tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46107091657792557772024-02-19T04:16:23.195-08:00The Yellowjacket BuzzBuzzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06313214684105784659noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4610709165779255777.post-50550654252979186062009-02-21T19:08:00.000-08:002009-02-21T19:14:41.553-08:00Missing Classmates Revised<div class="deleteBody"><h2 class="postTitle" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Missing Classmates</h2> <p class="postBody" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Dear Classmates,<br /><br />I am positive some of these former classmates are still in the Newark area and I will be the first to admit that we could do a better job tracking them down. But we all have other things on our plate, however, if one of these persons listed below is a friend of yours or lives near you, please help us out.<br /><br />If they want to remain hidden, just tell us that you know where they live and we will put a note on the website saying they would rather keep their contact information private but they are living happily. . .<br /><br />If you see a name that you know something about or just want to add your own plea, you can comment on this post. You don't even have to register.<br /></p><p class="postBody" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">For a list of classmates who have died, http://www.yellowjacketbuzz.org/Missing_or_Deceased.html</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Here's the list of classmates who are just missing:</span><br /><br />Abner, Gail E (Raniere)<br />Ambrose, Mary T.<br />Armstrong, Sandra L.<br />Atwell, Linda (Bessette)<br />Barlow, Kevin M.<br />Barudi, Martha I.<br />Barwick, James R.<br />Beaver, Sandra J.<br />Becker, Kurt<br />Biebuyck, Anne Marie<br />Boardman, Kathryn A<br />Bradham, Lynne G.<br />Breining, Susan (Sidari)<br />Brown, Jr., Jacob E.<br />Brown, Laurel A. Stanley)<br />Burr, Jr., Benjamin M.<br /> Butler Lawrence A.<br />Campbell, Luke J.<br />Cannon, Sherri E. (Barwick)<br />Cantwell, Lois R.<br />Carpenter, Peter T.<br />Carpenter, Sandra H. (Preston)<br />Carter, Guy M.<br />Chapman, David Lee<br />Clute, Patricia L.<br />Conley, Pamela C. (Senter)<br />Connolley, Thomas L.<br />Cooper, Sally E. (March)<br />Craig, Wayna Y. (Blakenship)<br />Dante, Edward C.<br />Dickey, Nancy L. (Long)<br />Dominick, Cynthia M. (Meldin)<br />Dumire, Richard A.<br />Evans Diane Marie (Palmer)<br />Evans, Mary Michele (Tuttle)<br />Evans, Timothy I.<br />Fishel, Stephen V.<br />Forney, Sharon K. (Fredriksen)<br />Fowler, Janet (Hayden)<br />Fredriksen,George Joseph<br />Freeman, Janice P. (Coyle)<br />Gardner, Pamela M.<br />Glenn, Mark W.<br />Gravelee, Laura A. (Reid)<br />Green, Betty Jean<br />Gronka III, Michael J.<br />Grosskopf, Loretta A. (Hearn)<br />Hagan, Jean Ann (Walpole)<br />Hale, Lisa Kay (Stevens)<br />Halio, Brian David<br />Hardy, Linda Susan (Harkins)<br />Hassman, Holly Beth (Simon)<br />Heiken, Jr., Edward Daniel<br />Henz, Charles Stephen IV<br />Herbin, Mike T.<br />Hitchens, William R.<br />Hudson, Victor Charles<br />Jacobson, Marston Ross<br />Jahn, Barbara L.<br />James, Althea, E. (Talley)<br />James, Sandra E.<br />J'Anthony, Nels Michael<br />Johnson, Virginia L.<br />Kidd, Jeffry V.<br />Kilpatrick, Joan T.<br />Kingdon, Susan E. (Lovelace)<br />Kraus, Ellis A.<br />Kurtz, Marynell (Spicer)<br />Laletas, Christine (Frangakis)<br />Lavallee, Gayle Ann (Habertine)<br />Lerch, Janice Lerch <br />Lesher, Sheryl Jane <br />Lister, William R.<br />Long, Linda A. (Kline) <br />Makeever, Marcia Claire (Bolanowski) <br />March, Jan Ann (Logandro) <br />Massado, Veronica Ann <br />Mc Carthy, Marjorie Allison (Kerns) <br />Mc Farland, Sharon (Selchepine)<br />Mc Millan, Sherri<br />Mc Nair, Byron<br />Meadows, Rhoda E.<br />Merritt, Lisa Dorothea <br />Milbourne, Sharon Jane.<br />Arthur John Miller<br />Miller, Beatrice Ann (Mc Cleary) <br />Miller, Gerald Brian<br />Mitchell, Fred C.<br />Montgomery, Lois<br />Moon, Tae Im<br />Moore Mollie Denise<br />Morgan, Deborah Marie (Brown)<br />Morris, Wanda E. (Hamrich)<br />Murray, Brooke <br />Myers, Charles Wayne<br />Nantais, Gloria J.<br />Nelson, David Carter<br />Nutter, Debra<br />Ottey, Van <br />Patrick, Leslie Y.<br />Patrick, Sandra Erni<br />Pelot, Christine Love (Littleton)<br />Poplos, Gregory John<br />Priestly, Richard D.<br />Purcell, Michele Eileen<br />Redd, Cathy A.<br />Reed, Sue Ann<br />Renn, Sandra Kay<br />Roselle, Nancy Jean<br />St. Clair, Mary Alice<br />Santo, Joan M.<br />Scott, Marilyn L. (Toole)<br />Sheehan, Joyce Hanna (Wilkins)<br />Shumosic, Ann T.<br />Simmons, Kevin Henry<br />Sisk, Andrea (King)<br />Slack, Amy L.<br />Slavin, David A.