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Pictures of Today Three The photos on this page should be of Stags members and Stags activities in the current time frame. |
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Visit to the coach August 12, 2005 Mark Redwine (Counts '70) Brothers: Billy Adams and Herb Stebbins with Joe Atwood '54. |
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August 23, 2005 Brother: Don Humphries lands a 3 1/2 lb. Mangrove Snapper on a live Pin Fish while I got a SMALL Tarpon. I don't know the weight but it was mush less then 22.88888 lbs. |
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January 21, 2006 Mini-Reunion Of Gables Classes '69'70'71 @ Oxygen in The Grove Brother: Boris Vichot '71 |
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January 21, 2006 Mini-Reunion Of Gables Classes '69'70'71 @ Oxygen in The Grove Brothers: Carlos Villalta '71 and Pablo Acosta '70 |
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January 21, 2006 Mini-Reunion Of Gables Classes '69'70'71 @ Oxygen in The Grove Ginger Perkins Sponsor '69, Brothers: Ignacio Paucual '70, Gaston Ruiz '68 and John Gibson '71 |
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January 21, 2006 Mini-Reunion Of Gables Classes '69'70'71 @ Oxygen in The Grove Brother: John Scopetta '68 |
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BNO Feb. 23rd. 2006 at Hooter's Brothers: Rolando Valdez, Jim Bozek, Gaston Ruiz, Art Abney, John Scopetta, Lloyd's better half, Chuck Helmly, Lloyd Howard, Jim Kavney, Joan (Kaylor) Keenan, John Dannelly and Luis Tezanos |
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BNO Feb. 23rd. 2006 at Hooter's Brothers: Jim Bozek, Art Abney, Lloyd Howard, Jim Kavney, Joan (Kaylor) Keenan, and John Dannelly. |
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BNO Feb. 23rd. 2006 at Hooter's Brothers: John Scopetta, Chuck Helmly, Art Abney, Lloyd's better half, , Lloyd Howard, Jim Kavney, John Dannelly and Luis Tezanos |
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March 23, 2006 Brother: Tommy Morris, 1954 and wife Jody |
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April 12, 2006 -- --- Brothers: Bob Ross (1955) and Jim Kavney Jim's visting Bob in his Antique Shop in Nahunta, GA. |
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April 12, 2006 -- --- Brothers: Bob Ross (1955) and Jim Kavney It's a long trip so be preparded it you need to use the bathroom. |
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Joe Atwood and Friend: April 2006 Brothers: Joe Atwood and Herb Stebbins |
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Joe Atwood and Friend: April 2006 Brothers: Mark Redwine (Counts '70) Kenny Nelson (Bob's brother), Bob Nelson, Sylvia Atwood, Joe Atwood, Herb Stebbins and Billy Adams. |
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Joe Atwood and Friend: April 2006 Brother: Joe Atwood thumbs up and looking a hell of a lot better then the first picture on this page. Keep up the good work Joe! |
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Paul Blasti (Vic's son-in-law) Vic Muzii (TDT 1953) Lee Corso, Victor Muzii (Vic's son) Sharing old times and football stories. Vic played for Gables and Lee played for Miami Jackson in 1952, both made All-City. |
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1956 - 50th Reunion - June '06 ---Sock Hop and Karaoke Night Gables High 1956 Football Team who beat Edison High for the first time. |
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1956 - 50th Reunion - June '06 ---Sock Hop and Karaoke Night Dawn and Terry |
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1956 - 50th Reunion - June '06 ---Sock Hop and Karaoke Night Terry and Dawn doing their best at Karaoke. Their reviews - well no comment! |
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1956 - 50th Reunion - June '06 ---Sock Hop and Karaoke Night Terry with classmate and former US Attorney General Janet Reno. Terry telling her about his book. |
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1956 - 50th Reunion - June '06 --- Dinner Dance Brothers: Jim Tormey, Micky Stefan, Terry Grant, Jim Kavney, Ross Downing and Tommy Atwood. |
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1956 - 50th Reunion - June '06 --- Dinner Dance Brothers: Ross Downing and Tibby Burroughs |
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1956 - 50th Reunion - June '06 --- Hospitality Room Brothers: Jim Kavney and Ab Lawton '53 |
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1956 - 50th Reunion - June '06 --- Evening in Spain @ Venetian Pool Stag Sponsor: Anne Jensen Harper and Jim Kavney |
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1956 - 50th Reunion - June '06 --- Evening in Spain @ Venetian Pool Brothers: Terry Grant, Keno McNeil and Jim Tormey |
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Hooters Lunch Terry Grant with his Super Shorts or was it supper shorts? |
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Hooters Lunch Brothers: Herb Stebbins, Gaston Ruiz, Terry Grant and John Dannelly |
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Visit to Erine's (July 2006) Dawn, Terry, Erine and Jackie |
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Visit to Erine's (July 2006) Brothers: Herb Stebbins, Erine Knighton and Terry Grant |
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Dawn's Brithday (July 2006) Terry & Dawn |
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Jupiter Inlet 07/11/06 I caught the first snook of the day. |
