Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

Sumus Quot Sumus  (We are what we are)

News from the Emerys who live from sea to shining sea and (just south of Bonnie 🍎- ton) in a fly-over state:

Amongst us,

three generations of women (5) who are strong

and three generations of men (8) who are good looking;

[the granchildren (7) are all above average, age range: 12 to 25].

I do not hear the patter of little feet.

Scott Mermel

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Donn Pearlman

I just read Scott Mermel's email and this website's info about preliminary plans for a 60th reunion. Look closely at the screen and you will see me smiling.

Because of a conflict of schedule, I was not able to attend the 50th back in 2014. I look forward to being able to attend #60 next year.

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

I was rendered all but immobile by a Baker's cyst behind my right knee while on an extended road trip away from medical care. Back in Oshkosh and thanks to physical therapy and cortisone shots and the support of grandchildren who got me out walking, I live in awe of the human body's ability to regenerate with professional care and medication and loving support.

Trudi Ann Davis (Davis)

Wow, ten years have slipped by so what has happened?  I am divorced, I now live in a condo in Evanston that I love.  Both my daughters were married in that ten year span.  One moved to Park Ridge adding two sisters to the already existing brother who is now at UIC.  The other moved to Catalonia in Spain. She and her husband just bought a home in Vila Plana and I am going to spend the winter there with my almost 4 year old grandson and the last baby in our family who is 6 mnths and of course their parents.

i still enjoy learning and take adult learning classes at Oakton Community jr, college and at Northwestern.  I'm trying to merge the appropriate verbs in Spanish only to be told by my daughter that Catalan is spoken most places.  I don't care I'm not learning another language.  I read a great deal and listen to the comedy channels on Sirius XM while I am doing errands, so much better than the news.  I haven't done much traveling except to Spain to visit with stops inLuxembourg to visit my niece.  I'm planning a trip to Ft Worth to visit my brother.

Trudi Ann Davis (Davis)

here are my five grandchildren, amazing isn't it?  I'm a grandmother still wondering what I will do when I grow up. 

Scott Mermel

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Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

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Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

Get acquainted with Vermont traveling the state to view a farm through the seasons. Ballet Vermont performs original ballet at local farms in the summer season.
Summers 2022 and 2023 my granddaughter performed with The Farm to Ballet Project.       
Dancing vegetables, familiar farm animals, and the seasons themselves come to life through dance in a joyful and entertaining show staged on Vermont farms. The ballet explores the relationship between farmers and the land, natural food cycles, and the human role in ecosystems.      
Ticket sales support local artists and the host farms by providing funding for sustainable agricultural projects.

Alan A. Alop

Big Brother Lives!

David St. Pierre Bantz

Boston c.1966
Jack Wu on right, David Bantz, center. On left I think is Kim Kaiser, a friend from U Chicago (or maybe Scott Mermel, but I think he took the picture...)

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

Great photo on a beautiful sunny day in Boston.    
David, I recognize you and Jack Wu, it's Kim Kaiser who puzzled me.

Janice Liebling (Rosenberg)

Janice Liebling (Rosenberg)

Hello to my Niles 64 classmates! Below is a photo of me, my husband Michael and our grandson Jonah (23) on Jonah's balcony. We also live in Chicago and have been city people for the past 55 years. I am busy with volunteer activities and keeping up with friends. I like to take long walks, especially around Chicago. 

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

Exciting as the view from the balcony is, there is no greater joy than to be a part of grandchildren's lives as they grow and develop from infancy to adulthood. I remember your photo with Lucy.
Thanks for sharing jewels in your crown.

Scott Mermel

R/E: David Bantz' photo -- I was the photographer and remember their trip to visit Boston.  The other fellow in the photo is David's friend.

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

           Farm to Ballet  in Vermont

           Can you imagine a more dramatic stage?

             counter clockwise from top left:

             my granddaughter as Farm girl with donkey,

             as Jack Frost (note her headpiece),

           her pen and ink drawing with watercolor

Janice Liebling (Rosenberg)

Janice Liebling (Rosenberg)

Judy Dorfman Sidell, Susan Mann and me. We had fun viewing the "Deli' exhibit at the Illinois Holocaust Museum in Skokie. Then, of course, we went to Once Upon a Bagel in Hubbard Woods for lunch.

Alan A. Alop

STEVEN HIRSCHTICK 1989.  YES--HE IS STILL ALIVE AND WELL IN THAILAND

Scott Mermel

Here's a new book about the history of Lincolnwood you may have some interest in.  Haven't read it, so take with a grain of salt.  Click on the photo to be taken to a web page with more info and to purchase the book.  We'd be interested in your comments here if you do get it.

Richard Lawrence Bolgionl

Glad to hear Steve is well and 'alive' , now, how do we get him back on the Forum?? 

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

Why not tell him Cubs have signed Craig Counsell as manager?          
The contract Counsell agreed to shows Cubs' commitment to spending to win.
Cubs and Craig Counsell alike want a better chance to compete for championships.      
Right now, lotsa productive players are on the table. (Cubs' commitment to competing at the highest level starts with $40 million over five years for Craig Counsell as Cubs manager.)

Jack Edmund Bookwalter

Jack Edmund Bookwalter