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01/20/09 09:08 AM

#1569

Lynne Scales (Thurman)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY STEVE DENHAM, HOPE YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL BIRTHDAY AND A VERY BLESSED NEW YEAR.
LYNNE

01/20/09 05:41 PM

#1570

Carol Maddex (Switzer)

Hey Happy Birthday Steve. Lucky you most of this country is celebrating with you on this very special day...Have a great evening what is left of your day....

Carol

01/20/09 05:48 PM

#1571

Phyllis Willhite

Happy Birthday Steve Denham. May you have many, many more.

01/20/09 07:20 PM	#1572
Steven Denham Thank you ladies for the happy birthday wishes.

01/20/09 07:25 PM

#1573

Steven Denham

Vegas Party 2009
June 6th

1. Peggy & Stuart Miller
2. Billie Hundley-Miller & Bob Miller
3. Marianna Brown Schechter & Stan Schechter
4. Darla Ford
5. Pat Kuester Bowen
6. Molly Lowe & Fred Tortolini
7. Bill & Ramona Bailey
8. Mark & Rosa Overstreet
9. Don Deyne & Geneva Jacobs - PROBABLE
10. Marcia Kraft-Barringer
11. Larry "Joe" Matthews
12. Mike Monteleone
13. Becky Ortiz-Daly
14. Ron Cleveland - Maybe
15. Vivian Grinder-Rosnermanz - Maybe
16. Stephanie Eyler-Maggio
17. Janice Brown-Guaschino
18. Tom Watt - Maybe
19. Joyce Kosht-Dresser & Steve
20. Sandi Harris-Lint
21. Stella Cash Olsen
22. Gene & Linda Muren
23. Sandy Brezeale-Allison & Cecil
24. Ron Tanikawa
25. Frank & Kathy (Dorr) Stipe - Maybe
26. Becki (Williams) & Bob Griese
27. Ray Olsen & Pam
28. Phyllis (Willhite) & Nick Aldana
29. Carol (Eniem) & Chuck Scott
30. Art Salazar & Cheryle Chapman
31. Linda Hernanedez-Garcia
32. Mirtha (Camacho) Rayburn & Lon
33. Lorene (BuSteed)& Roland Householder (at this moment)
34. Martin and Lynne (Scales)Thurman (at this time)
35. Carol (Maddex) Smith & Jim Smith
36. Gloria (Dena) Morales
37. Ceclia (Hernandez) Dena
38. Mike Lampman
39. Joetta Turpen
40. Randy Roberts
41. Marsha (Miller) & Dennis Jaehnig
42. Linda Bolton
43. Genee Vasco-Jackson
44. Betty Haskins
45. Mystery Classmate - don't ask can't tell
46. Maurene (BuSteed) & Joseph Andrade
47. Jim & Paty Bushnell
48. Donna Boudreau Quintana
49. Delores Sauscedo Buirge
50. Pat & Steve Denham (Maybe)

01/20/09 08:32 PM

#1574

Sandra Harris (Lint)

Phyllis, Lynne, etc. I am honored to be one of the comic relief represenatives. Thank you! I'm here til Tuesday. The book deal? Yes I could sit, but what would I write about? Oh yeah! I did work at Wal-Mart. That ought to fill up a page or two! Happy Birthday Dear Steeeve, Happy Birthday to you!

01/20/09 08:53 PM

#1575

Sandra Harris (Lint)

Oh Yeah. Here's a funny story about my 85 year old Mom. It may lose something in translation since you can't see the expressions on my face. She is a "yellow dog Democrat." Hope you all know what that is, if not, I'll explain at your request. Mom voted for McCain. There's one big suprise for us here at the front. So she's kinda been complaining about how Obama seems a little snobbish to her. And Michelle Obama needs a stylist to help dress her. Let me back up and tell you she worked for the Treasury Dept. when she got out of high school. It was 1940 and there weren't jobs to be found in Galena, Kansas. Civil service tests were passed with flying colors and off she went to D.C. I think she was there for about a year and a half. Soooo she saw all the monuments and the White House, although during the war, visitors were'nt allowed to go on a tour. Anyway... she tells me yesterday, "Fox news doesn't need to keep showing all these monuments. They just keep showing them over and over. I've seen them all before." I told her " Mom, do you think they have a switch to pull that keeps those pictures from going to houses where people are familiar with Wash D.C.?" "Well, No, but I've seen them all in person." "Then you need to change the channel." When she got home (next door) she called and said "Sandi, CNN is showing the same stuff." I told her "Mom the only thing I can think of is to turn off the TV." Guess what, it worked!

01/20/09 09:27 PM

#1576

Phyllis Willhite

Sandy, sounds like you mom is a dandy! I only wish mine was still with me.

