March 2022

GOOD NEWS

This is my good news contribution. I’m still in the model train business! The picture is of me at the St. Cloud Granite City Train Show on Nov 13, 2021 with about 1000 in attendance. Between 30 and 40 boys and girls ran my trains and blew the whistle on my 1950’s Lionel trains portable layout. Jeff Poehler

 

 

Feb. 2022

A lively Happy February Happy Hour!

Left. Tom Winiecki, Tom Montain, Lynne Abbott, Ron Payne, Jon Meade, Gary Rolli, Mike Krebsbach

Right Jacci Stahl, Terry Woodall, John Abbott, Greg Davis

Jan. 2022

WE ARE AD FREE...WE HAVE PURCHASED (THROUGH YOUR GENEROSITY) A PLATINUM YEAR SUBSCRIPTION THAT GIVES US 5 TIMES THE DATA  FOR PICTURES... Reunion, Happy Hour, etc.  AND WE HAVE ACCESS TO " LIVE CHAT" AND "INSTANT MESSAGING"! (expired Jan. 2022)

Aug., 2021

MOUNDS VIEW HIGH SCHOOL          Class of 1964   

 

For our "same time next year" event this year we will celebrate our 75th birthdays.

Hope to see you all there!

Jan. 2021

Jan. Happy Hour (Masks not worn for picture.)

Sorry to announce that classmates, Bob Barnick, passed away on Jan. 2nd, and 

Deloria Lampert (Skenendore) on Jan. 8th, 2021.  

(See In-Memory Classmates.)

Dec. 2020

 Our classmate, Ron Payne, has tested positive with Covid. We wish him a speedy recovery!! 

Get Well Wishes, I'm sure, would be appreciated! His email is PayneRonaldd@gmail.com 

 

John Abbott's book, Stories From My Life, previously an ebook, is now for sale in hard copy.  All inquiries, please, email lynneabbott49@gmail.com

 

Oct. 2020

Pete Whiteneck: Good news!  Pete is home from the hospital and is improving daily.  His fiancé, Kathy,  who also been diagnosed with COVID-19 is fever free and is recovering. Keep those prayers and healing thoughts coming!

We wish Pete and Kathy a speedy & full recovery!

 WHAT'S NEW?

John Abbott has released his new book of short stories, Stories from My Life.  It is available as an eBook on apple and it is free; a good family read!  

July, 2020

So sorry to inform you that Jim Marchand passed away on Saturday, July 11th, 2020...He was a tireless volunteer for our MVHS website and several reunions....Without his techy skills and creative insight, this website would never have happened... but more importantly, he was a humble, articulate, decent human being.  Condolences to his family and friends that knew and loved him.  He shall be missed!  See In Memory-Classmates for his obituary..

Feb. 2020

February's Happy Hour's attendance was Tom & Bev Montain, Greg Davis, Ron Payne, Bunni Entsmenger, Terry Woodall, Gary & Gail Rolli, Jacci and Mike Krebsbach and Tom Winiecki

Aug., 2019

MOUNDS VIEW HIGH SCHOOL         Class of 1964   

There will be a MEET & GREET at the Green Mill Restaurant Patio ( 1000 Gramsie Rd., Shoreview) on FRIDAY, AUGUST 23RD, starting at Happy Hour@ 3PM until Whenever...at classmate's expense. 

(YOU CAN REGISTER FOR MEET & GREET ON OUR REGISTRATION LINK  OR YOU CAN JUST SHOW UP! )        

Hey! Ladies & Gentlemen...It's time to.....

and REGISTER for our MVHS 55th REUNION PARTY:

{ CLICK THE TOP CENTER OF THE PAGE: MVHS 55TH REUNION. (THIS IS YOUR REGISTRATION LINK)...You can, also, donate to our reunion while registering!}

 SATURDAY, AUGUST 24TH from 4-11 PM 

Shoreview Community Center,  4580 Victoria St. N., Shoreview, MN

                                                                   $40 per person

 Italian Pasta Bar, (Cash Liquor Bar) LIVE Auction!!

50s'-60's Music...The Arcades LIVE@8PM with a separate quiet space for "catching up" conversations!!!

