Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

   Why is everyone so tired today?      
   Because we just finished a long,        
   31 day March.

Theodore John Forsberg (Forsberg)

You go girl. What a great post for the !st day of April;

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

     GO  ILLINI !!!

Nancy Doyle (Sudlow)

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

   
 Nothing like the camaraderie of four friends            
 traveling 'round the moon & back             
 in a cramped capsule with a broken toilet.

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

     Pope Leo, when asked about his stance on migration said:          
"I would change the question and ask: 

    "What does the Global North do to support the Global South where young people are in a situation where they find no future?"            
    The pope acknowledged nations' rights to regulate their borders, but challenged the Global North to address the root causes of migration from the Global South and called for humane treatment of migrants.

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

   Holly, this is for you.

   Varsity! Varsity!        
          U rah rah! Wisconsin,          
    Praise to thee we sing!        
    Praise to thee our Alma Mater,        
    U rah rah! Wisconsin!

Holly Semiloff (Ciotti)

Oh for petesake -- Wisconsin???  Like I remember that place?  Mostly I recall very cold weather, hot chocolate in the ratskellar, and Vietnam War protests.

Donn Pearlman

Many of us are reaching the big 80 this year. Some friends bought this hat for my recent birthday. I can now tell people: Age is a matter of perspective. By the time she reached my age, Marilyn Monroe had been dead for 44 years. Each day you wake up is potentially a great day!

Paul Richard Hain

You've got that right, Don.  Every day is a blessing.  Live it. Cherish it.  Embrace life's highs and lows.

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

   Happy  4th  o'  July.

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

         It was salt. 

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

A spokesperson for Harris County District Attorney's Office reports that testing confirms the substance collected from Lorenzo Salgado Araujo's van after he was stopped, shot and killed in his van by ICE in Houston was not drugs.

It was salt (a homemade electrolyte mix) used by people who work in the hot Texas sun.      
 

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

     It was shoddy construction.

David St. Pierre Bantz

Today (1 August) is my first day of retirement from 28 years at University of Alaska. 
Despite that, I am now UA's "InCommon Liaison" a non-employee role that keeps me in the national & international collaborative research and education community. Monday I'll chair the Community Trust and Assurance Board, then participate in the Incommon Steering Committee. InCommon is an organization of hundreds of US Universities and research organizations that facilitates trusted access to information resources across institutional and national boundaries.

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

Congratulations, David.        
It's wonderful to remain in leadership roles.

Paul Richard Hain

Nice work, Dave.  Those of us at our age that keep their "Hat In The Ring," benefit from intellectual and physical stimulation.  All of which contribute to a long and happy life!

Best regards,

Paul Hain

Paul Richard Hain

Janice,

I hope you survived the Appleton tornado safe and sound.  I just recently saw a video of the devestation it caused. Wow!! My wife, Dee and I were camping at Airventure 2026 (our daughter calls it glamping instead of camping since we were in a motorhome) and left the day before it hit you folks.

Paul

Nancy Doyle (Sudlow)

Larry Metnick

I am sorry to report that I saw on Facebook a posting by the family of Fran Garfield (Brown) of her recent passing. I got to know Fran through our work on the reunion committees. She was someone we could all be proud of.

April Mau (Richardson)

Larry - thanks for posting about Fran's passing .  We all worked together on a number of reuinions - big and small - and I have great memories of those times. My thoughts are with the family. 

Scott Mermel

I'll add my congratulations to Dave Bantz!  What an honor.  Question to Dave:  Do you think we now have enough knowledge to build the cosmic particle detector we tried to build for our Senior Science Project?  At least 5 degrees and over 60 years more experience.  My answer is "NO"!  Great accomplishment.

Scott Mermel

From Gary Laff:

I remember Fran from school - Lincoln Hall and Niles West. Though the years have past too quickly, I have never forgotten her and all of my classmates. Fran was a wonderful girl, person , and ultimately a magnificent woman. May her family and close friend take comfort in the fond memories of her life and the Joy that she brought to all that knew her. May she rest in Peace and Comfort -- and may those of us that remember her take comfort in the joy that we were able to enjoy both her and her memories. For the rest of us -- Let's take a moment to remember all that we have lived through up to now --- And say a prayer for our Country in these most troubling and turbulent times My Very Best To All Gary Laff

Holly Semiloff (Ciotti)

So sorry to hear of Fran's death.  Hope it isn't sacreligious to say that one of my goals in life was to have a pony tail like Fran's.  It bounced; it hung just right; the length was perfect.  Alas, it wasn't to be.  One of my thoughts at graduation was that I will never be like Fran Garfield.  

holly semiloff ciotti

still teaching high school English, and ponytails are IN again, at least in Glendale CA.

Theodore John Forsberg (Forsberg)

Fran was a good person. My prayer is that her children and grandchildren know that her fellow grads cherished and respected her.