There!

Just FYI, we have gotten our tenth MIA turned in.

While activity has slowed down a little bit, and it took a little while to get ten classmates in, we now have more than 60 '79ers from all over Hawai`i and the mainland who have responded with updated and current contact information. But we still have more classmates to find, especially with the 30th reunion coming up. Send the info to the e-mail address above.

Almost There!

If you've been checking in on the blog, you know that we are giving away a Crusader visor to the tenth MIA '79 alum who e-mails us their updated information. And if you know of an MIA and give us their information, you get a visor, too!

This is to let you know that as of this morning, we are just one person away from getting #10!

Even when we reach that goal, we ultimately want to update everyone that's on the class list post, so that no one gets left out on the 30th reunion next year. Keep the updates coming!

And as always, if you have news to share with your fellow classmates, e-mail that info to the address above.

MIA 79ers: We're Looking For You

Crusaders,

We have been trying to constantly update e-mail addresses and phone numbers, and Ben G. has taken on the responsibility of keeping everything straight and updated. For some odd reason(s), you e-mail adresses may be on file, but may not be active, or you haven't responded with a new e-mail address. Please send Ben your current information (Ben's note: e-mail them to the Gmail address at the top of the blog) so our hard efforts won't go to waste.

With the 30th year reunion right around the corner, it is vital that we reach as many classmates as possible. So if you see, talk to or hear of/from any classmate in your area, please pass on the information. It's every classmate's responsiblity to get this information to us, so that classmates who do want to attend events, meetings and reunions won't get left out in the cold. We only have a few more of these left, so we might as well enjoy them while we can.

Mahalo as always,
Tony '79, Vice-Chair Events Committee

Some Quick Updates

Your blogmaster is back from vacation and is trying to get caught up with a lot of stuff you guys left. Which is a good thing, because it means you're using this space!

Mahalo to those of you who have sent us your correct and/or updated e-mail addresses; note that there's a lot of names that are in bold italics who have done so. By the way, if you haven't been getting e-mails at the correct address yet, we're still trying to compile and update them all. They should be done shortly, and you'll get the updated list. Meantime, the post with the names of classmates may get bumped up in the blog in a bit so that it'll stay on the front page. We'll be adding more names as well.

In the meantime, for the latest, check in here at the blog. More updates shortly.

Cyberspace is Our Friend!

Howzit everyone! If you've been checking this blog from time to time, you know it hasn't been updated quite as often as it should. That's nobody's fault, really. Sometimes we're overtaken by events.

Having a blog or two (or three) myself, I know that trying to maintain just one is hard work. My goal is to keep it updated on at least a weekly basis. And the posts may come faster and furiouser (Mr. Rosa is spinning!) as we get closer to our 30th Reunion (gasp!) 2009. That's next year!

You can help. How? Easy. No need to know html codes and stuff like that. Not of all of us know that kind of thing: That's what our teenage kids are for. I don't have any, so somehow I have to know. Let me worry about it. If you have an update on what's going on in your life, or something to share with the rest of the class (that's legal), or some really cool photos of what you've been into, simply e-mail it to slhs1979 (at) gmail.com (I write it that way to avoid spam getting into the inbox. Replace the (at) with @, of course. I'm dragging you, kicking and screaming, into the 21st century). You can also write your own post if you want, e-mail it to that address, and I'll post it for you. If you have a photo album on the web (i.e. Flickr, Photobucket) and want us to link the blog to it, I'll do that for you, too. 

We'll try to post more stuff, including your contributions. And we'll try to put up more pictures, too.

There's a little place at the end of each post where you can leave a comment on a post. Some of you have used it already. Keep doing that. And spread the word to the rest of the class about the the blog. Otay?

Before I close, I have to thank Mark V. for starting this. He put it online and made it look good, which isn't the easiest thing. Let's make this work for all of us, and let's have some fun with it while we're at it.

Ben.G