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Volume 6, Number
11, June 2002
MIDNIGHT SUN ONLINE
-The Online Newsletter
for Robert E. Peary High School Alumni-
MSO WEB SITE - http://www.pearyhs.org/
Page 2
From:
John M. Arena <arena_j@msn.com>
(1978)
Date: Wed,
29 May 2002
Subject: Update
I
found out about the website from friends & family.
Occupation:
Finance Director/Controller, Spouse: Maria
Memorable
Incidents: the football games, all the different characters, too many
shenanigans to mention...
Since
High School: School, work & play, traveled to Dallas in 1996 and
finally got married!
Future
Plans: Raise some children, continue to work and play.
Maybe more school and/or a new hobby.
Memorable
Teacher: Ms. Donna Dawson, homeroom teacher.
She was a hottie.
From:
Leslie Johnson McIntyre <lam810@aol.com>
Date: Fri,
31 May 2002
Subject: Update
I
found out about the website through word of mouth.
Occupation:
Consulting Teacher, MCPS. Spouse:
Mike McIntyre, Children: Tommy - 18, Craig - 16
Memorable
Incidents: All the wonderful friendships made throughout my HS years!;
Gymnastic meets and annual shows; cheerleading with all the laughs, games,
and the county competition our senior year when we took 3 out of the 5
first place trophies!; Locking
the football team and coaches in behind the outside gym door and the main
gate on Friday film night(whoops! Now
you know.....); Homecomings; Prom; Graduation and “Beach Week”
Since
High School: Went to Towson State University and got my degree in
Education. Taught 2 years in
MCPS. Got married and had 2
boys. Stayed home with
children for 7 years while teaching aerobics and Adult Education for MCPS
at night. Returned to
teaching, this time with FCPS for 9 years and obtained my Masters Degree.
Now working as a Consulting Teacher with MCPS. Currently celebrating my oldest son’s graduation from HS!
Future
Plans: Work, work, work to somehow pay for both my sons’ college
tuitions for the next 8 years! And
then if we have any money left, would love to travel!
Memorable
Teacher: Mrs. Whitaker (“WHIT”) for realizing I was a much better
gymnast than a pupil of History. She
was inspiring to us all, she laughed a lot, and helped us to win the
county championship! Remember
the trip she took us on to New York for the “Rythmic Gymastics”
exhibition? “WHIT” swore
it would some day be an Olympic sport and we all rolled our eyes and
laughed......can’t believe she’s right and can’t believe how much I
enjoy viewing this sport now!
Other
alums I know about? Mara Berzins (Paza) has moved back into the area.
Just
want to thank all the members of the Alumni Committee who have worked so
hard to ensure that the class of 1977 has had wonderful reunions over the
years! Thanks to all who have
participated!
From:
JUDITH MILLER GRACIA <NOSNBOOK@AOL.COM>
(1974)
Date: Sat,
1 Jun 2002
Subject: Update
I
found out about the website through Randy McClement.
Occupation:
Administrative Assistant, Spouse: Jairo, Children: Christopher 24, Nico
Gracia 19, Grandchildren: Trinity Marie 15 months
Memorable
Incident: Painting of the anchor, which I found out later, my husband (he
graduated from Wheaton) had a hand in.
Since
High School: Working, being a mother, not only for my children, but for
their friends as well.
Future
Plans: Since April 10th I am living in Arizona.
I would just like to watch my granddaughter grow up and see more
grandchildren come into this world. I
just want to enjoy life! I am
also looking forward to having a house built and my husband to find a job
that he is well qualified and deserving of!
From:
Jeanne Miller Wiser <jcm7@medstar.net>
(1983)
Date: Sat,
1 Jun 2002
Subject: Update
I
apologize to all of my old classmates who I did not keep in touch with
this past year. Unfortunately
my mother was diagnosed with kidney cancer last spring and my family was
extremely busy taking care of and spending time with her.
It was a very difficult battle for her, and she died on May 24th.
As soon as things calm down somewhat, I will try to get in touch
with you all again. Thanks
for all of your prayers....
Jeanne
From:
Lisa Salsitz/Talmud aka Allie Raye <me@allieraye.com>
(1981)
Date: Tue,
4 Jun 2002
Subject: Purple Rose
Hi. I
wanted to share some news with everyone.
A few years ago I was going to make my short film, “Purple
Rose,” but as luck would have it, it wasn’t meant to be. For the past
month, I have been producing my short film. Finally! It’s finally
happening and we are shooting in a small town in Cuyama, CA. I’m very
grateful and very, very lucky. It’s been an amazing experience, although
I’m somewhat sleep deprived. The reason we are shooting now is because “Minority
Report” comes out June 21st and I wanted to have a film done
by then. I am definitely in
the film and you won’t have any trouble seeing me, much less hearing me!
