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Class of 1961 DC Lunch Bunch, 27Apr10
T he Class of 1961 DC
Lunch Bunch, April 27 luncheon was at the Springfield Country Club
in Virginia, with Charley Dixon as host. They had a good group in
attendance - Charley Dixon, Bill Foster, Lowell Jones, John Kohout,
Jack McDonough, Hector Negroni, and Bill Stackhouse. The picture
(thanks to Hector) below proves it. They had great service (thanks
to Antonio) and food and may return again for a future luncheon.
Hector reminded them about the Class gift for our 50th next year.
Other than the normal Air Force subjects, their main discussion
item was a proposed get-together (with spouses/significant others)
in the Virginia Northern Neck. Bill Stackhouse briefed them on the
options available, which spiked favorable interest in making it work
- despite the distance involved for the classmates living in the
immediate DC area (a bit over 2 hours travel time). Twy Williams
and Spike Nunn also live in that area and will be assisting Bill
with the planning. The decision was made to make it a one-day
luncheon on a Friday for all, and those who would like to stay
around longer will be assisted in making over-night arrangements.
The next step is determining the date, which Bill will be
coordinating. Cheers to all!
The Blizzard of 2010
Photos of Negroni's deck
This is a photo of a round table in our deck, I took the photo
and then measured 30"..
August 26 luncheon at the
Westwood Country Club:
Attendees at the luncheon on Wednesday, August 26, at the Westwood Country Club were: Charley Dixon, Bill Foster, Lowell Jones, John Kohout, Ron Muller, Hector Negroni, Jim Rogers, Bill Sanzenbacher, Bill Stackhouse, and Twy Williams. Attached is a picture of the smiley group from Hector's reliable camera. Thanks to the Club's Food and Beverage Director, John Memoli, and a super waiter, Lahcen, we had the usual great service and food. We spent the majority of the time on October 1-4 Mini-Reunion planning. A lot was accomplished and everything is in order for a great happening - with over 70 people attending most events. Ron Muller gave us an update on his prostate chemotherapy status. He's got a tough road ahead, so we hope the best for him. Charley Dixon has been a loyal right-hand man for him. Ron will know more about the chemo results in 3-5 weeks. Jim Rogers confirmed he and Linda are moving to Florida (to hide from hurricanes) in mid-September. They have sold their house and will spend the next couple months too busy to golf (I'll bet). They will make it back for the Min-Reunion - hooray! Pat Buckley called (from some place in the world), and we all got to chat with him. He and Marilyn plan to buy a mansion on the beach in Spain. But we think they also have a place in Florida. Latest from Tom Skilling is that he's doing well and expects to be back to normal in 8 - 12 weeks. He and Mimi still hope they can make the Mini-Reunion. Next luncheon will be in November sometime, and even though Jim will be in Florida, he's made an arrangement with the Club for us to still use it for our luncheons if we desire. We'll even invite Jim to future luncheons. We'll see a lot of you in October. Cheers to all!
Lowell
San Antonio Grey Tags
November 08
l to r: Jim Wild, Larry Freeman, Jack
Bright, Mark Anderson, Jim Ulm, Richard Smith
DC Group Luncheon
Westwood Country Club
19 Nov 08
l to r: Charlie Dixon, Twy Williams,
Hector Negroni, Jim Rogers, Bill Foster, John Kohout, Ron Muller
Roger Woodbury, Lowel Jones
Here is the photo of our
Feb08 Luncheon, arranged by Lowell Jones at Jim Rogers' Westwood
Country Club, Vienna VA!
From left to right:
Lowell Jones, Bill Foster, John Kohout, Bill Stackhouse, Hector
Negroni, Bill Sanzenbacher, and Jim Rogers. Those not attending had
an assortment of puny excuses. Lowell will report on the business
decision made because, frankly, I don't remember. All I can recall
is that Herr Muller is now in charge of insuring that future
luncheons start "on time" and that John Sullivan was elected to
insure every one attends. We voted to allow Lowell Jones to
purchase a new "envelope" to carry the Washington DC Lunch Bunch
Funds.
