LHS FALL/WINTER 2009 NEWSLETTER

Volume IX

 

Issue 3

 

 

 

 

This newsletter is dedicated to the memory of all the classmates we have recently lost.

Click on pictures with a blue/purple border for a larger image.

Hi Everyone! I can’t think of a better picture as an example of what the Newsletter is all about, remembering our times together growing up. Remember the Arctic Circle when we were the ‘young people’?  Note prices on reader board. Date unknown, people unknown.  Does anyone recognize the guys in this picture? Also, do you think this is the Arctic Circle that was first in Clarkston on Bridge Street?

 

Ed Swartz, Class of 1960: I remember the 19 cent burger.  One could get four burgers with the special sauce, soft drink and fries for a buck.  It looks like the same building.  I don't recognize the car or the guys but definitely late 50's style.

 

Bill Bonner: Looks like Terry Frost at the window, but not sure about the others.  It is the Arctic Circle on Bridge Street in Clarkston.

 Frank Ikard, Class of 1960: Sure looks like the one on Bridge. One of the guys looks like Terry Frost.

 

Donnie Waldhom, Class of 1960: I believe it is the bridge street artic circle the guy at the window looks a little like Jim Meehan and the one in the back looks like Dale Frost don’t recognize the other.

 

Jim Wagner, Class of 1960: Yes, it is the one in Clarkston. I remember turning in there with my 52 Chevy pickup and having the steering column break in half. It must have broken when I crossed the curb because I had made the turn in front of a Clarkston police car and when I stopped the whole wheel and shaft lifted right out. I always wonder what would have happened if it came off half way into the turn. It might have been a head on collision and then I would have had a real story to tell about.

 

Wally Von Bargen, Class of 1960: Looks like Rich Hines and Terry Frost, and the guy in front leaning against the car is familiar but can't tag a name there. I always thought the Arctic Circle was just in one place. That's where the Mexican restaurant is now. Great place by the way.

 

Shirley Jerdee, Class of 1960: I SURE REMEMBER THAT PLACE......................CHEAP BURGERS WITH SPECIAL SAUCE........ONE DOES NOT FORGET THAT!!!

 

 Betty Rosholt (‘60) and Gary Riebe (‘59): Wow! What memories…………..don’t know the guys but the car looks good. I will check with Gary and see if he remembers.

 

Ron Huntley, Class of 1961: Betty (Class of 1960) and I are pretty sure that this is the original Arctic Circle on Bridge Street in Clarkston - Now it is where the Paraiso Vallarta Mexican restaurant is located.  Ron 

Sue Moore, Class of 1958: leaning against car in dark shirt, I think is Ron Keller. Looks like the Arctic Circle in Clarkston. I remember they made the best curly fries ever!

 

Janis Moore, Class of 1963: The Arctic Circle was in Clarkston.  I loved the sauce for their fries. I think the tall guy is Gaylord Kauffman – he was in my class all the way thru St. Stan and High School.  She graduated from high school in She's not positive it's him, but says sure looks like him.

 

Linda Munson, Class of 1959:  This place had the most awesome fries. How many of you
can recall stories connected with this place?

 

Sharon Thomas: Looks like Scott Tipton in the back on the right. Looks like the Arctic Circle in Clarkston. I remember they made the best curly fries ever!

  

Josef Dreps, Class of 1961: Don't know the guys....maybe someone from Clarkston would be most helpful.....would certainly consider this as a strong candidate for the Clarkston store!.....

 

 

 

Sad news – We have lost several classmates since the last Newsletter including those from our Class of 1960:

 

Ron Wolf: I just had written about Ronald Wolf in the last newsletter and then received this from his sister Patty: ‘My twin, died in his sleep early Monday Morning.  I am broken hearted over it as is our mom who is ninety one.  

 

     Cliff Paffile: died suddenly at his home of a heart attack on Friday, Oct. 23, 2009.  Cousin of Ned, Ron, & Bob Paffile, Dee Dee Waite, Mick Waite and the late Dick Waite.

Jeri: As I write this we are all reeling from the shock of Cliff’s passing.  I understand he was looking forward to our 50th Class Reunion next year. Cliff was a really neat person and will be very sincerely missed by the Class of 1960 and all of his fellow classmates/friends and family.  The constant comment I keep hearing is that “Cliff was a great guy. Everybody liked him. We’ll miss him”. We truly will.

 

This picture taken in 1957 was a party held in North Lewiston at the home of Judy Currin. Attendees are:

Left to back: Peggy Knutson, Sharon Thomas, John Rasmussen, ?,?, Mike McHargue, Kurt Smith, Russ Northrup, Michael Ann Woods, Jim Clabby, Janice LaBelle, Al Isaac, Jeri Jackson, Judy  Chapin (kneeling), Ed Paffile, Sandy Banks, Bill Woodland, Jerice Minette, John Jackson, ?, Susie Harootunian, Rosalie Thomas, and Dawna Nissen.(In front) Glenna Gale, Scott Tipton, Cliff Paffile,  Judy Currin.

 

Peter E. Gussenhoven, 67, Lewiston

 Sibling of Mary Sue, Roz, Francis, Cora Jo, Bill, and Paul

 

 Peter Edmund Gussenhoven died Friday afternoon, July 31, 2009.

 

 Jeri McGuire: Pete was special to all of us who went to St. Stanislaus School with him.  Pete is the next classmate to pass away after my brother, John Jackson, who passed in 1962. Most of our graduating class is still alive and many of us went and had a bouquet of yellow roses and each put one in a vase at the altar. His whole family was there plus a lot of people we hadn’t seen in years.

 

 Joan Wickland:

Suzi Harootunian and I drove down and met Mary Catherine Bauman, Bill and Darlene Skelton, Dick Vassar, Wally and Kathy Von Bargen, Paulette Stonebraker, Betty Rosholt and we all sat together. Some attending the funeral we hadn’t seen in a long time—Joan Wicklund, Denny McMonigle, Cheryl Bartlett, Sr. Pat Rosholt, and of course the Gussenhovens and many more. We had gone out to dinner the night before and who did we see but Tom Gilbertz. I think he was Class of 1956? Haven’t seen him in years. Here is a picture of Tom Gilbertz and Paulette Stonebraker.  

