Updates from Alumknights. Here’s who we heard from in the recent "Y$2K" Alumknight fundraising letter, sent out just before Christmas 1999.
Sylvia Caesar Boyle is the Executive Director of the Idaho State Board of Dentistry but hopes to retire from regulating the dental profession before too long and would like to begin a second career in teaching. She is very happy that her two AlumKnights children David Wildman, Class of '90, and Ann Wildman, Class of '94, have come back to Boise after graduating from university.
Russell Renk is living in Anchorage, Alaska.
Kathy Simpson Butler is living in Boise. Kathy James Jackson has owned Cole Village Flowers for 17 years. Kathy's AlumKnights son J.D Allard, Class of '86, is a golf pro in California. Her daughter Britt lives in France and is a translator for five languages, and a son, Alex, is 16. Kathy is not a grandma - yet.
David Lachiondo, Principal of Bishop Kelly since 1989, has an AlumKnights daughter Diana, Class of 98, who is studying in the Basque Country, and a daughter Alicia, Class of '02.
John Simonson has practiced law for 27 years with Ropers Majeski in Redwood City, CA. He and his wife Janet have four children: Mary, age 21, attending the College of William & Mary; James, age 20, attending the University of Arizona; Jerry, age 17, a senior at Sacred Heart Prep; and Ann, age 13, at Hillview Junior High.
Kathleen Slinger is an engineer with the State of Idaho and is on the Bishop Kelly building committee.
Stan Welsh graduated from Gonzaga University in 1969 and the University of Idaho College of Law in 1976. He has practiced law from 1976 to the present and is a partner in the firm of Cosho, Humphrey, Greener & Welsh. He is married with three children (AlumKnights Eric, Class of '97) and three granddaughters.
On May 13 2000 he is being honored with the University of Idaho Allumni Hall of Fame award. He has won every major award for broadcast journalisim, including a Peabody Award, Emmy, DuPont-Columbia awards. He worked at KUID in Moscow as a producer then in 1976 he moved to Seatlle and worked at KCTS. In 1978 he won his first national Emmy (He has Seven) for a program titled "Some of The Presidents Men" he then went to Boston as a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University(1979-80). Mike was one of the original creators of PBS documentary series FRONTLINE. In 1996 Mike won the prestigious George Foster Peabody Award for his show "Waco: The Inside Story".
Recently he appeared on the NBC Today Show for his new show on FRONTlNE "Killer at Thurston High" about Kip Kinkle. He currently serves as a consultant to the FRONTLINE series. He owns his own production company, The Kirk Documentary Group, in Boston, which produces a number of other television projects for PBS and commercial television.
It has been wonderful to hear OLD names, recalling YOUNG faces and experiences.
I have lived in San Antonio, Texas from 1983-2000. I graduated from BSU in 1970 (I was fun loving and didn't quite make 1969's graduating class).
I have my original wife (how many of you can say that about husband or wife?), Mary Beth, a gorgeous babe, 8 years my younger. She gave me 4 children, 3 daughters and a son: Bethany, 23, graduate of Texas A&M is married to a fellow Texas A&M Aggie and lives in Texarkana TX. Kimberly, 20, is a college student at University of Texas in San Antonio. Leslie, 16, is a sophomore in HS. Nathan, 12, is a 6th grader.
I worked for NCR Corporation for 20 years, retiring in 1999. I am currently a self-employed technology and Internet consultant with Microsoft certifications. My web site is www.kramis.com, and email address is keith@kramis.com, I would love to hear from you.
The Class of '65 was truly the best, no doubt about it. We did so many dastardly deeds, none malicious, but all in fun. The Class of '65 had the best looking women (all of them, really), fastest strongest athletes (Ronnie Wassler, Dennis Schaffner, Jim Rhodes), worst sports coaches, smartest students (DiNinno, Linda ?), closest and friendliest class I have ever seen (Lachiando, Skinner, Spinharney, Clifford, Rhodes, Kirk, Wassler, Jim Worsley, Zimmer, Zimmerman, Conners, etc. the list is endless [100 deep]).
We did ski trips, river floats, continual Clifford house parties, match-making, Anacabe hallway-burnings, Prom's with cross-dressers before it was "popular" (John DiNinno), delivered toilets to bad-coaches lawns, hooky-bobbed, ice skated down the frozen Boise River, the bad-boys drank large quantities of beer, ate Shakey's Pizza, would walk miles to be with friends, dancing together on “Teen-Canteen” TV. There are simply too many memories to re-count.
Yes, we had quite a group. It does sadden me to think that immediately upon graduation from high school we lost contact with one another. Scattered to the four winds.
God is good though, isn’t He? He blesses us with His Son, and gives us the opportunity to be continually blessed in Him. We now have a chance to rebuild all of the old bridges. I am looking forward to it.
Interesting to read about some of the people in this link. I haven,t seen most of the people mentioned in this sight since my freshman year at St.Teresa,s Academy. I went to Boise High my sophmore year, then finished up at Sammamish High School Bellevue,Wa. I still have quite a bit of family in Boise,and my mom lived three house from St.Mary's on State Street for 15 years. The green house with tile roof. Did John McConnell finish at BK.
Just a note to all of my classmates! Received a note from Jim (Andy) Brock who is now retired as an educator in Australia. He may be visiting Boise sometime in 2001. Did you know that he copusin to our present Bishop Kelly football coach Tim Brennan? My daughter, Diana, has returned from studying Basque language in Gernika, Spain this last year. She is now a sophomore at the University of Washington. Her roommate is Jenny Greenfield, the daughter of Robin Reed Greenfield, BK Class of 1966. Jenny is studying acting at the Cornish School of the Arts in Seattle. I am really looking forward to seeing classmates at our 35th reunion in October. For those who don't know Martha Peterson is as vivacious as ever and still talks like a sailor. Great message, Keith Kramis! Does anybody know anything about Mike Rhodes? Its like he has fallen off of the face of the earth.
Mark Oct 7, 2000 on your calendars for a one day reunion for Class of '65 at the Plantation Country Club in Boise. If you did not receive registration info please send your mailing address to above email address. If you did receive registration info...mail your $25 per person to Martha Peterson by Sept 15.....we would like ahead count by Sept 1......Thanks!
To those graduates of the class of 1965 who went to Saint Mary's and St.Teresa's "Greetings", those were the years I remember the most,good friends from those years,I wonder where they are all now,such as Bob Maus,Paul Bayhouse,Molly Conner,Jim Berro,Doug Steckler,Bill Bader,Greg Teske,Dennis Schaffner,Lee Newton,Kim Gates,Sandy Biggs,John Daley,Jon & Tim McConnell,Pam Zamzow,Jim Springer,Sue Hanson(she lives on the same street as my oldest brother off of Victory. P.S David Lachiondo was right Martha Peterson does talk like a sailor,Enjoy the reunion. Keith Kramis told me he is going to be there,I'll be in Pullman,Wa. rooting for the WSU Cougars against BSU.
Just a note to say that we enjoyed our 40th class reunion. Even though there were only a few of us, we had a good time cheering the Knights at the Friday night game with Emmett and the dinner party at the Stonehouse on Saturday. On another note, when I was in South Bend, Indiana visiting my daughter, I stopped by the St. Mary's Convent and visited with Sr. Elizabeth Marie my high school English teacher. She is 93 now and quite frail (she uses a walker), but she is still mentally sharp. If at all possible, send her a note at the St Mary's Convent n South Bend.
Keith there is no e in my name,I am still in the State of Wash. but get to Boise at least twice a year,lot of family still in the Valley,all of them my oldest brother,s kids,grandkids,great grandkids
