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This site is maintained by Greg Lopatka, I am a retired Chicago Public School Teacher. My Randolph students sent in over 8000 measurements and observations to the GLOBE program. I have been a GLOBE teacher trainer since 1995. I had my right hip replaced in July 2005, it was so good, I had my left one replaced in August 2006. I was back playing hockey by Thanksgiving. My friends want to know what I am doing with my free time. Here are some links to my activities.
July 5, 2008 Boris turns 70 July 4, 2008 Michelle's Softball July 2, 2008 Took the Girls to see the "Big Bugs" June 27, 2008 Our 47th Wedding Anniversary Surprise Party June 24, 2008 Took the kids to the Children's Museum June 22, 2008 Dan gets a Hat Trick in the championship Game June 21, 2008 Grant Golf Outing June 10. 2008 Five Randolph Teachers Retire June 8, 2008 Michelle's Team wins another game June 7, 2008 Duffer's Picnic May 27, 2008 Rocket Launch at Highlands School May 24, 2008 Mom's 95th Birthday Party and many Pictures on Mark's Photo Site May 17, 2008 Michael Gets the Game Ball May 12, 2008 Naperville Rocket Launch at Steeple Run School May 6, 2008 Grace plays T Ball May 6, 2008 My First Field trip in 8 years May 2, 2008 Rocket Show at Michael's School April 27, 2008 Michelle Wins 2 First Place Equestrian Ribbons April 26, 2008 Michael's First Baseball game April 20, 2008 Softball Season Starts April 7, 2008 Pictures of Grace's 6th Birthday Party March 28, 2008 Memories of Wally Phillips Pictures of Easter 2008 at Debbie and Dan's Pictures of Phoenix Road Trip My Son in law Dan's Train makes a big move February 1, 2008 Jeff's Hockey in St. Louis January 26, 2008 Iditarod Dogs come to Lisle, IL December 25, 2007 Christmas at Our House December 15, 2007 Cosley Zoo November 22, 2007 Thanksgiving November 17, 2007 Baby Sitting Carmela November 10, 2007 Luke is 9 Days old October 29, 2007 It is a Boy!
October 27, 2007 Children's Museum October 20, 2007 Carmela's First Birthday Party October 13, 2007 Five softball games October 12, 2007 Alaska Pictures September 23, 2007 Michelle Started Fall Softball September19, 2007 Planetarium Quiz September 15, 2007 Sectional Championship Game September 10, 2007 Regional Champions September 9, 2007 Michelle leads her team to a 7 run last inning rally August 19, 2007Rainy Cub Game August 18, 2007 Michelle's Birthday with the Bandits August 4-10, 2007 Michelle's School Softball August 3, 2007 Build a rocket August 2, 2007 The Smith kids Visit the Morton Arboretum July 28, 2007 The West's Wedding July 28, 2007 Aunt Irene turns 100!! July 27, 2007 Pierogi Fest and Kathie's Birthday July 23, 2007 Kane County Cougar game July 21st Jimmy Buffett Concert 07-07-14 Michelle Plays 3 Games July 13th, 2007 Played Hockey with my sons and grandson 07-07-07 Michael and Will collect GLOBE data July 6th, 2007 Michelle hits another Homerun! July 4th 2007 Dan and Sabine July 2 2007 Michelle gets the game ball and Michael and Will at the Arboretum July 1, 2007 Dave and Nancy Visit June 22, 2007 Rocket to Mars June 19, 2007 Visit with Old Friends June 19, 2007 Warren Newport Library Aerospace Show June 8th, 2007 Our trip to Atlanta June 2nd, 2007 Michelle's Softball May 26th, 2007 Mom's 94th Birthday May 24th, 2007 Rocket Launch and Pre-School Graduation May 5, 2007 Michael's 7th Birthday May 1, 2007 The Girls at the Arboretum April 28, 2007 Audrey at Willow Nature Center April 14, 2007 Fred turns 70! April 11, 2007 Snow April 8, 2007 Easter March 21, 2007 My first trip to Alaska February 26, 2007 I finished my 67th trip around the Sun February 20 Dinner with the Fish February 18 Audrey's Second Birthday Party February 12 My Relatives January 20 Hockey road trip to Indianapolis January 14th, Bears Win! We partied! 11:00 A.M. January 1st, 2007 I played Hockey with my sons 12:30 P.M. We partied on the ice December 25, 2006 Christmas at Our House December 17th, 2006 Cosley Zoo December 2nd, 2006 Holy Trinity Christmas Party November 23rd, 2006 Thanksgiving November 18th, 2006 Michelle's Oswego Horse Show November 17th, 2006 I returned to the Ice (only as a Referee) November 8, 2006 Transit of Mercury October 31st 2006 Halloween October 28, 2006 Fun with Grace and Michael October 25, 2006 Carmela's first day October 15th Fall celebration 43 floors above the LSD October 7th Mike and Trina's Baby Shower September 30th Michelle's 12th Birthday September 16th White Fence Farm (End of "Cabin Fever") September 1st Earth is no longer a Planet? August 26th Audrey and Grace visit August 14th my left hip was replaced. August 6th My Sister Pat pays a visit August 4th Michelle's Bandits Party July 25th Four Field Trips in one day July 19th Kathie gets her first coaching win July 17, 2006 Kane County Cougars July 15th, 2006 I watched 6 Games July 8th 2005 Michelle's Softball June 27, 2006 Gone Fishing June 24, 2006 Ken's Car June 23, 2006 Milwaukee Polish Fest June 19, 2006 Arboretum with my Daughters June 9, 2006 Arboretum with 3 Grand kids June 1, 2006 Michael Graduates from Kindergarten May 28, 2006 Mom's 93rd Birthday May 14, 2006 Happy Mother's Day May 