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Waggener High School, Class of 1960 Scrapbook, 1st. Edition

This is one of many sections that contain information, photos, newspaper articles, internet items, etc. of the St. Matthews area and especially of Waggener High School. Many of the items came from Al Ring’s personal collections but many people have helped and I have tried to give credit where I can.

The purpose of this “collection” was to create the history of Waggener and the students and teachers who were there during my time. Being retired I now have time to do many of the things I have always wanted, this project is just one of them. The collection is continuing today, so if you should have old or new information on the St. Matthews area from 1950 to 1962 or Waggener High, please contact Al Ring.

All graphics have been improved to make the resolution as good as possible, but the reader should remember that many came from copies of old newspaper articles and photos. Credit to the source of the photos, etc. is provided whenever it was available. We realize that many items are not identified and regret that we weren’t able to provide this information. As far as the newspaper articles that are not identified, 99% of them would have to be from one of three possible sources. The Courier- Journal, The Louisville Times or one of the Voice publications. Books that we have used for some information include, Randy, Cactus, Uncle, Ed and the Golden age of Louisville Television, Wag- gener High School Alumni Directory 1996, Waggener Traditional High School Alumni Directory 2007, Memories of Fontaine Ferry Park, St. Matthews The Crossroads of Beargrass by Samuel W. Thomas, St. Matthews, 25 Years a City Two Centuries a Community, St. Matthews 1960-1995, Wag- gener Lair’s 1958 to 1962, The Holy Warrior, Muhammad Ali, Louisville’s Own (An Illustrated En- cyclopedia Of Louisville Area Recorded Pop Music From 1953 to 1983).

Explanation of the following pages, (Please Read)

This section contains information about the lives of the alumni from the Waggener High School Class of 1960.

This is a collection of photos, articles, web sites, and other information that various people have collected on alumni over the years. It is presented here for you to enjoy and learn what may have happened in the lives of our alumni.

The female alumna are listed in alphabetical order based on the name we have at the present time. Their maiden name is capital- ized.

HELP NEEDED

If you have any additional information on any alumni or their families, please pass it on to us. It would be appreciated.

You can contact me (Al Ring) at — [email protected]

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The Armstrong's, 12/22/1980’s

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Biz-Baseball Chuck Armstrong- President- Mariners, by Maury Brown, Monday 9, January 2006

Chuck Armstrong has been through the bad, and now, good times with the Seattle Mariners. This interview touches on how he came to work for the Mariners, what options they were looking into after a tile fell from the roof of the Kingdome, how the team is now marketed as a ‘regional’ club, marketing of Ichiro, and how the Mariners plan to work with Kenji Johjima. Armstrong also touches on the use of Safeco’s roof, whether the field dimensions might be changed, how a team in Portland might be viewed, fiscal discipline as it pertains to player payroll, and much more.

The Emerald City. The Space Needle. Lattes.The Seattle Mariners.

They’re all linked together now. Seattle is a solid market, and moreover, its MLB franchise is a success as a business-- better, than many may even know (I’ll get to that in the interview). There was a point in the 70s and ‘80s when the idea of MLB and Seattle, well.., that market just wasn’t going to fly.

Bowie Kuhn says he believed in Seattle at the time he was commissioner. Even when the Pilots collapsed in 1970 and some guy from Milwaukee known as “Bud” carted the team off, there were those that believed that the Pacific Northwest would be a growing and untapped market for Major League Baseball,

It surely didn’t start as much when the Seattle Mariners were christened in 1977. The club arrived via expansion after the City of Seattle and the State of Washington brought litigation against the AL over the move of the Pilots to Milwaukee. Entertainer Danny Kaye and five local Seattle businessmen had stepped up and purchased the club. The club failed misera- bly in the standings as well as failed to draw in the overly spacious Kingdome, which the Mariners shared with the NFL’s Seahawks.

In 1981, California real estate magnate George Argyros purchased the club and, while there was little change initially, things started to slowly move in a more positive direction.

Chuck Armstrong was the general counsel for Argyros’ real estate holdings and had moved up quickly through the ranks to manage Argyros’ growing business assets. In 1983, Argyros brought Armstrong from Southern California to Seattle to as- sume the role of president of the Mariners. The club had just come off an abysmal 102-loss season, and Argyros was looking to turn around what few fans the club had from something more than casual apathy.

As they say, “winning cures all ills” in sports, and in 1984, the Mariners got to respectable 74 wins.

In 1989, Argyros sold the team to Indianapolis communications mogul Jeffery Smulyan. That meant Armstrong was to be out of work. He soon landed back in Seattle when he accepted the position of interim athletic director for the University of Washington for a short time, after which he left to work at a Seattle law firm. At the behest of then U.S. Senator Slade Gor- ton, Armstrong was recruited with a number of other business leaders to try to keep the Mariners in Seattle when Smulyan discussed relocating the club to Tampa Bay. Eventually, a group headed by Nintendo CEO Hiroshi Yamauchi purchased the mariners in 1992, and Armstrong was, once again, brought in as president of the Mariners.

Since that time, the Mariners have vaulted out of the cellar in the standings and moved into a new facility in Safeco Field. The club has become, by all business standards, a stunning success. The key, as Armstrong details it, is in marketing the Mariners as a regional sports entertainment option, not just a “Seattle” team. ______In the following interview Armstrong touches on the early days of his of his career, how the Mariners were turned around, and the marketing of the club— from key players such as Ichiro to their newly acquired catcher, Kenji Johjima. Other top- ics include fan comfort and the use of Safeco Field’s roof, whether Safeco’s dimensions might be changed, how another team in the region might impact the Mariners, team payroll restrictions, other uses of Safeco as an entertainment facility, and much more.

With SABR 36 being hosted by Seattle in late June and early July 2006, its members will be able to see the fruits of Arm- strong’s labor of love up close and personal. — Maury Brown

BizBaII: You had an unbelievable intersection of events in life, with your bar exam, your military draft, and your marriage all happening right on top of each other. Can you tell us about this event and if it had any influence on how you deal with pressure in the business?

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Biz-Baseball Chuck Armstrong-President-Mariners, by Maury Brown, Monday 9, January 2006

Armstrong: You know, it was 1967, and I’m from Louisville, KY. Muhammad Ali—he was known as Cassius Clay in those days—was a conscientious objector, and the whole focus of the draft was on that draft board. So that was the toughest draft board in the country.

I had graduated from law school--I went to Purdue for Engineering and then went on to Stanford Law School, and was studying for the California Bar Exam. I got my draft notice and had my induction physical in the summer of 1967. I figured if I was going to go in, I would rather go in the Navy. So, I filed dual applications with the Navy as a line officer and for the JAG Corps. They only accept you as a JAG Officer if you’d passed the bar. The California Bar Exam was given the last week of August, and I got married on September 1, 1967. So, its a 3-Day bar exam. On the second day of the Bar Exam, I opened my mail and here’s my induction notice, informing me that I’m supposed to be inducted into the Army on Septem- ber 1, which was my wedding day. So I took the California Bar, got inducted into the Army, but instead joined the Navy the day after the Bar Exam, and I got married a day or two after that... and yeah, that is stress and pressure. Fortunately I passed the Bar, I’m still married over 38 years, I have three wonderful children, and I had a great experience in the Navy.

In the Navy, probably the best job I ever had was Officer of the Deck underway for Flight Operations on an aircraft carrier. That was just an amazing experience. That’s stress and pressure as well. So, all of those experiences did teach me how to deal with stress and pressure.

It kind of reminds me, our new shortstop, Yuniesky Betancourt, was asked this year before his first major league game whether he was nervous and anxious or felt any stress. And he said, “No, why should I? Baseball is just a game.” Stress was when he had escaped from Cuba, was in the middle of the Caribbean, hadn’t seen land for two days, and he wasn’t sure whether he was going to live or not. My situation was nothing compared to what Yuniesky faced.

I think that all of us in life are tried in the crucible of stress from time to time, and we find out how we deal with it. And sometimes we surprise ourselves, one way or the other.

BizBaII: What was your reaction when George Argyros said he was purchasing the Mariners, and asked you to be Presi- dent of the franchise?

Armstrong: Actually, I was running George Argyros’ real estate operation at the time. I joined George in February 1980. He told me then that he wanted to diversify out of real estate. And what’s ironic— and he reminds me of this every time we talk—in February 1981, he bought the Mariners and in April 1981, he and another Orange County, California, real estate developer by the name of William Lyon—Bill Lyon—bought Air California. George had set up an Executive Committee of himself, and me, and his Chief Financial Officer, and another who he worked with for years. And when he came up with the idea that he wanted to buy a sports team, I thought it was such a bad idea, I had a partner in McKinsey and Company come down and explain why this was not a good idea. All the others were excited about buying a sports team, and I voted ‘no’, but of course George had the deciding vote. He reminds me that here I am—having done this now, I just finished my 20th season—and I was the guy who didn’t want him to buy a pro sports team.

