Happy June!

As Marybeth Turner said in a previous e-mail, “Happy June–the weather the past week in Seattle was unusually hot. This weekend it’s cooler and overcast. But it brings to mind that time is speeding past and the date of the reunion is not far off.”

She has mailed out the invitations to everyone in our database. If you did not receive yours, please select the “comment” field and leave me a note.  I’ll get one out to you ASAP.

Reunion Notes

Cleven Ticeson has been working on our PSA (a few of us met up at GHS to do a video) and Alan Yamamoto is working on a photo slideshow. Please send him any photos (especially then and now) that you would like to be included.

We are having a scholarship fundraiser on Saturday at my house. It’s a purse party! If you have ever shopped on Canal St. in NYC, you will love this party. The Bag Babe has a huge stock of purses and accessories. All are under $50. Tell your friends and come out and support our fundraiser. All proceeds will be donated to our scholarship fund.

Lastly, we have another meeting this Sunday at my house starting at 4pm. All are welcome and encourage to attend. We still have a lot of work to do and could use your help.

Let’s make this a great meeting and as always, snacks are welcomed.

Johnnie “Lea” Gardner

Contact number: 206-499-9624

Address: 919 26th Ave South, Seattle, WA 98144

Come out and support your local bulldog!

Future Meetings

Future Meeting Dates:  May 3^rd, 17^th, June 14^th, July 12^th.

Meetings will be held at 919 26^th Ave South, Seattle unless otherwise noted.

 

Things are happening to fast.  Meeting Minutes are late for April – but we have done a lot.  Please see previous minutes to catch up and I’ll update this as soon as I can.  Put please note that we are meetng every two weeks and could really use your help.

Meeting Mins March 22nd

Thanks everyone who came.  We had a full house and got a lot done.  Our next meeting is April 5th, 919 26^th Ave. South, Seattle.

Reunion:  Weekend of August 7-9^th

Yesler Community Center 917 E Yesler Way, Seattle

Food provided by Precise Catering

Ticket Price:  $69 per person for all three days.  We are collecting money now! 

Please make checks out to GHS Class of 1969, mail to 919 26^th Ave South, Seattle, WA 98144.  We will set up an online credit/debit collection for ticket sales as soon as I figure it out – or if someone knows how, please e-mail Lea Gardner at jleagardner@aol.com.

Entertainment Committee:

Friday 8/7 6-10 PM – Bowling Night at Imperial Lanes –  Donation of $10 per person requested for Scholarship Fund

Saturday 8/8 6:30-12:30 PM – The Main Event:  Dinner – and an evening of dinning, dancing and socializing with one another; music by DJ Robin Summerise

Sunday 8/9 – Picnic (park is TBD).  We may need volunteers to help set up and tear down

Outreach and Publicity Committee:

Alumni contact information–Anyone with contact information, please forward it to Marybeth.  There are classmates we do not know how to contact.  We’re looking for married name (if different), phone number(s), mailing address, and e-mail address.

Mailing–we will mail a “keep the date” card.

Video–we would like to produce a brief video to use as a public service announcement on Seattle Channel, and also to post on You Tube with links on various internet sites. Cleve Ticeson is the lead for this.

Advertising/Media–we are looking into ads in the Facts and other community newspapers. We will distribute a news release. Also, we will post reunion announcement on Craig’s list, Facebook, etc.

Time line–we are developing this.

Please share with us any suggestions, or interesting information about alumni for the video or a news story–also, any photos from our school years.  If others would like to help us on this committee, please let us know.

Pictures:  Still looking for lots of old pictures.  If you have some, please contact Alan or Marybeth Turner.  Lea Gardner received several photo boards from Marsha Brown.  They included pictures from several 6^th grade classrooms, previous reunions, and Tom Heavey brought a souvenir booklet from the 10^th reunion that consisted of 1979 portraits of the attendees.

