Bits 'N Pieces
This page will have bits of information that will be of general interest.
To get the info posted, send your interesting information about our class and classmates to T J Dunn

View the class picture here.

 

Tue, 04 Apr 2006 02:20:53 -0400
Dawn Dawn,
 the cd is wonderful. you all have beautiful voices.I am in awe.good luck with the cd.I am so impresses.Very professional. I shall treasure it. You need to make much bigger pictures,so we can see you.Send this news into our NT website.I am sure people will want to order one.  Love,DQ

Drama Queen

Hi TJ,

Sorry to say, I didn't make it to the reunion either, but I have been in contact with Judy (Cohen) Post, for quite a while.  I mentioned to her that I have been singing in a band called 'Sentimental Journey' for almost 3 years and we do music from the 50's- 60's and old standards and keep just busy enough for fun. 

Last Oct. we made a CD and sales have been going pretty well.  Judy just bought one and thought I should mention in on the web site.  If anyone is interested you can contact me through my e-mail:'

AMMEADOW@YAHOO.COM,  or check out our web site at:  WWW.SENTIMENTALJRNY.COM

You can read all about the three of us and see where we have been and where we are going.

I would love to hear from anyone from our class, either from New Trier or Avoca or St. Joe's.

Please let me know if you receive this.

Thanks,

Dawn (Borre) Pett

Class of '63

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	A message from Sheilah Bernstein Gross Dear Friends and Family: It is finally happening---the long awaited and highly overdue World Premiere of 'I Married Wyatt Earp'. Everyone of you knows how long and how hard I have worked on this thing! So, now, I am inviting you to attend a performance. I am attaching here a flyer with the dates. Please print it out, and make your plans, and let me know when you are coming so I can try to be there too!  You can also check my website  SheilahRae.com for more information about the show, and the theatre's website BRTStage.org for purchasing tickets.  Can't wait to see you there! Hugs, xoxSheilah	Sheilah Rae Vimax Music 65 Horseshoe Hill Road Pound Ridge, NY 10576 914.325.1440 cell 914.764.4493 home/office shesray427@yahoo.com www.sheilahrae.com

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An email from Pete Diltz...

Hey, TJ, great to hear from you last month.  Thought you'd be interested  in this item about Don Behm... it is really the pinnacle of wrestling and I am so happy for him.  Think other classmates might be interested?  I'll stay in touch.  Pete

http://www.themat.com/pressbox/pressdetail.asp?aid=10113

REUNION COMMENTS:

Hi, Sue:
Just wanted to pass along my appreciation for the tremendous job you did
organizing the reunion.   I attended at the last minute, thanks to some
encouragement from Rudi Berkelhamer -- and I am so grateful that I did.  It
was a wonderful, warm and affirming experience that has stayed with me every
day since.  It was amazing how easily we picked up where we left off and
also forged new connections that were strengthened by virtue of a shared
past.

I truly appreciate your facilitating what turned out to be a fascinating and
important journey.  Many, many thanks.
Vicki (Lassar) Solot

Hi !  I am sorry I missed the reunion, but I just didn't know about it.  I had an emergency procedure for a detached retina on October 3 and a preventive procedure on the other eye on October 21, so I probably would have ended up canceling anyway.  I am almost completely recovered now. 
Jack Swisher

Pre-Reunion:

FROM OWEN YOST:
Dear New Trier friends,
I apologize for putting this off so long, but I finally gathered the initiative to say I can't come to the reunion.  I would very much like to see you all and trade glimpses of our pasts, but my son comes first.  You see, there's a good chance he'll be returning from Iraq that weekend (the next possibility is late Dec.), and I'll be at Ft. Bragg, NC.   I'll miss you all very much, but you can understand that I'd crawl over broken glass to be with my son.
I've attached part of a recent letter from him, for those who believe everything CNN says;
-Owen Yost
4516 Coyote Point
Denton, TX  76208

I would love to be able to come to the reunion.  We have a five month old granddaughter that will be baptized on Sunday the 12th in Baton Rouge, La.  Family always comes first.  I am very interested at this time of my life to make a reconnection to those of my past.  If anyone would like to reconnect that remembers me please email me at bobntrishclarke@cs.com.  I hope everyone that attends the 40th reunion will have a wonderful time being together again.  Wish I could come.
God Bless all of you,  Patricia (Pat) Willhite Clarke

Classmates' Websites  (Come on... don't be bashful.  Send me your URL so I can link it from this page.)

For East Lansing's Don Behm, carrying the Olympic torch brought back special memories--he won a silver medal as a member of the U.S. wrestling team in the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.

