Reunion News For the Incredible Class of 1962 |
February 14, 2010: If you grew up on East Hill, then the attached obit will mean something to you. Tony Petrillose was "our" barber throughout our childhood and teenage years. For some, he was our barber for our adult and even relatively old age years, too. He passed away recently and his obituary is attached. Click on >Tony< to see it.
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I'm forwarding this notice to the Class of 1962 that maybe you would be interested in attending Ithaca Night in Ft. Myers. It is for any Ithacan and has been going on for many years starting with Members of the Ithaca Elks Club/Yengo Family and open to all.
Regards,
Margie
Here's the invitation... CLASSMATES: Annual Ithaca Night in Ft. Myers
Saturday, Feb. 20th at Myerlee Country Club, 1380 Myerlee Country Club Drive, Fort Myers Fl 33919 (Use map quest for directions) Social hour at 4PM and dinner at 6PM. Choice at dinner is either pot roast or fish and cost is $20 each. Contact: Sally Yengo Gutowsky for your choice. Her email is: sogut2me@aol.com Surely hope you are able to be there.
P.S. If you haven't visited our website www.ithaca1961.com check it out and sign our classmate directory. And, yes, it was all in pink! |
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Which brings us to the latest Not Deceased After All (NDAA) entry. Apparently, Linda Leagans did not pass away after all. It was her sister-in-law, Linda Begent Leagans who died. Linda Begent was in the Class of 1961 and married Linda Leagans' brother. So, Linda, if you're out there, give us a call. You are more than welcome to rejoin the Class of 1962 where you belong. |
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As we get a bit older, we seem to read the daily newspaper "differently". To get a feel for that, a brief survey of class members was taken. Here are the results. -I check the obits every morning to make sure nothing catastrophic happened to me yesterday. -I get all the news I need from the weather report. [this sounds vaguely familiar. -I check the financial section to make sure I can still afford to buy lunch or, if not, have enough leftover crab cakes for my bag lunch. -I confirm that my teams all lost by huge margins. Again. -I try to find a chuckle in the comics to help me make it thru breakfast. -I check the editorials to see what I should be thinking today. -I read the Racing Form from cover to cover every day. -I don't read the paper because they're all written by commie, nazi, socialist, middle-of-the-road weirdoes. -I am in favor of it. No wait! I hate it. What was the question again? -I can't read. I attribute it to the Ithaca school system. -Even though I only get WNBF, I still read the TV Guide every day. |
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The Reunion Committee has been having some high level talks and have come to some startling conclusions. Two Committee Members (CM) recalled ice cream trucks when they were growing up, one on Eastwood Ave and the other on Pleasant Ave. One CM recalled there wasn't one on Dryden Road. The other four CMs couldn't remember anything about ice cream trucks. Or anything else for that matter. One CM bemoaned the removal of the Johnny's Big Red Bear sign in Collegetown. It wasn't clear how this was related to ice cream trucks. In totally non-related matters, the Class of 1961 looks like they're going to implement their own website. Being so much older than us, we're offering to help them along. Speaking of older, have you all received your medicare packet yet? If not, you probably skipped some grades which is nothing to be ashamed of. Unfortunately, you'll have to wait for your packet which is chock full of really boring stuff. And the really BIG news is from Hap Gray who continues to search for classmates worldwide. This time he had to go all the way to MA to find Marcia Robinson, our Class Secretary. Hi Marcia! And then, he went to AZ to find Ann MacEachron. Hi Ann! As we speak, Hap is in Sturgis, SD looking for classmates at the annual Sturgis Rally (Bike Week). Check out www.sturgis.com to see if you can find a photo of everyone and play the Where's Hap game. Hint: He's the round, bald one in black leathers riding a Harley. |
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There is some related news. The Class of 1961 is getting a jump on us by having their next reunion a year earlier than we are. We've had talks with them, and they may go the website route, too. They were impressed that due solely to the website, we were able to attract all 400+ members of our class to our last reunion. It's possible, I may have misled them somewhat. |
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May 15, 2009: Nothing new. Nothing changed. Just the same old - same old. Softball season is in full swing. Are all of you still playing? Oh, and by the way, we passed the 17,000 hits mark last evening when nobody was looking. That's website hits, not softball hits.
