Steve KOEHNEKE: Updates

Since I dropped the "Geocities Plus" paid option and went to Flickr for free, I've been updating this website less and less. I realize I should be doing this more often since when I finally do decide to update it, it's a huge pain, so I guess lesson learned... again. Anyway, things have been going fairly well overall. I checked out Andrew's new place at the start of May, just before he and Marisa moved in, so I am happy that they are moving on to something a little bigger and better. Celebrated Mother's Day and Father's Day with my folks, it's kind of nice to be able to do that kind of thing so easily, even if I do sometimes wish I had my own place. Been hanging out with some folks from church quite a bit; in fact, I had a number of them over for a little July 4th get-together! Some of us also played on the church softball team, which ended on July 13 when we lost our second tournament game. *sniff, sniff*

As always, fencing has been my big activity outside work and home. The big news there is that after a year and a half at a place on Clubview Drive, we were forced to move out when the landlady finally found a permanent tenant. We had used it free of charge, other than paying for utilities, but had to move on short notice once the paperwork was signed. So, the SCFC has set up shop at Zion Lutheran Academy for the time being -- we have hosted tournaments through them the past couple years and have a nice little relationship with them, so we definitely appreciate them taking us in! Back in April, before the move, we hosted the SCFC Spring Fling Open, and amongst other folks, it was great to see Jeff & Tanya back in town. We have also held demos at Germanfest and for the Auburn Parks Dept, plus we held the Titan Event at ZLA in July 2008. So, keeping busy with that and trying to keep the weight off!

JANUARY-MARCH 2008

Rang in the new year at home, my folks actually stayed up until midnight and we all hugged when the ball dropped. Nice way to start 2--8, right? Celebrated my mom's birthday on January 12, glad I could be there for her! Some interesting stuff has been happening at church in the last couple months, I've been getting more involved with a Young Adults group that meets on Sunday evenings. We went to a "missionary dinner" in January that had presentations by various church members who had done Christian work elsewhere; my brother Brian was one of the speakers that night. Also been staying involved in the fencing club, we had a "D & Under" tournament here in town on January 26 that went well. I also went to the "Wright Challenge" on March 15, plus we did a demo at the Coliseum on Feb 16. I am also very thankful that I have been able to pick up some hours at Parkview the last few weeks, I even helped Julie do a presentation at Parkview North about online resources on March 13. Hooray! Celebrated Easter with my family, plus Andrew came up to visit, so that was also a very nice time as well.

I figured a big reason I wasn't keeping up with this site is that it was getting too complicated. Also, it's a fact of life that nowadays you can't have too much online, so I deleted a bunch of older (and slightly embarrassing) stuff. Now that it's a little more streamlined and I have more going on lately, I'm going to try to be a little more faithful about updating this darn thing!

CURRENT TRENDS

Attending services and Young Adults Bible Study at Holy Cross, also active in the Summit City Fencing Club.
Finished classes at IUPUI and got my Master's of Library Science in August 2004.
See current news and other tidbits at http://www.myspace.com/spk1121.

OTHER NEWS

Dad is serving as worship pastor at Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Ft Wayne, IN.
Mom still struggles with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, but is doing OK overall.
My brother Brian is living in Ft Wayne, working with Heartland Ministries and at Bethesda Assisted Living.

CALENDAR & ARCHIVES

(Due to bandwidth & storage limitations, full-size pictures from the current year only will be available here. Please see my Flickr account for all others, thanks!)

JAN 12

FEB 15

FEB 16

FEB 28

APR 10

APR 11

APR 15

MAY 1

JUN 7

JUL 10

JUL 31

SEPT 9