Brownie Meeting?

In what we believe was an early meeting of Brownies at Debbie Streets' house in 1960 -- L to R: Lynne Sparks, Ruth Ann Parish, Debbie Streets, Norma Buckwalter, Kathy Smith, Beverly Caesar and Susan Roetter.

What Have You Been Doing?

"Sam" Sandra Weir (Stutz)

I graduated from Ball State University. I left for Anchorage Alaska on a whim in June of 1980. I played in a racketball tournament and won my division, met several people, and had a job, a boyfriend, and a place to stay within 3 weeks. That August I did a TV commercial and video for Steve Mahays Riverboat Fishing. I caught a 40 lb King Salmon on that trip! Two weeks later I went white water rafting and camping with 2 other couples for 3 days, that was wild! I ended up deciding to live in Alaska. I met Wes on a racketball court in 1981 and we got married in June of 1983. We just had our 26th anniversary. I worked in outside sales and taught aerobics. Channel 2 called and put my 6:00 am aerobics class on the news. October of 1989 we had a beautiful daughter, Morgan Weir. I was actually 5 1/2 months pregnant at the 20 year class reunion. She just finished her first year at University of Idaho, school of our famous Governor Palin. Winters felt longer and longer, so Wes and I moved to Fortuna, California May of 2008, right after Morgan graduated from high school. Our new adventure is amazing. I retired and I am an Ambassador for the Chamber of Commerce and I belong to the Humboldt Sponsors Association which does fundraisers for scholarships for our youth. We have many friends, and are very much enjoying our new adventure. My interests are scrapbooking my photos, traveling, and being with friends and family. My husband Wes is a 5 time Ironman finisher.

Our parties that we started as teenagers continue on Aug. 1st

Debbie Streets' birthday party, May 1966. From L to R: Jay Hahn, Randy Moser, Cyndi Diller, Mary Ann Monninger, Kathy Smith, Sarah Shaw, Ben Lagadon, Nanette Pritchard, Debbie Streets, Denny Harrington, Debbie Shoemaker, Toni Good, Joe Baumgartner.

Dec. 1956: Martina Nehrling, Susan Roetter, Ruth Ann Parish, John Bridgwater, Myra McCammon, Cindy Diller, Mary Ann Monninger

What Have You Been Doing?

Pete Bird

Pete, who got his feet wet in journalism as editor of the Pike Hi-Life, went on to major in journalism at Northwestern University, where he ultimately earned a master's degree in newspaper journalism. He moved to Nashville, where he worked for an afternoon daily and married a raven-haired Tennessee girl named Karen Dughman. After working at the "Nashville Banner" for five years, part of that time on Fellowship at Columbia University, Pete changed careers and became a top manager at the Frist Foundation. He has worked at the Foundation for 26 years, the last seven of them as its President. Pete and Karen have two grown children and have been married 29 years.

What have you been doing?

Patti (Flanigan) Medvescek
I started working at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis right after high school - attending IU Bloomington, and Methodist Hospital Med Tech School, and just stayed on until ’91. I left to pursue opportunities at Winona Memorial Hospital (91-94) and Roche Diagnostics (94-2001). I left Roche at the end of 2001 - doing something everyone should at least consider. At the ripe old age of 50 - I retired. Did all the things I knew I wanted to do when I did retire (while I had the $$ and the health!) to actually do them. And now, as of 2005 - I am back to work - at Clarian Health.
I was married for a while, but have been single much longer than I was married. I do have two great kids though - Sara and Josh - both PHS Alumni. Both have great spouses (Kevin and Nichole respectively) and both have 3 children - Sara has Ethan, Jack and Ben. Josh has Jacob, Jillian and Eli.
Between working at my church in the Women’s Ministry, sitting at my desk in Finance for Clarian, babysitting any or all of the grandkids, or making cards and scrapbooks - I stay busy. And I did finally leave the northwest side - by way of Fishers. I now live in Southport Indiana, next door to my sister Nancy. My sister-in-law is a cruise travel specialist, so I predict a few of those kinds of trips in my future!

Remember "The Mob"?

Okay, we're starting to have some fun now. Evites (with a convenient hyperlink to pay your $20 through Paypal) have been sent out by Patti (Flanigan) Medvescek, along with sponsorship opportunities for a new, complete directory of the Class of '69. Several of you have started to contact us with information about other class members that you know. This is exactly the response that we had hoped for -- and it is coming off just as we dreamed. The confirmed list of classmates is currently around 30, with another 20 or so expressing interest. Here's the problem: there were approximately 180 students in our Class of '69 and we have only been able to successfully contact HALF of them. So please help us locate these MIAs and pass along the evite to as many Pike classmates as possible (all classes from the late '60s through early '70s are invited and welcome to attend) so we can at least give them the opportunity to come to this exciting event. With guests, we are now expecting between 75-100 to attend and we don't want you or your former classmates to miss out. We are even working on getting a couple of our former teachers toattend. Dress will be casual for the evening. And remember to let us know as soon as possible if you are also interested in the tour of Pike High School (10:30 am Saturday). It is free but we need a head count.

TOMORROW: I will begin posting bios/pix of some of your classmates (send yours to me ASAP)