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07/20/09 11:55 AM

#1562

Dee Allen

QUESTION: What are the door prizes for?

ANSWER: LAGNIAPPE - They will be given out by drawing to those who attend.

I will bring the tickets. You will get one when you register at the door. Strickland has volunteered to conduct the drawing.

Just let me know if you are bringing something e.g. an old class ring, $5,000 gift certificate, a pre paid two week trip to Europe, etc.

Smaller gifts can be donated as well such as:
1969 Exporter football programs, or copies of same;
Life time Hall Passes, signed by the appropriate faculty;
40 year old dried homecoming mums, complete with 12 foot long ribbons and cow bells;
digital downloads of the Greatest Hits of 1969;
Hudson and Harrigan autographed photo, or copy of same; etc.

If you wnat to make something, I can get the Door Prize Committee to approve it.

DO NOT SEND ME ANYTHING. IF YOU CAN'T BE THERE, HAVE SOMEONE TAKE YOUR DONATION FOR YOU.

Carol, Winona, and Julie are off the hook.

07/20/09 11:58 AM

#1563

Dee Allen

Joe,

Yes, you can copy the photo. You can even sell it, if you want, if there is no copyright notice on it.

Trust me. You have my word, as a lawyer.

07/20/09 12:13 PM

#1564

Margaret Dubois (Ammons)

Carrol-

ROADKILL? Are you kidding! Remember some of the guys we have in our class-are you SURE you want them to cook?
Better have EMS handy!
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Are you gonna help Judge Huff? Why would you do that? I'm going to be sampling Ellise's salsa.

07/20/09 12:20 PM

#1565

Dee Allen

I had a class ring. I never wore it. 14k gold. Weighed about a pound. They don’t make them like that anymore. They could, but no one could afford them. It had a blue stone with an anchor embossed.
I sold it when I was in college. I needed the $$.
When I handed it to the guy at the gold exchange, I asked him what I could get for it. He said, let me weigh it. I handed it to him and he took out a big hammer and hit it as hard as he could. The stone became blue powder and the ring looked like shrapnel from an IED. If I had any second thoughts of selling it, they were crushed, along with the ring. I understand that it is now buried in a grave in some old woman’s upper molar.

07/20/09 01:40 PM

#1566

Judy Burkes McGough (Pinkard)

I found a poem I had on my computer. I wanted to share it with my BHS family. I hope you are blessed by it in someway.

“A Balanced Life”

My life has been balanced
with pleasures and trials,
I’ve had many tear drops
and thousands of smiles.
I’ve soared with the eagles
and I’ve plunged to the sands,
My life has been balanced
by God’s loving hand.
I’ve had many friendships
I’ve had a few foes
In the life of a Christian
that’s the way that it goes.
Should I accept
only good from God’s hands?
No, I must endure
whatever He plans.
But I can be sure
and you can be too,
All things work for best
as God deals with you.

Author Unknown

07/20/09 10:16 PM

#1567

Michael Poehl

Let me pile on the Planning Committee - super, super job by all of the hard working classmates.... THANKS !!

07/20/09 10:26 PM

#1568

Michael Poehl

Kitty Allison had a question about a chocolate cake she same on my Facebook page.

Below is the recipe, and a bit of history about it :

My Mother taught at Oran M. Roberts elementary in Lake Jackson, and Dr. Oscar Johnson's children attended Roberts. His wife used to make this delicious, decadent chocolate cake for the teachers, and shared the recipe with them. It was the cake we ALWAYS had for my birthday, since I am such a chocolate addict. And Kathy continued the tradition, but we stopped calling it Mrs. Johnson Cake - and just call it the chocolate birthday cake. ( and of course if you are in a pinch for time - there is the easy modern version; just don't modify the icing!!

Do others have a special recipe,especially if there is a story about the recipe.