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Quenten and Velda Dagget: Thank you for the websites.  We thank all the dedicated classmates who so willingly keep wonderful records for our class. We will try to keep better contact. It is shocking and sad to hear of the loss of our classmates  Also we look forward to seeing everyone at our 50th – with sadness for our loved ones – but thankful for their friendship. Looking forward to seeing everyone in 2010. Blessings to you and yours.

 

Judy Currin: Gosh, I'm out of the loop. I didn’t know about Cliff. Winter is setting in here and the warmer parts of the world are beckoning to me.  I send my thoughts and love to you all.

 

Sharon Thomas, celebrates her birthday: John is in New Deli, India this week with Campus Crusade for Christ, Finishing the Task, project. He will be in a conference, may speak a couple of times and will also go into the outlying regions. It’s a dangerous area but God is doing an amazing work of reaching people for Christ and building churches. He will be home on the 5th.  Linda Covey said their class reunion was such fun. I am anxious to see pictures. She said she took a lot. Summer sure came and went quickly this year. It seems as though time itself is speeding up. Does it have anything to do with us getting older? Hmmm

 

 Craig Ulrich: Need to change my address as retiring this Thur after 41+ years with Navy recreation. Bev and I are house  hunting here in St Augustine FL as very much like Spain.

 

Karin Kessler on her recent Alaskan Cruise: I've always wanted to do a cruise on the Inland Passage. If you get a chance to go, do it. You can only get to Juneau by air or by sea.  I think Ketchikan is the same.  They're both historic places.  But Healy (where we were) is inland about two hours south of Fairbanks.  It's about 10 miles from the entrance to Denali Park and about an hour from a great place to see Mt. McKinley. Doing great!  Back from a week-long trip to Alaska - business for Brett, monkey business for me.  Sad, though, to see millions of acres burning around Fairbanks

 

Wally Von Bargen: Kathy and I are on the road with our trailer. Been out for a week doing a loop through much of south central Idaho. Left Lewiston last Sunday, stayed in Grangeville, McCall, Stanley and presently we are getting ready to leave Salmon and head for Powell. Plan to be home by Tuesday or Wednesday. We both are working on Thursday, me for the lab and Kathy as a Pink Lady at St. Joe's.

 

Congratulations to Glenna (Gale) and Doug Mahuren on the birth of their TWIN granddaughters.

 

Sue (Beckman) & Ron LaMarche: All's well here.  Ron's back from Sister's, Oregon setting up a new store & he's soooooo pooped.  He'll do the Emmit ID set & then that will be it for store sets.  He's still resolved to retire in April or May...  After that, I'm hoping we can jump into some traveling.  Maybe we can come see you & let the guys golf themselves to death!!!  Stay tuned for updates on this...

 

We are going on a little vaca next week.  Starting 8/1 we'll spend some time w/Ron's cousin in Sheldon WA & then on 8/4 we're going to spend 2 days w/our ex-pastor & wife in Lakewood WA.  It will be good for Ron to get away.  Then in late Aug. we'll spend part of a week in Boise & then drive back to Oregon & spend our Labor Day weekend at our friend's home in the mountains near Odell Lake.  That trip is all in conjunction w/the store set in Emmit (or is  it Emmet???).

 

Sally Hensley:  Hope all is well; we are having a much colder/wetter fall than “usual” and a prediction of a couple of inches of snow later this month. I’m not ready for that. Am going to Florida for Christmas to be with my son and family, so don’t have to put away all the summer gear just yet (although I can’t wear it here any more). I only get to see them a couple of times a year, so am very much looking forward to being with them. My cousins’ reunion was wonderful. It was so good to spend time with my brothers, cousins I know very well and many I barely know, but now know better. And Seattle was great – went to the symphony (two cousins are in the orchestra), went shopping at the fabulous brand new high-rise Brevern center in Bellevue (Neiman-Marcus, Jimmy Choo, Trophy cupcakes, beautiful huge outdoor fireplaces, etc.) and spent a day on Whidbey Isl.  Have a blessed Thanksgiving. Please give my best to our classmates. Stay in touch!

 

Donna and Doug Dahlgren on attending the Class of 1959’s 50th reunion: YES WE DID GO TO WINCHESTER ON SUNDAY. THE FOOD AND CONVERSATION WAS GREAT. THE WIND PICKED UP AND IT WAS COLD. COAT WEATHER AND COFFEE. THEY ARE WONDERFUL PEOPLE AND SO GIVING. THE PLACE IS BEAUTIFUL AND PEACEFUL. THAT I COULD HANDLE. YOU HAVE A NICE DAY. DONNA YES DOUG AND I HAD A GREAT TIME AND REALLY I ENJOYED MEETING SO MANY NEW FACES. HOWEVER, I WAS TIRED BY SUNDAY NIGHT. HA HA MY AGE IS SHOWING. DONNA

 

Speaking of Class Reunions, the Class of 1960 is getting ready to celebrate ours next year! The Reunion committee is busy making plans as we speak. You can click here to see. Hope to see you all there. Like Dr. Shinn says, “Those who never attended a class reunion will show up at the 50th”. And, that is exactly what happened in the Class of 1959.

 

 

 

Dick Riggs:  LHS has an interesting scrap book Ron Karlberg showed me.  It is handwritten by the Bengal coaches of each sport from 1921 to 1980 telling the team rosters, records for the year, most valuable and most inspirational players, etc.  I tell you this because it is a good source for research and to settle bar room and reunion arguments.  A few for instances for the 1960 Bengals:  Rick Kidwell was the first Bengal to ever win a state wrestling champions ship (103 pounds) , Mike Lamb's pitching record was 6-0, Bob Bucholz was captain of the boys basketball team, the fall of 1959 football Bengals' co-captains were Cliff Paffile (Bob?) and Quentin Daggett, and Bill Woodland was voted most inspirational..  Well, you get the idea.  Go, Bengals. 

 

Paul Stewart Re: steamship picture from Blast from the Past: This is a wonderful picture. FYI, we have a to scale model the  “Lewiston” steamship on display at the Nez Perce County Historical Society which was professionally prepared and funded by private contributions. I encourage anyone interested in the history of the Valley and surrounding area to visit the Museum when in town. Dick Riggs is the President and is available for private or group tours. Marion Shinn and Ron Karlberg are also very involved.

