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08/11/26 04:23 PM #1998    

 

Georgette Mihalko (Rath)

Looking forward to seeing everyone at the 50th Reunion! It's been such a long time. I'm sure a great time will be had by all!!


08/11/26 09:18 PM #1999    

 

Michelle Milkovic (Weiner)

In a world of Jocks, and Greasers and Nerds and more, there was only one truly original Magician-Ventriloquist among us. Today I was saddened to learn of Brian Hamilton's passing many years ago under such sad and frustrating circumstances. Let's be sure to lift a glass to Brian and all of our lost classmates on September 19th.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/1988/04/15/brian-hamilton-led-aids-crusade/


08/12/26 05:17 PM #2000    

 

Nancy L Alexander

Brian Hamilton, gone since 1988?!? Rest in power, my friend. Very sad.


08/13/26 12:37 PM #2001    

 

Grace Tanaka (Danziger)

It is very sad, so young to pass. The article can only be read by Chicago Tribune subscribers, can anyone try to cut and paste it into the Forum, please? Michelle, would you be comfortable saying how you came to learn of Brian's passing recently, after all this time?


08/15/26 08:43 PM #2002    

 

Michelle Milkovic (Weiner)

We'll be able to see some interesting memorabilia both at the Oktoberfest Open House and the actual Reunion. Yearbooks, scrapbooks, shop projects. And thanks to our classmate and reunion committee member, Per Pearson, we will also have access to one of these giant sliderules and will be able to re-enact these fabulous yearbook pictures if the mood strikes.

 


08/16/26 01:36 PM #2003    

 

Gregory Calvimontes

How did I not know there was a Slide Rule Club???
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08/18/26 07:16 AM #2004    

 

Peter Ingraffia

Hey folks, just a friendly reminder to update your personal settings on this site in order to keep abreast of email updates.  There are twenty-six members who have their notification flag turned off, or have invalid email addresses.   If you did not receive the email regarding our reunion activities I sent on August 14, you may be one of the twenty-six. 


08/18/26 08:18 PM #2005    

 

Grace Tanaka (Danziger)

Re #2040: Thanks to Ron Guidizi for posting the full Chicago Tribune article on Brian Hamilton's courageous advocacy and unfortunate passing way back in 1988.

Re #2042: Thanks Michelle for posting the SlideRuleClub photos! I don't know if that prompted it, but very happy to see that Mable Gin will be attending the Reunion!

Sure hope all the alumni posting here on the forum (well, except those with other special occasions happening that weekend like their kid's wedding, you know who you are ;-) are planning on getting together at the reunion!

 


08/19/26 02:45 AM #2006    

 

Edward McCarthy

Wow.....what a rush.  A month from today we will be recovering from a party 50 years in the making.   A party that brought back together some of Lane Tech's finest.   

50 years ago we were young, naive, hopeful teenagers with barely a clue of what lay ahead.  College, trade school, military service, starting a family, hopeful careers.  Maybe all of those.   And now, an unbelievable 50 years later, 18,000+ days later, we celebrate one commonality shared by us all.   Proud graduates of a world class high school.  It was back then and still is now.   

You'll hear much more about all that on the school tour and at the Fairway party.  Fellow classmate MIchelle Weiner, who just happens to be the LTAA Executive Director, is a walking historian on the school.   And there will be so much memorabilia on display at our party bash..... which will hopefully jog our cobweb memories and maybe even coax a smile or two out of us all.

If you haven't registered for this spectacular reunion weekend, do so quickly.   Registration deadlines are fast approaching.   The nine of us who have spent the last 18 months putting all this together look forward to seeing all of you.   And we know you all are just as excited!


08/19/26 12:03 PM #2007    

 

Patricia Hodge (Hanes)

It has come to my attention that an email has gone out to the 76 alum from someone on the 50th reunion committee who put my name on it as part of the group sending it. I am in no way part of this. This person did not have my authorization to include me, in fact I had no knowledge of it until today. Please disregard emails from that person.

08/19/26 01:19 PM #2008    

 

Michelle Milkovic (Weiner)

Thanks Patricia.

Just to be clear, here is the list of 50th Reunion Committee members:

Bob Cole, Grace Tanaka Danziger, Kathy Montgomery Fujiu, Peter Hong, Peter Ingraffia, Ed McCarthy, Per Pearson, Georgette Rath, Debbie Skatchke, Michelle Mikovic Weiner.

We are not associated with any other digital platforms and the only member entrusted with communication via email to our class is Peter Ingraffia. All official communication would come through our Class Creator website. Anything else is neither generated nor endorsed by this group.

 


08/19/26 04:57 PM #2009    

 

Georgette Mihalko (Rath)

8/19/26

Hi Class of 1976 Members,

I am really looking forward to seeing everyone at our 50th Reunion!

