A long stretch of Rimrock Road is closed due to construction. This is the new route to Janice's home:
- Travel west on Grand Avenue to Shiloh Road (40th St. West)
- Bear right at the round-about onto Shiloh (heading north)
- Continue on Shiloh to Rimrock; turn left
- Continue on Rimrock to 46th St. West; turn left
- Continue on 46th St. West to the park (road deadends)
- Turn left on Rangeview Dr.
- Take the first right onto Ridgewood Lane S
- Continue to 4356 Ridgewood Lane S, approximately two blocks
- Janice's home is on the right-hand side
Janice's home phone number is 656-3412
REGISTRATIONS
New registrations received:
Dan Whooley
Sue Helgeson
Gary Lorang
Mike Schruth
GOLF OUTING
The golf outing will be held Friday, September 13, 2013 at Peter Yegen Golf Course. Tee times start at 10:00 am for 18 holes; 12:00 pm for 9 holes. Remember, this is a scramble so whether you're a pro or a duffer, you have as good a chance as the next person to be a winner. Golfers of all skill levels are welcome and encouraged to play. For more information or to sign up, contact Tom Kennedy at cconnection16@bresnan.net
The following have signed up for the golf tournament:
Mike Gullard
Rita Hestekin Nau
Pat Nau
Mike Schruth
Tom O'Donnell
Paul Staid
Jim Hickey
Gary Brayton
Dan Whooley
Tom Rossetto
Darrah Link Plank
Mary Jean Rector Haumesser
PHOTOS
Mike Schruth has shared these photos with us:
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| Mike Schruth |
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| Mike Schruth & Family |
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| Mike Schruth & grandson Coleman |
BIOGRAPHIES
Dan Whooley
Well, let's make this short and sweet. After leaving the hallowed halls of CCHS, I have enjoyed life, love and the pursuit of happiness. I attended MSC (Bozeman) and the U of Arizona (Tucson) and, in addition, many years of continuing education as was required in various employments.
My tenure in the business fields have included bank officer/manager, real estate broker/sales and state real estate board director, both college and "in house" banking operations and real estate instructor, mortgage brokerage/manager, energy/utility specialist. I retired in 2004.
I continue to consult on various real estate processes and the development of our own real estate holdings. I have been married and divorced (only once) and the very proud parent and father of three wonderful, fantastic, beautiful children (David, Lisa, Michael) whom have all grown up and have in turn given me six wonderful, fantastic, beautiful grandchildren (Aidan, Avery, Jarron, Amber, Dani, Jake).
I have had good times and bad times, but thankfully, the good times far outweigh the bad.
I have always been a "handyman" and enjoy working on all aspects from framing, to plumbing, electrical, concrete, painting, etc. of home construction and remodeling, and at
present, I am working on the latest project of a foreclosed home recently purchased. I have done this for years (to about a dozen properties) and now realize that age slows one down. I used to be able to complete these in a rather short time but now the mind is willing but the body is "slacking". Oh well, 'all good things take time' as they say, so I might be slow but I'm still good and the satisfaction is still very fulfillings upon completion.
I love having been able and still able to travel, camp out and all outdoor things but my favorite thing is golf, the crazy, never-ending battle with the little white ball that controls ones
ability from day to day My life has been filled with good friends, great family and the feeling of being alive and living with people you love, laugh with and share the trials and rewards of life itself. I thank God everyday for His graces and the riches of of life He has bestowed upon me and my family of the past and present.
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| Dan Whooley & the Whooley Clan |
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| Dan Whooley's daughter Lisa and husband Dean |
Lynn and I were married while attending Montana State University in 1967 and will celebrate our 46th anniversary this December. We were blessed with two adopted children, Scott (42) and Angela (37) and our surprise baby Lisa (32). We have five beautiful grandchildren.
After college, I worked as an engineer, contractor and executive in the energy business. We have lived in Montana, Nebraska, New York and Washington state. I have retired and we are now living in the last best place, Bozeman, MT.
We are enjoying retirement with lots of family fun, relaxation and travel. I still enjoy some project management consulting to stay connected and active.
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| Tom & Lynn Rossetto |
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| Tom Rossetto's son Scott, daughters Lisa & Angela |
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| Tom Rossetto's daughter Lisa, sil Ryan, newest grandson Sawyer |
To briefly recap the post 1963 years, I graduated from the College of Great Falls with a BA, and then went to the University of Detroit for an MA. I married a fellow Montanan, Gary Teigen. After he completed his PhD, we followed the job market to California. Between homemaking duties, I taught English at the local college and the Naval Training Center. Two of our sons were child actors so I was a "stage mon" for 10 years. We have four children and two grandchildren.I
In June 2007, after 39 years of sharing our love, our life and our family, Gary, my soulmate, went home to our Father. Now, I am "semi-retired" and spend my time writing children's books and poetry and being a part-time administrator for a Montessori preschool.
