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Patrick Sehorn ’70, ’74 and
his wife, Sheryl, reside at 1925
Meadowlark Dr., Raymore, MO
64083. Their email address is
psehorn@comcast.net.
Linda Crooks ’71, ’76 submitted
the winning theme, More than a
Game, for the 2005 National Girls and
Women in Sports Day. She received
a $500 gift certificate from the Sports
Authority to purchase equipment for
girls in the Gadsden Independent
School District where she is the
physical education coordinator. She
is also an adjunct professor at the
University of Texas-El Paso.
Liz Dumortier ’71 is a sales
associate with Downing-Frye Realty
Inc. in Naples, FL, specializing in
residential gulf and golf course
communities. She has earned the
accredited buyer representative
designation and is a member of
the Naples Area Board of Realtors,
Florida Association of Realtors and
National Association of Realtors.
Wanda (Kreissler) Jones
’71 resides at 437 W. Dade 122,
Lockwood, MO 65682.
Debbee (Farr) Long ’71, ’77
retired from teaching and works
part time at the public library in
Harrisonville. She and her husband,
Dennis, reside at 2303 Meadowlark,
Harrisonville, MO 64701 and can be
reached at debbeelong@yahoo.com.
Bernard Cooper ’73 owns Show
Me Driving School. He resides in
O’Fallon, MO.
Larry Farris ’73 and his wife,
Lucinda, reside at 5033 Valley View
Dr., La Porte, TX 77571 and can be
reached at ljfarris@gmail.com.
Tommie Fields, Jr. ’73 and his
wife, Christina, can be reached at PO
Box 5753, Fort Hood, TX 76544.
Donna (Knight) Howard ’73
and her husband, Lynn, reside at 509
Swallow St., Warrensburg, MO 64093.
Terry Shivers ’73 can be reached
at PO Box 101, Warrensburg, MO
64093 or by email, shivey@iland.net.
Hugh Beasley ’75 is president and
awards and honors
1970-1979
Robert Buhrkuhl ’69, ’71 was
selected for the Global Register’s
Who’s Who in Executives and
Professionals. He works at the
Pentagon in the Office of the Under
Secretary of Defense and serves as
the director of the Department of
Defense’s Joint Rapid Acquisition
Cell. He and his wife, Bonnie (Bruce)
’70, reside in Alexandria, VA.
John Overman ’74 was selected
by his peers at Moultrie Technical
College as the school’s nominee
for the state Rick Perkins Award for
Excellence in Technical Instruction.
CEO of Ultimate IT Services, Inc. He
and his wife, Melodie, celebrated their
silver wedding anniversary. They have
a daughter and four grandchildren in
Oklahoma and a son and daughter
at home. The family resides at 2689
Sheila Lane, Marietta, GA 30062.
Their email is beasley@integrity.com.
Sheila (Willbanks) Wade ’75 and
her husband, Kent, have a daughter,
Annie, 16. Sheila is a homemaker and
can be reached at swade2@kc.rr.com.
Ruth (Cordray) Wheeler ’75
retired in April after 30 years of
service to the U.S. Navy Nurse Corps.
Her military awards include two
Meritorious Service medals, the Navy
Commendation medal and the Navy
Achievement medal. She is now a
nurse executive at the Bill Hefner
VA Medical Center in Salisbury, NC.
Her husband, Doug, followed his
Navy career by entering the field of
education. They reside at 6406 Fox
Trace, Salisbury, NC 28147. They
have two daughters, Jennifer Semones
and Stephanie Heath and one
granddaughter, Haleigh.
Patti (Burmeister) Bauer ’76
resides at 11901 Pleasant Ridge Rd.,
Apt. #1021, Little Rock, AR 72223.
Her email is pattibauer@msn.com.
Don Bowerman ’76 retired in
2002 from the U.S. Drug Enforcement
Administration after 30 years at the
local, county and federal levels of
law enforcement. He also retired in
2002 as senior chief investigator in
the Coast Guard Investigative Service,
a career that first began in 1969
when he joined the U.S. Navy. He
now enjoys volunteer work, selling
Air Stream travel trailers and serves
as a consultant to the Pottawattamie
County District Attorney. He is a
member of the Board of Directors of
the Union Pacific Railroad Museum.
Don resides in Council Bluffs, IA with
his wife, Tina, and can be reached at
shellbrook@cox.net. .
Mary (Bowes) Buchanan ’76
is working part time at Children’s
Therapy Group in Overland Park, KS.
He teaches marketing management at
the college’s Veterans Parkway campus
in Moultrie, GA, and conducts
online courses. He also earned the
International Delta Epsilon Chi
30 year Service Award in 2004. He
resides in Omega, GA.
