2001 Bulletin Board
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Posted December 22nd, 2001
Hello all,
I just wanted to thank you for your support this year. For those who sent money to help pay for the internet hosting fees .... thank you. For those who wrote kind works about the website .... thank you. For those of you who submitted pictures, biographies and messages to the Bulletin Board ... thank you. All of those things make it easier to continue updating the website. I hope all of you have great holidays. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!!
Take care,
Steve Geronazzo (Grad '86). QEHS Alumni Webmaster
Posted December 19th, 2001
Just wanted to say hello to all the grads of 1992. I am over in the Northern Arabian Sea right now. I am serving as Navigating Officer onboard HMCS HALIFAX. We should be heading home some time in the early months of 2002. I want to wish everyone a Happy Holiday this Xmas Season. Cheers
Owen Brine (Grad '92). My email address is : user865c@dnd.ca. Email me :)
Posted December 18th, 2001
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all!
Lise Babin & QEHS staff
Posted December 10th, 2001
It's that time of the year again and I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.. Would love to hear from old friends.
Marlene Power LeShane (Grad '86) mleshane@hotmail.com
Posted November 10th, 2001
Hi Again all. Just wanted to let you know that life here is wonderful. My chickie - babe (Chandra Nadeau) and her son Davin moved here this past summer. Life has shown its true meaning every since. I never knew the full aspects that Life in Love was all about until now. Wow one very happy soldier here.
I miss the coast from time to time, especially in the winter during the carnivals. Sure don't miss fishing though. Well friends I wish you all the very best that life has to offer. Until next time. Bye from here.
Garry Anderson (Grad '85) andernadgc@aol.com
Posted November 3rd, 2001
I thought I'd drop you a note, as this web site seems to be a good way to reach people I haven't seen in while. Anyway, this is an e-mail I sent to a number of people on Sept 12. Its self explanatory. I have some pictures I took of the event which I'm waiting to get scanned. When I get them, I'll send them in.
"I wanted to let everybody out there know that I'm ok. Special thanks for the e-mails and phone calls. As most of you know, I live in Jersey City and commute daily into mid-town Manhattan for work. My apartment building is on the Hudson River waterfront within 2 or 3 miles of the World Trade Center (WTC). My daily routine takes me via subway through the WTC around 10:00 a.m. Yesterday around 8.50 a.m. I was in bed listening to the radio when they announced unconfirmed reports of
an explosion at the WTC. I jumped out of bed and ran to my girlfriend Loretta's apartment on the 8th floor. Her apartment balcony has a clear, unobstructed view of the WTC. We both gazed in shock at the dark smoke billowing from the north tower of the WTC. At this point we had no clue what was going on. We turned on the TV and heard that perhaps a small plane had crashed into the tower. She went in to get some coffee. I continued to look in amazement when I heard the high pitched sound of jet engines to my left. In a brief moment that will be etched into my memory, I saw a large commercial plane coming in on a low turn from the south-west and directly impact the south tower of the WTC. The fiery explosions where like a Hollywood movie.
I was stunned. I called to Loretta and I began babbling like an idiot! I knew immediately that there was some kind of attack going on and that if there were 2 planes there might be more. I wanted to get as far away as I could from this place were the sky was literally falling. Loretta works at the New York Stock Exchange and is quite immune to stress. It actually took some coaxing from me and her sister (by phone) to get her to evacuate. I wanted to get away before the roads turned to gridlock. We grabbed a few things and were quickly on the New Jersey Turnpike on our way to the safety of sub-urban NJ where her sister lives. We spent most of the day glued to the TV coverage.
Today I'm back at work. I think I'm still in shock. I go through the WTC every day. I could have been there when it happened.
My joy at having dodged the bullet is tempered by the sadness I feel for all those who didn't make it. I know people who work there and are missing. I would ask you all to have a good thought, or a prayer for all the victims. Make every day count."
