| Name:Dorothy Tissair Nesbitt |
| Email:detnesbitt@snet.net |
| Class of:1967 |
| Location: Old Saybrook, CT USA |
| Comments:
Sad to report
Notice in this morning's(April 10, 2003)Hartford Courant.
"Raymond Spencer Jennings (PVA 1967)of Orlando, Fla. died March 22 in Orlando. He was 53.
He was born in Middletown (CT) and raised in Clinton (CT). For the past 30 years, he was a resident of central Florida. He was self-employed as a renovating contractor with his partner and longtime companion, John A. Mertz III, who survives him.
He is also survived by his parents, Clifford Milton and Caroline Spencer Jennings of Holly Hill, Fla.; two sisters, Mary Jane Rhodes of Atltamonte Springs, Fla. and Melissa Jennings Spencer of Simpsonville, S.C.
A memorial service will be held Sunday (April 13) at the Swan Funeral Home, 80 E. Main St., Clinton(CT)."
Those of us who knew Ray at PVA know that he was a kind, sensitive and joy soul. This must also be a very difficult time for his parents. This is the second son they have had to lay to rest. Ray's older brother died just after completing his freshman year at AUC. No matter what your views on Ray's life choices, I hope you will pray for these dear folks. Posted on: April 10, 2003 |
| Name:Donovan Peterkin |
| Email:donmusicman@msn.com |
| Class of:1978 |
| Location: Orlando, FL USA |
| Comments:
Never Knew that this site exsisted! Thanks for the memories! Posted on: April 10, 2003 |
| Name:Tim |
| Email:somewhere@here.com |
| Class of:1977 |
| Location: Waunakee, WI USA |
| Comments:
The new guestbook is online for testing now. You will see the link on the Guestbook Main Menu (above "Sign Guestbook") Please post something and let know how it goes. Posted on: April 03, 2003 |
| Name:Tim |
| Email:webmaster@pvaalumni.com |
| Class of:1977 |
| Location: Waunakee, WI USA |
| Comments:
Helen Kuntz is the Alumni President.
Tim Posted on: March 24, 2003 |
| Name:David Carcich |
| Email:davidcarcich@hotmail.com |
| Class of:'62 |
| Location: Lincoln, NE USA |
| Comments:
Hey, I am the class of '62 at UNION COLLEGE ACADEMY. The reason I am here, I would like the Pionier Academy Alumni Director to contact me. Anyone know this person???
Opps... to many davids!
Thanks...
Posted on: March 24, 2003 |
| Name:David Carcich |
| Email:davidavidcarcich@hotmail.com |
| Class of:'62 |
| Location: Lincoln, NE USA |
| Comments:
Hey, I am the class of '62 at UNION COLLEGE ACADEMY. The reason I am here, I would like the Pionier Academy Alumni Director to contact me. Anyone know this person???
Thanks...
Posted on: March 24, 2003 |
| Name:David |
| Email:Bchcmr123@aol.com |
| Class of:2791 |
| Location: Viareggio!, USA |
| Comments:
My lovely Companion in Europe, The Italian is going through a really hard time right now! Back when I was a student at P.V.A. I never would have dreamed that I would have an ongoing relationship with such a lovely Lady for 20 years! Denise is a survivor and with my prayers and emotional support she will once again pull through! If she had been a student with me at P.V.A. I would have gotten her beside me then! My mission!:-)
When is the next trip to the big City of Springfield and the Mall? How we used to look forward to that! Posted on: March 23, 2003 |
| Name:Tim |
| Email:webmaster@trsweather.com |
| Class of:1977 |
| Location: Waunakee, WI USA |
| Comments:
When you enter the Message Center any main forums with a new posting will have the date of the last posting to the right of the main forums topics and that date should appear in RED when a new posting, since your last visit, is present. When you choose and click on the main forum you wish, the subforums will be displayed with the lastest sub forum with a new posting at the top of the sub forum listing. I have been looking for the code to display the information like you want since I installed the script. No luck yet. I will be sending of an email to the auther to see what can be done. Also, the email list has been updated and is now a .Zip file you can download. You will need Winzip to open the archive. A link is provided to download the evaluation version (Free) Posted on: March 21, 2003 |
| Name:Kathryn Williamson |
| Email:kathrynsw@hotmail.com |
| Class of:1971 |
| Location: Nashville, Tn USA |
| Comments:
(waving hands over here)...Den...ya may not hear from me very often..but.......new email addy PLZ???
On a sadder note.....condolences to Bill Menshausen and his sister Kate on the loss of their father last week. I was proud to have had him as my father-in-law. Posted on: March 21, 2003 |
| Name:Doug |
| Email:ldk@tampabay.rr.com |
| Comments:
Excellent suggestion, Paul. That is frustrating.
Oh - by the way Tim - do me a favor and chop out my rattling redundunduncies below, and delete the forum entry they refer to, if you'd be so kind. Speaking of frustrating - that scanning simply is not working properly any which way. Thanks for your patience. Posted on: March 20, 2003 |
| Name:Paul |
| Email:pdbauer@yahoo.com |
| Class of:75 |
| Comments:
Whoops that was supposed to be addressed to Tim not written by Tim.
Paul
Posted on: March 19, 2003 |
| Name:Tim |
| Email:pdbauer@yahoo.com |
| Class of:75 |
| Comments:
Any chance the date/time stamp in the message center could reflect the last post not when it started? For those of us with little time (and having less and less of it) I don't want to waste my time scrolling through to find out if there is an update. I know the overall forum shows the last date posted but not the individual subject headers. This was one advantage the old message center had.
Paul Posted on: March 19, 2003 |
| Name:The Bearded One |
| Email:sameasbefore@hotmail.com |
| Comments:
In answer to the queries (in the forum) regarding Stasia, I believe she's on sabbatical in the south. 'Ca va? Posted on: March 14, 2003 |
| Name:Guod Notlwonk |
| Email:ldk@tampabay.rr.com |
| Comments:
TIM:
"recent changes" noted below in your note are truly appreciated. Thanks for such consistent, positive response to suggestions and ideas. Aye, and to the mysterious Bearded One, good show! Just in time old boy. Glad to know you're on the homeland security spam division. Oh, and Tim, just in case you missed this note due to the funky way the forum plunked the message back in out of chronological sequence: this one is for you: Posted by: Doug ® 03/13/2003, 05:30:26 http://www.pvaalumni.com/anyboard9/openforum/posts/198.html#198 Posted on: March 14, 2003 |
| Name:John Nafie |
| Email:jnafie@ucaa.org |
| Class of:1973 |
| Location: Spangle, WA USA |
| Comments:
Greetings from Spangle, WA (twenty miles south of Spokane, WA).
Our family (wife April and son John Jr.) have lived at Upper Columbia Academy for three years now. John Jr. is currently a senior looking forward to graduation on June 1st. April is the school librarian and I hide out in the Principal's office. I know, I know it's another sign of the Lord's soon coming.
Sincerely,
Naf Posted on: March 14, 2003 |
| Name:Tim |
| Email:webmaster@pvaalumni.com |
| Class of:1977 |
| Location: Waunakee , WI USA |
| Comments:
Some more changes will be started soon. A. Removal of the Alumni Email Listing from the website. Instead, I will provide a link to a .zip file that will contain the email list. Winzip is free and easy to use for unarchiving the list. The email list will be in both html and comma delimted formats within the .zip file. B. Changing the script used in the Alumni Guestbook. I will then use the same script as the current Message Center. Don't worry, there will be no logon for it as in the Message Center. In fact, you probably will not even notice the difference. The "Reunion" forum will be removed from the Message Center as it will be used for the new Guestbook. But the Guestbook will not appear in the Message Center but in the place it does appear now. Again, very little will have appeared to have changed. This will make the Guestbook a little more secure from the spammers. C.We now have moderators for most of the Message Center forums. I invite them to say hello and to promote more posting in those forums. So stop in and say hello to the moderators. We all love to talk and there is so much to talk about these days. PHOTOS!!! In the Message Center is the Alumni Photo Album. You can upload your .gif or .jpg image within that forum. its easy and fast. As always, email me with any issues or concerns you may have or if you are interested in helping out in some way, either here on the website or with the day to day doings of the Alumni Assc. Send to: webmaster@pvaalumni.com Thanks! Tim Posted on: March 11, 2003 |
| Name:Tim |
| Email:webmaster@pvaalumni.com |
| Class of:1977 |
| Location: Waunakee, WI USA |
| Comments:
After much thought and consideration, the next full reunion will be held in 2004. We had thought of having it this year, but with all the issues in the world right now, concerns with flying/travel we decided to stick with the traditional time for the full reunion. We encourage all those that wish to have smaller class reunions to do so and let us know so that we may help get the word out. Tim Posted on: March 11, 2003 |
| Name:The Bearded One |
| Email:heavencantwait@cloudmail.com |
| Comments:
Alas, even one so great as I has not yet mastered the profound art of being all places at all times. Nevertheless, what may be lacked in trans and omni is yet responsive on request. And yea, I am not untouched by thy frustrations and have shared and spoken of them these many times myself. So go not forwad in fear and depair, even though that demon spam yet irk thee. Only know that at the appointed time it too, and those who practice it will recieve their comeuppance and we shall draw deep at the scent of that smoke and smile the smile of contentment in that day. So it shall be. Posted on: March 11, 2003 |
| Name:Doug |
| Email:ldk@tampabay.rr.com |
| Class of:1970 |
| Comments:
Where are you O Bearded One of the SMALL MINDS RULE! :-) Church of the Holy Spammers when we need you! http://www.pvaalumni.com/anyboard9/openforum/posts/198.html#198 Posted on: March 11, 2003 |
| Name:Dorothy |
| Email:detnesbitt@snet.net |
| Class of:1967 |
| Location: Old Saybrook, CT USA |
| Comments:
Good! I thought it was the guy who thought he can hang the devil. Glad to be assured. Posted on: March 08, 2003 |
| Name:Reading in Reading |
| Email:notreal@hotmail.com |
| Comments:
That would be the spammers, Dot. :-) I just got another personalized appeal (taken from info gleaned from this site, hence the foolishness in the name and address line)from a close friend in Nigeria. I'm checking the account now to see how much I can send him. Posted on: March 07, 2003 |
| Name:Dorothy Tissair Nesbitt |
| Email:detnesbitt@snet.net |
| Class of:1967 |
| Location: Old Saybrook, CT USA |
| Comments:
Who are you accusing of having a "small mind"?
Posted on: March 07, 2003 |
| Name:The Bearded One |
| Email:m348620@aol.com |
| Class of:'71 |
| Comments:
SMALL MINDS RULE! :-) Posted on: March 04, 2003 |
| Name:Doug |
| Email:ldk@tampabay.rr.com |
| Class of:07 |
| Comments:
DUDE! What a concept! Vege-spam Posted on: March 03, 2003 |
| Name:Tim |
| Email:webmaster@pvaalumni.com |
| Class of:1977 |
| Location: Waunakee, WI USA |
| Comments:
I see that Dorothy, they just keep a coming and I will keep editing them out. It is a shame that we have to put up road block to prevent such things, like in the Message Center, but some folks have nothing better to do during the day I guess. Posted on: February 28, 2003 |
| Name:Dorothy |
| Email:detnesbitt@snet.net |
| Class of:1967 |
| Location: Old Saybrook, CT USA |
| Comments:
Looks like we have been hit by some new interlopers. Posted on: February 27, 2003 |
| Name:John Buchholz |
| Email:jbuchholz@som.llu.edu |
| Class of:1975 |
| Location: Grand Terrace, CA USA |
| Comments:
I saw the note from Dennis Farley. I wish him luck in his endeavors to reduce the spam. I have watched this winter storm moving through the Northeast with bone chilling cold and piles of snow. I like S. CA. If I want snow I drive up to it in the local mountains. If I want the ultimate snow experience I go to the Sierra Nevada mountain range. We are in the low 80's today with clear weather after last weeks continual rain from Monday to Thursday. No wonder we have a population problem. Welcome to California, now go home! :)
Posted on: February 21, 2003 |
| Name:Doug |
| Email:ldk@tampabay.rr.com |
| Class of:70 |
| Location: Dr. Braden Town, FL USA |
| Comments:
Kind of funny how - while we were chatting here about spam - about eight entries back - we got spammed. At least I don't believe Samantha Williams was an alumni, was she? Anyone checked out her site, yet? cheers! Posted on: February 21, 2003 |
| Name:Dorothy |
| Email:detnesbitt@snet.net |
| Class of:1967 |
| Location: Old Saybrook, CT USA |
| Comments:
Glad you think it's great Dennis. I loved last winter when we got Carolina weather in Connecticut. This current storm set records for snowfall down here on the beach. With luck I'll be able to finish digging out tomorrow. Wonder how Paul is doing down in Maryland. But then he's an officer, got to love those enlisted men. Posted on: February 18, 2003 |
| Name:Farley |
| Email:m382695@hotmail.com |
| Comments:
Well at least now I understand the reason for my misery. :-) That's what's happened with me too, John. I'll keep working on the filters. On another topic, just finished cleaning about 18 inches of fresh white fluffy from the yard - I love it! :-) D Posted on: February 18, 2003 |
| Name:John Buchholz |
| Email:jbuchholz@som.llu.edu |
| Class of:1975 |
| Location: Grand Terrace, CA USA |
| Comments:
In response to Farley's post regarding people from Africa wanting to deposit millions in your account. A crawler program picked up LLU's email addy and now I get 5-10 of these things per day. Most begin with the headings "urgent help." "God Bless You," "Partnership" etc etc etc. You can set up your "email filter" and reduce the number coming in, but the spamming nonsense seems to be here to stay.
I agree with Dorothy, send some to the U.S. Government! Posted on: February 17, 2003 |
| Name:Doug |
| Email:ldk@tampabay.rr.com |
| Class of:70 |
| Comments:
A good example of spam?
Name:Samantha Williams Email:willsamantha4@yahoo.com Class of:none Location: USA, none USA Comments: Keep up this great resource. I bookmark your site, best greetings Samantha Williams Posted on: February 15, 2003 Posted on: February 16, 2003 |
| Name:Valerie Hamel Morikone |
| Email:vsmorikone@juno.com |
| Class of:1972 |
| Location: CrumEV, WV USA |
| Comments:
About spam mail. I use another email addy for those sites where my email address may be picked up and used for spam. Thus, at that email site I mostly get spam and can delete it easily with "select all" most of the time. I dislike the spam too! With my other email addy I hardly ever get any spam and it's wonderful.
Posted on: February 16, 2003 |
| Name:David |
| Email:Bchcmr123@aol.com |
| Class of:1972 |
| Location: Portland , ME USA |
| Comments:
I had the misfortune to attend a hearing in court where one of my former students was sentenced for attacking another one. It was hard enough to attend another's funeral recently! Pray for the Lady! She was always a great student and now has much more to deal with, how tragic! He will pay for years to come with his incarceration. Very sad! She is a survivor and will do well! That is my prayer! Posted on: February 16, 2003 |
| Name:Joyce |
| Email:Ellienoir@aol.com |
| Class of:1970 |
| Comments:
Tim-
I've forgotten my password for the message center, and I keep getting "already registered" when I try to put in a new one. Could you help? Posted on: February 15, 2003 |
| Name:Samantha Williams |
| Email:willsamantha4@yahoo.com |
| Class of:none |
| Location: USA, none USA |
| Comments:
Keep up this great resource. I bookmark your site, best greetings Samantha Williams Posted on: February 15, 2003 |
| Name:Farley |
| Email:m382695@hotmail.com |
| Class of:'71 |
| Comments:
Thanks Tim. I knew something was up because I was getting a spate of these things with information in them that I had only put on this site.
As far as I'm concerned, I favor anything that can be done that will make it more difficult for misuse of our information. But then, I'm one of those libertarian privacy nuts. :-) Posted on: February 13, 2003 |
| Name:Tim |
| Email:webmaster@trsweather.com |
| Class of:1977 |
| Location: Waunakee, WI USA |
| Comments:
The problem with spam is wide spread. This sort of activity has picked up in the past month. They use programs called "Crawlers" that seek out websites containing email addy's. They then send this information back and the spammers place it in their database. Our list here on the website seems to have been discovered and used. Short of taking the list off the website, there is not much one can do to prevent this. I have done several things to make the list harder for the Crawlers to find and read. But they get smarter everyday. Jackie Baker came accross some information on this recent outbreak. Address of US Treasury Dept. info on 4-1-9 Scam and instructions: www.treas.gov/usss/alert419.shtml?IMAGE.X=20\&IMAGE.Y=8 They would like people who have received these to either fax them or send/email the letters to them in assistance of their investigation. If you have been victimized by one of these schemes, please forward appropriate written documentation to the United States Secret Service, Financial Crimes Division, 950 H Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20223, or telephone (202) 406-5850, or contact by going here: http://www.treas.gov/usss/contact_fcd.shtml Thanks Jackie for the information and links. Please let me know if we should keep the list online or remove it. Let me know what your thinking or if you have been affected. I am also looking into different formats such as putting the email list into .PDF form. Checking to if that would or any other easy to use format is workable. Hacking, worms, trojans, virus and denial attacks are something we will be seeing more of in the coming days and months. The current "real world" problems and issues are in the "cyberworld" as well. It is, in every way, another front in whatever war or "issue" we get into. Protect your personal information and your PC, things will be getting interesting on "the net" soon enough. Tim Posted on: February 13, 2003 |
| Name:Dorothy |
| Email:detnesbitt@snet.net |
| Class of:1967 |
| Location: Old Saybrook, CT USA |
| Comments:
I probably get two or three of those a day. But I really don't read them far enough to get to even wonder about them getting the info from here. I also get copies of the same letters on other email accounts that have never been listed on this site. Actually, Dennis, I think that the spammers who are sending out this stuff have software that allows them to send out mail to random addresses just as telemarketers have speed diallers that keep dialing numbers until they get someone to answer. If you notice they also are able to change the name of the sender. Just hit the delete button. Don't reply even to get yourself removed from the mailing list. Grin and bear it, and have a laugh about how much money there is in Africa. Maybe they could loan some of it to Washington, DC. Posted on: February 12, 2003 |
| Name:Farley |
| Email:m382695@hotmail.com |
| Class of:'71 |
| Comments:
Is anyone else getting junk mail (specifically the infamous third-world appeal to find a home for an abandoned $25 million more or less)that you suspect was generated from someone perusing this site for addresses and information? Posted on: February 12, 2003 |
| Name:David |
| Email:Bchcmr123@aol.com |
| Class of:1972 |
| Location: Anywhere, USA |
| Comments:
The Italian and I should have married in Switzerland in 1984!!! What a date she was!!! And what a Country Switzerland is!!! Posted on: February 07, 2003 |
| Name:buzz ziebart |
| Email:wernerziebart@aol.com |
| Class of:1970 |
| Location: londonderry, nh USA |
| Comments:
Was happy to discover this oasis in the desert! Brought back many happy memories of camelot.To be young and innocent once again.Enjoyed reading the recollections of some of my former classmates.Sorry to hear so many died so young.Like the bard said "It was the best of times,it was the worst of times"I can honestly say I wouldnt have missed it for all the tea in China.Have had a pretty interesting time since.Went to school in Austria,ran with the bulls in Pamplona traveled all over the world and even got to works some.Married and divorced had some ups and downs but none the worse for the wear.Would like to do some stunt double work for Arnold Schwarzenegger but hes getting kind of old so I guess that is out.I wonder if Laurie Salamander still remembers how red she got when I first showed her a mag with Arnold on the cover?Hope to read some more interesting stories soon. Posted on: February 03, 2003 |
| Name:victoria Msumba Wright |
| Email:vwright@jwrightcpa.com |
| Class of:1980 |
| Location: rockport, ma USA |
| Comments:
Hi, I just thought that I would check in after a very long time. I have a new email and would love to hear from any and all class mates of mine. I'm still living in Rockport with my husband Jon, and three children, a dog and two cats. We are in the process of selling our house and purchasing another here in Rockport. PVA brings back alot of memories and I find myself referring to it alot to my children and others, I'm so blessed that I got to attend! Posted on: February 02, 2003 |
| Name:Scott Slack |
| Email:ssslack@adelphia.net |
| Class of:1977 |
| Location: Amesbury, MA USA |
| Comments:
Hello everyone and Happy Sabbath!! It's great to see familiar names on here and find out what people are up to. Mary Reposa!! I remember you visiting every afternoon when I worked in the bookstore. Send me a message.
