attend my 20 year West High School reunion in Anchorage, Alaska

I have set up some lists of classmates so that we can begin to search for people who have not been contacted (and help Teresa and Weston out a little). I would appreciate any feedback on the lists to make sure they are correct (missed names, typos, additional information). The lists are in the Ask Advice section at the bottom of the page or you can use these links.

Master Class List

Who needs to be found list

Who is attending and paid list

I finished up a trip to the Pacific Northwest by seeing Rebecca Lavering (nee Syren) and her two boys. She picked a great playground to meet at as my daughter had a blast running around and digging in the sand with the boys. Rebecca’s boys, Jensen and Parker are adorable, but also a handful as little boys can be.

We got to catch up on many years of back story and made a few old connections with people we both knew back in the day. We also found that we are both Formula One freaks. Open Wheel Gear Heads Unite !!!

If my trip to the PAC-NW and seeing Dan, Nicole & Rebecca is any measure of the fun we can have this summer, watch out…

I got to see Daniel Spils on Friday night after 20 years. We asked a guy to take our picture (see above). As you can see we have changed very little since our high school days, except our hair is a little longer.

Dan and I had a great time catching up on life, work, music, etc. We spent a lot of time talking about all of you and how much we are enjoying hearing about what people are up to these days and what they remember about high school.

So a big THANK YOU to Dan for showing me around Capital Hill.

Hal

Dan, thanks for giving us the cyberspace version of “where are they now?”
Teresa, you build it and we will come (and help out any way we can)

I will be attending the reunion along with my wife, Katrina, and two kids: Kayla (6 yrs. old) and Victor (20 mon.). We will come up the week before the reunion to do some sightseeing and visit relatives and friends. Look forward to seeing everyone.

I am living in a suburb of Minneapolis (a lot like Anchorage just with more people and no mountains). It is nice to be here as the family has moved 5 times in the last 10 years. We hope to stay put until the kids are done with high school at least. My wife and I both work for General Mills. I am currently working in Packaging R&D for Big G cereals. If you have a box of Cheerios, Lucky Charms or Wheaties in your pantry I appreciate the business. I spend most of my time working on the technical aspects of promotional items (freebies that are on or in the box).

I fully support the “less hair is better” look (and to think we all had such great looking hair in high school…)

There seems to be a lot of 80’s music on the radio these days and it always reminds me of West. So if you haven’t done it in a while bust out that cassette player and put on some Depeche Mode, Quite Riot or Prince.

Continue the great postings. It is a blast to get to socialize before the reunion.

Hal Heinze