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Catalina High School, Tucson, Arizona, USA
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9th annual Super Bowl party at Mike Nagles' home in San Diego saw 3 classmates from Catalina High and about 35 others having a great time almost watching the Super Bowl, eating , drinking and gambling.........
Mike Nagle, Nate Foster and Ray Heidemann from '59' all lost money but enjoyed getting together for lots of memories............Ray was a great tennis champ!!
'OLD DOG, NEW TRICKS'
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Heather and I actually went Parasailing on a recent trip to Key West. I was convinced that man was not suppose to fly, but this was pretty cool. Great views of the Keys from 800 feet.
Yes, that really is Nate way up in the air.
And, Heather, too.
Now you know how Tee felt when she won all those skydiving awards!
GATHERING OF MOUNTAIN MEN
Five good friends from Class of 59 gathered from Tucson, Phoenix and San Diego for a couple of days (July13-15) in the White Mountains for a "Big Chill" weekend...ostensibly as a summit to solve all of the world's problems. The only matters that were resolved however were who were the best ping pong players, dart experts, who could stay up the latest and why Catalina High School never has had a good football team.
All of the participants contributed with colorful descriptions of their current ailments, recent surgeries, upcoming surgeries, medications, allergies... and of course, the weather. Mike Nagle even ended up in the local ER after a bout of vertigo and traveled back to San Diego via a wheelchair on Southwest airlines.
As it always is when good friends get together 48 years after their high school graduation some of the old stories become much funnier than they actually were at the time and like good wine, tend to improve with age. A great time was had by all.
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CAN I PLEASE BE 'ROLLY FOSTER ' IN A FEW YEARS.!!!!!!!!
My Dad 'Rolly' and I spent a week in Seattle recently. He is about to turn 90 and we visited older sisters. '92 and 94'.............Rolly lives in Palm Springs in a RV Resort. He wears white pants, shoes and belt, topped off with various Hawaiian shirts....drives a Caddie and has several 'Casserole's delivered each week by the 75% female population. He is totally mobile and only gave up tennis a few months ago...........I can't keep up with this amazing man...I have enclosed a couple of pictures to show his older sisters and a 'bikini clad lifeguard 'who was enamored by his good looks and 'bachelor lines'..............
Please let me 'Be Like Rolly!!!!!!!!!!
On a recent trip to San Diego...
Heather and I took a long awaited tour of the Midway aircraft carrier. What a great and wonderful tour it was, on the flight deck, below decks and seeing where the officers and enlisted men had to sleep.....It was a great tribute to our armed forces. HOWEVER when visiting deep down in the bowls of the ship we spotted a familiar face behind the bars of the BRIG. We were not sure of the person until I heard a 'Nate get me outta here'!!! Click on animation below to see who was in the slammer...
Nate's Dad, now 92 and still rockin and rolling were in Seattle again last week to visit Rollys older sisters. ages 94 and 96. Had a great time visiting them and also hitting the hot spots in the Evergreen city.
Not only did Rolly have time to Flirt with all the young ladies, but we ate well at all the seafood places on the waterfront. When on a Ferry boat ride, The Duck ride and the space needle, plus Pike Market Place.
Rolly is still hard to keep up with as he walks fast and accurate. I, of course was stumbling and breathing heavy as we toured the city.......HOW GREAT IT IS TO HAVE A DAD YOU CAN TRAVEL WITH, I am truly blessed with this wonderful man.....
U of A Basketball weekend was a blast for all attending. Mike Nagle, Dave Giles, Pete Hand , Nate Foster, Heather Foster, Ray Heidemann and Mike's friend Robert, from San Diego. Heather was in seventh heaven being escorted by six guys to the game and La Paloma for dinner... All had a great time as Margaritas were 1/2 price, but Pete Hand's wine was full price ($10 for a glass). Pete normally gets the $2.49 a bottle from Wal-Mart.
We all had a great time at dinner and then both U of A games.....winning Stanford and California....
Lock up your women and daughters as some will be back for the Oregon Games 2/11 and 2/13.
Mountain Men 5th Annual Meeting.
The 5th Annual meeting of the ‘Mountain Men” was held over the weekend of 7/21 thru 7/24 in the White Mountains of Arizona. All of the group, Quentin Bryson (Mountain Man) Mike Nagle (Dizzy Man) Pete Hand (Hand Man) Pete Ronstadt (Chief Man) Dave Giles (Wheat Man) and Nate Foster (Dart Man) were there to celebrate the event.
Many contests were held to determine a true Mountain Men Champion…..
Go Cart Racing, Bowling, Ping Pong, Darts and Putting were among the events. When all the scores were tallied, Pete Hand, who had driven in from the Midwest, took the trophy. (A piece of stone from Old Main). Mike Nagle, who had flown in from San Diego, passed the stone on from his 2010 Championship. We have considered not renewing Pete’s membership.
The weekend included Talking, Talking and more Talking, with Burgers and Tubes on Friday, a Steak Fry on Sat. and a great brunch on Sunday with MANY snacks in between.
The Mountain Men solved most of the problems of the country, and have sent Washington DC a copy of notes that we expect will be acted upon.
All in all it was a great time of ‘bonding’ with great friends from Catalina High’s class 1959. All are still in decent health…… walking, talking and enjoy each others company. Although several of the wives say we are “hearing challenged”! We find that shouting is the best way to communicate.
