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July 2nd - 5th!

Our 50th class reunion!

CALENDAR OF EVENTS -

Thursday, July 2nd:

Begin your weekend by dusting off your clubs and joining classmates for a 9-hole Golf Outing  at The Links at Groveport. 10:00 am. Classmates, guests and spouses welcome. Cost: $26pp to be paid at the course. Includes cart/greens fees. If interested, please contact Peter MacKay (petermackay1958@gmail.com) by June 10th, to make your reservation.

 Continue the festivities with a Pizza and Ice Cream Social (Johnson’s and Rubino’s, of course!) at the home of Beth (Bishoff) Opgrand. 5-8 pm, rain or shine. 2402 Commonwealth Park North, Bexley (Classmates only, please). Enjoy pizza, ice cream, beer and soft drinks while you get reacquainted with old friends and make some new ones! Practice your putting stroke on the putting green, pick up your reunion t-shirt and enjoy the musical stylings of none other than one of our favorite teachers, Keith Klaiber! Who knew we had a “Jimmy Buffett” in our midst all those years!!  Please contact Beth Opgrand (bbopgrand@comcast.net) or Marcie Rehmar Rogell (Marcie.Rehmar@nationwidechildrens.org) with any questions. *no byob, please*

 Friday, July 3rd:

9:00 - 11:30 - All-alumni gathering at the high school sponsored by the Bexley Alumni Association. Stop by with friends or family and take a quick tour of our old stomping grounds. Reminisce as you walk the hallowed halls and see the “ch ch ch changes” of the past 50 years!

 PLEASE PLAN TO JOIN US FOR THE MAIN EVENT! - A 50th Reunion Celebration at The Columbus Country Club, located at 4831 E. Broad Street. The party is from 5-9 pm, with hors d’oeuvres, dinner buffet, desserts and a cash bar. Spirit Of Bexley trivia will be on full display, along with yearbooks and mementos.  A photographer will be on hand throughout the evening. Class photo will be taken at 7:00 pm. Attire - dressy casual. Please, no jeans, no shorts, no t- shirts. Spouses are welcome and encouraged. (Reunion t-shirts will be available for pick up if you missed the Thursday event). Please note: just like Rubino’s, bartenders will only accept cash . No Zelle, no Venmo, no credit card…..ONLY CASH.

RESERVATIONS REQUIRED (see RSVP form)

Saturday, July 4th:

9:00 am - Gather at Maryland Avenue School with your classmates, to ride in the Bexley 4th of July parade. We have arranged for a flatbed. You are also welcome to ride a bike or walk alongside. We will supply some candy to toss for the kids, but feel free to bring a bag of your own. (Individually wrapped pieces, please) *alcohol during the parade is prohibited*

4:00 pm (weather permitting) -  Let’s cycle ! For those of you who enjoy a workout, Bill Payne will be leading a group of cycling “SOB’s” on the Alum Creek Trail bike path. Interested cyclists (of intermediate level and above) should meet (with your bike), at Wolfe Park, in the parking lot by the tennis courts. The group will cycle 15-20 miles (exact distance TBD). Should you want to cut it short, you can turn around on the path and head back home at any time. Everyone will meet up afterwards at The Rusty Bucket ( 2158 E. Main Street) to catch up and share a beer. All other classmates, please join us at the Bucket! (Exact time TBD). Be sure to bring your helmet, water bottle, protein bars or snack and $ for Rusty Bucket. If interested, please contact Bill Payne (billpaynecorvette@gmail.com) with any questions.

**please note that cyclists are unsupervised and choose to ride at their own risk**

 Sunday, July 5th:

8 -11 am: Open Pickleball Play at Jeffrey Mansion. Classmates and spouses are welcome to play. We will have two courts reserved, with all players rotating in and out. If interested, please contact David Fulford (dmfulford@outlook.com)

Also at 9:30 - noon:  if you aren’t interested in pickleball, swing by The Lion  in Bexley (2511 E. Main St) to meet up with your classmates for coffee and a pastry before you head home. Pickleball players, stop by afterwards!!

 Our photographer will be taking photos throughout the weekend and creating a video of our celebration – a “must have” memento, available to all on YouTube.

MISSING CLASSMATES

If you have kept in touch with any of these classmates, please send  their email and phone number to BexleyClass1976@gmail.com. We don’t want to leave anyone out!

Joyce Ashbrook, Bradley Beaver, JoAnn Berger, Robert Berger, Sue Blackmon, Marc Bryant, Donna Chamberlain, Karen Saas Chambers, Mary Ann Day Connors, Mary Kay Coughlin, Pamela Kramer Davis, Ellen Downey, Libby Phillips Fagen, Steve Feinthel, Debra Wren Fink, Barb Gould, Linda Williams Gustine, Laura Hoster, Cathy Boundy Keller, Melissa Karr Kishel, Mike Kunkler, Tim Ketchum, Karen Klamfoth Lambert, Andi Aufderhar Lowrey, Carolyn Kennedy Newman, Jon Osborn, Gene Owen, Cord Reeves, Robert Reeves, Laura Buechner Reynolds, Rick Schaefer, Gary Schmitt, Kurt Seiler, Dan Setnar, Michael Shaffer, Linda Shimer, Stacy Curtiss Spalding, Joy Faust Stabile, Charlotte Stallman, Cynthia Matchner Staudenmeir, Therese Stolarski, Lynn Clark Stover, Sharon Sixt Taylor, Robert Thomas, Cathy Toironen, Dan Unkefer, Janet Vannoy, Michael Walls, Jon Winstead, Doug Wolfe, Phillip Wright.

If you have contact information for any of the above, PLEASE DO NOT CLICK “REPLY” or “REPLY ALL” TO THIS MESSAGE. Send a personal message to BexleyClass1976@gmail.com.

Please note: We have not reserved hotel blocks. We suggest you check Hotels.com,  Expedia.com or Trivago.com. If you have any problems, please feel free to reach out to any of the above emails and we will do our best to help.

We are looking so forward to this very special weekend and we hope each and every one of you will be able to attend!

This is the one reunion you will not want to miss, and the more who come, the more fun it will be!

So, please send your reservation form in today!  (click the link to RSVP and pay online or open this attachment to RSVP and pay by mail)

We’ll see you in July!!

Your Reunion Committee –

Kim Stygler Allen, Alec Clarke, David Fulford, Jennifer Burns Greenberg, Mike Levison, Peter MacKay, Mary Mayo, Beth Bishoff Opgrand, Bill Payne, Sandi Robinson Poyer, Elaine Friedland Rockwell, Marcie Rehmar Rogell, Peggy Kearns Stone, Melissa Webber

To be put on the list to receive information,  or to update your contact info,
please email bexleyclass1976@gmail.com. 
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