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Looking Back on Our Big 55th Reunion...
The Class of '68's 55th Reunion was held Friday, September 8th, Saturday, September 9th and Sunday, September 10th, 2023, the first weekend after Labor Day. Soon, you'll see for yourself on the fifth page of this website, "Reunion Slideshows", everyone enjoyed a phenomenal time all weekend long!
PLEASE FORWARD YOUR REUNION PHOTOS (with a caption for each one) TO: [email protected]!
Our schedule of Reunion Events was as follows:
Friday September 8, 2023
PLEASE FORWARD YOUR REUNION PHOTOS (with a caption for each one) TO: [email protected]!
Our schedule of Reunion Events was as follows:
Friday September 8, 2023
- 12:00 Noon: Cynthia Rose Petersen hosted another "Ladies Luncheon" at the Eagle House, 5578 Main St., Williamsville. Click here to RSVP.
- 7:00 PM - ???? - Meet & Greet at Brunner’s Tavern, 3989 Main St. Eggertsville.
Brunner’s finished their remodeling shortly after our 2018 50th reunion and has done some excellent upgrading of the facility. Brunner’s food menu for weekly lunch and weekend dinners has some of the best WNY bar food in the area, including their very popular Friday night fish fry.
Click here to check out their Menu, which is subject to change.
Saturday, September 9th, 2023
- 10:30 AM – 12:30 AM - Tour of Amherst Central High School, 4301 Main St., Snyder. Classmates met at the flagpole in the front quad of the building between 10:15 and 10:30 AM. Since our last reunion, the building has undergone a significant renovation program bringing the facility very much into the 21st century. Due to the pandemic, very little access to the school has been available to most people outside of current employees and students. The tour was very worthwhile. Clay Pasternack handled the arrangements (cell 440-655-6180).
- 6:00 – 10:00 PM - THE MAIN EVENT: Our 55th Reunion Celebration at Resurgence Brewing Company 55 Chicago Street, Buffalo.
Our Reunion Dinner was celebrated at Resurgence Brewing in Buffalo’s "Old First Ward" neighborhood. This area has become a hot-spot of entertainment in the City. Resurgence is one of the most popular locations around. Located where Ohio Street and Chicago Street merge, right across from River Fest Park and the Buffalo River (click on the map below for more detail). Buffalo Riverworks is across the Buffalo River from this point. Also, directly across the street from Resurgence is the Tewksbury Lodge and Papa Grande’s Waterfront Beach Bar.
Adding to the festivities during our dinner, Robbie Takac of the Goo Goo Dolls hosted his 22nd "Music is Art" Festival in the vicinity of Resurgence, attracting a very lively crowd listening to over 200 bands during the day.
Our Schedule was:
- 6:00 - 7:00 PM Starting Time - Cash Bar Open
- 7:00 - 7:15 PM Welcome and Announcements
- 7:15 PM Dinner will begin - Food Stations are open in the back part of the room once the announcements have been completed.
The food menu, below, is similar to what we have had in previous years at the Buffalo Yacht Club and at Pearl Street Grill: appetizers, salad bar/food stations and desserts. A Cash Bar was open at 6 PM.
Here are some facility highlights:
- Pretzel Bites
- Charcuterie Display (cheeses, sliced cured meats, pickles, olives, crackers)
- Salad Bar (mixed greens, tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, cheese, croutons, citrus beer vinaigrette, ranch dressing)
- Pasta Station (penne, garlic bread, choose 2 sauces: tomato/meat/alfredo/pesto/herb)
- BBQ Station (mac & cheese, baked beans, coleslaw, cornbread, choose meat: BBQ pork, BBQ chicken)
- Coffee Station (regular, decaf, tea)
- Sweet Treats (choose 2: TBD)
Here are some facility highlights:
- Parking: As with Riverworks and other locations in the immediate area, there is considerable parking for all attendees directly next to and across the street from the venue. Much of it is gravel parking but there's a very short walk to the entrance.
- Entry access: The front door leads to an elevator where we could easily access the second floor - where our event took. Stairs were also available.
- Reception area: Exiting both the elevator and stairway leads to a reception area, with name badges, registration, and a display of Class memorabilia, and permits entry to the ballroom.
- Ballroom: A large ballroom with rectangular table seating, full bar area and also access to the walkway outside the ballroom that showcases the brewery area. The size and layout of the ballroom conveniently served our needs for the evening.
Sunday, September 10th, 2023
- We have arranged another Sunday afternoon event at Buffalo Riverworks, 359 Ganson Street on Kelly Island at the waterfront, as a wrap-up to our reunion weekend. Many classmates assembled at Riverworks and enjoyed a relaxing late-summer afternoon bite and beverage together (along with watching Sunday's opening NFL Football games on the multitude of High Definition screens there) before folks set-off in so many different directions heading home again.
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WE NEED YOUR HELP!
We have had a significant number of people in the class whose email addresses have either changed, or we've simply never had accurate contact information for them. Many emails to various class members have been returned recently as Undeliverable. Your help would be greatly appreciated in supplying email addresses for any classmates you are still in touch with.
Below are several class members for whom we need current email information. If you have these details, would you please share it with us so we can reactivate them to receive our class information?
Thank you very much!
If you are interested in becoming active on the planning committee for future events, please contact any of the Committee Members below and they will alert you about our next Committee meeting.
Your CLASS OF '68 REUNION COMMITTEE MEMBERS can be reached directly through the following e-mail addresses:
Grant Golden: [email protected]
Don Houck: [email protected]
Tom Kenney: [email protected]
Debbie Snow Louttit: [email protected]
Rich Morin: [email protected]
Tad O'Rourke: [email protected]
Clay Pasternack: [email protected]
Jeff Rausch: [email protected]
Craig Speers: [email protected]
Laurie Steinmetz: [email protected]
Eleanor Freeman Strickland: [email protected]
Mark Teach: [email protected]
We have had a significant number of people in the class whose email addresses have either changed, or we've simply never had accurate contact information for them. Many emails to various class members have been returned recently as Undeliverable. Your help would be greatly appreciated in supplying email addresses for any classmates you are still in touch with.
Below are several class members for whom we need current email information. If you have these details, would you please share it with us so we can reactivate them to receive our class information?
- Kathy Shulman Hafner
- Maureen O’Shea
- (Del)Mark Goldfarb
Thank you very much!
If you are interested in becoming active on the planning committee for future events, please contact any of the Committee Members below and they will alert you about our next Committee meeting.
Your CLASS OF '68 REUNION COMMITTEE MEMBERS can be reached directly through the following e-mail addresses:
Grant Golden: [email protected]
Don Houck: [email protected]
Tom Kenney: [email protected]
Debbie Snow Louttit: [email protected]
Rich Morin: [email protected]
Tad O'Rourke: [email protected]
Clay Pasternack: [email protected]
Jeff Rausch: [email protected]
Craig Speers: [email protected]
Laurie Steinmetz: [email protected]
Eleanor Freeman Strickland: [email protected]
Mark Teach: [email protected]
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