EPIC 1979

BURNT HILLS – BALLSTON LAKE HIGH SCHOOL

CLASS OF 1979

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SPECIAL THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING, THEIR HARD WORK & DEDICATION MADE THIS REUNION

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KATE KOEHNE (LYNCH)

JOE KAUSCH

ROSE KEVILLE

JOHN ENZIEN

KATHY LEWANDOWSKI (KELLEY)

MIKE PALMA

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HAS IT REALLY BEEN 30YRS…..

BOY HOW WE’VE CHANGED!

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CAMERA SHY

Mark Ladu Donna Lange

Gone but not forgotten – R.I.P.

Gone but not forgotten – R.I.P.

Gone but not forgotten – R.I.P.

Top 40 Songs of 1979• Rank Title Artist • 1. Hot Stuff Donna Summer • 2. Y.M.C.A Village People • 3. My Sharona The Knack • 4. Da Ya Think I'm Sexy? Rod Stewart• 5. I Will Survive Gloria Gaynor• 6. Bad Girls Donna Summer• 7. Escape (Pina Colada Song) Rupert Holmes • 8. Reunited Peaches and Herb• 9. A Little More Love Olivia Newton-John • 10. I'll Never Love This Way Again Dionne Warwick

TOP 1979 SPORTS TEAMS

WORLD SERIES – PITTSBURG PIRATES

SUPER BOWL – PITTSBURG STEELERS

NBA CHAMPS – SEATTLE SUPER SONICS

STANLEY CUP – NEW YORK RANGERS

1979 TOP 10 MOVIES• Kramer vs. Kramer• The Muppet Movie• The Electric Horseman• The China Syndrome• Love at First Bite• The Main Event• Manhattan• Star Trek- The Motion Picture• The Black Stallion• The Black Hole

1979 ECONOMY• Yearly Inflation Rate USA 11.2% •

Year End Close Dow Jones Industrial Average 838 •

Interest Rates Year End Federal Reserve 15.25% •

Average Cost of new house $58,100.00 •

Average Income per year $17,500.00 •

Average Monthly Rent $280.00 •

Cost of a gallon of Gas 86 cents •

Sony Walkman $200.00

SLUMBER PARTY 1976LAURIE BELTON & SHARON LANDGRAF SHERYL KAPLAN

ALLISON JENKS, SHERYL KAPLAN,LISA FRANCE, BECKY JOHNSON, SUE RAPPLE, KATHY O’MALLY, JENNY BERTINO, LORI FITZGERALD

& COLLEEN BROWN

50’S DAY 1976MARK TYNER

MARK VISKER & DEB VAN EARDEM

LISA FRANCE, ROSE KEVILLE, COLLEEN BROWN, BECKY JOHNSON, KATHY ALLEN, JOANN CAGGIANELLI, JENNY BERTINO,

DONNA LATORRE & SUE RAPPLE

JAYNE BENZ, ROSE KEVILLE, LORI FITZGERALD, DONNA LATORRE & SUE RAPPLE

JENNY BERTINO, JEFF WALKER & ALLISON JENKS

BOB BOICE, MARK ZEMAN & JEFF WALKER

Junior High

Mark Foldy Mark McCune

Junior High

Jeff Walker Sue Rapple & Colleen Brown

Junior High

Becky Johnson & Lori Whaley Allison Jinks & Lisa France

Junior High

Allison Angel MaryEllen Cashman &Sue Thieda

Junior High

Maggie Ladd Mr. Jones, Lisa France & Colleen Connery

Junior High

Colleen Brown, Liz Binney Molly Kelley, Joe Morgan & Chris Buckley

Remember Jr. High Rec Nights?

CICADA 1977Chris Peck, Tim Peck,

John Chevalier, Jim

Peck

Junior High

Laurie Belton & Sue Rapple Kurt Daubensmidt & John Enzien

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Nick Cassella & John Enzien Kathy O’Malley & Kate Koehne

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Junior High Fred Mowers

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Can you name all these classmates?

