| Chris Auger, 1972
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 Location: Campbellton, NB
Email Address:
cauger@nbnet.nb.ca
Years at RDPC:
1970 to 1972
Message:
Hi people of RD Parker. We lived in Thompson from 1969-1972 in the trailer park next to the mine. Had great times at the Brad and Strand theatres. Woolworth store was the big thing in town at that time. Feel free to email me.
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| Linda Biglow, 1972
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Location:
Thompson, Manitoba
Email Address:
rathbig@mb.sympatico.ca
Years at RDPC:
1966 to 1972
Message:
Class 1972 - Let us continue to keep in touch!
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| Frank Borsato, 1972
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Email Address:
fborsato@v-wave.com
Years at RDPC:
1969 to 1972
Message:
If any of my buds from the old days or the U of M days are still around out there in cyber land drop me a line tell me how your life has been treating you.
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| Judy Pearce (Burnett)
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Location:
Thompson, Manitoba
Email Address:
jpearce@keewatincc.mb.ca
Years at RDPC:
1967-1972
Message:
WOW... the 5 years is up.. it IS 2002. What happened to our 30 year reunion Steve??? You are supposed to be in charge!! It looks like at 1972-1978 reunion may be in the works for 2003. That would be fun. Steve was also wondering if anyone from 1972 was interested in a get-together in Winnipeg the summer of 2002. Any takers?
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| Linda (Campbell) Morfopoulos, 1972
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Location:
Clearwater, Florida USA
Email Address:
lindamorf@aol.com
Years at RDPC:
1967 to 1972
Message:
Hi everyone. My niece forwarded information about this site to me and it is great to hear what everyone has to say. I heard about the 25th reunion but we were living in Flordia and could not make it. I married Paris Morfopoulos and we have two beautiful girls. Kelly is 19 and Lindsay is 16. We live in Clearwater (moved hear in 1987) and just love it down here. No, we do not miss the snow! We have our own business - a store called The One Stoppe Shoppe. Nice to link up with all of you. Feel free to email me.
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| Carlyle Pacholok (Ewasiuk), 1972
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Location:
Andover, MA USA
Email Address:
vcpacholok@hotmail.com
Years at RDPC:
68-72
Message:
Aug. 18, 2002
Since I missed the 25th reunion I am really going to try to make this one. Just talked to Candice Goodman (Robinson) yesterday and we had some good laughs about our "fond memories" of Thompson. Hope to see alot of our "memories" there.
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| Steven Flannery
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Location:
Georgetown, Ontario
Email Address:
sjfgc@castle.on.ca
Years at RDPC:
1967-1968
Message:
December 23, 2002
We moved to Thompson on December 23 1961, and around this time each year I experience fond memories of the people that I got to know during the next seven years. In 1968 we moved back to Ottawa, and as yet have not managed to return. However, perhaps @ RDPC's 50th anniversay I can coordinate a visit that would also include some other members of our family. In the mean time it will be good to keep in touch via your web site.
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| Stewart Franck
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Location:
Burlington, Ontario
Email Address:
sfranck@infinity.net
Years at RDPC:
67-70
Message:
Attended RDPC from Grade 7 (the construction site!) through Grade 10. Had I stayed in Thompson, I would have graduated with the 1972 folks. Did I see/hear rumours of a 40th anniversary reunion in 2002? Any details would be greatly appreciated. I invite all RDPC friends to drop me a line, call or stop by.
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| Diane Frederick (Desjardins), 1972
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Location:
Courtenay BC
Email Address:
kfrederi@kootenay.com
Years at RDPC:
1967 to 1972
Message:
I found this website accidentally while I was
supposed to be working, what can I say I'm a gov't
employee. Kelly and I have been married since 1974
we have 2 girls and 1 beautiful granddaughter. We
have lived in BC since 1980 and moved to Vancouver
Island last summer. We're now practically Bob Cearns
neighbour. I recognize so many names, talk about memories!
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| Renate Webb (Fricke)
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Location:
Los Angeles,CA, US
Email Address:
markwebb@earthlink.net
Years at RDPC:
1967 to 1971
Message:
Great seeing old photos of my home class with Mr.Downie. Would like to hear from any of you. I left Thompson in 1971 and moved to Wpg, Calgary, Vancouver and finally to Los Angeles where I met another Canuck and got married. We have a boy 22 and a daughter 20. My brother Hans is living here as well enjoying the warm climate. In my travels I have run into several of the Morphopulus kids from LA to Florida and ran into Bruce Lyons in Florida a few years ago. Would love to hear from anyone who still remembers me.
