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Volume 7, Number 4,
November 2002
MIDNIGHT SUN ONLINE
-The Online Newsletter
for Robert E. Peary High School Alumni-
MSO WEB SITE - http://www.pearyhs.org/
INTRODUCTION
Greetings
Huskies,
JOHN
BUCK (1981):
As many of you are aware from the website notice, John passed away on
Saturday November 2, 2002. Please
see the detailed information in this newsletter from Jim Cyr about the
fundraiser for John’s wife and children, to be held at Laurel Raceway
this Saturday, November 30. Please
attend if you can. $25 of the
$35 will go to the fund. In
addition, donated auction items are being sought.
Thank you, also, to Dave Sowers, who has spearheaded this
assistance project for the Buck family.
CONDOLENCES:
Debbie Burkhead’s (1966) mother, Dorothy Burkhead, died on Friday
November 22. Services were
held at Millian Memorial on 11/25. Our
condolences to the Burkhead family.
GET
WELL SOON:
To Bernard Boteler, father of J.S. Boteler (Staff), who recently received
treatment for intestinal ulcers. Mr.
Boteler’s dad will be 94 years old in December!
REUNIONS:
Specific information for reunions can be found online at the MSO website
in the respective class info section.
Remaining 2002 Class Events:
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CLASS OF 1972 Contact Dena Besoner Saunders, dsaunders@hrsa.gov
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CLASS OF 1975 Annual Get-together, Sat. Nov. 30, 7pm, G’burg Hilton
POMMIES:
Don’t forget about plans for the Pom Reunion (classes of 1975-1978) in
May or June of 2003. Please
contact Caroline Dennis Kelly at ckelly@hhsinsurance.com
or Cynde Robinson Burgess at cynde@erols.com.
MSO
APOLOGIES:
Thank you to many of you who have sent e-mails (and made phone calls) in
support of my continuing situation. As
most of you know from last month’s newsletter, I have been on the East
coast (away from MSO operations and my main computer and Peary/MSO
records) since November 6th to assist my mom with her
hospitalization and treatment (chemo) for lung cancer.
During this time, coincidently, I ran into Mr. Boteler at the
hospital and at the Giant grocery store, so have seen a lot of Mr. B!
I
have not had all of the tools I need to keep everything up-to-date online
(2,500 miles from MSO’s base of ops in Las Vegas) since out East.
I want to thank you for your patience with this, but I am doing
what I’m able to with the tools/access, and software required on my
mother’s antiquated PC! So,
have posted the most timely information as I’ve been able onto the
website - www.pearyhs.org - and have
reverted to coding and programming html-coded pages manually (i.e. with a
text editor), AND a special thank you to Laura Vandevender Kneib (1973)
for assisting during this time with the technical aspects - she has
published the timely changes on the MSO website while I’ve been tied-up
with this family emergency for the past 3 weeks.
All
donations submitted (THANK YOU) to MSO since November 6th will
be processed when I return to Las Vegas, as well as an update to the
online listings of current e-mail contact information.
I have, at least, been able to update the Peary/MSO distribution
address books while on the East coast - just not online (with ease) just
yet. So those of you who have
made changes to your e-mail address or have just signed-aboard the MSO
should be receiving this newsletter.
I apologize if any items have been missed in this issue of the
newsletter as well. If so,
please send us an e-mail reminder.
Again,
thank you for your prayers and e-mails and phone calls, and for your
patience and understanding of why the current contact listings (www.pearyhs.org/phslist.htm)
have not been updated in a few weeks.
For
those of you who know where I am and how to contact me via cell or have
the direct East-coast phone number, feel free to call, okay?
I anticipate being out here until Tuesday 12/3 (the earliest I
could get a flight back to Las Vegas due to Thanksgiving travel).
Have
a Happy Thanksgiving Holiday and a Wonderful Hanukkah!
Bob Lau, Editor/Webmaster
The Midnight Sun Online
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