Dennis Farley, hopefully you have received my email by now, but just in case not, here's my email address.
God Bless to all my friends from PVA!!! Posted on: January 31, 2003 |
| Name:Farley |
| Email:m382695@hotmail.com |
| Class of:'71 |
| Location: same place, USA |
| Comments:
Me again,
I just opened a hotmail account. The AOL one will be closed in a few days, so aim for the new one if you're shooting. :-) D Posted on: January 30, 2003 |
| Name:Farley |
| Email:m382695@aol.com |
| Class of:'71 |
| Location: Reading, MA USA |
| Comments:
Hey Den,
While I can't imagine how challenging your life and circumstances have been in the past months/years, I sure get a sense of your palpable relief at the recent turn for the better. I see your son is doing his best to keep you from relaxing too much, though. :-)
Congratulations on your good fortune. I wish you the best as you experience the living of this new part of the Journey. D Posted on: January 30, 2003 |
| Name:Tim |
| Email:webmaster@pvaalumni.com |
| Class of:1977 |
| Location: Waunakee, WI USA |
| Comments:
Dennis A. - Sounds like a nice fixer upper for you. Bet the view is great, the air clean and the sky clear. Good luck with the "work around the house" Dennis F. - Sounds like you made the move from left to right coast ok. Glad to here all went well. Im done moving for some time. When we first were married, Robin and I moved once or twice a year. Now we have been in the same spot for over 13 years. Must of got our fill of it. Posted on: January 29, 2003 |
| Name:Farley |
| Email:m382695@aol.com |
| Class of:'71 |
| Location: Reading, ma USA |
| Comments:
Hi Gang,
We've completed our move back home and are settling in nicely. In the process, my entire e-address book has been lost, so send along any updates as you have them. If anyone has Sue Potter-White's current address, I'd appreciate it. The one in the list is obsolete. It's a joy to be back in the snow and cold. :-) Stop and see us if you're in the area. So far we've seen Randall, the Harlows, the Newtons, Roseanne Mason-Carruthers and Bob, Maureen Poirier-Hardson? (a church member), Dale Finley/David Slongwhite (also members)and Stephanie Armstrong-Wall and her husband Rick (more members). We've also been to Maine for Amato's Italians and a quick visit to mumma and the rest of the family. I understand a good many more alumni are in the are, so it'll be fun catching up with them too. Ciao Posted on: January 29, 2003 |
| Name:Dennis Allison |
| Email:ddstrickland@truboisp.com |
| Class of:1981 |
| Location: Colville, wa USA |
| Comments:
PRAISE THE LORD!!!!!! we are no longer homeless:-) after leaving Enterprise Academy, Kansas we have been, for the last 7 months, living with relitives all over the north west looking for a place to live. (little interruption, my 7 year old just got a grape stuck in his throut had to do the himlick(sp?) the grape flew across the room, don't ever get use to doing it) WE FOUND IT we just bought a old miners cabin on 20 acers up in the mountains of NE Washington near the Canadan border. With no electicity or running water unless you count the large creek that runs year round across the place. I will be spending the rest of the winter building an hydro elec. system and water pumping system then try to relearn how to use a chain saw with one hand so I can get some logs cut into dimentional lumber to build on some additions. sorry getting carried away it just after two years I have somthing to work on. It is state land across from us with hundreds of miles of old logging roads, if you have a snowmobile come visit.
Thanks Charles and hello Brain Posted on: January 25, 2003 |
| Name:Mary Reposa Chaffee |
| Email:Marychaff@aol.com |
| Class of:1977 |
| Location: Naples, FL USA |
| Comments:
Hello to all,
Thought it was time to get in touch with all my friends from the past.
Kendall and I just had our 25th wedding anniversary in Dec 2002.
Danielle is 24 and working for Kendall,going to school and has set a date to get married in June 2004 to a wonderful young man (Steve) that we just love.
Ashley is 14 and may look just like Kendall but acts alot like I did at that age. God help us!
I sold my salon 2 years ago this June and just working 3 days a week, and enjoying my time off. I get to spend a lot of time with Kim Page Santora, since we live 10 mins from each other and her husband Don and Kendall are partners in a concrete company.
Kendall is doing great, still playing and singing. He and the 2 girls have a vespers service that they put on at our local church, also at my mom's church in Clearwater, FL..
This year they will be going to North Fl. We even burned a CD in our home recording Studio-Office-Spare bedroom.
Would love to hear from all.....
Love to all,
Mary Reposa Chaffee and family Posted on: January 24, 2003 |
| Name:Sue Miller-Murray |
| Email:smurray2@aegonusa.com |
| Class of:1970 |
| Location: St. Petersburg, FL USA |
| Comments:
It was actually 29 degrees here in sunny St. Petersburg FL this AM. Brrrr. The water in the birdbath was frozen! So unusual for this state! Hope everyone is well and hope to see ya'll at the next reunion! Posted on: January 24, 2003 |
| Name:Doug |
| Email:ldk@tampabay.rr.com |
| Class of:1970 |
| Location: Bradenton, USA |
| Comments:
WAR?
http://www.pvaalumni.com/anyboard9/openforum/posts/89.html#89 Posted on: January 24, 2003 |
| Name:John Buchholz |
| Email:jbuchholz@som.llu.edu |
| Class of:1975 |
| Location: Grand Terrace, CA USA |
| Comments:
Karen, I read your message regarding Olea Cao. Jeff Cao is a colleague of mine. Funny, he was 15 when I was born. Who would of thought that we both would be professors at the same Medical School. Olea died within 4 yrs of her husbands death. I was there with her during the last hours of her life. I was (and still am) very close to the remaining family members. Glad you enjoyed the debate. Check out the "open forums" for more heresy and lively debate. I agree with you that the SDA indoctrination demanded that we ignore the overwhelming data on age of the earth and universe and about how life evolves. But, that is changing, at least out here on the west coast. You would enjoy our theology class.
Nice to hear from you and happy to hear that a close friend for both of us made such an impact on you. Drop and email sometime and help me catch up on your life.
John Buchholz Posted on: January 21, 2003 |
| Name:Dorothy Tissair Nesbitt |
| Email:detnesbitt@snet.net |
| Class of:1967 |
| Location: Old Saybrook, CT USA |
| Comments:
Karen and others who enjoy the discusions here on the guestbook page are very definitely encouraged to check out the Open Forums in the Message Center. We moved them back there so that we could go in depth and not distract those who just dropped by to say HI! Posted on: January 16, 2003 |
| Name:Dorothy Tissair Nesbitt |
| Email:detnesbitt@snet.net |
| Class of:1967 |
| Location: Old Saybrook, CT USA |
| Comments:
Karen and others who enjoy the discusions here on the guestbook page are very definitely encouraged to check out the Open Forums in the Message Center. We moved them back there so that we could go in depth and not distract those who just dropped by to say HI! Posted on: January 16, 2003 |
| Name:Karen Fleming |
| Email:kmfb62@aol.com |
| Class of:1980 |
| Location: N.Grafton, MA USA |
| Comments:
John, you spoke of Dr. Jeff Cao. I believe he is the son of our former dean Mrs. Cao who passed away from breast cancer. I wasn't going to sign in but your message prompted me to write of her and how she influenced me. I drove her to Stoneham for a medical visit. I was 16 and thought her little Gremlin was a great car (because I was driving it).
We laughed. Talked of her family in California, including her son the doctor and dreamed of the future. Her influence in such a short period of my life was overwhelming. I missed her terribly my Senior year. It was difficult enough knowing life was just ahead and one of my guides was gone.
I've not thought of her for a while. Thanks for bringing that memory back. She was quite a gal.
As an aside, I love the dialogue between Elmer and you. My views are much more aligned with yours although you are much more eloquent than I. My religion class was a time for debate only because I couldn't accept what was given as fact especially during the W***** years. I recall the role of women being hotly debated and my friends prompting me to "cool it!".
Ahhh, who would have known PVA would have generated feminist tendencies..? Indoctrination doesn't always work now does it? Posted on: January 15, 2003 |
| Name:Brian Gabree |
| Email:bgabree@aol.com |
| Class of:1981 |
| Location: Jacksonville, FL USA |
| Comments:
What a pleasant surprise to stumble upon this website. Memories that had been tucked away for years suddenly came back. Most of those memories brought either a smile or an outright chuckle. How fortunate I was to have had the opportunity to spend my high school years at PVA with such a fine group of people.
I am living in Florida with my wife Alicia and our three dogs. We are expecting our first child (Kinsey Mitchem Gabree)in about 3 weeks. Life is good. We usually get back to New England once or twice a year. Now that I've found a source of information regarding reunions, contacts, etc. I hope to catch up with some of you in the coming months. Have a healthy, happy and prosperous 2003. Posted on: January 13, 2003 |
| Name:Tim |
| Email:webmaster@pvaalumni.com |
| Class of:1977 |
| Location: Waunakee, WI USA |
| Comments:
Well, I can't seem to leave things along. We now have a new message center being tested. You will see the entry "New Forums" listed as a choice in the Message Center. Give it a try. Its very different and offers much more in the way of options. If all goes well, the old forums will be taken offline in a little while and somehow archived. So get in the there and mess around with it and see how you like it. Posted on: January 09, 2003 |
| Name:Helen |
| Email:sparkyb2@juno.com |
| Class of:'79 |
| Comments:
Happy New Year to you, Val! Yes, we'll try to get an email update out over the next week or so. Posted on: January 06, 2003 |
| Name:Valerie Hamel Morikone |
| Email:vsmorikone@juno.com |
| Class of:1972 |
| Location: Crum, WV USA |
| Comments:
Is there a way to get the updated list of email addresses for PVA alumni?
Happy New Year!
Val Posted on: January 04, 2003 |
| Name:David |
| Email:Bchcmr123@aol.com |
| Class of:1972 |
| Location: Portland, ME USA |
| Comments:
Another snowstorm in Maine!!!
The kids at my old school suffered a horiffic tragedy!!! One of my former students died as a result of a snowmobile accident!!! It is so hard to try to show them comfort other than just having been present for Mike's Memorial Service!!! His friend survived but was injured!!! I am so thankful that no one died while we were at P.V.A.
Keep your kids safe!!! We teachers need students so we can help them grow in their lives!!! Posted on: January 04, 2003 |
| Name:Tim |
| Email:webmaster@pvaalumni.com |
| Class of:1977 |
| Location: Waunakee, IA USA |
| Comments:
I too would like to wish all of you a safe and wonderful new years in 2003! Posted on: December 31, 2002 |
| Name:Dorothy |
| Email:detnesbitt@snet.net |
| Class of:1967 |
| Location: Old Saybrook, CT USA |
| Comments:
Happy New Year, 2003, everyone! May it prove to be a better for all, especially Gary Flossmann for whom 2002 has been so rough. Posted on: December 31, 2002 |
| Name:Dorothy Tissair Nesbitt |
| Email:detnesbitt@snet.net |
| Class of:1967 |
| Location: Old Saybrook, CT USA |
| Comments:
Merry Christmas to All.
"God bless us each and every one." - Tiny Tim in Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol. Posted on: December 25, 2002 |
| Name:Helen |
| Email:sparkyb2@juno.com |
| Class of:'79 |
| Comments:
Wishing everyone a safe and Happy and Blessed Holiday. Posted on: December 23, 2002 |
| Name:Tim |
| Email:webmaster@pvaalumni.com |
| Class of:1977 |
| Location: Waunakee, WI USA |
| Comments:
Thanks Helen.
Live365.com has over 35,000 stations, mine is just one of them. Most are free to listen to as well, despite the efforts of the RIAA and Congress. The station link on the main webpage "A-Blazen Grace" is a fellow station on Live365 as well. Hope you enjoy them all. Posted on: December 19, 2002 |
| Name:Helen |
| Email:sparkyb2@juno.com |
| Class of:'79 |
| Comments:
Thanks, Tim, for the gift of music. I did join and I'm really impressed with all the selections of music. Now I can listen to Christmas songs while I peruse the PVA website :-) Posted on: December 19, 2002 |
| Name:Dorothy |
| Email:detnesbitt@snet.net |
| Class of:1967 |
| Location: Old Saybrook, , CT USA |
| Comments:
Thanks Tim! I just found a load of messages in my mailbox. Posted on: December 16, 2002 |
| Name:Tim |
| Email:webmaster@pvaalumni.com |
| Class of:1977 |
| Location: Waunakee, WI USA |
| Comments:
Sorry about that. I made a change that didnt work out. Should be working now.
Posted on: December 16, 2002 |
| Name:Dorothy Tissair Nesbitt |
| Email:dernesbitt@snet.net |
| Class of:1967 |
| Location: Old Saybrook, CT USA |
| Comments:
Tim, for some reason the forum pages are no longer advising me of new comments being added via email. I have the request box checked when I put in my remarks. Not a bib problem, but a nice feature to have. Posted on: December 16, 2002 |
| Name:Charlie Schnell |
| Email:caschnell12@aol.com |
| Class of:1981 |
| Location: Cleveland, TN USA |
| Comments:
Just stopped by, after a very long time away. I am really sorry Dennis about your hand and the lack of success with the surgeries. My prayers are with you. I am looking forward to the next reunion as I missed the last one. Wish more folks from the later years would write a bit more, it would be great to hear from all... Posted on: December 14, 2002 |
| Name:Don Merrill |
| Email:merrill@lodinet.com |
| Class of: '68 |
| Location: Acampo, CA USA |
| Comments:
Interesting place, this California. We've been picking mandarin oranges from our trees for several weeks. Golf is still good after 10:00 a.m. Yet tonight they are predicting the beginning of a storm that should drop up to 8 FEET of snow in the mountains. Snow line starts about a 45 minute drive from here. Posted on: December 12, 2002 |
| Name:David |
| Email:Bchcmr123@aol.com |
| Class of:1972 |
| Location: Lausanne, Switzerland |
| Comments:
No school today and I miss my students! I NEVER thought that I'd miss school but now I sure do!
What a profession!!!
P.S. Lausanne is a beautiful place to go on a date!!!:-) Posted on: December 12, 2002 |
| Name:Helen |
| Email:sparkyb2@juno.com |
| Class of:'79 |
| Comments:
Cool graphics, Tim! Posted on: December 12, 2002 |
| Name:Tim |
| Email:webmaster@pvaalumni.com |
| Class of:1977 |
| Location: Waunakee, WI USA |
Comments:
Wow! The message Center and its forums are jumping!
 The website has seen a large increase in usage in the past two months.  Thanks for making the website a great place to be! Posted on: December 11, 2002 |
| Name:Helen |
| Email:sparkyb2@juno.com |
| Class of:'79 |
| Comments:
Check out EVENTIDE in the Open Forum :-)
Eventide is a new forum, meant for contributions which are more meaty than those in the Guestbook, but less strenuous than those in the Open Forum. It is our hope that you will make it yours by posting your poems, creative writings, and true life experiences. We can discuss books or music. We can share about family, loved ones who we have lost, day to day life, support and encouragement, light-hearted fare, and down to earth topics. We hope that this will be, as one dear member says, "a soft place to land after a hard day at work".
Posted on: December 09, 2002 |
| Name:Tim |
| Email:webmaster@pvaalumni.com |
| Class of:1977 |
| Location: Waunakee , WI USA |
| Comments:
The ISP that hosts this website had a "systems failure" and we have lost some of the postings since 12/5/2002. My backups are of the same date as JVLnets are. I will be working on a way to do a daily backups from home of as well so that this does not happen again. Sorry for any problems this might have caused. Posted on: December 08, 2002 |
| Name:Doug |
| Email:ldk@tampabay.rr.com |
| Class of:07 |
| Comments:
Too true, Dot.
You saw immediately how my sweeping generalization is too limited. But gentle parody can be fun.
Can I have a snow day? (pout) Posted on: December 05, 2002 |
| Name:Dorothy |
| Email:detnesbitt@snet.net |
| Class of:1967 |
| Location: Old Saybrook, CT USA |
| Comments:
I do not know about that Doug. It seems the women involved are all still living in Southern New England. It has warmed up to 29F here and Joyce and I are both due to see about another half foot of the white stuff by tomorrow morning. More of it already than we had all last winter, and its still officially autumn. Posted on: December 05, 2002 |
| Name:Doug |
| Email:ldk@tampabay.rr.com |
| Class of:70 |
| Comments:
Hmmmm, you know, John.