Here are the pictures I took of the tragedy that occured : 9/11 WTC Pictures .
Love,
Scott Boucher (Grad '87)
Posted October 23rd, 2001
Quick announcement to let everyone know - Jennifer Stacey and her husband, Robert Allen delivered a cute and pudgy baby girl on October 19th at 5:23 pm....just in time for dinner. The baby, named after her very cool aunt Victoria, is doing well and mom and dad at home.
Victoria Stacey (Grad '91)
Posted October 9th, 2001
Please note: This is the correct e-mail address (richard.mack@epsb.edmonton.ab.ca). The one that was on the Grad '76 page was incorrect.
Ricky Mack (Grad '76) richard.mack@epsb.edmonton.ab.ca
Posted October 3rd, 2001
Well I am also looking for the year book so drop me a line... and would love some news about Lawrence Nelson if anyone knows anything!!!
Jackie Bizeau (Grad '90) nala1_4_u@yahoo.com
Posted October 3rd, 2001
A quick update - JUST MARRIED to my boyfriend of 7 years, Bryan. Had a great time at the wedding (very small affair) and on our honeymoon in Italy.
We're now back to normal life, with slightly more bills to pay off!
Cheers!
Michelle Loder (Grad '85)
Posted September 14th, 2001
I am wondering if anyone knows whatever happened to Donald Gould. He did not attend our school but would be about 42 or 43 now? Also, does anyone have any leads on the Corbeil family? There was Michelle, Donny, Eugene, Mark, and Steve.
Also, Gary Jones and Mark Morris...if you have an idea where these people are or how to contact them..please email me with details.
Thank you,
Tonie Ogilvie (Grad '77) Tonie_Ogilvie@hc-sc.gc.ca
Posted September 6th, 2001
Here is an article from the Montreal Gazette, August 25, 2001. See the mention of the reunion!
Saturday 25 August 2001
A great place to 'slack your feet'
PAUL WATERS
The Gazette
As summer draws to a close, it gives me enormous pride to announce that one of my several home towns has won the Paul Waters Prize for Great Quebec Translations.
This year's award goes to the city where I (and Margot Kidder) went to high school - Sept-Iles on the North Shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. And before you charge me with bias or favouritism, let me assure you, I'm not trying to get even with anyone. The English in the city's tourist brochure stands on its own merits.
Just consider, if you will, the following three paragraphs, lifted intact from the opening pages:
Gastronomical Experiments
''Cordial greeting and unequalled hospitality are waiting for you in the network of lodging. The greedy ones will be delighted by the gastronomical experiments offered by the fresh products of the area.
''North of parallel 50th, an impressive destination for vacancy.
''So - welcome to our saline air scented oasis!''
There - isn't that great? Dave Barry couldn't have worded it better. The reference to ''the greedy ones'' was a particularly nice touch, I thought. Why, I ask, should I write anything at all when I can lift golden prose like this right out of a brochure?
To be fair here (and I do try to be fair), it's a great little brochure in many other ways, with nice pictures, lots of useful information and phone numbers and a fine little map of the area around the Baie des Sept Iles. But its most entertaining feature is its delightful English prose.
How about this wonderfully felicitous pair of sentences: ''The seven islands offer you an enchanted maritime picture. Haven of peace, this imposing archipelago invite you to live with the liking of the breaths of whales, the song of marine birds and superb sunset.''
Nature-lovers, it seems, will particularly like Grande-Basque island, ''where mysterious faults carry out to the viewpoints offering an azimuth panorama.'' The ''vegetable diversity'' of the Jardins de l'Anse is also said to be very impressive. And if you're overwhelmed by all these charms (and who wouldn't be?) you can simply heed the brochure's advice and ''take a sunbathe and slack your two feet in hot sand.''
