Larry Gilbert

Bruce, are you using a small monitor netbook?  Have you tried the full-screen button (upper right, middle)?  Otherwise - that's weird.  I have been laying low for a month or so with work, but did enjoy catching up with you all.  Happy spring, everyone!

Linda Peate (Powrie)

Anyone w/birthdays I have now realized have been overlooked by me because we cannot pick up our emails for some reason in our office computer.  We have done everything, but that's the way it is.  So, sorry to anyone I haven't wished a happy birthday!!! 

My email down here is floridafred1@comcast.net.  That's the only thing that allows us to communicate via email is this separate account.  After that, it's back to lpowrie@feridean.com  Anyway, we leave a week from this Tue. & head for home.  Seems like we just got here. On the other hand, I did fly back & spend almost 3 weeks to deal w/my back problem. Which by the way, the injection I got using an MRI type machine to pinpoint exactly where the problem was, then inected, was so successful.  I haven't felt this good in 2 yrs.  Had forgotten what it felt like to get up without back pain.  Glad I did it, but I certainly missed a lot of time in Fla. The weather for 3 wks. was so HOT (86 to 90) & muggy, which I simply can't deal with. My hair curls & looks ridiculous, plus I sweat & I do not like people to see me sweat! (wasn't there a commercial to that effect???!!!) Anyway, now it is 78, low humidity & my kind of weather just as we're about to leave. Oh well, you can't have it all. Because it's been snowing & freezing in Westerville Barb said.

Linda Peate (Powrie)

John D.:  You were on line & I responded & guess what?  No answer back.  Somehow we missed one another.  Please email me if you'd like. Don't know why you didn't get my answer back when you sent me an on-line instant contact.  Cause I answered you Mr.!!!

And Larry Gilbert, I know this season is hectic for you until the end of April!!!  I think our taxes are done, which is so unusual.  We usually have to get an extension.  But Fred took care of it when he went back the beginning of Feb. I guess.  Halleluiah!

Hey Nancy, planning to be at the picnic if I can.  Seems a long time away but guess what?  It's right around the corner.  So I can stay at my sister Judy's condo (my mom & dad's that Judy has now).  It sleeps 4 so anybody who needs a place to crash, let me know!!  It's in Medina, but isn't that far away really from R.R.

Nancy Westerfield (Depew)

john, yes i do remember the ice skating ring at rrhs park, to this day i can't skate,just can't wish i could. i even tried a few years ago-juast wasn't meant to be.

linda, glad your back is better-my knee still hurts in bad weather,down the road will probalby have surgery-some days its great, the other days alot of pain.also glas your going to make it to the picnic-bring anybody you want-its a big place,also wish we had some of that warmer weather.

larry-we misses you-love the flowers on the website,especially with the snow.

Nancy Westerfield (Depew)

john, don't feel low-were here for you and anyone else that needs some love. grandkids are great and do make you feel young. your test will come out ok. mays a hard month for me as i lost my husband on may 2, it will be 3 years, but life goes on and i'm having alot of fun on this website and with our mini reunions,

and seeing you guys. friendships are great, no matter how old they are, or if there new ones. so hang in there. nancy

Paul Berns

 Hi all - maybe I mentioned this but in my 2 short years at RRHS - I dated Susan Weitz and would park at Rocky River Park - walk west and climb the cliff to sneak into her house after dark.  Years later in the daylight I realized there were stairs.

Heck, I probably would do the same thing again.

By the way, I am getting married on Sunday to Donna Hiatt (3 years dating) a wonderful gal and I am thrilled.  She will go by Donna Jean Berns.  It suddenly dawned on us her maiden name is George and so DONNA GEORGE BURNS just does not work.

Best to all and I hope Bruce's wife is doing well.  

Butler University (I taught their for 10 yrs.) just lost bigtime in the National Championship Game -  but, I am proud of these kids.  Another unbelievable run.

Ellen Aspinwall (Templar)

Paul: 

Congratulations on your upcoming marriage on Sunday!  I wish we could all be there to celebrate with you!  Please post pictures!!!!

