| Allan Bruinooge
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 Location:
Winnipeg Manitoba
Email Address:
alan@abject.com
Years at RDPC:
too many
Message:
Wishing everyone the best.
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| Bruce Downie,Teacher, 1966-68
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Location:
Victoria, BC
Email Address:
downie@islandnet.com
Message:
My name is Bruce Downie and I was a teacher at R. D. Parker Collegiate from
'66 - '68 and am now living in Victoria, BC. I came across your website
last spring and was in touch with Corrie Perdock about the proposed reunion
of the class of '68. I came to know many of that year's class through
coaching basketball and being involved with the music program. I was part
of the Mikado production that Jim Hillyer mentioned in his note, which was
coordinated by Ernest Dueck who has now retired from teaching and is living
in Steinbach, Manitoba. It was a shame that the event didn't materialize.
I was sorry to see that I had also missed the earlier reunion of the class
of '72 as I have fond memories of those students when they were in my home
room and other classes in junior high school.
I have attached to this document a few photos from those years which I thought you might be able to post on your site. I'm sure there would be some interest in them. Thanks for your great site. Please add my name to the list of addresses you have collected and I will look forward to hearing from former students and colleagues.
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| Jim Hillyer, Teacher, 1966-67
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Location: Thompson, Manitoba, Canada
Email Address:
hillyer@telusplanet.net
Years at RDPC:
1966 to 1967
Message:
Just thought I'd update you. I taught at RDPC in 66/67 centennial
year. We put on The Mikado that year. Who was the musician on staff
who directed that?
I live in Stirling, Alberta with my wife, Marianne, of 26 years and our
fourteen children: Fred, Jim, Bob, Tom, Patti, Becca, Danny, Johnny,
Marianne, Heidi, Russell, Dave, Ben and Kathlynn. I am still teaching.
I walk half a block to and from school four times a day with my school
age children. It's been a wonderful life so far.
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| Lewis, Peter Ernest
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Location:
Gold Coast, Queensland, Aust.
Email Address:
peter96@ozemail.com.au
Year on Thompson:
1969
Message:
I worked in the mines and suddenly I ventured into this site. I was stunned, I had thought over the years that the town had been closed down.My brother in law now in Pickering married the mine manager about 1969, I didn't think that there was a school in the region. How wrong I was. I still have photos of your Prime Minister the Hon Pierre Elliot Trudeau with us having lunch sometime in 1979 when he visited the area but I believe he has since passed away.
I still have photos of that cemetery with 28 unknown victims found under the floor boards of tent city. It was a tough place but the people were equally resolute and TOUGH.
I can't imagine living in those conditions of extreme cold. I have only a pair of shorts, a tee shirt and thongs for Winter and Summer..
However all the best and I didn't know there was a high school when I lived there.
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| Marsha Bailey, 1976
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Location:
Toronto, Ontario
Email Address:
mbailey@SPBB.COM
Years at RDPC:
--1976 and 1981 to 1983
Message:
Hello, Thompson. I graduated from RDPC in 1976 and returned as an English teacher in 1981. I've visited your website many times and it always brings back great memories of the people and the city! I have lived in Toronto for thirteen years and I'm enjoying the four seasons. I've left teaching behind, but my English skills still come in handy at my current position...as a Senior Manager in one of Toronto's mid-town public accounting firms. I'd love to hear from former classmates...and students. And if you're ever in Toronto, give me a call.
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| Maureen Demyd (used to be Thompson)
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Location:
Sherwood Parl, Alberta
Email Address:
rmdemyd@telusplanet.net
Years at RDPC:
1975 to 1983
Message:
Worked at RDPC in the front office for a couple of years then moved over the Guidance Department till I left in 1983. Very interesting web site and certainly have enjoyed reading all about the people and school. Loved my years at RDPC and have many great memories. After Thompson lived in Winnipeg for 12 years then my husband was transferred to to Sherwood Park, Alberta in 1996. We will be here for another couple of years then upon retiring will be returning to Manitoba. My daughter Suzanne and her husband Ron and my two special grandchildren now live in Winnipeg. My son Paul is now also living in Winnipeg and working as a Corrections Officer at Stoney Mountain Pen and loving it. Love to hear from anyone that remembers.