01/20/09 10:45 PM

#1577

Lynne Scales (Thurman)

Sandy, your Mom sounds like a hoot. My mom used to be such a hoot, I sure do miss that in her now. I ask her today if she was ticked off because her soaps weren't on and she had to watch the new president? She said, "Well I wondered who that guy was, what's his name?" I swear she just doesn't have a clue these days. My dad and I make the best of it and lots of days we just laugh. She is forever saying she is starving and that they don't have any food. This is after she's had a one of her very favorite dinners no less.
The day after I came home from Yellowstone, I told her I was there to help her get her shower. She looked at me with her far away look and said, "Oh I won't be able to take a shower, we don't have any water or soap". My dad said, "sure we do we have a whole faucet full. Then she stood up and off to the shower we went.
I think I might have to write a book about living with a loved one with Alzheimers. It would have to be a funny book, I couldn't deal with all the drama adn make people feel bad. There has to be a way to help the loved ones of Alzheimers patients a way to learn to laugh again.

Thanks for allowing me to share my funny Mom story.

01/21/09 09:06 AM

#1578

Lynne Scales (Thurman)

Happy Birthday Becki Williams, hope you have a wonderful day and many more wonderful birthdays to come.
Lynne

01/21/09 09:55 AM

#1579

Carol Maddex (Switzer)

Happy Birthday Becki....Hope you have a wonderful Day today...Love to see you on the forum.

Carol

01/21/09 07:50 PM

#1580

Sandra Harris (Lint)

To my California classmates: During a recent conversation with a friend in Apple Valley, she told me that California, was broke. Now, we all know that Lorene works for a school district and told us about a girl in her office getting "the pink note". Can someone tell me what is going on with the great state of Calif.? Are they cutting back on the education system or other things as well? Any information will be greatly appreciated. Oh yeah, I'm proud to say my Don got the Xerox Appreciation Award tonight. He had an "aw shucks" grin on his face this evening! Ya just gotta love this ol' Italian! Sandi

01/21/09 07:55 PM

#1581

Phyllis Willhite

Sandi, the ecomony here in California is looking bleak. Lots of companies going out of business and therefore, many people losing their jobs. Everyone seems to be cutting back. Eveyone everywhere is watching their spending. But this is no news. The whole nation is in the same boat it seems.

01/21/09 08:10 PM

#1582

Patricia Hamilton (Denham)

Sandi, it seems to be affecting lots of businesses in Calif. and everywhere. I have been cut back to a 4 day work week. I am allowed to use my accrued vacation, which thank God, I have accumulated a lot over the 19 years I've been there. If there isn't money allotted for road construction soon I will be out a job altogether.

Steve has only had one full week of work in the last month and a half. He is not working tomorrow and probably won't work on Friday either. If the state goes bankrupt we won't even be able to collect unemployment.

It's very scary. I might have to take some lessons from you on how to sit in that chair and do nothing real soon. :)

01/21/09 09:25 PM

#1583

Billie Hundley (Linnane-Miller)

The economy is dismal in Florida as well. Two of our local public elementary schools will close this year due to lack of funding, teachers will be displaced and students shifted to schools far from their home. The housing market is in complete shambles (our livelihood), and the stock market (our future livelihood) is giving us a good spanking --Ooouch!

Keep smiling my friends, hopefully we'll see some relief soon...

01/21/09 09:37 PM

#1584

Lynne Scales (Thurman)

No surprise here, things are about the same here in Idaho and Spokane area. Some of our schools are being hit hard too. Spokane is talking about cutting back on some of the Fire and police services, now that's just nuts if you ask me. Speaking as a former politician, I know there are other ways to cut back, like taking the personal vehicles away from the top dogs, taking away the credit cards that get used for every Tom, Dick and Hairy luncheon....and the list could go on and on.

Gosh, maybe I could just sit in a chair and write a book about how to cut back on foolish spending of our tax payers monies. One of the things that drove me nuts as a Fire Commissioner, foolish spending.

Ok, I've said my peace. Good night all.

01/21/09 10:16 PM

#1585

Mark Overstreet

As a recovering liberal democrat, I've come to realize how flawed their thinking is. "To be young and have the heart of a liberal, and grow old to have the logic of a conservative". There was little forsight. We had a lot of money flowing into the tax base but the liberal democrates gained power and continued to tax and spend. They promise to do everything "for" everybody if you vote for them. It leaves little for the value of personal responsibility or self reliance. I wrote an article regarding the brain functions and lack of motivation when people do not earn what they receive. As far as schools, we keep throwing money down a bottomless pit. We waste more money than can be believed. Here's one; schools continue to be constructed in spite of the fact that we have a declining enrollment. Here's another; schools spend lots of money (in a time of financial crises) to send their faculty to places like Palm Springs for training (do teachers who taught elem. math need training on how to teach 3rd grade math?) I was a top union rep. years ago and was on the negotiations team. It's the unions job to make the public think that there is "always" a budget crises (even in years of prosperity). The school districts also use the same strategy. Take the infomercials with a grain of salt. In places like Los Angeles, educational gains will take place when parents and their children become serious about education. So far it only "lip service" a facade on their part. Case in point, I had students aspire to schools like Standford. They had the same family situation and economic situation as a student down the street from them. Yet, the other student and their parents chose, daily, not to education seriously, not to take advantage of the wonderful opportunities provided, and chose to fail and often times chose the gangster lifestyle. There is not real accountability for parents or students. The State and Boards of Ed. can make teachers accountable. But as it stands, it costs the districts hundreds of thousands of dollars to get rid of a teacher.
Sorry to carry on but I work hard in order to pay for others who don't.
The people that I went to school with had positive values, worked hard, and did for others. All we can do is keep on doing the right things in life.
God Bless you all

