It’s been an adventure since I graduated 40 years ago! I moved to California in 1985  and have been here every since. I meet the love of my life here in the Sacramento area in 1988 and married her in 1992. We’ve been together every since   We have three wonderful children Chad, Cody and Dominique. We have two wonderful grandchildren. We are both looking forward to retiring and doing some traveling. Probably following our children around . I miss Idaho and wish I could move back some day. I go home at least once a year for family reunions. It’s always fun to see the awesome area I grew up in. So many fun memories. I’ve been in construction most of my adult life and really enjoy it. I’m a superintendent for a major construction company here in California and really enjoy my job.Theres talk of doing some projects in Idaho next year in the Boise area so maybe I’ll make it home after all. Sorry I can’t be at the reunion this year. It would be really good to see you all and reminisce about the good ole days. Enjoy the weekend. I look forward to seeing all the pictures and reading all about it.

I really wish I could be there! It looks like it will be so much fun. I have a family obligation that I have to be at but I hope you all have fun and a good time is had by all!

Can't wait until next weekend to see you all.  A lot of you have said it, but wow, its our 40 anniversary of our graduation.  Basically new what I wanted to be back then, but was still just a kid and doing stupid (but fun and memorable things).  Now I have things that I've done and things that I've still yet to do... but they are coming fast.  And this 40th is one of them.  Go Bengals, Class of 79!!!

Thanks for sharing your stories.  Our 40th!  Holly Crap.  Life is flying buy, but I am enjoying the journey.  Can’t wait to see you all.  So, summarizing my life…  Hmmm!   I live in Port Orchard Washington (15 miles across the Puget Sound from Seattle as the crow flies).  Graduated from University of Idaho in Mechanical Engineering.  {Come on and Go Vandals Go…!!!  I – D – A – H – O, Idaho, Idaho, Go, Go, Go!!!!}  Hired on with the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Nuclear Engineering Department 34 years ago.  Still there.  Our Shipyard currently has 14,000 employees.  Been in quite a few jobs here; Production Facilities Engineering, Fluid Systems Rotating Machinery, Material Control Engineer (majority of my career), Quality Auditor, Project Quality Engineer, LEAN Office (Process Improvement), and currently finishing out my career as the Safety Engineer/Advocate for the 1200 Engineers, Technicians, and Administration personnel in the Nuclear Engineering Department.  Its my favorite job of my career.  Working for personnel safety & health in many ways.  I have two wonderful daughters.  Both are proud to be WSU Cougars.  Amanda is 28 and getting married September 1st to a wonderful person.  She is an Emergency Room Doctor and just finished her 1st year of residency in San Bernardino CA.  Natalie is 24 and just finished her first year of Law School in Minneapolis.  Both were incredible children and now as adults, friends of mine.  Harriet (my precious Mom) in Boise, Mike is in Lewiston, Chris in Boise, Cathy in Boise, Nancy in Boise, and I’m in Port Orchard.  I’m an avid bicyclist (Mountain and Road) – heavy into Bicycling Advocacy.  My passion area, where I’ll focus after retirement, is protecting Mother Earth and reversing Global Warming!  Can’t wait to see you all. 

I stayed in the valley and worked several jobs after graduation then went to work for Poe Asphalt in 1989. My wife Karla and I moved to the Coeur d Alene area in 2016 after getting a position with Poe there. We have a daughter and two sons and 3 wonderful granddaughters. We enjoy camping and the outdoors.

I'm so excited to catch up with everyone!  Facebook has been great but I want to chat in person!!!  I hope a lot of you can make it!  40 years...hard to believe!! 

It\'s been 44 years since I moved away from The Valley. I\'ve come back for visits, through the years, but this will be my first full reunion. It\'s now June and I\'m already very excited to come back to see and visit with old friends and hopefully make new friends too! We had one of the largest graduating classes, so I know I might not know everyone. Hoping a lot of people will show up. I know the planning committee had been working hard to make this a very enjoyable event!

Thanks for all your hard work,  Looking forward to a fun weekend.

Thanks to the reunion committee for putting this together. It will be great to see everyone again... Hope everybody comes... It's gonna be FUN !

Great job committee!!  Sorry we won't be able to attend unless something changes at the last minute.  We have several trips and our annual humanitarian project all within 4 months!  Hope everyone has a great time.  Looking forward to seeing all the pictures on facebook!!  Love the fact that so many of us keep in touch online :)

I'm preparing by listening to our awesome 70-80's music!  Looking forward to seeing everyone!

Good job reunion committee. I do have to say that i wont look near as good as Brian Ringle at that "clothing optional" camp ground. Lol. Should be fun times in July

Looking forward to some fun over the 2 nights. This ought to be a good one.

Can't wait to see everyone!

Thanks so much to the reunion committee for putting together our reunion! I love going to the reunions to catch up and visit.  I feel like I have met more classmates through Facebook so that has also been  fun. I hope the local classmates still living in Lewiston come!

Looking forward to seeing everyone and  hearing how you are.  Hoping a lot of classmates will come for the first time.  Don't be intimidated.  Too many classmates have passed away.  I hope the local classmates come out in force so those that traveled far and at considerable cost get to see everyone.  Impossible to believe it has been 40 years.  A@71

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