Patti Hissong Hover wanted to share this, "Thank you for thinking of me. I went to school in Prospect Hts k thru 11.5 then folks transplanted me to San Francisco----quite a cultural shock Was dropped into a class of over 800 kids and could say only had 2 that I could remember. Went to college in Arizona and was never invited to any reunions there. SOO I really call Wheeling my graduating place Hope you don't mind.  My current particulars are:  Married to husband George--whom I met on a blind date in Arizona.  I have been married for 35 years We have 4 kids--1 girl first then 3 boys also have 4.5 grand kid (at this moment) All 4 are college grads one w/ a masters one architect, one speech therapist (daughter w/masters), one business--who currently is a distributor of Organic products for Lowes, and one policeman. Did I mention all are married toooo?"

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Update from Jan Carne Love: "What has happened since High School? I had such a great time visiting with the attendees of the Reunion “Icebreaker” on Friday night. I was sorry I could not attend the Saturday affair. I especially enjoyed sharing memories with my Class of ’66 good friends Pam Ashe Gnuglek and Lynn Robey and my grade school mates Janine Ratcliffe, Steve Zasadny and Doug Glaser. I had wished we had more time to chat and catch up on the years since high school, so thought I would share a bit of my life for anyone interested in reading. I am getting a bit more reflective lately, as retirement thoughts are looming. I am a bit jealous of those of you have figured this out already.

My folks still live the same house I grew up in at 208 W. Kenilworth, Prospect Heights. I am lucky to still have them as part of my life.

I graduated from Western Illinois University with a BS in Mathematics, and lived in the Chicago area until ‘82. I worked for Morton Salt Company, downtown Chicago, before I left. I was active in one of the area ski clubs and enjoyed skiing and other year-round activities with my ski club friends. I was also a bartender at Ye Olde Town Inn in Mt Prospect, part-time.

I met my first husband at work at Morton Salt in Chicago. We moved to the Ft Lauderdale, Florida area, were married and I started working for IBM. I loved Florida. We dropped skiing for scuba diving and bought a boat to
enjoy it every weekend. I survived the divorce 6 years later, but I learned from it. I truly believe 'everything happens for a reason'. IBM has been good to me and also teamed me up with my then good friend and co-worker, Doug. Doug and I bought a house on the water, a boat, were married, and are still best friends. We survived Hurricane Andrew in ’93, evacuating our house and all our stuff. It makes you realize how important life is over “stuff”. We still enjoy the ocean, both diving and sailing.  After 14 years in Florida, IBM moved us to Austin, Texas, home of Lance Armstrong and Willie Nelson. We miss the ocean, but IBM needed us on the projects we were on so we moved. Austin is a great city, the best in Texas, in my opinion. We live in Hill Country, which has rolling hills, canyons, and 2 lakes through the middle of town that are really the Colorado River. We have a close friend that works at a radio station and several musician friends, which allow us to see music somewhere every week. We even went to Willie Nelson’s 4th of July picnic this year. And of course routed for Lance again this year. I have now been at IBM for 20 years. At IBM, I manage teams of Software Engineers developing applications and operating systems and I do a lot of mentoring. One of my current projects involves another team in Rome, which has good travel benefits. Jazzercise and yoga keep me sane when work gets crazy. We are in Texas for 7 years now, but did not think I have a Texan accent. Guess some of y’all thought I did. Folks here think I have a Chicago accent, so it must be your perspective. I miss the Chicago summers, but not the winters. So that is my recap of 37 years. How about yours?

Thanks to all the people who planned the reunion and made it possible to see old friends from the past, and to Gary for creating and maintaining the website. It was GREAT!"

Janet Carne (Love)

The first combined All 60's Classes Reunion was held this weekend.  All the classes, '66, '67, '68, and '69 enjoyed a whole weekend of fun and remembrances. Friday night we gathered at the 94th Aero Squadron Restaurant & Bar for an informal getting re-acquainted event.  Saturday morning several people got together for a golf outing, with Coach Daletski in attendance.  Saturday night we had a more of a formal reunion dinner at Chevy Chase with Dr. Tom Shirley providing the invocation.  Sunday was a picnic at Dam #1 for the Bombers 2nd Annual Scholarship Bash.  Pictures are on line now!