Health Notes – Please keep these classmates in your thoughts and prayers

 

 Bob and Kathy Paffile:  (Bob had been seeing the Dr. for what could have been stomach cancer. After that, they went to Walla Walla for Cliff’s Funeral.) After the funeral, we journeyed to Clarkston, and spent the night with Arlen and Catherine Rogers.  (She is Bob's first cousin.)  What a great time we had there, as well.  We got home Sunday evening, and both agreed that we had a wonderful weekend.  Bob seems to be feeling better each day, and we know those prayers are really working.  We just returned from seeing the Dr in Spokane.  All the tests came back, and there is no more cancer!  We want to thank you all for all the prayers and good thoughts and wishes....It all worked! 

 

Art McKean: Please convey my thoughts and prayers to Kathy for a speedy and complete recovery for Bob.  I have a friend in Bellevue WA, Ron Hanson, who attended college for a while with Bob.  Ron and I enjoy sharing good stories about our friend Bob.  We both wish him well.

 

Kathleen Grimoldby VanSise:  So sorry to hear about Cliff Paffile, and the health of Bob Paffile. I’m praying for the entire family for peace, comfort & strength, as well as healing for Bob. Faith has amazing results. Monte (Van Sise) is about the same as when you, Suzi (Harootunain) & Mary Catherine (Bauman) were here. In Jan. this year, the Dr. gave him a couple to a few months, and here he is still hanging in there. He's a tough cookie & a blessing. Still has his sense of humor. Jack (Van Sise) is still here & is helping out. I'm doing fine...a little tired, but otherwise good.


 Annette  McDonald was diagnosed with Kidney Cancer in February.  The cancer has now spread to her hip and rib area.  She is currently on medication specifically designed to shrink the kidney tumor and has had unsuccessful radiation treatments on her hip.  She will find out in November if the medication is working.  She and Bob would gratefully appreciate being included in your prayers.

 

Joyce Dale’s son, Brent is being treated for pancreatic cancer and needs prayers.


Judy Huntley: Rudy and I are doing great.  Rudy's Parkinson is progressing but, thankfully, slowly.  We have a wonderful Parkinson Specialist who is the Director of the Movement Disorder Clinic here in Boise that keeps herself up-to-date on promising medications and treatments.  There is still no cure for the disease but there's always hope for the future.

 

 We spent a lot of time this summer at our cabin in the mountains. Very quiet and peaceful as we have no TV/radio reception. We spend the day catching up on the routine maintenance of a mountain cabin and the evenings are dedicated to catching up on our reading and old movies.  I also get to work on my blankets for Project Linus.  Project Linus is a nationwide group that makes and donates blankets, quilts, or afghans to mainly children but some adults who are in need of something warm and cuddlely.  And, Beauregard, our Basset Hound requires at least a couple of walks a day.  There are so many wonderful scents up there that he literally runs in circles trying to follow them all.  He is our main source of entertainment! 

 

 Looking forward to seeing you all at our 50th Reunion.  Thanks to everyone who is involved in setting this project up and to those who give your time and talent to publishing the newsletters. 

 

Dale Mansfield:  doing OK thank you - Jane, as usual, struggles with her back and leg issues and she has good days and bad days but overall she gets around pretty good - we have really been busy this late summer - we had our house sided, new windows and doors, new garage door, tore down old deck and had new one built with a roof and Jane had a roof put over patio and then we just had a new driveway put in and then, of course, the change to Comcast package of internet, phone and TV package - I am by no means a filthy rich person and never have been but we were able to do all of this because of retirement bonus pension that I received recently for my 37 1/2 years with the railroad (over and above my regular retirement pension) - we have been blessed and were able to do this to our home - hope you and Jim are well and it was good hearing from you - looking forward to the 50th reunion –

 

 

 

 Linda Berg: Hi there.....you know Shirley King lives in Spokane Valley now, right??? She came down to Lewiston in Sept; so Shirley, Judy Nanniga, Sue Bidne Ringo and I had a great visit. Even with a photo. Hope all is well.  What is terrible is that we were at Mom's during the 1959 – 50th reunion and didn’t go on Friday night. ACK!!! Jon would have known more than I.

 

It is that time of year when there are ghosts and goblins about. Suzi (Harootunian) and Tom had a Halloween party and we all dressed up. She made a ‘mummy meatloaf’ and all kinds of goodies. Garth Profitt, Maury Hoffman, Mary C. Bauman, Anne Marie Funke, Jay and Ramona Baldeck, Nita (Hoffman) and Ron Martinez, Jim Eisele, and Jim and me. Even though we are ‘Seniors’, everyone  was young at heart and had a great time!

How Times change. From the Lewiston Tribune:

60 YEARS Ago Aug. 9, 1949

Closure of the Lewiston Youth Activities Center was recommended to the city council by Elmer Heitmann, police commissioner. He said police had described the YAC as a "hell hole." YAC officials and directors declined comment. Nov. 8, 1949

·        Mrs. Harry Olson of Lewiston Orchards is the owner of a new pair of nylon stockings which she received for a happy smile. The Optimist Club started out to make the community "smile conscious" and to give a pair of coveted nylons to the first woman who showed a real smile.

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40 years ago July 19, 1969

NEW YORK -Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower, who spent the last week of a three-month visit to Europe in a hospital, returned to the United States still suffering from a bad cold.

 

20 Years ago: Nov. 1, 1989

MOSCOW - Appearance apparently is where the rubber meets the road, or the condom machines meet the wall, in University of Idaho dormitories. "I don't like the idea of having machines on the walls that make it look like a truck stop over there," said James R. Bauer, director of housing and resident life at the UI.

 

A BIG WELCOME to these newcomers to the Newsletter: Wendy Zirbel, Gary Tusberg, John Church, Bud Eisele

 

Some of you have asked for the website for reunions at LHS:

http://www.lewiston.k12.id.us/classreunions/

                              Celebrate 50 years!

Breakfast in Winchester: Front Row Dick Grove, Kneeling: Joanie Mathewson, Linda Engle, Shirley Morrison, Janet Kelley, Bobbie Henien, Gloria Birkeland, Cynthia Dickamore, Adele Baird, Enid Williams, Linda Munson, Larry Covey, Dianne Rowland.

