How about the Summer of 2013?

First, my apologies for getting everyone all excited just to see the wheels spin while momentum fizzled out. An effort like this requires more persistence and follow-through than I realized.


We did make some progress. We collected contact info on about 35 of us and we sort of had an 8 person planning committee formed.


Three of us actually met in June '09 to talk about options and ideas. Jean, Dan & myself met at Chris & Rob's Chicago Taste Authority (Thanks for dinner Jean & Rob!) to talk about dates and planning ideas. It was great to see each other and we did more visiting than planning. We left that meeting with good intentions but life gets busy, hectic, and sometimes there are other things that are just more important.


So, unless someone steps up to change the direction - I'm putting the planning on the shelf until September 2012. In September 2012, I will be contacting all of you again to see if something is feasible for the summer of 2013 - our 25 Year Class Reunion (wow - that's old).

silverlake1988@gmail.com will remain open, but I don't know how often I will check it.
A better contact for me is: wituckid@uwstout.edu

Warm regards to all of you,
darrin

What a Week!?!

It was quite the week (actually about 10 days). We have made some great progress!

First, Lynn Baumgarten (Pesina) sent me a letter, confirming her contact info (she doesn't have an email address). Then, Helen Loebertmann emailed and called confirming she was alive and well (and she had a solid address lead for Keith Prochaska). Lastly, Mark Cacka has apparently found Dave Havelka. . .So that was big progress and brings the "missing list" down to 5 or 6.

Toward the end of the week, the email discussion had a flurry of activity (I hate to think about the dip in worker productivity caused by this thing). It looks like we have narrowed the dates down and have established a committee to work on this crazy reunion project. A big shout out to our committee: Brenda, Jean, Helen, Deanne, Dan, Tracy, Tami, & Deb! (Oh, and Pam has committed to doing a memory book again. . .thanks Pam!)

So, it was indeed the best week ever (in SL 88 reunion planning). Thanks to everyone for your help finding people, your interest in moving this forward, and some good laughs while we've emailed back and forth. . .

The Milk Carton Kids:

Lyle Cuhel

Leroy Konen

Tony Nowak

Asier Onaindia

Mary Yuerk

Unconfirmed founds:

Keith Prochaska

Dave Havelka

Blast from the Past

I've been emailing with Anne M. and we've been typing about some former classmates that moved on before 1988.

We both agreed it would be very interesting to find and contact: Becky Hall, Michelle Brown, Scott Morse and Jesse Phillips. . .Yeah, I know what you are thinking - "I haven't thought about that name in (insert years here)!"

If anyone has even the most remote lead on how to find these people. . .do share. Anne found an address for Jesse Phillips that we are going to try. . .It's in Leonard, MN - I had to look it up. It is half-way between Crookston and Bemidji.

In other news, we are getting real close to finding everyone. . .which would be really cool. We have 9 people left to find. The list is below, if you have a lead, let me know at silverlake1988@gmail.com.

Lastly, we have 18 Updated Reunion Surveys completed. . .2 more and I'll post the results thus far to begin a planning discussions. . .

The Missing Nine:

Lyle Cuhel
David Havelka (anybody have access to a Savage, MN phonebook?)
Leroy Konen
Helen Loebertmann
Tony Nowak
Lynn Pesina
Keith Prochaska
Asier Onaindia
Mary Yuerk

Lost & Found: A Review & Update (part 2)

Just to clarify where we are at. . .

9 people are still missing.
31 people have filled out the Contact Info Page.
2 are unconfirmed founds without a completed Contact Info Page.
22 people have filled out the Reunion Survey.

I now have 20 completed Reunion Surveys!!! I will be posting those results soon. The results will serve as the spring board for planning discussions.

LINKS to the Info Page & Reunion Survey are at the top left of this page.

UPDATE 9.18.08 KARE 11 Athlete of the Week, Jeffrey Monahan has complete his contact info page.

UPDATE 9.15.08 Darrin Witucki has finally completed his contact info page - it's about time!UPDATE 9.10.08 John Vacek has completed his contact info page. Good to hear from you John!UPDATE 9.2.08 Mike Jurek has completed his contact info page.

UPDATE 8.26.08 Today was a good day! Anne M. filled out her contact info page this morning. . .all the way from the Los Angeles area. . .And, later in the day Deanne Shaw (Yurek) filled out her contact info page. Good to hear from both of you guys!

UPDATE 8.25.08 (part 2) Brian Lack has been found and filled out the contact info page!
UPDATE 8.25.08 Mark Ostlie filled out the contact info page over the weekend. Welcome home Mark. . .and welcome home to your family.

