Mazda Great Lakes Alumni
(Updated Sunday, February 18, 2007 05:33 PM
)
Additions or corrections? Please send a note to: Doug
Wenzel
2001 News
December 2001 News
- Ken Browneye, of ISD fame, recently had a stroke and I'm sure he could use
your encouragement. His address is 1725 Kalamazoo Ave SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49507.
- As a result of the Excite@home changes, Phil Barnes has changed his e-mail
to phil408@attbi.com, Jerry Field
has changed his e-mail address to jfield30@attbi.com,
Deb Wilkinson has changed her e-mail address to DWilkin608@attbi.com,
and Mark Brinks has changed his e-mail address to: mrbrinks@attbi.com
November 2001 News
- Jean Kelleher underwent knee surgery Monday 11/19. She's doing well,
and will be recuperating at home for a week. If anyone would like to
send her well wishes, her address is: 5436 Londonderry, S.E. Kentwood, MI
49508
October 2001 News
- Erv Lichterman has a new e-mail address ervlichterman@hotmail.com
- Steve Veldkamp now works for Resource Group http://www.resourcedealergroup.com/
and has a new personal e-mail address of Sjtcveldkamp@worldnet.att.net
- Matt Nyenhuis has accepted a promotion to District Sales Manager for
District 6, Michigan. Word on the street says that Matt, Melissa, Skye,
and Lauren will be moving back to the Great Lakes State soon and settling in
the Lansing area. CONGRATULATIONS Matt!!
September 2001 News
- MNAO sold a total of 19,819 new Mazdas in September which was down -16.5%
from the 23,728 sold last August. Year-to-date Mazda
sales are at 207,503, which is up 6.2%
from this time last year's sales year to date of 195,374. The increase
this year is due to Protege, Millenia and Tribute sales which are all up
dramatically.
- Larry and Sona Gray are grandparents! Stephen Wayne Tykoski was born
June 2, 2001 in Austin Texas. Mother and child are
fine.
- The Board of Trustees of the Hospice Foundation of Greater Grand Rapids
honored Peter and Pat Cook with The Crystal Rose Award at a dinner
benefiting Hospice of Michigan on September 13 at the Amway Grand Plaza
Hotel. The award is given annually to those who exemplify a strong
dedication and commitment to Hospice of Michigan.
- Lynnet and John Caras were blessed with a baby girl the evening of 9/10.
However, the baby was born prematurely. Lynnet had toxemia and was rushed
to the hospital. Baby Rose Marie (after grandma) is just under 4 lbs.
She is doing well, but will remain in the hospital for a while in an
incubator. Lynnet is just starting to do better and will remain in the
hospital (Spectrum Downtown) for a few more days. Your prayers will be
appreciated!
- Terry Robrahn has a new personal e-mail address: tlrdlr@earthlink.net
- Jerry and Bonnie Field's son Brian became engaged on 9/7 to Kirsten Morian
and their wedding is planned for next June. On 9/9, their daughter
Sarah Draper gave birth to her second son, Nathaniel Robert. Nathan
weighed in at 8 lbs. 3 oz., and stands 20" tall. Both Mom and
baby are doing just great, as are Dad (Dan) and big brother (Daniel, almost
2 now.)
August 2001 News
July 2001 News
- Diane Reardon's Father, Robert Bradley passed away July 31. I'm sure
Diane and her family would appreciate your thoughts and prayers.
- Jerry Field has taken the position of Vice President - Distribution, for
Ionair North America.
- Gordon Mast has a new e-mail address. glmast@att.net
- Paula Gundrum's 40th B-Day is July 8th! Make sure and send her nice
wishes!
- Don Jones is back on the web! You can reach him at dcjones@altelco.net
- Joan Wilson has a new e-mail address: joanw@iserv.net
June 2001 News
May 2001 News
- Terry Meeusen has a new personal e-mail address: tameeusen@aol.com
- Bette Nowicki has joined the group in CyberSpace. You can reach her
at Bnowi@aol.com
- Paula Gundrum is now working for SequoiaNET.com and her new work e-mail
address is: PGundrum@sequoianet.com
- Jean Kelleher has a new granddaughter (her 2nd
grandchild). Nora Katharine Wahlman was born on March 15 -- and she's
beautiful!
- Peter Cook's brother Art Cook passed away on Sunday, 5/6 as
a result of critical injuries received when he was hit by a car.
Visitation is at Zaagman Funeral Home on Burton: 5/9, 2-4 and 7-9 PM. The
funeral is on 5/10 at 11 AM at Grace Reformed Church. The family has
requested donations be made to Grace Reformed Church or Cran Hill Ranch (a
youth camp) in memory of Art. Flowers are also being accepted.
Peter was the first child -- (celebrates his 87th B-Day, 5/9) and Art was
next in line, age 85. Art is the first of the 5 boys to pass away.
