1. RE: Re: Our reunions are the yardstick
by: Wick Rudd <wickrudd@eastonspointcapital.com>
2. Who's ASSES are these?
by: <afine@art-cetera.com>
3. Re: Our reunions are the yardstick
by: <JEBWILK@aol.com>
4. RE: Our reunions are the yardstick
by: Wick Rudd <wickrudd@eastonspointcapital.com>
5. Free Movie Screenings Around Our Birthday Weekend!
by: <afine@art-cetera.com>
6. RE: Our reunions are the yardstick
by: Patricia Sinatra <psinatra@comcast.net>
7. RE: Our reunions are the yardstick
by: lucy riggs <orymay@optonline.net>
8. HHS Alumni Party Sat June 2 Reminder
by: Jeff Edelman <jeff@student.com>
9. Re: Our reunions are the yardstick
by: Jim Katzenstein <jimk@starkaywhite.com>
10. LAST MINUTE INFO!
by: <afine@art-cetera.com>
11. Pictures are up...
by: <afine@art-cetera.com>
12. Re: Who's ASSES are these?
by: <dmcquickly@comcast.net>
13. Re: Pictures are up...
by: Ed Weinberg <edw@q5comm.com>
14. Hastings Teachers' Stickball in NY Times Today
by: <afine@art-cetera.com>
15. Billy Did It!!!!
by: <afine@art-cetera.com>
16. Birthday Weekend - Update and New Developments
by: <afine@art-cetera.com>
17. Barbara Harnack in American Style Magazine
by: Amy Farber <farberamy@hotmail.com>
18. RE: Barbara Harnack in American Style Magazine
by: Amy Farber <farberamy@hotmail.com>
19. Birthday Book and Audio Giveaway
by: <afine@art-cetera.com>
20. Re: Birthday Book and Audio Giveaway
by: CISToday <CISToday@bellsouth.net>
21. mildly amusing article about a reunion/50th birthday party
by: Amy Farber <farberamy@hotmail.com>
22. [Fwd: Barry Olsen Quartet Thurs. July 12, 2007 12:30-2:00 PM (today)]
by: Ed Weinberg <edw@q5comm.com>
23. Just over 2 weeks...
by: <afine@art-cetera.com>
24. RE: Just over 2 weeks...
by: Susan Drinkard <textornado@hotmail.com>
25. First time
by: Pierre Belarge <pierre@etsny.com>
26. Re: First time
by: <JEBWILK@aol.com>
27. RE: First time
by: Patricia Sinatra <psinatra@comcast.net>
28. RE: Just over 2 weeks...
by: <smb9220@comcast.net>
29. Re: Just over 2 weeks...
by: <JaneGaughran@aol.com>
30. Re: Just over 2 weeks...
by: <dmcquickly@comcast.net>
31. Yahoo! Auto Response
by: <sidebothamj@yahoo.com>
32. Barry Symonds does it again...
by: <alan@classroomencounters.org>
33. Re: Barry Symonds does it again...
by: <jmshillinglaw@aol.com>
34. Re: Barry Symonds does it again...
by: <dmcquickly@comcast.net>
35. Birthday Gifts to all Attending!
by: <afine@art-cetera.com>
36. RE: Birthday Gifts to all Attending!
by: Patricia Sinatra <psinatra@comcast.net>
37. RE: Birthday Gifts to all Attending!
by: Patricia Sinatra <psinatra@comcast.net>
38. SO MANY BIRTHDAY GIFTS
by: Fine, Alan - Paramount <Alan_Fine@Paramount.com>
39. My Turn
by: <afine@art-cetera.com>
40. Re: My Turn
by: <sgiandomenico@aol.com>
41. Early Preview Footage of Seinfeld's New Movie!
by: <afine@art-cetera.com>
42. Re: My Turn
by: David Walters <dave.walters@comcast.net>
43. Re: SO MANY BIRTHDAY GIFTS
by: Lori Hearon <lhearon@AUSTIN.RR.COM>
44. Re: SO MANY BIRTHDAY GIFTS
by: =?utf-8?B?QWxhbiBGaW5l?= <afine@art-cetera.com>
45. Thanks to the Klubock's
by: Barry Symonds <bsymond1@rochester.rr.com>
46. Staton Rabin article
by: Amy Farber <farberamy@hotmail.com>
47. Please send your pictures!
by: <afine@art-cetera.com>
48. Re: Please send your pictures!
by: <abelarge@optonline.net>
49. Thanks to all
by: <JEBWILK@aol.com>
50. Re: Thanks to all
by: <afine@art-cetera.com>
51. Re: Some pics are up, but we need more!!!!
by: <dave.walters@comcast.net>
52. Re: Thanks to all
by: Ed Weinberg <edw@q5comm.com>
53. The Clinton Story
by: <afine@art-cetera.com>
54. RE: Thanks to all
by: Patricia Sinatra <psinatra@comcast.net>
55. Re: Thanks to all
by: <NYCFD1@aol.com>
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Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 09:24:12 -0400
From: "Wick Rudd" <wickrudd@eastonspointcapital.com>
Subject: RE: Re: Our reunions are the yardstick
I think Julie has it, except I think it was Andre, not Pierre Belarge, and
yes, I too remember Chuckie getting in a boatload of trouble from his dad.
Wick
Richard B. Rudd
Partner
Eastons Point Capital Management, LLC.