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| Dave Kennedy C.M.A., Teacher 1976-1985
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Location:
Lethbridge, Alberta
Email Address:
dave.kennedy@shaw.ca
Years at RDPC:
1976 to 1985
Message:
Hi people! You find the neatest things when you're looking for something else. I have been back to Thompson a few times. Most recently, I visited for my son's graduation (Ryan Kennedy RDPC '98) and my daughter's graduation (Lee Kennedy RDPC '96). Lee lives here in Lethbridge and is in her 3rd year at the University of Lethbridge. Ryan is currently in Liverpool, England as part of a student exchange program.
My wife, Susie, and children, Clark (7) and Ellis (6) thought the North was quite a place! Spent some time with Bruce Cameron and family.
It was neat to see 'old faces' (figuratively speaking, of course) at RDPC. I'm still making life miserable for students in my 14th year teaching Business Administration at Lethbridge Community College.
I spend most of my free time playing hockey (about 120 games per year). When we are all off in the summer we like to go boating, water-skiing and swimming.
Hi Mrs. McKelvey and Mrs. Beattie! Saw Anne Durno and Mike Liutkus while I was in Halifax last summer ('98).
I hope this page catches on with more former students and teachers. I would sure like to hear what everyone is up to.
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| Andy Knight
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Location:
Coquitlam, B.C.
Email Address:
andyknight@home.com
Message:
Hi everyone, just found this site surfing the net.Its great to see so many names I still recognize.
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| Ken Gordon, Teacher
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Location:
Burlington, Ontario
Email Address:
gordoon@home.com
Years at RDPC:
1982 to 1986
Message:
Well, here I was, just surfing the net and look what I found! Fun to see some familiar names from the years that I was there....I used to teach visual arts with Pat Friberg...remember me???? That was when I still had hair!
My wife Susan and I moved to Ontario in 1986 after my first four years of teaching. I am now teaching visual arts in Burlington, and have been at the same school ever since.
Our son Spencer was born in Thompson...he is now in grade 11 and over 6 feet tall. He is actually in Italy right now on a tour for March break. We also have a daughter, Emma, who is 11 years old and has no idea where the heck Thompson Manitoba is!!
By the way, for those of you who might remember Barbara Yale...she is living here in Burlington too, teaching in this school division. Susan and I were at her wedding a few years ago...she has a young daughter, and she is doing fine!!!
I have fond memories of R.D. Parker as it was my first teaching position. Hellos go out to all the teachers that helped me get started helped keep me sane in the frozen north!! Special hellos go to Larry MacAuley and his family...our wives had babies a couple of weeks apart...Val McKelvey, Janet Beattie, Dave Kennedy, Francois Daigle, Ann Durno, Dorothy Thayer, Ron Broadfoot...those were the days, eh??
Would love to hear from any of you!!! My family is still in Winnipeg, so if there's a reunion I might just be able to make it up there!!!!
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| Jack Macnab, Teacher Tech Ed. Dep't, 1974-1989
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Location:
666 Brice Ave. Parksville, B.C. V9P 1G8
Email Address:
jmacnab@nanaimo.ark.com
Years at RDPC:
1974 to 1989
Message:
Congratulations,R.D.P.C. on getting this going. It's nice to get
the news and what's happening to the Staff and students that were at RDPC
when I was there.
After leaving Thompson, Helen & I found our little spot of paradise here
in Parksville and we are enjoying our retirement very much. We started a
Thompson Reunion with ex- Thompsonites living here on the Island. The
first year there were about 8 who showed up and at the last one we had
somewhere around 40 ex Thompsonites who arrived to eat, play games and
tell good old Thompson stories. If anyone knows someone who has moved to
the Island ,please let me know so we can invite them to our next reunion.