<br />Smith, Andrew C.<br />Smith, Mike W.<br />Smith, Doug W.<br />Smock, Suzanne Carol<br />Stayton, Mark Steven<br />Steck, David Richard<br />Thomas, Kathy Elizabeth<br />Thompson, James (Jim) Andrew<br />Tierney, Francis E.<br />Toscano, Joseph Stephen<br />Trabulsi, Steve T.<br />Turner, Joan Marie (Williamson)<br />Uniatowski, Richard<br />Waller, Donnie R.<br />Ward, Grace A.<br />Watts, Stephanie L.<br />West, Catherine (Cathy) Elizabeth<br />White, Elizabeth (Beth) Ann (Smithson)<br />Yoder, Bonnie J.</p></div>Buzzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06313214684105784659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4610709165779255777.post-8901270541669216922008-09-17T18:36:00.001-07:002008-09-17T18:49:13.030-07:00Mrs. Brinton's Kindergarten<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBXsXvaK_HDWX73Lu1As-LyWlovrW0fYbg7qp_pSQmvI16dp2ibz3UivgliGrw8Iw-n6Bk-EO0QjirqVJNa-pauMkmVW4uQakRV0KS_k-lnWU5OADch1j5hsyJCukPD7xm6IXZTS7ysMdH/s1600-h/SchoolNameCluster.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBXsXvaK_HDWX73Lu1As-LyWlovrW0fYbg7qp_pSQmvI16dp2ibz3UivgliGrw8Iw-n6Bk-EO0QjirqVJNa-pauMkmVW4uQakRV0KS_k-lnWU5OADch1j5hsyJCukPD7xm6IXZTS7ysMdH/s400/SchoolNameCluster.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247169441729120370" border="0" /></a><br />It is not unusual for a student to move during their time in high school so I think it is very nice to have had all four years together with the same classmates. However, there are more than twenty of us who have attended school together since preschool. I am not sure if the list below is complete<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family: arial;">Karen Ames, Dana Anderson, Bill Bacon, Allan Bailey, Eileen Beachell, Linda Chambers, Jim Dickey, Nancy Dickey, John Eller, John Ferron, Denise Fieldhouse, Charlie Keppel, Gordon Keppel, Malcolm Leader (moved ?), Bill Morton, Michael Munroe, Brian Partridge (moved before high school), Ricky Ott, Amy Slack, Kate Smith, John Squier, Jacquie Ziller.</span></span><br /><br />There is even a group of at least three or four of us who have been together since attending the University of Delaware's Laboratory Pre-School that was in the Home Economics Building on what was once known as the Women's campus. Those students include:<br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" ><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Marty Armstrong, Cindy Jones, Kathy McCormick, Michael Munroe.</span></span><br /><br />My two favorite activities were building with the big hollow wooden blocks and nap time after snacks when the student teachers would sit down next to where we were on the mats and would rub our backs until we fell asleep. I don't think that I have had enough of that even yet.<br /><br />Outside there was a big red club house with a ladder up the side to a roof top deck. There was also a big wide flat metal slide that was fun. I remember that there was sometimes a pet like a rabbit in a cage sitting under the slide which would protect it from the rain.<br /><br />I am sure that I was one of the only students ever to ride a bicycle to nursery . I lived just across South College Avenue from Mitchell Hall on the corner of South College and Amstel Avenue. Once someone helped me across South College Avenue, I could ride all the way to the University Nursery school without crossing any more streets.Buzzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06313214684105784659noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4610709165779255777.post-17065517506792402892007-09-12T15:40:00.000-07:002007-09-12T16:17:37.536-07:00NYC Theatre Trip - One Flew Over Cuckoo's NestDoes anyone remember the bus trip to New York City to see the play, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest? I can't remember which teacher organized it but it must have been our senior year.<br /><br />I loved the book and the play, especially the character of mean nurse Ratchett. However, what I remember most about the trip was that when we got off the buses in the theater district, we split up into small groups to get lunch before reuniting to at the appointed time to take our seats in the theater. At least this is how I remember it, someone please correct me, if I have this wrong.<br /><br />It seems amazing to me that we didn't have chaperone's. It is also amazing that we actually found our way back to the "off Broadway" theater in time for the start of the play. But here is the most important part of this memory. In 1971, the drinking age in NYC was 18 years of age while in Delaware it was 20 or 21. I turned 18 in February of that year and I suppose that some others were 18 already as well. I am trying hard to remember who was in the group I went to lunch with but I can't right now.