tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44642038517909242762024-03-05T04:40:39.095-08:00Thunderbird Class of 76Christy K Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05988458745832012138noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464203851790924276.post-84464989557068178002021-01-25T18:52:00.000-08:002021-01-25T18:52:00.667-08:00Lisa Ruffner<p><br /></p><p><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgajBw26f88-W3kG61PtlZY1yqnSDfYSpUcoukzDbT5KWA0z7KJXDabojHWP5iUb6fJvLMkIXTp9wCZ1ezdFF9B5P0_43IP3UzbXXUtSNwOJfpqMw18ekUtbFWpC_vNiV7kUxC2QBOK8Lg/s480/Lisa+Ruffner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgajBw26f88-W3kG61PtlZY1yqnSDfYSpUcoukzDbT5KWA0z7KJXDabojHWP5iUb6fJvLMkIXTp9wCZ1ezdFF9B5P0_43IP3UzbXXUtSNwOJfpqMw18ekUtbFWpC_vNiV7kUxC2QBOK8Lg/s320/Lisa+Ruffner.jpg" /></a></div><p></p><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Irmo, South Carolina
Hi Everyone! </div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Due to the fact that we are coming on 45 yrs...WOW!
</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I'd just read Christy's post regarding the Thunderbird blog...I couldn't find how to post anything on it. Of course back when my oldest grandson was 9 (he's now 21 and getting married next month) Chris "fired" me from the computer. Needless to say, the last entry I made was 2016. So a bit of an update...Jon and I would've been married 45 yrs come November. I've been a widow for over 8 yrs and just keeping ourselves safe and trying to keep busy with a lot of trips down to Georgia to help my daughter with my 5- and 8-yr-old grandkids. I'm 3 hours away but I gladly make the trip for them. Keeping my faith strong in Jesus and doing the daily thing. I pray all of you are keeping safe and healthy.
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Where did 40 years go?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After graduation, I taught flying at TAA for
two years then moved to Collegedale,
TN where I taught flying for
another two years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In 1979 I joined the
76/78 team of married couples when I married Dianne Fraka.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our first year was spent in Collegedale.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then, we moved to Andrews
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winters (known as a freezing hell) they’d had in 100 years, and health problems
that led to amputation of my right leg, we had to take a second look at life. We
decided to move to sunny Sacramento,
California and start over.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was able to attend Sacramento City
College where I completed
two A.S. degrees: one in Aircraft Maintenance (including FAA licensing) and the
other in Electronics Technology. I have spent the last 30+ years making a
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married 36 years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She worked in
administration at The Sacramento Bee newspaper for 22 years and is now working
in broadcast production at Amazing Facts ministry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have one daughter who is an RN and a
supervisor at a psychiatric hospital in Sacramento.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our grandkids are a horse and a dog.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">For fun I enjoy bicycling,
swimming, hiking, singing and traveling in a men’s chorus, and working on the Audio
and Stage management teams for our church services. We are blessed to be able
to broadcast live on the internet, air programs on 3ABN and local TV outlets
(visit us at: </span><a href="http://www.saccentral.org/"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">www.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">saccentral.org</b></span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">)</span></div>
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Christy K Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05988458745832012138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464203851790924276.post-9793089959661987862016-03-30T22:15:00.001-07:002016-03-30T22:15:34.032-07:00Mary Parra Segura<!--[if !mso]>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Right after
graduating, my sister Lettie and I went for one year to Sagunto,
Valencia, Spain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a wonderful experience that taught me
to appreciate more my family and my country.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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and began my teaching career.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve been
teaching now for 33 years and it’s not a job, it’s my passion!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve taught mostly grades 1-4 and for one
year, grade 6.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A few schools I’ve
taught at are San Fernando Valley Academy in San Fernando,
CA, Saguaro
Hills SDA
Christian School
in Tucson, AZ,
and I am currently teaching grade 3 at San Gabriel
Academy in San Gabriel, CA.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My goal is to not only inspire children to do
their personal best academically, but foremost to give their hearts and
dedicate their lives to our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was very privileged to be able to teach my
two daughters in school, and if the Lord permits, I will be my grandson’s
teacher next year when he’s a third grader.</span></div>
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teaching career began, I met the man of my life, and my best friend, Armando
Segura.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We got married on Thanksgiving
day in 1984.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have two daughters,
Crystal and Erika, a son-in-law, Sam, married to Crystal, and one grandson,
Joshua.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My husband is a retired
machinist and is a wonderful blessing to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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cook, runs the household, and is the family auto mechanic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And let me tell you, he puts most women to
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Many of you
remember my parents who worked at TAA for many years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My father, such a loving, living example of a
dedicated Christian, passed away two years ago this June.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All of my brothers and sisters were here with
him his last days. Before he passed away he told us of his desire to start a
