Baron Scroll Spring 2005                                                                                                                             Page 7

Jim Hengstenberg ’64

For the last three years Jim has been the Executive Director of Sacramento Methodist Assembly, a camp and retreat center for the New Mexico Conference of the United Methodist Church.  They have a capacity of 450 persons per night and have just completed the construction of a new 24-room lodge, primarily for folks who no longer want to or are able to "rough it."  Summer is their busiest time, when they have 200-400 kids there at all times.  They are located 3 hours north of El Paso and 4 hours south of Albuquerque 7,500' elevation in the Sacramento Mountains.

 

Jim went there because he “was ready to wind down and get out of the Dallas rat race.”  His wife Kate is an audiologist who runs a hearing aid practice in Roswell, where she lives during the week before going to the mountains on weekends to join Jim.  His main diversions are playing golf, reading and relaxing in their hot tub. They are in a pretty remote location and must travel 45 miles to shop in Alamogordo, the closest town of any size.

 

The Hengstenbergs have six children.  One daughter is a psychologist and presented Jim and Kate with their first grandson in September, and one of their sons is an actor in L.A., who along with his wife are expecting in July.  Another daughter is a traveling nurse, currently in San Francisco, and one of the kids lives with Kate in Roswell and works as a pooper-scooper at a ranch that breeds racehorses.  One child will be starting law school in September, and one daughter is in her last year at New Mexico State U, majoring in hotel-restaurant-and tourism.

 

Jim says he would be glad to host anyone passing through the region, and would even be glad to offer his conference center as a site for a possible future reunion.  His house in Roswell has a 2-room bed and breakfast “if anyone is heading that way looking for aliens.”

 

We thank the 1964 classmates for sending news to Anne Marie.

 

Keep that news coming, please!

Lance Hancock ’64 tells us that he “works, works, works” and cannot envision not working.  Lance has six children.  His two oldest daughters, ages 31 and 29, are married and have produced one granddaughter.  His two middle children, ages 25 and 23, are working.  Lance also has two children still in school.  His 20 year old son is a junior at James Madison University, and his 16 year old daughter is a junior in high school.  “No end in sight for the parenting responsibilities.”  

 

Phil Lockart '64 has been working in Iraq this past year, and about six months ago bumped into a young soldier who had attended Bitburg Middle School.  His older brother attended BHS.  Unfortunately, Phil does not remember the name, but this just shows how small this world of ours is.