Sarasota High School 40 Year Reunion

RICHARD JOHNSON

Then

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Birthday:May 10, 1952 Occupation:Self Employed Marital Status:Married No. of Children:2

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Peggy Riley (Kalakauskis (Riley))

Birthday:November 23, 1952 Occupation:Controller Website:suntire.com Marital Status:Married

From Peggy:

Hi everybody...I live in Jacksonville with my my husband Ed. I am the controller for a local retail tire company and my husband just retired after 40 years in the Army/Florida Guard. We have each other and our health! I guess you could say we are truly lucky!

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LAURA Laura Kildahl (KILDAHL)

Birthday:March 20, 1952 Occupation:LPN / Realtor Website:laurakildahl.com Marital Status:Committed Relationship

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Marjy Doty (Lasita)

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Birthday:September 14, 1952 Occupation:Administrative Assistant Marital Status:Married No. of Children:2

From Marjy:Ron and I have been married for 35 years and have spent all but 4 of them in Sarasota. We have two adult daughters -- both marrried in 2006-07 within 6 months of each other - PHEW! Lauren is living in Austin, Lindsay in Bradenton. I have worked as a secretary for the school system for the last twenty years while Ron has been self-employed remodeling kitchens. Life has been very good to us and we are thankful for good health and family.
A HUGE thank you to the reunion committee! Great job!

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Blythe (Babs) Bellomo (McDonough)

Birthday:August 22, 1952 Marital Status:Married

From Blythe (Babs) :I married one of those "Riverview Rams" and never left Sarasota! Donnie and I have 2 great kids and 4 beautiful grandkids with our 5th due any day. We have 3 plumbing companies from Bradenton to Port Charlotte which has kept up busy over the years. It is hard to believe that 40 years has gone by! I love working on the reunion committee and being able to reconnect with everyone. Don't miss it, it's going to be great!

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Susan McGarry

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Birthday:March 25, 1953 Occupation:Episcopal Priest Website:www.staidan.org Marital Status:Widowed No. of Children:2

From Susan: This is from Susan McGarry. Well, what to say of my life? I am a 57 (almost) year old spinster (having lost my spouse Bonnie 20 years ago to Lupus, and can LGBT people be spinsters?) Episcopal priest with two small children. My children are 9 and 2 in age. Eleanore (Lean), the oldest, is from Kunming, China and Thomas is from Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. This part of my life I am clearly doing backwards. My sisters both have grown sons and are off doing interesting things in their lives. Sharon is going off to do medical missions in Guatemala, Belarus, and Rwanda. Though I lived two years of my life in Jerusalem and had extended residencies in Germany and Costa Rica, I am definitely staying home these days. I serve a small congregation in Ann Arbor, MI called St. Aidan's (www.staidan.org). I also spent probably more years in a PhD program than anyone alive. I would try to enter it in the Guinness Book of Records except I am too embarrassed. I did, however, finally nail the thing. On the 23rd of December 2008 (remember I am a minister), I uploaded into cyber space my dissertation with the somewhat ungainly title of, "Divine Wrath: Its Rhetorical Use by the Contemporary Writers of Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel for Social Control in the Aftermath of Jerusalem’s Destruction." So now I am a phid or something like that. My family is living and loving life. We are tightening our belts with financial set-backs. Non-profits follow the financial fortunes of everyone else and here in Michigan, though we are trying mightily, we still are ranked 50th of the 50 states economically. It is quite a distinction. I am excited about coming to the reunion. I seldom get back to Florida. I look forward to seeing you all. Susan

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Karen Davidson (McKinney)

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Birthday:February 07, 1952 Occupation:Director of Marketing / Chef Marital Status:Married No. of Children:1 No. of Grandchildren:1

From Karen:Can't believe that 40 years have slipped by when we were all busy doing something else. I am sorry to miss the reunion this time - I'll be in Maryland teaching beginning the week before Easter.
Moved to Tampa in 1974 & each time I travel, it is still a nice place to call home.
My days are spent as director of marketing & business development for an architecture & interior design firm. Four to six times a month I teach cooking at two local schools.
In 2002, I was accepted at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris - the classes were conducted in French and with about 15 trips to France the last 19 years & three semesters of French in 1992, I passed with no blood shed. A few tears the first week as I was paired with "pyscho chef" & it was a challenge to pay close attention so I could learn everything. (This was a personal goal, no ambitions at all to work in a restaurant kitchen.) I was the only student out of 24 in my courses that didn't have commercial kitchen experience, except interviewing chefs in their kitchens - the chefs resented I hadn't spent time in a hot kitchen every day. I'd been a food & wine writer for seven years, which is what convinced me to apply. Happy to report superior ratings & Chef gave me a big hug at graduation!
Bill & I will celebrate 19 years of marriage in August. He's happily retired & busy.

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Patrick McNabb

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Birthday:October 04, 1952 Occupation:CPA/Controller Marital Status:Married No. of Children:1 No. of Grandchildren:.0

From Patrick:

Greetings,
I live in Marietta GA with my wife Alisa. I am a CPA and currently working for Xerox as a Controller. My wife is a teacher with the Cobb County school system. We like to spend our weekends at lake Hartwell SC where we have a place in Chickasaw Point. We like to travel and just got back from a week in San Francisco. Last June we went to Bonarooo and camped/hung out for four days with 80K of our closest friends. My family is still in Sarasota and I really like to visit. Looking forward to the visit in May.

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SALLY McNUTT

Birthday:May 23, 1952 Occupation:Retired Marital Status:Single

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Reba (Jeanie) Smith (McQuinn)

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Birthday:September 17, 1952 Occupation:Musician Website:www.cmdsmemphis.org Marital Status:Married No. of Children:2 No. of Grandchildren:one

From Reba (Jeanie):I am a songwriter & musician in the Memphis area. My husband & I met in Nashville in 1986. We've been in Memphis 19 years & have a recording studio, production & publishing company. Skip is the 'man of my dreams" & we have been blessed to make our living making music that we love. I have a son, daughter, 2 step-daughters, & 1 grandson. I've been feeling drawn back to Sarasota more & more; expecially since my mom passed last year. I would love to hear from any of my classmates & please let me know if you want to visit Memphis. It's a very unique town; there's music in the air, the water & the dirt!

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