Hi Gwyn: Nice to hear from you. I won't be able to come to this reunion, as much as I'd like to. I am booked already for that weekend. My band has a local festival gig on the fourth, and we've been invited to play Oregon's largest outdoor music festival, the Portland Waterfront Blues Festival, on the fifth. So we're going to be pretty busy. I went to an all-class reunion about ten years ago and had a ball. There was almost nobody there from '68 though, and I'd dearly love to see you all again. You can tell folks that I send my best regards to all. I am healthy and happy living in the Willamette Valley of Oregon. I've been here 32 years, and I'm firmly planted. I live in Corvallis, a university town less than an hour from the coast, and two hours from the crest of the Cascade Mountains. I have been doing volunteer ski patrol work for 20 years, and only stopped playing music long enough to get my kids started with school. I have two very handsome sons and a beautiful stepdaughter (of course, those are objective statements), all three of whom live in the mountains now, having grown up skiing and climbing. I am an engineer and a writer, and my wife is an accountant. In my spare time, when I have any, I like to build and repair stringed instruments, particularly antique banjos. I enjoy moutain-based gravity sports. My next big adventure is to climb Denali (Mt. McKinley) in May of '09. There are a few more of us who now live in the Northwest. But I'll leave it to them to report in on their own. Take care. And again, please give my regards to any classmates that you encounter. Fondly: Steve Oder

PS, days later: I am working remotely right now, and had to go to the web to get a photo. But yes, that's me, havin' a ball skiing in Canada, three days from the nearest road. I can't get to an old photo since I'm not at home. Feel free to use the one from the yearbook, even though that looks like someone I don't recognize anymore. Who was that guy? Tell me some stories, folks. And have a beer for me. On that day, I'll be having a good time, but I'll also be thinking of all of you. Can anyonme tell me about Paul Free ('69)?

Love to all: Steve

Since leaving Coronado in 1975 I have lived in Utah, Florida and now I'm in Colorado.  Love it here.