Archive for July, 2006

One week to go! Reunion Events July 14-15-16, 2006

Thursday, July 6th, 2006

As already detailed in this previous post (and this one!), the Mariner High School Class of 1976 is having a reunion in July, with three different kinds of nostalgic goodness to participate in:

  • Friday Night, July 14. 6p.m. — 10 p.m. or later…. An informal gathering for alumni at the Oxford Saloon, which is at 913 First Street, Snohomish, WA. Dave Cernich has arranged for a private meeting room from 6 p.m. til 10 p.m, but people are free to remain afterwards. There’s a $7.50 per person charge, which covers hors d’oeuvres. The Oxford will feature music from the Oxford regulars, blues band Miles from Chicago.
  • Saturday, July 15. 2 p.m. – ?? There will be an adult (alumni, spouses, significant others, etc) get-together at the Diamond Knot Brewery, 621 Front Street, Mukilteo.
  • Sunday, July 16. 11 a.m. until whenever people go home. Family picnic at Martha Lake Park just off of 164th near the I-5 exit. A Google Map link is provided here. Look for signs for the MHS Reunion. Families are welcome. We are having Big Bam’s BBQ cater the event, and are asking each family that plans on attending to chip in $20.

We are attempting to make all of these events low-key, low-cost, informal and fun. Rumors that those attending the picnic will be required to wear formal wear are just that, rumors — started by John Webber, who clearly hopes to get more use out of that Tuxedo that is sitting in his closet.

Your organizing “committee” is going out on a limb by not requiring registration or pre-payment for any of this, but we would like to get word from as many as possible of you who plan to attend, so we know how many mouths we’re expecting to feed on Sunday (the other events are no-host). If you plan to attend, drop me an e-mail.

Be sure to share this web site address with as many of our former MHS classmates (or their brothers, sisters, parents, or parole officers if you don’t know how to reach them directly). The easiest way to refer to this site is just this:

http://mhs1976.scottbutner.com/

See you there!

SB

Where are they now – Mike Tolon

Wednesday, July 5th, 2006

Some people are easier to track down than others — thank goodness for uncommon names and a handy copy of the yearbook (incidentally, the use of names from the yearbook might explain why “Where are they now” has a decidedly male bias — hard to track down many of our married female classmates!).

In any event, I was pleased to track down Mike Tolon — shown here sporting a “Mr. T” haircut:

nice do, Mike!

Mike is the band teacher down at Park Rose High School in the Portland area, where he seems to be well-liked by the kids, if the few teacher evaluations I’ve run across online are representative.