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Mike Smith
smitty155@msn.com
Wednesday April 24, 2002
11:03:14 AM -0500
Thanks, John, for the Website. I have lived in the Indianapolis area since 1978. I have married almost 23 years to my wife Donna. We have two children. Justin is 20 years old and is a sophomore at Butler and Nikki is a junior at Pike High School. I currently work for the State Budget Agency as a Budget Analyst. No, the fiscal crisis is not my fault. Anyone can forget a decimal point. For those of you that haven't heard, Mark Scharer fell from a ladder on March 23rd while working on a construction project in Indianapolis and is paralyzed from the waist down. He is currently in the Rehabilitation Hospital of Indianapolis, 4141 Shore Drive, Indianapolis, IN 46214. He is in fairly good spirits, but could use some encouragement from friends. Please feel free to send a card to the hospital or his home address (posted on this website) and give him your best wishes.
Cheryl Sterrett
cscompliment@hotmail.com
Saturday April 13, 2002
01:36:50 PM -0500
Just setting here on a Saturday afternoon and thought I would see what was new.I saw where Sherry mentioned our daughter in a post. She did deploy on The Kitty Hawk after 9/11, they were off the coast of Pakistan which blew our Christmas plans out of the water. She is home for a couple weeks, then back to Japan and back out on the Kitty Hawk to places unknown for 6 months. You would think after 5 and a half years I would be used to it....NOT! Anyway for now she and her boyfriend are home...safe! I'm surprised Sherry remembers me. It's been so long since I e-mailed her. Sorry! So, any reunion plans in the works?
Kevin Guiney
mcpo22@wi.rr.com
Saturday February 16, 2002
10:01:59 PM -0600
Current Address: 5219 86th street Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin 53158 I retired from the U.S. Navy in 1997 after 22 years. I worked for a couple of years at Essex Wire in Lafayette as the Maintenance Supervisor but since have moved on. I currently work for Calpine Corporation as an Operator Tech, we generate the electricity that makes this net work as well as everything else. I have been married for 25 years, my spouse's name is Ann. We have three children: Mike who is 24 years old, Jessica who is married and she is 22 years old (she has a daughter, our first grandchild) and our youngest is Ross, he is 18. Mike spent a few years in the Marines and now works in law enforcement, Jessica is married to a sailor and Ross is just finishing his Senior year. He is an Illinois all state running back and has a few college scholarships to consider now. This is a great site and it is good to see familiar names again, it has been a long time. I always missed the reunions as I was deployed over seas.
Riley McClure
rileymcclure@msn.com
Tuesday, January 29, 2002
11:50 PM -0600
cathy and i kept up for a few years. i moved out of the country in 77, returned in 79, and saw her late that year. she had been living in the bay area, but was traveling east cross-country on one of ken kesey's buses; the "gray hare" or the "green tortoise", i don't recall which. i promised to meet her bus in one of those tree-canopied northern indiana towns just off the interstate, about dusk, on a very-summer night, no more than two weeks after my having moved back to the states. i sat in a bar for an hour waiting for the bus and made small talk with the local men, eating little-chicken-dinners (hardboiled eggs) and drinking beers. cathy's entrance into that small town raised all eyebrows (both of mine) as intended, when she and cumuli clouds of pot-smoke and reggae music boiled off that bus.
a beautiful sight is one that we all get a kick out of.
like so many of the people in our class, cathy had much to teach us. i sometimes mistake learning with fitting in. i don't live there anymore, but those very-summer evenings in indiana are wonderful.
Riley McClure
rileymcclure@msn.com
Tuesday, January 29, 2002
10:10 PM
Thanks for the forum. was looking for a friend from '74, laura heinz, and stumbled in. didn't know I was lost, but now am found, living in Colorado(lots of alum in Colorado).
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all my best.
