Can you identify any of these 50s Garfield kids?

We know Dawn and Trish are in the middle and Linda Malmstrom on top end. Let Linda Swanson Nygaard know at lindanyg@aol.com. Thank you. 

March favorites for all . . .

You can make it a fun day in 2026 with a get together by pulling up a chair for an enjoyable lunch perhaps with a bit of green beer and your MHS 65 classmates on Wednesday, March 4th, 2026, at Hafners about 11:30 am. Join for laughs, stories, maybe some music, and more with old friends. Come alone or bring a friend. Isn't it time to get to know each other better? 

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Join Your Classmates and Friends

HAFNERS — A Moline institution where the food is excellent and the fellowship even better--especially at lunchtime when members of the MHS class of '65 gather. Come exchange warm greetings with your classmates as you share memories as well as news, tips, a joke or two, and talk about the reunion, local sports today, and more. 

All are welcome--join in on Wednesday, March 4th, at 11:30ish and every first Wednesday of the month in the future. Mark your calendar today and ask Alexa or Siri to remind you, too.

On February 4th, 2026, these hardy folks again braved winter weather for a bit good cheer: Barry Curtis, Bob Groene, Tom Ahlstrand, Jon Chapman, John Katherman, Joyce McMinn Strach, Mitch Strach, Chris Michaelsen Decastecker, Pam Monson Lane, Sally Robbins Weckel, Butch Trevor, and Patty DeLeon. Photo courtesy of Sally Robbins Weckel with photoshop tweak by Tim Wilder.

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Re-dedication of 1965 Flood Fighting Plaque

Moline is honoring the hundreds of young people who tried to save the Quad Cities from the historic flood of 1965.

https://www.wvik.org/wvik-top-stories/2022-10-28/re-dedication-of-1965-flood-fighting-plaque 

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Good memories 

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Our Foreign Exchange Student -- Nazek Fahmy Habib

It's been far too long (50+ years) since we've heard much from our class exchange student, Nazek Fahmy, but Mary Parsons Caisley, her Moline host, recently met up with her in Alexandria, Egypt. It looks like a joyous reunion.  And we've been given the okay to post these pictures of them now.  Hopefully we can get a little more information later. 
 

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More photos. . . 

If you'd like to post photos, just let us know or just add to the albums already available under the section called Photos: Then and Now.  Two more albums were added recently for the 30th and 35th reunions.  Please feel free to include your photos in them.  You never know when they might put a smile on someone's face. 

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