Occupation:  Public Works
Marital Status:  Married
From Doug:

Hello Class of '87!
  I am currently living in Plymouth, MN with my wife Jackie. We were married 07/15/06.  I have two step-daughters Amanda and Morgan.
  I work in the Public Works department for the City of Richfield.

Occupation:  Adjunct Professor
Website:  touton.blogspot.com
Marital Status:  Married
No. of Children:  2
From Tonya:

20 years??!  It feels like its barely been 5!  It is so fun to read all of your entries...what interesting lives you've all lead.

After graduation I went to Bethel College to get a degree in Psychology, but I also met and married my husband Brian before graduating in 1991.  I also finished my graduate degree in Counseling from St. Mary's in 1994.  I worked as a therapist and a professor at Bethel during the 5 years before our daughter Hannah was born.  Then I abruptly quit my dream job to be a stay-home mom.  After 9 years at home I went back at Bethel as Adjunct Faculty teaching college writing.  But our girls, Hannah (9) and Ella (6) are still my main focus.  My 'now' picture was taken with Hannah on my 40th bday this year in NYC.

Brian and I traveled before the girls arrived in our lives.  Brian teaches elementary in Brooklyn Center so we had summers to travel.  Our 5 year anniversary we spent 3 1/2 wks in Europe.  We've also driven to the Grand Canyon, TX, D.C. and NYC.  I've been on missions trips to Belize, the UK and most recently, Slovakia.  When we're not planning the next adventure we're at home in Robbinsdale.

Favorite H.S. memories?  
Any and all Band-related events, speech tournaments, Tapaire practices and Tapaires winning State senior year.  Miles Lundahl (as Dan Fogelberg sang he was "the leader of the band"), Audrey Buss, Joan Larson, Ted Kotsonas (always chalk on his backside!), Cliff Peterson and Barry Bain...all amazing teachers and human beings.  Many of whom are now gone, but I can still trace their influence in my life today.

Richfield was a great place to grow up! :-)

Occupation:  administrative assistant
Website:  www.yourchristianspace.co -
m/midnightrose
Marital Status:  Widowed
From crystal:
hi all. i was surprised to find this email. now i'm not "lost" any more :) for those of you who may not remember me, it is probably because i only spent my junior year with you. quite an experience for this small town gal.

anyway, i'm over here in northern indiana. my best friend, who i met in bible college, lived here so in 2002 we decided to move from minnesota. my husband passed away shortly after in 2005 and i must say God has had His hand on my life for many years. i couldn't imagine not being able to lean on the Lord.

well i've already forgot the questions asked so i'll just ramble. since school i've went to bible school in delaware, moved back to sw mn working in food service and health dept. since i've been in indiana i've done the cna work but moved into the office settling which i like much better. the rv industry is big here and my company supplies the rv companies with fabric goods. i get to send them the bill. :)

as far as hobbies, i love anything to do with the computer, but i am finding myself starting to drag behind technology with all this mp3, cd burning and cell phone pictures going on. i thought i was saavy at one time. regardless, i still mess around with html, graphics, and countless spreadsheets. i'm into online auctions, chatting, and most things you can still do on dial up. (stop laughing, i'm cheap).

i still like the county life and having horses and buggies sharing the road with you is pretty close to living on a farm. i'm an active member of the local united pentecostal church here. love animals, love my friends, love life and being silly.

some of my memories of richfield would be getting lost in the "wings" that went up or down but not on the same level, seeing the guys in history class wear bandanas proclaiming "trench warfare" and such propoganda, and most of all a memory i will always cherish is the science teacher b.k.bain calling his class "turkeys" and being a wonderful example of a christian.

feel free to email anytime. would love to hear from you.

~crystal

Occupation:  Utilities
Marital Status:  Single
From Joseph:
Most of you won't remember me at all.  I moved to Richfield just for senior year.  I had to take classes every period for the whole year just to make up for the stuff I missed being overseas, including most of sophomore level social studies.  I spent virtually all of my time either studying to raise my GPA so I could get into college, or working at the Richfield Little Caesars so that I could pay for it.  I went to Central Missouri State after graduation for a few years, then transferred to Oregon State University in Corvallis after my family moved to Portland.  I worked for Hewlett Packard for a while, making all those inkjet printer cartridges you all use.  They laid me off in 2001 and sent my job overseas, so I looked around for a new field. I spent some more time in school and now I work at a regional water reclaimation plant.

