Tag: Sp 2023

RHSAA Elects a New Trustee

Staff

At the March 2023 board meeting, the trustees of the Riverside Alumni Association elected Debbie Sorber Rosch as the newest trustee. Debbie is a 1980 graduate of Riverside High School, and in 2019, became a member of the Riverside Hall of Fame. She is filling an unexpired term until the spring of 2024. Debbie is a Product Manager for Labelmaster, a manufacturer or supplier of supplies related to the transportation of dangerous goods. This includes identification labels, signs, and placards, regulatory forms and software, and training on the various applicable…

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El Communicado Non Comprehendo Part III

Gretchen Reed

(A View of an Orthopedist’s Office from the Inside Window Looking Out) By the time I was nearly an octogenarian I had assumed new environments would not often be part of my life. I had been in my home community for decades and was used to its attendant communication challenges. My high school teaching days were long past, which made the memories of overcoming generation gap challenges more amusing than challenging. I had lived at Pheasant Run Airport for 40+ years and dealt with hundreds of people visiting and attending…

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Loretta Vandervort Honored for Her Work

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Six years of trustee service and many years of devoted work on Riverside’s alumni association have earned Loretta Vandervort, Class of 1959, the gratitude of the association. The trustees at the February board meeting honored her with a resolution. A Resolution Honoring Loretta Vandervort: Whereas Loretta Vandervort has served with distinction as a trustee of the Riverside Alumni Association for the past seven years and has volunteered for the association for much longer, and Loretta always brought energy and ideas to her various tasks on behalf of the association, and…

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Portia, Porsche, Calpurnia, Or?

Gretchen Reed

Not long after my husband Chuck and I purchased a home on 68 acres in Leroy Township, Ohio, in 1977 and started developing the land into a private airport, we wondered if there was some force out there that spoke special messages to stray dogs and cats saying, “Go see the Reeds; they’ll feed you and give you a home.” Over the years, we took many cats and a few dogs to rescue centers because of the number of “drop-offs.” Further complicating our animal ownership was my severe allergy to…

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Spring 2023 Beaver Bulletin Board

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In Memory: Listed by last name, year of graduation from Riverside, and date of death. The obituary link is provided if available. Bilick Bidlack, Patricia “Pat”: 1954, 2023 Obituary Dominish, Gary John: 1956, 2023 Obituary Fanti, Joshua Aaron: 2008, 2023 Obituary Reigh Morris, Michelle “Mitch” L.: 1954, 2023 Obituary Rusnak, Daniel: 1979, 2023 Obituary Salmonson Farrell, Sandra L.: 1963, 2023 Obituary Ticel Lough, Michael Dwane: 1968, 2022 Obituary Youdath, Carole: 1968, 2022

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Wisdom of the Aged Not What It’s Creaked Up to Be

Gretchen Reed

The theory that advanced age and wisdom pair well together is an appealing concept until one actually approaches old age. All senior citizens would like to think they had been adept at predicting the future. Remembering past decades can make an older person realize how clueless he or she was about reality. For example, I doubt my teenage peers in the ‘50s were thinking that most married women of the future would hold jobs outside their homes. The first moon landing seemed a distant mirage. Most of us thought classes…

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