Standing: Tom Sande, Jewell Besst, _____, Ned Paffile, Gary White, Ken & Sharon Caldwell Taylor, Gordon Hall, Betty Thiessen, Al Cook, Deanna Ryan, Noreen & Victor Schatz, Rowena Eikum, Marilyn Hereth, _____, John Ferris, Pat Knapp, Doug  & Donna Dahlgren, Bert Henriksen, Janet Longeteig, Walt White, Dee Dee Waite, Bill Bentley, ______, Bob Miller, Boyd Wood, ______, John Shaw, Jack VanSise, Oz Johnston, Lois Andrews, Gene Johnson, ________, Jerry Larrabee

 

The Class of 1959 celebrated four days of fun during their recent reunion. The Friday night get-together and the Saturday night party were held at the Clarkston Country Club. On Saturday, there was golf for those who wanted it and some went on the LHS Bus tour. Sunday was topped off with a class picnic held at the home of Jerry & Jewell (Besst) Larrabee’s home in Winchester.

                                                                             

Just some of the people at the Friday Night Get-together:

Paula Reinmuth, Bill Mahoney, Dick Stelzmiller, Idora Lee Moore, Wendy Zirbel, Oz Johnson, Lanny Watkins, Mike Elsensohn and his wife, Ann, Janet (Long) and Andy Longteig, Janet (Kelly) and Mike Mraz,  Bobbie Heinen & Dave Bueke, Karen Hoene, Linda Engle, Denise Rydrych, Phil White, Diane Rowland, Betty Meloy, Linda Wolf, Ed and Marsha Swartz, Theodora Sallee, PJ Walker, Harvey Walker, Gary Tusberg, Larry Shoemaker, Erik,  Deanna Ryan, Paul Stewart, Cheri Crowe, John Church, Enid Williams, Robert Hall, Jack Pinch,  Doug and Glenna (Gale) –new grandparents of twins) Mahurin, Jewel( Besst) &Jerry Larrabee, Linda Munson, Larry Covey and.., Delia  Carpenter Lloyd, Doug and Donna Dahlgren, Karen Bosen, Mickie Pierce, Rowena Eikem, Linda Thompson, Adele Baird, Dee Dee Waite. Leslie Belt, Dik Benson John Ferris, John Shaw, Louie Pierano  and more.

 

 Linda Munson Covey, Larry Covey, Jerry Larrabee - looking great after his recent illness.  Pictured above: Bill Mahoney, Paula Reinmuth, and Mickie Pierce

 

Their Class picture didn’t turn out, but fortunately, Linda Munson Covey, (who takes after her late father, Al Munson—remember he used to take our dance photos? had taken over 400 of her own pictures, and she made them into 5 different Smileboxes for the class.

 

To see all the details and pictures of the Class of 1959’s Fabulous Fifty Year Reunion: click here

 

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Deanna Ryan:

Sad news everyone, we lost another classmate from the Class of 1959.

 

Sister of Ladaun

Judy Olin, passed away on October 20, 2009.): It is with sadness that I report to you that our friend and 1959 classmate Judy Olin Grant has passed away, October 20, 2009.  Judy’s daughter, Stacy called Linda Engle Sande with the message and Linda called me.  Stacy mentioned that there will be a Memorial service for Judy in Minnesota and another Memorial Service in Lewiston.  We will pass this information along when the date has been decided.  If anyone would like to send a card to the family the mailing address is:  5917 115th Avenue N.,  Champlin, MN  55316-2911

 

Judy’s birthday was Oct. 14th and we were there with her. We were able to meet her daughter, Stacy and family and her son, Mark and his two children. Linda Engle, Cheri Crowe and I visited her about a week prior to her death. We took with us her “Memory Book” from our 50th reunion and she had lots of fun asking about and talking about many of her classmates. She was unable to attend the reunion but sent each classmate a note and book and bookmark. She was a very strong person and I’m sure will gave this nasty cancer a good fight.

 Deanna Ryan Stewart realized too late that Judy’s message didn’t get into their Memory book.

 

Judy’s Last Message to her Class:

 

Dear Friends and Classmates,

 

In looking back at the 50 years since we graduated, I am struck by how grateful I am for the rich experiences I have been able to have as Life has come along.  I look back with a smile and realize that my role in life never really changed much from the role I had when I lived in Lewiston....I seemed to find the role of cheerleader most fitting for my nature and did that for a good and very enjoyable long time.

 

After LHS I finished my undergraduate work at the University of Puget Sound in Occupational Therapy.  I married a wonderful person who became a dental specialist/periodontist.  We had 3 incredibly bright and beautiful children, Mark, Rand and Stacy.  You all know how easy it is to be a cheerleader/supporter for your children and I loved that role.  :-)

 

I worked for 47 years as an occupational therapist with children who had special needs or learning disabilities.  They have been as much a support as I have been able to support them; it has been a wonderful experience and I have loved my job all these years.  I was briefly married to Larry Grant and we went to law school together.  I was able to have a wonderful time using my law school education in forming public policy, primarily with an international organization called Brain Gym(R) International, which was tons of fun and allowed me to travel all over the world during the 10 years I served on and chaired the board.

 

I have been richly blessed and am happy, grateful and very thankful.  My Love and warm thoughts go out to each of you.  

 

Judy Olin Hove Grant

 

 

  KAREN BLEWETT, Class of 1959, sister of Anita and  her late brother, Bob

  Karen Hoene: Dear Classmates, This is very hard for me to write.  Karen was my first friend I ever had.  I was going to see her in Nampa whenever I was there.  They moved her and she got very ill and could not fight it.  She went home to God yesterday.  Her sister called me and just told me.  I am sure Judy and Karen will meet in heaven.  Another rose has been plucked from our garden.  Please pray for the family.  Tentative arrangements have been made for Thursday at Vassar Rawls.  I will try to keep you informed what time they will be. 

 

It is strange but I just was cleaning my desk and came across a picture of her at Sharon Earl's wedding shower at my home on Prospect many years ago.  The phone rang and my day certainly lost some more of the sunshine.  Please take care all of you, these notes are getting harder .Love and prayers

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Kudos for our Alma Mater:

·        The Bengal's Purr's 2008-2009 staff earned a "Superior Rating" from the University of Iowa's International Quill and Scroll's Annual evaluation. Last year's student journalists scored...

·        A Lewiston junior high school teacher was named Idaho’s 2010 teacher of the year, the state Department of Education announced Tuesday. Kelli Smith, a math teacher at Sacagawea Junior High School, will receive about $20,000 in cash and donated gifts and will represent Idaho in the National Teacher of the Year contest, an Education Department news release said.