8 Freebody St
Newport, RI 02840
401.619.2834 tel
401.855.2519 cell
wickrudd@eastonspointcapital.com
www.eastonspointcapital.com
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Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 11:53:36 -0400
From: <afine@art-cetera.com>
Subject: Who's ASSES are these?
I wrestled Andre and Pierre and could never tell their asses apart.
Alan
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Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 16:09:18 EDT
From: JEBWILK@aol.com
Subject: Re: Our reunions are the yardstick
Well I was dating one of their asses, and I can say, without a doubt, it was
Pierre.
Andre got teased for it though.
-Julie
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Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 18:30:26 -0400
From: "Wick Rudd" <wickrudd@eastonspointcapital.com>
Subject: RE: Our reunions are the yardstick
Hah! Julie, I defer to your expertise.
Richard B. Rudd
Partner
Eastons Point Capital Management, LLC.
8 Freebody St
Newport, RI 02840
401.619.2834 tel
401.855.2519 cell
wickrudd@eastonspointcapital.com
www.eastonspointcapital.com
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Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 23:15:27 -0400
From: <afine@art-cetera.com>
Subject: Free Movie Screenings Around Our Birthday Weekend!
Stay tuned for free Paramount Pictures movie preview screenings on days around our birthday weekend.
Opening in mid-August is "Stardust" starring Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Claire Danes, Sienna Miller, Charlie Cox, Ricky Gervais, Jason Fleming, and Peter O’Toole. To learn more about the movie, please visit www.stardustmovie.com.
So if you are in town, please be ready to take advantage of this offer. Keep checking the RSVP page of our website for dates and how to get your guests and your name on the VIP list.
Alan
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Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 21:30:51 -0700
From: "Patricia Sinatra" <psinatra@comcast.net>
Subject: RE: Our reunions are the yardstick
I thought you were a Saint, Julie.
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Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 22:46:59 -0500
From: lucy riggs <orymay@optonline.net>
Subject: RE: Our reunions are the yardstick
Alan
I should be around the 1 st weekend of August
Dave Riggs
The streakers-
Caruso, richter, Pagan, and Frazier Truscott
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Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 00:09:32 -0400
From: "Jeff Edelman" <jeff@student.com>
Subject: HHS Alumni Party Sat June 2 Reminder
Hey there, class of '75. I hope that I see a bunch of you Sat night at the
HHS Alumni Party. It will be fun. It's going to be from 6 PM to 10 PM at
HHS outside in the Courtyard (right next to the Cochran Gym) and inside in
the Cochran Gym. We'll be serving hot dogs, hamburgers, non-alcoholic
drinks (sorry about that), desserts, and we will even have some more higher
class food around the place for all the sophisticated people from the class
of '75. See you there. Spread the word if you can. Thanks.
Jeff Edelman Class of '76
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Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 05:34:33 -0400
From: Jim Katzenstein <jimk@starkaywhite.com>
Subject: Re: Our reunions are the yardstick
Dave,
Riggs,
Don't be so modest. I know it was you, Frazer, Ray Obriski and Mr.
Motalinski.
Jim K
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Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2007 23:36:39 -0400
From: <afine@art-cetera.com>
Subject: LAST MINUTE INFO!
Anyone in the area wishing to attend Mr. Robert Tucker's retirement party thrown by the Teachers' Union, please let me know right away and we'll see if we can obtain tickets. (A lot of our retired teachers will be there.)
Sorry for the late notice, but I just found out the party is this Wednesday, 6/6/07, at the Riverview on Warburton Ave. in Hastings. I believe it will start at 5:30PM, but need to verify. The cost is $60 a person.
If you are interested, please contact me immediately.
Alan
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Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 2:18:43 -0400
From: <afine@art-cetera.com>
Subject: Pictures are up...
Ed Weinberg graciously donated pictures of the alumni fundraising event for the Hastings Youth Council this weekend. They are posted on the site.
Alan
PS. Keep checking the reunion itinerary. It will change significantly if Billy Kotiatis is successful at planning something special. We will know more in the next two weeks.
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Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2007 12:58:39 +0000
From: dmcquickly@comcast.net
Subject: Re: Who's ASSES are these?
lol Not both at once, though, right Alan? That'd just be weird.
Greg
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Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2007 11:57:22 -0400
From: Ed Weinberg <edw@q5comm.com>
Subject: Re: Pictures are up...
Wow! The event raised $1076. 900 more and we would have hit my
graduation year!
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Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 23:37:33 -0400
From: <afine@art-cetera.com>
Subject: Hastings Teachers' Stickball in NY Times Today
Our Hastings Teachers' Stickball League was featured in the NY Times Today, Sunday. If you don't get the Times, you can visit our website to see the article.
Alan
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Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 2:29:07 -0400
From: <afine@art-cetera.com>
Subject: Billy Did It!!!!
Billy Kotiatis put together quite an enticing event. His premise was... sure you can go to Harvest or Maud's for free and buy nothing, but the reality is you still end up spending money. So for a set price of $30, Billy has put together an almost all-inclusive evening of fun, food and drink with a view. And to help him get his idea across, I spent over 3 hours putting together an online brochure. Please visit our site, take a look at the text and pictures, and start RSVPing (both online and to Billy with money, see the details there).
Hope this starts the excitement flowing,
Alan
PS. We need an immediate volunteer. Would someone be willing to send postcards about this event, so people who are not on our email list will have a chance to attend?
