From George Bishop

Hi Everyone,

I'm not sure that my yr to graduate was 82! I do believe that I was to graduate in 83. I did graduate at another school after dropping out for about 7 yrs but, I still feel FA will always be my home school since ALL my friends are there.

I had a trucking accident that left me unable to walk for 6 months and a loss of memory and 2 yrs after that happend I was in Florida with a group of my friends and I brought my Jet-ski's down and I got hit in the sholder by lightning which also had some memory loss from that.

I do miss all my friends even though most prople remember me as " A bad ass". Some look at me now and question is that George? I found the Lord back in 1981 and sooo thankful that I did. I wouldnt be here today if I would have stayed on that road I was. After I left school, I got involved with a rock group as lead singer. Time changes people some for good and then others for bad.

I would love to go to the reunion because I had some people I hung out with in those upper classes as well.

George Bishop

From Bill Babash

I’m still living in Reston, Virginia, outside Washington, where I’ve been since 1986. My wife, Whitney, and I celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary last year. We’ve been extremely fortunate to be able to do a lot of traveling to some fascinating places. We celebrated our 5th anniversary with a trip across China and Tibet, visited Morocco in 2003, and explored the antiquities of Cairo and Luxor, Egypt last year. This past February, we had a chance to spend four days in the Sahara, visiting oasis villages and trekking through the desert in southwestern Algeria. I’ve sent a picture of us just outside the oasis town of Taghit, Algeria, with some of the tallest dunes in the Sahara in the background.

Many Hands Make Light Work!!!

We had a great 25th year reunion!
Thank you so much to everyone that helped with the planning and execution of this wonderful day.
Here's a list of folks that committed their time:

Organization And Committee Heads:
President - Chris Ryder chris@lumbra.net
Website - Skip Chase pastor@mnvbc.org
Website - Tammi-Jo Macomber tammi_jo@bellsouth.net
Float - Scott Arno sarno@foxcroftacademy.org
Contacting Classmates - Joyce Koenig Perry japerry3@adelphia.net
Afternoon Reunion - Lauri Tuxford Harmon Harmonssc@aol.com
Evening Reunion - Joyce Koenig Perry japerry3@adelphia.net
Evening Reunion - Mara Lary Scott mara_scott@hotmail.com

Contacting Class Mates For Current Information:
Joyce Koenig Perry {D-F, ME} japerry3@adelphia.net
Chris Ryder {Dexter, ME} chris@lumbra.net
Scott Arno {D-F, ME} sarno@foxcroftacademy.org

Float:
Scott Arno {D-F, ME} sarno@foxcroftacademy.org
Kim Speed Surette {Carmel, ME} 207-848-5289
Chris Ryder {Dexter, ME} chris@lumbra.net
Skip Chase {Chaska, MN} pastor@mnvbc.org
Shelley Strout Brasslett {Bradford, ME} sbraslett@midmaine.com
Brenda LaPointe Marshall, {D-F, ME}

Afternoon Reunion With Children:
Lauri Tuxford Harmon {Spartanburg, SC} Harmonssc@aol.com
Skip Chase {Chaska, MN} pastor@mnvbc.org
Shelley Strout Brasslett {Bradford, ME} sbraslett@midmaine.com

Info On Dave Locke

Dave lives in Seattle with his wife and has three daughters (7,12,14). He has become a a mystic and a deacon in a nondenominational Christian order of priests and deacons.

His email is matthias_locke@yahoo.com

From Aime (Shenton) McGraham

I moved to the West Coast from Bangor twenty years ago. I've lived in Scottsdale, Arizona for more than twelve years; before that, Huntington Beach, California for eight. I am Regional Vice President of Sales for Ameritas Group Dental & Eyecare, a Nebraska insurance company I've been with for nearly fifteen years. My job is about 60% travel, all over the US. I graduated magna cum laude from Arizona State University (finally) in 2000.

I am married to a great guy, Rollie, who is originally from Boston. He's a personal trainer. We are both passionate about fitness. He competes in bicycle races throughout the west; I am an distance runner. I've run numerous half-marathons around the US, six marathons, including the Boston Marathon, and two ultramarathons, a 50K trail run and a 44-miler in and out of the Grand Canyon last year (photo below).

