1. RE: You won't believe this...
by: Amy Farber <farberamy@hotmail.com>
2. Re: f.y.i.
by: Jim Katzenstein <jimk@starkaywhite.com>
3. RE: Excellent Time Seeing Everyone
by: Susan Drinkard <textornado@hotmail.com>
4. Re: Excellent Time Seeing Everyone
by: <Captmando@aol.com>
5. 2 things
by: <afine@art-cetera.com>
6. Formmail Email
by: <lhearon@austin.rr.com>
7. Massive number of new reunion pictures
by: <afine@art-cetera.com>
8. Formmail Email
by: <dmcquickly@comcast.net>
9. If you don't like a picture of yourself on the site...
by: <afine@art-cetera.com>
10. Re: If you don't like a picture of yourself on the site...
by: Steve Jones <stevej_fish@yahoo.com.au>
11. Message for Louise F.
by: <dave.walters@comcast.net>
12. Re: If you don't like a picture of yourself on the site...
by: <Captmando@aol.com>
13. Formmail Email
by: <textornado@hotmail.com>
14. Re: Message for Louise F.
by: Cynthia Barr <cbarr@bu.edu>
15. Hastings Historical Society Needs Our Help
by: <afine@art-cetera.com>
16. Re: Hastings Historical Society Needs Our Help
by: <JaneGaughran@aol.com>
17. Please update my address, Steve Bordy
by: Steve and Karen Doczy-Bordi <doczy-bordi@msn.com>
18. A mystery to be solved...
by: <afine@art-cetera.com>
19. Re: A mystery to be solved...
by: Rick Wester <rick_wester@mac.com>
20. RE: A mystery to be solved...
by: lfrancis <louise.francis@comcast.net>
21. Re: A mystery to be solved...
by: Emily Singer <easinger2002@yahoo.com>
22. Re: A mystery to be solved...
by: <dmcquickly@comcast.net>
23. RE: A mystery to be solved...
by: lfrancis <louise.francis@comcast.net>
24. Re: RE: A mystery to be solved...
by: <afine@art-cetera.com>
25. Re: RE: A mystery to be solved...
by: jan sidebotham <sidebothamj@yahoo.com>
26. Re: RE: A mystery to be solved...
by: <dave.walters@comcast.net>
27. Formmail Email
by: <louise.francis@comcast.net>
28. Get "WICKED"
by: Rick Wester <rick_wester@mac.com>
29. (no subject)
by: <rjpaletta4@aol.com>
30. Re: (no subject)
by: <dave.walters@comcast.net>
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Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 00:38:18 -0400
From: "Amy Farber" <farberamy@hotmail.com>
Subject: RE: You won't believe this...
Yeah, and here's another coincidence. I just bumped into Sumner this evening at the Tarrytown Y. My family was leaving, he was coming in, I told him about the reunion. He said he had been "sick as a dog all weekend" and wouldn't have been able to come anyway.
Amy F.
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Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 03:53:20 -0400
From: Jim Katzenstein <jimk@starkaywhite.com>
Subject: Re: f.y.i.
This is true for our 50th reunion. However Billy Shanghaied me into
donating the hall-restaurant after promising to supply all the oxygen
bottles, walkers, and depends and no cost to the class.
Of course I will have Alzheimers by then and will think I just graduated.
Jim
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Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 08:29:23 -0500
From: "Susan Heady Drinkard" <textornado@hotmail.com>
Subject: RE: Excellent Time Seeing Everyone
Well I have to say I had a blast seeing everyone again. Hope to see some of
the photos soon. Count me in for the 50th party...... please forward any
information you are gathering. I only heard a little about it from Billy on
Saturday night when I was leaving.
I hope the sun is shining for all you up there, if not, it's not too late to
build a ark......
Stay Healthy and Safe......
Susan
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Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 10:19:02 EDT
From: Captmando@aol.com (John Capuano)
Subject: Re: Excellent Time Seeing Everyone
lets see now......well theres bill...who rewrote the definition of sex for
my
children....and oh yes.... there is hillary, who i believe stays connected to
billy boy simply for political gain....but lets all get excited!....not
everyone should have a pinky full of honesty or integrity....
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Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 1:41:20 -0400
From: <afine@art-cetera.com> (Alan Fine)
Subject: 2 things
Keep sending reunion pictures and I'll keep posting them on the site.
