AUG. 2024

Jeff Poehler recently responded to our SAVE THE DATE 60th REUNION announcement, saying that he was happy there'll be a reunion and that he'll be there!

He, also, mentioned a memory that he's willing to share:

 "Since reunions are about reminiscing and history, here is an interview about such things. After living in St Paul city limits for my first six years, I lived in Hutch for second, third and part of fourth grade. Dad‘s career was with 3M, who’s largest plant worldwide is in Hutch where they make all the scotch tape. Then back to MSP and our first non-rental (brand new-what a treat!) house, in Arden Hills from 1955–63. When we first moved there, the Arden Dairies multiple large barns were still across the street before being demolished for what is now Autumn Grove Park. The barns are in the background of a few of our family pictures. Five or six of us neighborhood guys had great times playing “ditch” in and around the barns, a one hour version of hide and seek, and tag. Almost every Donnay Home house between Snelling and Hamline, Brenner and Lydia had the same floor plan, so it was easy finding your way around your friend’s house. Andrew Donnay lived in the one at the northeast corner of Snelling and Lydia."

MAR., 2018

Mary Gebhard Harper's retirement passion is botanical watercolor art...Besides pictures, Mary has put her beautiful art on stationary. Would love to hear how other classmates are spending their time!

FEB. 2018

 John Abbott flies down the luge, in true Olympian form; he made his luge in his backyard on the shores of Birch Lake.  Read about John, forever the athlete, in the White Bear Press below!

http://www.presspubs.com/white_bear/news/article_67c52804-060c-11e8-bfdf-2bdf10b40ad5.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=user-share

John Abbott and Ron Payne play golf at THE BEARLY OPEN on White Bear Lake.

August, Sept. 2016

CAMBRIDGE, Minn. —Meghan Skiba was only a year old in 1997, but pictures and stories from that time have become part of family lore.

In late summer that year, Skiba's aunt, Kari (Skiba) Stanek was crowed the 44th Princess Kay of the Milky Way. Skiba now hopes to step into her aunt's shoes; she is a Princess Kay finalist representing Isanti County.

Skiba is studying dairy science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dairying skipped a generation in her family. Dad Christopher works in construction and mom Melissa works in the health insurance industry. She is a sister to brother Caleb and sister Victoria. Grandparents Dave and Kathy Skiba's Diamond S Farm in nearby North Branch has been Skiba's lifeline to the industry from a young age. Dave and Kathy run the farm with their youngest son, Skiba's uncle, Patrick, his wife, Jenny and their four children with one on the way.

"When I was quite young, about six, I was getting ready to go outside and feed calves with grandma," Skiba said. "It had rained, and she warned me to stay away from mud puddles, but I didn't. I ended up losing a boot. She made me take off my socks and show grandpa how dirty I'd gotten. I've been blessed to get to work alongside my grandparents."

Even before the mud puddle incident, at age five, Skiba showed cattle. At Diamond S, the cows are registered Jerseys, so that's what Skiba shows. She eventually developed her own dairy prefix, Third Rock Dairy, and owns four registered Jersey. While Skiba feeds calves and helps with milking, she also is involved with herd health and works with the farm's veterinarian. Skiba eventually hopes to go to veterinary school.

The dairy science program is opening her eyes to the opportunities students have, Skiba said. This summer, for example, she is interning with ABS Global in DeForest, Wis., where she is learning about dairy genetics. She's particularly interested in the intersection of genetics, nutrition and reproduction.

"I'm learning what else goes on behind the dairy farm," Skiba said. "This is a global industry."

While she would like to become a large animal veterinarian, Skiba hopes she will be able to cooperate closely with both farmers and consumers to ensure a safe food supply. Also in the course of working, Skiba wants to inspire others to share their agricultural passion and stories.

At school, Skiba has gotten involved with numerous organizations to build her network. She credits with Association of Women in Agriculture for helping her build poise and speaking skills. She is also involved with Sigma Alpha Tau, Badger Dairy Club and Saddle and Sirloin Club. She was also farm education chair for the university's 2016 breakfast on the farm.

Back home in Isanti County, Skiba has been involved in promoting dairy. In addition to serving as county dairy princess, she now manages the American Dairy Association malt wagon at the Isanti County Fair.

