Melissa Merkle Selick

Graduated from U-W Madison 1984. Moved to Arizona with college roommates who were from Sheboygan, and Greendale, WI . Lived in AZ and worked as a Probation Officer in the Presentence Div. for Maricopa County Probation. Met Jerry Selick in Flagstaff, AZ and we got married in 1987 and moved to Annapolis, MD for his job. I found a job as a Training Specialist for the US Sentencing Commission in DC. Worked for 11 years and resigned to stay home with our two children; Madeline 1993 and Sam 1995. They keep me very busy. My parents have moved to Annapolis this past Spring and live 10 min. from us in a townhouse in 55 and older residential community. Theywill cont. to go to Wisconsin in the summer as long as they can travel. Jerry is a CFO for Burson Marsteller, a Public Relations Firm based in New York. Life has been very good to us and I have very fond memories of High School.. Wish we could be there. Hope everyone has a good time. Our class of 79 never had a problem "havin a good time!!!"

YEAH EDGEFEST!!!

Favorite hang out: Vilas Park and of course 842 Woodrow Street.

Merkle's cottage is still there. Mom and dad still going there every summer. They are 82 & 83. Mom is still making "Merkle Dip". Dad is still trying to drive the boat around Lake Wisconsin to his favorite haunts. Favorite memories of cottage during high school; writing on the wall at the cottage, the collections of wind chimes and hats hanging from the rafters.

Other memories: pep rallys, Mrs. Merkle driving 18 kids in the station wagon to Barnabes, pizza place after football games. So much for seatbelts!

The famous enormous 79 poster that we all contributed to for out first Homecoming. Cheerleading, Volleyball, Softball and going to the wild and crazy Edgewood v. West basketball games where the infamous "pretzel" warm up was a big hit. So many more memories, so little time.

Can't forget... the music: Supertramp, ELO and of course all our singing to Bruce.