“Daniel G. Parra Memorial Fund” with the purpose of helping others achieve
their lifelong dream of a Christian education.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We have fulfilled his wishes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To
view a fundraising letter, please see the attachment at the end of this article.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My mother lives in Glendale, AZ,
and is doing well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She rides her adult
tricycle often and just bought a Teeter machine, which promotes inversion of
your body for health.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She gives many
lectures on health to many of the Spanish SDA churches in the area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will be 85 years “young” this October!</span>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">On June 11,
2014, Daniel G. Parra passed away with few possessions to call his own. Still
he died a wealthy man for he had the love, admiration and respect of his family
and friends. In his 85 years he dedicated his life to God and family. He
faithfully loved his wife, cared for his mother, supported and educated his
five children, and responded eagerly to God’s calling to teach the much he had
learned through constant reading and personal experiences. </span></div>
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Daniel asked that we, his children, remember him by helping others obtain that
formal education he desired but never had – although he made certain that we
did. He expressed a special concern for those from humble beginnings who, like
him, have a deep thirst for learning, but little means to afford schooling
because of their family’s circumstances. He knew, as do we, that by helping
even one young person who deeply embraces Godly values, we would be helping the
entire family enter into a long-lasting, life-changing promise for their
future. In response to his request, we have established the Daniel G. Parra Memorial
Fund in his honor to accomplish his last wishes. </span></div>
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turn to ask you to help us make Dad’s dream come true. Your generous donation
to the Daniel G. Parra Memorial Fund will help a few deserving young people
find that their educational dreams can come true. Together we can make an
investment into their futures that will reap great rewards for whole families. </span></div>
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your help and would be happy to provide you with a receipt upon your request.
Your donations are fully tax deductible. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mary Parra
Segura</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Lettie
(Parra) Hylarides, Secretary/Treasurer: </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Box 124</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">, Silvana,
Washington 98287</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Danira Parra,
President: </span></div>
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<br />Christy K Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05988458745832012138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464203851790924276.post-62582335054936053522016-03-30T01:29:00.000-07:002016-03-30T01:29:11.134-07:00Doreen (Schneeman) Nimmo Sutton<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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I've seen many of you throughout the years at reunions or
otherwise, so I will just do a brief highlight, as I unfortunately will not be
attending this momentous occasion...so sad about this!</div>
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My daughter is (gasp!) 36 and living in Florida, with her loves, both human and
canine. I am about to have a third "granddog" in about a month,
a brindle Boston.
I make it a point every November to visit her for at least a week while I am
already on the East Coast for court reporter association board meetings, and we
were able to spend last Thanksgiving in Florida.
Of course, the one year I decide to do a run, there were 27-mile-an-hour
winds...</div>
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My son is now 18 and recently moved to Nevada and lives with my brother. He
is an amazing kid. He wanted to venture out on his own before attending
college and police academy. It was very sad indeed, the only consolation
being I am going to have a guest room! :-)</div>
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Mark is doing well, and has taken up road biking. In
the short time he has been riding, he has logged over 2,500 miles. He is
now my biking coach. He is looking forward to retirement in a few short
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It is an especially busy but enjoyable time for me with my
association work, running, teaching, mentoring at my church and for court
reporting students -- oh, and working! Lots of travel around this time of
year, which is one reason for my absence this weekend. </div>
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Know that I will miss seeing all of you, and will be
thinking good thoughts and saying prayers for safe travel. What a
fabulous reunion it will be when our Lord calls us home and we never have to
say goodbye!</div>
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Love you all,</div>
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Doreen</div>
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Doreen Sutton, RPR, CSR, CR </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2011<br />For Christy's entire 2011 class reunion photo album, visit this link. (It's in Facebook, but you can view it even if you don't have a Facebook account.) <b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1939310643051.112329.1250959874&type=1&l=9453558b7c">https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1939310643051.112329.1250959874&type=1&l=9453558b7c</a> </b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2001</td></tr>
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<br />Christy K Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05988458745832012138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464203851790924276.post-72830521319030607502016-03-16T16:36:00.000-07:002016-03-16T16:36:09.243-07:00Cyndi (Huber) Wallace<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<![endif]-->Hello to all!<br />
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Lots has happened to me in the last 40 years,
as it has to all of us! In 1980, I became a registered nurse, and after working
in patient care for many years, started down the path to management/ hospital
administration.
