{"id":376,"date":"2023-08-08T13:41:19","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T13:41:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/damien1981.com\/?page_id=376"},"modified":"2024-04-24T22:32:38","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T22:32:38","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/damien1981.com\/","title":{"rendered":"home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"376\" class=\"elementor elementor-376\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eae0c31 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"eae0c31\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a08ca5a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"a08ca5a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;,&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4214b72 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4214b72\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 02-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Damien Memorial High School Class of 1981 Mission<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e05fd3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"3e05fd3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79d8b3e elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"79d8b3e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 02-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked 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members.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">To contribute funds, individually and collectively, to support and promote Damien Memorial School.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">To assist in the Mission of Damien Memorial School.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fdeff6a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"fdeff6a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca02de0 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ca02de0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Alma 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class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-553163c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"553163c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;,&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d1f61b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5d1f61b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Senior Class Leaders<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa3ea3e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"aa3ea3e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7211cc elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a7211cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">This section is dedicated to those that have taken on the leadership mantle to guide us through our Senior year.\u00a0 \u00a0Here are their words of wisdom&#8230;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #ffcc00;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" tabindex=\"-1\" src=\"http:\/\/damien1981.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ml.jpg\" alt=\"Louis Matautia - 1981\" width=\"123\" height=\"148\" longdesc=\"http:\/\/damien1981.com?longdesc=481&amp;referrer=0\" \/>LOUIS MATAUTIA<\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>(Senior Class President)<\/strong> &#8211; August 1, 2006<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><em>25 years&#8230; In 1981: 40 years of age seemed OLD, we could see and touch our toes, and viagra wasn&#8217;t even in our vocabulary. My how time flies.<\/em><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><em>A quarter of a century has passed since leaving our Alma Mater. Some of our class mates have stayed in the Islands, others have pursued life on the mainland, some are serving in the armed forces in foreign countries, and we have lost a few of our classmates. For a lot of individuals a measurement of success has to do with how much financial wealth one can accumulate over time: a big house in a wealthy neighborhood, a bank account that has more money than most people make in a life time, a yacht, stocks, bonds, etc&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.<\/em><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/damien1981.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ml_tn.jpg\" alt=\"Louis Matautia - 2006\" width=\"123\" height=\"148\" \/>As far as I am concerned, graduating from DMHS has made us the most successful men in the world. The lessons learned, the friendships made, the accomplishments achieved throughout the 4 years at DMHS have taught us discipline, responsibility and respect. From Mr Lloyds paddle, to Mr Alejos lectures, to brother Walzacs detention, we had to become men at an early age. We were held accountable for our actions, responsible for the decisions we made and required to fulfill our obligations to DMHS as men pursuing a quality education.<\/em><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><em>Over the past 25 years we have all had to endure life&#8217;s experiences. Some were good, others were bad, but for the most part it was &#8220;LIFE&#8221; in the real world. Our education and experiences at DMHS helped us to prepare for life in the real world. For that we should be thankful to DMHS.\u00a0 <\/em><em>Take Care!<\/em><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #ffcc00;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-509 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/damien1981.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/hja.jpg\" alt=\"Joseph A. Holtzmann\" width=\"123\" height=\"148\" \/>JOSEPH A. HOLTZMANN<\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><b>Viriliter Age &#8211; July 31, 2006<\/b><\/span><\/p><p><em><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Eighteen years, give or take a handful of months, is all the more we age in our lives by the time we graduate high school. It was hard to imagine then what the future would hold, and is somewhat mind-blowing, now that we\u2019ve come to a point 25 years beyond that. State-of-the-art home computers came with 16k of memory (~9k less than what I used to write this post); the space shuttle was a fleet of one, and just getting started; the Internet as we know it didn\u2019t exist; we played tapes in our cars, and vinyl records at home; 27 inches was large for a TV; and nobody ever said, \u201cSuper size it!\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p><p><em><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Then we went to work, went to college, went to the armed services, and somewhere along the way we grew up. Responsibility is a bear of a burden, but really it\u2019s what separates the men from the boys. We\u2019ve started families and careers, care for people, our children and our parents, help others, ourselves, and help others help themselves. And through it all we all started on common ground, a tiny campus in Kalihi on Houghtailing St., a place we look back on in fond (and maybe some not-so-fond) memories.