Manhattan High School

Ken Meisner

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Occupation:Retired Captain with Northwest/ Delta Airlines Marital Status:Married No. of Children:2 Spouse or Partner's Name:Christy Please share what you have been doing for the last 5 years?:The last ten years Christy and I have been getting two sons through college and one married. We now have one Granddaughter and a Grandson on the way in April 09. I have been with Northwest Airlines for 25 years and last year we were bought by Delta. That makes it my fourth airline in my career and hopefully my last. Christy and I moved to Kansas City in 2010. My photo is actually from 2003 when I flew my last 747-400 flight before moving to another aircraft. I mostly flew to Europe and Asia. Retired is Great! Last Edited:2016-07-14 14:10:18

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Patti Schmitz (Miller)

Occupation:medical technologist, retired Marital Status:Married No. of Children:4 Spouse or Partner's Name:Mike Last Edited:2018-09-25 11:07:34

Kristine Nevins

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Occupation:actress Website:KristineNevins.com Marital Status:Married Spouse or Partner's Name:Robert Armin Please share what you have been doing for the last 5 years?:2018 Broadway Season was my last as a Tony Award Voter but was my first year to serve on the SAG Awards Nominating committee. I enjoyed the private screenings and appreciated all the receptions, talks with cast members. I continue to serve on Committees at Actors Equity Association and Audition here and there. Looking forward to embracing more character roles like "Nurse Preen" which I performed in an Off Broadway revival of THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER. I continue to sing with the choir at St. Paul and St. Andrew UMC and am active in P.E.O. supporting women's educational projects. Travel to Minnesota is less frequent since the passing of my mother. Last summer my sister and I met in Kansas City and drove to Dodge City to bury Mother's ashes with return trip to Minnesota for a Boundary Waters canoe trip. This summer our building's conversion from gas to electric stoves is all consuming. Looking forward to our 50th reunion in September and Robert's in October. Last Edited:2019-07-14 16:41:42

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Paula Brown (Norvell)

Occupation:math teacher Marital Status:Married No. of Children:3 Spouse or Partner's Name:Mark Norvell Please share what you have been doing for the last 5 years?:Six years ago I drastically changed my career path from sign language interpreter to high school math teacher. Wish I would have figured out sooner that this is what I wanted to be when I grew up! I love my job teaching geometry and algebra II at Jenks High School. Mark and I have been married almost 38 years...the magic continues! Our oldest daughter, Amy, lives in Estonia with her Russian-Estonian husband, Robert, and our two precious grandsons, Christopher Mark, age almost 4, and Michael Aleksander, age 1 month. Our son, Scott, lives in Queens, NY, and is a musician-composer. Our baby, Susannah, is at George Washington Univ. in her first year of law school. Mark and I spend a lot of our vacation time visiting our children. Last Edited:2012-08-06 15:12:24

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Jennifer Snook (Oeltjen)

Occupation:business owner Website:livysclosetcliftonforge.com Marital Status:Married No. of Children:2 Spouse or Partner's Name:David Oeltjen Please share what you have been doing for the last 5 years?:With my husband's job we moved a lot, but are now residing in the mountains of Virginia, this is a place to retire and enjoy God's beauty, a long way from Kansas, but Ks still pulls at my heart strings Last Edited:2014-07-29 11:55:51

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Norman (Norm) Peck

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Occupation:Retired Marital Status:Single Spouse or Partner's Name:N/A Please share what you have been doing for the last 5 years?:Pretty much the same as the ten before: managing or overseeing the cleanup of hazardous waste sites, with a few forays into policy and rule-writing, and IT strategy planning for the Washington State version of the EPA. I'm now working out of our Yakima office, and still living in Ellensburg. In my non-work life, I'm doing a little gunsmithing, playing guitar, and working with a group developing a retreat center that's morphing into an Eco-Village. Last Edited:2019-04-06 23:47:01

From Norman (Norm):I'm looking forward to the Reunion! I retired from the Waashington Department of Ecology, Toxics Cleanup Program in 2015 after 30+ years of working for the state or counties, mostly at Ecology. I visit Manhattan for about a month spring and fall to visit family, care for aging parents, work at the farm and hunt deer and turkeys. I'm breaking in a 'new' right total knew replacement in late March 2019. Looking forward to seeing those able to attend the reunion!

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Nicholas Penland

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Occupation:Substance Abuse Counselor/Social Worker Marital Status:Married No. of Children:4 Spouse or Partner's Name:Jackie Penland Please share what you have been doing for the last 5 years?:I have been in the Substance Abuse field since 1995. My journey started when I was released from doing community service in an enclosed environment 07/05/1994. Ended up here in the KCMO area, started going to college studying what I knew best alcohol and drug abuse. Got my MSW degree in 2003 from KU. Started out working with teenagers did that for 10 years and now work at a company that provides services to individuals that have gotten DWI's. I thought that I had some good drink stories, but I have heard some better ones. I haved been married for over 13 years, my wife is also a Social Worker, she has 4 grown kids, and we have 7 grandkids ranging in ages from 17-9. :Did not know I was going to live this long, or I would have taken better care of myself. It just seems like a few years ago it was 1969, but then I did inhale and swallow a lot booze and other stuff. I have been sober from alcohol and illeagal drugs for over 15 years. Last Edited:2012-08-06 15:12:25

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Terence Pittman

Occupation:Facilities Specialists For KSU Athletics Marital Status:Married No. of Children:4 Spouse or Partner's Name:Alesia Please share what you have been doing for the last 5 years?:I have been working for Kansas State University Athletics for 26 years. I do maintenance on all buildings at the Sports Complex. I retired Sept. 2013 from the State of Kansas and now work for Athletics doing same job. I got married again in November 2004 to Alesia (class of 1985) it's been almost 10 years now. My 4 children, 1 girl and 3 boys and 1 granddaughter, all of which still live in Manhattan. My granddaughter just graduated MHS class of 2014 and is attending Beauty School here in Manhattan. My wife works for Dillons which is where I met her in 1989 and she's there it will be 29 years this summer. Time flys when your having fun. We've traveled to Alaska twice on Cruises and are wanting to go again soon. Last Edited:2014-06-21 23:13:06

From Terence:Looking forward to the reunion as I have been a part of the committee since the 20th. This is a great website.

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Martha Powers (Plummer)

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Occupation:account specialist Marital Status:Married No. of Children:3 Spouse or Partner's Name:John Powers Please share what you have been doing for the last 5 years?:See spouse John Powers Last Edited:2013-06-27 15:25:38

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Jeanne Hale (Pomperien)

Occupation:retired Marital Status:Married Spouse or Partner's Name:Gail Please share what you have been doing for the last 5 years?:The company where I worked since graduating from KSU closed in 2001. So after working there for 28 years I decided it was time to retire. Since then we have traveled around and have taken up golf. Now we are looking to retire to a warmer climate. Hopefully to a site that is on or near a golf course. Last Edited:2012-08-06 15:12:24

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