Linda's Service has been changed!

I need help again. I sure do appreciate all you helping me get the word out. See if you can get this out to as many people as possible a.s.a.p.
Thanks a ton!
Robin
There is going to be a change for Linda's memorial service due to a large volume of responses to the message board that Einen's set up. They are concerned that Einen's will not be large enough for the service so it will me moved to Kamiakin's Auditorium (used to be "the lecture hall") at 2:30 on Saturday.(This is the correct time. The article in Friday's paper was wrong.)

The half hour time delay is so to allow for folks who may not get the news of the change. If they show up at Einen's, they will be directed to Kamiakin and will have half hour to get there.
Sara Schilling will be running an article in the Herald tomorrow concerning the change as well.

Linda Slick Passed Away on June 24th

I received this from Robin. Some of you have received this via e-mail already. For those of you who did not, here it is:

Linda passed away last evening (Sunday) about 11:00 p.m. A memorial service is being arranged. Hoping it will be this Sat at Kamiakin.Thanks for all of the prayers and letters. It meant so much to Linda and she remembered everyone. It was truly amazing. Even if she was confused about things going on around her because of meds, pain or the illness itself, when I'd ask her if she remembered Debbie Wyckoff or Phyllis Pierce, etc. she'd say "oh yeah, she....." and she'd give some detail about that person so that I knew she really did know who the person was. Kamiakin students were most important to her and she had a passion for what she did.
Robin

We Will Miss You, Marla

I have some more sad news to share with you.

We've lost another former classmate. Marla (Shaffer) Eddrief passed away on June 1st. Many of you may not know her. She went to Hawthorne Elementary, Highlands and moved back to Richland for high school. Marla was not a close friend of mine, but I do remember some fun times that we had in middle school. The last time I saw her was in 2004, after our class reunion. She was a close friend of Bethe Kirby's.

For those of you that are here in the Tri-Cities, you may have seen her obituary in the paper this weekend. For those of you out of the area, here it is:

Marla Jan (Shaffer) Eddrief

MARLA JAN (SHAFFER) EDDRIEF-->June 6, 1961-June 1, 2007
'Some people come into our lives and quickly go, Others stay in our hearts and we are never the same.'It is with great sorrow that parents of Marla (Shaffer) Eddrief announce her sudden passing on June 1, 2007. Marla was such a joy to her family that no words can express the deep void that is left in our lives.Marla was born in Richland, Washington, and completed high school there; her baccalaureate degree at Washington State University; and her Master's in Social Work from Western Washington University. Her last employment was for the State of Washington.Marla met the love of her life, Edward Eddrief in July 2005 and the were married February 4, 2006. When Edward's job required a move to Montreal, Canada, Marla gave up her family-filled life and took on the challenge of a new country; quickly developing many new friends. Marla and her stepson, Jason took on the task of learning French. Jewelry making became a passion and her jewelry was featured on a Web site.Marla was an ardent bicyclist and triathlon competitor; always vigilant regarding fitness and health. Her zest for life was contagious. Friends knew her to be generous, compassionate, a skillful listener and never judgmental.Besides Edward and Jason, family includes her mother, Chris; stepfather, Terry Rogerson; father, Bill Shaffer, stepmother, Jeanine, brother and sister-in-law, Bill Shaffer and Vicki Gravenslund; sister and brother-in-law, Connie and Bruce Isley; nephews, Neil, Steven, Michael and Joseph; many aunts and uncles; numerous cousins; seven grand nieces and nephews who lovingly called her 'La-La.'Memorial services for Marla will be at Calvary Chapel, Fourth and Vancouver on June 23 at 1:00 p.m. Reception to follow
Published in the Tri-City Herald from 6/16/2007 - 6/17/2007.

A Letter From Linda Slick

I had posted a message on Classmates.com about Linda. Today I see that someone else saw something on myspace and posted it there. It is a letter from Linda to everyone. Please read it.

http://www.classmates.com/
from here go into Kamiakin then Message Board.
It's listed as Ms. Slick. I would post the link, but it's very long and I can't seem to copy and paste the letter on here. There must me a block on classmates.com stopping me from doing that.

