THE BLUE RIVER VALLEY CLASS OF 1966 CELEBRATED THEIR 40TH CLASS REUNION WITH A THREE DAY EVENT. ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, CLASSMATES MET IN MOORELAND TO DECORATE A FLOAT TO ENTER IN THE MOORELAND FAIR PARADE. OUR FLOAT CAME IN 2ND IN IT'S CLASS. YIPPEE!! (THANKS TO DAVE & SUE JESTER FOR DONATING THE WAGON ).
CLASSMATES RODE THE CLASS OF "66" FLOAT IN THE SATURDAY PARADE WITH MUCH ENTHUSIASM AND JOY AT BEING TOGETHER AGAIN AND ACTING LIKE KIDS AS THEY SANG 60'S MUSIC AND THREW 120 POUNDS OF CANDY TO THE KIDS ALONG THE PARADE ROUTE.

SATURDAY NIGHT THEY ENJOYED AN EVENING INTO THE WEE HOURS OF THE NIGHT AT THE RAINTREE INN EATING TOP HAT PIZZA AND REMINISCING ABOUT SCHOOL DAYS AND THE MANY PIZZAS THEY HAD EATEN IN THEIR HIGH SCHOOL YEARS. THE TOP HAT WAS A FAVORITE EATING, MEETING, AND DATING PLACE FOR THE CLASS OF '66'. MANY A WORLD PROBLEM HAD BEEN SOLVED OVER A ROYAL FEAST OF PIZZA & CHERRY COKE.

SPECIAL GUESTS WERE HERB AND JUDY BUNCH. MRS. BUNCH WAS A GRADE SCHOOL TEACHER FOR ALUMNI FROM MT. SUMMIT.

ON SUNDAY, THE CLASS MET AT MEMORIAL PARK FOR A PICNIC. A FUN TIME WAS HAD BY ALL AND IT WAS DECIDED THAT WE DID NOT WANT TO WAIT 10 YEARS TO BE TOGETHER AGAIN, BUT WOULD SHOOT FOR A 45 YEAR REUNION. PLANS AND SUGGESTIONS ARE ALREADY BEGINNING.

PLANNING AND STRATEGY SESSIONS WERE HELD BY BARBARA CROSS, MIKE MILLER, SUE & DAVE JESTER, LARRY BERTRAM, ROD GRIM, DONNA RADFORD-CARNES, AND CLASS OFFICERS STEVE RIGGS, CINDY GUFFEY-BURKE, AND LARRY COOPER.

PRIZES WERE AWARDED IN THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:

TRAVELING THE FURTHEST= LELAND & JANELLE BROWN-KEESLING, NEW MEXICO
MOST CHILDREN (5) = BERNICE ROBERTS STACEY & HUSBAND, LEE
MOST GRANDCHILDREN (10) = DAVE & SUE CONWELL- JESTER
LEAST AMOUNT OF HAIR = DARRYL INGRAM
SINGLES = DIANA IGO, JULIE BRENNEMAN, BARBARA CROSS
LEAST CHANGED = LARRY BERTRAM
MOST CHANGED = DIANA IGO

CLASSMATES ATTENDING SOME, OR ALL OF THE EVENTS WERE:

LELAND & JANELLE BROWN KEESLING, SANTE FE, NEW MEXICO
MIKE MILLER, NEW LISBON, INDIANA
DON PERDUE, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA
STEVE PROVINCE, MIDDLETOWN, INDIANA
HARVEY HALL, ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO
JOAN BURKE SEXTON, SPRINGPORT, INDIANA
BERNICE ROBERTS STACEY, NEW CASTLE, INDIANA
MIKE MATTHEWS, NEW CASTLE, INDIANA
STEVE RIGGS ( TREASURER, CLASS OF 66 ), GREENFIELD, INDIANA
JULIANNA JESTER STOTZ, SPRINGFIELD, VIRGINIA
PATRICK MCALLISTER, MOUNT SUMMIT, INDIANA
REBECCA CHAMBERS-PARKS, (VALEDICTORIAN 66 )SPRINGPORT, INDIANA
NINA LAMB-POPE, NEW CASTLE, INDIANA
DONALD SPARKS, NEW CASTLE, INDIANA
RONALD AND BECKY HARVEY-BLEVINS, NEW CASTLE, INDIANA
BARBARA CROSS, NEW CASTLE, INDIANA
SANDRA KIDD-FARMER, NORTH WEBSTER, INDIANA
SHARON SCHMIADE FOSTER, SPRINGPORT, INDIANA
DAVID HEALTON, MOORELAND, INDIANA
DARRYL INGRAM, BRIDGEWATER, NEW JERSEY
DONALD BLEVINS, NEW CASTLE, INDIANA
CINDY GUFFEY-BURKE ( VP, CLASS OF 66 ), SYLVA, NORTH CAROLINA
LARRY COOPER ( PRESIDENT, CLASS OF 66 ) ATLANTA, GEORGIA
JANICE VAUGHN, NEW CASTLE, INDIANA
LINDA GOBLE-FOWLER, MIDDLETOWN, INDIANA
LOIS LOSEY-HICKS, NEW CASTLE, INDIANA
DAVID AND SUE CONWELL-JESTER, MOORELAND, INDIANA
JULIA BRENNEMAN, KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN
DONNA RADFORD-CARNES, NEW CASTLE, INDIANA
DAVID CROSS, NEW CASTLE, INDIANA
ROD GRIM, SPRINGPORT, INDIANA
DIANA IGO, BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA
LARRY BERTRAM, NEW CASTLE, INDIANA
FRANCES BENNETT

LOOKING FORWARD TO SUGGESTIONS FOR OUR 45TH IN 2011.
CRUISES?
MEETING IN OTHER PLACES?
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