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10/11/09 10:45 AM	#447
Lori Dolan ((Sikes)) My husband and I want to have a cookout at our house. Just hamburgers/hotdogs, beer, etc. Nothing fancy! Anyone in the Chesterfield/Midlothian area might be interested please email me.

10/16/09 01:07 PM

#448

Charles Robertson

Hey everybody! The idea of another reunion has already been proposed so I think we should follow up on it. I don't see it happening really soon like we would want it to, but if we brainstorm now we can come up with some ideas to utilize our limited time more efficiently. Karen had some great ideas for games and giveaways that never happened simply because the evening got away from us. Next time I think we should search for a venue that will allow us to stay longer than 4 hours. I also believe some classmates had an issue with the cost. We can work on that too. The more people get involved the lower the cost will be. Please keep in touch. I know it is easy to lose momentum after the enthusiasm wears off. I noticed we are still getting classmates to register to this site. Drop them a line and make them welcome. Have a great day every day! :-D

10/24/09 12:26 PM	#449
Pat Dodson (Tricia --I Dont Go By "Little Pat" Anymore :) ) Just wanted to say hello from Cali! I hope everyone is well. I am thinking of you! Take care, Tricia

10/28/09 10:25 AM	#450
John Berry Just want to say Go Yankees and Hey yall. Lucky me I will be at the game tonight. Hehehe!!! saw game 6 too. WEW!! GO YANKEES World Series Champions!! Take care Yall

10/28/09 04:02 PM	#451
Brian Pennington GOOOO YANKEES- you go Barry awesome for you! How many games do you have tickets for?

11/14/09 12:41 AM

#452

Ruth Wood (Garner-Jarrell)

It was a night to remember, always. Does anyone know when the books are going to be available and where?I can't wait to show my family. Old Grandma got wild on her wheels!!

I LOVE THE VIDEO THAT BRIAN HAS, ITS AWESOME!

CHARLES, CHAOS, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA ABOUT ANOTHER REUNION.

I WANT YALL TO KNOW ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE:

I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL FOR 23 DAYS 20 IN ICU. I ALMOST DIED 3 TIMES. THEY SENT ME HOME WITH HOSPICE BECAUSE MY KIDNEYS WEREN'T FUNCTIONING AND GAVE ME 2 WKS TO LIVE ( I HAD 7 DIFFERENT DOCTORS). I WENT BACK TO THE DOCTOR AND HAD MY KIDNEYS CHECKED AGAIN. THE LORD HAS HEALED ME OF THAT. MY KIDNEYS ARE FUNCTIONING AT 100%! THE DOC SAID I WAS NOTHING SHORT OF A MIRACLE. HE EVEN ASKED ME TO PUT HIS DAUGHTERS ON OUR PRAYER LIST ,ANNA AND ANNABELLE, WHO HAVE CP. I JUST EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT THERE IS A GOD AND HE DOES HEAR OUR PRAYERS. THANK YOU JESUS!

P.S.

MY KIDNEYS IN HOSPITAL WERE 3.7 (SCALE OF 1-4, 4 BEING SHUTDOWN)LAST TRIP TO THE DOCTORS 1.4!!!

11/18/09 04:44 PM

#453

Barry Jones

I will get started on the book as soon as I get enough photos. I am very sorry that Brenda and I couldn't make it. I have shot reunions for just about every school in my corner of Florida and I end up missing my own. I will put together a hard cover book similar to what I do for weddings. I believe Karen is gathering up photos and is going to send them to me. Anyone who hasn't given their photos to Karen can copy them onto a cd or dvd and mail them directly to me at:

Barry Jones
886 Yorktowne Dr.
Rockledge, FL 32955

All I ask is that no one emails me a bunch of photos. I have had that happen before and it put my email account over capacity. My daughter freaked out because she is using my email address for all of her college correspondence. She may be running cross country and track at Arkansas, Mississippi State, Univ of South Florida or a few others including my beloved Va Tech.

Also, anyone that has some digital video files, send them too. I plan on putting together a video slide show and I can mix in some video clips along with the still photos. I will post that on my web site when it is done.

11/19/09 11:31 AM

#454

Barry Jones

People, I have around 20 pictures so far. That ain't much of a book! Don't assume that others are going to be sending in hundreds of pictures. Also, don't assume that I will be able to pull them off of the web site. I need high resolution photos in order to make a quality book. Photos posted on a web page are typically reduced to 72dpi. The photos coming out of your digital camera are probably 300dpi (much more detailed).
Let's get this thing going...

11/21/09 02:28 PM	#455
Pat Dodson (Tricia --I Dont Go By "Little Pat" Anymore :) ) Just wanted to wish everyone a wonderful Thanksgiving week! I cannot believe it is Thanksgiving all ready! This year is flying by! love, Tricia

12/18/09 01:16 PM	#456
Pat Dodson (Tricia --I Dont Go By "Little Pat" Anymore :) ) Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all! wish I was celebrating in VA this year but will be there in June~ hugs, Tricia

12/19/09 05:01 PM	#457
Donna Chenery (Everhart) Hi everyone, and Happy Holidays! I ran into Barbara Lewis at Costco a few weeks ago and she told me that she's spoken to Bill Morris. He would love to hear from his former students. You can reach him at 804-681-0315, and his address is 2041 Burgess Rd, Chester, VA 23836.

