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Tour of Central

Thursday night

20th reunion agenda, revised 2008-08-19

There have been many suggestions for additional activities and we've also included some additional information below. Please review the post for any information that may interest you.

If you haven't rsvp'd for the weekend, please send mail to champaigncentral88@gmail.com. You don't need to send any money at this time. Below we have detailed the events and roughly how much each will cost. Please let us know which events you plan to attend, and how many adults (or children for the game) will attend. At each event you can pay by cash or check.

Below I have suggested you contact specific classmates. If you don't have their address, send mail to the gmail account or google groups. I don't want to post email addresses without asking permission.

Thursday, August 28:

If you are coming to town early and would like to go out on Thursday night, contact Mark Cortez. He is trying to set up something at Guido's.

Friday, August 29:

5 - 7pm Tailgate party: We’ll have hamburgers, BBQ pork, chips, cookies, and Pepsi products. $10 per person to cover food and tent/table rental. Bring your families! We'll be located in the parking lot on the east side of the football field. Kids under 12 will eat for free. No alcohol is allowed at the tailgate.

Central t-shirts will be on sale for $12. All proceeds go to the school, not our reunion fund.

7pm: Champaign Central football versus Normal West (they opened it after we graduated). Tommy Stewart Unit 4 field (you know where it is, behind the "other" Champaign high school. If you choose to attend the game tickets are available at the gate.

Post-game: I am sure someone will come up with a downtown Champaign gathering location. We are suggesting Guido's at the corner of Neil and Main Street. If you haven't been to Downtown Champaign in a while, it has changed a lot.

Saturday, August 30:

Possible golf outing at Stone Creek. Email definite interest by August 22 and we'll see what we can do.

10am: Urbana Dog Park. If you are going to be in the area with your dog, and your dog is current on all its vaccinations (rabies and distemper), then it is possible to purchase a one-day pass for the dog park for $5. You will need to sign a waiver at the dog park and have the $5 to pay on-site. Contact Leslie Hammersmith for more information. http://www.urbanaparks.org/facilities/55.html

11:30am: Informal picnic at West Side park. At the north side of the park there is a nice fenced play area for younger kids. We aren't reserving any area or providing food, so bring your own lunch and show up at the park. (No rain alternative is planned.) After your kids eat and run around, talk a walk over to Central at 1pm....

1pm: Champaign Central is open for you to walk around and
see what has changed or remained the same.

7pm: Jupiter's at the Crossing: $17 per person. Price includes appetizers and non-alcoholic drinks, tax, and gratuity. Children should not attend, sorry.

We have part of the upstairs section reserved, where there is a bar and the option to order pizza.Map: http://the217.com/directory/view/1438

Feel free to attend any or all of these events and catch up with (not so) old friends.

Classmates who have passed away

We offer our sympathies to the friends and family of Mike Tymchyshyn. He passed away August 13.

We also remember:

Charles Caraway
Stephanie Terry
Patty Washburn
Kathleen Coffey

Facebook invitation

We invite you to join us on Facebook if you don't yet have an account. It's been a fun way to catch up with people and it isn't creepy at all (to quote someone else).

Give it a try, it's free: http://www.facebook.com/

Missing classmates

Many of you have asked if we are missing anyone. If any of you know of an email addresses for the following classmates, or if you connect with them at all, let us know at champaigncentral88@gmail.com

Julio Andujo
Keenan Arnette
Regina Bainter
Ilene Barber
Teresa Baskin
Katherine Bigham
Rahman Bishop
Andy Bloom
Marla Booth
Joe Borovec
Howard Britt
Paul Brown
Betty Campbell
Kim Catchings
Tami Christean
Jennifer Clarkson
Tony Clemons
Kristine Cobb
Kelvin Conerly
Marcia Cox
Roby Craft, III
Max Crain
Tracie Crider
Michael Shane Dabney
Terry David
Dartagnon Davis
Terry Davis
Randall Day
Tony Dezell
Clarence Dixon
Brenda Dorris
Rhonda Drake
Charles Duckworth Jr.
Jody Lynn Duckworth
Annie Ek-Vinai
Kate Erickson
Darryl Felton
Donna Fiore
Don Fischels
Erica Fraizer
Marvin Fuller
Ron Gaither
Shawn Gibbs
Tamajor Devon Giboney
Steve Gilmore
David Gingerich
Eva Lumban Goal
Philip Harper
Sandra Harris
Rene Hedrick
Mike Heffernan
Derek Herges
Debbie Hettinger
Penny Hinderliter
Malin Hoij
Toney Holmes
Jeffrey Hooser
Rob Husband
Angela Jackson
Charles James
Shelley Jenks
Willie Johnson
Tonya Celeste Jones
Betsy Jump
Christine Kaiser
Corey Kelly
Robin Kennedy
Min Kim
Michael Kirby
Robbin Krutsinger
David Kucera
Monica Leeper
Stephen Lemke
Eugenie Leong
Marcus Leshoure
Raymond Leshoure
Steve Love
David Lozar
David Lund
Jennifer Matthews
Laura McClintock
Michael McDade
Karla McDonald
Alfonzo McGee
Tanya McGowan
Doug McIntosh
Robert McNaire
Ernestine Melker
Sara Metz
Sheri Miller
Wendy Miller
Darin Mitchell
Terese Montague
Joseph Morrissey
Liz Neal
Mike Netter
Tri Nguyen
Ernest Noa
Amanda Osler
Laura Otto
Calvin Owens
Michael Peterson
Twila Pierce
Toney Porter
Charles Pye
Monica Reed
Karen Rigsbee
Michelle Roberson
David Rogers
Scott Rollings
Kiley Rook
Carla Salinas
Katharine Salzmann
Arthur Sandberg
Michael Sanderson
Kimberly Sansone
Thomas Sawyer
Christine Schiller
Wen Hui Shan
Yun x. Shan
Benny Shaw
Percell Shaw
Faith Shelby
Stacey Shobe
Dwayne Simpson
Danielle Skube
Crystal Smith
Daryl Smith
David Smith
Lisa Smith
Sue Sohn
Cherry Sterling
Karen Stevens
Scott Sweitzer
Karen Tester
Jim Trail
April Van Etta
Dirk Vanvorst
Jennifer Visocky
Susan Walker
John Wickens
George Williams
Regina Williams
Kelly Wood
Chris Ward

Old pictures

I found a CD containing the website from our 11 year reunion. Here are some of the better ones people sent. They're a little small because, well it was 9 years ago in world of technology.