This may be a clue, evidence if you will, of a climate- based impact on beliefs, growth (growing seasons), analicity, and a host of other things being batted, in some cases clobbered around in the discussion forums. ;-o Posted on: December 05, 2002 |
| Name:John Buchholz |
| Email:jbuchholz@som.llu.edu |
| Class of:1975 |
| Location: Grand Terrace, CA USA |
| Comments:
73 degrees F/22 C here today S. CA! Cold at night for us 49-50 degrees F. I do NOT miss living in freezing cold even for a moment! Posted on: December 04, 2002 |
| Name:Doug |
| Email:ldk@tampabay.rr.com |
| Class of:1970 |
| Location: Bradenton, FL USA |
| Comments:
I'm freezin' here! 67 dee grees! Posted on: December 04, 2002 |
| Name:Elmer E. Dow |
| Email:elmeredow@earthlink.net |
| Class of:1977 & staff |
| Location: Lewistown, MT USA |
| Comments:
It's 10 degrees here in Lewistown, Montana, at 8:20 a.m. and we have about six inches of snow. I've been told that when we get into January and February we'll have weeks when the temps will stay below zero all the time. At least it's dry out here, not that damp New England cold that goes to your bones. Humidity out here is around 25 percent. The snow is very light to shovel. It's just powder. They don't plow here in town for this little bit of snow, so the roads are slippery, especially at the stop signs where cars have packed and polished it from many stops (slides). I built some sideboards for my '65 Dodge pickup a few days ago and will head over to the sawmill in Hobson to pick up a load of firewood soon. My chainsaw isn't operable right now. We heat with natural gas using a compact boiler and baseboard radiators. I'm hoping that firing up the woodstove on the worst days will keep our heating costs down. This place is huge (five bedrooms, three bathrooms) but well insulated. Our last house was about half the size of this one (and very drafty)and we heated it with wood exclusively. Posted on: December 04, 2002 |
| Name:Helen |
| Email:sparkyb2@juno.com |
| Class of:'79 |
| Comments:
It's 11 degrees here this morning...oh, my aching oil bill :-) Posted on: December 04, 2002 |
| Name:Tim |
| Email:webmaster@pvaalumni.com |
| Class of:1977 |
| Location: Waunakee, WI USA |
| Comments:
The latest and greatest release of the Alumni Email List is now online for the holidays! Some updates and new names were added so check it out and send out a few holiday emails. Be sure to send us any Alumni email addys that you find during the holidays. (make sure its ok with the owner) Great idea Doug and thanks Helen! Posted on: December 03, 2002 |
| Name:Doug |
| Email:ldk@tampabay.rr.com |
| Class of:1970 |
| Location: Bradenton, FL USA |
| Comments:
"Introductions" is a new way Helen has provided to get better acquainted with each other, whether you have any interest in the dicussion forums or not. Feel free to join in by copying the following web address into your browser's address bar. http://www.pvaalumni.com/bbmat.cgi?getsubject=38&script=main&frames=N Posted on: December 03, 2002 |
| Name:Tim |
| Email:webmaster@pvaalumni.com |
| Class of:1977 |
| Location: Waunakee, WI USA |
| Comments:
I have removed the "third party" survey and replaced it with out own poll script. No more popups! But we lost all the votes that had been entered. Please reenter your vote as this is something we need to know soon. Should we have the next full reunion in 2003 or 2004? Vote and let us know what you think. Posted on: December 03, 2002 |
| Name:Tim |
| Email:webmaster@pvaalumni.com |
| Class of:1977 |
| Location: Waunakee, WI USA |
| Comments:
Well, we made it back safe & sound after flying out to PA to spend the holday with Kim, Pete, Jenny, Becky and Elizabeth. We had a great time! We even got the chance to revisit someplaces that I went to on our "77" class trip. Was a blast. Dennis, Hope you have a smooth and easy move back to the New England area. Tim Posted on: December 01, 2002 |
| Name:Elmer E. Dow |
| Email:elmeredow@earthlink.net |
| Class of:1977 & staff |
| Location: Lewistown, MT USA |
| Comments:
Hey, Farley, you see Dorothy's comment about snow? And you want to go back to New England? I don't even have snow in central Montana right now. Seriously, I wish you well in your move. There are lots of great feelings that come with moving back to one's home region (feelings like dampness, cold slush in your boots, muggy summer sweat, and that wonderful rush of nostalgia and familiarity). When I went back in '95, I could still drive around central Massachusetts pretty good, still find my uncle's and cousin's places in Vermont. Old home stuff sticks by pretty well. I enjoyed your comments on the bikes. Those are cool machines you have. I enjoyed my British Sunbeam Alpine and still long for the smell of musty Naugahyde, a car that one can easily work on with basic hand tools, and the feeling of setting the car into a four-wheel drift on bias-ply tires. Helen will appreciate your moving to New England. You'll be right there to help with the next reunion. I wish you all a pleasant and enjoyable Thanksgiving. Posted on: November 27, 2002 |
| Name:Dorothy Tissair |
| Email:detnesbitt@snet.net |
| Class of:1967 |
| Location: Old Saybrook, CT USA |
| Comments:
What a way to wake up this morning in New England! A thick coat of the white stuff and more falling. I sure hope that the old farmers tale I remember doesn't prove true. First measurable snow after November 20 tells you how many storms for the winter. Last year spoiled me too much. Posted on: November 27, 2002 |
| Name:Farley |
| Email:northridgesdac@aol.com |
| Class of:'71 |
| Location: LA, CA USA |
| Comments:
I sure can't find any fault with that BMW - awesome machines for sure. I'm just stuck in the past with the old British iron (and you thought you were the sick one). I currently have a '75 Norton 850 Commando Roadster (bought it from Don Merrill), a '65 Triumph T100sc (that's a 500cc dirt bike), and a '70 BSA 650 Thunderbolt. They are unreasonably reliable and I have a great time with them. The Norton and the Triumph are remarkably original. The BSA I'm thinking I'm going to chop in the near future.
That wasn't Loren who came over from Germany, was it? I still remember Guy Thomas and him singing "the World is Full of Greasy, Grimy, Gopher Guts" riding the bus home from Pine Tree. Ah, sweet memories. :-)
Now some news for the rest of anybody who's interested. We're moving to Stoneham at the end of December. Back home in New England after 12 years in California. I like it. Posted on: November 26, 2002 |
| Name:Dorothy |
| Email:detnesbitt@snet.net |
| Class of:1967 |
| Location: Old Saybrook, CT USA |
| Comments:
It seems that we have gotten to the point where we are becoming repetitive in the Open Forum discussion on The End with it wondering back to the beginning and taking on portions of the Origins topic. I invite others who feel that they have a different point of view to continue those threads. But for me another topic has come to the fore in our discussions.
I invite comments from all to the 27 Fundamental Beliefs of SDA's. Acts 15 lists only four, how did we get to 27? Posted on: November 25, 2002 |
| Name:Gary [too much time on his hands] Flossmann |
| Email:gflossmann@yahoo.com |
| Class of:'66 |
| Comments:
How could I forget the cycle qestions...I must be SICK. Currently I [and the bank] have a black BMW KT1200L so I can haul my wife [gosh--that sounds bad. She used to have her own bike but injured her shoulder rock climbing and she's not THAT big Posted on: November 25, 2002 |
| Name:Gary Flossmann |
| Email:gflossmann@yahoo.com |
| Class of:1966 |
| Location: Stockton, CA USA |
| Comments:
Just for the record, I returned to the old, Germanic spelling of my last name so it now has 2 "n"s [as in Flossmann]....you know, as you get older one tends to put on weight so in my uniform I still look the same size when they spell my name out with those 2 "n"s...quien sabes.
email: gflossmann@yahoo.com Posted on: November 25, 2002 |
| Name:Helen |
| Email:sparkyb2@juno.com |
| Class of:'79 |
| Comments:
David...your outlook is positively inspirational :-) Posted on: November 24, 2002 |
| Name:David |
| Email:bchcmr1234@gwi.net |
| Class of:1972 |
| Location: Portland, ME USA |
| Comments:
Wow! Another great week of school is over! How time flies for a teacher and creeps ever so slowly for the students!
Teaching is an AWESOME profession! My kids keep spirits up every day! Posted on: November 23, 2002 |
| Name:Tim |
| Email:webmaster@pvaalumni.com |
| Class of:1977 |
| Location: Waunakee, WI USA |
| Comments:
I have noticed the popups that seem to be coming from the Reunion Survey. I will leave it on for a little while until I can find an one without the popups. I may just install one for our use only. Posted on: November 22, 2002 |
| Name:Farley |
| Email:northridgesdac@aol.com |
| Class of:'71 |
| Location: LA, CA |
| Comments:
Hey Gary,
I always thought you had a lot of nerve; now you've confirmed it. :-)
Now, what do you ride and how come we never got together while I was still in Modesto? We can always hook up in Maine when you're back again. I'll even provide the ride, if you're not too proud to ride antique British stuff. Keep us posted - oh, and don't be adding to the problems by taking a cruise on one of those ships that are causing all the illness; on the other hand, that might be the very thing that would pull you through, contrary as you are. See ya, Den Posted on: November 22, 2002 |
| Name:Don Merrill |
| Email:merrill@lodinet.com |
| Class of:68 |
| Location: Acampo, CA USA |
| Comments:
Gary,
I sent an e-mail to gflossman@yahoo.com. It was not successful. I do want to contact you directly as we live fairly close. Please verify you e-mail address. Thanks, Don Posted on: November 22, 2002 |
| Name:John Buchholz |
| Email:jbuchholz@som.llu.edu |
| Class of:1975 |
| Location: Loma Linda, CA USA |
| Comments:
Dear Gary,
I just read your entry. I am here writing a grant to Nat. Inst. of Health and amidst my discussions on biophysical details I sometimes wonder what the meaning of life is anyway. I popped in and read your entry. Even though I do not know you I was both saddened to hear of your plight and encouraged by your remarkable ability to keep your wits about you. Glad to see that your surgery went well and it appears that you have an encouraging prognosis. I have heard that chemotherapy can be rough and wish you well as you enter into that part of your therapy. Chemo is always the method of choice to "nuke" any rogue cells that might have escaped the knife. Keep your head up as the chemo is much better and more effective today as compared to decades past. One of our pathologists (Dr. Jeff Cao) had a tumor that wrapped around his heart and aorta. After removing what they could, chemotherapy put him into full remission. Sooo, hang in there and I am happy to see your courage is flourishing despite what has happened to you. You must have a very good base of support from your family. Take care. Best regards, John B Posted on: November 20, 2002 |
| Name:Gary Arturo Flossmann |
| Email:gflossmann@yahoo.com |
| Class of:1966 |
| Location: Stockton, CA USA |
| Comments:
As I often tell my classes, this is a good news—bad news day. I just returned home following my fifth operation after the docs discovered I had cancer. The good news is that I have cancer—the bad, that I’ll probably make it...well that negates all the money my wife thought she was going to inherit so she’ll not have that Bentley convertible...and all those pool boys who were coming for interviews...and we don’t even have a pool.
As some of you know, I was activated subsequent to the attacks on America and returned the classroom in September of this year but with a nagging feeling that it was not normal to have an enlarged lymph node in my neck for 10 months—I am the sharp one but it’s also a bit of the guy thing to avoid doctors—they always find something wrong. Got referred to an ENT doc and she looked worried. After dissection it turned out to be a rather pernicious and aggressive form of cancer that, I was informed, gave me a 20% chance of making it to three years. Now that will put a wee bit of focus in your day.
I’d never even thought of cancer as a possibility—motorcycle accident, getting shot, plane crash [I love the drama there] but not cancer. After two panendoscopys [my spell check isn’t certain of that either], MRIs, CT scans, PETs and X-Rays, they couldn’t find the primary site so they scheduled me for a radical neck dissection—the name alone was off-putting. To make a long story short—I just got home and prayers must work; I had the Buddhists, Shiks, Muslim, Christians and Native American churches praying so I had my bases covered. They didn’t find any evidence of cancer on my left side so left that alone and did a modified radical neck [what’s a modified radical—Stokley Carmichael in Dockers and wingtips?] AND I appear to have “extra” nerves along my shoulder that has allowed me to retain almost all my range-of-motion in my right shoulder so I don’t have to give up skiing, motorcycling and chasing women [not that I’d know what to do with’em if I ever caught’em].
I’m home with a month or so of recuperation and then start a 6-week cycle of radiation and then my wife and I are going on a cruise—just like the rich folks.
Posted on: November 20, 2002 |
| Name:Tim |
| Email:webmaster@pvaalumni.com |
| Class of:1977 |
| Location: Waunakee, WI USA |
| Comments:
I got around to putting online a new and better chat server. We are the only people on it and it runs on a server here at home. It also allows for folks to upload images and sound files for the other chatters to view or hear. Now you can show us all your kids, grandkids, slick cars and your back yard! Give it a try and let me know how it works for you. The main room is the "Potluck". Three rooms total are offered and more can be added as needed. Enjoy! Posted on: November 19, 2002 |
| Name:Linda Reardon |
| Email:linda@disaster-relief.net |
| Class of:1971 |
| Location: Ware, MA USA |
| Comments:
Fall sounds great to me! Posted on: November 19, 2002 |
| Name:D Blodgett |
| Email:nilosmom@samnet.net |
| Class of:1975 |
| Location: Holland, Ma USA |
| Comments:
Helen, U have my vote Posted on: November 19, 2002 |
| Name:Helen |
| Email:sparkyb2@juno.com |
| Class of:'79 |
| Comments:
Our last East Coast Reunion took place in July of 2002. The original plan was to hold the next one in 2004. We're discussing the possibility of holding the next East Coast Reunion in the Fall of 2003. Would like as many as possible to weigh in on this. Post a message and let us know when you think we should hold our next reunion. Posted on: November 19, 2002 |
| Name:Linda (Corcoran) Reardon |
| Email:linda@disaster-relief.net |
| Class of:1971 |
| Location: Ware, MA USA |
| Comments:
Friday evenings would work best for me, also. :) Posted on: November 19, 2002 |
| Name:Farley |
| Email:northridgesdac@aol.com |
| Class of:'71 |
| Location: LA, CA USA |
| Comments:
Hi Kath, I sure do owe you an update or two. :-) I'll shoot you an email and start on getting caught up.
On the chat room question, if I'm ever likely to make it, it would be Friday evening, so I'll leave that as my vote. D Posted on: November 19, 2002 |
| Name:Don Merrill |
| Email:merrill@lodinet.com |
| Class of:68 |
| Location: Acampo, CA USA |
| Comments:
Please cast my vote for Friday nite at the Chat Room. You know, end of the week and one is relaxed with a fire in the wood stove, hot chocolate in the mug, soft music playing and chatting with old friends. Saturdays and Sundays are too busy to just sit and visit. Although Saturday afternoon has possibilities.
Tim, make sure everyone has a clear understanding of how one enters and uses the room. Posted on: November 18, 2002 |
| Name:Don Merrill |
| Email:merrill@lodinet.com |
| Class of:68 |
| Location: Acampo, CA USA |
| Comments:
Poor Tim has no idea what is coming his way! Posted on: November 18, 2002 |
| Name:K. Williamson |
| Email:kathrynsw@hotmail.com |
| Class of:1971 |
| Location: Nashville, Tn USA |
| Comments:
Den??? Have ya forgotten ya favorite??? (wink wink) Get with me about this chat thing...plzzz??? Posted on: November 18, 2002 |
| Name:Farley |
| Email:northridgesdac@aol.com |
| Class of:'71 |
| Location: LA, CA USA |
| Comments:
Good stuff, Tim - I think we're headed in the right direction. Speaking of which, well, I'd better save it for next week. :-) Posted on: November 17, 2002 |
| Name:Dorothy |
| Email:detnesbitt@snet.net |
| Class of:1967 |
| Location: Old Saybrook, CT USA |
| Comments:
I was going to suggest that we start again but starting a little earlier. Even the old 9 o'clock on the East Coast was a little late for people here to start their evening. But maybe we could start something a little more fluid, with the East Coast people coming in at 7:30 or 8:00 here and people in other time zones shuffling in later. Some people from the East Coast may then hang in for a few hours to welcome the new arrivals on the West Coast, but that will more than likely depend on how the conversation seems to be flowing and how many different persons pop-in. There may also be some West Coast people who want to chat in the late afternoon before Vespers on Saturday or after Football on Sunday. We don't all have to be in the room at once, do we? Posted on: November 17, 2002 |
| Name:Elmer E. Dow |
| Email:elmeredow@earthlink.net |
| Class of:1977 & staff |
| Location: Lewistown, MT USA |
| Comments:
A Saturday or Sunday night chat would work best for me, at least during the winter months. Best time for me would be starting around 8 pm Mountain time, which is 7 Pacific, 9 Central and 10 Eastern. That's pretty late for the Eastern folk, though, but that's when I'm most likely to be free. Posted on: November 17, 2002 |
| Name:Robin Shriver |
| Email:Roboshri@hotmail.com |
| Class of:1978 |
| Location: waunakee, wi USA |
| Comments:
would anyone be interested in starting another chat room. We did it before on Saturday night and Sunday night. Please post if you are interested, and what night would work out.
Posted on: November 16, 2002 |
| Name:Tim |
| Email:webmaster@pvaalumni.com |
| Class of:1977 |
| Location: Waunakee, WI USA |
| Comments:
We now have a new posting in the "Alumni Chapel" named "When I Was A Boy" from Dennis Farley. Thanks Dennis! I will be updating the Alumni Email Listing soon for the holidays. Please send in your email addys and encourage your fellow alumni to do the same. There are too alumni not on the list, so lets do our best this holiday season to get as many Alumni listed as we can. The more the better! I have also noticed an effort to have a reunion this summer by Kris Van Allen for the class of 1978. Let me know how the website may help in this effort. Posted on: November 16, 2002 |
| Name:Dorothy Tissair Nesbitt |
| Email:detnesbitt@snet.net |
| Class of:1967 |
| Location: Old Saybrook, CT USA |
| Comments:
Thank you Tim. Posted on: November 16, 2002 |
| Name:Tim |
| Email:webmaster@pvaalumni.com |
| Class of:1977 |
| Location: Waunakee, WI USA |
| Comments:
A few restated rules for posting here. 1. Must have a name attached to it. No more "unknowns". 2. The email addy's connected to postings here must be a working email address. 3. Only Alumni/Faculty of Pioneer Valley Academy may post here. Postings that do not meet these simple rules will be removed, as I have done recently. Sorry for the heavy hand., but sometimes you have to do what ya have to do. Posted on: November 16, 2002 |
| Name:Don Merrill |
| Email:merrill@lodinet.com |
| Class of:68 |
| Location: Acampo, CA USA |
| Comments:
Dothothy B.,It certainly was good hear from someone of the 60's after all the chatter from these children. You know back when men were men and....
In those ancient times, some held to the belief that the faculty were only too happy to scurry from the classrooms at the end of the teaching day to find sanctuary in faculty circle leaving the denizens of the dark to their own devices while hiding from the deans. I remember the smile brought to many of our jaded faces when M. Esposito brought wife and children to the cafeteria for an evening outing as though it were an nite on the town. Just watching the little ones' excitement broke the mundane meal for us. Thanks M. Posted on: November 15, 2002 |
| Name:Tim |
| Email:webmaster@pvaalumni.com |
| Class of:1977 |
| Location: Waunakee, WI USA |
| Comments:
Sounds good to me Dorothy. Inviting folks to join the conversations in the Message Center will hopefully get folks to use them more. Posted on: November 15, 2002 |
| Name:Farley |
| Email:northridgesdac@aol.com |
| Class of:'71 |
| Location: L.A., CA USA |
| Comments:
Thanks Dorothy; I think you're on the right track. D :-) Posted on: November 14, 2002 |
| Name:Dorothy Tissair Nesbitt |
| Email:detnesbitt@snet.net |
| Class of:1967 |
| Location: Old Saybrook, CT USA |
| Comments:
I have started two new threads in the Open Forum for those who wish to further discuss a couple of matters of dispute that have cropped up here in the last month or so. I would like to make the request that should anyone in the future find that a alumnae or alumna inadvertently touch on a personal "hot button" that you start a new thread in the forum with your strong beliefs and use a Guestbook entry to politely ask others to see your response there. Do you think this is a resonable request Tim? Posted on: November 12, 2002 |
| Name:Dorothy |
| Email:detnesbitt@snet.net |
| Class of:1967 |
| Location: Old Saybrook, CT USA |
| Comments:
Me thinks my message of yeaterday has fallen on "unknown" blind eyes. Posted on: November 12, 2002 |
| Name:D Blodgett |
| Email:nilosmom@samnet.net |
| Class of:1975 |
| Location: Holland, Ma USA |
| Comments:
Elmer I am sorry to say that my son also learned to do
the same thing with the electrical zappingon the doornob,
at GBA. HHHHMMMMMM!
I too, have family in some of these states that have been
hit hardest by these bad storms.
