Reunions

Thu., June 1, 2006

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Rogers High School Class of 1976 – July 14-15. Contact Robin Hankel Hunt at (509) 467-3973, or e-mail robinjhunt@yahoo.com.

Benner Family Reunion – Descendants of Linus and Emma Burnam Benner, Oct. 7, Central Grange Hall, Spokane. Call (509) 466-6001 or (509) 326-1379, or send e-mail to luthercam@hotmail.com.

USS Dale Association (DLG-19/CG-19) – July 13-16 in St. Louis. Contact Mike or Melissa Pensinger, 911 Gene Crescent, Chesapeake, VA 23320; (757) 839-7439; e-mail webmaster@ussdale.com; visit www.ussdale.com.

The Newport Dealeys Reunion – USS Cromwell (DE-1014), USS Dealey (DE-1006), USS John Willis (DE-1027), USS Van Voorhis (DE-1028), USS Lester (DE-1022), USS Hartley (DE-1029), USS Joseph K Taussig (DE-1030), USS Courtney (DE-1021), USS Hammerberg (DE-1015), Sept. 14-17 in Baltimore. Contact Jerry Skorch, 810 Quail Road, Marlton, NJ 08053; (856) 810-2568; e-mail jpskorch@hotmail.com.

USS Rankin (AKA/LKA-103) – Sept. 21-24 in Washington D.C. Contact Skip Sander, 153 Mayer Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15237; (412) 367-1376; e-mail ussrankin@aol.com; visit www.ussrankin.com.

USS Prometheus (AR-3) – Oct. 6-9 in Washington D.C., Contact Arne Brinwall, 13013 Jane Lane, Minnetonka, MN 55343; (952) 933-0616; e-mail abrinwall@mn.rr.com; visit www.mlrsinc.com/Prometheus.

USA SigC OCS – Oct. 6-9 in Nashville, Tenn. Contact Richard Kerns, 4101 Helena Bay Court, Hermitage, TN 37076-3104; (615) 391-0867 or (727) 595-4070; e-mail rkerns99@bellsouth.net.

USS Rudyerd Bay (CVE-81/VC-77/VC-96) – Oct. 19-22 in Indianapolis. Contact Ozzie Amundson, 10624 Hermitage Hills Drive, Las Vegas, NV 92563; (702) 240-8084; e-mail ussrudyerdbay@yahoo.com.

USS Yancey (AKA-93) – Nov. 2-5 in Chicago. Contact George Clifton, 4660 W. 89th Place, Hometown, IL 60456-1041; (708) 425-8531; e-mail clifs@ameritech.net; visit www.mlrsinc.com/yancey.

General

N.A. Degerstrom Co. and Zortman Landusky Mine Employee – Summer. Contact Babes Crasco, (406) 861-5249 or bcrasco@msn.com.

Naccarato Family – July 15, noon, at the Old Settlement, Priest River, Idaho. Contact Joyce Naccarato Long at (208) 448-2441 or Sandy Wylie Trampus at (509) 482-0363.

Plaza, Wash., Residents – All current and former residents of Plaza, July 29, noon-3 p.m., Old Country Buffet, 5504 N. Division, Spokane. For more information, call 927-3763 or 747-1933.

Marcus, Wash., Residents and All-Class – All current students, teachers, residents, and former residents of Marcus, Aug. 5 at Marcus City Hall and City Park. Contact Darrell Shute at (509) 738-2476 or Dick Sphuler at (509) 684-2778.

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