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Occupation: Office Manager The Ark Animal Hospital,
for 2
veterinarians and 9 staff
Special Interest: Benedictine Oblate, St. Benedict’s Monastery,
St. Joseph, MN
Hobbies: reading, esp. P.D. James
mysteries, writing and
gardening
Most Influential Teacher: Mr. Chishom, English
He fostered my
love of words and encouraged my
writing.
“Remember the
weird words for his spelling lists.”
Remembered for special reasons:
Rita Ridinger –
for fashion setting individualism by
wearing belts backwards
Dick Gerberding
– for his confident leadership
Still missing those we lost so young in the Vietnam War:
Francie Mayer
and Marty Benson
Most memorable time in a class: Mr. Duff’s Advanced World
Geography
Each student was
asked to bring and share something
beautiful to class. I brought the newly released 45 rpm
of Henry Mancini’s “Moon River’, which I had heard for
the first time on the radio the night before. The
simplicity of the melody seemed ethereal. It was
something special to share.
When played for the class it did not rate any special
applause. Mr. Duff seemed a bit disappointed as if
African tribal music may have been a better choice.
Month’s later Moon River received the Academy Award
for “Best Song of the Year”. As the record wound it’s
way around the turntable, it seems now we were all in
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