Joy. That is how someone described the faces of people at the reunion on Friday night: filled with joy. It’s true; there was a lot of smiling. The entire photo album should be posted this coming weekend, but take a look at the handful of photos that are there now.
Friday night about 45 people gathered at Mazatlan Restaurant for dinner. We didn’t have name tags on Friday, so quite a bit of guessing was going on. When you don’t see someone for 40 years, you can expect a few changes. For several people, this was the first reunion they had attended, and no one seemed sorry that they finally came.
On Saturday, a few people who attended Tumalo Grade School gathered for a party for Jimmy Couch in Bend. Jimmy, who graduated in the class of 1966, had been severely injured in a logging accident right after graduation and has been in a nursing home since.
At 1 p.m. we were turned loose in the old high school for about an hour, joined by Sandra Gregg, one of our 8th grade teachers, and we spent time poking around in the library, band room, principal’s office, and classrooms.
Saturday night we came together again for a buffet dinner at the new golf club in Redmond. Tom Abbas did some herding of the group and made announcements, and a slide ran throughout the evening, reminding us of what we looked like before – going all the way back to 1955.
My only regret is that we didn’t ask everyone who started first grade in Redmond to stand, because a lot of us did. I learned to read with Barry Stranahan, Dave Hansen, Tom Holecheck, Terry Penhollow, Greg Westendorf, Joanne Frizzell and Kathie Peterson in Mrs. Brown’s first grade class.
Rob Comstock, Tinka Nicholson, Skip Macy, Mary Yocom, Peg Pollock, Rita Sturza, Sharon Zimmerman, Lois Meyers, Linda Gregg, Dale Keller, John Baer, Bob Ulam, Sandra Timpy, Tom Duvall, Paula Kratz, Norma Rhodes, Wally Corwin and Joe Metts can also be found in the class photos from the early years (see the photo album).
In the next few weeks, I will start to post the updates people sent me on this page. I know some people don’t have e-mail or web access, so I’ll put together a printed piece for them, but that will take longer – if anyone should ask you. And remember, the entire photo album from the reunion should be up after next weekend, so come back and see those happy smiles for yourself.
Friday night about 45 people gathered at Mazatlan Restaurant for dinner. We didn’t have name tags on Friday, so quite a bit of guessing was going on. When you don’t see someone for 40 years, you can expect a few changes. For several people, this was the first reunion they had attended, and no one seemed sorry that they finally came.
On Saturday, a few people who attended Tumalo Grade School gathered for a party for Jimmy Couch in Bend. Jimmy, who graduated in the class of 1966, had been severely injured in a logging accident right after graduation and has been in a nursing home since.
At 1 p.m. we were turned loose in the old high school for about an hour, joined by Sandra Gregg, one of our 8th grade teachers, and we spent time poking around in the library, band room, principal’s office, and classrooms.
Saturday night we came together again for a buffet dinner at the new golf club in Redmond. Tom Abbas did some herding of the group and made announcements, and a slide ran throughout the evening, reminding us of what we looked like before – going all the way back to 1955.
My only regret is that we didn’t ask everyone who started first grade in Redmond to stand, because a lot of us did. I learned to read with Barry Stranahan, Dave Hansen, Tom Holecheck, Terry Penhollow, Greg Westendorf, Joanne Frizzell and Kathie Peterson in Mrs. Brown’s first grade class.
Rob Comstock, Tinka Nicholson, Skip Macy, Mary Yocom, Peg Pollock, Rita Sturza, Sharon Zimmerman, Lois Meyers, Linda Gregg, Dale Keller, John Baer, Bob Ulam, Sandra Timpy, Tom Duvall, Paula Kratz, Norma Rhodes, Wally Corwin and Joe Metts can also be found in the class photos from the early years (see the photo album).
In the next few weeks, I will start to post the updates people sent me on this page. I know some people don’t have e-mail or web access, so I’ll put together a printed piece for them, but that will take longer – if anyone should ask you. And remember, the entire photo album from the reunion should be up after next weekend, so come back and see those happy smiles for yourself.
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