DECISIONS, DECISIONS... UPDATE FROM PLANNING COMMITTEE MEETING

The following is a summary of information provided by Stephanie Angle Walls and Bruce Rogers about decisions made at the second planning meeting for the CHS Class of 1989 20-Year Reunion (April 4th, 2009).

Special thanks to Jeff and Tara Koger for hosting! Attendees were: Stephanie Angle Walls, Jeff Koger, Bruce Rogers, Erick Rawding, Jim Barham, Troy Anderson, Brooke Tuggle Purdum, Mike Brasher, Shannon Pugh, Valorie Lynn Campbell, Lisa Ingold, Jerry Gosnell, Angie Walker Dooley, Rodney Robinson, Anja Grant, Alan Reynolds, Wayne Johnson


-- ITEMS DISCUSSED--

REUNION EVENTS
Friday, October 2:
- Homecoming parade
- Homecoming football game
- Homecoming after-party
Saturday, October 3:
- Family picnic lunch
- Saturday evening reunion dinner/party at Cherokee Hotel and Casino, Catoosa

DEPOSIT MADE
A $500 has been made to the Cherokee Hotel and Casino toward the 20-year reunion party. The funds came from money leftover from the 10-year reunion that was in the Class of 1989 bank account. (NOTE: Brooke Tuggle Purdum, Troy Anderson, and Wayne Johnson are our liaisons to the Cherokee Casino.)

TICKETS/COST
No cost for reunion tickets has been determined yet. The committee is still in the process of determining the costs of such items as catering, a DJ, etc., before setting the price for individuals and couples. Once tickets go on sale, the deadline to purchase them will likely be in August. Brooke Tuggle Purdum will set up an account with Pay-Pal and provide receipts for class mates paying for activities by check.

FLOAT
The Class of 89 will have a float in the Homecoming parade on Friday, October 2, at approximately 3:30 p.m. All Class of 1989 members are welcome to be in the parade and ride on the float. Erick Rawding and Jeff Koger are heading up the float committee. We are planning to assemble float on Thursday, October 1st at Stillwater Milling. We need volunteers to help assemble the float. The truck, trailer and assembly area are being provided by Erick Rawding.

HOMECOMING GAME
The CHS Homecoming football game is Friday evening, October 2. Bruce Rogers will contact Claremore Public Schools to reserve a section of the football stadium for the Class of 1989.

HOMECOMING AFTER-PARTY
The planning committee is still considering options for an after-homecoming game meeting place. All ideas are welcome.

SPONSORSHIPS AND BUSINESS DONATIONS
Anja Grant and Candy Prebble will be contacting businesses for possible donations for door prizes and items for Saturday’s picnic lunch.

MEDIA NOTIFICATIONS
Jim Barham will contact the Tulsa World, Claremore Progress and other media, as needed, about news regarding the Class of 1989 Reunion.

CLASS OF 1989 T-SHIRTS
Wendy Adair will provide information about cost and options for Class Reunion T-shirts. The committee is also contacting the 10-year reunion T-Shirt vendor for cost information.

VOLUNTEER COMMITTEE
Jennifer King Collins and Mike Brasher will contact Class of 1990 members to volunteer for the Saturday night check-in at the Cherokee Casino.

NAME TAGS
We need a name tags committee chair. If you are interested, please let us know. Class of 88 member Tara Koger will provide some name tags for the Saturday night event. Additional name tags can be purchased at The Print Shope in Claremore 342-3993 or 342-1850. Kristin Gracy-Head has the program that Class of 1988 used for their name tags.

CATERING/ MUSIC/ENTERTAINMENT
Troy Anderson, Brooke Tuggle Purdum and Wayne Johnson will talk with the catering company at the Casino to find out cost and options for Saturday night’s dinner. They will also discuss options for a DJ and other entertainment for the Saturday night event.

MEMORY BOOK
We need volunteers to assemble a memory book for the Class Reunion participates. If we don’t have volunteers step forward soon, we likely will not have memory books for the 20-year reunion.

