Kirk Jones:  

CLASS OF 1972
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Redford Union High SchoolClass of 1972
Redford, MI

Kirk's Story

As Robert Hunter of the Grateful Dead wrote on Truckin....Lately it occurs to me: What a long, strange trip it's been. By luck I found my way up to the Traverse City area and got into honeybees shortly after I got married to Sharon who today has a store next to our house called Beedazzled. Man...that was about 35 years ago. I'm still into beekeeping at Sleeping Bear Farms (we own and operate about 7000 hives and distribute honey and pollinate crops as far as California almonds). I got into Louisiana music and have a performing dance band (6 piece including scrub board) doing cajun and zydeco. We're K.Jones and the Benzie Playboys. I play button cajun accordion and fiddle. I mostly sing in creole French. We gig around Michigan for the most part at festivals and various events. Just for grins I clicked on classmates.com and got a few emails. Cool. Maybe I can find some friends I used to hang with. I was pretty overwhe...Expand for more
lmed in high school with so many students in our class. Wow. Those days are pretty fuzzy now. Anybody remember Woody? He lived on Norborne not far from RU. These days I hang around Benzonia by Crystal Lake in northwest Michigan and go to the panhandle of Florida with the bees in the winter a bit north of Panama City in the sticks. We make queens bees down there and some Tupelo honey(remember the Van Morrison song "Tupelo Honey" ?? *update 5/2015 I started getting into making mead (honey wine) and got a license to start a winery. We named it St. Ambrose Cellars. Now we have a pretty cool tasting room and great reds, whites, and meads in Beulah, MI. We should have draft mead and cider in bottles soon (2015). My buddy Doug Coster (Redford Union HS 1972) is our sales Mgr. Go figure. Still have a beekeeping operation going between Michigan and Florida and the winery going. I'm glad to be part of the Michigan scene!!
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Yearbooks

Redford Union High School 1972 yearbook cover photo
1972 Yearbook
Redford Union High School
REDFORD, MI
Redford Union High School 1971 yearbook cover photo
1971 Yearbook
Redford Union High School
REDFORD, MI
Redford Union High School 1970 yearbook cover photo
1970 Yearbook
Redford Union High School
REDFORD, MI
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Reunions
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Oct 1, 2022
Kirk was invited to the
Class of '72 Fifty Year Reunion
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Redford Union High School Reunion reunion event on Sep 30, 2017 image
Sep 30, 2017
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Redford Union High School Reunion
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Sep 1, 2012
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Photos

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cajun/zydeco accordions
Diesel, my mighty stallion
playing the cajun fiddle
kirk on button accordion
Me and Sharon in Mesa Verde
the bees
Get ready....it's coming soon.
New release Wild Ginger draft mead from St. Ambrose
Goat sighting at Florida bee farm
Another goat kicking in my stall
Sharon making pizza on the BBQ at the Florida Bee a farm
Sharon's harvest
Sharon's Harvest
Sharon's Harvest
Sharon's Garden
Sharon's Garden
Grand opening bash in 2 days! St. Ambrose is ready for rocking bands and celebration in the 100 year old barn. We want to thank all who helped us make it happen.
The party is on at St. Ambrose!!!
Can you guess what the Benzie Playboys are grilling? Hint. It's from Lafayette
Becky Brown-Streby sent a stellar piece of her original art to commemorate and bless or new winery/meadery at St. Ambrose Cellars. Thank for Rebecca for your beautiful gift. We go back over 40 years!
Fall is awesome for mushrooming. Can you identify Oyster, Shaggy Manes, King Bolete, and the Pear Puffball?
Fall is awesome for mushrooming. Can you identify Oyster, Shaggy Manes, King Bolete, and the Pear Puffball?
Fall is awesome for mushrooming. Can you identify Oyster, Shaggy Manes, King Bolete, and the Pear Puffball?
Fall is awesome for mushrooming. Can you identify Oyster, Shaggy Manes, King Bolete, and the Pear Puffball?
Fall is awesome for mushrooming. Can you identify Oyster, Shaggy Manes, King Bolete, and the Pear Puffball?
Fall is awesome for mushrooming. Can you identify Oyster, Shaggy Manes, King Bolete, and the Pear Puffball?
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