The members of the Class of ’66 will celebrate our 60^th Birthday on Saturday, October 11, 2008 at the Holiday Inn Select in Tulsa, Oklahoma.  Whether you’ll be 58 or 59 this year or even 61 or 62, it doesn’t matter - we’re pretending that ALL of us will be 60 this year - just so we can have a party!!

 Did you know that our Class has the reputation for being the “partying-est Class”?  We like seeing our classmates so much that we have a Reunion every 5 years!  Plus, we try keep the cost down so that money should not be a problem for our classmates AND we pick good bands to entertain us (ever hear of the Restless Ribbon Band?!?).  In addition to the Reunions, we’ve had a 40^th Birthday, a 50^th Birthday and now a 60^th Birthday Party.

 Party Registration information will be sent out in June, so be looking for yours!  Once we send out the information, we will update our web site with all the details you’ll need to know so you can tell us you’re going to celebrate your birthday with us.  The cost to attend?  Only $35 per person.

 Since you’re reading this, you probably have an email addess.  If you have not been receiving group emails from Kay (Hardin) Rhodes, please send her your email address and help us save postage.   When Kay sends out a group email, members of the group do not see any of the other email addresses.  She does not send forwards-of-forwards type emails, no “you just gotta read this and pass it on or you’ll be doomed” emails, no funny pictures, no great jokes - just information that relates to the Class of ’66.

 We will, for the first time, be sending Registration information via email.  When you send your email address to Kay, be sure and let her know if your email will handle attachments.  We will not be sending pictures, but the Registration info will be sent as attachments - in PDF format so that anyone can open the files without having to buy any special software.

 Included in the Registration information, you will have an opportunity to order the following from our 40-Year Reunion.  Now that we’ve finally entered the 21^st Century, each time we have a Reunion we’ll be adding to the list of available items.

      1    Memories DVD - contains our slide show (pictures from previous Reunions) plus videos from our 20-, 25- and 30-Year Reunions.

      2    Book of Memories - our 40-Year Reunion Yearbook on CD (PDF format).  Sorry, due to the cost of printing, we have no printed copies left.

      3    A current Classmate Directory on CD (PDF format) - reconnect and stay in touch with your classmates!  This will continuously be updated, so you may order new Directory CD’s as often as you want after the Birthday Party.  A home-printed copy will be available at a much higher price than the CD.

      4    Pictures from our 40-Year Reunion (on CD) taken by Marc Schuman.  See how gracefully we’ve all aged!

 
Be sure to check out our Lost/Missing Classmates page to see if there is anyone on the list that you can help us locate.  Even if you don’t know their current location, if you can give us leads (sibling or parent names, last known job, spouse’s name, anything) we can take it from there.  Current information would be fantastic!!

 One thing that has been difficult for all of us is the growing Deceased List.  We’ve posted the names and known dates of death on the Deceased Classmates page.  If you know of a classmate who has died and is not on our list, send the information to Kay (Hardin) Rhodes.  Please give her as much detail as possible, especially the date and cause of death.  A newspaper write-up or a handout from the funeral service would be greatly appreciated.  If you’d rather not send the original, a photocopy will be fine.

 In addition to missing classmates and deceased classmates web pages, we have a Junior High page and a Veteran’s page.

 The Junior High page will have group pictures taken at various Reunions.  We will also post 9^th grade group pictures for those schools who did not have yearbooks.  The home page will list where each CHS ’66 classmate attended Junior High school.  While most students in our day lived in the same neighborhood for years, some students were able to attend two or even three Junior Highs.  Come back soon and check out this list and let us know if we do not have you listed.  Also, let us know your Junior High school colors and the team name, such as “Central Braves”.

 The Veteran’s page has a group picture taken at our 40-Year Reunion in 2006 plus pictures of our three classmates who died in Vietnam.  Check out who has served our Country.

 If this is the first you’ve heard about a Birthday Party, that probably means that we do not have your current mailing address, etc.  Contact Kay today and make sure your information is updated in our records.  If you would like to be a part of the Committee, contact Francine (Poulos) Shawger to learn how you can help.

 See you October 11!!!