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USS Sperry (AS12) – Sept. 28-Oct. 1, Ventura Beach (Calif.) Marriott Hotel. Contact Arnold Ross, 2916 Colonial Dr., Dickinson, TX 77539; (281) 534-2459; e-mail ARoss14573@aol.com; or visit http://sperryas12.homestead.com.

General

N.A. Degerstrom Co. and Zortman Landusky Mine Employee Reunion – Summer 2006. Contact Babes Crasco, (406) 861-5249 or bcrasco@msn.com.

School

North Central High School Class of 1942 – Thursday. Contact Evabelle Devine at (509) 276-8792.

North Central High School Class of 1985 – Friday-Saturday. Call 323-0672 or 238-4350.

Mead High School Class of 1965 – Friday-Saturday. Contact Judy (Haas) McKeehan, 222 N. Sixth St., Cheney, WA 99004; (509) 235-8292; e-mail p.michael@mckeehan.com; or Samantha (Gai Chamberlain) Kostelecky, 310 Arrow Lane, Spokane, WA 99208; 467-5572; e-mail tomkosto@comcast.net.

University High School Class of 1995 – Friday. Contact Classy Reunions at (800) 544-0194; e-mail reunions@netw.com.

Rogers High School Class of 1948 – Sept. 8 at the North Side Eagles, 315 E. Francis. Contact Leon Horton at 926-5554, Donna Taylor at 328-7334, or Lorna Cobb at 228-9179.

North Central High School Class of 1949 – Sept. 10. Contact Pat Sheehan at 328-3535 or e-mail at pashee@msn.com, or Cathie Fjellman at 466-4994 or e-mail cathiefjellman@pngusa.net.

Lewis and Clark High School Class of 1943 – Sept. 10, 5 p.m., Old Country Buffet, 5504 N. Division St. Contact Dick Saty at 535-1006, or John Gray at 534-9479.

Minnehaha Pioneers-Cooper School Reunion – Sept. 11 at Mary Queen Parish Church, 3423 E. Carlisle Ave. Contact Sandy Bentz at 487-0445 or Etter Milla at 924-0169.

Rogers High School Classes of 1950-51 – Sept. 14-15. Contact Chuck Hafner at 924-0445, or e-mail janeth@omnicast.net.

Central Valley High School Class of 1960 – Sept. 16-17; Friday tour the new high school followed by a get-together at Mirabeau Park Hotel; Saturday golf, dinner at the Mirabeau Park Hotel. Contact Sandy Betker Hopkins at 327-1756; or Ginger Evans Brooker at 924-3383.

North Central High School Classes of 1951 and 1952 – Sept. 17. Contact Dolores Coleman Engle, 924-3611, e-mail dmetengle@att.net for class of 1951; or Lynn Fackenthall Wells, 467-2571, e-mail lynnfwells@juno.com for class of 1952.

Worley, Idaho, All School Reunion – Sept. 17 at the Coeur d’Alene Casino. Registration begins at 4 p.m., social hour at 5, buffet dinner at 6. Cost is $30. Contact Midge Cronk Braman at (208) 686-7041.

Central Valley High School Class of 1955 – Sept. 23-25. Contact Floyd Parker at 292-2227 or Coleen (Wisenor) Miller at 926-8822.

Sandpoint All-School Reunion – Oct. 1 at Old Country Buffet, 5504 N. Division, Spokane. Contact Jean Bottcher at (509) 754-2644; or 177 E St. SE, Ephrata, WA 98823.

Lewis and Clark High School Class of 1975 – Oct. 7-8. Contact Classy Reunions at (800) 544-0194; e-mail reunions@netw.com.

Ferris High School Class of 1975 – Oct. 7-8. Contact Classy Reunions at (800) 544-0194; e-mail reunions@netw.com.

Eastern Washington University Classes of 1964-1966 – Oct. 22-24. Call 235-5034 or (888) 398-2586.