(I’m
a lunatic in the movie.) Anyway, I just wanted to thank everyone that
believed in me and supporting me in making my short film.
I’ll be home to Rockville in the fall/winter sometime and we’ll
have a screening. I’ll
extend invitations to anyone that would like to come watch.
The movie website is being updated all the time, but the URL is http://www.purplerose.8m.com
and mine is www.allieraye.com
Till
next time - happy Summer.
Allie Raye
(Lisa Talmud Class of 81)
From:
Nancy Insley Thomas <nlthomas_21738@yahoo.com>
(1963)
Date: Tue,
4 Jun 2002
Subject: Update
How I
found out about the website? An email from Candy Burch, by way of
Classmates posting.
Occupation:
Manager, Computer Sciences Corp; Spouse: Chip (Malcolm) Thomas
Memorable
Incident: Senior Skip Day
Since
High School: Working, mostly with computers (CSC, GTE, CSC).
Married (Mason) 1967, divorced, married Chip Thomas 1984.
No kids, 2 dogs, 4 cats, 1 horse.
Live in rural Howard County, commute to Rockville.
Future
Plans: Save enough to retire, travel, relax, ride my horse.
Other
alums I know about? I will pass on the Peary web site to my sister, Ann
Insley (now Carbaugh) class of 1964.
She lives in Orange Park, Florida, has 2 daughters.
From:
Tracy Cobb Townsend <tracymatt.townsend@talk21.com>
(‘86/Woodward)
Date: Thu,
6 Jun 2002
Subject: Update
I
found out about the website from my sister.
Occupation:
Hospital Pharmacist, Spouse: Matthew
Memorable
Incidents: Pom competitions!
Since
High School: Living in the UK, working as a hospital pharmacist.
Married,
no kids.
Memorable
Teacher: Mr. Clarke- pipe band
Other
alums I know about? Christy Sutton went to university in Delaware and was
interested in opera singing
From:
80 - Bob Slowey <bobslowey@attbi.com>
Date: Fri,
7 Jun 2002
Subject: Update
Occupation:
Event Planner, Spouse: Scotti, Children: Liam - 19 Months, One on the way
Memorable
Incident: Some sneaky punks put a portable toilet on the roof of the
school! Who would do such a
thing??
Since
High School: Eating apparently, but you would have to see me to really
appreciate it!
From:
Joel Jeffrey Jacobson <jjacobs2@tampabay.rr.com>
(1972)
Date: Sat,
8 Jun 2002
Subject: Update
Occupation:
Manager / Hillsborough County Gov’t, Children: Jenna Grace 12 years,
Jeffrey Michael 11 years
Memorable
Incidents: Senior high school trip to the Bahamas; listening to Colonel
Heard’s war stories; watching Ms. Manspeaker bend over to pick up fallen
objects..., actually graduating.
Since
High School: Mostly work and raising my children.
Enjoying my work. Cherishing my kids. Having a good life. I never
thought I’d live to graduate high school let alone see the day when I
would be preparing for retirement. I have been blessed with good family,
friends and being born in a country where I could enjoy it all. I realize how fortunate I am and hope that my children will
have it better than I did.
From:
Steve Matthews <doucanoe@cyberback.com>
(1976)
Date: Sun,
9 Jun 2002
Subject: Update
How I
found out about the website? Web search.
Occupation:
Active Duty Air Force, Spouse: Sherry, Children: 2 daughters Nicole 17 and
Jordan 13
Since
High School: I have been in Air Force since 1978 after attending
Montgomery Junior College for a few semesters
Future
Plans: Finished Bachelors and hope to find new job after military
retirement in the human resources field somewhere near Little Rock where I
am currently living.
From:
Laurie Smith Johnson <harrysmittyj@earthlink.net>
(1978)
Date: Tue,
11 Jun 2002
Subject: Update
I
found out about the website from another alumni.
Occupation:
RN, Spouse: Harry, Children: Ryan-10, Alexa-7, Marissa-3
Memorable
Incident: 1977 band/choir exchange with a high school in Mass.
Since
High School: I work full time as a wife and mother, and part time as an ER
nurse. I am very active in my church.
Memorable
Teacher: Mr Peerless. I was very active in choir. He was such a great
choir director and a lot of fun.
From:
Karla Williamson Dodd <Koalalover56@aol.com>
(1974)
Date: Wed,
12 Jun 2002
Subject: Update
I
found out about the website from another Peary alumni.