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Your reunion committee is hard at work planning the 50th reunion. Actually, that's a lie. They aren't even thinking about it. In fact, most are sailing the Mediterranean using the millions they made at the last reunion. That's also a lie. Would you believe that they are still hiding in their basements waiting for spring to arrive? The class has suffered some losses lately. They are listed in the Deceased List. |
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I don't know about you folks who live in Ithaca, but here in Ohio, the average temperature has been about -5 degrees. We've had record snowfalls. We've had record winds exceeding hurricane force. And we've had to use a record amount of plastic to cover our windows. Aren't you glad you don't have to live in the south where life is so boring? Please don't let the people in the south find out about this or they'll all want to move back north. |
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November 30, 2008: Some sad news. See the attached article by clicking on this link: LINK. We've lost a great teacher and inspiration to many students at Ithaca High School.
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Guess who WINNER Barbara Crowley is...RIGHT...it's Barbara ROSS Crowley...from our very own Class of 1962. She competed in Rochester's Dancing With The Stars competition and WON! Also check out some other videos at: www.youtube.com/mrsbarbaracrowley. Barb, we're very proud of you! Maybe you won't be sailing around the world next time we have a reunion, because if there was one thing that stood out at last year's affair it's that some of us could really use dancing lessons. |
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1. Are you losing your hair? 2. Will your spouse/other person/significant other (SOS) send you a valentine? 3. Will your SOS send you birthday greetings? 4. Will they send you a bottle of wine? 5. If you've been out till 2:45 a.m., will they lock the door? 6. Will they still need you? 7. Will they still feed you? Enter line #8 here. Win a cupie doll. What is a cupie doll anyway? |
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It's time for The Year In Review: January - June: Nothing happened July: The Fantastic 45th Reunion! August - December: Nothing happened Have a wonderful 2008! Note: Number of website visits by the end of the year: 7,540 (a record for the site) |
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December 8, 2007: A new section: Deceased List has been added to the website. The date of death, as near as we can tell, has been added along with a link to an obit. The Missing You section no longer contains the deceased list. From now on, the deceased will be remembered by a photo in the Deceased Class Members Photo Album, an entry in the Deceased List section, and a notation in their Classmate Info if they submitted one.
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From now on, check The Deceased List in the Missing You section for people who have passed away. They will be marked in red. Also, there were several people we could not locate for the 45th reunion. They may or may not have passed away. They will also be shown in red if the former is the case. |
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If you can fill in names for either in either situation, e-mail me at rgarmise@columbus.rr.com and I'll put them in. Also, if you know for certain that a name is wrong, but can't recall the correct name, let me know that, also. Include the Photo Album day, Part number, Photo number, and modification in your e-mail. Once all the names are on the photos, we'll eliminate the duplicates. So once again, if you want to save a photo, now is the time to do it. |
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We are starting to put names with faces in the photo sections. We're starting with Friday night and moving forward. So far we've labeled over 10 photos. If you see a name in [brackets] it means that the person was a guest, didn't graduate with us, or whatever. If you see a [1] it means we can't recall the person's name. That's no news flash since many of us didn't recognize our own photo. If you know who the person is, let us know by e-mail to Rita. |
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At this point, the changes to the website will be few and far between. We will put the names and captions on the photos, but other than that, the website will remain relatively static. However, it is suggested that you visit it every month or so to see if there's anything new. And don't forget...if you move, change your phone number, or change your e-mail address, go to the I'm Movin' On section and let us know. For detailed-oriented people who have a need to know: Total Reunion Photos (Friday-Saturday-Sunday-Ithaca): 1,271 Total Photos (all photo albums): 1,874 |
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If you want a copy of a photo, follow the directions. If not, don't follow them. If you see yourself in a photo that you don't like, e-mail the webmaster (see Contact Us) and he will remove it. The next step is to put name/captions on the photos and display the Sunday photos. There's also a new section. It's called I'm Movin' On and it allows you to easily change your address, phone number, e-mail address, or anything else about you that we keep in the Master List. It's an attempt to make finding people for the 50th reunion much easier than it was for this reunion. |