! 

                                                         

July, 2019

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Replica, 'The Wall That Heals,' Coming to Stillwater

 

The 375 feet long replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, The Wall That Heals will be showcased at The Old Athletic Field in Stillwater, sponsored and hosted by The Stillwater Eagles.It will be open to the public 24/7, starting July 25-July 28.

June, 2019

May, 2019

May Happy Hour

Gary Rolli. Greg Davis. Mike Krebsbach. Gayle Rolli. Tom Winiecki. Ron Payne. Bunni Entsmenger
Not pictured: Jacci Krebabach

March, 2019

March Happy Hour

Tom Montain, Ron Payne, Gary Rolli, Mike Krebsbach, Greg Davis, Carol Johnson Nelson, Gayle Rolli.   (Not pictured Bunni Entsminger and Jacci Krebsbach)   

Jan. 2019

January Happy Hour 

Left: Marilyn Mcknight Erickson, Steve Erickson, Greg Davis, Sharon Linke, Mike Krebsbach 

Right: Gary Rolli, Ron Payne, Tom Montain 

Not Pictured: Bunni Entsminger, Jacci Krebsbach

Dec. 2018

Dec. Happy Hour...Gary Lattin and Jon Meade join in on the fun!

Nov. 2018

CLASSMATES ON THE MOVE   

Last weekend, I stopped by Jacci Stahl Krebsbach's The Chickadee for a complete "Chickadee Experience."  (As The Chickadee Facebook rightfully asserts, "You don't go to the Chickadee, you experience the Chickadee!") Jacci and Mike bought this little "Hansel and Gretel" House for $6000 and lived in it for 6 years, pre-kids; it was built in the early 1940's by a Swedish immigrant stone mason, making it just a few years older than us! After building their house on the same lot, Jacci eventually turned it into a seasonal boutique, where her crafting friends could display their creative talents.

The Chickadee is a complete sensory experience.... where the antique woodburning stove smells waft and blend perfectly with the potpouri throughout this little "Hansel & Gretel" House... There are taste treat samples of sweets, chutneys, soups and, sometimes, even wine tasting.  Run your hands over the soft gorgeous alpaca sweaters and shawls.  Seasonal music plays softly...

.....and, then, there's the arts and crafts! Over 165 artists are represented! Each wall is a gallery showcase; Jacci's "easel"  brings out the pieces of art with brush strokes of colors, that highlight the art and transform, rather than simply decorate, each room.  (Jacci claims not to be a "crafter"  but her arrangements and retail marketing elevate her to "master craftsman"!) And let's not forget the yard art and art tents outside the house! 

This is The Chickadee's 39th year...I know many classmates have been loyal customers throughout the years!  If you haven't had the opportunity, stop in for this season's last two weekends.  If you miss out, the Chickadee will be open again next spring on April 4th! For details, visit the Chickadee Boutique Facebook or click here! http://www.chickadeeboutique.com

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NOVEMBER HAPPY HOUR: Tom Montain, Ron Payne, Pete Whiteneck, Mike Krebsbach, Bunny Entsminger, Greg Davis, Rick Winters / Not Pictured: Gary Rolli & Jacci Krebsbach   

Sept. 2018

CLASSMATES ON THE MOVE   

 Diane Goserud Anderson, biking the Mpls. Lakes on a gorgeous fall afternoon, stopped in at classmate Tom Taylor's, Tommy T Cycleryon 3308 W. 44th St. in Linden Hills.  His bike shop has been around 11 years and Tommy knows all in the "ins and outs" of biking.  He gave me some valuable tips and repaired a problem I wasn't aware of...He's 4 blocks off Lake Harriet...pay him a visit next time you're in the neighborhood...he'll take care of all your biking needs...while you're there, grab a great bowl of soup, nearby,  at Turtle Bread!  

   

                                                                   

August, 2018

SAME TIME, SAME PLACE - 2018

30 Classmates plus several spouses gathered...Photos include some attendees! 

Next year is our 55th! Stay tuned for details!

