Where in the world will Eastern magazine be spotted next?
That’s up to you. Eastern alumni are invited to send in photographs of themselves holding up the current issue of the magazine. Please include some information about your travels and yourself with your submission. Email to Eastern Magazine, or mail to 300 Showalter Hall, Cheney, WA 99004-2445.
’10 James Wohrle and ’13 Savhanna Robertson enjoyed the view from the El Yunque National Rain Forest in Puerto Rico in March 2013.
’67 Nancy Pohle and ’68 Ed Pohle hit the beach in Kauai, Hawaii. Before retiring, they taught in the East Valley School District in Spokane Valley. Ed played on Eastern’s Championship football team in 1967.
’05, ’98 Evi Hill and ’01, ’94, ’86 Jeri Schmit spent their 2013 spring break taking eighth graders on a trip to Washington D.C. Evi teaches second grade at Betz Elementary in Cheney and Jeri is a sixth grade teacher at Cheney Middle School.
Brendan Genther ’00, his wife Marla Nunberg Genther and daughter Alyssa enjoyed the sunshine of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, in April 2013.
’73 Jerry Barnard, Cheney, and daughter ’02 Jenny Barnard Schaefer are pictured together in Palm Springs, Calif. Jerry is a retired, full-time grandpa and Jenny, wife of ’03 Gabe Schaefer, is the mother of two and a health care manager in Palm Springs.
’08 Andrew Nye and Melissa Miller were married in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico in March 2013. This picture was taken at Lovers Beach.
’08, ’05 Grant Bishop and his wife traveled to Guatemala on a medical mission for Hearts in Motion in spring 2013. Grant is a developer for 14Four in Spokane.
Eastern magazine visited Disneyland’s Magic Kingdom in February 2013 with ’95 Joseph Mastel, ’04 Colleen Mastel, Steven Griffey and future EWU alums Joseph Griffey, Samuel Griffey and ’02 Rachael Griffey.
Bart Mihailovich ’06 and wife Sara (Horn) ’07, visited Italy in April2013. This photo was taken on top of Castel Sant’Angelo with Rome in the background.
’11 Dino Valdez, BA visual communication design, and his girlfriend Alyssa Santana, visit one of the new Seven Wonders of the World, the Kukulcán Pyramid or El Castillo (The Castle) – in the pre-Columbian city of Chichen Itza, on the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico.
’80 Steve Coomes took his keepsake issue of Eastern magazine all the way to the Mayan ruins of Chichen Itza in Mexico in February 2013. Coomes teaches social studies at Southridge High School in Kennewick, Wash.
‘12 Tim Cheeney, his mom, ‘75 Lynn Rowland Cheeney, and their family visited Riviera Maya, Mexico, to celebrate Tim’s graduation and Lynn’s retirement. They live in Seattle, where Tim is a staff accountant for Ascentis Corporation.
Eastern magazine goes to Cuba! Members of the EWU community recently voyaged to Cuba as part of the newly launched study and travel program. The EWU students, Amy Nuñez, Lucy Vásquez, Katie Higgins, Brandy Bippes, Thomas Shalloe, Mayra Villalobos, Samantha de Abreu and Jennyfer Mesa were accompanied by faculty members Joseph Lenti, Robert Dean, Martín Meráz García and Christina Torres García. The focus of the trip was to look at pressing issues, including agricultural sustainability, the effects of the U.S. embargo, gender equality, socialized medicine and senior citizen services, recent economic reform and the viability of socialism in modern Cuba.
Joshua Porter ’08, is an instructor at the Spokane College of English Language. He was recently asked to fly to Hollywood, where he filmed a commercial. “I have next to zero experience acting, but having never been to Hollywood, I wanted desperately to be in warmer weather, so I thought I would accept the adventure. I answered an email, which led to a Skype interview that prompted a phone call, which elicited my exploratory adventure that led me to California, where I was treated like royalty – all within a matter of a few days. While I was traveling, I caught up on EWU news with the Eastern Magazine.”
’71 Larry Conboy, takes Eastern magazine to the top of the Willis (Sears) Tower Skydeck in Chicago in October 2012. Conboy is a photographer in EWU’s Office of Information Technology.
’74 Paul Demianew and ’75 Suzann (Hensley) Demianew celebrated their birthdays at Gullfoss Falls in Iceland in November 2012. They met in a chemistry class and were married in 1974. They said Iceland was cold, “even colder than the wind blowing at Eastern!” The couple lives in Bainbridge Island, Wash.
Mike Genova ‘83 and Leslea Warnick ’84, visited Paris, France on their way to the International Pool and Spa Trade Show in Lyon, France, at the beginning of November. Mike is the owner and president of Leisure Concepts in Spokane, the leading producer of after-market products in the spa industry. Leslea is the Insides Sales and Marketing manager for Leisure Concepts and has been with the company for four and a half years.
’76 Neil Anderson and ’77 Glenda (Kuther) Anderson visited Florence, Italy in November 2012. They live in Everett, Wash. Glenda is the financial manager for the Schack Art Center in Everett. Neil retired from the Snohomish County Department of Planning and Development Services after 32 years of service and now works for a Seattle area golf course.
Richard Huss ‘70 and his wife Molly Huss ’08, ’00, recently traveled to Costa Rica to celebrate Richard’s retirement as a purchasing manager for Haskin’s Steel. Molly continues to work as a mental health counselor for Catholic Charities Spokane. (in Montezuma, Puntarenas)
Coworkers at Whitman County in Colfax, Wash., created some excitement for the football playoffs by organizing their own alumni rally. Pictured: ’73 Bob Reynolds, Fair & Facilities director; ’92 Janel Goebel, Parks & Recreation coordinator; ’67 Bob Lothspeich, County Treasurer; ’85 Tim Myers, Parks & Recreation director; ’78 Michele Beckman, HR program coordinator; ’99 Kelli Campbell, HR director, ’11 David Ledbetter, finance administrator; ’04 Erin Young, office specialist and ’98 Todd Heitstuman, park ranger.
Greg Cossette ’70, on recent trip to Panama. Now retired from 40 years in the classroom and looking for real biology/geology experiences. Photo taken at Uverito Beach near Las Tablas. “I ran into a couple of girls wearing EWU T-shirts in Pedasi. No camera handy; would have made for a great shot. Thanks for doing this for all Easterners, Savages and Eagles alike.”
Clifton “Jack” Barrette ’65, standing by one of the animals that he carved for the Adirondack Carousel in Saranac Lake, New York. The loon and toad were his addition. He retired after 32 years as an art teacher.