Glenn Martin suggested we put up a Reunion Comment Card page. Might be fun to test out. Please visit www.art-cetera.com/hastings, answer the questions, hit the submit button, and your responses will be whisked off to everyone on the email list. Please read the usage rules on the top of the page first.
Believe it or not, THIS is Homecoming weekend in Hastings, not last weekend. If anyone is local and still has school spirit after the three day hostage crisis, they should show up at the Homecoming Game.
According to the website, the Homecoming game was postponed (the field must be a bit wet) and rescheduled for Sunday October 16th at 1:30 PM at Reynolds. They will be playing Eastchester.
Alan
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Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 22:50:04 -0400
From: lhearon@austin.rr.com (Lori Heady Hearon)
Subject: Formmail Email
Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by
(lhearon@austin.rr.com) on Wednesday, October 19, 2005 at 22:50:04
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firstname: Lori
lastname: Hearon
GENERAL COMMENTS:: A tremendous THANK YOU to Alan and his wife Terry for bringing
us all together once again, I had a wonderful time. The Art-Cetera HHS website
has provided a chance for all of us to reconnect and continue friendships that
might of been lost over the years. It also has provided a place to reminisce
about school, friends, and places of our past.
Thank you also to Alan, Billy, Glenn, and Ray, for all your time and effort
in keeping all of us out of towners informed, giving us great places to get
together, (how did I not know where the American Legion was?)& food to eat.
PLEASE DESCRIBE YOUR MOST MEMORABLE REUNION EXPERIENCES.: The conversations I had with people!!
WHAT SURPRISED YOU THE MOST?: -Remembering so many people - some of you look
just like your HS photo!! Not fair!!!
-Speaking with old friends and wishing we had stayed in touch over the years.
-It was sad to leave Hastings again now that I live so far away.
WHAT SURPRISED YOU THE LEAST?: That Alan would pull this all together and make
it a great time!!
WHAT THREE NEW THINGS DID YOU LEARN ABOUT YOUR CLASSMATES OR TEACHERS?: I should of spent more time getting to know my classmates in HS.
WHAT WERE YOUR FAVORITE EVENTS AND WHY?: All of the ones I attended - just being together. I missed the grand finale at the 'Chart House' with the Clintons, just imagine if Tucker and Rittner were there.....History and politics at it's best!!!
WHAT DO YOU THINK COULD BE IMPROVED AND HOW WOULD YOU DO IT?: Maybe making one central location , like the American Legion, a home base/open house for the whole weekend in addition to each planned event.
SUGGESTIONS FOR THE NEXT REUNION OR 50TH BIRTHDAY PARTY.: Make it during the
summer! Less chance for bad weather. (And, if it's my 50th birthday wish, maybe
another location-hummmmmmm....one of the islands sounds good to me!!)
But whatever the plan, count me in! Let me know what I can do to help.
Engage: Submit
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Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 1:22:18 -0400
Subject: Massive number of new reunion pictures
There are a massive number of new reunion pictures at
www.art-cetera.com/hastings
Also, please add your reunion remembrances to our archive using the online "Reunion Comment Card" form there.
Thank you,
The Management
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Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 20:26:30 -0400
From: dmcquickly@comcast.net (Greg Vaughn)
Subject: Formmail Email
Below is the result of the reunion feedback form on the website at www.art-cetera.com/hastings.
It was submitted by (dmcquickly@comcast.net) on Thursday, October 20, 2005 at
20:26:30
Please visit and send your own feedback form so we can build an archive of remembrances
for the website
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firstname: Greg
lastname: Vaughn
GENERAL COMMENTS:: 30th Reunion, or, I Didn't Know What I Didn't Know About All Of You!
PLEASE DESCRIBE YOUR MOST MEMORABLE REUNION EXPERIENCES.: Before the deluge (of people and rain), I got a chance to walk through the High School on Friday just after school ended for the day. Was it always that small? Were the hallways always so narrow? How did we walk in there without banging into each other all the time? Seeing friends who have not been back to previous reunions may have been the most memorable part of the weekend for me. Maybe there isn't a cause-and-effect, maybe it's just a correlation between who shows up at the reunion and the type of people who were there, but you are all really fun and interesting to hang out with. And, of course, the Clintons crashing our party!
WHAT SURPRISED YOU THE MOST?: The vast uncharted tract of land behind Hillside Elementary.
