It has been a long winter for many classmates, cheers to spring's arrival and best wishes for wonderful weather wherever you may be! Thanks for visiting the blog......
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First off, a big Congratulations to Mr. Dennis O'Connor! Dennis was inducted into the Thunderbird Athletic Wall of Fame in November 2014. A well-deserved honor for a wonderful teacher! Here is the link to the story -
http://www.northjersey.com/sports/high-school-sports/wall-of-fame-inductions-resurrected-1.1146570
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Mike Dooley has shared a wonderful glass piece that he created. It was many hours of work but it turned out beautifully! No guessing which ball team he favors!
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Happy 10th Anniversary to Cathy Swickle and her husband Ken. They celebrate in July.
Happy 35th Anniversary to Maureen Benson and her husband Alan who celebrate in August.
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Proud dad Joe Fagan has contributed this photo of his son Shane. Shane is a high school freshman and has earned a spot as a varsity wrestler at 182 lbs.while maintaining a 4.4 GPA.
Great work, Shane! He is the 3rd wrestler in the back row (from the left).
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Our classmate Mike Grattini has a blog he has been sharing through Facebook. If you would like to follow his postings, visit his blog at :
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To keep up on the Mahwah High School news, go http://hs.mahwah.k12.nj.us/pages/Mahwah_High_School
or follow on Twitter - @mahwahHS
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Mark Hansen from the Class of 77 and a friend to many here has shared the following news:
He was promoted to the position of Director of Media Services for the New York State Senate this year. Congratulations, Mark!
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In Memoriam
Sadly classmate Tom Reavely passed away in December 2014. He is survived by his son Zachary. Our condolences to his family.
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In the process of
trying to locate some of our classmates, a classmate came upon the obituary for
Dick Bjurstrom. Sadly he passed away in
2011. Here is the link to the funeral
home notice.
We are sorry to hear of
another classmate leaving us too soon.
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A little bit of class business
The survey for the class reunion drew 42 responses. John Dolan and I are going to be going over the suggestions for our 40th reunion and will endeavor to implement the suggestions into the reunion plans for 2016. Once plans get organized, you will be kept up to date. As in previous years, we will need to guarantee a minimum number of attendees for whichever venue is chosen. Thank you for participating in the survey and we look forward to organizing a fun reunion.
If you have moved since the 2011 reunion, PLEASE forward your mailing address to Sue at mahwahhighschool1976@yahoo.com so that I can update the database. Also please update your email address if applicable.
Some classmates did not receive the email sent earlier this year asking for blog submissions. I hope that I was able to forward the email on to those who didn't receive it. In some cases it was because of email address changes; I also am wondering if the email goes into 'junk' mail due to it coming from a Canadian server. So please check mailboxes periodically to see if I have sent anything. Using the class Facebook page I also let everyone know an email has been sent. Thanks so much!
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Missing Classmate List
Here is the list of classmates we have been unable to locate...Can anyone help?
Carol Beynon
Cathy Burns
Doug Collums
Deborah DeGroat
Tricia DeJean
Frank DePalma
Jonathan Gant
Robin Halliday
Steve Hafner
Bob Iannacone
Mark Jablonski
Steve Jacob
Fred Mann
Peter Menichetti
Dennis Murphy
Elise Pendleton
Bob Philpott
Pete Revis
Karen Schmidt
Jerosa Smith
Ken Steffens
Patty Thomas
Ken Yaffey
Bob Whitman
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Blast from the Past
The Hiking Club
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Thank you for taking the time to stop by and catch up on some class news. Thank you to all who contributed to the blog this time. If you would like to submit anything to the next update, please let me know by emailing to:
OR
Mahwah High School Class of 76 at:
I can also be reached by replying to my personal email address when I send out the class emails.
The next blog update will be in October.
*****Please watch your email in the meantime for any reunion-related notes.
Have a wonderful spring and summer!
Sue