Bachelor's Degree
The truly amusing thing about all this is that the guy in charge of the English translation and editing has proudly listed his name on the brochure's title page, but I'm a merciful soul (or at least, I try to be), so I won't tell you who he is. I will say, however, that he does claim to have a bachelor's degree in education.
Of course, exotic English is not the only reason to visit Sept-Iles. It's a great town with a magnificent bay, unbeatable shrimps and endless beaches where the sand does, in fact, sometimes get hot (for three days in August, I think). I, for one, have nothing but fond memories of the place.
Which reminds me: survivors of Sept-Iles' high schools are planning a reunion in Montreal in 2003. If you're interested, E-mail me or Susan Dykhuis at dykhuis_s@videotron.ca or Lurlene Dasilva at Imre_Nagy@deal-maker.
- Paul Waters is The Gazette's travel editor. His E-mail address is pwaters@thegazette.southam.ca.
He's always on the lookout for strange English in Quebec tourist brochures.
Lisa Anthony (Maguire) - Our Lady's '68 Grad
Posted August 20th, 2001
Virus Alert!!! If you receive an email from Lise Babin (QEHS), do not open the attachment file. The file contains a virus!
Steve Geronazzo (Webmaster)
Posted August 20th, 2001
I received an email with the SirCam virus from Michelle Talbot on Sunday morning (subject: Biblio-Théories congnitives-béhaivoirales 3GPS 129 2001) and Lise Babin just now (subject: GOVERNING BODY AGENDA). If you get strange email, DON'T TOUCH THE ATTACHED FILES!!!!
This virus sends itself, as an executable, to email recipients found in the Windows Address Book and addresses found in cached files. This executable is appended with a document, if one is found, in the MY DOCUMENTS folder. The mailing routine talks SMTP to a server and will use the server address found in infected executables. This address is presumably captured from the victim's machine which sent the virus to you. If that server is not in operation, or if relaying is not permitted, the virus attempts to use each of these three servers in succession, stopping when the first successful send occurs.
It may be received in an email message containing the following information:
Subject: [filename (random)]
Body: Hi! How are you?
I send you this file in order to have your advice
or I hope you can help me with this file that I send
or I hope you like the file that I sendo you
or This is the file with the information that you ask for
See you later. Thanks
Paul Maguire (Grad '79)
Posted August 20th, 2001
I'm trying to get in touch with Brian Halbot (class '86) - does anyone have an email address or update on how he's doing? It's been at least 15 years since I've been in touch and I'd really like to know how he's doing.
Jackie Dube (Grad '84) jackie_dube@hotmail.com
Posted August 19th, 2001
I just wanted to let you know that I was away on vacation for the past two weeks. For the people who submitted messages, they will be posted in the following days.
Steve Geronazzo (Webmaster)
Posted August 2nd, 2001
Hey fellow Grads, I was wondering if anyone knew how I can get my hands on the year book for 1990, mine was lost in a very messed up move. Thanks :)
Peter Maurice (Grad '90) peter911@canada.com
Posted July 30th, 2001
We have a new email address: prmorris@sympatico.ca . It has been great talking with some of you since this new website went into action.
Peggy Gamester-Morris (Grad '80)
Posted July 16th, 2001
- On Friday, July 6, 2001 Sue (Belanger) and her husband, Tom McEachern hosted a nice BBQ. Attendees included my brother Peter Dykhuis and his wife, Johanne Salesse; Lee Bromley and her Mother, Kay; Linda Belanger; Yolande Jordan; Lurline daSilva and her husband Imre Nagy, and me.
- After a lovely supper, good wine and the best of company, the women started to talk about all of our long-ago friends. Sue, Lurline, Lee and I are now planning a Reunion in Montreal in 2003 for all of the students who attended any Sept-Iles schools (French, English and students from Moisie Air Base) between 1955 and 1975. The 20-year span means we will have a chance to reconnect with our baby-boomer friends! We could use your help in getting the word out. Queries may directed to:
- Lee Bromley bromlee@sympatico.ca
- Lurline daSilva Imre_Nagy@deal-maker.com
- Sue McEachern suemceachern@videotron.ca
- Susan Dykhuis dykhuis_s@videotron.ca
- Possible dates for the reunion are: Labour Day week-end 2003 or Thanksgiving Day week-end 2003.
