Hi , Loved the website!  Great job in getting it out . Just read that there might be a dvd of the powerpoint presentation. Since I can't be there this weekend I would  be interested in ordering one. (paying for it of course). Have a good time.

I am sorry to inform my classmates of the loss this weekend of Kelly Irion, who was killed in a motorcycle accident.  She will be missed by many of us. 

So sorry to hear about Kelly.  We ran away together when we were 4 to Piggly Wiggly.  She was a lot of fun and a great person.  Have fun at your reunion.  Try to do it Class of 77 style  : )

It is such a sad day for our class and for the many people who had the joy of knowing Kelly. Rest in peace, our dear friend.

hey there, cant wait till sept. i plan on being there, oh and connie, i owe you one, you have me at a year younger than what i am,,yeah, im a 58 model, but hey, who cares, as long as i keep taking my vitamins. hope to see alot of you out at deadwood, and remember to bring yer vitamins,,,,,,cause yer gonna need \'em.

Deadwood 2010 Photo Album is now up...including the photo you requested Tim.  Can\'t wait to see some of the others from the weekend! 

What a weekend!!  We had a great turn out and lots of fun.  Hopefully there will be pictures (especially the one you ladies took at 1 pm Saturday) posted on the website soon.  Looking forward to hearing discussion on the "we turned 53" reunion to be possibly held the second weekend of September, 2013  in Deadwood.

Deadwood was so much fun!  My jaws are aching from laughing and my legs are aching from climbing Mt Moriah. (Thanks for putting up with my whining and bitching, Beth and Susan. I promise I will be in better shape next time.)  Everyone looked great (for a bunch of 44 year olds anyway)!  We have pictures to prove it!  Hope everyone made it home safe and sound.  Can\'t wait for our next adventure!  Deadwood will never be the same.  

It's great to see pictures being added to the classmates page.  It would be nice for everyone to put a short bio on it regardless either you are attending reunion or not.  Now there's a challenge....

I agree with Jill.  It would be great to see more profiles and photos! 

THANK YOU organizers for making the event a truly great time. I and everyone appreciate your long nights, carpel tunnel, and everything else you put into the 30th. Everyone was so nice and my husband really enjoyed getting some drumming in with the band..I know there were people at the reunion who i do not see in the scrap book so please send your pictures in too if you took them! Deadwood sounds GREAT! God Bless.  

Hope to see everybody in Deadwood this time.  Deadwood is my husband's favortie place!  LOL  We all are doing great!  

Thanks Connie for listing these!  Happy Belated Birthday to those classmates who have already made the plunge and to those that are coming up soon!  Looking forward to seeing everyone in Deadwood in September!

Was sitting here thinking that one month ago tonight I was whooping up with fellow classmates in Deadwood!  Looked at the new photo albums and laughed remembering how much fun we had. Hope all is well with you all and let\'s plan another get together next year.  Deadwood - second weekend in September 2011??  Wonder if my liver is up to it?  :)

i'm such a loser!!!  i'm in playa del carmen, mexico & i'm checking our reunion site!!!  we need more people to add their profiiles!!!  it's been so much fun to read so far.  i'm really looking forward to seeing everyone.

I know who stole the Senior Bench and so do the others. This should  be fun in the sun.

Great to see all the postings. Not sure if I can make it back in Aug.  Going to wedding in Madison in early June. Will have to see what we can do. I wish all of you the best.Phil

I was planning on saying WOW what a great re-union. It was all that and more. Thanks to all for organizing such an event. I really appreciated your efforts. It was great to see everyone, we really had a great time. Looking forward to the next event.Thanks Kerry for sending my class picture.On a different note, My thougts and prayers go to the Martinsons for what they are having to endure. No-one should have to go through that. Drop a note to Mike and tell him to keep his hopes up.  Craig

Would be great to see some of you (& you know who you are...LOL). Old & dear friends that I've lost contact with over the years....please email me!

Connie, thanks for the work you did on getting the birthdays put together.   Good to see all those "valentines" babies....that is...those born in mid november.

Fun!!!

Hi everyone!  I'm very excited to make the 30th, I hope everyone is wearing name tags cause I'm sure I won't recognize alot of you.  I haven't been to Pierre since 1986 so not sure if the loop is even the loop anymore, but can't wait to see it all and to catch up on what everyone's been doing for the past 30 yrs.  It really is true, once your out of high school the years just fly by.  See you all in July!!!

Be sure to take pictures of holiday mini-reunion and post to web site.  We are staying in California for the Christmas holidays.  Just got back from visiting brother-in-law, Greg, and his family in Texas for Thanksgiving.  We had a great time!

I\'m truly sorry I can\'t make it to this get together.  The bike rally is nothing to a crowd like you guys.  Remember, a teaspoon of pepto after every beer, in bed by 9, and wear a cap if it\'s chilly. 

Depending on the weather situations, I still plan to be at the Elkhorn Ridge Golf Club, Spearfish at 1:00 PM Mtn. Time, if still raining at 3:00, then I\'ll have a cuppacino or something & head to Deadwood a little later.See You All Soon!  We will miss all of the classmates of 78, that because of other priorities you are unable to attend.  Hope you had a Great 50th Birthday!Thank You,Laurie Schumacher

Hoping to see you all for fun next year!