Tee Shirts and Caps:  Available thru Jus ‘Playing’

In addition to the ticket price, tee shirts, baseball caps and visors will be available for advance purchase.  Shirts, caps, and visors will be offered in purple with white writing or white with purple writing and will be $15.00 each.  These items will be different from what you can get directly from the school.  Committee to finalize design (bulldog or ’69 proof jug on the front or back) in April’s meeting. 

 

 

 

Attendees	Absence	Out of State/Country
Paul Bascomb	Sheila Edwards	Annabel Chotzen (Hawaii)
A. Gene Harris	Henderson Quinn	Abby van Spronsen (Netherlands)
Eugene Harris	Jennifer Jones-Russell
Tom Heavey	Jerry Robinson
J. Lea Gardner	Cleven Ticeson
Moshe Genauer	Alan Yamamoto
Kathie Lambinicio
A. Marie Massey-Nunley
Margaret Russell
Karolyn Belcher Thorn
Marybeth Turner
Charlotte Wingo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Meeting Mins March 8th

Thanks everyone who came.  We had a full house and got a lot done.  Our next meeting is March 22nd, 919 26^th Ave. South, Seattle. 

General Information:

1.      Reunion:

      To be held at the Yesler Community Center (917 E Yesler Way, Seattle) with        Precise           Catering.

2.      Entertainment Committee:

      Report out by Team Lead A. Marie Massey-Nunley, Cleven Ticeson, Eugene Harris

      We want to have a evening of fun to kick off the Class of 69’s High School

-          Friday 8/7 – Bowling Night

-          Saturday 8/8 – The Main Event:  Dinner – and an evening of dinning dancing and socializing with one another; music is to be provided by DJ Robin Summerise

-          Sunday 8/9 – Picnic (park is TBD)

2.  Outreach and Publicity Committee:

      Report out by – Team Lead Marybeth Turner and Cleven Ticeson

-          Alumni contact information–Anyone with contact information, please forward it to us. There are classmates we do not know how to contact.  We’re looking for married name (if different), phone number(s), mailing address, and e-mail address.

-          Mailing–we will mail a “keep the date” card or flyer.

-          Video–we would like to produce a brief video to use as a public service announcement on Seattle Channel, and also to post on You Tube with links on various internet sites. Cleve Ticeson is the lead for this.

-          Advertising/Media–we are looking into ads in the Facts and other community newspapers. We will distribute a news release. Also, we will post reunion announcement on Craig’s list, Facebook, etc.

-          Time line–we are developing this.

-          Please share with us any suggestions, or interesting information about alumni for the video or a news story–also, any photos from our school years.  If others would like to help us on this committee, please let us know.

 

3.     Pictures:  Still looking for lots of old pictures.  If you have some, please contact Alan    or Marybeth Turner.

4.   Next Steps:  Continuation of above.  Setting the ticket price.

Future Meeting Dates:  March 22^nd, April 5^th, 19^th, May 3^rd, 17^th, June 14^th, July 12^th.

Meetings will be held at 919 26^th Ave South, Seattle unless otherwise noted.

Committees:

Steering Committee – see list of attendees.  All are welcomed to join.  Decisions

made by consensus.

Site Committee – A. Gene Harris with Paul Bascomb and Deborah Carlisle Entertainment/Program Committee – A. Marie Massey with Eugene Harris         

Finance – Kathie Lambinicio with Charlotte Wingo

Food – A. Gene Harris

Outreach and Publicity Committee – Mary Beth Turner with Cleven Ticeson, Jerry Robinson and Alan Yamamoto

 Mary Beth Turner with Cleven Ticeson

Decorating – J. Lea Gardner

Attendees:

Attendees	Absence	Out of State/Country
Paul Bascomb	Deborah Carlisle	Abby van Spronsen (Netherlands)
Sheila Edwards	Tom Heavey	Margaret Russell (Germany)
A. Gene Harris	Henderson Quinn	Annabel Chotzen (Hawaii)
Eugene Harris	Jennifer Jones-Russell
J. Lea Gardner	Jerry Robinson
Kathie Lambinicio	Karolyn Belcher Thorn
A. Marie Massey-Nunley	Charlotte Wingo
Cleven Ticeson	Alan Yamamoto
Marybeth Turner

Snow?!?!