- By early 2003 we should have an idea of the number of attendees and at this time we would begin finalizing the plans -- getting an information kit out to attendees sometime in July 2003.
- This week-end was great. BBQ on Friday and on Sunday I saw Tom Blackburn and his son, Dan [drafted 10th overall by the NY Rangers at the June 23rd NHL Draft held in Florida] at Leslie (Blackburn) and Lily's home in Dorval.
Susan Dykhuis
Posted May 31st, 2001
Hello all!
- Does anyone remember the name of the tartan that we wore in school? Was it the Canadian tartan or the black watch one?
Sandra Gilbert (Grad '80) e.sgilbert@telus.net
Posted May 26th, 2001
- Hello to all,
- An alumni once suggested that we should create a chat room so that we could communicate in real time. I downloaded the latest ICQ program and it was able to find all the people who had ICQ #'s that were on my email contact list. That is why some of you received an email from me not too long ago.
- I would like to get some feedback on whether we should start some sort of chat room. I'll see if I could integrate a chat room directly on the QEHS Alumni website or perhaps just use a third party system like ICQ or Microsoft Messenger. Please contact me at : qehs@alumni.org or by ICQ at : 17320444
Steve Geronazzo (Webmaster)
Posted May 25th, 2001
- (2001/05/23) Good afternoon All. Just an update to forward my new e-mail address. You can now reach me at : kurt.thoms@notes.canadair.ca
Kurt Thoms (Grad '80)
Posted April 18th, 2001
- Attention Grads of 1993 - where are your bios? Only nine people have posted! (Two of us didn't even graduate from QEHS!) After all these years, I'm curious as to what everybody's up to! :)
Margaret Power-Pittman (Grad '93)
Posted April 8th, 2001
- Hi was just catching up on the updates and seen Larry Bennett bio update.Larry you inquired about the mirrored ball that we use to have at the school well as far as i know it is still hanging in the what we use to call the auditorium but what is now the kids lunchroom. and yes the kids still use it at their dances. hope this note satisfies your curiousity.
Donna Jones (Grad '81)
Posted April 7th, 2001
- Class of 72
- Does anybody have any information on AJ Gallichon? I've seen his name on another web site www.classmates.com but there's no way to get in touch. As well, he's not even on the '72 class list! Please E-mail me: brendachance@yahoo.com
Thanks
Brenda Chance (Grad '72)
Posted April 4th, 2001
- Nice job Steve this site still looks great! It has been a while since I last visited the QEHS WEB page. Although I did not graduate from QEHS I did attend between Sept '72 to Apr '75. Lots of memories. If any one is interested e-mail me wmgilroy@home.com.
Thanks,
Bill Gilroy
Posted March 17th, 2001
- Hi Grads from Sept-Iles schools :
- I am very interested in having a photo for my photo album of the Sept-Iles hockey arena which is named for my nephew, KARL DYKHUIS, who is an NHLer, # 28 Montreal Canadiens. Apparently the hockey arena was named for him. Too bad my late father did not live to see this!
- If one of you would be good enough to send me a .jpg photo of the arena clearly showing the name, I would be delighted.
Thanks,
Susan Dykhuis - Montreal, QC dykhuis_s@videotron.ca
Posted March 14th, 2001
- The company I am presently under contract with here in Drummondville, Qc is looking for English speaking Computer Analysts and Senior Programmers. If you are interested, e-mail me now!
