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Fri

The weather was absolutely gorgeous for round 1 of Indian Summer 36. We had a good turn out for dinner at Bill Grays, then off to Marge’s around 8 ish. The temperature was perfect, a light breeze and a very calm lake. A beautiful sunset capped off the evening on the sand.

I got to see Sue Cancilla Witkowsky, who came in from South Carolina,  for the first time since high school which was fantastic. She is looks great and still has that same sense of humor! It was also good to meet her husband Jim.

Ellen Raynor drove in from Virginia with her healing dog bite woulds!

Gary Jones, Sharon Keating Heiligman and I discussed the implications of husbands being in the ‘dog house’. Sharon said her husband never is. I replied that I should have married HER!

Stu Chait wore his “Indians’s Forever” T shirt, and Beth Gaylord Borelli wore her I.F. sweatshirt.  Someone had a grey one that I had never seen before. And there were many Indian head drink cozies floating around.

I talked to Ray Lecesse’s better half, Eileen about spending my kid’s inheritance (on them while I’m still here, of course!).

Marc ‘Wass’erman and his lady Wendy Cortese were excited about going to the Renaissance Festival on Saturday so Wass could do his annual ‘Rat Pucking’ (he’ll have to explain it to you!). I had told Marc that I had seen Wendy at Wegman’s while I was looking at flowers, which I bought for my wife. Marc asked about the occasion for the flowers, I replied ‘they were on sale; ya can’t pass up 30% off roses’. I’m such a romantic.

Sat

Dinner at O’Loughlins; the sun was blazing at our table on the deck, but soon subsided to much more comfortable temperatures for the rest of the evening.

Kathy Ciulla, whose father was best man at my parents’ wedding, and I wondered why our fathers, lifelong friends, can’t figure out how to use a telephone to call each other (but then again, I’m guilty of communication impairment, too; must be genetic…).

Steve Olesiuk ‘requested’ that  Dan the Man Brennan go to the driving range Sunday to prepare for the golf tournament on Monday.

The mystery of Greg Tacconi’s missing keys were solved from Friday when Beth Gaylord Borelli discovered that what looked like her keys on the table at Bill Gray’s turned out to be Greg’s. I was thinking there may be a similar repeat incident when Beth picked up a pair of glasses on our dinner table, put them on and said “who’s are these?”

Alla Feldman Levi and her friend took one quick dance on the ‘flexible’ O’ly’s deck. They did great considering the floor conditions can cause sea sickness!

I Got to spend a little time with my good old friend Sammy Berns. Although I’m not much of a fisherman, I’d really love to go fishing with him some time as it always looks like he is having such a great time doing it! I also bestowed upon him the “Silver Fox Award” for “Best Men’s Hair” of the group.

Janet Marzac Graves has her home repair almost completed and has found a great and convenient fireworks location right on the O’Rourke bridge (when it’s not stuck open!!).

Cathy Carruthers and I talked with Tina Thompson’s brother (Class of 61, 50th reunion at the RYC) about common work experiences.

As usual there were many more conversations and a lot of laughs. It’s always good to get together with my good old friends like John Hart, and my good new friends I’ve made since we started these great get togethers.

All in all it was a great interim reunion weekend.  See y’all (that one’s for Sue C!) soon!

Aloha!

HL

Hey, who was there? Let's see...hmmmmmm

alla feldman

beth gaylored

bob ventura- delaware!

cathie carruthers

dan brennan- maryland!

elaine hetrick

ellen raynor

gary spampinato

greg tacconi

greg wagner- south carolina!

heidi kasperski

janet marzec

janice cerame

john hart

john register

julie dick & mr julie dick

kathy ciulla

kathy gurnett

lori brayer

mary podlash

mindy bazaar

mike bellingham

mike lodato

ray lecesse & eileen

robin derman

sam berns

sharon keating

sherri cohn

steve olesiek

stu chait

sue cancilla and mr sue cancilla- south carolina!

tina thompson

If you were there and your name got left off let us know. Thanks!

Mike- You are a man of many talents!  Nice write up, really wish I could have been there!  Jere

Bless your heart Mike!  It was fun.  My sides still hurrt from laughing.  Still can't get my head around rat pucking.  Thanks again for the write ups.    SCW

It was another great reunion.  It's good to see old friends and laugh...alot!  Thanks Beth and committee.  Thanks Mike for a great recap.

Sounds like a fun time was had by all.  Hope to make it next time around.

Take care

Steve