I did not initially come up to Seattle—he bought the club in February 1981, and Dan O’Brien, the president of the Louis- ville Colonels AAA team, was someone who I had known by reputation, was the president of the Mariners when George bought it. George had it for 1981, 1982, 1983, and I really respect and admire Dan a lot, but it was clear that he and George weren’t getting along. In 1983, George terminated O’Brien—I had become friends with Dan—his son, you know, is now the general manager for Cincinnati. I turned George down when he first offered the job of president of the Mariners.

Finally on October 19, 1983, I said “Yes.” And the guy who really helped talk me into it was Tal Smith. He was not the president of the Astros at that time. He had been out of baseball, head of Tal Smith Enterprises Consulting. George had hired him as a consultant to find the new president for the ball club after George had terminated Dan. So George had it for three seasons before I came up.

BizBaII: It’s funny you should mention that because I have a question from Ta! Smith. The question from Ta! is, “I’ve fre- quently heard Mr. Armstrong refer to his charter membership in the Grover Cleveland Association. “ Can you tell us what that is?

Armstrong: Tell Tal that we need to raise [the standard]—it’s the Grover Cleveland Society—not the Association. Tal coined this. There are four members right now, and Tal is our chairman. There are four of us who have been the president of the same baseball team twice, like Grover Cleveland was the President of the United States twice. So, Tal was president of the Astros twice, I’ve been president of the Mariners twice in that interval, Dick Freeman was president of the Padres twice, and Bob Graziano was president of the Dodgers twice. But he’s now out, so we don’t know what’ll happen if he goes back a third time or goes back into baseball. So right now there are three active members of the Grover Cleveland So- clety—Tal, myself, and Dick Freeman—and Bob Graziano is a member as well. So that’s what it takes to be a member of the Grover Cleveland Society.

BizBaII: Early on, the Mariners didn’t exactly draw particularly well. What were some of the ways that you tried to pro- mote the Mariners when it was so difficult to draw fans in the ‘80s’

Armstrong: ‘84 was my first year, and in ‘83, the Mariners lost 102 games and we drew 813,000 fans. In 1984, we were the most improved team in the American League. We won 74 games— 14 more than we won in 1983—the second most improved team in baseball after the Cubs. Under my leadership, the attendance skyrocketed from 813,000 all the way up to

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854,000 (editor’s note: Actual attendance was 870,372). Not great, but we fought then and we carried those principles through.

Randy Adamack was our vice president of communications then, as he is now. We’ve always tried to market ourselves as a regional team. You have to go 1,000 miles to find another major league baseball franchise, either to the San Francisco Bay area or to Denver. We were looking for ways to turn our geography from a liability to an asset. We tried to market ourselves as a regional team.

Remember, we had the trident as our logo at that time. George Argyros is Greek and his mother told us that in Greek my- thology, Poseidon never held the trident pointing down, he always held the trident pointing up. So, when we considered at one time turning the Trident around so it became a “W” and becoming the Washington Mariners--like you had teams, [like the] California Angels or Arizona Diamondbacks that speak for a whole state or a whole region--but we decided against that. We did start to try and market ourselves as a regional team, and that worked a little bit.

What had the biggest effect on that was finally getting a cable television contract. It was an act of Congress that allowed sports teams to allocate television territories, and I have been astonished at the impact of cable television. While we don’t have that many people in our market, we have the largest territory in terms of square miles. We have Washington, Oregon (although we share the six most southern counties with the A’s and the Giants), Idaho, Montana, Alaska, and then as against all other U.S. teams, we have British Columbia and Alberta. Getting that cable contract increased our reach and made fans in Montana, Oregon, Alberta, and British Columbia, and Alaska of course. We turned them into Mariner fans.

BizBaII: In July of ‘94, one of the ceiling tiles in the Kingdome came crashing down in center field and set into motion quite a variety of events. My understanding is that if the Angels had not objected to playing in minor league facilities--in Cheney Stadium or BC Place (Vancouver, BC)--those venues would have been seen as options for the club to use while the Kingdome’s structural integrity was being addressed. Would you have considered moving on these options?

Armstrong: Yes, we actually had. Bobby Brown, president of the American League, dispatched Dick Butler out here. We looked at Cheney Stadium. We had arranged with a company that had bleachers to increase the seating capacity of Cheney. I think we could have increased it to 25,000 or 30,000. We also contacted the folks up at BC Place in Vancouver, BC about playing games there. You’re right. It was the Angels and the A’s who complained to the Players Association and eventually put the quietus on it.

BizBall: How much influence did that event have on the push for the new ballpark-for Safeco?

Armstrong: That didn’t have that much effect. What happened was when our new ownership came in (they took over July 1, 1992), they knew we had to have some changes in our venue. At that time, the Kingdome was the largest park in the American League but yet it had the fewest number of good seats. Former governor Gary Locke was a King County executive at the time, and the first thing he did was appoint a task force to study what they could do to make the Kingdome work better for baseball. The task force reported back that the Kingdome wouldn’t work for baseball and the Mainers needed to have a new facility, and we went to work on that. That task force, harking back to the days of the old Pacific Coast League where the Seattle Rainiers had one of the highest attendance [totals), thought that we didn’t need a roof. But I had been keeping reports on the weather for the last 50 years. We projected that we would need a roof between 25-30% of the time. Interestingly, since Safeco has been open, we have had relatively dry summers. We’ve either played closed or the roof has had to be moved 22% of the time.

BizBall: Has it been one of those situations where the roof has been closed with the threat of rain or other conditions?

Armstrong: The manager puts [fills out] the lineup card, the general manager makes some other decisions. The one decision I get to make every day is that I decide whether the roof is going to be open or closed, which is always controversial. Our criterion is fan comfort. We want our fans to be comfortable. We have Doppler radar. If the temperature with the wind chill is going to drop below 55 degrees, we’ll close the roof, even if it’s clear. We’ve only had to do that once or twice in six seasons. It’s always been rain or a threat of rain, not wind. Its been rain.

BizBall: What do you feel are the most important changes in the business side of baseball since you started in the industry until know?

Armstrong: Obviously, the huge increase in salaries, coming along with—fortunately of late—an increase in revenues.

I think here in Seattle it has been an increase in fan interest. I just can’t say enough about our great fans. We’ve marketed hard to the women and families demographic.

I have two mantras that I tell our gameday people, and they’re tired of hearing me say this, “I want you to pretend two things: One, I want you to pretend that every fan at Safeco Field is sitting next to a Seven-year-old child, and if behavior is not appropriate for a seven-year-old child, you warn them. And if it’s still not appropriate, you ask them to leave. The second mantra is that even though you cannot affect what is going on the playing field, and even though you see the same ticket holders every day, I want you to pretend that this is the only day in that fan’s life that they will come to Safeco Field, and we want them to have a positive experience.”

In order to get the roof—because it was a huge expense—I personally went down to Olympia and lobbied with the legisla- ture and told them that it was our goal that, within five years, we wanted Safeco Field to be the No. 1 tourist attraction in Waggener High Scrapbook: Charles Gilbert Armstrong (60) Courtesy of http://www.bizofbaseball.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=39&Itemid=35

Biz-Baseball Chuck Armstrong-President-Mariners, by Maury Brown, Monday 9, January 2006

the entire Pacific Northwest. Last year, in 2004, our fifth season, Zagat’s Family Guide ranked Safeco Field as the No. 1 family tourist attraction in the Pacific Northwest— ahead of Mount Rainier, the Space Needle, Snoqualmie Falls—all those things. I think that’s what we market to, and that’s one of the reasons why our attendance has done so well in spite of our poor record on the playing field the last two seasons.

BizBall: How do you approach marketing the club to the Pacific Rim and Japan specifically?

Armstrong: Well, we really can’t do that. It goes back to the 1920s or ‘30s when the big barnstorming teams were the Yan- kees, Dodgers, and the Giants—all teams out of New York. But, baseball passed a law back then that any and all revenue generated outside of North America must be split evenly among all teams after expenses are paid, and that law is still in effect today. Every Mariner hat that is sold In Japan is split evenly. The Florida Marlins get as much out of that as we do. I think that’s fine, so anything out of the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Dominican—and we don’t market down there much. The Far East marketing, with the phenomenon of Sasaki and Ichiro, everybody else gets as much of that revenue as we do. In fact, we don’t really do any marketing over there. Major League Baseball Advanced Media and Major League Enterprises do a lot of that. We’re helpful, and we think it’s helpful that it spreads the Mariner name and when cer- tain players want to come over here, like our recently signed catcher Kenji Johjima. They televise our games over there because we’ve had guys like Ichiro, Kaz, and Hasegawa. It helps us, but it doesn’t help us dollar-wise.

BizBaII: Have there been any considerations to changing the field dimensions to make Safeco more of a hitter-friendly ballpark at any point?

