Sandra Stewart (Smallwood)

Count me in for the May luncheon.  I do, howerver, have the plumber coming between 10-12 pm., but think all is doable.

Karla Irwin (Cates)

I’ll be at the May luncheon. Looking forward to it.

Neal Kloepfer

I plan on being at the May luncheon.

Neal

Betty Myers (Schaefer)

I plan on being there.

Robyn (Jane) Cholerton

Okay, here's the word on the location of the May birthday lunch, on Monday, May 21st at 1 PM.  

BJ's Brewhouse
 2100 Louisiana Blvd. NE Building 213
They say, "We are located 1 block north of I-40, right off Louisiana Blvd.  We sit in front of Winrock Shopping Center, right next to Macaroni Grill."  

Thanks to those who have already responded!  Who else will join us to celebrate Mary Ann Simanek Villarreal and Jerry Goffe, and perhaps others? 

Robyn

Marcia "Marcy" McVay (Cates)

I will be at the May lunch.

John Criswell

I will be there.

Jack Dettweiler (Dettweiler)

I have Monday's lunch on my calendar.

Robyn (Jane) Cholerton

Thanks, Ellen, for posting the reminder on the Home Page,to RSVP for your puzzle event, midday on the Friday of our reunion weekend -- I hope that you get a flood of responses.  

For those who are undecided, let me encourage you to get in on this Puzzle!  I joined in the Scavenger Hunt that Ellen organized for the 50th reunion, and it turned out to be one of the most fun events of the entire weekend -- as I've told many people in the years following.  She has a gift for this sort of thing, no surprise, and I'm looking forward to seeing what she's come up with, this time! 

And, I'm looking forward to seeing so many at this Monday's lunch!

Robyn

Robyn (Jane) Cholerton

WE NEED RAIN!  

So get your car washed!  

This Saturday, May 19, 11 AM - 2 PM the Highland HS Band will be holding fund-raising car wash, at Jim's Automotive, Zuni and Washington SE.  Minimum requested donation is $5, so be generous!  

R.

Walter Huebner

Am planning to be at the lunch on Monday.

Barbara Ayers (Tatum)

Ellen Coyne Harvey, I want to join your puzzels group on Friday at 10:00.

Barbara Ayers Tatum

Barbara Ayers (Tatum)

Craig, I want to join you on the trip to the Ice caves on Sunday.

George Boyden

Tooey and I will try to be on time !  retired now !

George Boyden

Betty Myers (Schaefer)

Now if we can get our fearless leader, Komadina, to retire, he says he would come to the lunches.

Robyn (Jane) Cholerton

Another enjoyable lunch on Monday!  Present at BJ's Brewhouse to celebrate
the May birthdays ofJerry Goffe and Mary Ann Simanek Villarreal were Betty
Myers Schaefer,  George and Tooey Boyden, Helen Stambaugh
Williams, Jack Dettweiler, Karla Irwin Cates, Lorraine Barth and Ricardo,
Marcy McVay Cates, Mike and  Ruth Wartell, Neal Kloepfer, Sandy Stewart
Smallwood, Steve Brooks, Susan Myers Puckett, Susie Strong
Neuschwanger, Walt Huebner, and me.  

Although I missed a lot of personal gossip, at my end of the table there was
a lot of conversation about our upcoming 55th reunion, in June.  Helen
passed around a list of menu possibilities for Saturday night's get-together
at the Albuquerque Country Club, for us to choose which options were most
appealing -- not an order, but a vote.  (And, thanks to Jack for having made
the arrangements!)  Helen and Neal cross-checked their RSVP lists, to make
sure that all were included.  More information should be sent soon to those
who had responded.  

While I'm on the subject, I'd like to thank those who have been working on
our behalf, to make this 55th reunion happen.  Although this is a simpler,
less elaborate, get-together, it still takes work -- more than you might think --
to put on our celebratory weekend.  So, when you're here and enjoying
yourselves, don't forget to thank those who are playing an important part in
making the weekend so much fun, and not forgetting those who are helping
out in less conspicuous ways. 

And, I can't forget that Monday's lunch ended in a dramatic way.  Many
noticed that as we ate the clouds were moving across the sunny sky, and by
the time we were finishing, there was rising speculation about the actual
possibility of rain -- after 55 dry days.  Then, as some of us lingered, the
sound of rain on the roof was heard, increasing in intensity and turning to
the rattle of hail.  As Helen noted, we all crowded together to watch it at the
glass emergency exit door, just like a bunch of little kids.  Although I'm not
sure we actually left nose-prints on the glass.  That hard rain seemed to go
on and on, with the lights flickering, and hail piling up on the ground outside
like snow.  Like all New Mexico storms, it did end, and left us to pick our
ways through puddles across the parking lot, and back to our usual lives.  I
thank the HHS Band members and their supporters for bringing it on, with
their fundraising car wash on Saturday!  After all, we all know what happens
when you wash your car.  