My son in college in Tn. A sister near Knoxville and a niece
in Academy in Upper Tn. I also have a sister in Alabama.
I guess the end is closer than we think. Posted on: November 12, 2002 |
| Name:Elmer E. Dow |
| Email:elmeredow@earthlink.net |
| Class of:1977 |
| Location: Lewistown, MT USA |
| Comments:
I, too, remember Kevin. He once demonstrated to me his anti-theft system. He'd connected a power supply (set to put out high voltage at low amperage) to his doorknob. I was in his room and he demonstrated it--by inviting me to touch it. Zap! My arm involuntarily shot back. Ouch! Felt sore for a few minutes afterward. Anyone impacted by the recent tornado touchdowns? I know that we have alumni in those states. And last I knew, former principal Lyle Botimer was living in Mansfield, Ohio. I was just thinking of him as I read that West Mansfield, Ohio, was trashed. Posted on: November 11, 2002 |
| Name:D Blodgett |
| Email:nilosmom@samnet.net |
| Class of:1975 |
| Location: Holland, Ma USA |
| Comments:
How many of U remember Kevin Perry and the mini tape
player he used to have in his suit coat pocket in English
Class? I think it was Miss Moore' class. He always wore a suit coat.
He would run the cord up his sleeve and hold his hand to his
head with the mini speaker close to his ear.
I am not sure if Miss Moore ever realized such things were
goin on. If only that was the worse that ever went on in a
classroom.
That was 1973-74 school yr. Wow!!!!! how time flies.
Posted on: November 11, 2002 |
| Name:Dorothy Tissair Nesbitt |
| Email:detnesbitt@snet.net |
| Class of:1967 |
| Location: Old Saybrook, CT USA |
| Comments:
Thank you Scott! I think you have caught the tone for this Guestbook Page. It is the people we fondly remember from the days of our Youth that make PVA what it is to us today. This is a great place to greet One and All, but remember that this is probably the first page old friends will look in the find us. In setting up this site Tim has given us other pages and a chat room where we can have "deeper" discussions. I hope more people will use the forums and chat room. We need a place among others who have shared our background to discuss some of the issues that effect us today as adults raised in the SDA Tradition with those of similar rearing. Just not on the first page. IMHO. Posted on: November 11, 2002 |
| Name:Scott Slack |
| Email:ssslack@adelphia.net |
| Class of:1977 |
| Location: Amesbury, MA USA |
| Comments:
Happy Sabbath fellow PVA alums!! I'm certainly glad I was impressed to catch up on the guest book, WOW!!! It has been very enjoyable. I too hope to participate more in the Message section of the website.
Thank you so much to '77 classmate Tim for your work here. Also to Helen for your dedication to remembering PVA.
Elmer, I send you an email buddy to catch up and tell you about my 'new' car!
Would love to hear from friends of yesteryear. What I cherish the most from my time at PVA was all of you, when I see Doug & Laurie, Stewart, Jimmy Eisnor, and others at Campmeeting it'w wonderful. We pick up right where we left off almost 30 years ago!! What a day that will be when we have that greatest of PVA reunions in Heaven w/Mr. Wessman leading a choir where everyone got into the Clarions!
God Bless! Posted on: November 08, 2002 |
| Name:Kris L. Van Allen |
| Email:krislva@hotmail.com |
| Class of:1978 |
| Location: Ooltewah, TN USA |
| Comments:
Hey class of 78, I am trying to get everyone together for the end of July 2003, this is our 25th yr. class reunion. A few of you have replied and are showing some intrest. I was thinking of having it in New England. Let me know what you think. Have a great week. Posted on: November 04, 2002 |
| Name:David |
| Email:bchcmr1234@gwi.net |
| Comments:
A student dean offered to cut my hair AND GIVE ME A GOOD HAIRCUT!!!:-o) I was so embarassed he almost gave me a crew cut!!! My hair was 1/2 way down my back for a while afterward as a protest to Military styled haircuts! YIKES!!! Posted on: November 02, 2002 |
| Name:Tim |
| Email:webmaster@pvaalumni.com |
| Class of:1977 |
| Location: Waunakee, WI USA |
| Comments:
Thought I would post the view outside our backdoor. Sort of fall like and reminds me of the New England areas:
Non Java Image (Click Refesh for new image) Java Needed Image (Auto Refesh) Not much happening with the softball season being over, but you can watch the leaves fall off the trees. Posted on: October 31, 2002 |
| Name:Eric &Sandra (Simpson Luce |
| Email:sluce@bellsouth.net |
| Class of:75/ 80 |
| Location: Mustles Shoals, AL. USA |
| Comments:
Fine Job on the website! hope to contact someone soon! Posted on: October 31, 2002 |
| Name:Tim |
| Email:webmaster@pvaalumni.com |
| Class of:1977 |
| Location: Waunakee, WI USA |
Comments:
 Posted on: October 30, 2002 |
| Name:Doug |
| Email:ldk@tampabay.rr.com |
| Class of:70 |
| Comments:
Tim - I liked the line: "Learning to live with each others thoughts and ideals is the thing we need most in this world right now."
Sounds like a good direction for this website. You may consider it simply a rehash of what you've said all along, but, nevertheless, growth and change are never simple or easy. Thank you for the level-headed leadership. Posted on: October 29, 2002 |
| Name:Farley |
| Email:northridgesdac@aol.com |
| Class of:'71 |
| Location: Los Angeles, ca USA |
| Comments:
Hi Guys,
Glad to see the return to the positive - I suspect it's a reasonable bit of housekeeping - keep up the good work. D Posted on: October 29, 2002 |
| Name:Helen |
| Email:sparkyb2@juno.com |
| Class of:'79 |
| Comments:
SUSAN GABREE GREENE AND TONY GREENE both attended PVA. Their daughter, KATIE will be undergoing a Kidney Transplant next week on Thursday November 7. Susan is planning on being the donor, providing all of the tests that she has had, and will continue to have up until then, are OK. Susan has been driving Katie to Burlington for dialysis three times a week for at least the last month because Katies kidney function had gotten down to less than 10%. Susan continues to work Tuesdays and Thursdays
when she is not driving Katie back and forth. Next week, they will be going to Burlington on Monday for dialysis and staying there until a month after they are discharged from the hospital. Probably staying at Ronald McDonald house.
Since Katie was first diagnosed with this rare illness,(Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis Type II) four years ago, Susan (and Tony) have lost vast amounts of time from work. Not only have they lost time from work, there has been the burden of transportation which has been a physical, mental, psychological and financial strain on the family. Your prayers, cards and letters, and donations would mean so much. Thank you. Send cards and letters can be sent c/o PVA Alumni Assoc., 800 Main St. #246, Holden,Ma. 01520 .Please send contributions to Brattleboro Savings & Loan; Attn: Karen, Katie Greene Fund; Main St. Brattleboro, Vt. 05301
Posted on: October 29, 2002 |
| Name:Helen |
| Email:sparkyb2@juno.com |
| Class of:'79 |
| Comments:
Right on, Tim! That's what we're after. Just as a building has different rooms for different uses, so does our website. We welcome the expressions of memories, ideas, feelings, opinions. I like to see what I have in common with other people, yet sometimes we must agree to disagree. Everyone does have a story and everyone has something to say. We learn alot by listening to other people. Sharing and listening are what make this a really cool website. So, People... don't be shy! Join a discussion or start a new one! Posted on: October 29, 2002 |
| Name:Tim |
| Email:webmaster@trsweather.com |
| Class of:1977 |
| Location: Waunakee, WI USA |
| Comments:
In the past weeks and days this Alumni website has had a large increase in traffic. This is good! :) With that increase has come the desire to express ideals and ideas. To openly talk about memories, good and bad. We all have stories to tell, stories that others may differ with, memories that shape us into what we all are today. So as not to discourage these open discussions we need to offer them their own forum. That can be done in the "Message Center" That is what I meant it to be used for. The Guestbook was meant to be a common area. A place that we all can use as Alumni. That's the common ground. That's why we come here. That's why we feel the way we do. The Message Center Forums were meant for talks that are more in depth, deeper thoughts and opinions. As always, consideration for others thoughts and beliefs is paramount to the success of this website. The purpose of which is to bring us together in one spot. Learning to live with each others thoughts and ideals is the thing we need most in this world right now. In short, keep it light and pleasant in the Guestbook. Use the Message Center for deeper conversations. I would love to see that part of the website get as much use as this part does. But most of all, use this website. Give me ideas on new additions or changes. I may be the keeper of the website now, but it has and always will be the Alumni's website. The PVA Alumni Website... Posted on: October 29, 2002 |
| Name:Rosalie |
| Email:satin380@yahoo.com |
| Class of:1984 |
| Location: sanford, fl USA |
| Comments:
I just want to let everyone know that I came from a bad neighborhood. and going to p.v.a. was the most wonderful experiance I ever had. thank you to all that helped me when I thought that I had no way out and thank you for being there for me. I want to also thank Mr. and Mrs. Lebard who where the best short time parents but wonderful. they always made me feel like part of their famliy. thank you also for helping me when I came from such a bad place. Rosie. satin380@yahoo.com or rar4559465@aol.com Posted on: October 28, 2002 |
| Name:Linda Reardon |
| Email:linda@disaster-relief.net |
| Class of:1971 |
| Location: Ware, MA USA |
| Comments:
You're welcome. It was my pleasure. I have to agree with you, this is my favorite time of year, also. Each year the colors are so brilliant and vibrant, it's like seeing them for the first time, all over again. I never tire of driving through the country roads, enjoying the magnifiicent beauty of autumn in all its splendor. This time of year is too short, as far as I'm concerned! :) Posted on: October 22, 2002 |
| Name:Helen |
| Email:sparkyb2@juno.com |
| Class of:'79 |
| Comments:
Thanks for the great photos, Linda! This is my absolute favorite time of year :-) Posted on: October 22, 2002 |
| Name:Tim |
| Email:webmaster@pvaalumni.com |
| Class of:1977 |
| Location: Waunakee, WI USA |
| Comments:
Linda (Corcoran) Reardon sent us a couple of great pictures of the PVA area this fall. PVA Fall Picture #1 PVA Fall Picture #2 They are big, but pretty, give them some time to download. Thanks Linda! Posted on: October 21, 2002 |
| Name:David |
| Email:bchcmr1234@gwi.net |
| Location: beside the sea!, USA |
| Comments:
Yes!!! The two old Caddies! That's the cars I meant!
My kids were so much fun at school yesterday!!!
David Posted on: October 19, 2002 |
| Name:Elmer E. Dow |
| Email:elmeredow@earthlink.net |
| Class of:1977 & staff |
| Location: Lewistown, MT USA |
| Comments:
Those Cads were 1950 models, a convertible and a sedan. They were owned by the husband of the real estate agent who lived at the farm not far away. Those were the Walkers, right? The husband had a barn full of restored cars. He was a retired engineer. The convertible was his first car. He bought the other one as a spare parts car, since he intended to one day restore the convertible. Jim Stewart and I looked the cars over closely once. Thy both looked like they'd fire right up with minimal tinkering. I think Grant Pierson and Hershel Wilson knew him quite well. Pierson encouraged me to visit him and see the collection (which I think included a Springfield Rolls), but I never got around to it.
Thanks, Dennis, for the words to The Green Little Chemist. Over the years, I've tried to remember a couple of those poems, but always can only come up with bits and pieces. Posted on: October 19, 2002 |
| Name:Linda (Corcoran) Reardon |
| Email:linda@disaster-relief.net |
| Class of:1971 |
| Location: Ware, MA USA |
| Comments:
Do you refer to the two old cars parked in the garage on the left hand side of the road, as you were heading from PVA into West Brookfield? Right past the Walker's place? Those cars were still there, well into the 1990's, until someone new bought the property. Haven't seen them for quite a few years now. Posted on: October 18, 2002 |
| Name:David |
| Email:bchcmr1234@gwi.net |
| Class of:'72' |
| Location: Ostende', Belgium |
| Comments:
This is a great place to go on a date!!! I did!!!:-)
Does anyone remember the two old Cadilacs parked in a garage in the Brookfield's? (I believe). They had some potential.........whereas Harris Pine Mills gave me no potential!
The kids were great today in school, YEA!!! Posted on: October 18, 2002 |
| Name:Farley |
| Email:northridgesdac@aol.com |
| Class of:'71 |
| Location: Los Angeles, CA USA |
| Comments:
Hey Elmer - Here's the Green Little Chemist:
A Green Little Chemist,
One Green Little Day,
Mixed Some Green Little Chemicals
In a Green Little Way.
The Green Little Grasses
Now Tenderly Wave,
O'er the Green Little Chemist's
Green Little Grave.
Anon Posted on: October 18, 2002 |
| Name:Paul Bauer |
| Email:pdbauer@yahoo.com |
| Class of:75 |
| Comments:
The summer I took Drivers Education, I worked the night shift at Dakota Bake and Serve. We'd get back in after midnight and class was at 6:00 AM. I remember a number of times waking up and finding Mr Wilson and I were the only ones left in class. I guess he felt sorry for me and passed me. I also recall Mr Wilson teaching cycling by riding on the back of the motorcycle behind the student. That was until one student (an interesting character named Eddie) came to a sudden stop and Mr Wilson didn't (fortunately landing in the grass). I noticed after that he would drive along side in a car and yell direction. Posted on: October 16, 2002 |
| Name:Linda (Corcoran) Reardon |
| Email:linda@disaster-relief.net |
| Class of:1971 |
| Location: Ware, MA USA |
| Comments:
Whooo boy!, does THAT tickle my funny bone!!!! The irony of a barber/bookmaker coming to the PVA campus to cut hair. I can't stop laughing! :D (Maybe I'm too easily amused?) Linda Posted on: October 16, 2002 |
| Name:Helen Browning Kuntz |
| Email:sparkyb2@juno.com |
| Class of:'79 |
| Comments:
Tim, you've tarnished our memories of "Mayberry" :-) Posted on: October 16, 2002 |
| Name:Tim |
| Email:webmaster@pvaalumni.com |
| Class of:1977 |
| Location: Waunakee, WI USA |
| Comments:
Jay was the barber in W. Brookfield right downtown right? Little barber shop next to his garage. If is is the same one I am thinking, he also had a Lotus in the garage. How could a little town barber afford these nice and rare cars? He was book maker. He took bets from the Police chief, to the drug store owner and Paris and Steve at P&S pizza. Paris was the one that let me in on that one day when he got the police chief to "fix" my speeding ticket right in front of me. Small towns will surprise you some times. Posted on: October 15, 2002 |
| Name:Farley |
| Email:northridgesdac@aol.com |
| Class of:71 |
| Location: Los Angeles, ca USA |
| Comments:
OK, how about Jay the barber's Corvette? I kept bugging him each time he would come to cut our hair, telling him that I wanted to drive it. He kept telling me to go ahead, the keys were in in. One night I took him at his word, went out, got in, fire it up, and idled off campus. I ran it through its paces on the road to West Brookfield, came back and idled once around faculty circle, then parked it back in its spot behind the boys' dorm and went in and told him I was back. He was completely at ease with the whole thing and I was psyched! WOnder whatever happened to him?
(Thanks, Linda, for the kind words - I'm always glad when something I say connects.) :-) Posted on: October 15, 2002 |
| Name:Elmer E. Dow |
| Email:elmeredow@earthlink.net |
| Class of:1977 & staff |
| Location: Lewistown, MT USA |
| Comments:
Any idea what happened to the lifts? I assume that the conference gave all those great Snap On tools to one of the other academies, but the hoists were too much work to remove so were left. Posted on: October 12, 2002 |
| Name:Tim |
| Email:webmaster@pvaalumni.com |
| Class of:1977 |
| Location: Waunakee, WI USA |
| Comments:
PVA Shop 2000 They use it for storage. Still has signs of us being there once in it. :) Posted on: October 12, 2002 |
| Name:Missy Bates Fors |
| Email:forsm@cavtel.net |
| Class of:80 |
| Location: Hampton , VA USA |
| Comments:
The best car we ever had was a '73 BMW 3.0 csi that we got in Germany. It was designed to cruise the Autobahn and it was hard to keep the speed down when we got back to the States. It's interesting to be going 220-240kmh down the autobahn and still have to keep right so the Italian sports cars can fly past you. But it's pretty cool to travel with the Porsche.
That was the only car I have ever driven where people stop and watch you drive by. Unfortunately, we had to sell it when the kids came along...needed a 4 door family car.
While PVA will always hold great memories for me. It also holds some painful ones too. But I guess that is true of most everything in life. SO you learn to cherish the good and forget the bad. I was lucky to make some great new friends and renew old friendships at PVA. I am thankful for the experience and lessons I learned there. (And most of them were not in a classroom) One of my favorite memories is of Mr. Kirchburger's algebra class, we spent the entire period trying to sing the theme songs from Gilligan's Island, I dream of Jeannie, Gunsmoke and Bonanza.
Ah, the joys of High School....but you couldnt' pay me enough to be 16 again. It's hard enough being the mom of a 16 and 14 yr old. Posted on: October 12, 2002 |
| Name:Elmer E. Dow |
| Email:elmeredow@earthlink.net |
| Class of:1977 & staff |
| Location: Lewistown, MT USA |
| Comments:
Your recollections about Doug Hayes, Helen, bring back some memories, too. Did you know that even though he was a carpenter and an auto shop teacher that he was allergic to sawdust and petroleum products? He used to slather lotion on his arms because those substances irritated his skin.
He once fell off the auto shop roof. He was working on the metal roofing up there and began to slide. He slowly slid down the incline, not able to get enough traction to completely stop. He dropped off the end, broke his fall with his feet, then landed on his backside. He had a sore tailbone for a while. That auto shop sure was nice when they finished the remodeling. I wish it had been like that when I had taken auto mech. Anyone know what the state police use that building for now? Posted on: October 12, 2002 |
| Name:Helen |
| Email:sparkyb2@juno.com |
| Class of:'79 |
| Comments:
I thought she meant like PVAA. PVAholics anonymous. Linda's probably right. Old car lovers.