Back to the Future -The “new” Jennifer Junior High celebrates its golden anniversary - October 18th, 2009.  Fifty years ago the doors opened at Jenifer Junior High School with 615 students ready to begin classes in the new building along 16th Street in Lewiston. Many had lugged desks and books as part of the move from the old junior high, which was several blocks away.

"The students were excited about moving out of the old building," said former Jenifer teacher Marie Webb, 96, of Lewiston. "Before, they had to share things with the high school. They had their own gym at the new school."

Jenifer is still serving students in seventh, eighth and ninth grades. A community celebration of the golden anniversary will take place at 7 p.m. Monday in the school's gymnasium, followed by tours of the campus. The guest of honor is Webb, the only surviving member of the first faculty to teach at Jenifer.

Known as the downtown school, Jenifer was one of two new junior highs built in Lewiston 50 years ago. The construction began after district patrons passed a $1.5 million bond in 1957 with an 85 percent yes vote. The other new building, Sacagawea Junior High in the Orchards, opened on Aug. 30, 1959, and a similar anniversary celebration will be conducted there in the spring.

Jenifer's debut was delayed because of construction glitches. According to newspaper clippings and local historians, the first full day of classes was Oct. 19, 1959, and a dedication took place in November.

The school was named for former superintendent Joel Jenifer, who moved to Lewiston in 1901 as a math and science teacher. The Illinois native served as superintendent of schools from 1920 to 1929.

An old Lewiston Tribune article describing the school's dedication says Jenifer "bowed his whitened head in humility as more than 600 stood and
applauded him."

"It is a wonder to me that I should be so richly rewarded for work in the schools so distant - 30 years ago," Jenifer said at the time. "It is the greatest honor you could show me."

Jenifer's first principal was Harvie (Slug) Walker and the superintendent was C.L. Booth. The new, two-building campus had 22 classrooms, a library, cafeteria and gymnasium.

The square-foot cost averaged $12.25, including architect fees. Today those costs are estimated at anywhere between $175 and $250 per square foot, depending on location. Jenifer was built on property the district had owned since 1940, at the time Bengal Field was built.

The old junior high was used for storage and eventually torn down. It used to sit where the Lewiston High School science buildings are located.

The student population at Jenifer swelled to almost 950 in the late 1960s and early ' 70s,but it's now at 574.

"When the (Lower Granite and Dworshak) dams were being built, I had a couple of classes that ballooned to 52 kids per class," recalled retired teacher Larry Dean, who taught math and science. "We had a lot of families of construction workers. Some of the left-handed kids had to sit in chairs along the windowsill because we didn't have enough desks."

Steve Branting, a retired teacher and local historian, taught in the gifted program at the school for 28 years.

"I just think the world of Jenifer, as a school," he said. "It's a downtown school that pulls kids from a wide variety of backgrounds. It's a creative school. I really enjoyed the kids and the people who work there."

The building doesn't look exactly the same as it did on opening day, but the culture of doing what's best for kids hasn't changed over the past five decades, said current Principal JoAnne Greear.

"The staff was always looking at ways to make it a school where students learned and achieved. It wasn't what made their jobs easier, but it helped kids be successful in their learning and their future. I know that is still maintained today."

Cheerleaders then:  The back row: Pam Barton, Mary Kay Pinch, and Lorana Harmon. Front row was Dee Davis and Janet Perry.
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In the “What was he thinking”? Department:

Do you remember walking down those stairs growing up?

 

Stuck truck leaves driver out of luck

It may have been one instance where a Lewiston man was better off not taking the stairs.

Lewiston police said 19-year-old Carl R. Neufeld and a friend decided to take his 1990 Ford Ranger pickup truck on a quick descent down the Pioneer Park staircase when the journey proved longer than a shortcut.

The problem began when the truck's wheels stopped just short of a handrail near New Sixth Street at the bottom of the stairs, where the concrete staircase narrows to just a few feet wide.

"Carl turned around and got stuck in the loose dirt just off the stairs," according to a police report. A bench at the bottom of the staircase was broken in the process, police said.

Neufeld and some friends were attempting to spin the vehicle around with tow straps when an officer arrived at the bottom of the staircase just before noon Saturday.

The Ford sat stuck in the mud Monday, and police said Neufeld is making arrangements to get the truck removed by the end of the week. He has also offered to repair the bench and the dirt area, according to police, though no damage estimate was listed in the report. If repairs are not made, the report indicates Neufeld could face malicious injury to property charges. There was no word Monday on whether the city-owned Pioneer Park qualified as a road less area.

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Blast from the past: 1943-44


Mary Kay Pinch-Utecht: I see that this picture came from Jeanne Kincaid.  Kincaid’s were good friends of my family and neighbors at one time.  Do you have contact information for them? Thanks,

 

Marion Shinn The school building in the back was the “wood Shop” building that was located on 13th Street immediately across the street from “Prines Grocery.” It would be at approximately 10th Avenue. This building and the old Junior High were torn down in the 70s. There was no road through the school playground. Bengal Field was only half a dozen years old and many of the athletic events were still being held on the play field between 11th and the old Junior High School.

 

Ann  Jacobs Rees: The building looks like the old shop building of the early 50's, but it may have had an earlier life with classrooms.

 

Ron Huntley: I am pretty sure that the building was the old shop class rooms - kind of on the east side of the property??  


 

Class of 1958   ~

 

Ted Meckstroth: Hi I believe the building in the background was part of the Jr Hi and used for shop when I was in Jr Hi in the early and mid 50's. It may have been something else in the 40s. Thanks for the great pictures you've been sending and everything else! Later, Ted wrote: One more point about the Jr Hi. The attachment includes a picture (I hope) of the Jr Hi which was sent around a couple of years ago by Jeri, or one of her associates.  As you can see, the "shop" building is partially evident on the right of the picture, showing its exact position in relation to the main Jr Hi building.


Vicky Barnett: Yes home from cabin, but early..Were going to stay until mid September but Dave and a few class buddies went on a golfing trip so we came home.  I just got everything put away and cleaned up and can begin to see out. .Our summer was very busy..seemed like we had company all the time..I came home to rest.  Dave is back to painting the house only has a little to do but of course it's the hardest part.  Well, back to the couch, I'm resting (ha)....Later Vicky wrote:

Dave is in New Guinea and Australia, be gone a couple more weeks.  I'm busy working on a genealogy project, going to a play tomorrow night with girlfriends.. Also trying to get into my studio to paint.   