Armstrong: Yes. When we designed Safeco, we went through a lot of wind-tunnel studies as every park does, but you never really know how a park is going to play until you play in it. In fact, originally, In what we call the “ball-catch” area in center field, that was supposed to be our architectural quirk. That was going to be 420 feet deep, because the wind-tunnel studies showed that the prevailing wind was from the southwest, and when the ball would get out in that jet stream, or slip stream, it would blow out there to center field. Ken Griffey Jr. didn’t want to play out there with a field that vast. We also found that when we played with the wind blowing that hard from the southwest, that usually means that rain is coming, so we usually have the roof closed.

that didn’t have any flexibility. There is flexibility [in Safeco Field]. We can bring It in some or take it out some. I told the baseball guys, “You tell me if you want to change the dimensions.” Thus far, they have felt that we are better off leaving the dimensions as they are— most of us think it is a fair park. They have the ability, if they want to change the dimensions, to make those recommendations and then we can change them and advise Major League Baseball. But so far, they don’t like the cheap home runs and they think it helps us to have these dimensions. Clearly, one reason we went after Carl Everett was because we need to get more left-handed pop. Left-handed hitters love it here. I think it’s the favorite park for Jason Giambi, Rafael Palmiero, Mo Vaughn loved it, and David Ortiz. A lot of left-handed, pull-hitting power hitters like hitting here.

BizBall: Was it difficult to market the club last year with so many players going through the system?

Armstrong: Yeah, it was a little bit. In our commercials, we have featured our players. Our fans even came up with a slogan which our advertisers adopted: “You’ve gotta love these guys” slogan and “Refuse to Lose.” We’ve always tried to have top-quality citizen-players, and our fans have identified with them. We did have so many players coming through that the fans didn’t know how long they were going to be here. It was hard to market and create name-familiarity, face-familiarity, and identity. We’d like to have a more stable situation and I think we’re building to that. Along those lines, Bill Bavasi and his people have been doing an excellent job of rebuilding our farm system, so we’ve been trying to tap our youngsters coming up through he system so the fans will know who they are when they arrive. They all knew who Felix Hernandez was when he arrived. They also knew who Chris Snelling was, but he just keeps getting hurt. They heard of Jose Lopez. We try to do a good job of telling the fans about potential future guys out there.

BIzBaII: I know you said you can’t really market in Japan given the structure of shared revenues, but the Mariners do have Johjima now and you’ve got Ichiro, who is highly marketable. Ichiro is viewed as an intense player when it comes to preparation, and Johjima apparently is another guy who is extremely intense when it comes to his effort. Do the Mariners plan to market around Johjima and continue to market around Ichiro, or is it going to be one of those things where you’re going to ease Johfima into the culture and environment?

Armstrong: The first year Ichiro was here, he was the MVP, which nobody counted on. It’s hard enough getting acclimated to another culture, another style of play, so we, right now, do not plan on featuring Johjima in our marketing and our adver- tising. We certainly do feature Ichiro. He’s been here. He’s an established star. He has set records every year he’s played here. While we didn’t feature him in 2001-the team was so incredible that year and he performed so incredibly that people knew who he was-he was the MVP that year and the No. 1 vote-getter for the All-Star ballot. We do allow balloting online, and I think the Japanese vote helped carry Ichiro to the top that year. We are not going to emphasize Johjima at all. He’s just another player. We want him to settle in and get relaxed and not feel any additional pressure.

BizBaII: Forbes wrote an article in April this year entitled, “Best-Kept Secret”, which went on to mention that the Mari- ners have been the most profitable of all the clubs the last five years, with an average revenue of $163 million. The operating income of the Mariners for 2004 was $10.8 million. By comparison, the Yankees had an operating loss of $37.8 million for the same period.

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Biz-Baseball Chuck Armstrong-President-Mariners, by Maury Brown, Monday 9, January 2006

Running the club is a business, and even when there are profits in hand, at what point do the Mariners say, “We’re not going any higher, “in relation to player payroll when weighed against the need to be competitive in a free-agent market?

Armstrong: We do that all the time. We set a budget and we don’t exceed that budget. We don’t necessarily have to spend up to it if we don’t find values. Right now, with the signing of Washburn and what we anticipate we’re going to be paying our other guys in arbitration and putting together our roster, we’re right up against our 2006 player payroll budget.

BIzBaII: Do you make exceptions if you are at the stretch run and you’re close in the standings to a playoff position?

Armstrong: Yes. There were in 1995 and we tried to make them (although the media would have you believe we didn’t) in 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003, though we didn’t find any fits. We did go back to the ownership and we did get dispensation to make some add-ons during those years. I think we added a couple smaller pieces. In 1995, we added some big pieces (Andy Benes, Vince Coleman, and others in 1995). We do have the ability to do that. We operate under strict financial con- trols, and really, that’s the only way to do business or you’ll get carried away. You have to maintain some financial fiscal discipline. And that’s my job; I’ve got to make sure that happens.

BizBaII: The Pacific Northwest is growing at a rapid rate. You mentioned that the Mariners became what they are today due to looking at themselves as a regional sports entity. Given Portland’s interest in the Expos and the current considera- tion by the Mar/ms for relocation, do you see a point when another club in the Pacific Northwest is a viable option for baseball and acceptable to the Mariners?

Armstrong: I really haven’t studied that. We have specifically stayed out of that issue. That’s up to the Commissioner’s Office and the Relocation Committee. I’m sure if that time comes, they would talk to us about it. No one here is on that committee and we’re not involved in that decision.

BizBaII: Looking at some of the transactions that have occurred this off-season-some of which have been done by clubs such as the Blue Jays, which have been unable to make any real, substantive free-agent signings in the past few years-how do you view the health of Major League Baseball at this point in time given how those transactions have been conducted in this off-season by some of the lower-revenue-making clubs?

Armstrong: That’s a good question. I think that great financial progress has been made in the last two, three, four years. I don’t have those numbers in front of me. Of course, I’m not privy to the Blue Jay’s numbers. To get the answer to those questions, you’d have to talk to someone in the Commissioner’s Office.

BizBaII: Are there any events, or planned changes to Safeco Field in the future that may be of interest to fans?

Armstrong: Well you know we had the WWE WrestleMania here a couple years ago. I think that’s the biggest event we’ve ever had here. As far as improvements to the facility--we’re improving it all the time. It’s coming to the age where it’s going to be like the Golden Gate Bridge project, where once you start to paint it, you have to keep doing it. The Public Facili- ties District, our owner and landlord, closely watch us, and I think we’re kind of the best park. If you go and travel around and visit other ballparks—I know my objective is to have us be the best ballpark in baseball, and have the cleanest park and the best-run facility. I think most of the reports that the public facilities district has gotten back is that we’re right up there. I haven’t been to all of them every year, so I can’t say myself, but we’ve gotten good reports back and we plan to maintain that. We’re always trying to liven up the game show. We have a couple Ideas on the back burner that we’re thinking about. We’re thinking about maybe getting some concerts in here. We had a chance to get the Rolling Stones this year, but we declined hoping that we would be in the playoffs and there would be a conflict, but unfortunately, that didn’t happen.

BizBaII: The last question I have. You know, SABR is planning on having their National Convention just up the street at the Madison Renaissance Hotel-just a short walk from Safeco. Do you plan on being there at all this year?

Armstrong: I would like to be there. I’m keenly interested in all the work that SABR does. You know, Tal [Smith]—when I first got into this game—put me onto the work SABR does.

He taught me that in games, teams shouldn’t sacrifice as much. I’m one of these guys, if I had a criticism of most major league managers, I think they sacrifice too often and too early in the game. The out is the most precious thing in baseball. You only get 27 of them, and if you give one up, even when you try to sacrifice, over time at best, you’re only successful somewhere between 65% and 70% of the time. The work that SABR has done also shows that you have a greater chance of scoring if you don’t sacrifice with a runner on first and nobody out than if you do, but you can also avoid the double play, which counters that. It depends on the situation. So, to answer your question, yes, I would like to come up [to the Convention].

Interview conducted by Maury Brown on 12/19/05. Transcribed by Steven Chamick and Kenneth Mendes Edited by Maury Brown and Gary Gillette Graphics and layout by Maury Brown

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Marie VanHoose Sayre with grandchildren of James Marie VanHoose Sayre with grandchildren of James A. & Francine Bowling '60 - St. Petersburg, FL - A. & Francine Bowling '60 - St. Petersburg, FL - 2006 (I think) 2006 (I think) - daughter-in-law Caroline Bowling (triplets b. 2001: Tyller - Dillon - Devin ) and little with (triplets b. 2001: Tyller - Dillon - Devin) and sister Kayla little sister Kayle

Waggener High Scrapbook: Charles H. Brown Jr. (60) Courtesy of Marie VanHoose Sayre:

Spring 1970-Charles H. Brown, Jr., Gwen, Cas- sandra Lynn and “Chuck” Charles H. Brown, III

The Voice Of St. Matthews October 27, 1960 Waggener High Scrapbook: Venita Marie Brown (60) Courtesy of http://www.waggenerhighalum.org/Misc.htm Waggener High Scrapbook: John Garfield Burt (60) Courtesy of http://www.waggenerhighalum.org/Misc.htm

John G. and Gunta Burt's Family 2004 in Hawaii Waggener High Scrapbook: James Bushrod (Jimmy) Chiles (60) BROWN-FORMAN EXECUTIVE NAMED CEO AT LENOX

Louisville, KY, January 15, 2004 - Brown-Forman Corporation Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Owsley Brown II and Lenox, Inc. Chairman Barry Bramley announced today the appointment of James D. Hanauer as the chief executive officer of Brown-Forman's subsidiary, Lenox, Inc.

