Brenda Yale (Wismer)

I have never posted on here before, but in light of the upcoming reunion, I would like to add my two cents.  First of all, a big THANK YOU to all of you who are making this happen!  You are giving much of your time, talent, and commitment, in eager anticipation of that fat paycheck:  oh, that's right, it's $0.00.  You might be behind the scenes, but we really appreciate your hard work.

And to any whiners/ complainers out there:  I personally don't come to the reunions to be entertained.  I could care less about the venue, or whether we eat steak or hot dogs.  Just give me a chair, a bathroom, and if it's outside, some bug spray. Reunions to me are about the people.  I intend to have lots of laughs (mostly at my own expense- yeah, I was an idiot in high school) catch up with old friends, share grandkid pictures, and commiserate about the absurdity we called "high school".

I'm sure we'll have some somber moments too, as we reflect on our classmates gone too soon.  But reunions are meant to be a celebration, if for no other reason than we made it this far relatively intact!  I have a special place in my heart for my old classmates, and I can't wait to see you all at the reunion!  So get off your old fat duffs, and hobble over to your calendars and mark the date..

Sherry Emmett (Meidinger)

Brenda......Well said!   Thank you for your quick thoughts on the reunion.  I was in the process of responding but you type faster than I do.  I totally agree, its a thankless job and I'm just glad some classmates are willing to do the work for all of us.  I'm sure they would be glad for any help or ideas anyone might want to share.  Now we are up to 4 cents worth.  See you at the reunion!

Dan Lordemann

We can get together at our new farm on the way to Lindsey on Sat. of reuniun from 11am to 4pm or so.Cook some burgers and have some things for kids to do.icecream and drinks. I to am looking forward to see people and visit.  Can"t wait to see you guys!! that will be my excitement!!

Dan Lordemann

Brenda Yale (Wismer)

Thanks Sherrie!  And Dan, that sounds like a great idea!  I would love to see your place.  Not sure how many "kids" will be there, since most of us are now in the grandkid stage.  And as much as I love my grandsons, I won't be bringing them to the reunion.  Not sure I want them to see Grammy dancing in the back of your pickup truck with a beer can in my hand shouting "Jeremiah was a Bullfrog"  (oh yeah, it could happen...)

Joseph Marman

HI Tim,  I want to see you at the Reunion.  Geez, we are flying in from all over the country to come there, and you live locally. You should be able to come around the corner to talk to us.   What are you planning for the 45th?

Joe Marman

Joseph Marman

Hi Tim,  I am glad you got a chuckle out of those.  Joe

Vicki Knapp

I'm sure I can speak for all of us when I give a huge thank you to Dave and Karen Molmen and Doug Kirk for the organizing and implementation they performed in giving us a most wonderful reunion! They truly went over and above all expectations to provide  us with a successful  event, down to the smallest details!

A big thank you also goes out to Dave and Jackie Schmidt ifor providing the most enjoyable music and to Dan and Cindy Lordemann for opening their home and property for all to enjoy!

I don't have enough words to express how great it was to see everyone. Sharing the stories, the laughter and the camaraderie was priceless! I personally can't wait for the next one!! Hugs to all of you!

Dave Molmen

It was awesome to see everyone at the reunion!  Thank you all SO much for coming!  I'm already dreaming of how great it's going to be to get together again next time.  It just seems like another ten years is too long to wait.

We had so much fun, so many laughs, and heartfelt rememberances.

I went home thinking how lucky I am to have so many amazing classmates...

Dave Molmen

We all need to thank Vicki for organizing the golf scramble, and all of the prizes!!  Great job!

What fun!

Dave Molmen

... Adding a big thank you to what Vicki posted about Doug Kirk, Dave and Jackie Schmidt, Dan and Cindy Lordemann.  WOW!  You guys rock.

Dan Lordemann

HI Tim,

I want to respond to you comments. I think you are out of line with your post, the people and the reunion was great !  I personaly talked to you several times to come and see people and vist with them at the reunion and others  did also. You would have knothing to do with it,as you expressed that it was same old thing and the reunion should  be differant. I think you have a lot of nerve to complain about people not visiting you.You choose not to join in with us.   Dan Lordemann

Joseph Marman

Yes, Tim,  I agree with Dan.  Many of drove or flew thousands of miles and paid money for travel to meet our old friends.  We would have liked to see you, but you could not get off your duff to come a few miles to see the crowd of friends.  Whuuzz up wid dat??   Joe Marman

Vicki Knapp

Tim,

I have to say that I agree with Joe and Dan! We all made a conscious choice to sign up and many of us, to travel in order to attend the event and socialize with our classmates. You, however, made a conscious choice to stay away and now you want to berate us for not visiting YOU!!? I'm sorry but you set the standard by turning your back on the event that was bringing us all together... so why would anyone think you would welcome a visit?  You missed a fabulous time and that is very unfortunate for you. There was a positive vibe happening so if all you have is negative you should shake it off and join in the fun next time!!!   Vicki Knapp

Dan Lordemann

I want to thank everyone that came to the reunion! Dave and Karen did a fantastic job on a very successfully reunion!! Many kudos to Doug Kirk for his skills at putting the reunion together with Dave and Karen and the effort to get people to come who otherwise would not have came. Thanks to Vickie for the golf, I don't golf but heard every one had a great time!  Dave and Jackie put a lot of effort in the reunion,I would like to give Jackie a special thankyou!! for taking over the cooking to let me go visit!   My wonderful wife Cindy for all her help and smiles, without her I would not have made it getting ready!!  I sure enjoyed myself, didn't get to talk to everyone, or as long as I would have liked ,but liked seeing everyone .

  I agree with Dave in his comments about how well the reunion went and the feeling he came away with. We had about 50 people at the picnic at our place was a lot of fun to host, see people, eat, drink, and be merry!!

I don't want to wait 10 years to see everyone again, it was to much fun!!

  Here is my and Cindy offer-we want to invite every one to our place to do it again!!! bbq,  and fun on the first weekend in Aug. in two years. Make it a informal two year mini reunion. I would like to see more of you out at our place, it will be 3 pm on Sat.- until you want to leave, looking to cook beef roast, and if Vickie is on board maybe some Golf Sat. morn.

Possible  Fri. night social at our house,  with Dave and Karens help if they are onboard with our idea , along with the help of a few others that are willing!  Would love to have all of you as our guest !! Aug. 2016.

I like the idea!     Dan and Cindy from the Lordemann farm.

Vicki Knapp

Dan! Funny thing... Dave Molmen and I discussed the very idea of not waiting 10 more years!! Thank you so much for offering your home once again! What a wonderful idea and I am certainly game for it! Yes on the golf as well. 

Darrel Mast

Dan,

I left this year’s reunion thinking ten years is pretty far away and we are all going to getting pretty old by then (amazingly that hadn’t happened to us yet to most of us) and that it would be great if the class of 74 could get together at your picnic grove on a regular basis.  Thanks so much for offering…it is a wonderfully SIMPLE idea that even the Latin speakers amongst us would probably agree with. 

And I want to add my echo to the thanks everyone has posted as to thanking you and your wife Cindy, Dave M. and Karen, Dave S. and Jackie, Doug, Vicki and everyone that came.

Darrel

David Shearer

This is kinda late but I too had a really great time. For those who didn't bail early Saturday you could've seen me doing the dancing fool routine. My wife enjoyed it too and remarked on how much more cohesive our group was than her class. Thanks to all of you who put so much effort into the reunion, and I was so glad to see you even though my aged brain couldn't put a name to a face occasionally. Lordeman's Grove is a great place for the picnic.

dave shearer