Ellen

Ellen Aspinwall (Templar)

Nancy and Paul...I think you've started something.  Maybe others would like to join in so......give us your favorite memory of RR park.  Everyone must have some memory they treasure there!!!!  The fireworks stick out but there must be others.

So here's mine.....I regularly hiked from Wagar Beach to RR Beach and back.  It was a major obstical course and a bit challenging----climbing over very large retaining wall rocks (boulders?) and manoeuvering around the narrow outside edge of the concrete tennis court hanging out over the lake.  Occasionally being yelled at by homeowners.  The challenge was to get there and back without falling in the lake or getting your feet wet!  RR park/beach was respite before traversing the course again.  Returning to Wagar Beach became the fait accompli that caused much smiling!!!

Please share your favorite RR Park/Beach memory.....

Paul Berns

 NOT sure if I did this correctly:  if anyone stops in ROZI's WINE HOUSE on Detroit in Lakewood you can say hello to the owner my first cousin GARY ROSSEN.  My Dad (RIP) was owner years ago.

Nancy Westerfield (Depew)

paul-congraulations on your marriage,i think its so funny you didn't know those were steps at rrhs-and so many, i remember climbing to the top and looking way out to see if i could see canada and thought i did. alot of good memories there.

john, where was lyle when you were kicking butt playing football at the park, if jimmy was there, i'm surprised lyle wasn't.

all of my family still o to the park. my nephew lives a street away and takes his kids there everyday. we has some girl scouts meeting there in the building, and years ago ,i know your not going to believe this but its true, my dad backed his car down the hill, filled up huge metal buckets of sand, for us kids at home.i use to think his car was going to tumble down the hill, it was so steep. the things you remember

now adays i can't remember 2 seconds ago. very good memories. i still go there alot with my grandkids and have a picnic, then last summer took the girls i worked with ,its such a nice place-we were so lucky in so many ways. nancy

Alan Greenleaf

Paul -

Gary is your cousin??  Why, I'm in there almost every day!  Oops I mean every MONTH, yeah THAT'S it. 

Gary is a good guy!  Let us know if you visit him!  And Rozi's keep winning awards!  Cool!

Ellen,

Let's keep up the buzz for the Rocky River Park stories!  I need to go there.  Have not been in years.  I do remember skating there frequently, and if you fell through the ice, it was 2 inches deep!  Also as a kid, I used to cover myself with clay from the cliffs and rinse off in the lake.  That's how it got polluted!

Bruce McKelvey (McKelvey)

John and Gilbs,

                          I haven't been on here for awhile...but the problem I was having on not being able to see all of the messages ref. the right side..has apparently corrected it's self. WORKS FOR ME !!!!

Nancy Westerfield (Depew)

john, billy and buster was at our house all the time-,billy was like another brother to me,he married bonnie from class of 64, but they are divorced. lyle sees him once in awhile, last i heard he lives in fla. they have 2 boys.randy barth lived the house next door to the park, and also was always at my house-lyle,billy,and randy were best of friends senior year. buster yous to have seizures-i forget why, but they

were worried about him driving-this was when he was young.-right aftern high school.

happy birthday bruce-many more.

if any of youm locals are thinking about comming june 5, let me know-thanks.

Nancy Westerfield (Depew)

john, the sand pit was at the top of my street, we use to cut through to go to jr. high,vbut never when it was dark. yes, the xmas trees were burned there, and all of those carnivals.who could not remember those-i sure do. what fun those were. my mom when i was in the 6th grade,came to the carnival and made the guys get me off,the farris wheel because we were going to have a bad storm. h ow sad was that, but she loved me, and after that bad tornato that hit rr, she was always afraid of storms,i came from a big family, but we were very sheltered all of us. love my family, i sure do.

Janet Soros (Ravenstine)

Paul...re: Butler basketball.....Brad Stevens (head coach) is married to Traci Wihelmy, daughter of Albert and Marykay Wilhelmy......all Rocky River Grads.

See how far our expertise stretches?