 John Sopkowiak & Tom Montain

Kathy Kapaun Weisner, Sherry Oleson & Betty Swan-DeLong 

Les Gagnier, Rick Winters, Bob Sparks

Virginia Paron Powell & Diane Goserud Anderson

Gary Rolli, Harvey Lindemann, Ken Bourdeaux

Pete Whiteneck & Dale Wikre

John Abbott & Ron Payne

June-July, 2018

June Happy Hour

Kathy Marren came all the way from Arkansas...

Tom & Bev Montain , Kathy Marren, Gary Rolli, Tom Winiecki, Ron Payne

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WHAT'S NEW?

Kristi Abbott, daughter of John & Lynne Abbott, received the coveted Best of Show Award at the Edina Art Fair this year.  She, recently, was commissioned for the Electric Fetus' 50th Anniversary; Kristi is a Minnesota State Fair acclaimed artist and this year "sold out" at her solo 7 Warrior Women's Exhibition. Congratulations, Kristi!

 

April, 2018

March, 2018

 Rick Winters, Pete Whiteneck , Tom Montain, Ron Payne, Carol (Johnson) Nelson and Jacci (Stahl) & Mike Krebsbach

Feb., 2018

 

January, 2018

Check out the History Center's 1968 Exhibit!   It was quite a year!

January Happy Hour

December, 2017

December Happy Hour

November, 2017

Class of '64 Happy Hour

EVERY 2nd Tuesday of EVERY month

At 4:00PM and beyond

Meet at Grumpy's Bar & Grill

2801 Snelling Ave., Roseville 

Beginning November 14th....

Wives and partners of classmates welcome!

See you there!

Class of '64 Happy Hour (November)

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Since the Vietnam War has impacted our entire class, it's worth noting that Ken Burns has done a 10-part documentary on the Vietnam War that can be streamed on your computer, in it's entirety,  and is presently being broadcast on PBS (here in MN) on Tuesday nights at 7:00.

AUGUST, 2017

SAME TIME, SAME PLACE

( 1st annual mini-reunion)

GREEN MILL RESTAURANT PATIO  (LOOK FOR MVHS BANNER)

 1000 Gramsie Rd, Shoreview, MN

​  SATURDAY, AUGUST 26TH, 2017

2-6 pm Happy Hour

food and refreshments available for purchase 

For out-of-town classmates,  MVHS group room rate on both hotels, Best Western Plus/Shoreview & Hilton Garden Inn/Shoreview is $129.00. (Reserve early, this is the first weekend of the MN State Fair!)

*Reservations: Hilton Garden Inn/Shoreview:  (651) 415-1956

                              Best Western Plus/Shoreview:  (651) 482-0402

SAME TIME, SAME PLACE

was a  GREAT success!

30-35 classmates attended

Don't miss out on the fun next year

SAVE THE DATE:

GREEN MILL RESTAURANT PATIO  

 1000 Gramsie Rd, Shoreview, MN

​  SATURDAY, AUGUST 25TH, 2018

Thanks to our photographer Kris Stavnes Traughber!

 

 

 SAME TIME, SAME PLACE

WILL BE 

 SATURDAY, AUGUST 25TH, 2018

GREEN MILL RESTAURANT PATIO  

 1000 Gramsie Rd, Shoreview, MN

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JULY, 2017     
RSVP on our Message Forum...

Lyrics to Summertime, Summertime:

"It's time to head straight for them hills
It's time to live and have some thrills
Come along and have a ball
A regular free-for-all

Well we'll go swimmin' every day
No time to work just time to play
If your folks complain just say
"It's summertime"!
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It has been brought to my attention that Diane Peterson Lawrence passed away Sept. 14th, 2015. (See In-Memory Classmates)

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It is with the greatest of saddness, I deliver the recent news of the passing of Janice Horton Plessas. Jan. 4, 1946-July 20, 2017 

See In-Memory Classmates Link

New Classmate Related "Sitings and Buzzzzz...."

Jacci Stahl Krebsbach has hosted her neighborhood's July 4th Kiddie Parade & Potluck  the past 37 years...This year, children of MVHS Classmates, who live in the neighborhood, attended.... Bill Koentopp's son & Bonita (Bunny) Entsmernger's daughter  "showed up"....as did Bunny, herself, and Gary Hassell, who visited with owners of his former house.