We will need other volunteers at the event. Please see details on our site. Thank you!
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Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2007 16:20:21 -0400
From: <afine@art-cetera.com>
Subject: Birthday Weekend - Update and New Developments
People have been RSVPing for the Friday night BBQ at the Palisades Boat Club on the Hudson. It is early yet, but please check who's name is on the list already and add yours.
Hope to have clearance for a school tour Saturday morning, but we now have Zinsser reserved from 2-6PM, Maud's private back room Saturday night, and permission to use the Hastings Pool from noon until closing on Sunday for $5 per family.
May be adding another free movie premiere to the mix. Aside from "Stardust" with Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Claire Danes, Sienna Miller, Charlie Cox, Ricky Gervais, Jason Fleming, and Peter O’Toole, we may have "Hot Rod" with no one special, but produced by WILL FERRELL and Saturday Night Life's LORNE MICHAELS. Supposed to be funny. Links to both movie websites are at www.art-cetera.com/hastings. Will be posting free premiere movie dates and times tomorrow or Tuesday, so please check in.
Hope I'll see you all,
Alan
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Date: Sun, 01 Jul 2007 21:35:09 -0400
From: "Amy Farber" <farberamy@hotmail.com>
Subject: Barbara Harnack in American Style Magazine
<html><div style='background-color:'><DIV class=RTE>All:
Barbara Harnack and her husband are featured in August's American Style.
I do not yet have a couple of this mag.</DIV>
<DIV class=RTE> </DIV>
<DIV class=RTE><A href="http://www.americanstyle.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&mid=8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791&tier=4&id=31443F9CF5024199ADF13DE7EC39AF11">http://www.americanstyle.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&mid=8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791&tier=4&id=31443F9CF5024199ADF13DE7EC39AF11</A></DIV></div><br
clear=all><hr> <a href="http://g.msn.com/8HMBENUS/2734??PS=47575"
target="_top">Need a break? Find your escape route with Live Search
Maps.</a> </html>
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Date: Sun, 01 Jul 2007 22:01:44 -0400
From: "Amy Farber" <farberamy@hotmail.com>
Subject: RE: Barbara Harnack in American Style Magazine
<html><div style='background-color:'><P>I meant I do not have a copy (not couple) of this magazine issue. Can't type, or write.</P></div><br clear=all><hr> <a href="http://g.msn.com/8HMBENUS/2728??PS=47575" target="_top">Who's that on the Red Carpet? Play & win glamorous prizes.</a> </html>
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Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 23:43:39 -0400
From: <afine@art-cetera.com>
Subject: Birthday Book and Audio Giveaway
Every so often, Paramount over-orders promotional materials. I am donating to the Westchester and Manhattan library systems over 200 copies of the book “A Mighty Heart” by Mariane Pearl on which Paramount based a motion picture, and over 100 copies of the audiobook featuring the author reading the book herself.
Before I have them shipped, I can palm a few copies for people. So let me know if you are interested and I'll bring them to the events on our birthday weekend. If you will not be attending, we'll have to make other arrangements. Just let me know.
Alan
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Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2007 20:06:12 -0400
From: CISToday <CISToday@bellsouth.net>
Subject: Re: Birthday Book and Audio Giveaway
Alan,
Hello my friend,
I am not able to attend the birthday weekend. However, and if it
isn't too much trouble, I would like to learn more about the book and
possibly get a copy to read. What is entailed to get a copy?
Cleve
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Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 18:32:15 -0400
From: "Amy Farber" <farberamy@hotmail.com>
Subject: mildly amusing article about a reunion/50th birthday party
<html><div style='background-color:'><DIV class=RTE>
<P><BR> </P>
<DIV>MONEY TALKS</DIV>
<DIV>G</DIV>
<DIV id=hd><B>Reunion blues: Where did I go wrong? </B></DIV>
<DIV>By GREGG FIELDS </DIV>
<DIV>fields@fiu.edu</DIV>
<DIV>856 words</DIV>
<DIV>9 July 2007</DIV>
<DIV><A onclick="NewWindow( 'FIISrcDetails','?from=article&ids=mhld');return
false;" href="javascript:void(0)">The Miami Herald</A></DIV>
<DIV>F1BM</DIV>
<DIV>15</DIV>
<DIV>English</DIV>
<DIV>(c) Copyright 2007, The Miami Herald. All Rights Reserved. </DIV>
<P></P>
<P>The buffet line flowed freely. </P>
<P>Screams pealed through the air as people looked at old yearbooks. </P>
<P>I hadn't exhaled in two </P>
<P>hours, lest my true waist measurement be revealed. Nor had I smiled
because I hadn't had time to get my teeth whitened as planned. </P>
<P>Ah -- the high school reunion. A recent return trip to the Ohio Valley
taught some valuable lessons on memories, dreams -- and economics. </P>
<P>Because my high school was small, and basically served just one community,
I have known many of my classmates since before first grade. But the term old
acquaintance is beginning to take on a second meaning, because this reunion
was actually a mass <B>50th birthday</B> party for graduates of
the class of `75. </P>
<P>Let me start at the beginning: I'm not 50. Not yet. And I'm developing
a theory that if I leave Australia late on Dec. 7 I will cross the international
dateline and arrive in Los Angeles on Dec. 9, thus missing my <B>50th
birthday</B> and never turning that old, ever. We'll see. </P>
<P>Walking into the banquet hall, I immediately ran into Adam. Adam was
a bit heavier than in high school -- he had, after all, excelled in every sport
offered -- but retained a youthful look. I asked how he had been. </P>
<P>''Kind of bored,'' he said. ``I've been retired for quite awhile.''