Nathalie Berube (Grad '84) marigold_qc@yahoo.com
Posted March 12th, 2001
Hello everyone,
- I would like to thank everyone who donated some money to help pay for the Internet Provider fees for our website. I have received enough money to pay for the 2000-2001 year as well as the next few years. For those of you who were thinking of sending money..... you won't have to...... not until another few years. :)
Thanks for your help,
Steve Geronazzo (Webmaster, Grad '86)
Posted March 4th, 2001
I would just like to tell everybody that as of February 24th, 2001, I am once again a daddy to a wonderful little boy named Justin.
Malcolm MacPhee (Grad '82) malbois@globetrotter.net
Posted February 20th, 2001
Hello everyone,
- I am asking for your support in order to help pay for the hosting of the QEHS Alumni Page. Last year, a gracious donor sent a cheque to pay for an entire year's worth of internet hosting with our provider Total.Net. This year, no money has come in and am asking for your help. I do not mind spending countless hours per week updating the site but cannot pay the Internet fees by myself forever.
- In general, one year's worth of webhosting is 190$/year, and this year I spent an extra 175$ to register our site with Register.com (to get a .org address). I will post the names of the donors on the website and I promise that any extra money collected will be used for upcoming years.
- For further information, please email me at qehs-alumni@total.net. If enough people respond, 5$ / person would be enough.
Thanks for your help,
Steve Geronazzo (Webmaster, Grad '86)
Posted February 18th, 2001
Hey everyone, just checking in to say hi and to say we forgot to put our email address in our last message : prmorris@attcanada.ca. Reid Morris and I would love to hear from more of you when you have a chance. We are doing fine. Take care.
Peggy Gamester-Morris (Grad '80*)
Posted February 9th, 2001
It seems that people who have older computers had problems loading the website so after doing more tests, I decided to remove the music, Nedstat, and Javascript from this website in order to have a faster loading website. I will try to add these features a little later on only if they don't affect the download speed.
Steve Geronazzo (Webmaster, Grad '86)
qehs-alumni@total.net
Posted February 6th, 2001
I just wanted to let everyone know that in order to save space on the server, I decided to remove the names of all the people who sent their bio's which are found at the end of each graduation year. I left Lise Babin's name since she was very helpful at the beginning with supplying the graduation lists for each year.
Steve Geronazzo (Webmaster, Grad '86)
qehs-alumni@total.net
Posted February 5th, 2001
Hello everybody,
With respect to the problems that certain people had with viewing this website, I did a few tests. I noticed that there was an error with the Nedstat Referral icon at the top of the side frame. I made a few changes and it seems to be working better now. The Nedstat Referral icon can now be found at the bottom of the side frame.
Thanks for your help in making this website better,
Steve Geronazzo (Webmaster, Grad '86)
qehs-alumni@total.net
Posted February 5th, 2001
Hello everybody,
A few of you have brought to my attention that certain things on this website make your computers "freeze" or "stop responding". I have a good idea of what it could be (music....Java....Nedstat counter....etc...) but would like to here from you. Please let me know what kind of problems you are running into when accessing this website. If I see that the problems are widespread, I will make the necessary changes.
Thanks for your help in making this website better,
Steve Geronazzo (Webmaster, Grad '86)
qehs-alumni@total.net
Posted January 23rd, 2001
Hey guys, I was wondering if anybody knew where I could get a copy of the 93 yearbook. I lost mine in 95 or something!! THANKS!
Jason Morency (Grad '93), email address : morencyj@nbnet.nb.ca
Posted January 9th, 2001
- I would like to inform you that I have a added a new "search" section. Click on the "search" button on the left of the page and you will be able to search the QEHS Alumni website for a long lost friend.
Steve Geronazzo (Grad '86)
Posted January 6th, 2001
- Just want to let everyone know that all is well and I hope the class of 1980 had a great Christmas and a wonderful New Year to come. I don't have an e-mail address at home any more so please e-mail at work. It is : slangill@eastgrandschool.org. Hope to hear from you sometime soon.
Susan Troy (Langill) (Grad '80)
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