M. Melissa (Bachus)
Witherington ’74, ’78, ’85 resides in
Columbia, MO. She has been selected
to Who’s Who for the sixth year.
Ken McAlpin ’75 was awarded
lifetime certification as a certified
purchasing manager from the
Institute for Supply Management.
He is secretary of the NAPM-Ft. Worth
She previously worked in the school
districts of Cass-Midway, Drexel,
Miami, North Kansas City and Blue
Valley as a speech pathologist. She
and her husband, Buck, have two
children, Anne and Pete. The family
resides at 8216 Tomahawk, Prairie
Village, KS 66208.
Michael Frisbie ’76 is in his
25th year with Sprint as a solutions
architect. He and his wife, Cynthia,
can be reached at mike@async.net.
Jay Haworth ’76 is married and
has three children. He is a supervisor
at a hospital in Cincinnati and is
assistant district commissioner for the
Dan Beard Council of Boy Scouts of
America. He can be reached at 6152
Shearwater Dr., Fairfield, OH 45014
or by email at jhaworth@cinci.rr.com.
Steve Lieneke ’76 and his wife,
Patricia (Brennaman) ’77, reside at
5110 W. 157th Terr., Overland Park,
KS 66224 and can be reached at
slieneke@hotmail.com.
Debora “D.J.” (Lyons)
Champagne ’77, ’79, ’84 earned
a Ph.D. in Education and Urban
Leadership Policy Studies in July.
She is director of tech prep/career
services/A+ schools at North Central
Missouri College, Trenton, MO.
She has two children, Anthony and
his wife, Kelly Champagne and her
daughter, Melanie and her husband,
David Hickok. Debora resides at 3776
N. State Rt. A, Maysville, MO 64469.
Her email is champs@ccp.com or
dchampagne@mail.ncmissouri.edu.
Stephen Grover ’77 resides
at 1326 E. Loma Linda Ave.,
Fresno, CA 93720. His email is
wizardgrover@yahoo.com.
Wendy (Pratt) Hendershot
’77 can be reached at PO Box 412,
Rosebud, TX 76570 or by email at
wenhen56@hotmail.com.
Jimmy May ’77 has been a teacher
in the Clark County School District,
Las Vegas, NV, for the last 29 years. He
resides at 231 W. Horizon Ridge #214,
Henderson, NV 89012. His email is
jimmymay123@yahoo.com.
Board of Directors. He resides at 5016
Overton Ridge Circle #917,
Ft. Worth, TX 76132 and can be
reached at macksrex@sbcglobal.net.
Michael Dickey ’76 is the
recipient of a 2005 Governor’s
Humanities Book Award conferred
by the Missouri Humanities Council.
This award recognizes an individual
or group whose publication has
increased understanding and
appreciation of Missouri’s history and
culture, regardless of the publisher’s
or author’s place of residence. He
is the historic site administrator of
Arrow Rock State Historic Site and
class notes
Former Lab School
Music Teacher Turns 99
Edith Brooks celebrated her
99th birthday on Oct. 15. She
taught music in the CMSU Lab
School from 1950-1979 to grades
K-12, then taught in the music
department.
Her address is Willow Care,
328 Munger Lane, Hannibal,
MO 63401 and her email is
willowamc@tutera.com. She
would love to hear from past
students, colleagues and friends.
Howe Service Award
Presented to Garten,
Three CMSU Alumni
Ted Garten, CMSU professor
emeritus of secondary education,
was named one of four recipients
of the Robert C. Howe Service
to Secondary Education Award
by the Missouri Association of
Secondary School Principals
Oct. 3 in Columbia.
Garten, a CMSU professor
from 1969-2001, now serves the
university as the development
officer for the College of
Education and Human Services.
In addition to Garten,
three CMSU alumni also were
presented the award.
They are Don Keck ’60,
professor emeritus of education
administration at Missouri
State University; Mike Willard
’68, retired educator and
executive director of the Show-
Me Curriculum Administrators
Association; and Becky Oakes
’86, former executive director of
the Missouri State High School
Activities Association.
author of Arrow Rock: Crossroads of the
Missouri Frontier.
1980-1989
Heather (Bullock) Haste ’87
traveled to Tokyo in November as
a participant in the Japan Fulbright
Memorial Fund Teacher Program. She
was one of 200 U.S. educators visiting
Japan for three weeks to promote
greater intercultural understanding
between the two nations. She was
chosen from a pool of more than
2,500 applicants for this honor.
Heather and husband, Eric, can be
reached at haste@aps.edu.
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