Save the Last Dance

For Me!

We all loved Cec Ferrill who was on our committee.  Once I told her of the time at the Meadowdale Jr. High cafeteria, ... where we had a dance.  "Cec, you were the first real woman I ever danced with" I said to her.   I explained  where we were and that she wore a green dress. Yeah, there's no smoother operator than I.  She corners me at our next committee meeting, ... opens her purse, her bright blue eyes peering into mine, a sly smile across her face, and pulls out a picture of her, circa the time I'm speaking of, and in the infamous green dress I remembered.  Loved that girl.   I spoke with another classmate the other day, ... someone who I was in study hall with in our senior year, not that we got much studying done.  It was so enjoyable to peel back the years, ... talking about old times, ... it's almost as if no time has passed.  You can have this exact same experience very soon, because I'll be at the picnic, so you can melt away decades too, ... talking to me about old times.  There are incalculable benefits in coming to the picnic.   Sure, we're all a little older, ... but, no one cares if you have male patterned baldness, have gained a few pounds, ... or if your Plexiderm treatments stopped working.   Classmates will enjoy seeing and visiting with you.   How do you know that, Dave?   Well, 10 years of picnic experience tell me that.  C'mon, we're making room for you, especially if you're smart.

Here's the lastest skinny on the picnic.   We're expecting about 50, which has been the attendance for the last 4 years.   We have rented tables and chairs.  So, asking Gary DeBardi, how many tables should we get, to seat 50.  He said 7, so, when you multiply 7 tables x 8 guests, ... we need 56 chairs.  DeBardi was in Mr. Jenkins math class, that's why we went to him.  Jeanine Cook said she also was in Mr. Jenkins class, and I could have gone to her for the answer.   Sorry Jeanine, but I'll ask you a geography question at the picnic.  Truth is, I knew the answer all along, I just wanted to make DeBardi feel better about himself.   If we wanted to know which exit door from school was least monitored for students skipping class, we'd ask Steve Favorite.    

So, we have room for 6 - 10 more people, in case some don't show up.  I'm making a special appeal to those of you who are smart, ... possibly even were in Optimus, ... our honor roll hoity toitys.   So far, picnic attendees rank down on the intelligence scale.  We only have 3 smart people ( Optimus members, Margie Duff, Tony Backes, & Linda Churchill ) registered for the picnic so far.  Sue Brady is coming to her first picnic, and she insisted to me that she's smart, ... so, I'll take her word for it, ... that makes 4.  I'm going to include myself here too, because my mom always told me I was smart, ... so that makes 5.   Patty Downey insisted to me that she is also smart, ... but she does drive all the way to the picnic from Lacey, and through all the I-5 construction in Tacoma, so, while I admire her dedication to the class all these years, ... I think the jury is still out on the other.  So, while we still have some room for you late deciders, ... we are willing to deprive Steve Favorite and Lanny Hansen of their seats , .... for late arriving smart people. 

All of us on the committee are looking forward to welcoming you at the picnic.  I hope you don't get the wrong impression.   If you're not smart, ... of course, we want you too.  All the picnic information is on the website here, top left menu, under Picnic Details 2026.  Of course, if you were smart, you'd already know that.