<br /><br />Anyway my group found it's way to a restaurant named "Der Weinerwald". Although we were nearly rubes off the turnip truck, I think that we knew enough about German cuisine, to know a key ingredient on any German menu. Yes, that's right. . . beer! Well I think a couple of us ordered beer and maybe someone ordered a glass of wine. I can't remember. However, I do remember someone ordering a martini which really surprised me for some reason. We didn't get drunk but I felt like we were really getting away with something forbidden. As I remember, no one ever asked us for ID.<br /><br />The theater was "in the round" and the play was good. But there was a thrill to be high school students ordering alcoholic beverages in a restaurant.<br /><br />Does anyone else remember this trip? Did your groups have chaperones? Did you by alchol?<br /><br />If I remember more, I will come back and edit this post.<br /><br />m. m.Buzzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06313214684105784659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4610709165779255777.post-47087265779857603272007-09-10T19:49:00.000-07:002007-09-10T20:41:00.961-07:00Student Teacher Crush - Dana WilsonProbably no one other than Nels J'Anthony and I still remember Dana Wilson of Oxford, PA. Actually, Nels probably doesn't remember either. Dana Wilson was a student English teacher. I can't seem to remember if she taught us in 11th or 12th grade. However, the event that I am going to relate must have taken place in the summer after our senior year. I can't remember who Dana was student teaching under but maybe it was Miss Carrow.<br /><br />What I can remember vividly is that I really liked her and that feeling led me and Nels set out in search of her home and family just to see her again. I remember that she had said that her family had a business, The Wilson Dairy Bar in Oxford, PA. Well, one Saturday morning with Nels on the back of my Honda SL-350 we found the Wilson Dairy Bar and the counter person there were sympathetic enough to give me directions to Dana's family farm.<br /><br />We arrived at their large farm house unannounced. I am sure I never had suggested to Dana that I would visit and I am sure she never expected or had invited such a such a call,. However, she and her family managed to turn the escapade into one of the nicest days I can remember. Nels and I were welcomed with open arms.<br /><br />I can't remember if she offered us lunch, but what she did offer was to make fresh peach ice cream in one of those electric paddle mixers that you pack around with ice and rock salt and fill with sugar, cream and sliced peaches. It was fantastic ice cream even before we had it in our bowls. Of course they were in the dairy business. Dana had already shown us around a bit and maybe had showed us the barn. But then she took us to the pond and after a bit introduced us to her horse and gave us a chance to ride.<br /><br />When she was demonstrating, her horse took her close under a tree with low branches. Dana jumped down, snatched up a small branch from the ground and whipped her horse's rump while yelling at it. I was shocked but she assured me that it had been no accident and that her horse was intentionally misbehaving. I think the horse was polite to me though, having been properly reprimanded.<br /><br />Dana also got out her brother's mini bike and let us ride around the property some on that as well. I would guess that we stayed there at least three hours. She made us feel completely welcome. It must have been several years before I realized what bad manners it was to visit someone like that who we really didn't know.<br /><br />On that day, no such feeling burdened my soaring spirit. It wonderful lazy visit, she and her mom were completely charming hosts and I went away assured that the world was a magical, beautiful place.<br /><br />Not only did I get to see this teacher once again, and feed my crush, but she reinforced those existing feelings with memories of her kindness that would fix her in my mind to the end of my days. It seems to me that Dana was the kindest, most indulgent and gracious host that a boy of 17 or 18 could possibly hope to encounter.<br /><br />I won't hold out any hope that Dana will read this post (that's a lie), but maybe someone else will be moved to share a story of their own about a teacher who managed to avoided embarrassing them while making the student feel great about their self.