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August 1, 2007: More photos keep being entered, but the process is slow. There are now 347 photos out there in five Albums (Friday, Saturday, Sunday). If you took some photos, but not a lot, feel free to submit them to the webmaster by attaching them to an e-mail and sending the e-mail to: rgarmise@columbus.rr.com. And to answer your next question, I do live near Columbus, Ohio. |
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A couple of notes...reunion merchandise can be ordered until September 15th. After that date...no can order. We are still collecting info (address, e-mail, phone) for the Master List so that people may be easier to find next time. Some of you came from very far away and it was much appreciated...you know who you are...CA, AZ, NM, NV, WA, etc. Did we have anyone attend who lived out of the country? How many people thought the high school looked better? worse? about the same? have no recollection of ever being in high school? |
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Because this is Ithaca, Land of Perpetual Clouds, there was a huge tent set up at the Elks building just in case. As it turns out, the clouds drifted on by, and the day was incredible. It was just like we all remember despite what the weather records show for the early 60's. A reunion photo showing everyone at the event will be forthcoming. It took about 20 minutes to gather everyone for the photo...it was like herding cats, but we accomplished the task, and took some photos. When the photos taken at the reunion are all gathered and sorted, they will be on this website. |
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The Ithaca portion of the Reunion Committee is working furiously to get everything ready for the big event. The rest of the Committee that lives out of state is sitting around watching Oprah and eating bon-bons. But it's the non-fat kind of bon-bons so that they will lose weight, too. The dress code has been a major topic this week. What to wear? The consensus is: Whatever you want. If it stays hot, wear shorts. If it gets cooler wear slacks/capris. If it drops below freezing, we've got more problems than figuring out what to wear. |
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Which leads us to a key question. One class member asked: "Why wasn't I invited to the 1997 and 2002 reunions?" The obvious answer is: "Where were you? We tried to call you, but you never returned our calls." thus deflecting the question and placing the blame squarely on the victim, an American tradition. But the Reunion Committee is much too diplomatic than to say that, so they said: "We didn't have a reunion those years." Which surprisingly was the truth, but is something the Committee is reluctant to admit because it admits blame which is not an American tradition unless you're in show business where it is required that you admit blame for everything. And then check yourself into rehab. Anyway, this is our first reunion since 1992. There is one caveat...not everyone will be at every event. Most people have chosen to attend all three events, but some will only be to one or two of them. To see the people you want to see, you'll need to either attend all the events or contact those people and make arrangements to meet. |
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July 10, 2007: Ithaca High School alumni information is now being collected in a central location. Although the website you're looking at is for the Class of 1962, to find out about other classes, please go to www.ithacahighalumni.com. This is a recent development effort by the IHS Alumni Association with which our class fully cooperates. In addition to the Class of 1962 website, it gives you another way to contact class members. Visit the site to find out what is going on with IHS alumni, and stay tuned to the Class of 1962 site for details about our class. The Class of 1962 website will be available through the 50th reunion. The IHS Alumni Association website will be available until the end of time. If you don't believe this, just wait. You'll see. |
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Note: Today is the last day to order Reunion merchandise and still have it delivered at the Reunion. After today, it will be sent to you after the Reunion. Of course, if you're not attending the Reunion, it will be sent to you no matter what. See the Marketplace section for further details. |
