WINTER 2007

R E A L SR e a c h - o u t E n c o u r a g e A n d L o v e / S u p p o r t

May God’s gift of love, his Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, be your gift this Christmas and may this miracle of Christmas fill your hearts with love, joy, hope and peace.

SAVE THE DATE for a great time with family and friends at the PCS 4th Annual Dinner and Silent

Auction on April 26, 2008. Plan to join us for dinner and an exciting program at the Embassy Suites Hotel, Portland Airport, at 7:00pm. This is a rare op-portunity to hear Dr. Barry Asmus who is not only a world-renowned global economist, but is also a strong believer and a staunch supporter of private education. This year’s event will also feature a Silent Auction of se-lect items, including a tropical cruise, original artwork, a Columbia River yacht cruise, PCS unique items such as reserved parking and reserved seats at special events, and more! We are now seeking corporate sponsorships for the evening. Please contact Linda Swenson in the Development Depart-ment at 503-256-3960 x271 or linda.swenson@pcschools.org for further in-formation. Reservations to attend will be available in March.

3rd ANNUAL ALUMNI APPRECIATION WEEKJanuary 29-February 2, 2008

January 29-February 1st: Alumni are invited to tour the school, visit classes, meet new teachers and visit former teachers.

January 31st 10:50am: Chapel with Principal, Kevin Barrows. All alumni present will be honored.February 2nd 8:45am: Doors will be open to the gym for all Alumni who wish to participate in the Alumni Tournament. 10:00am: Let the games begin. All participants will enjoy watching the games from the beautiful new bleachers. 12:30pm: A fabulous and FREE luncheon awaits Alumni and their families in the cafeteria. Lunch will be prepared by PCH’s school cook, Patty Bunnell (83) Stenhouse.

February 2nd 5:00 pm: To wrap up the week, all Alumni and their families are invited to attend the ROYAL basketball games at Warner Pacific College. The 2007 State Champion Lady Royals will tip off at 5:00 pm followed by the men who also went to State in 2007.

Admission to the games is free of charge to all PC Alumni and their families. All Alumni will receive a $2.00 off coupon for food item(s) at the Booster’s concession stand.

Wishing You all the Blessings of Christmas

2 REALS

Please check the PC Athletic web site for all the latest infor-mation on sports schedules, game write-ups, and scores. Call Debi Stolberg Hanson (78), Administrative Secretary to the Athletic Director, at ext. 266 for questions relating to athletics.

December

3. Alumni Board Meeting, Thanksgiving and Christmas party 7pm6. PCH Christmas Concert at the High School 7pm14. Christmas Break begins25. Have a Blessed Christmas

January

7. Alumni Board Meeting 7pm29.-February 2. Alumni Ap-preciation Week (See page 1)

February

1-2. (See Page 1)3. Alumni Board Meeting 7pm

March

3. Alumni Board Meeting 7pm

Please mark your calendars for the Annual Dinner and Auc-tion on April 26, 2008.

THE ANNUAL BOARD and ADVISORY meeting WILL BE HELD Monday, August 4, 2008.

ALUMNIcalendarPHCS

As I write this letter, my heart is saddened by the passing of my very dear friend and classmate, Robert (Bob) Wiggins. (Please see “In

Memoriam” on page 17). I have titled this letter, “A Call to Remembrance” not only as I reflect back upon Bob’s life, but as I think about all the reunions held this past spring, summer and fall. We are still receiv-ing comments from so many Alumni that this will be a year to remember.

I am thrilled each and every time I read about the things our gradu-ates remember about their days at Portland Christian. I believe it is because of the strong Biblical foun-dation each one received here and the bonds they formed with their brothers and sisters in the Lord.

What a blessing to me to know they remember and can reflect back on their roots here.

During this special time of the year when we are called to remember and to thank our Lord for all his goodness to us, may we not forget to thank him for our school. Times may have changed, more for some than for others, but the Word who became flesh and dwells among us will never change. Let us then rejoice in the God of our salvation and continue to pray for the leader-ship at Portland Christian that they will maintain a firm grip on the reality of the times in which we live and never waiver from that Biblical foundation upon Portland Christian was built.

Have a wonderful Christmas, –Ernie Beckett, Class of 1953Alumni President

A CALL to REMEMBRANCE

REALS Contributors:Editor: Jeanne Lampi

Design: Apostrophe Design

Edition:Scene: Five, Take: Two

ALUMNI Officers and Board• President: Ernie Beckett (53)• Vice President: Les Busby• Secretary/Tresurer: Bartholomew Pflaum (97)• Alumni Web Master: Grant Lawrence (77)• Database Manager: Tim Downing (89)

• Public Relations: Donna Mckinney Root (68)• Faculty Liaison: Daniel Burnett (99)• Parent Alumni Advisor: Alan Svehaug• Historian: Les Busby• PCH Director of Alumni: Jeanne Lampi (Faculty/Staff, 66)

• Board Members at Large: Peter Busby (81) Aaron Lewis (95) Kirby Gleason (92) Maril Fitzgerald (72) John Larson (73) Wendy Busby Krout (73) Andrew Pflaum (01) Donna Bowling (68)

C O R R E C T I O N S• We regret that a picture of Mr. And Mrs. Dick Sturgis was not included in the Class of 1959 Re-union write-up on page 10 of the Fall REALs edition.• The children of Jason Hartnell are not attend-ing Portland Christian Preschool as reported on page 13 of the Fall REALS.

• The names of the members of the Portland Christian School Board were not included with their picture on page 2. An additional photo is reprinted on page 19 with members appropriately identified.

WINTER 2007 3

Births Pictures of babies and their families will be included in the REALS as they are received.

• Brad and Marcy Riegg announce the arrival of Josiah James at 4:00pm October 26, 2007. A very healthy 8lb 6oz baby, Josiah joins his two big brothers and sisters mak-ing for a wonderfully

complete Riegg household. Mr. Riegg is PCH’s Spanish teacher.

• Aleya Mia Grace was born to Micah (95) and Amy Steller (96) Tuttle on September 6, 2007.• Randy and Elisa Bosscher (02) Cuellar announce the birth of Alexa Jaden on September 17, 2007. Lexi weighed in at 6lbs 8oz. She joins big sisters Crystal Rose and Bailey Madison. The Cuellars are

grateful for everyone’s prayers for Bailey who was born 2 years ago with major heart problems and had been in the hospital for nearly 21/2 months prior to Lexi’s birth. She is gaining strength daily from her last and, hopefully, final heart surgery.

Congratulations to...• Anna Byrtek (06) and Derek Huskisson who announced their engage-ment February 14, 2007. A July 12, 2008 wedding is planned. (It was incorrectly reported in the last REALS that they were married on July 12, 2007. The editor

sincerely apologizes for this error.)• Robbie Brandon (03) and Sierra Young (05) who an-nounced their engagement to be married in the summer of 2008. Robbie is serving our country in the Marines.

• Ed Ryan (96) and Amanda Schlechty who are planning to be married on March 29, 2008. The happy couple wants every-one who knows them to set this date aside to attend their wed-ding. The location is yet to be announced.• Ashley Cundiff (04), a senior at

Rhodes College was honored this fall by the announcement that she had been chosen as one of the elite Faces of Rhodes. In her article, which can be read on www.rhodes.edu and click on ‘faces of rhodes’, ashley cundiff, she gives much credit to former Portland Christian High School AP History teacher, Glenn Cook for her accomplishments and achievements at Rhodes College.