Chocolate Birthday Cake a.k.a. Mrs. Johnson’s Cake

Sift in mixing bowl:
1 cup flour
2 cups sugar

Mix in a saucepan:
2 sticks of butter
4 Tbsp. cocoa
½ cup water ( for even richer cake use ½ cup of buttermilk )

Bring to a boil and pour over flour mixture.
Mix well.
Add ½ cup of buttermilk
Mix
Add::
2 slightly beaten eggs
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. cinnamon
Mix well and pour in a greased 15 x 10.5 x 1 inchpan.

Bake 25 minutes at 425 degrees or until done.

While cake is hot, ice with the following:

Bring to a boil in a saucepan:
4 Tbsp. Cocoa
1 stick butter
6 Tbsp. milk
Remove from heat and add:
1 Box confectioner’s sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
1 cup of coarsely chopped pecans

Easy Modern Version

Substitute moist chocolate cake box mix, and use icing…..
( not as good, but easier )

07/20/09 10:34 PM	#1569
Joe Ballard I may be wrong guys and gals but did not the largest percentage of our class become teachers and coaches? If not the largest very close to the engineers. Michael sounds really good!!

07/20/09 11:40 PM

#1570

Margaret Dubois (Ammons)

I think that Michael's cake is also known as Texas Sheet
Cake--very yummy, indeed.

07/20/09 11:51 PM

#1571

Joy Garrett (Chessher)

Dee...I am still here...with all the Adkins food on my face!!! My head resembles an egghead from eating so many!!! Well, I am dreaming about meat, eggs, and cheese on this Adkins diet...but weigh 16 pounds less!!! Wahooooooooooooo!!! Yipppppppeeeee! My sister Janie and her husband Frank are on the Adkins diet too. My sister-in-law Susan started today!! It is amazing how much energy we all have...hyper!!!!! My hair grew two inches in one month with all of this protein!!!!

Kathy, I am praying for your nephew that GOD will heal him with HIS MIGHTY Healing Hands! I am sure your family loves you so much Kathy! You are so sweet!!!!

Michael...that cake recipe is an all time favorite of my boys...really addicting!!! I made 11 recipes of that cake for the youth at church, and they begged for more!!! Don't talk about it...I can't have any!!!!!

Suzette...hi!!! I haven't thought about my senior ring in years...wonder if it is in my old jewelry box? I had some jewelry stolen in college...maybe in someone's teeth too!!!! Dee you are hilarious!!!!

Oh sad news....3 of my new fawns passed away....from deh disease. The others are treated! Actually, these fawns may be the other boarders fawns. Well, I don't wish bad on him, but we won't know until DNA testing. Who wants to see their Daddy? OMG he is huge!!!! Only 3 years old...I wills send you the pictures from my phone!!! I am going to see the fawns this weekend. I have great names picked out for the bucks...Titus, Braveheart, Duke, Hero, ...story behind that name, Samson, Barneo II, and Bojangles II. The girls are Joy, Katy, Janie, and Jolie... My buck Barneo has 14 points and is in the velvet now!!! He is so beautiful!!! His son is 10 points and huge for 3 years old. Hey...anyone remember Atlas the huge buckaroo...sold for $75,000. Last year they were offered $130,000 but turned it down..Economy down now!!! :(

News Flash...rented a beach house very close to Surfside bridge!!! Some of you have requested facials..a little egg and oatmeal?? Dee...a little egg on your face? Organic Omega 3 cage free eggs! Don't want to stress our complexions with the antibotics and hormones...us girls might grow some beards!!!!

To the Planning Committee I want to say thank you, thank you, thank you!!! You are the greatest! From the bottom of my heart...I appreciate YOU ALL!!!!! GOD bless you all.
Love to all,
JOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :0)

PS Carrol...Lyndel is coming to the reunion with me! GOD bless her she has been through it all...but has a great attitude!!! Yea for Lyndel!!!!!! Love ya girl!!!
Kitty...will send you info on the beach house!!! See Kitty's picture...she is so pretty...and so sweet!!!
Okay...going to quit talking now..........ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

07/21/09 12:00 AM	#1572
Joy Garrett (Chessher) Margaret...right Texas Sheet Cake!!! Mrs Huff I will make you the Texas Sheet cake if I win the chilli cook off...bribe bribe bribe...oh and I can take 10 plus years off your face with a Faces of JOY Facial...robe and slippers included....and I will bring you a deer horn candle holder from Bojangles....Joy's Chilli is #1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

07/21/09 12:26 PM

#1573

Dee Allen

I was teasing Joy about having a prettiest granddaughter contest and she went out and started lobbying for votes. Now she is trying to bribe the chili/gumbo/roadkill cookoff judge. Has she no shame?
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OH, DEE, LIKE A CHECK ISN'T ALREADY IN THE MAIL TO JUDGE HUFF! PULEEEEEEEZZZZEEE!