5, 2006 Busy Start of May April 21, 2006 Trip to the Arboretum April 15, 2006 Easter Sunday March 26, 2006 Grace's 4th Birthday Party March 19, 2006 Michelle's Horse Show March 2, 2006 My Son Dan and I went to Toronto and Played Hockey. February 26, 2006 My 66th Birthday February 16, 2006 Audrey's First Birthday January 22, 2006 Iditarod Dogs at the Morton Arboretum New Year's Day 2006 http://www.lopatka.net/1-6-06/index.htm December 28, 2005 Lunch with old friends http://www.lopatka.net/Lynn/index.htm December 23, 2005 Morton Arboretum December 10, 2005 Winter Wonderland December 3, 2005 Christmas Party November 25, 2005 Happy Thanksgiving November 10, 2005 Owl Pellets September 10, 2005 Michelle's 11th Birthday Party September 6, 2005 Michelle's Softball Team August 27, 2005 Erin's Wedding August 3, 2005 Check out my latest page about the Olden Days. July 15, 2005 Home with a new hip! July 10, 2005, Erin's shower July 9, 2005 Dan's Team wins summer hockey league championship July 8, 2005 Dan has a family cook out. June 25th, 2005 Carole an I celebrated our 44th wedding anniversary with all of our children, some of our grand children and 100 friends at the Duffer Picnic. On Sunday June 26, I watched the Cubs and Mark Prior shut out the White Sox. June 13th, 2005 I took 3 of my grandchildren to the Willow Brook Wildlife Preserve. May 28th, 2005 we celebrated my Mom's 92nd birthday. March 27, 2005 Easter Sunday In March, April and May, I watched Ken and Jeff get a new garage. I turned 65 on February 26th! Click here for pictures On February 15, we were blessed with our 7th grandchild. Audrey gives us 4 Grand daughters and 3 grandsons. Click here I do enjoy Baby sitting at the DuPage Children's Museum and the Fullersburg woods. In July, Carole and I finally picked up our new 2004 Toyota Prius that we ordered last November. The 60 miles per gallon is coming in handy as we visit my Mom after her fall and hip surgery in June. Mom came home in September and is doing well after therapy. See Family pictures. My sister Pat came to town, so we took a trip with our sister Mary to Ohio, Niagara, Milwaukee and Toronto. I am working part time as a consultant with Morton Arboretum and the Naperville school system for the GLOBE program. For more information about my involvement with the GLOBE program, scroll down to the bottom of this page.I do some volunteer work for Holy Trinity and St. Rita High Schools. Getting ready for the Duffer picnic keeps me pretty busy in May and June. I golf once or twice a year and I go to 2 Jimmy Buffett concerts in August. I went to Denver in March of 2004, to watch the Avalanche play 2 games. We played 2 games too and I worked up a big thirst, but I behaved myself and stayed on my low carb diet and lost 20 pounds. We drove to El Paso, Texas right after Christmas for Ann's wedding. We visited the Odessa Meteor crater on New Year's Eve 2003. We stopped at Carlsbad Caverns on the way home. In May, 2003 my brother, sisters and I threw a surprise party for my mom's 90th Birthday. Go to Mom's Party Pictures. I love it! I have a 3 hour lunch at a tavern in Lemont, every Wednesday with my Hockey friends, I play Hockey with my kids and grand kids every Friday. See Duffer News at: Duffers Hockey I have a 2 hour lunch with my high school pals every month. See Holy Trinity. I take my mom to the bank and Aldi's once a month. see pictures of mom's home at: I went to Las Vegas to play hockey at the end of January 2003. http://www.lopatka.net/2-7-03/index.html On January 12, 2003, I went to watch my Grandson win a tournament in the Dells, Wisconsin. I captured a great video of my 2 year old grandson taking an ice cube out of his pants and eating it. American's Funniest Videos has asked for written permission to view it. Stay tuned...... I went to Kitchener, Canada in November to watch Cammi Granato and the USA team play Canada, Finland and Sweden. http://www.lopatka.net/11-22-02/index.html I went to the Big Island with my Sister in August 2002. She made me eat good foods and walk 4 or 5 miles every day. I lost 10 pounds and I feel great: I went to Salt Lake City for the Winter Olympics in February, 2002: I watch my Grand children play baseball all summer http://www.lopatka.net/amanda/index.htm and Hockey all Winter: http://www.lopatka.net/dgs-hockey/index.htm and http://www.lopatka.net/Huskieblack.htm I went to Holland Michigan to watch Jeff play Road Trip Pictures. Mid-Winter Classic Pictures I go to a car show on summer Saturdays, My Son, Ken, had his car featured in the Sun. http://www.lopatka.net/Chrome.htm My hockey team was featured in the Sun and Frank and I were the "cover boys." My son Dan, had his first child. Grace was born on April 1st, 2002. Other than that, I don't do any thing but make web pages and watch sports on TV. The Duffers go to Peoria several times a year. We play on Saturday in the Civic center and then watch the Rivermen Play at night. http://www.lopatka.net/11-8-02/index.html (Visit Peoria Duffer, Art's Web Page http://www.ivcc.edu/koudelka/ ) Peoria Trip 2001 http://www.lopatka.net/11-23-01.html
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