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They say it's gonna quit raining here in North Idaho; in fact, they said yesterday was the last of it (bucketfuls over the weekend) for a while. As I type, however, on this Monday morning, the puddles are still popping with water drops from above. Maybe by July 29-30, Mother Nature will get this need to wet the earth out of her system for a while.

Anyway, with the start of a new week, I'm back in the routine of inserting/typing bios on the blog. Again, I'll remind you to send yours in if you didn't get to it in time for your registration or if you're not coming to the reunion. We'd still like to hear about you and what you're doing. Send bios or other information to: malove@imbris.net.

We're having one more reunion meeting this week to finalize plans for the recreational activities. So, be looking for another letter by early next week.

Now to the bios:

Terry Gray: Seven months after high-school graduation I enlisted in the Navy. I spent the first 5 years on submarines in the Pacific fleet. I was then transferred to Washington, D.C., where I was a detailer, assigning enlisted personnel to operating submarines. My stint in the Navy lasted 8 years.

After leaving the Navy, I moved to Moscow, Idaho, where I lived for ten years. Then, I spent nearly a year in Anchorage, Alaska. I have worked at the University of Idaho for the past 30 years. I started by running a printing press at the UI Library. After returning from Alaska, I ran the library copy center for 3 years. I transferred to Printing Services where I have been doing the bookkeeping for the UI print shop.

I have been married to my best friend and wife, Christine Luedeking for the past 20 years and have lived in the community of Genesee for those 20 years. I was a member of the Genesee Planning and Zoning Commission for six years, chairing it for 2 years.

I have one son from a previous marriage who is attending graduate school at New York University. He is a teaching assistant in Nice, France, this summer.

I still love the outdoors. I like to fish and hunt, but my primary passion is Bird Watching. I am co-president of Palouse Audubon Society, which has approximately 250+ local members. I lead birding field trips for Palouse Audubon and Canyon Birders, another birding group in the Lewiston/Clarkston area. I have seen over 200 species since the start of this year and am still looking for more.

I can be reached at clgtlg@hotmail.com. I have been enjoying digital photography for the past 3 years and have a web site at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/terryandchristine/.

Nancy Caughey: Hummmm, changes in the last 10 years. I wrote so much last time that everyone should be up-to-date. I've been living with the same guy for 32 years, in the same town (Sweet Home, Ore.), with the same emplyer for 26 years, in the same house for 15 years; even my car is more than 10 years old.

Yes, I'm still working---still enjoying the fast-moving pace of the information technology world, but after surviving two rounds of Government "outsourcing," I'm definitely looking forward to retirement.

We now have two grandchildren: Madie, 4 1/2 and baby Jack, 3 months.

See ya in July!