John Ibele:  

Hey! Find me on facebook...I don't visit this space much! Cheers - John Life Happily married with 3 kids, and comfortably stashed on the west side of Lake Nokomis in South Minneapolis. I met Monica while attending Lawrence University, and we were married in 1987 after attending graduate school and beginning our careers. Alex is our oldest, a sweet, brilliant, quiet boy with a voracious appetite for reading, video games and soccer. Hannah is a hard charger with lofty goals, very adept in the world of adults, quick to pick up on social cues. Invaluable resource for her older brother, in other words. Willie is a wonderfully sensitive child, happy to sit in silence for long periods, but given to startlingly profound words after sitting around seemingly doing nothing. Not to be counted out is Edgar, our one luxury. An Entlebucher (look it up!) with beautiful coloring, he's a faithful watchdog and incessant playboy, a full member of the family. Life is filled with sports, either biking or sailing or skiing, or attending kid's events at school. I've accomplished more and been happier than I ever would have thought possible in high school! School Ms. Westby was the most inspirational teacher I had in high school, college, or graduate school. She left you with no alternative but to do your best. We all tried a lot of alternatives! I seriously don't think I would be able to write cogently today without her insistence on high standards. High school isn't something that most would wish to do over again, and I certainly wouldn't ever trade in the self-confidence, sense of humor, caring for others, drive, and vision I have today. Nonetheless, I do have some great memories.... ...too, too many to mention. Hanging with the boys is indeed something I have missed ever since. Its got its counterparts today, but nothing to match good friends and endless free time, plus shared experience. Highlights, a brief list: * Libertus straddling the median with his car on Calhoun Parkway. Oops. * Doug Phelps through the back of a garage. Oops. * Spinning out the Hastings sedan in the rain. Oops. * Parties, and music, and dancing. Still miss it. * Pulling the Haste's keys out of the ignition and throwing them out the window while stopped at a stop light. I still laugh at that one. William never did. * Spinning out in the Hastings sedan again on a country road. Oops. * Playing tag on...Expand for more