Gretchen has some memories she would like to share:<\/p>\n
I already have\u00a0Oct. 9-11\u00a0on my calendar.\u00a0 Several of my Alpha Gam sisters are also planning on it.<\/p>\n
I taught English, drama, and directed plays in Hoopeston, IL and West Chicago high schools for five years before marrying and moving to Colorado.\u00a0 I had two sons, Dana, born in 1972, and Nick, born in 1979.\u00a0 My marriage ended in divorce, and I went back to teaching English and speech, and coached the competitive speech team at Westminster High School for 21 years before I retired in 2010.\u00a0 I now read, hike, play bridge, volunteer at our local food bank, and perform with a nonprofit educational group called The Legendary Ladies. <www.legendaryladies.org>; We portray women who helped settle the West; my two characters are Helen Hunt Jackson, author and Indian rights advocate, and Silver Heels, a dance hall girl who nursed miners through a smallpox epidemic.\u00a0 I have one granddaughter who is a horsewoman, so I enjoy going to her shows and watching her sail over the jumps. The best thing about retirement is the absence of the morning alarm!<\/p>\n
I would love to read about other classmates – I always go to the 1965 page in the IWU newsletters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Gretchen has some memories she would like to share: I already have\u00a0Oct. 9-11\u00a0on my calendar.\u00a0 Several of my Alpha Gam sisters are also planning on it. I taught English, drama, and directed plays in Hoopeston, IL and West Chicago high … Continue reading