Occupation:
Administrative Assistant, Spouse: Rusty, Children: Connie-20, Amanda-19,
Laura-16, Kaitlyn-13
Since
High School: raising a family
Future
Plans: to enjoy my husband & children, to finish my basement
Glad
to find the web site-looking forward to news about friends I haven’t
talked to in eons!
From:
Mary Hight (Kerry Daniel) <keridaniel@aol.com>
(1965)
Date: Sat,
15 Jun 2002
Subject: Death of Sal
Olimpio’s Father, Dom
Just
learned this past week that Sal Olimpio’s (Class of ‘65) father passed
away. Sal also had two
siblings who were Peary students, Ben (Class of 67 I think) and Jackie
(Class of ‘75). If any one
cares to drop a line to Sal or his family, please contact me for
information to send it in care of his mother, Lil.
From:
Bill Silverman <szeev@bgumail.bgu.ac.il>
(1975)
Date: Mon,
17 Jun 2002
Subject: Update
I
found out about the website while searching for an alumnus.
Occupation:
Biologist/Educator, Spouse: Rise, Children: Eliana 13, Tzippora 11,
Avigyle 7
Memorable
Incidents: My sister, Sherry (class of ‘72) was sent home by the
Principal, Dr. Dunn, for wearing pants on a cold and snowy winter day. I
was only in junior high school then...How things changed. I recall several
of the school plays - “Long Day’s Journey Into Night” and “Billy
Budd” as being extremely professional. I was on a county champion mile
relay team in 1974 - I wish I could remember with whom I shared that
honor...Jay Woods (class of ‘74) was on it, as was Ron Gaskins of my
year. There was one other...
Since
High School: I graduated in Art from U. of Md. in 1979, worked for a short
time as an illustrator at the Uniformed Services University of the Health
Sciences. I returned to school at GW to get a Ph.D. in Anatomy & Cell
Biology in 1985. During that time I married and we moved to Rochester,
N.Y. in 1985 so that I could do a postdoc in Neurobiology and Rise (a
graduate of Bowie H.S., class of ‘76) could do some consulting in the
travel industry there. We moved to southern Israel in 1987 where I took up
a position on the faculty of medicine at the Ben-Gurion University of the
Negev, Israel’s youngest and smallest university (it has since grown to
12,000 undergrad students).
In
1988 our first child, Eliana was born at Soroka Hospital and 2 years later
Tzippora joined her. The beginning of the gulf war in january 1991
coincided with the end of my basic training in the IDF. I was doing an
artillery course in the Golan Heights at the time the U.S.-led coalition
began bombing Iraq. I got to see a few of the scuds that went over us on
the way towards Haifa, and found the experience of a possible chemical
missile attack pretty horrific. The worst was at home the times I had a
day or two off, when we had to get the two tots into gas masks and stay in
our sealed room until the all clear signal came. I continued to do reserve
duty (about a month a year) until 1999 when the IDF decided it could go on
without me.
My
third daughter, Avigyle, was born in 1995. The next year we were in the
States for sabbatical at GW. We lived in Silver Spring and had a terrific
and nostalgic year.
Since
then I’ve continued to do research on the brain and teach Anatomy to
medical students. We love living in Beer Sheva (the city of Abraham and
Isaac - it’s in the Bible!) and have students over for Shabbat dinner
(Friday night for those who don’t know) most every week.
Future
Plans: We hope to take another sabbatical in the next 2-3 years, possibly
in California.
Memorable
Teacher: Mr. Gibbs - eccentric and sarcastic, two traits that made him
memorable but also devoted.
Thanks
for the opportunity to dip into my distant past.
From:
Robin Smith Hope <rhope@reschini.com>
(1970)
Date: Thu,
20 Jun 2002
Subject: Update
I
found out about the website while conducting a work related search.
Occupation:
Employee Benefits Consultant, Spouse: John, Children: Kelly - Age 20,
Allie - Age 17, Casey - Age 9
Since
High School: Attended under grad to graduate school then began a career in
Human Resources which eventually lead to my current position of Director
for a consulting firm. During
the course of my career, I was married and had 3 children.
From:
Kenneth Roseman <kenroseman@earthlink.net>
(1969)
Date: Fri,
21 Jun 2002
Subject: Mother had a stroke
I
wish I wasn’t writing with this sort of news, but as we get older these
kinds of situations will be happening to more of us.
On
Saturday, June 1, my mother, Joanne Roseman, suffered a stroke. She is
presently being treated in the “acute care rehab” section of Laurel
Regional Hospital in Laurel, MD.
