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Portia Elliott Russell                                    Donna Falconer McClung
                                     661-301-7804 cell  prussell@bak.rr.com                    5279 Creekside Blvd., #51 Brunswick, OH  44212
                                                                                               330-321-3070 home     330-421-2788 cell
                                     About my life: Two children, four                         Dmcclung28@gmail.com
                                     grandchildren. Retired from State
                                     Farm Insurance in 2016. Love to                           About my life: I had three children:
                                     travel. Most memorable trip so far                        Jennifer, Gary, Jr. and Edward.
                                     was to Iceland. Currently volunteer                       I have six grandchildren: Ashlie and
                                     with the American Red Cross as a                          Gavin (Jennifer’s children); Augustus,
                                     disaster workforce engagement lead                        Quinton, Dmitri and Finnian (Gary’s
                                     for four counties. Master Gardener                        children). Edward did not have
                                     who loves to be  outdoors.                                children. To my high school self:
                                     A favorite high school memory:                            Be safe and listen to your elders.
                                     Football games, performing with the
         Beeliners. To my high school self: Be more outgoing. Bucket list: More   They’ve been around the block once or twice. Bucket list: Visit all the
         travel: England, Scotland, Wales, Amsterdam.               states in the US.
                                     Phyllis Fetzer                                            Nancy Ford LaForest *
                                     172 Brassic Way, Columbus, OH 43213                       8750 E. San Vicente Drive
                                     614-519-1624   pfetzer30@yahoo.com                        Scottsdale, AZ 85258  505-235-5768 cell
                                                                                               nlaforest@gmail.com
                                     About my life: Graduated from OSU;
                                     taught high school English 3 years,                       About my life: I married right out of
                                     worked at OSU Hospitals 8 years,                          high school – not one of my best
                                     long career in marketing at Chemical                      decisions! Divorced after 13 years.
                                     Abstracts Service almost 20 years.                        Two children, three grandchildren.
                                     Married 1981; my husband died in                          I enjoyed a successful career in
                                     1996; one son. Went to seminary in                        accounting and retired as director of
                                     my 50s and am an ordained elder in                        finance for a chain of regional
                                     The United Methodist Church.                              restaurants. I love to golf, attend live
         Semi-retired, on staff at a large UMC doing pastoral care.   theater and concerts, and swim in my backyard pool. A favorite high school
                                                                    memory: Since I moved away before MHS, I’ll relate a memory from
                                    Lonnie Frost                    earlier. I enjoyed the best slumber parties at Toni Tompkins’ and Pam
                                    523 N Bradway St.  Medina OH 44256   Stambaugh’s houses with all the girls watching Ghoulardi and, in general,
                                    IIfrost@zoominternet.net        just being goofy. To my high school self: Go to college first before
                                                                    marriage, because being a returning student while parenting is not easy.
                                    About my life: Served in the Army   Bucket list: More travel, see other parts of the world. Heading to Israel and
                                    right out of high school. Been married   Egypt later this year if the stars align. *associated with class
                                    to Linda Curtice for 43 years, have
                                    two adult stepchildren and five                              Don Gifford
                                    grandchildren who are the best                               4320 Oxbow Ct. Ellicott City, MD 21042
                                    thing that ever happened. Have been                          profdgifford@gmail.com
                                    a mechanic for 38 years. Favorite h.s.
                                    memory: Running for Student Council                          About my life: Nancy (Aten)
         president. To my h.s. self: Hang on tight, it could get bumpy. Bucket list:             Gifford and I have been extremely
         Follow the road less traveled by and hope you don't get ambushed.                       fortunate. We live in Maryland,
                                                                                                 and both wonderful daughters and
                                     Jane Guiltinan                                              their families live nearby. I still
                                                                                                 teach and write as a law professor
                                     312 Juan de Fuca Rd. Port Townsend, WA                      at the University of Maryland,
                                     98368    cell 206-473-0909
                                     janeguiltinan@comcast.com                                   where I earlier served as dean.