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Some photos have been added to the Photo Albums, Class Members Photos Album. There are significantly more details in the Details of Events section. There's a map or two and more extensive descriptions about the events. A few more people were added to the Classmate Info section. Order the list by sign-up date and look at the end for them. There is another logo option (Logo #4) in the Marketplace section. A photo of it leads off this week's news. New Item lists and Order Forms can be found there. Originally, this section was going to be called the You Can't Buy Me Love section, but the name wouldn't fit. Too bad. It would have been a better name. There are several new contacts in the You Send Me section. They are currently listed at the top of the list. It's a "last-one-in" section until we get around to alphabetizing it. The RSVP section has been disabled because at this point, if you are attending, you need to fill out the Registration Form and send it in. RSVP's gave us an idea of how many people were planning on attending. The final total was 35. A detailed follow-up study shows that most people didn't RSVP. So, what else is new? The Reunion Committee is locating more and more people. Many are hiding out in the desert. The Missing You section shows the status of your favorite friend from high school. Do you know where any of the people on the Missing or Incomplete lists are located? Help us find them! The final page of the April Fool's edition of The Tattler is now available in the TWTYTW 1962 section. When you see Judy Bonney Slack at the reunion, thank her for her prescience in keeping this issue for 45 years. The list of attendees continues to grow. Check the Come Together section for the latest update of the list. It's been a busy week. The Reunion Committee is calling people who have not responded yet and offering them courses in ESL. |
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If you're having trouble finding a reservation at a motel, Rita has volunteered all her floor space to anyone in the class. Breakfast is included. Cost is free. Did you believe that last paragraph? Nobody is that gullible! What's that? You are? If you have not returned your Registration Form, do so NOW! There will be one more notification sent to anyone with an e-mail address who hasn't responded yet, but getting your form in now is critical to the security of the country. Also, at some point we'll need to tell the caterers how much food to provide. |
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Come Together is the final section of the website and was added today. It's a list of all the people who are attending the reunion next month. This list will continue to grow as more registration forms are received. The webmaster will certainly run out of song titles for the section names any minute now. The Reunion Committee is contacting people individually about their plans. Please don't hurt them. They mean no harm. But it seems that some people have "misplaced" their registration form. Some have filed it under Exotic Vacations in their file cabinet. Others have somehow lost it in their car. Still others sent it to their DMV thinking it was the renewal form for their license plates. You can always get another form by going to the news message for May 15th below and clicking on the links for Registration Letter Page 1 and Registration Letter Page 2. Then print them out and follow the directions. |
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June 2, 2007: It's June 2nd, and although summer doesn't officially start until later this month, the summer photo of Cayuga Lake is now gracing the top of each page. How can you tell it's Cayuga Lake? Because it has water and a shoreline that could be near Ithaca. Of course, the sandy beach kind of undermines the whole discussion. And speaking of Sandy Beach, whatever happened to her?
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There are lots of people signed up for the reunion. But there are also many who we cannot locate. Please go to the Missing You section. If you know the address or phone number of anyone on the Completely Missing list, let the Reunion Committee know. The Committee is using every search engine in the universe (or at least the solar system), but cannot find some of these class members. Here's a suggestion for everyone: Next time you have the chance to go back in time and attend Ithaca High School all over again, change your name from Tom Jones to Tom Laughsoutloud or from Mary Smith to Marylouthelmaliz Czaparackadoo. That way you'll be easier to find when the Internet is invented. |
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There is a new story called Ithaca: A Wreck that is only remotely related to the reunion. It's in the Stories section. Well over 100 people are coming to the reunion. The fourth page of the 1962 April Fool's edition of The Tattler is now in the TWTYTW 1962 section. The author is looking for one of those sappy stories about how reunions are important because they help us remember our roots, reacquaint us with friends we've known longer than anyone except our parents and older siblings who we don't like anyway, etc. If you send the webmaster an article like that, he'll put it in the Stories section. Have a nice holiday! If you're thinking of driving somewhere, just remember, with the high price of gas, it's less expensive to fly if your destination is over 250 miles away. |
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May 20, 2007: We are at exactly 2 months until the reunion. Over 100 people have already signed up. Unfortunately we planned the food wrong. People who sign up after today only get bread crusts and gruel for their meals. But it's good gruel! Get your registration forms in...keep Rita busy. She needs the work.