<br /><br />michael munroeBuzzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06313214684105784659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4610709165779255777.post-86819998367533878062007-09-02T17:58:00.000-07:002007-09-03T07:12:15.702-07:00Mr. Chambers - The Good WitchdoctorDear Classmates,<br /><br />Who had Mr. Chambers who has forgotten his amazing labs? As much as Mr. Harrison had a hip and charismatic personality, Mr. Chambers was technically amazing. Mr. Chambers always seemed amused in somewhat awkward and self deprecating manner.<br /><br />If you remember, he never distributed textbooks but taught us exclusively from lecture handouts and experimental procedures. I probably did best in my first year at Lehigh taking physics 101 because Mr. Chambers had really taken us further in his class than my first year laboratory course at college went. The labs we did at Lehigh were not as well executed or as impressively accurate as those constructed by Mr. Chambers.<br /><br />Some that I remember were:<br /><br />Equilibrium - strings, weights and perfect ball bearing assemblies to measure vectors of force.<br /><br />Ballistics - shooting a ball bearing from a gas powered barrel in the middle of the room through a large washer dropped from an electro magnet mounted near the ceiling in the front, top left upper corner of the room. The ball bearing tripped a micro switch as it exited the barrel of the gun so it began to fall under the effect of gravity and the washer dropped at the same time.<br /><br />Electricity - Big standard modules with the electrical component symbol on the face so that we could see circuits arranged from our seats as far as 20 feet away. I can't remember the circuits but I was always impressed with the interconnection scheme for the components.<br /><br />Inertia - he had a little powered truck that ran across the demonstration laboratory table in the front of the room and some object popped up and came down moving always at the same speed as the truck below it.<br /><br />Acceleration - dropping weight or something with red paper tape with some sort of transfer ink and impact marker which showed a mark at regular time intervals but increasing distance.<br /><br />Does anyone remember any other of Mr. Chamber's lab experiments? Any other memories of him or background?<br /><br />m. m.Buzzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06313214684105784659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4610709165779255777.post-57656251026256639702007-09-02T17:37:00.000-07:002007-09-02T17:57:45.116-07:00Was Mr. Sokol A Nice GuyDear Classmates,<br /><br />I have often wondered if Mr. Sokol was a nice guy or not. I never felt comfortable that I understook his sense of humor. He taught a laboratory course in Chemistry in high school.<br /><br />There is something that I don't remember correctly because I also remember Mrs. Dunbar teaching some classes of Chemistry. It is a very vague memory I seem to remember Mr. Dunbar talking about hydrogen as an automobile fuel and what the by products of combustion were.<br /><br />Back to Mr. Sokol. An article which my wife was recounting to me was about useful illusions. The article as my wife described it reminded me of this dispute which I had with Mr. Sokol. I was talking to him in class. I seem to remember that we were all standing in the back of the room near the left hand row of soapstone topped lab stations.<br /><br />For some reason, I happened to mention that electrons were arranged in "shells" around the nucleus. I think we were talking about covalent bonds and how the electron affinity was due to the number of electrons populating the outermost "shell."<br /><br />Mr. Sokol feigned disbelief at my mention of the term "shell" and said something like, "what do you mean, 'shells', I've never heard of this." I defended my terminology and tried to explain that shells was an accepted description of nuclear structure. The more I argued the more Mr. Sokol ridiculed the idea of electrons being arranged in "shells."<br /><br />To try to substantiate my use of the term shells, I remember making several trips to the University of Delaware Morris library to Xerox pages of books on chemistry and physics where the word shell appeared. I think I brought these articles into Mr. Sokol on two subsequent occasions but he would never concede the point that it seemed to be a ridiculous idea.<br /><br />So here's the question. Was Mr. Sokol teasing me, knowing somehow that this would cause me to spend several hours researching this point to my own ultimate intellectual advantage. Was he teasing me in public simply because he was a bit of a bully or was he arguing for some more modern construct where electrons were only loosely associated with a single nucleus but rather wondered through a molecular mass, just keeping some sort of statistical relationship or did Mr. Solol want me to discover the idea of quarks with component named charm, beauty, top, truth etc. . . or did he hold that a theory of vibrating strings was closer to the truth.