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Dick
Engebretson
DickEngebretson@aol.com
Orono, MN |
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Since last we met, I sold the family home and garden show
business that I owned for almost 20 years—my wife, Jean, worked with me in
the business for the last 10 years. The buyer was a global British
exhibition company—dmg world media (no, I don’t know why they use all lower
case). But the check they wrote me came with a catch: I had to work for
them for the next 2 ½ years as the head of the 50 home shows they own in
the U.S. and Canada. In all, this company owns over 300 shows in eight
countries. |
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Dick and Jean at the
40th Reunion - August
2003
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That was two years ago, and I am having
a terrific time. I was snoozingtowards retirement with my former company, but now I am a
total corporate lackey, living on airplanes and flying all over the U.S.
and Canada—not to mention business trips to London (dmg’s headquarters),
Australia and New Zealand. Jean comes with me on some of the more fun
trips, and we just got back from London as I write this.
Jean and I split out time between our home in Orono and a winter residence
near Palm Springs, California (confession: I have become a winter wuss). My
job allows me to work out of these homes and fly to where I have to be from
local airports, so I am a lucky boy.
And, when the 2 ½ years is over this fall, I am probably going to sign up
for another hitch with this company—things are going very well, and it’s
been a long time since I have had so much fun.
FAVORITE MEMORY OF MHS: Mr. Chisholm’s spelling quizzes,
each of which had a made-up word with “weird” somewhere in it. |
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Dick and Jean at the 35th Reunion
August 1998
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Deephaven 1956-57 |
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