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Dennis Smith

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Now

Marital status:	Married
Children:	2
Occupation:	CPA, Business sales & Intermediary, Build business value and ready for sale
Comment: My Mission: As a man among men, I help create a world of peace, through transparency, trust, honor fun and adventure. My professional career began with my first CPA firm set up in 1972 .. I have been in professional practice since. My focus is setting up successful business so they are attractive to buyers, at a high price. Our CPA firm is Accounting for Success, PC. My partners and I planned for and executed a merger with a larger CPA firm in November, 2011. Since then, I continue to work with the firm and specialize in Business Exit Planning, mentoring the business owner to prepare for the most finanicall significant event of her life. My personal life has been blessed by my two sons, Dean and Steven, who have both become CPAs and have successful businesses of their own. Each of my sons is blessed with a wonderful wife, and three children .. who all are living nearby. Libby, my wife, is also a partner in our CPA firm. We just celebrated our 25th anniversary. She is also head of the Vestry, in our church in Castle rock. I love my wife, my family, and my chosen profession. Adventure in my life includes photographing wild animals in the tundra in old mining and railroad lines in Colorado and Wyoming (ATVs); Motorcycle touring .. just traded our Harley Ultra Classic (75k miles) for a new Harley Ulta Classic Trike (kinda reminds me of my first trike at 3 years old). Scuba in Mexico and many Carribean islands, and sailing....and skiing & snowboarding in as many areas as I can (21 times last year) Looking forward to seeing as many of you as possible at the Reunion. God Bless each of You!
What's a favorite high school memory:	Parties and dances. Trip to Mexico with Steve McNall, Hank Litchfield and Mike Day ... creating memories!
Which faculty members do you best remember:	John McWilliams, my favorite spanish teacher.
What was fun to do in Wheat Ridge during your high school years:	Ski club, dancing and fooling around.

Larry Smith

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Marital status:	Married
Children:	3
Occupation:	Retired
Comment: I worked for 35 years in public education; secondary through university levels. Finished the last five years of my career as the administrator/lead teacher of a night high school for alternative learners where I discovered I could attain and sustain the same state of hyperactivity as the students by consuming enormous quantities of coffee and dark chocolate. (Both are still my preferred drugs of choice.) Studied with professional portrait photographers Ed DeCroce, Dean Collins and Peter Nicastro in the '70's. I still enjoy the challenge of creating unique portraiture for individuals and have a residential studio. Family, fly fishing, golf, learning to play the banjo, volunteer work, spoiling our only grandchild, travel and occasionally exploring the old Federal Highways in our refurbished '74 Airstream fill up the days. Married to Margie (Margie Smee WRHS' 63) since 1965.
Which faculty members do you best remember:	Mr. Todd, Mrs. Knudsen, Mr. Tipper

Deann Snider (Simpson)

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Ronald Sollenbarger (deceased 2012)

Then

Comment: No bio. Deceased September 2012.

Diane Sprague (Mayer)

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Now

Marital status:	Widowed
Children:	2
Occupation:	retired
Comment: I graduated from CSU with a degree in microbiology. The next four years were spent in Alaska, after which we moved back to Wheat Ridge. I was a stay at home mom for 19 years before I went back to work for the FDA. After retiring we moved to Northeastern Colorado to a small acreage where we have a large garden, an orchard and raise chickens.

Stephen Stainsby

Marital status:	Married
Occupation:	Wal Mart Deli Associate
Comment: Married to Nancy Miller Stainsby for 33 years. Retired from Civil Service at Fort Benning, GA in 1997. Started working at Wal Mart in Phenix City, Alabama in 2000.
What's a favorite high school memory:	Playing in the band
Which faculty members do you best remember:	Larry (Uncle Wally) Wallace
What was fun to do in Wheat Ridge during your high school years:	Attend away football and basketball games

Carolyn Standley (Gowdy)

Then

Marital status:	Married
Comment: Still married to Gene after 39 years! Living in Flower Mound, TX. Enjoy the time I get to spend with my sister Marilyn and husband Jack when they visit from Georgia.

Glen Stocking

Then

Comment: No bio.

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