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Ann Helmut (Corrigan)

Then Then
Now Now

Bill Hessin

Then Then
Now Now
Marital status: Married
Children: 2
Comment: High school was not a good time for me. I didn't mentally mature until college days but can look back and appreciate that time now.
What's Up?: We\\\'ve lived over here in the Denver Tech Center for 25 years. 2 daughters, 4 grandchildren and still 5 dogs 1 cat. I have been in broadcasting mostly here in Denver for 50 years and Voiceover business 40. Polly has her own business with spa and facial treatments for 28 years in I Capellis salon here in Greenwood too.
Interests?: We love our really old house in Leadville, Colorado that we have been fixing up for 35 years. Love the history. Great fun! Lots of hikin\\\' and Jeepin\\\'! I also restore antique cars: look for the \\\'67 Corvette and \\\'66 Galaxie at the Saturday night event and car show.
Occupation? (or former occupation): Attended CU and graduated 1974 with a BA in Comm. Did lots of theatre while in college and just after. Broadcasting for 30+ years including stints on KOA and KIMN radio. I created my own business in voiceover, Arrowood Productions , and have a long list of clients since the 70s including Frontier Airlines, STARZ Encore movie channels, Quest and many more. Work for DoD doing instructionals.Listen for the NHL 100th birthday \\\"Great Moments in Hocky\\\" running on their web page and during the games on TV and radio. Also have been working part time and with Hot Dog Hal Moore on 93.7 THE ROCK am and fm. It\\\'s me talking. That\\\'s what I do.
Memories from High School: Mr Bolin\\\'s Biology class. Wish I knew where he was today.
More WRHS Memories ... : I loved the ski club and the trips on the old bus for ski weekends. I still love to ski and I\\\'m thankful I still can.
Higher Ed? Military? First Job? Travels?: CU Boulder, BA in Comm 1974. Started working in radio right out of high school. It brought me out of my shell. Have traveled all over the world.
What's on your bucket list?: Machu Pichu, Africa, others. We have been lucky to have traveled a great deal but don\\\'t much now.
Tell us about your family: Our two daughters are working girls. One is my 33 year old, Lexie and Polly\\\'s is our 42 year old, Jennifer. We split 4 grand children: Polly two girls and my 2 boys. One boy is autistic. I am lucky to be able to care for my 97 years young mother Anita at her home in Applewood.

Dave Hill

Then Then
Now Now
Marital status: Married
Children: 3
What's Up?: Starting my 7th reinvention of myself - getting back into selling life insurance after a 3 year stint as an Enrolled Agent, doing taxes.
Occupation? (or former occupation): Just now (Feb 2022) getting back into Life Insurance sales. Prior occupations fill up twenty-six pages on a resume.
Memories from High School: Mr. Ellis\\\'s Epistemology class! Changed my life.
Higher Ed? Military? First Job? Travels?: USAF 6/67 to 12/70 three years in Spain.



BS - Biblical Leadership, Southwestern Christian University, 2001.
Tell us about your family: Met my wife, Joyce (Martel) in 1970 in Spain where I was stationed. We have 3 adult children, Joshua (lives in Westminster CO), John (lives in Seattle WA), and daughter Corrie (lives in Tulsa OK)

Bobbi Himes

Now Now
Marital status: Single again
What's Up?: Retired in '18.
Interests?: Anthropology, bicycling, swimming, walking, software, and photography.
Occupation? (or former occupation): From most recent to oldest: retired ('18), bus driver ('14-'18), truck driver ('10-'13), college kid (BA '04, MA '08), software developer ('81-'02), college kid ('75-'81), USN ('70-'75), college kid ('67-'70). OMG!
Memories from High School: I think it was during the '60s sometime ...
Higher Ed? Military? First Job? Travels?: I love higher ed!, First paid activity was pulling weeds and mowing grass for neighbors in the late '50s.

I have traveled through every state (lower 40) except S. Dakota; visited Norway, Scotland, England, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, France, Portugal, Spain, Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Turkey, Greece, Yugoslavia, and Mexico; states lived in: Ohio, Georgia, Texas, Colorado, Massachusetts, and Illinois; countries lived in: Italy, Indonesia, and the good 'ole US of A.
What's on your bucket list?: Hmmmm, let me think ...

didn't somebody write a song about Stayin' Alive, Stayin' Alive?
Tell us about your family: No kids, married (legally) once for 30 years and another time (not recognized) for 3 years. Currently playing landlord to a younger brother (WRHS '71).

Chuck Hitt

Then Then
Now Now
Marital status: Married
Children: 1
What's Up?: Married 44 years to Chyre, (Bear Creek girl)



Live in Golden Colorado
Interests?: Travel,spend time with family and friends, ride E bikes, enjoy our home in Golden
Occupation? (or former occupation): Currently drive Porsche, Audi for Prestige Imports Valet-Customer Service. Account Manager for Pandora Jewelry 2010-2013.District Manager Waterford Crystal and Wedgwood China 1989-2010. Wholesale jewelry salesman 1972-1988.
Memories from High School: Fun years, Watching Football and Basketball State Championships, Farmer Barns after games,winning the KIMN radio contest to see the Astronauts at the Hilton Hotel down town, great friendships, some I still see.
More WRHS Memories ... : great years at the best school in Colorado
Higher Ed? Military? First Job? Travels?: Marketing degree UNC Greeley 1972
What's on your bucket list?: Smile, stay healthy,enjoy life and live large
Tell us about your family: one daughter Amy. Married with two boys at Arvada West High. She graduated 1995 from WRHS. Second marriage to Matt and he has two kids.