Sheryl Plumb
SPlumb@dwd.state.in.us
Tuesday, November 27, 2001
8:01 PM
Hi, I am the wife of Tony Plumb, and I was just looking at the information on this website. I went with my husband to a reunion at the grotto moreou, or something like that, I thought it was for 1973 but I don't find Tony's name anywhere, I was looking for a picture of him. He was expelled his senior year, but was allowed to graduate with his class is what he told me. thanks.
sherry (dixon) denton
bgkydenton@aol.com
Saturday, November 10, 2001
2:51 PM
hello to all. Just trying to stay in touch and find out who is working on 30th class reunion. If any helo is needed. Yeah, I am offering to help SOME! My husband and I are real invovled with the Shriners (you know, the guys who were the funny hats!). Tim will be Potentate 2002. That is he will be the CEO of his Shrine Center. We are having a great time an enjoying every minute of it. Seems we are never home right now. And we certainly do not get up to IN to visit family as much as we like or should during this time of craziness and terror. Speaking of which; Lets pray for our country, our family and our friends. Keep those that we know in the armed forces close to our hearts.. Cheryl Sterrett Compliment's daughter is on the USS Kitty Hawk. Keep her in your prayers. Sherry
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Elizabeth (Fields) Erwin
EScraps4U@aol.com
Tuesday, June 5, 2001
7:04 AM
Thank you so much for keeping this up to date! I really wondered about a 25th Reunion.(Even dieted and sun bathed! (: ) I didn't know I was lost! I really have not kept in touch with anyone from Harrison for many years! So now I'll be included in the 30th! Sooner than we think! (Now living in Austin, Texas)
John Samples
JohnW@JSam.com
Monday, May 28, 2001
08:06 AM
Lori, Melanne was in touch with us here a couple of years ago several times, but if the email posted here isn't current, then I can't help. I remember she had gotten into some acting and was going just by the name "Melanne." We might try some creative internet searching. In the meantime, maybe she'll check back here.
John Samples
JohnW@JSam.com
Monday, May 28, 2001
07:36 AM
Speaking of cruises, some classmates (Sherry Dixon?!) have suggested that our 30th should be a cruise. Anyone want to encourage that thought?
Lori Fay
belle29497@aol.com
Friday, May 25, 2001
08:26 PM
I am really trying to find my old friend, (melanne) garrison- the email address on here is not valid. she lives in portland, or, last i heard from her brother; she was my matron of honor (at my wedding- marriage lasted 21 years before it went bust) - and I'm searching. I love you all- and am really trying to connect with my roots lately- and John Wayne- you are a part of that i Love you be safe lb
Risa (Hathaway) Young
belle29497
Friday, May 18, 2001
10:24 PMThe lost has been found. I now live in Bourbon, Indiana. Alive and well teaching first grade in Warsaw, Indiana and singing in my spare time at area churches to raise money for a girl in my classroom with leukemia. I have a husband and three sons. One married, one living in Michigan, and one who is a sophomore at Triton High School.
I already heard from Linda Bundy Watson as I found her address on the website. John, Your Alaska pictures look fantastic!! Was it a Royal Carribean ship? Doug and I went last year to the southern Carribeans for our 25th anniversary on a Royal Carribean cruise line! Best vacation of our life!
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John Samples
JohnW@jsam.com
Thursday, May 10, 2001
01:39 PM
Hey, Karl. Great to hear from you. Also got an update from Lori Fay today; I love this job! So what's had you in California and what's taking you to Oregon? --jsam
Karl Steffen
steffenk@bestaccess.com
Thursday, May 10, 2001
01:22:23 AM
Hi all! Looks like I have been missing in action for a while. I have been in California for over twenty years and I am presently relocating to Oregon (Portland). Please feel free to contact me and let me know how everyone is doing. More later.
-Karl
Elaine Doss
edoss@ivy.tec.in.us
4/18/01 5:54 PM
I want to share a Harrison story about Steve Doss...He had grown up in Lafayette, and since about 3rd grade had gone to city schools. His parents moved to Battle Ground and Steve had to transfer. He wasn't happy about this. He had been in a bad car wreck in March of 1972, and was very thin, with very little stamina when he first went to Harrison. (These are my recollections of his recollections.)
