Final Due Date! June 15 - Please have your check for your Reunion tickets sent in. You Snooze, You Lose!
Please remit payment of tickets for Saturday evening's activities by June 15, 2011 to: Kelly Cochran c/o Lakeside Country Club 1201 Croxton Avenue Bloomington, Illinois 61701.
Thanks!!
Lynn Poole Hruska has been named the NCHS Distinguished Alumni for 2010-2011. CONGRATULATIONS Lynn!!
Class of 1976 Commemorative 35th Reunion t-shirts or uni-sex tanks are available for $12.00 each. Please add $2.00 for 1X and 2X sizes. Shirts will be black with white writing. The Reunion logo will be on the back and some verbiage indicating the reunion, etc will be on the left pocket area.
Please contact Mary LeMay Cox at: mikecox3@msn.com to place your order. Payment for shirts may be mailed to Mary Cox at 1612 Whitmer Ct., Bloomington, IL 61704. To reach Mary by phone call: 309-452-7716.
Please order/pay for your commemorative shirts prior to the reunion as there will only be a limited amount of shirts available during the event. We would rather focus on enjoying everyone's company than taking care of additional business.
THANKS for your support!!
NCHS Class Of 1976 35th Class Reunion Data Sheet
All '76ers whether or not you attend reunion events, are urged to complete and submit a Data Sheet for publication in the Memory Book. Please submit the Data Form via the website by June 1, 2011 or mail this copy to: Diana Ropp, 2716 Ropp Road, Normal, IL 61761 (cell phone: 309-830-1294 or nann_2716@yahoo.com). Please remit payment of tickets for Saturday evening's activities by June 1, 2011 to: Kelly Cochran c/o Lakeside Country Club 1201 Croxton Avenue Bloomington, Illinois 61701.
Example Data Sheet
NCHS CLASS OF '76
35TH YEAR CLASS REUNION DATA SHEET
All '76ers whether or not you attend reunion events, are urged to complete and submit a Data Sheet for publication in the Memory Book. Please submit the Data Form via the website by June 1, 2011 or mail this copy to: Diana Ropp, 2716 Ropp Road, Normal, IL 61761 (cell phone: 309-830-1294 or nann_2716@yahoo.com). Please remit payment of tickets for Saturday evening's activities by June 1, 2011 to: Kelly Cochran c/o Lakeside Country Club 1201 Croxton Avenue Bloomington, Illinois 61701.
First Name:_____________________ Last Name:____________________ Maiden Name: __________________
Street Address:_______________________________ City:__________________State:_________ Zip:_________
**All information is optional. By providing the information you are giving consent to publish the information to share with classmates. Some questions will be used to award prizes at the reunion. If you do not wish to be included in the contests, please check here._____
Number of Children:__________Names:________________________________________(use the back if needed)
Number of Grandchildren:____________Names:_________________________________
ABOUT YOURSELF & HAVE FUN!
Have you ever attended the Olympics or been involved in a Reality TV show? Details:_______________________________________________ Paper, Plastic or bring your own?________________
How many broken bones and/or stitches have you accumulated in 35 years?_____________
Have you ever been under a Restraining Order or secured one against someone else? Will the other party be attending the reunion?____________Details if you wish to share:___________________________________
Now that we are in our 50's do you still have a favorite high school memory or even a later memory involving a 1976 classmate?__________________________________________________________________________________
How many classmates do you remain in contact with? ______ Is it because you all have continued to cultivate the friendship or because their spouse is hot?__________________________________________
Share with your classmates a piece of advice or quotation that has been part of your life: _________________________________________________________________________________________
Submit your Data Sheet via the website or if you prefer, please mail it to Diana Ropp at the address above. Data sheets must be submitted by June 1, 2011. Please contact a committee member if you have trouble meeting this deadline as we remain as flexible as we can.
I am planning on participating in the Golf Outing on June 23. _____ Yes _______No
I will attend Friday night's Reunion Activities: _______Yes ________No (Cash Bar)
I will be attending Saturday evening at $25.00 per person: _______ (# of tickets) ________No
I cannot attend Saturday night but would like a hard copy of the Memory Book.________ Yes
(Memory Books may be available on our website, please watch for additional details in this regard)
The NCHS Class of 1976 Reunion Planning Committee appreciates your participation in completing this information!
Please Submit Your Data Sheet By Any Of The Methods Below:
--NCHS CLASS OF '76--
The Class That Rocks!
*Save the dates…….June 23, 24 & 25, 2011*
Thursday 6/23/11 - Iron Crush Golf Scramble at Ironwood Golf Course; 1:00 pm shot gun start
Come home one day early and pull a foursome together to support your alumni association. Lots of fun, food, live auction and a cash raffle too! Watch our website for registration details or call Jayne Keith Ellis (Class of 1974) 309-452-4130 to sign up.