<br /><br />I suspect that either he was teasing me in front of others because he was immature and a bit mean, or that he was challenging me to gain a deeper understanding but I just don't know. I wonder if he is still alive and even if he doesn't recall the incident would he be honest enough to speculate upon his own motives.Buzzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06313214684105784659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4610709165779255777.post-84378839800012299622007-08-26T20:22:00.001-07:002007-08-26T20:29:11.074-07:00Nels Michael J'Anthony and Richard UniatowskiDear Classmates,<br /><br />A bit more web surfing this evening turned up something that could be correct: "<span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >J'Anthony, Nels — of Utah. Socialist Workers candidate for U.S. Representative from Utah 3rd District, 1992. Still living as of 1992.</span>"<br /><br />Now the reason I think that this could be the Nels J'Anthony that we know is that when I last knew him he was a member of the Socialist Workers Party. Of course when I first knew him he was a Young Republican.<br /><br />Closer to home, A Richard Uniatowski possibly a 1975 graduate of the University of Delaware could be a successful real estate broker with Coldwell Bankers in Rehobeth, Delaware.<br /><br />Well, someone must be able to tell us something more lame than these vague reports from the web.<br /><br />m. m.Buzzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06313214684105784659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4610709165779255777.post-88918528797965910592007-08-26T09:49:00.000-07:002007-08-26T10:25:23.879-07:00Missing Brooke MurrayDear Classmates,<br /><br />Well, I figured I would take a look at my own list and see what I could discover about missing classmates. For some reason, I decided to start in the middle of my list with "Brooke Murray." A quick web search came up with a Dr. Brook Murray working at W.L. Gore and overseeing work being done at Infineon in Austin, TX. Could this be the same Brooke Murray? Maybe.<br /><br />In lists of contributors, I found a reference to Mr. and Mrs. James R. Barwick of Wyckoff, NJ. Could that be our Jim Barwick?<br /><br />In an obituary notice for William T. Cannon (who spent much of his life in Delaware) dated April, 2007 his surviving children are mentioned: <span style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial;font-size:85%;">They have five children: Sherri Barwick of Orlando, FL, Tom Cannon of Princeton, NJ, Lisa Rodman of Carlsbad, CA, Tim Cannon of Harrington, DE and David Cannon of Long Beach, CA, 5 grandchildren, and 1 great-grandchild. <span style="font-family: times new roman;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-size:130%;">I suspect that this is the same </span><span style="font-size:130%;">Sherri Barwick of Sentry </span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;">Management, Inc. Longwood, FL 407-788-6700 ext. 240 <a href="http://www.sentrymgt.com/">http://www.sentrymgt.com</a><br /><br />I could find no reference anywhere to Ann T. Schumosic. I think that tracking down women who have changed their last name is very difficult.<br /><br />Then there are other hard to search names. How many Mike Smith's do you think there are? <br /><br />I am sure that someone can log in with a suggestion to take a few names off our too long list of missing classmates.<br /><br />m. m.<br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial;font-size:85%;"><br /><br /></span>Buzzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06313214684105784659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4610709165779255777.post-27810706871858082092007-08-24T18:26:00.000-07:002007-08-24T18:42:28.108-07:00Steve Holt<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://yellowjacketbuzz.org/PersonalGraphics/Holt_Steve/SteveHolt.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 164px; height: 244px;" src="http://yellowjacketbuzz.org/PersonalGraphics/Holt_Steve/SteveHolt.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /> Dear Classmates,<br /><br /> Just a few months ago on May 24, 2007 Steve Holt passed away suddenly at his home. I believe he may have lived in Middletown, Delaware. His wife Andrea M. Holt had passed away in 2001. They are survived by their three children, Austin, Douglas and Tracy. For more information some of the information from his obituary can be found: <a href="http://www.yellowjacketbuzz.org/AlumniDetailsFrame.html#Holt">http://www.yellowjacketbuzz.org/AlumniDetailsFrame.html#Holt</a>Buzzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06313214684105784659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4610709165779255777.post-19474284367670477812007-08-24T09:04:00.000-07:002007-08-24T18:12:14.579-07:00Carol Duffy and Team QuestDebbie Snapp just forwarded me an article from the News Journal about a group of 17 civil servants from New Castle County who have been nominated at the local level for an award in recognition of their outstanding public service efforts.