</P>
<P>I wasn't sure I'd heard him right, what with the tape of Tony Orlando
and Dawn playing so loud. But then he explained that, once you've put four kids
through the Ivy League, you need to take a break. ''You have kids?'' he asked.
</P>
<P>I shook my head. ``A cat, Sox. He scratches me a lot.'' </P>
<P>Adam asked when I was going to retire. </P>
<P>''I've been running those numbers,'' I said, a bit nervously. What
actually happened was, I typed my savings rate into an AARP computer program.
Turns out I'll be working throughout global warming and will probably need a
part-time gig during the subsequent ice age. </P>
<P>The next classmate was Pendleton. He asked if I was still in Miami.
I said I was. </P>
<P>''I fly through there a lot on the way to Buenos Aires,'' he said.
``Almost my entire real estate portfolio is in Argentina now. What about you?''
</P>
<P>My entire real estate portfolio consists of the smallest house in Northeast
Miami, whose roof leak recently celebrated its second anniversary. </P>
<P>He smiled. ``Thank goodness for business class on those long flights.''
</P>
<P>Personally, I'd considered flying home as a volunteer air courier to
save money. I decided to move on and bumped into Lionel. I'd played a lot of
basketball with Lionel when we were young, which led him into a lucrative career
in sports management. I got bad knees. </P>
<P>Lionel had been easy to like but much easier to hate in high school.
People were constantly asking him if he was a model; he'd been student body
president and prom king, and his 16th birthday present had been a Corvette.
I enjoyed being his friend, but I often wanted to put a mafia contract on him
as well. ''What are you driving these days?'' he asked. </P>
<P>''A Ford,'' I said, as Elton John began to blare Benny and the Jets
. </P>
<P>He smiled. ``Mustang Cobra GT with 500 horsepower? That baby screams.''
</P>
<P>I squinted. ''I think it just says Ford.'' Truthfully, it says F_RD
but I don't know where to buy an O. </P>
<P>He smiled. ``I hope they pull through. But if you decide to trade,
Ferrari has a heck of a warranty. I should know.'' </P>
<P>I should too, just in case I wake up tomorrow as Donald Trump. How
had these old classmates done so well? </P>
<P>Chicago was now playing Saturday in the Park . Mercedes Fitzgerald
took the stage and lowered the volume. ''It's time for prizes,'' she said. </P>
<P>They gave an award for the most receded hairline. The ''least changed''
prize was broken down into ''with work'' and ''without work.'' Surprisingly,
the same person won both, due to subcategories for various body parts. </P>
<P>'And now we're going to give the `Most likely to say, Can I supersize
that for you?' award,'' Mercedes said. </P>
<P>I began to sweat profusely. Did I need this humiliation? </P>
<P>But the award went to Lionel. Turns out some of his sports clients
are suspected of steroid use. </P>
<P>It was time to go, and we filed out as Carole King wailed that it's
too late, baby. </P>
<P>Yeah, it's too late -- for this reunion. But before the next one I
plan to lose two inches from the waist. I'll get my teeth whitened. And to the
degree possible, I'll make several million dollars. </P>
<P>Maybe it'd just be easier to hold my breath, smile stiffly and lie.
</P>
<P>Gregg Fields, a former Miami Herald business writer, is coordinator
of the master's in business journalism program at Florida International University.
He can be reached at fields@fiu.edu. </P></DIV></div><br
clear=all><hr> <a href="http://g.msn.com/8HMAENUS/2740??PS=47575"
target="_top">Missed the show? Watch videos of the Live Earth
Concert on MSN.</a> </html>
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Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 09:03:52 -0400
From: Ed Weinberg <edw@q5comm.com>
Subject: [Fwd: Barry Olsen Quartet Thurs. July 12, 2007 12:30-2:00 PM (today)]
-------- Forwarded Message --------
From: Barry Olsen <barry@mandaramusic.com>
Subject: Barry Olsen Quartet Thurs. July 12, 2007 12:30-2:00 PM (today)
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 02:48:13 -0400
If you are around midtown and want to hear a free concert come check
out:
The Barry Olsen Quartet
Valerie Dee Naranjo - gyil, percussion, vocals
Vince Cherico - drums
Essiet Okon Essiet - bass
Barry Olsen - piano, trombone, percussion
375 Park Ave. (between 52nd & 53rd)
Thurs. July 12, 2007
12:30-2:00 PM
The weather should be nice. Not too hot.
--
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Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 22:58:40 -0400
From: <afine@art-cetera.com>
Subject: Just over 2 weeks...
Gang,
During our 30th reunion, people having a great time said how much they wanted to do get together again, but sooner than 5 years. That's when many were very vocal about having a 50th birthday party.
I hope people weren't just talking, because Billy and I took the request to heart and went to a lot of trouble to get a very beautiful venue locked away just for us.
So far only seven people paid for the event. Billy says we need another 21 or we'll have to call it off. If you haven't, now is the time to RSVP online to let others know this is a bigger event than the current RSVP list shows.