Thanks.
Keep up the good work.
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| Barbara (Naish) Richard
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Location:
Pt. Coquitlam, BC.
Email Address:
brichar@petro-canada.ca
Years at RDPC:
Message:
Hi, was talking to Darwyn Samuels and he told me about this website. My family moved to Thompson in 1960 - Bob and Dorothy Naish (dad worked at INCO),sister Marilou, brothers Rich and Chuck. They are still in Manitoba with their families but I'm out in BC. Would love to hear from any of the old gang.
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| John Baisch, Teacher, 1986-90
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Location: Marathon, Ontario
Email Address:
jbaisch@marathon.lakeheadu.ca
Years at RDPC:
1986 to 1990
Message:
Greetings to all former/current teachers and students. I was a teacher at RDPC for three years. It was a time that I really enjoyed especially those weekend
excursions by train up to Churchill with my Geography class.
I at present have three careers teacher, financial planner
and auto parts retailer. I am married with a 3 year old daughter.
Best wishes to all those teachers whom I have lost contact with
especially Glen Ansine -I see he is Principal :) Terry Nychuk,
Randy Tomchuk. Let them know I was in touch.
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| Vic Loewen, Teacher, 1968-1998
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Location:
Thompson
Email Address:
vicdiloe@digistar.mb.ca
Years at RDPC:
1968 to 1998
Message:
I retired in June of '98. Dianne is still working so we'll
be in Thompson a few more years. Busy with the usual - curling, golf,
fishing and sampling my home-made wine.
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| John Donovan, Teacher, 1976-2002
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Location:
Thompson, MB
Email Address:
donovanjfd@excite.com
Years at RDPC:
1976-Present
Message:
Would love to hear from all you old Parkerites.
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| Bernie Freeman, Teacher, English Department
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Location:
Winnipeg
Email Address:
bjfreeman@shaw.ca
Years at RDPC:
Retired June 2002
Message:
After leaving R.D. Parker in June, 2002, I had intended to retire in
Winnipeg. As luck would have it, Vincent Massey Collegiate needed an English
teacher at the last minute and I was hired. It has been an enjoyable year,
but it has taken time to learn new procedures, and new staff and students. I
do occasionally meet former students and a few former teachers like Paul
Roffey and Mike Collins. I am finally retiring this June to pursue other
interests. I miss Thompson and RDPC, and intend on visiting for the
retirement dinner at the end of June. Would love to hear from any former
students who have the time and inclination to write. I will not check for
grammar mistakes.
Bernie Freeman - May, 2003
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| Valerie McKelvey, Teacher, 1969-2001
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Location:
Thompson, MB
Email Address:
vgmckelvey@polaris.digistar.mb.ca
Years at RDPC:
1969 to 2001
Message:
Hey, former Parkerites, it would be interesting to hear from
you!
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| Stephen Randy Campbell
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Location: Fort McMurray Alberta
Email Address:
theheartbreaker@mailexcite.com
Message:
Hello fellow Thompsonites. It is I Stephen Campbell former resident of Thompson, Manitoba but now residing in Fort McMurray Alberta. RDPC, now that takes me back. There was a time when I used to go to that school, when I was there I was considered an outcast. I wasn't no jock, nor belonged to any club, I was just plain old joe public. Who is in charge of the establishment? I left Thompson two years ago and haven't been back since. I do not know when I'll be back. I hope soon. Do you know of a Chad Katchmar? He's my brother as is his sister and mine, Kristin. Ask anyone or any teacher for that matter if they know of me and they'll say: "Stephen who?" Ask any teacher of Donna Campbell and they'll probably say: "Oh I remember her." Before I went to Rdpc, I came from Burntwood School.