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| Susan Harrison, 1972
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Location:
Thompson, Manitoba, Canada
Email Address:
Years at RDPC:
1967-1972
Message:
Hi everyone...you really missed a great time at our 25th reunion in 1997 if you didn't show up!! We just had our 40th Birthday party at Thompson High/R.D.P.C. this past Saturday...and missed all of you "out of towners", and even some "in towners". Annndd, that's how I found out that we had this page. Sooooo, here we are - Class of '72 and now it's time for our thirty year reunion. Yup, this year...OMG! Looks like we may be inviting you to Thompson for the Thanksgiving weekend 2002. Hope you can make it. There is a meeting tomorrow night, so will keep you posted. Never thought I'd be here for 40 years, but hey, who knew? I've visited with Nancy Allen, Howie Parlow and Diana Mardell in the past six months, and would love to hear from anyone who remembers. Times are still good here, although there have been lots of changes. Hope to talk to you soon.....
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| David Harvie, 1972
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Location:
St Hubert, Quebec just south of Montreal
Email Address:
David.Harvie@space.gc.ca
Years at RDPC:
1971-1972
Message:
It was nice of Glen Ansine to recall all the graduates of 72 for the reunion which I had heard
about but could not attend. I am eager to know when the next reunion for our
class may be (2002?). I was only in Thompson for the 1 school year 71-72
which happened to be my graduation year. Glen noted that my ambitions were
military, but they were soft ambitions. I graduated from Royal Military
College in 1976 with a degree in Math&Physics and got into computer systems
on military projects and left the Military in 1983. I stayed in Areospace
but moved to the SPace side and I am now the Project Engineer for the Mobile
Servicing System Simulator which we use to train Astronauts and Cosmonauts
to operate Canadian supplied Space Station robotic systems. This is at the
Canadian Space Agency in St Hubert Quebec just south of Montreal, go figure.
I recently discovered that Ernst Hellrung is in Montreal and talked to him a
bit, I hope to get together with him soon for a mini "Quebec Capter" RD
Parker alumni reunion...
I have good memories of the gang and would be heppy to hear from anyone. I
have family in Winnipeg and so make it to that neck of the woods
ocassionally and I have chatted with Brian Dagg once in a while as well.
I've learned of the professional and personal accomplishments of other old
classmates such as Steve and I am proud of you all.
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| Ernst Hellrung
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Location:
Montreal, QC.
Email Address:
ehellrung@sprint.ca
Years at RDPC:
1967-1972
Message:
Oct.25, 2001 What a great find! The photos from Mr. Downie
are amazing since I was in his class and also went to elementary school with many of the students in that Grade 7 class. (Who remembers Mrs. Alderson and Juniper School?) I also fondly remember the year of split shift classes when I
had to get up at 6:00 am and walk to school thru the woods
from Riverside Dr. The coldest morning was -52 F. Great memories of the open-concept school, card games in the
multi-purpose room, working on the yearbook committee,
camera club, (I'm still clicking away after 25 yrs. in the
business), hanging in school with Brian C., Brian D.,
Keith N., and Tom L. Keep up the great work
on the web site and I'll look for some old photos. Thanks,
Ernst.
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| Linda Honish (nee Heminger), 1972
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Location:
Brandon, Mb.
Email Address:
lincur@westman.wave.ca
Message:
Wish there were more pictures...brings back alot of memories. I remember a few
of the teachers......Mr. Murphy was my homeroom teacher. I liked all my teachers...thanks
for putting up with me. Miss Smith was my favorite. I got to know her more years later
after we were both married. I remember Mr. Hillyer...he gave me an F in music...I was way
too shy to participate in solos. I had some real issues in the last couple of years of
school...some how I graduated.....thanks to the teachers. Did alot of things I regret but
can't undo.... I am a wife, mother and grandmother now...turned 55 this year...wow where
has the time gone! If your ever in the neighbourhood look me up. Wish I could have made
it to the reunions.
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| David Henderson, 1972
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Location:
29 Jillson Avenue, Toronto
M6S 2P3
Email Address:
dih@hotmail.com
Years at RDPC:
1966 (Thompson High) to 1972
Message:
I'm here in Toronto, working as a news editor at the Toronto Sun. (I've been through the Globe and Mail, The Toronto Star, London Free Press, Red Deer Advocate and Peking Review in the past 20 years.) My sister Susan, now Susan Wilding, has been in Sault Ste. Marie for twenty years, while Robin is the golf pro at the Quarry Oaks club outside Steinbach. Hey, class of '68, if you're holding a reunion in Winnipeg next year you may want to include a half-day of golfing in it. Give Robin a call. Personally, I would love to hear from any former grads (or semi-grads) who share my passion for climbing. Our company gives us a sabbatical every 10 years (it's three months off with pay) and I'm in the midst of planning, yes, you guessed it, three months of climbing.