"I am confident Jay Hanauer will provide the strong leadership Lenox needs to guide it through its challenges to sustained prosperity," stated Brown. "As president of Brown-Forman Distillery Company for the last eight years, Jay formed and led an excellent team that has consistently created and implemented innovative ways to improve our products. His demon- strated creativity and leadership skills will greatly benefit the Lenox organization."

Stanley E. Krangel, who has been president of Lenox since 1998, has resigned to pursue interests outside the company. As president, Krangel operated under the strategic oversight of Bramley, the non-executive chairman of Lenox, who represents the Lenox Board and its Brown-Forman parent. "We appreciate Stan's contributions to Lenox's success during his tenure with the company and we wish him well in all his future endeavors," said Bramley.

Bramley made special note of the fact that Hanauer will be the chief executive officer of Lenox, a role that no individual has had at the company in recent years. "By appointing Jay as CEO, we are giving him full responsibility for running the Lenox business," stated Bramley. "As a result, the need for my active management as non-executive chairman is greatly diminished, which allows me the opportunity to fulfill the promise I made to my family to give up the chairmanship at the end of the fiscal year (April 30, 2004). I feel very confident that Jay and the management team at Lenox, with oversight from the Lenox Board, will now progress in strengthening and growing the Lenox portfolio of brands."

Hanauer joined Brown-Forman in 1996 as president of Brown-Forman Distillery Company and has been responsible for the general management of all production aspects of the company's global spirits business. He has also been a valuable member of Brown-Forman's executive committee since 1999, contributing to the overall strategic direction of the company. In 2003, he also took on additional responsibility of overseeing supply chain management for Brown-Forman's global beverage business. Over the past six months, he has led Brown-Forman's comprehensive strategic review of the Lenox business, which identified potential solutions to a number of challenges facing the company as well as prospective ways it might take ad- vantage of new opportunities.

Prior to joining Brown-Forman, Hanauer was supply chain vice president for the North American beverage division of Quaker Oats, and before that he gained valuable experience working for the Pepsi Cola Company and Proctor & Gamble. He is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati.

"I am excited and honored about being given the chance to lead such a great company," stated Hanauer. "Lenox is famous for its classic designs and I look forward to continuing the great heritage of the company while also striving to increase its relevance with today's and tomorrow's consumer."

Succeeding Hanauer as president of Brown-Forman Distillery Company will be James B. Chiles. Since 1993, Chiles has been senior vice president of Brown-Forman Distillery Company, directing the production operations of the company's distilleries and overseeing its engineering and research & development departments. Chiles has deep and varied management and leadership experiences at Brown-Forman for over 30 years. He is a graduate of Vanderbilt University. Lenox, Inc., based in Lawrenceville, N.J., is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Brown-Forman Corporation. Lenox includes Lenox China, Crystal, & Giftware, Lenox Collections, the Lenox-Kirk Stieff Collection, Gorham Silver & Crystal, and Dansk Contemporary Tabletop, Housewares, and Giftware.

Brown-Forman Corporation is a diversified producer and marketer of fine quality consumer products, including Jack Daniel's, Southern Comfort, Finlandia Vodka, Canadian Mist, Fetzer and Bolla Wines, Korbel California Champagnes, Lenox, Dansk, and Gorham tableware and giftware and Hartmann Luggage.

Waggener High Scrapbook: James Bushrod (Jimmy) Chiles (60) Courtesy of http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html? res=9D0CE5DC103DF935A35754C0A967958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=print NEW YORK TIMES

July 6, 1991————-BUSINESS PEOPLE; New Owner Replaces President of Dansk By STEPHANIE STROM

By James E. Solomon has been appointed president of Dansk International Designs Ltd., which manufactures china, crystal, silverware and cutlery and was recently acquired by the Brown-Forman Corporation, where Mr. Solomon is an executive.

In acquiring Dansk and its subsidiary Gorham Inc., which Mr. Solomon will also oversee, Brown-Forman expanded the share of the market for fine china, crystal and silver it already held as parent of Lenox Inc. Brown-Forman, a diversified consumer goods company, may be better known for getting Jack Daniels whisky and Korbel champagne on the table than elegant plates and goblets.

The purchase of Dansk, based in Mount Kisco, N.Y., was completed earlier this week for about $70 million in cash. Be- cause Dansk china has a more contemporary look than Lenox patterns, the acquisition will broaden the appeal of the tabletop goods marketed by Brown-Forman, which is based in Louisville, Ky.

In addition to the china, crystal and leather goods it sells, Brown-Forman's extensive wine and spirits business also includes Canadian Mist whiskies, Icy vodka, and Bolla Italian wines. The company's net income totaled $145.2 million in 1990, up 57 percent from $92.5 a year earlier. Sales for the period were $1.4 billion.

Mr. Solomon, who is 36 years old, will report to James B. Chiles, who is responsible for Lenox and the rest of Brown- Forman's consumer durables division, which includes such brands as Hartmann luggage, Crouch & Fitzgerald leather goods and Kirk Stieff silver and pewter wares.

Mr. Solomon, who is president of the Kirk Stieff unit and will retain that post as part of his new duties, will replace Richard Ryan, the Dansk president who directed the company's rapid growth over the last five years. Brown-Forman said Mr. Ryan would serve as a consultant during the merger of the two companies before leaving to pursue other interests. Mr. Ryan could not be reached for comment yesterday.

Before joining Brown-Forman, Mr. Solomon was general manager of Kangaroos U.S.A. Inc., a manufacturer of athletic shoes for children. He is a graduate of Trinity College and holds a master's degree in business administration from the Uni- versity of Chicago.

Waggener High Scrapbook: Thomas Edward Bedwell (60)

Waggener High Scrapbook: Benjamin Franklin Cundiff (60) Courtesy of Waggener Traditional High School Web Site.

Waggener High Scrapbook: George Michael Dew (60) Courtesy of George Michael Dew (60)

Third row down from top, 3rd from left. 100 Division in the 1960’s

Waggener High Scrapbook: Sue Hollis Evans (60) Courtesy of Marie VanHoose Sayre (60):

Waggener High Scrapbook: Christopher “Kit” Georgehead (60) Courtesy of The Voice Tribune, April 10, 2008: Marilyn Bower’s Birthday

Waggener High Scrapbook: Stephen Paul Graef (60)

Stephen P. Graef is Director of Technical Services for Western Carolina Regional Sewer Authority where he is responsible for collection, treatment, solids reuse and disposal, laboratory, and industrial waste pretreatment and engineering. He received his B.S. in civil engineering from Valparaiso Univer- sity, M.S. in environmental health engineering from the University of Cincinnati, and Ph.D. in environmental systems engineering from Clemson University. Previously, Dr. Graef was Director of Op- eration at Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District. He is a member of the Water Environment Fed- eration, American Academy of Environmental Engineers, American Society of Civil Engineers, and the International Association of Water Pollution Research and Control.

Waggener High Scrapbook: Thomas Alexander Grunwald (60)

SAYRE REUNION 2003

The Annual Fall Reunion was held on October 4, 2003, with a large gathering of over 130 alumni, former parents and friends, and faculty. The classes that were highlighted at this year’s fall event were the Class of 1973 (30th), the classes of 1982, 1983, and 1984 (20th), and the classes of 1997, 1998, and 1999 (5th). The Headmaster’s Social was held in the "Commons" of the Headley-De Waal building (now the Middle School, formally the old Upper School) affording everyone the opportunity to witness the dramatic changes that have occurred in that building. Headmaster, Clayton Chambliss, Direc- tor of Development, Ed Hastie, and Director of Alumni Affairs, Tom Grunwald, provided tours of the excitingly new and enlarged Upper School building located one block north of the main campus. Following the social, the classes assembled in "the Buttery" for a dinner of Frogmore Stew (a low-country boil of shrimp, red potatoes, corn on the cob, and sausage), fried chicken, and pasta. The primary feature of the evening was honoring the State Championship girl’s tennis teams of 1983 and 1984, and two individual athletes, Hallison Putnam '98 and Bradley Nahra ’98. The championship tennis teams, Ms. Putnam, and Mr. Nahra were added to the Sayre Athletic Hall of Fame located in the C.V. Whitney Gymnasium where their portraits will be hung as a permanent reminder of their many contributions to the school.

