It's Orange Beach Time Again!

The first harbingers of winter are rearing their ugly heads in the Evansville Tri-state region with cold, wet weather and the ever present possibility (rarely realized) of a meaningful snowfall. We are all of us poised to clean out Walmart of every staple we can lay hands on. As gasoline prices continue to fluctuate wildly, I am trying to time things so that my gas cans are filled at one of the low points so that my generator is ready to be fed for the power outages that every winter reliably brings. As we think about hunkering down for winter, it is not hard to understand those of us who would be thinking about warmer climes and sunny beaches (not being a sand person, I can appreciate warmth but not beaches).

As you may recall, last year the Reitz Class of 67 Reunion Committee sponsored a raffle for a stay at the fabulous condo graciously donated by Gary Malin. You may also recall that the raffle was won by Steve Frohbieter, who enjoyed a wonderful stay highlighted by a tour of the Naval Air Force Museum in Pensacola and the unexpected bonus of a real up close and personal visit with the legendary Blue Angels flight group at their home base.

Well, we're doing it again. Once more,  a lucky raffle ticket will win this not to be forgotten vacation during the months of March through June of 2013 in Orange Beach AL. It's up to the winner to contact Gary to work out the exact dates but he has been extremely flexible judging from last year. The important thing to know is that it's as easy as responding to the email that Linda will be sending out shortly after Xmas, and sending in your $10 per ticket to Linda.

Now of course, if you've changed your email address and haven't let Linda know, well shame on you. And, Linda tells me if you want to make sure you don't forget or don't check your email too often, you can always send in your raffle ticket money whenever you feel like it from now until the cut off date of January 31, 2013. The drawing will be held during the class Cruise to Somewhere (most of the reunion committee will be on the cruise) with the results announced upon our return on February 19, 2013.

As before, proceeds from the raffle will go into the general class fund to prepare for the Pig in the Park celebration in the summer of 2014 and perhaps something else sooner if someone gets a wild hair.

To review, $10 bucks a ticket for a week in a Condo on Alabama's Orange Beach this Spring. Send your entry money to Linda by January 31st, 2013. Couldn't be easier.

This year don't just sit and complain about the winter doldrums. Do something about it. Win a week in a Gulf Coast vacation condo for just $10 a chance. Let's put it this way - the odds of winning are a lot better than Powerball and it's for a good cause too.