Doug Machamer

Overland Park, Kansas
Family Status: Married

Children: 3
Justin -21, Currently at DeVry University working towards his BS in Game Development. He has an internship at the National Simulation Center at Ft. Leavenworth, KS. (He basically gets to test the war game simulations all day, try to break them and document issues. He gets to do some programming and set up demonstrations for the VIPs. He attained his Eagle Scout rank in Boy Scouts in 2004.

Meagan -18, She will graduate High School next weekend and will go on to Johnson County Community College. She is a great artist and wants to go on to one of the Art Schools depending on where she can get a scholarship. She will be going on an after graduation trip/cruise with her school to Greece in June and is very excited about it.

Ryan -18, Meagan's twin brother will also be graduating from Olathe East High School next Sunday and will also go on to JCCC next fall. He wants to be a physical therapist or massage tech which he is very good at by the way. Ryan also attained his Eagle Scout rank in 2007. He is currently working as a server in the dining area for a retirement center and enjoys interacting with the old folks. This summer they are also going to give him a chance as a maintenance man and housekeeper for more money and hours.

Grandchildren: 0
Thank God we aren't there yet but we are looking forward to when we are.

After Graduation I: Went to College

College:
United States Military Academy at West Point

Career: Spent 17 1/2 years in the Army as a communications officer and engineer in various jobs around the world. The Army paid for my graduate schooling at the University of Washington and I retired in 1995. I went on to be at Sprint for 13 years now primarily in broadband wireless technology development. If you saw the recent news about Sprint creating a company using WiMAX technology and teaming with Clearwire, Intel, Google, Comcast and Time Warner to build out a nationwide high speed wireless broadband network, then you will know what I've been working on for the last 10 years at Sprint. I'm one of the lead subject matter experts for Radio Frequency design in this area and provide engineering support to our Government Affairs and Spectrum Development folks as they work with the FCC and manage our 2.5GHz spectrum nationwide. I also work closely with our Network folks as they design markets. As we build out I will most likely shift over to supervising the regional engineering for the buildout in the central US.

5 Years from now...
Leading the engineering group for the WiMAX network at Sprint in the central region.

Retirement
I will probably work till they kick me out as sitting around just isn't my bag; I'm too much of a type A person. Barb and I would like to have enough to travel places we haven't already been to in the military and enjoy our grandkids if our kids ever get going. As it stands now Ryan is the only one dating anybody.

H.R. "Al" Albiston

Suffolk, Virginia

Family Status: Married

Children: 4
All grown and gone but have 4 of 7 grandchildren living with me at this time.

Grandchildren: 7

After Graduation I: Got Married

Career: Been US Military for 30 years 9 months and 14 days and just retired 30 Sep 07 and now work for a Consulting firm from Washington DC.

Retirement
Live free and ride my Harley.

Jerrine (Taylor) Laudert

Wendell, Idaho
Family Status: Married

Children:
Our son E.J. is 23, and lives in Boise. He works for a sign company as a sign builder. He is not married, but does have a girlfriend. He loves to golf, play softball, and snowboard. Our daughter Kandace is 21 and is getting ready to graduate with an Associates in Social Science/Horse Production. She has not made up her mind what to do for a career yet, just work for now. She participates in barrel racing and hanging out with great friends.

Grandchildren: 0

After Graduation I: Went to work

Career: I had 14 years invested in banking and then I went to work with my husband in insurance. After 15 years of insurance, a friend and I opened a dog grooming shop in the back of the insurance office, where I have been happily playing with pets now for 3 1/2 years. As my husband says, "my life went to the dogs"

5 Years from now...
Five years from now I sure hope I can be either working very part-time or not at all, maybe as a greeter at Costco, ha! I hope my husband and I can enjoy a little bit of traveling, and just hanging out with friends.

Retirement
I just hope to be debt free (other than my mortgage) and able to enjoy life. I pray for good health too. We would like to do some traveling and enjoy our kids.

Other Information:
Gary and I have been happily married now for 25 years. We went to Hawaii for our 20th anniversary, and had a fantastic time, hope to go back soon. We also would love to do a couple of cruises, Alaska and the Caribbean or Mexico, just somewhere fun. It is sad to watch my parents aging, but I am trying my best to spend quality time with them. Life goes by so very fast it is unbelievable. Live life to the fullest and thank God for your many blessings every day. Looking forward to seeing you at the future reunions!

Kent Howard

Rupert, Idaho
Family Status: Married

Children: 4
I still have a young family, and they are growing. Rachel, my oldest is almost 11. She has turned into a young lady. She is a very intelligent person and keeps me on my toes. She has always been able to remember a persons name after meeting them. Sarah, my number two child, is 9 years old and just did her ISATS and scored extremely high; we are proud of her. We just registered Kathryn who is 5 for kindergarten. She is so excited to start school. Bethanne who is almost 4 is finally becoming understandable in her talking. I am very thankful for my girls, having them late in life has kept me on my toes.

Grandchildren: 0

After Graduation I: None of the above

Career: I have worked in retail sales or direct sales most of my life. Several years ago, I joined Dell Computers working as a gold support tech. I worked there til having kidney failure. I had to take early retirement and now work with Congress and local politicians and the public concerning Kidney disease. I am getting ready to take my second trip to Washington DC to speak to Congress again about the Kidney Quality Care and Education Act and several other issues. To be in end stage renal disease is a hard thing, but with education hopefully I can help prevent others from getting there very fast.

5 Years from now...
First, I hope to have a kidney, but also to hope to continue to help others with kidney disease. (And raising my family.)

Retirement
I am actually working to stay alive to see my girls raised.