EAST LANSING--Olympic competition brings back special memories for Don Behm, who teaches physical education at Marble Elementary School and coaches the East Lansing High School wrestling team.
Behm won a silver medal for the United States as a 125-pound freestyle wrestler in the 1968 Summer Olympic Games in Mexico City. His silver was one of only two medals the U.S. wrestling team won in 1968.

"As time goes by, being on the Olympic team and winning the silver medal certainly becomes bigger to me," he said.
On Jan. 6, he enjoyed the honor of carrying the Olympic torch in East Lansing. But the real excitement for Behm came when he saw the Olympic flame reach its final destination in Salt Lake City and seeing the drama and competition unfold at the Winter Games.
"I really appreciate the athletes and the amount of fire and passion and the magnitude of effort they have invested to participate in the Olympics," he said. "There are no shortcuts to success at this level. I used to work out at least six hours every day. The kind of effort needed to compete is mind-boggling."
Behm, recruited out of high school in Illinois to join Coach Grady Peninger's Michigan State University wrestling team, had a single focus: "I wanted to be the best in the world."
As a 130-pound senior at MSU in 1967, he led the Spartans to an NCAA team championship while winning an NCAA individual title in his weight class. After winning the silver medal, he continued to compete all over the globe, taking a second place in the 1969 world championships and winning a gold medal in the 1971 Pan-American Games. He later coached U.S. wrestling teams.
As a teacher, he can relate to the Olympic motto, "Light the fire within."
"When I see the light go on in one of my students, I know that's why I teach," Behm said. "It's really rewarding to share your knowledge with kids and help motivate them to achieve their maximum."

I have my own site www.kayunger.com and you can download anything you want for the New Trier site that could be fun.
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http://www.kayunger.com

I have a whole bunch of sites... some are income earning as referral sites.  Take a look at the home page at
http://www.SooLake.com
T J Dunn

This interesting information about the New Trier/Evanston football rivalries was sent in by Sue (Giallombardo) Walker...

Subject: NT vs ETHS---Sue: this article appeared in today's paper. I thought
that you might get a "kick" out of it (no pun intended!). Loren

Great article in this morning's Sun-Times:
New Trier, Evanston set for their 90th consecutive game  October 18, 2002   BY STEVE TUCKER STAFF REPORTER 

The oldest football rivalry in the state is Hyde Park-Englewood, which started in 1889.   The most enduring is East Aurora and West Aurora, which have met continuously since 1893.  But both pale in comparison to the storied North Shore wars between Evanston and New Trier.  On Friday, the Central Suburban South rivals will meet  in Northfield for the 90th year in a row. Both teams have struggled. Evanston is 4-3 and hoping to make the state playoffs after going 3-15 the last two seasons. New Trier is 3-4 and has to win its last two games to qualify. For years, in the days before television, the Evanston-New Trier game was played on Thanksgiving  morning at Northwestern.

The first game in 1913 was won by Evanston 31-13. The Wildkits were led by quarterback John "Paddy''Driscoll, who played at Northwestern and with the  Decatur Staleys and Chicago Cardinals, who he also coached. In 1956-57, Driscoll was the Bears' head coach. The first game I saw was No. 50 and it was one of the best. It was 1962. Evanston was ranked No. 1. Under legendary coach Murney Lazier, who was 127-15-4 in 18 years (how many other coaches do you know of that have more seasons than losses?), the Wildkits were unbeaten and had a 26-game winning streak that covered more than three years. New Trier was coached by Walt Aschenbach, who spent 44 years at New Trier. The Indians (since renamed theTrevians) ran a single wing.

There were more people than I had ever seen at a high school game. Fans were six to eight deep circling the field. New Trier scored first, but Evanston answered and led 7-6 at halftime. But behind fullback John "Ram'' Roach, New Trier scored two second-half touchdowns to win 20-7. As fans stormed the field, the goalposts came down.  "In that second half, New Trier came out and ran 20 plays in a row without making a mistake,'' Lazier said. "Their fullback [Roach] kept running a plunge.  "It was fierce, tre-mendous competition, but it wasn't built on hate. I never had to psyche the kids up. They were ready. The games were always a battle, always crucial.''

The 1962 game was also the first for Chick Cichowski, who later became New Trier's head coach. In 21 seasons, he was 145-46-1.  "It was one of my fondest memories,'' said Cichowski, a Lane Tech grad who played pro football for the Steelers, Redskins and in Canada. "I'll never forget that game. It was my first year of teaching and my first year of coaching [the New Trier sophomores].  "It was great football and a great rivalry. We never had a problem getting the kids up. The problem was, they were always thinking about Evanston a week or more before the game.''

Take a look at who was present at the 40th reunion held in 2003

tjdunn
rhinelander, wi