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•   Marc Zell  2/26
•   Bob (Moose) McHenry  2/22
•   Albert "Chip" Hodge  8/19
•   Patricia Jehle  8/5
•   Lynn Chandler (Pivik)  7/29
•   Robert Bradley  7/28
•   Kevin Dobel (Dobel)  7/27
•   Robert Carrese  4/18
•   Janet Cook (Gumaer)  4/17
•   Carole Moe (Drake)  3/10
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Winston Churchill High School
Class Of 1970


Happy St Patty's Day

Mr. Shurie
A dear teacher who for many of us was an iconic figure has passed away.

Although it has been over fifty years since my last time as a member of Ron Shurie's instrumental music classes, I remember those days as if they were just yesterday.  I had the honor of playing first chair trombone in Churchill's band, marching band and stage band and in one or more orchestras in our high school musicals.  Stage band was especially memorable because we participated successfully in regional stage band competitions over the years.  Ron was a talented musician (we both played trombone), but he was an even more accomplished teacher.  His energy and enthusiasm were infectious.  He loved his students and we him, whether on the football field, the band room, or in the orchestra pit.  For me Ron Shurie was one of the highlights of my high school experience.  His memory shall live long in my heart and musical consciousness.

Submitted by Marc Zell

The story of his incredible life available online for review and comment.

You may also share your memories and comments here on our private site.

Sad News - Kay Tamzarian's mother has passed away
Mrs. T (Alice Tamzarian) peacefully passed away on January 19 in Boulder Colorado, surrounded by Kay and family. Mrs. T taught many of our classmates in Potomac Elementary. She was well loved and known for being a firm yet caring and fun teacher. One classmate even commented that she became a 4th grade teacher because of her. She brought honor to her profession and loved everyday of her illustrious career. The ripple effects and influence of her life are felt far and wide. She will be greatly missed.

You may also share your memories and comments here on our private site.

50th (+1) Reunion - Postscript

What an event

      Pictures
Stay tuned for updates but we wanted to post what we have so far. The WCHS lifetime photographer, Gary Lloyd (aka Flash)   has posted his professional pictures online.  Gary requests that all photo credit to his home web site.

We will be downloading pictures from Facebook and others into slideshows which will soon be viewable here. In the meantime, if you have any pictures you would like to share, email them and they will be loaded into the slideshow.

A Celebration of Life

From our classmate, Charee Cookman/Speros Gile

 

 

For over a year throughout Gary's illness, your support, love and prayers deeply touched our hearts and refreshed our souls. Gary's Life Celebration was held on Saturday, June 8th, 2 PM, at Word of Life Evangelical Church located at 912 Burks Hill Road, Bedford,VA.

There is a YouTube video of the event available for viewing.

Eddy Morgret wrote a Book !!

Eddy retired and started a new profession as a author.  He just completed a book (press release) about his father, Ed Koterba.  Koterba was a nationally syndicated columnist and eulogized by President John F. Kennedy.  The book, entitled The Essential Ed Koterba, will be released in mid-July by MCP Books. Find out more about the book on the website:    www.theessentialedkoterba.com

Congratulations, Eddy.  What a great tribute to you father.

Congratulations, Fred Foote - update

Fred's first book of poems, Medic Against Bomb (poems about the wounded of the Iraq/ Afghan Wars) has been published. The National Endowment for the Arts is featuring the book (together with a radio podcast) on its homepage.

The book received the 2013 Grayson Books Poetry Prize and has just received a signal honor: inclusion in the prestigious Library of Congress podcast series, "The Poet and the Poem", hosted by iconic D.C. poet Grace Cavalieri. This series has included many of America's finest poets; has already been selected as one of the "Best Books of the Year" by The Progressive (see December/ January issue); and as a poetry finalist for the 2014 USA Best Book Awards.

You can read reviews by Grace Cavalieri and Merrill Leffler.

Update:  More Accolades

Congratulations, Fred !!

 

WCHS Rah Rah Girls, 1970

Debra Hovland (Clark) found this photo.   What fun.  Feel free to add your comments.

Kindergarden, 1958

Linda Dykhuizen (Reish) found this photo.   What fun.  Feel free to add your comments.

Rick's Incredible Milestone
60 a day for 45 Years - Do the Math !!


Vintage Hoover B-Ball

JV (John Viqueira) found this photo.   What fun.  Feel free to add your comments.

40th Reunion - new pix
What an Event !!  Thanks to everyone who attended and made this such a memorable event.  Thanks to the Marriott for a fabulous venue and incredible service.

Share Your Comments  Feel free to share your comments about the reunion.  Make your comments in the Message Forum.  This will put everyone's comments on a single, scrollable web page.  Please avoid putting comments in your personal profile.  Make sure you select 'View newest at the top' from the dropdown list at the top of the Message Forum page.

Pictures and Video  Gary LLoyd (aka FLASH) has posted his profession photos from the weekend on his website.  As of Fri10Dec, there are new photos.  As you navigate the pages, note the little arrows around the perimeter of the page.  These arrows are links to the next/previous photo or thumbnail page.  Also, please note and respect Gary's request to give all photo credit to his home web site:  www.PortraitPhotographer.com.

If you want to share your photos, please put them onto a CD or DVD and snail mail them to John Nicholson.  I'll work with Gary to get all photos (yours and his) into a single web page that will simplify navigation from event to event and contributor to contributor.

Gary and I are also discussing the best way to make all the visual media available for sale on DVD.  This will include all the photos, our Homcoming Game (from November 1969), and Gonzalo's slide show.  Stay tuned ...

 

About this Site
Greetings, classmate  This is a secured social networking website that is private to the 1970 graduating class of Winston Churchill High School.  All information is private to registered users.  There is no membership fee and no advertising.  It is run and maintained by fellow classmates, not some third party.

Registered Users  This is your site.  Please participate.  Most importantly, if you have contact with any classmates who have not registered, please encourage them to do so.

Unregistered Users  What are you waiting for?  Those who have registered visit the site on a regular basis. They are delighted with the content. They can post then and now photos and see photos posted by others. They send messages and chat with fellow classmates. They have renewed ageless friendships.  Just navigate to the Classmate Profiles, click on your name (bet you forgot you ever looked that good), and then click on the create your profile link.

 

Dean Harding
One of our classmates who did not graduate with us has recently passed away. That is Dean Harding, who died of liver failure on Jan 1, 2010, the day after his 58th birthday. Although he doesn't have a class photo, he hung around Churchill long enough in the fall of '69 to get his photo on pages 21, 25, and 27 of our yearbook. He spent his last years in the care of his sister Donna outside Salt Lake City. Dean lived life on his own terms, starting his adult life by dropping out of Churchill, leaving his parents' mansion in Potomac, and going with his girlfriend to live off the land in West Virginia. He eventually came back to Washington, spending a lot of time on his boat in the Chesapeake, going out west in his later years. Dean was a good friend of mine. I always admired his free spirit.

submitted by Larry Thrasher

 



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