2013 Update: During the past five years, I have scaled back my administrative duties at the preschool and actually retired this past June. However, my nanny duties have increased with each passing year. I now have seven grandchildren and delight in spending time with them. This past year my daughter and her family (2 year old, 4 year old and 6 year old) stayed with me while they were transitioning from their home in Santee to a new one in Poway. So for a year, I got a 24/7 experience of bonding with the little ones. I miss their laughter already, but I have to say I'm enjoying the slower daily pace. I'm sure it's an age thing.
I am still very active in our Church Bible Fellowship and have been in charge of the Children's Ministry for the past 25 years. Twenty years ago I designed a "cookie manger" so that the children would have a fun and edible holiday activity that truly reflected the "reason for the season". I've included a picture of a cookie manger if anyone would like to make one with their grandchildren during the holidays. It's been rewarding seeing how the cookie mangers have spread from parish to parish to the delight of many children. Without exception, the first thing they eat is Baby Jesus, a mini marshmallow wrapped in a fruit roll up.
Another hobby project that has become a tradition for me is designing and making Christmas ornaments. As a memento of our 50th reunion, I have made ornaments to share with each of you. Hopefully, it will be an annual holiday reminder of our happy gathering.
When I haven't been on duty or engrossed with my time-intensive hobbies, I've been out seeing the world. I've been to Europe three times with my brother, Roger and his wife Pat and on pilgrimages to the Holy Land and to Medjugorje. After returning from my travels, I always see San Diego with fresh eyes and understand more clearly why people from all over the world marvel at our beaches and weather. My next big trip is to the "Big Sky Country" of Montana. I'm looking forward to seeing everyone at our 50th Reunion.
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| Barb (Wegner) & Gary Teigen & family |
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| Barb (Wegner) Teigen & grandchildren |
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| Barb (Wegner) Teigen's Cookie Manger |
I'd love to say that I'll be at the reunion, but it's not in the cards Hope all of you folks have a wonderful time. I'll be thinking of you all.
What have I been doing these past 50 years?
After graduation, I went to EMC for two years. Then I moved to Duluth, Minnesota and worked full-time in the public library there. Through civil service exams, I rose from a clerk to the rating of Librarian during that period. I was second in charge of the catalog department when I left.
My mother kept "nagging" at me to finish college, so I moved to Minneapolis in the fall of 1969 and enrolled at the University of Minnesota. By the summer of 1970, I was engaged to marry Jerry and we married in November. (I never did get the college diploma!)
Jerry went back to school part-time to get his Master's in Mechanical Engineering in 1973. After graduation in December 1975, we moved to Grand Forks, ND with his new job. After eight years there (and 6 months in Denver), we moved back to Minneapolis and stayed put.
Our two sons were born in 1975 and 1980. In the 90s, I worked several years with the high school religious education program at our church. I also spent several years in various volunteer positions at the church.
Over the years, I've spent too much time on the internet. As a result of this, I kicked over the traces in 2002 and joined a crazy group of "ladies of a certain age" in flying to London to go see a play in the West End. I got to meet face-to-face quite a few good friends I'd never met before from other groups who had only been "words on a screen" up until then. I had a fabulous time.
In December 2004, Jerry and I did a river cruise on the Danube - courtesy of the University of Minnesota Alumni Assn. We traveled from Regensburg to Vienna, stopping to visit the wonderful Christmas markets in towns along the way. My husband was proud of his German heritage and Christmas was always his most favorite time of the year. I am totally sold on river cruises as a way to travel. We actually had booked our tickets for another cruise (St. Petersburg to Moscow) a couple years later, when a routine checkup showed that my colon cancer had returned after a 20 year cancer-free period. Obviously, the Russian trip was out.
I had chemo an radiation for six weeks and then waited three months for it to work before I had my surgery. The surgery was successful and the DNA testing that was done showed that my cancer is genetic - Lynch Syndrome.
Jerry retired at the start of 2005 and we spent the following years upgrading the house and yard and spending time with family.
Jerry's health was being troublesome lately and it began to fail rather quickly late in 2012. Luckily our oldest son and his wife moved back here in January and they were a true blessing in helping care for Jerry. Hospice was also a wonderful lifeline. Jerry died in early March.
Older son, Joe and his wife are still living with me while they are trying to find jobs that would enable them to move into their own place. Joe graduated top of his class from Le Cordon Bleu (pastry chef). Younger son, Jon is a personal trainer at a very upscale gym in Boston.
I still am a Bookwyrm, of course. I can still sometimes astound my younger son by reading books that he thinks 'old people' wouldn't be interested in. Game of Thrones anyone?
