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Jeanne
Mills - Edmonson
Favorite Memory
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Jay L King
Email: jaylking@email.msn.com
Favorite Memory:
 Football,
Basketball, Baseball, Track,and Wendy not in that order. To many
memories to describe here, but mostly all related to these 5.
Biography
I never saw myself as a nerd,how ever you define a nerd. I am dyslexic
and as you can see by my memories and the way I spell I certainly
wasent into academic's. My life has been full of miracle's. I graduated
from good old Desert High School in 1960,I servived Vietnam,ran
the L.A. marathon in 1995 survived three marriages just to name
a few. I have worked for Continental Airlines as a Technician since
1968. I'm single now and live in Westchester Ca. I miss the good
old days at Desert High,What a different world we live in now! Hope
to hear from someone who remembers me. And Sandi if you would of
included a spell check with this program I would have finished along
time ago. Bye for now. Jay
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Jonni Schultz-Moon
Favorite Memory:
Just being involved in so many things: yearbook, newpaper, drill-
team, drama, school government, and sports.
Biography
I bought my computer a few months ago and just found this site!!
I work for City of Carson City and I issue building permits - I'm
involved with several local theater companies and have appeared
as a extra in some moves filmed in Northern Nevada. I would like
to hear from other alumni online, but really want to attend a reunion.
I did go to 1972 (Class of 1962 - they invited all of us) but that
was too many years ago!! I haven't heard from any classmates (Lana
and Emily) since mid-70's.
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Sigmund (Sig) Berkow
Favorite Memory:
Mr. Crumb (Chemistry, Physics), who proved scientifically why I
would never straighten out my golf slice. Mr. Ferguson (Math), who
taught me that absolutes and postulates aren't a way of life. My
English, Literature and Latin teachers, who never figured out that
Dyslexia was my personal precursory nemesis. Mr. Mosk (Principal),
who reminded me weekly that I wasn't living up to potential!
Biography
Am living south of Atlanta since 1981 with wife and four children.
Have two half filled buckets of mixed but cherished memories of
DHS. I would love to hear from buds' from Edwards who can grace
either bucket. ;))
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Larry A. Smith
Favorite Memory
My favorite memory of Desert are the kids that I spent so much of
my time with, and who, over the years, have come to mean so much
to me, even though I have not seen most of them since graduation.
It was a blessing to have attended Desert High.
Biography
At present, I am an ordained Baptist Minister. I'm sure all of you
who read this and who remember me, are picking yourselves up off
the floor about now. I was voted the "wittiest" in my
class, but I thinkn most of my teachers figured I was a "shoo-in"
for Death Row.
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Ed Morton
Favorite Memory
Reva; Friends; Coach Gene Boyette's
leadership and quiet joyful appreciation for the undefeated football
team and two CIF baseball teams; Student Government and the ětrialî
of the Principal, Mr. Harris; The inane rules regarding the small
patch of grass in the middle of the campus; Mr. Andersonís wonderful
history classes; Singing Charley Brown in Mr. Brown's Chemistry
Class--behind his back of course; The absurdness of screaming out
in pitch of athletic battle to gain a competitive edge, ě Sting
Em Scorpions!
Biography
Graduated from Desert HS in 1960; attended Fresno State and Antelope
Valley Community College and eventually graduated from Westmont
College in 1965. Obtained a teaching credential from UCSB and taught
high school at Coalinga for two years and left just before the earthquake
destroyed the whole town. Obtained a MA from CSU Fullerton and taught
in La Habra for two years until one day I noticed a mountain range
in my back yard for the first time one rare smogless day. I looked
at my new daughter, Amy, thought of her lungs and we left five months
later for the University of Mississippi and further graduate work.
Finished my graduate program and met my son, Scott, in 1973, and
moved to Valdosta State University in South Georgia. In 1975, we
moved to San Diego where I have held several positions as San Diego
State University up to this point in time. Divorce in 1977 and I ran
for 20 years until the lovely and iron willed Joanne threatened
to leave me for someone else if I didn't marry her. Have been happily
married for five years!
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Marie Passmore-Strupith
Favorite Memory
Sadie Hawkins Day. That was fun.
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Ron Kroeger
Favorite Memory
Everything! I loved going to high school at Desert. I was active
in everything possible - football, basketball, baseball, band, dance
band. Loved the fact that we beat Palmdale 35-25 in football my
Senior year. We had a heck of a team that year! It was wonderful
going to a small school where it was possible to be so involved.
Biography
Forty years surely (wouldn't Mrs. Lindsay be proud of me) have passed
in a hurry! Some good stuff and some not-so-good stuff - about what
we should expect, I guess.
I went to the AF Academy right out
of high school. After 2 1/2 years I left the Academy and moved to
Dallas where Linda (Gable) and I were married. We had two children.
I continued my education going to
night school, finishing at Southern Methodist University with a
B.S. in Math in '69. Shortly thereafter we moved to Ft. Huachuca,
Arizona where I worked in Civil Service as a computer programmer.
We moved to Oklahoma City where I continued computer work at Tinker
Air Force Base.
Linda and I divorced after 16 years
of marriage and I moved to Boston where I worked for Blue Cross.
I have three children -David, 36,
Debbie, 33, and Kevin, 19 AND two granddaughters - Eden, 10 and
Leah, 6.
Since high school, I've lived in
a lot of places: Colorado, Texas, Arizona, Oklahoma, Massachusetts,
Wisconsin and Illinos. Now I live in the Chicago area, where I've
lived for the last 11 years.
I have continued with my love of
music (I credit Mr. Thompson at Desert for this). Now, I'm singing
in a mixed chorus and play alto sax in the local junior college
concert band.
I'm very active in Toastmasters,
having held several offices in the club, including President.
Ever since I started working with
computers in college, I've continued in the field, and have loved
(almost) every day of it. I'm currently the Chief of the Executive
Software Division (mainframe systems programming) at the US Military
Entrance Processing Command in North Chicago. I don't expect to
retire until the "normal" retirement age unless by some
miracle I come into some very big money. As I said, I enjoy doing
what I do.
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David Forward
Favorite Memory
Sports, cars and band
Biography
Went to college at several Coleges and Universities in Calif., Oregon
and Montana. Pulled a hitch in the Army and Oregon National Guard.
Worked for the U.S. Forest Service for 34+ years and retired in
1997 as Zone Engineer on the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest. I'm
married (one time) with 2 daughters (35 & 33) and 3 grandchildren
5, 4 and 1 1/5. I live in a small town outside Salem, Or. In retirement,
I work part time for an Engineering Consulting firm out of Portland,
Or. mostly doing engineering on logging and associated roads. I
hunt, fish, RV and collect old ??
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