VOLUNTEERS FOR MAILINGS
Volunteers are also needed to assemble and mail out information to class members concerning the events that are scheduled.

SECRETARY
Stephanie Angle Walls was selected to act as secretary for the planning committee. She will take detailed notes.

1989 YEARBOOKS AND TATLERS
A limited number of classic yearbooks and Tatler newspapers are available for purchase from Claremore High School. Email us at ClaremoreZebras89@gmail.com for more info.

NEXT MEETING
The next meeting will be held at Jeff Kogers house on Saturday, May 16th at 7:00pm.

To volunteer or for more information, email us at ClaremoreZebras89@gmail.com.

ARMED FORCES MEMBERS/VETERANS

CHS CLASS OF 1989 MEMBERS: If you are a member or veteran of the U.S. Armed Forces, please let us know via email at ClaremoreZebras89@gmail.com.

We want to thank our class's military veterans for your service to our nation by honoring you on this website.

WE WANT YOUR CLASS OF 89 PHOTOS!

If you have photos from our days at Claremore High, please scan and email them to us at ClaremoreZebras89@gmail.com. CHS Classmate Bruce Rogers has created a Class of 89 photo album on his Facebook page, and he will be posting the photos there. Here is the link if you would like to see the photos that Bruce has posted: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1443403210#/album.php?aid=2019499&id=1443403210&ref=mf

Thanks for the memories!

REMINDER: The next reunion planning meeting is this Saturday, April 4

REMINDER: The next reunion planning meeting is scheduled for this Saturday, April 4th at 7:00 p.m. at Jeff Koger's house in Claremore. We hope you can attend. Click here for more info: http://zebras89.blogspot.com/2009/03/planning-committee-update.html

"Interesting" photos

Bruce Rogers has posted some "interesting" 1980's-era photos on his Facebook page. Mullets and big hair aplenty... Fun stuff!

Here is the link: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=14080&id=1536674174#/album.php?aid=2018741&id=1443403210

Paul Z.

Reunion Update / Next Planning Meeting Set

Below is an email message sent 03/26/2009 by BRUCE ROGERS to our classmates:

Hi all fellow 89ers. Just some information on up and coming events.

April 4th is our second meeting. The meeting will take place at 7PM at Jeff Koger's house. He lives out near the golf course, so if you plan on attending the meeting please RSVP me so we can give Jeff an idea of how many are coming. I've spoken to Jeff and he assures me that ALL ARE WELCOME!

We will continue to plan our reunion. The first priority is networking to find all lost 89ers. If you know any our lost 89ers, please [send an email to ClaremoreZebras89@gmail.com].

We do have some plans set for our reunion. Friday October 2nd, we are to meet at the NEW football field (BTW same place that it was, just reconstructed) and we will have our own special section reserved. There are other plans in the work, but we will wait to announce them later, as we get more input from our 89ers.

The cost of the reunion is yet to be determined. We suspect it will be around 50 dollars per family. We are looking for a volunteer that will have a pay-pal account and track all money coming in. We will need this money for our activities, but we tried to keep the cost as low as possible. So anyone want to volunteer to handle the money? A pay-pay account is mandatory.

Also Paul Ziriax is creating our own reunion page. Hopefully it will be up and running soon and we can all connect through his website. Also, facebook has been a wonderful way of networking for our 89ers. It doesn't take much info, and we have well over 100 Claremore gradulates on it.

Thanks for all your help classmates, and hopefully we will see you at Jeff Kogers...

Your fellow graduate,

Bruce Rogers
Class of 1989

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Reunion Planning Group Meeting

The planning group for the 20th-Year reunion met on Saturday, March 7th, 2008, to begin preliminary planning for the reunion. The reunion is scheduled for homecoming weekend, October 2-3, 2009.

Kayla (Jernigan) Kuehnert posted photos from the first reunion meeting on her Facebook page. Here is the link: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1536674174#/album.php?aid=14080&id=1536674174


If you would like to join future meetings of the planning group, please e-mail us at ClaremoreZebras89@gmail.com.