WHAT SURPRISED YOU THE LEAST?: 1. We can't drink like we used to. 2. How many of us turned teacher. 3. Torrential rain in Hastings (remember our graduation?)
WHAT THREE NEW THINGS DID YOU LEARN ABOUT YOUR CLASSMATES OR TEACHERS?: 1. They spent a lot more time in the woods than I'd have guessed, without a single one of them becoming a botanist or biologist. 2. Mr. Tucker is funny and smart when he's NOT in the classroom. 3. Teachers spend time outside their classrooms!
WHAT WERE YOUR FAVORITE EVENTS AND WHY?: There wasn't a bad one. Even the double-broiler session in the American Legion Hall was delightful because of the friendships found and renewed.
WHAT DO YOU THINK COULD BE IMPROVED AND HOW WOULD YOU DO IT?: Next time, I'll bring an umbrella. Beyond that, it was great.
SUGGESTIONS FOR THE NEXT REUNION OR 50TH BIRTHDAY PARTY.: A HUGE 50th birthday cake. Chocolate, of course.
Engage: Submit
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Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 21:03:50 -0400
From: <afine@art-cetera.com> Alan Fine
Subject: If you don't like a picture of yourself on the site...
Listen, I have always wanted everyone to love our site and feel they are a part of running it. For that reason, if anyone does not like a picture of themselves up there, please write me privately at afine@art-cetera.com, and the picture will be quickly and discretely removed.
So if you haven't visited the site yet, if for no other reason, go there to clear your good reputation. (I'm considering pulling one of me telling a story very late Saturday in the "Clubhouse" with the boys. Wow.)
Alan
PS. Also, more pictures were posted on the site tonight. These from Lori Heady Hearon. Also added was some text memorializing some of the events.
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Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 19:05:10 +1000 (EST)
From: Steve Jones <stevej_fish@yahoo.com.au>
Subject: Re: If you don't like a picture of yourself on the site...
alan, i got a bit of a giggle from that photo of you
but if you remove it its understood gotta stay clear
of the DEA steve
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Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 18:50:45 +0000
From: dave.walters@comcast.net (David Walters)
Subject: Message for Louise F.
Louise, I lost that important e-mail you sent...and your e-mail address. Please resend all.
David Walters
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Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 15:43:58 EDT
From: Captmando@aol.com (John Capuano)
Subject: Re: If you don't like a picture of yourself on the site...
i particularly like the pic of Jan Sidebotham chowing on a burger...please
don't remove that one.....johnny cap
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Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 17:51:43 -0400
From: textornado@hotmail.com (Susan Heady Drinkard)
Subject: Formmail Email
Below is the result of the reunion feedback form on the website at http://www.art-cetera.com/hastings
It was submitted by (textornado@hotmail.com) on Friday, October 21, 2005 at
17:51:43
Please visit and send your own feedback form so we can build an archive of remembrances
for the website.
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firstname: Susan
lastname: Drinkard
GENERAL COMMENTS:: Well, after reading the monalog from my sister, I could just say Ditto :-). But it was worth the trip and I will be coming for the 50th B'Day Celebration.
PLEASE DESCRIBE YOUR MOST MEMORABLE REUNION EXPERIENCES.: Seeing all my old stomping grounds, the town hasn't changed much. Karen and I went to the Hastings Diner for breakfast Saturday morning, now there is a place that is just the same. (Is it just me, or are the bathroom ceiling lower then they use to be? I felt like Alice in Wonderland, the room kept getting shorter)
WHAT SURPRISED YOU THE MOST?: Chip Carpenter - I had NO IDEA who he was. The last time I think I saw him was graduation.
WHAT SURPRISED YOU THE LEAST?: Feeling at home, it was wonderful talking and joking with everyone again. We have a great bunch of classmates.
WHAT WERE YOUR FAVORITE EVENTS AND WHY?: Althought I only attended two of the
events, they were great, good food, good drinks, good friends.
Hopefully next time I will have more time to attend everything.
SUGGESTIONS FOR THE NEXT REUNION OR 50TH BIRTHDAY PARTY.: Alan, Ray, Glenn, Billy - You did a great job and I know you do something great for the 50th Birthday Party.
By the way - I with Gregg - Chocolate for the cake - Please :-)
Engage: Submit
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Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 00:06:01 -0500
From: Cynthia Barr <cbarr@bu.edu>
Subject: Re: Message for Louise F.