"My role has evolved, and I get to be more involved with making that connection between farm and food," Skiba said.

Only three dairy farms are left in the county, which makes building the bridge between consumers and the realities of dairy farming even more important, Skiba said.

"That's why I want to pursue this opportunity for advocacy," Skiba said. "From calf care to dairy herd, answering questions is my favorite."

For practice, Skiba had friends pitch her questions. She figures if they have those questions, others likely do, too.

First graders have tons of questions, and Skiba answered them in May, visiting nine classrooms around the county. She also shared a story and taught them how to make their own butter. The next week, the youngsters visited Diamond S Farm and saw calves, the bulk tank and other things.

"To see their faces light up, for me to be able to do that is so rewarding," Skiba said.

Beyond hearing tales of her aunt's coronation and time as Princess Kay, Skiba grew up showing dairy cattle with her family in the open class at the Minnesota State Fair and always checked out the butterheads.

"I always thought, 'I want to be her,'" Skiba said. "I set a goal to become a butterhead. When I was named a finalist, it took me a moment to realize I had completed one of my ultimate goals."

When Skiba gets her butterhead back home, she plans to use it to butter up some corn on the cob for a speed eating contest with her brother.

May, June, July, 2016

Author classmate, Jon Meade, recently published a book! He is our featured classmate for CLASSMATES REVISITED.... Scroll down to the bottom of the page!

While even the specter of Vietnam and being called overseas was enough to shake some young men to their cores, for one disillusioned, neophyte Marine, it was more about getting into the war and the action than it was about getting out of it. As Jon Meade struggles with his own evolution and regression as both a Marine and a human being, he battles both inner torment and feelings of alienation as he begins a journey through the decades to find himself and explore every possibility of living—and nearly dying—to hopefully reach some level of success.

In Confessions of a Surviving Alien, author Jon Meade goes beyond the memoir to deliver an engaging, whirlwind tour through the maze of life's pathos and its storm of emotions—sadness and joy, pain and regret, guilt and fear, revenge and forgiveness, and good and evil. Nevertheless humorous and however defined by the premise of Vietnam, Jon not only shares recollections from his unique tour in Vietnam and his time just after, where he escorted deceased Marines to their families and final resting places, but he also shares tales of his sometimes surreal life back home and stories of his spiritual discoveries after his tour of duty.

Challenging and perhaps at times unbelievable, it is the story of an ordinary guy with an extraordinary life to share. And in the end, it offers a huge dose of reality—that success in life is merely surviving life, failures and all.

CLASSMATES REVISITED....  a look at "life after graduation"

Jon Meade, new published author.

Jon, posted in our Memory Forum shortly after our 50th Reunion, an entry entitled "What is Success?"  Betty L. Holden Swan-DeLong summed up Jon's entry nicely when she commented, "Jon, a most reflective look at our collective lives thus far with hope for future endeavors and accomplishments!!!" We believe his piece bares repeating!

Jon M. Meade

In relation to our 50th reunion, I've done a lot of soul searching in my own life, simply because I am now 68 and I wanted to analyze my own success, or lack thereof. First, at this point in life, there can only be three words to best describe my thinking--stone cold honesty. But, in so doing I uncovered some points I wanted to share, and I will even give it a title: "What is Success?" These concise observations are based on my own life, numerous others, including fellow '64 graduates of Mounds View. It's from the...Whatever-it-is-worth department.

Success is simply surviving life. No doubt! We have all come together after 50 years of living since graduation, added to our age. That's virtually a lifetime. And in this lifetime we have survived: family, inlaws, outlaws, siblings, births, deaths, sickness, disease, maladies, careers, jobs, unemployement, moves, new homes, old homes, politics, politicans, creed, egos, wars, threat of wars, aftershocks, marriage, divorce, kids, grandkids, bad movies, bad tv, bad humor, down times, up times, schools, training, surgeries, recoveries, doctors, meds, lawyers, lawsuits, threats of lawsuits, judges, juries, bad decisions, both self and outside...what have I missed, not much...and it is all underscored by one's own life and personal circumstances; there can be as many pros as there are cons; negatives and positives. There was a phrase--slogan if you will--that came out of the Vietnam war, and that is: SH-- HAPPENS. It was first picked up on the helmet of a Marine atop a tank returning from a combat operation, and the media at the time used it in different contexes and it grew and stuck. But, it is so true.

