In the e-mail today, the following news:
- Craig and Joy (Cline) Heatwole and their two kids won’t be able to make it after all; Craig cites a “soccer game, company party, and Indian princess camping trip all colliding on the same day.”
- Chris Thompson lives in Dayton, so I sort of figured he would make it. Turns out he has a good excuse: his wife, Jennifer, had a baby, Isabelle, on Oct. 9, and he’s been a little preoccupied. He says that, “depending on the newborn,” he, Jennifer, their daughter Eliza (2), and the baby might put in an appearance, however.
- One of our long-lost classmates found this blog and contacted me through it. Go figure with this technology stuff. Faben “Fofi” Assegid lives in Brussels, Belgium, where she coordinates microfinance projects. Before that, she worked for the UN for some time, and spent two years in Kurdistan. “Did I miss it again this year?” she wrote. “Oh dear.” She also says: “Miss all of you…. Big kiss.” I’ll have her contact information at the reunion.
- I invited our class sponsors, Mr. Hartzler and Mrs. Hertzler, as well as the principal from back in our day, J. David Yoder, but it does not appear that any of them can make it. Jay Hartzler wrote: “It would be great fun – especially since I remember your class most fondly of all the classes I’ve been with. Please give my greetings to them and have a great time.”
- My mom has graciously been railroaded into picking up the food from Hank’s, so those of you that know her can say hello.
- Also, I bought some mums.
This flurry of activity means I have heard from 31 out of 69 of us (45 percent). Counting the Heatwoles and Thompsons as a push, we expect 70 people in our yard, 36 of which are adults.
