Updated Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Welcome to the Marion Harding High School class of 1983 website!
What a success our 25-year class reunion was! The reunion committee did a fantastic job organizing, planning, and creating a nearly flawless weekend of events. I want to give an extra special thanks to committee members, Joe Blue and Marc West. They were with me every step of the way for nearly a year contacting classmates, coordinating the events, soliciting sponsors, encouraging attendance, and dealing with the details. They were absolutely committed to making this reunion successful. I would also like to thank the rest committee for their efforts, including Dean Castanien, Amy Pinnick (Dickman), Susan Kielmeyer (Thatcher), and Zoraba Ross. They provided support throughout the year and devoted a great deal of time during the reunion weekend.
Everyone had a great time and the variety of activities was appreciated. We had solid attendance at all of the events. Here are the statistics:
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Event
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Classmates
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Guests
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Total
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HHS football game
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61
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61
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102
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Bonfire
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66
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18
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84
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School Tours
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20
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5
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25
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Main Event
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89
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44
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133
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Brunch
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47
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15
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62
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Golf
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16
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4
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20
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I have posted all of the photgraphs received to date and those taken by the DJ, Rockin' Rons, to the "Photo Albums" page of the site. If you have other photos you would like me to post the reunion website photo album, you can email them to me at therowlands@chamberscable.com, or copy them to a CD and mail them to: P.O. Box 4187, Sunriver, OR 97707.
You can still view the photographs taken by the DJ, Rockin’ Rons at the following website:
http://www.rockinronsdjs.com/index.php?gadget=PicasaViewer
Other photographs may be viewed at the following website:
http://harding1983.shutterfly.com/18
Also, if we have your contact information, you will be receiving a mailing from the videographer with details regarding purchasing the video from Saturday night’s main event at All Occasions.
During Sunday's brunch at the Marion Country Club, we voted to have our next reunion over Labor Day Weekend in 5 years (August 30 – September 1, 2013), but we may organize some informal events sooner. Remember to keep your information on the website current (particularly your email address), and also continue to work to find our “Missing Classmates” so our next reunion will be an even greater success. Until we meet again …
Krista Rowland (Seckel)
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Subcommittee:
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Chair:
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Friday evening all events (football game, welcome table, banner, work with Shawn Kelly on after-game bonfire details)
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Joe Blue, Shawn Kelly
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Tour of new and old high schools
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Marc West
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The Main Event:
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Decorations
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Amy Pinnick/Dean Castanien
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Alcohol (Decided on BYOB)
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Krista Rowland
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Table Favors
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Marc West
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Entertainment
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Marc West
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Registration Table
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Amy Pinnick/Susan Kielmeyer
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Name Tags
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Krista Rowland
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Programs/Event Schedule
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Joe Blue/Krista Rowland
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Memory Book
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Krista Rowland
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Giveaways, Raffles, Wine Cellar
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Marc/Krista/Susan
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Photo Slideshow
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Krista Rowland
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Re-Contacting Classmates
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Zoraba Ross
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