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Share your Joys & Fun with all of us!!

Your Celebrations, Special Events, Weddings, Graduations, Births, Wedding Anniversary, Retirement News, or anything that you'd like to share. Send your Announcements to the Administrators of our site and we will Post them for You!!

 

Have FUN!!

Dennis "Mac" McDaniel and Jan Klein

Co-Site Administrators

 

 

 

 

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On March 12th our Karen McDowell Messerli rode in the "Sixth Annual Downtown Lee's Summit Emerald Isle Parade" as the Grand Marshal.  The city of Lee's Summit honored their former Mayor for her years of distinguished service to the city of Lee’s Summit. In choosing her, the committee recognizes the many contributions she made to the city, particularly her long-time support of downtown Lee’s Summit. As a proud Irish woman who dedicated many years to serving her community, she embodies the Irish spirit.

 

 

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We're ROLLING right along!

 

On November 5th with 638 days go to our 40th Class Reunion our Reunion Committee met for the second time!

A new member was added to the Committee ... Paula Bright Anderson!!

Several new pictures were added from our recent visit to our OLD School and around the town! 

 Check it out! 

Go to COUGAR PHOTO GALLERY (Our School 40 years later.... Hocker Grove & Trailridge)

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Gerber Baby Contest

 

Have you heard? Lisa Briguglio Curtin's grandson Anthony recently entered a Gerber Baby Contest!

Anthony needs your help! Anthony, is in the Next Generation Gerber Baby contest and remains in SECOND place out of almost 6,000 babies!!! If he wins he gets a scholarship and may be featured in a Gerber ad! PLEASE TAKE A MINUTE to VOTE FOR HIM!! It only takes a minute!! Make sure to check your email for the voting confirmation link that they send you and click the link to CONFIRM your vote otherwise the vote won't count!!

You can vote once per computer per day so please try to VOTE AS OFTEN AS POSSIBLE! He is SO close and needs all the votes he can get! EVERY VOTE COUNTS!


HELP OUR LITTLE MAN WIN THE CONTEST! :-)

Click on the Smiley Baby to cast your VOTE for Anthony!

Contest ends November 30, 2010  

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 Congratulations

to 

Gary Andersen!!

 

 Recently Gary retired after working for 34 years with the Kansas City Kansas Public Schools. 

 

Gary recently stated these remarks on his "Profile Page".  "I have always pursued a love of the outdoors, travel, arts and the sciences. Retirement for me just means pursuing new horizons. I still teach microbiology at KCKCC and in the graduate school at MNU in Olathe. I recently bought a new motorcycle and enjoy taking cruises with it. Adventures await us all everyday!"

This is Gary now Cruising Metcalf Ave!  When he's not on his bike... you'll find him doing some water coloring in his spare time.  

Gary enjoy your NEW Adventures! 

 

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 New Grand Baby Announcement!!

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Congratulations to Tara Barker Wernes and to her entire family!

Madyen "Mady" Dawn

born on

  April 23, 2010 at 1:30pm

6 lbs 4 oz  & 18 1/2  inches

 new little life... a new world of joy

Grandma informs us that her granddaughter Kaelea was able to be there to witness the birth of her baby sister. Kaelea was up early that morning, she slept right through the delivery.

         Boy was she upset!


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After 28 years of teaching in the Shawnee Mission School District

our

Alison Richey Pearson

has decided to leave her classroom and retire.

 

You have traveled far on life's journey

and touched so many on the way.

You've made a difference and have reason to be proud.

 Congratulations Alison on your Retirement!

 Enjoy your ride 

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 and making things grow! 

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  For now Alison plans on riding her horse, gardening and doing things around the house for the time being. 

 

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Congratulations  Stacy! 

After 33 years of teaching in the Shawnee Mission School District she has decided it was finally her time to retire from full time teaching. 

 No more Grading Papers!

    No more Teacher/Parent Conferences!

No More Report Cards!

  Stacy are we Surprised? Nope. Proud? Oh yes! Celebrate big You earned it!

Congrats! 

 Now go out there and CHEER on your Son & those GORILLAS of Pittsburg State...!!!  
                                                         

                                                   Go GORILLAS!

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Hitched !!

Announcing the Wedding of a lifetime...

A Toast to both of you

on your Wedding Day...

Here's to the yesterdays

you smile back on,

the future

you look forward to,

and each beautiful moment

of this wonderful day.