Life is tough. Damn tough. Nobody was promised a rose garden or a cake walk at birth. And if they were as a youngster, the soil wasn't too fertile and the cake usually crumbled. Yet, we went on; we survived.

Recapping things from the reunion; from a smiling Jacci with her wide brimmed sparkling eyes reflecting a soulful welcome from within, to John Abbott who is now a joint citizen of both the US and Australia, to Tom  Booth who drove up from Florida with wife Dixie, to Donna Hong who attended the reunion despite having to get up very early the next morning to travel to meet a ship for a week-long cruise to Europe, to John Sopkowiak who, despite having lost both legs in Vietnam (you are an absolute hero to me, John), attended the reunion and still, still had his warm, infectious, incredible smile, to Don Beach who came down from up north with beard and all, to others who had incredible challenges with health and other things, including medical transplants, etc., who made the time and effort to attend. And many others, on and on.

We have all survived, in whatever capacity and in whatever way. We have weathered the storms of life. We have survived life...and success--as measured in the unmaterialistic way, in the ways we have come to know and realize that truly matter--is simply surviving life, whether you are a lifelong stay-at-home mother who lovingly gave your all to raise as-good-as-possible children, or a high achiever and someone who reached every material plateau and have a bank account in the millions. We all have a commonality...and that is simply surviving life. That simplicity is really all not so simple in the scheme of things, and it is very challenging, at best. Yet, here we are, shaking hands again and hugging each other after 50 short/long years. Like John Abbott said in his closing remarks as event MC: We are all a success.

But, but, is it over? Is there more? Can there be more? This is a question that only we, individually, can answer. Personally, I'm using this reunion as a stark reminder that there's more I want to do, more I want to accomplish, or at least try my best. This, to me, has been a major wake up call. I feel I have a lot more fight left, that I must try and do more, especially as it relates to honoring Veterans who sacrificed their lives and limbs for this country; to Marines, to all. There's nothing in life I admire more than someone who never gives up, who fights with all their heart and soul, who gives life their best, no matter the level. And sometimes this may only be known in the hearts of those who try. Success is surving life; those who try. To do one's best. Albert Einstein, paraphrasing now, said he only probably gave about 30% of his capacity. When the reporter pressed further, and asked him how much the normal person gave...he paused and said, "Oh, maybe 10 to 12, 15 %." Does anyone agree that we may all have something more within? Even if is (just) leaving a positive legacy of being the best father or mother you can possibly be. It matters. It all matters. 

There is much in life at this stage to appreciate, like life itself. So much on the plus side to be thankful for, like the very breaths we take, the oxygen we inhale. Like the Italian movie some years ago titled, "Life is Beautiful" expounded. Myself, I want to take every deep breath I can before all the oxygen runs out. Despite its shortfalls, life is beautiful.

However, there's more to it, of course. We have lost a percentage of our grads who died. Regards and respects to all of these souls, especially those fighting spirits, like Vietnam Vets, who succumed along the path of return (and particularly those who died in-country). Their success is simply measured by surviving life up to the time of their passing. They will never be forgotten, if only by friends and family. Their existence mattered. It mattered. Their DNA will never be replaced...nor ours. Just think how unique we all are.

So, with this reflection of 1964 and the innocence of those times, I have a possible creed to those who wish to pick up the chant: Let's march to the same '64 drummer but enhance the tunes and melodies to your own beat; Let's embrace our past but continue to move forward; Let's keep the eternal flame from within burning strongly from the class of '64, from Australia to America and beyond.

Life goes on. So let's continue surviving...and thriving, especially thriving!

Moreover, If we can leave this world having given more than we took, individually and collectively, than you/we are the ultimate success: A true life warrior.

March & April, 2016:                       

Robert Hezzlewood, Amazon ebook author, Jake Devlin                    

After graduation, I went to the U, majored in theater, with a focus on acting and directing, graduated in 1970, due to some time off for Army Reserve training in the Boston area, where I moved after graduation.

In Boston, I started a small street theater troupe, supporting it by teaching fencing and stage combat at the new Boston Center for the Arts.  (One of our actresses went on to become a clown with Ringling Brothers [she was a nursing student when she joined us] and I had a brush with nascent fame:  Jay Leno, then a college student, auditioned for us, but he was more a solo act than an ensemble performer.  Ah, well.)

