Saturday, Decker Alumni (April 11, 2015)

Well, I am glad last night is over, although I thought it went extremely well. I brought home the leftovers, since we have people at the house, and I was so tired when we got those put away (thankfully, Dixie was still up, and she helped me get everything in the refrigerator), I forgot Joe at the top of the back steps and was halfway to the RV when he yelled at me to come back and get him (he needs help getting his knee wheeler down the steps and out the door).  The bed felt really good that night.

I got some laundry done this morning, then Dana drove out for a visit.  It was good to catch up with her, and we made plans to get together again next week.  

Dixie went out to mess with her flower gardens in the afternoon, and when she turned on the outside faucet, she had a geyser.  The hydrant had frozen and busted during the winter, and water was shooting everywhere.  Fortunately for us, Mike was here, and he, with Paul and Clayton's help, dug out the faucet.  But Mike had to leave to take Clayton to baseball practice, so the repair had to be delayed until the next day.

Saturday's event was the Alumni, and we had a good class representation here too, 15 of our classmates joined us.   The 1964 class sat at our long table with us, but it was hard to get good pictures.  This room is always pretty crowded so it's hard to move around and get pictures of groups once people have sat down.  And again, we failed to take a group picture here too.

I had a short speech to give here, basically a report on our reunion of the evening before, and a few statistics from 1965.  However, I did have a podium, and a microphone here!   

 It was a good evening, and we got to visit with classmates from other years as well as 1965.  We were especially close to the class ahead of us, the 1964 graduates of which Joe is one, so it was nice to have them at our table too.

A surprise of the evening was the announcement that the Outstanding Alumni Award was being given to Joe's best friend from high school, Ed Williams.  Joe did not know this was going to happen, and as the speaker described childhood events of the recipient, Joe figured it out pretty quickly since he knew about Ed's childhood escapades, and they even joined the Army together on the Buddy System.  We were thrilled that Ed was chosen this year.   Ed did not know he was going to receive the award so he didn't have any remarks prepared.  And he was speechless. 

 Our class has some representation on the Alumni Board.  Toni Holmes will be moving into the position of 1st Vice President for the next year, and Barbara Holscher is assuming the position of 2nd Vice President.  It's obviously time for the "younger" ones to get active on this.

I'm now done with speeches, so I can enjoy the rest of our visit here.  But it was a good weekend!