• Caitlin Reilly (03) whose talent as a photographer is not going unnoticed in the Portland area, was invited to display her work the entire month of October at a local gallery/photo shop. Congratulations, Caitlin.• Jake Buchanan (03) was named KCAC player of the week on 11/08/07.

Jake who attends Sterling College in Kansas is the quarterback for the school’s football team. Currently Jake is ranked 100th out of all eligible QB’s for the NFL Draft. “Congratulations and, Go, Jake.”• Jonathan Rowlett (03) and Allie Cox who were mar-ried on June 1, 2007 in Chicago and “remarried” on November 10th in Portland. Jonathan is in the Navy.

Deaths• Robert (Bob) Wiggins (53) passed away on November 7, 2007 following a long battle with cancer. See In Me-moriam on page 17.• Don Barrows, father of High School Principal Kevin Barrows, passed away on the 18th of November 2008.

Josiah Riegg

Alexa Cuellar

Aleya Tuttle

4 REALS

Our Dear Friends,

We are including a letter in this issue of the REALS asking you to consider a gift to the Portland Chris-tian Alumni Association. The Association must raise funds annually to cover the cost of three issues of the REALS: Fall, Winter and Spring editions. We are grateful that the Lord has met our financial needs each and every year we have been publishing the magazine.

The primary purpose of the Association is to reach out, encourage, love, support and reconnect Portland Christian’s former students to one another and the school. It is always a joy to be able to reunite friends from high school days as well as keep classmates in-formed about class reunions and other events. We are grateful to our PCS Moms in Touch who pray weekly for the needs of the school and our Alumni and who are willing to be called upon to pray for immediate

and urgent needs. We also believe it is very important to keep our Alumni updated on current events and needs at both the elementary and the high school. In so far as we have the information, we believe we are accomplishing these tasks well.

In addition to raising funds to support the ongoing ministry of the REALS magazine, the Alumni Asso-ciation desires to broaden our outreach ministry to the faculty, staff and Alumni. Many in our midst are seriously ill or have been bereaved, and cards and flowers are always appreciated. All gifts to the Asso-ciation are placed in the Alumni Gift Fund which is held in trust and used only for designated purposes.

Thank you for considering a gift to the Portland Christian Alumni Association. May your hearts be filled with love, joy, hope and peace this Christmas Season.

–The Alumni Association Board

Yesterday I had the joy of attending the Thanksgiv-ing Chapel at the grade school. I was thrilled to hear the children’s testimonies and the very same songs sung as those sung by my own six children when they attended PCES. My heart overflowed with thanksgiving and my eyes filled with tears as I reflected back on those won-derful days at PC. Today I have two granddaughters in Mrs. Morris’s kindergarten class at the school. Naomi, the daughter of Dan (94) and Madison, daughter of Tim ((92) are so excited about attending school together. (Naomi and her parents are missionaries in Bolivia and are on furlough until January.) I am so thankful to the school and to Mr. Buck for keeping alive the wonderful traditions we all love. I am so blessed as a mother and grandmother.

Editor’s note: All six of the Judy and Denny Collins’ children attended Portland Christian. As with many fam-ilies, money was tight and Denny had to work three jobs to keep the children at PCS. They were blessed to keep them up through the 8th or 9th grade before their transfer to David Douglas. Only Mike (83) was able to go all the way through our system and ended up as the Student Body President in 1982-83. Had all the children gradu-ated, they would have been in the following classes: Chris: 86, David: 87, Tim: 92, Daniel: 94, and Becky: 99. It’s wonderful to see how families connect and reconnect with the school. Daughter, Becky Collins Caputo taught several years at Clark County and her sister-in-law, Jo-anna, graduated from PCH in 2003.

An Open Letter to the Alumni and Friends of Portland Christian

From a Grateful Mother’s HeartBy Judy Collins

A Letter of Appeal

WINTER 2007 5

Alumni Association Board and Advisory Annual Meeting PicturesBart reported on the Annual Meeting in the Fall issue of the REALS. The pictures shown

below were taken at the annual meeting in July.

6 REALS

From the Desk of the Athletic Director:By Dana Larson.

PCH has experi-enced a wonderful fall season in ath-letics. The alumni can be proud of the young men and women, along with their coaches,

who have submitted themselves to the rigors of training, committed numerous hours to honing their skills, and played their sport to their utmost in reaching our number one goal: To Glorify God.

Luke 6:40 reads, “A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone who is perfectly trained will be like his teacher.” The gifted people the Lord has brought to PC to be coach-es are amazing. They are dedicated believers that know their sport, love kids and love the Lord. They truly desire to put God first on and off the field. They are committed to excellence and contend to raise up a generation of Christian leaders through sport, training, and compe-tition. Through their godly example, as witnessed in how their student-athletes played the game with heart and integrity, I believe God was glorified.

The excitement on the playing fields and courts this fall was ab-

solutely thrilling. First let’s look at Volleyball. Under the new leader-ship of Jocelyn Edlin and Cindy

Baugher, the girls repeated as the Northwest League Champions. They defeated Santiam HS in the first round of State Playoffs, held in our own beautifully remodeled gym, (if you haven’t seen it your should stop by, glad to give a tour), and advanced to the Finals. At the finals they defeated Union in the quarter-finals, then Blanchet in the semis, and for the 2A State Championship they crushed Weston-McEwen’s Tiger Scotts. It was a sweet victory. It was exciting to see the team work so well together. For her strong and

dominate play, senior Kim Hill was unanimously voted by the tourna-ment coaches to the receive First Team recognition.

Coach Andrew Jannsen (‘87) and his coaching crew directed

the boy’s team to back-to-back NWL Champions. You had to be there to experience the

thrill of victory at the coastal school of Nestucca, located in Cloverdale. Scores of dedicated PC fans made the three-hour journey in hopes of knocking off the first place Bobcats. At times it seemed the task was too tall, but with a rowdy contingent of PC fans out cheering the home crowd, the Royals prevailed, pulling off the upset for a share of the NWL title. For the first round of state we faced Central Linn at Pioneer Stadium in Oregon City. It was a great battle all the way through on a wet night, but this time it was the Cobras turn to win and advance on to the quarterfinals.

Girl’s soccer, under the leader-ship of Coach Abby Buck Houston, had a big job preparing the team to compete in the 1A-4A district after a one-year independent schedule. Of the ten teams in the district, seven schools are 4A in size, and three are 2A (PC, Corbett, and DeLaSalle). Their record reflects their tenacity and determination. They accom-plished three wins, three losses, and three ties. All the games were close matches. Only the eventual league champion, LaSalle, defeated the girls by more than two goals. Our team made it into the district playoffs and fought Cascade for the opportunity to play Estacada for the third seed birth to the state play-offs. Two well-matched teams played regulation and an overtime without a decision. In a heartbreaker, the girls lost by penalty kicks to end their season. Cascade went on to de-feat Estacada and advance from the Cascade Conference as the number three seed to the state playoffs. In two short seasons, Coach Houston and her group of hard working girls have turned the corner on this pro-gram and look to be successful on

the soccer pitch every year. The boy’s soccer team had only

a few 2007 seniors leave the team from the previous season and was loaded with talent from front to back. Especially excit-

ing was the addition of freshman goalie, Keegan Rogers. With a very solid defense, dominate middle, and quickness up front, the outlook was very good to contend for a league title and to make a run in the soccer state playoffs. Coach Aaron Lewis (‘95) and the boys worked incredibly hard, successfully fighting off each opponent they played. They domi-nated the Columbia Soccer District earning the league championship trophy for the first time since 2004. In the district playoffs they defeated North Clackamas Christian to earn the #1 Seed to state. They faced a fast and talented Umatilla team in the first round. Try as they might they couldn’t make the scores they needed to keep pace. In the end, they suffered their only loss of the season. It was fun watching them play and we look forward to a strong returning team next year.

