Hello friends
It's time for this site to close down...that is, unless I hear protests. Pictures posted on this blog are reserved on an online picassa web album. Let me know if you want access to them. This blog shuts down in a week!
Tammy
Dear Class,
I am offering to put together a special DVD picture slide show for our class. This is not just for the reunion but also for you who can not come but would like to make an “appearance”. This will be a great way to share what has been happening in our lives since we graduated.
I NEED YOUR HELP! Please in the next month or so, during your spring cleaning (?), dig out old photo albums and picture discs. Please provide up to 5 photos per graduate to span the years from ’88 to ‘08. Include things like college graduation, or military training class pictures, wedding pictures, new family additions, and any other pictures of major milestones in your life that you would like to share. Or if anything at all, a recent picture would be great! Schedule one this Easter!!
If the picture is of a specific event such as college graduation, please include the name of the school you graduated from and the date of the event. Same thing for wedding pictures – please provide your spouse’s name and the date of the event. For family additions give the name of the child and their date of birth. Any other events please state a description and date for the event.
Your participation is what will make this meaningful!
In addition to your pictures covering the 20 years since graduation if you have good quality photos from your time at FAITH please share those too – especially those of you who may have pictures that date back into the elementary school grades and pictures that may include beloved teachers. Please provide an approximate date/grade for the photo and if it was from. If it has multiple class members (such as a playground picture) point out any that were part of the graduating class. There’s no limit to number of pictures here—the more the better!
I will keep track of all original photos so they can be returned to you. Of course, any that can be provided in electronic form as jpeg or tiff are preferred. But please keep the resolution higher around 1MB each rather than trying to reduce the size for email. Please don’t send slides or negatives.
Email electronic copies to
tanya underscore charfauros at tsco dot org
Snail mail hard copies of photos to:
Tanya Charfauros
9606 Cornwall Dr
Huntington Beach, CA 92646
(include USA if you are posting from outside the US)
Cutoff date: I need to receive all photos by April 30, 2008.
The more of us that participate the better the final product will be making it a meaningful memento for everyone regardless of whether or not you are attending the reunion.
If you have some favorite tunes from the ‘80s please suggest any song or artist names for us to use as music bed for the photo montage. Christian and non-Christian music suggestions are welcome. We lived our lives to the music of Madonna, Michael Jackson, Duran-Duran and Van Halen as well as Petra, Amy Grant, and Michael W. Smith so we want to be as inclusive as possible and try to use songs that were especially meaningful to us.
I’ll be sending out reminders periodically over the next month. If you do not care to participate just drop me a quick email and I won’t bother you any more.
Thanks in advance and I hope to get a great response from everyone!
~Tanya (Parlier) Charfauros
God has blessed me with 7 beautiful children. Daniel is nearly 18, Amy is 16, Rebekah is nearly 15, Joel is 13, Joshua is 11, Isaiah is 9 and Aaron is 8 now. They are beautiful!! On Saturday October 6 I married my boyfriend of 2 1/2 years, Nathan.
We live in a small town in South Australia now. Nathan (who is American actually) is a police officer and I am still a stay at home Mum. Being a second marriage for both of us we really cherish the time we have together and because Nate works shift work we can see more of each other if I'm not working outside the home as well. Besides, with all these kids, there's always plenty for me to do!
Daniel is now in 12th grade and coming top of his class. His final exams are in November (school year here is Jan-Dec with summer over Christmas). He starts University next year. He is in France at the moment with my Dad. He won a trip for 2 for 5 days, on a website...very lucky!! They are having a wonderful time together!
Amy is nearly finished 11th grade and doing very well. She has a lovely boyfriend who we see quite a lot of these days. She is talking about becoming a teacher when she finishes school.
Rebekah is in 9th grade. She has a beautiful heart and loves spending time with both her friends and family. She is a bookworm and loves writing and drawing.
Joel is nearly finished 7th grade. He goes to high school next year (that's year 8-12). He does very well at school and is now taller than his Mum!
Joshua is in 5th grade. He loves doing Math and anything to do with numbers. He loves insects and bugs and can tell you lots of interesting facts about them.
Isaiah is in 3rd grade. He is the noisy one and does everything with lots of energy! He does really well at school and has lots of friends (equally noisy most of the time :) ) He loves cooking with Nate.
Aaron, our baby, is in second grade. He is our cuddly one! He loves school and swimming. He has a best friend who he spends lots of time with.
I have a list of 136 for the class of 1988. The following individuals are the ones I do not have an email address or mailing address for:
HOTEL RESERVATION INFORMATION
Comfort Suites
La Grange, KY
(502) 225-4125
If you have any questions about the accommodations please feel free to call or email Gigi:
Gigi (Schultze) Wheeler
phone #: (502) 647-8937
We are now taking reservations for our With 4 easy installments of $35.00 you & your family can enjoy a wonderful weekend of fellowship, food, and fun!
