Milestone Announcements March 11, 2012
MILESTONE BIRTHDAY/3 GENERATIONS
Frank O'Halloran
90th Birthday
On March 2, 2012, Frank O'Halloran, 90; his son, Bruce, 56; Bruce's partner Margaret, 59; Bruce's son Kieran, 25; and Kieran's wife, Elizabeth, 26, skied on Silver Mountain to celebrate Frank's 90th birthday.
Frank took a break from skiing between 1952 and 1994. It was the first time Frank skied with Bruce in their lives. Bruce spent his snow shoveling earnings to ski most winter weekends on the mountain from 1968 to 1970 when it was named Jackass Bowl.
Kieran recently earned an M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; he previously only skied a few times in Wisconsin but never with his dad in the U.S., nor in New Zealand where he was born and where Bruce currently resides.
March 3 made it four. A more formal birthday party followed on March 3 at the Lake City Center, attended by all Frank's children, Beth, Jim, Joyce and Bruce; Frank's wife Thu; two of her children, Robert and Sylva; Sylva's son Chad Dreisbach and his wife, Katie and their new son, Vancouver. About 40 guests attended and shared memories. Whether the subject was cycling, skiing, dentistry, kayaking or canoeing all seemed to echo the comment from a senior Silver Mountain ski patrolman "that guy in the orange suit is a legend."
The birthday party closed with Frank and Thu dancing a waltz.
Weston James Ackerman was born at 12:12 a.m. Feb. 22, 2012, to Natalie and Austin Ackerman of Coeur d'Alene. He weighed 8 lbs. 12 oz. and was 21.5 inches long. Brothers are Austin and Tucker. Maternal grandparents are Laurie Wuest and James Wuest. Paternal grandparents are Doug Ackerman, and Darcy and Ray Potter.
MILITARY
Air Force Airman Cory J. Kramer graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.
Kramer is the son of Kris Kramer of Spirit Lake and grandson of Jean Kramer of Hayden Lake.
He is a 2007 graduate of North Idaho Christian School in Hayden Lake.
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