10 Years Later-Reunion Photos

Erika Kelly-Kennedy

Occupation: School Psychologist

Current Hometown: Fife, WA

Marital Status: married

Spouse's Name & Occupation: Sean - inventory manager

Children: (Names & Ages): None

Pets: Kjell



Will you be attending the reunion: No, hopefully next time

Amanda (Wiens) Guanzini

Occupation: CPA

Current Hometown: Shoreview, MN…soon to be Ridgefield, CT

Marital Status: Married

Spouse’s Name & Occupation: Steve, Professional Development Coordinator for a law firm in Mpls

Children: none

Pets: Remi (2 year old Setter)



Will you be attending the reunion? Yes.

Eric Merriman

Occupation: Energy Engineer - University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Current Hometown: Minneapolis

Marital Status: Single

Children: None

Pets: None

What has changed about you? What hasn't? I've taken up running, wakeboarding, golfing, and homebrewing since highschool.

Best (or Worst) thing about being in your late 20's.
Best: Freedom and flexibility to do whatever, whenever.
Worst: I can't think of a single thing...

Significant events for you in the last 10 years:

--Graduated with BS in Mechanical Engineering from UofM, Dec 2002
--Worked for energy supply consulting firm, 2003 to 2006 (traveled to University of Connecticut way too many times!)
--Taught fall marching band at Coon Rapids High School, 2004 to 2007

Will you be attending the reunion: Yes

Jason Hedin

Occupation: Hennepin County Human Services Supervisor

Current Hometown: Saint Paul

Marital Status: Married

Spouse's Name & Occupation: Kathy Hedin, Health Educator for Ramsey County

Children: Lahna Hedin 7 Months

Pets: 0

Significant events for you in the last 10 years:
- Went to college in Guadalajara, Mexico
- Graduated from Minnesota State University, Mankato May 2002
- Moved to San Diego, CA September 2003 then moved back in March 2004
- Married July 2004
- Bought first house in Saint Paul August 2005
- Daughter was born November 24, 2007

Will you be attending the reunion: Sorry can't make it.

Jill Cattrysse-Larson

Occupation: Aerospace Engineer

Hometown: Denver

Marital Status: Married

Spouse's Name & Occupation: Chris Larson, insurance adjuster

Children: none

Pets: golden retriever, Sahara

What has changed about you? I'm a lot more outgoing.

What hasn't? my sense of humor

Best (or Worst) thing about being in your late 20's. Knowing so much more from living through my early 20s.

Significant events for you in the last 10 years:
-Moved to Florida and worked for NASA as an intern.
-Met my husband in Orlando.
-May 2003, graduated from Iowa State with my BS in aerospace engineering.
-Got a free paid trip to Germany to present my senior paper in the International Astronautical Conference October 2003.
-Moved to Denver to work for Lockheed Martin in interplanetary spacecraft operations.
-Married my wonderful husband on New Year's Eve 2004.
-Completed my MS in aerospace engineering May 2007.
-Will be inducted into the Irondale HS Hall of Fame this September!

Will you be attending the reunion: no, sorry. Have a slice for me!

Mike Fasching

Occupation: Senior Financial Accountant

Hometown: St. Paul, MN

Marital Status: Married

Spouse's Name & Occupation: Britt - an attorney with Briggs & Morgan, P.A.

Pets: 2 year old chocolate lab named Griffin

Best (or Worst) thing about being in your late 20's.
-Best: Each year I get closer to retirement

Significant events for you in the last 10 years:
-Graduated from Augsburg May 2002
-Bought our house April 2006
-Picked up our lab May 2006
-Married June 2006

Will you be attending the reunion: Should be able to make it

Mark Klein

Occupation: Prior Navy currently attending school

Hometown: Spring Lake Park, MN

Marital Status: Divorced

What has changed about you? I just recently got out of the Navy and lived a year in Greece

What hasn't? I got older.

