Thank you everyone for a memorable week in the Bay Area, with our two days at the reunion as the highlight.  Sorry to be tardy with my update:  I attended Foothill College for two years and graduated from Claremont McKenna College after Sequoia.  During the summers, I pounded nails as an apprentice carpenter.  I played baseball as a freshman at Foothill and as a junior at Claremont.  The Army extended my draft for six months to allow me to graduate in February of my senior year.  I attended boot camp at Ft. Ord and OCS at Ft. Benning, Georgia.  I played baseball a little in Washington, D.C. while in the Army and less in Germany.  I met Berit, a Norwegian nurse, when she asked to ride the Army horses.   I worked, studied, and/or traveled in central and Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, North Africa, and the Middle East for two years after my separation from active duty (I was still a reserve officer).  My sister, Frances Flora, died young of an aneurism in 1969.  Bev Capurro, Joan Haughton, and Frances started the Cheroketts.  Fran attended Stanford for a while, married twice, had two wonderful children, and worked primarily for Westgo.  Berit and I married at the “church on the rock” at the end of Euclid St. in Redwood City.  I received a Masters in Urban Planning from San Jose, which followed an adventure as a PhD candidate at Vanderbilt University.  I worked as a municipal planner throughout the northwest over a thirty year period with an interruption for a decade in real estate and work overseas as a planner. 

I started work in Alaska because two of my boys had tuition waivers/scholarships either to run or ski at UAA.  I’m retired from planning now.  Berit coordinates patients for the heart surgery program at Alaska Regional Hospital.  Erik, my oldest son leads the APU cross country ski program and is the 2009 “international coach of the year” for the US Ski Team.  Bjorn is starting his clinical training towards a medical degree (MD) in Michigan.  Lars is focused on making his third Olympic Team in Vancouver as a cross country skier.  He starts his racing this year on the World Cup in Norway (If motivated and/or in position to support an Olympic athlete please contact me by phone or Email for a brochure svf@gci.net (907-349-4839) http://www.larsflora.com).  “Thank you,” for those inquiries about Lars, who still has to compete and make the US Team for the Olympics.  We have two granddaughters and a grandson, who are as high energy as their parents, Erik and Gretchen.  Cross country skiing is the family sport.  Berit and I travel a fair amount to Norway and other places that have snow.  We immensely enjoyed our first visit (the reunion) to the Bay Area, since I started full time as a planner for Foster City in 1974.  Berit especially enjoyed the other spouses, hiking in SF, the sun, and running on the beach in Aptos.  The reminiscing especially by her husband became old quickly.  It’s huge that the committee inspired over half of the class to attend the reunion dinner.  I especially was sad to see my friend Tom Uyeda’s name on the Memorandum list; he was a true competitor and a good guy.  The three days to me was similar to a movie:  entertaining but too short.  Upon returning from the reunion, Berit and I started our winter ski group at APU.  Take care and, time will tell, could see some of you again.  Sam and Berit Flora

My thanks to the Committee Members for thier time, their creativity, and their hard work in planning Sequoia's 50th Class Reunion.   A spendid job!  A great website.

It has been fun reading the memory book.  I have enjoyed reading all about everyone that signed in.

The length of the Memoriam list surprised me and I am saddened by those that can not be with us. 

I am excited to see all of you and share in the Celebration of the 50th. My husband Joe and I plan on attending all three days of the celebration.  See you very soon!

This is going to be so much fun Judi and I just got off the phone We are making most of the week for this get together. She is coming to Rio Vista for a few day Then we will be off to the bay area.

Time passes quickly....and who is having a 5oth reunion.......certainly not us!  
I was in town several months ago with my daughter to return with her to my roots, and what a grand time we had. 
It will be such fun being together again.  Question is.......will we recognize each other?  Not important...it's the Sequoia bond of the class of 59 that really counts. 
Until then take care and live each day to the fullest.
Ann
 

Steve,  Excellent website for our class... Looking forward to our "50th"
Leroy in Castro Valley, CA