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40 Year Reunion Announcement!
Friday Night Mixer
Friday,
September
17,
2010 - 6:00 pm
The Flying Pig, 2929 Colby Ave, Everett, WA
Minimal Cover Charge
Come as you are and pay as you go in this informal gathering of The Class of 1970. This will be a great chance to get ready for the main event on Saturday night.
The Flying Pig offers a private room with pool tables, dart machines, big screens and several TVs as well as an old "Juke Box." Comfortable chairs and a fireplace.
The outside of EHS looks the same (minus the admin building), but what about the inside?
Do you remember where your locker used to be? How about your home room? The cafeteria? Where did you sit in laboratory? How about the little theater? Which part of the school will bring back the most memories?
THANKYOU to everyone who has sent in their registrations early! We have a solid headcount to work from.
There is still time for everyone else to get their registrations in. Send them in as soon as you can. We are eager to see everyone attend!
For a current list of who is coming to this event, to download registration and/or donation forms, and to get event details, go to the ehsclassof1970.com web site.
Born in Kansas City, MO in 1952. I was an Army and Air Force brat, so we moved a lot. First move, at 5 months old, was to England with the Air Force. The first time I attended a full school year anywhere was at Everett High. Grew up mostly in Texas & California. Moved to Marysville in 1967, then to Everett in 1968. My parents owned Irene's Diner on Hewitt, where I worked through high school. I attended ECC for a couple of semesters after graduation.
I met my high school sweetheart in January 1968, Richard (Kay) Empens, EHS class of ‘69. We were married in July 1971 when Rich entered the Army. Cory was born in 1972 at Everett General. Shortly after that the three of us were stationed in Germany for the next two years. While there we tried to see as much as we could on $250 monthly pay. But at $39, a three-day tour to Switzerland for three was a pretty good deal.
We left the Army in 1974 and came back to Everett. Rich worked at the Snohomish County Courthouse. Eric was born in 1976, also at Everett General. In June 1977, when Cory was 5 and Eric was 11 months, we moved to Eugene Oregon, where we still live (although we now live half of the time at our lakefront lodge on the Southern Oregon Coast). I was a stay at home Mom, yet still held many seasonal sales jobs to help make ends meet.
We loved camping, traveling, and riding our 3 wheelers on the Oregon Dunes. Life was great, and our kids were fortunate to grow up with this lifestyle. Cory graduated in 1990, Eric in 1994. In 2002 we started our own business – Dune Crest Cedar Homes, the Oregon dealership for Linwood Custom Homes. This gave us the opportunity to do a lot of business travel, including Canada, Niagara Falls, and Hawaii. We celebrated our 39th anniversary this past July.
Life changed forever in September 2004, when our firstborn son, Cory, was diagnosed with brain cancer at age 32. He endured two brain surgeries, radiation, and three rounds of chemotherapy. Cory died February 16, 2009 at age 37. 18 months later, life goes on but will never be the same.
Do you think we will need to do what is done to Peter
in order to recognize each other at the 40th Reunion?
You may need to click the "Pause" button on the songs
above this video clip to turn the sound off
the songs in order to hear the video.
"IT WOULD SEEM ODD NOW"
by VALERIE PONDS DORSEY
To our EHS Class of 1970,
Can it really be that we graduated 40 years ago? It seems as though it were just yesterday. Hmmm maybe that is my old age speaking. Well, here we are. I am so excited about seeing everyone.
When I was asked to write a few words about my high school days, I thought “What should I say?” Well here it is:
• My greatest moment was being voted Everett High Schools Homecoming Queen
• My fondest moment was knowing most of you
• Although most may not have known, it was somewhat difficult being one of a handful of Black students at EHS, or living in Everett . However, I learned that there were far worst places.
There as so much change occurring when we were in high school. We were dealing with the Vietnam war, the Flower Child and Hippy movement, desegregation and race riots, raging hormones, and trying to understand if there was a place for us in this world. All in all I consider myself very fortunate.
I came from a middle class family, with a father that told me I could do or be anything I wanted. He and my Stepmom gave me the confidence I needed to do well in school, and succeed as a person. Therefore I can say with confidence that I loved my EHS days. My father passed away in 1971 and I still miss him. My Stepmom is 96 and doing very well.
I married an Air force man in August of 1970, and moved to Washington D.C.. (in the midst of school desegregation). My daughter Anjanette was born in October of 1971. Our next move was to Wiesbaden Germany. My son Russell Jr. (Rusty) was born there in 1975. Next we moved from Germany to Altus Oklahoma, and that was my jumping off point was. I divorced in 1979, moved home to Everett, and have been single ever since. I was still struggling with the change in my life when our first reunion occurred, and was too ashamed to come. I came to the 20th class reunion and couldn’t believe how many names I had forgotten. God only knows where I was for our 30th class reunion, because I can’t remember. So every other reunion isn’t bad… I guess.
Bravo to our classmates, present and passed, that have taken the time to organize this event. I know it hasn’t been easy. I love the website, especially the Then & Now pictures.
I have worked for The Boeing Company for 31 years. I am an Information Systems Project Manager. It is a Great job, great money, and great benefits. I work to support my hobbies (smile). I love making greeting cards, traveling, sewing, and playing computer games. Life is great and I hope yours is also.
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