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Greetings to my classmates. Although this article is for the winter edition, the writeup and pictures are all about summer. The absolute highlight occurred on Aug. 16, when our very own Tim Smithe celebrated his 40th birthday in style. The excerpt below came directly from the NBC-5 Sports Web site:
Home Town Boy Belts One Out At Wrigley.

Tim sings the National Anthem before a Cubs game at Wrigley Field.
Tim Smithe EMP-32 with his family at Wrigley Field
Tim, with Jorge del Castillo EMP-32, hosting his 40th birthday celebration at Schubas following a Cubs game
At Schubas from left: EMP-32ers Jamie O’Rourke, Tim Angst and Carol Karney
Jagdish Singh EMP-32 in the North Island of New Zealand

“Tim Smithe to Sing National Anthem at Wrigley Field"

A native son made good will be in the spotlight at Wrigley Field on Saturday. Tim Smithe, of Walter E. Smithe Furniture, will celebrate his 40th birthday in style by singing the national anthem at Saturday’s Cubs game when the Northsiders host the Los Angeles Dodgers... A sports enthusiast, Smithe is a triathlete and marathoner, who loves to sing and race cars... and has worked at everything from selling ice cream to stock boy to deliveryman to furniture executive.

A music lover, Smithe also had a stint as a radio disk jockey... he also sang lead vocals for a few rock banks, worked as a deejay in a dance club and is currently involved in burning his favorite 2,000 songs onto CD... Smithe and his wife, Nancy, are the parents of four sons: Tim, Cameron, Reid and Jack. They live in Winnetka.”

For those of you lucky enough to see the game in person, Tim did an amazing job and really got the crowd behind him. What a sight! After the game, he hosted a party at Schubas, where quite a few EMPers showed up to wish him well. Tim, we all had a blast. You will always go down as the best host I have ever known.

I received another update from Phil Barnett. That guy gets the award for the most relocations! On his way back to Connecticut with GE, he had a change in plans and ended up accepting a position with Exelon Corp., which kept him and the family in the Philadelphia area. His new position is vice president of finance for Exelon Generation. Exelon Generation comprises three business units, Exelon Nuclear, Exelon Power and Exelon Power Team, which are responsible for producing and marketing electricity. He is very excited about the job, and Colleen and the kids are very excited to be staying in Wayne.

Kavian Goharderahkshan writes to let me know he is now with Sears as director, IT quality. He is enjoying the challenge of his new position, which changes daily. His daughter, Sharzi, just turned 8. She is involved in soccer and swimming. Kavian’s son, Kavi, 12, is in 7th grade and is also doing extremely well at swimming and is a fanatic for extreme skateboarding.

I received a very brief note from Jagdish Singh to let me know that he is alive and well and is based in Australia as the managing director of Motorola’s Australia software center. He sent a picture from a recent visit to the North Island of New Zealand, which makes my summer trip to the Wisconsin Dells look pretty juvenile.

And finally, I received a short note from Hugh Hamill. He and a partner have started a new private jewelry company called Nuage Jewelers Ltd. Nuage features jewelry professionals with 25 years of wholesale and retail jewelry experience; a huge selection of diamonds, gemstones and pearls; and services including free repairs, appraisals, insurance replacement and delivery to your home or office. With the holidays fast approaching, Hugh would love to offer his fellow classmates a great EMP discount.

Still looking for someone to host an EMP holiday gathering. Be good and continue to write. My email remains: ckarney@covad.com.