I don’t believe PCH has ever ex-perienced three league titles in one season and that is something worth celebrating. Speaking of celebrating we also have three individuals to applaud. Each was named as Player of the Year (POY) for their respec-tive fall sport: Caleb Nyone, – Boy’s Soccer, Kim Hill – Volleyball, and John Pflaum – Football, Offense POY. Our congratulations to these three fantastic student athletes; each having PC Alumni sibling ties. Jon Nyone –(05), Hills: Kelsey -(05), Caitlin-(03), Shelby-(01), and the Pflaum’s: Bart-(97), Ben-(99), Andy-(01) and Becky-(06).

Hope to see as many of you as possible this winter for a wonderful tradition – PC Basketball!!!! Come out and support Tom West (‘71) and new boy’s head coach Anthony Baugher.

For up-to-the minute game times and locations go to www.high-schoolsports.net. Let’s hoop it up for the ROYALS.

NEWS FROM PCS

WINTER 2007 7

Homecoming QueenAllison Schilling

HOMECOMING 2007The night was beautiful and some-what crisp as Portland Christian High School students prepared to celebrate PCH’s Forty-fifth Annual Homecoming. The floats pulled into the parking lot at 5:30 pm and the drivers took their places while the last minute details were attended to on each float. The “actors/actresses” took their places and they were ready to be judged. At half time the floats were driven onto the track and slowly made their way around to the fans. Following the floats were the Homecoming Princesses, beauti-

ful ladies all. Some rode in a bright red coup, others in convertibles and two princesses were driven in on “mopeds”. The alumni enjoyed the game, especially with free admis-sion for them and their families along with $2.00 coupons to be used at the Booster Club concession stand. By the half, however, many Alumni had made their way to the cafeteria for hot cider, and goodies. Most came in to talk as well as see “who showed up.” Lingering a while after the game, most alumni said they had a great time but were a bit disappointed in the selection of the opposing team for the event since

the final score was PCH 63 and the opponents, zip.

Graphic design for all your advertisingand business needs.

503.701.1059 jodi@apostrophedesign.com

• logos• letterheads• business cards

• ad design• postcards• brochures

• newsletters• websites• and more...

8 REALS

Thank you

to all who made the Walk-a-Thon a complete success!

Despite the

wind and rain, the day was fantastic. The students came out dressed in pink, adorned in their ribbons and ready to walk. Carolyn and Bill Dowd

walked out as the crowd cheered in excitement. Kevin Barrows led us off in prayer and the 3-hour walk began. When the walkers needed a break, the Booster club was there with hot food and drinks and the Stephen’s family sold their famous shaved ice. There was also a booth set off to the side for anyone who wanted to write a little note for Mrs. Dowd’s scrapbook.

Together we raised over $11,500!

This is amaz-ing and we

want to continue the efforts. Caro-lyn’s treatments are so expensive and we want to help in everyway we can. If you didn’t get the chance to donate, or would just like to give a financial gift for Christmas, please send your check to Portland Chris-

tian Schools, Carolyn Dowd Cancer Fund. ALL money raised will as-sist the Dowd Family with their mount-ing medical costs.

Thank you to every-

one,–Jennifer Pinkham, PC Art Teacher

(Editor’s note: Thanks to Jennifer and her students as well as Mary Green and other teachers for the labor of love that went into planning and executing this amazing event.)

WALK-A-THONA benefit for Carolyn Dowd • October 19, 2007

Carolyn Dowd is in Heaven

Word was received just before this issue of the REALS went to print that Carolyn had passed away at 1:26am on December 5, 2007

WINTER 2007 9

Doug Cain, PC’s Director of Develop-ment, has accepted a position with

the Salvation Army and will be leaving Portland Christian as of mid-November. Doug has been with the school since Sep-tember 2004. In these 3 years, Doug’s ac-complishments have been numerous. He successfully led the school in our fund-raising efforts for the new Market Street Arts building. Under his leadership the Annual Dinner tradition was reinstituted. Doug has brought a new level of profes-

sionalism and effectiveness to the Devel-opment Department, examples of which are the design for our new school logo and the complete overhaul of the school’s web site.

Doug will be greatly missed. We have been blessed by his time with us and

are greatful for the many things he has been able to do on behalf of our school. We pray for God’s blessings on his new ministry with the Salvation Army.

P O R T L A N D C H R I S T I A N B I D S D O U G C A I N FA R E W E L L !

The Chinchilla Family

Cheryl Jarvis

Andrea Stout

10 REALS

NOTES to the REALSThank you to those who have shared your thoughts with us for publication. Many good things have resulted as Alumni read about friends, reunions, births, graduations, weddings, deaths, and especially, prayer requests. Those who share often are an en-couragement to others, especially former teachers and staff, and those whom we are able to reconnect are an encouragement to us. Thank you.

News from the fifties...• “Is anyone planning a reunion for the class of 1958?”• “Sebring Retirement Center has been my home for the past year. One of the reasons the Lord has brought me here was to start a prayer meeting for Southern Africa. On the 4th of December, I will have a hip replacement. The arthritis in my hip is not responding to all the exercises that I have done these past months. I would appreciate your prayer support. I am attending Bible Fellowship Church where they have a very active missionary program. The last major trip of the year was to Portland and Seattle at the end of August to attend the 50th wedding anniversary of Walt and Janet Jami-son. My sister Dorothy from CA. was there, and attended her 50th PCHS reunion the next week.” My e-ad-dress is: camillejamison@peoplepc.com. Dorothy Jamison, MD (55)

News from the sixties…• “I’ve retired from serving as senior editor of Christian Home & School magazine which is published by Christian Schools International, so I have time to attend the 50th year reunion for the class of 1961. I hope someone is working on it.” Roger Schmurr• “Thank you for helping me make contact with my classmates from the class of 1962. It was exciting to see how they were doing, and how they

are going on with the Lord. The only disappointment about the reunion was that more friends were not able to be there. We still had a lovely visit for those who did attend. It was so kind of Marie Trout to open her home to open her beautiful home to us, and also provide the delicious BQ pork. Mary Kious Brandom is so thoughtful and generous with her time to do all this secretarial work for our class.” (Just like she did in high school.) Cornelia Bramblett Ulman

News from the seventies...• “Judy and I loved planning the reunion. I was so pleased with the turnout and all the fun we had. I just wish it could have lasted a few more days. Several have expressed interest in possibly having another get-to-gather in the next couple of years, It would be so much fun to stay in touch more often. Things are wonderful here. God is so good to us. I love fall. Being a farmer’s wife, it is even sweeter to stop at the end of the harvest and Thanksgiving time to thank the Lord for all His blessings on our life. I cannot praise Him enough.” Cindy Hanes Cook (77)• “I just read my Fall REALS and got caught up on my class reunion. It sounds as though those who were able to attend had an awesome time. It’s been a while since I have seen teachers, classmates and others. I am glad that God is still in the center of many people’s lives. He has greatly blessed my family. I am very grateful for my education at Port-land Christian. Whenever asked, I am more than proud to tell people of my time there. I continue to pray for all those at Portland Christian as I know everyone needs constant guidance. I am constantly encour-aged to read about the successes of individuals in PCH and of those who have graduated. GOD IS SO GOOD!!! I would have loved to spend

time with Rich Remsburg at the re-union. He was one of the most posi-tive role models in my life, especially at a time when I desperately needed guidance. If God would have chosen to keep us in Portland, I know my children would have been at Port-land Christian.” Tom Pinkley (77)• “This is Michael and I am writing for my Dad who is away with my mom in Germany. Dad had a bad fall playing basketball last Satur-day. He bruised both knees and may have cracked a bone in his jaw and possibly one in his wrist. They glued his chin together. It hasn’t interfered with him talking, however and it did give him a great sermon illustration about how grown men shouldn’t do stupid things. Anyway, we do need prayer for health as well as protec-tion here in Scotland.” Michael for the Gleason Family. Jon Gleason (78)