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May 15, 2007: Let's say your dog ate your Registration Form. Or maybe you lost it in your car. Or perhaps a terrorist stole it out of your mailbox and is planning on selling it on eBay. Do not worry. You can get another one. Just e-mail Rita Riley Nicholas or Bob Garmise and they will send you a fresh new one. Of course, you could always press Registration Letter Page 1 and/or Registration Letter Page 2 and have it right on your screen to print. But that would be too easy.
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April 28, 2007: Everyone should have the Registration Packet by now. Please contact Rita Riley Nicholas if you don't have it (find her in the You Send Me section and e-mail her). |
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April 26, 2007: President Tom McCarthy speaks out! Read all about it! Return to the Hi Classmates! section and scroll down to the Breaking News area. Then click on the link. President McCarthy speaks eloquently about the reunion. |
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April 23, 2007: So every day you go to the mailbox and look for the Registration Letter. And so far, you've been disappointed. No mail. But guess what! It was sent out over the weekend and should be in your mail some time this week. If you don't receive it, either send Rita an e-mail (you can use the You Send Me section to do that) and ask her to send it to you, or press RegLetter1 for page 1 and RegLetter2 for page 2 and print them out. Then fill out page 2 and send it to Rita.
Do you want to be an Official Reunion Photographer? Do you even know what that is? Of course not! But now is not the time to discuss it. Suffice it to say if you have either a digital camera or a way to create digital photos from film, you are eligible to be an ORP. |
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April 19, 2007: The new and improved Marketplace Section is open for business. You can now place your order on-line. It will be transmitted directly to Kyle the Supplier who will send you a confirmation notice. While the order can be placed through the website, payment cannot be taken this way. The website has been in therapy for months, but is still not secure enough to handle money. Work directly with Kyle for the payment. He will take checks or charges.
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April 15, 2007: The Registration Letters are almost ready to be sent. Rita and Darlene have been hard at work burning up their printers. The letters will include four items: the Registration Letter, the Registration Form, a Marketplace flyer, and a return envelope. Please fill out and return the Registration Form as soon as possible whether you are planning on attending or not.
There are close to 200 people in the Classmates Info section. This is directly because Rita entered the info everyone sent in on paper late last year. Some of it is not complete, but at least you'll know who's been found and a little about what they're doing. We're in the process of creating a new Marketplace section to replace the current one. It's called Custom Form. Don't use it yet. We're still testing it. Our website sponsor requires that we test new items in real time. Not so nice sometimes, but we're trying to live with it. |
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If you've been watching this website, you know that there are a massive number of people being added to the Classmates Info section. Rita is hard at work entering the info from the questionnaires you originally sent in. If you see anything that needs to be changed, either edit it yourself, or use the Contact Us section to request a change. The Registration Letter is being prepared as we speak. It's going to request that you register for the reunion and that you send in your registration fee. To set the price scientifically, the Reunion Committee has drawn a card from an old Monopoly game and everyone has to pay the Poor Tax. Luckily, they didn't draw the School Tax card. But wait! Inflation must be accounted for...so the price for the reunion has been set at $30 per person. |
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March 28, 2007: The Marketplace is open for business! This is the latest, and likely the final section to be added to the website. It displays a number of items that have been specially designed for the Class of 1962 Reunion. At the moment, there are two logos available, but a third one is scheduled to follow shortly.
The other BIG news is that the website hit counter hit 2,000 today. It's probably due to the availability of page two of the April Fool's edition of The Tattler. Or maybe not. |
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March 23, 2007: The seasons change and the website changes with them. The new theme is: spring. We leave winter behind (figuratively) and suddenly it's only four months until the reunion.
