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Wednesday
10:00 PM
16.07.2008 |
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Joe Beels |
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A litte update, some of you know I had cancer in 2005. It has come back and is metastatic. It's on my lungs (both) and back in my neck. I tried radiation and Erbitux to no avail. It didn't slow it down, and I asked how long I might have and as of 3 months ago it was less than a year. I stopped treatment as I would only have bought a few months if it worked at all, so rather than be miserable I opted to enjoy the little time I have left. Feel free to write if you like. I'm in a really good place and I have my daughter and grandchildren living with me. I couldn't be more delighted with them here. Actually I think I'm happier than I have ever been. It's nice to see everyone posting here. I hope all is well with each and every one of you. Finney and all of my classmates are a very fond memory for me. Some of you I've seen after highschool, it was fun. See ya' down the road. Lee thanks for keeping the board up. I know it takes resources.
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| EntryNo: |
38 |
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Wednesday
06:57 PM
16.07.2008 |
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George Verras |
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The last time I saw Kirk Lippert was about 5 or 6 years ago at Cobo Hall when Microsoft was having a Dog and Pony show for Windows 2003. Growing up, Kirk was like a character in a Mark Twain novel. Always in some sort of pleasant mischief. You knew that the day would be other then ordinary when you were around Lippert. We used to take our model cars out in the winter and attach solid fuel rockets to them that we bought from the hobby shop and launch them down the ruts on Kensington, because they never plowed the streets in the winter.
But this day he seemed tired, pre-occupied, quiet. He was smoking a cigarette. In his youth he would sneak one as an instrument of rebellion and and independence, but now he seemed to hold it in his hand as if it were his sole companion, that never left him, no matter what. Each puff was letting a little more life leak out, a little less smile emerge and now he seemed like he was in the rut, although he never let on.
"See ya around man... take care." I think that was probably the last thing we said to each other.
For some odd reason this quote from Gilda Radner popped into my head...
"I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next.”
That was the cool thing about Lippert way back when, was that you never knew what was going to happen next.
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37 |
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Tuesday
10:54 AM
08.07.2008 |
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Carol (Stelma) Buescher |
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Hi to all my fellow classmates. I had dinner with Kim Rider and Joan Brinnich yesterday....it's become a yearly summer ritual for us. (Since I live in Arkansas) I have 2 kids and 3 grandkids and can't do cartwheels anymore. Oh well! Best wishes to everyone!
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| EntryNo: |
36 |
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Monday
01:07 PM
07.07.2008 |
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Leo Padot |
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Hello fellow Finney-ites --
Yeah, I survived the sixties also! I should have been graduated in 69 but I was too busy rebelling. If it wasn't for a wonderful English teacher, Ruth Roman, who saw something in me, I probably would still be in Detroit working a punch press. Anyway, I was graduated from WSU with a bachelor's degree in Journalism and then spent the next seven years as a newswriter and editor in Michigan and California. I quit the newz biz about 20 years ago and have been working in the High Tech widget world in Silicon Valley. I never married or had children though I came close a few times. Over the years in northern California I've spent my free time racing cafe motorcycles, raising horses, mountain biking and racing sailboats on San Francisco Bay. Life is great! I wish everyone the best -- drop me some electrons some time.
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Friday
04:53 PM
20.06.2008 |
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Denise Dubay |
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That would be here again. I really did learn a thing or two in school.
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Friday
01:53 PM
20.06.2008 |
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Denise (Feldman) Dubay |
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Just surfed in.
Wow, what a lot of names I actually remember. Jean Hafer, you didn't leave an email address. Contact me If you look hear again
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33 |
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Tuesday
06:32 AM
27.05.2008 |
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Paul Raicevich |
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I was also saddened to hear about the passing of Kirk Lippert. Our prayers go out to his family and friends. If it wasn't for this web site many of us would never have found out.
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32 |
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Monday
09:35 AM
26.05.2008 |
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Joel T McDonald |
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Hello all. I was verry sad to hear about Kirk Lippert. He was a good friend for many many years. I will miss him.
Wanda and I are still in Kentucky. Two
grandchildren and a great son-in-law.
Drop a line if you can.
JOEL
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Wednesday
11:35 AM
14.05.2008 |
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Kim Malloy (Rider) |
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Hello young friends - So good to read news provided through this site. Hope to hear from those that care to keep in touch. Best wishes!
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Monday
01:04 PM
12.05.2008 |
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Laura M. (Grimm) Dellinger |
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Greetings from the Black Hills of South Dakota! Been living here 10 years, following 20+ in Indianapolis. I work with tribes in northern plains to improve their solid waste infrastructure.
Would love  to play 'tour guide' to former classmates visiting this area. Feel free to email me!
Haven't been back to Detroit in 20+ years, but am bringing friend from the Lakota (Sioux) nation with me for a trip, hopefully, in July.
Am saddened and shocked that we lost Kirk. He was a great guy and the world is poorer without him.
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