Gary Rolli continues to improve with therapy and is expected to have a full recovery.  He is planning on attending our Aug. 26th 1st annual "mini reunion"....

Roger & Claudia Carley Droel's 50th Anniversary Brunch...MVHS Classmates "show up"!

L-R: Gail Carlson Woods, Claudia Carley Droel, Diane Goserud Anderson, Paula Miller Cable, Leila Frogh Stritch, (not pictured: Heather Finlayson Lyle)

Wanted: fun MVHS Classmate Sitings or "Buzz"!

 

We remember...............this as both the Wagon Wheel AND Lindey's - it is still there in the same location!!!! 

We need to talk about Lindey's Prime Steak House Minnesota in Arden Hills. Have you been here?! A short distance from Bethel University, Lindey’s isn’t just a throwback to a northwoods, 1950’s supper club - it IS a northwoods, 1950’s supper club. The location, a product of those begotten years, with it’s mid-century cabin decor, knotted-cedar paneling, and stone fireplace hasn’t changed much in more than half a century. 

So the story goes, Lewis Walter "Lindey" Lindemer spent years trying to find a Minnesota restaurateur, from Stillwater, Minnesota to Shakopee, who would serve his steaks in their establishments. He finally found favor it Heinei Borndale, owner and operator of the Coronodo Café and the Rathskeeler (in the basement), on the corner of University and Snelling in St. Paul. When the Wagon Wheel, a tucked away eatery on the side of a hill in Arden Hills came up for sale, he jumped at the chance to open his own restaurant. Paying $200 cash as a down payment, Lindey’s was opened in the spring of 1961. Today, Lindey's is family owned and run by the second generation of Lindemer’s. Still serving up those steaks, prepared with the exact recipes created by Lindey himself almost 60 years later. 

Their menu is unlike the rest - refreshingly simple. With a slogan and web address like “the place for steak,” it doesn’t come as much surprise that your choice is steak, steak, shrimp or steak. And I’m not exaggerating. At dinner, you can get Lindey's special sirloin, prime sirloin, broiled shrimp, or prime chopped sirloin. Each coming with salad and specially blended dressing, a greaseless hash-browned potato platter, toasted garlic bread, and sweet pickled watermelon rind. They have Muddy Paws cheesecake or one of their alcoholic “ice cream drinks” for dessert!

Many patrons have been going to Lindey’s at least once a year, for their whole life. I know, because as soon as I mention Lindey’s, the gushing begins about their birthday club. Sign up for their birthday club and list and every year you will receive a postcard in the mail for $25 off your meal, turning even first time visitors into regulars. 

Link: https://mnbucketlist.com/2017/06/17/lindeys/
Arden Hills, Minnesota

We remember....WDGY!

Bill Diehl was the emcee when the Trashmen played at the Shoreview Roller Rink

Longtime Pioneer Press columnist and ‘Rajah of the Records’ Bill Diehl dies at 91

William Franklin Diehl always considered himself a newspaperman, first and foremost. But his 53-year tenure covering entertainment for the Pioneer Press…

TWINCITIES.COM

 

                                       