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>I got married very
quickly after graduation, and as many of you predicted at the time, the
marriage did not last. Charlie Laspe and I divorced in 1996, but not before we
had two spectacular children, Joey (now 34) and Alicia (now 31). They are my
greatest accomplishment, hands down. Christy Robinson helped nurture their
musical abilities by teaching them piano for several years, and they continue
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Carol Driver, Cyndi Wallace, <br />Cindy DeLand, Bonni Polyak, <br />LeAnn Crawford</i></td></tr>
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Both of my kids were blessed to be raised in
close proximity to the kids of some of our graduating class-Mike and Cindy
DeLand, Roger and Carol Driver, Bonni (Brown) and Glenn Polyak. My kids
consider these kids like siblings, and it was so wonderful to have the support
of people I had known since I was 13, as we were trying to maneuver the scary
and unknown waters of growing kids to adulthood. </div>
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In 1998, I married my second husband, Scott Wallace, and
moved to Cedar City, Utah. We had a wonderful life together for 8
years, but he unfortunately passed away in 2007 of a massive heart attack. </div>
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In 2006, I became the Chief Nursing Officer at the local
hospital here in Cedar
City. I am single, and
live in a quaint little bungalow built in 1940 with my two dogs, four birds, and
who knows how many fish…</div>
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Joey is a Nuclear Engineer in the Navy, married and
stationed in Albuquerque—no
children yet. Alicia is married and lives in Canberra, Australia,
with my three grandchildren and son-in-law. She works part time as an educator
at the National Zoo and Aquarium. Although I don’t live close to either of
them, I see them frequently. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love to
travel, and have been to China,
Costa Rica, Alaska, and many other
of our states. I go to Australia
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Life is good, and I feel blessed to reach this point in my
life. I am looking forward to seeing all of you at the reunion and hearing
about your adventures.</div>
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<b>April 2, 2016, from 3-8 pm.</b> <br />
Party will be at the clubhouse where DeLands live, at 15555 Frank Lloyd
Wright Blvd, Scottsdale, AZ 85260. <br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/dir/7410+E+Sutton+Dr,+Scottsdale,+AZ/15555+N+Frank+Lloyd+Wright+Blvd,+Scottsdale,+AZ+85260/@33.6209881,-111.919851,14z/am=t/data=%214m15%214m14%211m5%211m1%211s0x872b745ba44c3aa7:0xf2e62a63801d65ac%212m2%211d-111.920411%212d33.607772%211m5%211m1%211s0x872b75bff8dacfcb:0xd9a5032225012801%212m2%211d-111.8797788%212d33.6277218%213e0%215i1">Map from Thunderbird campus to DeLands' complex</a>.<br /><br />
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If you have pictures, bring on a USB drive to plug into laptop connected to big-screen TV. If
you can make a video of classmates at the party for those who aren't
able to attend, that would be great. Christy can embed the video in the <a href="http://thunderbird76.blogspot.com/"><b>class blog</b></a>. </div>
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Complex includes a pool, BBQ grills, a kitchen, and
indoor/outdoor seating. We will be keeping it simple with
grilling burgers/grillers and hot dogs/vege-dogs. If anyone who lives in
town would like to make a side dish or dessert or appetizer, please let Bonni know. </div>
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PLEASE RSVP by March 25 so we may begin shopping<b>.</b> We need to know if you prefer vegetarian food.<br />
Bonni @ <a href="tel:928-242-0607" target="_blank" value="+19282420607">928-242-0607</a><br />
or Cindy @ <a href="tel:602-540-6506" target="_blank" value="+16025406506">602-540-6506</a></div>
If you're interested in dinner out on Friday night, call Bonni.<br />
<br />Official Thunderbird alumni weekend events: <a href="http://www.thunderbirdacademy.org/new-page-1/">http://www.thunderbirdacademy.org/new-page-1/</a>Christy K Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05988458745832012138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464203851790924276.post-67757351973875952032016-03-10T08:34:00.000-08:002016-03-10T08:34:02.446-08:00Lisa Vickery Ruffner<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Wow! Hard to believe it's already been 40 years! Soooo, a little about me....</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I am a widow, I lost my husband Jon Ruffner on Aug.15, 2012.</span></div>
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I and my almost-39-year-old son Jonathan have lived here in South Carolina for almost 10 years. My
35-year-old daughter Johanna lives in Colorado.
