Kevin Beckett, Dave Evans, Sean Salmon and Carita Twinem, all of EMP-45, enjoy networking with one another.

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Kellogg EMP-45ers met in San Antonio for their fourth reunion in less than three years. The event was very well attended and everyone had a great time in spite of a couple days of unseasonably cold weather. We enjoyed the Marriott Riverwalk hotel, the rodeo at San Antonio's new SBC Center and some nice walks and meals along the beautiful River Walk in the heart of San Antonio. Our next reunion is planned for February 2004 in Miami, with a possible mini reunion in San Francisco in October. More details will follow shortly. Please check out our newly revamped Web site at www.kelloggemp45.com. Note that contact information is much easier to access now via the "class roster" link, and the video of Dave's recently expanded slide show from graduation now streams using real-player technology. Please see the instructions on "staying in touch" to update your contact information and Kellogg forwarding email address.

EMP-45’ers and their families reunite: Back row, from left, Kevin Beckett EMP-45, Kevin Quincey EMP-45, Ellie Beckett, Sean Salmon EMP-45 (behind), Karen Kirby EMP-45, Dave Evans EMP-45 (behind), Essie Eisenfeld, Paul Wroble EMP-45 (behind), Linda Kandel EMP-45, Kelly Chesney, Mike Karchner EMP-45, Helen Karchner and Jeff Odom EMP-45. Seated, from left, Rachel Spoon, Jackson Spoon (lap), Richard Spoon EMP-45, Samantha Spoon, Rob Kohlhagen EMP-45 (on floor), Carita Twinem EMP-45, Amy Lazarus EMP-45, Cole Johnson (standing), Randy Johnson (lap) and Bev Johnson EMP-45.

News from the reunion: Mike Karchner is working in pharmaceutical marketing at NFO Migliara/Kaplan. Karen Kirby is taking a leave of absence from Granger and is busy with her two boys, Sean (3 years) and Alec (1 year). Kevin Beckett married wife Ellie two 1/2 years ago. Kevin B says, "She's awesome!" and we all agree. Sean Salmon has a new job and moved to Bucks County, Pa. Sean also has a new son, Luca (8 months). Dave Evans has a new job at Heroux-Deuter Precision Machining and is still enjoying life in Cincinnati. Richard Spoon is a rice farmer in southern Mississippi. Paul Wroble is enjoying work at Northwest Airlines and life in Minnesota. Essie Eisenfeld is still working at Sprint and living in Kansas City. Carita Twinem has the same job at Briggs and Stratton and the family is doing great ó except her daughter is dating. Linda Kandel is still living in Maryland and everything is great. Bev Johnson and her children are doing great. They are living in Plano, Texas, (a Dallas suburb) and she is working for Frito Lay. She recently published a book called Written Amongst the Tears that is available at select retail stores, Amazon.com and Beverlle.com.

Of the people unable to attend, Aurelio Prifitera did a very nice job in helping to plan the events, but was ill the day of the reunion. Ava and Michael Irving had their third child, Ian Michael Irving (6 lbs. 15 oz.) on Jan. 15. Brian Pereira, Helen Teplitskaia, Meg and Jeff Hamilton, Lou Ruggiero, Tracy Tsuetaki, Dan Rice, Jerry Granato, Ann D'Orazio, Curt Conklin, John Roche, Tom Brockley, Mark Schmidt, Victor Korea, Bob Carlstedt, Larry Bryce, John Murray, Jonathan Murray, Ed Eggers and Patrice Matthias all pass on their "hellos" and regrets that they could not attend. Cecilia Pierro's new married name is Cecilia A.P. Litvak. She just returned from Kazakhstan, where she and her husband adopted their son, Anton Andrew (2.5 years) and daughter, Isabella Ann (11 months). Eric Gassenfeit had a baby boy, Alexander (7 lbs., 7 oz., 21 inches long) on Sept. 12.