles. Which brings me to the present situation. It hurts my heart to lose Bill's huge help in keeping so many interesting background's, and a host of other details that many of us are just not techno. savy enough to be able to accomplish.

If there is someone among the site that is able to fill those kind of techno shoes, I would encourage you to please contact either Jim or I to do so. I just do not have the patience to input all the background codes it takes to do the kinds of things Bill is able to do. I forget what they call it...duhhhh, sorry!!

Like Jim says, with his travel's they are not in a place where there is strong wi-fi to accomplish the work it takes.

One of the reason's I came on board when we started this was because I had help with people that could do those background details. Our site is not free, it is actually expensive, so keeping it is work. The other reason I came on board was because I have mostly had so much fun keeping up with clasmates I knew a huge part of my life. There are many classmates that read posting's but do not respond, and that is okay. Our goal is to have a place where we can get as many classmates on board and if those makes connections after many years, that is so cool. 

I love you all and am sending my luv and hugs.

Mardi Gonyea Nicklin

James A "Jim" White

Karen McCarty (Messina)

James A "Jim" White

A visit to Denver area RHS Classmates this week. L/R Ron Morris, Judi Adams Morris, Kathy White, Jim White, Elizabeth Gwartney Lowney and Walter Lowney. Today, for Elizabeth's birthday, we are all going to Estes Park and watch the Elk bugle. Meeting up with lifelong classmate friends is Highly Recommended.

Gilbert "Butch" Colbert

In local news – a psychic (who happened to be a midget) was arrested for defrauding clients by “contacting” deceased relatives.  Unfortunately, she escaped from jail the next day.  The headlines read – “Small Medium at Large”.

James A "Jim" White

Here we are in Estes Park, Colorado. Walter and Elizabeth Gwartney Lowney, Judi Adams Morris and Ron, Kathy White and Jim White. (classmates in bold)  This was a good time but it was not without problems before getting there.  :-)

Each lady think they are pointing to the problem that made the BMW quit almost in the middle of of nowhere.

What do you do when the car has quit on you? You kick it to the curb!  (oh, yeah, we were already there)

On the way back from the mountain top, we stopped to see the hazards at the gold course. Hey, Golfers, how would you like to play through this?

Judi Adams Morris sometimes forgets she is photographing a wild animal.

It is all in the family. This is during rutting season so it was great to see and hear the elk bugleing. Golfers, let us see you go pick up your ball on the green.

P.S.  I like the "Small-Medium-Large" joke.

Karen McCarty (Messina)

Diana M. Codling (Reed)

Bill---

British Motor Works?  But I'm sure you have something more entertaining to call it!

Mardi Gonyea (Nicklin)

Hi again Bill, I am glad you are back with us. The backgrounds are always so welcome.

Hi Judi and Elizabeth and hubbies. You all always look like you are having so much fun. I would love to be there to join and make us the crazy triplets!! I know Kathy fills the triple part very well.

Even though my gorgeous hill country (Kerrville, Texas) is reaching the Fall season, which is my favorite season, our temps. are in the upper 90's. The 97 degrees in San Antonio broke the record that was set in 2011, I think. I am keeping our East Texas and East coast classmates in prayer as they are taking a beating with the storm season that has come with a vengence.

Jim, I am glad you and Kathy got the needed help to get you back on the road. I h toave traveled those desolate KS roads/highways many a time when all I could see outside my window was miles and miles of wheat fields. I have traveled all seasons of those Colorado highwaysoti where you were as well 

For those who keep up with the RHS 65 class and know Bill Clem, he has been reporting to classmates regarding Charles Clark  Charlie suffered a stroke and has been in intensive care. Bill reported that he is improving and is eating now which was such good news. He is in the hospital in Dallas, TX.

Herkey, I hope you and your wife had a great time at your reunion here in Kerrville last week-end. I was not able to make the connection with you, and I apologize for that, as I had a friend that lost her husband. I spent time with her and her family.

