Photos Posted!

So far photos from the picnic and party have been submitted by Christine Burns (Vonk), Caren Drinkard and Richard White.
To see them now, check out http://www.lackey86.com
Also - If there are any other classmates who took pictures at the various reunion events, I'd be glad to post them on the web site.


Thanks!

Richard

Reunion Picnic 2006

From Ginger Poynor (Kisamore):

The picnic was great! Perfect weather, sunny and in the low 70's. Great food (the pig was tasty!). The moon bounce, clown and playground area were great fun for the children. The clown's face paintings were awesome she turned children into cheetahs, spiderman, the incredible hulk, dalmatian pups and more - whole face face painting, not just a rainbow on the cheek! We had classmates travel a long way to attend the weekends event - Susan Wright (Patterson) came from Georgia and Susie Rembish (Moughan) came from Virginia Beach. We had 24 classmates attend the picnic. With spouses and children we probably had around 70 in attendance. It was fantastic getting to see classmates I hadn't seen in years. The classmates that attended were:

Craig Albright
Jerry Alvey
Amy Burnell (Youngblood)
Christine Burns (Vonk)
Lillian Cartalla (Russell)
Geanie Colburn (Scott)
Christy Cox (Swann)
Billy Deer
Kip Drinkard
Sharon Groves
Amber Janke (Kravitsky)
Danny Kravitsky
Jake (formerly Homer) Lambeth
Darnell Marbury
Joe Mehall
Lori Oberpriller (Herold)
Cathy O'Reilly (Thornton)
Ginger Poynor (Kisamore)
Susie Rembish (Moughan)
Kathy Robb (Kemeny)
Greg Tompa
Paul Vanasse
Jackie Wetzel (Mulvey)
Susan Wright (Patterson)

Classmates should feel free to add their thoughts and comments to any posts made in this weblog . Just click on COMMENTS. - RGW

Homecoming Game 2006

It was a chilly and rainy night but a brave few (very few) from the Class of 1986 did show up to check out the 2006 Lackey Chargers' football team and hang for at least a few minutes.

I got there at about 7:15 and found a parking space pretty close and made my way to the ticket kiosk. I purchased my ticket from Ms. Burney who was also there when I went to a Lackey home game some time last year. While getting my ticket, I bumped into former Lackey (and NFL) player, Rod Milstead. He's still a mountain of a man and looks fit enough to still be playing.
Trudging up the hill through the drizzle, Ms. Bannister was collecting the ticket stubs presumably so the discards wouldn't litter the bleachers.
Once inside I met up with Bill Deer, Tony Penny and Tim Champ. We stood around talking about the usual stuff: the rain, who else might show up, how bad the team might get beaten, etc. This time though we were engaged in extra heavy "people-watching," trying to discern all the faces for the familiar, if slightly aged. We saw a few teachers we knew and also spied with interest the young students, overheard their their new slang and phrases (though the content was generally the same) and observed how many of them postured to look "cool" without looking like trying to look "cool."
Later Ralph and Terry Stotler showed up and we all talked for a few minutes before the rain and the team's dismantling of Gwynn Park prompted me to call it an evening. I heard later that Lackey won 50 - 0. Very sweet indeed especially when the Great Mills High School quarterback Cody Kohn was heard to say that he likes to "Ruin their dance," in reference to his desire to beat Lackey in their own homecoming game. Tough luck, Cody.
I exited to my car reminiscing quietly and to myself about the old days and thinking that no, I don't want to go back to those times. Though it was great to see the old classmates, the present and future should always be preferred.