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Volume 3, Number 10,
May 1999
MIDNIGHT
SUN ONLINE
-The Online Newsletter for
Robert E. Peary High School Alumni-
MSO WEB SITE - http://www.pearyhs.org
INTRODUCTION
Greetings Huskies.... there are currently 2,169 classmates listed with the MSO. Thank you for continuing to spread the word!
FACT 1: The Class of 1967 is the only class to attend Peary for the full 6-year stint.... 6th grade to graduation. Submitted by Steven Mohr.
FACT 2: Pommies Rule
COACH CECCATO RETIRES: See Jim Hinkeldey's (1979) news about Ernie Ceccato's retirement from MCPS in this newsletter!
PEARY CHAT ROOM: Read how to access and use an online chat room dedicated to Peary alumni use -- reunion committees may consider using this feature for occasional planning meetings (DO take minutes and distribute to those who don't make the meetings, and have an agenda). The chat room will be linked from the MSO site shortly. Thanks to Steven Mohr (1967) for making this available to Peary alumni!
PEARY LISTSERVE: Sign-up for the MSO's majordomo listserver. Thanks to Jim Hardman (1976) for configuring this listserv for our use. Detailed instructions can be found at http://earthops.org/Harvest/brokers/Peary_High/maillist.html
FUND RAISER: Some photos and the attendee list from the event last March have been posted. Please take a look at the list.... many purchased blocks of tickets for their group, so we only have the name of the purchaser. If you don't see a name that should be there, please let me know: blau@clark.net
REUNIONS: No reported updates from planning committee chairs for reunions since last month's issue. The latest information available is online for the classes of 1969, 1974, 1979, and 1984. Planning continues for the joint 1963-65 reunion in 2000. Please browse the missing persons lists in the class information sections and help the committees track down some classmates.
REPHSAA: No updates available. As mentioned last month, the minutes from the April 21, 1999 meeting of the REPHS Alumni Association will be posted online when received. (Minutes from the last meeting held in 1997 are available on the website.) Contact Neal Pizzano at npizzano@erols.com for the latest plans, purpose, updates/progress, and actions taken for his 19-month mission. The REPHSAA may plan to hold a 5K-Run, spring 2000.... stay tuned.
CANCER RIDE: According to the updates at www.onevoiceusa.com, Bobby McQuin's bicycle ride from San Diego to Virginia Beach is on-track - a ride to fight childhood cancer - that began March 15. Bobby is the son of Beth Sanchez McQuin (1978). The riders were in Louisiana as of this past weekend. The 4,300+ mile ride is expected to complete July 2nd.
RACE-FOR-THE-CURE: It's not too late to participate! Beth Leimbach Swanson (1966), herself a 2.5-year survivor of breast cancer, invites all Peary classmates to participate in this event, its 10-year anniversary, on June 5th - THIS SATURDAY. Write Beth at hbwws@aol.com for more information and visit www.natl-race-for-the-cure.org.
THE BUILDING: See a reconstruction progress report from Skip FitzGerald (1976) in this issue.
Articles for the next issue of the Midnight Sun Online are due Saturday June 26th. Have a safe, fun-filled Memorial Day weekend!
Bob Lau, Editor/Webmaster The Midnight Sun Online