Updates from Alumknights. Here's who we heard from in the recent "Y$2K" Alumknight fundraising letter, sent out just before Christmas 1999.
Dan and Chrissy (Rollston) Ansotegui, Classes of '77 and '87 live in Boise. "E-mail? Yeah right! Like we know how to run a computer!"
Lisa Donahue Manthey is married to Richard Manthey and raising three daughters, Ruth, six, Clare, four, and Grace, 14 months. She is attending graduate school part-time pursuing a master's degree in nursing. They visit Boise several times a year and love to show people the sights in New Orleans.
Stephen Herold lives in Austin, Texas. He graduated from Seattle University in 1982 and has been in Austin ever since. He and his wife Michelle have a daughter Beth, two. He works for CCI-TRIAD as a senior software engineer and has 17 years with the same company. Wishes he could get to Boise more often, but his parents are celebrating their 80th birthdays at the end of the year so the whole family will be in Boise for the party. Mom and Dad are at the same ol' Latah address since 1953!
Tim LaMott and wife Mary Beth have a son Nicholas, 14, and a daughter Kathryn, 11. He merged TML Inc with Service Experts in 1997. They are the Western Region of the U.S. Commercial HUAC manager-service experts. He has been Chairman of the Bishop Kelly Building Committee for six years with the current project - THE GYM!
Hi everyone! Just a short note to update you on our family. As some of you may know our 20 year reunion brought many changes for us. First of all John Barrutia and I found each other after twenty years! We were finally married on December 16, 1999 and live happily ever after in Glenns Ferry. I am starting my third term in the Idaho State Senate and John is the Sales Manager at Performance Chevrolet in Mountain Home. John's daugter, Amy Barrutia, will be a sophomore at Bishop Kelly next year. John and I live with my two daughters, Kandace, 16 and Kenzie, 13. John's daughter Saige, 5, also lives with us. As you can see he is completely outnumbered! We have a great life together and look forward to maybe seeing you all at our 25th if we have one. We can be reached at 208-366-7715. Let us hear from you or drop in if you are in the area.
Hi Robbi and John. Robbi, once again you showed integrity in a profession that sadly lacks it. Way to hang in there on the domestic violence against kids bill. Now maybe you could work on reversing the public TV fiasco! You're the best. I'm proud to be your friend. You've got a good-looking husband too. See ya, Anna
Hey Witz- I've been thinking of compiling some songs from 1977 that are actually worth listening to for our thirtieth reunion. Don't poo-poo this idea, I think it really has merit. Neil Young, Emmylou, Bonnie Raitt, the Stones, Little Feat and many others had some great stuff. You just have to sift through KC and the Sunshine band to get to it. If anyone has any suggestions, let er rip.
Hey Obie. Would I poo-poo? Never! Sounds like a great idea, but you only have seven years so you better get crackin'. Don't forget what is arguably the best song of that era, "Thunder Road." I think of you every time I open my freezer - I still have all your rock and roll magnets on the door. And your stereo is being held hostage in my old trailor in Donnelly. Some mice have made a home in it. They seem very happy. Call me when you're in Boise. Love ya
'Thunder Road' is good, but the song that stands out for me from '77 is 'The Core', one of Clapton's more inspired samplings.
The rotation at the Oberst houshold has included plenty 'o Janes Addiction as of late. Trashy white punks, who just happen to be really talented musically.
Makes me laugh.
How come our class has all the Luddites? Anyone who wants to take a break from work can drop a line at michael.oberst@nike.com
Heaven help us now, it's a message board for BK's Class of '77! Yahtahey ya'll, from the eastern edge of the Navajo Nation. Still doin' my part to provide low cost electrical power to the southwest from Arizona Public Service Company's Four Corners Steam Electric Station, situated 7 miles southwest of the Fruitland Trading Post (...now that I'm a Senior Engineer, do I have to act like one of the old guys?) where the airwaves are filled with the sounds of KNDN, an eclectic mix of Country, Elvis and traditional Navajo music. Not to fret though, as when that gets old, (if it ever gets old) I can always tune in to one of the plethora of Spanish language stations.
I've got to admit that Thunder Road went right by me, but The Core is very good. Donna and I have three daughters, the oldest being 10, and the twins 6, so having survived the Spice Girls, we've moved on to N'Sync, the Back Street Boys and my personal favorite, the Bare Naked Ladies, not that the music's so good (though (Be My) Yoko Ono & Brian Wilson have a soft spot in my heart), but mostly 'cause I get a kick out of hearing the girls proudly inform their friends that their Dad "...likes Bare Naked Ladies!".
