Our July 22 reunion at Trinity Hall, St. Aloysius Catholic Church, Point Arena, was well attended. The reunion had been postponed for three years because of Covid, and almost got postponed this year too when a vandal burned down our wonderful Gualala Community Center building (constructed in 1954) in February.
Fortunately Trinity Hall was reopened after a long shut-down period. Then the Gualala Lions pitched in and did the cooking plus helped with setting up the tables and chairs and decorations in our Pirate blue and gold theme.
Lion helpers were Richard and Sandra Ryder and son, Chuck Cappotto, and Tim Cowman, plus our friend Rusty.
Attendees
| Betty and Richard Rondeau | |||
| Michael and Alice Combs | |||
| Chuck York | |||
| Cindy Franci and Gary Sundstrom | |||
| Lawrence Girelli | |||
| Allan Dingman | |||
| Marcie Cook | |||
| Patricia (Cook) Leavitt | |||
| Ruby Cook Davis | |||
| Ron and Kathy Combs | |||
| Randi and Clarice Olsen | |||
| Caren Franci | |||
| Tamara Fishberg | |||
| Dennis Craig, Denise, Janet Robinson | |||
| Cheryl Dennison | |||
| Tom and Leslie Walker | |||
| Roger and Judy Seymour | |||
| Alice Garret and daughter | |||
| Phil Reynolds | |||
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| Gary and Dorothy Craig | |||
| John Stibi | |||
| David and Lissa Schuler | |||
| Stan and Angela Solbeck | |||
| Candy and Richard Harris | |||
| Walt and Donna Stornetta | |||
| Judy Ferguson | |||
| Roger Edwards and Agnes Brenneman |
Our next reunion will be July 26, 2025, in Ellington Hall, Santa Rosa. Why Santa Rosa? More of our schoolmates live there or close by than anywhere else. I remembered a lesson from History when Mohammad said "If the mountain won't come to Mohammad, Mohammad will go to the mountain."
So we are taking the party to the people because it's a lot easier for most to get to Santa Rosa than Gualala or Point Arena. More hotels. More restaurants. Less driving narrow winding roads. Charles Schultz airport. SMART train. Cost will be $100 per person, so start saving.
Details will sent in the 2024 Christmas letter, but start planing to attend now so this will be our biggest reunion yet.
Mike
Michael Combs
PO Box 1639
Gualala, CA 95445
(707)884-3741 or (707)321-7671
mcombs@pacifc.net