07/21/09 02:00 PM

#1574

Marian Sahr (Bullard)

I know my mom would make that cake but she called it Mississippi Mud. Whatever it is called, its good!

07/21/09 03:29 PM

#1575

Joe Ballard

Hey all!! I took the 1999 pic off the wood plaque to get it scanned at Staples and on the back is a copyright declaration. I hate it when people use my surveys over and over and I don't get compesation. Oh well I was told by the lady at Staples if we could contact the person who took the pic we could "legally" scan it with their permission. OK legal Dept. next step and do we know who took this pic 10 years ago.

07/21/09 04:39 PM

#1576

Susie (Gerry Sue) Reichenbach (Tyler)

The chocolate cake ya'll are talking about is what I made for the meeting last month-sorry you weren't here to enjoy it. I will have one at the bunco party on Saturday morning reunion day---- and I try to take out all the calories -

Joy sorry you lost some of your babies-

Kathy your nephew is in my prayers.

Thanks to the folks helping out with the reunion committee-every part of it is greatly appreciated. Alice and Carrol have been doing a wonderful job along with everyone else- I know we will have a GREAT time- as Joy says YYYYIIIIIPPPPPEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

07/21/09 06:39 PM

#1577

Kathy Harkreader (Jones)

Thank you to everyone who prayed for my nephew. He received good news tonight from his doctor. It was only stage 2, which his doctor says is curable, and it was all contained in the one kidney. We are very, very thankful and relieved to hear that. Thank you again to each one of you.
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We are very happy to hear this news, and we believe God for a complete touch from Him for your nephew. Alice

07/21/09 07:17 PM

#1578

Melinda Rosenkranz

Kathy,
Thank you for the praise report. I will continue to pray. May God Bless you and your family.

07/21/09 07:32 PM

#1579

Carrol Reneau (Jeffers)

Maria Seidler Atkins' Father died last night. James “Jim” Wallace Seidler of Freeport, Texas, went to the Lord on July 21, 2009, at the age of 81. Visitation is scheduled for Thursday, July 23, 2009, beginning at 5:00 p.m., with a rosary beginning at 7:00 p.m. at the new Restwood Funeral Home at 1038 W. Plantation Drive in Lake Jackson, Texas. A funeral Mass will be held on Friday, July 24, 2009, at 10:30 a.m. at St. Michael’s Catholic Church, 100 Oak Drive S. in Lake Jackson, Texas.
Online condolences may be sent at www.mem.com.
Restwood Funeral Home, 1038 W. Plantation Drive, Lake Jackson, TX (979) 297-2121. A Dignity Memorial provider.

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I want you all to know of the dedication of one of YOUR reunion team members. Maria has been a vital part of this reunion. She started tracking updated contact information last summer and didn't stop until the mail out this Spring. A few months ago Maria was on vacation during a scheduled reunion meeting so she spent well over an hour on a cell phone so she could 'be there'. Lately Maria has been spending pretty much every waking moment either at her store or at her father's side. If you've been part of that kind of agony, you know how bone numbing tired you become. Still she came to Sunday's reunion meeting. She didn't just show up either, she was a big part of the meeting. When you see Maria in September, give her a hug because her dedication helped create your reunion.

07/22/09 08:00 AM

#1580

Judy Burkes McGough (Pinkard)

Kathy, so happy to hear the praise report about your nephew. OUR God is an awesome God!

My sympathy to Maria and her family.