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Jupiter Inlet 07/11/06 I caught the second snook of the day and my biggest ever (21 lbs) |
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Jupiter Inlet 07/11/06 I caught the third snook of the day. But of course my luck was about to change. |
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Jupiter Inlet 07/11/06 Don caught his first snook of the day. |
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Jupiter Inlet 07/11/06 I gets another nice one. |
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Jupiter Inlet 07/11/06 Don's largest of the day. Boy, somebody needs a 101 course in photogrephy. |
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Jupiter Inlet 07/11/06 Gary caught the first snook of the day. |
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Jupiter Inlet 07/11/06 Well they are getting a little bigger. Look at the tail on this one. |
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Jupiter Inlet 07/11/06 Gary comes thought with the biggest of the day, a 27 pounder. |
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Jupiter Inlet 07/11/06 We had such a great day for the finale we all three of us had one on at the same time. Mine was around 10 lbs, which I got in first and released it and grabbed the camera. Don's was 18 lbs and Gary's 24.5. With that we called it a day. It was my best snook day ever. So far! |
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Jupiter Inlet 07/11/06 Just in case there are any skeptics that scale reads 24.5 lbs. |
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Jupiter Inlet 07/11/06 Brothers: Don Humphries, Gary Thomassom '63 and Jim Kavney |
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Jupiter Inlet 07/20/06 Don caught this 27.4 pound snook the next week. The biggest so far, can we beat that one on the next trip????? |
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OFFICER JEROMER R. CHRISTMAN AVENUE Brother: Jerry Christman '56 was killed in an automobile accident, while responding to a silent alarm at a bank on December 3, 1960. |
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Blue Water Fishing Brother: Art Abney has something on. |
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Blue Water Fishing Looks like a tuna to me.Brother: Art Abney, Gaston Ruiz and John Scopetta are practicing up for Team 57 challenge. |
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| STAGS NIGHT OUT ** *** 08/05/06 Brother: Jack Lamb |
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STAGS NIGHT OUT ** *** 08/05/06 Brothers: Terry Grant and Dawn, Harry and Cecile McCabe, Erine and Jackie Knighton |
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STAGS NIGHT OUT ** *** 08/05/06 Susan Cauley Barth and Randy Barth |
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STAGS NIGHT OUT ** *** 08/05/06 Brothers: Tom Holdcraft, Chris Christman and Dick Jennings |
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STAGS NIGHT OUT ** *** 08/05/06 David Steger, John's Fiancee, John Gibson and Gaston Ruiz |
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STAGS NIGHT OUT ** *** 08/05/06 Brothers: John Scopetta,Terry Grant and Manny Garcia |
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STAGS NIGHT OUT ** *** 08/05/06 Brothers: Manny Paula, Larry Silver and Edgar Meneses |
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STAGS NIGHT OUT ** *** 08/05/06 BrotherS: Erine Knighton, Bob Trescott and Gaston Ruiz |
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STAGS NIGHT OUT ** *** 08/05/06 Brothers: Chris Christman, Lazaro Asecio, John Chrisso and John Gibson |
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STAGS NIGHT OUT ** *** 08/05/06 Brother: John Dannelly and David Steger |
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STAGS NIGHT OUT ** *** 08/05/06 Brother: Harry McCabe, Jackie Knighton and Cecile McCabe |
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STAGS NIGHT OUT ** *** 08/05/06 Brothers: Larry Silver and Jim Searle |
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STAGS NIGHT OUT ** *** 08/05/06 David Sreger, representing Miami-Dade County is reading a proclamation re-naming a part SW 87 Avenue to: "OFFICER JEROME R. CHRISTMAN AVENUE", Brother Jerry Chirstman '56 was answering a silent alarm at a bank, when he was involvedin an accident and lost his life in the line of duty. |
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STAGS NIGHT OUT ** *** 08/05/06 David Steger representing Miami-Dade County presents a plaque to Chris Christman, Jerry's brother, of the dedication ceremony. |
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STAGS NIGHT OUT ** *** 08/05/06 David Steger representing Miami-Dade County unveils the Street Sign honoring Brother Jerry. |
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A standing STAGS ovation honoring Brother Jerry. |
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STAGS NIGHT OUT ** *** 08/05/06 Chris said a few hard to get out words, thanking Miami-Dade County, David Steger and Stags TDT for hororing Brother/Officer Jerry Christman. |
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STAGS NIGHT OUT ** *** 08/05/06 Terry Grant lightens up everyone telling stories of all the trouble he and Jerry got into in high school. |
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STAGS MINI REUNION ** *** 09/06 Brother: Jerry Carpenter '65, Sponsor Janey (Hasencamp) Carpenter '65 and Brother: Brad Stocker '65. Enjoying dinner at a Thai Restaurant in Mountain City, TN.