The April Fools section has been moved in with the TWTYTW 1962 section. Why? Because we need the space to bring you the reunion marketplace. Lots of items to buy with a reunion theme unavailable to other IHS classes...Pepper the Skunk is back! |
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March 18, 2007: The Reunion Committee has decided to enter Classmates Info for selected class members. For example, those who don't have a computer are having their info entered for them. The info comes from the initial mailing where you were asked to write your info and return it. At the time, we didn't have a website. After the computerless folks, we'll be entering info for anyone we have confirmed info for. Watch the Classmates Info section as it grows exponentially. This paragraph has won an award for having used the pseudo-word "info" more times than any other paragraph in the history of paragraph writing.
There is always the chance that additional people have been added to the You Send Me section. As more people register, they will be added. They're usually at the top of the list. You can use this section to send an e-mail the person. If the person you want to contact isn't on the list, either they don't have an e-mail address or we don't know about it yet. And finally, there is a new article in the Stories section about Diane Bower Chiucchi. Check it out! |
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March 13, 2007: A new section called TWTYTW (This Was The Year That Was) has been added. It covers various topics that occurred starting during the summer of 1961 through graduation the following spring. It would have been named TWTYTW 1961-1962 but that is too large to be a section title. The webmaster has collected various really interesting junk and put it in this section. Do you have something you would like to see here? Use the Contact Us button to try to convince the webmaster to include it. |
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March 11, 2007: It's been about two weeks since the last report and stuff is still happening, but is it newsworthy? More people are entering their information on the website. The Committee is deciding whether to enter classmate info that was collected on paper forms returned earlier. Any opinions? Many class members don't own computers, so it may be the only way to find out what they're up to. Some people were confused about The Tattler April Fool's schedule. Page one was put on the website about March 1st. Page two is scheduled for around April 1st, which somehow seems appropriate. Stay tuned. |
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February 14, 2007: Happy Valentine's Day! Note that Valentine's Day is always in red.
The first Broadcast E-mail from Rita was sent out two weeks ago. We thank the 78 people who responded, but wonder why 88 of you didn't respond. Did it go into your spam folder and you just deleted it without reading it? Also, we know that 26 of you never received the e-mail because your address was not valid in our database. Another also, if you don't have e-mail, you probably didn't respond and you probably aren't reading this message. So, if you didn't receive the e-mail from Rita (gnichol1@twcny.rr.com) it's time to take the initiative and send her a note saying: "Here is my real e-mail address." and then tell her whether you're planning on attending the reunion and whether you'll be bringing anyone with you. At the moment, it looks like we'll have over 200 people there. The official 45th Reunion Registration Form will be sent shortly. If you have registered in the Classmate Info section of this website, you're guaranteed to receive it at the address you specified. If you entered a fake address, you are requested to move there so the form will reach you in a timely fashion. |
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February 10, 2007: The webmaster is back on the job. The photo below was the Hotel Frotenac in Quebec City where he went to freeze to death. To make things even worse, he went to the Ice Hotel just to have cocktails in a glass made of ice. Growing up in Ithaca will prepare you for really cold weather.
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February 2, 2007: The first Broadcast E-mail was sent out today. Everyone with a confirmed e-mail address should receive a message from Rita Riley Nicholas. If you don't receive this e-mail, send an e-mail to Rita (gnichol1@twcny.rr.com) and tell her that you didn't get her message and you want it right now. By the time you read this, you should have received the message.
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January 31, 2007: A new photo album has been added. It is a tribute to classmates who have passed away. The Reunion Committee is beginning to fill in the dates individuals died, but there are many to find. If anyone knows the date, use the Contact Us section to let us know. In addition to this photo album, there will be a tribute at the reunion.
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January 25, 2007: A new section called You Send Me has just been added to the website. It allows you to contact any person in the class with a confirmed e-mail address. Just find the name of the person you want to contact and press Send This Person a Message. An e-mail screen will open up. Enter your name, e-mail address, message, and security code. Then press Enter and off it goes. The person receiving the message will be able to respond.