David, thanks for posting this - I had the same question! Louise, please
send them my way, too (sorry!!).
Cindy
(cbarr@bu.edu)
On 10/22/05 12:43 AM, "Hastings Class of '75 (plus or minus a few years)"
<hastings@art-cetera.com> wrote:
> From the HASTINGS CLASS OF '75
> (also including teachers and other classes)
> EMAIL BULLETIN BOARD
> Reunion Dates: 10/7/05 thru 10/10/05
> www.art-cetera.com/hastings
> for details
> ---------------------------------------------
> Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 18:50:45 +0000
> From: dave.walters@comcast.net (David Walters)
> Subject: Message for Louise F.
>
> Louise, I lost that important e-mail you sent...and your e-mail address.
> Please resend all.
>
> David Walters
> --------------------------------------------------------
> This message has been sent to -- and seen by -- 117 classmate,
> teacher and friend email addresses!
>
> To unsubscribe, please send an email to
> hastings@art-cetera.com with "unsubscribe" in the subject.
>
>
--
Cynthia M. Barr
Visiting Clinical Associate Professor of Law
Boston University School of Law
765 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA 02215
Phone: 617-353-8388
Fax: 617-353-3077
E-mail: cbarr@bu.edu
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Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 1:05:00 -0500
From: <afine@art-cetera.com> Alan Fine
Subject: Hastings Historical Society Needs Our Help
Dear Everyone,
The Hastings Historical Society wants permission to archive our reunion and website pictures. Would that be okay Glenn Martin, Greg Vaughn, Allison Marston, Steve Jones, Lori Heady Hearon, Amy Farber and Ray Paletta? If so, please send high resolution copies (300 DPI preferably; the one's I put on the web are only 75 to 150 DPI) to Fatima, the wonderful person at the Historical Socieity who helped put together our Monday morning event with Mrs. Drewes at the Society's headquarters. Please write her at hhscottage@hastingshistorical.org if it's okay.
They also want volunteers to help identify people in our pictures for posterity. I don't have the time, but they are hoping someone will. Again, if you can help by phone, email or in person, please write hhscottage@hastingshistorical.org.
As you'll see from the email below, the Society has a great lack of pictures from our time in Hastings, the 60s and 70s. If you could, please dig around and let Fatima know if you have any old gems lying around.
ALSO, NOW THAT SOME TIME HAS PASSED, please fill out the reunion survey on our website at www.art-cetera.com/hastings. If we get a few more, I'll post them all on the web together.
Thanks all,
Alan
>
> From: hhscottage@hastingshistorical.org> Date: 2005/10/28 Fri AM 11:30:37
EDT> To: afine@art-cetera.com
> Subject: Your offer of photographs!
>
> Dear Alan,
>
> Sorry it's taken me so long to get back to you, and that I wasn't here
on
> The Day. I'm glad you guys had a good time. Evelyn was tickled to death
by
> the whole thing! I sometimes think that's the only reason she comes to
the
> historical society -- on the off chance that she'll run into someone she
> used to teach.
>
> Now, you may be sorry that you asked me about photographs we might want!
> We have so little of the interior of the school that I would really like
> to have all the ones that Greg Vaughn took that you put up on the reunion
> page. AND I'd take any and all of the 1970s photographs from Steve Jones
> or Glen Martin. If you want me to narrow down my choice, let me know. And
> I hate to ask you, but we'd really appreciate if you can identify anyone
> you recognize in the 1970s photos -- that's so hard to do here. Or maybe
> let me know who we can hit up around here for the identifications. We have
> lots of great photographs of people that we'll probably never be able to
> identify. How were you thinking of getting them to me? Can you burn them
> to a CD? I'd gladly scan hard-copy prints, if you have them and would care
> to lend those to us for a couple of weeks. We might get a better quality
> photo that way. But I'm happy with whatever you want to do.
>
> And let me tell you that those photographs I printed out and pinned up
on
> the board are just about the ONLY photographs we have from the 1970s! Both
> of the town and of people! Would you be willing to put a little notice
on
> your web site for us? Say that the historical society would be overjoyed
> to have any photographs of Hastings from the '60s and '70s, especially
> ones that give a feeling of what life was like in Hastings at the time
--
> family, home, events, school, shopping, just about anything. We'd be glad
> of donations, but would also be happy to scan photographs and return them.