[2nd message] Just back from our 25th reunion in Thompson. What a lot of fun! It was great seeing people, many of whom hadn't seen one another for 25 years. Susan Morgan, Norma Howitt, Judy Burnett and Steve Ashton deserve a big thanks for the huge amount of work done getting this together.
July 2000Those browsing the net looking for former Thompson turkeys may want to check out the Thompson City Hall guestbook at:
http://netra.mysterynet.mb.ca/city/guestbook.html
As well, the museum has about 1,300 photos on-line and it's asking for people's helping in IDing the photo subjects. Their address is:
http://www.mysterynet.mb.ca/museum/600/600visualrecords.htm
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| Holly Cependa (Hogarth), 1972
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Location:
Vegreville Ab
Email Address:
cependa@silvercrest.ab.ca
Years at RDPC:
1971-72
Message:
It was great to come across this site! It has been a very long time since I have been in contact with someone (other than family) who knows people from the area. My name must not have been on the list for contacts for the past reunion - please put it on for the next one and we'll see if we can make it.
Would be great to hear from anyone who may share the same memories.
Merry Christmas to all and an extremely happy New Year!
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| Yvonne (Hrushowy) Dopson, 1972
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Location:
Saskatoon, SK, CA
Email Address:
ydopson@innovplace.saskatoon.sk.ca
Years at RDPC:
1968 to 1972
Message:
Attended our 25th reunion of the Grade 12 class in June, 1997! It was a fabulous time -- many thanks go out to the organizers! Both Terry and I had a terrific time, and although most of the former students who attended the reunion were not close friends while I was in school, it was nice to get to know them now, as we share common experiences and interests in our adult lives! Looking forward to the 30th year reunion!
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Teri (Koutecky) Raiford, 1972
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Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba
Email Address:
tlkoutecky@hotmail.com
Years at RDPC:
1967 to 1972
Message:
Greetings to all former RDPC'ers! I grew up in
Thompson from 1960 til I left for the U of M in
1972. I attended RDPC from grade 7 to 12 ('69-'72).
The newer part of the school (with the forum, theatre,
resource centre and multi-purpose room,)
was just being built when we started
Grade 10 in the fall of '69.
To accomodate the construction, we all had go to class
in split shifts. Half the year our classes ran
from 7:30 AM-12:30PM, and the other half, we started
at 1PM and went til 6PM amid construction workers and
the sound of jackhammers echoing in the hallways.
I also attended the 25th reunion of the Class of 1972
and let me tell you, it was a GREAT experience.
I encourage everyone if at all possible to do the same!
(Big Hint to the Class of '68!!)
It was so neat seeing my old classmates again
(no pun intended, but we're all about 43 now :))
and coming to realize that we all shared a unique
experience.
The Class of '72 had a tour of RDPC but she's only a shadow
of her former self now, the "open area" concept has been
walled into so many smaller areas that most
of us were completely lost in the maze.
But it was terrific to see some of our former teachers
who still live and work in Thompson, some at the old
alma mater including Guy Hanson (Does Anybody else remember
the day he and all the male teachers wore kilts
to school? How about the day he rode his toboggan into
a tree at the old ski hill and broke his leg?)
T'was also great to see Vic Loewen (biology), Jim McIvor (Phys.Ed), Glen Ansine, our former history teacher, now
the principal, and Mrs. McKelvey (she taught me to type,
bless her soul! Came in *very* handy when I went into journalism.)
I'd love to hear from any of my former classmates who
didn't make it to the reunion :) And those whose email
addresses I didn't get while there!
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| Saija (Lahdekorpi) Parthenais, 1972
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Location: Lac du Bonnet, MB
Email Address:
saijaleo@granite.mb.ca
Years at RDPC:
1967 to 1972
Message:
My brother Ari told me to check out the RDPC website and I'm
sure glad I did! It was wonderful to be confronted with familiar names,
which invoked images, and brought back fond memories of days gone by.
Can it really be 26 years now . . . yikes!
Leo and I missed the reunion last year, since I work all those wonderful
summer weekends (in the Whiteshell Provincial Park's district office). .
. maybe for the 50th reunion we can make the trek?
We've called Lac du Bonnet home for the past 6 years . . . and enjoy
life on the river . . . can't beat those Manitoba summers!
Would love to hear from old friends . . . And great job on the Website!
