Class of 73 Guestbook
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Name: Dave Crawford
Name: Dave Crawford
Posted on June 17, 2004
What happened Scott, you only had eight words to say.Hope we do have another reunion as I will be there. Its great to see all the names from the past.I am on the poker tourney circuit and have more time to myself.Look for me on TV this year on the Travel Channel or ESPN world series of poker in 2004. Take care and may all your cards be live and your pots large.
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Submitted by
Name: Scott T. Schlief
Name: Scott T. Schlief
Posted on May 6, 2004
My God! Has it been a year already!
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Submitted by
Name: Debbie Ash Charvoz
Name: Debbie Ash Charvoz
Posted on June 5, 2003
sorry I didnt make the reunion. We were on vacation in the Caribbean. Sounds like everyone had a great time. You can contact me at DCharvoz@aol.com
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Submitted by
Name: Terry Gradillas Washburn
Name: Terry Gradillas Washburn
Posted on June 5, 2003
Ummmm.. excuse me.. but somebody sent me this web site.. I am SURRRRE it is quite by mistake because I am not old enough to be in this class...30 year class reunion???.. NO freakin' way. You all are old folks. I do kinda remember hearing all the old stories about some of you.. that Kathy Fox chickie.. I kinda remember her.
Ok.. Ok.. so.. I am a part of this class but.. I was only 17 when we graduated. Good LoRRRRRRRRd man.. where does time go. I didn't go to the reunion this time because.. I just didn't go. It's weak.. but that's the way it goes. Sooo.. somebody send me an email and let's do the Tag ..You're it thing.. Kiss
Ok.. Ok.. so.. I am a part of this class but.. I was only 17 when we graduated. Good LoRRRRRRRRd man.. where does time go. I didn't go to the reunion this time because.. I just didn't go. It's weak.. but that's the way it goes. Sooo.. somebody send me an email and let's do the Tag ..You're it thing.. Kiss
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Submitted by
Name: Carmen Clark Morel
Name: Carmen Clark Morel
Posted on June 2, 2003
email me at rem@rcsis.com if you want electronic pic of us "Tonto Kids" (when we did the group shot). I may have misplaced some of your email addresses whom I had promised to send this photo onto. Old age...
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Submitted by
Name: Scott T. Schlief
Name: Scott T. Schlief
Posted on May 11, 2003
Saturday - May 10, 2003
To my fellow graduates of the Coronado High Class of 1973,
Well, I'm settled back to my life here in the Windy City. It's been a week now since our time together at the 30 year reunion and I'm sitting here reflecting on the emotions of last weekend. I'm sorry for those who couldn't attend, they don't know what they missed.
First, I personally wish to thank the Reunion Committee. NANCY KELLY STARR, BERNIE HILL GARCIA, TRAECY RASMUSSEN KIMBALL, SUSAN RANDALL BROWN, and JEFF JUETTEN. I wish to not only compliment them on this recent reunion, but also for those of the past. Your hard work and efforts to make our times together very enjoyable shall always be appreciated by all.
And I would especially like to thank them for making the evening of my 48th birthday so special for me. Arranging to have the Class of 1973 all to sing "Happy Birthday" to me shall be a memory that I will cherish for the rest of my life. And I thank you all for that also. I've told this story now to several people, several times this week. Each time I do, I get misty eyed and choked up. I don't know how I appeared up there on the platform, but I was very emotional. It was fortunate that the lighting was low because I was told by the people I shared my table with that my face was going in and out in various shades of red.
I would also like to extend a personal thank you to ALBERT GARCIA, his wonderful wife BERNIE HILL GARCIA, and LAURIE SWANSON KYRCHMERY. After the festivities of last Saturday evening died down, I found myself standing with them in the hotel lobby. The GARCIAS invited me back to there suite for a martini. The four of us together had cocktails, snacks, and a pleasant conversation for about an hour. What made this special to me is that the four of us had never hung out together back in our days at Coronado. I only knew them by name and passed them in the halls many times. I suppose that's one of the unfortunate things about having a graduating class as large as ours.
But that small gesture and short time together showed me the great thing about high school reunions. Not only can they renew old friendships, (like with my old friend MIKE DICKERSON, great to spend the time with you bud), but they can also help to build new ones. This too shall also be a great memory for me.
I also discovered that high school reunions will heal the wounds of old, petty grievances from situations back in our youth, and start a new friendship from it. (That was for you CLAUDE THYBEN.)
Afterwards now, reflecting upon it all, I've learned that no matter where in the country we now make our lives, (or in the world in some cases), or how we live our lives today, or how we were in our days back at Coronado; it doesn't matter who we "hung around" with, what cliques we were involved in, or whether we were "jocks", "longhairs", "kickers," or "freaks." We all have two common bonds that will forever link us all together. And those are, that group of buildings located at 2501 North 74th Street in Scottsdale Arizona, and the time between 1969 through 1973 that we all shared and attended there.
It was in that place and era, whether in good times or bad, that we all built our foundations, celebrated out youth, and began our adulthood.