 

 

 

Anne Jacobs: Jeri, it's always nice to hear from you; you've done so much to keep us all connected, and the older we grow, the dearer those hometown connections become.  When you mentioned the letter from your mom explaining the (I assume) Depression & CCC years and your Dad, it made me think of the questions I would have for my parents today that I just didn't realize I should have been asking years ago.  Too late.  Just today I told a daughter-in-law about rub-on Arid deodorant that came in a jar and early Maybe line mascara packed in a tiny red box with a tiny brush that had to be wet enough to make a kind of paste to apply to those lashes.  Remember? She had never heard of these things and was amazed.

 Jil Lawrence McDonald called the other night and gave a glowing report about the class of '59 reunion--sounds as if the committee did everything right and that it was a great success.  As for the picture with Gerry Dietz, I do have a copy of it, though when I see it I always need to give credit to Saundra Wagner for her red brocade dress. My, it was nice to have friends who wore the same dress size! The other picture I have from that Valentine dance at the YAC is with Chug, my date that night and a life-long friend.  So many good memories.  Anne 

 

Frank Wagner:  I had a great time at the 1959 reunion. Delia Lloyd said I could read her book when I'm down, got to take a fast look at Delia Lloyd's reunion book and they did a good job of putting it together.....sure was a lot of them that didn't respond though.........they also included obits of their deceased classmates and that was a big help in remembering who they were.

Last Thursday, I got to jam with Charlie Weaver and Jerry Kazzelberg for a couple of hours at Jerry's home and needless to say, it was fabulous.............Both of them are such great musicians that I hated for it to end.  Wish you could have heard it. Saw Lorna Woefel (Class of 57) at a jam with me two weeks ago and I gave her a list of playing events and she came out to a couple of them.  I didn't know she was from Lewiston until last week.........sure was a surprise. She asked me for the newsletter address, said she used to have it but lost it..

 

Class of 1961 and Others

 

Ron Van Pool: Great summer.  Spent 3 weeks in Rome at the aquatics World Championships.  Now trying to get back to normal."

 

Gwen Watkins at hubby Lanny’s 59th 50th reunion.

 

Judy Jacobs: Hello!  I am excited to share the notice of an historical golden nugget.  Please see the attached note about my published story. Thanks to all who respond!! 

 “Enjoy an enchanting piece of history!

This story will transport you back in time to a memorable summer in Seaside Oregon

Shared by the Lorang family who had charge of the Catholic Daughters Beach House.

A look at simpler times, this book is loaded with pictures of my mom,

 her sisters and parents including old time photos of an historical coastal town.

Sale profits will be donated to two non-profit organizations: the Seaside Historical Museum and, the Lorang’s White Spring Ranch Museum! This is my first published

book and I look forward to sharing it with you!   This delightful story is available for $12.00 (mailing fee add $2.50).

I would love to sign a book for you!’ Judy Litchfield 1233 SE 44th Ave Portland OR 97215.  julitch@comcast.net

 

 Johnna Reintjes Ufert, Class of 1963 lost her first born son, Brian J. Able, Brian was @ Elk City, Idaho "on his last fishing trip", when he had a heart attach and died. Brian was 45. Brian had lived in Winchester, Idaho for the last several years. Our condolences. (He was the nephew of Kathleen Abel, Class of 1960

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Blast from the Past: Late 1950’s

This is the old Waha store as it appeared in the late 1950’s. A sign on the porch advertises a television is available for viewing.

Jerry Klemm: “Yes it brings back a lot of memories, my Great Uncle Claude Stewart and his wife Mary were the proprietors for quite some time in the 50’s. I don’t know if you remember it or not but the building on the far left of the picture was an ice cave of sorts (it was partly built into the hillside) where they kept the beer and soda to keep it cool, there was also a small bar in there that was open once in a while where a person could have a cold beer, also on the wall was a dried up toad hanging from a nail that was said to have frozen to death in there. If a person looks today you can still see where the “ice cave” was. We spent a lot of time up at Waha and dad always stopped at the store for a beer or two. It was nice reminiscing!

 

Julene Bolland: I think the rock building on the left was like an ice house—really cold inside even in the summer.  If this is the place I was thinking of they served beer and pop in there.

 

 Shannan Eid: This picture brought back great memories.  It’s one of my favorite photos yet.

Jeri Jackson” One of my favorite pictures, too. I remember that rock building so well with the ice in it. My Dad taught me to drive on those old logging roads and we would stop in there for a ‘refreshment” When we were in school, we used to go up there and have sledding parties and cut down Christmas trees, and I remember once a kid had a gun and shot it and the shot just whizzed by where we were. In those days, everyone had a gun and used to bring them to school in their trucks on their gun racks. No one thought a thing about it. Times have changed. My daughter-in-law said: I showed this pix to Ron this morning and was telling him about the old store before it burned down.  That rock building on the left was a cold room to store ice if I remember correctly.  A fun picture!

 

Jerry Klemm: You are right about the sledding trips as soon as the snow hit we would go up to Waha, I remember we had a toboggan that would hold at least three people, that was a lot of fun even when you crashed. Yes, getting a Christmas tree was a big event as it had to be just right, we sometimes took all day looking until we found the right one. We also had a lot of picnics up there, the first one was usually on Easter, and we didn’t seem to mind it even if it was a little chilly. I don’t know if you remember the Larrabee sawmill that was up there or not, Jerry and Gary’s family, but another uncle worked for them when it was running and on some of his trips to town Uncle Stan always seen to it we had fresh game to eat. We also spent a lot of time going to the Salmon River in the summer to spend the day swimming and fishing, there were a few good beaches and it made for a fun day. In those days a person could get there by going down either Wapshili Creek (sp), China Creek or Eagle Creek, now the only way is down Eagle Creek.

 

Class of 1957   ~

Blast from the past: 1947?? 

Courtesy of Claudine Luppi Onlookers admire a string of convertibles on Lewiston's Main Street for the 1947 Roundup Parade. Claudine Pearson Luppi, in the Lions Club car in the lead, is the only participant identified.

 

 

 

 Vonnie Dodson: Thank you sooooooo much for sending this picture. Look at the very bottom of the picture just a little bit to the right. Showing them from the back, that is my Mom in the vertical striped dress holding my baby niece, Beverly, and my oldest sister, Mickey in the checkered dress, holding her son, Leonard. My sister, in her 80s, is still living and my niece Beverly who contracted Polio at age 7 is in an assisted living program in Yakima, and my nephew Leonard is a retired lineman in Seattle.