My son-in-law is a Captain in the Army Reserves.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I'm a grandmother of four, ages 4 months, 3 years, 13 years,
and almost 17.</span><span style="font-size: small;">
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I'm a former childcare teacher and I paint cartoon-themed murals. We also had a
music ministry called Praise 3 and would play to nine nursing home facilities a
month. We would do concerts for the White
Memorial Medical
Center (Los Angeles) and Loma Linda University
Children's Hospital.</span></div>
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Lately, just trying to get by and make life count every day. </span></span><div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="textexposedshow"><span style="font-family: "MS Mincho";">♡♡♡♡♡♡</span></span></span></div>
Christy K Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05988458745832012138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464203851790924276.post-73869283256409933602016-03-02T09:53:00.000-08:002016-03-02T09:53:59.367-08:00Sheila Ramos<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<![endif]--><span class="5yl5">Since leaving TAA, I got married and had two
daughters, Tabitha and Casey. I worked in a preschool for awhile and then after
10 years of marriage, I found myself a single parent with two small children. </span>
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<span class="5yl5">For the next 30 years, I worked in retail,
the last 19 years as manager for Sally Beauty Supply, which I really enjoyed. I
won a lot of trips to Cancun, Riverar Maya, two trips on cruise ships to Bahamas on the Royal Caribbean, and went to Catalina Islands
and Ensenada on
the Carnival Cruise. Really cool. </span></div>
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my health. I had been living in Yuma and I moved
to Williams, Arizona.
In April 2015, I was diagnosed with ALS. I’m doing good—I have a slow
progression of the disease, considering I had the symptoms for the last five years,
which was misdiagnosed. I have my "toys" to help me get around. Great
doctor and his team at Barrows Neurological Institute in Phoenix. </span></div>
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and from my daughters we have six granddaughters and one grandson who happens
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Christy K Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05988458745832012138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464203851790924276.post-84111389602004842712016-02-10T20:25:00.000-08:002016-03-16T16:50:02.463-07:00Christy Robinson<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hi, classmates. <br />
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I'm not very excited about it being <i>forty years</i> since we were sprung from Thunderbird. Forty. Shoot, who could even think about being 40 years old back then, much less being those late-50s geezers that come back for alumni weekend? I've been on the TA campus numerous times over the years, including four years as the academy piano teacher, and a couple of recent guest shots talking to the English classes and a chapel service, so it's not the real estate or the institution that gives me chills of delight. But I'm pretty excited about seeing all of you again!<br />
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Over the last (gulp) 40 years, I've lived in California several times (Riverside while at La Sierra University, West Covina while working at USC, and Redlands/Loma Linda while working at LLU and La Sierra and The Quiet Hour). I lived in Phoenix from '82 to early '97. I loved traveling when I had the funds: Canada, Australia, New Zealand, UK (5 times), Ireland, Netherlands, Jordan, Ukraine, Russia. And I nipped over to Mexican border shopping when I had foreign guests. My passport has cobwebs now. <br />
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I'm an always-single (it seems), so rather than brag about my gorgeous, successful husband and awesome children and grandchildren that I'd have to totally invent, I could talk about my cats. I love my two cats. Oh, wait. You're not interested in hearing about the Crazy Cat Lady' cats? <br />
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Alrighty then. Maybe I could brag about my career? Meh, you can read about it at LinkedIn. <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/christykrobinson">https://www.linkedin.com/in/christykrobinson</a> But in a nutshell, I bit the big one in the Great Recession when a third of my fellow employees were laid off, and being old and decrepit at 51, I couldn't get a new job to save my life--or my home (sold it) and lifestyle. In 2010, I moved from Redlands, CA to Peoria, AZ, where I took up my old standbys, playing keyboards at churches, teaching piano, and editing book manuscripts and writing website copy for clients.<br />