Now I hear that there are plans to tear up Coronado; to rebuild and rearrange her. I say spend the money to upgrade her, but to keep her the way she is, and let her stand for many decades to come.
My oldest daughter, Rebekah, will be finishing her freshman year in high school next month. Recently, I attended a progress meeting with her, her counselor, and her teachers. When they asked me of my thoughts for her goals in school I told them two things. First, as a priority, I want a strong academic foundation for her so that she may have a good start for her future life. And second, that I want high school to be fun for her. That her four years will always be a great experience for her, filled with great times and memories, as mine are for me.
I asked JEFF JUETTEN if there is going to be a 35 year reunion. He said that there may surely be. With this I think about the several times I visited the Memory Table. I noticed that as we all looked through the articles from the EXPLORER, and gazed down at our then 17 and 18 year old faces from the '73 TRAIL, each person who also visited would point to one, two, even three picture of someone say, "Oh, I wonder how he/she is doing," or, "I wish that he/she would have come," or "It would have been great to see him/her again."
I suggest that if any of us who are still in contact with those of the CHS Class of 1973 who couldn't attend last weeks reunion, (or have never attended one of our reunions for that matter), that we urge and persuade them to be there for the 35th. For me personally, it would be my two best friends from Coronado, JEFF LYLE and BRENT ALLRED. And I would also like to mention KIM DANIEL MILLER.
I heard KERRY JACKSON and JOE BRINNONS name mentioned many times, along with RICK SEIDNER. Wouldn't it be great that, for the next time we all gather together, that we would have to rent a room that's twice the size of the one from last Saturday?
I became accessible to the Internet almost 10 years ago. I've seen how it has made the world a smaller place. I made a hobby out of finding old friends, classmates, and acquaintances through the years. When I first started, I arranged to have a few "on-line reunions" with alumnus's from Coronado in chat rooms. Some lasted a couple of hours. So with that, please feel free to add my name to your buddy lists, and if you ever see me on line, send me an Instant Message anytime.
If any of you should ever find yourself in the Chicagoland area, please feel at liberty to drop by my place of business and say hello. They are called Irv's Men's Stores. In the past I've had DANE TRAINES and ROD ZIEBIG do so; and even JEFF LYLE and BRENT ALLRED have stopped in. At the time of this writing my schedule has me at my Darien, IL location on Wednesdays through Fridays, the phone number is 630-910-1333. And my Saturdays and Sundays, (because I'm in retail), are at my Prospect Hgts., IL location. The phone number is 847-459-8060. I'd be happy to show you around Chicago if at all possible.
In closing, because this ran way to long, I'd like to leave you with a blessing from my Irish ancestors, in case I don't see or hear from any of you until the year 2008. (Do you think that KATHY FOX MINDERS will still be able to do the splits by then?)
May the road rise to meet you.
May the wind be always at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face;
The rains fall soft upon your fields
And, until we meet again,
May GOD hold you in the palm of His hand.
Oh! and HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!
Sincerely,
Scott T. Schlief
Coronado High 1973
Chicago, IL
PS.
It still amazes me that GLENDA SHOEMAKER has 25 GRANDCHILDREN!
To my fellow graduates of the Coronado High Class of 1973,
Well, I'm settled back to my life here in the Windy City. It's been a week now since our time together at the 30 year reunion and I'm sitting here reflecting on the emotions of last weekend. I'm sorry for those who couldn't attend, they don't know what they missed.
First, I personally wish to thank the Reunion Committee. NANCY KELLY STARR, BERNIE HILL GARCIA, TRAECY RASMUSSEN KIMBALL, SUSAN RANDALL BROWN, and JEFF JUETTEN. I wish to not only compliment them on this recent reunion, but also for those of the past. Your hard work and efforts to make our times together very enjoyable shall always be appreciated by all.
And I would especially like to thank them for making the evening of my 48th birthday so special for me. Arranging to have the Class of 1973 all to sing "Happy Birthday" to me shall be a memory that I will cherish for the rest of my life. And I thank you all for that also. I've told this story now to several people, several times this week. Each time I do, I get misty eyed and choked up. I don't know how I appeared up there on the platform, but I was very emotional. It was fortunate that the lighting was low because I was told by the people I shared my table with that my face was going in and out in various shades of red.
I would also like to extend a personal thank you to ALBERT GARCIA, his wonderful wife BERNIE HILL GARCIA, and LAURIE SWANSON KYRCHMERY. After the festivities of last Saturday evening died down, I found myself standing with them in the hotel lobby. The GARCIAS invited me back to there suite for a martini. The four of us together had cocktails, snacks, and a pleasant conversation for about an hour. What made this special to me is that the four of us had never hung out together back in our days at Coronado. I only knew them by name and passed them in the halls many times. I suppose that's one of the unfortunate things about having a graduating class as large as ours.
But that small gesture and short time together showed me the great thing about high school reunions. Not only can they renew old friendships, (like with my old friend MIKE DICKERSON, great to spend the time with you bud), but they can also help to build new ones. This too shall also be a great memory for me.
