1980s B.G. Bradley ’81 and Frank Guarino ’81 recently met in Half Moon Bay, Calif. for the first time since graduation. B.G. and wife, Debbie, and two sons live in Champion, where he is an English teacher at Westwood High School. B.G. wrote a newspaper column for the Marquette Mining Journal and Newberry News for 20 years and works as an actor and playwright for the Lake Superior Theatre in Marquette. Frank also is a community facilitator working with mentally B.G. Bradley ’81 and Frank Guarino ’81 disabled adults at Hope Services. He also works with the Boys and Girls Club of America. Frank and wife, Susan, have four children and five grandchildren. E-mail B.G. at bradleybg@nice.k12.mi.us and Frank at guarinofs1989@yahoo.com. Annette Anderson-Ma ’82 and husband, Frank, live in California. They have two daughters in college. Annette and Frank enjoy traveling, especially to China. E-mail Annette at maantien@hotmail.com. Vern Hazard ’83 lives in Texas with daughter, Alexandria, 12. Vern is the leadership consultant for The Flippen Group, where he trains teachers and administrators. He works with the Arizona Diamondbacks, NASCAR and the New York Yankees, as well as college football and baseball teams, and high school sports teams. In addition, Vern consults and trains with the corporate, sports and education division at the state and national levels, and does some motivational speaking. E-mail Vern at vern.hazard@flippengroup.com. Lori (Sanders) Vedder ’83 was recently named president-elect of the Michigan Student Financial Aid Association (MSFAA). She is currently director of financial aid at the University of Michigan-Flint. Following her term as president-elect in 2010-11, Lori will serve as president for MSFAA in 2011-12. MSFAA represents more than 640,000 students attending higher education institutions in Michigan and has more than 400 members with ties to the financial aid profession. Lori and husband, Michael Vedder ’82, have three children and live in Grand Blanc. E-mail Lori at lvedder@umflint.edu. Michael W. Rice ’85 has been with the Karcher Insurance Agency for 26 years. He and wife, Debra, live in Northville and have three children, Mason, 9, Jaden, 6, and Taryn, 4. E-mail Michael at michael@karcherins.com.
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Kevin Jones ’86 is director of admissions at Warner University in Lake Wales, Fla. Prior to this job, Kevin was director of admissions at Southeastern University in Lakeland, Fla. and was on the admissions staff at Spring Arbor University. Kevin and wife, Tricia, have been married 13 years and have a son, Daniel, 12, and a recently adopted daughter, Tristen, 3. E-mail Kevin at Kevin.jones@warner.edu. LeVon “Vaughn” Seavolt ’86 has been a licensed funeral director for 23 years, working in Charlotte, Battle Creek, Three Rivers and Traverse City. He opened Life Story Funeral Home in Traverse City in April 2008. E-mail Vaughn at vaughnseavolt@lifestorynet.com.
“Vaughn” Seavolt ’86
Gary Tietz ’86 is an enforcement investigations and analysis officer with the United States Department of Agriculture Food Safety Inspection Service in Grand Rapids. He volunteered to serve a 13-month assignment in Afghanistan to help rebuild the country’s agricultural sector. Gary served as an agricultural adviser in Iraq from October 2007 to December 2008. Curtis Kitchens ’86, Mike Hescott ’87, Mike Fontaine ’88 and Lennie Morgan ’89 got together in January for the annual Kappa Sig Snowjam 2010 in northern Michigan. E-mail Curtis at ckitchen@ford.com; Mike Hescott at piklman@btc-bci.com; Mike Fontaine at mfontaine@hfarehab.com; and Lennie at lennie.morgan@willis.com. Terry King ’87 is in his sixth year as undersheriff of Alpena County and is also responsible for the security at the local Air Force base in Alpena. Terry has completed 21 years of Curtis Kitchens ’86, Mike Hescott ’87, officiating basketball, football Mike Fontaine ’88 and Lennie Morgan ’89 and volleyball. He is also president of the Sunrise Side Corvette Club. He and wife, Luciana Zolnierek-King ’87, have been married 23 years. She is president of Zolnierek Insurance Agency in Alpena, where she has worked for 34 years, is involved with the Zonta Club of Alpena, sits on numerous high school related committees and currently is a board member of the Michigan Association of Insurance Agents. They have two children, Kimberly and Douglas. E-mail Terry and Luciana at tlking@i2k.net. Lisa Ogren ’87 is working as a prison counselor. After earning her master’s degree from Michigan State University, she became a licensed counselor, social worker, forensic counselor, rehabilitation counselor and addictions counselor. E-mail Lisa at bubbadella@yahoo.com.