Randy Hoffman

Then Then
Now Now
Marital status: Married
Children: 3
What's Up?: Married 1990 to Linda (Dink), a nurse practioner. We have two kids by marriage, one that teaches college philosopy in Utah and another that does computer graphics. We also have a boy that we foster parented and adopted as a baby (1993). Currently we live in Prospect, a new-urbanistic community in the southern part of Longmont, Colorado
Interests?: Fitness, woodworking, hiking, traveling, home improvements
Occupation? (or former occupation): Currently retired. Electrical engineer for 20 years at a Federal Government telecommunications research lab in Boulder, Colorado Prior to that, I managed a health promotion and fitness program (along with my wife) for 15 years at what was U.S. West.
Memories from High School: Though I was rather shy in high school I remember a lot of really great people. I enjoyed the sports. And, of course, I\\\\\\\'ll never forget taking state in football.
More WRHS Memories ... : Coach Jost said that if I had any brains I\\\\\\\'d be dangerous.

Cindy Hoover (Rusnock)

Then Then
Marital status: Married
What's Up?: Married for 25 years come February. My husband has served as police chief in St. Joseph, MO and Reno, NV and has worked in Sudan and Afghanistan, running police training there. He also teaches college courses online.
Interests?: I trained my St. Bernard to be a therapy dog and we made weekly visits to the hospital, cheering up cancer patients and children. I now have a St. Bernard puppy and a Great Pyrenees puppy and I hope to train them in the same manner.
Occupation? (or former occupation): A lifelong learner, I hold bachelor and master degrees from CU, a master in public administration from Harvard\\\'s Kennedy School and a law degree from the University of California, Davis. After a long career as a journalist at the Vail Trail, the Boulder Daily Camera and the Detroit News, I went to law school when many newspapers started closing their doors. I worked for a short time in private practice, then served as a Deputy Attorney General for the State of Nevada for about 8 years before being appointed as a federal administrative law judge and moving to Las Vegas, where I continue to work in that capacity.
Memories from High School: My family moved to Boulder the summer before our senior year when the IBM plant opened there. Although my high school diploma is from Fairview High School, my heart always belonged to Wheat Ridge High.

Marilyn Hoskins (Milam)

Then Then
Now Now
Marital status: Married
Children: 3
What's Up?: Wow? 50 years? Yikes
Interests?: While living in Japan, I developed a compulsive interest in Japanese Flower Arranging - Ikebana. Much of the rest of my time now is spent with my babies, playing bridge and golf. In my past - Fly Fishing.
Occupation? (or former occupation): My last position was director of communications for the College of Business Administration, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Memories from High School: I wonder if anyone remembers my old green pick-up.
More WRHS Memories ... : My brother, Jim, always and still is an adventure
Higher Ed? Military? First Job? Travels?: My first two years of college was at William Woods in Fulton, MO. I graduated from the University of Colorado.
What's on your bucket list?: We have lived in some amazing places and some not so amazing places and travelled the world. Now I am enjoying every day, my family and my friends.
Tell us about your family: My Husband, Chuck and I are celebrating our 44th wedding anniversary this year. Our oldest daughter is a hair stylist and salon owner in Lincoln. Our second daughter graduated from TCU and holds an MBA from the University of Nebraska. Until her twins were born she worked for Northern Trust in Austin, TX, she now lives east of Nashville. Our Son is a CPA living in Lincoln. We are blessed with 6 grandchildren, each family has a girl and boy.

Cathleen Hurst (Hurst)

Then Then
Marital status: Single
Children: 3
What's Up?: 20 plus years with Jeffco. Graduated from Metro (English/Art) Went to U of Iowa for fiction writing. Too busy to write. Sorry about not making it to reunion. visiting son David Capra in Walla Walla Wash on 8-3. Living in Lakewood.
Interests?: Border Collie Bandit and two cats, Poppie and Taz, movies.
Occupation? (or former occupation): Corporate in NYC, came home to Denver for child's health.
Memories from High School: The funny stuff.
More WRHS Memories ... : Looking for Sue Brundage?

Martha Iverson

Then Then
Marital status: Committed Relationship
Children: 1
What's Up?: I retired from teaching physics at Fort Lewis College in Durango and now spend my time riding bicycles, cross country skiing, running, hiking. and sleeping.
Interests?: Bicycle racing including road, time trial, mountain bike, and cyclocross.
Occupation? (or former occupation): After receiving my doctorate in physics I taught for 4 years at several different colleges. I then got a job as a research analyst at Kaman Sciences in Colorado Springs. Following my husband's death I took a teaching job at Fort Lewis so that I could spend more time with my daughter.
Memories from High School: I was only at Wheat Ridge H.S. for my junior and senior years. This, combined with the fact that I was extremely shy, meant that I didn't have a lot of friends.
Higher Ed? Military? First Job? Travels?: Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Colorado
Tell us about your family: I have a daughter who is a neurosurgical P.A. Her father was killed in an accident when she was 5-years old so I spent many years as a single parent.