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Welcome! 1975 Corvallis High School Alumni to the 40th Class Reunion July 24 - 25th 2015
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Welcome!
1975Corvallis High School
Alumni
to the 40th Class Reunion
July 24-25th 2015
It’s been a long time since we left school, and our families to make our way into the world and find the
lives we were looking for…
And learning to accept what life held in store for us...
Well, it’s now 40 years later and we’re still here. Living, as we will, along the journey of life...
Wait! Stop the clock…
…and travel back in time with the aid of magicians Janet Olson and Jo Ringnalda
…way back in time 40+ years when…
High school was a big scary building, and you didn’t know what was going to happen when you first walked in that big door?
You had no idea what lay in store for you
You didn’t know where to sit at lunch time…
Or what to eat – Congo bars?
Remember how crowded with students it was -you could hardly get to your locker…
If could you even find your locker…
Remember passing through these doors?
And hallways…..
Do you remember...
Bellbottoms and hip-huggers, ponytails and halter tops?
Skipping class when the weather was nice?
Learning to type on electric typewriters?
When Mission Impossible was just a cool TV show?
Volkswagen bugs, student teachers, Slurpees at the 7Eleven?
When you thought all adults were SO old and stupid?
Deep Fried shrimp at Toa Yuen? Kimo’s drive in?
The A&W drive-in? Summer jobs at the cannery?
Track meets, football and baseball games, school plays?
Swimming in the high school pool ?
When the future was yours for the taking?
…our worries were few, like getting to class
…deciding who to hang out with
What classes to take and clubs to join
And who would be our friends…
Terry Beck & Cindy MeierDebbie Mills & Peggy Paarmann
Cindy Mol & Bev Hayden
We learned how to work together…
We were bound together
Hairstyles helped us to express our unique selves…
And so we did…
Just How Long can I Grow it?…
And what to wear….
Barb Varseveld
Debbie Lum
How we spent our time
Girls Basketball Team
Byron Kellar
Boys Track Team
Basketball
Football
Tom Watkins
Longest yard team prison photo
do you remember this?
1974 CHS /CVHS Football game - who won?
Playing tennis
Mike & Don Megale
The doubles team of Debbie Lum and Nancy Darby
Gary Brown & John Pinkston
Ping pong? Cross Country team?
Mike Megale
Or being dramatic…
Things got pretty intense in the CHS production of “Twelve Angry People”
Some were active in student government
Or Sparta Pacers
Sparta Pacers 1974/1975
We had Spirit
Yes, we did!
And we were musical
Who remembers the Homecoming Court? Robin Santos, Becky Gibbs, Terri Kinney, Laura Davis, Mary Kay Adams and Barb Varseveld
Or Chuck Solberg’s firstPyramid Scheme
If you let kids play with guns…give them a drink first
Or hanging out at the school saloon…
Mike Gallagher gaining life experience
staying alert and focused was sometimes a problem…
Even the Swim team had its issues –team hearing loss
First Viagra Test Group
Remember the day Billy said he caught a fish this big!
Billy Van Vleet Marla Van Vleet
Finally, after three years it was time to move on
How quickly those years passed…
We had no idea that our time here would go by so quickly
But we left school with memories...
And so, here we are - winning, losing, gaining, walking and talking, hoping, laughing crying, and celebrating... And living every day!
There have been many changes…
• We selected our first black president
• City of Detroit Michigan declared bankruptcy
• The legalization of recreational marijuana
What was acceptable at school then, isn’t today
Cleaning a Rifle in Class
Zero Tolerance? Not in our time!
0-60 ? (only over a cliff!) 0-60 2.8 sec
1975 Electric 2015 Tesla P85D
Cost: Who cares? About $120,000
GM
“CitiCar”
Range: 5-10 miles? Range: 265 miles
Electric Cars
When we were teenagers the future seemed so distant…
Corvallis High School’s production of “1984”
Pete Donaldson
Rory Rohde above left
And difficult to imagine. Would Big Brother be watching us as in George Orwell’s “1984”?
We had some of the latest that technology could give us back then!
But…what would advances in technology bring?
“Dave, open the pod bay doors”
Technology
• Rotary phones on the wall
• to:
• SmartPhones and Tablets with text messaging
• and Video Chatting!
• Wow!!!
And what changes we’ve seen…
In the book 1984
• They predicted:
– cameras everywhere
– Computer monitors everywhere
– How many video cameras are in this room?
And we have also changed
from children with dreams..
To adults who get to LIVE those dreams
Some of our Accomplishments
• Coordinate the largest Veteran’s Day Parade west of the Mississippi
– Patty Martinson-Lousiana
• Reads 120 Books per year
– Anne (Kingsbury) Bennett
• 8 Years in US Navy Submarine service
• 1 Year in Iraq
• Brews beer and cranberry wine
– Jeff Hanke
• Hiked the Alps
• Zip-lined through the Costa Rican rain forest
– Terri (Kinney) Urbansky
Donna Downey
So, what’s in store for us in the future?
Laurie ReimanJim Martin
“Retire in Corvallis and enjoy living at a slower pace and RV arount the US.” Becky Gibbs Conley
“To retire!” Laurie Reiman Madrigal
What are our goals before the next reunion?
International traveling,…learn to use and actually like social media.”
Mary Kay Adams Moment
“Reconnect with old friends”Pati Dezotell Craven
“Becoming a Grammie to more Grandchildren! Traveling with my husband and family to other parts of the world. Celebrating a 40 year wedding anniversary.” Marla Van Vleet Welsh
Zip Lining!And….Make it back home in 1 pieceTeresa Hockema-Frolander
See more on the website
Survey: when is retirement?
5-10 years ago 10.5% 1-5 years ago 05.3% This year 15.8% 1-5 years from now 10.5% 5-10 years from now 36.8% I will never retire! 21.1%
For more survey results go to www.chs75.weebly.com
Dave Zopf: Drove a Submarine
Imagine… Dave driving a sub
Thanks to the 40th reunion committee and all who contributed to this year’s reunion
Reunion Committee 2015
Peacock Bar & Grill 2015
Peacock Bar & Grill 2015
Peacock Bar & Grill 2015
Peacock Bar & Grill 2015
Dinner Prep 2015
Dinner Prep 2015
And then there are those who have left us:
In Memoriam CHSA moment of silence
That’s all folks!