News from the eighties…• “It’s that time of the year and Thanksgiving is rapidly approach-ing. We will be hosting a dinner for the pilots “stuck” in town this year. Most pilots do not know their DHL schedules yet so there may also be some in town over Christmas.” (Mike Patrick is very involved with planning activities for, and hosting events for pilots. His mission with the FCAP [Fellowship of Christian Airline Pilots] keeps him very busy yearlong.)• “I was looking at the Alumni web site and was wondering if you’d please change my name spelling from Kaiser to Keiser under “Prayer for Those Serving Overseas.” Also we are in Tokyo.” The editor apologizes. The information in the Fall REALS is correct. The web site is undergoing a complete overhaul and all the infor-mation had to be retyped. It will be rechecked. • “I have worked at Kaiser Permanente for over 20 years now. My daugh-ter, Morgan, is 22 and in graduate

Don & Marta Lewis

Michiyo Nakamura aad Mrs. Lampi

Yvonne Dick (91) Noll and Lian

WINTER 2007 11

from Portland Christian Alumni & Friendsschool and my son, Austin, is 18 and has started aviation mechanics school. I have been on a few mission trips with Y.W.A.M. and am very involved with my church. I enjoy my family, crocheting, horseback riding and reading.” Julie Hancock (81)

News from the nineties…“Thank you to all who have helped fix our house and raise support for our work with Disaster Relief for Campus Crusade. We were able to make a trip to Colorado this sum-mer and to meet with our future team and meet the Campus Crusade Staff. WHAT A FAITH-BUILDING AND ENCOURAGING TIME Aaron produces documentary films to help focus attention on the many areas of disaster in the world, as an example on the genocide in the Sudan. Here at home, Aaron continues to work for the Winterhawks, on the instant replay system, and the production of all the highlight videos you see during the games. If there is anyone interested in seeing a Winterhawks game, please e-mail him at gain@thenolls.net for tickets.” Yvonne Dick Noll (91)• “Our youngest, Summer was mar-ried in June. Her husband is an engineer and she a nurse. Karen Brewster Fangrad (92) is expect-ing another child. This will make three. Please pray the baby goes to term as she has previously lost two. David (94) and Holly have four chil-dren. And our house is quiet except for Saturday nights when we have 20-27 young people for Bible Study. (Jim and Barbara Brewster moved to New Brunswick from Camas circa 1993 where Jim went to work for a paper products plant there. They were very involved in PCH activities.)• “Hello, praying people. It has been a long process but we are now back on line and in touch with the rest of the world. Micah has already started an evangelism program at

the church, Amy is involved in all the usual massive amount of work home responsibilities and 5 kids re-quire, AND our five fantastic 5 kids are transitioning well back to Peru. We are encouraged and sustained by the grace granted us as a result of your prayers. The Tuttle Family in Trujillo, Peru.” (From a portion of the e-mail sent by Micah (95) and Amy Stellar (96) Tuttle who recently returned to Peru after a year of study in the US.)• “Before church on Sundays I go to a small French café for break-fast. There was this really cute red headed waitress named Amanda. To make a long story short, seven months later I invited her to go to the top of Larch Mountain to see the sun rise. There were lots of photog-raphers up there taking pictures of the sunrise so we weren’t alone until 9 am. I kneeled down and asked her to marry me. She gave me an enthu-siastic ‘Uh-huh’ and came down to where I was and gave me the biggest hug. After a few moments I told her we had to hurry because I had a surprise for her. We made it to the Columbia River Gorge Hotel din-ing room in time for our breakfast reservations and to present her with a huge bouquet of flowers beauti-fully arranged on our table next to the window. We spent a perfect day together. The next perfect day will be March 29, 2008 when she says, ‘I do’. And we want everyone to attend. We’ll get invitations out as soon as we know the location. Please e-mail me your address if you’d like an invitation at ed.ryan@xo.com.” (The previous was a portion of an e-mail from Ed Ryan (96) written to let all his friends know of his engagement and upcoming wedding.) • “I’ve never pretended to have the Lord’s plans figured out, but one thing I can bank on is this: they’re probably going to be different from my own. In early July, I packed up

my life of the past year and a half into 2 fifty-pound bags, bid fare-wells to my students, friends and colleagues in Ningxia, China and headed back to the US. When I ar-rived in Brush Prairie, WA, I didn’t know what the next step would be, I wasn’t eager to leave my family or move again or to live in Los Ange-les. In mid-August, however, I had accepted a position with ELIC and drove 15 hours to San Dimas, CA (just north of L.A.) and am getting settled. I miss my work in China but being able to continue being a part of the work from stateside is a true blessing. I will be relocating to Ft. Collins, CO in August 2008 and am committed with ELIC, stateside, until August 2009. After that, only the Lord knows. Regardless of what the Lord has in store, I would love to keep you posted. I can be reached at astout@elic.org or you can check out my blog at: http://wanderlife.typepad.org. Andrea Stout (97)• “Hi, it’s Tiffany Prindle Chinchilla. I just received the REALS. It is sure great to get an update on everyone. I have attached a picture of my beau-tiful and growing family.” Tiffany Prindle Chinchilla (98)

A New Century…

• Molly Stanley Davis (01) writes from Pullman, WA. “It was good to see everyone at ACSI.” • Cheryl Cundiff writes that Ash-ley (04) was chosen as one of the Faces of Rhodes and talked about Mr. Cook (in her presentation) and his influence in the history courses she took at Portland Christian. It is such a blessing to know the impact one has on someone’s life at such a young age. To read about Ashley, go to www.rhodes.edu, click on “faces of rhodes” and then ashley cundiff to see what is written about her.

Notes to the REALS Cont…

12 REALS

• Mike Manus (05), a student at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago and in the Navy Reserves, writes, “You wouldn’t believe that I bumped into this guy while I was downtown. He was coming out of Borders. He said, ‘Hey, young fella, how ya doin?’ The secret service guys moved in real fast but I got pictures on my cell camera.” The guy was Bill Clinton. “Surprise, surprise, I ran into Matt McBride (04) Remember, his Mom teaches home economics at PCH and I played baseball with him my soph-omore and junior years. He was the lefty who played first base. He also led worship his senior year. I ran into him at the Mainside Chapel on the base. He will be attending Corp School (medical) for the next three and a half months. I was so excited to meet up with him again and hear about his experiences in the Navy.

He’s the second PC’er I’ve run into the past two weeks. (The first was John Rogers at the Recruit Chapel a couple of weeks ago.) I am stoked to be jumping into ministry at the Base and am glad to see Matt on a regular basis since he plays in the Sailor Worship Band on Sundays.”

