The year is 1999 and the class of “79” is holding its 20^th annual reunion.  The class has decided to take a trip to a South Pacific Island.

The luxury cruiser has been donated by the eccentric Greg Helton.  The trip has been going well.  All the passengers feel safe knowing the Captain Richard Sedwick and his first mate Lori Burnett are at the helm.  On the third day things seemed to be going normal until from the crows nest, Theresa Curtman yells “ICE BERG!”  At this point, Captain Sedwick and first mate Burnett slur “le (hiccup) must have taken (burp) a wrong turn.”

 

It was later discovered that our navigator, Phillip Plemmons, who was in worse shape than the Captain and first mate, was the one responsible for our collision.

 

In all the confusion of getting into life boats, Mary Long makes a dive toward the boat and misses.  She is soon discovered when Brian Herzog, steering a boat, runs into her and dumps himself and all the other passengers out.

 

After two days of floating aimlessly, we landed on what appeared to be a deserted island, but come to find out, Bill Groff, our long lost classmate, who disappeared somewhere between Gulf Port and Ship Island Mississippi, had taken up residence and turned the island into a bird sanctuary, where the birds natural enemy was taped up and thrown into the ocean.  Lisa Judson was thrilled to learn that she would be living with her natural habitant along with the woodpeckers.

 

Since no rescue ships had been by for 20 years, the class decides to build their own town, and thus elects Tim Russell as mayor, with Theresa Helton and Darryl McGarity as councilmen.

 

John Luttrell opens up a karate studio and his first student who is Jeff Shackleford, is laid up in the hospital with a broken arm and leg, where nurses Cheri Gardner and Julia Collins are bringing him back to health, under the direction of Dr. Bill Wilson.

 

For recreation Jerry Berry and Steve Humphrey open their own athletic-recreational center, where Jeff Hayes is still in training for college football.

 

Daily entertainment is provided by Gail Dake who plays his guitar, Nancy Patterson with ballet, and Viola Hair who swings, I mean sings.

 

The Daily Gazette owned by Danne Meredith, is the only news souce on the island.  The paper features a gossip column written by Paula Music, entertainment reviews by Sandy Luttrell and Virginia Catron serves as the art director.  Photography is done by Rusty Long and on the spot reporter is David Hendley.

 

Bryan Carmack and Joey Dake open a seafood restaurant that specializes in raw oysters, with Pam Mason, Penny Schlieper and Charlotte Luttrell serving as waitresses.

 

The Daycare Center is supplied, owned and operated by Mike and Mary Jo Cochran, who latter went into partnership with David Miller and Jackie Fritchey.

 

Unfortunately we had to open a mental institution where Jim & Sandy Wilson and Jim & Sue Grider are patients, with Dr. Bill Scott as the psychiatrist, who instead of analyzing their problems, creates them.