Another excuse for a party...

Here's the scoop... Randy Tew was in town for a quick visit, so Jane (bless her heart) got on the phone and rounded up a small group of us crazy folks to hang out for an evening of fun again. Hey, any excuse for a party, right? It was great to see Randy again and hear about his family and their busy life. We took this opportunity to get caught up on the rest of the group too, so I'll get an update with some of the current info in a future post.

So, who was at Melina's in Blackfoot last night? Left to right:

Val Page, Randy Tew
Becki Merrill, Julie Hale, Bob & Dara Kae Ricks, Doug & Sharon Murdock, Jane & Rick Tew, Dave Murdock, Rhonda & Steve Butt, Terry & Natalie Bergevin
who's missing????    YOU!!! Be there next time, okay?

Remember - mark your calendars for July 17th and our Big Summer Picnic in Riverside - family style! 

Stay cool all of you awesome Class of 72 Panthers!
becki 

Panther Winter Sports...

My, oh my...
It is fun looking back at the yearbook and our Varsity Basketball and Wrestling teams. I thought I would doctor up those yearbook photos since I'll probably be doing time for copyright violations anyway... so how about some PURPLE! If you want to read a little tidbit about our school colors, read Jane Tew's comment on the last post: Wes Nelson Update


Our Varsity Basketball team 1971-72
Left to right: (our classmates in bold) Kim Poole, Stan Bowman, Blair Dance-Captain, Ron Simmons, Doug Sprague, Kim Hedin, Jeff Randall-Captain, Brett Belnap, Dwight Gardner, Blair Furniss, (not pictured) Steve Yamada, Dallas Anderson.

Another note: Next to the photo in the yearbook, the caption read, "We beat Blackfoot", how cool is that!

Well I've always joked about Idaho winters; the main attraction is the bowling alley. Now I know that is far from realistic anymore as we play out-of-doors in a myriad of ways, from snow sports to kids play. But don't you just love a good indoor, shoulder-to-shoulder, sitting on hard bleachers, basketball game, especially now that we can cheer on our own kids and grand kids. There's nothing like the positive charge of enthusiasm in a local crowd and the excitement and possibility of a successful sports season or reign.

Personally, I loved being able to perform in Drill Team - GO Pantherettes! The only bummer was that you had to slip out early to dress and come back late -missing so much of the game. I remember riding the bus to Preston and our driver took the wrong turn, we missed most of the game. I was so mad at the driver anyway because I went up and told him what he had done and he didn't believe me - just kept on driving! I had family in Preston and knew the roads well but hey, I was just a kid - a dumb girl at that, what would I know... (funny the memories we have).

Now on to Wrestling *** Doesn't this group look formidable, rough and tough?
They were! According to the yearbook they had an 11-1 record and the best ever in the history of Snake River!

Our Varsity Wrestling team 1971-1972
Classmates in bold.
Front row: Zane Williams-manager, Clay Hansen, Randy Leavitt, Morse Moon, Gary Turnus, Kim Wolfley, Gordon Scherbinski-manager.
Back row: Wesley Nelson-manager, Randy Tew, Arden Smith, Rick Tew, Errol Hendricks, Mark Adams, Tommy Hale, Coach Williams, (not pictured) Ed Bartausky, David Hale, Larry Williams, Ken Frederick.

Two of our classmates, Larry Williams and Randy Tew were district champions -going on to State that year!

GO Panthers! Gotta LOVE those 70's!

becki merrill woodward

Wes Nelson update...

Wes Nelson & Debbie Martin "Most Spirited"
Remember this from our year book, 1972?

Now if I get thrown in jail for copyright violations, please, someone take care of this 5 year old I'm raising... sounds like a threat, huh?

It was great hearing from you Wes! You still sound like the most spirited and I love hearing that you are keeping up on the teams. SR did have some awesome athletes in the good old days. I hear they still do; so country air, spuds and good water must have something going for them.

Anyway folks, here's what Wes wrote to us all:

Hello everyone in Panther Land. I just watched the Snake River Ladies Basketball team take third at State and I couldn't help remember with fond memories those great teams of the 70's. This is fun to read about our classmates and remember the great couples from school. ReNea and I are waiting for our 10th Grandchild in July. Our youngest is returning from a mission in two weeks and needless to say we are very excited. We are busy here in Boise and are really glad to have jobs. Life has not slowed down and I wouldn't want it any other way. I want to thank Becky for keeping all of us together. Her kindness just continues as it always has. She was always such a bright star and peacemaker. I hope this finds you all well and I can't wait to keep in touch through this blog. I am not very good at this computer stuff and face bookscares me to death. But Dalin our second to the youngest is great at it and he keeps old dad on track. And yes I have to brag he is the Captain of the male cheerleaders and defending National Champions at BOISE STATE!!!! Go Broncos. We are heading to LA for Nationals at the end of March. He and his wife Jenni are expecting their first child and our 10th grandchild July 22nd.
I don't know how all of us got to this age? I really thought we would be young forever. But my body tells me different. I hope this finds all of you well and may God Bless you all.
Wes

It was nice to see Wes and ReNea at Karen's funeral. We had a wonderful but short visit and I have to tell you, Wes looks pretty darn good for an old guy :) I think you're older than me Wes so I can say that. (wink) Oh, and his wife is beautiful.

Okay, it's 12:30 in the AM here so I'll sign off now...
Apologies to follow in another post, whew... missed out again :)

becki

Here's the scoop...

It's spring cleaning time at our house and guess what I found. Several Seventeen magazines from 1971 -72 and good old Snake River High School yearbooks 1970-72. Oh the memories...

Annette Larsen (Little) was our yearbook editor and as I'm looking back at our 1972 yearbook, I'm really impressed by the graphics, layout and content. Way to go Annette!

Now look closer at the magazines...can you believe they were a mere 50 cents!!! And to think I had to save up to purchase one from the small wages at my part-time Saturday - answer the phones at Cook Real Estate job. The best thing about that job though was the lunch hour trip to the drugstore.

I think there were two family drugstores in Downtown Blackfoot at the time. Does anyone remember what they were called?

I had a nice visit with Beth Smith yesterday and she has a fantastic memory! She blew me away when she remembered who all of the 7th grade Home Room teachers were. Can you name them? I remember who I had, here's a clue...Rhett Butler...

Okay all of you Snake River class of 72 people, and you know who you are...

Leave a comment, (just click on comments at the end of the post) tell us what you're up to and if you have some photos to post, don't be shy...

let me know and I'll get them on here for you somehow.

I see a few of us are on facebook and several of us have found classmates.com

Chime in please so I'll know you are out there in web land and have found us. If you know of a classmate (parent, friend, etc.) from SR 1972 or there about...please let them know about this blog so they can join in.

more to come...and an apology or two... (you won't want to miss that!)

becki merrill woodward

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