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Volume 40, Number 2 Queen Anne High School Alumni Association July 2021 President’s Message By Sally Villaluz Ghormley ’79 Alumni Homecoming Dance Returns By Shirley (Niebuhr) Kankelfritz ’61, Chair & Mary Cooke ’79 Hello Grizzlies! Attention Grizzlies! Save the Date and Cross your Paws!!! Happy Summer! I Hey all you fellow “inoculated” hope that we Grads, I don’t know about you but all can step I am looking forward to some bear out and have 2019 Fall Homecoming Party Goers hugs! some fun Pres. Sally and Charlie adventures The second “annual” alumni homecoming dance is Saturday, Nov. with family and friends in a safe 20th, 2021 at Ballard Elks, 6411 Seaview Avenue N.W., Seattle, manner. Let’s celebrate the good WA 98117, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. in our lives and make the most of continued on page 3 it. Remember, the Summer Picnic Grizzly Comic Relief Shary enrolled in the Capitol Hill is canceled, but pencil in your By Claudia (Kettles) Lovgren ’65 Burnley School of Professional calendars for our upcoming Art which trained generations of Fall Homecoming Dance – November 20, 2021, keep your continued on page 2 fingers crossed. This event will also include our very brief Annual Meeting with Election of Board Inside: members. 55.2 DC 14 Acknowledgements 3 Stay well and be safe! Alumni Scholarships 4 Contacts 16 Shary Flenniken and Teddy in 2021. Donations Form 14 Grizzly Spirit! Photo courtesy Dean Rutz/The Seattle Times Editor’s Notes 2 Inspired by her parents New Grizzly Angels 12 Sally Yorker cartoon collections Grizzly Bear Picnic 6 and Superman comics, Shary Grizzly Events 16 Flenniken ’68 dreamt of In Memoriam 10 escaping “dreary” Magnolia/ Kim’s Musings 7 Seattle for San Francisco and Merchandise 15 Mike Dederer 4 New York. Her Naval Admiral and President’s Message 1 amateur cartoonist father further Reunion Calendar 13 facilitated this by destroying her Who’s News 8 early MAD magazines. Editor’s Notes Grizzly Comic Relief of luxuriously capturing the strips for which Shary took great care to Roxi Ko continued from page 1 reproduce. “Trots and Bonnie” is Hi all! Northwest designers and painters now in the bookstores. I hope of print advertisements. Shary everyone also freelanced as an illustrator It belongs on the shelves along has been for the underground newspapers with those collections Shary so doing well of the day: the Helix, Seattle devoured in her childhood home, so far in Liberation Front’s Sabot and the to which she has returned. It 2021! Seattle Simpleton. is also a testimony for giving I’m still her back “her rightful place” in working In 1971 Shary went to San the male-dominated realm of for the Francisco to join the notorious alternative comics. same Air Pirates, satirical Californian family cartooning collective. They Returning to her childhood with the two adorable kids as a studied the art style of other home, Shary is very active in nanny, and it’s been really great! cartoonists such as Popeye’s the community. In 1995 she We’re having a blast and I’m so E.C. Segar. Shary’s muse edited “Seattle Laughs” which excited to spend the summer with became the early 20th century is anthology famous for its rare them! The kids and I have many influential cartoonist H.T. Webster comics contributions from local craft ideas and fun plans planned, who did characters such as literary icons. She helped prepare and I look forward to spending Caspar Milquetoast. Air Pirates an emergency earthquake the summer outside enjoying the was eventually dissolved. manual plan that could save lives beautiful weather with my two in Magnolia and Queen Anne little buddies! The study of early 20th century (and QAHS Grizzlies!) and is reprints became a bonus when anxious to get back to community After such a long time in Shary moved to New York (her meetings. A happier perspective. quarantine, I’m really looking 2nd dream destination) meeting forward to the rest of this year, National Lampoon’s editor I wonder if Shary would have especially this summer. I’m so Michael Choquette who offered told her father if she had ever thankful for the vaccine, I’ve Shary a job doing a “regular” met Mad Magazine’s Alfred E. never been so excited to get a strip. This became the exquisitely Neuman. Well, I won’t worry shot in my arm! The ability to illustrated old cartooning about that. finally see some of my family “Trots and Bonnie”. “Bonnie” and friends, give them a hug and was named after Shary’s spend time indoors with them will childhood dog, while “Trots” had be amazing! something to do with the dog’s gastrointestinal activity. “Trots I’m still dedicating a lot of time Medical Privacy and Bonnie” expressed Shary’s to growing my small