UPDATE 8.21.08 Jean Dubnecay (Mickolichek) has been found and has complete her Contact Info Page!
UPDATE 8.20.08 Bobbi Brown (Siemsen) has been found and has completed her Contact Info Page! Whew, she was a tough one to find - good to hear from you Bobbi.

UPDATE 8.18.08: Mike Cacka is a confirmed found and has completed his Contact Info Page.
UPDATE 8.17.08: Hey! Bruce Ardolf filled out the Contact Info Page tonight. Bruce, good to hear from you. I also got a phone call from Heath tonight. . .Heath, it was good to chat with you - it has been a long time. I'm updating the numbers in this post as we go so it should be an accurate reflection of where we are at currently.
UPDATE 8.15.08: Traci Atkinson (Koepp) has been found. Good to hear from you Traci and thanks for the solid leads on finding Anne & Bobbi. Congrats to Traci and her family with the recent addition of 9 month old, Courtney.

Found & Completed Contact Info
Mike Stifter
Pam Konen (Victorian)
Jeff Konen
Mike Klima
Gary Zajicek
Tami Merrill (Victorian)
Dan Hingst
Bonnie Schmidt (Nowak)
Brad Mallak
Tim Rumrill
Brenda Popp (Heuer)
Kari Klima (Cacka)
Mark Cacka
Kathryn Ogren (Hemerick)
Linda Leske (Mallak)
Debra Peterson (Lhotka)
Janelle Weber (Mallak)
Betty Wraspir (Kosek)
Jason Wendolek
Traci Atkinson (Koepp)
Bruce Ardolf
Mike Cacka
Bobbi Brown (Siemsen)
Jean Dubnecay (Mickolichek)
Mark Ostlie
Brian Lack
Anne M.
Deanne Shaw (Yuerk)
Mike Jurek
John Vacek
Darrin Witucki
Jeff Monahan

Unconfirmed Founds (No Contact Info Page Yet)
Don Albrecht
Heath Mickolicheck

Not Found (*indicates a good lead)
Lyle Cuhel
David Havelka (anybody have access to a Savage, MN phonebook?)
Leroy Konen
Helen Loebertmann
Tony Nowak
Lynn Pesina
Keith Prochaska
Asier Onaindia
Mary Yuerk

Two More - 16 to go!

We had two more classmates surface! Janelle Weber (Mallak) and Betty Wraspir (Kosek) have filled out their contact info pages - good to hear from you two!

I need to dig up the emails of the original 13 people I made contact with early on and have them complete an "Updated" Reunion Survey. If we can get the currently found 26 people to fill out a reunion survey, we can move forward with planning discussions. . .

Lastly, a big Happy Birthday to the youngest members of our class. Happy Birthday to Pam Konen (Victorian), Tami Merrill (Victorian), and Betty Wraspir (Kosek). My memory is failing me, but I think it is August 2nd for Pam & Tami, and August 26th for Betty???

Three More Today!

Well, we heard from 3 more SL88 classmates today. Heath Mickolicheck, Deb Peterson (Lhotka), and Mike Jurek all made contact today. Deb had contact info for 4 other classmates - thanks Deb!

An interesting side note. . .I'm willing to bet that Mike Jurek will become the first SL 88 classmate to retire. . .Mike is retiring from the Air Force this fall. Congrats Mike and we're glad you're back safe and sound from the, as you put it, "hot resort locations".

I have been updating my March 27th post (found way below in "older posts") on the Milk Carton Kids. . .Every time we have confirmed contact with someone, I scratch them off the Milk Carton List. . .

So, at this point we have confirmed contact with 24 people, with 18 remaining on the Milk Carton. We're making some good progress. However, only 12 of the 24 have filled out the Reunion Survey ("important links" on the left of this page). If we can build up the number of responses a bit more, I'll be able to post the results and some planning discussions can begin!

Wow, More Progress!

The post cards are indeed working. This morning I had a phone call from Don Albrecht. Don had some insight on the whereabouts of a few folks. And, as always we had a few good laughs. . .Don's sense of humor is as twisted as ever - and he still cracks me up.

We also had a couple of complete contact pages come in from Kathy Ogren (Hemerick) and Linda Leske (Mallak). Linda, by the way is currently the distance winner, living in Washington state.

Lastly, based on the traffic counter on the web page, there are a few more of you "lurking" out there. . .that's cool - take a look at everything and then please fill out the "Contact Information Page" at minimum. Then, sit down with a calendar and do the Reunion Survey. . .