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Reunion News
The Class of '79 25 year reunion is planned for August 13-15.
Please email Tracy Kangas at kangasdesigns@bresnan.net to let her know if you're attending the reunion.
Pre-registration Friday, August 13 in Senior High, near office, from 1 - 4:30 pm. Just look for Bryan Anderson.
August 13: Friday, 7:00 keggar on Blains property, see following
for
directions;
go south on South Billings Blvd, turn right on Jellison Road, go past the city
landfill entrance, continue on that road onto the Blain's property, then
look for signs(or a big bonfire and cars). The kegger will be down by
the river.
Saturday August 14: Golf in afternoon
Casual get together at golf course(either Eagle
Rock or Pryor Creek)
Family Picnic at North Park starting at 1:00 pm; BBQ fun games and prizes.
Saturday Evening, Magic City Blues Festival
Should get tickets prior to the event as it will probably sell
out. The
website is:
www.magiccityblues.com The phone number is:(406) 670-2329. You
can also
get tickets at Billings HOLIDAY station stores or Rimrock Mall.
Saturday
afternoon there is a free concert and kids fun time. Maybe some
will want
to go to our picnic and then this deal.
We will have a banner at the Blues Festival - we will have some chairs, and
a place to
meet, in front of McCormick Cafe, 2419 Montana Ave. --the Rex was
to be our
spot, but the organizers moved us to McCormicks.
Sunday, August 15, 9:30, The fellowship Sunday morning is at Perkins 825 N.
27th street,
9:30 am, and will be a time for anyone who wants to to shore
what God has
been doing in their lives.
Lunch picnic at Pioneer Park.
We will charge for the weekend, not including the Magic City
Blues Festival
or Prayer Breakfast or Golf Tournament.
$15 for singles and $25 for families. This is only to cover the
costs. What
ever is left over will go into our Class of 79' fund for the
next reunion.
Like in the past, it will be put it into a CD after our event.
For more information: Call Dana Ventling at 406-591-1885, Bryan
Anderson at
252-3279, Tracy Kangas at 256-7497 or Russ Fagg (I need to get
this from
him)
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Hi all,
See below for some great info!!! Russ Fagg sent me this email with reunion news and some updates on our classmates.
Rob
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Since many of my friends are to modest(or lazy) to update you on their lives, I thought I'd
take a stab at non-job fun stuff they are up to:
BRUCE LECLAIRE skiies about 40-50 days a year. MIKE WOODS married KATHY FOWLER(now Woods), and they have two beautiful children, Joseph and Annie, who they are getting skiing this year. JAY BERRY runs horse whisperer clinics in his spare time. COBEY THEADE just retired and is now building his dream home. SCOTT JOHNSON has taken up kayaking. LANI LARANGO just bought a Montana cabin near Red Lodge with DANA VENTLING'S help, who is heading up our reunion, with TRACY KANGAS, who is recently back in Billings, big into gynmastics, and her Hubby JOHN KANGAS who cheerfully put on a retirement party for Cobey recently. DAVE CHRISTIANSON has two beautiful girls with LORI CLEAVENGER: the three women are super runners, and Dave is their biggest fan. AL BLAIN is flying hugmongus helicopters, and when you come to the kegger
Friday night, look out for falling water. ROBIN DANGERFIELD also has two beautiful daughters (must be something in the Billings water) and a neat wife you can meet at the reunion. BRIAN LINDE swinging a very hot golf stick, and JOHN SMOOT is traveiling to, and speaking, Russian these days--see him at the reunion, and find out why. STEVE MICHAEL is winning the race for father of the year, and is fixing up the Switzers old house. NANCY BICK is building a home in Washington and doing some writing. BRYAN ANDERSON was the impetus to getting this reunion going, as was SCOTT MUTCH(now in Wisconsin) with his launch 5 years ago. ARDIS MOE is doing great aids research at UCLA, and MITCH HOFF can still play a mean game of softball. BILL GRUNSTEAD won a Harley a few years ago, but, alas, sold it. ERIC FURSTEBURG can still hit the golfball a mile, and I don't know what TRACY MIYAGISIMA or DIXIE CHRISTIANSON are up to, but I'll start making up stories if they are not here for our reunion. JEFF SCHLABS jumps out of perfectly good airplanes regularly, and SUE SOLIE is out on the Yellowstone River 12 days out of 14. PATTI NELSON married upperclassman Mickey Gordon, and DOUG ROBINSON now roots for West High School, if you can believe it. DARRYL THOMPSON bought a beautiful old house in historic Billings. WAYNE TOWNSEND can still take on any six of us, and TOD SIMON is loving life in Red Lodge. CHERYL CORNISH married Carl Anderson and is home schooling two great kids. JERRY YOUNG is
living in Paradise Valley. SALLY CORNING is living the good live in Taos(I think). JAY STOVALL
now goes by Manny, and has a great wife and family. DAVE MCKINNEY has a fire truck he rents out, and PAULA NESMITH is wrestling two great boys. I see DOREEN CORNWELL's mom often at the YMCA, and BARB THOMPSON is carting kids hinder and yon.
Well, I've no doubt exhausted my audience, and upset many, so it is time to sign off. Hope to catch up at the reunion.
Fondly,
Russ