"Hey Wally, when did life get so tough?" - Beaver, "Still the Beaver"
Ginger Cheadle was one of my sister Denise’s best friends. They would often double date for such major events as their high school proms and other dances (as in the picture of Homecoming 1993 at right). Although I usually paid no mind to many of her friends when we were growing up, the age gap began to […]
I met Heidi Maynard during my junior year of high school. She was already friends with Lance Patak and it was through him that I first got to know her. She had the distinction of being pretty, funny, and exceptionally sweet and good-natured. Although I don’t think we ever had a single class together, I […]
I met Lee McAdams during the Summer of 1988 when Shirely Yaussy, one of our fellow Beavercreek Church of the Brethren members and a close friend of our family, suggested that I might carpool with Lee to camp Woodland Altars for our week at Youth camp. Lee lived in Tipp City and immediately accepted me as […]
I first met Kenny Carroll on April 8, 1978, which was the day that my family moved into our house on Winterset Drive in Beavercreek. He and his family lived two doors up from our new home. Amidst the hustle and bustle of move-in day, Kenny came over and introduced himself. He and I became fast friends when he took me […]
I first met Mike Minges in our tenth grade gym class in 1987. He was an average, normal-looking and normal-acting guy with a good sense of humor. He was always nice to everyone around him and well-liked by all the other students. There was no hidden agenda or inherent weirdness that characterized many of my friends […]