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Volume 7, Number
10, May 2003
MIDNIGHT SUN ONLINE
-The Online Newsletter
for Robert E. Peary High School Alumni-
MSO WEB SITE - http://www.pearyhs.org/
INTRODUCTION
Greetings
Huskies,
Happy
Memorial Day Weekend to everyone.
We hope you’ll reflect on what this “holiday” is all about,
and remember all of those who have sacrificed their lives so that we’re
able to have the BBQ’s (and have burgers and hot dogs anytime, anyway),
and free to do and enjoy the many activities that others in other places
don’t even experience.
1985
ALUMNA:
Did you catch Peary’s own Dr. Lisa Ginn on the Oprah Winfrey show
Monday May 19th? We caught it, so will scan a frame or two from the video and
post it on the MSO website soon. “Looking
good,” Lisa! Thanks to
Kimberly Bussie Levin (1985) for letting MSO know and for taking the
initiative to let all Class of 1985 alums know about it beforehand so they
could watch!
RACE-FOR-THE-CURE:
Visit the MSO website and click on the link to sponsor Beth
Leimbach Swanson (1966), a cancer survivor, and others on the “BBS”
(Bosom Buddies) team for the race/walk in DC on June 7th.
REUNIONS:
Reunion “season” is upon us - Here is the latest information on this
year’s scheduled class reunions and events. A reminder to be sure that
your contact info is up-to-date. Use
the “Sign-up/Update” link from the menu on MSO and complete the online
form if you have moved, or you’re not going to receive your invitation
in tha mail! Details and
updated on reunions info, are always posted in the class information areas
and updated between newsletter issues, so visit the website occasionally
for the latest info.
Classes
of 1963-1965 - Planning now for 2004
Class of 1968 - September 27, 2003 w/ “Suds & Sun 2003” - Seacrets/O.C.
Class of 1973 - July 25-26, 2003 - Main event 7/26, Manor C.C.
Class of 1975 - Annual Get-together, TBA
Class of 1978 - August 16, 2003 - Elks, Rockville (8/15 Happy Hour)
Class of 1981 - August 16, 2003 - 40th Birthday Party -
Seacrets/O.C.
Class of 1983 - August 23, 2003 - Holiday Inn, Gaithersburg
FOR
ALL CLASSES:
Suds & Sun 2003, Class of 1981 Birthday Party, and the Colorado
“Rocky Mountain” Crab Feast (see below)
POM
REUNION/COOKOUT:
May 31, 2003 - For those on the 1975-1979 squads and RSVP’d in time, see
you there. Contact: Caroline
Dennis Kelly at ckelly@hhsinsurance.com.
Don’t forget to bring your own lawn chair!
CLASS
OF 1981:
See Amy Hirsch Edberg’s notice in this newsletter about your 40th
Birthday Celebration at Seacrets in Ocean City, August 16th.
Alumni from ALL CLASSES invited, too!
COLORADO/WESTERN
CRAB FEAST: See Ron Bostwick’s submission in this newsletter for
the current details - this is always a successful event in Colorado (this
is the third Peary “Rocky Mountain” event), and there are a lot of
alums in the state (and surrounding states) that attend!
ALL ALUMS are invited, as usual!
Mark the date, September 13th - in Boulder.
SUDS
& SUN 2003:
Mark the date for this annual event... September 27th at
Seacrets in Ocean City, 3pm till ? - Hundreds attended last year, and as
always, it is open to ALL ALUMNI. The
Class of 1971 beat out 1968 last year by one person with the most
attendees. Can your class
beat the reigning class this year? This
is also CLASS OF 1968’s 35-YEAR celebration.
Stay tuned for further details in upcoming newsletters (and any
updates on the MSO website between newsletters), and/or contact Kathleen
Niepsey OceanB54@aol.com, Paul Coder
pcoder@lsassociates.net, and
Rich Waalkes waalkesr@aol.com - your
Suds & Sun (and ‘68 reunion) organizers!
CLASS
OF 1966 “GIRLS” LUNCHEON: The last 1966 Girls Luncheon was held May 17th
at the Old Country Buffet in Gaithersburg. Stay tuned for the next date at
www.pearyhs.org. Contact: Gale Senseman Privette at gale7@juno.com.
GET
WELL SOON:
To Margaret Fisher, mother of Betty Barber, William Fisher (1967), Peggy
Ferrell, Lynn Fisher, and Larry Fisher (1973 - fisherld@awesomenet.net)
who suffered a stroke on May 6, 2003.
There is an update from Larry in this newsletter.
CONDOLENCES
to the PFAEHLER family.
The father of Diana Pfaehler Umina (1975) and Juliet Pfaehler
Retorick (1978 - daveymom@yahoo.com)
passed away on May 16th at 1am.
“He will be missed!”
CONDLENCES
also to the JUDGE Family. Louise
Judge, died after a brief illness in Navarre, Ohio.
She was the mother of alums Brian (‘66 - BrianJudge@aol.com),
Bruce (‘66 - bjudge@erols.com),
Dennis (‘72 - DennisJ@imefdm.usmc.mil),
and Dan (‘74 - djudge550@aol.com).
A memorial service was held on May 11th.
Lt. Col. Dennis, who was allowed leave from the Marine Corps to
attend, has since returned to duties in Iraq.
ASPEN
HILL HISTORY:
The Aspen Hill Library is collecting a folio of neighborhood history.
Contact Jon Gregorius (1984) at jon.gregorius@verizon.net,
a member of the board of directors of the Aspen Hill Civic Association (www.aspenhillcivic.org
- maintained by Jim Hardman, 1976), for more information.
THANK
YOU:
To those on our “sponsor” page for their donations and continued
support over the past 6.5 years: http://www.pearyhs.org/sponsors.htm.
To
donate to this project and help with its costs, to ensure that it’ll
still be around after this year, please visit:
...
all the information is there. Thank
you for your consideration!
Enjoy the summer,
Bob Lau, Editor/Webmaster
The Midnight Sun Online
P.S.
If you wish to reply or comment, please don’t quote this entire
newsletter back to us - create a new e-mail to blau@viawest.net,
and always include your grad year in the correspondence. If you have changes to your e-mail address or other contact
information, please use the main menu links at www.pearyhs.org
- it’ll go a lot faster and make it easier on us - thanks!
Please try to remember to keep us posted of e-mail updates - we
have to process/follow-up on about 100 “bounces” each month, which
takes a long time to get through! This
includes accounts that have severe inbox/quota limitations and are
filled-up AND those who have AOL and have their “mail controls”
set/limited so severely that nobody can get through to you!
As most of you know, if we encounter problems with your address for
two consecutive months, your e-mail address listing is removed from the
master list and the class distributions address books.
A lot of class-specific info is distributed via these address
books.
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