<br /><br />Carol Duffy is one of 12 New Castle County civil servants who were recognized. She is a member of a group named "Team Quest" which works to bring financial assistance to families hit by tragedy.<br /><br />Other members of Team Quest are: Jesse Carroll, Kim Conner, Gale De Ascanis, Lyda Edwards, Sue Egnor, Rick Evans, Sally Jensen, Jill Kendall, Debbie Latina, Paula Marsilii and Chuck Mc Veigh.<br /><br />Five individuals from other organizations also receiving this recognition were: Mark Allston, Mary Ann Dilworth, Irene Klein, John Howard and Carly White.<br /><br />I wouldn't be surprised if some of the other individuals so honored are also NHS Alumni. Thanks for sending me this uplifting article, Debbie.<br /><br />BuzzyBuzzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06313214684105784659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4610709165779255777.post-33910366768594512822007-08-22T21:18:00.001-07:002007-08-22T22:53:03.089-07:00Sue Kingdom, David ChapmanDear Classmates,<br /><br />Some people can just completely disappear. Of course it is hard when it is a woman and her name changes. It is also hard when a person has a common name. I searched for a few years without luck for Mike Hall. That is a common name. Luckily, he eventually found me.<br /><br />David Chapman is a mystery. His is also a common name that complicates things. However, as one of the best liked and respected members of our class and a sports star it seems difficult to imagine just how completely he could vanish. However, maybe I have just asked the wrong people and one of you will know.<br /><br />Sue Kingdom and I read the morning bulletin on the Newark High School closed circuit TV. It was fun while it lasted. I don't know how many people ever actually listened to our broadcast on purpose but I do know one person who did and that was Mr. McLaine.<br /><br />I remember how I got kicked off the station and I certainly deserved it. A couple of times too often, I read a weekend advertisement for the band "Blueberry Jam." Today, I can't even clearly remember which of my friends was connected with the band but it may only have been that they played at "Eat at Joe's Coffee House" at least once. I also inserted weekend advertisements for "Eat at Joe's Coffee House."<br /><br />All announcements had to be cleared through Mr. McLaine and these were definitely not approved. Each time I made an unauthorized announcement, he came down to the set and talked me about it. After one too many infractions, he must have concluded that I was unmanageable and removed me from the station staff.<br /><br />The one good thing is I already remember that as an activity that ended before it got boring. I enjoyed it while it lasted and I think that I enjoyed the renegade aspect of flaunting authority.<br /><br />mike m.Buzzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06313214684105784659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4610709165779255777.post-52261249080475011332007-08-19T22:40:00.000-07:002007-08-19T22:46:36.131-07:00Can You Remember<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: times new roman;">What do you remember that was outstanding?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: times new roman;">How about Mr. Chambers shooting a ball bearing through a washer being dropped from a magnet?</span><br /><span style="font-family: times new roman;">Mr. Hudiberg taking off her sweater? (was that Junior High?)</span><br /><span style="font-family: times new roman;">The class trip to New York City to see "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" and lunch at "Der Weinerwald"?</span><br /><span style="font-family: times new roman;">Ben Crowe's tic tac toe computer made out of relays and hanging from the electronics shop ceiling?</span><br /><span style="font-family: times new roman;">Can you remember "Eat at Joes Coffee House"?<br />Pocono International Speedway Concert?<br /></span></span>Buzzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06313214684105784659noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4610709165779255777.post-67759551780074606462007-08-19T16:54:00.000-07:002007-08-19T17:11:31.122-07:00Favorite JokesClassmates,<br /><br />Hey every can use a chuckle now and then. Here are a couple to get you thinking. More jokes can be added as comments to this post. Or if the joke sucks say so.