Former Faculty Share…• Word has been received from Shir-ley Wells that all is well with her in Israel. The Lord has called her there in a ministry of quietness and prayer for the “peace of Jerusalem”. She goes to the Wall daily in inter-cessory prayer and is grateful for the prayers of God’s people.• Dan and Marta Lewis write about this month’s work among the gypsies in Romania, their work in Serbia and Hungary and in particu-lar their opportunity to speak at the

100 year anniversary of the Kosd Baptist Church 60 km from their home in Budapest . They were hon-ored to speak along side the area bishops from the Catholic and Re-formed churches and to have their message broadcast on local TV. • Former chair of PCH’s Science De-partment was a featured speaker at the annual October ACSI meetings at the Convention Center in Port-land. Dr. Daniel Criswell, of the In-stitute for Creation Research, spoke about his work and teaching on the Support of the Biblical Claim for Adam and Eve based on Inheritance Patterns. In subsequent presenta-tions he lectured on his work in Bioethics and Stem Cell Research. We are grateful to have had the privilege of having such an amazing man as part of the PCH faculty.

(Editors note: From Kirby’s Corner to Bart’s Banter, we go to Peter’s Pasttimes. Different members of the Alumni Board have chosen to write for the magazine. In this issue we hear from Peter Busby, class of 1981.)

This quarter I have chosen to put the spot light on soccer. I attend-ed the final regular sea-son PC

boys’ soccer game this year. What a team!! State potential all the way!!! I am glad these boys have a chance to play soccer. I know I would have enjoyed playing in high school, but that was in an era when the school did not have a team.

For some reason, some people seem to have a hard time getting excited about watching a soccer match. Well, here is my opportunity to share the passion! For me, the key to getting excited about a sport is to

know how that sport is played and the rules of the game.

Soccer is such a great sport and action is the key to the game. Scor-ing is simple; one goal equals one point. The ball must completely cross the goal line with no extra points for scoring from outside the penalty box. There are ties but if a winner must be declared, it’s settled with a shootout. Each team selects 5 players, each one shoots a direct shot against the goalie. The team with the most goals wins. There are direct penalty kicks, indirect pen-alty kicks, headers, corner kicks, goal kicks, slide tackles, headers, walls, bicycle kicks, red cards, yel-low cards and kickoffs. All pretty exciting stuff, especially when you understand what you’re watching.

Soccer players are one of the most conditioned athletes. They must run up and down the field for two, forty-minute running halves, with no time outs, no huddle, and only limited substitutions. If the ball goes out of bounds, it requires a throw in, corner kick or goal kick and play must be resumed quickly. Players are allowed to dribble, pass and shoot with every part of their bodies except their arms and hands. The only exceptions are to complete a

throw-in or place the ball down for a corner or penalty kick.

Now the goalie is one unique indi-vidual. Portland Christian has a great one. He is only a freshman and, amazingly, has requested to play this position. Each position is key to the success of the team, but the goalie is big. This is the only person that can use his hands without getting a penalty called. He sacrifices his body to deflect and stop the opponent from scoring. And lest I forget, the goalie gets a cool uniform that has crazy designs and built in padding. Are you catching the excitement?

By the way, the boys won the game and put them into first place with a bye in the first round of the play-offs. When this magazine is pub-lished, the season will be over. You will need to go to the website to see how the soccer season ends as well as the other fall sports which are having great success this year as they are heading into their respec-tive playoffs. Next year, get out and support your soccer teams and cheer them on to success! I see State Championship potential out there on the field! And by the way, Portland Christian has a great girls team as well.

PETER’S PAST TIMES

WINTER 2007 13

Graduates of Portland Christian areserving in many areas of the world.Please send names to PCHS forinclusion in the next REALS edition.

❤ The Russ Lambert (54), Family,Europe, OCI❤ Dr. Camille Jamison (54), SIM USA❤ Jim and Lanita Smith (58)Sweeney, Directors, Jesus FilmProject, NW❤ Jaunita Phillips (59) Schiewek, Hawaii❤ Gene and Sheryl Shields (59)Good, SOWERS Ministry❤ Chuck (61) and Sally Keller, BanLung, Cambodia❤ Jake and Marie Birch (65) Penner, Eastern Europe❤ Bob and Joyce Lander (66) Carl-son, Kenya❤ Jerry Glass (67), Uruguay, Bibli-cal Ministries Worldwide❤ Mike Rice (69), Emmaus PrisonMinistries❤ Don and Gretchen Barter (70)Cheney, Wycliffe Bible Translators❤ Dr. Carl (71) and Cindy Reed,Indonesia❤ Dr. Scott Walt (76) and family,Austria❤ Pastor Mark Turansky (77), Hawaii❤ Dr. Lori Marvel (78) Salierno,Celebrate Life Int’l.❤ Pastor Jon Gleason (78) andfamily, Scotland❤ Dan Brose (79) and family,humanitarian aid from USA toBurundi, Africa❤ Pastor Brent Ralston and family,Phillipines❤ Kari Keiser (80) Carrico andfamily, Japan❤ Aron and Yvonne Dick (91) Nolland family, Campus Crusade forChrist, Global Aid Network❤ Peter and Christina Walsh (91)Firezar, ministering from USA to

Oradea, Romania❤ Karen Brewster (92) Fangradand family, Creation Ministries,Int’l., Canada❤ Jason Oversteet (92), RESCUEMusic Ministry ❤ Dan and Daryl Collins, Bolivia❤ Rich and Monica Blackwell (93)Brubaker, Chi Alpha Christian Fel-lowship, OSU❤ Duan Walker (95), Director ofMid-Valley Fellowship❤ Leanne Madore (01), New Zealand from January 2008 until April 2008.❤ Sarah Rehnberg (03), Paris, France❤ Rachel Madore (05), serving in Bolivia until the Spring of 2008.❤ Dan and Marta Lewis, Hungary❤ Shirley Wells, Israel❤ Dr. John Schneider, NursingHome Ministries❤ Eric Swanson-Dexel, former PCH teacher, Director of Camp Hammer Christian Ministries in California.

Thank you for keeping us updatedon the status of our men and womenin the military. Unless we hear differ-ently, names will remain on thisprayer list. Thank you for praying.

❤ Lt. Bryce Tucker Coast Guard,(husband of Liz Phares (94))❤ AJ Alovera (96), Marines❤ Matt Strange (99), Naval MarineCorpsman❤ Brian Poling (01), Navy❤ Melissa Lacy (01), Army Reserves❤ 2nd LT. Alex Esson (02), Air Force❤ Luke Koetje, husband of ShelleyWright (02), Afganistan❤ Jonathan Chambers (03), Marines❤ Travis Hewitt (03), Marines❤ Jonathan Rowlett (03), Navy❤ Robbie Brandon (03), Marines❤ Matt McBride (04), Navy❤ Mike Manus (05), Navy Reserve❤ Sgt Christina Clark, Army MP’s in Iraq

General Requests for Prayer.