12/21/09 01:50 AM	#458
Charles Robertson Merry Christmas and Happy Chanukka. 2009 was a great year for me. I don't think I could ask for better. More of the same will be okay. Blessings to all. :-D

12/31/09 12:50 PM	#459
John Berry WEEEW!! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! 2010 to all on Old Manchester High Class of '79 Message Forum...hehe...Take Care Yall

01/16/10 12:34 PM

#460

Lance Wall

Hey guys,

I recently got on the MHS website for the first time. I just noticed that there is a photo for the 20 year reunion that says it is me (Phillip Wall), but it is not me because I was not there. I thought I would bring it to someone’s attention, so they can put the correct name on the guy who is in the picture. Even though my name is Phillip Lance Wall. People always called me by my middle name… Lance.

01/16/10 02:32 PM

#461

Pat Dodson (Tricia --I Dont Go By "Little Pat" Anymore :) )

Hello fellow grads!

I just wanted to say hi and let you all know you are in my thoughts.
I still am bummed that I did not get to come to the reunion but am in hopes that I will get to hang out with some fellow grads while I am in town.
If things go as planned I will be in VA mid June, Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Hope you are well. Stay warm there.

Love,
Tricia

03/18/10 10:10 PM	#462
Pat Dodson (Tricia --I Dont Go By "Little Pat" Anymore :) ) hello! Any update on the reunion books yet??

04/26/10 05:45 PM

#463

Brian Pennington

Eric Jolly son - Kyle was signed by the Steelers - WUUUUUUUUUU HOOOOOOOOOOO. Congrats to Kyle, Eric and his lovely bride.

06/01/10 08:10 PM

#464

Pat Dodson (Tricia --I Dont Go By "Little Pat" Anymore :) )

Hello to all,

I am excited about coming to VA June 11-June 30. Some have expressed an interest in meeting up and since I was not able to come to the reunion I would love to see you.

I know we all have busy lives but if you want to get together it would be fun to see all of you!

My cell is 213/361-1997

Thanks

Tricia

11/04/10 09:23 PM

#465

Charles Robertson

Marla Reichenberg Jones Died Monday, November 1st. She had a massive heart attack on Thursday, October 28th. She was put on life support. On Monday she was removed from life support and breathed on her own for about an hour before she passed away. She was 49.

11/24/10 10:05 PM

#466

Jim Rodriguez

How sad to hear about Marla - It was wonderful to see her during the resunion last year.

12/22/10 08:55 PM

#467

Charles Robertson

Merry Christmas everyone! Keep posting messages. Don't lose the reunion spirit. The next one is right around the corner.

08/09/11 07:58 PM

#468

Charles Robertson

I have to post a story in memory of Terry Kilpatrick. I'm sure most of us remember Miss Gould from J.A. Chalkley. Terry and I had her for 5th grade. We were at the school one Saturday for reasons that escape me now. Terry had a bicycle I assume was his. We were taking turns riding when we decided to double up. It had a banana seat so there was plenty room. I was pedaling and steering. He was seated and hanging on. We were hauling ass. I was headed for the parking lot at blinding speed. The edge of the parking lot had those concrete car stops. There was about six inches between them. I decided I would just go through them. I didn't slow down. Terry figured out what I had in mind. He urged me not to do it. As we got closer his urges became more imperative. I poured on the speed. I assured him I could do it. Right at the last second I evened out the pedals and we coasted through with no trouble. That was a lot of fun. Another time we were in class reading a story book that had a record of the story with it so you could read along with the record. God knows where it came from. It was a story about a little girl who lost a pet lamb. I'm sure it was for first graders, but it was there and we were there with time to kill so we put the record on. There was a troll who found the lamb. Acording to the rules of the forest all you had to do to claim something lost was say a little rhyme. In this case it was 3 and 3 and 3 are 9. This white lamb is now all mine. It was so gay. I remember Terry and I and a kid named Ernest were there in the class singing this rhyme out loud. The rest of the kids were staring at us because we had on head phones and they couldn't hear the story. They could only hear us singing that tune. It was a scream. I didn't do much with Terry after grade school. I saw him frequently at P.J.H.S. I don't recall seeing him in Manchester. I tried to contact him at this site, but I got no reply. I am sorry he is gone. He was a good kid.

09/11/11 07:09 PM

#469

Sherry Martin (Bouchard)

Charles,

I didn't know that Terry had passed away. Thank you for sharing those memories.

03/01/18 11:30 AM

#470

Russ Billmeyer

Bri..Thanks bro...BUT..No youtube access in China...Access is getting tighter also. Download WeChat International...it's heavily monitored, but works worldwide.

Russ

10/04/18 11:03 PM

#471

Bryan Slater

I just learned today that John Bates passed away last year and the young age of 56. I am just sick to my stomach to hear this sad news. John and were good friends in high school and after. He was kind, thoughtful, funny and just an all around good person. I spent close to a week at his house when his parents were out of town I think right after high school. we talked, laughed, drank who knows how much beer, and listened to the Stones' Some Girls album about 30 times that week. Even after almost 40 years, I still think of him when I hear "Far Away Eyes". We used to hang out at his 2nd floor apartment in the Fan too after he moved there. Hang out for a weekend - talking on the porch, me smoking, both of us drinking cheap beer, watching crazy movies,and ording multiple pizzas a day.

I was fortunate enough to catch up with him at the 20 year reunion, meet his lovely wife, and spend some time talking about the fun times we had had.

I was fortunate to have had such a good and decent guy as a friend. Even though I had not seen him in years, it still pains me to learn of his passing. Another case of only the good die young. Rest In Peace John.

Bryan Slater

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