The countdown to the reunion begins now!!
Hello, everybody. Except for Lindsay Lohan arrested for DUI and in rehab, Rosie O'Donnell exiting "The View" prematurely, Dario Franchitti (Mr. Ashley Judd) winning the Indianapolis 500 last weekend, and the Anaheim Ducks halfway to the Stanley Cup 2-0 over the Ottawa Senators, there's nothing else for me to bitch about from this slow news week.
But we are in the month of June, and for me and 249 other members of a very elite group, we are inching closer to the biggest event ten years in the making.
Over ten years ago in May 1997, I was among the 250 students who graduated in West Valley High School's class of '97. It was very historic for two reasons, 1) It was the 20th anniversary of the school, and 2) The last graduation commencement to be held at the gym before we followed Lathrop and North Pole's lead by moving them to the Carlson Center.
For me, it was one of the most memorable events in my life, and since then I've been waiting for any word about a reunion coming up. Well, for almost the past year one of my fellow graduates, Keely Buchanan (who now works for Time Warner Cable in Colorado as a manager) has been gathering every contact from us possible and telling them all that she's planning a 10-year reunion this summer.
That's right; the West Valley High School Class of 1997 10-year reunion is on the weekend of June 23-24, and you can damn well bet I'm all pumped for it! A reunion bash with appetizers and desserts is planned for the 23rd at The Annex on Ester (a few miles outside Fairbanks) across the Parks Highway from the Blue Loon. That's followed the next day by a big reunion barbecue at Pioneer Park, where family members (except younger brother Lawrence; he's in Las Vegas and going to be a dad soon and won't fly up here) are also invited.
I'll tell you much more on all this as we seep closer to that historic weekend, but the countdown has already begun. Stay strong and so long!
But we are in the month of June, and for me and 249 other members of a very elite group, we are inching closer to the biggest event ten years in the making.
Over ten years ago in May 1997, I was among the 250 students who graduated in West Valley High School's class of '97. It was very historic for two reasons, 1) It was the 20th anniversary of the school, and 2) The last graduation commencement to be held at the gym before we followed Lathrop and North Pole's lead by moving them to the Carlson Center.
For me, it was one of the most memorable events in my life, and since then I've been waiting for any word about a reunion coming up. Well, for almost the past year one of my fellow graduates, Keely Buchanan (who now works for Time Warner Cable in Colorado as a manager) has been gathering every contact from us possible and telling them all that she's planning a 10-year reunion this summer.
That's right; the West Valley High School Class of 1997 10-year reunion is on the weekend of June 23-24, and you can damn well bet I'm all pumped for it! A reunion bash with appetizers and desserts is planned for the 23rd at The Annex on Ester (a few miles outside Fairbanks) across the Parks Highway from the Blue Loon. That's followed the next day by a big reunion barbecue at Pioneer Park, where family members (except younger brother Lawrence; he's in Las Vegas and going to be a dad soon and won't fly up here) are also invited.
I'll tell you much more on all this as we seep closer to that historic weekend, but the countdown has already begun. Stay strong and so long!
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