Hey everyone. Seems like yesterday at the legion! Oh yeh, that's the last time anyone signed the message boards!! do it...!! pictures too!

Wow, it is GREAT to read the bios and see all the pictures of everyone......I sure don't remember being ever voted "most miSchievous" though, don't know where you got that.....Mom always said that was Doreen and Jeri !!  Hope to get up there and see all of you, for all or part of the 30th.

It's been a long road for Mike's son, here's the latest update: 11-7-2008 1900 Isaac had his usual day full of activities, all without his ventilator on. The plan for is to see how he does without the ventilator tonight. No major or minor improvements, and thankfully no set backs. Isaac did have a couple of bouts of emesis. Docs think the Amoxicillin may be causing the barfs. So a different antibiotic has been ordered. Sad news is that Isaac's favorite stuffed animal is lost. A small beanbag style suede mouse he named Cheedar is missing and may have gone to the laundry or the trash. The pediatric resident, Heather, Susie and our friend Don are on a mission to find Cheddar or a replacement. I am anxious to hear and share how Isaac did during the night. Love, Mike. 11-8-2008 0902 Say good-bye to the ventilator(hopefully). Isaac has been off the ventilator since yesterday. He did require a small amount of supplimental oxygen starting last evening due to some sagging oxygen saturations and an increased heart rate. After the extra O2 his sats jumped to the high 90's and his heart rate dropped 20 bpm. Another busy day is planned with speech therapy working with him twice a day now. Respiratory therapy is still doing their percussion to mobilize his mucus to help keep his lungs clear. As you can tell our good friend Don found a replacement "Cheddar" for Isaac last night. Funny how just a little bean bag animal means so much. Thank you Don and Karen. I will post more later when Susie gives me the update. Thanks again for all the wonderful responses. Some of you could make a living from your poetic and eloquent words of support and comfort. Love, Mike.

Happy New Year to all.  I can't wait until 2010 so I can see everyone.  Take care and God Bless.

Sounds like a great idea to me!!!  I wonder what time they open :)See you then!Kerry

It is really great to see all the comments and pictures!  I hope you will ALL be looking for pictures.  Roxanne Smith Harrison and I would like to do a power point with some great memories.  Please, please, send some!!  thanks!barb

See you all there!

Looking forward to catching up with old friends, (scratch that) with young friends that are the same age as me.  The 20 yr. reunion was such a blast.  It was fun getting to know classmates that were in those other "clicks" that unfortunately I had missed the opportunity of getting to know. See you soon.

In case anyone is still following this siteI thought I'd let you know that Mike Martinson's son was hit by a car while riding his bike on Sept. 28th. I'll cut and paste what all has happened: 9-28-08 At 10:30 AM Isaac was struck by a vehicle while riding his bike with his friend. Ambulance arrived quickly, and Isaac was taken to the Ogallala Community Hospital within minutes of the accident, and after that was flown to The Children's Hospital, in Denver. He has suffered severe head trauma, and a broken clavicle and 2 broken ribs, along with many other bruises and scrapes. All of his teeth are intact, and there isn't any serious damage to his nose or ears. His right eye suffered a few lacerations on his eyelid, but that was taken care of. We've mainly been working on relieving the pressure in his cranium, as that is our main concern. 8/8/2008 Isaac had a fair to good night. Susie and I were happy to see ICPs down to 11-12 last evening. However during the night Isaac had a BM and became aggitated during the clean up process and his ICPs spiked and have remained 15-16. To Susie and I this seems like a half step back. Although areas of progress include functioning intestines, decreasing edema and a little smaller abdomen. Most all other systems appear stable. The plan for today includes trying to get a new bed that rotates from side to side to prevent skin break down. So far another day of rest is planned in attemps to bring that ICP down. Susie and I are trying to keep positive and our hopes up. At times this is hard. We appreciate hearing the success stories of kids in similar situations that are walking and talking. Hopefully that will be Isaac's story. Take care out there and if we know anything after docs make rounds we will be sure update. For updates you can log into: http://www.carepages.com/login patient name: isaacjames Mike's email: yada@charter.net Please keep Issak, Mike and Susie in your thoughts and prayers

Dave, thanks for the update on Mike's son.  I do go back to this site on occassion.

Holiday Greetings Everyone!Finally had some time to check back and see how folks are doing.  It was very sad to read about Mike M's son, Isaac, but encouraging to see he is improving.  We're keeping you in our thoughts and prayers, Mike and Susie.Will anyone be around for the Christmas weekend in Pierre?  I was thinking we should try to get together at Bob's on Saturday afternoon for a Holiday mini-reunion?  Anyone else interested???Take care everyone,Pam

