THE GREAT REUNION LOVE IN WAS THE BOMB!
Friday blood drive at Mona Shores, Friday night Parties in the Park downtown, Saturday's Great Reunion Love In and finally the Mona Shores tour on Sunday. What a great weekend. Door Prizes totaling about $2300 found happy homes. We have about $2250 remaining in our bank account after all the final math. A great start for the next reunion team. We raised about $2000 in sponsorships and another $1200 in cash donations. Bless those sponsors. Almost 40 bottles of wine were won in the Win Wine Giveaway. The blood drive collected 47 pints. A great tribute to deceased classmates!
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Joann Billings Kirk and John Beyrle at our 40th. Joann traveled across town. John came from Moscow.
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Thanks again for the wonderful job the entire 40th staff did at the reunion. You guys pulled all the stops and the reunion pictures show it. EVERYONE had a GREAT time. -Randy Lee
I hope you all know by now how well you did by putting on a perfect reunion. This was a fantastic night! Thank you so much. I really enjoyed seeing so many people and wished we had more time to visit . This was the best reunion yet. -Dan Doctor
From the web to the music to the greeters to the gifts and the cheerleaders to the blacklights, you really wowed us! It's mind boggling to imagine how much time, energy and thought you all invested in the event. Thank you. -Rene Grassman Heynssens
Many, many thanks to the 40th Reunion Committee. I'm planning to see everybody at the 45th! -Tom Patten
What a great time Michael and I had at the reunion. It was so good to see everyone I did see, but I realized I missed many too. I guess that's why we need another reunion real soon. The entire team needs to be in "The Reunion Planning Hall of Fame". I don't think I have ever heard of another Reunion like ours. Everything was exceptional from the planning stages to the get togethers, Blood Drive, Parties in the Park, Reunion and the School Tour. What else could they have included? Again Kudos to all !!! - Colleen Ruffilo Bradford
Now that we can reflect on the reunion, I don't think we could really ask for anything MORE!! The team pulled out the stops and ran with the vision. I'm just sooo proud of everyone and all the TEAM work. I am now trying to remember people I did not see. I think we all think the night went soo fast. Guess that means we all had a great time together!!! - Nancy Thompson Page
I think we should have a gathering every summer of anybody who wants to come. Bring a dish to pass - grill out - hang out. Lets' keep the big hug alive.....Any takers? - Katie Danielson Ledgergerber
It was so overwhelming, this dive into the past, feeling like way back then again.I'm still dwelling on the fantastic time we all had together! Sort of still hanging in the clouds. I really hope to make it back already next year! - Susanne Raabe
What a great experience getting to know Bodo Richardt. We never even talked in high school, but he was my reunion buddy for the entire week. Now he is a good friend. - Ken Witherspon
Thank you for throwing the best party yet! - Rene Grassman Heynssens
I got a note from Todd Woodard, American Red Cross senior recruitment representative. He had lots of praise for our event. We have already committed to another Blood Drive in 5 years........seems like a long way off BUT look how fast 40 went. Anyone who has ideas or would like to volunteer, contact me or Shelly Lennon. Keep connected. This could become a awesome tradition. Peace - Kathy Koches
40 years ago when we graduated we set out pure of spirit and sure that we would change the world. Well, guess what. We did! Every one of us in our own small way made a difference. Maybe not the grand changes we envisioned, but we have made a difference. The reunion showed that spirit is still alive and well within us. Thanks to the reunion team for a most wonderful weekend. Looking forward to another get together. - Rick Seidl
To my all my wonderful ageless classmates: Thank you for a wonderful night and a heartwarming walk down memory lane. Although, six hours just wasn't enough time to talk to everyone and catch up on the last 40 years. Thank you to everyone who attended. I hope you had the time of your life! Love, hugs and blessings to all of you Sailors! - Diane Rodgers
I had a great time! You are right not enough time to see everyone. It all looked so nice. Great job to all who worked so hard!!!!! - Debby Merrick Snyder
Yep, it sure was a time of our life. I know I had a great time. Everything was so well planned and put together. Now I am looking forward to the 45th or something sooner. The 50th is going to be another big blast for the class. Hope everyone can attend that one too. - Cathy Wilson Drust
