And the Winner Is........

With much fanfare and great attendance for a quiet Sunday afternoon, the Orange Beach AL Condo drawing was held at the Parkway Pizza on Broadway. We announced that we would be pulling out 3 tickets, the winner, the 1st runner up, and the 2nd runner up. If the winner is unable to make arrangements with Gary Malin within 60 days, the 1st runner would be notified., etc., etc. (sorta like Miss America) That way we don't have to redraw.We also held a consolation prize for those present, 2 $25 meal cards which were won by Emma Ray Gilham and Paul Beck (who was in town to celebrate his mother's 90th birthday). So who won the condo for a week? Get on with it.

So when Milton stopped talking about what we were going to do and how, the drawing was held and the winner was.....(insert drum roll here).........Steve Frohbieter. First runner up is Steve Erwin. Second runner up is Phyllis Niehaus Happe.

Photos of the little drawing get-together will be posted on the Reitz67 website soon.

We also talked about plans for the Cruise to Somewhere, a class cruise, date, time and destination to be announced and the Spring Drawing for another fabulous vacation destination, again donated by a classmate.

And of course, we talked about next year's plans for the September 45th Reunion to be held on Saturday, September 8, 2012. We are really hoping that September 7 will be a Reitz home game, and Larry Broerman is trying to put together a golf event for Saturday for all the class duffers.

More later. That's the best part of all of this. There is always more later. We're hoping that this series of special events will help contribute to a greater sense of community in the class as we build up for the 45.