<\/span><\/em><\/p><p><em><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"longdesc-return-510\" class=\"size-full wp-image-510 alignright\" tabindex=\"-1\" src=\"http:\/\/damien1981.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/hja_tn.jpg\" alt=\"Joseph A. Holtzmann\" width=\"123\" height=\"148\" longdesc=\"http:\/\/damien1981.com?longdesc=510&amp;referrer=0\" \/>It\u2019s time to come home again, and return to the \u2018ohana of the class of 1981, to share and laugh and reminisce the good and bad times, old and new, and say we are one. One must admit that as a class we were hardly shining examples: we went from a class of over 215 Freshmen to a graduating class of barely more than 140 Seniors; we logged more hours of detention than any other class, yet had 11 of us who never received even a single hour; and we single-handedly ended the tradition of Senior Day. And yet we hither-to earned more in scholarships than any previous class; we are doctors, lawyers, pilots, artists, teachers, managers, businessmen, policemen, servicemen, engineers, and workers in many walks of life; and we are loving husbands and fathers and great friends. It\u2019s time, after a quarter century, to reconnect, relive and renew. Welcome home, Damien Memorial High School, class of 1981!<\/span><\/em><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #ffcc00;\"><strong><em><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"longdesc-return-510\" class=\"wp-image-604 size-full alignleft\" tabindex=\"-1\" src=\"http:\/\/damien1981.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/bvf.jpg\" alt=\"Vernon Beebe\" width=\"123\" height=\"148\" longdesc=\"http:\/\/damien1981.com?longdesc=510&amp;referrer=0\" \/><\/span><\/em>VERNON BEEBE<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>(Student Body President)<\/strong> &#8211; April 24, 2024<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><em>Aloha Gentlemen of &#8217;81\u2026when I saw the order for the new shirts, emblazoned with the Lost Boys title, I couldn&#8217;t help but smile at the appropriateness.\u00a0 Damien Memorial High in our era, was \u201cThat Little School That Could\u201d. Often overlooked, we as a Student Body always found opportunities to stand out in the crowd of bigger, so &#8211; called prestigious institutions of higher learning.\u00a0 What set us apart, was CHARACTER. There is a lot of grit and perseverance in the hearts and minds of you gentlemen, something that I often observed and admired. There is also, more importantly; a true sense of Aloha amongst you.<\/em><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><em><span style=\"color: #ffcc00;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"longdesc-return-510\" class=\"alignright wp-image-606\" tabindex=\"-1\" src=\"http:\/\/damien1981.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/vernon_beebe-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Vernon Beebe\" width=\"123\" height=\"164\" longdesc=\"http:\/\/damien1981.com?longdesc=510&amp;referrer=0\" srcset=\"http:\/\/damien1981.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/vernon_beebe-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/damien1981.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/vernon_beebe.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 123px) 100vw, 123px\" \/><\/strong><\/span>I write this from the perspective of a brother who wishes that he could be with you in person; but in spite of this loves you no less.\u00a0 There is a thread through all of these messages, and time is laying it bare.\u00a0 Hold close your Damien 81 brothers. Like that Golden Age that we were blessed to be in; youngsters that became young men together, there will never be a class as unique as we are.<\/em><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><em>Well, this vintage has been unavoidable, but it doesn&#8217;t require growing up to achieve.\u00a0 VIRILITER AGE, Brothers.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf5f194 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"cf5f194\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;,&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d3134e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d3134e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Senior Year<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-01dc353 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"01dc353\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6a7e1f elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"b6a7e1f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/4QPOnwEdKsQ&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34c3f0d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"34c3f0d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;,&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-deb05a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"deb05a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Head of the Class<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-decf913 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"decf913\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84fb758 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"84fb758\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">This section is dedicated to those that have excelled in our class. Here are their words of wisdom&#8230;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #ffcc00;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-489 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/damien1981.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/lssm.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Sam Lau\" width=\"123\" height=\"148\" \/>DR. SAM LAU<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<b style=\"color: #ffffff;\">(<\/b><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><b>General Excellence &#8211; Gold Medal &gt; Valedictorian<\/b><\/span><b style=\"color: #ffffff;\">)<\/b><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\u00a0&#8211; August 2006<\/span><\/p><p><em><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Dear friends, I cannot believe that it has been 25 years since we have graduated from Damien. Where has all that time gone?? Looking back over the years, I am so appreciative of the 4 years I spent at our alma mater. I would not have become the person I am today without the excellent education &amp; study habits (sometimes forced upon us by the Brothers &amp; Mr. Alejo!)? given to us by our dedicated teachers &amp; coaches, and of course the support of our friends and family.