Also please send $30/person this week (or 7/26 the latest) to:
Bill Kotiadis
30 Pinecrest Parkway,
Hastings-on-Hudson, NY 10706
Tel: 914-478-2012
And don't forget: we organized a school tour and reserved Zinsser on Saturday, so let us know if you can make those events too. Please visit www.art-cetera.com/hastings.
Thanks,
Alan
PS. To save on postage, I will have free copies with me of the book or audiobook of "A Mighty Heart" for those who requested them both Friday and Saturday night. If we somehow miss each other, I will have Paramount ship them to you COD for probably less than 5 bucks.
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Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 12:48:07 -0500
From: "Susan Drinkard" <textornado@hotmail.com>
Subject: RE: Just over 2 weeks...
I was one of the people who wanted to have the 50th birthday celebration,
but my daughter is getting married in September which has put a strain on my
cash flow. I hope you do get a good group together and have a great
celebration, it looks like a great time. I really enjoyed attending the
30th celebration last year.
Regards,
Susan Drinkard.
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Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 22:44:07 -0400
From: "Pierre Belarge" <pierre@etsny.com>
Subject: First time
Hey
My brother told me about this site, and I finally received an email from
him...we usually converse telepathically. It only took him 51 years to
email me.
I have taken a quick peek at the site and it seems as though someone has
worked very hard over the years. I had tried to find this site by
googling, but only found porn - now I am hooked on the porn, thanks...HE
HE, only kidding...I was hooked on the porn way earlier J
BTW:
In the streaking picture, the four are from left to right, Joe
Pagan-Pierre Belarge (he is the cute one), Chuck Caruso and Nick
McMaster.
Barbara says she cannot remember how the bet started, so I will relate
my vague memory of it.
During wrestling practice we would walk from the wrestling room upstairs
down to the locker room. One day we were walking down with very little
clothing (ah... no clothing) and the cheerleaders (some of them) were in
the hall down by the locker room. After we showered and dressed, they
saw us in the hall and made the bet. I remember Barbara Schmidt and
Barbara Minkowitz were there. If there were others, then my memory fails
me...whats new?
Dave Richter and a few others ran through the school a couple of days
later. I believe Dave broke his leg or ankle falling.
Pierre
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Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 06:11:13 EDT
From: JEBWILK@aol.com
Subject: Re: First time
Alan has done an awesome job over the years keeping our class site up and
running. I am happy to see how many of the class of '74 have recently
discovered the site - WELCOME - and hope y'all can make the birthday party!
Thanks again, Alan, for all you do for us!!!
-Julie
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Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 07:33:35 -0700
From: "Patricia Sinatra" <psinatra@comcast.net>
Subject: RE: First time
A Ha! I knew I had seen Richter naked somewhere.
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Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 02:53:55 +0000
From: smb9220@comcast.net
Subject: RE: Just over 2 weeks...
I, too, won't be able to come as I have some pre-existing commitments here at home. Here's wishing all a happy 50th birthday, whether or not that milestone has actually been reached. I reached it in February and it was relatively painless.....
Steve Bass
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Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 17:05:17 EDT
From: JaneGaughran@aol.com
Subject: Re: Just over 2 weeks...
I can't go to this event either, since we're heading out for the family
vacation (last one before my older daughter goes to college) at the same time.
But I would have loved to join everyone and hope it's a blast -
not sure being fifty is so great, but the parties are.. Jane
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Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 05:25:34 +0000
From: dmcquickly@comcast.net
Subject: Re: Just over 2 weeks...
I'm sorry to say that things have come up and I can't make it back there for our birthday! Believe me, I feel terrible about this. I was really looking forward to seeing everyone.
But look on the bright side: Now that I'm not going, maybe Anne will get to come and say her hellos!
Everyone have a great time. I'll be thinking about you.
Greg
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Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 18:41:19 -0700 (PDT)
From: sidebothamj@yahoo.com
Subject: Yahoo! Auto Response
I'm on the road again and will be checking email once in a while, but not daily.
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Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 0:33:04 -0400
From: <alan@classroomencounters.org>
Subject: Barry Symonds does it again...
Our school was represented by Barry Symonds at the Empire State Games this weekend. Please visit the homepage of our website to see Barry's stats and a picture of him wearing the 1 silver and 5 gold metals he won. He looks not unlike Mark Spitz.
Congratulations Barry!
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Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 09:44:31 -0400
From: jmshillinglaw@aol.com
Subject: Re: Barry Symonds does it again...
Congratulations Barry!
Sorry I missed you this past weekend. So what's next...the senior Olympics? (Seems odd to be calling ourselves seniors but then again I just got my AARP mailing!).
Jamie Shillinglaw
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Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 23:00:02 +0000
From: dmcquickly@comcast.net
Subject: Re: Barry Symonds does it again...
Barry, congratulations you stud! We're proud of you!
Don Wynes says hi, by the way.
Greg
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Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 22:01:11 -0400
From: <afine@art-cetera.com>
Subject: Birthday Gifts to all Attending!
Friday night -- and Saturday night if supplies last -- we will be giving away "birthday gifts" (promotional items from recent Paramount Pictures film releases) enough for everyone attending, we hope. We will be giving away soundtracks, t-shirts, dvd games, jackets, cooler bags and cups from "Transformers," "Shrek the Third," "Blades of Glory," "An Inconvenient Truth," "Charlotte's Web," "Jackass: Number Two" and "The Last Kiss."
You know how hard it is to win movie items from a radio station? Well, you won't have to go through that this weekend (except we might reserve the bigger prizes for best Karaoke performance).
