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Glenn Cole
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City: Mountlake Terrace ) State/Prov.: Washington Occupation: Credit Union Branch Manager Marital Status: Married No. of Children: 2 College: Western Washington University Degree: Speech Communications From Glenn: It was awesome seeing and talking to everyone at the reunion.To those I saw and didn't talk to I'm sorry.To everyone if I my rip off a line from the prophetic purveyor of pop wisdom MR SPOCK "Live Long and Prosper" Happy Trails, Glenn |
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City: Bothell) State/Prov.: WA Occupation: Supply Chain Director Marital Status: Single From Chris: It was great seeing everyone both Friday and Saturday night. The whole weekend went by too fast. Please keep in touch. |
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City: Woodinville) State/Prov.: WA Website: neirfamily.com Marital Status: Married No. of Children: 2 College: Seattle University Degree: BA, Business Marketing From Jim: It has been eleven months since we started putting this reunion together, and it's only days away, so I figure now would be a good time to update my personal bio.
Cathy & I met at WWU in 1981, love at first sight, really, I'm NOT Kidding! If you attended WWU during that time you probably remember her, she was the most entertaining food server at Saga, ever . A vaudevillian act that involved one-liners and songs, etc, etc. She graduated and started teaching and I transferred to Seattle University to major in Business (I had finally found my passion), and started working the night-shift at Dollar. We dated for fours years, got married, bought a house, had kids. Pretty much in the correct order, anyway. Our oldest, Christopher, who is already famous with his 'Halo-Tricks' website (h3tricks.com, or cmneir.com) is heading to Eastern Washington University this weekend. I am so excited for him, because I remember how going to college changed my life. Cathy is just sad. Right this minute, she is busy making plans to miss him a lot. Katrina, our youngest and last child, is in 9th grade. So far this year, she has informed us, she is getting all "A's". Not bad for 13 days into school. That certainty beats my record. But, I tell her "A's" aren't good enough. It's my new tough-love approach. We have four cats ... I drive a 4-Runner and Cathy drives a Corolla ... the last time I bought new socks was in 1997 ... we live in Woodinville, but we used to live in Kirkland ... I have never lived more than 100 miles away from where I was born ... the only place I can remember vacationing is at Disneyland, but I know I've been to some other amazing places. Reunions always make me nervous. Every time I need a little "push" to get me motivated. The "push" this time was the fear that we might not have a reunion at all. (Not to sound morose, but someone told me that between the thirty and the fortieth we start to lose quite a few classmates, probably NOT YOU, so don't worry, but I think that makes the thirtieth even more important). In some ways it seems so strange to "re-group" every ten years, but after every single reunion, the ten and twenty, I've been so thankful for the opportunity to see everyone again. Not that everything I did in high school was worth remembering, nor do I remember much anyway, and there are many things I would rather forget. But, that's the beauty of it. The embarrassing moments are now funny, and the fun stuff, well, is hilarious. I'm glad at reunions we get to reminisce about more than just the "school" parts, like going to class. Because, mostly I remember the fun of being a kid. Especially in our small town of Kirkland. And, many of you, I remember all the way back to Lakeview. That would make this our 42nd - Kindergarden reunion, I think. I can still remember the blocks falling down on us in Kindergarden when we turned the key to start our imaginary car. And, Mike Owen, I can remember you won the "Big Train" at the end of 1st grade. What the heck did you do with that thing when you got it home, anyway? wow, so many strange memories are coming back to me! Lastly, and sadly, the past few months have been especially difficult and reflective. My mom was diagnosed with inoperable brain cancer in March, and passed away at the end of July. My mom was amazing. She never lost her sense of humor and was brave till the end. Life is fragile. I still cannot believe how suddenly everything can change. |
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Jami Mattson
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City: Seattle
State/Prov.: Washington Website: www.shutterpoet.com From Jami: Truly looking forward to seeing everyone! |
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Debra Walter
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City: Lake Stevens
State/Prov.: Washington |
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Joyce Knudtson (Ohrman)
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City: Redmond
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Mitch Hoel
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City: Bothell) State/Prov.: WA Occupation: Licensed Massage Practitioner/Truck Driver Marital Status: Married No. of Children: 2 |
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Amy Hamlin (McLauchlan)
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City: Woodinville) State/Prov.: WA Occupation: music teacher Marital Status: Married No. of Children: 2 College: Western Washington University Degree: BA Education From Amy: Nothing like waiting until days before... (Thanks for the message and gentle nudge Laurie!) I met my husband at WWU after he offered to carry my cello to rehearsal. We've been married for 24 years and have proved that classical and jazz musicians can live in harmony. Our daughter Tara is a senior at Willamette University and our son Drew just graduated from Woodinville High and is attending University of Portland. We are now "empty nesters" and trying to figure out the next stage of life. I teach beginning orchestra in the Northshore School District to over 80 students a week. I also have a few private students. That cello has been pretty good to me. Our favorite place is Cannon Beach and we escape there whenever possible. (we think that's why our kids chose schools in Oregon) I'm looking forward to seeing eveyone! |
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Donna Hinds (Welton)
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City: Redmond
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Chris Larsen
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City: Long Beach
State/Prov.: California |
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