For the Bride and Groom 

Rick Yord and Karen Meier

Tied the Knot

on

May 30, 2010

Congratulations to our Happy Couple!!

 

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Graduation Day is a day to mark a tremendous accomplishment. You could not have come to this day without a lot of hard work. There may have been days when you felt that you could not continue, and yet you did. The moment when you are called up to the stage to receive your diploma, resplendent in your cap and gown, is a moment to savor. You can not lose what has now been given to you. Whether it is a high school, college, graduate, or doctoral diploma, that achievement will be yours forever. Now go on and take on the world! 

Congratulations to all of our Graduates ... Class of 2010 !!  

  

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4/15/10.… Received a wonderful note from our Co-Administrator today, informing us of the fantastic news of her new grandchild! Congratulations Jan! and to the entire Klein Family on your sweet new delivery!  Have FUN!

 

Jan and Steve Klein are grandparents for the third time with the early arrival of Ethan James on Wednesday, April 14, 2010, at 1:14 p.m. ... weighed in at 8'15" and is 20.5 inches.... Ethan arrived about 10 days early according to proud parents, Sarah and Brandon. Big sister, Kaitlyn, and Big brother, Jackson, were thrilled with their first visit and could hardly wait to touch him and hold him themselves. Everyone is doing well and mother and son will be home soon!

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4/8/10   Have you heard the news about MOLLY the Owl ??  Several weeks ago, received an interesting email from Cindy Dubbert about this famous Barn Owl, the most famous owl in the entire world.  Thank You Cindy!   It's been a lot of fun watching the owlets hatch, how Molly and her hubby friend McGee take care of their new family in San Marcos, California.  Look for the MOLLY the Owl link on our Home page and be apart of something special... Witness the miracle of Nature.

 

 

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 4/7/10   Wish to express my heart felt gratitude for everyone's wonderful support, without it we wouldn't have this website to enjoy... our home!  We're quickly approaching 31% of the class of 1972, nearly 200 former classmates... We would truly love to top that number by this Summer as we quickly near our BIG Event in 2012!!

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Jan & I have been working hard in adding features and new creative ideas to our website for everyone's enjoyment.  The Cougar Corner, Cougar Photo Gallery, SMNW Forums, Our Front Page... and our Newest addition is so new it's still under construction... YOU TUBE VIDEOS !!  Wish to Thank my Co-Administrator... Jan!!  For all her work and talents in adding the special messages and giving life and freshness to our home.  Today we also added NEW questions to everyone's Classmates Profiles... Take a look!  Have fun adding in your new ANSWERS.  If you have any thoughts for a question(s) to add... drop us a note... Let's all get involved!!  Your involvement in our home is very important to all of us!  It could be adding a picture(s) to the new Cougar Photo Gallery or adding something new to your PAGE, your own Classmate Profile page.  Or ... there are two Forums that you can get involved with.... Create your own topic on the New SMNW Forum...  There are several different areas on our site that you can have fun with and most importantly you'll become an active member as well!  Hope to see new additions from all our members!

Something to look forward to in the future.... A New Cougar Sports page with local sports news... Royals, Chiefs, K.U., KSU and Cougar Scores and news about the teams.  Hopefully, we'll be adding the last turning yearbook as well, the 1971 Yearbook. 

Have FUN! 

                          
 

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2/27/10    Let’s have lunch! Received a request from Susie Cutler Hill today… Susie writes: I am excited about the reunion. However; I was thinking maybe some of the "girls" might want to meet up somewhere for lunch and just visit. Sorry no dudes this time! I will put something together and will let you know when and where after we get a head count.

  

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Anyway, if you are interested, please send me an email at

 chills09@att.net or thechills08@yahoo.com . Try to include what part of town you live in, your email address and phone number, anywhere you think you would like to have lunch.

Hope to see you soon!

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2/27/10   Join Us on Facebook!    Look for our NEW Facebook link on our Home Page.  

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1/24/10   Received a nice note from Cathy Maeder Kline     Dennis, some of our Creative Cougar friends from NW got together Friday night at Donna Clay's home Amy Heaven, Kim Feaster Harrington and myself had a great time.

 

 

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11/30/09  David Greer.....     Webfetti.comNote from David:  Vacation in Naples, Florida this past September. Now we know where we are going to retire to. Loved it there. Nice weather all the time, loved the nice white sandy beach & the palm trees. Never have to rake leaves again! YES! We are going to go back around March of next year and buy a place and use it for a vacation get-away until I can retire.

 

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