business revenge of the frustration and on Etsy through social media We sometimes receive news unhappiness of living in Seattle. and expanding my products. I’ve notes about the medical This strip became a sensation in made a lot of things I’m really condition of one of our alums. the vein of “Calvin and Hobbes” excited about and it feels good to Because of concerns about for adults. be creating so much! I primarily privacy issues we cannot work with epoxy resin and make use this information without The strip ended running in 1990. things like coasters, magnets, the explicit permission of earrings, and ocean artwork. I’ve But a collection of the strips was the alum involved. We have also recently started exploring sought after with many publishers been sometimes loose with a new medium, creating t-shirts courting Shary. None of the offers this policy and intend to with tie-dye and vinyl designs. of the next thirty years were of strictly adhere to it in all our Please feel free to check out my the caliber required by Shary publications. work at www.etsy.com/shop/ until she was approached by the RoxiKoDesigns prestigious New York Review of John Hennes, KUAY editor Books, which had the capability 2 | The KUAY July 2021 Celebrating 40 years of the QAHSAA... Acknowledgements Memorabilia Gifts—Our Thanks to: KUAY & QAHSAA Edward “Ed” Vanderlinden ’48, Every year we thank our alumni The KUAY is published board and other volunteers who for a copy of The Last Hurrah and book Transitions (History of semiannually by the Queen keep us going. None of our Anne High School Alumni alums are paid for what they do. QAHS 1910-1958). Robert Rogers ’62, for a large Association, free for members All Grizzlies owe these people and friends of the Association. many thanks. Without them there framed drawing of QAHS by Pamela Irby. To be placed on the mailing is no alumni association. We list or to help with Association also acknowledge the following Yearbooks: (Prior approval activities, write to: P.O.Box supporters. We need all of you. 9128, Seattle, WA 98109-0128 Please join in! required before acceptance) Anthony “Tony” Blanchett ’71 or email: [email protected]. for year ’58. Donations are enthusiastically Kindnesses—Our Thanks to: requested, as they sustain the Beth (Wassenberg) Guislin Pat Covich ’71 for year ’71 and a rare ’81. Association. Board meetings ’67, Pam (Lohrer) Lucarelli ’61, are generally held monthly Terry Howard ’52, Pat (Sykes) and are open to all graduates. Ronhaar ’47 and the Class NOTICE: The alumni archives (a storage locker) are overflowing. Phone Sally Villaluz Ghormley Committees for continuing to ’79 at 206-331-9194 for details. screen newspapers for the death Please call or write before you send us memorabilia. Contact: See website for minutes.The notices used in our Memorials. KUAY is printed by Pacific We appreciate all those who [email protected] or [email protected]. Publishing Co., Seattle. The write us about our fellow alumni QAHSAA is a 501(c)(3) tax- passages. exempt organization. Alumni Homecoming Dance Returns 2020-21 Board of Directors continued from page 1 Maggie (Nichols) Birch ’64 Mary Cooke ’79, Secretary Ron Bolin, the Dancing DJ, will be providing the music. Katharyn Gaylord ’63 There will be a no-host bar. Snacks, soft drinks and bottled water Sally Villaluz Ghormley ’79, will be provided. President Cost is $25.00 at the door. Janis (Bridges) Jenkins ’69 Roger Jensen ’61 Reserve a spot by RSVP to: Shirley (Niebuhr) Kankelfritz Shirley (Niebuhr) Kankelfritz ’61 ’61, [email protected], tel. 425-787-6800 or Jeanne Jim LePenske ’62 Claudia (Kettles) Lovgren ’65, (Hays) Warren ’61, [email protected] or Mary Treasurer Cooke ’79, [email protected]. Go to www.qagrizzlies. Sherry (Peck) Moody ’66 org for updates and event confirmation as the year goes along. Jeri Samuelsen ’63 Kim R. Turner ’61 Jeanne (Hayes) Warren ’61, Vice- Pres. Facebook Update Michael Warren ’61 By Sally Villaluz Ghormley ’79 Jackie (Moore) Zobrist ’63, Visit us on the Queen Anne High School Grizzlies private group. Corresp. Secr. https://www.facebook.com/groups/29115045515 KUAY Editorial Board: Stayed tuned for more to come. John Hennes-Editor, Sally Villaluz This group is now private so you have to be member of Facebook to be able to Ghormley, Claudia Kettles access it. Lovgren, Kim R. Turner. Check out the latest discussions, questions and stories. Page Designer: Roxi Ko. ...and 40 years since the Last Hurrah! The KUAY July 2021 | 3 Mike Dederer ’49 Queen Anne High School, then Mike was a true Pacific (April 30, 1932 – March 7, 2021) the University of Washington Northwesterner raised on the By Sally Villaluz Ghormley ’79 where he received his Bachelor’s water and in the mountains with degree in Journalism.