The Classes of the early 1980s fondly remembered the highly talented girl’s tennis teams coached by Tom Isaacs as the only Sayre sports teams to have won a state championship. The teams of 1983 and 1984 laid the foundation for the success that the sport has enjoyed at Sayre up to the present day. The two groups of players are the first teams to be honored by inclusion in the Hall of Fame and were composed of Wendy Anderson ’88, Beckwith Archer ’84, Kelly Madauss ’89, Christina Minor ’87, Ellen Morgan ’85, Hillary Hobbs ’87, Holly Parrish ’85, Virginia Peppiatt ’87, Frances Roberts ’ 87, Winfrey Robertson ’86, Carol Saunier ’85, Susan Sloan ’89, Anne Storey "84, Louise Ward ’83, and Whitney Wiggins ‘87. Joining the assembled classes at the Reunion and recognized for their contributions to the two teams were Ellen Morgan- Pelfry ’85, Virginia Peppiatt ’87, Hillary Hobbs Nielson ’87, Whitney Wiggins Pannell ’87, and Wendy Anderson ’88.

The two individuals honored, Hallison Putnam ’98 and Bradley Nahra ’98, were outstanding athletes throughout the 1990s, leading their respective teams to great success in basketball, soccer, baseball, golf, and track. They were also both "lifers" meaning that they attended the school for thirteen years. Hallison was a two-time recipient of the Tommy Bell Award (given annually to Lexington’s student-athlete of the year) and winner of the Abby Sayre Cup. In her seven seasons of Spartan soccer, she was named five times to the All-State and All-City teams, included in the First Team All-Southern Re- gion, and still holds the Kentucky state high school soccer scoring record of 127 goals. In four years of Spartan basketball, she broke the 1000-point scoring mark, was twice named to both the All-City and All-District teams, and won numerous team awards. In four years of track competition, Hallison was first in the region in the 300-meter hurdles and the discus. During her career, she also participated in the long jump, high jump, and the 4x100 meter relay team. Hallison graduated from Amherst College in 2002, with honors, having continued to participate in athletics at the college level.

Bradley Nahra ’98, was also an outstanding Sayre athlete having earned varsity honors in basketball, baseball, and golf. Bradley is the leading scorer in Sayre basketball history having scored 1667 points and pulling down 639 rebounds during his four-year career with the Spartans. He received the team’s John A. Palumbo, Most Valuable Player Award, three years in a row, and led his team to the first ever Class A, 11th Regional championship. He was named to the All-City team during his junior and senior seasons after leading the city in scoring for both years, and was named to the All-State Team by the Courier-Journal in 1997-98. During his four-year career at Sayre, Bradley averaged an unprecedented 22.6 points a game. Bradley graduated from Arizona State University in 2002 where he was a "walk-on" basketball player for the Sun Devils. Following a very successful freshman season, he was awarded a full athletic scholarship. He became the team captain and was the two-time winner of the Ned Wulk Award given to the player who "most exemplifies leadership and dedication to the basketball program at Arizona State."

In a presentation to the assembled Upper School student body following the Reunion, Mr. Tom Grunwald summarized the achievements of those who had been honored and commented that all the recognized athletes had four characteristics in common: all of the inductees were competitive and a "class act" when they walked on the court or playing field. In victory, they were generous to their opponents, and in defeat, determined to improve their personal performance. Secondly, as athletes, they were magnanimous people who were the first to give credit to the contributions of their teammates. As players, they were never above being coached and were always willing to help younger athletes develop their talents. Thirdly, all of the individuals honored at the Reunion had a high degree of persistence working hard daily to improve their athletic skills. They also recognized the importance of their academic work as a necessary part of their school preparation. Lastly, all of the athletes were always proud to represent Sayre School in their endeavors including that of demonstrating good sports- manship.

The primary purpose of the Athletic Hall of Fame is to remind the current Sayre student body on a daily basis that the school has had a number of highly successful athletes who, in their time, struggled with the same concerns as students have today. The virtues of hard, disciplined, and persistent work coupled with a good Spartan spirit are worthy values for all of our students and a life long recipe for success.

Waggener High Scrapbook: Thomas Alexander Grunwald (60) Local Educators Selected To Participate In Advance Placement Reading

LEXINGTON, KY (June 21, 2002) - Lexington Community College instructors Tim Cantrell, Jake Gibbs, Tom Grunwald, Rick Smoot and Kitty Stephens were selected to participate this June in the annual reading and scoring of the College Board’s AP Examinations in U.S. History. Over 6,000 faculty consultants from high schools and universities evaluated almost 1.6 million examinations in 18 disciplines across North America. Drawn from various ethnic groups and from every state, these men and women are some of the best high school and college educators in the United States and Canada. They represent some of the finest academic institution in North America. In addition, faculty consultants from the Virgin Islands, Guam, Brazil, Belgium, Costa Rica, Egypt, El Salva- dor, France, Germany, Guatemala, Ireland, Jamaica, Japan, Mexico, Micronesia, New Zealand, South Korea, Spain, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the West Indies also participate.

The AP Reading is one of the few setting in which academic dialogue between school and college educators is fostered and strongly encourage. “The Reading draws upon the talents of some of the finest teachers and professors that America has to offer, said Dr. Lee Jones, Vice President, K-12 at the Col- lege Board. “It fosters professionalism, allows for the exchange of ideas, and strengthens the commit- ment to students and to teaching. We are very grateful for the contributions of these talented educators.”

Waggener High Scrapbook: James Robert Herron (60) Courtesy of http://www.herronrail.com/

Waggener High Scrapbook: Pamuela Insko (60)

Waggener High Scrapbook: Carolyn L. Kinker (60)

Waggener High Scrapbook: Phyllis Jean LAMBRIGHT Lincoln (60) Courtesy of Marie VanHoose Sayre (60)

Warren and Phyllis Lambright Lincoln 2004 Waggener High Scrapbook: Linda Louise HARBISON Matt (60) Courtesy of Marie VanHoose Sayre: Waggener High Scrapbook: Linda Louise HARBISON Matt (60) Courtesy of Marie VanHoose Sayre:

Left-Cindy, Mark, & Michelle Gray

Dec. 2000

Right Jim, Mel, & Georgia Gray Waggener High Scrapbook: Linda Louise HARBISON Matt (60) Courtesy of Marie VanHoose Sayre: Waggener High Scrapbook: Linda Louise HARBISON Matt (60) Courtesy of Marie VanHoose Sayre:

Linda Harbison Cadieux's Linda Harbison Cadieux's granddaughter, Michelle son, Mark and daughter, Gray - 1st day of school 2004 Michelle 2004

Linda Harbison Cadieux's son, Jim & Melinda's children - Charley and Georgia 2005 Waggener High Scrapbook: Theodore “Ted: Evan Meeker (60)

The Voice Of St. Matthews, February 26, 1953 Waggener High Scrapbook: S. Anthony “Tony” Miniea (60) Courtesy of Marie VanHoose Sayre: Judi, Tony, Laurene (Daughter), Matt, Son Waggener High Scrapbook: Ronald C. Montgomery (60) Courtesy of Marie VanHoose Sayre:

Ron & Marilyn Montgomery's grandchildren - Abby (1) and Christian (3.5) Schwartz Waggener High Scrapbook: Burton “Burt” S. Myers (60) Courtesy of Burt Myers (60)

Lt Burton S. Myers, MC, USN Fleet Air Wing II, NAS Lt Burton S. Myers, Medical Corps Barbers Point Hawaii with service in Vietnam, Taiwan, US Navy Flight Surgeon Thailand, Japan, Singapore. Waggener Class 1960

Highest Rank—Lt. CDR (Lieutenant Commander) equiv Major in USAF or Army Waggener High Scrapbook: Elliott (60) & Joyce SHEWMAKER (60) Neubauer Courtesy of Marie VanHoose Sayre:

Waggener High Scrapbook: Elliott (60) & Joyce SHEWMAKER (60) Neubauer

Alumni celebrate reclaiming No. 1

RELEASED: Aug. 5, 2004 DANVILLE, KY—Centre graduates have basked in the afterglow this week after their alma mater recaptured the No. 1 spot in annual alumni-giving percentage.

The College received 5,686 alumni gifts during this year's annual-giving campaign to post the nation's highest annual-giving percentage at 63.4. Centre has finished first in giving percentage 16 of the past 21 years. In addition to reclaiming No. 1, alumni donations secured a $100,000 challenge grant gift made by an anonymous alumnus that will go toward The College Centre project.