Military

USS Mount McKinley (AGC/LCC-7) – Sept. 7-11 in Charleston, S.C. Contact Patrick Tracy, 345 E. Carmel Dr., Sanford, MI 48657-9234; (989) 687-6288; e-mail paddytom1@aol.com.

USS Benjamin Stoddert (DDG-22) – Sept. 7-11 in St. Louis. Contact Herman Chambers, 220 Meister Way, Sacramento, CA 95819; (916) 736-3140; e-mail ddg22etcm@aol.com.

All East Coast Based VAW Squadrons (VAW-12, VAW-120 through -127) – Sept. 7-11, Valley Forge, Pa. Contact Terry McManuels, 1673 Kilt St., Virginia Beach, Va., 23464; (757) 479-2261; e-mail macs@visi.net.

USS Trinity (AO13) – Sept. 7-10 at Hilton Garden Inn, Chesapeake, Va. Contact Donald Haycraft, 5 Will Lane, Bridgewater, VA 22812-1717; (540) 828-1142; e-mail haycraft001@yahoo.com.

7th Armored Division – Sept. 7-10 in Washington, D.C. Contact Charles Barry, 947 “A” Street, Meadville, PA, 16335; (814) 333-8051; e-mail Cbarry@Zoominternet.net.

USS New (DD-818) – Sept. 8-11 in Chicago. Contact Richard Palmer, 2545 Housley Road, Annapolis, MD 21401; (410) 266-6353; e-mail rpalmer@aol.com.

Farragut Naval Training Station – Sept. 9-11 at Farragut State Park in Athol, Idaho. Contact Gene and Lorraine Cooper, 1248 S.W. Crossway Ct., Port Orchard, WA 98367; (360) 876-4470.

USS Long Beach (CGN-9) – Sept. 11-19 at the Sheraton Gateway Hotel, San Francisco. Contact Don Shade, 299 Kiantone Rd., Jamestown, N.Y., 14701-9370; (866) 352-2469; e-mail LBCGN9@aol.com; visit www.usslongbeach-assoc.org.

USS Lavallette (DD-448) – Sept. 14-18 in Grand Rapids, Mich. Contact Lloyd Whitmer, P.O. Box 11, Lakeview, MI 48850; (989) 352-7478; e-mail imlloyd@webtv.net.

ASA Okinawa/111th Sig Svc Co (49-52)/327th Comm Recon Co (1952)/8603rd AAU (1952-1954)/8603rd DU (1954-1956)/3rd US ASA FS (1957-1960) – Sept. 15-18 in Branson, Mo. Contact Paul Watson, 17 Baker Rd., Salisbury, MA 01952-1442; (978) 465-7473; e-mail W562236@aol.com.

USS Maddox Destroyer (DD-168/DD-622/DD-731) – Sept. 15-18 in Mobile, Ala. Contact Cliff Gillespie, 215 Wichita Ave., No. 605, Huntington Beach, Calif., 92648; (714) 960-5283; e-mail cwgilles45@aol.com.

USS Ernest G Small (DD/DDR-838) – Sept. 15-18 in Nashville, Tenn. Contact Ron Palinkas, 3867 E. Phillips Blvd., Pomona, CA 91766; (909) 465-1460.

USS Rowe (DD-564) – Sept. 15-18 in Nashville, Tenn. Contact Bob Wood, 19785 Summit Ave., Rockford, MI 49341; (828) 256-6008; e-mail DinaMLRS@charterinternet.com.

USS Watts (DD-567) – Sept. 15-18 in Nashville. Tenn. Contact Jim Hanks, 8550 Riverside Dr., Brighton, MI 48116; (810) 231-2215; e-mail jhanks@tm.net.

USS Cromwell (DE-1014) – Sept. 16-19 in Warwick, R.I. Contact Charles Holzschuh, 14396-A Canalview Dr., Delray Beach, FL 33484; (561) 499-2818; e-mail norchar1@juno.com.