- You might be interested to see a virtual tour of the new
convention center (Bob, David and Gerilyn are working on it). Log on at http://www.meetgrandrapids.org
to see the tour.
- Bob Hahn started with Daewoo on 5/11/2001 as the Chicago DM.
- Becky Decker has a new work e-mail: Rebecca.Decker@Spectrum-Health.org
- Andi Dekker's house caught fire. They lost their entire garage and
two cars. The will have to move out for a while until the damage is
repaired.
- Ron Hambly is now a school bus driver for the Jenison School System.
- Barb Abrahams' work e-mail is babrahams@ikon.com
- Larry Gray's new e-mail address is l.w.gray@att.net
- Peter Cook turns 87 on May 9!
- Alesia James turns the BIG 40 on May 1!
- Carolyn Ford turns the BIG 40 on May 20!
April 2001 News
- Phil & Marilyn Gordon will be coming back from Arizona late this
month/early May.
- Pat Vandenberg, Sherrie Vandenberg's mother-in-law is quite ill. You
may want to send a card to Sherrie.
- Jim Fouts is now the interim HR Director at Porter Hills.
- Lynnet and John Caras are expecting!
- The MGLAlumni.com site was down for
nearly 60 days while the site was transferred to Logx.net
who is now hosting the site for free as a gift to all former MGL
employees.
- Kevin Merryman was lured away from Hi-Tech to Steelcase where he will be
in assisting in Workgroup Technologies. His new e-mail address is kmerryma@steelcase.com
March 2001 News
- Kim Peterson has left Bissell and has started with Woodland International
Truck
- Steve Veldkamp is now working for an Automobile F&I Training Company.
(If anyone can remember the name tell me!)
- Harald Filling fell and broke his hip.
February 2001 News
- Scott Lewis has a new e-mail address kslewis56@rexnet.net
- Sheryl Leatherman has a new e-mail address shleatherman@aol.com
- Jim Buffington was diagnosed with a partial detached retina in his left
eye and had surgery on the 13th. He'll be off work for 3 weeks or so
and I'm sure would love to hear from us!
- Jerry Field has a new e-mail address jfield30@home.com
- Peter Cook was given the 2001 Distinguished Citizen Award on
behalf of the Advisory Council of the Gerald R. Ford Council of the Boy
Scouts of America.
- Becky Mikowski and husband Tom have a new baby girl. Peyton Alese
was born 2/6, weighing 6 lbs. 13 oz. and was 19-1/2" long.
- John Caras has established his own business called Chase Technologies,
Inc. They do all aspects of laser printer, fax, copier and scanner,
computer repair and upgrades, network installation, refurbished laser
printers (great deals) and supplies. You can find them at www.chasetechnology.com
and their phone number is 616-281-5348, Fax is 616-281-5352, cell is
318-9367. Email address is john@chasetechnology.com
January 2001 News
- Bill Davey has a new address: 2790 Fieldstone Ct., SW
Grandville, MI 49418.
- Jim VandenBerg suffered severe dizzy spells and was admitted to Bronson
Hospital for tests. While they've determined that it's not life
threatening, I'm sure that he and his family would appreciate our thoughts
and prayers while they wait for the results of the testing. For those
of you who remember... the doctor said he came in only 1 shade from
the top of the red meter Larry Goff gave Jim back in 1991!
- Caroyln Fellmer and her husband Mike have a new home e-mail address fellmer@msn.com
- Check out the new column on Words
of Wisdom. The first submission is from Ken Woltjer
- Congratulations to Tim Dooley who is now the Midwest Regional Training
Manager handling Fixed Operations Training.
- Check out the awesome Mazda 4x4 Truck lease in the E-Plan
News section.
- Melode LaHuis has a new job at JBI Distributing and a new work e-mail MLaHuis@JBIDistributing.com
- Jean Kelleher has a new e-mail address bobkelleher@msn.com
- Hal Paulsen's e-mail is halpaulsen@hotmail.com
- Don Jones fell while Motorcycle Ice Racing (NOT!) but he did slip on the
ice at work and suffer a concussion and a slight hemorrhage on his
brain. He is going to be okay and will probably be home by Friday 1/12
but I'm sure he'd appreciate a card or a call. His address is found on
the Where are they now?
section of the site.
- Doug Dykstra has a new e-mail address: dcdykstra@att.net
- On January 5, Doug Dykstra became a Grandfather for the second time!
(Mason Daniel, 6lbs., 14oz., born to Doug's oldest daughter Kara)
- On January 2, Doug Dykstra's 83 year-old mother (Thalia Bouwkamp) passed
away. Our hearts are with you Doug.
- Ben Upham has added his e-mail addresses! brbenjen@yahoo.com
and uphamb@ferris.edu
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