I have been spending a goodish bit of time on the family tree/genealogy stuff over the past year or so. I am also trying to "weed out" some of the things that Jerry and I have gathered over the years. Anyone want a 1947 Willys Jeep to restore?
Meanwhile, the house consists of three adult humans, two middle-aged Basset Hounds, two Maine Coon cats and two domestic shorthair cats. Oh, and four computers.
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| Kathy (Powers) Goblirsch |
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| Kathy (Powers) & Jerry Goblirsch |
FIFTY YEARS - REALLY!!
It doesn't seem possible. After graduation from BCCHS, I and my closest friends, all headed to Eastern Montana College with dreams of bright and fulfilling futures. After receiving our education, we scattered to different parts of the country. I married a football player from the east, moved to Brooklyn, NY and had two children, Christopher (1968 - deceased 1974) and Scott in 1970. In 1971, we returned to Billings where Cynthia was born in 1976. We later divorced after fifteen years of marriage.
After a long distance relationship with Art Geiger (BCCHS '61), he living in Arizona and I in Montana, he moved back to Montana in 1990 and we married in 1991. The plan was for me to move to Arizona but no way!! I learned there are three temperatures there: hot, hotter and hell. It was all for the best.
I was employed as an Administrative Assistant for 1-1/2 years in a brokerage firm on Wall Street (exciting for a young Montana girl); a common carrier for ten years in Billings; and twenty years in a state and federally-funded program assisting women returning to the workplace. I retired in 2007 and, as most say, I am busier than ever. I have taken up bridge (to keep the mind from fleeing), still try to snow ski, golf, bike and you won't believe this - rollerblade on occasion.
One of my greatest accomplishments was raising my two children, Scott and Cynthia. They both live and work in Billings, Cyndi having returned after living in Phoenix for twelve years. We are fortunate to have them both so close. Scott has produced my only biological grandchild, Brooklyn, and he has a step-son, Brock. Art's daughter has five children and lives in Phoenix, and his son, Karl has four children and lives in San Diego. Cynthia recently married (first for both) and she inherited a step-daughter, Emily. That makes twelve grandchildren at last count.
Art still works part-time in a business that he founded in 1996, Avitus Group. He remains President/CEO and expects to fully retire in 2014. Through his business, we have been very fortunate to have traveled the United States, Mexico, the Caribbean and parts of Europe. There is still much to see and we hope to continue our travels when he is fully retired. For the past several years, our families have congregated in beach condos on Mission Beach in San Diego. This has been a great family tradition and the last two years there were twenty nine of us. I think we are done growing in numbers but since the kids are getting bigger, we have to keep adding more condos.
Upon reflecting on the last fifty years much has happened, lots of ups and downs, but isn't that what life is all about? It has been quite a journey and I hope the destination eludes us for another thirty years, even though they keep going faster and faster. Remember when we were kids and we couldn't wait until we were fifteen so we could drive, eighteen so we could graduaate high school and twenty-one so we could drink (legally)? It seemed to take forever to reach those milestones.
Life is good. We are blessed with family and good friends, many of whom graduated from BCCHS. Looking forward to seeing you at yet another milestone - our 50th Class Reunion.
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| Janice (Krings) & Art Geiger & family - San Diego 2013 |
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| Janice (Krings) & Art Geiger - daughter Cyndi's wedding 2013 |
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| Diann Mueller & Mike Wolff |
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| Diann Mueller & Mike Wolff |
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| Diann Mueller's family |
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| Terry Taylor & family in 1975 |
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| Terry & Eileen Taylor - Today |
Lord, Thou knowest better than I know myself that I am growing older
and will someday be old.
Keep me from the fatal habit of thinking
I must say something on every subject
and on every occasion.
Release me from craving
to straighten out everybody's affairs.
Make me thoughtful but not moody.
Helpful, but not bossy with my vast store of wisdom -
it seems a pity not to use it all,
but Thou knowest, Lord, that I want a few friends at the end...
Keep my mind free from the
recital of endless details;
give me wings to get to the point swiftly.
Seal my lips on my aches and pains.
They are increasing, and love of rehearsing them
is becoming sweeter as the years go by.
I dare not ask for grace
enough to enjoy the tales of others' pain,
but help me endure them with patience.
I dare not ask for improved memory,
but for a growing humility
and a lessening cocksureness
when my memory seems to clash
with the memories of others.
Teach me the glorious lesson
that occasionally I may be mistaken.
Keep me reasonaby sweet;
I do not want to be a sour old person -
some of them are so hard to live with
and each one is a crowning work of the devil.
Give me the ability to see good things
in unexpected places,
and talents in unexpected people.
And, give me, O Lord, the grace to tell them so.
Amen.
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