01/22/09 07:07 AM

#1586

Connie Lenkoski (Nelson)

Hi everyone

I live in IL and I know you have heared about our Governor. Should I say more.
Connie

01/22/09 11:54 AM

#1587

Sandra Harris (Lint)

Well, I pride myself in being current and watching Fox News on and off during the day. I, of course was aware of the econimic situtation of our country, but as far as hearing about California, hadn't heard much on that subject. You guys need to be interviewed regularly on news programs that go throughout the country. You are all a wealth of information. My daughter works for Mesa School District, and so far they seem to be doing okay. Housing here is once again a bargain, but houses are not selling well. And yes that furture income of the stock market, a very scary thing indeed. I fear that Don may continue to work past 65, not that that is a bad thing, just unfortunate for a guy who has worked since he was thirteen, not unlike Mark has done. Lynne, write the book if it could help! Mark, you would be good at giving some seminars, and the rest of us, just hang in there. Now I'm gonna go sit and be depressed.

01/22/09 11:58 AM

#1588

Lynne Scales (Thurman)

Mark hit the nail on the head, all we can do is continue to do what is right, work hard and hope that others will see the values that we hold so high. My husband and I were blessed that our boys learned the same work ethics. Our kids were out doing lawn work and washing cars before the were 16 in order to earn money to do the little things they wanted. We made them pay 1/2 of their car insurance when they started driving. You have to teach them when they are young to be responsible adults.

This is a very trying time, once again as Mark said,
God Bless us All.
Lynne

01/22/09 08:03 PM

#1589

Lynne Scales (Thurman)

Good Evening Classmates, I have some interesting news. My dad came over to pick up his mail, and he ask me what the date was for the Idaho reunion for my friends to come up. I told him that I had canceled it because I was just to worried about how mom would be. You should have seen the look on his face, he was so disapointed and told me I shouldn't have done that it would all be ok. Then last night he called me at about 10 PM and said he really thought I should still have the mini reunion at the lake house.

So, classmates what do you think?

01/23/09 03:30 PM

#1590

Lorene BuSteed (Householder)

Hello one and all, yes things are getting pretty tight here in California. My son works for Fed Ex Freight as a driver, they cut him to 32 hours and no benefits. Fed Ex closed their main headquaters in CA and moved everyone around or they got "pink slips". My son is optimisted that he will be back on full time as he was promised this week.

As far as the school districts, I work for the Corona Norco Teachers Union in Norco. Times are bleek in education. I can't speak for Los Angeles, but our school district works side by side with the local teachers association. It's truly an amazing thing that they do. Last year for the first time since I have been working for the Association, over 280 teachers received RIF notices, through dedication, hard work and being able to come up with innovative ways to say jobs both classified and certificated. It was truly a team work effort, I recall putting in countless hours at the office with other teachers, administrators and classified. We worked our you know what's off. Through it all, jobs were saved. I've worked for the Teachers Association for 25 years and never seen anything like this before. The case in our building was - we lost our tennet upstairs, "Wells Fargo Home Mortgage". Needless to say, there was not enough money to run the programs and keep up with the cost of the building. The Board had to make a very difficult decision to eleminate a position.

It's like a domino effect once everyone stops buying for fear of the future - people lose jobs.

Everyone hold on for the roller coaster, as we will be traveling up and down and all around.

01/23/09 06:19 PM

#1591

Peggy Steiner (Miller)

01/23/09 06:24 PM

#1592

Peggy Steiner (Miller)

Billie,
Hi. Thank you that was just so sweet of you.
It's still chilly here and has been raining all day - darn. 60 degrees and I know it should be snowing, don't know all our classmates that live in snow country can do it.
Will call you after Stu bowls the pro-am to let you know how he did.
Peggy

01/23/09 08:23 PM

#1593

Billie Hundley (Linnane-Miller)

Peggy, it sounds like the Vegas Party plans are coming along nicely, it will be great to see everyone again. This time I plan to pull up a chair and chat with everyone at the party, not just a quick hi and bye. After heading home from our 40-year reunion my biggest regret was not taking the time to sit down and chat with as many classmates as possible. Sandi, can't wait to hear some of your funny stories face-to-face.

Tell Stu I'm sending good wishes his way for the bowling pro-am.

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