Nancy Messer

Paul- Thanks for your help.

Gail Weintraub (Stern)

There will be a Celebration of Life for Mike Weiner on Saturday, October 2 from 5-9 PM at the Corte Bella Golf Club/Santa Barbara Room, Sun City West, Arizona.

Mike's widow, Julie Hough, invites all classmates to attend and/or write remembrances to be read at Mike's Celebration of Life. Send remarks to Julie's email: revivadiva@yahoo.com 

May Mike's memory always be a blessing.

Ann Shepard (Rueve)

Oops!  I deleted my previous post. Had a senior moment. I blame it on getting a booster shot today. Sorry for any panic I created!! 

Larry Klein

Glad to know I'm still here, Ann. 😏

Ann Shepard (Rueve)

Nelson Abanto

You were almost canceled, Larry!😳

Larry Klein

It's been tried more than once, Nelson.  Still here and kickin'.  In fact, recently beat my age on the links for the third year in a row....fired a 73 at A.J, Jolly course in NKY.

Hoping everyone is laying low and avoiding the COVID scourge going around. My Moderna shots from the VA seem to be working just fine.

Sandy Steele (Bauman)

Glad you are still with us Larry! My Moderna shots are working as well. Hope to see you in June.

Nelson Abanto

Hi everyone,  I hope all is well.  I am told someone is using my name on LinkedIn to solicit business.  It is not me.  I don't have a LinkedIn account.  Best to all, Nelson 

Larry Klein

That's a bummer Nelson, and on your birthday to boot.  Happy Birthday old man. Hope you're climbing a 14er to celebrate.

Sandy Steele (Bauman)

Happy Birthday Nelson! Hope you and Cindy are doing great, and hope you are having a nice day!

Linda Karpen (Nachman)

Hello Friends! Fred and I attended Mike's Celebration of Life last weekend here in AZ. A very special evening was beautifully orchestrated by his wife, Julie, and the turnout was amazing! Pictured above is brother Neil who was in my brother's class at WHHS. It was a treat to meet the whole family, with lots of laughs and reminiscences. How Mike is missed and so dearly remembered...RIP

Sandy Steele (Bauman)

Linda, so happy you could attend. I believe Mike's son lives in Silverthorne, Coloradao, where my son and daughter in law, just bought a house. 

Gail Weintraub (Stern)

Linda, thank you for posting the photo from Mike's Celebration of Life and for physically representing our WHHS Class of '64. Besides my remembrance, did any other classmates send in remembrances to be read at the event?

Laura Reid (Pease)

Linda, how wondeful that you could be at Mike's memorial!  What a great photo.  Love to you!!

Bruce Bittmann

Was watching the UC football game today when all of a sudden the announcers launched into a discussion about Mr Giacometti!  Was very great.  I didn't know anything about his background.  But, I do now.  And so does a national audience about this 102 year old Walnut Hills HS teacher and coach.  Wow is all I can say.  Hat a role model.

Bruce Bittmann

Whoops.  He's only 101.

Ann Shepard (Rueve)

Funny you should mention him. His picture just popped up in my Facebook memories from a WHHS Foundation dinner in 2015 (it's 20th year). He was only 95. You may also recognize a couple of "youngsters" who also attended. 

Dale Gieringer

And speaking of UC football, GO BEARCATS!  My father & I used to root for them at Nippert Stadium.  One year they briefly edged into the top 20 in the national rankings before being whipped by Wichita, but we never dreamed they'd ever make the top 4. 

Larry Klein

Here's the interview of "Coach" Giac referenced by Ann earlier. (You may need to hit your backbutton to get back to the Message Forum). Link was provided by Ira.

https://digital.cincinnatilibrary.org/digital/collection/p16998coll27/id/2582/

Ann Shepard (Rueve)

Another classmate from that WHHS Alumni Foundation dinner six years ago. 

Steven Levinson

Apparently Dean Giacometti entered the Army Air Corp at the age of 15.

Paul Simons

I'm putting this up because a good number of WHHS alumni live or have lived in the general San Francisco area. I did for a while, early 1970's. It's also likely that many didn't have to or get to do this type of work. I certainly never did anything this dangerous and demanding, day after day, year after year.

It's thought provoking. A great challenge, a great undertaking, requiring unanimity of purpose and application. Although some deny it, we are confronted with a more daunting challenge today, and like then, the technology to address it does exist. In light of what they could do with the technology they had in the 1930's, we have no excuse...

Bruce Fette

I think it must be time to try to get the Message Forum going again on a topic that all will respond to. So here goes. November is a month for many celebrations. And so is December.

My guess is that many of you are hoping to see family again, for the first time in a long time. Perhaps your kids are coming to see you, or perhaps you are going to go see your kids, or perhaps you are planning to do something new and exciting over these Holiday months.

So I propose that each of you tell all your WHHS friends what you are planning to do to celebrate the Holidays.

So I am going to ...............(fill in the blank here).............! Who is going where to do what?

PS. If you are coming to the greater DC area let us know!

Barbara Kahn (Tepper)

I wish I could answer that question about holiday plans. This past year my family has loosened restrictions since we're all vaccinated except the babies. I have resumed regular babysitting. Roy and I had boosters too. I'm hoping we will all have Thanksgiving together but the strangest thing happened during our covid separation - we each made our own turkeys and we liked it. My family doesn't plan much in advance so if they want to go back to the old way and have Thanksgiving here, I'm up for that too.