Trivia Question

Okay, boys and girls. Here's one to see how much you retain of our high school educations (and to encourage more class participation, which, incidentally, Mrs. Piper would have loved).

Question Part A: What was the book we had to read in Mrs. Piper's Junior English class? Hint: the author is depicted in this post.

Question Part B: How many people read the whole thing? (I'll 'fess up first. I didn't. Sorry, Mrs. Piper...)

Senior Trip

The RHS experience that stands out most in my mind is the senior trip. It was the first time I had been on an airplane and my first time in NYC and DC. We were in DC such a short amount of time, I don't remember much about it except that of being very tired. NYC was of course my favorite. Can't remember the name of our hotel but I believe it is still there, I remember passing it when I lived in NYC for twelve years, 1985-1997. In our room was James Dodson, Terry Hayes, and Skippy Skipper. (Hope I didn't forget anyone or get that completely wrong.) I remember we took a subway to Greenwich Village, totally fearless. We were in Washington Square and then went back to the hotel. I bought a poster of NYC that I had in my dorm room in college. I remember the Copacabana nightclub and Paul Anka. Think I still have my ashtray from there. Just threw out my NYC scrapbook from that trip last year.

My decision to leave the county school system and enroll at RHS, changed my life. It broadened my horizons more than I can describe here. Without RHS, I would never have entered and graduated from the University of Kentucky. And without my introduction to the travel and experiences of the senior trip, I probably would not have lived in NYC.

Reasons to Come and See "Old" Friends

Hello Everybody,

You may ask yourself, "Why would I want to attend that darn Reunion?" Well I will try to reflect on some reasons. I am sure we all have asked "Whatever happened to __________?" I have people I wonder about. I have people I have not seen since graduation that I would like to see. My last reunion was the 20 year one, so I have seen very few people for 20 years. I feel many of you have much the same idea as I, that very few, if any, people think about "me." Well you may be surprised. I will give you an example. I have a spot on my arm where one of you stuck me with a pencil in 10th grade. Whenever I see that spot I think of you. We all have memories, we all have past friends we lost touch of, and we all have someone we would like to see.

People go to reunions for many reasons, some good, and some not so good. I hope we all find a good one and make the effort to come. We need not worry what people will think about how we look, what we drive, and all those things. (I am fat, gray and bald, and drive a Nissan) We need to come and see "old" friends and reflect on the times we had together. I might even see the one of you who stuck me!

Those of you who stayed close to home need to come also. Those who moved away need you to help us learn what happened to "home." It seems that people who live close are less likely to come, for whatever reason. You keep in touch with some and feel connected. Those of us who moved away have less connections and would like to renew some of them.

Well I have been sentimental enough for now, so I'll leave this for the next one of you to build on. Lets see each other at the reunion and, to borrow a line from Paul Harvey, learn "The rest of the Story."

Wanted: Brave People

Thanks for all your reponses to my email. It appears that a lot of people are encountering problems when trying to post to our blog.

Here are some helpful links, that should make it easier.
According to Google, you need to first create a Google account. (I know, I wrote a post that said you DIDN'T need one - which I copied from my brother - but if you're having trouble, try creating one anyhow.)
https://www.google.com/accounts/NewAccount?service=blogger&continue

Then, every time you log in to the blog site, you’ll need to sign in.
http://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=41384

Once you’re signed in, you’ll be allowed to start a new post or make comments on someone else’s post. (You can look at the blog without signing in, but in order to write something yourself, you have to be signed in.)
http://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=41378

Okay. Who’s going to be the first brave soul to give it a try?

p.s. About half the time, when I hit the "Publish Post" button, it gives me an error message. But if I hit the "Save Now" button, it takes me to a window where I just click next to my new post and THEN ask it to publish. For some reason, this always works.

You don't really need a separate Google email account...

... to use our RHS Class of '69 blog site. You can just use your standard email address. Here's how:

When you're first invited to join, you'll be getting an email from Blogger saying
"The Blogger user Cathy Carver has invited you to contribute to the blog: RHS Class of '69."

Now, just ignore the phrase "Don't have a Google Account?"
click on username (email) - use a different account
You'll now get a new screen. In the new screen, under username, type in your current email address that you want to use. Next type in your password, then to accept the invitation, check on the remember me box, then click on Accept Invitation. Finally, click on Edit User Profile. Make whatever additions or changes you want. At a minimum you'll want to include your screen name (e.g. Marion). It's also a good time to include a photo of yourself (a photo file from your computer's hard drive, if you have one). Then at the bottom of this screen click on Save Profile. That's all - you're finished and are ready to post to the blog, make replies (comments) to other posts, etc. If you have questions, you can email them to me at cathryn.carver@gmail.com

Where are we now?

Wondering where some of us have gotten to? Check out the new link on this blog and on our Reunion Webpage (http://sites.google.com/site/rhs69reunionoct09/).

Or click "View Larger Map" below this image:

View Larger Map

Wanna dance?

Remember those dances in junior high where all the boys were flattened against one wall and all the girls were flattened against the opposite wall and it was about 300 miles across the gym floor? Don't be shy, guys. Post some information about yourself!

If you've never posted to a blog before, it takes a little getting used to, but it's not hard once you get going. (Kind of like "The Frug" or "The Mashed Potato.")

There are two ways to post:

1. If you have something new to say, look up in the right hand corner right by your name and click on "New Post." A new window with a text box will pop up and you can type away. If you want to get fancey, there are tools in the top margin of the window for changing the font or even for adding a link to another web page or a picture or a video clip. Once youre finished, just click on the orange "PUBLISH POST" tab below the text box.

If you suddenly realize you made a mistake (like you just remembered that that funny story you told was actually about Pat Pepper and not Carolyn Wilson), don't worry. You can edit your post.

Just click on "New Post" exactly the same way you did when you made the post, and look at the headings above the textbox. Right next to the one that says "Create" you'll see one that says "Edit Posts." Click on that one and you can change your post so that Pat Pepper is going to be the one who gets in your face when we all meet in October.

2. If you want to make a comment about a post someone else has left, look just under the post and you'll see something that looks like this: Posted by Cathy Carver at 7:09 AM 0 comments.
Click on the "O comments" and a box will pop up for you to type in. (Here's where Pepper gets to tell her version of the story!)

Let's get this party started!

Caps and gowns

So how do you suppose they got us to all stand so still? Fear of Mrs. Piper? Or were we all just mesmerized by George?

Old gym

This picture came from an email forwarded by James Milam of Russellville. The message below is from Mary Ewing.

These are pictures of the old Logan Elementary School...the gym and where the old Logan College swimming pool was...ALL of this is being removed. The "Tech Building" which was built several years ago (behind the LES) will remained. I thought you might like to see what is going on!!! These pictures were made by JoAnne Hedges Moffat who lives in Granville Clark's home. Love, Mary Ewing

Reunion Planned

I know, I know, you guys already know about this. I'm just trying my hand at getting a blog started.

But just in case you DON'T know, our 40th Reunion is in the works. I'm coming all the way from New Mexico, so no excuses for not coming. Jump on a plane, hop in a car, stick out your thumb, but be there!

Date: October 10

Time: 7-10 p.m.

Place: RHS Lobby

Attire: casual

Cost: $20-25 per person (to be determined)

Meal: finger foods