Summer of Love Celebration  

This season marks the 50th anniversary of that legendary "Summer of Love," when throngs of American youth descended on San Francisco to join a cultural revolution.
Thinking back on 1967, Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead recalls a creative explosion that sprouted from fissures in American society. That summer marked a pivot point in rock-and-roll history, he says, but it was about much more than the music.
"There was a spirit in the air," said Weir, who dropped out of high school and then helped form the Grateful Dead in 1965. "We figured that if enough of us got together and put our hearts and minds to it, we could make anything happen."
San Francisco, now a hub of technology and unrecognizable from its grittier, more freewheeling former self, is taking the anniversary seriously. Hoping for another invasion of visitors, this time with tourist dollars, the city is celebrating with museum exhibits, music and film festivals, Summer of Love-inspired dance parties and lecture panels. Hotels are offering discount packages that include "psychedelic cocktails," ''Love Bus" tours, tie-dyed tote bags and bubble wands.
The city's travel bureau, which is coordinating the effort, calls it an "exhilarating celebration of the most iconic cultural event in San Francisco history."
One thing the anniversary makes clear is that what happened here in the 1960s could never happen in San Francisco today, simply because struggling artists can't afford the city anymore. In the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood, which was ground zero for the counterculture, two-bedroom apartments now rent for $5,000 a month. San Francisco remains a magnet for young people, but even those earning six-figure Silicon Valley salaries complain about the cost of living.
In the mid-1960s, rent in Haight-Ashbury was extremely cheap, Weir, now 69, told The Associated Press.
"That attracted artists and bohemians in general because the bohemian community tended to move in where they could afford it," he said.
During those years, the Grateful Dead shared a spacious Victorian on Ashbury Street. Janis Joplin lived down the street. Across from her was Joe McDonald, of the psychedelic rock band Country Joe and the Fish.
Jefferson Airplane eventually bought a house a few blocks away on Fulton Street, where they hosted legendary, wild parties.
"The music is what everyone seems to remember, but it was a lot more than that," said David Freiberg, 75, a singer and bassist for Quicksilver Messenger Service who later joined Jefferson Airplane. "It was artists, poets, musicians, all the beautiful shops of clothes and hippie food stores. It was a whole community."
The bands dropped by each other's houses and played music nearby, often in free outdoor concerts at Golden Gate Park and its eastward extension known as the Panhandle. Their exciting new breed of folk, jazz and blues-inspired electrical music became known as the San Francisco Sound. Several of its most influential local acts, the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Big Brother and the Holding Company, which launched Joplin's career, shot to fame during the summer's three-day Monterey Pop Festival.
One song in particular served as a national invitation to hippies across the land. "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)," written by John Phillips of the Mamas & the Papas and sung by Scott McKenzie, came out in May 1967. It bolted up the charts and was used to help promote the Monterey festival that June.
"Every fantasy about the summer of '67 that was ever created ”peace, joy, love, nonviolence, wear flowers in your hair and fantastic music” was real at Monterey. It was bliss," said Dennis McNally, the Grateful Dead's longtime publicist and official biographer who has curated an exhibit at the California Historical Society that runs through Sept. 10.
The exhibit, "On the Road to the Summer of Love," explains how that epic summer came about and why San Francisco was its inevitable home. McNally uncovered 100 photographs, some never seen publicly, that trace San Francisco's contrarian roots to the Beat poets of the 1950s, followed by civil rights demonstrations and the Free Speech Movement at the University of California, Berkeley in the early 1960s.
The national media paid little attention to San Francisco's psychedelic community until January 1967, when poets and bands joined forces for the "Human Be-In," a Golden Gate Park gathering that unexpectedly drew about 50,000 people, McNally said. It was there that psychologist and LSD-advocate Timothy Leary stood on stage and delivered his famous mantra: "Turn on. Tune In. Drop out."
"After the media got hold, it just exploded," McNally said. "Suddenly, a flood descends on Haight Street. Every bored high school kid and that's all of them is saying, 'How do I get to San Francisco?'"
An exhaustive exhibit at San Francisco's de Young museum, "The Summer of Love Experience," offers a feel-good trip back in time. There's a psychedelic light show, a 1960s soundtrack and galleries with iconic concert posters, classic photographs and hippie chic fashions worn by Joplin, Jerry Garcia and others. It runs through Aug. 20. (Article by Jocelyn Gecker)   

 

 

May, 2017

SAME TIME, SAME PLACE

a mini reunion SAVE THE DATE

​  SATURDAY, AUGUST 26TH, 2017 

Calling all nearby and out-of-state classmates that might find their way back to MN and the State Fair! 

Details to Follow

APRIL, 2017

 Robert 'Bob' Goff, 12th Grade MVHS Social Studies and American History Teacher and a 50 year career in state government & public relations.