Anyway, on his first day at Harrison, he pulled into the parking lot with some hot car, filled with distain for his new "county" school. He looked out his window just as someone pulled into the space next to him driving a tractor. This was the icing on the cake for him. Incidentally, I graduated from Wainwright, so having classmates arrive on tractors or farm trucks was no big deal to me.
John, you do whatever you want with these emails. I am very public about Steve and his life and death. I hope that it inspires more dialog about the horrible way that we in society tend to treat our addicts--as disposable people. I am also attaching a story that Steve wrote. It was his vision of our life in retirement. To me, it seems a good way for people to understand the essence of our relationship.
I think it is a shame that you and Steve never got a chance to really talk. He would have enjoyed and appreciated that. He liked himself much better the last few years. His inability to control his drinking taught him humility. Let me share his words that he wrote form Putnam Co. Jail in 1997...
[click here to read Steve's letter from jail]
As I mentioned, I have over 800 pages of letters from Steve. They make me laugh and cry. Above all, they make me think about my own life and how blessed I am for having known Steve. Someday I hope to publish his writings. I know that others would benefit. In the meantime, if you see fit to put some of this on the Harrison page, please do.
If you ever have ideas or questions about addiction, please feel free to share it. I want to help prevent another needless death.
Sincerely,
Elaine Doss
John W. Samples
jsamples@secc.org
Wednesday, April 18, 2001 2:41 PM
Elaine, I'm flattered that you would feel comfortable enough and passionate enough to share so openly about Steve. My heart is touched with your descriptions of Steve turning to Christ.
One reason he and I were not close in high school is that I was a bit of a goody-two-shoes preacher's kid and Steve was... well, not that. I don't mean anything by that except that we ran in different circles. My current position is general manager of The Southeast Outlook, a Christian newspaper ministry in Louisville. The irony between how different he and I were in High School and how similar our professions and faith turned out to be, creates even more regret that I did not know him better back then.
In fact, I know there are a lot of my classmates that I had opportunities to reach out to but never did because I "wasn't comfortable." I'm sure I'll get a chance to explain myself someday, but I'm just as sure that I have no good explanations. But we keep trying and looking for opportunities, and my heart still has a soft place of enormous size for my classmates as I remember them, and as I've stayed in contact with a few. That's probably one reason I'd like to do something on the web in Steve's memory that might touch someone else who needs touching.
One thing I'd like to do is to include some of what you've written to me about Steve's last few years in the "Raider Rambles" message board. I think it would be good for his friends to know about his struggles and faith; who knows who might join in. I know there was quite a scramble for information when we first learned he had passed away and the newspaper clippings were all we were able to find, so I know there are others who would be interested.
Thank you again for sharing. Perhaps we'll get the chance to meet someday.
John Samples
Elaine Doss
edoss@ivy.tec.in.us
4/18/01 12:33 PM
Hi John, Thank you for the response. I must confess that whenever anyone mentions that they knew Steve, I really want to share things.
I only met Steve in 1996. I noticed by your signature line, the reference to Ecclesiastes. Steve never went to any church as a child. In his mid-30's, he began to study many religions and became a very devout Christian. It was his faith that kept him going.
Steve spent a year of the last two years of his life in Tippecanoe County Jail for alcohol related charges. Not DUI, but public intoxication, and once he tried to steal a bottle of mouthwash to drink. This was very hard for Steve to reconcile with his prior life as a newspaper executive with USA Today. He left that profession when he recognized that the lifestyle was contributing to his alcoholism. He got his BA, MA and was one year away from his PhD from Univ of KY.