<\/span><\/em><\/p><p><em><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-490 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/damien1981.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/lssm_tn.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Sam Lau\" width=\"123\" height=\"148\" \/>I greatly regret I could not participate in the camaraderie of this Damien weekend. I would have really enjoyed seeing all of you again to &#8220;talk story&#8221; about our years together.<\/span><\/em><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><em>I also want to thank Irwin for<\/em> taking on this big project to get us together, and mostly to get us thinking fondly of our beloved Damien Memorial High School and the people who made it great! Aloha<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #ffcc00;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"longdesc-return-503\" class=\"size-full wp-image-503 alignleft\" tabindex=\"-1\" src=\"http:\/\/damien1981.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/nda.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. David Anthony Naai\" width=\"123\" height=\"148\" longdesc=\"http:\/\/damien1981.com?longdesc=503&amp;referrer=0\" \/>DR. DAVID ANTHONY NAAI<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<b style=\"color: #ffffff;\">(<\/b><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><b>General Excellence &#8211; Silver Medal &gt; Salutatorian<\/b><\/span><b style=\"color: #ffffff;\">)<\/b><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\u00a0&#8211; August 2006<\/span><\/p><p><em><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Twenty-five years, twenty-five pounds, and for some of us, almost twenty\u2013five wives, or so.<\/span><\/em><\/p><p><em><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">The last time I was asked to speak to the Damien Class of 1981, we were all teenagers; we were all on top of the world; we had our whole lives ahead of us. I was quoting JFK and Martin Luther King and had not even a remote thought about our twenty-fifth reunion.<\/span><\/em><\/p><p><em><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Most of us remember summer school. Before freshman year \u2013 the anxiety, the new faces, the locker room at PE where we learned that all men are not created equal! But we bonded, had our fights, and win or lose on or off the field, we were all still the Damien Class of 1981.<\/span><\/em><\/p><p><em><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"longdesc-return-504\" class=\"size-full wp-image-504 alignright\" tabindex=\"-1\" src=\"http:\/\/damien1981.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/nda_tn.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. David Anthony Naai\" width=\"123\" height=\"148\" longdesc=\"http:\/\/damien1981.com?longdesc=504&amp;referrer=0\" \/>Some say that it really does not matter where you go to school; that it really is up to the individual to create his destiny. That may be true to some degree, but do you really think that we would be who we are without Brother Christensen\u2019s dog house or hours upon hours of detention? I truly believe that the time we spent at Damien helped to mold us into the men that we have become and continues to challenge us to live lives of character and leadership and service.<\/span><\/em><\/p><p><em><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">I consider all of you my brothers, and as brothers I know that we will strive to continue the proud tradition embodied in our school motto Viriliter Age, Act Manfully.<\/span><\/em><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #ffcc00;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"longdesc-return-580\" class=\"size-full wp-image-580 alignleft\" tabindex=\"-1\" src=\"http:\/\/damien1981.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ne.jpg\" alt=\"Edward Tsutomu Nakashima\" width=\"123\" height=\"148\" longdesc=\"http:\/\/damien1981.com?longdesc=580&amp;referrer=0\" \/>EDWARD TSUTOMU NAKASHIMA<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<b style=\"color: #ffffff;\">(<\/b><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><b>General Excellence &#8211; Bronze Medal)<\/b> &#8211; April 7,\u00a0 2024<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><em>Wow \u2026 it\u2019s been 43 years since graduation. As they say, that\u2019s a lot of water under the bridge \u2013 more like an ocean actually!<\/em><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"longdesc-return-581\" class=\"wp-image-581 alignright\" tabindex=\"-1\" src=\"http:\/\/damien1981.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/240407_Ed_Nakashima-SharpenAI-Motion-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"Edward Tsutomu Nakashima\" width=\"125\" height=\"175\" longdesc=\"http:\/\/damien1981.com?longdesc=581&amp;referrer=0\" srcset=\"http:\/\/damien1981.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/240407_Ed_Nakashima-SharpenAI-Motion-214x300.jpg 214w, http:\/\/damien1981.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/240407_Ed_Nakashima-SharpenAI-Motion-731x1024.jpg 731w, http:\/\/damien1981.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/240407_Ed_Nakashima-SharpenAI-Motion-768x1075.jpg 768w, http:\/\/damien1981.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/240407_Ed_Nakashima-SharpenAI-Motion.jpg 992w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px\" \/>There are so many great memories of my time at Damien. I still remember hanging around in the computer room after school with Irwin and all of the other computer peeps. I also remember the class of \u201982 not being very happy about ALL future Senior Days ending up cancelled due to some \u201cunfortunate\u201d incidents such as the minivan crashing into the side of the band room. Brother Keane (sp?) \u2013 thanks for having us memorize that miserable list of prepositions. I hated it at the time but it really helped later in all of my English courses!<\/em><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><em>As I start the next phase of life (i.e. retired!), I want to wish all of my fellow \u201981 grads the best in their future endeavors. Remember, age is only a number &#8211; which looks a lot better in hexadecimal (yikes I actually just said that).<\/em><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><em>Thanks also to Irwin for keeping the Class of \u201981 moving forward!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Damien Memorial High School Class of 1981 Mission To promote the spirit of our class unity through communications &amp; reunions. To locate other alumni, acquire &amp; maintain school, and Association memorabilia. To create activities, social events and reunions for members. To contribute funds, individually and collectively, to support and promote Damien Memorial School. 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