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| December 2004 | |
| Cimarron High School band will be performing at the Cotton Bowl Parade and game. Please post this so folks will know about it. I plan on going and will send you pictures to post. Thanks, Tanya Jantz. Sorry this is late but I posted sunset pictures for my cousin Jimmy Korf and they were linked to a website and caused me many problems that I just now got fixed. I hope everything went well for the band. | |
| September | |
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Hi Pete! How is Tim doing? Thanks so much
for this website. I am starting to get a little homesick up here
in Kansas City! It is so nice to see the pics. You did a
wonderful job! For those who don’t know, Mike Schlesener and I
are going to be getting married on April 30! Just wanted to let
you know that I love the site! Amy Calhoun.
Hi Amy. Thanks for the kind words
and congratulations. You have both chosen well. Tim (Tim is my
youngest and a Senior at Benedictine) is still in Atchison and is
working hard. He is taking a full load of classes and is working
full time at St. Francis Academy, a home and school for troubled
kids. He finds it both challenging and rewarding, however with
both he is feeling a little stress right now. Glad you like the
site. I don't get as much time to work on it this time of year
but will get more done this winter. Good luck on the upcoming
marriage and keep thinking about us back home. Thanks again,
Pete.
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| More from Fred Davis. Fred wrote me with some very interesting stuff about his life since he left Cimarron. I am very open for anyone to do the same so please write if you would like to update us on yourself. I will probably edit some stuff but will keep it in good taste and proper context as much as possible. I told Fred that he probably did not remember me so that is where his notes pick up. Pete. Well guess what? You're wrong. I remember you, your dad, where you lived, your granddad buying stuff from Jim Lacey and I to pay for gas and stuff, and many days at the old "Sand Pit" and river. however, you can't imagine the thrill I had when I opened my email and saw that you had answered. Like you I went numb when I got the call from Tad that Johnny had died. I have thought of him often since. I was really sorry to hear that your dad had passed away, what a great and generous man he was. I really enjoyed reading the letters and memories posted on the web site. Can you believe it's been almost 40 years since we graduated? I managed to get my two children raised and through college. My son is working on his PhD now. He is the Human Resources Director for the Western United States for the FBI. My daughter and her husband live here but no grandchildren yet. I received my Degree in Electrical Engineering from Idaho State University. My wife Tony (39 years married) currently teaches at Idaho State University. | |
| August 2004 | |
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| Hi Pete! Would you please update my email address cessdoe@comcast.net? Thanks. Also, would you cross-reference it in the "C"s as Laverda Cessna? I don't think many know my last name, Doe, and couldn't find me other than as Cessna. I appreciate it. Jill Menzie emailed me the other day. It was a wonderful surprise. You do an incredible service to all of us who grew up in Cimarron who now live all over the globe. It means so much to me to be able to visit Cimarron on line, and catch up with old friends. You have kept the Cimarron persona alive on your website, and I feel as though I have been home when I cruise through it. Thanks, Pete. Laverda Cessna Doe. Oh yes, I am so great. Finally getting my due. Not really of course. For those who don't know me, the rest can all tell you that I really enjoy this or I wouldn't be doing it. Thanks for the kind words and keep the names in the pictures coming. Pete. | |
| July 2004 | |
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Dear Pete,
My name is Celeste
Kvetensky, I'm originally from Leavenworth, Kansas. I'm writing you
from the panhandle of Nebraska.
My mom
was born and raised in Cimarron, she was Alta Joyce Bryan.
She married W. Dale Hawley from Marquette, KS and moved to
Leavenworth in the late 1950's. My aunts are Wilma Rose Bryan and
Lorraine Nugent, my cousins are David and Shelley Bryan and Malinda
Bryan-Smith (Kansas City, MO). My grandmother and grandfather were
the late Lula and Ellsworth V. Bryan, Sr.
I was
reading a column from the business page of the Sunday Wall Street
Journal that caught my attention. The author of this
column wrote about what his son really wanted to do for his
birthday. The author had planned a day trip to the local amusement
park, told his wife about his plans, and the wife suggested he ask
his son what he wanted to do for his birthday. The author, his wife
and his 7-year-old son ended up at a local baseball diamond for the
afternoon, pitching baseballs to the son while the wife played
catcher. The gist of the article was that what kids really want is
to spend time with their parents, that you don't have to spend a lot
of money on a big trip when what the kids really want is time with
their parents.
It
brought back a lot of summer memories for me. I can remember coming
to Cimarron for at least a week each summer growing up. Going on
vacation to Cimarron meant I got to go swimming and spend the night
at my cousin Malinda's house at least once or twice. It meant my
brother and I got to play for an entire week. It meant making new
friends and renewing family ties with cookouts, lunches and dinners,
trips to Dodge City to see Boot Hill and Front Street, and spending
time with family we didn't get to see most of the year.