I am sending my Luv N Hugs

Mardi

Deborah Pike

Bill,

 BMW stands for Bayerische Motoren Werke, or, translated into English, Bavarian Motor Works. If you're a little rusty on world geography, Bavaria is a southern state in Germany where BMW originally started making airplane engines around 1917.Sep 1, 2016

Debbie

Rita Eudy

Bill - you do great work for this site. Glad you are "Back at Work!!!"

Robin E. Lostetter

Deborah Pike

To all,

I have been watching what has been going on environmentally and the people who are not paying attention to what is happening. Perhaps it will give you an idea what you can't see where you live,

Every time we get high tides that have a swell that pushes it a little more, the ocean comes up into one of the industrial areas on Oahu. This has not happened until the last 2 years. Last winter we had almost continuous high surf that made it impossible for people going to the beach.( Believe me that is serious- when you live on an island you don't have much to do.)

This reminds me of ..I was just thinking that it says in the Bible that man was given the Earth and we are supposed to be custodians of the world. I think we haven't been doing a very good job.

But there is a bright side..... if the water keeps rising , I'll have water front property. (That was to lighten the mood) Seriously, it is very obvious that things are changing rapidly every time you turn around, some report from a Federal  Office tells us about whales beached or turtles disappeared.  Let's just  do as much as we can and hope  things get better.

Debbie

Diana M. Codling (Reed)

Thank you!  Thank you!  Thank you!

While it is nice to see what everyone's doing, I do enjoy some thought-provoking postings.  Need to keep those grey-matter cells moving!  Since we are about the same age, we should have realized by now that we do not all think the same.  Our histories are all different; our life experiences are different.  This means our "filters" are different ---- how we see the same set of data.  [Remember the game "communication" (or telephone)?  Even repeating the same set of words around a circle of people does not give the same words.]

If all we hear is from people who think in lock-step with us, how can we learn anything new?  I left the old website because new thoughts were not tolerated.  I don't have to agree with everyone, but I respect their right to hold different ideas.  Of course that means I expect the same respect for my right.  And while I might say I disagree, I won't do so in an abusive manner.  If something actually makes me angry, I will go away, cool off, then come back and probably ignore that posting.  I don't need to respond to all postings.

That being said, I wouldn't want this to become a total political rant.  I also would not want it to be a total "look at my new grandbaby" or "look at my vacation pictures".  Let's keep an interesting mix!  So thanks for posting your thoughts and stirring the brain cells!

Robin E. Lostetter

Debbie Pike, my heart breaks for the loss of beach in the paradise that is Hawaii.  (Have never gotten there, still hope that I might.)  I know that with every hurricane, New Jersey's beaches suffer.  Houses on stilts in other areas aren't always enough to withstand the changes.  Some of us are fortunate to have experienced the unspoiled beaches along our coasts and in the Caribbean.  Great memories.  Hang in there for that beachfront property!  ;)

Deborah Pike

I have to say,  the area we grew up in gave us a love for the beauty of nature.  I think maybe it was because we learned that what we had was just fine as it was. What has happened here is that a few people have moved in and built huge houses. Then the rich guys from all over the world come here and buy houses that are totally  overpriced and then , when they get tired of it, they just walk away  and stop making payments. The banks get stuck, the houses are empty, and people  who live here are homeless because the cost for housing is  unbelievable.  Add the rising  water level  and this is screwed up. Living on an island is not as glamorous as it seems. I can't wait to come home.  

Debbie

Diana M. Codling (Reed)

The Big Island is adding land!! 

Deborah Pike

Diana,

Good point. I figure that whatever is going to happen, it will eventually turn out for the best. I think we all feel that things in our past were greatest because we enjoyed them so much. The kids we see now will probably think that their time was the best. I 'm for having more reunions, parties, and fun and enjoy what we have. Any one for a get together  next summer?????

Debbie