Bonnie Neill O'Rourke:
CLASS OF 1969
Crawford SchoolClass of 1969
Cuyahoga falls, OH
Cuyahoga Falls High SchoolClass of 1975
Cuyahoga falls, OH
Roberts Middle SchoolClass of 1972
Cuyahoga falls, OH
Bolich Middle SchoolClass of 1972
Cuyahoga falls, OH
Sill Middle SchoolClass of 1972
Cuyahoga falls, OH
Bonnie's Story
Life ~
Horses, Humor & Habañeros:
Greetings, all!
Some things I've been doing in past 30+ years:
(No, I'm NOT getting into the fun and excitement of the '70's rock-n-roll, recording studios, party-hearty phase of my life. Or discuss that infamous 1973 party with Pink Floyd that Suzie and I experienced.)
My best friend Suzie Bridenthal passed away 12/29/03. I miss you Snooze!
Currently, I'm still married to that "guitar player guy" that I hooked-up with in Dec. '77. I have 2 grown sons; oldest is 25 and returned from Bagdad, January, '06. Other son is 23, and recently moved out to Seattle, where he is a contracted DJ at a large nightclub.
I still have 2 house cats. I own and train horses; dressage, eventing, trail, etc. I've been involved with equine-related activity for the last 32 years; my main interest is in equine behavior, behavioral problems; biomechanics, physiology; conditioning and sports-medicine.
Due to health problems (mostly stemming from a wicked-bad car crash in 2/76), I don't ride as much as I use to. The horses I currently own are 28 year-old Arabian, Mazuri and a 13 year-old Warmblood, Azabache. I've had both of these guys since they were about 6 months old, and do all of my own training.
I have been involved with *NARHA, and rehabbing horses whose brains have been fried due to ...Expand for more
bad handling, or "gimmicky show-horse training".
In the 80's I had my 2 sons. Also, I bred and raised German Shepherd Dogs. Still sculpting and writing. Training my young Arabian horse for endurance racing/competitive trail riding.
In 1982, I first trained a cat to sit, lay-down, come to a whistle, and "Watch 'Em" (yes, he would: Growling and scoping-out the corners of the house): To be sure, he was mostly mimicking my very well-trained male GSD, but I found it highly amusing.
In May of '93, I (we) adopted a 2 year-old ex-racing Greyhound. My oldest son (then 10 years old) showed him in 4-H dog obedience in '93 & '94 and placed 1st in his class both years. "Harpo" died 1 week after 9/11...I haven't owned a dog since then.
Other than horses, my other addictions are photography, comedy and hot salsa.
Habañero pepper salsa: Yum!
Well, enough rambling. I spend way too much time on the internet, and feeding my warped sense of humor.
Any old friends want to contact me, please email ~ 1Redwolf "at" gmail "dot" com (spelled out to help thwart spambots, etc.) I do not have a gold membership, and won't be getting one anytime soon, so I can't read who has signed guestbook or sent me emails via Classmates.com
"Bonz" Neill O'Rourke
12-08
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