Thursday, July 28, 2005
Bios: Duane Battien and Paul Munson
Duane Battien: Well... after three years of trying college, I decided that working was easier. So, off to the Navy and the Phillipines! Then, back to Coeur d'Alene and then to aircraft school in Spokane.
Got lucky and landed a job at the Washington Air Nat'l. Guard which lasted 30.5 years. Got to see a lot of places in the world that I couldn't have on my own! I retired two years ago January and since have been spending winters in Wickenburg, AZ, (a place my girlfriend and I stumbled on to) and summers working for my motorcycle buddy farming. I enjoy the less hectic pace than working on military aircraft! The job is fun because I am working for someone who appreciates what I can do!
I was married for 23 years and have a 27-year-old son working in Florida. My mom still lives on our farm north of Sandpoint. She keeps me updated on life in Sandpoint. I go there two or three times a month and keep looking for someone I know!!!!
Reading the Bios has been fun, and I am looking forward to seeing everyone at the reunion!
GoldWings are smoooooootthh!! Like Russ said, looking in the mirror is****************** Duane
Paul Munson: Since the ten-year reunion (I missed), I have logged the last 30 years in public school classrooms in Idaho (1), Alaska (2) and Washington (27). My wife Margo, who teaches second grade for the Tumwater Schools, and I have lived along I-5 fifteen miles south of Olympia for the past 26 years, since we met and later marred on a JULY 30th in Bellingham.
Our only daughter, Courtney (23) graduated cum laude from the U of W and works in Anchorage as a sales representative at a convention bureau. Our only son Stacy (20+) will be a senior this fall at WWU in Bellingham. He is a full-time barista for Starbucks in the summers, part time the rest of the year.
Like for many of you, retirement options loom on the horizon for me in a couple of years, hopefully. Right now, we are in the process of subdividing our 2.5 acre parcel here in Grand Mound into three more lots for constructing a couple of duplexes to ease the shift into retirement.
We have kept our ties with Sandpoint and our two lots on Cedar Ridge. The Daily Bee is my webpage, often to keep up with what is going on in one of the favorites of Sunset Magazine. Reading the shsblog docs has been great.
Besides teaching, Margo and I do a lot of cycling-road bikes. We just finished our ninth consecutive ride of the STP (Seattle to Portland) Classic, which is 200+ miles in two days-a la party, sleep, eat, ride (lose weight) party, sleep eat, ride, party, sleep, eat, ride, party, and recover healthier and lighter in weight. If you played football at 165 pounds, shoud you weigh 175 at age 59? . . . just a thought.
Most of our traveling over the years has been north to Alaska or over to the Washington and Oregon coast. After trip to Dallas last week, I'm attached to the mild low humidity of our Pacific Northwest. A trip to Alaska in August may still be on the agenda.
I don't have a Harley, but I do have a Kabota. It takes me back to my roots on the family "farm," which becomes a stronger and stronger calling away from the ideals of "dedicated" public service.
I'm looking forward to a great time with all the classmates. Give me a hint if I can't remember names and faces. We---SHS 1965---the leading edge of the baby boomers (the result of wartime "abstinance by absence . . .") so look not backward but forward to another 40 years! Cheers!
Got lucky and landed a job at the Washington Air Nat'l. Guard which lasted 30.5 years. Got to see a lot of places in the world that I couldn't have on my own! I retired two years ago January and since have been spending winters in Wickenburg, AZ, (a place my girlfriend and I stumbled on to) and summers working for my motorcycle buddy farming. I enjoy the less hectic pace than working on military aircraft! The job is fun because I am working for someone who appreciates what I can do!
I was married for 23 years and have a 27-year-old son working in Florida. My mom still lives on our farm north of Sandpoint. She keeps me updated on life in Sandpoint. I go there two or three times a month and keep looking for someone I know!!!!
Reading the Bios has been fun, and I am looking forward to seeing everyone at the reunion!
GoldWings are smoooooootthh!! Like Russ said, looking in the mirror is****************** Duane
Paul Munson: Since the ten-year reunion (I missed), I have logged the last 30 years in public school classrooms in Idaho (1), Alaska (2) and Washington (27). My wife Margo, who teaches second grade for the Tumwater Schools, and I have lived along I-5 fifteen miles south of Olympia for the past 26 years, since we met and later marred on a JULY 30th in Bellingham.
Our only daughter, Courtney (23) graduated cum laude from the U of W and works in Anchorage as a sales representative at a convention bureau. Our only son Stacy (20+) will be a senior this fall at WWU in Bellingham. He is a full-time barista for Starbucks in the summers, part time the rest of the year.
Like for many of you, retirement options loom on the horizon for me in a couple of years, hopefully. Right now, we are in the process of subdividing our 2.5 acre parcel here in Grand Mound into three more lots for constructing a couple of duplexes to ease the shift into retirement.
We have kept our ties with Sandpoint and our two lots on Cedar Ridge. The Daily Bee is my webpage, often to keep up with what is going on in one of the favorites of Sunset Magazine. Reading the shsblog docs has been great.
Besides teaching, Margo and I do a lot of cycling-road bikes. We just finished our ninth consecutive ride of the STP (Seattle to Portland) Classic, which is 200+ miles in two days-a la party, sleep, eat, ride (lose weight) party, sleep eat, ride, party, sleep, eat, ride, party, and recover healthier and lighter in weight. If you played football at 165 pounds, shoud you weigh 175 at age 59? . . . just a thought.
Most of our traveling over the years has been north to Alaska or over to the Washington and Oregon coast. After trip to Dallas last week, I'm attached to the mild low humidity of our Pacific Northwest. A trip to Alaska in August may still be on the agenda.
I don't have a Harley, but I do have a Kabota. It takes me back to my roots on the family "farm," which becomes a stronger and stronger calling away from the ideals of "dedicated" public service.
I'm looking forward to a great time with all the classmates. Give me a hint if I can't remember names and faces. We---SHS 1965---the leading edge of the baby boomers (the result of wartime "abstinance by absence . . .") so look not backward but forward to another 40 years! Cheers!
