Peggy Johnson

Sounds like some of you are taking trips especially John. Sounded like quite a trip John.  Well I am definitely taking a trip.  I am moving to Sun City West in Arizona!  I can't believe it myself.  Hope I will like it.  It will be a huge change from here. 

I am still keeping my Washington real estate license alive, so I am going to try and sell real estate here too - maybe be a snowbird.  So if anyone wants to move there, let me know.  I am getting my real estate license in Arizona too. No retirement for me I guess :)   Just thought I would let you all know what the latest was. Will check in on you as time goes by.

Take care!

Peggy

Peggy Johnson

Hi Nancy - Just wanted to ask if it is possible to post a high school picture and a recent picture - if that is at all possible after announcing the death of a classmate.  It's been a long time since I have seen their faces, although I remember their names, at least some of them.  Thanks for your great job with the Message Forum.  I think I saw you briefly at the last reunion too.  Anyway, I have been wanting to ask that question for a while. :)

Nancy Raetzloff (Groth)

Welcome to Arizona Peggy.  We will probably be out in the Sun City area tomorrow geocaching as we do most every day.  There are some beautiful areas here if you are willing to see a different kind of beauty.  Most everyone is from somewhere else, so people tend to be welcoming and friendly.  Let me see if I still have pictures from the obituaries.  Not sure who if anyone did the annual pictures.

Peggy Johnson

Thanks Nancy!  So glad to know you are there.  I sent you a PM.  Also thanks for posting pictures!  

Peggy Johnson

That's so funny John - I am dragging my feet a little because it will be so different, but I have visited for a couple of weeks so maybe it will be fine.  Thanks for your well wishes...  Btw - I enjoy your posts. :)

Judith E. Payne

Nancy, I hope your move goes well.  It sounds like you checked it out well and there are lots of friendly people there.  I made a big move myself from DC to Hanover NH 4 years ago -- sort of the opposite of a snowbird move.  I packed up after 20 yrs in DC to move to a small town where one of my daughters had moved with 2 kids.  It was lonely at first but has turned out very well.   Good luck!   Judy

Peggy Johnson

Are you talking to Nancy or Peggy?  I am just moving and Nancy has been living there.  If it is for me - thanks 

Sylvia Lovegren (Petras)

John MacLeod, I had never looked at Nick Perensovich's website.  Good grief!  And he lives in Angola, now.  His profile page is quite minimal -- anyone know what Nick has been up to?  My curiousity is now boundless!

Yaela Ettlinger (Yaela Ettlinger)

Sylvia Lovegren (Petras)

Apparently, the Angola on Nick's home page was a prank by the universe.  

Stay safe out there, everyone, and happy holidays, Merry Christmas, Happy new year!

Yaela Ettlinger (Yaela Ettlinger)

Peggy Johnson

Merry Christmas to everyone!🎄

Yaela Ettlinger (Yaela Ettlinger)

Ric Rivera

Ya all raise a cup of kindness and cheer crossing into the New Year 2021 leaving a challenging strange 2020  - we won't soon forget. BEST WISHES for a Healthy and SAFE Journey wherever you go whatever you'll be doing. Set your compass.  It will be a whole lot better as we move on. 

Peggy Johnson

Thanks Ric. Great post!  Happy New Year everyone!  Wow 2021. Couldn't wait to get out of 2020.  Lol

Betty St Germaine (Arendall)

The message is gone now, but Amen Brother John!

Nancy Raetzloff (Groth)

I received word today of the passing of classmate Steve Domes on Monday night or early Tuesday morning.  I will post further information in the In Memory section when I am able to compile it.

John Hein

Thanks for posting Nancy. The last time I saw Steve was on picket duty during the great 1995 strike at Boeing. Never a good time to hear we've lost another. RIP Steve 

Bruce R Davidson

Sad to hear about Steve passing. We used to play tennis at Sharples and golf at Jefferson short 9. He was always upbeat and didn't have a bad bone in his body. Fairways and greens, Steve.

Dempsey Henley

Debbie Kashino

Wayne Henry was a well respected member of our class, as well as being our Senior Class President.  This article tells of the racism he and his family faced during the mid-50s while living in Seward Park.  53 years later we learn the truth of their struggle to be accepted.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/how-a-young-black-family-fought-john-l-scott-and-changed-seattle?fbclid=IwAR2UqBkec42ufJ1MhlYqDMmtUA8Rg7RusqR9Ie9Du8muqIkdDjGmA75Jg4w

Peggy Johnson

Great article Debbie.  Thanks for posting!  

Gary Crevling

I hate to ask this question but you refer to Wayne in the past tense, are you speaking historically or have we lost another of our classmates? I sincerely hope not. Very timely article by-the-way, thanks for sharing it with us

Ric Rivera

Yeah, GC had that sense too! But wow! That was an eye-opener I did not know all that. Thank you for sharing, Debbie, for the informative insightful article that sheds light on our past culture; the undercurrent, the taboo, dark, & hidden discriminatory gaslighting. And then, there is the practice that still carries on today, the real estate & home loans of "Redlining." - A time of reckoning has come today. -   The old guard is changing slowly, but changing! -                                                                                                                                                                        On the brighter side, sure was great to connect with Wayne from across the pond on our 50th Reunion. Aye Matey! Great to see ya!!

Sylvia Lovegren (Petras)

Wayne was at the 50th, wasn't he? He's not part of this group, though, right?.Thanks so much for that article, Debbie!  I didn't know Wayne really back in H.S. but I thought of him as part of a privileged class -- doctor's kid, lived in a nice house in a swanky neighborhood -- and then all this was going on. Assumptions. SMDH. And just so horrific and stupid. What is wrong with humans? A real eye opener.