I got into the Reserves as a German linguist (thank you, Herr Eggar), which led to a job for the federal government (I fictionalized that experience in the third book in my series, Devlin Sub Rosa), a job which lasted through the Nixon, Ford and Carter administrations.

(In 1974, between assignments, I wrote, produced and directed a stage comedy, which after forty years of procrastination, I finally converted into book form as The Dracula Deception.  I published it in early 2015 and it went to #18 on Amazon.)

Burned out and fed up with all the BS and ego in the government, I left that position and wound up starting a comfier and much less stressful court reporting and legal transcription business, which I sold in 1999, and began a new life as a retired beach bum here in Bonita Springs, Florida, where I'd moved in late 1992.  (Happily, I only have VAGUE memories of -- um, er, uh -- that white stuff; I've even more happily forgotten the word for it.)

Then I dabbled in some internet businesses, one of which was a collection of web sites where I posted menus and did promotion for local restaurants.  I closed that in 2007 and continued practicing (and finally nearly perfecting) beach bummery.

The elections of 2008 and 2010 got me started writing what has turned out to be a series of four novels, using the pen name "Jake Devlin."  Three of them are out now, all in the Top 10 on Amazon at one time or another, and one hitting #1.  I'm working on the fourth and final book in the series (and having way too much fun doing it).

I excerpted a speech from the first book in the series and published it separately.  It's called 257 Ways to Fix the USA and it also hit the #1 spot on Amazon.  I give it away free to subscribers to my monthly insiders newsletter.  Here's the link to that:  JakeDevlin.com/257

Here are the covers of the books:

For anyone who wants to reach me, here are some links:

Web Site:  JakeDevlin.com
Twitter:  @RealJakeDevlin
Email:  Jake.Devlin @ JakeDevlin.com (remove the spaces)
Amazon Author Page:  http://www.amazon.com/Jake-Devlin/e/B00J788LVG

Jan. & Feb., 2016:

Virginia M. Paron (Powell) Class Ring Mystery

Last winter, I received an interesting email on our MVHS Website:

*A note to our mystery writers, Jeff Birch and Bob Hezzlewood;  you might find "an idea" here  (The Class Ring Mystery) for your next thriller.

DGA

Nov. & Dec., 2015:

Jeff Birch, Mystery Writer

Upon my retirement a number of years ago, I began to seriously pursue writing fiction in the murder mystery/thriller genre.  Writing had been a part of my life for many years with a file full of short stories. Writing novel length stories was new and exciting. With eight titles published and more on the way, I have yet to tire of the work. I can’t imagine writers’ block. Something interesting is always there to take from an idea to a finished manuscript.

I write eBooks and that makes me an Inde-author. I self publish with the aid of a publishing company that distributes my novels. I found the arrangement suits me well.

Prior to retirement, I enjoyed two very different career paths. I have always been interested in science and art. In early my teens, I first volunteered at the Science Museum of Minnesota. Later I was employed at various jobs in high school working first in the anthropology department and then the paleontological department. I traveled with those scientists to work on sites in Minnesota and across the West. I loved every minute of working on digs for dinosaurs in Montana and collecting fossils in various states.

Later, during my college years, I was offered a position of staff artist at the museum. I jumped at the opportunity and devoted the next twelve years to developing exhibits for the museum. I was promoted to director of exhibits supervising a staff of artists and designers in my last few years with the museum.

After fifteen years, it was time to move on. I became a consultant to start up museums in a number of communities that culminated in an offer to be the executive director of new museum of science and art in Las Vegas. My tenure lasted two years. I developed a program for them but my wife and I were living in two different states since she kept her successful business in Minneapolis. It was a difficult choice to give up the job but our relationship was more important.

Back in Minneapolis, I became employed in the commercial display industry where I worked for eleven years. I retired as vice president of the retail division for a company that has since gone out of business. That company in the division I led, designed and manufactured signature retail environment for retailers. In addition we designed and built unique store fixturing shop-in-shops.

In the end, I never strayed far from my interest in art. Throughout my life I have been a sculptor and painter and continue with those pursuits along with my writing. 