20th Class Reunion
The money will be used for the purchase of all the food, entertainment, and supplies for the weekend with the EXCEPTION of our Saturday mid-morning outing, transportation, and your hotel bill which we have been quoted a rate of $66.00 at Comfort Suites with 10 confirmed reservations (rate includes deluxe breakfast).
**Note** Any funds not used will be refunded back to each family at the conclusion of the reunion.
Installment Plan per Family:
November 20th: $35.00January 20th: $35.00
March 20th: $35.00
May 20th: $35.00
All checks should be made out and mailed to:Gigi Wheeler
8160 Dover Road
Shelbyville, KY 40065Any questions can be emailed to Gigi (Schultze) Wheeler at: two_wheeler_pdg2@hotmail.com
Thank you on behalf of the Planning Committee,
~Gigi (Schultze) Wheeler
Thursday: June 26, 2008
Friday: June 27, 2008
Saturday: June 28, 2008
Sunday: June 29, 2008
* activity not covered under Installment Plan
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Marengo Cave Walking Tour
Website: http://www.marengocave.com/groups/walking_tours.php
Description: The lady that I spoke to said it was a very child friendly place. They do not allow strollers into the cave, but you can use front carriers for the young ones.
Marengo Cave has been amazing visitors since its discovery in 1883! Discover the stunning beauty of this National Landmark! Marvel at the massive flowstone deposits and the delicate soda straw formations.
Friendly and knowledgeable interpreters guide you each step of the way. Their well-lit, easy walking tours can be enjoyed by individuals and groups of all ages.
Location: It will take us about 1 hour and 5 minutes to get there.
For Lunch: They do not have a restaurant there, only a snack bar that sells vending machine food items. We would have to bring our own picnic lunch that we could get Subway to cater for us. We can reserve a shelter for free for lunch.
There are two walking tours that we can choose from:
Crystal Palace (a 35-40 minute tour)
Admission: $10.00 per person/$5.50 for 12 and under/free for children 3 and under
Description: This easy tour winds its way through formation-filled rooms and past huge flowstone deposits. You'll take a seat in our Crystal Palace room and enjoy a video presentation of the cave's discovery.
Dripstone Trail (a 70 minute tour)
Admission: $11.00 per person/$6.00 for 12 and under/free for children 3 and under
Description: Known for its profusion of delicate soda straw formations and slender totem pole stalagmites, this one mile tour takes approximately 70 minutes. Its unique Penny Ceiling is a favorite with all ages.
What else they offer: Along with the cave tour or for those who do not want to take the cave tour you can enjoy a playground, a nice big gift shop, a wrap around porch with many rocking chairs to sit on, nature trails to explore, a cave simulator (a man-made crawling devise that lets you experience what it is like to crawl in tight places in caves without getting dirty and wet), or you might enjoy gem mining where you can purchase sacks of sand to pour out in their gem mining water area.
On behalf of the Planning Committee,
~Gigi (Schultze) Wheeler
middle. They are a true joy!!!
Tabitha, Avala Grace 3, Aza (Ayzuh) Joy 1, and I are living in Santa Barbara CA. We were married in 1997 and other than a year of traveling together, we have lived in this beautiful beachside city. Tabitha worked as a high school English teacher at Santa Barbara High School until we had kids. She is a track runner and I try not to ever race against her. I work at Westmont College as the mens tennis coach and teach p.e. courses and also run a tennis club in SB where I teach private lessons. We are loving being parents and I try to take as much time off work as I can to be with the girls. Avala and Aza were both born at home in our bedroom and are thriving. Avala is a chatterbox and loves to run and tricycle. Aza is learning how to walk and talk, holding onto things. Their smiles and hugs make my day. I am a beach volleyball fanatic (watch out Landry) these days and get out every chance I get. I just started taking an art class one night a week. I read some, anyone read the kite runner (good book). I have missed our reunions and will try my best to make this one. 20 years, wow.
Chris Elwood
Be sure to click on comments on the bottom to add your answer. Email Tammy if you would like to add trivia questions!1. Of our classmates who started Kindergarten together at Faith?2. Who threw scissors at Michael McKinney in 4th grade? 3. Where were our Outdoor Ed. locations when we were in Middle School? 4. What was the name of the dolphin puppet that Ms. Morris used to bring to our classes for Character Building Lessons in Elementary Education?
~questions by Gigi Wheeler
More Questions....5. Who shared the same birthdate in our class? 6. What musicals were done each year of high school? 7. What was our Senior Play? 8. Who were our class sponsors?