Anyway, we had long periods of separation during the 3 1/2 years that we knew each other. This weekend I organized the boxes of letters I had gotten from him sequentially. I have over 800 pages of his letters to me. Plus, he wrote 2 novels and many short stories during his incarcerations and his time in rehab. The overwhelming theme in his writing is that "this is God's Will. I pray for the strength to follow His Will." He sent me so many references to The Word and helped me grow spiritually. It is my faith that helps me cope with my loss.
John, I am sorry to go on, so, but as you must have noted, I love to talk about Steve. He was truly a gift to me from God. Let me get back with you on the reference to web pages. It is a great idea! I just want to make sure to do this correctly. If you have read this far, I appreciate your time.
Sincerely, Elaine Doss
John W. Samples
jsamples@secc.org
Tuesday, April 17, 2001 3:34 PM
Elaine, thank you for your note. I was so sorry to hear about Steve and about his struggle the last few years. I did not know him well in high school, but it doesn't take being best friends to grieve when someone we know suffers like that. If you have any ideas about something we could do on the website in his memory, such as a link to a web page of an organization you work with, let me know and I'll take care of it.
Ecclesiastes 12:13
Elaine Doss
edoss@ivy.tec.in.us
4/17/01 11:18 AM
This is Elaine Doss. I am Steve's widow. I live in Lafayette, and because of Steve's death from alcoholism, I am an outspoken advocate for rights of addicts. If I can provide any information, please feel free to contact me.
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Sherry (Dixon) Denton
bgkydenton@aol.com
2/13/01 11:46:58 PM
Greetings from Kentucky!.. Well John and Bobbi how do YOU all like Ky? Just a little update on my info. Area codes seem to be changing everywhere.. ours changed to 270 (previously 502). Nothng else is new. Married 9 years this year. We do get up to Indiana to visit Dad and brother Matt. Would love to hear from the classmates. It is always great to be able to stay in touch with old friends.
Larry G. Carter
little_turtlejr@excite.com
1/2/01 8:26:21 AM
Hello to all! Just a short note. I'm living in the great state of Alabama. Have been for the last five years. My heart still goes out to everyone in Indiana and class mates of '73.
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wallickbp@hotmail.com
12/9/00
5:33:56 PM
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John Wayne Samples
JohnW@jsam.com
11/7/00
1:39:16 AM
Quick update on our move...Bobbi & I now live in Louisville, KY. After 21 years in Hoosierland, and 13 in the electric industry, I (we) have accepted a ministry position in association with Southeast Christian Church. They have their own weekly newspaper here and they asked me to be their General Manager.
Bobbi still has her consulting business in Portland (BKSafety.Net) and is exploring ways to expand it and to run it from Louisville. We've downsized considerably and are now living in an apartment for the first time in 25 years so life is pretty interesting right now. Our daughter, Alain, is finishing her degree at Ball State while running the office for Bobbi's business in Jay County. Our son, Shayne, is still patching Apaches for Uncle Sam in Germany. We'd love to hear from you...
John Samples
JohnW@jsam.com
11/7/00
1:36:15 AM
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Karen Bennett
klscheffee@netzero.net
10/21/00
3:13:28 PM
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Terri (Suter) Bowers
tbowers@gradientcorp.com
10/19/00
9:01:16 AM
Haven't checked in in a long while - noted that my email and area code are out of date. Email is now tbowers@gradientcorp.com, area code is now 781. Thanks for keeping this thing going. Terri
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jimscandy@hotmail.com
6/19/00 12:01:02 PM
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Cheryl (Sterrett) Compliment
cscompliment@hotmail.com
2/26/00 8:51:32 AM
Work email is ccompliment@datastar.net. I noticed where Bobbi is getting her pilots license. Congratulations to her. My husband flies and as a matter of fact is a flight instructor. Seems all our little ones are fleeing the nest. Erika is 22 and spent two years in Great Britian and is in Florida right now. She will be going to Japan for two years in April. Margaux will be 20 in June and is going to school...for what I don't know yet. In her spare time she works and PLAYS!!!!! Catch you later. Good to hear from you. Cheryl