John Treat:  

glorious event in September 2006 was the birth of our first grandchild, Joshua John. What a blessing he has been to us! I passed up our 10th class reunion, despite the urging of Ray Voelker that I attend, then didn't hear anything about subsequent reunions until the 40th, which I had planned to attend but cancelled due to a family conflict. But, I'm still hoping to make it to a class reunion one of these days. Maybe the 45th or 50th, God willing. I turned 62 in August 2006, and am still working, although I need to take the time to think about retirement one of these days. An old hobby, since Purdue, is flying (currently an F-33A Bonanza), and a new one is SCCA Club Racing at sports car courses such as BlackHawk Farms, near Rockford IL, which I am doing with my son. My son placed 1st and I placed 2nd in the SCCA regional championship last year driving Dodge Neons in Showroom Stock C, and this year we have two Spec Racer Fords we are trying to master. I have also recently taken up golf, but am saving bridge and wine tasting for the old folks home. Between them, wine tasting looks easier to master at this point. In June 2005, Anne and I rode a Honda Goldwing, with a group of friends, from Spokane, WA, down the Oregon and California coasts, winding up in Yosemite Valley and Fresno, 2,600 miles later. In June of this year (2006) we attended a business meeting and vacationed with friends in the Berlin, Germany and Salzburg, Austria areas. A September cruise in Alaska was postponed until next spring, in order to be there when our grandchild Joshua John was born. When we are not at home on the lake in Dexter, Anne and I spend time, mostly in the winter, at our townhouse on Gasparilla Island, in Boca Grande, FL. I would love to hear from any of my old AHS classmates. PLAN ON ATTENDING THE 50TH REUNION, IN 2012, OK? Wishing you all health, happiness, and the enjoyment of each and every day, John Treat (submitted in 2006, updated in first paragraph in April, 2010)