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| Edward Peter Franck
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Location:
Fort McMurray, Alberta
Email Address:
franckly@home.com
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| Ken Gordon, Teacher
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Location:
Burlington, Ontario
Email Address:
gordoon@home.com
Years at RDPC:
1982 to 1986
Message:
Well, here I was, just surfing the net and look what I found! Fun to see some familiar names from the years that I was there....I used to teach visual arts with Pat Friberg...remember me???? That was when I still had hair!
My wife Susan and I moved to Ontario in 1986 after my first four years of teaching. I am now teaching visual arts in Burlington, and have been at the same school ever since.
Our son Spencer was born in Thompson...he is now in grade 11 and over 6 feet tall. He is actually in Italy right now on a tour for March break. We also have a daughter, Emma, who is 11 years old and has no idea where the heck Thompson Manitoba is!!
By the way, for those of you who might remember Barbara Yale...she is living here in Burlington too, teaching in this school division. Susan and I were at her wedding a few years ago...she has a young daughter, and she is doing fine!!!
I have fond memories of R.D. Parker as it was my first teaching position. Hellos go out to all the teachers that helped me get started helped keep me sane in the frozen north!! Special hellos go to Larry MacAuley and his family...our wives had babies a couple of weeks apart...Val McKelvey, Janet Beattie, Dave Kennedy, Francois Daigle, Ann Durno, Dorothy Thayer, Ron Broadfoot...those were the days, eh??
Would love to hear from any of you!!! My family is still in Winnipeg, so if there's a reunion I might just be able to make it up there!!!!
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| Heather Laine, Teacher, 1990-98
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Location:
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Email Address:
heatherlaine@hotmail.com
Years at RDPC:
1990 - 1998
Message:
November 23, 2001 - I just had another of my frequent look sover the school website. I still talk fondly of my days at RDPC and all the programs we were able to offer. While I do miss my Thompson friends, I do have to say though that I don't really miss the winters and it is nice to be back home by the ocean. I was back for a visit over my spring break in 2001 and have plans to be back out during July 2002 to see my new niece or nephew. By the way, I heard through the grapevine that during the 1981 reunion festivities, some of you took time for a toast to my late husband, Andy Laine, a member of the 1981 grad class. Thnaks to those who did that - it means a lot to me that you would make the time for something like that admidst all the fun. It is greatly appreciated.
I'd love to hear from any former students or staff, especially if any of you are planning a trip out this way.
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| Darrelyn (Brawders/Burnett) Marx
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Location:
Park Ridge, IL 60068 USA
Email Address:
kdmarx@attbi.com
Years at RDPC:
1974 -1982
Message:
Hello everyone! I still talk about my wonderful years of teaching music and theatre at R.D.Parker Collegiate!In 1985 I received my MFA in theatre-directing from the Univ. of Illinois. I then took a job teaching acting at New Trier H.S.in Winnetka,a suburb north of Chicago. I also teach vocal music and direct plays and musicals. After 28 years of teaching I am presently on a years leave-of-absence to pursue my dream of breaking into the business. I'm singing in a professonal choir, taking voice lessons, and have three talent agencies representing me for commercials, etc. My wonderful husband, Ken, is caring and supportive. I would love to keep up with past students and all of my 'old' teacher friends! Please email!
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| Stewart and Celine Mitchell (nee Lemay)
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Location: St. Louis, Sask.
Email Address:
jeepers@sk.sympatico.ca
Message:
Hello to all. Just living the good life out here in the country. St. Louis is a small town just 25 minutes south of Prince Albert on #2. Stewart is working at Weyerheauser since 1994. He left Inco after 15 years of employment. I'm busy at home with 4 great kids ages 8 1/2, 7, 5 1/2 and 2.
I worked for the School District for 10 years after graduating in 1979.
We don't get a chance to see Thompsonites often so if you're ever in the area look us up.
There are a few other Thompsonites in Prince Albert but they don't have computers so they won't see this message.
