By now you have received and returned the survey request for the pro­posed 30-year class reunion. If by chance you have not, let us know what your thoughts are on the reunion; go ahead and do it. Your input does matter, and I welcome the widest response we can get. If you read the Class of '59 column in the last issue, you are aware of the direction their class reunion is taking. I will have most of the survey results by the time inputs are due for the next issue; so, if you have not yet returned your response, it will still be counted.

The football season in the Rockies left a low feeling in most of us, but there were a few high points. Probably the highest was the Class of '60 representation at the Navy game. Partly due to the designation of that weekend to honor Ben Martin and partly because of some excellent weather on the Eastern Slope, we had some 15 classmates in or around the usual tailgate party. George PUPICH, Chris WARACK, Howie BRON­SON, D K & Sally JOHNSON, Roy & Barb JOLLY, Vic YOAKUM, Chuck & MaryAnn WATERMAN, Gary CREW, Jock SCHWANK, Wayne & Barb KENDALL, Fred & MaryLou PORTER, Cres & Mary SHIELDS, Jim & Bev O'ROURKE, Dick & Sharon SCHEHR, and Joan & I joined Jim and Linda GLAZA in destroying a significant amount of food and drink in the interest of self-preservation. It was too bad that some of the old war horses couldn't hit the field to support a team that couldn't seem to find the combination to blow the Middies away. Some of the guys were camera shy (D.K. and George were still arguing about who is better looking and deserved to be in the front row) but we did capture the "heavies" on film.

Not to be outdone, Maryann, Sharon, Linda, Bev, Joan, and Barb lent a touch of class to what was on the way to becoming a ragged affair.

It was the consensus of this group that we pursue the reunion concept; so, I expect that they are all eager volunteers to help sort out all the details.

I received a note from our biggest three-star along with a photo which may be a recorded depiction of AFA's answer to organized crime leadership.

Ralph LALIME, George ELSEA, Tony BURSHNICK, General Ted Seith (deputy Comm our last two years), Ken ALNWICK, and Tom BURKE may constitute a real threat to the Beltway Bandits' uncontested influence in government policy decisions. General Seith is now retired and the director of the Air Force Aid Society. The others, with the exception of Tony who is Vice CINC of MAC, are all in the D.C. area seeking for­tune and fame in second careers.

Speaking about seeking one's fortune, I can echo the note from Russ MacDONALD who, following retirement this year, became a land peddler in Blacksburg, VA. It seems he and Barbara like the location and their house, and dealing in real estate will allow them to enjoy the atmosphere of a college-life town they found during his final tour as PAS at Virginia Tech.

Goose GULBRANSON wrote from somewhere in the vicinity of his home in Santa Barbara, CA that he was required by his employer to at­tend an FAA cockpit-resource-management seminar. Some folks do need periodic couth lessons to retain their in-flight effectiveness. Anyway, as Goose found, D.Q. MAYO was the "facilitator" tasked to lead the rabble through the wickets. Can you imagine the confusion which must have prevailed over that three-day seminar? I'll have to avoid that airline until the influence of that session has worn off.

I heard from P.J. VALLERIE in the Great Northwest in support of our upcoming reunion efforts. He did mention that the constrained military (DoD) budget has had an impact on the Boeing Corp but that he is holding his own. His family is well and, like all of us, cannot figure a way to keep his siblings from moving in and out of the nest on a semi-regular basis. Paul if you find a way, let us all know, and we will elect you "King of the World."

In this issue I want to highlight what must be one of the most in­teresting careers of any who made it through the 1960 filter. Lew PRICE served as a navigator for five years in MAC after which he jumped into the engineering disciplines in a big way. He engineered in the communica­tions industry and spent time getting the ultralight aircraft industry off the drawing board. In 1974 Lew published a book on astrology (not astronomy) but with a new twist. It attempted to explain what astrology can and cannot do and why it does what it does. This interest, coupled with a continuing interest in music, led him into the manufacture and marketing of over 200 types of folk flutes and panpipes. This led to deeper research in the connectivity of music and astrology and the phenomenon that deals with human body response to audible and visible vibrations. Lew has published other singular and syndicated works in this field. His current leisure interests include: private flying, choral singing, and translating ancient Hebrew writings. His wife Sherry is a nurse. Two of his three daughters are married, his third just completed high school. They have two grandchildren (a boy and a girl) with one more on the way. Lew mentioned that he had left out several items. Well, I can't imagine a life with much more variety.

Jock and Hope SCHWANK received a surprise visit from Hope's brother, Neal REAVELY, his wife Niki and the three youngest of their five kids. Jock and Hope had a spur-of-the-moment surprise 50th birth­day party for Neal and invited some of our Colorado Springs classmates--Cres and Mary SHIELDS, Fred and MaryLou PORTER, Wayne and Barb KENDALL, and Linda GLAZA, as well as Reeves and Karin Smith, who were high school friends of Niki. Neal is a high school math teacher in Bozeman, MT and also coaches wrestling, football and women's fast­ pitch softball. Neal is also a colonel in the Montana Air National Guard and has forsaken flying to become director of operations for State Head­quarters.

In recent correspondence, Jack SCHIRA mentioned that he would not be able to make a reunion anytime in 1990 as he would be running (again) for Congress. Can you imagine, all he has to do is beat the incumbent in his district in Ohio, and we will be referring to Congressman Schira?

C.T. DOUGLASS and Brenda have moved back to the Cincinnati area and claim it to be their last move. As a Delta pilot, he is close to the hub and is putting down roots. Bob RAGER has relocated to Aurora, CO where he can find more passengers for his United 727. W.W. TAYLOR retired from THE FORCE in July and chased off to the D.C. area to join Rekenthaler Technology Associates (another Beltway Bandit from '60). Bill KORNITZER is headed for Wisconsin and cold country. He will be moving from McDonnell Douglas to the land of clear skies and green fields.

You have done a good job of supplying me with material for this issue; in fact, I may have enough for a couple of issues. Don't let it go to your heads. Keep those cards and letters coming in