See you there!
Alan
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Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 19:18:33 -0700
From: "Patricia Sinatra" <psinatra@comcast.net>
Subject: RE: Birthday Gifts to all Attending!
Hmmm. Somewhow I was thinking that a jar of Tucks and Depends might be more
in order.
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Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 20:48:35 -0700
From: "Patricia Sinatra" <psinatra@comcast.net>
Subject: RE: Birthday Gifts to all Attending!
Hey, we should bring a couple of guitars to our reunion--kulsha and
maggi--that means you! (We can revisit the magic of
"sparks")
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Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2007 18:59:02 -0700
From: "Fine, Alan - Paramount" <Alan_Fine@Paramount.com>
Subject: SO MANY BIRTHDAY GIFTS
Guests visiting the Boat Club and Maud's should bring bags to help them carry all the gifts and prizes home. (There will probably be enough to take extra back for friends and family not present.). The Paramount Pictures promotional birthday gifts and party favors arrived today in 6 big boxes which were stacked floor to ceiling at my door.
Tell me we're not going to have fun?
PS. Don't forget. We need money to pay for food and the use of the boat club. If you can't get money to Billy beforehand, PLEASE bring it with you the night of the party so he gets out of debt. ($30/person)
Thanks,
Alan
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Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2007 22:49:16 -0400
From: <afine@art-cetera.com>
Subject: My Turn
I always love sharing good news about a classmate. Ironically, my favorite classmate, ME, rarely gets press. Well, here is some good news I would like to share.
First, you know how in Hollywood, a person might be introduced as "ACADEMY AWARD WINNING ACTOR so and so?" Well, Rita Chang and I have earned the right to say: The NATIONAL SCIENCE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION recommended DVD series "Classroom Encounters" has been purchased by yet another library system, none other than our very own Hastings Library, and we have been asked to do a presentation in conjunction with the Hastings Science Department. (Mr. McGuinness has consented to participate.) Please visit www.classroomencounters.org to see clips and other interesting tidbits. Please spread the word about this series to any teachers or librarians you know. It would help get this valuable information out there and help us a lot.
Next, a NY stage director is about to send my play "Fountain of Youth" around town to try to drum up interest in readings and possible short out-of-town runs in preparation for... I won't even dare to say it since there is so much that could stop it. When the time comes for these readings or shows though (especially backer auditions), I hope I can count on the support of nearby friends and family to attend.
And finally, Howard Stern fans would be interested to know Jackie "The Jokeman" Martling (Stern's head writer for 15 years) and I are working on a project together which involves a massive joke collection dating back to 1932 and what to do with it.
More on all of these when I know more.
See you Friday, I hope.
a
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Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2007 10:39:43 -0400
From: sgiandomenico@aol.com
Subject: Re: My Turn
Alan,
Congratulations! How wonderful for you and Rita!? I've been reading all the
pre-birthday emails wistfully, wishing I could pop down to Hastings for a quick
& fun walk down memory (Edgar's?) Lane.
But it's not to be - my oldest gets home from a week away, my youngest gets
ready to go away, and Andy leaves early Saturday for an orientation kayaking
trip in the Adirondacks.? Did I already tell you he's going to Colgate?? And
their summer reading is The Weather Makers.? Timely, no?
Anyway, here's one of my all-time favorite Polish jokes:
Q: Why don't Poles use ice cubes?
A: The lady with the recipe died.
I know it's probably not PC to tell Polish jokes these days; you could just substitute any group.? A friend of mine who grew up in Canada told me that there, these are all Ukrainian jokes.? Oh well.
Good luck with "Fountain of Youth" - it must be exciting and nerve-wracking at the same time!? Please let me know if any opf those out-of-town opportunities end up in these parts (at Tufts, maybe?).
Happy Birthday to all you young HHS '75-ers!
Sonia
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Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 11:28:39 -0400
From: <afine@art-cetera.com>
Subject: Early Preview Footage of Seinfeld's New Movie!
Check this out. If you are in town for the Birthday weekend, or if you are just in town, this is an invitation the the inner sanctum at Paramount Pictures, the private PARAMOUNT SCREENING ROOM.
I can get you into a special presentation of about 30 minutes of footage from the DreamWorks Animation Fall Release. Written and starring Jerry Seinfeld, it is called "The Bee Movie."
Monday, August 6th
4:00pm or 6:00pm
Paramount Screening Room
1515 Broadway, at 45th Street, 3rd Floor
New York
If you want to go, please tell me how many people you will be bringing and email me at alan_fine@paramount.com.
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Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2007 12:06:57 -0700
From: David Walters <dave.walters@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: My Turn
My sister Rebeca invented a way to make this all politically correct.
Instead targeting one nationality, and the genre for these jokes are
called "ethnic jokes" in any event, she substitutes the specific
nationality and replaces with the relatively nondescript term "ethnic".
As in "how many ethnics does it take...".. etc. Knock yourselves
out...shouldn't raise too many eyebrows.
David
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Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 16:48:33 -0500
From: "Lori Hearon" <lhearon@AUSTIN.RR.COM>
Subject: Re: SO MANY BIRTHDAY GIFTS
Dear Allan ,
Wishing you and all of the Class of '75 a Very Happy 50th Birthday! Wish I
could be there to enjoy the party at the Boat Club, instead I'll have to
substitute dinner on the Colorado River / Lake Austin with a margarita. I'll
try make a visit back to NY in the fall, so if anyone is around maybe we can
meet for drinks. (I'll bring the Tito's!) Send my best to Terri and everyone
!