Some of them are Dale and Marylou Thevenot (nee
Derek) and Mariou Bradbury (nee Brooks)
MaryAnn Meneer.
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| Jessica Lupton
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Location:
Vancouver,B.C.
Email Address:
jlupton@home.com
Years at RDPC:
2 months
Message:
I was not at R.D. Parker for long, but it was a life experience.
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| Anne Mongstad
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Location:
Bergen, Norway
Email Address:
koze_jente87@hotmail.com
Years at RDPC:
Message:
My sister went here but I did not. This is really a cool homepage for the school, but you need a bit more photos of the students.
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| Debbie (Dwyer) Powers
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Location:
Alberta
Email Address:
candc@telusplanet.com
Message:
Cool site. I went here for 2 years nice to see the place again.
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| Gordon Price
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Location:
Victoria, BC
Email Address:
watersedge@bc.sympatico.ca
Message:
What a Page. I couldn't stop smiling the whole time I was reading it. It's so interesting to see how everyone has turned out since those crazy high school days...and the different locations around the continent they ended up. Wow.
Gee I'm sorry to say I didn't graduate from Parker as I bailed out after completing grade 1 to 11 in Thompson. I took off to play Junior Hockey in Selkirk and finished my grade 12 there. Then the funny stuff started happening. I became a teacher in Winnipeg for 8 years and then figured Winnipeg and Thompson weren't cold enough, so I taught in Coral Harbour , N.W.T. for 5 years. Now this 'll kill you....I became the Principal of a K to 12 school of 250 students. Warm weather beckoned again and I'm now teaching in Victoria and my wife Helen and I are running a Bed and Breakfast. (Check out our web page.- http://victoriabc.com/accom/watersedge.html )
Has any of the old gang ended up in similar "out of character" positions of employ?? Is there any of the old gang out there? (all those old people in their 40's)
What pleasant memories this visit to this site has given me. I'm sure it has been the same for all. Many THANKS to those responsible. Is anyone out there?
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| Harold Smith
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Email Address:
(hsmith@gov.mb.ca)
Message:
As an RDPC alumnus, it is great to see such an informative and
captivating source of information. Congrats on a teriffic site!
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| Bruce Symbalisty
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Email Address:
reality@cadvision.com
Message:
I was never a student at RD Parker
(however, my brother and sister were :) In the late 1970's we moved away
from Thompson to Calgary, Alberta. I am trying to locate the email address of Greg Wakeman (who would have possibly graduated from RD Parker in 1986 or 87) ... it is possible that he went to high-school outside of Thompson (possibly Winnipeg) so you wouldn't be able to help in that respect. My website is www.cadvision.com/reality
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| Robin Moore
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Location:
La Loche, Sask. Canada
Email Address:
m.moore@sk.sympatico.ca
Message:
Hello Thompson Turkeys.
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| Sarah Koontz
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Location:
Abrams, Wisconsin
Message:
December 15, 2002
Well hello everyone. You are all right that it sure has been a long time. I'll give you the short version of what I have been up to. I have been married to Doug since 1991 and we had our first child a son named Sammy in 2000 and our second child a girl named Katie 3 months ago in August 02. I moved from Thompson to Vancouver, then to Helena, Montana...graduated with a degree in Medical Records...moved to Sitka, Alaska..met my husband who is in the US Coast Guard so we move about every three years so have since been to Cheboygan, Michigan....Ketchikan, AK...Sitka, AK...Rockland, Maine..and now are in Abrams, Wisconsin about 20 minutes from Green Bay....It's been great. We are not sure how long we will be here, may move again this summer or stay until 2004 or 2006. Well that is all for now.. I am one of those "backward" types who don't officially have an email address so if you wish to get a hold of me feel free to use the old fashioned mail system...I know, I know what a pain!! But deep down I still love the feel of paper!! I apologize for the inconvenience.
Sarah Koontz
5303 Liegeois Road
Abrams, WI USA 54101
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