Downers Grove North Class of 1987

Phil McAleer

Then

Occupation:Software Sales Website:www.oncenter.com Marital Status:Married No. of Children:3 What song or TV show reminds you of high school?:Better Off Dead, Sixteen Candles, Black Flag Favorite high school memory?:Senior Spirit Day when we all wore black (I ditched). I think that showed what we were made of. Hanging, banging, and slanging cane (HA!). I really didn't like it at all. Most memorable experience since high school?:Birth of kids. They are what I live for now. Jumping out of a perfectly good plane. Riding a mountain bike down from 14,000 ft and passing cars on a highway on my honeymoon. Ah, good times.

From Phil:Hi everybody. Litterally just moved to Houston, TX. (8-11-07). I guess I won't be there for the reunion. Good luck to everyone.
Married 12 years. Lived in Naperville for the past 9 years. I'm into cycling, Mountain bikes, Snowboarding, Just outside stuff, I guess I'm still extreme (or I'm still trying) it hurts alot. I've been working around all facets of construction for the past 13 years. Now I'm selling blueprint reading and estimating software. Man is it HOT down here. I can't wait till winter when it's 70, YES!!!!

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Meagan McAuley (Milne)

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Occupation:attorney Marital Status:Married No. of Children:2 What song or TV show reminds you of high school?:anything by U2, Genesis, Springsteen Favorite high school memory?:hanging out with Sue (Heyse) Wallner, Colleen Smith, Karen Hessel, Paul Yu, etc., and gymnastics team Most memorable experience since high school?:Wedding and babies first, with travels to Salzburg, Venice, Prague, Cayman Islands second

From Meagan:After graduating from U. of I. (Champaign), I attended the Indiana University School of Law in Bloomington. There I met my husband and earned my J.D. We settled in the Indianapolis area and have been living in Carmel for the past five years. We have two children: William, who is almost eight, and Catherine, who is six. I currently work part time as a lawyer for the Indiana Court of Appeals, which leaves me plenty of time to volunteer at the children's school. Dave and I enjoy playing with the kids, whacking tennis balls, coaching soccer, boating, and being with family and friends. We also like eating at Steak 'n Shake, "where Daddy works" as general counsel. Although family obligations will likely keep us from the reunion, it looks like it'll be fun. Best wishes to all.

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Dawn McHugh (McHugh-Panozzo)

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Occupation:stay-at-home mom/freelance proofreader Marital Status:Married No. of Children:2 What song or TV show reminds you of high school?:INXS, Yaz, Violent Femmes Favorite high school memory?:Far too many for there to be one favorite. Parties, parties, parties. Track and cross-country. Prom weekend. Best friends--Jennifer Skimel and Wendy Engelke. Most memorable experience since high school?:So many ... isn't life grand? But number one must be every special day I share with my beautiful boys who are now 5 and 3.

From Dawn:I can't wait for the reunion. Next month John and I will have been married 10 years. We have Luke, 3.5 yrs., and Leo, 15 mos. Those boys are the absolute light of my life. I hope they have all the wonderful things we had in high school and that they are perfect angels andÂ don't get into trouble! I never would have predicted this, but we are Chicago Southsiders, now for 8 years. We moved to Beverly to be near John's work when we moved back here from California. Our favorite things to doÂ are to show the boys new things as often as possible and anything that involves family time.

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Stacy Metzger

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Occupation:Accounts Payable Marital Status:Single What song or TV show reminds you of high school?:Master of Puppets Most memorable experience since high school?:Receiving a college degree so that my mom would be able to see me walk aross the stage, because she was sick and passed away about a year and half later.

From Stacy:

I can't believe it has been 20 years, because I'm still only 29.......

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Victoria (Viki) Mickas (Kinder)

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Birthday:July 04 Occupation:CEO, Kinder Family/ Professional Volunteer Marital Status:Married No. of Children:2

From Victoria (Viki):In the past 20 years...My parents still live on Main St....Graduated from ISU with a Public Relations degree, worked at a PPO in D.G. in the marketing dept. as an audio visual trainer, assistant to the CFO and CIO, and ultimately an event planner for the entire corporation. Had 2 lovely girls and became CEO of my family. Now working full time at my daughters grade school, in charge of all of the computers and AV equipment - the hours are perfect! Life is about what good you bring to others, not only to yourself.

