Brett's 30 year high school reunion was held in downtown Pleasanton and featured quite a collection of folks from his class. We found out about the reunion through Gusto who was tracking it on facebook and told Brett he needed to come. We arrived an hour early because our event right before this, the kid's debate tournament ended ahead of time (and we might have misread the invitation time, or we fell back a little early for daylight saving...). There weren't a whole lot of spouses present. Brett enjoyed talking to Gusto Wright, Eddie Maier, Chris Puppione, and Aaron Baca all of whom he had ties with before high school. He also got to talk to Travis Calabio and Mike Knott, who he played baseball with. Other guys he enjoyed connecting with were Tom Chermack, Stuart Kriege, Frankie Bentonio, Cayce Howe, and JP Quinazon. Also fun to talk to were former locker neighbor Monica Faria (now in Goodyear, AZ), Denise Noleroth (who ended up at UCD in the same major as Brett), and Kim Manifesto (who survived working as a nurse through COVID). Notably missing that he would have liked to see there were Brandon Schultz, Mike Weiss, and Kenneth Lane.
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| Recalling with Eddie Maier our junior high basketball days and time hanging out at his house. |
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| Brett owes a lot of his being in shape to his wife! |
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| Gusto flew in from Colorado for the event. |
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| Chris Puppione, who Brett played baseball with in 4th and 5th grade. Chris' dad coached us. |