Looking forward to seeing you at the reunion, and then lunch on June 11! 

Robyn

Robyn (Jane) Cholerton

A couple of days ago, it really dawned on me that our 55th reunion
celebration is coming up very soon!  ("What was I thinking?" you might ask.)

The spotlight is on the two "bigger" events, Friday night's pig roast at the
Wartells', and Saturday night's Cocktail party/Mixer at the Albuquerque
Country Club, but I would like to encourage everyone to get in on some of
the other activities on offer in the course of the weekend.  These are
additional opportunities to do some fun things with old friends, or to enjoy
the company of people you're just now getting really acquainted with!  
There are quite a few on the list, so please be patient with me, and keep
reading to the end.  

I trust that you've already checked in if you plan to do the puzzle or play golf
on Friday.  

And I hope you've contacted Craig Dear if you're looking forward to the
excursion to the Ice Caves on Sunday.  

(And, after the fact of the weekend, it's not too late to speak up if you're
available to Monday's June birthday lunch, which many of us enjoy so
much.)  

At any time during the weekend, we can ride the Sandia Peak Tramway -- at
a very nice discount -- better, even, than the usual Senior Citizen rate.  I
haven't verified it, but this may be the last time that this discount is available
to us, since George Boyden has recently retired.  

On Saturday morning, only, will be the latest in the Public Library's "Making
Change" series, Part 3 of "The Golden Age of Postcards in Albuquerque".  
This series features monthly presentations on subject of local historical
interest, offered by experts on the subject-of-the-month.  From 10:30 PM
until noon, at the Special Collections Library (known to us as the old Main
Library, at Edith and Central NE), admission is free, and so is parking,
although some events get crowded, so you may want to arrive a little early.  

And then there are the exhibitions at the Albuquerque Museum, at 2000
Mountain Road NW near Old Town, open Tuesday through Sunday 9 am to 5
pm.  Admission is cheap; if you park in the pay lot south of the Museum,
make note of your space number and give it to the nice people who will sell
you your admission receipt and parking will be free.  There is a cafe onsite
with beverages and yummy food, although I'm not sure of the hours of
operation.  

This coming weekend, they'll be opening the "American Jewelry from New
Mexico" exhibition, which will continue into October.  There was an article
about this in last Sunday's Albuquerque Journal, and I've seen a piece on
local PBS and, frankly, I'm drooling to see it.  Focusing on "innovation", It
reaches from 2000 years ago right into the present, and covers multiple cultural contributions.  Included will be a photograph of Jim Morrison on stage wearing his Conchiti Pueblo concha belt; no belt, alas -- Morrison was buried wearing it.  

And, opening on the Saturday of our reunion weekend will be "From
Invisible to Visible:  The Chinese American experience in Albuquerque."  I've
enjoyed quite a few of the Museum's exhibitions focused on local history,
and am looking forward to this one, too.  A recent program on PBS'
"American Experience", "The Chinese Exclusion Act". told me about earlier
immigrants from China to the US, but I still know almost nothing about those
who came here to Albuquerque.  I called and talked with our classmate,
Richard Tang, who said that his grandfather and family are featured -- and I
hope that he'll make a post of his own, here, to tell us what we can look
forward to in this exhibition.  Please, Richard?  The opening will be on
Saturday, the 9th from 1 - 4 PM, and will continue during regular Museum hours.  

And of course there's lunch on Monday, at a New Mexican restaurant.  

Or, you could sleep late and laze around on your own.  

Robyn

Helen Stambaugh (Williams)

thank you Robyn for the timely update.

I will not be at the June luncheon because I am flying up to Seattle Sunday night.

Everything is falling into place nicely.

Marcia "Marcy" McVay (Cates)

I will show up but probably not have lunch because i will have to leave early for a doctor's appointment. So save me a place at the table.

Merl Schafer

Sandra Stewart (Smallwood)

I will be at the Monday birthday lunch for June.

Steve Komadina

I can not find the details for next Friday at Mike's or 

country Club on Saturday on the web site.  Can someone help me find it so I show up on time?

Betty Myers (Schaefer)

Both are starting at 6 PM according to the home page, but no addresses on the post. I know the Wartell's are on Carlisle between Lead and Coal. Glad you are coming, Steve.

Helen Stambaugh (Williams)

The addresses will be up on Monday.  

Robyn (Jane) Cholerton

Thanks, Helen!  The addresses for this weekend's festivities (plus reminders of day and time) were in my Message Center inbox, bright and early this morning, as promised. 

See you on Friday! 

Robyn