We have a golden retriever and a cat. I am also very active in volunteer work for Best Friends Animal Society, the nation's largest no-kill shelter. I write and edit their online newsletter for the state of Arizona

Amie (Shenton) McGraham

Info On Mark Schwarz

"I'm extremely honored to have the opportunity to be a squadron commander in this group, but even more so that the last class here is under my watch," said Lt. Col. Mark Schwarz, 49th FTS commander. "The support from Valdosta and the surrounding local communities has been tremendous and really made our experience enjoyable." The IFF course is designed to train the techniques of flying fighter aircraft on the AT-38C Talon to students who recently finished initial pilot training. All students are either pilot candidates or weapon system operators, and their next assignment is typically formal training at a front-line fighter unit. "We introduce the students to how they'll be trained at units that feature the F-15, F-16 and A-10," said Colonel Schwarz. "Their training covers the specifics of debriefing and briefing execution in the air - skills they'll need to know in the combat air forces. We structure ourselves like a real fighting squadron rather than a training organization." Despite their departure from Moody, the 49th FTS is not scheduled to deactivate but will instead move to Columbus Air Force Base, Miss. To officially mark this occasion, the 49th FTS is holding a ceremony March 7. The move is part of an Air Force initiative to bring IFF to pilot training in an effort to help save money in-light of recent budget constraints, said Colonel Schwarz. "We are scheduled to hold a quick ceremony to take the 49th FTS flag down," said Colonel Schwarz. "I will transfer our guidon to Col. (Richard) Turner, (479th Flying Training Squadron commander), and then load it up for it to fly out to Columbus. The ceremony will definitely leave a bittersweet feeling because we had such a good time at Moody."

From Skip Chase

Hello Everyone!

There's only so much you can do with a picture. As you can see, one of my favorite activities is eating, particularly at Famous Dave's, a local rib house that has gone national. I also have become an avid Twins fans, after living in the Twin Cities for over a decade. I have to say that Dale's beard is the best I've seen in some time and Guichi appears to be surviving our middle life years.
Here's my family: my wife Letha (from Georgia); and our children, Isaac, 17; Sam 16; and Tim 15.

All three of our boys love to play rugby and are on the same team. It certainly helps our prayer life! Our oldest son Isaac will be returning to Maine this fall to attend Maine Maritime Academy in Castine on a full Navy scholarship. We have mixed emotions over all of this, strongly desiring him to go forward in life but selfishly hating to see him leave us for adulthood.

What happened to me? I thought the best way to describe this was by audio. Please click this link and press "play." http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?currSection=sermonssource&sermonID=42007113636

I am looking forward to seeing everyone this summer for our 25th reunion and could use anyone and everyone's help in some way to host a great reunion. I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Skip

From Dale Wherle

25th reunion? Unbelievable! I'm feeling old! I'm way over on the other side of the country - San Francisco, CA.

I really would like to see everyone, but I'm afraid I can't make it out this time - it overlaps with the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. I'll be on the road for a couple of weeks, one of several runs and rallies I try to do each year.
What happened to me?
I left Bangor, Maine in 1994 for Massachusetts - first Boston, then Fitchburg. In 2004 I moved to Sunnyvale CA, then up to San Francisco - commuting in wonderful Bay Area traffic down to Cupertino each day, where I work as an embedded systems engineer for Apple Inc. Everyone, take lots of pictures, look forward to hearing all about the journeys we've all taken through life post-FA.

What have 25 years done to me? Have a look - it's me from last Sunday. My mom still threatens to cut my long hair and beard with scissors in my sleep when I visit.

Be well,
Dale

From Guichi

Hola!!!!!!.......Well, this me! Guichi, your AFS dudde from Bolivia....Remeber me!!.....Skip Chase how are you!!!!....men! you were one of my icons every partyyyy!!!....Because of you, Kevin, Pat Joyce Bill Murray, I went back home and almost change the Bolivian National Anthem for Elton Jhon's "Cocrodile Rock"...........men!!! Had a blast, that year, no clue, no english, lot of excellent buddies, nice looking girls, and lots of beer!!!!!!..........THAT!! IS HOW AND EXCHANGE STUDENT YEAR SHOULD BE!! hahaha
I am a pilot guys, I have been flying in South America for some time. I have spent last year in countires of the Middle east, based I United Arab Emirates, Dubai. I strongly suggest to go to visit Dubai, it is a magestic city!!!I am going back there to work this comming Friday, flying for a cargo airline. I will letting you know if I can make it to the last call in Dover. In the mean while have a lots of hugs from Guichi. the "didnt give a shit for detention from the chemestry teacher" AFS dude ......hahaha (I hated that guy)
oh! the picture......As a pilot and do interviews for flight attendant position......Kevin, I might need help with some Resumes....hahah......chau chau chauuuuuuu
Guichi

FA Class of 1982 Reunion: Let's Get Things Rolling

Hello everyone,

I need much help in getting our 25th year reunion rolling! I have talked with Chris Ryder, and she felt it was a good idea to get a website rolling to begin to organize everything. Here's a tenative schedule:

Saturday August 4th, 2007:

Class Float (9:30a-12:00p)

Golf Scramble (10:00a-1:00p)

Class Reunion With Children (1:00p-5:00p)

Alumni Social @ FA (5:30p-7:30p)

Class Reunion Without Children (8:00p-11:00p)

What does everyone think? We need three volunteers to work with me to organize and head up everything involved with the three main events that pertain to our class only: Our class float, the afternoon class reunion with children, and the evening reunion without children. Let me know if you are willing asap. This is our 25th year reunion, and let's put together a great one for those that are interested!