Lori Heady
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Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 21:52:20 +0000
From: <afine@art-cetera.com>
Subject: Re: SO MANY BIRTHDAY GIFTS
Lori.
I'm here at the boat club on yet another river. I will toast you as the sun sets and tell all where you are. Titos is gone and has been replentished. You converted me.
Love and kisses.
Alan
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Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 19:34:56 -0400
From: "Barry Symonds" <bsymond1@rochester.rr.com>
Subject: Thanks to the Klubock's
Just wanted to send a thanks to the Klubock's for the incredible hospitality
while I was at the games last weekend. Steve, Sue and Emily were terrific.
Also, many thanks to Alan Fine, Dave Virrill and Eric Zaidins for visiting
on Sunday night. It was great seeing you guys.
Barry
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Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2007 10:33:14 -0400
From: "Amy Farber" <farberamy@hotmail.com>
Subject: Staton Rabin article
<html><div style='background-color:'><DIV class=RTE>
<DIV>Staton Rabin showed up for the Hastings Youth Council Fundraiser
in 2006 at the Edelman house:</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Westchester Weekly Desk; SECT14WC</DIV>
<DIV id=hd><B>An Author for Young Adults, Blending Facts and Fantasy
</B></DIV>
<DIV>By ROBERTA HERSHENSON </DIV>
<DIV>769 words</DIV>
<DIV>29 July 2007</DIV>
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<P>DURING the reign of Czar Nicholas II of Russia, Jews lived in fear
of pogroms, anti-Semitic bursts of violence that the czar did nothing to stop.
Staton Rabin, author of the recently published young adult novel ''The Curse
of the Romanovs,'' recalls her grandmother's tales of hiding under the bed when
the Cossacks invaded her house in Warsaw, which was then part of the Russian
empire. </P>
<P>Her grandmother emigrated to the United States in 1911 at age 12 to
flee the pogroms. So it might come as a surprise that Ms. Rabin, a 49-year-old
Irvington resident, tells a sympathetic story of the Romanovs from the viewpoint
of the royals' young hemophiliac son, Alexei. She does not excuse what she calls
the czar's ''well-documented'' anti-Semitism, but she says empathy for the close-knit
family, murdered in 1918 by the Bolsheviks, led her to write the book. </P>
<P>''The inexorable fate of the Romanovs is what captured me,'' she said.
''The true story of Nicholas and Alexandra and their children was not just a
Russian tragedy -- it was more like a Greek tragedy.'' </P>
<P>The factual arc of their story has everything, she said -- sex, romance,
murder and mystery: ''You couldn't have scripted this better if it came out
of Hollywood.'' </P>
<P>Still, Ms. Rabin, the author of several novels, has spiced the facts
with fantasy, invoking time travel and adding a budding 21st-century medical
scientist to help young readers understand Alexei's plight. She also cushions
the blow of Alexei's death with her own interpretation of his fabled missing
bones. </P>
<P>''The Curse of the Romanovs'' (Simon & Schuster) plays up the
role of the so-called mad monk Rasputin, who became a close adviser to the empress
in part because of his ability to stop Alexei's bleeding episodes. Ms. Rabin
places Rasputin at the center of a shocking plot twist that heightens his already
intense involvement with the royals. </P>
<P>She says she often bases her books on little-known or offbeat incidents
that she discovers while reading history for pleasure. In an earlier novel,
''Betsy and the Emperor'' (Simon & Schuster, 2004), which is also based
on a true episode, a 14-year-old girl comes to admire Napoleon while he is living
in exile in her family's house on St. Helena. The book has been published in
14 languages and will soon be made into a movie, ''The Master of Longwood.''
</P>
<P>''Writers look for stories that go against the grain a bit and defy
people's expectations,'' said Ms. Rabin, who once worked as a story analyst
for several companies, including Warner Brothers, and is a senior writer for
Script magazine. She currently gives talks on screenwriting at places like New
York University and the Hudson Valley Writers' Center in Sleepy Hollow. She
says that she conceives her books as screenplays and that she deliberately writes
about juicy and complex characters in an effort to attract movie stars. </P>
<P>Al Pacino is set to play Napoleon when ''The Master of Longwood'' begins
filming next year. If ''The Curse of the Romanovs'' becomes a movie, Ms. Rabin
said, she hopes Johnny Depp will play Rasputin. </P>
<P>Ms. Rabin grew up in Hastings-on-Hudson where her father, Gideon Rabin,
a novelist, and her mother, Mury, a graphic artist, still live. Ms. Rabin, who
doesn't drive, sometimes walks the four miles from Irvington to visit her parents,
and takes shorter walks each day to the Irvington Public Library to conduct
research and chat with the librarians -- among them is Marian Natter, a children's
librarian who advised Ms. Rabin on the manuscript for ''The Curse.'' </P>
<P>When asked about being a young adult author, Ms. Rabin said: ''We don't
write for children. What determines a young adult book is the age of the main
character.'' </P>
<P>Although she has no children of her own, she said she identifies with
children's ''passionate enthusiasm'' and believes they should be told the truth
about life. </P>
<P>''Evil doesn't always come in a recognizable package, and children
need to understand the different forms that evil can take,'' she said. ''I don't
think it's dangerous for children or teens to know about the real world. It
equips them better to make moral choices if they know what life will hand them.''
