| What's Happening: June 2007 |
| 6/3/07 - Janean writes: My weekend may have been the best ever. Great weekend with all family here. |
| 6/4-7/07 - Jan writes: My brother Koyce (a.k.a. "Red") and his wife Margaret visited from Temple. We spent a couple of days at our vacation home at Greene Mountain Lake, near Charlottesville, VA, driving up Skyline Drive to Big Meadows Lodge for dinner. Koyce's main desire had been to go fishing in our lake. He caught a fish. Alas, they weren't biting! |
| 6/13/07: Jan writes: Got my driver's license renewed today. (First went and had my hair done so I wouldn't have to live with "ugly hair" till 2012.) My photo looks like an old lady!!! How can that be? Tomorrow I go for renewal of my military dependent's I.D., required for Tricare because I'm turning 65 and will be covered by Medicare. Speaking of which, I also got a letter saying that $93 a month will be taken out of my Social Security check as a Medicare premium. And I had thought Medicare was a free benefit of getting old. Ha! |
| Rob and Paul are building their dream home on Siri Ridge about 60 miles north of San Francisco. After much bureaucratic wrangling, they've finally gotten all the permits they need and construction has really begun. 6/27/07 - See the new page of photos, Google map link, and the story on how the California Dream Home came about. |
| 6/12/07 - Jane writes via snail-mail: Thanks for your call and note. I did respond to you by e-mail, but I'm assuming you didn't receive it since I didn't hear back from you. I just wanted to let you know that I will eventually get some information to you for the BHS website. I have viewed it and I think you're doing a great job on it. Thanks! Richard and I are leaving next week for a road trip to California. We are going with my sister, Mary, and her husband. It is mostly a vacation, but we are also going to check on an elderly aunt. We will be gone a couple of weeks. Take care and keep in touch. Jane |
| 6/13/07 - Janean writes: We went to a fun occasion Friday nite in Lampasas...a bank function. It was the first one I'd been to since Will joined FSB last June. The function was outside, and it was the most gorgeous Hill Country evening ever. The music was provided by Benny and Carolyn Boyd, Gladys's older brother. In visiting with them, I was reminded of her husband's name, so I looked them up in the phone book, called this afternoon, and Gladys answered the phone! We had a good visit. I asked if it would be alright to pass along to you, and she said she'd love to hear from you. Unfortunately, she doesn't have internet access, but said all of her kids do. I told her to get one of her many grandkids to pull it up for her. Ha. Here's her number: 254.778.2621 |
| 6/18/07 - Jan writes: I called Gladys and had a wonderful talk. She has finally retired from her nursing career, which I hope she'll write about. Her husband Wayne also has retired from being Principal at Temple High. She'd enjoy calls from everyone! 6/28/07 - Gladys's new page is up! |
| 6/24/07 - Rob writes that he's been in touch with Skip, who will send us something soon. |
| 6/22/07 - Linda W. sent another great photo which will make a good "Who's This?" Thanks, Linda! |
| CLASSMATES YOU'VE ASKED ABOUT & WE'RE LOOKING FOR: Harrell Wayne R. (may be in San Antonio at 210-621-1480) Ted F. (no clue) |
| 6/16/07, Jan writes: Saw movie, Mr. Brooks, starring Kevin Costner and Demi Moore. Wow! If you like mysteries to die for.....! |
| 6/27/07, Gary writes: All is well here at the front. I've just been doing. Traveled to Santa Fe and Albuquerque, NM for a week with Andrea to visit friends. Spent a couple of weeks in Biloxi, MS taking care of family and business issues. I am considering another career change - a long time associate has asked me to join him in a couple of casino development projects. It would mean selling or accepting a partner for the business in Austin and moving to the Mississippi Gulf Coast. It seems like it would be challenging and fun. The timing would be this fall if I decide to plunge. What's waitin' up the road and 'round the bend? I'll try to send an updated photo or two soon. I'll schedule a "shoot" for the next time I clean up. Regards, Gary |
| 6/26/07 - Bill Su checked in and sent some great class photos. |
| 6/24/07: Jeanne's daughter Kim, granddaughter Ashley, and Jeanne at Ashley and Stephen's engagement party. More on Jeanne's page. |
| 6/30/07: Jan and Len fly out to spend a week visiting Jan's son Jon and family in San Rafael, CA, north of San Francisco. |
| Wed., 27th from Jeanne Greetings from Temple, Texas AND we are still having rain!!!!....getting pretty old for now...but will be begging for the wet stuff in August and September! .....just a quick note to let you know that Rob emailed me and told me about the story he had sent to you regarding Siri Ridge.....and it is just the best don't you think.....proof positive......dreams to come true!....more later in the week....Coach and I are leaving July 25th with a group of friends for Ireland ....golfing heaven for the guys...shopping and touring for the gals....wonderful food.... incredible wine....can't wait we will be gone about 12 days....a gift from Coach to me for my birthday..... are doing for all of us....let me know what's are doing for all of us....let me know what's happening! happening! from my heart to yours, jeanne |
| Fri., 29th from Judy PS: Had the kids this week due to the floods in Marble Falls...what a disaster. There is still no water there. My youngest son James and his family live there. Two 20 year old boys are still missing. They found their jeep and some of their clothing, so it does not look good. It looks like Katrina hit! I am 20 miles from there and that is where I do all my shopping etc. I am going to Yorba Linda, California on July 14 and come back on the 21st. Yorba Linda is an LA suburb - Nixon Library is there. My first cousin lives there and she has been begging me to come out for several years now. John and I visited Karen and Jim lots when we lived in Phoenix. Karen's sister Lana lives up at Bear Mountain and she called yesterday and was wondering when I was coming to see her! I will try and make the rounds this next year....I love traveling - more fun with someone, but I have been to Korea, Japan and Hawaii by myself, so I am not afraid to do this. I made 3 trips in the US last year. Then in August I will fly into Hartford, Connecticut, to meet some friends, and we will go to their house in Lenox, Massachusetts, for a week. Sometimes I am busy, other times not. From the looks of this office I need to be in here more! I love Gladys' page! So nice everyone is slowly sending something in. You are doing a very nice job......thank you. Judy |
Rain, Rain, Go Away! Austin / Central Texas June 2007 was the the third coolest ever, with an average temperature of 79.6 degrees. During the evening of June 26 and morning of June 27, portions of Llano and Burnet counties received 10 to 20 inches of rain in less than 6 hours. Burnet received 11.55 inches of rain in June, which is 7.46 inches above normal. From January to June, this has been the wettest ever at Austin Bergstrom airport with 31.71 inches, and is 13.95 inches above normal. The Top 3 highest precipitation totals for January through June at Austin Bergstrom: 1. 2007 - 31.71 in 2. 1992 - 30.84 in 3. 1957 - 30.42 in |
| 6/29/07, Janean writes: Oh my goodness! I was absolutely teared up when I finished reading Gladys' bio! I didn't remember that she married Wayne her jr year...and that they have been together 49 of our 65 years! That in itself is extraordinary!! But to read about all they accomplished... educationally, family, careers, etc. Really a credit to them both and they wonderful family they now have!!! It is very moving to me at this elderly stage to see the progeny we've all created!! And to see Gladys' siblings!! Surely wish she had internet so we could correspond with her more.... I talked with Lou yesterday and you may all already know this, but Charles had double knee replacement a week or so ago....she has been very busy going back and forth to hospital/ rehab, but he is coming home Fri. |
| 6/3/07: Judy PS with son John Howard at his daughter's wedding. |