> We'd also take digital images -- we can get a good print from something
> around 1228x1842 pixels, that's a file around 5MB, or a 3.5 x 5 inch
> photograph scanned at 300ppi.
>
> And PS Have you sent a copy of the photo with Evelyn in it to her? She'd
> really love that. I can make her a print if you include that with the
> other stuff you send me.
>
> There is no rush on any of this -- the historical society will be around
> for a while.
>
> Thanks Alan!
>
> -- Fatima>
>
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Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2005 08:05:43 EST
From: JaneGaughran@aol.com (Jane Gaughran)
Subject: Re: Hastings Historical Society Needs Our Help
So we're archival material now?
Should we contact Madame Tussaud's wax museum to see if they're looking for
HHS relics?
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Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2005 11:35:22 -0500
From: "Steve and Karen Doczy-Bordi" <doczy-bordi@msn.com>
Subject: Please update my address, Steve Bordy
Alan,
I am so bummed that I missed the 30th reunion, but I was down in New Orleans checking on my family and their houses while volunteering as a Paramedic with the city....I started my career there in 1979. All family, actual and EMS survived, many severely emotionally scared. 2 of 10 houses totally gone, 3 damaged by flooding to the point of being uninhabitable, moderate damage to one other. 85% of the EMS system's personnel are homeless, they are now living on a leased cruise ship. It's just hard to fathom....like when you see the south rim of the Grand canyon for the first time!
Sorry about all this negative energy, I was only writing to update my email address....sorry about the dead link: parnemtp@mint.net and doczy-bordi@prodigy.net
My email is: doczy-bordi@msn.com
If you could also change my home telephone number and address to 207.734.8810, and 1026 Meadow Pond Rd., Islesboro, Maine 04848. I still own the other address but will probably rent it out now that we are living on the island fulltime.
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Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2005 21:02:01 -0500
From: <afine@art-cetera.com> Alan Fine
Subject: A mystery to be solved...
Dear Classmates,
I would love to share a wonderful mystery with you all.
An anonymous envelope arrived addressed to Teri and me. A handwriting analysis could not be performed, because there was none to be found. Everything was typed. The postmark was from Oakland, CA. Inside was a colorful and artistic card. We’re still awaiting a fingerprint report, and DNA testing on the envelope’s glue where traces of saliva were found. A type written note was stuck to the card, with the following printed on it:
"Dear Alan and Terri,
All of us who came to the 30th Reunion had
a wonderful time, and it’s all because of you both.
Thank you Alan, for putting together the events
and keeping us all connected all these years.
Thank you Terri for hosting our high school
class website and for putting up with Alan
being crazy before, during and probably after
the reunion
All who came wished to thank you both
in some small way. All of us have donated
to a thank you gift.
It comes in two parts. A gift certificate
for Harvest-on-Hudson will arrive by mail.
We also have collected money for the two
of you to attend the Broadway show of your
choice. All you need to do is tell us, via
the website, the show and some dates and
we’ll have two tickets promptly sent to you.
Please do let us know you got this through
the website (as everyone is waiting) and
do let us know your show choice (as the
person who collected doesn’t want to hold
on to everyone’s funds any longer!).
With many, many, many thanks,
Hastings High Class of 1975
30th Reunion Attendees"
The cliche that you "shouldn't have" and "didn't have to do this" applies here.
Then I thought about how many lives mine has touched, and how much it would mean to me to suddenly find out -- as Harry Bailey did at the end of "It’s a Wonderful Life" -- that I had somehow made a difference in the world. But honestly, all Teri did was allow us some space on her website, and all I did was throw a site up for us and maintained it. It’s not like we cured a major disease or saved anyone’s life...
Still, this is pretty good and we’ll take what we can get, including a dinner and a show.
Hopefully at our next reunion someone will choke on a roll and I’ll be right there.
Small sports cars are real nice.
A little embarrassed, but very flattered and sincerely thankful,
Alan
PS. Teri and I would like to see "Wicked" on our 20th Anniversary, the evening of December 14th. If that date is unavailable, we would like to go to any Wednesday or Thursday night performance (except Thanksgiving).
Thank you all again.
AF
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Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2005 22:31:40 -0500
From: Rick Wester <rick_wester@mac.com>
Subject: Re: A mystery to be solved...