"I'm really excited about our return to No. 1," says Anita Britton '76, president of the Centre Alumni Association and a partner with the Kentucky law firm Stoll, Keenon & Park LLP. "Alumni loyalty has always been our hall- mark and it should be. The challenge will be to hang on to the No. 1 spot, and I intend to do everything in my power to see that we don't relinquish that position again."

Scott Pippin '93, who recently graduated from law school at the University of Virginia and will begin working in Washington, D.C., this fall, says the success of the annual-giving campaign is good news for the College.

“When nearly two-thirds of the College's alumni choose to support Centre's alumni-giving campaign, it's a way of saying 'thank you' for the education we received, and it's a vote of confidence for the direction Centre's now tak- ing," he says. "I, like so many other graduates, believe strongly that Centre is a jewel in this nation's higher education system. I want to see that jewel shine even brighter in the future, and that's why I support the annual campaign."

Adds Amanda Richardson Brasfield '03 "Centre's degree of alumni support is a testament to the level of education and opportunity that students enjoy there. You never forget what Centre does for you." She is a middle school Spanish teacher in North Carolina.

Elliott Neubauer '64, CEO of All American Foods, Inc. in Fort Wayne, Ind., says being ranked No. 1 in alumni giving is helpful when it comes to being recognized by publications such as U.S. News & World Re- port.

"Anytime a college or university reaches a national No. 1 ranking in any positive category, all alumni have tremen- dous reason for celebration. To have reached the No. 1 position for percentage of national alumni giving once again and for so many times in the last 20 years is extremely prestigious. My wife, Joyce [Shewmaker '64], and I especially follow the rankings for Centre when they're released in broadly recognized publications such as U.S. News & World Report. Those rankings not only make us very proud of Centre, but we find these rankings extremely helpful in recruiting top students up here in northeastern Indiana. Congratulations to all the Alumni Office staff at Centre."

The College arrived at its giving percentage for 2003-04 using the same method of calculation that U.S. News & World Report uses to establish giving percentages. The magazine weighs annual-giving percentage when creating its annual college rankings.

Waggener High Scrapbook: Joe & Jeannette Caswell Nunnelley (60)

The Voice-Tribune: Waggener High Scrapbook: Albert “Bert” Pence (60)

Bert Pence. Promoted to Assistant District Staff Offi- cer - Search & Rescue, Sectors 11,12 & 22 Ports of NY (8/11/2005)

E-Mail to Marie VanHoose Sayre, April 2008:

I don't know if any of you are fans of magic, mediocre or otherwise, but I'm the new "in show voice" for a new series premiering this Sunday on VH1. A sister station of MTV entitled, "Celebracabra." It's a somewhat lame reality show sort of like dancing with the stars only the stars are somewhat second rate. Real, and not top of the line magicians, teach second banana stars how to do magic. It's one of those shows where who ever doesn't cut it could wind up being cut in half (by me) with a chain saw. Only kidding. So if your up for some light magic, tune in Sunday @ 9 PM on VH1 and you'll hear my somewhat "wizardly take" on the magic scene. Hey, it's a living. If you hate it save the letter bombs and pies for the producers. All I hope is that I get at least one season out of it. Stay tuned and don't kill the messenger. Cheers and love to all, Bert.

PS: No animals are killed during this performance although the little snotty kid from East Hampton deserves to die. PS2: Write to Dunkin' and tell them that you hate the new announcer, otherwise, those of you to whom I owe money will never see it.

Waggener High Scrapbook: Houston Gibbs Reese (60) Courtesy of Marie VanHoose Sayre:

H. Gibbs Reese, Jr. '60 and fiancée, Lynn Partin - Christmas at Van- Hoose House about 1964 - Waggener High Scrapbook: Roberta Gail VINCENT Rickert (60) Courtesy of Marie VanHoose Sayre:

Jon and Bobbie Vincent Rickert's Family - Waggener High Scrapbook: Marie Dixon VANHOOSE Sayre (60) Courtesy of Marie VanHoose Sayre:

Back: Richard VanHoose - Mr. Fust - ???? - Houston G. "Tex" Reese - Mr. Burnett - ???? - Front: ???? Mrs. Fust - Mrs. Reese - Mrs. Burnett - 1965 - Lexington, KY - Clarice I. VanHoose - Mrs. Carrico - Marie D. VanHoose - Warren E. VanHoose

One of my accomplishments - Marie VanHoose Sayre '60

Marie V. and Eugene G. Sayre - VanHoose 50th Anniversary 1987

Blake and Shannon Sayre - Lynn Partin Reese & Nicole Cassandra Colvin Carr and Blake Waggener High Scrapbook: Marie Dixon VANHOOSE Sayre (60) C

Stephanie and Nicole Reese - Chase G. Pickrell - in behind, Shannon Sayre Pickrell Blake and Shannon Sayre (grandson & daughter, Marie VanHoose Sayre '60) - Ray Cadieux (husband of Linda Harbison '60) -

July 2001 - Linda Harbison Cadieux & Marie VanHoose Sayre July 2001 - Eugene G. Sayre - Shannon Sayre Pickrell - Chase G. Pickrell - Marie VanHoose Sayre '60 - & Linda Harbison Cadieux '60

July 2001 - Ray and Linda Harbi- son Cadieux '60 - Schenectady, New York

Orlando, Florida - "Great Uncle" Warren E. VanHoose '61 - holding Ty C. Pickrell and with Chase G. Pickrell - 2004

Waggener High Scrapbook: Marie Dixon VANHOOSE Sayre (60) Courtesy of Marie VanHoose Sayre:

Macy's Thanksgiving Parade - 2004 - New York City - Macy's Thanksgiving Parade - 2004 - New York City - Robert Ling '60 - Marie VanHoose Sayre '60

Broadway Baptist Church - Memorial Service - Clarice I. VanHoose - May 2006 - Louisville, KY - Rodney "Rod" Smith '60 - Roberta "Bobbie" Vincent Rickert '60 - Robert "Bob" Leason '60 - David B. Simpson '60 - Phyllis Fust Arnold '61

Clarice I. VanHoose - Sandra Carter Behr '60 - Joe Behr '60 & Dennis C. Garber '60 - Jeanine Broadhurst Springer '61-Ft. Myers Function Ft. Myers Function at home of Dennis & Linda at home of Dennis & Linda Spangler Garber Spangler Garber Waggener High Scrapbook: Marie VanHoose (Sayre) (60) Courtesy of Marie VanHoose Sayre:

Gene - Budget - Marie and Shannon in Shannon and Blake Sayre, with Shannon and Blake Sayre Bluebonnets - TX about 1970 "Budget" .... maybe 1972-1973 with Budget - 1974 or 1975 Dallas, TX

Chase and "Bodie" --- 2007

Shannon and Blake Sayre with Friends and Family Bandit maybe 1978 Baby "Bodacious" --- about 1994 E-mail to Bonnie Davis Ankrim May 2008:

I have had five “Boston’s” so far ... "Butch" (Van's Butcher Laddie) - have not found a photo ... mine before I married, Daddy brought him home in his overcoat pocket when I started first grade... 1948 ...He died when we moved to St. Matthews - about 1954. - 24-25 lbs.

"Budget" (Sayre's Budget Folly) - 15-16 lbs - "Bandit" (Sayre's Bandido Del Corazon) - 20 - 22 lbs - "Butler" (Sayre's Butler McJingle Bell) - 16 - 17 lbs -and "Bodacious" (Sayre's Bodacious Brindle) - 17- 18 lbs -

I will run thru my on-line picture album and send you a few!! Boston's are so great!! Love Marie

Being a lapdog is their nature -- I do not think I will ever own another breed ... "Bodie" is really showing his age - is on seizure medication a.m. - p.m. and I have begun to think future tense... We have thought of getting "his & her" puppies ... "Brittle" (Sayre's Peanut Brittle) & "Brie" (Sayre's French Brie) ... more likely we will get another 5-6 week old male ... "Barrister" ?? (Sayre's Barrister Boston) ?? (Sayre's Buddy Barrister) ?? (Sayre's Barrister Bravo) Waggener High Scrapbook: Marie VanHoose (Sayre) (60) Courtesy of Marie VanHoose Sayre:

Gene and Marie VanHoose Sayre's grandsons -Chase and Ty Pickrell 2004 Gene and Marie VanHoose Sayre's 2nd grandson, Ty Carsten Pickrell - 2004

Marie VanHoose Sayre, Warren E. Vanhoose, Little Rock AR, Christmas Time

Warren E. VanHoose (61), Marie VanHoose Sayre (60), William W. Pile, Wade I. Pile, Anchorage, KY about 1945

1946 - Marie D. VanHoose '60 - Warren E. VanHoose '61 - Frankfort, KY

Marie VanHoose Sayre, Linda Spangler Garber, Clarice Van- Hoose, Sandra Carter Behr, Ft. Myers, FL Waggener High Scrapbook: Marie Dixon VANHOOSE Sayre (60) Courtesy of Marie VanHoose Sayre: Waggener High Scrapbook: Marie Dixon VANHOOSE Sayre (60) Courtesy of Marie VanHoose Sayre:

