Kara (and family)

Hi All! It's great to see what you've all been up to. I want to give a BIG thanks to Trent for putting this all together.

I am so sad to hear about Vicki - she was a really neat person.

The pictures are of my son, Kraig (III) and I; my son, daughter, Katy and I in an Ice Hotel in Bjorli, Norway; Katy and Kraig on their first day of school this year ("just take the picture, Mom"); Kraig surfing behind our boat; and my hubby, Kraig and Katy.

Lots of K's, I know. Kraig is actually a Jr, so our son is the 3rd. Kraig's whole family starts with K and since he married me - we decided to keep the tradition going.

In Memory of Vicki Eddings

This is the news I received from a classmate of hers named Tammy Barendregt:

Vickie passed away about 7 or 8 years ago. I took care of her on hospice. She had a brain tumor. Her story was that she was attending Art school back East and was engaged to get married and then was diagnosised with Cancer. When she started treatment, I guess the fiancee left because he couldn't handle her being sick. So she moved home and lasted for a couple of years before being completely filled with tumors in her brain and brain stem. She was so sweet and it really was hard for me to watch since we had grown up together. Her biggest struggle with her disease at the end was that she couldn't draw anymore. I am sure that sending something would be very appropriate, especially since we just had our class reunion and people have regrouped with their memories of classmates. I also think that her parents would appreciate the fact that someone still remembers Vickie. I think it will bring back a flood of memories that might be painful at first but they will enjoy it. Let me know if there is anything else I can do....thanks, Tam

Her dad and stepmom live in Rupert still. Their address is 141 West 335 South Rupert, Idaho 83350 and their phone number is 436-3678. The cool thing is that after she passed away the missionaries knocked on her parents door one day and they have joined the church and have gone through the Temple. Really awesome!! Hope that helps, thanks, Tam

Lynne!

Here some recent photos of me. One is just me in the lab, one is me pontificating about sustainable agriculture and soil microbiology at a field day, one is me with 3 of my heroes: John Doran, Wendell Berry, and Wes Jackson. “The Kiss” is me and my hubby last New Year’s eve. I’ve been relatively happily married over 16 years. No kids, 4 dogs, 2 cats, about a dozen chickens and most recently some ducks.

So I’m a soil microbiologist now. Here is my main website: http://css.wsu.edu/people/faculty/soils/lcbweb.html I administer a grants program of ~400K annual, work to better integrate agricultural research, outreach, and education at Washington State University with what producers really need, and run a posse of grad students with projects that all have something to do with improving agricultural sustainability through Organic or Biologically-Intensive methods. I am proud to have received recognition as an Outstanding Mentor at WSU each of the last 3 yrs.

My biggest news lately is that I spent 10 days in Jordan this summer. I was in a team of 4 WSU women (1 was a PhD student of mine from Lebanon) who met with 26 Iraqi women agricultural extension agents to provide training in sustainable agriculture and food safety. Overall, a truly amazing and fabulous trip. We met wonderful wonderful people among both the Jordanians and Iraqis. We were all surprised how close we became in a short time. As you might imagine, Iraqis are living in a tumultuous time and have much to share. Yet they generally like Americans. One Jordanian explained “Americans have the best hearts – sometimes too good. They always think they’re doing things for the right reasons.” http://www.wsutoday.wsu.edu/pages/publications.asp?Action=Detail&PublicationID=12744&PageID=&ReferrerCode=uggc%3A%2F%2Fjjj%2Ejfhgbqnl%2Ejfh%2Erqh%2Fcntrf%2Ffrnepu%2Enfc

More from Brock

I went to undergrad at the University of Virginia and Montana State University. I graduated with a bachelors in English Literature and a minor-equivalent in Filmmaking in 1992. Then I attended Stanford Law School and graduated with a JD in 1996. By this time I already had two great kids who were 8 years old (my daughter) and 6 (my son). I joined a law firm in Bozeman then after 18 months I hung my own shingle and practiced a total of 10 years in criminal, family, and youth law. In 2004 my family and I moved to South Korea to give the kids an overseas experience. I taught law part time at Pyongtaek University. In 2006 we moved to Vicenza, Italy. My wife and I split up in Spring 2008. My kids are both in college and I'm studying for a Masters in Human Rights and Democratisation in Venice, Italy.

Pictures from Cheryl!

Cheryl found the treasure trove of pics! I'm a little scared by Ty's skinny tie and my huge 'fro, but besides that, we look pretty normal.

Not Something I Ever Wanted to Find

It never crossed my mind that any of us might not be around. I know that we were all busy with our lives, but I feel truly horrible that I never even knew.

Here's to you, Vicki!

The Infamous List!

It's a little stained and time-worn, but I finally managed to locate the list of us all. Now nothing can stop me!!