The air is warmer, green shoots are breaking through, and the weather–well, it’s still, uhm, snowing. ..

What’s going on?

Go Bulldogs?!?!?

Meeting Mins February 8, 2009

Thanks everyone who came.  We had a full house and got a lot done.  Our next meeting is MARCH 8th  February 22^nd, 919 26^th Ave. South, Seattle.  Please see below for additional planned meeting dates.

General Information:

1.      The site committee, headed by A. Gene Harris, reported their final recommendation for the venue:  New Holly and Yesler Community Centers.   A unanimous decision was made for August 8^th, 2009 at the Yesler CC (917 E Yesler Way, Seattle) with Precise Catering.

2.      Pictures:  Do you have any pictures of previous reunions or get togethers.  If so, please contact or forward pictures to Lea Gardner or Alan Yamamoto.  We are putting together a slideshow of “then and now” photos.  If you would like to help, let us know.   

 -      Lea to contact Marsha, Lisa O. and Johnny Norwood to see if they still have photos and/or negatives.  Tom H. to contact Garfield to see what pictures/records they have.

3.      Next Steps – Entertainment:  Majestic’s are back and with any luck (or money) they will be playing for us!  A. Marie Massey-Nunley heads up the Entertainment Committee and welcomes your inputs.  So start generating those ideas and add your comments below.

Future Meeting Dates:  March 8th, 22^nd, April 5^th, 19^th, May 3^rd, 17^th, June 14^th, July 12^th.  Meetings will be held at 919 26^th Ave South, Seattle unless otherwise noted.

Committees:

Steering Committee – see list of attendees.  All are welcomed to join.  Decisions

made by consensus.

Site Committee – A. Gene Harris with Paul Bascomb and Deborah Carlisle Entertainment/Program Committee – A. Marie Massey with Eugene Harris         

Finance – Kathie Lambinicio with Charlotte Wingo

Food – A. Gene Harris

Outreach/Marketing/Communication – Mary Beth Turner with Cleven Ticeson, Jerry Robinson and Alan Yamamoto

Decorating – J. Lea Gardner

Meeting Attendees: 

Attendees	Absence	Out of State/Country
Paul Bascomb	Deborah Carlisle	Abby van Spronsen (Netherlands)
A. Gene Harris	Sheila Edwards	Margaret Russell (Germany)
Eugene Harris	Tom Heavey	Annabel Chotzen (Hawaii)
J. Lea Gardner	Henderson Quinn
Jennifer Jones-Russell	Karolyn Belcher Thorn
Kathie Lambinicio
A. Marie Massey-Nunley
Jerry Robinson
Cleven Ticeson
Mary Beth Turner
Charlotte Wingo
Alan Yamamoto

 

Interested in having your say or joining us – leave a comment below and I will contact you.

 

 

 

 

Meeting Notice

2009 is finally here and we have a lot to celebrate.   Forty years ago, we graduated from high school bright-eyed, bushy tailed and ready to take on a world that was rapidly changing around us. Now forty years later the world is changing again. With this, comes a longing for things of the past, a new sense of hope, and belief that again everything will be all right.

To get this party started, we will be having our next meeting on Sunday, February 8th at 919 26^th Ave. South.  Contact phone is 206-499-9624.  We still needs lots of folks to help with the planning, so bring a snack and join us.

In this meeting, we will decide the date and venue for our reunion.  The site committee, headed by Gene Harris, have done a great job gathering information on locations, caterers, and menus.  Once we complete this task, our next steps will be to decide on ticket pricing and entertaitment.

Thank you all who sent holiday and snow greetings. That was truly fun and a wonderful way for us to catch up. If you did not get a chance to participate, please see tab “Holiday Greetings” above to add your comments or read what others had to say.

 just-water

Perry the Peacock

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