Marcia Kelso (Wilkinson)

Lookin good, Roger.  I'm glad to hear that you're home.  Keep up your positive attitude, as you continue to get better and improve everyday.  How'd you get so lucky to get those two purdy cowgals - and both at the same time?  

Marge Updegraff (Mendeljian)

Happy Birthday Barb Kolby!  Have a great day!

Marge Updegraff (Mendeljian)

JANUARY  23, 2018 FUNDANGO

J. PATRICK'S PUB - HOLIDAY INN FRENCH QUARTER - PERRYSBURG

Another fun evening!

Nancy Wolff, Kim Wening, Jan Fought, Kathy Storm

Chris & Kathy Grevis and Jackie Hanna & husband Paul

Cathy Burcewicz, Chip Carstensen, Bill Carstensen, Karen Kowalski

Pam Galbraith & husband Ron and Chuck (Marge Updegraff's husband)

Nancy Wolff, Kim Wening, Jan Fought, Kathy Storm, Ed Kanarowski

Marge Updegraff (Mendeljian)

Jeff & Kathy Willets

Marge Updegraff and husband Chuck

Pam Galbraith (Hudson)

HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY BARB!!!  DON"T EAT TOO MUCH CAKE AND ICE CREAM!!!!!!!!

Joseph Goodell

Roy C. Start basketball player charged with MURDER!!! Who would ever think 50 years later?

Jeff Willets

You saw 2 stories, one from Start about a resource officer playing grab ass with a female student, and the other a Wait HS basketball player charged with murder

Patrick Gilbert

Great Pictures Marge... Thank you! Adding in who the people are is great... nice to know who those old folks is ;)

Barbara Bobbi Kolby

Thank you Pam and Marge for the birthday wises.  Much appreciated.  Hope you both are doing well and that this year is a super one for you. 

Dale Benington

Joe, I read a follow-up article in the Blade today regarding the high school basketball player that has been charged with murder, and Jeff is correct, according to the Blade the player is NOT from Start HS, but rather, he is a Waite HS basketball player. But regardless of whether we are talking about Waite players or Start players, it is sad indeed that Toledo is currently experiencing such extreme and extensive juvenile violence and crime.

Susan Ehrhardt (Hancock)

So much has been posted since I last got on.  Roger, I am so happy to see you are back home.  continued prayers for your total recovery from all of your vascular problems.

The Fandango pictures were great!  Nice to see some more new faces joining in!  I hope I will be able to travel back for one in the near future.

The reunion commitee sure seems to be hard at work.  Thank you all for such dedication!  I remember working on the comittee on previous reunions and it is hard work!

We leave tomorrow for the other side of the world...so hold down the fort!

Kim Wening (Maros)

Fellow Spartans, We need pictures from high school for the reunion.  If you have a few, please let me know.  If possible, mail them to me.  Thanks Kim

Kim Maros  3111 Morin Pt. St. Erie, Mi 48133.

Marcia Kelso (Wilkinson)

Hey Kim - in going through one of my containers in storage, I ran across a Baccalaureate Services program, a Commencement Exercises program, and the Fifth Annual Senior Banquet program.  Would these be of any interest to you?  Sorry - no pictures.  Let me know.  Thanks, Marcia

Pam Galbraith (Hudson)

Thank you everyone for the birthday wishes...now I match our "68" graduation year!!!

Everyone have a very HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!! 

Dale Benington

Pam, I am so jealous of you. I didn’t realize that “some” of us would be able to match their birthday years to the year that we graduated from high school. As soon as I read your posting and started doing the math, that little "light bulb” turned on over my head, as I made the connection, and thought, “How neat is that.” But then I started to wonder about me, and so I did the math, and then it hit me, I would still be “67” when the class of “68" celebrates our 50th anniversary. So now I am ever so jealous that you get to have that oh so neat connection, and I don’t (sigh).

Nancy Wolff (Szymanski)

I will also be 67 at our reunion.  The baby of our class, Deb Pfann, will be 67 until the end of the year.  Bless you, Pam, for being older & wiser!  So Dale is our Fandango location a surprise?  Will you give us clues so we know where to go to find you?

Dale Benington

Nancy, I confess, I was trying to add a new twist to our “Fundango” process, seeking to make things a bit more interesting (as opposed to the "same old, same old”). My original intention was to throw the hook out there and wait for a nibble or two, with the hope that I had gotten more people thinking about our “Fundango.” But maybe your idea is a better one, “clues.”

Nancy Wolff (Szymanski)

Gosh Dale - that narrows it down to about 50 or 60.  How about a clue on location?

Kim Frisk (Jensen)

Dale Benington

Joseph Goodell

Dale , I can't believe you remembered the musical I sang  in Hello Dolly but it was in New York . I also remember the other place San Marcos on BROADWAY ?

Nancy Wolff (Szymanski)

Sorry I was a bit late on the prompt, Dale.  It sounds like we're going to Dolly & Joe's off Reynolds Rd.  I totally forgot that place is under new management & serving Mexican food.

Janis Fought (Brown)

Nancy, you are too too sharp! Very creative clue and great answer! 

Dale Benington

Don Weber

Please excuse the interruption to the discussion concerning your next Fundango, but I have an important message. 

As you all know, your amazing Classmate Denny Hall is going to be posthumously inducted into the Start High School Hall of Fame next Saturday.  We have extended the deadline to reserve a spot at the induction ceremony at the reduced price of $50 per person (it's $65 if you pay at the door), but you must respond today!  It's also not too late to make a donation in Denny's memory and have your name included in the printed program, but once again, you must respond today. (Nothing like a deadline to get you motivated, right?) As of the time I'm writing this, my fellow graduates from the Class of '66 have made donations this year totaling $5300 in honor of Willy Aey and in memory of our three Classmates who passed away in 2017: Dee Carr, Bill Tadsen and Kathie (Zuercher) Myers.

So far, there is one table of ten reserved for the Class of '68 to witness Denny's induction.  Considering the great turnout you have every month at your Fundangos perhaps a larger group of you might want to join the festivities.  The Class of '66 often uses the Hall of Fame event as a mini-reunion opportunity generally having 3 tables each year. The banquet is going to be held Saturday, February 24th, starting at 6:30 p.m. at The Holiday Inn, French Quarter, 10630 Fremont Pike, Perrysburg, OH  43551.  If you are interested in either attending in person, or making a donation in Denny's memory, please send me an email note to me at Start66@bex.net so I can reserve a spot and/or add your name to the list of donors in the printed program.  Remember, too, that all donations go toward funding scholarships that are awarded each year to deserving current Start graduates. All donations are tax deductible, since the Start High Hall of Fame is 501(c)3, non-profit organization.   

To make it easy for you, I've added a Ticket/Donation Form that you can click on to download a PDF that can be filled out right on your computer.  You can then print it out and mail it in with your check to the P.O. Box listed on the form.   

Hope to see many of you next Saturday!