I also discovered that high school reunions will heal the wounds of old, petty grievances from situations back in our youth, and start a new friendship from it. (That was for you CLAUDE THYBEN.)
Afterwards now, reflecting upon it all, I've learned that no matter where in the country we now make our lives, (or in the world in some cases), or how we live our lives today, or how we were in our days back at Coronado; it doesn't matter who we "hung around" with, what cliques we were involved in, or whether we were "jocks", "longhairs", "kickers," or "freaks." We all have two common bonds that will forever link us all together. And those are, that group of buildings located at 2501 North 74th Street in Scottsdale Arizona, and the time between 1969 through 1973 that we all shared and attended there.
It was in that place and era, whether in good times or bad, that we all built our foundations, celebrated out youth, and began our adulthood.
Now I hear that there are plans to tear up Coronado; to rebuild and rearrange her. I say spend the money to upgrade her, but to keep her the way she is, and let her stand for many decades to come.
My oldest daughter, Rebekah, will be finishing her freshman year in high school next month. Recently, I attended a progress meeting with her, her counselor, and her teachers. When they asked me of my thoughts for her goals in school I told them two things. First, as a priority, I want a strong academic foundation for her so that she may have a good start for her future life. And second, that I want high school to be fun for her. That her four years will always be a great experience for her, filled with great times and memories, as mine are for me.
I asked JEFF JUETTEN if there is going to be a 35 year reunion. He said that there may surely be. With this I think about the several times I visited the Memory Table. I noticed that as we all looked through the articles from the EXPLORER, and gazed down at our then 17 and 18 year old faces from the '73 TRAIL, each person who also visited would point to one, two, even three picture of someone say, "Oh, I wonder how he/she is doing," or, "I wish that he/she would have come," or "It would have been great to see him/her again."
I suggest that if any of us who are still in contact with those of the CHS Class of 1973 who couldn't attend last weeks reunion, (or have never attended one of our reunions for that matter), that we urge and persuade them to be there for the 35th. For me personally, it would be my two best friends from Coronado, JEFF LYLE and BRENT ALLRED. And I would also like to mention KIM DANIEL MILLER.
I heard KERRY JACKSON and JOE BRINNONS name mentioned many times, along with RICK SEIDNER. Wouldn't it be great that, for the next time we all gather together, that we would have to rent a room that's twice the size of the one from last Saturday?
I became accessible to the Internet almost 10 years ago. I've seen how it has made the world a smaller place. I made a hobby out of finding old friends, classmates, and acquaintances through the years. When I first started, I arranged to have a few "on-line reunions" with alumnus's from Coronado in chat rooms. Some lasted a couple of hours. So with that, please feel free to add my name to your buddy lists, and if you ever see me on line, send me an Instant Message anytime.
If any of you should ever find yourself in the Chicagoland area, please feel at liberty to drop by my place of business and say hello. They are called Irv's Men's Stores. In the past I've had DANE TRAINES and ROD ZIEBIG do so; and even JEFF LYLE and BRENT ALLRED have stopped in. At the time of this writing my schedule has me at my Darien, IL location on Wednesdays through Fridays, the phone number is 630-910-1333. And my Saturdays and Sundays, (because I'm in retail), are at my Prospect Hgts., IL location. The phone number is 847-459-8060. I'd be happy to show you around Chicago if at all possible.
In closing, because this ran way to long, I'd like to leave you with a blessing from my Irish ancestors, in case I don't see or hear from any of you until the year 2008. (Do you think that KATHY FOX MINDERS will still be able to do the splits by then?)
May the road rise to meet you.
May the wind be always at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face;
The rains fall soft upon your fields
And, until we meet again,
May GOD hold you in the palm of His hand.
Oh! and HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!
Sincerely,
Scott T. Schlief
Coronado High 1973
Chicago, IL
PS.
It still amazes me that GLENDA SHOEMAKER has 25 GRANDCHILDREN!
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Submitted by
Name: Beth Hallmark
Name: Beth Hallmark
Posted on May 11, 2003
Oh Yea! This was the best. I had such a great time (even though Trudie kept stealing my olives) and I will never forget it. Everyone was so kind, friendly, and full of energy. Can you believe it, at our age? I felt like a teenager again. Okay that might be stretching it a bit, but I haven't had this much fun with this many people in a long time. Hope we keep this site going for a while longer. Love reading the comments....Peace! Beth
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Submitted by
Name: Carmen Clark Morel
Name: Carmen Clark Morel
Posted on May 9, 2003
A big thanks to all the people who coordinated this event. Good job!! And such nice Moms who inspired me to be sure and sign up for my kid's 30th reunion as a Helper Mom. To all that I got to catch up with it was fun and I always knew that Tonto Kids Rock!
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Submitted by
Name: Kathy Fox Minders
Name: Kathy Fox Minders
Posted on May 8, 2003
So Much FUN!!!!!! For those of you who missed it, you really missed a great time. For those of you who were there, thanks for having such a great time with me. Truely a weekend I will never forget:)! I've got some great photos if anyone is interested. Again, so much FUN!!!!!!!!!!!! Stay Happy! Kathy Fox
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