                                                                  

Goff, Robert "Bob" age 80, died peacefully at his St. Paul home on March 29, 2017. Loved by his family as an aspiring but unconvincing curmudgeon and a devoted husband, father and grandfather, his humor and generous spirit will be missed. Bob is survived by his wife Phyllis; children Cindy, Paul (Annette), Carolyn (Steve), Laura (Cliff), Bill (Marsha), Emily (Ricardo), and Matt (Caitlin); 12 adoring grandchildren; siblings Dick, Bill and Sandy; and whole bunches of nieces and nephews. A celebration of life reception will be held at the Minnesota History Center on Monday, April 10, from 2:30-4:30 p.m., with a brief program at 3 p.m. Memorials are preferred to the Minnesota Historical Society, Regions Hospital Foundation, or HealthPartners Hospice. Please share your favorite memory of Bob with the family at: BobGoffStories@gmail.com. Read his complete obituary in our  In-Memory Teachers Link.

 

 

 

 

The 70th Birthday Party photos are here!  

A special thanks to our photographer, Kris Stavnes Traughber's husband, Tom Traughber!

Click Here to to see 70th Birthday Party Photos or go to direct link below: http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=0AcOGTNm3cNGToY

 

Sept., 2016

Our entire MVHS '64 Vista can be viewed by clicking on this website: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/2ycmogua89zujj5/AAAvkagOMPy1huFGjepukbTDa?dl=0

(Note: Ater clicking the Dropbox Icon, you will be asked to login.  YOU DO NOT NEED TO LOG ON, just reply at the bottom of the login box where it says "No thanks, just view the files.")

 Classmate, Bill Koentopp, invested countless hours scanning our 1964 Vista Yearbook for the website...Kudos!!! for your huge effort, persistence and success, Bill!  ( No high school website, to my knowledge, has the entire yearbook at their fingertips!) Also, a special thanks to Bill's son, Tom Koentopp, for the Dropbox format and to Jim Marchand, who coordinated the effort so it appears on our homepage! We have the best and most complete website ever thanks to our group effort!!!)

 

   CONGRATULATIONS TO US!!! 50% of our classmates have joined our website!!!!

Did you do something special to celebrate turning 70?

  Laurie Pierre Lundeen and Yvonne Pearson Huberty celebrated by sky diving!

(Email me a picture/discription on how you celebrated your 70th Birthday!)

                                                                               

Diane Goserud Anderson dyed her hair green. (Mustang Green?)

August, 2016

 

FOR COMING AND MAKING OUR BIRTHDAY PARTY A SUCCESS!!!  AND....

                       

Also, a special thanks to those that made donations to our website; your dollars will help us maintain our site!

 

                           

James S. Marchand, Bonita K. Entsminger, Harvey G. Lindeman, Paula M. Miller Cable, Diane Goserud Anderson, Janice C. Horton Plessas, Thomas N. Montain, Karen L. Solberg Solimar, James L. Hoskins, Gary J. Nelson, Jacci C. Stahl Krebsbach, Mary M. Gebhard Harper, Gail L. Carlson Woods, Jim Flink, Don Beach, Carol Ann Johnson Nelson, Jacqueline Thorsten Daharsh, John Abbott, Steve Erickson, Sylvia D. Christopherson Frolik, Rick Winters, Kristin M Stavnes Traughber, Deanne E. Raw Mellecker, Gary Rolli, Tom Winiecki, Connie J. Bartelt Mullaney, Claudia S. Carley Droel, Idelle H. Sabes Walton, Karen Opsahl Charbonneau, Gail A. Bartelt Gaylord, Peter J. Whiteneck, Kenneth J. Bourdeaux, Betty L. Holden Swan-DeLong, Sherry A. Turner Oleson, Lawrence T. Dawson, Beverly Bargeron Vandell, Jeff Poehler, Kris Lien Novak, Jim Novak, Charles. P. Cole, Dorothy Moes Haas, Sharon Linke Kuehn, Richard Gnetz, Laurie Pierre Lundeen, Yvonne Pierson Huberty, Jon Meade, David P. Saar, Ron Payne, Steven Lonien, Tom Booth, John Sopkowiak, Sheryl Stenhoff Grayden, Gary Lattin, Les Gagner, Dale Wikre, Diane Jackson Wimer, Leila M. Frogh Stritch, Robert C. Barnick, Toni M. Laplante Tredal, Tamara R. Buetow, Jeanice V. Fulwider Domino, Judy Lee Schluter Renfrow, Robert D. Sparks, Romelle M. Johnson Gangl, Sheila M. Farrell Cramer, Kathleen A. Kapaun Weisner, Susan M. DeLange Canine, Patricia E. Robertus Martin, William A. Koentopp, Terrie Eager (Hata Rianah), 

