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PROFILE UPDATES


•   Kimberly Murray (Purcell)  6/25
•   Brian Elliott  6/19
•   Phil Heeke  1/8
•   Kevin Boyer  11/24
•   Curt Laudick  6/7
•   David Keegan  2/5
•   Mike Maddy  10/27
•   Craig DuBois  9/21
•   Barton Thompson (Thompson)  8/27
•   Doug Ohlemeier  8/18
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW


WHERE WE LIVE


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1 lives in Alaska
6 live in California
7 live in Colorado
4 live in Florida
1 lives in Georgia
2 live in Illinois
1 lives in Iowa
112 live in Kansas
1 lives in Minnesota
1 lives in Mississippi
7 live in Missouri
5 live in Nebraska
2 live in New Mexico
2 live in Ohio
9 live in Oklahoma
1 lives in Oregon
1 lives in Pennsylvania
1 lives in South Carolina
2 live in Tennessee
15 live in Texas
2 live in Utah
1 lives in Virginia
2 live in Washington
1 lives in Wyoming
1 lives in Saskatchewan
1 lives in Ecuador
113 location unknown

UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS



•   Becky Kraft (Wright)  9/18
•   Tim Williams  9/18
•   Craig Finley  9/19
•   Sandra Millwee (Schmitt)  9/20
•   Steven Ramsey  9/20
•   Anita Leon  9/25
•   Vicki Bieberle (Woodral)  9/26
•   Jada Schaffer (Smith)  9/27
•   Pete Barnard  10/7
•   Dana Button (Wilson)  10/7
•   Tom Kaiser  10/13

MISSING CLASSMATES


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JOINED CLASSMATES


Percentage of Joined Classmates: 62.8%

A:   194   Joined
B:   115   Not Joined
(totals do not include deceased)

Welcome to the Great Bend High School Class Of 1980 website.  This is a free website for all 1980 graduates.  I hope you enjoy this web site and are able to reconnect with friends from high school.   Shannon Brewer has been a big help in getting the site up and running.  This site will allow you to keep in touch with classmates and to send out emails to all registered classmates or post announcements to all.  

The "In Memory" section as well as the "Class Listing" allows you to leave comments/favorite memories - I think it would be a great tribute to our passed classmates to post comments on thier profiles.  

Take care and God bless.

Kathy Penka

 
ANNOUNCEMENTS

07/09/2014

Greetings Classmates!

Our 35th reunion time is approaching next year!   Stay tuned for details and if anyone is interested in helping with the reunion, please let me know.    You can email me at kathy.penka@gmail.com or call me at 913.530.9113.

Take care!

Kat

 

 

Football game on Friday night at 7:00.  We will be sitting on the WEST side of the stadium.   Look for posters and balloons with Class of ’80.   There are at least 3 other classes having reunions Labor Day weekend, so we’ve planned events as to not coincide with other classes.

During or after the game, we will be heading to The Rack on Rail Road Avenue for food, fun and refreshments.   It was just recently brought to our attention that our classmate, Laurie Zemanick Harwood and her husband own this establishment, so we will be patronizing their business.   They serve food till 10:00 with a full menu of options.   Since The Rack is a “beer” only establishment, they can only serve until midnight.   We are welcome to hang around and continue to visit if we want.

Saturday evening’s activities will be at Desperados – which is Doug Bender’s establishment - good old Chapter where many of us spent numerous Friday and Saturday nights during high school.   K's Smokehouse is up and running inside DESPERADOS and will be serving an all you can eat buffet starting at 7:00.  Cost for a single will be $20.00 and $40.00 for a couple.   This will cover your dinner and the cover charge for balance of the evening’s events.    If you choose not to eat, there will be a $5.00 single and $10.00 couple coverage charge.

Brian Ewing will be providing karaoke and music for the evening from 9:00 – 11:00.  So tune up those vocal cords and get ready to rock the roof!

I am so looking forward to seeing everyone.   It isn’t very common anymore that someone can say that they went to school with someone from kindergarten through high school, and that is part of the charm of growing up in a small town.

If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to email me personally at Kathy.Penka@gmail.com.