❤ The family of Carolyn Dowd. Carolyn died December 5, 2007. She leaves her husband Bill, Port-

land Christian’s I.T. Manager, and her daughter Jennifer, a senior at Point Loma Nazarene University. Pray also for the PCH Staff and Carolyn’s English students.❤ Tim Fadel (95), strength andfaith for Tim and his family in hisbattle with cancer.❤ Kevin Barrows, PCHS principal, his mom and sister in the recent loss of his father in Florida.❤ Bill Buck, PCS principal, has been diagnosed with an irrevers-ible condition known as Non-Arteric Ischemic Retinopathy. He has lost about 80% of his vision. ❤ Deanna Hunter Alovera (97) has recently been diagnosed with liver cancer. (Husband, AJ, graduated ‘96) ❤ Christopher Riegg, son of Brad (PCH Spanish teacher) and Marcy Riegg has been diagnosed with what the doctors believe is Guillain-Barre syndrome, a disorder in which the body’s immune system attacks part of the peripheral nervous system.❤ Les Busby, Alumni Board Mem-ber, former Board of Trustees mem-ber and parent of 5 graduates, has recently been diagnosed with cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy.❤ Kay Padilla, 4th grade teacher, cancer would remain in remission.❤ Nancy Lewis, 2nd grade teacher, is seriously ill and has been hos-pitalized for past several weeks. Please call the elementary school for an update on her condition.❤ Becky Coulson, junior high counselor, in her continued battle with cancer.❤ Earl Gosvenor, former PCS cus-todian and PCS school bus driver, has recently undergone surgery for colon cancer.❤ John Fitzgerald, former PCES principal, teacher, Board of Trust-ees member and father of 4 PCH alumni, has undergone major heart surgery and is struggling with kid-ney issues.❤ The family of Bob Wiggins (53) who passed away on November 7, 2007.

for

14 REALS

Portland Chris-tian has liter-

ally “called to me”. I love being with my kids, so when the opportunity to work at the school became available, I jumped at it. I

love it! I was prepared to serve the staff and kids and try to bless their days in my small way. However, as is always the case, I am the receiver, not the giver. The kids at PC are truly a delight. They make my day, everyday! The theme of the kitchen revolves around the fruits of the Spirit. I can say that love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, gentleness and self control are alive and well at PC. – Patty Stenhouse, Class of 1983

It’s funny, when you finish high

school you leave with a wealth of experiences and great memories, but you never ex-pect that the Lord will move you back

to your alma mater to work at some point in your career path.

When Jeff & I were looking at schools for our sons a number of friends highly recommended the Market Street campus. We never knew that decision would ulti-mately lead to my working for PC. In December of 1998 I volunteered to do the bookkeeping for the “Royal Cash” program which eventually led to my working for the next 6 years in the business office part-time. I really enjoyed those years and loved the people I worked with. But when the opportunity to work with my two favorite things, teenagers and sports, came up I felt it was just one more path change on this adventure called life.

Being a part of the Portland Christian “world” is really about family and it’s unique history. One of the blessings from being “back” at PC has been renewing old acquain-tances with classmates, teachers, etc. I’ve even made some great new friendships over these years with people that weren’t even actually in

my class but we are now connected through our children or working with their children.

It’s also been fun to be in a position to connect the past to the present. When Jeff helped coach the baseball team this past year, it brought so many great memories of my traveling with the baseball team as their scorekeeper, and then farther back yet to when my cousin Dallas (Tolland) coached baseball at PC. In an age where people don’t stay in one place very long, it is great to belong to a school with such a rich and deep history. I am contin-ually amazed at what the Lord does in and through this school both in big and small ways.

I have no idea where the Lord will take me in the future but for now you can find me enjoying life back in High School!– Debi Stolberg Hanson, Class of 1978

Being a stay at home mom,

having just gone through a divorce, and with a child who was ready to enter kindergar-ten, I knew that the public schools

were not what I wanted my chil-dren to experience. God put it in my heart to enroll my son at PCES so, I took that step of faith, not knowing how I was going to pay for it. That September after I had been helping in the classroom, I was talking with the office and they suggested that I talk to Leanne at Rossi Farms. I followed through with that and was employed for the first time in years. A couple of months later, when I was in the classroom helping, Mrs. Rydman told me that the school office was looking to replace both secretaries. She told me I needed to talk with Mr. Buck. I thanked her and went home and started pray-ing about it. I waited for a formal announcement about the job open-ings and never heard anything. After a couple of weeks Mrs. Ryd-man asked me if I had talked to Mr. Buck and I told her I hadn’t. After I went home that day I called the

office and talked with them and got an appointment to speak with Mr. Buck. When I came in I gave him an envelope with my resume in it and he just set it aside. I left feeling anxious and that there was no way this would work out. I had to go and turn it all over to God again because He had a plan and how I felt didn’t make a difference. That afternoon I had a call from the school office asking me to come back for an-other interview. Then there came an interview with the department heads. God just unfolded everything before I could realize what was hap-pening. That May I started working with the secretaries learning the job responsibilities. Since then both of my children have been attending school here and loving it. I get the opportunity to work with a wonder-ful principal, outstanding faculty, and numerous awesome families on a daily basis.– Michele Brown Madson, Class of 1982

The simplest answer to why

I teach at PCH is that God wants me here. He opened the doors neces-sary for me to start teaching at Port-land Christian and

He has held them open ever since. Along with why I teach at PCH is why I enjoy teaching at this school. PC provides me with the opportuni-ty to teach the whole truth. It would be difficult for me to teach math without explaining its true nature and purpose. To withhold the truth that math reveals and how it glori-fies God would be to teach a partial truth. It also provides me with the opportunity to help the students see how they can use mathematics to serve and glorify God. It is a rare privilege to be able to influence and shape young Christian minds in such a profound way.

It is much the same with coach-ing. My sincere desire is that each athlete I coach will learn to serve Christ through athletics. In addi-tion, coaching provides me with the chance to build Christian character

Why I Believe the Lord has Called Me to Teach and Serve Him at Portland Christian Schools

WINTER 2007 15

applicable to all areas of life, not just athletics. It also provides the opportunity to display a Christian witness when we compete. The prin-ciples of teamwork and giving one’s all for Christ apply to all areas of life and endeavors.–Andrew Jannsen, Class of 1986

The Lord has called me to

serve, and wherev-er that service for him might lead me, I want to obey his call. At this time of my life and with three elementary

age children at Portland Christian, my calling is to serve him here. I dearly love Mr. Buck, the principal, as well as all the wonderful teachers God has put in place to care for my children.

As a graduate of Portland Chris-tian in ‘87, I was very well prepared to go on to Liberty University. My knowledge of the Bible and a Bibli-cal worldview was strong. I needed, however, to go further in learning how to put feet to my faith. In this post-modern era, the need is greater than ever before for Christians to confidently step into the non-Chris-tian world and live out their faith by being real and reaching out in a loving, non-judgmental way with the love of the Jesus of the Bible.

When asked to consider serv-ing on the PCS Board of Trustees, I knew this was definitely a call from God. I want to be a part of a Christian school that is teaching its students to think critically and is teaching them the importance of engaging their culture with an intel-lectual honesty.–Anna Hall Quarum, Class of 1987

My association with Portland

Christian began in the fall of 1967 as an incoming fresh-man. My 4 years as a student at PCHS was my first exposure to what

it meant to have a Biblical world and life view. Three of my teachers (all of whom would one day be my colleagues) were most influential in my becoming a teacher here, Larry Zimmerman, Rich Remsburg, and Jeanne Lampi. Through them, I

began to understand what it meant to bring all things under subjection to the truth of God’s Word. The more I learned about what it meant to teach “Christianly” or more accu-rately “Biblically” the more I realized I wanted to one day teach and coach in a Christian environment.

After my years at PC, I attended Portland State University, Mult-nomah Bible College, and Warner Pacific College.

As I enter my 25th year of teach-ing here at PC. I continue to teach all my classes (not just Bible) from a Biblical perspective because I am more convinced than ever that “all truth is God’s truth,” and that there is nothing outside the realm of God’s domain on this Earth. There is no statement that is more important to me than the one I have written across the back of my room, “The Word of God is Absolute Truth.” If students, who go through my classes, will always ask themselves, “What does the Bible say?” before making an important decision or forming an opinion, I will be most encouraged. – Dan Beaumont, Class of 1971

When I gradu-ated from PC

in ’99 I facetiously told Nancy Parker that she better watch out, or I will come back and take her job. Little did I know that five

years later, I would be starting my career as a music teacher.