Posted on: October 12, 2002 |
| Name:Linda Reardon |
| Email:linda@disaster-relief.net |
| Class of:1971 |
| Location: Ware, MA USA |
| Comments:
Maybe she meant "AA", as in, Autos Anonymous. We all seem to have liked our cars of the past an awful lot! :)
Happy Sabbath! Linda Posted on: October 12, 2002 |
| Name:Notlwonk |
| Email:flpoet@tampabay.rr.com |
| Class of:07 |
| Location: Anna Maria, USA |
| Comments:
Didn'tcha'
mean Triple-A? I see a red door and I want it painted black No colors anymore I want them to turn black I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes I have to turn my head until my darkness goes I see a line of cars and they're all painted black With flowers and my love, both never to come back I see people turn their heads and quickly look away Like a newborn baby it just happens ev'ryday I look inside myself and see my heart is black I see my red door and it has been painted black Maybe then I'll fade away and not have to face the facts It's not easy facing up when your whole world is black - (Jagger/Richards) Sand is good. Bend over. Thrust bill into ground. remain still, lick up the tasty morsels. unfortunately, sand is also a highly addictive substance. For instance, I'll never get enough of the intense cardiovascular workout involved in setting oneself out prone, on sand, preferably with blanket beneath one's back, and taunting a carcinogenic Sun with my bold, exposed epidermis. Okay, okay, back to cars, beer, and cosmology. Posted on: October 12, 2002 |
| Name:Stefan Burnham |
| Email:SirLafalot@mail.com |
| Class of:1975 |
| Location: Madison, TN USA |
| Comments:
Greetings to ya'll! I'd appreciate hearing from everyone. Just e-mail me. I am searching for Buddy Seaton. I think he was class of 1974. God bless! Posted on: October 12, 2002 |
| Name:Joyce |
| Email:Ellienoir@aol.com |
| Class of:1970 |
| Location: Warren, RI USA |
| Comments:
While we're at it, is anyone ready to form a PVA Alumni AA group? Posted on: October 11, 2002 |
| Name:Linda (Corcoran) Reardon |
| Email:linda@disaster-relief.net |
| Class of:1971 |
| Location: Ware, MA USA |
| Comments:
I just re-read the presentation in "The Chapel." Well worth it. Still brings a tear to my eye. Thank you, Dennis, for all the thought and care you put into your talks for our reunions. Much appreciated. Linda Posted on: October 11, 2002 |
| Name:Helen Browning Kuntz |
| Email:sparkyb2@juno.com |
| Class of:'79 |
| Comments:
When I took Driver Ed, Doug Hayes was the teacher. The first few times out, he kept saying, "You can drive on the road, you know!" He was always busting us about our "Massachusetts rolling stops". I clean ran a stop sign one time in North Brookfield. I remember how shocked I was that the car came to a sudden stop. Mr. Hayes said, "Did you see that sign?" I said, "What sign?" "THE ONE THAT SAID STOP!" I said, " No, I didn't notice it". He just snorted and told me to drive on. Once we were returning from a winter drive and had made it all the way back to the academy. The drive was slick. As I rounded the bend near the boys dorm, the car began to slide. First I hit the panic button, then the gas, the brake, the gas. The car fish-tailed then somehow landed front first in a snow bank near the football field. Some of the guys showed off their muscles and pushed the car back onto the drive. Mr. Hayes only said, "Take your foot off the gas and steer in the direction you want to go." I must have learned something because on the way back home from hockey one night last winter, the van started going all over the place. I steered out of one skid only to go right into another. I steered us out of that one and Jay said, "Nice job, Mom!" Mr. Hayes would be proud. Posted on: October 11, 2002 |
| Name:Linda (Corcoran) Reardon |
| Email:linda@disaster-relief.net |
| Class of:1971 |
| Location: Ware, MA USA |
| Comments:
Can't begin to write about cars the way you guys do, but my first car was a 1971 Dodge Demon with a /6. Best car I ever owned!! Had to be careful not to speed, as it was bright yellow and the cops took notice. But the engine... the engine that wouldn't die! Years later, I gave the engine to someone after the frame broke. Put alot of miles on that "baby." They sure don't make 'em like they used to. "Ah, the good old days!" :D
Happy Sabbath to all,
Linda Posted on: October 11, 2002 |
| Name:Elmer E. Dow |
| Email:elmeredow@earthlink.net |
| Class of:1977 and staff |
| Location: Lewistown, MT USA |
| Comments:
Snow, snow -- got SNOW -- this morning. Sorry about the lack of proofreading. Posted on: October 11, 2002 |
| Name:Elmer E. Dow |
| Email:elmeredow@earthlink.net |
| Class of:1977 & staff |
| Location: Lewistown, MT USA |
| Comments:
Got this morning here in central Montana, but it was too warm to stick. That may change this weekend. Colors are good now, lots of bright yellows and some fire reds.
Dennis, how you doing? E-mail me or post here and let me know what's happening. Are you going to settle there for a while? Any progress on future plans? And, Tim, concerning your indentation instructions: I have a "comma" key on my keyboard, but no "coma" key. Windows can do the coma trick without any prompting from me. Maybe I should go Linux. Posted on: October 11, 2002 |
| Name:Elmer E. Dow |
| Email:elmeredow@earthlink.net |
| Class of:1977 & staff |
| Location: Lewistown, MT USA |
| Comments:
Oooooooooh, now don't get me started on cars. We could be here for a while. I'm going to try that neat paragraph thing here, too. If it's all in a lump again, then you know that I did something wrong.
I bought my first car, that '56 Cadillac that I later crashed, when I was on staff. It had been owned by a smoker, so I had to drive it for weeks with the windows down in order to get the smell out. Some of you will remember it parked with the hood all wadded up down at the corner by the grounds building, just at the turn to the auto mech building. I donated the battery to the grounds department for use in the orchard sprayer. I remember riding in Judy Allison's Chevy Impala once. It had a Powerglide tranny and a small-block V8. With only two speeds in the tranny the wide gear spread was such that if you decked it when passing, it would wind out like crazy, then shift into high and the engine would drop a couple thousand rpm and was out of the power band. What a revelation after driving my Caddy with the four-speed Hydro! Remember faculty Earl Kirchberg's VW kit car? I think Mr. Wolcott had an AMC Sportabout wagon, then later a Dodge Aspen. The car I really liked was Al and Ginny Frost's Alpha Romeo. Bob Roberts drove a gray Oldsmobile. Monsieur Ferguson had a cream-colored Falcon wagon that ate a nut once when he was working on it, then bent a valve when he started it up. I can't remember Lyle Botimer's car at all, but Jack Mentges had a 65 Fairlane station wagon that he used as a beater to preserve the Vette. I remember sitting in Jack Mentges garage just a couple of feet in front of the bumber of Jack Mentges Corvette drawing it from a bumper-level view. He had that hanging in his office for a while along with a Pogo cartoon that I also drew. I once drove girl's dean Oleha Cao's Gremlin one icy night. Now there was a car that would spin doughnuts without provocation. Nose-heavy at one end and light as a feather at the rear, it was hair-raising on ice--worse than driving a pickup. One night when I was bringing back the late DBS crew in my Caddy (the van was out of service for some reason), I turned into the front entrance, headed for the girl's dorm and the tail came swinging out to the right, we slid toward that big tree to the left of the road and did a doughnut, spinning all the way around it, then dropped back over the curb and continued to the dorm. Everyone was really quiet; I think they thought I did it on purpose. When I drove the afternoon crew in to DBS, I discovered that if I was going about 60, I could go over one rise and let off the gas as we crested and the van would float, providing a brief weightless feeling. Got complaints on that from the kids in the back row. It seems that right after lunch is not the time for some stomachs to try airplane rides. And I remember being able to tell if I was making good time when drivng the crew to work, because if I was getting close to the record Doug Allison would be grinning like the Cheshire cat while sitting on the back row looking at his watch. Never could equal Ulli Tutsche's time though. He must have trained on the autobahn. While I was a student, mom came up one weekend to show me her new car: a '76 Pinto. She invited me to sit behind the wheel, so I slid in and said, "Ma, there's only one problem. I can't raise my head." The headroom was so limited that I could sit in it only if I was looking at my lap. First time I came home on a leave, I removed the bolt spacers under the seat's rear frame. That helped, but I still couldn't wear a hat. I currently have a 75 Dodge Dart Sport with about 75,000 miles on it and a '65 Dodge half-ton pickup with about the same mileage. My 95 Subaru has 124,000 on it now. Yes, the older cars are fun, but they need suspension mods or they wallow like a drunk on corners. But the Dart sure is fun in a straight line. Posted on: October 11, 2002 |
| Name:D. Blodgett |
| Email:nilosmom@samnet.net |
| Location: Holland, Ma USA |
| Comments:
Greetings from NE, Just to let all our former students know. NE this time of yr
can be really surprising when it comes to the weather. We
made a trip thru Me,NH,Vt and of course our state around the
first of this month and there wasnt much color at that time.
It is coming slow but nice. Our weather has a chill in the
air and the wood stove at night doesnt feel bad at all.
You dont know what you are missing!!!!!!! Posted on: October 11, 2002 |
| Name:Dennis Allison |
| Email:ddstrickland@turboise.com |
| Class of:1981 |
| Location: fruitland, WA USA |
| Comments:
Hello All, This has been a veey interesting convertion and I hate to muddy the waters but I do believe that the eyes of fish have the blood vessels behind the lense because they live in water:-) and the water blocks the harmful rays of the sun. We on the other hand do not live under the water:-) we live on land. If the blood vessels were behind the lense like was suggested, the first time you went outside in the sun light you would fry your eyes. The boold vessels protect our eyes from the suns rays. Why don't we teach real science in schools any more? Posted on: October 11, 2002 |
| Name:Tim |
| Email:webmaster@pvaalumni.com |
| Class of:1977 |
| Location: Waunakee, WI USA |
| Comments:
Old cars. I remember hauling an old 1967 Chevy II Nova up to PVA to autoshop. Mr. Frost was the teacher. Between buidling the shop we did find time to work on cars now and then. But the old Nova never saw the street again as I sold the engine that was just rebuilt and the Nova, I think, remained in front the of shop until PVA closed. Paul Runnels and I looked for it when we where there last during the last east coast reunion. Didnt find it. I have always had a love for cars and racing. But a having a family somewhat cuts back on those sort of expensive toys and hobbies. Yes, I will probably be one of those gray haired old guys driving the radical Dodge Hemi at the car meet/swaps. I remember the cold crisp fall mornings going down to the shop, opening the doors (the ones that worked) and tinkering with something. Freezing in the dead of winter while digging a hole for the lift. It was a blast. Cutting up chicken wire for the concrete floor. All that good stuff,. In fact my final exam for auto shop was how well I could sweep the floor that day. I passed. Being a village student the drive from West Brookfield up to PVa in the fall was great. The "tunnel of leaves" created on that road for the "Big Greyhound Bus" was something to see in the fall. folks would get on top of the "Big Bus" as trim the trees away to it would clear them on top. Thus the "Tunnel of Leaves" leading to and ending at PVA's drive way. To bad we can't have a fall reunion out there sometime. That would be major cool. Posted on: October 11, 2002 |
| Name:Helen Browning Kuntz |
| Email:sparkyb2@juno.com |
| Class of:'79 |
| Comments:
You guys were having this really fun discussion on cars, which I was getting ready to jump into before we got all scientific here! My first car was a black 1967 Chevy Impala. I think the interior was black too and it smelled like Grandma's attic. My sister and I called it the radio on wheels, because it had an AM radio that sort of worked, four wheels and a steering wheel. My dad bought it for $75 from a guy he worked with. My kids are "mad at me" for not keeping it. "MOM, YOU COULD HAVE A CLASSIC CAR WORTH LOTS OF MONEY NOW IF YOU HAD KEPT IT!!!" They love the muscle cars, so I make them really jealous and tell them about all the cool cars my friends had back then, too. Jerry Jr. has a 1984 Caballero and Jason has a 1972 Chevelle. I used to drag my dad around to car lots to look at all the nice Camaros. He'd say, "That's nice. How are you going to get it?" I'm inclined to agree with my sons that the we had the coolest cars in the 60's and 70's :-) After I got my license my dad let me take his car out. I took my sister to McDonalds. When I was backing out there, I was looking behind me, not paying attention to the passenger's side corner. I didn't give myself quite enough space, so when I put it in drive, I bumped into a car where a gentleman was sitting. My sister said, "Quick! Drive away!" I said, "No way! Roll down the window! This guy looks at his car, then comes walking over with coffee dripping down the front of his overcoat. I sheepishly apologized and he just muttered, "It's ok..." As we drove off, I told my sister, "Don't tell Dad." We fessed up years later and my dad laughed. Posted on: October 10, 2002 |
| Name:John Buchholz |
| Email:jbuchholz@som.llu.edu |
| Class of:1975 |
| Location: Grand Terrace, CA USA |
| Comments:
Elmer,
I read your last lengthy entry. I enjoyed your recount of the past. Indeed there were people there for me "to talk to." However, I had strong logic issues with literal biblical interpretation and then who do you talk to? On my first attempt to discuss "atheistic arguments" with one religion teacher, he said that if I ever spoke of the subject again I would be expelled. Well that certainly builds trust. What he could have done was discuss the arguments pointing out strengths and pitfalls. When I suggested this he sounded like you. His retort was "I already have the infallible truth and this discussion is unnecessary." I never thought biblical text was infallible. Good heavens the choice of the 66 books as canon were just that, a choice by falliable humans. I do not think God protects us from mistakes. There are many things in old testament text that I find reprehensible. Yet there it is supposedly "Gods" word. Maybe we got it mixed up at times. 1000's of yrs of translation the intractability of the Hebrew tongue and the mere fact that what we know about earth history just did not buttress what was being taught. In fact in Biology we completely skipped the chapters on transcription and translation because the issue of gene mutation would come up. Mr. Linderman told us that the "biological machinery never made mistakes." Thus, I was taught by a so called "scientist" that genes do not change. Boulderdash! They do change, I observe it in my own work. I accept a much richer universe than what I was taught.
I find it interesting that you out of hand rejected everything I said in my other entries. We go through the "human eye design" with every freshman med class. By the time I get done with them they realize that its not such a great design. What I try to do is suggest that just maybe, God let nature take its own course as opposed to having a "teather" on every electron and molecule. I think in the SDA faith and the church is to busy trying to make all the dominos line up. They do not all line up.
Get some sleep tonight Elmer and God bless.
Posted on: October 10, 2002 |
| Name:Paul Bauer |
| Email:pdbauer@yahoo.com |
| Class of:75 |
| Comments:
And who would have thought that Lavern Wolcott would have stirred up so much excitement and emotion on the old Alumni Guestbook! I am sure he would have got a great kick out of it.
I must admit that the first emotion I felt when I heard of his passing was a vague sense of guilt over a juvenile ditty I wrote in physics class to the tune of "When you say Budweiser..." It started off with, "He has hair on his ears" ...and went on to describe some anatomically impossible feats. However, I fell somewhat relieved (Dorothy) that others remembered the same thing.
Now I distinctly remember hanging one of our participants in this discussion on a hook in the hallway by the back of his unmentionables and probably doing something equally horrible to one of the others...so don't make me revert to my childhood ways and have to separate you two!! :-)
Paul
Posted on: October 10, 2002 |
| Name:Tim |
| Email:webmaster@pvaalumni.com |
| Class of:1977 |
| Location: Waunakee, WI USA |
| Comments:
Elmer, first put the one above the coma, the BR then the one above the period.
< > Posted on: October 10, 2002 |
| Name:Doug |
| Email:ldk@tampabay.rr.com |
| Comments:
(shuffling off to the back room)
http://www.pvaalumni.com/bbmat.cgi?script=main&frames=N
Thoughts on Sincerity, Power, and Projection Posted on: October 10, 2002 |
| Name:Elmer E. Dow |
| Email:elmeredow@earthlink.net |
| Class of:1977 & staff |
| Location: Lewistown, MT USA |
| Comments:
OK, Helen, saw your post. I'm done. I can't keep staying up late to join this debate anyway. It's after midnight and I prefer the early-to-bed, early-to-rise routine. When I was young and serving as the evening desk monitor I could handle getting off at midnight, then getting up to fall asleep in driver's ed (only during the gory movies, not during the driving). Would Tim or Doug please tell me which bracket to use around the BR? And do I need to put it before or after a carriage return -- or is the carriage return just useless? Posted on: October 10, 2002 |
| Name:Elmer E. Dow |
| Email:elmeredow@earthlink.net |
| Class of:1977 & staff |
| Location: Lewistown, MT USA |
| Comments:
I heartily agree with your observation, Doug, that there were different PVAs in different eras. And, frankly, I'm glad that I experienced the era that I did, given what I've heard about the other ones -- and I'm not being sarcastic about this. I've had enough contact with folk from different eras to know that I would have been less happy there if I'd attended during those times, both before and after I was there. When I left the staff, the school was obviously beginning to slide on a downward cycle. Note the precipitous drop in enrollment during the very end of the '70s and into the '80s. The differences we note were due to changes in administration, changes in deans, changes in teaching staff and, of course, changes in the student body, too. By changes, I mean both changes of persons and changes in persons. I also agree with your observation that any group that we may assemble will have a variance of opinion as to what may have occurred while they were together witnessing the same event. I intended my comment on the gospels to serve to solidify what I believed was your point. I also intended it to remind us all that God loves all of us, different as we may be. I, too, had some painful experiences at PVA, both as a student and as a staff member. But I'm not going to blame anyone else for how I reacted to the events, nor for how I turned out. That's my responsibility. Was there anyone there to listen to me when I needed to talk to someone? Yes. You want names? Here are the ones that come to mind first: Jack Mentges, Bob Roberts, Alan Frost. Jack was dean and I worked for him as a night desk monitor and RA. He's not a very talkative sort and can be rather blunt, but I appreciated his input even when he told me -- in front of the other monitors -- that he did not approve of my asking a certain girl to a banquet. One night long after lights out he taught me to drive a vehicle with a manual transmission and was patient with me when I backed the pickup over a curb, then proceeded to swing around the flagpole at high speed so I wouldn't have to shift down. Above all, I knew that when my back was to the wall, he would be there -- and he proved it more than once. We're still in loose touch even today. It was he and Al Frost who were responsible for my getting a position in the maintenance department at PVA after I graduated. I had some skills, yes, but who would be nuts enough to give an 18-year-old a chance with real responsibility? They made sure that I got my chance and I passed my oral exam to get a license to have charge of high-pressure steam boilers, took over the locksmiting, etc. I was scared to death at the end of my senior year, because I knew I had little chance to find a decent job, my dad had died when I was 7 so there was no human mentor nor income other than Social Security, and my mother was retired after multiple heart attacks. Jack and Al made sure that I had a chance. Jack's a dean at Andrews now and it was he who called to inform me a few years ago that my nephew had died in a car accident. I couldn't travel, so he sent me all the newspaper clippings about the accident and funeral, etc. He was involved at both the memorial services at Andrews and in Massachusetts. Al Frost was industrial arts teacher and assistant dean my senior year. I've vented my frustrations late at night in the dorm and he was willing to listen. He was head of the maintenance department when I was on staff working there. Once, the hydraulic anti-surge valve on the well pump needed adjustment because it was not opening fully and stressing the pump. He told me to go fix it. Now I knew that the guys servicing these things were getting about eight times as much per hour as I was and I felt completely inadequate to do the job. I said, "I don't have any idea how that thing works." He said, "Well, figure it out." So I went down there and tore the control valve all apart and figured it out. He had confidence in me even when I didn't and was willing to risk expensive damage if I messed up. Many times later when I've been in a situation where I feel uncertain, I recall his words and his confidence in me, then jump in and figure it out. And then there's Bob Roberts. I worked for him in the cafeteria during my freshman year. He seemed tough on the surface, but he demonstrated that he respected people who acted on principle, even when he disagreed with them. When I was on staff and he knew that I'd hit a bump in the road, I walked into the cafeteria to work on something and he came over to me to speak words of support and encouragement. I didn't have to ask to talk, he came to me. I took seriously my responsibility to keep the cafeteria's remaining operational boiler going. He appreciated that and we had a mutual respect. More than that, however, he offered unsolicited support and encouragement when I needed it most. He didn't even complain when I kept him awake by blaring The Carpenters on my record player when I lived in the duplex next to him. He went out of his way to be supportive to our students who worked long hours during the winter to plow snow. And I remember a distinctly painful experience for one of our student workers (caused by another staff member) that was made a lot less painful due to his joining with Al Frost and I to offer our support (and in Bob's case, lots of ice cream). You may not believe that your experience at PVA was as good as mine. I won't argue with that. I cannot believe, however, that any myth can be as nourishing as a relationship with a God who can lead through trying circumstances, whether at academy or during adult life. My experience is that God is real and God delivers as He's promised. I've made no powerplay such as you've insinuated. Nor do I have fear. My claim to know God appears to scare or offend you. No, I don't know Him as well as I'd like to. I'm still working on that and growing. The new birth experience that the Bible talks about is becoming humble and teachable like a child and then growing up again, this time with a very wise and loving Parent. People who think that they can handle life without God -- whether through science, psychology or a man-made religion -- are neither humble before God nor teachable by Him. Scholar Nicodemus didn't understand the new birth concept right away. It's not academic nor testable by scientists; we don't know how it happends. But, like the blowing of the wind that we can't see, there are very real results. Paul and Silas sang while in prison. They didn't do so because they'd lost their marbles, but because they'd found the Someone who was the reason for their rejoicing. Any Christian who cannot claim to know God isn't a Christian at all, at least not in the Biblical sense. Contrary to your claim, I know myself well, well enough to know that I need the Savior. And I'm still learning every day from the Bible, which is a very humbling experience. You don't know me, therefore your claim is baseless. Where does the gospel of Thomas come in? John 20:24-29. Thomas doubted, but when he finally met his risen Lord, he responded, "My Lord and my God!" And Jesus said, "Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed." You can wallow around in pain and bitterness if you choose to do so -- and blame anyone for your own choices. I choose to believe an all-powerful, loving God. It's not an opiate, it's a relationship. And it's not acidic. It's full of happiness. Posted on: October 10, 2002 |
| Name:Helen Browning Kuntz |
| Email:sparkyb2@juno.com |
| Class of:'79 |
| Comments:
Intense, Dudes!!! The chat room is available 24/7. I'm with Dorothy that we should move the heavy duty stuff to another venue. Not sure some of us would stand a chance in a debate with you guys, anyway. I'm all for talking and listening, exploring ideas, catharsis and healing. I'm not necessarily as fascinated by the topics or theories as I am with the strength of feeling and the experiences behind them. We're all entitled to our own beliefs, or so each of us says. Whatever we think, let's please don't shoot the messenger. So, good scholarly gentlemen... please adjourn to the Chat Room or Open Forum without further ado and debate until your hearts are content:-) Posted on: October 09, 2002 |
| Name:Doug |
| Email:ldk@tampabay.rr.com |
| Class of:70 |
| Comments:
There ya' go. I knew it. Some of those damn faculty were just flat out meaner in the sixties. Hey, we didn't git a fair shake. Let's lobby for reparations!
