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Rod Warren

It will be great to see you again Deb!  And I have not seen Marty in ages.  I am looking forward to it also!

Gayle Wroblewski (Haas)

Look forward to visiting with classmates on Friday and Saturday evening. Thank you Reunion Commitee for your labors of love to organize this event!

Dave Galler

Diana Hart (Paris)

I'm looking forward to seeing you all this weekend.  It's been too long.  A huge thank you to everyone in the committee who has worked to make this reunion a success and I'm sure will be a lot of fun as well.                            

Barbara Krulik (Packham)

Looking forward to seeing everybody this Saturday. Thank you again to the committee that put this all together for a successful 50th reunion. 

Martin Fick

I need a little help:  I sent in my check for the clss reunion to Sheila on September 9th and I haven't gotten my tickets in the mail yet. I sent Sheila a message in the classmate profile but haven't heard anything back from her.  The reunion is 4 days away...

Marty Fick

Debbie Reynolds

Marty, I don't think they're sending out tickets. They'll have a list of all who paid at the door.

Martin Fick

It sure would be nice to have confirmation for that before I drive 3 hours one way for nothing...

Debbie Reynolds

Marty I copied this from an announcement from Peggy Neier:

Just a reminder to please send in your reservation slip for our 50 year reunion celebration!  Our committee has worked real hard to find and connect with classmates and are hoping for a great turnout.  A list of paid attendees will be kept at the door, so there will be no ticket sent out.

Rod Warren

Hi Marty.  I am glad you are coming.  The emails we send out have a download link to see the current list of attendees.  you may see eveyone who is coming if you view or download that link.  I just now took a peek at it and see you and a guest are coming.  Well done!  See you soon.

Donna Arington (Petraits)

I am looking forward to seeing everyone Saturday evening (in my mind, we're all still 18 - at least on the inside!) The members of the reunion committee have worked their tails off to make this a success and knowing it's the last one we'll be sharing with just the Class of '71, makes it even more special.

I do have one request, however - this "Arington" has always and will forever, only have one "R". 

See you all in a few days!

Chuck Dingee

Looking forward to seeing everyone! I am going to sit in (play some music) with Chad Clifford (from Crawpuppies) at Catch in Merrillville Friday evening. He plays 6-9. 

Dawn Mills (Mills)

Sorry to have missed the event.  I tried to Zoom in, but couldn't join, even though zoom was working.  I kept getting the message that another zoom meeting was happening.  I hope all had a wonderful evening with friends.  Blessings to all.

Gary Lower

Same thing happened to me.  Hopefully there is a recording available.  Looking forward to seeing pictures.  Have a great evening <3

Luann Usher (Swain)

I want to thank the reunion committeee for making everything so nice last night for our 50th reunion.  It was very enjoyable, and it was good to see people.  Some I haven't seen since we graduated.

Linda Tisdale (Dudley)

I was disappointed when I couldn't log in to the zoom meeting because the moderator was in "another meeting".    I know you all had a great time!  Linda

Martin Fick

Wow!  What a great class reunion!  Kudos to the reunion committee on the fantastic job they did...greatly appreciated.  I thought the tribute of a few minutes of silence while our dearly departed classmates names were read was a very special way to honor their memories.  Brother Rod Warren, brother Dave Galler, and brother Rick McGriffen I  really appreciated your testimonies...hey Rick if God can save you, He can save anybody>>>

It was great to see so many of our classmates show up and get to talk to everybody and catch up.  There were a couple of sad moments but many more happy moments to be had by all.  In life, we have to take the good with the bad and fortunately there are more good moments to focus on.  Dealing with the bad moments makes us appreciate the good moments more.  Working through those bad moments builds character and resiliency in our lives and makes us stronger on the other side.  

May the good Lord bless each and every one of you going forward with whatever the rest of life brings you,

Marty Fick

P.S.  I'm glad you all got to see me last night !!!

Martin Fick

In answer to the trivia question posted on 9-29-21 at 11:01pm - Peggy Lough has a silhouette picture of her on the front cover of the yearbook. It is kind of a cool looking purple hued side facing picture on the gold cover. On page 12 of the yearbook is a full color photograph of a double exposure of Diane Tomkiewicz's face and a couple walking (backs facing) through a park.  The couple is me and Diane posing for the snapshot taken by Mr. Popovich.  Diane and I were not a couple, just picked for the picture.  Mr. P was going to use it for the yearbook cover but it wouldn't work out right when they tried to get it to print on the texture of the cover.  

Our class motto, "Tread not the well worn path, but make your own" has been followed by many of us in the past 50 years and I am grateful for that path taking 136 of you back to Hobart for the reunion last night.  My wife and I really enjoyed it immensely.  For those of you who were concerned about us leaving at midnight and having a 3 hour drive home, we made is safely...

Marty Fick

Rod Warren

It is a disappoitment that the reunion zoom room attempt failed.  We thought all was in place and that it was good to go.  There was a photographer taking candid photos throughout the night and it is my understanding the proofs of those photos may be viewed and purchased online in the near future.  We will give notice when those photos are available for viewing.  What a beautiful night of love and sharing we had!

Rod Warren

BTW Linda T.  Great photo!  You look awesome!

William Glynn

Despite a really generous offer by Rod Warren to transport me to the reunion and back to Illinois, I ended up not attending because I got a little worried that my disability might make staying in a hotel while there a little too difficult. Patty Brown Helminski tried to get the Zoom call to work out for those of us not in attendance, but even though  that didn't work out , I was able to talk to several old friends on Facebook messenger. It was  wonderful to make contact with them again. I wish I could have been able to talk to more of them. I would love to continue my contact with any others who would be interested.  If anyone has a Facebook page, please send me a message. I don't imagine there will be any more events coming up for a while, but if so, please let me know. I don't know how easily I can get there, but I promise to try

Linda Tisdale (Dudley)

Thanks for your kind words, Rod.  It took me 50 years to understand that we all work with what God gave us.  I'm glad the reunion was a huge success.  I know you all worked very hard to make it that way.  I can't wait to see the pictures.  Take care and give Frank and Judy a big hug from me when you see them.  

I am happy living in Marietta, GA.  I didn't plan on retiring 2 years ago but thanks to Mr. Covid I'm at home.  I am still full of energy and currently I am President of the Marietta American Legion Auxiliary.  Our post is the largest in the state with 1040 Legion members and 360 Auxiliary members.  It is a full time job by itself but I am passionate about helping Veterans and their families.  I keep it fun!!!

Linda

Debbie Reynolds

I need to ask you all for prayers. I lost my youngest daughter, Belinda to Covid on Dec 1st. She had just turned 39 on the 29th. She was living in Boulder. She had a group of friends she hung out with; they all got vaccinated but not Belinda. Her sister & I couldn't get it through to her to just get an ID for food stamps. She didn't want the government to have control over her. It broke my heart when she cut me off. Haven't talked to her in 5-6 years. I just feel broken. 

Wayne Belsha

Frank J Mason

so sorry Deb Prayers is she the one I took the fan too.