The last
time I was in Cimarron was 1992 for a hunting trip. Mom passed away
in 1998 from cancer. My Dad still lives in Leavenworth, he retired
from dentistry in 1994. It's been 12 years since I visited
Cimarron. I've told my husband stories about Cimarron and the good
memories I have of summers long past. We are coming to visit
Cimarron the first week in August. I'm looking forward to re-living
some old memories and making new ones to last a lifetime. There's
so much history in Cimarron and Gray County that I want to share
with my husband, who has never been to southwest Kansas. He's pretty
excited about the trip. Time passes and things change, but some
things always stay the same. The love of family and those ties that
can never be broken. I hope you'll publish my story. Thank you for
listening.
Sincerely, Celeste Hawley
Kvetensky, Sidney, Nebraska
Thanks for the note
Celeste. I am very happy to post your note. You mentioned Malinda.
I remember very clearly when she was born. My senior year in High
School while playing football, when we were on the bus to a game we
always sat with our backup. Dave Bryan was my backup, although he
will tell you I was his. Instead of talking about the game and how we
were going to play we talked about Malinda who had been born that
day. I can tell you it was on a Tuesday probably in October and in
1964 as we were playing Fowler and they were always a Tuesday game.
Dave always talks about her and is as proud of her today as he was
then. Pete.
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click on pic for larger view.
To whom this may concern,
Hello! I am trying to locate some of my old classmates. I am not
sure if there has been a reunion for our class or not. Can you
please tell me how to locate Christa VanderGiesen for starters? I
spent most of the last couple of years in CA, but am now back in
MO. Here is my current information. Luciane "Luci" Timoteo-Tarter,
121 Randolph Court, Carl Junction, MO 64834,
Phone 417-627-0800
Email beluka@yahoo.com.
I have
attached a recent photo of my family. My husband's name is Jay. He
is a Firefighter-EMT. My oldest daughter is now 3. Her name is
Elizabeth. And our baby will be 2 at the end of this month, July.
Her name is Emily. I am a RN specializing in Perioperative patient
care and I am currently finishing my master's degree in Family
Practice Nursing. I hope to hear from my friends of the past in the
near future. Sincerely yours, Luci
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Pete,
Even though this will be in the
paper, I thought people might like to see it on your website too.
My husband Robert McGregor, son of Susan Williams and Chuck
McGregor, found out the first part of June that he has been
promoted to Chief Petty Officer Damage Control.
Robert has been in the Navy since
1996. He has been stationed aboard the USS Avenger (MCM-1), taught
at the Mine Warfare Training Center, both in Ingleside, Texas, and
is now stationed aboard the USS Crommelin (FFG 37) here in Pearl
Harbor, Hawaii. He is currently on a six month deployment in the
South Pacific participating in Counter Drug Operations. The
ship crew is doing an excellent job in their efforts to keep drugs
out of our country.
They selected 3 out of 13 sailors to be
promoted to Chief this year. This is a big honor for Robert and his
friends and family are very proud of him. Sincerely, Melissa
McGregor. Congratulations
Robert. Keep up the good work.
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| June 2004 | |
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Dear Pete, First let me thank you for your kindness. Sending the Thomas Implement Buckles made my day. My dad, Virgil Menzie is suffering from Alzheimer's and my mother passed away in April. I have such wonderful memories of Cimarron and remember how mad I was when my dad announced we were moving to Ulysses, Kansas. He bought me a motorcycle to help soften the blow. I would have graduated with your class and almost had tears looking at the 1965 senior class pictures. (Jill's Senior picture is now with my class pictures.) I have lived in Ulysses since then and am an art teacher. Remember I could draw good and my mom had me take art lessons from Pat McFarland. I use to ride my bike out to their farm (I think that might be considered child abuse now) and was so scared of all of those cows. I got over that and now live on a farm like I always dreamed of as a kid. I have horses, ride almost daily, raise a few miniature horses, raise toy poodles, have dogs, cats, goats and chickens as of today. Tomorrow it might be something new. I was always too much of a free spirit for my prim and proper mom, she shook her head a lot, gosh I do miss her! I have four children, 3 sons and a beautiful daughter. They live in Fort Worth, Cedar Rapids, Iowa and Manhattan, Ks. and I still have a 21 year old in college. I found out early in life, you either have children or money, not both. I also have 6 beautiful grandchildren, my hair is silver (my little granddaughter told me my hair looked just like cement) and I am just as crazy and daring as always. My brother Jeff is the local pharmacist and has the drug store also in Ulysses. We never got far. I would love to come to the next homecoming or hear from anyone who might remember me. This is a wonderful web site and what a wonderful thing for you to do for Cimarron. Thanks again for your kindness, Jill Menzie Clinesmith. cline@pld.com . Thanks for the note and kind words. We purchased the Deere dealership from Jill's family in 1962. I would like to take this opportunity to let you and everyone know that I do include former students in my senior picture pages. I will list anyone as a former attendee and will include their senior picture if they would like (both by request only). Good to hear things are well with you and please do come to homecoming in 2006. Some of our best homecomings are when some of the "lost flock" come home. Pete. |
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| May 2004 | |
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I just got lonely for home so I
thought I'd say hello. So... "Hello!".