We
were honored during the lunch by a long distance phone call from
Albania by our peripatetic Pat Buckley. By the time Pat called we
could not remember where he was and some of us kept say Rumania,
Estonia, Lithuania, etc…
Alabama--Georgia Gathering
9 May 2007
Thanks to Mike - Sam - Jerry we had our first Ala
-Ga gathering of 61 Graytags on May 9th at Sprayberry's BBQ at exit 47 on
I-85N. All came properly dressed except for Sam. Great fun together and then
George-Doug-Jimmy P played the Robert Trent Jones course in Prattville, AL
on Thursday - ask George about his skills in tree destruction. Doug played
very well on his new knees. Steve-Ron-John P are Alabama folks who were not
there. Johnny C is in recovery from heart surgery and doc would not let him
drive. Info to Jimmy H as he goes everywhere anytime and maybe can join us
next time. See attached picture - Jimmy Poole
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Reunion--Class of 1961
Classmates and Guests on the
Greytag Network,
We had a number of committee members on vacation this time of year so there were
a few less members in attendance for our July Meeting. We received a summary of
our reunion registrations and the numbers are lower than our hotel registrations
and so my first suggestion would be to please don’t wait too long to register as
some of the fees and rates go up after the first week in August.
Again, you can register by going to the AOG Homepage at:
www.usafa.org
and clicking on “Reunions” and then going to “Class of 1961 (45th)”.
Merchandise sales have also been slow with Polo Shirts coming in first in
popularity and our 14 oz glasses and the bucket hat both coming in second as the
top selling class items for the reunion so far.
The first half of the meeting
concluded with explaining our options with regard to the photo gallery website
for the Class. There are two basic modes of operation: one as a spectator and
second as an editor to your own personal additions to the gallery. Additions
can be made in three ways; creating your personal picture albums (as many as you
like), creating your personal diary/blogs (as many as you like) and
participating in forum discussions with website-registered classmates and other
guest registrants on our Greytag Network online.
As a way to help me encourage others to
participate I would first like to have as many classmates as possible get on
line and visit our gallery website. In addition to roaming
around the albums that have already been posted by me you will also be able to
use the forum function. In a forum we will be able to "group speak" and,
hopefully, I or David Hughes, our webmaster, will be able to answer any of your
questions and prepare you for the next stage of participation that of being an
editor of your own pictures and items. In
this later editor stage I am seeking around 5-10 "pioneer" classmate volunteers
before our 45th Reunion to be the first to register and share their pictures in
the photo gallery and their thoughts and reflections in their
diaries/reflections for other members of the GTN to ponder and respond back, if
requested. Please, use the following URL, user name and password to become
spectators and forum users only and to become familiar with the workings of this
most impressive website.
The URL is:
http://afalumni.giph.com,
the user name is: greytag and the password is: usafa1961.
Please respond directly to me
at
rcubero@adelphia.net
after you have reviewed the class gallery website and wish to go to the next
level as editor. In becoming an editor, I would also suggest that you begin by
creating two personal albums: One of your current family and another by posting
pictures of those classmates who are gone but not forgotten. By the way, after
reviewing the website please make any comments or provide feedback using the
"forum" function.
The second half of the meeting was taken up with a more detailed discussion of
the Chaney King Bike Ride Run which will be an optional reunion activity for
Saturday, September 9th, for those classmates and guests who wish to participate
in this unique event.
Chaney King was a young female cadet who died in a car accident on January 18,
2003 in her sophomore year. She was a Falcon Scholar who attended Northwestern Preparatory
School in Crestline, CA,
before being admitted to the Academy. After being admitted to the Academy the
following year, she proved to be a highly motivated and involved cadet and
thanks in part to her family and the Falcon Foundation an annual Bike Ride/Run
is conducted in her memory at the Air Force Academy. September 9th, 2006 will
be the Third Annual Chaney King Bike Ride Run sponsored by the Falcon Foundation
and approved by the Senior Staff to be conducted at the Academy. I call your
attention to our most recent edition of "Checkpoints-June 2006." On page 50 you
can find an article explaining the purpose and activities associated with
the upcoming Chaney King Bike Ride Run in September. For our class if you would
like to register for the event all you need to do is contact me via e-mail and
let me know your wishes. You can rent a bike and helmet (charges are in
addition to the registration fee) for the ride or you can bring your
running/walking gear and participate in only the run/walk portion of the event.
For a
special Reunion
member registration fee of $25.00 per person you can participate. Your
registration fee will allow you to have lunch and, if you so indicate to me,
enjoy the company of a cadet for the awarding of door prizes and the viewing of
the tot-bike races which occur during and after lunch. If you have an interest
please contact me at:
rcubero@adelphia.net.
After we adjourned the meeting, Terry Storm presented his edited version of the
video presentation “Expect
Great Things”
that will be shown at Friday night’s dinner. Terry
did an absolutely outstanding job in shortening the presentation from one hour
to 25 minutes in what all of us agree was a seamless edit of the material.
Warm regards, Randy
Randy Cubero
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