Eugene G. and Marie VanHoose (Sayre) (60) Shannon S. Pickrell, R. Blake Sayre

Glenn, Chase & Shannon Pickrell Eugene G. and Marie VanHoose (Sayre) (60) Elisa and R. Blake Sayre, MD Waggener High Scrapbook: Marie Dixon VANHOOSE Sayre (60) Courtesy of Marie VanHoose Sayre: Waggener High Scrapbook: Marie Dixon VANHOOSE Sayre (60) Courtesy of Marie VanHoose Sayre:

Rodney Smith '60 with Marie (VanHoose) Sayre's '60 R. Wallace "Wally" Adams '60 and Marie (VanHoose) grandsons - Lexington, KY - Ty C. Pickrell and Chase G. Sayre '60 - Louisville, KY - 2006 Pickrell - 2006

Personal Vacation - Phoenix and Grand Canyon with my Same trip to AZ - July 2007 - Ty-Ty nicknamed it "The daughter and grandsons - Shannon S. Pickrell and Chase Ann Canyon grandson, Ty C. Pickrell - Marie (8) and Ty (2) --- visited and had dinner with Richard F. (VanHoose) Sayre '60 - Richard F. "Rich" Stokes '60 and "Rich" Stokes '60 grandson, Chase G. Pickrell

Waggener High Scrapbook: Marie Dixon VANHOOSE Sayre (60) Courtesy of Marie VanHoose Sayre:

“Bill” and Gayle Reichmuth Erxleben—Seattle trip Marie (VanHoose) Sayre '60, Gayle Reichmuth Erxleben, ????

Marie (VanHoose) Sayre '60 - Chuck Armstrong First Rickshaw Ride - Marie & Gene - Nara Park - '60 & Susan Y. Armstrong—Seattle, WA Kyoto, Japan—9.26.07

Eugene G. and Marie (VanHoose) Sayre '60

The message is ready to be sent with the following file or link attachments: JAPAN 10.4-10.6 - 2007 199 Waggener High Scrapbook: Marie Dixon VANHOOSE Sayre (60) Courtesy of Marie VanHoose Sayre, 2008: We have a new baby ... Boston Terrier (our very first female!!) Sayre's Precious Brianna - "BRIE" - born April 17, 2008 - We lost our "Bodie" - nearly 14 years old - died late May 26, 2008 - buried him with "Budget" - "Bandit" - "Butler" and Shannon's cat "Misty Noel" on our lot in Pleasant Valley - Little Rock, AR -

Waggener High Scrapbook: Robert F. Sexton (60) Courtesy http://www.hks.harvard.edu/saguaro/participants/sexton.htm

Waggener High Scrapbook: Robert F. Sexton (60) Courtesy Marie VanHoose Sayre (60)

Robert Sexton was keynote speaker at commencement - Eastern Kentucky University 2001 -

Waggener High Scrapbook: Virginia Wilson MC MICHAEL “Jinny” Sittler (60)

Don and Jinny McMichael Sittler '60 Pensacola, Florida - 2003 or 2004

Waggener High Scrapbook: Jonnie & Ron Shouse’s (60)

Waggener High Scrapbook: Rich Stokes (60) Courtesy of Marie VanHoose Sayre: Waggener High Scrapbook: Sandra RIEHL Talbott (60) Courtesy of Marie VanHoose Sayre: May 20, 1998, The Voice-Tribune: Waggener High Scrapbook: Sandra RIEHL Talbott (60) Courtesy of Marie VanHoose Sayre: Waggener High Scrapbook: Sandra RIEHL Talbott (60) Courtesy of Marie VanHoose Sayre: Waggener High Scrapbook: Sandra RIEHL Talbott (60) Courtesy of Marie VanHoose Sayre: Waggener High Scrapbook: Sandra RIEHL Talbott (60) Courtesy of Marie VanHoose Sayre:

Far right:Sandy Riehl '60 & Ben Talbott Waggener High Scrapbook: Sandra RIEHL Talbott (60) Courtesy of Marie VanHoose Sayre:

David and Betty Talbott Stallard's - Ben's wedding, twin sister's and families Family Waggener High Scrapbook: Adaline Tierney SULLIVAN Thomas (60) Courtesy Orlando Sentinel May 4, 2006 by Darryl E. Owens: Helping Hands—Medicine’s Don Quixote—Pediatric nurse practitioner Rocky Thomas serves poor uninsured children

If you want to see “Rocky” Thomas stethoscope-tossing mad, get her talking about medically needy poor children, many of whom pour into the Colonial High School clinic in Orlando, where she spends her weekday mornings.

“Most of the patients we see cannot afford to see a physician because they can’t afford to carry the insurance,” she says. “It’s a question of ‘Do I feed my family or pay hundreds of dollars a month for insurance?’ I think there’s nothing scarier than to have a sick child and have no resources.”

That is why about eight years ago, Thomas, 64, a pediatric nurse practitioner, helped salvage from the scrap heap a school- based, community health program, which provides free health care. It’s also why, in the afternoons, she shuttles to an Apopka clinic to care for another set of underserved clients, many of whom are Mexican.

“Rocky is one of those people who simply inspires those around her to be better,” says Jon Schneider, who worked with Thomas at an Eatonville clinic a decade ago and is now chief of the University of Florida’s division of adolescent medicine in Jacksonville. “The work is never done until everyone has been served, and served as though they were family.”

Becoming a nurse is the life Thomas always craved, even if she achieved it by a roundabout route, with stints as an English teacher, marathoner and tennis pro, who on the juniors circuit once matched serves with Billie Jean King.

Nowadays, guided by a simple credo -- “Do good, be good, and press on regardless” -- it is the poor she prefers to serve.

“The poor are going to be with us forever,” she says. “We’re supposed to be our brother’s keeper, supposed to help.”

Families trust her: At about 7 p.m. on a recent Wednesday, Thomas checks off her 18th and final patient for this six-hour shift at Apopka Children’s Health Center, where she has worked for 11 years. It’s Natalie Carpio, whose nagging cough and runny nose have dimmed her normally bright disposition.

“Have your eyes been itching?” Thomas asks.

“A little bit,” says the 5-year-old girl, muffling a cough with her hand. After an examination, Thomas determines Natalie has allergies.

For 12 years, Emesto and Rosio Carpio have relied on Thomas’ care, first with their older child, and now with Natalie. “I trust her and I always choose her to be my kid’s doctor,” Rosio says. “I am very happy with her.”

Today, the Carpios are as happy that Natalie’s cure won’t burn a hole in their budget: The clinic accepts payments on a sliding scale. Payment is always an issue, given many of Thomas’ Apopka clients are among the 45 million uninsured Americans, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation’s 2004 numbers.

“Insurance is not for the insured, it’s for the insurance company,” Thomas says. “Why would they deny a med because it costs so much if that’s what the kid needs? That drives me to grind my teeth.”

The daughter of a successful general contractor, Adaline Tierney Sullivan never knew need growing up in Louisville, Ky. Nevertheless, she was always troubled about the have-nots.

She played tennis at Rollins College but during summers taught the game to poor kids. After graduation, she taught English at Winter Park High. After her second son was born, she attended nursing school, then joined the pediatric intensive-care unit at Orlando Regional Medical Center. After an 11-year stint, she decided to pursue a nurse practitioner’s license.

Looking to preserve her nursing skills while in school, Thomas shadowed a friend who worked at the Apopka Children’s Health Center and soon was offered a job. And she has been there most afternoons ever since.

At Colonial High, Thomas -- with help from the occasional nomadic nurse practitioner or nursing student --sees more than 4,000 children during a 180-day school year. Students at the school zip to the front of the line, but the clinic also treats kids from the community.

Colonial is one of eight school-based clinics in Orange County run by Healthcare Providers of Florida, created by Thomas and two other nurse practitioners after a nonprofit agency that had been running the program at several schools discontin- ued it in 1998.

The clinics aren’t meant to be continuity-of-care facilities. But because so many of the kids lack insurance, Thomas rou- tinely finds serious respiratory and even heart conditions that went undiagnosed because parents couldn’t afford a checkup.

Waggener High Scrapbook: Adaline Tierney SULLIVAN Thomas (60) Courtesy Orlando Sentinel May 4, 2006 by Darryl E. Owens: Helping Hands—Medicine’s Don Quixote—Pediatric nurse practitioner Rocky Thomas serves poor uninsured children

Pressing on, despite politics: When she was a baby, Thomas’ father nicknamed her “Rocky” because she’d rock and often bang her head.

Too often, she feels as though she’s still banging her noggin over skewed priorities. Never more so than in 2003, when she faced the shuttering of clinics because legislators yanked funding drawn from the state’s windfall in its Big Tobacco law- suit.