~questions by Melanie Hughes (Maness)
We are so excited to let you all know that our 20th high school reunion will be held in Louisville, Kentucky where the main events will occur on Gigi Schultze Wheeler's farm. Please keep checking back for details.
Please be sure to participate in the poll to your right! We need EVERYONE'S input!
Well, since my last post, I've accepted a new position at the University of Montana. I'll be their director of UM Online, their online learning entity. We're moving out to Missoula this summer, and once established would be happy to have visitors. It's a beautiful part of the country.
Aimee, not sure of our route west, but if it happens to take us through Rochester, MN, it would be great to stop in and see you and your family.
Keith
Hi again folks,
Blessings,
Hi there:
It's great to see this site up and see old faces and friends. I was an O Levels student (all those stuffy Brits) and a dorm kid (what's fashion?) and an IJ kid (there is a missing link after all!). I left for the
I moved to 
conflict. From 2000 on I trained and worked with leaders in business, government and churches throughout
In '98 I met Tracey, a beautiful blue-eyed South African in whom I saw the Lord's joy and his heart for the marginalized and poor. Tracey is a chartered accountant and has done well in business and consulting. We married in 2000 and in Nov 2005 had Samuel. He has his mom's features and is therefore cuter than his dad.
Incidentally, in
The last two years have been crazy for us. In 2005 I was heavily involved in political advocacy work on a very public, high profile issue. After a lengthy process of considering an invitation for a job as
Last year we visited Faith and stayed with Steve and Rhonda Schwarze. A blessed time. What a great school.
Ciao – Jonathan
Hi all-
We are living in Rochester MN where Steve is a Jr. High youth pastor in an Ev. Free Church. We've been here for the past 4 years and love it. To back up a bit, after graduating from high school, I attended Columbia Intl. Univ. in SC where I got degrees in Elem. Ed and Bible. Steve and I also met and married there. We moved to FL and lived there for 6 years where I taught elem. and Jr. high until our first, Taryn (now 9 1/2) was born. Since then I have been a full-time mom as we have gradually made our way north via AR (Davin, now 7, born there), WI (Dana, now 4 1/2, born there), and now MN, where we will welcome our 4th child in June. Hopefully we will not be moving anymore, as 4 seems to be a good number.
Currently, I am back in school working on getting my RN, which will eventually lead to a masters in midwifery (CNM). I thought it would be good to round out my education a little so I can be more diversified. Other interests include volunteering for the handsomest Jr. high youth pastor in town as a Sunday School teacher for 6th and 7th grade girls, and my involvement with La Leche League as an accredited leader. I also played soccer with a women's league here in Roch. for a couple of years, and learned that my brain and body don't always agree on what I am able to do with a soccer ball, but it was fun. We also enjoy all the outdoor kinds of things that can be done in MN. Tons of bike and x-country ski trails, the Boundary Waters, North Shore of Lake Superior (canoeing, camping).
We'd love to have anyone passing through Rochester (Mayo clinic, IBM) stay with us. Looking forward to the reunion next year.
~ Aimee
After graduating from Biola with my BS in Computer Science, I moved to San Diego and worked at a retail software firm as a programmer and also in hardware/network support for about eight years. During this time, I married my wife, Karla, whom I met at Biola. I then worked at a local school district in different positions. While there, I went back to school and completed my MS degree. I'm currently working at a local water authority in southern San Diego county as a Systems Analyst. We have a son, Trevor, who is two and also have two dogs. My wife works as a pediatric nurse at our local Children's Hospital part-time. We are involved in a local church serving as well as in a small group. We're looking forward to seeing you at the twenty-year reunion.
-Caleb
Hello everyone.
We're living in Huntington Beach, CA. Talia is a little over 15 months - so fun! I could never picture myself as a mother but boy, I am really enjoying this! I know I am blessed. I had her by natural water birth at home. What an experience! I highly recommend it! I am also working as a graphic designer. Ted works for a marketing company as an account manager for various car companies like SCION (Toyota), Kia and Mazda. He is also a gifted Dad! Twice a week Ted takes Talia for several hours so I can paint or go to dance class - to keep myself creative and sane.
Recently we had the scare of our life when Talia's pediatrician heard a large heart murmur at her 12 month check up. 2 weeks ago she had open heart surgery. I created a website for her if you'd like to read the journal before, during and after...see pictures etc. She is recovering at a shocking rate! You'd never guess that just 2 short weeks ago her little body was cut open, she was on a breathing machine and a heart/lung machine having open heart surgery. My baby's a strong little girl!
It's been really fun and good to see you all and read your stories. Thanks for taking the time to post! ~ Tanya
