The 50th Reunion is over and that 55th is approaching. All of the donations from the 50th reunion are continuing to support the Mead73 website. As members of the website we can save and add memorabilia, communicate between classmates (private and public). We can also remember our dear classmates who have passed on the Memory page. Thank you to all who have contributed to sustaining the Mead73 site, both financially and with photos and information.
In the future...before the 55th, we are hoping to start a regular informal get-together for classmates. Check out the announcements below for events--both past and upcoming!
We had a wonderful time having lunch, talking and laughing. As a group it was decided that we will meet once per quarter for lunch. Our next lunch will be the end of January or early February. Mike McKenna will be making the reservation and the announcements will be on the website regarding the details. Communication will come via email! So, stay tuned for specifics. Be sure to check your 'spam' emails so you don't miss any announcement.
Please email Kathy Rogers directly if you have questions or suggestions. katroger5@hotmail.com
Meanwhile, we had a great turn-out for our first Mead '73 Quarterly Lunch! Here's who attended, followed by a few photos!
Nancy Negretti (Nordstrom), Mike McKenna, Wendy Forkner (Kapelke), Terry and Carrie McAleer, Patti Baker (Bell), Leslie Heaton (Horlacher), Christy Renner (Cossette), Cathie Savage (Becker), Rich Lynberg, Eric and Carol Deniston, Tom and Cheryl Mateer, Jeff Berglund, Greg Ault, Malinda Walters (Uhlenkott), Riley Van Leuven, Randy and Diana Kenworthy, Toni Vrem (Kellogg), Kathy Rogers
Please note that for identification purposes just maiden names were used below in the pictures....
Jeff Berglund, Leslie Heaton, and Mike McKenna
Left side: Christy Renner, Leslie Heaton, Patti Baker, Wendy Forkner
Right side: Terry McAleer, Toni Vrem, Randy and Diana Kenworthy
Left side: Malinda Walters, Cheryl Mateer, Carol Deniston, Mike McKenna
Right side: (beard only!) Brad Haskins, Greg Ault, Eric Deniston, Rich Lynberg
Christy Renner, Nancy Negretti, Tom Mateer
Left side: Kathy Rogers, Christy Renner, Patti Bell, Wendy Forkner
Right side: Carrie McAleer, Terry McAleer, others!
Left side: Toni Vrem, Nancy Negretti (back hair!), Malinda Walters,
Right side: Brad Haskins, Greg Ault, Jeff Berglund, Eric Deniston, Rich Lynberg
Get-Together at Big Barn Brewing, Greenbluff-September 14, 2024
Lots of good visiting, great weather, music, beverages and food! We had 25 attend, and had a wonderful time! We missed seeing other classmates...next time! Hope to do something like this again! Always open to ideas for other get-together visits or events (golf, coffee, picnics, lunch, dinner, etc!). Enjoy the photos! Thanks to Diane for recommending Big Barn, and Linda and Pam for sharing their photos.
From left to right front row (sort of!): Tom Ward, Pam Glover, Kathy Rogers, McLaughlin (Lewis), Tom Mateer, Diane Brower (Gemmill), Linda Tesch (Stern), Jeff Stern, Doug Townsend, Terry McAleer
From left to right back area: Eric Deniston, Vyanna Havens, Wayne Gunning, Jerry White, Riley Van Leuven, Anita Rogers (Utley), Debbie Martin, Cheryl Mateer, Doug True
Not pictured, but there! Mike McKenna, Gerry Gemmill, Carol Mateer, George Piukkula, Carrie McAleer (Terry's wife) and Jonnie's husband Gary, who took the photo above! Thank you!
Pam Glover, Vyanna Havens, Gerry Gemmill
Doug True, Terry McAleer, Jeff Stern, Linda Tesch (Stern), Diane Brower (Gemmill)
Gerry Gemmill, Wayne Gunning
Debbie Martin, Anita Rogers (Utley)
Jonnie McLaughlin (Lewis), Carrie and Terry McAleer
Wrestling notebook: Mead set to honor longtime coach Cash Stone
Article by Madison McCord for The Spokesman-Review
Former Mead wrestling coach Cash Stone is pictured during a dual in 1993. Stone is set to be inducted into Mead’s hall of fame. (Colin Mulvany / The Spokesman-Review)
As Mead wrestling chases its third state championship in as many years, the team will take time to look back and honor the man who started the Panthers program.
Longtime Mead wrestling coach Cash Stone will be added to the school’s hall of fame during an induction ceremony on Thursday – Stone’s 89th birthday – when the Panthers host Ridgeline in a Greater Spokane League dual at 7 p.m.
Stone coached the Panthers from 1959 until his retirement in 1997. He is also a member of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame, Washington State Coaches Association Hall of Fame and the Inland Empire Coaches Hall of Fame.
“Cash and Ken Pelo at Rogers are the godfathers of wrestling in Spokane and they did all the hard work to get the sport to the level it is at now,” Mead Athletic Director John Barrington said. “Whoever is in charge of the program at Mead has an expectation to go above and beyond both on the mats and off them because of what coach Stone started.”
During his time in charge of the program, the Panthers won 10 individual state titles, two state team titles and 13 GSL titles.
“Coach still comes into the wrestling room a few times a year, dressed in this old Mead singlet, does some wall sits and helps (current coach Phil) McLean out with practice,” Barrington said. “I don’t know that all 90 of the kids in that room know who he is, but the top dogs do because he’s so ingrained into this team’s identity and their parents know who he is and what he means.”
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