07/22/09 10:49 AM

#1581

Michael Poehl

After reading the planning meeting minutes it appears bribes may be in order for the cook-off, so perhaps we should expand the judging to include some of the Friday night registration helpers….. so I am nominating Alan Weddell and myself to assist Carolyn Huff.
Just want to let Dee Allen know that Joy Garrett has made a package deal – Coach Weddell and I would get our own facials, with a pedi / mani thrown in while dining on Texas Sheet cake at her beach house rental if we vote for her Chili AND vote for Jolie as most adorable grandbaby !!

What do you have to offer to top this type of bribe ? Let’s hope it is not Mike Strickland showing us his disk from 5th grade – and hate to bring any reality to some of our fuzzy memories, but Strickland bought those disks by the dozens once he found out how girls swooned when he would trade disks with them ! We all know Strickland probably won’t come to the reunion anyway as he is so embarrassed about having to take Carolyn Huff’s final just to graduate !

So let’s see what Dee can come up to top Joy’s offer as Weddell was in Austin last week, and coming back this week-end - it taking a lot of planning to figure out how to run a registration booth at the football game.

07/23/09 10:22 AM

#1582

Marian Sahr (Bullard)

I'm on a 6 day vacation and headed to the big N (Nederland) to watch my grandson's (14 yr. olds) AllStars tournment. He is one of the pitchers and he told me he is very nervous. If they win this, off to Arkansas. I love that state especially Hot Springs. My oldest daughter and I have taken several trips there. Then, if they win at Arkansas, it will be Vermont. Not sure if I can make that one because I have another seminar coming up in Austin (I love Austin, just have to take my allergy pills). Have a great weekend. Marian

07/23/09 11:25 AM

#1583

Margaret Dubois (Ammons)

Have a safe trip and have fun!

07/23/09 01:01 PM	#1584
Joe Ballard Go Marian! Arkansas is an awesome state and Hot Springs is really cool We stayed at the Arlington THE HOTEL THAT TAKES YOU BACK IN TIME. It reminded me of the 50's. And girl if you have not been to Mount Magazine and if you have time go up the spiraling road to the top and you are on top of the world in Arkansas. Go All Stars pitch a no hitter!!

07/23/09 07:11 PM

#1585

Ray Beets

Joe: You are so right about Arkansas. There are some great places to visit there.

Rod: Are you out there monitoring our site?

My wife and I (Betty class of 69 Ursuline of San Antonio) visited Rod Balderree (Brazosport class of 68) and Carol Finster Balderree (Brazosport class of 69) last month up in Heber Springs, Arkansas. They have a great life there and it is a wonderful place to visit.

Rod would really like to see everyone at the reunion, but so far we have not been able to talk Carol into comming down in September.

07/24/09 02:14 PM

#1586

Dee Allen

As I promised. Those who volunteered, this week, to donate door prizes are named at the top of the list, in all caps. For those who are named below, this is not a special honor. I just tried to shame more donors into responding.

* *CARRIER, NANCY* *
* *DORMAN, DIANNE* *
* *MARSH, CONNIE* *
* *MCBRIDE, MELINDA* *
* *REICHENBACH, GERRY SUE* *
* *SNAVELY, JANIS* *
* *SULLIVAN, CANDY* *
Allen, Dee
Austin, Delores
Chrystal, Cyndie
Garrett, Joy
Mallory, Glenn
Mangum, Janice
Sahr, Marian
Strickland, Mike
Trout, Dee Ann

More door prizes are welcome.

Where are all the ex-jox? No one has offered to donate any stolen practice jerseys. What ever happened to that missing bag of Wilson JV-5 footballs that I ran so many wind sprints for? Maybe someone still has some of those little yellow salt tablets that we were supposed to take, instead of chunking them away; or maybe a bar of CRAMER soap (where do you buy that stuff?). Maybe someone could donate a jock-strap, smeared with Atomic Balm. That was always a hoot.

Poehl – I’m not going to stoop to the level of attempting to bribe judges. One taste of my GUMBO and the judges will be begging to be released from their unholy pact with Joy. My GUMBO speaks for itself. A few Rolaids keep it from speaking to loudly.

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