<br /><br /><div style="font-family: times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;">A Cajun was stopped by a game warden in Southern Louisiana recently with<br />two ice chests of fish, leaving a bayou well known for its good fishing.<br /><br />The game warden asked the man, "Do you have a license to catch those<br />fish?"<br /><br />"Naw, ma fren, I ain't got none of dem, no. Dese here are my pet fish."<br /><br />"Pet fish?"<br /><br />"Ya. Avery night I take dese here fish down to de bayou and let dem swim 'round for a while.. </span></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br />Den I whistle and dey jump rat back inta dis here ice chest and I take dem home."<br /><br />"That's a bunch of hooey! Fish can't do that!"<br /><br />The Cajun looked at the game warden for a moment and then said, "It's de<br />truth ma' fren. I'll show you. It really works." <br />"Okay, I've GOT to see this!"<br /><br />The Cajun poured the fish into the bayou and stood and waited.<br /><br />After several minutes, the game warden turned to him and said, "Well?"<br /><br /><span class="570412204-27062004">"</span>Well, what?" said the Cajun.<br /><br />"When are you going to call them back?" </span></div> <div><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:Courier New;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: times new roman;"> "Call who back?" </span></span><br /></span></div>========================<br /><br />Another old favorites of mine:<br /><br />IF AIRLINES SOLD PAINT . . .<br /><br /> Customer: Hi. How much is your paint?<br /><br /> Clerk: Well, sir, that all depends on quite a lot of things.<br /><br /> Customer: Can you give me a guess? Is there an average price?<br /><br /> Clerk: Our lowest price is $12 a gallon, and we have 60 different<br /> prices up to $200 a gallon.<br /><br /> Customer: What's the difference in the paint?<br /><br /> Clerk: Oh, there isn't any difference; it's all the same paint.<br /><br /> Customer: Well, then I'd like some of that $12 paint.<br /><br /> Clerk: When do you intend to use the paint?<br /><br /> Customer: I want to paint tomorrow. It's my day off.<br /><br /> Clerk: Sir, the paint for tomorrow is the $200 paint.<br /><br /> Customer: When would I have to paint to get the $12 paint?<br /><br /> Clerk: You would have to start very late at night in about 3<br /> weeks. But you will have to agree to start painting before Friday of<br /> that week and continue painting until at least Sunday.<br /><br /> Customer: You've got to be *&%^#@* kidding!<br /><br /> Clerk: I'll check and see if we have any paint available.<br /><br /> Customer: You have shelves FULL of paint! I can see it!<br /><br /> Clerk: But it doesn't mean that we have paint available. We sell<br /> only a certain number of gallons on any given weekend. Oh, and by the<br /> way, the price per gallon just went to $16. We don't have any<br /> more $12 paint.<br /><br /> Customer: The price went up as we were talking?<br /><br /> Clerk: Yes, sir. We change the prices and rules hundreds of times<br /> a day, and since you haven't actually walked out of the store with your<br /> paint yet, we just decided to change. I suggest you purchase<br /> your paint as soon as possible. How many gallons do you want?<br /><br /> Customer: Well, maybe five gallons. Make that six, so I'll have<br /> enough.<br /><br /> Clerk: Oh no, sir, you can't do that. If you buy paint and don't<br /> use it, there are penalties and possible confiscation of the paint you<br /> already have.<br /><br /> Customer: WHAT?<br /><br /> Clerk: We can sell enough paint to do your kitchen, bathroom,<br /> hall and north bedroom, but if you stop painting before you do the<br /> bedroom, you will lose your remaining gallons of paint.<br /><br /> Customer: What does it matter whether I use all the paint? I<br /> already paid you for it!<br /><br /> Clerk: We make plans based upon the idea that all our paint is<br /> used, every drop. If you don't, it causes us all sorts of problems.<br /><br /> Customer: This is crazy!! I suppose something terrible happens if<br /> I don't keep painting until after Saturday night!<br /><br /> Clerk: Oh yes! Every gallon you bought automatically becomes the<br /> $200 paint.<br /><br /> Customer: But what are all these, "Paint on sale from $10 a<br /> liter" signs?<br /><br /> Clerk: Well that's for our budget paint. It only comes in<br /> half-gallons. One $5 half-gallon will do half a room. The second<br /> half-gallon to complete the room is $20. None of the cans have labels,<br /> some are empty and there are no refunds, even on the empty cans.