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1980 Richard Lee Anderson married Janet Houck on March 17, 2004. For 25 years, he worked in juvenile detention and taught history in Anchorage, Alaska. Now retired, he lives with his wife in Lincoln City, Ore.

1981 Diane (Ludke) has been married for 25 years to Michael Midcliff and is a financial-services specialist for the Washington State Community Services Office in Spokane. The couple has four children and one grandchild.

1983 Anne (Patrick) Kinney received her master's degree in counseling in 2000 from Western Baptist Seminary and is now in private practice.

1984 Pete Swicker and his family reside in Yuma, Ariz., where Pete is the resident agent in charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) office.

1986 Cathy (Verdier) Brown has been living in Central Asia for the past seven years. She and her husband, Mike, have a son who is a sophomore at Black Forest Academy, in Germany, and a daughter who is in the eighth grade. Steve Ross is the owner of a wood flooring business. He and his wife, Geri, have six children. Lissa Sullivan and her husband, Rudi Stephan, make their home in Flagstaff, Ariz.

Katherine Eekhoff has spent the past 10 years working in El Salvador and was recently recognized for her work on immigration issues in Central America. Christianne Sharman married Thomas Clouse on Sept. 17 at St. John's Cathedral, in Spokane. They are living in Spokane, where Christianne is the president of Sharman Communications and Thomas is a reporter for Spokane's largest newspaper, The Spokesman-Review.

1988 Kate (Shonk) Gosling was honored for her work with autistic students at Mt. View Elementary School, in Colorado Springs, Colo. Jeff Schmidt is a high-school video-production teacher in San Jose, Calif., and has an album for sale featuring his band, LAZY. Mary Palmer is working as a respiratory therapist for Hoag Hospital, in Newport Beach, Calif. Laurie Ross is living in Spokane with her two sons, Brandon and Tyler; she is the sales manager for local radio stations KCDA and KIXZ.

1989 Sean Barrett and his wife, Yuriko (Ejiri, '95), were reassigned to U.S. Army Japan Headquarters, near Tokyo, where Sean was promoted to the rank of major. Their two sons enjoy living in Japan and attending the Zama American High School.

BIRTHS

1981 A boy, Luke Raynor, to Susan (Frink) and Mark Peterson, Nov. 17

1987 A boy, Lucas, to Ken and Susan (Horner, '90) Urie, Nov. 17

1988 A boy, Nicolas, to Terri (Hatch) and Joe Horch, Jan. 25, 2005

1988 A girl, Samantha Marie, to Jeff and Kristina Schmidt, June 30

1989 A boy, Logan Daniel, to David and Kim (MacDougall, '93) Jewett, Jan. 28

1989 A boy, Samuel Warren Bellingham, to Tad and Catherine (Bellingham, '93) Wisenor, Feb. 20


DEATH

William Powers, '84, died Feb. 19. In the mid-1930s, he owned a grocery store and served as the postmaster in Page, Idaho, before serving in the U.S. Navy Seabees during World War II. A role model for lifelong learning, he graduated from Whitworth with a B.A. in sociology at the age of 72. He is survived by three daughters, one son, 20 grandchildren, 42 great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews.

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