Significant events for you in the last 10 years:
-Graduated college May 2001
-My dad got in a small plane crash September 2001 and paralyzed from the waist down.
-Joined the Navy June 2003
-Got married October 2003
-Moved to New Jersey October 2003
-Divorced March 2005
-Moved to Greece December 2007
-Got out of the Navy April 2008

Will you be attending the reunion: Going to try

Lindsey (Sandidge) Schifsky

Occupation: Office Manager

Current Hometown: New Brighton, MN

Marital Status: Married

Spouse's Name & Occupation: Matt- operations manager and firefighter for the Lake Johanna Fire Department

Children: Talon Matthew was born March 7, 2008



Pets: 3 year old boxer named Diesel

What has changed about you? What hasn't? I took up running in the last couple of years and love it. My life now revolves around being a wife and mother.

Best (or Worst) thing about being in your late 20's. Being in a position to have a family and to do the things that we love doing. Being able to buy into the family business this year.

Significant events for you in the last 10 years:
Bought our first houme in November of 02
Married on September 13, 03
Did the Breast Cancer 3-Day walk in 06 & 07
Ran Grandma's 1/2 marathon in 06, 07 & 08
Talon Matthew was born March 7, 08

Will you be attending the reunion: yep

Brenda (Strauss) Weegman

Occupation: Manager @ a Parrot Boarding facility in Minneapolis and Nursing Student
Hometown: St Paul, MN

Marital Status: Married

Spouse's Name & Occupation: Mike -Certified Automotive Technician

Children: (Names & Ages) Hana Lin- 2 years old

Pets: Sophie and Clark (Grey Parrots), Ziggy (cockatiel), and Bindi Sue (budgie)

What has changed about you? I have discovered how rewarding and enlightening children are.

What hasn't? Still love photography and animals.

Best (or Worst) thing about being in your late 20's.
The best thing is I've learned to be happy with the present instead of always looking to the future.

Significant events for you in the last 10 years:
Going to school, getting married, going back to school, having a baby and going back to school again. Also, the death of my brother which was the most painful, and life changing experience I've ever been through.

Will you be attending the reunion: No

Suzi (Hanson) Schwartz

Occupation: Pharmacy Tech - Mercy Hospital

Current Hometown: Anoka, MN

Marital Status: Married

Spouse's Name & Occupation: Gerald aka "Junior" Schwartz

Children: We're trying!

Pets: 3 dog: Chops(English Bulldog), Bella(English Bulldog), Bosco(Peekapoo); 1 cat- Jazmine



Significant events for you in the last 10 years:
-Bought my first home in July '04
-Bought our second home in April '07
-Married on Oct 13 '07

Will you be attending the reunion: Yes

Theresa Jones

Occupation: Associate Producer for Xbox360 and PS3 games

Current Hometown: Seattle, WA

Marital Status: Single

Spouse's Name & Occupation: Chris - he works in medical research

Children: My first is on the way!

Pets: Yeah, I don't have pets.

What has changed about you? It seems like it's been ages since high school and I can't really remember what I was "like" back then. One this is that working in the film industry has changed me slightly, I'm definitely more direct compared to growing up when I was a bit more reserved.

What hasn't? I'm still a very organized, planner type person (hence the job producing.)

Best (or Worst) thing about being in your late 20's: It's that weird, done with school but not yet totally established in your career kind of crossroads right now.

Significant events for you in the last 10 years:
-Lived in New York, Paris, and Prague, graduated from NYU film school.
-Moved to Los Angeles, worked in the film industry for producers.
-Obtained a degree in screenwriting from UCLA.
-Wrote three feature length film scripts.
-Moved to Seattle and obtained a job in the video game industry.
-Wrote and directed several short films.
-Wrote several published articles for local magazine.
-Hmmm. Oh yeah, got pregnant! I'm due in December.

Will you be attending the reunion: Sadly, no. The pregnancy at the moment prevents it.

Kelly (Becker) Mapes

Occupation: Accounting Manager

Current Hometown: Mounds View, MN

Marital Status: Married

Spouse's Name & Occupation: Derek - currently in school

Children: (Names & Ages): Taylor 10, Kaitlyn 5

Pets: Golden Retriever Rusty

Significant events for you in the last 10 years:
-Bought a new house and had my second child.

Will you be attending the reunion: No

Victoria 'Moses' Ranua

Occupation: Botanist (and wildland firefighter) and Navy aircrewman

Current Hometown: Prior Lake, MN

Marital Status: Married

Spouse's Name & Occupation: Todd Ranua, heavy equipment operator

Children: Hemi James Ranua, 4 years old

Pets: Two cats: Snacky Jack and Bobby cat

What has changed about you? Not much. I'm not so high strung, and like high fashion clothing (not that I ever get to wear them being a botanist or in the Navy).

