John (Jack) Beckman:  

Update Jan 2015. Well i slide by last year not making and update on the site and I am truly challanged on keeping up with where to do social media to keep in touch with friends and yet not have it so controlling that I miss an important event or update. Grandkids in college and grade school so the young continue to keep me young. Still doing the business for a few more years and have a good take over prospect. I always thought it was "good" news when a store was ciosing because there would be these great sales but you don't realize how hard someone has worked to put that business into place. Hard hard work and a shame if they don't get passed on or bought out. HOPE TO SEE ALL CLASS OF 1965 AT THE REUNION AND HAVE A GREAT TIME. Update March 2012 Yes i did hit the site once in a while to see who "new" is there. I continue to run across old friends and at this point "old" is probably not a needed reference. Some from 4-H and some just various life contacts. On FACEBOOK and no I am not a Nascar driver. We did make a cruise around the Mexican "riveria" as one of the comedians on the ship described it. Same trip when thorough the Panama canal. The panamanians are building come new locks so the can conserve the fresh water lost we each ship goes thorough the locks. Great trip- Great Value. Business continues to show signs of positive recovery and that is nice. Still like the grandkids and friend trips the best. Update - September 2011 - Just looked at my original story. Most of the original information remains correct. We now have two grandsons Ari and Ashton. Lived thorough the 45th reunion for both me and may wife. Probably not the big crowds but nice to see old friends. People seem to wait for the big 50 but as we all know there is no guarantee. Still working and trying t...Expand for more