Jodi

From Robin

This probably goes without saying but I know how busy our lives get and understand how sometimes good intentions get buried in the hustle of living so just wanted to say............If you're touched to write to Linda (or visit), do it today, or as soon as possible. She may outlive doctor's predictions of 2-3 weeks or she may not have quite that long but she would appreciate your support, remembrances, prayers, thank you's, etc. now while she is still able to read them herself and process her impact on the lives of old students and friends. I visited her yesterday and she does remember so many of you with love and loyalty.
Robin

Linda Slick

For those of you classmates that are not on my email list, I was emailed by someone last night, that Ms. Linda Slick is not doing well. It's very serious.

I did not have her for a teacher or know her personally, but I know that many of you did and care about her.

If you would like to send a card or call her, please feel free to
contact me for her information.

More 2004

#41, Mr. & Mrs. Kurt Edmark
#40 Sue Rutherford, Loran Judy
#39 Rick Traeger, Michelle Miller
#38 Ginny Coates
#37 Denice Bailey

More 2004 Reunion

#36 Mike Kelley
#35 Rick Newman, Mike Walker, Bob Brockman
#34 Vic Edens #33 Greg & Cindy Herman
#32 Mike Kelley, Mike Walker, David Graham

More Reunion 2004

#31 Loran Judy, David Graham
#30 Bob Brockman,
#29
#28 Rick Newman
#27 Loran Judy

Hawthorne School Pictures

Here are some pictures that Dennis Orren sent me from Hawthorne School. How many classmates do you recognize? You can click on each one to enlarge it. 1st Grade 4th Grade
5th Grade
Kindergarten

Robert Rogers

Robert sent me this picture for posting here. If you click on his name, you should be able to email him directly.
To those of us that know him, has he changed any?

I've also been sent some pictures from Dennis Orren that I'm going to be posting over the next few days. If you went to Hawthorne, keep watching.

2004 Saturday Night Get Together

#26Greg Herman-white pants, Mike Borsheim-with beard,
#25 Robin Foster-white/black shirt, Rick Traeger-red shirt
#24 Greg Herman-white pants, Mike Borsheim-with beard

#23
#22 David Graham-white shirt, Kurt Edmark-pink shirt, Paul Root-striped shirt
#21 Jodi Morrow, Doug Carl
#20 Mike Walker, Doug Carl
#19 Mike Conatore-striped shirt, Robin Foster-white/black shirt, Rick Traeger-red shirt

Picnic Pictures 2004

#20
#19

Picnic Pictures 2004

#18
#17
#16

#15 Ray McBee
#14
#13

Spelling and Names

Please let me know if I've spelled a name wrong or anything like that as well. I'm trying to go on memory for most of this. I suppose the easy way would be to get out the year books and do this. But then I might be tempted to post some of those pictures too!

Picnic Pictures 2004

#12
#11
#10 Kathy Brutzman-with hat, Zana Albrecht-center, Jenney Linney-tan shirt

#9
#8 Michelle Miller-white shirt, Cynthia Boyce-dk yellow shirt, Kim Foster-lt yellow shirt, Keith Duncan-red shirt
#7 Keith Duncan-red shirt, Michelle Miller-white shirt, Cynthia Boyce-yellow shirt

More Pictures Posted

It might be easier to just start over and add a few pictures each day. So here we go. #1 above
#2 David Graham - blue shirt, Mike Borsheim - sitting,
#2 Sid Sarver

#4 Mike Borsheim - dk gray shirt, David Graham - holding girl , Mike Kelley?-lt gray shirt
#5 Doug Carl-red shirt, Mike Kelley?
#6 Vic Edens - on left, Renae Williams - sitting, Paul Root - sitting on right,

Adding Names to Reunion Pictures

I've been asked by someone to add names to the reunion pictures I've posted. It will take me some time to do this, but it can be done. I just want to ask you for your help with this. I may not recognize everyone, so if I'm missing a name please let me know who it is and I'll update it.

I'll start by putting numbers by the pictures so we can identify them easier. You can either email me or post a comment under the post and I'll be sent an email of your comment.

Only 2 more years until 2009! WooHoo!!!
(Stop moaning and groaning reunion committee.)

Thanks for the help, Classmates!

Been Busy Lately

I know I need to post something on here soon. Hopefully, this week I'll get back into the swing of things. Christmas is over and archery has kept me busy lately. I've got another 2 weeks before our next archery thing comes up, so I'll try to get some old pictures posted.

Hope you're are having a wonderful 2007 so far!

Write me or send me pictures if you want to share anything.

MERRY CHRISTMAS, CLASSMATES!

I wanted to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
It's almost 2007. It just doesn't seem possible that time has passed so quickly.
I hope you all have a holiday season filled with joy, love and happiness!