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New Year's Day** *** 01/01/76 Brothers: Courtney McClendon ('61) and Jim Kavney, was joined by Anne Jensen Harper (Sponsor '56) at Anne's house for dinner in The Villages, Fl.
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Brothers: Doug Walker and Claude Thomas
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Class of 1966 Reunion Brothers: Billy Adams and Steve Aguilar (center) with '66 classmates. |
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Class of 1966 Reunion Brothers: Jim Bozek, Pat Hill (NS) and Ivan Lopez |
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Class of 1966 Reunion Brother: Ivan Lopez with classmate Fran Sindoni |
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Class of 1966 Reunion Brothers: Joe Herrera, Billy Adams, Steve Aguilar and Gaston Ruiz |
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Trip with Brother Micky Stefan '56, Green River in Flaming Gorge, Utah. Brother: Terry Grant |
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Trip with Brother Micky Stefan '56, Green River in Flaming Gorge, Utah. Brother: Terry Grant caught a nice Trout. |
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Trip with Brother Micky Stefan '56, Green River in Flaming Gorge, Utah. Brother: Terry Grant, was reported spending an and a half telling Ronald all about his book. |
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Brother: Joe Atwood |
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ATWOOD, JOE, was many things. For starters he was an accomplished athlete, terrific coach, nurturing father, longtime firefighter and business success. But all that tells only a little about Atwood. The essence of his life, what shone through the brightest, was that he cared about people. You hear it over and over when you talk to people who knew him: Jackie Joe Atwood, who passed away recently at 71, genuinely based his life on helping others. He was counsel to many, a helping hand, always an uniting force and a true friend. And he did it all with an upbeat nature. "Pappy, how can I help?" he would often say to people, using "pappy" as his telltale term of endearment. Over the years a ton of people learned to answer to pappy when Atwood spoke, and that became his nickname, too. He was most at home in informal, less pretentious settings, like when he coached girls softball after he moved to High Springs , Fla. , in 1992. He achieved a measure of financial independence, but was never one to confuse net worth with self worth. At the Coral Gables Fire Department, where Atwood worked for 32 years, he rose to be in contention for fire chief. Instead Atwood asked that the position be given to Phil Sistik, who was closer to retirement than he was and, besides, it would allow Sistik to retire at a higher pay scale. It was a selfless gesture that didn't surprise anybody who knew Atwood. After retirement he developed a thriving Christmas tree business, for years coordinating with Wayne Blanton to sell trees near the Boys and Girls Club on S.W. 32 Ave. and Dixie Highway . When Atwood's sister-in-law Sylvia Atwood worked as a receptionist at a Gainesville law firm, people often would notice her nameplate and ask if she was related to him. "He was so loved," she said from her Gainesville home. "I remember one guy in particular just kept talking about him like Joe was the most wonderful man who'd ever been born." Maybe he was. Atwood attended Coral Gables High, where in 1953 he became the school's first All-America football player. In a game against Jackson High, he once hit celebrated quarterback Lee Corso so hard that it left a permanent scar on Corso's chin. A guard-linebacker, Atwood signed a football scholarship with the University of Miami . Already a father by then, he had to forfeit his dream in his second year there to support his family. He began coaching football at the Coral Gables Youth Center and Boys and Girls Club, and produced a number of players who went on to play college ball."I really believe he could have been a pro coach, because he had a charisma beyond anything I've ever seen," said Joe Accurso, now a Miami chiropractor. "The thing is, he cared about us. I was not a good football player, but I knew Joe really cared about me." Atwood went on to play and then manage a Miami-based fast-pitch softball team. He saw the team rise to status as a perennial power in the South. "He was just a wonderful man," said Tito Gomez, a third baseman on those teams. Added Mike Hunt, the team's shortstop: "Joe had one set of rules and they were for everybody. "Atwood's best friend was Phil Young, who felt like an outsider when his family moved to Coral Gables . "He was all-everything in school and I didn't know anybody, but he befriended me," Young said. "He caused me to play football and probably caused me to graduate and go to college. So he really turned my life around." Atwood bought a unit at $10,000 in 1987 when Red Berry was seeking the finances to open a year- round youth baseball facility, in large part because Atwood appreciated Berry 's impact on kids. "I never heard anyone say a bad word about him," Berry said. Atwood is survived by his wife, Lee Atwood; three children, Pam Hauser, Joleen Atwood and Ed Atwood; three siblings, Earline Johnson, Nancy Lewis and Tommy Atwood; five grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. To visit this Guest Book Online, go to www.MiamiHerald.com/obituaries. |