<br /><br /> Customer: To hell with this! I'll buy what I need somewhere else!<br /><br /> Clerk: I don't think so, sir. You may be able to buy paint for<br /> your bathroom and bedrooms, and your kitchen and dining room from<br /> someone else, but you won't be able to paint your connecting hall and<br /> stairway from anyone but us. And I should point out, sir, that if<br /> you paint in only one direction, it will be $300 a gallon.<br /><br /> Customer: I thought your most expensive paint was $200!<br /><br /> Clerk: That's if you paint around the room to the point at which<br /> you started. A hallway is different.<br /><br /> Customer: And if I buy $200 paint for the hall, but only paint in<br /> one direction, you'll confiscate the remaining paint.<br /><br /> Clerk: No, we'll charge you an extra use fee plus the difference<br /> on your next gallon of paint. But I believe you're getting it now, sir.<br /><br /> Customer: You're insane!<br /><br /> Clerk: Thanks for painting with United.Buzzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06313214684105784659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4610709165779255777.post-91166868056838395192007-08-19T16:36:00.000-07:002007-08-19T16:54:06.481-07:00Silicon Solar CellsT.J. Rogers gave the keynote address at a communication Design Conference in January of 2006 in which he described the customer base for his company Solar Power Corp, a subsiderary of Cypress Semiconductors. He gave the rather amazing statistic that in 2005 more semiconductor grade silicon was turned into photovoltaic cells (solar electric cells) than into semiconductor devices.<br /><br />This amazed me. It would have amazed me equally if he has said that as much as half as much semiconductor grade silicon made its way into solar cells as into integrated circuits.<br /><br />What was almost equally interesting was that most of those silicon solar cells were going into solar power installations in western Europe. Rogers said the reason was that the European community had a serious commitment to alternative energy. They were pursuing wind, tidal, photovoltaic and other alternative sources of energy that were not greenhouse gas contributors.<br /><br />Of course Europe doesn't have the solar resource that the US has in California, Nevada, New Mexico and Arizona where the sun is brutal much of the year.<br /><br />Some standards can be better implemented on a national basis than on a regional basis. What will the legacy of our generation be when viewed by future generations? Enron, Tyco, Arthur Anderson and Halliburton or ?Buzzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06313214684105784659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4610709165779255777.post-25615837286208802642007-08-19T11:44:00.000-07:002007-08-19T11:49:33.153-07:00Now anyone can postDear Classmates,<br /><br />If any of you tried to post yesterday, you would have had to register to leave comments or make posts. I looked at the settings and found that I could change the permissions on the blog to allow anonymous posting.<br /><br />If we get hit with spam, I can add one of those annoying dialogs where you have to enter the wavy colored words which is intended to keep out spambots.<br /><br />BuzzyBuzzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06313214684105784659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4610709165779255777.post-22403771850910929612007-08-18T23:08:00.000-07:002007-08-19T12:26:15.483-07:00Miss Mattie<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://yellowjacketbuzz.org/BlogGraphics/MrsMattieNHS350h.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://yellowjacketbuzz.org/BlogGraphics/MrsMattieNHS350h.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Dear Classmates,<br /><br />Well the forum that I attempted was a flop. Maybe if I had ever put any effort into it, it would have had some content. I figured I would try a blog. That would put some content and maybe people would weigh in with some comments. I don't have a good feeling about this yet.<br /><br />So I was talking with another classmate and I agreed that Miss Mattie was, in my opinion, the hottest female teacher at NHS when I attended. I asked her who she thought was the hotest male teacher or administrator - but no answer. Maybe one of you out there has an opinion. I doubt if it was Nelson Freidly or Mr. McLane but who then. Mr. Chambers had the bald thing going, Mr. Sokol had the attitude thing going but I'm not a girl so this is pointless speculation on my part.<br /><br />Maybe someone will bail me out with an opinion or something. The more provocative the better.<br /><br />BuzzyBuzzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06313214684105784659noreply@blogger.com3