- David Owen
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| Hi Pete it has been some time since I wrote you. I still look up your internet site. You do a good job on it. It is the only way I can keep up with what is going on in Cimarron. I still get home sick some times looking at it. But it is a good home sick. I still have good friends in Cimarron. Larry Werner, Denise Streeter and Brandy. Lot's more friends. I hope You keep this Web page going. You have my e-mail address. It would be good to hear from people in Cimarron. Thanks, Corky Parker. oliverglennp@eastex.net. Always good to hear from you Corky. I was in Lawrence last weekend and attended my daughter-in-law's graduation and a party the night before. I talked with lots of Cimarron and Ingalls kids (not such kids any more. Upper twenties) that told me they also keep up on the area with my site. Don't worry about me keeping it going, I really enjoy doing it. Pete. | |
| Click Here to see some communication between Mike Baird and I. Mike is the webmaster for www.morro-bay.com. | |
| April 2004 | |
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PHILLIP MARSHALL ANNOUNCED AS AN ALL-AMERICAN
SCHOLAR The United States Achievement Academy announced that Phillip Marshall, Cimarron, has been named an All-American Scholar. The USAA has established the All-American Scholar Award Program to offer deserved recognition to superior students who excel in the academic disciplines. The All-American Scholars must earn a 3.3, or higher, grade point average. Only scholars selected by a school instructor, counselor, or other qualified sponsor are accepted. These scholars are also eligible for other awards given by the USAA. Phillip Marshall, who attends Cimarron High School, was nominated for this national award by Maribeth Long. Congratulations Phillip. |
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| March 2004 | |
| I just happened to run across this site. It is great!!!! Were the sunset and rainbow pictures taken be Delores Eberle? Glad I found this site! I graduated from Cimarron in 1977, and my parents, Chet and Faye Fairbank still live there. I now live in Topeka, KS. Terrilyn Fairbank, Applications Programmer/Analyst III, Kansas Dept of Human Resources, (785) 296-4631. Thanks for the kind note Terrilyn. And thanks for thinking Delores took the pictures; I consider that a compliment, however I took all of the pictures. The sunsets were from the golf course not far from your folks home looking out towards the old Warner feedlot. The latest one was just east of the football field and the others just out and about. The rainbows were all taken a few years ago in the northeast part of town. Pete Thomas | |
| Congratulations to Nicole Marshall!!! 5th Grade Cimarron Elementary School for finishing 3rd place in the Cimarron Spelling Bee and her 3rd place finish in the Gray County Spelling Bee!!! Love, Mom and Dad. | |
| February 2004 | |
| Pete, I sent the link of your website to one of my sons and he noted that my email was incorrect. I'd like to correct it and perhaps fill in some information. Thanks, I truly enjoy the site and refer to it occasionally. My sons, having grown up in Olathe and now living in California are fascinated with the idyllic life of rural Kansas such as Cimarron. Larry Brown. ldbrown1@sbcglobal.net Thanks Larry. I have it changed. Glad you check out the site when you can. Sure hope you keep up with my pages about Coach. As I am sure you agree, those were special times. Hope to see you soon, be sure and look me up. Pete. | |
| January 2004 | |
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Cool site! I found my Mom's senior picture (Kay
Walker-56) I asked Lance if I
could post his note and here was his reply.
That sounds great. My Mom would get a kick out of it. I sent her to
your site and she was thrilled. She wonders if you'll be putting up
peoples names for all of the years. She said she'd recognize more
people that way. She also noticed things that she hadn't before, like
the fact that in her class, boys outnumbered the girls 2 to 1. I've
heard Mom and Uncle Dick talk about the Thomas' a lot. I'm assuming
that's your clan. More from
Lance:
I remember my Grandpa, Rich Walker,
talking about Charlie. My Grandpa sold Massey Harris and Minneapolis
Molines. He used to joke with Charlie, calling him Junk Dealer
instead of John Deere Dealer. (Lance,
we used to run the Salvage Yard on the west side of Cimarron and that
was probably part of why your grandpa called him the junk dealer, but
I am sure some because of the competition too.)
Mom says
that your Aunt Pat lives ½ from my Grandparents old house. |
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| Pete, I checked out your website. It looks great! I can tell you really put a lot of work into it. It was good to see you at the homecoming. Doug Watchous. Yes, it is good to see everyone at homecoming. Hope to see you next time. Good to hear from you. Pete | |
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