Petal to the Metal

Nope, this is not a page about Bill Klemm, or Lee Crary, or even Ginger Rhoades.  This is a page about you.  We are making this picnic, August 15th, the biggest picnic of all, since we won't be having one next year.  We did give you fair warning, we're going to be contacting you and inviting you to come.  Don Miller's already been contacted twice, by two of our esteemed committee members.  We're pretty sure he's coming.  One of our esteemed committee members may be in contact with you soon.  If they receive a negative vibe from you, then we may need to have one of our unesteemed committee members make the next contact.  Don't get me wrong, they're nice people, but they are not as suave and sophisticated and lack that certain je ne sais quoi of the esteemed ones.  If you are not contacted, don't be offended, ... it's either our worry that we'd be bothering you, or we're too busy with our own lives to intrude into yours.  

Yes, we've already reached out to east coast people.  Not aware that any are coming.   Diane Riffle may come.   Teri, Linna, and Sheila said they would be lifting a glass, nodding to the west at 3pm (est) in honor of our gathering.  Of course, we have no way of knowing if they actually will follow through, ... and they know that.  I'm going to tell them at noon our time, I'm going to be lifting a glass of Blue Moon Belgian White to the east ... ( I'm not really going to do it ).  Anyway, we want EVERYONE to come.   Pat McCune is coming from Sequim, ... that includes a ferry ride.  Wendy Wallace is coming from Camano Island, ... Steve Favorite is coming from whatever world he's in these days.  So, see, lots of you are coming.   We have a good start already. 

For Esteemed Committee members only:   Start your engines, ... it is now time to contact those old friends. Invite them to the picnic.   Don't take "NO" for an answer or we'll have to send you know who. 

For Classmates only:   If you haven't filled out the survey yet, let us know you're coming.   We have to order tables, chairs, tableware, napkins, etc.   Kevin gets very nervous if we don't have a fairly firm number for him by August 1st.  We don't like to see Kevin nervous.  Survey and Picnic Details are on the top left of the Home Page.  

I forgot to mention the ambiance, ... lovely bucolic setting, music of 60's wafting through the trees, lots of great conversations, ... then at noon, we're all going to lift our glasses and face east in honor of our east coast classmates.