Here is list of birthdays!   If I missed you - or made a mistake - please e-mail me  Thanks & Have fun you old farts!!!!! Birthdate Name 04/26/1958 BRIAN PRUESS 08/09/1958 LAURIE SCHUMACHER 04/02/1959 DALE PERSON 10/09/1959 MICKI FENNEL 11/14/1959 PEGGY MARTIN 11/14/1959 BILL SHERMAN 11/17/1959 TIM ROUNDS 11/19/1959 NANCY TESKE 11/22/1959 ROSE MILLER 12/04/1959 DEB RAUE 12/07/1959 LIONEL NOLD 12/07/1959 BILL WYLY 12/20/1959 PAUL HAGGAR 12/23/1959 KATHY TILLION 12/28/1960 BETH CLARKE 01/04/1960 PAT DOYLE 01/04/1960 DON GORDON 01/09/1960 COLLEEN BLAIR 01/13/1960 JILL BORTH 01/15/1960 BARB ELLIS 01/01/1960 LARRY MATHEWS 01/20/1960 MARK BENSON 01/20/1960 DEREK HAZELTINE 01/25/1960 RHONDA RAMSE 01/29/1960 PAT MITCHELL 01/29/1960 MIKE MITCHELL 01/31/1960 DAWN WIXON 02/11/1960 GORDON DETTMAN 02/11/1960 DAN SAHR 02/11/1960 KERRY JOHNSON 02/16/1960 SCOTT WILLIAMS 02/17/1960 CRAIG OLIVER 02/17/1960 MATT POPOWSKI 02/22/1960 CURT WATKINS 02/23/1960 JANET BEDSAUL 02/25/1960 JEANNE LONG 02/25/1960 DOREEN CONDON 03/01/1960 LORI OBENAUER 03/02/1960 CATHY COWAN 03/14/1960 LAURIE BENHAM 03/15/1960 JULIE PRUCES 03/20/1960 LINDA SACK 04/13/1960 BILL KELLAR 04/16/1960 JEFF PUTZIER 04/22/1960 DAN FOREST 04/24/1960 VICKI VOTTLER 04/25/1960 PAT BUTLER 05/06/1960 NANCY STORSER 05/13/1960 DEB MANNING 06/04/1960 DANA WEISHDEL 06/19/1960 PAM HAIGH 06/20/1960 CAM CLARKE 06/24/1960 SUSAN BAUER 07/01/1960 DEB ERICKSON 07/07/1960 KURT WOODWARD 07/20/1960 PAM BONRUD 07/31/1960 JOE NEWLING 08/12/1960 BRENT PRIES 08/13/1960 CONNIE EISENBEISZ 08/16/1960 KELLY IRION 08/18/1960 JERI WILLINGHAM 08/25/1960 SHELLY MARTELL 08/26/1960 RENE FLYNN 08/29/1960 SHELLY JONES 08/30/1960 SUSAN DAVIS 09/01/1960 TRACE BECK 09/07/1960 DAVE HARDMAN 09/15/1960 KIM COURNAYER 09/17/1960 STEVE DIEZ 09/18/1960 MELDA BLAKE 09/21/1960 MONA BLOCK 10/05/1960 JOHN SMITH 10/07/1960 BRENDA SHERILL 10/08/1960 SCOTT KELLY 10/15/1960 MIKE JAHARAS 10/21/1960 RANDY SUGRUE 10/21/1960 PATTY REZAC 10/27/1960 KIM MARKWED 10/28/1960 MIKE MARTINSON 10/30/1960 MARK BLOW 11/12/1960 ANNE GARY 12/14/1960 KIM TENNEYSON 12/20/1960 KAREN LIKNESS

I already found 2 mistakes, Beth Clarke & John Smith - both turn 50 this year - not next year...

I hope everyone along the Missouri River is staying dry.  It is tough to watch and read about the flooding.  We will continue to pray for you all.Anne

78ers, I look forward to seeing all who can attend our 35th reunion. If you see a classmate , please ask them if they plan to attend and to somehow get a hold of the planning committee.  Special thanks to those on the planning committee for all ther wonderful ideas and efforts.

Looking forward to catching up on everyone\'s lives at the 35 year reunion.See everyone there - Have a Great 2012and give Kerry 1,000 % support on this,She\'s doing an excellent job - Thanks

Thanks Vince! There\'s a committee - Dan Sahr and a group of classmates living in the Pierre area. It\'s a team effort and we love doing it! Happy to hear you plan on attending!

The pictures are great.  I will try to dig some up and get them scanned.  I am hoping to make it to some/all of the reunion.  See you there.Thanks to the organizers.

Nice website !!! Look forward to the reunion !!!

Greetings to all.  We need pictures!  Go through those old shoe boxes, photo albums, filing cabinets or where ever you store them and find pictures from our high school days.  Scan them and send or mail them to someone.  We want to do a power point and put it on disc for the reunion.  Hopefully have something for everyone to take home. 

OK Classmates! Time to start the conversation again! 1 year to 35! I personally can\'t wait...hope to see you all there!!!

Have a great time at your 40th reunion in August!  I moved away in my junior year and thought to look you up when I got invited to my other high school's 40th reunion in Wyoming. Nice job on the website.

Wow - every time I come back to check things out, the website changes - and looks great.  It's been so much fun reading the bios and seeing the photos.  Man, we look good - don't we?  :) 

camping would be fun. Is there a local spot where everyone will congregate??????? bon fires??????? Serious, I never got to do that stuff in hs!!!!