Hi Dave : Greetings from frosty Cedar Rapids! Now I know why I live in Arizona! Brrr! Cross Country kids finished 6th in the nation for men and 7th for women at the NAIA National meet here on the 16th! We were also recognized for having the 3rd best combined men/women program in the NAIA (over 300 colleges). Quite an honor. Now the old coach will retire a happy man after track season! Hope everyone has a warm winter!!!
Category: Classmate News
Don Rinehart Update – Embry Riddle University to Cross Country Nationals!
Hi Dave :
Well, my kids made it to NAIA Cross Country Nationals again this year. The meet will be held at Seminole Valley Park on November 16, in Cedar Rapids. Our girls team is ranked 6th in the Nation! Boys are 16th!
Anyone interested in going to the meet can email me at wscdon1@gmail.com for starting time, directions etc or log onto Mt Mercy University (they are hosting the meet) for more information. This will most likely be my last year of coaching, so would be nice to get a couple of top ten finishes there.
Hoping to have some 50 degree weather too!!!
Don Rinehart
Update: Judy (Becker) Bryant shared this link to Don’s web page on the Embry-Riddle site. There is a lot for Don to be proud of there!
Mark Ferguson / Julie (Kent) Larson News
Mark shared news about classmate Julie:
Last night Susan and I went to the ISU vs West Virginia football game, which we WON over an undefeated team rated 6th in the nation. We saw Julie Kent Larson at Alumni Hall. She was unable to make it to the reunion since she had just retired and went on a cruise with her husband John. She asked about the reunion and was disappointed she missed it. What she didn’t tell me was she and her family were honored as Cy’s favorite Alum at Half Time on the Jumbotron. It was a nice tribute to her dedicated work in the Alumni Association at Iowa State. Congrats to Julie again. It was a GREAT night.
In Memory of James Searls
James C. “Jim” Searls, 92, of Iowa City, died Sunday, August 26, 2018 at his home.
Born August 22, 1926 in Mitchell, South Dakota, the son of Cluett “C.C.” and Leona (Collier) Searls, Jim grew up in Postville, Iowa, graduating from Postville High School. After high school, he worked for the Milwaukee Railroad before entering the US Army serving as a sergeant in the Western Pacific Command, during WWII on Okinawa. Following his discharge from the military, Jim married his longtime sweetheart, Mary Eberling, December 22, 1947 in Evanston, Illinois.
Jim later received his BS degree from Cornell College, where he was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society. After his graduation from Cornell in 1950, he attended the University of Iowa where he received his D.D.S. He then moved his young family to Grinnell, Iowa, where he practiced dentistry for the next seven years. In 1962, he returned to Iowa city, where he received his PhD in Anatomy from the University of Iowa and joined the faculties in the colleges of Dentistry and Medicine.
Jim is survived by his wife of over 70 years, Mary; children, Trish Campanelli (Joe) of Iowa City, Jim Searls (Carol) of Iowa City, Tom Searls (Dan Mears) of Iowa City and Bill Searls of Coralville and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Nancy (Masbruch) Olinger Update
Don Rinehart Update
Hi Dave :
Quick update from Arizona. Cannot make the reunion as I start pre-season workouts for my cross country kids at Embry Riddle University in Prescott, AZ on August 6. Beginning my 3rd season here with our boys finishing 21st and girls 14th in the nation last year. Both teams shooting for Top Ten finishes at Nationals this November in Cedar Rapids! Really exciting to have also coached the school’s first ever All American in Cross Country and Track in 2017-18!
Tami (Thompson ’74) and I looking forward to traveling some in the future as this likely will be my last season of everyday coaching (getting too old to keep up with 20 year old distance runners…even on a bike) and she has had both of her knees replaced.
We both were appointed to the Wayne State College (Neb) Board of Trustees this summer and have started an annual Track/Cross Country scholarship at our old Alma Mater. Our new challenge will be traveling back and forth to Nebraska for meetings and helping with the College’s $31 million Capital Campaign drive over the next 3-5 years. Should keep us busy.
Family all doing well. Having a great time spoiling our 4 year old grand daughter.
Do get back to Iowa City area a couple times a year, but just can’t make it for the reunion. Hope everyone has a great time. See you at the 50th!!!
