Holly Portz (Koiro (1945-2023))

 Hey Bruce.

Hope you are having a very Happy Birthday today.  Being that you are older than most of us, you must have been wiser and more mature than us in high school!  Seriously, you have become an admirable fellow.   I'm happy to hear that your wife is doing well.  That must be your best birthday gift of all.

Enjoy your special day and a great 67th year.   Holly

Fred Thomas

Nancy Westerfield (Depew)

happy birthday bruce-love ya, have a great day-you sure have made us glad were part of your rrhs class

Bruce McKelvey (McKelvey)

Thanks Nancy....Love you too girl....looking forward to hanging out with you this September.....

Ellen Aspinwall (Templar)

Clevelanders:  Well, you can't beat it so you might as well enjoy it!

          You could be in Tsunamiland!!!!

Ellen Aspinwall (Templar)

Linda Peate (Powrie)

Alan:  I am sooooooooo sorry I forgot your birthday.  (I did, didn't   I  ????)  Anyway, our computer was not working because the laptop just wasn't letting us get emails & go online at times, etc.  So I think we now have it fixed.  Hope you had a great birthday!  Wish I had been there to celebrate.

Congratuatiions, Nance:  Your grandson is a cutie & obviously very bright.  Take that pride & wear it well!

We only have till April 13 & then we have to go home.  It went so fast.  Of course I had to go home for 2 wks. to my neurosurgeon when the dog yanked me & I fell on the concrete outside!  And not one neighbor came to see how I was.  They must all be from New Jersey as that's how it is up there if you fall.  They get made they have to walk around you.  And yes, I fell up there because we were going to a play, no street lights, & the sidewalk dropped off & my high heels just bent in half & down I went.  I was a mess after that fall.  Bleeding, torn stockings & very sore. But at least there were so many people you couldn't see my legs!  Only the waist up as I was in a sea of humanity.  And the couple walking behind us were annoyed because they had to walk around me.   I should have sued.  I was so happy to move back to Ohio & be a midwesterner again.  They don't understand the mentality of niceness.  I had the "bird" flipped at me so many times--mostly because they don't like you to go the speed limit!!!!

Bruce:  So glad you're going to be coming to Ohio in Sept.  We'll definitely make it up there. Hope your wife is doing well. 

Nancy Westerfield (Depew)

ellen, i love the pictures-what a nice looking group-i know you guys had fun-wish i could have been there.                                                                                                                                                           

Guy Cartwright

 Hi Classmates,

Just thought you'd all like to know that Debbie and I just "survived the tsunami in Maui 2011" this week.

We arrived in Maui on Thursday and were awakened Thursday night by a banging on our door and someone telling us that a tsunami was coming and we had to evacuate the resort property.  A half hour later were were parked outside an elementary school with hundreds of other people waiting to see what was happening with the approaching wave.

We were there, trying to sleep in our car, from midnight til 7 am.   Three waves hit our area of Maui in approximately 40 minute intervals from 3:30 am til around 5 am.  On the third wave(s) the water receded approximately 500 feet before 7 foot waves came ashore.  There was some flooding and sand,fish, and shells deposited on ocean front streets and yards.  No major damage occurred. 

The good news is that the tsunami was much milder than anticipated and everything is OK now.  Looks like there was much more damage in the Santa Cruz, CA harbors and area than in Hawaii.  And, of course, all the damage in Japan.

Take care and hope to see some of you this Summer in Cleveland.

Guy

Nancy Westerfield (Depew)

guy, so glad your all ok, and poor japan.it sure is a wake up call. i loved the picture of you guys at your get ton gether,wish we could have all been there.nancy

Alan Greenleaf

Guy, glad you were ok.  Were you tempted to surf back to the mainland?  It's good to have you back!

Ellen, great picture!  Who is the young woman, second from the left? 

Linda, thanks for the belated wishes!  How horrible that no one helped you when you fell!  What is WRONG with those people!  Good to have you back in Ohio where people care.  I hope there are no lasting effects from the fall, and that the neurologist give you nothing but good news!

I'm starving for a mini-reunion!

Fred Thomas

Linda Peate (Powrie)

Al:  Thanks for the caring remarks.  I am so unbelievably shocked at how little people care.  Besides feeling like a total idiot sitting in the street, it was even worse that no on cared!!!!

The neurosurgeon ordered an epidural injection where they take fluoro xrays and he watched where the area was causing the pain, then injected as he was watching!  amazing.  I am now feeling better than I've felt in yrs.  I am soooo glad I went home.  It was worth it.  On the airplane, I had a carry on & asked the guy "flight attendant" or whatever he's called if he could help me put my carry on in the bin.  He said, "Oh sorry, our union prevents us from doing that, but I'd be happy to check it for you."  I said, "I am NOT checking this small bag" & I proceeded to bend down in a crippled fashion (& once again, no one offered to help), & began lifting it up as best I could & then the attendant finally helped me last foot to put it in the bin!!!  Nice guy. Anyway, things are just not the same as when we grew up.

