James Riger was (might still be) in town and Linda met him down on Barker by the Save A Lot and got a picture and had a nice chat. He says that he has every intention of being here for the 45 in September of 2012. His picture is now up on the site.

Linda, still grieving over the loss of our little black dog Missy, dug into her class materials and found her copy of the Class of 1966  Reflections to try to distract herself from our loss by staying busy; not that she is ever NOT busy. Now she's scanning that yearbook extracting images of all of you posing as Pep club and underclassmen in all your wide varieties of interests and activities. We'll no doubt post some of these on the website as a more permanent feature than the Facebook postings which Linda is putting up on Facebook.

I know that pets aren't people, but it seems my memory doesn't seem to know that. It doesn't distinguish between one good memory or the other, just that there were many good memories during our custodianship of Missy as well as many trying times. I once asked Linda if Missy's last name was Quit, because every time I talked to her on the phone (before moving here in 1999) Linda was always saying Missy Quit! as the little black dog gnawed on different household furniture and generally got into things and places not meant for dogs.

Especially lately, my memory has really been acting odd. One moment I'm in the here and now, the next, I'm moving to Evansville and meeting the little black dog, the next I'm back in high school cutting up in class (as I was fond of doing back then) and then drifting back to Evansville and walking down Harmony Way getting dragged down the street by a little black dog. Not quite random, but almost. Missy was a good dog. Like Linda, I need to stay busier for a while too.

In the Background

Even though it may seem like nothing's going on class wise, there is a surprising amount of activity going on in the background.....

The Reitz 67 roving ambassador, Gayle Brown Gurksnis has been meeting with classmates in different part of the country as she travels the long way round back to Texas from Evansville, with get togethers in Colorado and Texas. We have posted pictures on the Where We Come From page, down at the bottom.

Inspired by my parents' photos of my graduation ceremony, Linda has discovered some photos of the Reitz 67 graduation ceremonies and we have created a special page for that also under Where We Come From called, unsurprisingly Graduation Day 1967. Jess Searle has donated some additional images to add to the collection. Anyone with others, feel free to forward them to us and we'll post them.

Speaking of pictures, Mike Conners has taken to the Internet with a vengeance and provided another high school era picture of himself, which we didn't previously have. His Facebook page is now full of old photos for those of you on Facebook.

Steve Frohbieter should be back now from his Orange Beach AL vacation courtesy of Gary Malin. What we knew was that this included a tour of the Air Museum nearby. What we didn't know at the time was that it was going to include an up close and personal visit with the Blue Angels and a nearly private air show during a practice session there. Steve has provided some great photos. These are found at the end of the main menu under Condo trip.

Finally, plans for the Reunion next year are still percolating. It turns out, according to Beth Hagan, Athletic Director at Reitz, that the schedule next year is still in turmoil. Our graduation night before, Friday football game is still a home game, and we will have a block of seats, but  it might not be against Harrison.

So, when you're talking about an active class of more than 360 people, there's always something going on and that's not even considering the local Westside gossip!