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Report
"Wonderful, exciting, tremendous. " Those were the accolades heard
from the attendees (see the list and their individual photos on the
Attendees page).
The weather
cooperated. In fact the only thing which marred the mini homecoming was the news
that the Rick and Beth Cueroni could not come because Beth was having an
operation. Wee and Jane Smith were also unexpectedly absent when Wee had a minor
ailment. On a more serious matter, we also learned that Cal Crouch was
hospitalized with a brain tumor.
The 18 classmates
and 15 wives gathered Wednesday evening in the hospitality room to greet each
other before attending an excellent meal at the hotel.
Thursday morning, we all climbed
aboard our bus bound for Mt. St. Helens. En route, Dick Donnelly showed an
excellent historical video of the eruption. The all day trip took us to the
Johnson Ridge Observatory looking into the throat of the volcano, then Cold
Water Observatory at the foot of the volcano where we had lunch, and on the way
back, to the Weyerhaeuser Forest Learning Center. The weather was warm and
clear with some wind around the mountain. the scenery en route was gorgeous. The
group gathered to have their picture taken at the entrance to one of the
observatories.
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