After Thomas and Pam Flaherty, Thomas’ partners in the clinic business, lobbied, money was restored. But every year is a struggle, as funds dwindle and the need mushrooms.

Even the walls of a Colonial clinic exam room papered with childish drawings of kids with big smiles speak to the need: Thomas and her secretary distribute crayons and paper so children can pass time while waiting for school physicals.

“In July they’ll start lining up outside the door at 3 a.m.,” Thomas says. “I have to sneak in the back door and I never wear my lab coat. It’s just that they [parents] want me to do the physical in the parking lot. They’ve taken a day off from work, they’re at risk of losing their job for doing that, and I can’t see them.”

Hatchet-wielding politicians, she notes, “merely reflect our values. That’s their job -- we voted them in. I vote every time, but somehow, what we’ve got in office doesn’t reflect my beliefs, and I don’t know how to fix that.”

But Thomas does, largely, know how to fix sick children who, by word of mouth, wander into her examination room.

“Her whole life has been spent trying to pay back for the gifts and opportunities she has been given,” says Haven Sweet, an associate dean at the University of Central Florida, and Thomas’ husband of 14 years. “I think she is driven by a sense of what should be.”

Waggener High Scrapbook: Claude A. “Sandy” Thomas (60)

First day at Ft. Dix, January 31, 1967 for basic and advanced infantry. At the same time I was there, Otto Georgi (61) and Gene King (62) were there. The second is my commissioning as 2nd Lieutenant, Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD, November 2, 1967 at age 25. I was a weapons systems cost analyst at the Pentagon, with assign- ments in Korea and Germany. Waggener High Scrapbook: Claude A. “Sandy” Thomas (60)

Waggener High Scrapbook: Claude A. “Sandy” Thomas (60)

Waggener High Scrapbook: Judith Brown DILLON Vogler (60) Courtesy The Voice Of St. Matthews:

August 8, 1957 Waggener High Scrapbook: Ann Norris HENDERSON Wachtel (60)

January 4, 1956, The Voice Of St. Matthews

Waggener High Scrapbook: Margaret Morgan HUBER Westland (60) From the November 3rd Club: http://www.november3rdclub.com/07-06/contributors.htm

MAGGIE WESTLAND grew up in Kentucky, where she earned a BA in English and an MD degree. Her poetry has ap- peared in Avatar Review, Guardian Unlimited, Daybreak, Never Bury Poetry, The Forge, Grinnell Review, New South Revue, NC Award Winning Poems and Mademoiselle.

From Avatar Review: http://avatarreview.net/AV8/Contributors.htm

Maggie Westland grew up in Kentucky where she graduated from the University of Louisville with a B.A. in English and Creative Writing, and an M.D. and daughter, Natasha, from the University of Kentucky. Son Max arrived on the cusp of a Pensacola tornado.

Maggie reads the OED for fun, cooks, hikes, swims, travels, and photographs wildflowers and sunsets. Her poetry has ap- peared in The Guardian Unlimited, Never Bury Poetry, Daybreak, The Forge, Grinnell Review, New South Revue, North Carolina Award Winning Poems, and Mademoiselle.

The muse has followed her from Florida to Michigan, North Carolina to Texas, and London, England. A three time Califor- nian, she now resides in Thousand Oaks with her husband Richard.

Maggie’s Home Page: http://www.maggiewestland.com/index.html

Waggener High Scrapbook: Judith WYLIE Henderson & J. Sherman Henderson (60/61)

Lisa and Josh Henderson -daughter-in-law & son of Sherman '61 & Judi Wylie Henderson '60

The Voice Of St. Matthews, July 14, 1955, Judy Wylie 12, showed a dark cotton dress at the S. Matthews Youth Summer Style Show held at St. Matthews Methodist Church. Waggener High Scrapbook: Judith WYLIE Henderson & J. Sherman Henderson (60/61)

Courtesy of Marie VanHoose Sayre & Internet: Waggener High Scrapbook: Judith WYLIE Henderson & J. Sherman Henderson (60/61)

Courtesy of Business First:

BUSINESS FIRST Friday, November 25, 2005

Lightyear Network Solutions is back on the upswing—-Telecommunications firm forges partnership with Atlanta company Business First of Louisville - by Sarah Jeffords Business First Staff Writer

Lightyear Network Solutions LLC has had its share of ups and downs since it was founded in 1993 by Louisville business- man J. Sherman Henderson III.

But the Louisville company, which emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in March 2004, has proven that it not only can endure the tough times but can find a way to flourish.

In fall 2003, while still in bankruptcy court proceedings, Lightyear Network Solutions branched into the residential sector with a new division called LightyearAlliance.

Led by Henderson’s son, Josh Henderson, Lightyear Alliance has developed into a $7.5 million arm in just two years.

The division has about 20,000 independent sales representative nationwide who market the company’s local and long- distance phone service, Internet access and its big seller -- voice-over Internet protocol, which allows customers to make phone calls via a broadband connection.

Atlanta deal signals entrance into new sector

Now, Lightyear Network Solutions is expanding its commercial business through a recent partnership with CCLD, of At- lanta.

The company is the exclusive provider of voice and data services for the Georgia World Congress Center, a 1.4 million- square-foot convention, sports and entertainment venue in downtown Atlanta. Clay Masters, vice president of sales for Lightyear Network Solutions, declined to disclose terms of the contract, which was signed in September.

Under the agreement, Lightyear serves as a “carrier partner” for CCLD, supplying the company with a VoIP offering that was not previously available, Masters said.

The deal does not replace CCLD’s long-standing relationship with Atlanta-based BellSouth Corp., said CCLD’s vice president of sales, Todd Zittrouer. Rather, the Lightyear relationship enhances the portfolio of voice and data services that CCLD offers visitors to the Georgia World Congress Center.

Partners see opportunities in other cities

Lightyear and CCLD officials believe they have established a model from which other meeting facilities also would benefit.

Masters said that many convention centers already provide telecommunications services, but they often don’t have the financial resources to invest in information technology upgrades or additional employees to manage the infrastructure in- house.

By joining forces, he added, Lightyear Network Solutions and CCLD can raise the level of technology at these venues, which then becomes a selling point for convention facilities.

So the two companies have formed a second partnership with the goal of marketing the provision and management of telecommunications services to other meeting facilities nationwide.

The partnership is in negotiations with facilities in at least five other cities, which Masters declined to identify.

If the deals come to fruition, he added, Lightyear and CCLD would hire 10 to 40 employees at each site, depending on the size of the facility.

Preliminary plans also call for a capital investment of $2 million to $3 million per city as Lightyear and CCLD would need to install the IT infrastructure at each site. The two companies would share those costs equally, Masters said.

He declined to disclose specific revenues these agreements could generate, but he said that Lightyear and CCLD’s initial investment would pay off during the life of the management contract, which would range from seven to 10 years.

Description: A telecommunications provider that serves the commercial sector; residential customers are served by the company’s Lightyear Alliance division

Products include: Local and long-distance phone service, voice-over Internet protocol services, Internet access, calling cards and multimedia conferencing

Address: 1901 Eastpoint Parkway

President and CEO: J. Sherman Henderson III

Waggener High Scrapbook: Judith WYLIE Henderson & J. Sherman Henderson (60/61)

Courtesy of http://www.kendawg.net/vbs/company/leadership.html VoIP A Better Way!

Leadership team:

The varied and successful business careers of the principals at Lightyear Alliance, combined with years of seasoned management have given the company an unprecedented wealth of resources unique to the telecommunications industry.

J. Sherman Henderson, III President and Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Henderson has over thirty-five years of business experience, including company ownership, sales, marketing and management. He is currently President and CEO of Lightyear Network Solutions, LLC. His noteworthy success in the telecommunications industry began in 1986 when he oversaw Charter Network, a long distance carrier serving the midwestern United States. In 1998, UniDial (now Lightyear) was ranked #19 nationally among Inc. 500’s fastest-growing privately held companies and was generating annual revenue of $220 million by 2000. During the period from 1997 to 2000, Hender- son became the only person to be elected Chairman of the Telecommunications Reseller Association three times and was named one of the most influential people in the Telecommunications industry. In 2004, he was voted Chairman of the CompTel/ASCENT Alliance, the leading trade association in the industry, comprised of over 400 member companies. Hen- derson is a graduate of Florida State University, with a B.A. degree in Business Administration.

Josh Henderson, President Lightyear Alliance

Josh Henderson first joined Lightyear in 1997 after running the College Wearable Division at Hands on Originals, an S&S Tire Company. Since joining Lightyear, he has served as Director of Emerging Markets and as Senior Director in Lightyear's Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Markets. Henderson is responsible for 12 sales offices throughout the Southeast, Central, Midwest and Northeast Regions. After a brief hiatus, Henderson returned to Lightyear in the summer of 2003 as Vice President of Sales NMS Division and launched Lightyear Alliance in October 2003 as President. He holds a B.S. in Communications from the University of Kentucky.

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