                                                                                                 To my high school self: I would
                                     About my life: I am a happily                               reassure myself that I will be very
                                     married, retired naturopathic    healthy after 66 years of diabetes.  Never much of a jock in high school, I’m
                                     physician living in Port Townsend   now (or was until covid) among the top weightlifters at the local Y.
                                     with my spouse, Dr. Cindy Breed.
                                     After a 32-year career as a physician,                     Debra Hallock
                                     educator and academic administra-                          1100 N. Jefferson St. Unit D, Medina OH 44256
                                     tor, I now spend my time volunteer-                        home Ph 330-722-3054  cell 614-736-4266
                                     ing, hiking, boating and tending to                        debrahalockphd@gmail.com

        my gardening. A favorite high school memory: Winning a dance contest                    About my life: Medina native,
        with Glenn Olds (bet he doesn’t remember); the powderpuff football game;                earned degrees at Miami University
        making homecoming floats; playing on the first girls’ track and basketball              (Ohio) and Ohio State University.
        teams; going to football and basketball games.To my high school self: Being             Multi-faceted career in the Colum-
        successful is satisfying, but being kind and loving to people and the planet is         bus area encompassed consulting,
        the key to a happy life. Follow your dreams and lead with your heart. Don’t             university teaching, and leading edu-
        believe what you think.Bucket list: Visit our National Parks, Antarctica, New           cation-oriented nonprofits. Moved
        Zealand, Australia; achieve a single digit handicap; bike and hike more trails   back to Medina 10 years ago to help my parents, became active with sev-
        in the Pacific NW and beyond; leisurely days with family and friends.
                                                                   eral nonprofits there. Enjoy genealogy, being single after 30 years of mar-
                                                                   riage, and connecting with friends.
                                    Senesa Henderson Peterson                                 Tim Holston
                                    330-441-2030 home  scpjoygran@yahoo.com                   3050 Lane Woods Ct.   Columbus, OH 43221
                                                                                              614-464-7503 home   holstont@cloud.com
                                    About my life: Married 40 years to a
                                    pastor, with children, grandchildren                      About my life: “Life is like a box of
                                    and great grandchildren. A favorite                       chocolates. You never know what
                                    high school memory: When they                             you’re gonna get.”  I can definitely
                                    played music during lunchtime, and                        relate to this Forrest Gump quote.
                                    we danced by the concessio stand!                         Like many of you, I have experienced
                                    To my high school self: Hello self,                       successes and failures, high expecta-
                                    what opportunities I missed, espe-                        tions and disappointments. In spite of it
                                    cially getting involved with other
         activities. Bucket list: To fly out to San Diego, CA.                                all, my only hope is for the journey to
                                                                                              continue. A favorite high school
                                                                   memory: My junior year, I lost a lot of weight to wrestle varsity at 103 lbs.
                      Stephanie Hobbs Simmons                      This experience still ranks as the stupidest thing that I have ever done. Al-
                      8279 Concord Rd.  Springfield, TN 37172      though not my favorite memory, it had an everlasting effect. The discipline I
                      615-504-7831 home  ralphsimmons09@comcast.net
                                                                   developed that year helped me later while attending college and, especially,
                      About my life: Married to Ralph Simmons, who retired   law school. To my high school self: Don’t take Latin in ninth grade, choose
                      after 21 years in the Army. Last duty station was 38 months   Spanish (or some other language) instead. More than 75 percent of
                      in Hawaii before moving to Tennessee. I retired after 18   Americans have no second language. When I retired in 2013, I wanted to
                      years with the Vanderbilt Comprehensive Care Clinic, which   learn to speak Spanish and even went to a language school in Madrid.
                      serves HIV/AIDS patients. Hobbies include reading and   I discovered that it is very difficult to teach “an old dog new tricks.” Bucket
                      community service projects. To my highschool self: Do a   list: In 1993, I traveled to Scotland for a 10-day golf trip.  At the time, I was a
                      better job of staying in touch with high school friends.   terrible golfer and, therefore, did not fully appreciate the trip. Today, I am
                      Bucket list: Travel to England, Ireland and Scotland.   slightly better and would like to do it again.
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