Sept. & Oct., 2015:

Claudia Carly Droel, blogger

  

 

My Online Shoebox

About 3 years ago I began writing a blog. I hardly even knew what a blog was, but it's satisfying and amazingly easy to get into. "Blog" is short for "Web Log."  It's a kind of online diary, complete with photos and even videos. Does it have to be public? No! It can be set up as public, "for your eyes only," or open to a select few by invitation. A group of family or friends could use a blog as a personal, private alternative to Facebook. Facebook entries fly past at warp speed and they're gone.  A blog goes into more depth, and it's always there.

 

Many of my friends of a certain age want to record their memories and wisdom for their families. A semi-private blog would be perfect. Or it could be entirely private, with a trusted family member given the username and password needed to share it later. (Let everybody wonder exactly what you're writing).

 

Each blog entry is called a "post." Dashing off a little "post" is a lot less intimidating than sitting down to write a whole book. Some people write novels in a blog, post by post. Some people publish their poetry in a blog. We all have a lot to say. Starting to actually say it is pretty easy, and it becomes addictive. You can post from a smartphone, wherever you happen to be. Bored in a waiting room? Start tapping away!

 

Actually, writing is not even necessary. I follow several blogs where the author mostly posts photos.

 

Maybe your subject is just waiting for you. What is your passion in life? The possibilities are endless. You could start a blog about cooking, baking, sewing, quilting, painting, ceramics, theater, movies, books, fashion, boat building, golf, skiing, biking, hiking, music, being a volunteer, grandchildren, life after retirement, a second or third or fourth career, spiritual growth, or coping with a major illness. It's an election year. You could even start one about politics. It's your space!

 

My blog happens to be about my passion for the art and history of Europe and Great Britain. I'm lucky enough to have a lot of frequent flier miles to play with, and I've become a bit of an expert on budget travel. I'm also a self-taught painter (not very good, but getting better!) I love wandering in art museums, historic buildings, churches and castles. I love walking in the footsteps of historical figures: Henry VIII and his six unfortunate wives at Hampton Court Palace, or Winston Churchill at his country home, Chartwell. I love visiting the homes of my favorite writers, like Jane Austen.

Last fall, I visited Chawton House, where Jane Austen wrote her greatest novels at a tiny round table. Talking to a friendly man standing next to that table, I realized that he was a direct descendant of Jane's brother. Six degrees of separation!

Until I started my blog, I hardly ever looked at my thousands of photos. And I quickly forgot details of my trips. Now I've written around 300 posts, each one a little essay with photos. I can look back and see where I've been, what I saw, what intrigued me, and what I learned.

 

My blog's name is castlesandcoffeehouses.com. Amazingly, quite a few complete strangers have found one of my posts online and signed up to get an email every time there's a new one. I've made some nice friends this way. The same thing would happen with any other kind of interest. Quilters would find other quilters!

 

My blog has led to active membership in several Facebook art and history groups.  People with similar interests check in daily to inform, enlighten and entertain each other. (What's Facebook without cute cat videos? In my Medieval History group, kittens wear lovingly handcrafted chain mail. Recently an elderly cat named Sir Lumpy died after many medieval misadventures. His human "scribe" received hundreds of condolences from all over the world).

 

It's easy and free to set up a blog. Mine is at Wordpress.com, one of the most popular platforms. Paying a small yearly fee gives me some custom features and technical help any time I need it.

 

There's a blinking cursor right now, just waiting on your iPad, smartphone or computer. Why not see where it leads you?

 

Claudia

July & August, 2015:

Tom Booth's Retirement Project

  

Tom Booth has kept busy for several years with his boat

restoration hobby in Florida. The latest sailboat he bought

and restored is a 36' Chung HWA 36 sailboat that the

previous owner hadn't used in three years due to a terrible

motor vehicle accident; the "Windsong" had taken on three

feet of salt water and a lot of the teak wood was damaged.

In restoring it, he had to make new replacement parts.

The engine was damaged from the water so he installed

a new one, along with electrical lines.  He sanded the

bottom, repainted, restored and replaced every inch

(inside and out) of this boat.  Tom and Dixie own both

sailboats in the picture.  Looking for a sailboat?  Tom's

your man!  He consults with those looking to purchase

a boat and advises people who do their own boat repairs.