Friday 6/24/11 - Firehouse Pub, Uptown Normal (6:00 PM til close) Cash bar, some snacks provided by the reunion committee, checkout the Normal expansion, you won't believe what a difference a couple of years make! Take your old records off the shelf, (BYOA-Bring Your Own Album) we'll have a turntable available for spinning. The best place to park will be the parking garage which is only a short walk away.
Saturday 6/25/11 - Lakeside Country Club, Bloomington (6:30 PM til close) $25.00 per person includes heavy appetizers, band and all the fun/laughs/tears of joy your heart and hands can handle! Come early, first keg and some carafes of wine are on the committee! WHAT? You know a band? Call Bob Gipson (309-827-8523 ASAP!) Group pictures will also be taken at some point during the evening.
Visit us on FACEBOOK Normal Community HS Class of 1976 and feel free to post any pictures
you may have from previous events or even 'back in the day!'
Once again we will be pulling together a MEMORY BOOK to bring everyone up to speed. Please complete the data sheets which may be found on our website link listed above so everyone is included. If you prefer a paper copy of the data sheets rather than electronic, please contact Diana at 309-830-1294 (cell) or 2716 Ropp Road, Normal, IL and she will be happy to mail you a packet of information to be completed. We want ALL classmates to be included in the Memory book. If you are unable to attend the reunion, Memory books will be available for an additional fee or they may even be available electronically. The committee is still hammering out those details.
Watch for availability of beverage koozies with our reunion logo on them as well as t-shirts too
as they were a big hit at the 30th reunion!
We work very hard to find accurate addresses on all of our classmates, but in this transient society it is a difficult task. Please contact classmates you remain in touch with to ensure they are aware of the reunion and have them contact us for address updates if they haven't received this information via USPS mail.
LODGING
If you haven't been home in awhile and need a place to stay, the hotel offerings have grown with the community. Here are a few phone numbers of a variety of places to stay while in town.
Chateau of Bloomington: 309-662-2020 (showing its age a little bit, but very affordable)
Bloomington Normal Marriott Hotel and Conference Center: 309-862-9000
Right in the heart of Uptown Normal - brand new, very lovely, but on the pricey side.
Hampton Inn and Suites, Normal - 309-452-8900
Located near the Shoppes of College Hills (old College Hills Mall)
Holiday Inn Express (by the East side Walmart): 309-862-1600
Holiday Inn Express (by Farm and Fleet) 309-820-9990
EATS
Some of your favorite restaurants are still open Avanti's, Tobin's, Station 220 (formerly Central Station), Schooner's, Mugsy's, but uptown Normal also is home to Medici's, Desthil (brew pub & restaurant-Shoppes of College Hills) and Swingers Bar and Grille which are very good too!
RAFFLE ITEMS
If your business would like to purchase an ad in our Memory Book or donate something to our raffle baskets to be given away at our Saturday night function, please contact a committee member. The reason our committee is able to host snacks on Friday or some cocktails on Saturday is due to the generosity of classmates in providing raffle items to add to the excitement of our event.
**Thanks Jamie Phelps for your help in keeping our website updated
**Thanks Jim Hensey for creating our 2011 event logo
**Thanks so much to our committee: Bob Gipson, Lori Brady, Kelly Cochran, Pix Clemons, Diana Ropp, Mary Cox, Kim Riley, Deb Evans, Karen McDowell, Karen Wisdom, Allen Bruehl, Sally Pyne, Scott Kemp, Jamie Phelps, Randy Lyons
WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU IN JUNE!!
The Class of 1976 - THE CLASS THAT ROCKS
Photo Courtesy of Diana Ropp
As Gene Simmons from KISS says,
All women are beautiful & "The Babes
of 76" prove him 100% correct.
Back Row L to R Karen Wheeler McDowell, Sally Tone Pyne, Karen McDermott Wisdom, Debbie Schneider Evans, Cindy Henderson Watkins, Mary Beasley Schaffrath, Pixie Kinsella Clemons, Carol Schweinberg Berger
Front Row L to R Lori Miller Brady, Sue Green Blaese, Diana Ropp, Kim Kelley Riley, Connie West, Julie Crowe, Mary LeMay Cox, Jan Salmond Paley
Coming Events:
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2011 Iron
Crush Golf Scramble - Thursday June 23,
2011
Here are some
pretty cool pictures of Peru from Martin
"Stelzel" Steele
I'll see if Martin can
give us some insight about his trip. Peru looks
absolutely beautiful. Martin, are you being
shown who the Alpha Male is in the one
pic?
1970-1971
CHIDDIX JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL HONOR BAND &
JAZZ BAND
In Live Performance
Track 01: Proud Heritage
Track 02: House Of The Rising Sun
Track 03: Symphonic Chorale For Band
Track 04: Black Jack
Track 05: The Pledge Of Allegience
Lovingly Restored &
Remixed for Ms. Doctor (Congrats & Job Well
Done!) Sally Tone Pyne by Jamie at Wild Weasel
Conversions & Restorations
