Guy Crockroft:  

Hello all you Medical Lake High School visitors! Most of you are probably wondering who I am and why I'm listed as going to Medical Lake. Glad you asked- I attended MLHS in my Junior Year, i.e., Sept 1976 through mid- March 1977. I was the one who ran for Treasurer at the request of that wonderful encourager Mr. Boehme, and ...got about 4 votes! :) Cheryl Thorpe was my campaign manager. I enjoyed Mrs. Kingrey's English Class, Mr. Jantz in history, and of course had a couple of run ins with the irrepressible Vice Principal Russel Brown. Very sorry I did not run on the Cross Country team for MLHS. My excuse was that the activity bus would only take me a 1-1/2 miles from my house after practice, and I had no vehicle. In retrospect, I could have used the additional exercise. A missed opportunity. I ran varsity for Colville the previous year (Sophomore), and in the first part of my senior year; in mid-season we moved to Cheney and I made varsity there. Cheney CC ended up co-champions of the Frontier league - a stacked team- about 18 seconds between 2nd place behind Jay Martin and 7th on Varsity. At the final all league race I remember seeing Robert Hodge, Ralph Rodriguez, Danny Anderson, Neal Brown and perhaps a couple of others. Thanks MLHS for being part of my journey - best to you all. I am mr guy at gci dot net "please email me if you'd like to talk, all ye mysterious vistors"...I do know some of you..how 'bout some adding pictures and stories on your pages? What a great reunion it was, eh, class of '78? You really are an amazing bunch of characters! Who says small town folks are dull? And who would have thunk that CHS could have produced such a diverse and vibrant group....? For those of you who were not able to attend (or knew me from elsewhere), I was voted "most changed since high school", which I take as a compliment of the highest order. I was also presented with my 1978 annual, which I paid for in 1977 and never picked up. It had my name on it (spelled right!) and not only survived 30 years and at least one school move, but was in immaculate condition! I won't single out anyone, but at least four or five of you gave me some unforgettable memories. Reconnection, new perspectives, closure, warmth and fuzziness after all these years. Cathartic is the one word to describe it. As I drove away from the initial meeting, all I could say was "what a night!". For new visitors, here is the initial official Mr. Guy J. Crockroft blurb/smirk/drivel/manifesto...... Mo' fun later...... Greeting Classmates, Web Surfers and Wal-Mart Shoppers! Yes, it's really me. I am alive! This is Mr. Guy J. Crockroft, the man, the myth, the legend, coming to you live from the windswept, frozen tundra of Alaska. Since you've seen me, I've been a punk rocker, woodchopper, gas pumper, carpet layer, family man, public servant, pundit, writer, sunday school teacher, preacher, stand up comic, marathon runner, 200 average bowler, and a traveler across the great USA, seeing all 50 states. That nasty "Crockroft's the head of the Illuminati" rumor keeps popping up, but like I keep saying: I can neither confirm nor deny, assuming such a secret society actually exists. And that's all I got to say about that!. I grew up (sorta) in Colville-from 2nd grade to early Senior year, with short diversions to other Jr. High & High schools - Calvary Christian Academy, Kettle Falls (boo! hiss!!), Medical Lake & Cheney- went to those places to "broaden my horizons". i.e., to meet new, fascinating, exotic people - and annoy them. After running away from Colville....uh, I mean-running for Colville, on the Cross Country team in our senior year, I moved to Cheney, where I ran for their Cross County team. Like John Kerry might say "I actually did run for Colville before I ran against them." Seems appropriate, somehow.... At Cheney, I was part of the Varsity team that set a school record on our home course (2.5 miles) - everyone finished in under 14:00 minutes!! (I made it easy - ran 13:58). We almost won the Frontier League title, but came up a little short in the final. Next stop was Spokane Falls Community College (aka "Harvard West") where I majored in Public Buffoonery, with minors in Abnormal Psychology, French and Bowling. Graduated "Laude, How Come?" After all that, I left town as soon as humanly possible and headed for the rainforest paradise of southeast Alaska. I have worked for the St...Expand for more