Tom noted that he made Dixie happy lately, when he finally

sold a small sailboat that had been trailered in their

driveway for the past five years. 

 

Another big event in his life this year is that he and Dixie

celebrated their 50th year of marriage.  Tom added

that he even surprised her with a special weekend!

May & June, 2015:

It's been nine months since our great class reunion, and I wanted to share some highlights of my life since 1964.

As you know I come from a family of fourteen children, nine boys and five girls.  I am number eight.  All of  us graduated from MVHS except for my oldest brother. Frank.  Four brothers have passed away.

On July 16 I underwent a liver transplant at the U of M Medical Center.  I continue to do very well.  At my latest doctor's visit in January, I received a most positive report.  My test results are great, and my doctor is pleased with my progress.  I have been weaned off many of my pills, but the anti-rejection meds will continue for my lifetime.  Labs are down to once a month now and this will decrease even more as time goes by.   As I mentioned at the reunion, Estelle and I are most grateful, thankful and appreciative of this life-saving gift from a special young man who died in a tragic car accident.  I am the recipient of a liver because of a caring person who decided to become an organ donor.  Thanks to all of you for your thoughts and prayers.  

Mar. & Ap., 2015:

Publications:         Evaluation of Fentanyl Delivery in Humans Using E-TRANS Technology, G.A. Lattin, J.B. Phipps, S.K. Gupta, M.A. Southam and M. Klausner, in: Proceedings of Transdermal Administration, A Case Study, Iontophoresis, Controlled Release Society, Paris, France.  1997, p. 365.

Electronic Control of Iontophoretic Drug Delivery, Gary A. Lattin, Rama V. Padmanabhan, and J. Bradley Phipps, in: Proceedings of Temporal Control of Drug Delivery, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, New York, NY.  1991, p. 450.

In Vitro and In Vivo Evaluation of Transdermal Iontophoretic Delivery of Hydromorphone, R.V. Padmanabhan, J.B. Phipps, G.A. Lattin, R.J. Sawchuk, J. of Controlled Release Society, 1989.

Iontophoretic Delivery of Model Inorganic and Drug Ions, J.B. Phipps, R.V. Padmanabhan, G.A. Lattin, J. Pharm. Sci. Vol. 78, No. 5 1989.

Iontophoretic Delivery of Drugs in Weanling Pigs: In Vitro and In Vivo Relationships, J.B. Phipps, R.V. Padmanabhan, G.A. Lattin, International Conference on Pharm. Sciences and Clinical Pharmacology, Jerusalem, Israel, May 1988.

Iontophoretic Drug Delivery: Advantages and Limitations, J.B. Phipps, R.V. Padmanabhan, G.A. Lattin, NIH Workshop on Transdermal Drug Delivery, Washington D.C. May, 1988.

Transport of Ionic Species Through Skin, J.B. Phipps, R.V. Padmanabhan, G.A. Lattin, Solid State Ionics.  1988, p. 1778.

Evaluation of Transdermal Iontophoretic Drug Delivery, J.B. Phipps Rama Padmanabhan, Gary A. Lattin, International Symposium on Artificial Organs, Biomedical Engineering and Transplantation, Salt Lake City, UT. January 1986.

Transdermal Delivery of Propranolol Via Iontophoresis, R.V. Padmanabhan, J.B. Phipps, G.A. Lattin, in: Proceedings of 13^th International Symposium on Controlled Release of Bioactive Materials, Controlled Release Society, Norfolk, VA.  1986, p. 198.

Sweat Testing of Infants and Young Children Using a 30 Micro Liter Paper Patch, Warren W. Warwick, Nancy N. Huang, William W. Waring, Rita M. Hirsch, Gary A. Lattin, Paul D. Sorenson, 9^th International Cystic Fibrosis Congress, 1984.

Ambulatory Cystic Fibrosis Screening System, W.J. Warwick, I. Brown, G. Lattin, R. Hirsch, P. Sorenson, Cystic Fibrosis Club Abstracts, 23rd Annual Meeting, 23.  1982, p. 144.

Ambulatory Sweat Stimulation Device, W.J. Warwick, I. Brown, G. Lattin, R. Hirsch, R. Spevak, European J. Pediatrics, 137.  1981, p. 117.

