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NO, I’m not losing my mind!  I just didn’t proof read this before I sent it the first time.  So discard the first one and hopefully this one doesn’t have any words left out or incorrect grammar…I said HOPEFULLY!

Hey Gang!
Well it’s that short month again and time just keeps on tickin’.  Hmm, that would make a good lyric line for a song. =)  First of all let’s all join together in wishing all of our March born classmates a very Happy Birthday!

Rick Crawford                 Mar. 27
Kathy McAdoo Pelton       Mar. 26
Pat Parsons Eubanks        Mar. 5
Ron Whitley                    Mar. 4

I wish each of you a VERY Happy, Healthy, and Wonderful birthday.

I hate to go from such a high note to such a somber moment but as many of you already know, we have lost another classmate.  Reba Hughes Calhoun Gay passed away last Sunday in Oklahoma City.  Visitation was at Ashby Funeral Home last Thursday evening and a Graveside service was held at 10 AM on Friday at Ten Mile Cemetery.   Our deepest and heartfelt sympathies go out to Reba’s family and friends.  You will be greatly missed.

I do have a couple of other health updates to give you.  I think I have already mentioned that David Hughes is home now.  I hate to admit that I haven’t talked to him this month, but I will make a point to catch up with him soon and give you all a better update on him.  I did talk to Sid Emmons and not only did he get out of the hospital and rehab before Christmas but he is now off of the feeding tube and is able to eat solid food by mouth.  I also know that he has promised me a sampling of his gourmet cooking so I’m looking forward to getting down to his house for that really soon.  On a very personal level, I want to thank all of you for your prayers for my wife, Beverly, as she went through her surgery recently.  Everything went very well and she actually got to come home after only four days in the hospital instead of seven.  She is recovering well and goes back this coming week for her follow up visit with her surgeon. Your continued prayers for her full recovery are greatly appreciated.

Hey!  How many of you are planning on attending the casual reunion for classes of ’67 through ’71 on March 27th?  Well, those were the years that they initially started planning to have but that has been extended to classes of the “Mid 60’s through Early 70’s”.  I talked to Sally Witham Bradley this past week and got a few more details to pass along to you guys.  It is still to be held at the Gene Moss Building in the Tyndall Park area there in Benton on March 27, 2010.  There will be food catered and Sally said you can send $5 or $10 to her at 2354 Buckville Road, Jessieville, AR.  71949 or you can “pay at the door”.  It won’t be a “sit down” dinner but rather a buffet style.  She did ask if any of you have old pictures to please bring them so they can have them out for display during the reunion.  It will start at 5 PM and there is no specific ending time set up.  The dress is definitely casual..jeans welcome.  She told me the main goal for this reunion is to help classmates get back in touch with each other.  All too often people hear the word “reunion” and start to freak out about what do I wear, or what do I look like?  Well, get over it!  Everyone is basically still the same person that you knew in high school.  We’ve all put on a few pounds; some have even lost a few; it simply doesn’t matter.  And you don’t have to worry about the price being too high to be able to afford it.  They’ve done a great job taking care of that, and it’s only for one night.  You don’t have to make plans for a whole weekend.  So take time right now to set aside a few hours of your time on March 27, 2010…yep, put it on your schedule or write it down in your Daytimer if you have to…store it in your computer.  Just make plans to be there.  I think you’ll be glad you did.

Ron King’s Recycle Bikes for Kids ministry continues to grow and touch many lives around the state.  I know a lot of you have been in contact with Ron and have donated old, and in some cases new, bikes for him to give away.  God bless you for doing that, and please don’t stop.  I’m putting in a link for the Facebook page of Recycle Bikes for Kids.  Please go to it and spend a little time looking at what they are doing and read some of the letters that he has received.  I’m not trying to put anyone on the spot but I did get a call from a very dear classmate buddy that said he was collecting a whole trailer full of bicycles to get to Ron.  Maybe some others of you could help too.  And if can’t find any old bicycles but you have some spare time that you could help work on the ones he has to get them ready…well let Ron know.  I think he’s working on a schedule for just that… (No pressure Ron) =)  Anyway, here’s the link.  www.facebook.com/recyclebikesforkids

Well, boys & girls, that’s about all I have for this time.  I do know that Tom Chamber’s daughter is home from the University of Texas at Austin this weekend.  I’m sure they’re headed out for a great breakfast and lots of time just catching up with her.  Don’t forget to keep me posted on things going on in your lives.  If I don’t know it, I can’t let everyone else know about it.