Well, quite enough of that. Gotta go, hoping all is well with ya'll, JWH.
Hi gang I'm from class of '76. Had a good friend in class of '77 named Joe Jacoby. Anyone heard from him? Let me know on class of '76 message board. Thanks again.
Just wanted all of you to know that my big sister Kathy had a pacemaker installed last week. She's doing great and is at home packing to take her family to her husband's folks' in Montana. However, she'd probably love it if you dropped her a line!
I am curious if we are going to have a 25 year reunion. If anyone is planning something, it would be great to get some proposed dates out there.... I am still in Austin, Texas (20 years now.) I get back to Boise every now and then. Would like to plan a trip for this summeer if we can settle on a date for the reunion... Could be fun...
I'm in the middle of my 20th year of teaching. Not long ago some of students asked if I had attended Woodstock, the first one. Can you believe it?
Info on classmates: Marilyn Mais gave birth to her first child December 27, 2001. She keeps saying she is doing well for an old lady. I heard rumors that other class of 77 females had recently given birth. Any news?
I stumbled across this page while searching for fun things to do in Boise, Idaho. No offense current Boiseans but this is what I found.
I live in Columbia, MD and produce videos (no, not those kinds of videos) mostly in Baltimore/Washington/New York for companies in the financial industry.
I can assure the people who manage the (Missing) site that Anne Farley Emmeneger is very much alive and well in Westchester County. She just helped me get a sound package in New York. I will alert her to this site and let her know she is missing...
Hey Anna, Obbie, Steve, Sue and y'all (sorry, you pick that up after too much time in Key West), long time. My parents are having their 50th Anniversary this summer and I plan to go to Boise to help remind them of the hell I put them through.
As for music, does anyone remember a little quartet called the Ramones??? The Grateful Dead??? I went to Haight Ashbury a month after Jerry's death and went to a tribute for Joey Ramone at CBGB's last summer.
About me. SWM (Seperated White Male) but still friends with my wife, in fact she will probably come to Boise this summer. Of course we argue about everything including this trip. I want to drive and take the kayaks and hit any river possible along the way. We'll see.
It was fun reading about y'all (uh-oh, there I go again).
Mark, Columbia MD huh, ya don't say. By chance I was there last August. One week at GSE Power Systems, builders of perhaps the worlds finest custom built power plant control simulators. The Plant purchased a replica of Unit 1, for training control operators. Sent me out to see how much process change modeling the system might handle (secondary use). Very cool stuff. Like the worlds most detailed and elaborate video game, only we had to order the "Power Plant" game instead of something really cool like "F-22", or "Guided Missile Destroyer" or even "NASA Shuttle".
Regardless, had a great time. Drove down to DC and walked around the Capital and down the Mall, drove over to Annapolis and down to the Bay by the Naval Academy. Smallest boat there would have been the biggest ship on Navajo Reservoir. Rode a shuttle bus to Baltimore to take in an Orioles game (rained out), and headed back to N.M. feeling very much the thistle chewing hayseed.
And now, as it turns out, had an acquaintance in the area. Some years ago I took the family to Yuma AZ, to visit my mother-in-law, and stood in line at a restaurant behind a guy that was the spitting image of a guy I had sat next to in 8th Grade Band (Fairmount Jr. High). Too freaky, so I didn't say anything. Next morning, heading home, we stopped at a McDonalds 'bout 100 miles out (Gila Bend, I think) and low and behold, up drives the guy from the night before (w/ wife and baby). So now we're standing in line at the McDonalds when the guy says to me "hey, haven't we met before?" "Yeah, I stood behind you at the restaurant in Yuma last night." "No, I mean, didn't we go to school together, Capital High, Boise Idaho?" "Oh", I laughed, "no, that would have been junior high, Fairmount". Sure enough. Now living in Portland, OR, and had just visited his in-laws in Yuma. I decided that maybe it wasn't so freaky to run into someone from the past like that as they are probably only one of several people you know in the area at the time.
Ran into BK Alum Tim Lamott at the Flamingo in Vegas, spring of '98, while attending an ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Repair class. Smokin' and jokin' with the other power and chemical plant engineers in the hallway between sessions and Tim just happens by. He had some kind of HVAC thing going on.
Anyway, just chiming in, not to digress from the "thread" as it were.
Hope Boise treats you right.
JWH
P.S. Congratulations to Marilyn Mais (Thanks Cathy) and I trust that all is fine.