Some of the section labels have been changed. For example, the former Ithaca Info has been changed to My Little Town, and Reunion News has been changed to The Tattler. The webmaster is on a renaming kick. He'll get over it in a few days. |
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January 24, 2007: Today, the hit count for the website went over 1,000. While it's likely that 980 of the hits were directly attributable to the Reunion Committee checking out their own photo, it still is impressive.
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The Guest Book has been renamed "Messages" and has a new way of collecting various snippits of information. Check that section for more information. Also, there is a new "You Send Me" section. So far it doesn't do anything, but just wait. You never know. And finally, the photos from the 1987 reunion album have been moved to the 1982 reunion album since they were misplaced months ago and finally somebody noticed. Other photos from the 1987 reunion have been put in the 1987 album. If anyone has photos to share from previous reunions (digital only), send them by e-mail to the Contact Us person and he will misplace them for you. |
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December 29, 2006: End-of-the-Year Report The year is rapidly coming to an end and we still have a number of people to find. When the Missing List begins to stabilize, we’ll put it on the website and ask everyone to help find people. Until that time, take the rest of the week off. The Sunday Morning Breakfast Club event will be at the high school. Wait! Not at the high school. Wait, again! It will be at the high school, but in the Activities Building not in the cafeteria. Hold on! It will be in the cafeteria. But, no! It will be in the Activities Building. And it will be catered with a school tour to follow. Suddenly we’re back at the high school and in a primo location. Maybe it’s because we told key people that we were the Class of 1962 and we had the technology to drain the lake and put in a parking lot. Negotiations continue with the Reunion Store to provide merchandise with Pepper the Skunk on it. We had a breakthrough yesterday when Reunion Store personnel began to realize that we were so old that a bear mascot meant nothing to us. Bears weren't even invented yet when we were in school. For the moment, the Store is closed for end-of-the-year inventory. It will re-open when Pepper arrives. Happy New Year to all from your Reunion Committee! |
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December 19, 2006: The rate at the Ramada Inn and Clarion Inn is $119.95/night. The rate at the Holiday Inn is $126.99 ($139.99 for the Tower Building). There are only a limited number of rooms available at each location, and we're expecting a large number of out-of-town class members coming to the reunion.
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December 16, 2006: There are 30th Reunion photos in the Photo Albums section that need captions. Who are these people anyhow? Use whatever means available to provide us with the names of the people. Appropriate comments are optional. |
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There is some difficulty arranging the Sunday Breakfast. It seems that the school had a prior commitment they forgot about. There will be a breakfast, but probably not at the school. Watch this spot for breaking news. OK, you can stop watching now. |
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December 9, 2006: E-mail notes started going out to all class members who have e-mail addresses in the database. It discusses filling out the Classmate Info and RSVP sections of this website, and emphasizes the need to make lodging reservations. To see the hotels that have set aside rooms, go to the Ithaca Info section.
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December 5, 2006: There will be a Sunday morning catered breakfast starting no earlier than 9:00 a.m. This allows for recovery time after having stayed up until almost 11 p.m. the previous night. The event will be held at Ithaca High School and will include breakfast and a tour of the school. For those who said 45 years ago "There's no way I'll ever step into that school again!", you are welcome to join us for breakfast and then get a hall pass to leave. The event should be over by early afternoon. Details on the specific event times will be announced at a later date.
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November 24, 2006: Responses to the Reunion 45 letter started to arrive today. The Master List is slowly being filled in. If you find this site, and did not receive a letter, you are either dead or at a different address. Please use the Contact Us option to let us know your vital statistics (name, address, e-mail, and phone).
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November 20, 2006: The first Reunion 45 letter went out to all class members today. Many of the addresses being used are over two years old, and so it is expected that many undeliverable letters will be returned. The Search Committee (Darlene Lynch Klein, Hap Gray, and Bob Garmise) will continue to search the universe for class members. So far, all have been found on Earth, but the other eight planets have not been overlooked.
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