You are WAY too modest Alan. You have saved a part of all our lives
(the website and the reunion are only small reminders of all that has
been saved).
I am only sorry I couldn't partake in it to a greater degree.
Thanks!
We love you, buddy!
-R.
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Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 12:44:57 -0800
From: "Louise Francis" <louise.francis@comcast.net>
Subject: RE: A mystery to be solved...
Alan,
I concur with Rick -- you are a big part of the reason we stay connected
far better than any of my siblings' HHS classes. Let us know if Wicked
on your anniversary comes through -- and if the play is any good!
With much gratitude,
Louise
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Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 20:40:57 -0800 (PST)
From: Emily Singer <easinger2002@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: A mystery to be solved...
I agree with Louise. I know I, for one, would never
have made it to the reunion (let along known about it)
if it hadn't been for Alan. Thanks to both of you for
everything.
(Wicked is great -- we saw it a couple of years ago &
loved it. Good choice!)
Happy 20th, and 30th (once again),
Emily
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Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2005 05:52:59 +0000
From: dmcquickly@comcast.net (Greg Vaughn)
Subject: Re: A mystery to be solved...
Alan and Teri:
This will necessarily be short, given the late hour (I'm still wired from parent-teacher conferences).
I just wanted to address a statement you made, Alan, and something Steve Bordi said in his regrets email. They should be put together, because it shows the scope of what your admittedly small contribution was (sarcasm there) to our reunion:
Steve said, after detailing his horrific experience down in New Orleans, that he apologized for all the negative energy. (Steve, I'm so sorry for the hard time you had, and am at least glad you are able to email us with an update on your whereabouts--my prayers and thoughts are with you and your family and friends.)
And it occurred to me, Alan and Teri: I like everyone who was at the 30th reunion. You're all really cool people. Regardless of how much time we did or didn't spend together in high school, Steve's "negative energy" comment made me realize why I enjoyed your company so much. We still believe in the reality of negative energy. We still believe that's something that should be apologized for (even if the rest of us don't feel apologies are necessary). We still believe that manners and regrets for our absences are important things to share. We still believe in the power of positive energy, and the strength of that power when it's shared. And Alan and Teri, regardless of how much you did or didn't do, you provided the energy to the rest of us to make a 30th reunion happen. It was there where I realized how cool we all still are, how fun and lively we are, and how lucky we are to have each other, far-flung though we may be.
Maybe what we are luckiest for is that we grew up in an age without the internet, were just young enough to adopt it, and are now wise enough to realize the power it has to keep us a family of friends.
That, and how great it is to get really awesome pictures!
Thanks again, Alan and Teri, for the small amount you did in your reality, and the huge amount you did in our realities. Enjoy the dinner and have a wicked time at the show!
Greg
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Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 13:40:38 -0800
From: "lfrancis" <louise.francis@comcast.net>
Subject: RE: A mystery to be solved...
Hey Alan -- Did you get your gift certificate to Harvest on Hudson &
your tickets to Wicked yet? Or did the people doing the ordering spend
our money at the track? Let us know -- Louise
-------------------- 24 --------------------
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 21:18:01 -0500
From: <afine@art-cetera.com> Alan Fine
Subject: Re: RE: A mystery to be solved...
Louise,
The kind gift certificate to Harvest on Hudson arrived and we are still awaiting the equally kind tickets to "Wicked."
Just got the soundtrack album today, so we can do our research before going to the show.
Thanks for checking and revealing your part in the conspiracy.
:)
Alan
>
> From: Hastings Class of '75 (plus or minus a few years) <hastings@art-cetera.com>
> Date: 2005/11/13 Sun PM 07:10:48 EST> To: Hastings Class of '75 (plus
or minus a few years) <hastings@art-cetera.com>
> Subject: RE: A mystery to be solved...
>
> From the HASTINGS CLASS OF '75
> (also including teachers and other classes)
> EMAIL BULLETIN BOARD
> Reunion Dates: 10/7/05 thru 10/10/05
> www.art-cetera.com/hastings
> for details
> ---------------------------------------------
> Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 13:40:38 -0800
> From: "lfrancis" <louise.francis@comcast.net>
> Subject: RE: A mystery to be solved...