Occupation:  Truck Driver
Marital Status:  Married
No. of Children:  2

Occupation:  Director of Software 
Engineering
Website:  www.myspace.com/lowellvan -
dekamp
Marital Status:  Married
No. of Children:  3
From Lowell:

Hey everyone,
I am excited about a 20 year.  Each of the others have not worked for our family schedule, but this one is a must.  We are confirmed and the tickets have been purchased.  See you all there!!!

That picture is so funny.  You could say I was a late bloomer.  I was still growing as a freshman at Arizona State University.  I have now lived in Arizona for 20 years ...  longer than I lived in Richfield (18 years).

Here is a picture from last weekend.  Holly (Wife of 14 years) and I went to a Spirit West Coast (3 day concert weekend) in San Diego without the kids.  What a blast.

We have three great kids (just never all at the same time ).  Joy (9), Noah (8), and Gracey (6).  You can see more photos up on my MySpace site.  Holly and I have worked with Highschool and college kids at our church, so MySpace seems to be the easiest way to keep in touch with them and share more pics.

Later,
Lowell

Occupation:  Toyota Parts Specialist
Marital Status:  Married
No. of Children:  3
From Mark:
I've been married for ten years to my wife Leslie. I have an 8 year old daughter, a 21 year old step daughter and A 25 year old step son. After high school I worked at several different jobs in the automotive industry along with roadracing motorcycles for 12 years, 6 years at the professional level. I quit roadracing in 2003 when my bike tried to kill me and put me in the hospital for 2 1/2 weeks. Currently I live in Lakeville and work in Bloomington for Walser Toyota. I still ride motorcycles quite a bit and race motocross and supercross with the kids. I've been looking forward to the 20 year reunion for quite a while. I missed the 10 and 15 year because we were off at races around the country both times. Hopefully this time it'll work out with our schedules. 

Marital Status:  Married
No. of Children:  1
From Andrea:
I really enjoyed looking at this Website.  I live in Bentonville, AR.( I slowly moved  south over the last 20 years.) I've been married to  a wonderful man named Dan for the past 3 years.  I have a 10 year old daughter named Megan Jewelia (from my first marriage). Dan and I are expecting a boy at the beginning of December!  I work FT as a ccupational
Therapy Asst-in a Nursing facility/ therapy Dept.  My husband works for Wal-mart which has its Headquarters in Bentonville, AR. My family and I were recently in Richfield for a vacation--it's always great to come home!!  We hope to move back at some point.  Unfortunately, I can't make it to the reunion this year. I'll try to make it to the next one!

Occupation:  Domestic Engineer
Marital Status:  Married
No. of Children:  2
From Eva:

Hi everyone!  

After graduation I attended the University of Minesota and majored in Chemical Engineering.  I first got a job with Osmonics in Minnetonka, but a head hunter from Chicago called and 3 months later I was whisked away to work for Mobil Oil.  I worked in the famous south side of Chicago and had an apartment close to Wrigley field. 

I met my husband in Chicago and 2 years later we moved to Green Bay, WI to start up a business.   Now, it is 10 years later, 2 children later, and we are still in Green Bay and love it here!  My husband is now retired and looking for the next venture and I am enjoying the kids, heading up the PTA, and all of that fun stuff.

We love to travel the Great Lakes and Canada on our boat in the summer and ski the Rockies in winter.

This is the best website!  Thanks to everyone organizing the reunion.  See you all soon!

Occupation:  Clinical Nurse Specialist
Marital Status:  Married
No. of Children:  2
From Lisbeth:

I'm trying not to stay up all night reading everyone's profiles, but it's so interesting!  My babysitter (who was born in 1987)  just about fell on the floor laughing when she saw my graduation picture.  I tried to explain that big hair was really cool back then.

I left MN in 1989, moved to San Francisco.  I got a Bachelors in Nursing at San Francisco State.  I was lured to New York by my now husband, Michael.  I took the chance to attend Columbia University for a Master's Degree in Nursing.  After my husband finished his training we moved to Michigan, of all places!  We now live in Michigan where I work as a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Intensive Care.  We have two beautiful daughters, ages 4 and 7.  I'm looking forward to seeing the pictures of the 20th year reunion!  I will try my best to make the 25th.