When I entered college I wanted to be a music educator. I was go-ing to Portland State University, and I had some amazing musical experiences there, including sing-ing at Carnegie Hall for 5,000 music educators, traveling to Germany to participate in a World Choir Com-petition (where we placed 3rd-the first time I had ever not finished 1st in a choir competition), and a tour through Estonia, Finland, and Latvia. I also made three world pre-miere recordings of new music and began to build a reputation as an up and coming singer in Portland and throughout the Northwest. These experiences led me away from edu-cational studies and I ended up get-ting a Performance Degree instead. I immediately entered the Graduate Program at PSU and quickly began

collecting credits for a Masters of Music in Conducting. I was about one term from graduating when I got a surprise call. “Hello Daniel, this is Nancy Parker. I wanted you to know that I will be leaving Portland Chris-tian to pursue a Ed.D in Minnesota and they will be looking for a Choir teacher.”

I dismissed it right away be-cause I had no experience teaching and no credentials. but over the summer God worked on my heart, opened doors for me, closed other ones, and I filled out an application, interviewed, and was hired. Four years later I am still here. God has opened new opportunities for me here including teaching yearbook, and being the Head of the Fine, Performing, and Industrial Arts Department.

My experience with Christian education as a student at PC pre-pared me for the professional world. Besides the top notch musical train-ing, I also learned Christian world-views, and was able to apply them in the secular university setting. I guess the reason that I teach at PC is because it is where God wants me to be, and it is where I’ll stay until he opens a new door and makes it clear for me to move.– Daniel Burnett, Class of 1999

When asked by Jeanne to

explain why I am teaching at PCS, I thought, “Well, it’s because they of-fered me a job.” Af-ter some reflection, I truly believe the

Lord had this work in mind for me from the start of my schooling outside of PCH. I had originally planned on being a minister and had just fin-ished my master’s degree but when the position opened up at Portland Christian, everything fell into place. It was very clear that the Lord’s hand was in it. I just had to say, yes. Not to mention that the Christian atmosphere the administration was trying to build all sounded incred-ible to me. I had to be a part of it.

I am so pleased that the Lord saw fit to let me return to the school that helped shaped me into the man I am today. I pray He allows me to point my own students toward Him as I work here at PCH, my dream job!!– John Roberts, Class of 1994

16 REALS

I am currently in my 7th year of

teaching music at Portland Chris-tian Elementary School. I started teaching at PCES simply because I needed a job, but I

quickly learned that this was a very definite calling from the Lord and a calling to work with children. I enjoy getting to share about Jesus with my students and through the love of music and my love for Christ I am able to develop a very special bond with them.

I have been married to my hus-band, Matt, for four years and in March we had our first child, Melody Joy. True to her name, our daughter is an absolute joy and I love being a mother. I enjoy attending varsity football games at the high school and watching Melody’s “Da-Da” and Uncle Jon coach. Melody is already a huge PC fan and of course, a future PC student. When I am not at PCES, I enjoy ceramics, playing the piano and singing on my church worship team.– Lisa Roberts Singleterry, Class of 1997

Being the assis-tant principal

at the high school you attended is definitely an inter-esting experience, and I have really enjoyed the last 5 years at PC. The

students are committed to serv-ing the Lord through missions and through being a Christ-like example to their generation. This is what makes each day rewarding for me. Not only has service been a goal this year, continued academic excellence has been a high priority among

the staff, and I believe that all our students are graduating amply pre-pared to handle a university setting and all the challenges that come along with that.

I have three children at this campus this year: Jacquelyn 12th grade, Sterling 8th grade, and Juliet 6th grade. As I am going through college and scholarship applications with my oldest child, I have really begun to realize, not only how old I am, but how blessed I have been to be able to send all of my children to Portland Christian. I know that PC has prepared Jacquelyn for college because she got a perfect score on the English section of the SAT test recently. Thank you English de-partment! My husband Dan, who is a History teacher at Grant High School, also reminds me daily how glad I am to be able to work in a Christian environment with such great teachers and spiritual leaders.

Although it has been difficult this year to see two of our beloved teachers suffer through cancer and treatment, I believe firmly in the power of prayer and the restoring powers of the Lord. I ask that you would pray for Mrs. Dowd and Mrs. Coulson as they bravely battle in our midst. I also hope that you look fondly back at PC as a place where your teachers genuinely cared for you, for I know it is a place for the younger generations to receive these same precious gifts. If we measure by the standard that a school is only as good as its teachers, then I am proud to say that our school is the best. Teaching truth in the face of the post-modern thinkers of today is no easy task but I feel that task is accomplished at PC every day. The staff and I appreciate your continued prayer as we shape the young minds in our care and we welcome you back with open hearts if you want to stop in and take a tour or visit.

You can be proud to say that you are an Alumnus of Portland Christian High School.”–Tamara Hoffman Anderson, Class of 1986

I came to Portland Christian because

of our children: Kayla, 11th grade, Jordan, 8th grade, and Megan, 5th grade. My husband, Ray and I are both PCH Alumni; Ray

in 1982 and I in 1983. Ray’s mom, Alvina worked in the Superinten-dent’s office for over 20 years.

We were happy to be a part of the immediate Portland Christian family again, and as our children progressed from kindergarten over the past twelve years, we were asked to volunteer our time as parents in the school. Because of our profes-sional experience, (construction), we were asked to help with various re-model, new construction and other building and grounds projects.

Ray and I also love to help with the needs in our children’s class-rooms. We even argue over which of us will go on field trips, we enjoy being with all the children so much. I worked on the parent committee at the elementary school and even-tually was approached to serve the school on the Board of Trustees.

Both Ray and I love this school. We loved it when we were here as students and now having returned with our own children, we love and appreciate it even more. Our goal as a family is to help Portland Chris-tian as much as we can while here. Our personal mission: Remember the Past, Help with the Present, Leave this School a Better Place for the Future–Terri Bunnell Flikkema, Class of 1983

WINTER 2007 17

Robert (Bob) Wiggins,

Class of 1953, passed away on November 7, 2007 after a long battle with cancer. Bob leaves his wife,

Jeannie. Bob served on the original committee that formed the Portland Christian Letterman’s Club and was on that club for three years. Bob “found” his love of music while at Portland Christian singing both in the men’s quartet and in the choir under Mrs. Brownlee, our director. In those days there were lots of per-formances in area churches and in state and local competitions. During

his high school years and for several years afterwards, Bob had the plea-sure of singing in the well-known YOUTH for CHRIST choir under the direction of Bob Barber. (After our time at PCH, Mr. Barber came to Portland Christian as choir direc-tor.) Bob’s love of music continued to grow and he became well known all over for his performances with bar-bershop quartets. For many years he sang with the internationally acclaimed group, the “Aliens”. After his retirement from United Airlines, Bob continued pursuing his love of music and right up until the time of his death, he was coaching and singing in a local quartet.

Bob and I have maintained our friendship going all the way

back to those wonderful days at Portland Christian. Perhaps I will miss Bob’s marvelous sense of hu-mor the most. Every time we were together, we always tried to outdo one another with our funny anecdotes. I am very sad to lose my dear friend. –Ernie Beckett

In Memorium

Alumni and former faculty at the October 2007 ACSI Convention in Portland.

18 REALS

1956-57…“Hearing about the Reunion af-ter the fact, Carol Zehr Eqay (57), called and asked about her class-mates. As a result of that call, Carol and her husband flew to Portland to visit and catch up on those days since leaving PCH. She was de-lighted to get together with many of her friends and classmates who are local to the Portland area. On the 21st of October, a second reunion was held at the home of Karon and Mike Trommlitz.