What hasn't? I still run and love nature.

Best (or Worst) thing about being in your late 20's. Best thing is being very compenent in my job. College does not truly prepare you for the professional world. Five years of working experiance is worth more than the Masters I am working on.

Significant events for you in the last 10 years:
-Ran Division I Track and Cross Country for the University of Minnesota.
-I joined the Navy Reserves after college and get to fly all over the world on a Navy C-130.
-I married a great guy and we have a wonderful smart and active son, Hemi.
-I discovered a plant that has never been observed in Minnesota before: the buttercup pennywort, Hydrocotyle ranunculoides. The nearest state with this plant is Illinois where it is endangered.

Will you be attending the reunion: Yes

Shane Noecker

Occupation: Composition Instructor

Current Hometown: Baton Rouge, LA

Marital Status: Almost Married

Spouse's Name & Occupation: Education Program Officer

What has changed about you? What hasn't? I'm much more laid back.

Best (or Worst) thing about being in your late 20's. The best thing is still being healthy and having time to read and write.

Significant events for you in the last 10 years: Teaching high school

Will you be attending the reunion: Yes

Rachael (Beach) Clegg

Occupation: Stay at home MOM of Two little girls and a boy on the way!!!

Current Hometown: Seattle, Washington

Marital Status: Married (6 years)

Spouse's Name & Occupation: Garrett Clegg - Assistant Men's Golf Coach at the University of Washington

Children: Grace Ann - 3.5 years, Sophie Elaine - 1.5 years (baby boy - due Aug. 14)




Pets: Had a Jack Russell named Wally, but my uncle just adopted him!

What has changed about you? My life revolves around my children and being a mom now! That's a huge change!
What hasn't? Otherwise, I'm pretty much the same girl as 10 years ago!

Best (or Worst) thing about being in your late 20's: All of the traveling that my husband and I were able to do while he played professional golf for the last 4 years!

Significant events for you in the last 10 years:
-Married 6/2002
-Moved to Utah and bought our first home 8/2002
-Husband began playing professional golf 5/2004
-Daughter born 11/2005
-Daughter born 1/2007
-Bought our 2nd home 5/2007
-Moved to Seattle, Washington 1/2008
-Baby boy due 8/2008

Will you be attending the reunion: Nope!

Thomas Beliveau

Occupation: Student / Trader Joe's

Current Hometown: St. Louis Park, MN

Marital Status: Single

Children: 0

Pets: 0

What has changed about you? Did some time in the navy. Saw half the world. Grew older.

What hasn't? My height, love of music and art.

Best (or Worst) thing about being in your late 20's.
Best: have a better grasp on where I want my life to go.
Worst: not yet living the life that I want.

Significant events for you in the last 10 years:
-Jeremy Wilcox dying
-joining and surviving the military

Will you be attending the reunion: going to try.

Melissa (Andersen) Mach

Occupation: Nanny for a family in Eden Prairie Minnesota/ YMCA Early Education Teacher

Current Hometown: Apple Valley, Minnesota

Marital Status: Married

Spouse's Name & Occupation: Joe, He is a Construction Union Labor for Total Construction in Inver Grove Heights

Children: We our expecting in November.



Pets: 1 Cat- Maverick



Significant events for you in the last 10 years:
-Graduated from Brown College in 2000
-Bought our first house in 2004
-Married July 14th, 2007
-Expecting our first baby Nov 2008

Will you be attending the reunion: Yes

Amanda Ferris

Occupation: Elementary Teacher

Current Hometown: Stillwater, MN

Marital Status: Single

Will you be attending the reunion: No

Katie (Scott) Taylor

Occupation: Production Manager for Tony Kubat Photography

Current Hometown: Minneapolis, MN

Marital Status: Married

Spouse's Name & Occupation: Nick, Shift Manager for Aspen Research (Owned by Anderson Windows) & Crew Chief for the 148th Fighter Wing out of Duluth, MN (Air Guard)

Children: Jacob, 9 months



Pets: 2 Cats, Scooter & Dipper

Significant events for you in the last 10 years:
- Graduated from Hennepin Tech (Eden Prairie) in 5/02
- Purchased House in Minneapolis in 6/06
- Got Married on August 19, 2006
- Gave birth to Jacob on September 23, 2007

Will you be attending the reunion: Yes

Sarah Jean (Wehr) Baker

Occupation: Elementary Teacher in Round Rock ISD

Current Hometown: Austin, Texas

Marital Status: Married

Spouse's Name & Occupation: Minor. He's an assistant principal at an elementary school in Austin ISD.