USS Griggs (APA-110) – Sept. 18-21 in Nashville, Tenn. Contact Charles Forshee, 123 Cullen Ct., Lexington, NC 27292; (336) 357-6476; e-mail ctforshee@lexcominc.net.

USS Grundy (APA-111) – Sept. 18-21 in Nashville, Tenn. Contact Fenwick Watts, 114 Grand Chase Dr., Nederland, TX 77627; (409) 724-6464; e-mail ctforshee@lexcominc.net.

USS Columbus (CA-74/CG-12/SSN-762) – Sept. 21-25 in San Antonio, Texas. Contact Allen Hope, 3828 Hobson Rd., Fort Wayne, IN 46815-4505; (260) 486-2221; e-mail hope4391@comcast.net.

USS Halsey Powell (DD-686) – Sept. 21-25 in Omaha, Neb. Contact Mike Baker at 109 Dunton Ave., Holland, MI 49424; (616) 392-3547; e-mail skippermike@wmol.com.

USS Maryland (BB-46) – Sept. 21-25 at the Hilton Hotel in Valley Forge, Pa. Contact R. W. Beaman, 471 Vivienne Drive, Watsonville, CA 95076-3652; (831) 722-4966; e-mail pdgdick@aol.com.

USS Richard P. Leary (DD-846) – Sept. 21-25, Wyndham O’Hare Hotel, Rosemont, Ill. Contact Simon Lane, 3601 Slickrock Dr., Plano, TX 75074; (972) 509-5629; e-mail lanecylane@aol.com.

USS Bexar (APA-237) – Sept. 22-25 in Washington D.C. Contact James Redding, 221 S. Joaquin St., Coalinga, CA 93210; (559) 935-1439; e-mail DinaMLRS@charterinternet.com.

USS Rigel (AR-11 and AF-58) – Sept. 22-25 in Washington D.C. Contact Bill Short, 3845 Taylor Rd., Auburn, NY 13021; (315) 252-5838; e-mail DinaMLRS@aol.com.

USS Simon Lake (AS-33) – Sept. 25-28 in Norfolk, Va. Contact Gordon Sanders, 3330 Ridgefield Ct., Norfolk, VA 23518-2338; (757) 588-2023; e-mail usn3030@aol.com.

USS Perkins (DD26, DD377, DDR877) – Sept. 26-Oct. 2 in Orange, Texas. Contact Dan Jackson, P.O. Box 890301, Houston, TX 77289; (281) 461-6424; e-mail djack1219@ev1.net.

USS Ozbourn (DD-846) – Sept. 28-Oct. 2, Radisson Hotel, Charleston, S.C. Airport. Contact Rudy Boff, 1036 Connor Rd., Pittsburgh, PA 15234; (412) 833-0572; e-mail boffrud@juno.com.

USS Cleveland (LPD-7) – Sept. 29-Oct. 2 in Washington D.C. Contact Gil Eaton, 1727 Prime St., West Babylon, NY 11704; (631) 669-2963; e-mail gkeaton@optonline.com.

USS Huntington (CL-107) – Sept. 29-Oct. 2 in Washington D.C. Contact Gene Volcik, 6311 Walnut Hills Dr., Austin, TX 78723; (512) 926-7008; e-mail evolcik@aol.com.

USS Rankin (AKA-103/LKA-103) – Sept. 29-Oct. 2 in San Diego. Contact Lou “Skip” Snader, 153 Mayer Dr., Pittsburgh, PA 15237; (412) 367-1376; e-mail ussrankin@aol.com; visit www.ussrankin.org.

USS William M. Wood (DD-715/DDR-715) – Oct. 6-8 in Chicago. Contact Chuck Traub, 784 Glasgow Ct., Virginia Beach, VA 23452; (757) 340-9056; e-mail ctraub3@cs.com.

For more information on military reunions, write to: Military Locator and Reunion Service Inc., 3330 Springs Road NE, Hickory, NC 28601; (828) 256-6008 or fax (828) 256-6559.