Robert (Mike) Kelley

Hey John,   Do you or maybe somebody else on our site know what  year the SWC came into existence ?

I know that it was around the maybe early 50's, my older brother graduated in '52 and RRHS was in it then.

Mike

Nancy Westerfield (Depew)

hey guys, where has everyone been? we ohio people need to get pass this rain and we need warmer weather. i hope everyone is comming june 5 to rrhs park, when ellen comes into town. keep that date open for your family picnic with her-should be lots of fun. i've been busy with melanies track meets and work-also wedding showers and a wedding[NOT FOR ME]. okay guys,keep in touch.stay warm.

Bruce McKelvey (McKelvey)

Hey Nancy..I was thinking the  THE THIRD ANNUAL  GATHERING OF GERIATRIC SILLINESS during the last two weeks of September sometime. That is the time frame when I will be in town. What do ya think?

Linda Peate (Powrie)

Hi Nanc!  I could not get our laptop to do anything down in Fla., so next yr. my husband will fix that situation.  He was urked as well!  Anyway, home now & hopefully can come on June 5.  Isn't RR park the place where we used to ice skate?  I seem to remember doing that on occasion & they had a shed that had a fire inside so you could get warm.  Maybe I'm dreaming! 
 

Anyway, back to the old grind.  And aching back from this AWFUL weather.  Now I know why old people (not us) move to Arizona!  Take care.  Linda

Nancy Westerfield (Depew)

hi guys, happy easter.

linda, yes, you are right,that's where you skated, i think we had one of oursenior parties on the beach there,hope you can come, that will be great-i miss seeing you guys,we had such fun last year at our few get togethers,barb too.

bruce-sounds good to me,i will. do by part up here,i,m hoping to get to get to vegas this fall,and hopefully over to see my nieces in arizonia-so who know maybe i can hook up with some of you rrhs people there..

john, i remember allof those guys,dale,phil and or course jeffery-who could forget him, and he was good,we were just to young to appreciate what he could do. i must have missed why mr. frail left rrhe-he was so cute for us girls,for an older guy-i'm sure lyle knows-i will ask him.

my grandaughter just got her temp.,man i must be getting old,so here goes the driving thing again,more coloring for the hair,maybe a few wine coolers too.

we need to stop this rain,we need more sun and warmer weather.hope to see you guys soon.

Nancy Westerfield (Depew)

john, thanks for clearing that up about coach frail,he was always so kind to be and i know lyle thought he was great. its to bad,that teachers have to be so careful that they don't cross the line,i have acouple of nieces and a cute nephew teacher and it worries me that some kid will say they did something wrong-when they didn't. i know there's alot of bad teachers who ruin it for everyone,but theres alot of good ones too. i'm sorry about coach frail,i really do like him,and i'm sad he had to go through that.i knew quite about all those football players because,having 6 brothers-i had better.of course the class 0f 61 i knew the best.  it was funknowing all those guys.lyle and i talk alot about the guys he use to hang with randy barth,chip soffer,billy m.,dave bill-do you know these guys? t,i could go on and on.here was so many of them-jimmy lindan,buster. they all were always at my house,just another kid there. fun thinking about them all. just got of the phone with phyllis,shes doing great.were getting together next week for dinner,at aces on lorain rd.maybe some of you guys want to join us-i'll let you know what day. linda mannas is moving in my apt. complex close to me so i'm excited about that. ok guys, i'm rambling,gotta go. nancy

Bruce McKelvey (McKelvey)

John,

               To the best of my knowledge,sorry to say, Jeff Fritz was murdered outside of a bar somewhere in downtown Cleveland.

Ellen Aspinwall (Templar)

RIP Jeffery Fritz.  He was one major nice human being.

Nancy Westerfield (Depew)

how sad we judge people by how they look or act-i didn't know jeff personally but its sad they where he was treated.

Fred Thomas

Happy birthday to me,

I'm one hundred and three,

You look like a monkey,

And smell like one too.

I learned that from my grandson and it's my favorite birthday song.  Thanks to everyone for all the birthday wishes.