Happy Birthday Christine

Will one of our classmates be on Showtime this spring?

It's true. There is potential that one of our classmates may be involved in a documentary that plans to air on Showtime this spring. The new series is a spin-off of a public radio program that has won major journalism awards in the country.

I have been asked by the producers to not post details about the storyline, but rest assured that you'll hear about it on the blog and know when to tune in. You may be surprised to know that filming takes place late January!

Pictures from Roger

Here are a few new photos from Roger to share. The first is of Kassie in her volleyball game, followed by his wife's daughter Sierra doing her first solo skating at 10 years of age. The last photo is his wife's graduation as a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN).

Jeff & Angie

Jeff and Angie have settled down in Maryland outside of Washington DC and Baltimore. They recently celebrated their 16th wedding anniversary (wow!) on December 20th and have 4 kids; Austin (15), Lauren (13), Olivia (7) and Abigail (4). Jeff is in outside medical sales for Inverness Medical Innovations dealing primarily with cardiologists and Angie is CEO of the Patten household.

For fun, Jeff volunteers as a Chief GM for the Hagerstown Youth Hockey Association. Austin is on a U-16 "A" travel team as a goalie. Lauren is into fashion and text messaging as most 13 year olds are. Olivia plays ice hockey as well and Abigail loves to hike the Appalachian Trail with her dad.

Jeff looks forward to seeing everyone in 2008.

Cheryl, Arthur & the tribe!

Cheryl says hello to everyone! She now lives in California. She made her way around the U.S. since graduation, joining the Army followed by attending the University of Florida for her civil engineering degree. She married a great guy named Arthur and has a huge family. Besides those pictured here, they adopted a daughter together, have a 2 year old granddaughter, and Arthur has an 18-year old son.

Cheryl opened a computer business and her husband is a producer and has a music studio. They sub-contract for IBM, going into hotels and businesses to install new hardware. In her spare time, she home schools all of her kids! Spare time? I doubt there is much, but she is having a great time taking care of the family, and seems to be doing a terrific job at it!

Fireside Winery

Many of you have already been to the location of our 20-year reunion, but for the few of you that have not, here are a few photos of Fireside Winery. It is just outside of Marengo on the way to Williamsburg. The reunion is on July 5, 2008 and starts at 6:00pm.

Unruhs

Merry Christmas from the Unruhs!

10 Year Reunion

Our 10-year reunion was held at the Amana Golf Course in Middle Amana. We started with a small golf outing at noon consisting of 28 people, followed by a cookout on the deck which overlooks the Middle Pond and the 18th green. The golf course is an 18-hole championship course that has been rated the number one public course in Iowa.

For those not golfing, we arrived at the Clubhouse at 5pm. We had refreshments and a cash bar. The cookout started at 6pm. The reunion was open to entire families. Attached are the only two photos I have been able to come across from the event. If you have more, please send them in!

Lori & Grant

Lori & Grant are enjoying married life in Burnsville, Minnesota. Lori is a R/3 Claims Specialist at Tetra Pak Gable Top Systems in Minneapolis and Grant is in outside sales. Regardless of where they move, the Iowa spirit stays with them as you can see from this photo where there are attending an Iowa Hawkeyes Football game. Their daughter Natalie loves the Hawkeyes, too!

Lil' Loffer

Here are a few photos from Michelle's wedding. They include walking down the isle with her father Robert, the men's quartet (which includes Tom M.), a photo of classmates outside the church, and Mindy & Maurine at the reception. Michelle has big news these days, but I'm a little hesitant to say on the blog! =) Give her a jingle!

Chad & Megan

Chad and his wife Megan are living in Monroe, Connecticut. They have been there for three years. Monroe is approximately 90 miles north of New York City. They had their first child on June 26^th, a baby girl named Reese Alexandra. Chad is a partner with Deloitte & Touche and works in their National Office in Wilton, CT. Megan is an account executive with UPS in Connecticut.

Classmates visiting Oregon

This fall my husband and I had Iowa visitors in Oregon! Marjie brought three of her children, Lucas, Jacob, Katie and my niece, Haley.

We toured the Columbia River Gorge, Bonneville Dam and fish hatchery, the Oregon coast, Portland Rose Garden, Seattle Space Needle & Pike's Place Market, visited waterfalls, zoos & aquariums, and went rainbow trout fishing (catching 11 that we later had for dinner!). The first photo was taken at the Portland Zoo. Harris (Maurine's son) is in the blue vest.

Way to go, Rhonda!

Congratulations to Rhonda and her husband for their new baby girl, Megan Emma. Megan joins a brother, Owen. Rhonda works for Fire & Casualty in Cedar Rapids.

Solve the mystery...

Is this our classmate, David, in this KCRG video? It sure looks like it. If so, way to go David! That is impressive. Graduating law school is a major achievement!

Benefit for Christine Kimm Rodman - Friday, Oct 26

Please attend the upcoming benefit for Christine Kimm Rodman. Christine was our classmate in gradeschool and you can see her right in the center of the 4th grade photo on this blog (in the navy and white sweater). She is the daughter of Larry Kimm and Sara Harrison and granddaughter of Martha Kimm.

This benefit will be held on Friday, October 26th from 4-7pm at the Mt. Vernon Fire Station. Proceeds will go toward covering medical costs for Christine, who has been diagnosed with breast cancer.

If you would like to donate, monetary donations can be sent to:

City Hall
c/o Christine Rodman fund
213 First St. W
Mt. Vernon, IA 52314

This was also posted in the Advertiser. For more information call Diane Kimm, 319-642-3778.