Jan. & Feb. 2015:

STEPHEN K. ERICKSON, JD, AP, Mediator is a licensed attorney who works exclusively as a mediator.  Since 1977, Steve and his partner, Marilyn, have mediated over 5,000 disputes in their private practice and trained thousands of new mediators in the US, Canada, England, Holland and Singapore. They have received numerous awards from 1979 to the present. In May, 2011, Steve and Marilyn were given the Distinguished Mediator Award by the New York State Council on Divorce Mediation, in recognition of “their pioneering and sustained work in establishing the field of divorce mediation and their soulful dedication in helping families” over the last 35 years.  They've also, published numerous articles and books on the subject. Steve has taught as an adjunct faculty member at William Mitchell Law, as well as at Augsburg College where he teaches the course: ”Constructive Conflict Resolution” in the Master of Arts in Leadership program.  In his free time, Steve enjoys fishing, reading and tinkering with classic cars.

Steve discusses divorce mediation and its importance in this thoughtful interview:    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxLgLHZp7w4

His website is www.ericksonmediation.com

OCT.-DEC. 2014

Trish Habgood Rigby Wingham-AFS Foreign Exchange Student

Have a wonderful Reunion and weekend - I shall be thinking of you all. Much love, Trish

Do you have any recent news about a classmate? Spent any time with a classmate lately? (Send a picture and description to my email below!)

THIS IS A SURVEY ON WHO IS PLANNING ON ATTENDING THE REUNION; IT IS NOT  YOUR REGISTRATION.(Actual registration will be on the 50th Year Reunionlink!)                                                 

   Mounds View High School

Class of 1964 

50th Reunion

MAIN EVENT

 Saturday, Aug. 9, 2014 

Shoreview Community Center  5:00-11:00 pm           

4580 Victoria Street N. Shoreview 

Registration: 5:00 pm - Buffet w/meat & vegetarian options: 6:30pm  

      Program: 8:00 pm -  Dance Lesson(Optional): 7:30-8:00 pm

Live Music and dancing: 9:00pm

Cash bar all evening

           SCROLL DOWN TO REGISTER FOR OUR MAIN EVENT

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Fri., Aug 8, 2014- CLASSMATES-ONLY MEET & GREET

     (You do NOT have to register for THIS event.)                               

Hilton Garden Inn-1050 Gramsie Rd., Shoreview

5:00-8:00 pm

Yes, I'll be attending:                                                    

Jacci Stahl Krebsbach, Diane Goserud Anderson, Dennis Heine, Michael Kelley, Jim Marchand,
Gail Carlson Woods, Lani Bisset Lampert, Gail Bartelt Gaylord, Mary Gebhard Harper, David Jenness
Douglas Robeck, Stephen Lonien, Connie Bartelt Mullaney, Candace De Gross Burns, Ken Bourdeaux
Michael E. Fuller, John Sopkowiak, Darlene E. Falk Salitros, Sharon Linke Kuehn, Gary Lattin,  Jeanice Fulwider Domino, Leslie Gagner, Joan Smith Carlson, Kristin Stavnes Traughber, Jan Horton Plessas, Jeff Poehler, Rick Harrison, Melodee Rediske Thompson, Thomas Brown, Erna Austin Noren, Gary Nelson,  Marsha Woolcott, Carol Ann Johnson Nelson, Leila Frogh Stritch, James Novak, Sylvia Christopherson Frolik, Richard Gnetz, Dixie Schroeder Booth,Tom Booth,  Betty Holden Swan, Rick Winters, Harvey Lindeman, Tom Montain, Stephen Erickson, Ann Stedman Begich, Karen Solberg Solimar, Mary Jo Wilmot Jakubik, Claudia Carley Droel, Sherry Turner Oleson, Stephen McEathron,Yvonne Pierson Huberty, Allan Kremer, Gary Zittlow,

  Possibly, I'll be attending:                                I'll Probably Not be attending:

Toni La Plante TredarRichard Hilsdale, David Olson, Kathleen Kapaun Weisner    Mary Hough                             Shirlee Remmers Thompson       Bruce Emerson, Jim Stork,  Joyce Ehlers Nibeck                                                                          Stephanie Giroux Bennett, Gary Kaufenberg

  No, I will not be attending:                                                                                                                   Linda Lewis Slinde, Juanita Strenke Allen