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Volume 7, Number 2,
September 2002
MIDNIGHT SUN ONLINE
-The Online Newsletter
for Robert E. Peary High School Alumni-
MSO WEB SITE - http://www.pearyhs.org/
INTRODUCTION
Greetings
Huskies,
ALL
CLASSES
- “Suds & Sun” in Ocean City, Saturday September 28, at Seacrets,
49th and De Bay at 3:00pm by the Boat Bar.
Detailed information is posted in the CLASS OF 1968 Info Section
online. Additionally, Scott
Thurber (1971) is renting a Harley in DC and leaving for Ocean City,
Saturday the 28th, for the all-class event.
Any other riders? Please
contact Scott at scurtis@jonesradio.com.
Scott says, “Let’s get together and cruise!!
Whatever
it takes... take the drive to O.C. to be there Saturday to party with
alums from all classes!
REUNIONS:
Specific information for reunions can be found online at the MSO website
in the respective class info section.
Here are the remaining 2002 Class Events:
-
CLASS OF 1972 Contact Dena Besoner Saunders, dsaunders@hrsa.gov
-
CLASS OF 1977 October 11-13. Classes
of 1976 and 1978 invited
-
CLASS OF 1975 Annual Get-together, fall - TBA
CLASS
OF 1977 (1976/1978): Just added... an informal Friday Night gathering is
tentatively scheduled October 11 beginning at 5:00p at J.J. Muldoons (355 and Shady Grove Road in Gaithersburg) - pay as
you go. Arrive early to take
advantage of any happy hour specials!
In fact, plan to be there by 5:30 to ensure the reserving of dance
floor space for the group. Please
check the Class of 1977 Information Section for any updates to this
information as the date draws near. Also,
if you already haven’t done so, visit www.backtoschoolreunions.com
and print and return the update form on the reunion company’s site for
the memory book (whether attending or not).
MUSICAL:
A MUST-SEE - Karen Kushner Creel (1982) and her production.
This is for people who love musicals with plenty of tap, glitter,
and glitz! Directed by Hans
Bachmann “42nd Street” has scheduled performances October
4-6, 11-12, & 18-19, 2002. Evening performances are at 8:00pm and Sunday Matinees at
2:00pm. Please go to http://www.americanmusicstage.com/amstickets.htm
to make your reservations. Ernst
Theatre - Northern VA Community College - Annandale, VA - If you need
additional information please call (703) 425-9280.
PEARY
RUNNING CLUB:
Had its first get-together/race! See
the article in this newsletter. A
group photo from that event will be posted on the website soon.
CONDOLENCES:
To Karen Curtis Knoch (1981) - Meso06TK@aol.com
- and respective families. Karen’s
sister passed away on Friday August 23, 2002.
There is a submission in this newsletter from Karen.
To
Guy Goodwin (1965) and brothers Tim and Tom, whose father Donald W. Goodwin passed away on August 9th, at the age of
77. There is a submission in
this newsletter from Guy.
Also
to the Jaques family....
EDWARD
TROUSDALE JAQUES:
Edward Trousdale Jaques, 62, a physical education teacher, administrator
and championship track coach at Montgomery County schools from 1965 until
retiring in 1998, died of pancreatic cancer Sept. 13 at the University
Park, Tex., home of his stepson, whom he was visiting.
Mr.
Jaques was born in Houston and raised in the Washington area. He had lived
in the District and then in Silver Spring since 1977.
He
was a 1958 graduate of Wheaton High School and a 1965 graduate of the
University of Maryland.
In
the 1960s and 1970s, he taught physical education at Herbert Hoover Junior
High School in Potomac, Baker Middle School in Damascus and Springbrook
High School in Silver Spring.
While
at Springbrook, he was coach of track teams that won the Maryland state
championship in 1972 and 1977. He was named Montgomery County schools’
track coach of the year in 1977.
He
was physical education department chairman at Robert E. Peary High School
in Rockville from 1980 to 1984 and served in that same position at Col.
Zadok Magruder High School in Rockville from 1984 to 1998.
Over
the years, he helped to write and formulate athletic policies and
schedules for Montgomery schools.
Mr.
Jaques was a member of the Montgomery County Teachers Association, the old
Brooke Manor Country Club and the Patuxent Green Country Club.
His
marriage to Nancy Burger ended in divorce.
Survivors
include his wife of 25 years, Barbara Waite-Jaques of Silver Spring; three
children from his first marriage, John of Portland, Maine, Sharon Bell of
Roanoke and Amy Jaques of Belfast, Maine; a stepson, Aaron Lloyd of
University Park; his mother, Annie Ruth Jaques of Silver Spring; a
brother; a sister; and eight grandchildren.
(From
the Washington Post - Saturday, September 21, 2002)
[Thank
you to Julie Jason Marquis (1982) for bringing this obituary to our
attention.]
GET
WELL SOON:
To COACH DUANE BLACK (Las Vegas) - pappagra@aol.com
- who recently underwent back surgery and will be recuperating for a
couple of weeks. Mrs. Black
reports that the Coach is back to normal, i.e. he is “back to
grouchy!”
And
as many of you already know, DENNIS SPONHOLTZ (1966) suffered a stroke
last month. The
Sponholtzes’ e-mail address is below.
If you would like Dennis’s mailing address, please write to Gale
Senseman Privette at gale7@juno.com. Here is an update on Dennis from his wife, Marcie:
“I
have received several cards and phone calls from Dennis’s classmates
which I very much appreciate.
Dennis
had a massive stroke on August 28. He is currently at National
Rehabilitation Hospital in Washington, D.C. and is scheduled to return
home on October 8. At present he cannot move the right side of his body.
The
part of his brain that was affected also controls speech and language so
his ability to communicate is very limited at this time. He will require
lots of physical and speech therapy and his rehab team is optimistic that
with time he will be able to be somewhat independent again. I thank all of
you for your thoughts and prayers and encourage you to stay in touch. The
cards that you have sent are hanging on the wall next to his bed and I
have read every word of encouragement they contain to him. He understands
spoken language and so I know that he appreciates hearing from all of
you.” Sponholtz E-mail: mbdspon@aol.com
TERRY
LAU:
My mom, who resides in Rockville and who many of you know, is home now
from Montgomery General Hospital after being there for 13 days (in ICU for
the first 7 of those days for monitoring of her heart and a ton of tests).
Thankfully her heart is fine (she had a heart attack 8 years ago),
but she was treated for other relatively minor ailments, including the
removal of her gall bladder while she was there.
She is doing well. Thank you to those who knew about this and e-mailed and
called us to express your concern. With
the doctors’ (4 or 5 of them involved) “okays,” she’ll hopefully
be able to proceed with her previously-scheduled plans and will be
visiting here in Las Vegas next week with other relatives and about 250 of
their friends for a reunion (of sorts).
I have not seen her in over 1.5 years.
MSO
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for the details about donating to this 6-year-old project to keep it
alive. Thank you for your
continued support of the Midnight Sun Online!
Bob
Lau, Editor/Webmaster
The
Midnight Sun Online
P.S.
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to ensure the info makes it to your respective graduating class for its
records.
Now,
on to alumni updates and news......
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