Reunions

Fri., Oct. 8, 1999

School

Spokane Community College Nursing Class of December 1993 Next Friday, 6 p.m., Stockyards Inn; contact Bonnie Steptoe at 299-3461 or Soni Brazzle at 456-0758. Rogers High School Class of 1989 Oct. 22-23; contact Lori at 489-1384 or e-mail at mrclean@spu.edu.

Rogers High School Class of 1959 Nov. 26; contact Carol Madren Ross at 466-9623, Darlene Simmons Martin at 466-7281 or e-mail at car@cet.com.

West Valley High School Class of 1953 Dec. 4, 9 a.m., Old European Waffles, Cakes and Teas, 11520 E. Sprague; contact Dorothy at 482-8316.

Mullan (Idaho) District All-School Reunion July 21-23; contact Millie Grant at (208) 744-1341.

Lewis and Clark High School Class of 1955 July 21-23, Coeur d’Alene Resort; contact Nancy Flagan at (208) 765-3723 or Janet Ruehl at 448-2292.

Military

USS Wilkinson (DL-5) Nov. 4-7, San Diego; contact John Manley, 353 E. 228th St., Carson, CA 90745-4935; (310) 834-8068.

USS Willis A Lee (DL-4) Nov. 4-7, San Diego; contact Bernard Thorne, 8437 E. McNelly Road, Bentonville, AR 72712-8815; (501) 273-3041.

USS Norfolk (DL-1) Nov. 4-7, San Diego; contact Ed Jehlik, 41 Prairiewood Drive, Fargo, ND 58103-4608; (701) 298-0659.

USS Yancey (AKA-93) Nov. 4-7, Washington, D.C.; contact Paul Dunn, 7074 Brightwood Drive, Concord Township, OH 44077-2167; (440) 350-0585.

USS Mitscher (DL-2) Nov. 4-7, San Diego; contact John Conley, 241 Joanne Drive, Apt. 2, Rochester, NY; (716) 663-8154.

USS Mississippi (EAG-128) Nov. 4-7, Jacksonville, Fla.; contact Jack Heffernan, 39820 Highway 19N, Tarbon Springs, FL 34689; (727) 937-3163.

USS John S. McCain (DL-3) Nov. 4-7, San Diego; contact Richard Reczka, 38 W. 53rd St., Bayonne, NJ 07002; (201) 858-0677.

Destroyer Leaders Elite Group Nov. 4-7, San Diego; contact Lee Strozinsky, 1703 Jennifer Court, Onalaska, WI 54650; (608) 783-3672.

USS Frontier (AD-25) Nov. 8-11, Las Vegas; contact Joseph Olean, 12 Doreen Drive, Westerly, RI 02891; (401) 348-8882 or fax (401) 296-3230.

Vietnam Women’s Veterans Nov. 10-13, Olympia; contact Claire Starnes, P.O. Box 9, Conowingo, MD 21918; (410) 378-4614 or e-mail at starnese@erols.com.

USS Kenton (APA-122) Nov. 11-14, Holiday Inn on Route 30, Lancaster, Pa.; contact William Winkopp, 306 Paoli Pointe Drive, Paoli, PA 19301; (610) 408-8455.

43rd Infantry Division Veterans Association Jan. 27-30, Orlando, Fla.; contact Al Lendzian, 14341 Donavan Court, Spring Hill, FL 34610-1042; (727) 856-8568 or e-mail at Tanker143d@aol.com.

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