From:
Jean Lejnar <jmlej@yahoo.com>
(1979)
Date: Sat,
22 Jun 2002
Subject:
AWAITING
Recently,
the CD “A Long Mile” by a group called AWAITING was released.
The band consists of Peary alums including Joe Ricker (1979), Rick
Ricker (1975), Donald Barry (1979) and features a host of special guests
including the last recorded guitar track by John Lejnar (1979) before his
death last year. The music
was written, with the exception of My Happy Home, by Joe Ricker and
represents a dedication to his life long love for music and a tribute to
friends and family. The song
“My Happy Home” was written and performed by Stephen Lejnar for John
and was played at his funeral. One
reviewer said “The beautiful three and four part harmonies create a rich
texture throughout the album, artfully enjoying upbeat rhythms in a
celebration of life and friendship.”
This
CD is now available for sale. If
you are interested in obtaining a copy send an email to jmlej@yahoo.com.
***********
QUICK TAKES ***********
Mabel
Lee - Class of 1971 <mabellee@mindspring.com>
Occupation: Director, Program Management, Policy Development and Analysis
Staff, USNRC
RENEE
ALEXANDER BROCHE - Class of 1982 <RENEEBROCHE@HOTMAIL.COM>
Spouse: ANGEL BROCHE JR., Children: ROBERT 16 YRS., DANIEL 15 YRS.,
DEANNA 14 YRS.
Eileen
Mayer Pryor - Class of 1975 <ejpryor@netkonnect.net>
I found out about the website from Ann Henig.
Spouse: Jeff
Larry
Cohen - Class of 1972 <lcohendds@yahoo.com>
Occupation: Dentist, Spouse: Roberta, Children: Melissa 13
Laurie
Shanholtz Shelton - Class of 1976 <lklolly1@aol.com>
Leaving Maryland and moving to Winchester, VA.
Would love to hear from some old friends!
Marji
Saile Fabian - Class of 1972 <marjifabian@hotmail.com>
I found out about the website from my sister. Occupation: psychologist, Significant Other: Michael Campbell,
Children: Sara 19; Justin 18; Annelise 13
Bob
Slowey - Class of 1980 <bobslowey@attbi.com>
My wife, son & I live in Atlanta now with a new baby on the way!!
Eric
G. Sieling Jr. (Ric) - Class of 1971 <ESelingJr@AOL.com>
Occupation: Construction, Mason Superintendent; Children: Dawn L.
Rodrigus 24 Daughter, Richard E Sieling 23 Son; Grandchildren:
Daughter expecting 1st grandchild this Sept.
Donna
Zembower Hudson - Class of 1974 <donnadee56@aol.com>
I found out about the website from my sister. Occupation:
Retail, Spouse: Brian, Children: Brittany- 15, Since High School: Working,
Raising family, re-locating to florida.
Mark
Milligan - Class of 1973 <mmilligan@attbi.com>
How I found out about the website? Found on Internet. Occupation: Plastic Equipment Sales, Spouse: Pandora
Randy
Smith - Class of 1974 <rks7@earthlink.net>
I found out about the website from my sister, who found it and sent it to
me. Occupation: Bartender
Patti
Witters Staines - Class of 1984 <pstaines@montroseministries.org>
How I found out about the website? Friend
from 76.
David
Altieri - Class of 1967 <DAltieri@msn.com>
I found out about the website from Alan English. Occupation:
Project Superintendent, Children: Jenny Christine Altieri, age 11, Born 09
October, 1990
James
Eagen - Class of 1982 <eagen.james@orbital.com>
Occupation: Engineer Spouse: Maria, Children: Katelin 6, Sean 4, Hayes 2
Linda
Evans Ward - Class of 1982 <bward@microsoft.com>
How I found out about the website? Searched for it. Occupation:
Computer programmer, Spouse: Bruce, Children: Christopher 14, Megan 12,
Cammi 9, Rebecca 6, Nicole 3, Kasey 4 months. Since High School: Graduated from Brigham Young University
with a Bachelor’s in Computer Science. Married Bruce in 1984 and have 6
children.
William
I. Huff - Class of 1978 <Trump1Two@aol.com>
I found out about the website from my sister. Occupation:
Federal Government - FDA, Significant Other, Since High School: Working
like a dog! Future Plans:
EARLY RETIREMENT!
Mary
Sagneri Galindo - Class of 1970 <mary.galindo52@comcast.net>
Occupation: Instructional Aide, Spouse: Jerry
END OF TEXT - MIDNIGHT SUN ONLINE - VOLUME 6, NUMBER 11
Articles for the next issue are due July 27, 2002
Copyright 2002 The Midnight Sun Online - http://www.pearyhs.org
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