Kirk Forbes

piplance@aol.com

Since graduating I have had many interesting experiences... I have sold corporate jets, owned two different businesses, sold electronics and now I am a commercial pilot for NetJets, Inc. Only the first job was planned and the rest just happened. We have lived in Carmel - West Lafayette, IN - Wilmington, DE - St. Peters, MO - and the last 28 years in Noblesville, IN.

Toughest thing so far was our daughter Kristen's courageous battle against terminal cervical cancer and passing away June 2008. After Kristen passed away I wrote her story in the book Love, Kristen in 2009. There are over 2,000 copies in circulation now. In 2010 Brenda and I cofounded the Kristen Forbes EVE Foundation to fight HPV caused cervical cancer. (www.kristeneve.org).

Kristen's story is in the highly acclaimed, award winning documentary Someone You Love: The HPV Epidemic. You can view the trailer at www.hpvepidemic.com.

I moved to Carmel in 6th grade and was wonderfully welcomed by "Do you play football?" from Roger Fox. I guess he needed a wide receiver for recess flag football. After that ice breaker the students of Carmel treated me as one of their own and it was great from then on. I have nothing but good memories from CHS, its staff and the student body. I miss working on the floats, Greyhound basketball champions, of course the Dairy Queen...and the toga parties of the JCL Latin Club (pre-Animal House) !!