>
> Hey Alan -- Did you get your gift certificate to Harvest on Hudson &
> your tickets to Wicked yet? Or did the people doing the ordering spend
> our money at the track? Let us know -- Louise
> --------------------------------------------------------
> This message has been sent to -- and seen by -- 117 classmate,
> teacher and friend email addresses!
>
> To unsubscribe, please send an email to
> hastings@art-cetera.com with "unsubscribe" in the subject.
>
>
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Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 04:38:27 -0800 (PST)
From: jan sidebotham <sidebothamj@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: RE: A mystery to be solved...
Like any of us didn't know Louise Francis would be at the bottom of something like this . . .
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Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 03:23:13 +0000
From: dave.walters@comcast.net
Subject: Re: RE: A mystery to be solved...
I see no evidence that Louise Francis is at all involved in this. A contributor, maybe, but instigator? I think not. We all know Louise. Now, if someone were to say that Mr. Rittner was behind all this, as a way of a virtual repeat of that experiment he did in his class where we were made to believe that Louise and Hiede beat themselves up, well, now, that's a different story...
David
: A mystery to be solved...
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> Like any of us didn't know Louise Francis would be at the bottom of something
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Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 14:12:33 -0500
From: louise.francis@comcast.net ()
Subject: Formmail Email
Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by
(louise.francis@comcast.net) on Tuesday, November 15, 2005 at 14:12:32
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firstname: Louise
lastname: Francis
PLEASE DESCRIBE YOUR MOST MEMORABLE REUNION EXPERIENCES.: Watching the Ethical Stickball game -- who knew that was going on every Sunday? Laughing a ton, particularly at Sat. night dinner, and having Dave Riggs play "gotcha" with those of us on the Hillside walk who truly had no idea where we were.
WHAT SURPRISED YOU THE MOST?: How wild Hillside has become and how close Children's Village is.
WHAT SURPRISED YOU THE LEAST?: How much Alan enjoys everyone.
WHAT THREE NEW THINGS DID YOU LEARN ABOUT YOUR CLASSMATES OR TEACHERS?: Not sure I got this right -- I killed too many brain cells that weekend -- but I think I recall that Keller (Bev Fox) scuba dives a lot and has gone diving in places I dream about, Jan's heart almost took her away from us (I'm thankful it didn't), and Josefa has a cool son who sounds like he's a creative soul who will make a beautiful mark on the world.
WHAT WERE YOUR FAVORITE EVENTS AND WHY?: I loved it all, but particularly the Hillside park walk -- us Californians don't get to walk in lush, wild woods in the drizzle -- it's either dry hills or muddy trails in the pouring rain. Maude's brunch was fun too -- I actually got to hear what I was expected to be listening to.
WHAT DO YOU THINK COULD BE IMPROVED AND HOW WOULD YOU DO IT?: Not enough celebrity participation with only Bill, Hilary & Chelsea. Get Keith Olberman (who our SF Chronicle TV critic calls a Visionary) to come to the next one to do an MSNBC Countdown segment on how these geeky, nerdy & jocky kids he went to elementary school with have fun getting together in their middle age. Or maybe not --he'd lampoon us mightily -- might discourage us from having a 40th.
SUGGESTIONS FOR THE NEXT REUNION OR 50TH BIRTHDAY PARTY.: Clone Alan.
Engage: Submit
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Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 07:08:59 -0500
From: Rick Wester <rick_wester@mac.com>
Subject: Get "WICKED"
Alas, the truth must be told - all mysteries are revealed eventually. I have been instructed by Madam LF to convey to Alan and Teri that the tickets for the 8 p.m. show on December 14, 2005 have been ordered and are on the way. You should get them by Monday.
Alan (and Teri): We all appreciate your efforts and hopefully these little gestures can convey some of the warmth and gratitude we all feel for the opportunity to maintain and rekindle the friendships made possible by what you have done.
THANK YOU FROM THE ENTIRE CLASS OF '75 (plus or minus a few years).
Rick Wester
(917) 518-1330
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Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 17:54:08 EST
From: rjpaletta4@aol.com (Ray Paletta)
Subject: (no subject)
Dear Friends,
Id like to be the first to wish all of you a very Happy Thanksgiving
Ray and Mary Jane
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Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 04:43:48 +0000
From: dave.walters@comcast.net
Subject: Re: (no subject)
And...I'd like to be the second. Happy Thanksgiving!
David
PS...I'm making goose with a wild rice/pestachio/walnut/dried fruit stuffing...hmmm....