I long to do great and noble things,
but it is my destiny to do small things
in a great and noble way. - Helen Keller

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Cheryl Mizialko (Mallon)

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Occupation:Stay at home mom/former teacher Marital Status:Married No. of Children:2

From Cheryl:Married 14 years to college sweetheart. We have 2 kids, Ryan is 11 and Megan is 7 1/2. Graduated from ISU in 1991 and got my Master's degree in 1996. I taught elementary school until my son went to school. Now I am a stay at home mom.

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Lynn Morstadt (Bockhaus)

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Occupation:Paraprofessional (Teacher's Aide) Marital Status:Married No. of Children:2

From Lynn:I graduated from U of I with a BS in May, 1991 and a Masters in January, 1993. Got married to John right after graduation, packed everything in a Uhaul and moved to Fort Collins, CO. I worked as a trainer in the insurance industry until our boys were born. Mark is 10 and Eric is 8. I just started working at the local elementary school as a teacher's aide. We love living in Colorado and spend a lot of time in the great outdoors. I won't be able to make it to the reunion. Have a great time.

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Terri Myers (Sherman)

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Occupation:ER Registration Lead Marital Status:Married No. of Children:2 What song or TV show reminds you of high school?:Anything by U2 Favorite high school memory?:There are too many to list, but I'd have to say skating at the Westmont Roller Rink is at the top. (I know some of you are laughing) Most memorable experience since high school?:Of course having children has been the greatest experience ever. Watching them grow is amazing. The differences in my two children's personalities keeps me on my toes. My son is creative and out going and my daughter is very stubborn and wants to do everything on her own. She is going to be my Er child. She's not afraid of anything.

From Terri :After high school I worked in the banking field and stayed with the same bank for over 14 years. One night while being out with some friends I ran into Tom Sherman. For those of you who don't know, Tom is a Downers North 1987 graduate also. We have been married for over 10 years. If you would of told me in high school that I was going to marry Tom Sherman someday, I would of never believed it. Fate is really strange sometimes. Tom and I have two children . Our son Jake is 5 1/2 and our daughter Resse is 20 months. After the birth of our son, I was a stay at home mom for about 3 years. I decided to go back to work and I totally changed fields. I now work in the ER at Good Samaritan Hospital. Tom and I lived in Downers Grove for 8 years and then moved to Naperville about two years ago.
We love the outdoors and enjoy spending time with our family and friends. In fact we just returned from a vacation with my best friend Joanie Helfert(Lentz) and her family. We went to stay with our other friends Debbie Fay (Counsol) and her husband Phil who own a campground in northern Wisconsin. Actually Tom and I still see and are friends with many people from high school.
Unfortunately we will not be attending the reunion, but will be at the football game on Friday. Hope to see everyone there.

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John Nash

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Occupation:Software Developer Marital Status:Married No. of Children:2 What song or TV show reminds you of high school?:It's actually the movie Wierd Science Favorite high school memory?:The all black Winter Sports pep rally. While they don't think we showed school spirit, we definitely showed we were the tightest knit class in the school. Most memorable experience since high school?:Other than my kids, it would be refereeing the 2001 NAIA National Championship Football game in Tennessee. I got to escort the visitor's captains with their honorary captain to mid-field for the coin toss. The honorary captains for both teams were NYC fire fighters who had been at the World Trade Center three months earlier.

From John:Speed version: Graduated U of I '91, married Judie in '92, daughter Lili in '98, daughter Scarlett in '03. Live in Channahon, which is just southwest of Joliet. Work in Lisle. I'm looking forward to seeing everyone at the reunion.

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Suzanne Nebe (Pence)

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Occupation:Administrative Assistant Marital Status:Widowed No. of Children:2

From Suzanne:Hello everybody! I can't wait to see you at the reunion. I can't believe its been 20 years.

Here's the last 20 years in a nut shell. After graduation I went to work for various companies. In 1994 I married a boy I had known since I was 14, Rick Pence. In 1995 I had our daughter Danielle. In 1996 we moved to Florida where Rick Jr. was born in 1997. In 1998 we moved back to Illinois. February of 2000 my husband Rick passed away. Since then my time is spent working, raising my children and working out.

I hope everyone is doing well and I look forward to seeing you at the reunion.

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