Aye, Elmer. You are incite-ful buckaroo. Illuminating lines these: "Hey, Doug, note that we have four gospels. We don't just vary in our readings of them, but we have four viewpoints from which to choose. That's because the gospel is for all people and God knew that just one way wouldn't meet the needs of all. His love is real and He makes every effort to tell us about it." From God's lips to your ears. I'm struggling with your mixed gospelaphors. Is it one? Is it four? Where does The Gospel of Thomas come in? I'm betting on dozens, even hundreds. Until, of course, the "containment" specialists (those cheery canonical scholars) arrived. Perhaps you might ring up Elaine Pagels on this one if you're really as interested as you seem. I once loved your comforting little story, Elmer, but it's a wash. As in paint. It's what ostriches do with sand. How's that for mixing. Maintaining a nourishing myth does not require duplicity. Unless it isn't strength and courage one's after, but power. You rang, I answered. A suggestion: breathe deep and cash in your chips. Whether sitting in with Helmut Koester at HDS, or sitting at the feet of Adventism's brightest NT scholars, or listening to the mesmerizing psycho-exegesis in the chaplaincy conventions, I've observed the story remains the same. Respect is all that is required, abuse the text (whichever one you choose) and your own path will rise to swallow you like a snake. Note: Your words again. "This to Tim: Let's keep the argumentation contained in the Open Forum. That way we can enjoy memories and updates in the guestbook without the bitter taste." Hmmm. Again, that c. word. I remember we used it often in the hospital - considering the possibility of potential violence following family sculpting and cathartic therapy groups. It was such a rational, reasonable consideration. Or was it simply fear? Fear of what our own powerplay had released? Elmer. Do you happen to recall the first of the five emotive stages of the grief process? Funny, now that I think of it . . . when eight years of age, I was angry with my mother one morning, fevered and fluish, and I bit down on the thermometer and swallowed all the mercury. The doctor said dispassionately, "Oh, it'll come out the other end, not to worry." I'm glad there were many experiences of this odd and often jolly man (my spin). I'm glad many have written in and said whatever they felt like saying. I was stifled and hurt and kept my own pain to myself for far too long. There was good there. Certainly, no question. But, I have to say, it is exhausting to read and listen to those who've never had the opportunity for confrontation with their own REAL. Who've chosen to hide. Who paint the barn before scraping to the wood, and don't ever see the rot. Who don't appear to know themselves as well as they profess to know the Bible (and will be glad to tell you, or point out how little you know). And - was there really anyone to talk to, anyone who knew themselves well enough to offer healing space? It did most likely happen somewhere, and was a rare and beautiful miracle when it did. I do remember, once, Monsieur . . . listened, just listened. Do I get to grieve him now? Posted on: October 09, 2002 |
| Name:Dorothy |
| Email:detnesbitt@snet.net |
| Class of:1967 |
| Location: Old Saybrook, CT USA |
| Comments:
I do have to comment on the discussion that was getting a little hot in earlier messages. I think that Tim is right that it should be over in the OPEN FORUM section of the site. I would like to see use make more use of those parts of this site. Many of us who have fond memories of PVA, do not share common beliefs in all of the at latest count "27 fundamental beliefs." We do, however, turn to this page to connect with people from our past. The guest book gives us a great place to check in and inform each other of major events in our lives and share common feelings. A truly open forum should allow us to politely discuss our differences in a place where those not interested in joining in can just give the topic a pass. Posted on: October 09, 2002 |
| Name:Dorothy Tissair Nesbitt |
| Email:detnesbitt@snet.net |
| Class of:1967 |
| Location: Old Saybrook, CT USA |
| Comments:
It is truly with deep sadness that I opened the first of my email to catch-up from two days away. Somehow it popped up first compeletly out of the order. Thank you to John Schumacher for having it sent out to all of the list. I knew Mr. Wolcott as both my Honors Physics teacher and one of our class sponsors. Yes, I remember all the querks in his teaching style, I have even thought of them when I have come home from a day of teaching and my own dark jacket was covered with chalk. But what I remember most about "Hairy Ears" was his gentle, but honest way of dealing with us as adolescents. He not only told us that he didn't approve of our use in a Christian Academy of the term "brownie points." He explained why without using a foul word, though some explanation of anatomy and physiology was necessary. He also served as a peacemaker in dealing with the class of 1967 and me in particular. Our class trip was being planned to spend a few days away skiing in Vermont. One of the classmates parents had generously volunteered to allow us all to stay at their motel during high season, but we were told that the restaurant next door would be off-limits because they served meat. This brought great arguments from those who disliked the idea that while away on a school trip we would be expected to follow school rules. (Actually, I am sure if this group had not made such a big deal about it the hard core rule breakers would have found a way around it.) Unfortunately, one of the other sponsors, chose to argue back with the malcontents. After several minutes of this, two boys and I decided we had had enough. We got up and walked out of the class meeting without permission. (At least one of us was a vegetarian and another would have eaten what was served us because she had worked too hard to pay her way to waste money on alternatives. So we all felt our study hall time was being wasted.) This action evidently put a quick end to the argument, but the argumentive class sponsor took great exception to it. He declared that since we had walked out of the class meeting we should be excluded from any further participation in class activities. Enter Mr. Wolcott the peacemaker. The next day he talked separately to each of the three students in question about what we had done and why. He didn't disagree with any of our motives, but he did reason with us to see that our actions had not yielded the best results for us. We had much more to lose out on than anyone else. The principal had already cancelled any chance of the class going on an overnight trip. We would not even be allowed to go on the alternative day trips. He had already talked to the other sponsor for us. If we apologized for our rude behavior, the other teacher would accept us back into the class. I remember Mr. Wolcott as the first of my teachers to truly treat me as a young adult. Posted on: October 09, 2002 |
| Name:Linda (Corcoran) Reardon |
| Email:linda@disaster-relief.net |
| Class of:1971 |
| Location: Ware, MA USA |
| Comments:
I've just returned from the memorial service for Mr. Wolcott. I was very moved to hear how often he touched so many lives in such a positive way. Willa was happy to see so many dear friends, and touched by the kind expressions of regard for LaVern and herself. I love reading all of your remembrances, here, too. I've never checked in on this site so often as I have over the past few days. :D
Blessings. Linda Posted on: October 09, 2002 |
| Name:Helen Kuntz |
| Email:sparkyb2@juno.com |
| Class of:'79 |
| Comments:
To John Buccholz:
I received your email and have the info you requested. For some reason I can't send emails directly from the website. I have to go into Juno and send from there. I sent you the info, but it bounced back. By then I had already deleted your message. If you'll send me another email, I'll send the info. Sorry to stick this in the guestbook. It seemed the surest way to get back to you. Posted on: October 09, 2002 |
| Name:Elmer E. Dow |
| Email:elmeredow@earthlink.net |
| Class of:1977 & staff |
| Location: Lewistown, MT USA |
| Comments:
Thanks, Joyce, for remembering that poem. Somewhere I thought I'd kept some of those amusing handouts, but they've disappeared along with my hair over the years. Is there anybody who remembers all the words to "The Green Little Chemist"? Posted on: October 09, 2002 |
| Name:John Buchholz |
| Email:jbuchholz@som.llu.edu |
| Class of:1975 |
| Location: Grand Terrace, CA USA |
| Comments:
Doug,
Your comments were subtle and insightful. You are right about a myriad of interpretations of ancient biblical text. Its funny the "experts" on the Hebrew language often cannot agree on an interpretation. I enjoyed PVA also and have no regrets. My experience was vastly different and I was not a "rule breaker." I simply was in a world of doubt. That is why I became a scientist and conduct research. Regarding faculty who "reached out" I think of Willa. She reached out to me and was a source of inspiration. Carl Wessman for all the times I argued with him on artistic and music issues, literal interpretation of the biblical scripts etc. was another source of help. In the end it all turned out OK. Doug you hit on a good point and that is the "softness" or malleability of the human memory. The other point is the issue of whether or not something is "true" in a specific case or "true" in the broader sense such as in the case of fiction, myth or poetry. One can write a "fictional" story that may be profoundly true in what it says about human behavior. Posted on: October 09, 2002 |
| Name:Hugh E. Sipowicz |
| Email:hugh.e.sipowicz@state.me.us |
| Class of:1971 |
| Location: Augusta, Me USA |
| Comments:
I was very saddened to learn of the passing of Mr. Wolcott. I was in his senior Physics class. He was a very kind and loving man with a good sense of humor. I have a humorous memory about him in Physics class that still makes me smile to this day. Remember how he used to wear the dark colored sport coats? (Blue, dark brown, etc.) During one class he was writing profusely with yellow chalk on the blackboard and during his lecture leaned back against the board. When he turned around, the entire back of his sport coat was covered with yellow chalk! I think that may have happened more than once. Turie Martin (class of 71) has another humorous story about him too. She can tell that one! We'll miss him greatly. I sent Willa a letter offering my sympathy and to tell her that I remember her kindness to me as I went through the cafeteria line every day. I have wonderful memories of PVA and of the many wonderful friends I had while I was there. I drove by PVA a couple of months ago on my way to Springfield taking all the back roads that we knew so well. The countryside is very much the same as it was back then! Posted on: October 09, 2002 |
| Name:Valerie (Hamel) Morikone |
| Email:vsmorikone@juno.com |
| Class of:1972 |
| Location: Crum, WV USA |
| Comments:
My father, Lyle Hamel, sent the following to me, regarding memories of Mr. Wolcott.
We, (Buzz, Helen and I,) had the blessing of having a good visit with Mr. Wolcott on September 22. The Wolcotts lived next door to us during our six years at PVA. Our visit came about in this way; our grandson, Gregory, Val and Dan's son was getting married to Jim and Kathy's daughter, Jill. The wedding was at the Leominister, Massachusetts SDA church. I knew that Willa was living in South Lancaster and I called her about Mr. Wolcott. She told me which nursing home that he was at. While at the church we saw Buzz Gilleo, I asked him if he knew where this nursing home was thinking that it might be close enough to walk there. He replied that it was just a 10 minute drive away. At that time Buzz was busy fixing a fan. Later when he was free, he came to Helen and me and asked if we wanted to see Mr. Wolcott and that he was free at that time. We really wanted to see him but didn't want to take Buzz away if he was needed. He assured us that he was not busy, so we got in his car and were soon at the nursing home. Buzz took us to his room. It took a little while before Mr. Wolcott remembered us - the last time we saw him was 32 years ago.
We than talked about some interesting things that took place. One was abut the time we drove home from church service. When we got near his house, we could see a lot of smoke coming out of the open windows of his house. We stopped expecting to see that his house was on fire. He was outside and met us with a smile on his face and told
us that he had a fire in the fireplace Friday evening. On Sabbath morning he looked and the fire was out and that he had closed the damper on the fireplace and put wood on the grate and was going to light it when he came home from church. However, the fire was not out and the wood caught fire, the only place for the smoke to go was in the house. So, he was just ventilating his house. The smoke coming from the open windows was as dense as it would look from the chimney. We all had a good laugh recalling this incident.
Another thing I brought up was his ride with me in my airplane. The faculty had drawn names of 'secret buddies', we were to send little gifts during the year and when the year was over to give something of significance. I revealed to him that he was my 'secret buddy' and my gift was a ride in my airplane. Mr. Wolcott then told me that he remember that ride to this day and how much he enjoyed it. He said that this ride was the only time he had ever ridden in a small airplane.
Mr. Wolcott mentioned the difficulty of driving on any ice or snow, said he should have slowed down more. Many times he ended up in a snow bank after losing control of his car.
Mr. Wolcott spoke with a strong voice, easy to understand. He still had an outgoing sense of humor. I asked him if he had a funeral for his legs when they were amputated, he laughed but I don't remember his response. He did say that he would give us the privilege of seeing his 'stumps' the next time we came to visit him. We had a
good laugh with his response.
Shortly after arriving home in California, we sent Buzz a thank you note for his taking us to visit with Mr. Wolcott. Little did we know that in a very short time Mr. Wolcott would be asleep and be waiting for the return of Jesus to wake up all the sleeping followers of Jesus. To Mr. Wolcott, it will be just an instant of time from his death until he sees the face of his Redeemer.
Lyle and Helen Hamel, Faculty at PVA, 1965 - 1971 Posted on: October 09, 2002 |
| Name:Elmer E. Dow |
| Email:elmeredow@earthlink.net |
| Class of:1977 & staff |
| Location: Lewistown, MT USA |
| Comments:
Hey, Doug, note that we have four gospels. We don't just vary in our readings of them, but we have four viewpoints from which to choose. That's because the gospel is for all people and God knew that just one way wouldn't meet the needs of all. His love is real and He makes every effort to tell us about it. This to Tim: Let's keep the argumentation contained in the Open Forum. That way we can enjoy memories and updates in the guestbook without the bitter taste. Also, I find the subject-response format option to be cumbersome for the guest book; let's keep the current format. I jump into some web sites dedicated to 61-71 Dodge trucks and that format helps when you want to find the part of the forum dealing with axles, but the guest book here should be more of a comfortable exchange, rather than a technical forum. I like the option of adding paragraph breaks, though. It would make it easier to read. Which brackets do you use around the BR? Is it the straight or squiggly ones on the keys next to the P? Posted on: October 09, 2002 |
| Name:Joyce Aijala |
| Email:Ellienoir@aol.com |
| Class of:1970 |
| Location: Warren, RI USA |
| Comments:
Yesterday I spent $160 with a therapist, grieving over the moments at PVA when I hardened my heart to certain faculty members. And now the only poem I remember is from chemistry:
Little Willie from his mirror
Licked the mercury right off,
Thinking in his childish error
It would cure the whooping cough.
At the funeral Willie's mother
Sadly said to Mrs. Brown,
"'Twas a chilly day for Willie
When the mercury went down."
At an age close to what Mr. Wolcott was when he taught me chemistry, a lot can be said about my physical appearance.
So, Old Fuzz Ears, good-bye.
Posted on: October 09, 2002 |
| Name:Emily |
| Email:godisgood2me@tds.net |
| Class of:1980 |
| Location: Mercer, Me USA |
| Comments:
My heart goes out to Willa Wolcott today. How sad for her today. I didn't work with Willa when I was a student but after as a task force worker(82-83) I remember how gently that Mr. Wolcott would treat her and I would think "what a lucky lady" They were so cute together! Posted on: October 09, 2002 |
| Name:Doug |
| Email:ldk@tampabay.rr.com |
| Class of:70 |
| Comments:
It's fine Tim. Everything's good.
or ? I've forgotten the little html I knew. :-) Helen: some of us experienced it both ways. After all, we were adolescents, not adults. Good points all well taken. Sometimes though I have the distinct feeling that there were several different PVAs . . . depending on the era. Hearing descriptions of the way it was in the seventies, sounds, at times, very unlike what I remember. But hey, repressed memories are likely to be distorted (grin) . . . I like reading everyone's stories, even if they were completely different. It's a curious thing, too, that you can get a dozen people in a room, tell what you remember happened on April 26, 1968 or whenever. . . and you'll get as much variance as reading the gospels. (Oooo I hope I don't incite another "discussion"). Being human never gets dull. I'm truly glad I went to PVA. If there's anything I'd change . . . it would simply be my own choices. Courage and confidence seem so much easier as an adult. over and out Posted on: October 09, 2002 |
| Name:Tim |
| Email:webmaster@pvaalumni.com |
| Class of:1977 |
| Location: Waunakee, WI USA |
| Comments:
Question on the type of script I am using for the Guestbook.