Don and Tami Rinehart
A Ruth (Jurgens) Noth Update
A Mark Ferguson Special Update
Dave,
This (article) came today in our Iowa State Visions magazine. Julie was featured and honored for her 34 years of service to the Iowa State Alumni Association. She will retire from Iowa State on July 5th, according to the article.
We have had the pleasure of seeing Julie and her husband John several times over the years at Homecoming or other football tailgates. She will leave a legacy and a void in the Alumni Association staff. Congratulations, Julie on your retirement. Hope we still see you from time to time in Ames for football games.
[Webmaster’s note – we have kept a PDF version of the article <A True Passion for Iowa State Alumni > for when, not if, the online link changes]
A Words and Music Offering from Dave Gerlits
You are seeing a humble offering of words and music from your webmaster, because he is participating in the Apple Teacher program. Bobbi and I justified this free signup because we hold a very educational “Nana Camp” each year. Bobbi handles all the heavy lifting in terms of reading and writing, and Opa is in charge of fostering productivity and creativity on the iPad.
One of the Badges I worked on was the GarageBand for iPad badge. A key resource for this was the GarageBand for iPad Starter Guide, and this book gave me step by step instructions on how to create this music enhanced short story.
Here is a link to the piece on SoundCloud. I hope you enjoy it.
Arnie and Julie O’Neill Moore’s News
Dear Class of ’73
After reading Ruth’s family update, I decided it was time for me to do the same.
Julie and I both retired in January. I was going to finish at the end of the school year but after having a student release a toxic substance in my classroom with the entire school being evacuated and the administration doing nothing, I decided it was time for me to leave. I pretty much caught them by surprise and I have no regrets. I sort of left with a sour taste in my mouth but have not missed it one day. 31 years in the classroom, I guess my shelf life had expired.
We are currently preparing to sell our house and will probably move to the Ocala area. It is a little slower pace and people are generally much more pleasant to be around. We also need to be closer to Julie’s dad who lives in that area. Going though 30 years of stuff both ours and the kids has proven to be a task. We have filled one bedroom and more stuff in the garage. We are planning a yard sale in a few weeks, hopefully get rid of lots of stuff we have no desire to move.
After being retired for 4 months and doing something most days, it is hard to believe we got so much done on the weekends prior to retirement. Doing chores and fix ups on our own pace seems to get a better result and allows us to make better decisions. We spend at least 2 times a week playing golf and enjoying our time together. We also try to do things we never had time to do previously.
Our kids are doing great. Ben, the oldest, is still in DC working as an engineering analyst for the FDOT. He is such a prolific reader, the job fits him to a tee. We have visited there a number of times and always find some new and interesting things to see or do. I highly recommend DC as a vacation spot. Many really great museums are free and are so interesting to visit. Ben is still unmarried but has been seeing a lady for some time, so who knows.
Ben recently came down with several of his friends. He came by to get some boxes he has had stored in our garage for the last 15 years. He was surprised he had so much stuff. It was mostly action figures and comic books. He took some special things and left the rest for us to sell. So we have probably 100 action figures of which I have no idea what they are or what they are worth, looks like a fire sale to me
Quin, the youngest, is in Orlando working in IT for Hilton Hotels. We do get a savings on friends and family at their locations. He is currently living with a long time girlfriend. They bought a house in one of the suburbs and seem to be happy. We see him whenever we go north to visit Julie’s dad.
We have not taken a long trip yet, as we are still getting our retirement monies put together. We got lined up with a great pair of financial advisors from Morgan Stanley and so far have proven their worth. We also have an old Golden Retriever and getting a house/dogsitter has become something of a task. Whenever we travel north we do drop him off at Quin’s, but he has his life and is not always available. We have never had him doggie daycare feeling it would just kill him. At nearly 13 he just wants to hang out with us. He is not a great traveler, so we will just go with the flow.
Our lives have been really great. We have traveled a lot and enjoy each others company. We will celebrate our 42nd anniversary this summer. We tend to think in a similar fashion and are willing to do things together. At the end of May , we will go to St.Louis for a niece’s graduation. We are taking Julie’s dad, which will be a challenge as he is a typical grumpy old man. At 88 he will only take one more trip after that. At the end of July we are going to a family reunion if northern South Dakota. The adults from Julie’s family are all getting together at a VBRO. We will then go to IC for a family get together with my family. Unfortunately, we have to be back in Florida, or we would stay for the C/O ’73 reunion. After nearly 3 weeks on the road, I am sure we will need to be home