Beth Blair Davis posted on our message board: "Hi everyone, sorry I missed the party. It looked like it was lots of fun. I hope to see you all next time." (31-Jul-2001)
 0695-01 (lost: cmhs01.jpg)The Costa Mesa High School Class of 1981 Twenty-Year Reunion was held at the Terrace Room of the Hyatt Newporter, clear down in Newport Beach. (Saturday 21-Jul-2001) |
 0695-02Check-in desk. Tricia Hallacy Boudreau, Jody Raya Schinnerer, Karen Haffner Lampe. (Saturday 21-Jul-2001) |
 0695-03 (lost: cmhs03.jpg)Beth Hennen. Beth's memory book page says: "Wow, what a writing assignment! Fill in a twenty-year gap in 5 lines or less! So, what is my life twenty years later? I'm a wife, mother, quilter, writer, Christian, Sunday School teacher, choir member, softball and soon to be basketball and soccer mom. I live in Oregon, which is the most wonderful place in the world to live, if you have webfeet! Obviously my webbed feet had gone undetected for many years because I am happy as a clam living in Oregon." [Husband/partner Phil, kids Sarah 9, Jennifer 11.] (Saturday 21-Jul-2001) |
 0695-04 (lost: cmhs04.jpg)Tricia Hallacy Boudreau. Tricia's memory book page says: "Ken and I have been married 17 years. Most of my time is spent trying to raise good kids. We lived in Costa Mesa for nine years and moved to Tustin Ranch seven years ago. I stay busy playing tennis, teaching Kiddie-Gym and making sure the Little League is running smoothly. My family comes first and with all those kids [Jeffrey 12, Kyle 10] and stepkids [Kathi, Mark, Michael] and grandkids, I am very busy. What can I say? Life is good!" (Saturday 21-Jul-2001) |
 0695-05Jody Raya Schinnerer. Jody's memory book page says: "Went back to college to finish my BA degree! Currently I'm working towards an Interpreting Cert. so I can continue interpreting for our son and also for other deaf children and adults. I really enjoy working with the deaf community. Between school, work, and running the kids around, I enjoy reading, gym time, volunteer work and being with my husband Scott!" [Kids Kelly 11, Jacob 9.] (Saturday 21-Jul-2001) |
 0695-06 (lost: cmhs06.jpg)Francesca Wade Felde. Sweet Fran Wade. Here's what her memory book page says: "I was pregnant with our son at the last reunion. Our family moved to a small rural town in Colorado before Peter was 2. I have been working at the local power company most of the time since we moved. My husband [Stephen] is a tile installer. Ridgway is an hour away from the ski resort of Telluride and I work in Ouray which is a summer tourist town. The county's population is less than 3,600." (Saturday 21-Jul-2001) |
 0695-07 (lost: cmhs07.jpg)Elaine Sink, Ribby Sink. (Saturday 21-Jul-2001) |
 0695-09 (lost: cmhs09.jpg)Lisa Cullen. One of the Three Lisas from College Park Elementary -- Lisa Dahill and Lisa Villanueva (who moved away) being the other two. Lisa's memory book page says: "When I was 16 I moved in with my mom in LA; I graduated from Santa Monica High School. In 1986, I moved to Northern Cal. and then graduated from UC Berkeley with a major in English literature. I have lived in the Bay Area since then. Since 1989 I've been working as a technical writer, more specifically, as an online help author for software and the web. I am also a poet, a performance artist, a Buddhist, a massage therapist, and a meditation teacher. I have half a Master's degree from SF State in Creative Writing. I am preparing to be ordained into the Western Buddhist Order in September of 2001." (Saturday 21-Jul-2001) |
 0695-10 (lost: cmhs10.jpg)Karen Haffner Lampe. Karen thinks this picture isn't any good -- would you guys please reassure her that she looks great? Karen's one of the girls I remember seeing way back when... "seeing" in the sense of "aware that she's out there somewhere." (Saturday 21-Jul-2001) |
In case you're wondering, I never went out with any of the girls in any of these pictures. I never got to know them well enough. There are only a handful of people from the CMHS Class of 1981 that I had any contact with after 9th grade. So for me, this wasn't so much a 20-year high school reunion, as it was a 24-year middle school reunion.
