Even more 40-year reunion photos by Steve Trueman!

More 40-year reunion photos by Steve Trueman!

40-year reunion photos by Steve Trueman

An "informal" coffee hour among friends

On Friday, July 8th, we had an informal coffee hour at Paula Wilcox Brunn's mother's house (easier to find than describe) just to get in some extra visiting before the reunion on Saturday.  We were so glad to see these folks:  Renee Russell Swanson, Leilani Waidelich Morrison, Nancy Lutterloh Burns, Debra Ruthford King, Paula Wilcox Brunn, Mary Bryant Martin, Judy Johnson.  Guests and photographers:  Pat Wilcox and Graham Carr.

Make your reservations for the reunion and all-class picnic!

CLASS OF 71 REUNION
SATURDAY, JULY 9TH, 5:00 P.M. AT BRYSONS’ IN SEDRO-WOOLLEY
Menu: Salmon or chicken, baked potatoes, salad, bread, dessert (TBD, as the strawberry crop here is LATE)
Water, coffee, tea provided.
If you want additional kinds of beverages, please feel free to bring your own.
$15 per person.

All of the meal is provided (and accessories) – we’re not asking anyone to bring anything besides their own beverages, if desired.

Yes, you can offer to help set up in the afternoon so Sue Ann doesn’t have to do everything. She is Superwoman but we are determined to take some of the load off of her.


Please mail a check to:
Judy Johnson
PO Box 529
Sedro-Woolley WA 98284

I guess you’ll have to make the checks out to me because we don’t have a bank account for the class.

You are not the first to pay! The first ones to reserve were Darlene and Joel Woiwod!!

As this is our 40-year reunion, if you want to get sentimental and bring your 1971 Kumtux or old photos or other ephemera, please do!! And bring your cameras!!


SEDRO-WOOLLEY HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
ANNUAL ALL-CLASS PICNIC
SATURDAY, JULY 9TH AT RIVERFRONT PARK IN SEDRO-WOOLLEY
11:00 a.m. until about 3 p.m.

This is a really big event with people from all classes attending. 400+ will be there. It’s lots of fun! Bob Dow is the master of ceremonies. And more people come every year. Class of 71 can sit together under one of the provided tents. We’ll come early and stake out a space. But bring a hat and sunscreen because you’ll spend time in the sun. It’s very festive with some raffles to benefit the scholarship fund. Mostly visiting.

$15.00 per person. SPECIFY chicken or hamburger as your entrée. Catered by Joy’s Bakery.

Send your check to:
SWHS Alumni Assn
PO Box 509
Sedro-Woolley WA 98284
Also specify your graduating year.


Yes, I know their PO Box number is almost the same as mine. It wasn’t my idea. Sometimes I get their mail.

Plz let me know if you have questions!PS Yes, we’re having an entry in in the Loggerodeo Parade!! More on that in a week or so.
PPS And yes, we’re having a coffee hour at Starbucks on June 28th!

40 Years of Fun - Class of 1971

Plz Note: The reunion info is distributed in a monthly e'mail that goes to all SWHS Class of 71 people who are on our distribution list. If you're not getting the e'mail - you still can! Contact us via this blog.

Our 40-year reunion is July 9th, after the SWHS Alumni Assn all class-picnic.
The all-class picnic starts at 11 a.m. at Riverfront Park. $15 per person.
Our reunion starts at 5 p.m. at JB and Sue Bryson’s. Also $15 per person.
If you want to know more about the all-class picnic, send me an e’mail. Prepay for both events.

We’re having salmon, baked potatoes, salads, and dessert. We will be asking people to bring salads/side dishes/bread. The rest we can provide out of the $15. Gary Rothenbuhler is cooking the salmon!

We’re also providing some non-alcoholic beverages, table service, and background music. You are welcome to bring the beverage of your choice!

Yes, we’ll need help setting up and taking down.

We decided on strawberry shortcake for dessert. We’ll get one of those 5-gallon buckets of berries and some shortcake or other cake and whipped topping. And people can assemble their own and add sugar or not.

Bring your cameras. We will have a “photo area” and will probably also have a photographer on hand.

We’ll stay and visit as late as we can stay up…

An e’mail invitation and a hard copy invitation will go out about mid-May. That’s when it will be time to pay.

The Alumni Assn newsletter will go out about mid-April and I’ll forward it to you as an e'mail with pdf attachment. There will be picnic info in it.

There WILL be an entry in the Loggerodeo parade for our class, so plan to meet at the parade assembly area about 10 a.m. or so on the 4th of July. We haven’t acquired a trailer/hay bales yet, but we’ll keep working on that.

There will very likely be a coffee hour on the Thursday before the reunion, during the day, mostly for the benefit of those traveling in to the area from far away! Stay tuned for that info.

Right now we have contact info of one kind or another for 135 people (not all have e’mail) and information on the deaths of 23. The list of folks we're looking for was sent to all e'mail recipients on March 23.

We'll put together a "booklet" after the reunion with info for each individual - probably in MS Publisher and probably available via CD or hard copy.

We are looking for about 112 more people who were in our class - those who graduated or didn't graduate with us (some moved away before graduation) are all welcome to attend our reunion!

Keep in touch! Our big day will be here soon!

Monthly Coffee Hour - Jan. 25th - change of place!

Class of 71 will have our monthly coffee hour on Tuesday, January 25th, at Starbucks - the one at the Cook Road exit off I-5 (exit 232). We normally meet at Common Ground in Burlington, but they have decided to close at 5 p.m. on weeknights during the winter months. So for January and February, we're moving to the Cook Road Starbucks. After that, we'll get back to our regular schedule at Common Ground.



We have found contact info for 114 class members so far! You know why we're looking...because of our 40-year reunion July 9th!!! If you aren't "found" yet, contact us via this blog!

And start thinking about our Loggerodeo parade entry - plan on riding in the parade this year!

Also up next week - the Sedro-Woolley High School Alumni Association meets Wednesday the 26th at 1 p.m. at the S-W Senior Center.

November coffee hour

The monthly Class of 71 coffee hour for November will be Tuesday, November 30th, from 5ish to 7ish p.m. at Common Ground on the Pease Road in Burlington. Come on over and visit around the big table! We're happy to see everyone and we always have interesting discussions. Our 40-year reunion planning is under way and if you don't want to be named as the "featured speaker"...you should be coming to the coffee hours!

Coming soon: We'll be posting the names of folks we are looking for to make sure they are invited to the reunion.

September gathering for Class of 71

Our monthly coffee hour for September is Tuesday, September 28th at Common Ground in Burlington! We generally meet from 5ish to 7ish but people arrive all during that time. Come on over and visit around the big table! We love to see everyone!!

And we'll probably discuss our 40-year reunion coming up on July 9th, 2011. Have you marked your calendar?