Carol left Portland the summer of her senior year and moved to Kan-sas with her family. She graduated from a Mennonite school there and married. Carol and her husband are farmers in Halstead and work the farm with their 2 daughters and son. As Carol said, ‘I am so disap-pointed I did not make these con-nections with Portland Christian sooner.’’

(Editor’s note: Carol in now on the Alumni mailing list. This is just one of the many examples of PC Alumni reconnecting with each other.)

1959…“We just can’t get enough of being together” said one classmate as the class of 1959 met at the home of Dick and June Corkum for a follow-up to their wonderful cruise. Pictures of the week long adventure were shown as classmates relived those wonderful, fun-filled days in September.

And the REUNIONS CONTINUE...

Forty-five years have come and gone since we graduated from

Portland Christian. Yes, and many other things have changed as well like our hair color, hairlines and our waistlines, etc., but our friendships have remained strong and grown over the years.

Our yearly get-to-gather at Marie (Peden) and Bill Trout’s home was held on July 28th . Those of us who were able to attend had a wonderful time. Bill was out of town but Marie continued to be our gra-cious hostess. ‘Thank you, Marie.’ Phil Smith and his wife, Pat are still working on their new home near Mo-lalla. Brent and Linda (Klaus) Mas-son joined us late in the afternoon; they moved to Vancouver this year. Jim Shields was with us as well.

You probably saw in the REALS, the Alumni magazine from Portland Christian, that Cornelia Bramblett Ulman was looking for the rest of us. By the way, she goes by Connie now. Tom and Alleen Porter moved to Nevada so were not able to be with us this year. Leslie Myrick who lives in Canada was preparing and partici-pating in piano concerts this year (Ed. Note: Leslie did come to Portland in October and spent time with Mary visiting PCH.) Lillian Cram was unable to join us from San Francisco and Kathy

(Williams) Smalley has moved to Texas. Ev-eryone sends their greet-ings, not only to the class but to all those in other classes who remember them. Denny Vincent lives near Sea-side but was recovering from surgery so wasn’t able to attend. Arlene (Nor-

ris) Hilbrands wan not able to come but sends her greetings as well. We located Ann Newcomer so hopefully she will be with us next July. Thank you all who helped us locate class-mates. We want to keep in touch with everyone.

We will get together next year, same time; same place on July 26, 2008. We’ll let you know if there is a change. We want to hear from anyone who was not at the reunion. Let’s not lose contact with each other, after all there are no friends like “long time friends.”

Mary Kious Brandommbrandom@multnomah.edu

(Editor’s note: This picture and write-up of the class of 1962’s reunion did not reach the Fall REALS in time to be included.)

The Class of Nineteen Sixty-Two

WINTER 2007 19

UPCOMINGREUNIONS

1958Is anyone out there planning a 50th Reunion?

1961Interest has been shown in having a 50th celebration if someone takes the lead.

1962Bill and Marie Trout HomeJuly 26, 2008

1973 July 18-19 2008. Contact John Larson at jclremodel@yahoo.com.

1983 Is anyone thinking about or planning a 25th reunion????

1986-1990Sandy River AirparkJune 21, 2008

1998Lynn Ann Troxell is seeking out interest for a 10 year re-union. Please contact her atlynnanntroxell@hotmail.com

We need to get as much infor-mation as possible on the web site and in the next REALS.

Thanks toThose Who so

Generously Gave• Ruth Reynolds Mick (61) •

• Roger W. Schmurr (61) •

• John VanLierop (65) •

• Jeanne P. Lampi •

• Diane Mitchell •

I will never forget my 4 years at Portland Chris-

tian (1999-2003). The International students were my greatest joy and revealed so many attributes of Christ and the genuine love that I longed and desired to see in others and aspire to obtain in my own personal walk with Christ. I continue to stay in touch with many of them and Hiroya Shichijo remains one of my heroes and dearest friends.

Currently, I am Executive Director of Camp Ham-

mer. It is a Christian camp located in the Santa Cruz Mountains. I live and serve with my family beneath a canopy of redwoods. I rarely have traffic except for the occasional squawking jay, or scurrying, nut- gathering squirrel. Alumni such as Lydia Bradley, Cait-lin Hill, and Ashley Fenison have worked on summer staff and Kim Hill (a current PC student) volun-teered for a week in 2005.

I have had the privilege and free-dom to use my gifts and pas-

sion for the gospel to design a high school discipleship program called Apostle, and teach the Bible to a variety of youth from diverse demo-graphics and backgrounds. Camp Hammer is a gospel-sharing minis-try, just where I always hoped to be. I am blessed. 50 Korean students attended our summer program and

120 students from a local ISP came for an evangelistic retreat where I had the honor of teaching and sharing my life with International students once again.

If there was one thing I could en-courage the PC community with,

it is this, ‘do not play Christianity’. Christianity is not something we claim to become members of a club or society, it is a life to be lived; it is a challenge to take on; it is a cross to carry; it is the answer to our real-ity of a broken world. The gospel is much, much more about who you are, than what you say. Be who you are.

Peace,Eric Swanson-Dexel and family (Sarah, Phoenix, Ocean, and Ellie)

Mr. SD Has Moved On

Portland Christian Schools Board of Trustees

Pictured from left to right.Back Row: Gregg Seifert, Chair, Scott Sonju, Jeff Arnston, Fred Douglas

Front Row: Terri Flikkema, Diane Mitchell, Carol Workman, Anna Quarum

Check out our website atwww.pcschools.org.

Tell your friends to look upthis edition of the REALS

under the alumni tab!

BOARD of TRUSTEESGreg Seifert, Chair Diane MitchellJeff Arnston Scott SonjuFred Douglas Carol WorkmanTerri Flikkema (82) Anna Hall (87) Quarum

ADMINISTRATIONBruce Reinhardt, Superintendent

Kevin Barrows, PCHS Bill Buck, PCESTamara Anderson, VP Mark Johnston, B.Mgr.Doug Cain, Dev. Dana Larson, AD

Jeanne Lampi, Alumni

Portland Christian Schools12425 NE San Rafael STPortland, OR 97230

Change Service Requested

PRSRT STDU.S. Postage

PAIDPortland, ORPermit #1388

KEEPING IN TOUCHWe want to keep our alumni database current.This updated information willallow us to inform you of upcoming alumni events and class reunions. Pleaseupdate your information on the web at www.pcschools.org, or send an e-mailto the e-address listed below or fill out this form and mail it to:

Portland Christian SchoolsATTN: Jeanne Lampi12425 NE San Rafael STPortland, OR 97230

Phone: 503-256-3960 ext.267Fax: 503-256-2773

e-mail: jeanne.lampi@pcschools.org

Thank you for helping us keep our Alumni database current.

NAME: MAIDEN NAME:

ADDRESS:

CITY: STATE: ZIP:

PHONE: CLASS OF:

E-MAIL:

The REALS is the official publication of the Alumni Association of Portland Christian High School and issupported by our Alumni and Friends. We are grateful to those who have given so generously to assist inthe sponsorship of this edition. We are also very grateful to those who contribute articles and picturesalong with ideas for inclusion and improvements. Gifts in any amount are greatly appreciated and may begiven in honor or in memory of a loved one. All donor names will be listed in the following edition of theREALS and gift receipts will be sent by the Development Office of Portland Christian Schools. All giftsgiven to the Association are placed in a designated Alumni account. Gifts should be sent to: ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, Portland Christian Schools, 12425 NE San Rafael ST, Portland, OR 97230