Reunion planning is well underway, and whatever we do here is going to be of little consequence should you not make your best effort to attend. I have had the opportunity to talk with a few of you, and most are planning to attend. I look forward to seeing all of you back here September 13-17; come earlier and stay later if you can! In an effort to get the gang out, would you call someone you haven't talked to lately and encourage them to come and enjoy fellowship and fun? If you haven't received a mailing with room reservation form and reunion info by this time please call SCHWANK, BIANCUR, or WARACK.

Had a timely call from Bill GILLIS when the last issue hit the streets. Seems he caught some static regarding the housekeeping credit I reported. Apparently my sources were a bit generous. However, Bill has managed to stay put for the past 13 years, and Kath continues to bring home the bacon. Gordon and Ann FLYGARE report they are spending their 10th year in Norman, OK with Boeing's engineering office. They will make the trek to the Rockies in September!

A lengthy epistle from Ralph LALIME and a phone call were welcome. He writes ... "In a March gathering, Mike LOH made it to lunch with the Beltway Bandits of '60. Mike spoke to the group about his Capitol Hill meetings and a Graded Review on Air Force issues. Mike and Barbara are planning to retire in the Williamsburg, VA area (about the time you read this). I have turned in my presidential commission at RTA. Doug REKENTHALER is doing a fine job in Russia, The Ukraine, Hungary and Italy, but I was getting bored with the office work and tired of argu­ing with auditors; so, I left RTA and am presently with another small business, Talon Technology Corp. My real intentions are to travel, study, read and make money as an entrepreneur. Now I need to get Darlene to work fewer days.

Dick SEXTON is doing some real estate work for himself and as a broker.

Joe HIGGINS says he is ready to play more golf. Of course Tom BURKE has already been out chipping onto the frosty greens.

Ken ALNWICK is working hard going back and forth to Hawaii on some contract. Why don't we set a reunion in Hawaii some time? Bill GOODYEAR would be the right man to task with setting that up; he still has friends there from the original Hawaiian Hurricane trip.

Jerry DE LA CRUZ is serving in the Pentagon as a consultant." ... Ralph, thanks for the update on the D.C. crowd.

George FRIES wrote from Yorktown, VA where he occasionally sees Mike LOH and included a clipping from the Air Combat Command newspaper, The Flyer. It was a very nice article about Mike, and I'll quote from it. "I'm very deeply moved by this tribute from all of you. It is with a great deal of humility that I accept the first Order of the Sword given by the noncommissioned officers of ACC." Congratulations Mike! Back to George who has started a third career. After his stint in landscaping in Hawaii and Virginia, he is now substitute teaching at a local middle school. Displaying a talent for diverse subjects from band, choral, shop through math, social studies, and science to special-education classes. He says he is going to get serious about teaching and return to school this summer to get certified in Virginia. He'll be at the reunion also.

Tony BURSHNICK called to report that Deke and Sally JOHNSON were in D.C the first week of March for a VFW Convention. Deke is the Idaho state adjutant-quartermaster. Tony, Al JOHNSON, Tom BURKE, Norm HALLER, and Jerry DE LA CRUZ had lunch with Deke and Sal­ly. Deke has retired altogether and devotes his time to Sally and the VFW.

Pat and I still enjoy the quiet of Monument, CO and our grand­daughters who are nearby. I have stayed much busier in real estate than I had planned but still find some time to get out and about. We both look forward to seeing you here in September.

CHANGE OF ADDRESS: Dale THOMPSON to 30 Camwood Trail, Austin, TX 78738; Ted STUMM to 3001 Prescott Falls Dr., Jacksonville, FL 32224; Dale MAYO to 45 Sunset Dr., Ottsville, PA 18942.

Thanks for the letters and phone calls. Keep them coming so that I am not tempted to print rumors and part-truths!