GHS Class of 1969

It’s time to get together and start planning out our offer for a scholarship for a worthy senior at Garfield.

If you are interested in serving on the committee, please respond below in the “comment” field.

Only you can make this a success.

Lea

November 2009 Update

Not much happening at the moment.  Alan Y. is finalizing the dvd for purchase and I am in the planning stages of putting together the scholarship committee.   If you are interested in serving on the committee, please reply in the “Comment” field below.

Lea

Bulldog T-Shirts and Caps – Pre-Paid Orders

Those of you that special order hats or T-shirts, they are now in.  Please contact Paul Bascomb at 206-328-1527 to arrange a pick up for your prepaid order.

40th Reunion CD

The CD will be available @ October 1st.  Alan Yamamoto is working hard to include photos and videos from past and current events.  The cost will be @$20 with all proceeds going to our scholarship fund. 

If you would like a copy, please comment below or e-mail Alan directly:  alyamamoto11@yahoo.com

Garfield High School – Class of 1969 Facebook page:  http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=120305160929

Join now and post your pics and video there for everyone to see.

Thanking you in advance,

Lea

40th Reunion – Complete!

Whew!!! The reunion weekend is complete and was very successful. We all had so much fun. First with the bowling on Friday, then the main event on Saturday, and finally the picnic on Sunday. So many people came out to join us. Some we haven’t seen in years, such as Bruce Haseley, Mark Seidenverg, Helen Cadigan, Carolyn Clevinger, and Greg Anderson.

Please see entries below for speical thanks to our wonderful committees and a list of participates.  Be sure to add your comments and/or your reflections. 

For photos of the weekend, see various classmates on Facebook and remember to post your’s there as well.

Johnnie “Lea” Gardner

40th Reunion Chairperson

 

40th Reunion – Special Thanks to the Site Committee

 A. Gene Harris with Paul Bascomb, Deborah Carlisle, and Tom Heavey. Yesler Community Center site was all you said it would be. Beautiful views of Seattle, and the room itself was just right. Thank you so much for checking out all the sites we suggested and your tireless efforts to provide us with the perfect place to party.

40th Reunion – Special Thanks to the Entertainment/Program Committee

A. Marie Massey, Paul Bascomb, Eugene Harris, and Margret Russell. Take your bow because the entertainment was wonderful. Friday night bowling was just plain fun. It was the perfect meet and greet. We saw classmates there that some hadn’t seen in a long time such as Rita Liff, Carol Samaniego, Michael Brown, Steve Hayes, Earl Parker, James Reese, and Jerry Carroll. Same thing with the picnic, classmates popped up that couldn’t attend one or two of the other events, such as Sylvia Bell, Pat Collins, and Jack Mathers with his darling little boy.

40th Reunion – Special Thanks to the Finance Committee

Kathie Lambinicio and Charlotte Wingo. Thank you so much for keeping an eye on the bottom line. We are looking forward to seeing how much money we generated for the scholarship fund. Everyone stay tune for a shout out to serve on the scholarship board (501C3 charity).

40th Reunion – Special Thanks to the Publicity/Outreach Committee

Marybeth Turner with Cleven Ticson, and Jerry Robinson. You win the prize for getting the word out on a limited budget. From notices to the local community papers, PSAs on the Seattle Channel, to the very fun and funny YouTube filmed by Cleve Ticeson. We thank you for all your hard work.

40th Reunion – Special Thank You To…

Karolyn Belcher for the PSA on 98.9 KWJZ Smooth Jazz Station.

Marybeth Turner for writing the flyer and invitation, and doing the mailing.

Cleven Ticeson for the YouTube video of us singing “We Are The Bulldogs!”

Paul Bascomb for suggesting the Yesler Community Center. You and Eugene Harris introduced us to a gem in the “city” we didn’t know was there.

Eugene Harris for being a great MC. You kept us focused and on time.

Henderson Quinn for the perfect invocation. You set the tone for the evening.

Margaret Russell for the lovely memorial song – you made it very special and touching.

A. Gene Harris for your discerning taste in food and picking the best caterer: Precise Catering. The dinner was the best.

Alan Yamamoto for the name tags and fun slideshow of us through the years and the touching and moving memorial slideshow. It was super fantastic.

Lisa Oliphant for providing the really cool purple tickets, posters, and photographers from Yuen Lui Studio.

Paul Bascomb, Eugene Harris, and Karolyn Belcher-Thorn for doing the tee-shirts and caps.  They were a hit!