I was looking for something fairly recent and discovered that I did not have anything internet-ready. I had my son take the attached pic today to solve the problem. I just had to put on the Miami hat for a statement - I think I was one of the very few of our class who went far south to continue with school. Go Hurricanes!! That move was due to an early thought of pursuing a premed program and I was advised that Miami had some of the best clinical studies of Central and South American diseases in the state. Although I switched to Botanical Research during the later part of my BS, and started my MS with a study in the Everglades, I had no idea I would later move to Texas A&M to work on a PhD in "pond scum"! As it has turned out, I have had little chance to work with my enjoyable algae, and have for a number of years been coordinating several programs within the refuges section of the US Fish & Wildlife Service. It has been 23 years since we moved to the Anchorage area and I don't know if I would want to give up the lifestyle that goes with "The Greatland."     We bought an older home about 15 miles north of Anchorage in a small community called Chugiak (translated from the native tongue as "a place of many places"). There, with woods everywhere and not infrequently a moose wandering through the back yard, we raised our 5 children. They all grew up within a culture that enjoyed world-class sport hunting and fishing, camping, and lots of outdoor activities. Now, with most of them living in Anchorage, our youngest (Shane) is the only one left with us and he has started classes this semester at the University of Alaska - Anchorage.     My wife Beverly, who I met as a blind date during Spring break of my sophomore year, has been transported to Alaska quite easily having been raised as a country girl in the Catskill Mountains of central New York state. She has been teaching in the school district for the last several years and is currently working primarily with junior high native students.     We are both actively involved with local scouting and a number of civic activities. Additionally, I have maintained my interests in old hobbies of stamp collecting, gardening, woodworking, and model building.  Now that most of the children have moved into town, I am trying to put my creative energies into several projects focusing on home renovation and improvement.     I am so glad you guys have set out to build the web site for it fills a void that I know I have felt many times over the years. I try to take a look at the new information about once a week and have been very pleasantly surprised at the data you have managed to assemble. Many of the classmates are looking good and seeing them again after all of these years is a real kick. And Anne, I do indeed remember the Oklahoma production very well - I often thought that the stage crew had more fun than the actors.     On a side note, I was surprised a few years ago when I stopped by the new high school and found that nobody could tell me much about the '61 grads. Don't they try to keep records on where we have gone and what we are doing? It seems like that kind of information would be of interest to the school.     Our summer here is rapidly coming to a close and winter is starting to hint that it is coming. The days are cooling off to the 40s and the nights are occasionally hitting right at freezing. Most of the birch and cottonwoods have either lost their leaves or will do so soon. There is a woodsy smell in the cool evening air and we are beginning to hear the flights of Canada geese honking in their formations above as they start to head south. It will be time for the studs to go back on soon and once again we will begin trying to avoid taking part in roller-derby as the roads become icy in the mornings. But, with the dropping temps, we can begin to get the occasional evening display of northern lights that still fascinate me after years of seeing them. And it will be time to get out the snow-blower for another season and put away the mowers. It is an interesting time of the year up here and everywhere you can see how folks are putting an end to their short but energetic summers. So much to do and such a short time to do it.     Well, enough idle rambling for now, but I thought I should get back to you. It has really been great to hear from both of you and the other classmates. May God bless both of you and your families, and make your lives happy and full. Please let me know if any of the classmates are going to be heading to Alaska because I would like to have a chance to speak with them. I'll try to keep in touch and I am looking forward to the 45th.     Buddy Kirk