Talented Classmate Shines Again

Sarasota opera is entering its 66th season of bringing world class opera to Florida's Gulf Coast. The company has gained an international reputation as one of the leading regional opera companies in the US.  This Spring Stiffelio will be conducted by the Sarasota opera artistic director and principal conductor Victor DeRenzi and stage directed by Stephanie Sundine. It will be sung in Italian with English supertitles for six performances March 15-30th.* 

*For information or tickets visit SarasotaOpera.org. 
**Tampa Bay Magazine, February 2025.

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Red Roses for a Blue Lady

All Regulars, Friends, and Drop-ins Invited

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 say hello to your classmates as you share memories as well as tips, a joke or two, and talk about Moline basketball today or in '65. 

All are welcome--join in on Wednesday, February 5th, at 11:30ish and every first Wednesday of the month in the future. Mark your calendar.

On January 8th, 2025, we were joined by Butch Trevor, Tom Ahlstrand, Joyce McMinn Strach, Mitch Strach, Jack Wilkerson, Christine DeCastecker, Sally Robbins Weckel, Pam Monson Lane
This photo and many others submitted thanks to Sally Robbins Weckel.

On December 4th, 2024, we were joined by  Bob Groene,  Barry Curtis, Randy Ruggeberg, Jerry Miller, Phyllis Miller, Sally Robbins Weckel, Joyce McMinn Strach, Mitch, Butch Trevor, Tom Ahlstrand, John Katherman.

On December 2nd classmates Jeff Johnson, Carol Peterson Weisheit, Vikki Carss Odell, and Sue Harper Amour met for a visit and a meal at The Huckleberry Restaurant in Lewisville, CO.

Sunny Florida drew many classmates to get together. In February 2024, Marg Rosborough Duer, Pam Peterson Verhille, and Linda Swanson Nygaard met in Naples.

Later in March 2024 six classmates got together in Ft. Meyers--Stephanie Sundine, Sharon Brotman Erickson, Deanna Rohrbach Rossow, Linda Swanson Nygaard, Audrey Veberg Olson, and Merikay Jones Willer.

Earlier on February 16, 2024, in Sarasota, Florida, classmates Kathy Cornell Sisco, Chris Eveland VanLerberghe, Marie Flatley, Cheryl Anderson Lehew, Jeff Johnson, Cyd Hillyer Humphreys  and Dee Karstens met at Cooper's Hawk Winery & Restaurant for food and frolic.

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What, When, and Where
 

We have a date and place for our 60th reunion, so mark your calendar today for October 3-5, 2025, at Cityview. 

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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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Enjoy New Year Spirits with Old Friends 

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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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