 

 

Yvonne Jesse and Bill Chadsey: Bill and I had a great trip! We both enjoy going to North Bend/Coos Bay Oregon spending time at The Mill Casino located on the bay - beautiful sunsets and sunrises, just a beautiful area to visit.  Bill Chadsey and I will be married at The Mill Casino Resort Hotel on April 10, 2010, we look forward to our "Special Day" with our families and friends to celebrate our "New Beginning"

Hi Jeri - An added note to previous email.  Bill and I will be moving to North Bend/Coos Bay area before the wedding - the next five months will be VERY busy!

Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family.

 

Bill Chadsey: Thank you my dear. . .’high school buddies’ finally get hitched after 52 years weird huh?

 

Special thanks for Russ Mason and Bill Kemp for taking over the duties of emailing the newsletter and information out to the Class of 1957.

 

  Lynette Longeteig, Sister of Andy

Sad to report the passing of Lynette Anne Albright (Longeteig) 70, Class of 1957 - 10/06/1939 to 11/04/2009.

 

 Lloyd E. Dupuis

Lloyd E. Dupuis, 71, of Clarkston, died Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009, at Guardian Angel Homes in Lewiston. Services are pending with Merchant Funeral Home of Clarkston

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BEFORE:

 

Bootstraps rise amid dead trees –College tears down houses on 4th Street.

Two blocks from here is a modest house that was occupied for decades by a woman with a large brain, a bleeding heart, a green thumb and a garden that was the envy of the neighborhood - and probably of Mother Nature herself.

Mona Hubenthal also had a passion for education. It was close to her heart, both spiritually and geographically. Her home of many years was located directly across the street from Lewis-Clark State College here in Lewiston.

But not for long. Mona is gone and her house is in the process of being leveled to serve the greater good of higher education. Growing colleges need room. The home Mona and her family created is about to be sacrificed upon the bittersweet altar of educational progress.

Mona died two years ago at 97. Her age made her an inspiration to a 72-year-old like me. Every time I start noticing that I seem to have become rather mature, I focus on the fact that there are many people in the world a quarter century older than I am and they're not dead. People like Mona are popular for that reason if for no other.

I walked the two blocks to Mona's house the other day for one last look. The demolition had already begun. The fixtures of the house were being removed in preparation for the wrecking crew. The living room wall was already missing. I could look into that gaping wound and, in my mind's eye, see Mona, a classic, old-school hostess. I could see her sitting there, sipping tea with her frilly guests. I could hear her musical laugh.

But the illusion quickly passed and in its place was an empty shell again, a box with the life ripped out of it, a landmark of hospitality about to bite the demolition dust.

Worse in some ways than the obliteration of that house is the death of what was one of the best backyard gardens in town. Mona had created a gathering of flowers, ornamental shrubs and towering trees, a hand-made meadow in a hardwood forest. It was a cool place in our hot summers. And in the vernacular of the college students across the street, it was really cool.

But for all her refined ways and fancy parties, Mona had her contradictions. She was a civilized, orderly lady but also a gardener with a wild streak. She held a teacup with the decorum of an angel, but she could be a devil in the dirt with her rowdy untamed trowel.

Such deviations are common in gardening. For instance, the French, who have so little self-control in love, food and wine, plant tightly regimented and perfectly disciplined gardens.

By contrast, the English, who are known for their stiff upper lips and their personal stuffiness in the parlor, throw caution to the wind outside and, in binges of artistic naughtiness, grow unruly natural gardens.

Mona followed the English example.

But today her garden looks like the English example of a forest meadow during a drought. The grass is brown. Her evergreen shrubs are now nevergreens. And in one last visit earlier today, I arrived just in time to see chain saws slaughtering her trees. (Shouldn't people who kill things like trees and wolves follow the noble example of deer and duck hunters and eat what they snuff?)

But nothing is forever. There are other meadows. And Mona knew what she was doing when she traded her own private Eden for her belief in the uplifting life tonic of education. Many of the students in the college across the street from her home are the first in their families to go to college. LCSC is also a second-chance school for middle-aged men and women who have lost a job or a spouse and now go through a mid-life portal that will restore and enlarge their lives.

LCSC is one of those bootstrap schools, one of those small, easy-access schools across the face of America where people can pull themselves up by their own efforts.

That is the new garden Mona has initiated with her former patch of Paradise. She has started a garden that grows lives, a hothouse of personal success for all who will apply themselves. Her land will now cultivate useful careers. It will grow teachers and nurses, scientists and historians, poets, computer technicians, artists and musicians.

Mona's garden is gone, but in its place is a farm that grows bootstraps.

 

AFTER:

 

  Sally Hensley, Class of 1960: Thought you would like to see this picture of 4th street now– taken by my brother, Brian. I appreciated all your photos, and know it will be a real shock when I see it for myself. My brother, Brian, looked into ours before it came down and said it appeared they stripped out much of the cabinets. I don’t know if you remember, but in the very late ‘50s my folks completely gutted the kitchen. My mom was a runner-up in some kitchen remodeling contest; it was way ahead of its time then – lots of very clever innovations.

How strange it all looks & awful! Especially Mona’s home/yard which was so magnificent, especially the beautiful trees! I know its progress, but still sad to see. Like many, I hate to see the past go away (such as the houses), but “progress” often does that to us. The thought of a multi-block parking lot seems a bit of over-kill, but my guess is they (LCSC) are looking farther ahead and hope to expand with buildings someday

 

Brenda Baldeck: Bob Huddleston lived across from us in the Bartlett house, next to Jacksons.  When Jen was high school all her little friends use to sit out front and watch him mow his lawn with words of encouragement and lots of laughter. The house (Hubenthals) at 10th Ave and 4th \ street on your block was my favorite house in all of normal hill.  I always wanted to buy it but every time we were looking it was not for sale.


John Ferris: We drove by our old house on Third Street but didn't realize what the college had going on behind. When we got home I read the article by Bill Hall about the Hubenthal house. I'm really sorry we didn't spend some time walking around the neighborhood. Nice to see you at the reunion. We had a wonderful, relaxing time. Thanks for all you do keeping everyone in touch.