Do you like this format or one that would break the postings down into Subjects/Responses? Also having the ability to break into paragraphs? Without having to use HTML code to do so. (thats how I do it) The BR in its proper brackets will work to break long thoughts up and insert spacing. If you like it as a guestbook, this works well. If you wish more dialog ability, then perhapes different scripts would work better. We are bound to be different and talking about our thoughts is what relegion is about. Talking about it helps us understand others and ourselves better. So I would like to encourage polite debate. So let me know what you think. Posted on: October 09, 2002 |
| Name:Helen Kuntz |
| Email:sparkyb2@juno.com |
| Class of:'79 |
| Comments:
As alumni leader I have had occasion to hear many takes on the PVA experience. The one definite conclusion I have come to is this...It didn't mean the same thing to everyone. To some it was the most wonderful time in their lives, and I am fairly certain that there are a few who would take their old dorm rooms back in a minute! There are others who could take it or leave it. It was school, any school would have sufficed, and their parents might have saved a few thousand dollars for what it was worth to them. Some people were miserable there. They didn't like the other students, the faculty, the food, the classes, the activities, the rules...you name it. I suspect for most, it was a season. A step away from childhood, into our adult lives. I believe that for most of us, it was largely what we made of it. I think, like everything else in life, our experiences are so colored by past experiences, by our personalities, by our own (and some times our parents) prejudices and biases. It's difficult for me to believe that any person could not find one meal in the cafeteria that they liked. I mean they served grilled cheese and tomato soup Sunday night when ski club returned from their adventures. How can you mess up grilled cheese and tomato soup? I find it hard to believe that anyone could not find one faculty person who was kind, supportive, inspirational in some way. I find it hard to believe that with all the classes, sports, music, spiritual activities, clubs, art, joint rec, and organized activities, not to mention work...on or off campus... that anyone could be bored for very long. Rules? Most weren't that bad, especially if you look at them in this light...THEY...THE RULES PEOPLE...were responsible for the health, safety, well-being and education of 200 +/- young people each year. How ya gonna do that with no rules? I have also found that those who complain most about the rules were the "rulebreakers". These "rebels" found their way around most of the rules anyway, so what's the big deal? :-) If anyone attended PVA and couldn't find a friend, couldn't find a mentor, couldn't find anything good, my heart goes out to them, and shame on all of us for not reaching out. But I think, like those folk who would take their rooms back in a minute, the people who derived no joy from PVA are rare. We are not here for those who hate PVA, nor can we get anyone's room back for them :-) This alumni association exists so that we can stay connected with the people who made a difference in our lives during our stay there. We are here so that you can relive some fond memories and share about the life you have created for yourself since leaving PVA. We are here to put on a reunion every 2-4 years, so that we can laugh and cry and hug and remember and share and show off our families, our battle scars, our shiny cars, our shiny heads, our middle age spreads, our accomplishments, and maybe comiserate a bit about the things that didn't turn out just as we'd hoped. Somedays I loved PVA and wild horses couldn't drag me away. Other days I was ready to take foot and run all the way home. There were days when I felt lonely and bored in spite of my fabulous friends. I sometimes felt the need to be alone. When the going got tough I always knew I could go up to my room and laugh hysterically with my friends or have a good cry (which my tear-stained pillow could attest to). My own sweet home and family were only a phone call away. For me, PVA was most definitely a season, with it's sometimes turbulent weather, but it's fair share of kite-flying days. Now that it's past I carry in my heart a photo album of mixed memories. These experiences helped to shape me, but I am who I am because I am God's creation-because I grew up in a wonderful,happy family-and because I choose to make every day of my life as good as I can make it. So bring it on! I love to hear ALL the stories, ALL the memories. They are uniquely yours and I'll gladly laugh with you, cry with you, or just shake my head 'cause I just don't get it. That's the fun of this forum isn't it? But let's always remember that when we are writing about our experiences that involve other people, we must respect their feelings, and the feelings of others who love them. I like Tim's suggestion that we use the Open Forum for fascinating debates and such. Thanks for stopping by... Posted on: October 09, 2002 |
| Name:Doug |
| Email:ldk@tampabay.rr.com |
| Class of:wild&crazyguys |
| Location: B'ton, FL USA |
| Comments:
I liked Helen's comment the best. (yippee!). When reading hers I had a wonderfully silly fantasy of doing some sort of country jig with LC, and laughing as his baggy pants flopped around to the beat of some lively Irish music.
It isn't that I don't find all the discussions stimulating (or at least, did once). However, I am reminded of Eric Hoffer's line "all extremism is a flight from the self." Notice he didn't say radical there, or anything about sin. (grin). My intellectualizations on the one hand or Torah thumping on the other have always been about avoiding what's going on inside me. Can't extrapolate or project this to anyone else. That's just been me.
Sometimes I think - some of us grew up so fast, were given such responsibility, we never grew up.
Sometimes it seems - those who are experts in midrash, exegesis and the sacred knowledge of the supreme being from the scrolls, have never met her down in the street.
Just a few thoughts from the case manager/poet side of town. Posted on: October 09, 2002 |
| Name:John Buchholz |
| Email:jbuchholz@som.llu.edu |
| Class of:1975 |
| Location: Grand Terrace, CA USA |
| Comments:
Sorry Tim! I can see that Elmer already "knows the truth." Therefore any deviation from a position of the truth as he knows it, is unhelpful. Anyone who agrees with a preconceived truth on the "Creation Conference" is obviously right. I will be writing about this conference in "Adventist Today." I will forward these dialogues to the editor of Adventist Today. This is the type of thing we try to avoid. You are right, we should probably not try to occupy all the space with this dialogue. I will not engage in this again as certainly this type of dialogue is not for the faint hearted.
Respectfully yours,
John B Posted on: October 09, 2002 |
| Name:Tim |
| Email:webmaster@pvaalumni.com |
| Class of:1977 |
| Location: Waunakee, WI USA |
| Comments:
Nah, Elmer I would never attempt to silence good open and polite discussions. But then we don't want to dominate the guestbook either. I would like to see more talks and ideas, thoughts. Maybe the Message Centers' "Open Forum" would be a good place for topics such as this? Its good to hear folks with different ideas then our own as it reafirms and establishes dialog. But WOW! You guys can type! Tim Posted on: October 09, 2002 |
| Name:John Buchholz |
| Email:jbuchholz@som.llu.edu |
| Class of:1975 |
| Location: Grand Terrace , CA USA |
| Comments:
Hey Elemer, I guess part of my question has been answered. Helen Kuntz just gave her opinion! "Light years, Schmight years." Thank you Helen, your comment really cracked me up! Your experience was very different than mine. That is OK. I was not impugning LC Wolcott. I learned what not to do via my experience with him. This does not lessen his legacy. Look at "Dougs" comment. We all survived and I was well educated non the less. I learned to doubt and ask questions. Actually, my experience with SDA education is why my son is now at the Univ of California. Although a business/history and computer science major, (he will never get through in 4 yrs) he has to take religion and theology courses. However, these courses are taught from a position of questions not indoctrination. He now understands the reason for my decision for sending him to a "secular university."
Sincerely
John B Posted on: October 08, 2002 |
| Name:Elmer E. Dow |
| Email:elmeredow@earthlink.net |
| Class of:1977 & staff |
| Location: Lewistown, MT USA |
| Comments:
Another fond memory of LaVern Wolcott came to mind this evening. I remember going on a field trip that included a stop at the Harvard glass flower collection. The intricate detail of the lifelike work on display was amazing. One could rent a portable tape player and headphones and take a guided tour of the huge display, listening to information about all the glass flora there. I think Mr. Wolcott was the only person I saw who did so. He slowly worked his way along the cases, attentively listening and bending for a closer look. His interest in God's creation was insatiable. His patience was certainly greater than mine. I spent about a quarter of the time looking, then stepped outside to enjoy the environment there. Posted on: October 08, 2002 |
| Name:Elmer E. Dow |
| Email:elmeredow@earthlink.net |
| Class of:1977 & staff |
| Location: Lewistown, MT USA |
| Comments:
If Genesis is just a story, John, then Christ -- whom the Bible identifies as the active agent in creation -- must be a myth, also. Either that or He was a fake or the New Testament writers didn't know what they were talking about. They had known and lived with the Creator while He was on earth, so they talked to someone who was there, not to someone living thousands of years after the event. The fabric of the Bible is so interwoven that one cannot logically discard one part without discarding the rest. If the Old Testament is a myth, then the New Testament writers -- and Christ Himself -- were either fools or liars. If that's so, then there is no salvation either. I agree with Peter that we are not following "cunningly devised fables" (II Peter 1:16). Your argument concerning the stars doesn't prove my stance illogical; you merely throw God out of the equation. As for your observations on the eye's design, remember that we're currently in a degraded, sinful state, not the perfect creatures that God started with. I'm not shocked that some "theologians" at LLU might agree with you. I also know that those scientists and theologians who believed in theistic evolution were in the minority at the International Science and Faith Conference that took place Aug. 13-19, according to Dr. Richard Davidson. In an e-mail that I received Sept. 16, he says that "the overwhelming spirit of the Conference was to uphold the Biblical position as taught by our church,of a six literal day creation and a recent creation of life." He reports that "There were also many solid and powerful presentations from both Bible teachers and scientists, affirming the biblical position. It was acknowledged that we
don't have answers to all the problems raised by evolutionists, but likewise the evolutionists also have problems." Don't bother trying to prove your claims to me. I admit my ignorance of science. I'll let others argue from that viewpoint. I'll base my beliefs on a relationship with God Himself, who knows all that I don't. Claims such as Borg's that the creation story came from a Babylonian myth don't impress me. So-called theologians have claimed lots of ideas that were later shown to be untrue by archaeology and/or by a more complete knowledge of the language (the date of the writing of the book of Job, Matthew supposedly using faulty rabinnical reasoning, the existence of the Hittites and of David, the "discoveries" upon finding the Dead Sea scrolls). Scientists over the years have had their own "oops" experiences. Inspiration derived from an all-knowing, all-powerful, eternal God certainly ranks higher on credibility than the reviews of imperfect men. I prefer to base my belief on a relationship with God. I know the Creator; He was there, unlike those who disagree with Him. If through inspired writers He can predict events hundreds of years in advance, then He certainly can inspire writers with correct accounts of past history. Beliefs about God and His Word affect an individual's and a society's ethics. The last part of my previous message, to which you did not respond, reminds of the spirit which should prevail at a site such as this. I shall not post anything further on the creation issue, since this is not a forum for such things (and Tim just might jump in and remind us of that if we occupy too much space), but rather a place for those with shared experiences to gather. If we would not say it to the person's face while they were alive, then we should not post it here. This site is for friends. Posted on: October 08, 2002 |
| Name:Helen Browning Kuntz |
| Email:sparkyb2@juno.com |
| Class of:'79 |
| Location: Holden, MA USA |
| Comments:
Light years, schmight years! In the here and now Mr. Wolcott was a most gracious and good natured soul. His class was fun, science is fun, God is in charge of this great, big universe and it really doesn't matter what we understand of it. What is...IS :-) I'm glad we all visited "Planet PVA". It was truly an adventure! ( I realize there was nothing intellectual about this commentary, but I'm OK with that...) Posted on: October 08, 2002 |
| Name:John Buchholz |
| Email:jbuchholz@som.llu.edu |
| Class of:1975 |
| Location: Grand Terrace, CA USA |
| Comments:
Elmer,
I love the example of "design of the eye." Acutally, if that is design its one of the worst designs and the "designer" probably needs a lesson in real engineering. The problem with "eyes" in mammals is that the blood vessels are in front of the photo receptors. This network of vessels causes light scattering and reduces the effectiveness of the light gathering capacity of the lens. Now lets look at an example of a designed electronic eye by real engineers. On fighter aircraft electronic eyes can see small objects at distances close to 100 miles away. This far exceeds anything in nature. The reason for this is because the "photo receptors" are located where they should be, that is, right behind the lens. This allows for maximum focusing of light onto the receptors. The human eye is what one would predict from changes over time. Biological systems cobble together remarkable structures with the materials at hand. I guess you could ask if God is "guiding" the developing fetus. Actually, the systems are self assembling and do not seem to require any outside input. Now you can invoke Gods hand if you want to and say "God created in system the ability to self assemble." OK. But, that does not explain the mystery of self assembly itself. I will do some thinking and try to explain to you the thermodynamics of protein folding. This should give you an idea that complex molecules have within them the ability to assume complex structures that are governed by natural law. I will get some assistance from one of my colleagues at the Jet Propulsion Lab here in S. CA. We often discuss these things in a theology class here on campus. However, you would be shocked to hear that theologians at LLU agree with me, that the whole history of the universe cannot be squeezed into a short time frame. I would agree that science is ill equipped to answer the larger questions, why are we here? Where are we going? What is the purpose of the universe? However, religion does not do an adequate job in my mind. Keep questioning, keep doubting. To me these questions are Gods problem not ours. Your turn! What will be interesting Elmer is to see how others weigh into this debate. I do not want you to think I have given up. I engage in debate in our sabbath school class every Sabbath.
Best regards
John B Posted on: October 08, 2002 |
| Name:John Buchholz |
| Email:jbuchholz@som.llu.edu |
| Class of:1975 |
| Location: Grand Terrace, CA USA |
| Comments:
Doug I appreciate your comments and take well your input from the realm of psychology. It makes sense. I enjoyed Elmers input however illogical. So God creates a "mature star" 10-20 billion light years away and the light has always been hitting our frame of reference? What? Give me a break. The analogy of creating a "mature star" and a mature man and woman hardly answers the question. Sorry Elmer the stars being seen by the Hubble Telescope are long since gone and what we see is an "image of the past." However, there is information in that image. It seems illogical to pull God out of the hat in an attempt to make a cogent theory that all of this happened in a short time frame. The Genesis story is just that, a story not to be taken literally. In fact I find it interesting from Marcus Borg (theologian) that the 6 day creation story comes from Babylonian creation myth, except the Jews invoke a monotheistic view of the process. OK.
What is interesting about the last 500 yrs of science is that the process has removed God from the explanations and asks real questions that are testable. We all look up at the heavens and are in wonder. However, invoking God in the picture causes many epistemological problems and does not tell us, how far away, rate of fuel consumption of stars etc. A faith perspective gives hope and we can derive comfort, but hardly answers the many questions. In my realm investigating functional neuronal systems in development and aging is that we are creating cells that "God" never even thought of, nor did he have to as we are able to understand how systems change/evolve over time. Now with gene cloning and functional expression we can actually make the cells do things that nature probably did not intend. However, I do not know if nature "intended" anything. Don't panic Elmer, I am not using the term evolution as an explanation for origins. However, the genetic expression does change over time. I understand where Elmer is coming from, but alas the belief system that was handed to me is in need of serious modification. This debate is FUN! Thank you Doug and Elmer for the input
Best
John B Posted on: October 08, 2002 |
| Name:John C. Schumacher-Hardy |
| Email:jcs12367@juno.com |
| Class of:1986 |
| Location: So. Lancaster, MA USA |
| Comments:
Hello Fellow PVA Alumnists:
It is with heavy heart that I heard of Mr. Wolcott's recent passed away last Sabbath, entering into his final rest before the Trumpet sounds.
His funeral will be held at the Village Church (Sawyer St.) tomorrow, Wed. Oct. 9, 2002. LaVern had been in a local nursing home for the past three years, but his loving wife Willa visited him every single day (unless prevented from sickness or short trips). His daughter wrote him faithfully every week and many family, church and school friends kept in regular contact with him.
If anyone wishes to send a note or card of sympathy to Willa Wolcott they may do so at: 45 Fairview Hill; PO Box 471; So. Lancaster, MA 01561. 978-365-3614.
His obituary in the local paper reads: "Lancaster -- LaVern C. Wolcott, 87, of 45 Fairview Hill Road, died Saturday, Oct. 5, 8n UMass Memorial -- HealthAlliance Leominster Campus. / He leaves his wife, Willa MacLaren; a daughter, Alfreda Wolcott of Hendersonville, N.C.; a son, Stanley Wolcott of Knoxville, Tenn.; two brothers; and two sisters. His first wife, Sadie (Chappel) Wolcott, died in 1976. He was born in Hillsdale, Mich., son of Clyde O. and Millie A. (Betts) Wolcott, and lived in Ohio before moving here. He attended schools in North Carolina and received a bachelor's degree in science from Washington Missionary College [now Columbia Union College]. He was an Army veteran of World War II, serving as a medical lab technician in China. He received a master's degree in biology from Pacific Union College, California, in 1951. / Mr. Wolcott was an educator and later did mission service in Africa. He also worked at Pioneer Valley Academy. He was active at Seventh-day Adventist Church and enjoyed singing, studying, reading and walking [also gardening]. Pacific Union College recently honored him with the title Alumni Emeritus. / The memorial service will be held at 2 PM Wednesday, Oct. 9, in the Village Church of Seventh-day Adventists, 75 Sawyer St., South Lancaster. Burial will be at the family's convenience in North Carolina. There are no calling hours. Memorial donations may be made to the Village Church of Seventh-day Adventists, 75 Sawyer St., South Lancaster, MA 01561. Philbin-Comeau Funeral Home, 176 Water St., Clinton, is directing arrangements."
I remember going canvasing with him while a freshman at PVA and his good old fashioned way at door-to-door witnessing. He also took me on several day rides around to see some of the SDA historical sites: Washington, NH; Uriah Smith's birth place and Annie Smith's grave in West Wilton, NH; Stephen Haskell's birth place in Oakham, MA. He was a walking encyclopedia of SDA history and doctrine. I had the privilege continuing a friendship with him and Willa after PVA closed, even though I ended up way over at Union Springs, NY for three years. He and Willa ended up moving to So. Lancaster after PVA was sold (he was acutally the first faculty to move onto PVA's faculty circle and the last one to move out nearly twenty years later!). I'd see him and Willa between AUC, church functions, the local post office, etc. and he was always a faithful friend and encouragement. He came to visit me several times while I was working at Camp Winnekeag in the summers that I was still in academy and later college (AUC). Six years ago I moved across the street from him and Willa and have very much enjoyed being neighbors with them. I last visited Mr. Wolcott about six months ago at the nursing home. Even though he was confined to bed, he was surrounded by good reading material (books of interest, magazines, letters from family and firends, his Sabbath School lesson and Bible, etc.) and he was eager for a good conversation and warm visit. Willa is to be admired for her years of faithful and regular devotion in caring for and visiting her husband.
Mr. Wolcott will be missed by many family members, friends and former students. I know I value the friendship he shared with me and shall look forward to seeing him again one day.
His life touched thousands of souls, shining the love of Christ and the proclaiming Three Angel's Messages. Let us remember Willa and his family in our prayers and send a word of encouragement.