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That year, my first book was published by Review and Herald, and then I began researching and writing my next three books, based on real events and real people. Once those were published, I started my fifth book, a nonfiction genealogy resource and travel guide called <i>Effigy Hunter</i>. It was published in September 2015. I have an idea for a novel, but can't say I've done anything more than planning it. Meanwhile, I use my two popular history blogs and several Facebook sites as platforms for my books. <br />
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Family-wise, my brother Brian and his wife moved to Texas last year, and my father, who had several cancers and was part of the reason I moved back to Phoenix, died in 2012. So there's nothing holding me here, except the inability to afford a move without a promised job. It's bare economic survival and worsening allergies. I'm applying for jobs in California, but haven't been invited for an interview.<br />
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So there you have it: all the factoids without the pouring out of intimate details. I look forward to learning about what makes you tick, and hearing your funny and sad stories both in this blog and at the reunion party. Bring your phone-camera galleries to show your families and gardens and the people and things you're proud of.<br />
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See you at the party or online, or both.<br />
Blessings to you!<br />
Love, Christy<br />
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Websites and blogs:<br />
Businesses: <a href="http://christykrobinson.com/">http://ChristyKRobinson.com</a><br />
History: <a href="http://marybarrettdyer.blogspot.com/">http://MaryBarrettDyer.blogspot.com</a><br />
History: <a href="http://rootingforancestors.blogspot.com/">http://RootingForAncestors.blogspot.com</a><br />
Devotionals: <a href="http://christykrobinson.blogspot.com/">http://christykrobinson.blogspot.com </a><br />
Amazon author page: <a href="http://bit.ly/RobinsonAuthor">http://bit.ly/RobinsonAuthor </a><br />
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Oh, OK, since you twisted my arm, here's a picture of my fur-children.<br />
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<br />Christy K Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05988458745832012138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464203851790924276.post-57791095477151416572016-02-09T23:23:00.002-08:002016-03-16T12:06:36.796-07:00OK, I'll go firstWelcome to the Thunderbird Class of 76 newsletter blog.<br />
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I hope you'll send an email or Word file to me, Christy Robinson, with one or several images you'd like to share with classmates, and several paragraphs updating us on where you live, what you've been doing over the last few years, if you have kids or grandchildren or (like me) in lieu of children, have become a Crazy Cat Lady. A general rule might be to release info similar to what you'd write in a Christmas letter. You don't have to be serious and grownup unless you really <i>are</i> serious and grownup. If you have something to be proud of, share it. Tell us what you do for fun. If you're confessing a murder or that you sneaked out of the dorm when you were a teenager, please save it for law enforcement. If you're the non-communicative type, get a Significant Other to be your amanuensis. Or talk to your video phone, upload it to You Tube, and send me the address (URL), and I can post that. <br />
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I'll post your article and images in this blog, and put the link in our class Facebook page when there are new posts to show. If you're not in Facebook (why not??), you'll need to bookmark this blog and check on it periodically.<br />
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It's best not to list your email address, as spammers and phishers have bots that look for addresses, especially with the @ sign. If you have a blog (I have several) or a website (got one of those, too), please include the links to them if you want us to look them up.<br />
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After each blog entry, you may leave a comment or reply to other people's comments. They won't appear with the article until I approve them, though. That's how I avoid spammers giving links to elephant rides in Jakarta, Ukrainian hot babes who want your citizenship, or Nigerian princes offering to make you rich.<br />
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Hey, we may be 57-60 years old, but with this blog, we're more high tech than any other class, ever. As they say,<br />
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