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"thanks for the birthday wishes everyone!!!!"
"Scott,
Wow, long time no see! How are you? Think I saw you last when I was 15.....22 years ago. Can't believe you look exactly the same. What are you doing?
Hope to talk to you soon,
Emily"
Wow, long time no see! How are you? Think I saw you last when I was 15.....22 years ago. Can't believe you look exactly the same. What are you doing?
Hope to talk to you soon,
Emily"
"So you guys still planning a reunion! What's up with that. I hadn't been on this site in months. hope your new year is going well. Ours is crazy. Praying the economy picks up very soon.
Keep me posted and take care of you! You look fantastic!
Emily"
Keep me posted and take care of you! You look fantastic!
Emily"
"I recognize your name but I can't picture your face. I see you were in Family Corps II I was in IV.
What do you thinK?
Emily"
What do you thinK?
Emily"
"Thanks, I guessed he was still involved."
"Wow...has it been forever or what! You look awesome...just like I remember you....Can't remember when I saw you last...I am raking my brain...any ideas? Maybe my last Corps Week/Rock..1985-1986? Looks like you are doing well...glad to hear that.…"
"Looking for Christina Tateo, Daniel Allen, Brian Moynihan, Scott Huffman, Julie Diedrich, Melanie Free, Antoniette DePaula, Matt & Philip Georler, Casey Brown...all would be 30 thirty right about now......Any ideas?"
"Forgot to tell you...Julian was my 1st pick for children's names...............love it."
"So good to hear from you! It's amazing the small details that stay in our memory about those times. It's real good to hear from you. The last actual moment I remember hanging out you was also at the tents...you and Stan? had guitars...or maybe just…"
"Neat, Bo was cool as a kid, I can just imagine now. What about you...husband, kids? I will catch up more later...I have both kids home today and tons to do. I will start searching for people.
babytassin@cox.net
Emily"
babytassin@cox.net
Emily"
"yep....sent mail a ways back....oh well, let's try again. See you also talk to Micah and Bo...why haven't we all talked sooner?...we are SO having a reunion and sooner that later. We should have done this a long time ago! Looking forward to it! And…"
"No way!!!! Let me help with the planning...whatever I can do. I am thrilled. I have been thinking of that for years! So I guess you and Bo (Christian) have stayed in touch. That is awesome..I will try to find my old pics and start thinking of people…"
"Ok....where are you at? Tried the other mail....not go. So what's up? Happy holidays to you and yours and let's catch up very soon....again.
Take care of you...emily"
Take care of you...emily"
"Hey Bo, I can remember many a Corps Week hanging out with you and Julie and many others in the tents...and swimming in the pond. We had some good times...still have pics of your long hair..I need to scan some and send them to you. Glad to hear you…"
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Have a hugely fabulous birthday!!
You are probably wondering who I am (at least as far as my last name is concerned)…
Well, I used to be Joe Hanson.
(Depending on just how far back we go, you might have already figured that out!)
About 17 years ago, I had my name legally changed back to the name I was born with…
Joseph Sebastian Purpura III
Although it is a very long story, Hanson was the last name of my then step-father Jim.
I had always expected that I would change it back some day!
There is much I can say (regarding what I have been up to) for the past 20+ years, but as to not sound redundant, just check out my info page (I just updated it with more stuff)…
http://waycorps.ning.com/profile/JoePurpura
On that page, you will also find photos from “the good old days”!
I will be adding more and more pictures as I have time to scan them (so check back often – by the time I am done, there will be a large number of them – I AM TALKING DOZENS!).
I had pretty much lost touch with everyone from “the group” (that is, once I had moved to Seattle, back in 1987) and it had stayed that way…
That is, until I got a phone call out of the blue from Linus!
(It is quite the story how he got my phone number – his dad got a hold of my uncle – neither of us knew that they actually knew each other, let alone having each other’s email addresses).
Among other things, Linus told me about this “Way Corps” website.
Since speaking to Linus, I have also had a telephone conversation with Lester (Carver).
Him and his wife Vanessa (who by the way were married by Greg Bernardini, if you didn’t know) apparently have quite the brood (I forget how many, but I believe he said that they have like 5 or 6 kids).
He also told me that Lorenzo is the C.E.O. of a very large company out of Denver.
(And to think he went to the Berkley College of Music to become a musician – I wonder what happened?).
Lester and his family live in Indianapolis. If you want to email him (as far as I know, he is not currently on the Way Corps website yet), he is at…
artios357@usa.net
OH, BY THE WAY…
I just started this Blog (here on the Way Corps website). I call it…
JUNIOR CORPS STORIES (what really happened!)
It is my hope that you (and everyone else) will add stories to it!
The Blog address is…
http://waycorps.ning.com/profiles/blogs/junior-corps-stories-what#c...
There are only two rules concerning the submission of stories to this Blog…
BE THOROUGH and DEFINITELY DONT HOLD BACK!
(In other words, REALLY TELL IT LIKE IT WAS!)
I think you will enjoy reading the stories I have already posted (and keep checking back, I will be adding more stories as I have time for it).
Also, here is my address (I recently bought the house)…
Joe Purpura
301 East Birch Avenue
Ritzville, Washington 99169
(509) 659-0700
If you haven’t been to my info page yet, I just moved here from Seattle (that is after 22 years of being there), in part to concentrate on my writing!)
And my personal email address is…
joe@joepurpura.com
(Just be careful who you give this email address out to – so far this address has been spam free and I would really like to keep it that way – THANKS!)
Finally, (if you can) please say a prayer for my sister Suzanne, she was hit by a car recently and has been the hospital (she has already had 4 operations on her leg)!
Although she is not on this website, you can email her (and I know she would enjoy hearing from you!). Her email address is…
Suzanne.Belluardo@intusurg.com
You might also like to know that her and her husband Johnny just had their 2nd child (Michael) back in October (his older brother Matthew will be 6 in March).
Sue works in Robotics (the kind of Robot that surgeons use to operate on you). She started out as a Post-Open-Heart, I.C.U. Nurse (by graduating at the top of her class in Nursing School).
I AM QUITE PROUD OF HER!
I hope you have the time to either email, or post a message on my info page. I really look forward to hearing how things have been for you and yours.
Later,
Joe
So the last time I saw you, we were sitting around the tents at Corps Week and your dad came over and told you tell us goodbye because you were leaving. And just like that, you were gone. For good. And I never thought I'd see you or talk to you again. It is one of the most poignant memories I have from the disintegration of The Way and I am glad to finally hear from you again almost 20 years later.
Yeah, the Corps Week days were a blast and I had some long ass hair and it just got longer before it started falling out and I've shaved it ever since. Looks like you have a good life going for you and I'm happy to hear that. Since you just vanished so suddenly, I've always wondered how you were. Please post some pics when you have the time. Good to hear from you. Christian
babytassin@cox.net
Emily
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