Sincerely,
John C. Schumacher-Hardy [PVA "1986"]
So. Lancaster, MA Posted on: October 08, 2002 |
| Name:Elmer E. Dow |
| Email:elmeredow@earthlink.net |
| Class of:1977 & staff |
| Location: Lewistown, MT USA |
| Comments:
If God could create a star, then he certainly could create it with a mature emission of light that immediately reached the earth. After all, Genesis 1 and 2 indicates that God created man and woman in a mature state, not as infants crawling around on the ground. He created a garden for Adam and Eve -- and the trees there bore fruit so they must have been created in maturity. I look at the prophecies of the Bible and I see them predicting events hundreds of years later -- with an accuracy that scientists can only dream about. If God could predict the future, then He certainly can inspire an accuarate account of the past. I look at the amazing design of the eye -- and how it's proper operation depends on the cooperation of the muscles and the brain -- and I certainly can't believe that it evolved by chance. Its design was directed by intelligence. Maybe Mr. Wolcott's opinions regarding the past and the future were more accurate than you think. Too often "dialogue" is just another word for cynicism and negativity. I had disagreements with LaVern, too, but those are between him and I. As a former resident assistant (including one year as head RA) and former staff member, I could share many memories that would embarass or reflect on someone negatively. I don't do that. It's not because I gloss over the past, but because I believe that true tact is exercising the love of Christ. When I meet others at the all-too-rare reunions I attend, I don't view them or treat them as the persons who did such and such, but as a friend with whom I shared experiences. James 4:11 counsels us, "Do not speak evil of one another, brethren." The names listed on this site are those of our brothers and sisters. I know enough of what's happened since we left those brick halls to know that there's enough pain out there already. We should speak to uplift and encourage. Posted on: October 08, 2002 |
| Name:Doug |
| Email:ldk@tampabay.rr.com |
| Class of:70 |
| Location: Bradenton, FL USA |
| Comments:
Enjoyed your comments, John. Some might quail before such real-ness, or want to preach rather than dialogue, but LCW's death affords an opportunity to look without blinders at our early educational experience. Fascinating - from the psychological side of town - how these rather odd memories of another's word to us, affects our own process. On some days I prefer to romanticize him as the little zen monk of high school science: bizarre koans aplenty(lots easier to do, by the way, with someone teaching outside my area of expertise!). On other days . . . I wonder how any of us made it past our Junior year. Posted on: October 08, 2002 |
| Name:John Buchholz |
| Email:jbuchholz@som.llu.edu |
| Class of:1975 |
| Location: Grand Terrace, CA USA |
| Comments:
I am sorry to hear about Mr. Wolcott. My interaction with the man was mixed and full of contradictions. I remember working for his 2nd wife Ms. Mcleren (spelling is probably not right) in the cafeteria when I was a freshman. He and his first wife got into a little "quackery" regarding "Shaklee" vitamins that would cure most ailments and enhance your "brain chemistry" so as to make recall more efficient. I do not think so. You could buy these little bon bons and take them ad libitum at your leisture. But, it was all fun! I took both Chemistry and Physics from Mr. Wolcott. I remembered asking him the question "if light from a distant star (say 15 billion light years) is just reaching us are we just seeing an image of the past? My intuition was right the star was already burnt out. However, in keeping with a short history of the earth hypothesis that he insisted was fact, that all life existed within the last 6,000 yrs, and the sun, moon and stars were also created within the same time frame, Mr. Wolcott replied. "Great distances are nothing in the eyes of God." Hmmm! I never did understand the answer. But, I am sure he was doing his best.
I saw Mr. Wolcott at a reunion back in the 80's while doing my advanced training at the Univ of California. He "dimly" remembered me and thought that I "really never had an academic aptitude or potential." Now after being a scientist with mutiple grants and more than 40 peer reviewed publications, I take a lesson from his prognostication. That is to be careful and reserve judgement, as what I think of a student is often wrong. I think Mr. Wolcott most certainly was sincere in his mission. May God grant him eternal rest. Not all experiences are equal or as memorable.
Posted on: October 07, 2002 |
| Name:Doug |
| Email:ldk@tampabay.rr.com |
| Class of:1970 |
| Location: Bradenton, FL USA |
| Comments:
Yeah, L.C. was truly one of those who believed the best about people until proven otherwise . . .and even then . . . Our class was less than respectful at times of his teaching - witness the chalk board eraser tracks up the back of his jacket as he lumbered down between the seats. But he always seemed to having fun teaching (in spite of the fact that I didn't understand much - Still don't get that mole stuff). But I will never forget his message in my yearbook . . . "Congratulations on being Valedictorian, Doug, your chem teacher and friend"
Absent-minded professor, or just having fun with me?
Willa has all our condolences and hugs.
Over and Out. Posted on: October 07, 2002 |
| Name:Linda (Corcoran) Reardon |
| Email:linda@disaster-relief.net |
| Class of:1971 |
| Location: Ware, Massachusetts USA |
| Comments:
There will be a memorial service held for Mr. Wolcott on Wed., Oct. 9 at 2:00 P.M. It will be at the Village Church on Sawyer St., South Lancaster, MA.
Elmer, I so appreciate reading your memories of PVA. I regret that I am unable to remember things in great detail like that. I do remember that I was very happy at PVA, and I have many great friendships that had their beginnings there.
My memories of LaVern are based in more recent years, as we attended the same church for most of my adult years. He was always a strong supporter of Christian education and served on the school board at our little church school in Warren, MA for many years. He was a great friend and took time to say a kind word often. He remembered all his former PVA students and friends with great fondness, and always with that grin from ear to ear! (And I know what you mean about his driving!!! :D)
I look forward to the day we will be reunited with LaVern and other friends who have fallen asleep in Jesus.
May we remain strong in Christ until that day.
Blessings,
Linda
Posted on: October 06, 2002 |
| Name:Elmer E. Dow |
| Email:elmeredow@earthlink.net |
| Class of:1977 & staff |
| Location: Lewistown, MT USA |
| Comments:
Whenever I think of Mr. Wolcott, I remember his dry sense of humor. I remember the sheet that he used to hand out in chemistry class with poems, etc. about chemistry. I remember one that was about a chemist who died because he drank the wrong solution: "For what he thought was H2O was H2S04." He was a practical sort and once told me that he had wanted to be a history teacher, but "history teachers were a dime a dozen at the time," so he studied the sciences so that he would be more in demand in the marketplace. At one point in his life he had driven a cab in Washington, D.C. and after riding with him while Ingathering one year, I could believe it. His name was listed in the yearbooks as "L. C. Wolcott," and that's how he said his name on the phone when ordering supplies. One year, one company order-taker misunderstood him and sent the supplies to "Elsie Wolcott." I didn't often watch the softball games at joint rec, but I distinctly remember watching him play softball. He seemed to be a so-so hitter, but once on base, he'd take advantage of every mistake by the opposing team in order to steal a base. He played in the same uniform that he wore while gardening: baggy tan pants, a T-shirt and the grubbiest canvas sneakers that I've ever seen. But, oh, the smile on his face after diving head-first into base on his stomach! He could run when he wanted to. In fact, he once almost bowled me down as he rocketed up the south stairwell in the boys dorm. Someone (who shall remain nameless) was spinning cast-iron barbell weights on the floor above his classroom. He'd been bothered by it at least once before and he was determined to catch the guy before he could leave his room. So the next time it happened, he took off at top speed. I was just coming down the stairwell when he dodged around me and slammed through the doors at the end of the section. Yes, folks, just as when stealing bases, Mr. Wolcott could run. And while he probably won't be stealing bases in heaven after the resurrection, he'll probably be enjoying his other passion: gardening. I'll just look for the chemist with the green thumb. See you there, sir. Posted on: October 05, 2002 |
| Name:Tim |
| Email:webmaster@pvaalumni.com |
| Class of:1977 |
| Location: Waunakee, WI USA |
| Comments:
I just got some bad news that I need to pass on: From an email sent to me today (10/05/2002) I wanted to relay the sad news that LaVern Wolcott died this morning. I praise God for LaVern's faithful witness for all the years I've known him. I know Willa (MacLaren) Wolcott would be greatly encouraged by hearing from her PVA family. If interested, her address is: Willa Wolcott P.O. Box 471 So. Lancaster, MA 01561 phone: (978)365-3614 Email was from Linda (Corcoran) Reardon Thanks Linda for letting us know Since we all were thinking of the great times we had at PVA, perhapes we could post some thoughts and memories about Mr. Walcott and his time at PVA and with us. May God keep and bless his family and friends during this sad time. Posted on: October 05, 2002 |
| Name:David |
| Email:bchcmr1234@gwi.net |
| Comments:
I just remembered all of us having to push the bus under the directions of Elder Bailey as we were on our way to a REMOTE church somewhere in N. H. HEAVE! UGH!!! Posted on: October 05, 2002 |
| Name:Frank Matias |
| Email:Frnscnic@aol.com |
| Class of:1977 |
| Location: Orlando, FL USA |
| Comments:
...Here's a funny memory some of the guys from 1977 may remember.... We were done with our nightly devotional in the Men's Chapel and we had just finished singing #189..."Seeking the Lost"..for the second time in a row.... when Dean Mentges spoke about the up-coming student-held Ice Scraper sale. He anounced that anyone selling 500 Ice
Scrapers would win a trip to Disney World....Thats when Kevin Fox asked the following question..."What do you get if you sell 1000 scrapers?" I yelled out....ROUND TRIP! The chapel nearly collapsed from the laughter!!!! After the laughter died down...silence fill the room and Dean Mentges...gave me a scowl that only he could give! The scowl seemed to freeze me in time! My heart slowly slid down to my ankles until Dean said....very softly...GOOD ONE!!!!! That has always been one of my favorite memories!!!!! Good night! Posted on: October 04, 2002 |
| Name:Helen Browning Kuntz |
| Email:sparkyb2@juno.com |
| Comments:
Robin is to die for, too!!! But that goes without saying :-)
When I was a junior, Robin roomed across the hall from me. We had some fun times together with a few other friends in our section. I have always considered Robin to be one of the most fun, most caring people I know. It was so wonderful for Jerry and I to see Robin and Tim at Reunion 2000, after about 20 years! Their daughters and our sons were almost the same age as we were when we all knew each other in academy. I'm so looking forward to seeing Robin, Tim and all our old friends at Reunion 2004. And yes, this website is all of ours. It's always a thrill to see the messages and photos that people share on this site that Tim and Robin host for us. It's a beautiful thing :-) Posted on: October 04, 2002 |
| Name:Helen Browning Kuntz |
| Email:sparkyb2@juno.com |
| Class of:'79 |
| Location: Holden, MA USA |
| Comments:
OOPS! For info on replacement yearbooks...Go to MESSAGE CENTER, then click on FOR SALE...There, I've said it :-) Posted on: October 04, 2002 |
| Name:Helen Browning Kuntz |
| Email:sparkyb2@juno.com |
| Class of:'79 |
| Location: Holden, MA USA |
| Comments:
For information on possibly ordering replacement yearbooks, click on For Sale in the Open Forum. Posted on: October 04, 2002 |
| Name:Paul Bauer |
| Email:celtics@hot-shot.com |
| Class of:75 |
| Comments:
Wow--reunion at Camp Winnnekeag. Great idea!! I might even get off the couch for that one :-)
Paul Posted on: October 04, 2002 |
| Name:Tim |
| Email:webmaster@pvaalumni.com |
| Class of:1977 |
| Location: Waunakee, WI USA |
| Comments:
Thanks Helen, but as with any website, it is the users that make it come to life. Thanks to one and all! Fall does it to me too. All the colors and the smell of burning leaves in the air. MM MM Good! I sit here and read through the achives and the current Guestbook and remember 1977. What a year at PVA and through out the world. So keep the posting going, I love reading them and so does Robin. Now, how about sending me some pictures showing all the colors of New England and PVA in the fall? I do miss the view from the cafeteria so in the fall sigh... Posted on: October 04, 2002 |
| Name:Elmer E. Dow |
| Email:elmeredow@earthlink.net |
| Class of:1977 & staff |
| Location: Lewistown, MT USA |
| Comments:
Fall in New England -- the colors should be great! Winnekeag sounds like a fantiastic idea -- nice setting, relaxing scenery, a dining area and lodging right there. Helen, you're heading in the right direction for 2004. Now that I'm in Montana instead of Washington, I'm closer to Massachusetts. And my wife's folks are in Wisconsin, about halfway there, so we have a good resting place on the way out. Keep us posted on this -- especially the date so we can reserve a spot on our calendars. I'm looking forward to it already! Posted on: October 03, 2002 |
| Name:Helen Browning Kuntz |
| Email:sparkyb2@juno.com |
| Class of:'79 |
| Location: Holden, MA USA |
| Comments:
Tim, you are to die for!!!! ( I know that was silly and overly dramatic, but I have to admit I truly enjoyed writing it!) Look at all the cool messages posted on our website! You are doing a fabulous job and I am pleased to see people sharing their memories of our old school. Thanks for all your hard work revising and maintaining.
Elmer, then Dave, did a bang up job on planning the West Coast Reunion. Although our Alumni Weekends always seem too short, I think most everyone who has attended one or more of them has had a really good time.
Just want everyone to know we are looking forward to another reunion on the EAST COAST for 2004. We are considering holding it sometime in the fall this time, possibly at Camp Winnekeag. We'll keep you up to date.
Stop by the website often. I confess I don't check in often enough. But it is always a treat.
Jerry and I just celebrated our 22nd wedding anniversary in August. Funny, I don't feel a day over eighteen :-)
Best wishes to all. Stay in touch!
Helen Posted on: October 03, 2002 |
| Name:Doug Wedel |
| Email:douglas.e.wedel@saic.com |
| Class of:1978 |
| Location: Fairborn, OH USA |
| Comments:
Went to PVA from Jan 76 to Jun 76. My family moved to Tehran Iran that summer. My experience at PVA was memorable and lasting. I roomed across from Dan Plourde and his roommate. Worked in the Cafeteria doing dishes and putting that shine on the floor. Am in Dayton OH area and retired from the USAF. I work for a Gov contractor here doing Intelligence Analysis and Systems Engineering. Wish all well and thanks for the memories dew sends Posted on: October 02, 2002 |
| Name:Valerie Hamel Morikone |
| Email:vsmorikone@juno.com |
| Class of:1972 |
| Location: Crum, WV USA |
| Comments:
Just wanted to share some good news. My son, Greg, married Jill Penney on Sunday, Sept. 22 in the Leominster church in Massachusetts. Jill is the daughter of Jim (class of 1969)and Kathy Wethey Penney (class of 1970). It was fun to be back in New England for several days that weekend. Traveled to Boston airport to pick up my parents, Lyle and Helen Hamel (faculty 1965-1971) He played two clarinet solos before the wedding program began. Also traveled to the Bradley airport in CT to pick up my daughter and a friend so that brought back memories too. I flew into that airport to attend PVA's 1972 grad. weekend (we had moved to Newbury Park Academy just prior to my senior year) and I also flew back to that airport for Gail Copsey Smith's wedding held in the Girl's Chapel. My folks got to see Mr. Wolcott. Buzz Gilleo, uncle of the bride, drove my parents on Sunday before the wedding to visit briefly with him. His courage is good and they had a delightful time with him. I've been enjoying the reading of everyone's memories of PVA. Also at the wedding was Donna Mesaric (aunt of the bride) and William (Bill) Penney from Chicago and Darryl Penney (uncles of the bride). A great weekend!! Posted on: September 30, 2002 |
| Name:Elmer E. Dow |
| Email:elmeredow@earthlink.net |
| Class of:1977 & staff |
| Location: Lewistown, MT USA |
| Comments:
Hey, Kris, that's really taking it on the chin. A titanium jaw! That keeps the equipment light weight for high performance. I remember you guys riding your bikes, hearing and seeing you buzzing at the edge of the field behind the dorm. I remember David Sutherland dragging on the road behind the dorms with his four-cylinder Honda. I think it was a 750. Then there was Gary Philpot on his little Hodaka. I never even learned to ride a bicycle, let alone a motorcycle. If I'm going faster than walking speed, I want some metal around my body. Remember Route 49? It connected routes 12 and 20 and was quite straight and one could see the little-used intersections from far away. It was also only rarely patrolled. When I was on staff, I'd cruise that route in my 1956 Cadillac at 100 mph. When that four-speed Hydra-Matic kicked into overdrive high gear, the engine got quiet and we just sailed along. Of course, I was using gas at probably seven or eight times the rate that you motorcyclists used it, but I could carry a lot more cargo. As a student, I remember a boy's club night at the gym with soda and pizza and (I think) ice cream. Someone (I think it was Jack and some of the club officers) shook some of the sodas and there were geysers going off at random all around the gym. I also remember evening worships in the chapel and singing "Seeking the Lost," etc. That chapel was actually bigger than either of the Montana churches where I now serve as pastor. Posted on: September 29, 2002 |
| Name:Kris L. Van Allen |
| Email:krislva@hotmail.com |
| Class of:1978 |
| Location: Ooltewah, TN USA |
| Comments:
Yes I sure remember the great times at PVA.....and they were great. I remember riding dirt bikes with David Kempton, Tom Murry and a few others that had bikes. Yes going through the cemetary was fun....especially at night time. The barn was fun, building secluded forts. Playing hockey on the pond. Pranks being pulled when the RA's went to the Deans office for RA meeting. Any of you remember Tom Fog, Dean of boys in 77/78, well he is my sons Vice Princepal at Collegedale Academy. Shanron Aho lives pretty close to me also and her kids go to school with my kids.
I am still riding bikes a lot, just had a 12 hour edrenaline race, did 5 1/2 hours of it before my rear derailler messed up and I broke my chain. I had a real bad accident the first week of April. My Front wheel came off doing about 25 mph down a real rocky trail and I faced planted, shattered my nose, sheared my teeth, gum and mandeble I also broke my mandeble in half, so I have titanium plate holding my chin together. But after two months I was back racing again. Got to keep this old body looking young.
Well I hope everyone has a great fall and enjoy.
Kris Posted on: September 29, 2002 |
| Name:David |
| Email:bchcmr1234@gwi.net |
| Class of:1972 |
| Comments:
I am teaching at a new school this year! Teaching is a very rewarding career! Special Education students can bring many challenges but it is worth the effort!
Maine is a great State to live in! Posted on: September 27, 2002 |
| Name:Emily L. Howard Romero |
| Email:godisgood2me@tds.net |
| Class of:1980 |
| Location: Mercer, Me USA |
| Comments:
Just stopping by to say Hi and remember the times that were had at PVA. Any one who would like to write to me I would welcome their emails.
I have a daugther Sandra (who was born March of 83 While I was working at PVA as a task force worker) She is now at southern.
I have a son Ephraim who is in the 10th grade and homeschooling with me this year. We are having a good time with it.
Elvin (class of 1981 ) works for the state of Maine dept. of mental health. Has for 17 years. You can email him at elvinromero@gwi.net. Oct. 25th we will have been married 21 years. He has chosen this year to make a life of his own. Life is strange sometimes. Pray for him.
Emily Posted on: September 26, 2002 |
| Name:John Buchholz |
| Email:jbuchholz@som.llu.edu |
| Class of:1975 |
| Location: Grand Terrace, CA USA |
| Comments:
Elmer, Frank and Paul,
I read in detail each of your comments and yes they did bring back a bountiful measure of memories. With regards to the cafeteria I remember that "vege scallop" day was always a treat. They made me gag so the bulk of my itemized bill for that meal was in the mountain of ketchup packs that I bought to make those deep fried gluten balls go down easier. Elmer I found that "car depository" also. I remember when Conrad Nudd showed us how to use soda cans to make a "cannon" to shoot tennis balls a good 300 ft. The top and bottom each can was removed and linked together with electrical tape to make the barrel. The bottom can attached to the barrel had slits in the top and a hole was punched on the side. Lighter fluid was added, and you whipped your cannon back and forth to allow the lighter fluid to volatilize. Stick in the tennis ball and put a match to hole and it WORKED! They sounded like small mortars to me. We would go to the "sand pits" and play with those things all afternoon. We would sneak off to that small store near campus to purchase lighter fluid for our home made arms.
Elmer, I used to go to that cemetary at night. It was along a route called "the walker 5." This route was a jogging route that Dan Gordon would take me on for exercise! Yes some of the headstones were amusing. Also Elmer you sound like you are either in "Gods Country" or out in the middle of "North Never Never Land." Hope you enjoy your stay. I do not miss the New England winters. That is why I enjoy S. Calif. Ski in the morning and be back down to 70 degree whether in the late afternoon. I will be thinking of all of you in cold climates around Jan when I am out at the pool and its a mild 78-80 degrees! Cheers!
John B Posted on: September 25, 2002 |