Father Patrick J. Russell, 44, Boise died Saturday at a Boise hospital. Vigil services will be held at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at St. Mark´s Catholic Church. Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Friday at St. John´s Cathedral. Burial will follow at Morris Hill Cemetery. Arrangements under the direction of Summers Funeral Homes, Boise Chapel.
Our beloved son, brother, uncle, friend, and priest, Fr. Patrick James Russell died Sunday, February 22, 2004 of a brain hemorrhage. Vigil services will be held Thursday, Feb. 26, 2004 at 6:30 p.m. at St. Marks Catholic Church. Funeral mass will be celebrated Friday, Feb. 27, 2004 at 11:oo a.m. at St. John's Cathedral. Burial will follow at Morris Hill Cemetery. A visitation for family and friends will be today, Wednesday, Feb. 25th from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. at Summers Funeral Home, 1205 W. Bannock Street, Boise. Patrick was born May 10, 1959 in Boise, Idaho. He was born with a rare bone disease, Osteogenesis Imperfecta. Although doctors said it was likely he would live a very short time, they had no idea the strength and will to live that God had given this child. Patrick endured hundreds of broken bones, surgeries too numerous to count, and in his final years especially, the struggle just to breathe. Despite his physical ailments, Patrick lived the fullest of lives. He attended Sacred Heart School for 8 years then attended Bishop Kelly High School where he graduated in 1977. Patrick continued his education at Boise State University, graduating in 4 years with a degree in Communications and a minor in Philosophy. During his years at BSU, he was involved in the local Boise Little Theatre, where he acted and directed in numerous productions. Patrick answered his life's calling to the priesthood and went to St. Patrick's Seminary in Menlo Park, California. In 1984, Patrick was ordained to the deaconate at his home parish, Sacred Heart. On June 4, 1986, he was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Boise. Patrick has two parish assignments, Our Lady of Lourdes in Lewiston and St. Marks in Boise. His last assignment was as chaplain at Bishop Kelly High School. In 1984, a group of Patrick's friends held a golf tournament to help pay his medical expenses. The following 14 years, Patrick's tournament became a venue for him to help other ill children pay medical expenses. Over $100,000.00 was raised through the generosity of his friends and the community. In 2000, Patrick fulfilled a life long dream and traveled to Ireland with his sister Kelli and his dear friend, Fr. Chuck Field. Patrick was well loved by so many dear friends. He had life long friendships and touched new lives every day. His spirit and strength were an inspiration to all who knew him. Patrick is survived by his loving parents, Glenn and Dolly Russell; his sisters, Shannon Russell and Kelli Ray; and the light of his life, his niece, Baily. He is also survived buy his grandmother, Almelda Trumble; and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins. The family wishes to thank Dr. Floyd Johnson, Dr. Jeff Hartford, Dr. James Souza, the Staff of St. Alphonsus Hospital, and most especially Dr. John Livingston, for all the years of tender care of Patrick. The family also wishes to thank Msgr. James Hallisey, Fr. John Donoghue, Fr. James Wilson, Fr. Jerry Coleman, Fr. Charles Fuld, and Fr. Thomas Faucher, Patrick's pastors and spiritual mentors. Donations in Patrick's name can be made to the Fr. William Dodgson Scholarship Fund at Bishop Kelly High School, 7009 W. Franklin Rd, Boise, Idaho 83709; or the Baily Russell Education Fund c/o Summers Funeral Home, 1205 W. Bannock Street, Boise, Idaho 83702
We had a great first planning meeting with a wild crowd at Bar G, including Jeanette, Eddie, Gus, Scott, Jerry Richter, Terry McEntee, John and Robbi Barrutia, Frank, Maria, and of course pub owner extraordinaire, Dan Ansotegui. Mark your calendars for August 3-5. More info will be coming.
We are currently updating our mailing list. Please e-mail your contact information to me at afritz@clearwire.net.
We will meet again April 28 at 3 p.m. at Bar Guernica. Please join us!
We met again on Saturday and firmed up the dates: August 3-4. Golf and party on Friday, mass and dinner on Saturday. We are still looking for updated addresses, particularly e-mail.
I sent out registration forms today, both by e-mail and snail mail. If you don't get yours soon, let me know.
We are meeting again May 30th at 5:30 p.m. at Bar Guernica. All are welcome!
Don't forget the big reunion this weekend! We'd love for you all to come, even if you haven't responded yet. Sacred Heart outdoor picnic area, 7:30 p.m., Friday, August 3. Be there or be square!
