As promised, here are more pictures Joe Klune took of the Friday night mixer at the Olde Towne Carriage House near the Riverwalk on September 10.
Below, Richard Sell chats with Tim and Lynn Simmons Richard and Linda Trujillo enjoy a laugh with David Binkley.
Meanwhile, back at the Welcome station, Nancy Carhart Pope and Crete Crawford Wood find that all of a sudden everyone seems to be arriving at once!
Below, Lynn Simmons (Tim's wife) and Jeanne Takaki (Duane's wife) chat near the entrance.
...and another angle. Behind Jeanne and Lynn you'll see that Duane has caught up with Maryellen Koller Mencimer and her hubby Gary.
Then Duane and Jeanne strike up a conversation with Leonard Dioniso who came all the way from Oklahoma to attend the reunion. And THAT is one thing that is so magical about Central reunions...turning around and finding yet another classmate who shared your past all those years ago at 216 E. Orman in Pueblo.
Of course we all look a bit more like our parents now...but I don't think any of us cared!
Above, Richard Trujillo and Mike Healy discuss old times. Richard and wife Linda traveled to Pueblo from Texas to attend the 45th.
Above - Maryellen Koller Mencimer and hubby Gary traveled to Pueblo from Indio, California. Here they're chatting with Crete Crawford Wood's husband, Chips. Chips was so helpful in set-up and all else Central-Reunion-Work-Detail that we've made him an honorary member of the reunion committee...
And below - Chips, Gary and Maryellen provide brilliant smiles for Joe and his camera.
Rick Roblek spending a few minutes with David Daurio. That's Carolyn Daurio, David's wife peeking out behind David. Caroyln was busy providing the wonderful appetizers we enjoyed on Friday night, and she kept those food trays full!
Below, Dave and Marilyn Binkley discuss the layout of a community in Grand Lake, Colorado, with Gale Hoover Hammond. Both the Binkleys and the Hammonds have homes in Grand Lake - we are neighbors and we didn't even know it until years after the fact, although Dave and Marilyn live in Grand Lake year round. Hmmm...maybe we should plan a reunion in Grand Lake...we could rent some boats....
High school sweethearts, Mike and Karen Coker Miller - they still make a pretty cute couple! Not to mention that Karen still has her same gorgeous smile.
Speaking of smiles, here are four Central beauties - left to right are Kathy Brown Putnam (from Surprise, AZ), Cherie Ludlow Chapparo (from Mesa, AZ), Cathy Kopules Wilkins (from Evergreen, CO) and Ethie Corcodilos Campagna (from San Jose, CA). Distance can never separate good friends!
Danny Daurio, Cheryl Vala Concialdi and Duane Takaki catching up. Danny, Cheryl and Duane have all made the Pueblo area their home. And - did you all know that a few years ago, no less a respected resource than "Money Magazine" named Pueblo as the TOP CITY to live in America?!!! Pueblo arguably has so much to offer - great weather, affordable housing, top-notch theater, arts, symphonies, skiing nearby- the whole shebang. Not to mention the Pass Key restaurant...Oh, yeah, we all remember those great sandwiches....
...but I digress. Below are Rick Roblek and Tom Sarconi in deep conversation...in the background, Loretta Douglas (here all the way from Virginia!) and Les Robinson share a few moments in a dialog.
Another high school sweethearts couple, Cherie Ludlow Chapparo and Bill Chapparo share some laughs with Pete Falletta and Linda Wicken Delone.
With the sun beginning to set in the background, Duane and Jeanne Takaki enjoy a bit of banter with Chips and Crete Crawford Woods.
Old friends Kathy Brown Putnam and Ron Concialdi...Kathy and her husband have retired in Arizona while Ron, who is a Pueblo dentist, still goes into his office a few days a week.
Linda Wicken Delone who lives in Colorado Springs and teaches 3rd grade sits down with David and Marilyn Binkley, below.
Below Mike and Karen Coker Miller converse with Ethie Corcodilos Compagna while Lorraine Tortessi Relich (on the left) is occupied by unseen friends just outside of the picture...like Ethie, Lorraine traveled to the reunion from California.
Still more photos to come, but that's all for today. Feel free to send your photos to me (by e-mail or carrier pigeon!) - or any funny or otherwise stories you'd like to share with the blog - at galehammond@aol.com. Would love to hear from you! Bye for now - and GO WILDCATS!
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