Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2006 1:40 PM

Subject: Dave Weiseman found

Hi! We composed a reply to Ann Kock's note as a beach employee in the early 1970s. For an unknown reason, we were not able to get the computer to send the information to you. So here it is below:

Dave Weiseman was the beach general manager for the years ? 1969 and 1970. We had fifteen full time guards, four bath house staff, six concession stand workers, and a cashier/ticket sales person. Some names to add are Bill Boe [ coach of the first swim team to win the city meet] and Carol Hollonbeck.

As I write, I am looking at Tenni Tres, our third schnauzer named after Centennial Beach. One of the guards put a towel over our first schnauzer puppy, and we officially gave him the name Dave's Centennial Sheik, which was shortened to Tenni. Both Tenni One and Tenni Two have gone on to Doggie Heaven.  Tenni Tres is three years old.

I remember taking three lifeguards on their days off and driving to Fox Lake to water ski. Later we drove to Lake Holiday in Somonauk, where Alice and I eventually moved during the 30 years that we taught at Beebe, Madison, Mill, and Scott Schools.

One day when we went skiing, Bill Boe was doing some fancy footwork and trying to drop a ski to slalom. The dropped ski bounced up and split Bill's lip. We voted unanimously ... excluding Bill's vote ... to continue skiing, while Bill held ice to his lip.

I remember being with Bill Boe at the ceding meeting for the city swim meet. Bill and I got together and talked to coaches on "stacking" against the Cress Creek team, which everyone felt would win the meet. Bill and i knew that if we pitted the teams against Cress Creek, we might sneak in and win the meet ourselves. We did! Because we won this meet, the other pools ordained that the beach must rent the Y pool for future home meets. While managing other pools, I found that many of the young swimmers enjoyed being rowed out to the swim platforms / rafts to start many of the races. I believe Chuck Koch was the designated boat rower.

Our son, Jay David, is fortunate that he was not born until 1974, when I was working at the Huntington subdivision pool. Otherwise, he might have been named Tenni Weiseman II.

Alice and I continue to enjoy lake life at the Lake of the Ozarks in Osage Beach, Missouri. It is a

92 mile long lake with 1,400 miles of shoreline. Lots to explore! Our current cruiser is named Dave's Dog

House II ... with graphics of two schnauzers in the title line. Instead of being Mud Rats, we have moved up to being Osage River Rats. Jay visits to barefoot behind one of our Kawasaki jet skis at 6 a.m. each summer.

Dave has survived two open heart surgeries: 1993 in Naperville Edwards Hospital and 2003 in Lake Regional Hospital in Osage Beach. Alice has survived hip replacements in 2000 and 2006. We still enjoy breakfast picnics in quiet coves on our jet skis! So

Come On Down and visit the lake.   It's heavenly to think of you while I type!