Janet Hlavaty-Laposa:
CLASS OF 1978
Gage Park High SchoolClass of 1978
Chicago, IL
University of Illinois Class of 1982
Chicago, IL
St. Augustine High SchoolClass of 1979
Chicago, IL
Robert Fulton Elementary SchoolClass of 1974
Chicago, IL
Janet's Story
Life
Present-Well, I'm happily (most of the time anyway) married to Mike. Mike and I adopted three sisters from Russia. We got the first two, now 21 and 18 in Oct 2000 and went back for the third sister, now 23 in Jan 2001. I also have a 25 year old step daughter. If you're counting that's 4 girls! For those that knew me when I swore off kids, this may come as a surprise! I finally figured out that I really didn't want babies, but found that older kids that really needed a home could wiggle their way into my heart!
Okay - UPDATE - add two more girls adopted from Ukraine in 2008, now both 16 (not twins/two months apart). So the number is now 6 total! Well, two moved out and we had all that extra space.
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my skin and after college I did end up in the Army for 3 years - followed by the rest of my life in the reserves. I retired from the reserves in 2003 (just in time to NOT GO to Iraq). I work in Emergency Management at the Federal Emergency Management Agency Region 10 office in Bothell, WA (north of Seattle). My specialties were Chemical and Biological Weapons of Mass Destruction... Sounds impressive doesn't it? Well, I can either entertain you over dinner or really gross you out dependinging on your disposition. While I still dabble in those, I've switched focus to nuclear. I now work trying to avoid a US Chernobyl type incident.
To find out anything else, I guess you'll have to write and ask me! I'd love to hear from old friends!
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