Children: We just had our first, a boy, Sawyer Nathaniel.



Pets: Sabine, a vizsla.



Significant events for you in the last 10 years:
- Married on October 13, 2001
- Graduated from Concordia University, St. Paul in May 2002
- Moved to Austin, TX in July 2002
- Bought our first home in October 2004
- Started graduate school at Texas State in the Fall of 2006
- Our first child was born, Sawyer Nathaniel, on February 7, 2008

Will you be attending the reunion: Yes!

Charissa (Gunder) McGriff

Occupation: Dental Assistant and also a student. Currently going to Anoka-Ramsey (Cambridge Campus) for nursing.

Current Hometown: Mora, MN

Marital Status: Married

Spouse's Name & Occupation: Anders, self-employed he owns and operates a welding, repair and fabrication business in Braham, MN.

Children: Wyatt-5yrs. and Annabel-3yrs.

Pets: Dog-Flash and 2 cats-Penguin and Panda

Significant events in the last 10 years:
-Graduated from Lakeland Medical-Dental Academy in 1999.
-Bought our home in 1999 and have been remodeling it for the past 8 years!
-Bought business in 2000.
-Married August 25, 2001.
-Wyatt born November 25, 2002.
-Annabel born September 15, 2004.
-Returned to college Fall of 2006.

Will you be attending the reunion: YES!

Mickey Papillon

Occupation: Property Manager

Hometown: Cave Creek, AZ

Marital Status: Married

Spouse's Name & Occupation: Courtney Papillon, Marketing Manager

Children: None

Pets: None

Significant events for you in the last 10 years:
-Graduated from Arizona State University in August 2001
-Married September 2005
-Bought our house June 2007 in Cave Creek, AZ
-Creator and Host of www.thecellphonejunkie.com, a weekly podcast about everything cell phones.

Will you be attending the reunion: Sorry, no

Alycia (Cartwright) Morell

Occupation: Administrator within the Hennepin County
Sheriff's Office - Warrants and also interning as a paralegal for the
Hennepin County Attorney's Office in juvenile prosecution.

Current Hometown: Circle Pines, MN

Marital Status: Married

Spouse's Name & Occupation: Kyle. He works in administration for the
City of Columbia Heights and is finishing up a dual Masters in Public
Administration and Management from Hamline.

Children: None yet!

Pets: None yet!

Significant events for you in the last 10 years:
- Graduated from Marquette University, 5/2003
- Married, June 10, 2006
- Bought our first home, 11/2007
- Graduated from Hamline University, 5/2008

Will you be attending the reunion: Yes!

Katie (Stevenson) Norton

Occupation: Elementary Substitute Teacher

Hometown: Burnsville, MN

Marital Status: married

Spouse's Name & Occupation: Ryan, IT Manager @ Medical Graphics Corporation in Vadnais Heights, MN

Children: none yet

Pets: 3 cats

Significant events for you in the last 10 years:
-married September 22, 2007
-Living in Burnsville, MN

Will you be attending the reunion: yes

Let's Catch Up

Take some time to catch up your classmates on the last ten years of your life. Send your answers to the following questions, as well as any pictures to sarahjeanbaker@gmail.com.

Name: (maiden & married if applicable)
Occupation:
Hometown:
Marital Status:
Spouse's Name & Occupation:
Children: (Names & Ages)
Pets:
What has changed about you? What hasn't?
Best (or Worst) thing about being in your late 20's.
Significant events for you in the last 10 years:
Will you be attending the reunion:

10 Year Reunion

The class of '98 will hold their ten year reunion on
Friday, June 27, at 7 PM at the Mermaid.

Contact Shane Noecker at irondale1998@gmail.com
for information about tickets.