Monday, September 29, 2008

Thanks to all who attended


The 25th reunion is now past. While attendance was smaller than at prior reunions, everyone who attended appeared to have a great time.

Special thanks go out to all who helped with the reunion... Brenda Hall Boocher, Dawn Eshelman Henely, Kari Miller Lewallen, Mike Ahonen, Tim Gardner, Carla Stutzman Mathis, Mike Bontrager, and Beth Lehman Flint, and my family.

Also a huge thanks goes to Gary Welling who again shared his photography skills with us. Gary provides this service for us at no charge. We can show our appreciation to him by placing orders for the photos he took. We are very fortunate to have a professional photographer on our class list and willing to help us out. When he has the photos ready, we'll be posting small sized versions of them here, along with information on how you can order prints if you want.

And thanks to the following people who signed up to put together the 30th reunion. If you have questions about the next reunion, keep these names in mind. They're the ones who should know more as the time approaches.
  1. Scott Welz
  2. John Bowser
  3. Beth Miller VanderMaas
  4. Kari Miller Lewallen
  5. Alicia Marker Baker
  6. Minnie Whalen Anderson
  7. Vicki Taylor Wingard
  8. Wes Davis
  9. Dawn Eshelman Henely
  10. Mike Gill
Make sure to keep your contact information up-to-date by emailing any changes to goshen83@gmail.com or leaving a note on the guestbook here. Any information that we gather over the next few years will be passed along to the 30th reunion committee.



We'll be putting together the reunion DVD over the next few weeks. The DVD will include an expanded version of the slideshow that was playing during the reunion, as well as some video from the reunion (and anything else we decide to add in!)

But we need some help. If you live in the Goshen area and have some good photos to share, email goshen83@gmail.com to arrange a way to get your photos to us for scanning. You can also scan them yourself and email them, but please leave them as large as possible.

We are especially in need of the following:
  • We could still use elementary class pictures, particularly from Chamberlin or Chandler elementary schools. We'd like to have at least a few photos from each of the Goshen elementaries, and are still missing these two. Also, candid activity shots (Christmas programs, class parties, field trips, etc) are also needed from any of the elementaries... please identify which school they were from.
  • We are also very low in photos from middle schools. If you have any, please identify the school it was from and tell a little about the activity and/or who is pictured.
  • Specific senior activities such as graduation, prom, senior follies, homecoming... any good candid shots will be very much appreciated. We have a lot of newspaper clippings, especially of sports, but not as many shots of school activities.
Check back later for ordering information, or leave a note with your email address on the guestbook to indicate that you want to be contacted when it is available. If you signed up for the DVD at the reunion, you are already on the list to be contacted.

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

There's still time

Yes the deadline to mail a check is past, but we can still work you in. The final count isn't due yet, so there's still time to attend the reunion.

You can still send a payment via paypal or drop off your payment at Allen's house. If you can't do either of these, please contact us so we can try to find a way to get you in.

Email if you have any questions.

Saturday, September 13, 2008

Registration deadline nearing

The announcements listed September 15 (just two more days!) as the deadline for sending a check for your reunion registration. Is your response on its way back already?

This deadline was set to allow time for any mailed registrations to arrive and checks to clear before the reunion.

We need to get the final count to the caterer several days before the reunion. And while we will not turn anyone away if we can possibly accommodate them, we can't be responsible for registrations that did not arrive in time.

So if you choose to mail your registration past the deadline, you are taking a risk that it won't arrive in time. Email and Paypal are really the best options after the deadline. Cash payments dropped off at our home are another option if you prefer not to use Paypal.

And if you have any questions, email or leave a note on the guestbook.

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Five years ago...

Five years ago, we looked like this:

(click photo to enlarge)

Be sure to come and see what we look like now!

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Missing Address List

Reunion announcements have been mailed to everyone we found addresses for.

Following is the list of classmates with missing or incorrect addresses. Married names (as correct as we are aware of) are included to help in tracking them down.

If you can contact any of these people, please have them email goshen83@gmail.com with their address and phone number so we can get an announcement out to them. We'll keep this list updated if we find anyone. Thanks for helping!

Anyone not on this list SHOULD have gotten announcement. If you didn't get yours, PLEASE contact us with your corrected mailing info so we can get yours on the way.

Addresses Missing:
Kelly Adkins
Troy Adkins
Todd Allberry
Leif Ambrosen
Kent Beachy
Melody Beachy
RaeAnn Beatty Hollar
Jodie Bennett
Trina Bradford Allberry
Lisa Brown
Deb Buntyn Bontrager
Jim Canning
Robin Cassity
Brenda Chupp Hall
Robert Chupp
Traca Chupp Swihart
Connie Compton
Lisa Cripe
Stoney Cunningham
Steve Danforth
Becky Davidson Kauffman
Bruce Davis
Tammie Denton
Lori Edwards
Armando Espinosa
Clint Farthing
Julia Fiandt Sawatsky
Teresa Flora Hershberger
Lane Garber
Claudia Garcia
Michelle Garvin Ruepert
Lisa Geil Gillis
Lisa Goins Mathews
Cindi Gonzales Cosby
Jan Gregory
Todd Gregory
Cathy Haver
Sam Hernandez
Junell Hershberger Stutzman
Kevin Hite
Steve Hollinger
Victor Hopkins
Victoria Hopkins
Romanna Hrynewycz Hevanevich
Jeff Hull
Carmell Kenny Miller
De Lee Kilmer
Bret Kramer
Debbie Lambright
Tammy Landis Oliver
Tony Lyke
Deb Marcin Foltz
Jeff Markin
Jeff Marner
Patricia McCluckie Bell
Brett Mello
Judy Menter
John Meyer
Kent Miller
Tammy Mishler Mahler
Joel Montgomery
Tresa Moore
Kay Ousnamer
Tim Price
Randall Rediger
Jeff Rife
Lisa Rogers
Steve Sheets
Greg Shetler
Harold Thomas
Steve Thompson
Brian Troyer
Kevin Ulery
Jay Upton
Patty Vaugh Walsh
Karen Watts
Rick Weaver
Karen Wengerd Sander
Kevin Wheeler
Andreas Widowitsch
Mark Yoder
Mike Yoder
Susan Zook

Update - A few more announcements were returned due to bad addresses, so we are also missing correct addresses for the following:
Steve Hendrix
Jodi Putnam
Becky Ross
Helen Sempira
Jack Snyder
Andy Springer
Geri Ann Bleau Eash
Kevin Guilfoos
Terry Cuzzocrea
Cathy Yoder Pugh

Thanks for any help you can offer in tracking down missing classmates and spreading the word about the reunion!

The Reunion Announcement

Click on either image for a full-size view of the reunion announcement that was recently sent out to those we could locate. Save, print, and return this with your payment as soon as possible.

You can register by mail if you want to mail your payment, or by email if you use paypal. Paypal also gives you the option of paying by credit card if you prefer.

Looking forward to seeing everyone there!