(Make arrangements with those attending the Party, to go to the State Fair or golf together!)

July, 2016

 

David Saar's Exit Interview after 39 years at Child's Play

http://www.azcentral.com/story/entertainment

/arts/2016/06/03/david-saar-childsplay-exit-interview/85282782/ 

April, 2016

March, 2016

 

Tom and Kris Stavnes Traughber took a road trip in October, 2015 and stopped to see a couple

of MVHS alumni. They visited Jan Horton Plessas and Don, in Butte, Montana.

 

Kris, Don and Jan enjoying a salmon dinner on the grill at Jan and Don’s home in Butte.

Feb. 2016

 

 

WORTH SEEING!

Walker Art Center probes the utopian dreams of the 1960s in "Hippie Modernism," which runs through Feb. 28th

Five years in the making, the show revisits a turbulent decade, 1964-73, when artists, designers, musicians, filmmakers, philosophers and tie-dyed fashionistas set about building geodesic domes, embracing the Earth, creating funky high-tech furniture, inventing light shows, wiring fab sound systems, reshaping print and film, imagining new lifestyles, and following Timothy Leary’s injunction to “Turn On, Tune In and Drop Out.”

“A lot of ideas and speculative products that are mainstream today were revolutionary then,” said exhibition curator Andrew Blauvelt, the Walker’s former design director.

Everything from Western embrace of Eastern spirituality and meditation to racial injustice, antiwar activism, recycling, environmentalism, localism, organics, women's and LGBT rights, gay culture and the so-called “sharing economy,” exemplified by Airbnb and Uber, tracks back to the hippie fluorescence of the 1960s, and it continue to shape culture and politics today.

 

 

 

 

SAVE THE DATE....

Oct. 2015

Sept. 2015

 

THE LUNCH BUNCH.....which meets monthly.....

 

Back Row: Lynne Abbott(John Abbott's wife) & Jackie Thorsten Daharsh

Front row: Tami Buetow, Judi Marchiafava Bibeau, Karen Opsahl Charbonneau, Deanne Raw Mellecker, Jacci Stahl Krebsbach, Kris Stavnes Traughber

 

August 2015

A GOODBYE PARTY at Lynne and John Abbott's...they're leaving for a summer in Australia.  (They'll be back for next year's birthday party!) With classmates Tom Winiecki, Dennis Olson, John Abbott, Pete Whiteneck, Gary Zittlow, Dale Wikre, Kris Stavnes Traughber, Deanne Raw Mellecker & Idelle Sabes Walton.

 

JUNE 2015

Celebrating Leila Frogh Stritch's birthday on the St. Croix River with Paula Miller Cable, Gail Carlson Woods and Diane Goserud Anderson

 

May 2015

Jake Devlin is Bob Hezzlewood's pseudonym. He's both author and character in his Devlin book series.  His latest book is The Dracula Deception. Check out his website at JakeDevlin.com.

Gary Lattin says ( May 1st), "The project that I worked on (and is the result of most of my patents) was approved by FDA yesterday."

Jane Phipps says, " We're celebrating at the Phipps house today!
Brad's lifelong work - begun with the ingenuity of Gary Lattin - and a 'couple' of beers - and assisted by many other hardworking nerds - received FDA approval yesterday!
So very, very proud of them all!"
IONSYS: Fentanyl (pain med) delivered through the skin at the touch of a button. Used for post op pain management. Ask for it by name before your next surgical experience!

http://ir.themedicinescompany.com/phoenix.zhtml…

Mar. & Ap. 2015

 

Jan. & Feb. 2015