</P>
<P>Photo: From HISTORY Staton Rabin wrote ''The Curse of the Romanovs''
from the perspective of the royal family's son, Alexei. (Photograph by Librado
Romero/The New York Times) </P></DIV></div><br clear=all><hr>
<a href="http://g.msn.com/8HMBENUS/2737??PS=47575" target="_top">A
new home for Mom, no cleanup required. All starts here.</a> </html>
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Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2007 22:54:51 -0400
From: <afine@art-cetera.com>
Subject: Please send your pictures!
Pat Sinatra sent the first small batch of pictures from the weekend. They arrived today and I posted them this evening. Thank you, Pat.
Those of you with pictures, please try to send them as soon as possible. I would like to post them by the weekend as I'm going on vacation next week and I'd like this project finished before I leave.
Congratulations, Billy on a tremendous event. Right before the end, things got rough and you told me, "I should have kept my big mouth shut," but if you had, we wouldn't have the new set of memories we're going to carry with us always. Thank you for that.
Thank you everyone who participated. And those who did not, we missed you.
Alan
PS. Please consider writing your impressions of the weekend and I'll compile them and add them to the page with the pictures. Using the website to look back, events with people's writen impresssions are more vivid to me than the events without them.
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Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2007 13:41:47 +0000 (GMT)
From: abelarge@optonline.net
Subject: Re: Please send your pictures!
Alan,
I have pictures that I will not be able to send until I return from my vacation around the 21st.
You and Billy did a better than terrific job with the b-day bash, thanks for letting us crash.
Andre
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Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2007 21:41:20 EDT
From: JEBWILK@aol.com
Subject: Thanks to all
Thank you Bill for a GREAT outing at the boat club. It was an awesome
location, including the unplanned (although Alan did try to take credit) lightning
show and you worked awfully hard to fill our bellies with some great shrimp,
steak and chicken! You picked a great location!!! I hope you had some fun,
too!
Thank you Alan, for all you always do on our class' behalf. Thanks also for
the "private" school tour. Will you ever get over "Sushi Tuesday"?
Thank you Rick, Pat, Bill, Irene and Alan for playing ball with my family.
And, finally, thank you all for welcoming and putting up with my entire
family, especially for not complaining too bitterly when we took over the karaoke
machine.
It was a blast to see each and every one of you. You all surely made our
50th a very special and forever memorable birthday.
-Julie (Blasberg)
PS-To: Jeff Edelman--The name of the book is "Looking for the Klondike
Stone," by Elizabeth Arthur. Say hi to Pete for me.
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Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 21:31:24 -0400
From: <afine@art-cetera.com>
Subject: Re: Thanks to all
I beg your pardon. I put as much work into that lightning storm as I did getting the Clintons next to us at Harvest.
a
> Thank you Bill for a GREAT outing at the boat club. It was an awesome
> location, including the unplanned (although Alan did try to take credit)
lightning
> show
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Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2007 09:01:00 +0000
From: dave.walters@comcast.net
Subject: Re: Some pics are up, but we need more!!!!
I am, folks, completely blown away by these pictures. I would love to have been there (and not just because I've never been to this Yacht Club!). Having Sumner Jaretski & Phil Riley, people I haven't seen I think since graduation is truly a gift! Thank you for having this event and allowing us to view it from afar. Our class, I believe, is very special. Among my co-workers none have reunions or get togethers like the class of 1975. We should all be proud.
David Walters
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Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2007 04:30:30 -0400
From: Ed Weinberg <edw@q5comm.com>
Subject: Re: Thanks to all
On Fri, 2007-08-10 at 21:54 -0400, Hastings Alumni Email Forum wrote:
> From the HASTINGS CLASS OF '75
> (also including teachers and other classes)
> EMAIL BULLETIN BOARD
> www.art-cetera.com/hastings
> ---------------------------------------------
> Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 21:31:24 -0400
> From: <afine@art-cetera.com>
> Subject: Re: Thanks to all
>
> I beg your pardon. I put as much work into that lightning storm as I did
getting the Clintons next to us at Harvest.
>
Alan, can you tell us that story about the Clintons? You mentioned it
at the party, but I did not get the whole story.
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Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2007 8:21:16 -0400
From: <afine@art-cetera.com>
Subject: The Clinton Story
Ed,
For those new to the email list, or those who want to reminisce, you can see one picture and read about the Clinton story this way:
Go to www.art-cetera.com/hastings
Go to "Recap of the 30th Anniversary Reunion" (left pane)
Scroll almost to the bottom. The page has almost no text, until this story is told.
Enjoy,
a
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Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2007 08:25:47 -0700
From: "Patricia Sinatra" <psinatra@comcast.net>
Subject: RE: Thanks to all
Now, don't be shy.
Billy, Tom, and Alan
I would like to thank the three of you for arranging this reunion. The
Yacht club was great, the food was too, and the lightening storm was fun
(never see them out here). I arranged that (just in case you were curious)
I had a fantastic time, and was very happy to see everyone. These events
are always a very grounding experience for me and I appreciate them
enormously. I miss Hastings and NY often.
Our door is open to those who plan on visiting in the SF Bay area.
Pat
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Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2007 10:25:04 EDT
From: NYCFD1@aol.com
Subject: Re: Thanks to all
hey pat,
i thought alan said he arranged for the light show !!!!!!!!!
R