 

 

 

Drip, drip, drip, drip

        

Lewiston couple happy with their switch from overhead garden sprinkling to drip irrigation

 

Lorena and Marion Shinn raise a mixed vegetable and flower garden irrigated with a water-conserving ... Kyle Mills / Lewiston Tribune

  The ground between the rows of flowers and vegetables in Marion and Lorena Shinn's Lewiston Orchards back yard is dry, parched even. Not even weeds sprout there.

But around the plants themselves, the soil is dark and moist and the growth, green and luxurious.

For about 49 years, the Shinns watered with overhead sprinklers that wet everything from tomatoes to bindweed indiscriminately. And they weeded. And unplugged sprinkler heads clogged with debris from the untreated irrigation water supply.

Then about five years ago, in collaboration with their son, Phil Shinn, the city forester for Lewiston, they put in a drip system.

They irrigate an area Marion estimates at 50-by-80 feet with two faucets equipped with inexpensive pressure reduction valves available anywhere that sells supplies for drip systems. The faucets charge 1-inch white PVC main lines that run the width of the garden. T-joints are spaced along that main line off which 48-foot lengths of drip line are laid. Some crops have a single line of hose next to them, while larger plants have two lines, one on each side.

Marion says he prefers the PVC pipe to feed the drippers because it creates a larger reservoir and maintains a more even pressure.

The drip line itself is flat with tiny holes spaced about 8 inches apart. The top has a double blue line to indicate which side goes up. Each hole probably emits about a pint an hour, Marion says.

Phil prefers to use round black irrigation hose with emitters punched into the lines as needed, his father says. That's what I have in the small portion of my garden that is on a drip system. It's a strip 3 to 4 feet wide and close to 200 feet long, fed by a single, long flexible pipe. The emitters can be put directly into the line or a tiny connector placed in the line and a smaller hose run off that with an emitter on the end to make it easier to water an irregular grouping of plants.

Unlike the flat line that has the same size holes all along the line and works well for beets and carrots and other row crops, emitters can be chosen to meet specific needs, such as the 1-gallon per hour ones on melons that are 3 or 4 feet apart and 4-gallon ones on a new tree just getting established.

If you're starting to think it sounds like a lot of money, it's not, especially if you're on a metered water system. Marion estimates the cost of the flat line at about a nickel a foot. My round pipe is a penny or two more. On a 50-foot line, that's $2.50, plus the pressure regulator and emitters and a few other incidentals, none of which add up to major expenses.

If you know what you're doing, you can buy all the pieces individually. If you don't, like me, it's possible to buy starter kits for about $20 that give information on layouts and provide all the necessary parts. You can build on it from there.

But back at Marion and Lorena's home at 3406 Seventh St., there's more to see than the drip system, which, incidentally, they pick up every fall and place against the fence until after the garden is rototilled and raked in the spring.

In addition to what one expects in a garden like beans, tomatoes, carrots and raspberries, there are soybeans, celery and okra, worth growing for its red pods and stems. An Asian pear is grown for dried fruit.

Along the back fence is a tall hedge of Jerusalem artichokes that make a summer privacy fence up to 16 feet high while the potato like roots grow underground. They are low in carbohydrates and can be used for anything a potato can, Marion said. A rope keeps the leafy stems upright, and they come back every year.

Nearby are globe artichokes, like those found in the supermarket. They resemble the thistle to which they're related.

Sometimes they lay netting over the cabbage and lettuce and kohlrabi to keep out the quail that will strip them down to the veins, Lorena says. But usually they just plant enough to share.

"We have to weigh which is more important, the bird or the bush," Marion says. Which wins? "I'm afraid the bird does."

In good years, the garden yields more than they and the birds can eat. Hundreds of pounds of tomatoes, squash and other vegetables go to senior meal programs and the food bank, plus colorful bouquets of flowers.

The flowers are Lorena's special project. In the 1980s, she began volunteering as a cook for a senior meals program at the Methodist church. The hall looked barren so she started taking flowers from her garden that now yields eight months of blooms, starting with daffodils and hyacinths in the spring, then roses and zinnias, lilies and snapdragons, seed dahlias and asters. Chrysanthemums provide fall color, and she puts together dried arrangements for the cold months.

Marion, 88, and Lorena, 89, who both started their careers as teachers in one-room schoolhouses, bought the two lots on which their house sits 54 years ago when the Orchards was just that: orchards. The land was just being subdivided and it had 13 cherry trees on it. "That was the first thing we did was cut them down because I didn't want to pick cherries," he said.

They hired someone to frame the house and then they took over. Marion would hang drywall every night after teaching school and Lorena would tape and mud it the next day. They weren't finished when a friend called and said there were openings for rangers at Glacier Park. They packed up the family, which included two children, Phil and Donna, and for the next 10 summers lived and played in the park.

That first summer, they came home to pigweed 8 feet tall all over the yard, Marion says. He went to Zoel Fairley, a nurseryman, and asked what kind of grass wouldn't require much care or water.

The zoysia grass he planted then is still flourishing. Landscapers don't like it, Marion says, but it stays green and beautiful all summer with a minimum of watering, then turns brown and goes dormant in the fall. It grows slowly unless it gets a lot of water and it's not hard to mow, he says.

At one point they installed an underground sprinkler system, but it's not needed with the zoysia, Marion says. It creates a mat that holds in the water and keeps out virtually everything except yellow clover. A little weed killer takes care of that.

"If people want a beautiful year-round lawn, stay away from it," Marion says of the zoysia. " But if you want like we do, a summer lawn that takes very little care."

When he was hired to manage the new vocational school at Lewis-Clark State College, they stayed home summers. They put in a patio and started a garden. "You've got to either hoe it or mow it," he says. "After a day at the vocational school, I could come home and beat the hell out of those weeds. It was the greatest tension reliever a person could have."

They've redone the yard perhaps five times over the years. "If I were a lot younger," Lorena says, "I would have gone to plants that tolerate the sun and don't take water."

They planted trees, some of them just a few inches high and now towering overhead. One, a black walnut, was just removed because of a bug infestation that was threatening to shower the unwary with dead branches. "So reluctantly we decided it had to go."

A large Carpathian walnut tree continues to produce huge nuts, up to 100 pounds in a season. They make wonderful gifts, Marion says.

The lawn is a little bedraggled from having equipment in to remove it, but they don't mind. "One of the things we have learned in all of these years is we're not going to make this thing perfect," he says. "We enjoy it."

 

 

Till Next time – Happy Thanksgiving  and Happy Holidays Everyone!