High SchoolBryan Simpson, Joe Umholtz & Steve Walsh Joe Riccardi & Sarah Forfa

High School

High SchoolMike Wilcox, Bill Chabot, Rob Pustolka & Joe Kopchick Ted Wheeler

High SchoolJoe Umholtz, Mike Wilcox, Mike Brown, Sue Pustolka & Vic Sosnowski

Bill Burns

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Dan Pudney Dennis Ward & Hardeep Rana

High School John Enzien Sue Pustulka

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High School Lori Fitzgerald Vic Sosnowski

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Patty Dolezal Tara Quillinan

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Steve Zoltan Darlene Darrow

Graduation!!!!!!

Kate Kohne & Jeff Walker Allison Angel

Graduation!!!!!!Kathy Allen,Tom Carmical & Darlene Darrow

Lisa Bunkoff, Patty Dolezal,Ginger Barrie & Holly Stafford

Graduation!!!!!!

Mark Brewster & Molly Kelley Joe Piccotti

Graduation !!!!!!Ginger Barrie & George

MacDonald

Holly Stafford

TOP 10 T.V. SHOWS OF 1979

60 Minutes All in the Family

ANGIE Happy Days

Laverne & Shirley M*A*S*H

Mork & Mindy Taxi

The Ropers Three’s Company

All the things we did outside of All the things we did outside of school that we don’t tell our kids! school that we don’t tell our kids!

Outside High School

Chris Falvey – Mr. GQ JK

BH-BL official beer taster!

“I just can’t decide which beer I like better!”

Kandy Asmus, Shirley Budesheim & Lynda Haviland

Heather Mitchell,Laurie Dox, Missy Ruth & Denise Birt

Joe Glasser Did he have one to many?

Mike Palma & Al Delano Pete Sargeant

Kurt Daubensmidt,Nick Cassela & Jeff Walker

Mark Little, Al Delano, Mike Palma & Pete Sargeant

Patty Dolezal,

Tina Tomasko,

Lisa Bunkoff,

Jenny Klapper,

Cindy Dennison, Laurie Dox & Ginger

Barrie

Cindy Dennison & Lisa Bunkoff Patty Dolezal & Ginger Barrie

Senior skip day!! Laurie Dox, Jenny Klapper & Cindy Denison

Patty Dolezal, Ginger Barrie & Cindy Collins

Senior skip day!!! Patty Dolezal, Lisa (6 pack abs) Bunkoff & Cindy Collins

John Chevalier & Billy Coughlan

Bear, Mazz & JK

Tina & Linda Tomasko

Denise Lussier & Chuck Roth Patty Dolezal, Kristin Howe & Becky Oakes

Biff Rocco Kurt Daubenschmidt

Mark Mazz Kate Koehn & Nick Cassella

Lynda Haviland & dateShirley Budesheim & Kandy Asmus

Tom Donahue

Mark Ladu & Lynda Haviland

John Enzien Biff Rocco & Debbie Van Earden

Mike Palma & Craig Colvin taken 30 years apart!

Joe PicccottiJohn Chevalier & Billy Coughlan (don’t get to close guys!)

10 year reunion – NICE HAIR!

Dave Holt, Marian WilsonMarian Wilson & Jeanette Pangburn

Tina Tomasko Joe Piccotti & Alicia Dorr

1979 WORLD NEWS:• In 1979

Saddam Hussein was elected president of Iraq and chairman of Revolutionary Command Council

• March 28 there was major nuclear accident at the facility on Three Mile Island outside of Harrisburg, Pa.

• Billie Jean King recorded her 20th Wimbledon championship title on July 7.

• The NBA adopted the three point shot.• John Wayne dies of lung and stomach cancer at Los Angeles, June 11, at a

ge 72.• On November 4

Iranian Militants seized the US embassy in Tehran, Iran taking more than 100 US citizens hostage

• Margaret Thatcher becomes the new prime minister.• In New York City on January 26, 1979

Nelson Rockefeller died as a result of a heart attack during an intimate encounter.

• On September 7 ESPN starts broadcasting• In 1979, the first Post-it notes are invented.• Eleven fans are killed and dozens are injured at a WHO Concert at the

Riverfront Coliseum in Cincinnati, Ohio • 63 Americans are taken hostage in the American Embassy in Tehran • The first British nudist beach is established in Brighton

PRICE CHANGE

1979 Corvette MSRP - $12,313 2009 Corvette Z06 3LZ MSRP $73,925

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