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Thanks guys...Big Big Fun.

any chance of some pics from the kick-off party? I called the brewery and tried to page a few of y'all, but they totally blew it off....they were too busy. know it was a large time...i'll try & call the o'dea's tonight.

allen

Hi All,

I'm looking forward to our upcoming reunion. It's been great to catch up with people! A lot happens in three decades. Post-reunion I will take the time to type a short synopsis of my life since high school (which will be my first foray in blogging) but for now I just wanted to include a few details about our Friday night pre reunion gathering at the Iron Grill Brewery in Media November 28.

Originally we just wanted to pick a place that would be convenient for people to meet up if they were in town by Friday night or for one reason or another were not able to make our Saturday reunion. As it started to look like we would get a pretty good turn out, we decided to reserve a private room in the back of the restaurant so it would be easier to talk and mingle - this entails pre-ordering some appetizer food and booking a server- thus the "cover charge." The drinks will be available at a cash bar set up in the room.

Please feel free to bring your kids if you would like to - I'll be bringing my girls (ages 15 and 17 .) The event is scheduled from 7:30 -10:30 PM.

I'll be sending out an email to the whole group in a day or so with all the Friday night details. You can email me at amybudinger1@gmail.com if you have any questions about the Friday evening gathering.

Best,
Amy Condren Budinger

Returned to Scene

While looking through material for the other blog, I realized that the photo posted below was not the first time I'd photographed the scoreboard at the elementary school field... it looks a little better in this one... about 20 years earlier. Well, scoreboards, like people, start showing signs of age after a while... as time just keeps on ticking, ticking, ticking, into the future... and don't start thinking I have a fixation about scoreboards either...

Now, we know some of you have closet shelves and desk drawers full of shoe boxes with stacks and stacks of old photos in them, it's time to get them out, go through them, and get them on the scanner... we know you have a scanner at home, and start growing this blog... like a tomato plant, you have to talk to it, water it, and let the light shine... speaking of which, anyone seen the Rolling Stones movie, Shine a Light ?

30th Year Reunion

LAST CALL FOR OUR RSVP'S for our 30th year reunion activities. Can't find your evite invitation or need more information? Post a comment and we'll make sure to respond. We have a great turn-out to date with over 75 classmates and guests attending at least one of our activities. We ask that you RSVP and send your payment no later than November 1st. We hope you'll plan on attending...afterall, the next one may not be for another 30 years!

Ephemeral Slide

So, who remembers this slide? Just a week or so after I took this picture it got dismantled and unceremoniously carted off, proving that life and slides are ephemeral... seems like yesterday we were climbing up the chain-link ladder to get to the top, then grabbing the upper edge of the tunnel to slip into the descent... do playgrounds have slides like this anymore?

This slide is also here to symbolize how easy it is to slide a photo into this blog... hope some more of you will slide on in here. Speaking of which, Dirk, how is that slideshow coming along??? Hope you'll be able to send a CD of it to folks who may not be able to make it in November.