Guy, my gosh I have been to Hawaii a couple times & I can't imagine being held captive not having any place to go.  Maui you're sort of stuck!  But I do love Maui.  Beautiful coves everywhere to snorkle & stuff.  Hope you enjoyed some of your time there.  The news just sort of stopped talking about it, & Fred asked me this a.m. whatever happened in Hawaii.  So thanks for the info!!!  L.

Ellen Aspinwall (Templar)

Here's hoping St. Patrick's Day marks healing, repair/rebuild and better things ahead for the world we live in!

Fred Thomas

Nuclear Morons

"Let's build 6 nuclear plants on an active earthquake fault and tsnami zone. Build them at sea level close to the ocean. And let's build them in close proximity of each other so if one goes into meltdown they all go.  And while were at it make several of them plutonium (the most poisonous substance known to man) reactors for good effect.  Put those back-up generators, fuel and electrical equipment in the basement so they can get nicely flooded out in a tsunami.  Just throw those hor spent fuel rods into a pool of water and forget about them. If the whole complex starts to melt we can dump buckets of water from helicopters and watch the water evapoirate before it hits the ground. Ha Ha Ha! That will make everyone laugh.  And we can always make an extensioin cord a mile long and hook it up to electrical equipment that is full of water. Watch the sparks boys when you make those connections, those containment buildings are full of hydrogen gas. Punch a hole in the roof to let out the radioactive gas! But don't hurry, those rods are only 5000 degrees Kelvin. Ha Ha Ha!"

Update: Radioactivity from Fukashima detected on US West coast, but don't worry everything is under control. Not many people are even talking about apocolypse yet. HaHaHaHaHaHa!!!!

Bruce McKelvey (McKelvey)

Thankyou for all of you that have kept my wife Marsha,in your thoughts and prayers. We had an apt. with the Oncologist last week and bloodwork and a Petscan revealed no growth or spreading of the cancer. So we will take what we can get...everything staying the same is good news. We will continue to monitor everything about every two months to see whats up.

                                                                She feels great, and is still working a full schedule at Chandler Regional Hospital. She  has a great attitude, and we will both fight the good fight thru this. Keep the prayers coming..and again..thankyou all. LIFE IS GOOD !!! I still plan on coming to Cleveland again sometime in September to terriorize all of you. MINI REUNION TIME AGAIN IN SEPTEMBER !!!.Most likely not at the Winking Lizard ...Nancy Westerfield and I will come up with a better place...

Nancy Westerfield (Depew)

bruce, lets try aces on lorain rd., right into n. ridgeville, plenty of room, good bar, has special rooms for parties, us older rrhs girls go there for lunch-good prices and good food. just let me know-we miss you and we sure had alot  of fun last year. lets get a date soon and maybe we can even make it a bigger event this year. love ya, nancy- p.s. you know i got your back covered here.   and for us other rrhs people here-when our we having another one of our mini reunions at herbs-let me know-i'm ready for another one.

Ellen Aspinwall (Templar)

Holly:

Sneaking in early to wish you a MOST HAPPY BIRTHDAY or perhaps a RE-birthday.  This is just for you, girl!!!!  We are so very happy to have you with us and look forward to seeing you soon!!  May your heart go on and on and on......!!!!!

Nancy Westerfield (Depew)

happy birthday holly,many,many more.were all glad we can share this with you today.,maybe we will see you ay our mini reunion in sept. when bruce comes up. <3

Nancy Westerfield (Depew)

happy birthday sue,have agreat day,many more to come. love ya,nancy

Ellen Aspinwall (Templar)

Happy Birthday, Sue. 

And to Howie and all of you celebrating this year.  It's so great to be able to celebrate with all of you. 

This is a fun way to celebrate if you have a few minutes to hear all the fun variations:

Nancy Westerfield (Depew)

john, whatever you need me, let me know- i will help do whatever you need, just let me know. i hope there's a good turn out for this event.. nancy

Ellen Aspinwall (Templar)

John---it sounds like the sports event is well under way in the planning stages and I hope it is very successful!!!  Somewhere in the memorabilia I have a maroon and white pennant.  Went to every home game and several away games both football and basketball and some wrestling and gymnastics.  Yelled myself horse from jr hi thru HS.  Don't know where I'll be then but it sounds like a fun event!

Nancy Westerfield (Depew)

to all our classmates, i hope you will try and attend this picnic-do any of you remember when the fireworks were held on the beach,i came home with all the gun powder all over my arms-it was for r.r. days. i remember winning an event and got a coin dollar-i was so thrilled.who else remembers those days-my sister&brothers walked to the beach everyday and swam.those really were the days.then i took my grandkids for picnics since they were babies,then my husband when he was so sick,and my sisters who still went on picnics with me. we really were so lucky to have a great park like this. anybody can contact me about this picnic-i'm helping ellen and have been in contact with her. nancy

Bruce McKelvey (McKelvey)

OK...I need some help with this. Since I am really lame when it comes to computers. All your postings have a good part of the right side hidden, and I can't  seem to be able to drag it over to read everything. Thank you...

                                                Bruce"Bill Gates" McKelvey