It was great fun!!!!! I loved seeing everyone! I agree that we just didn't have enough time to talk to everyone. I absolutely loved everything about it! :) - Patti Bohn Wirkutis
Everyone on the team went all out and did a fantastic job. My wife Beth really enjoyed herself for her first ever class of 1971 reunion. You all did a great job keeping everyone updated. - Tim Curtis
It was a great school tour - still the BEST school!!!! Thanks again to everyone who worked so hard - it was a great weekend. - Sue Bronsema Heethuis
It was GREAT to see everyone again. WE ARE A VERY SPECIAL CLASS INDEED.:) -Dale Noble Cook
This was the first class reunion I ever attended, and I will definitly make the next. It was so much fun to see so many people who were a major part of my childhood. I thought I was the only one that got older HAHA! So many memories forgotten and brought back. Thanks to all who worked so hard to make it such a success. - Melanie Stenseng Wilson
Thank you and great job to everyone involved with the reunion! it was wonderful! - Sandy Yaros Stoneburner
Had a great time at the reunion, those who helped plan this did a great job, looking forward to the next one!! - Pam Benson VanderWalle
The only way we beat the Evil Bastards in this world is with LOVE. There was plenty of that in the hall fon reunion night. Onward! - Brent Borg
Thanks - sincere thanks - to all who made this weekend spectacular! Beginning to end, the weekend celebrations could not have been better. Wow. - Marianne Rafferty Wentzloff
Reunion Team-MVPs, 2011 MSHS 40th Reunion! Thanks Ken and an awesome crew (you all know who you are) for for planning and executing a most fantastic flawless event! -Dennis Tomorsky
I had a wonderful time last night. The committee did a wonderful job. It was great to re-connect. Thank-you so much! - Marjorie Osburn Mura
Ken and the committee - thank you so much for all the hard work you did on the reunion. It was great to see old friends and reconnect. It was so much fun to be part of the reunion. The response to the blood drive was great. Thanks again Shelly and Kathy for all the work in getting that done. Finally Ron Topping thank you for the daily Facebook music countdown. - Ann Hansen Martin
I too would like to echo Ann's comments. Thanks to Ken and all those who helped to pull this off It was great to reconnect with our class and catch up on all that has happened. It will continue to be a night to remember. - Herb Strandberg
Parties in the Park was so cool Friday night! It was a great prequel to reunion night. - Eric Seifert
Sorry, I really wanted to be back for the reunion but that's not possible under present cicumstances. Please drink one for me and you guys did a outstanding job putting things in place.. Have fun and enjoy. -Randy Bowman in Irag
5 years ago, at the 35th Class Reunion, I sat with my dear friend Kay(aka Jackie Jones Russell). She has since passed away. I have a hole in my soul which is still healing. I miss her terribly.
To honor her, and 28 other deceased classmates from our Class, I agreed to co-chair a Red Cross Blood Drive to kick off our 40th Class Reunion. Peace. - Kathy Koches
Hi! Just wanted to say how wonderful our 4 days in Muskegon were. The reunion was so much fun and everything to me was perfect....every detail was so much fun. Now that we are all home and back to our lives it seems like a "dream" again. It was so nice to be remembered. I talked to as many people as I could but didn't get to everyone I recognized. I really liked the food stations because we could mingle and eat throughout the night....also the food was delicious. Wouldn't it be nice if we could have had a little more time...even though we had 4 days. Maybe actually swimming in Lake Michigan. Take care and I hope we can all keep in touch even if it is just through Facebook and e-mails. My husband Mike had a great time too.
- Patti Bohn Wirkutis
Yup, still basking in the reunion haze! - Nancy Thompson Page
Ken, I just wanted to say thank you for all the hard work you put into doing the website for the class reunion. It was so nice to see all the pictures and updates of who was coming. I'm sorry I didn't get a chance to tell you in person that night, but you did a wonderful job. Thanks to the other reunion committee members too for all their hard work. - Marcy Eder Dreikorn
I did not go to all the reunions but this one was the best one that I did attend and that is pretty much what I have heard from everyone that I talked to. You know you will have to work on all the class reunions now. - Betty Porter Eckerman
Coming home it was like...I really do belong somewhere. The retro themes were wonderful...I was always a hippie wanna be! :) - Patti Bohn Wirkitus
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