L.A.T. Newsletter
by Brenda McCormick
January/February 2000

     Our last get-together of 1999 had a pretty good turn out.  Some faces we haven’t seen in quite a while were in the crowd.  Terry & Pat DeWinter, Nina & Tom Anderson, Richard & Linda Marrs, Julie Tooke, Larry Ross, Karen Ildau, Bev O’Toole, Kris Card, Dick Dana, Doug Mast, Tommy  Berry, Denise Ehler, Rodger Evans, Scott Topham, and yours truly.  If I’ve forgotten anyone, I apologize.

     Thanks to all of you who are sending the newsletter on to others.  I’ve had e-mails from as far away as London in the past few months – what fun!  A few of you have commented that haven’t passed along news about myself.  Here’s a brief update.  Started at U S WEST June 1998, as a Compensation Analyst, promoted in August 1999 to a Compensation Manager, supporting the IT department.  IT at U S WEST has about 5000 employees.  Not my dream job, but I’m hanging in to see what the Qwest merger brings.  Been there done that!  Daughter, Katie, moved to Florida in May and survived her first hurricane season.  Son Matt is a sophomore in high school this year and Jerry and I celebrated our 28th wedding anniversary in October.  I thoroughly enjoy producing this newsletter.  Always wanted to be a writer and this is probably as close as I’ll ever get!

     Here are the latest updates I’ve received from others.  Derek Mooneyham is been working, in addition to EDS, with the Fox Sports Net people covering college football games and operating the “Fox Box”, the on screen scoreboard displayed in the upper left hand corner of the TV screen.  He’ll be doing the Nuggets games too now that hoop season has started up again.  Nina Anderson is working as Director of Sales & Advertising at Colorado National Speedway and also doing some contract work with Karen Ildau for Pikes Peak International Raceway.  Gail Sykes and Rose Robeson are both still with KN (Kinder Morgan). Ross Marzolf moved into a new house last April.  He’s been playing a lot of golf but reports that is hasn’t improved his game much!  Chris Quinn says that his family (which now consists of three boys) is enjoying San Antonio, and he’s doing well at Valero as Merger and Acquisitions Manager. In other news from San Antonio, congratulations are in order for Tony Jones who was just recently married.   Linda Weber is now handling facility/building management at CH2M Hill.  Tom Foerst who ran our mail/copy center has battled some health problems but is doing well now.  That’s good news.  Rodger Evans is managing one of the nation’s bigger fleets of vehicles these days with the TCI/AT&T consolidation.  I heard from Laura Gallegos recently.  She’s still at Manville in Denver.  Steve Nicholson must be keeping busy at Katy Industries; he’s never at his desk when I call.

     There are a number of people I haven’t heard from or about in a long time.  If you know anything, give me an update please.  Jerry McVay, Bob Findsen, Bill Spence, Amy Boman, Ernie Coker, Dave Graham, Mike Hurley, Don Thompson, Barb Bouchard, Diane Garner, Sandi Freier, to name a few that come to mind.

     Some of the more distant news comes from Paul Crane.  He’s a regional manager for a group of Total stores in the U.K.  He and Sarah and Charlotte welcomed new baby, Henry, to the family in October of 1999.  Congratulations!  Ron Edelen is now the Director of Purchasing for Duke Energy.  Dick Pittenger was married in April and has relocated to Grand Junction.  Georgia Sweeney reports that she sees Lynn (Cogburn) O’Brien once in a while.  Mike Brown checked in via e-mail recently.  He’s with Rule Engineering, an environmental and safety management company that he started, along with a partner.  Charlie Klunzinger also checked in.  He and Carol did some traveling after Total and he reports that the hardest work he’s done lately is ushering at Rockies games. I ran into Brent Tracy on the street this fall.  He’s now “lawyer-ing” at Holme, Roberts & Owen.  Ran into both Brad Strom and Harold Grueskin in the US WEST building the other day.  Harold’s keeping busy and Brad has now been at US WEST for 3 years. Had lunch just recently with some of my favorite retirees, Peg Downing, Ken Buckler, Ross Marzolf, Tom Richards, Paul Gutknecht and Dick Dana.

     If you’d like to catch up with some of the old gang, meet us on Friday, February 25th, 6PM at Wazoo’s (on Wazee St. between 18th & 19th).  Hope to see you there!

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Brenda McCormick at Brenda.McCormick@qwest.com.

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