It has been an absolute honor and pleasure to work with the following committee members on this fabulous event. We didn’t have a chief, we’re just a great group of Indians!!

Bob Cole, Grace Tanaka Danziger, Kathy Montgomery Fujiu, Peter Hong, Peter Ingraffia, Ed McCarthy, Per Pearson, Debbie Skatchke, Michelle Mikovic Weiner and little ole’ me.

We have been working diligently with the goal of creating fun and memorable pre-events and our main event on the evening of September 19th!

Peter Ingraffia has been creating our communications and is the only source for information on our events.

Have a fabulous day, look forward to seeing you in September!

Georgette


08/20/26 02:57 PM #2010    

 

Michelle Milkovic (Weiner)

Tom Reagan just popped into the office today to say hello and share how excited he is to be attending the reunion along with a few other teaching colleagues from 1976. He sat across from me and recounted stories about many of you. Chuck Grant, he still remembers that you sat in the second seat of the second row in his classroom!  A lovely man who I'm sure you'll all enjoy talking to next month.


08/20/26 04:16 PM #2011    

 

Charles Grant

Mr Reagan was a very good teacher and all around nice man. I was fortunate to have grown up with a cousin of his. And of course he would know where I sat nearly 50 years ago, I have that effect on people!


08/20/26 07:57 PM #2012    

 

Peter Ingraffia

Thrilled to hear Mr. Reagan is attending.  He was our history teacher when several of us were selected to represent Lane on TV on the Great American History Quiz.  The premise of the show was like an academic bowl with two teams. One team was Bill Kurtis's and the other team was Walter Jacobsen's.  We were  on Bill Kurtis's team and I remember us winning.  A lifelong memory from my Lane experience. 


08/21/26 09:58 PM #2013    

 

Michelle Milkovic (Weiner)

Mr. Reagan is totally charming still. Also excited to share that Ms. Slaughter and Mr. Heath will be joining us. They were babies when we were at Lane. Mr Heath was just 23 years old! Unfortunately, Coach Lewis cannot make it due to health restrictions but he says hello to everyone, especially his basketball players.

 

 

 

 

 


08/22/26 03:03 PM #2014    

 

Georgette Mihalko (Rath)

Mr Heath was a really good teacher! So glad that he'll be able to make it to our reunion. Is he retired? He was one of the youngest teachers at LTHS.


08/23/26 08:36 AM #2015    

 

Nancy L Alexander

Re Brian Hamilton obituary: Grace is right; that obituary is posted behind a Tribune paywall, and the link to the commercial search engine for obits that GG refers to wants too much personal info from me. Someone, please find and post Brian's obituary. 


08/23/26 08:47 AM #2016    

 

Peter Ingraffia

Nancy Alexander, regarding Brian Hamilton's obituary information, click on the In Memory tab on this site. Ron Guidizi added information to Brian's In Memory message. 


08/23/26 08:32 PM #2017    

 

Grace Tanaka (Danziger)

Re #2055: I guess it's my horrible memory - I don't recall being taught by any of the teachers who will be attending the reunion. I see from Pete that Mr. Reagan was History. What did Mrs. Slaughter and Mr. Heath teach? If I was at home rather than traveling, I couldn't even check the yearbooks. My neighborhood has been under evacuation orders for the Hawk Fire in Reno. Praying for my neighbors and friends, their families and each of our homes, and appreciate any of your prayers as well. Thanks, fellow alumni.


08/23/26 09:30 PM #2018    

 

Michelle Milkovic (Weiner)

Grace,

Sending prayers that your community has a positive outcome. That is scary.

Ms. Slaughter and Mr. Heath both taught math. Reagan was the sponsor for our Senior Finance Committee. I don't recall being on this or the announcement committee but Mr. Reagan says that for Finance, we were the student reps who collected money from our division room and delivered it to him each day... I guess for senior fees and prom tickets???  Ms Slaughter was the sponsor for Prom Committee which I assume planned the prom? Maybe someone else remembers more about these committees. Pictures below. I plead the fifth on the heart around David Pacheco's face. Ha!


08/24/26 01:23 PM #2019    

 

Deborah J Guzman (Parra)

Shocked to find these while going through old bins while clearing out garage:


08/24/26 01:59 PM #2020    

 

Nancy L Alexander

Thanks, Peter and Gregory!

 


08/24/26 03:05 PM #2021    

 

Robert Cole

Find-a-Grave.com is free and doesn't need a membership. I don't know where they get their info or how current it is but it's GREAT for researching your genealogy. They've got stuff going back to the 1600s.

08/24/26 10:15 PM #2022    

 

Timmy Wong

Hey, I remember Ms Slaughter as I think I had her for Algebra 10th period freshman year.  I believe it was her first year teaching at LTHS.  The only thing is I remember her as Ms Johnson.  Is Slaughter her married name?


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