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| Barbara Malcolm, 1972
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Location:
Winnipeg, MB
Email Address:
bl_malcolm@yahoo.ca
Years at RDPC:
1967-1972
Message:
Wow, I can't believe the memories that this site brought back. It is so great to see and remember so many names. I have been away from Thompson for about 20 years, although I did make a quick trip up there last year.
I raised my two daughters in Winnipeg, Natasha (29) and Staci (25). Yes, I probably have one of the oldest children. I also have two fantastic grandsons, Matthew (8) and Thomas (6).
Life just flies by. I am working in the Mental Health field and have completed my BA in Conflict Resolution Studies (I'm on the 25 year plan).
I'd love to hear from any former class mates. Until then, take care.
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| Rod Merritt
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Location:
Yorkton, Saskatchewan
Email Address:
rmerritt@ctv.ca
Years at RDPC:
65-68 to 71-72
Message:
Amazing piece of reading material. I went to school in God's country from 65-68 to 71-72. Moved back to Saskatchewan and took up playing fastball. Got lucky and spent time playing in some great countries. Been working in Yorkton, Sask. for almost twenty years with CTV and CBC, selling advertising. Been a good life and going to get better once I get back to Thompson to meet some friends. Was entered to play in the Canadian Nine Ball Championships but will be going north for the 2002 reunion instead. Wouldn't miss it.
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| Bruce Miller
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Location:
Calgary, Alberta
Email Address:
bb.miller@shaw.ca
Years at RDPC:
1963-1970
Message:
Wow, touring this site and about Thompson again. I saw the grad reunion pics and does it ever bring back a lot of memories. I see all the girls I used to go out with are all ladies now and still as beautiful as then. Everybody probably never thought to hear from me especially with a pc after dropping out in grade 9 but here I am.
I now live in Calgary after previous visits to Regina, Saskatoon, and Toronto. I'm still in construction only now I'm the supervisor. I married Susan Miller in Thompson but everyone said it wouldn't last and they were right. I met my second wife in Toronto and got remarried in 95. I have 1 girl and 2 boys from my first marriage with Susan and inherited 3 boys with my second marriage.
Now I have 5 grandchildren, the oldest being 11 years old.Makes you think how much time has pasted since I saw or heard from anyone.
If you want to drop me a line or two, feel free to do so, I'd love to hear from everyone.
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| Beth Morrison, 1972
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Location:
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Email Address:
beth_clark@umanitoba.ca
Years at RDPC:
1968 to 1972
Message:
I was sorry to miss the 1997 reunion of the Class of '72.
I am now living in Winnipeg and working at the University of Manitoba. My husband, Brent Clark, and I have two children, Becky (15) and Andrew (13), and two Boston terriers.
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| Keith Nesbitt
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Location:
Ponoka, Alberta
Email Address:
kbnesbit@telusplanet.net
Years at RDPC:
1967 to 1972
Message:
Good to see a website for our old school. Would love to hear from anyone or everyone. Think about all of you all the time.
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| Tim Preston, 1972
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Location:
Winnipeg, MB.
Email Address:
tpreston@escape.ca
Years at RDPC:
1969 to 1972
Message:
Hello out there. Thanks to intrepid reporter David Henderson, I read and enjoyed the numerous biographies and chuckled at the pictures. I live in Winnipeg and I have been a lawyer here for 19 years! I thoroughly enjoyed visiting Thompson for our 25th anniversary reunion weekend. The trees have really grown since 1972!
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| Bob Richards, 1972
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Email Address:
Richardr@mb.sympatico.ca
Message:
Interested in hearing from old classmates and teachers if you're out there, I know you are.
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| Janine Schonen
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Location:
Winnipeg,MB
Email Address:
j9@pangea.ca
Years at RDPC:
1968 to 1972
Message:
It was so wonderful to find this website. The photos are great! I left Thompson in 1972.
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| Brenda Sereda, 1972
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Location:
Thompson, Manitoba
Email Address:
madgettm@telus.net
Years at RDPC:
1966-1972
Message:
Would like to know where Billy Beard is, and how's he doing?
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| Judy (Burnett) Van Buskirk, 1972
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Email Address:
(vanbusk@kccnet.keewatincc.mb.ca)
Message:
Great place to hear where in the world everyone is. Yes our Class of 72 Reunion was a success. (It was fun to pretend we were 18 again for a weekend!!) Thanks to all of you who made the effort to get here. That is what made the reunion so special. For those of you who couldn't make it, mark the Year 2002 on your calendar, cuz 25 years is too long to wait again - so word's out we'll try for a 30th. Take care all.
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