You're gonna love it! Thank you Maryellen and Gary!

Now for a little change of pace...while you might be thinking NOTHING occurred beyond Friday night at the reunion because, frankly, that's what most of the photos have been so far, here is something new and different, and I offer you this guarantee - you're going to have BIG LOVE for the following photos!

Big, big THANK YOU, Gary and Maryellen Koller Mencimer for your wonderful photos. Some of the following images were taken by Maryellen and some by Gary - they definitely BOTH have an eye for composition. You'll know Gary's photos by the "artsy" bent you'll see on some common items around Central that Gary, looking through his lens, saw in a spectacularly beautiful way!

Gary said getting shots of the Central alumni in a large group was like herding cats. Maryellen said, "Yeah - WILDCATS!" You sure got that one right, guys. The picture below, taken in our old gymnasium - finally renamed "The Central Gym" shows you most of the group that attended the tour of Central on Sunday morning. While our biggest crowd was definitely on Friday night, followed closely by the Country Club dinner on Saturday, I think everyone who came on Sunday would agree the tour of Central and our walk through the ensuing time warp, was indeed a grand finale to the 45th Class of '65 reunion! The Central High activities window:

Memories...The old auditorium...it still looks much the same as when we were students there. Nowadays there is a rumor that the auditorium is haunted...see if you can detect a ghostly spirit amongst the sunbeams lighting up the rows up seats in the old auditorium - now called The Mary Richardson Theater after a Central drama teacher who worked at Central in the 70s and 80s.

The Central band is alive and well...a beautiful shot of a drum in the music room...

Catching up...at the brunch on Sunday morning, so many old friends walked through the doorway into the beautiful "new" Central cafeteria. It was a bit of time travel for sure! Pictured below, Gale Hoover Hammond, Miriam Price Lindahl (in town from Boulder) and Crete Crawford Wood share some memories...

Central's sparkling swimming pool is found at the end of this hallway! Now where was THAT when we were students?!!!

As pretty as she was in high school - Judy Zobec Fellhaur was in town from Colorado Springs.

A Long Row of Lockers...within his lens Gary captured a mundane object and gave it new life.

A happy quartet - Mary Middleton Ray in town from Arvada, Miriam Price Lindahl, Crete Crawford Wood and Tom Sarconi.

Nancy Zimmerman DeNiro, Carol Todero Smith and Danny Smith connect for a chat before beginning the tour.

Enjoying a great brunch - catered by Carolyn and David Daurio's Tamarack Grill - Richard Sell, Bill Chapparo and Cherie Ludlow Chapparo.

This is a sweet picture indeed - Sandra (who has officially changed her name to Zandi and it fits her to a "T" I might add!) - and Pete Falletta.

Now - take a gander at the BEAUTIFUL Central cafeteria...this is a definite improvement over our old cafeteria that was housed in the basement (if memory serves) during our tenure. There's a long line of Wildcats lining up for brunch...

And one more time in the gym - a whole herd of Wildcats! And no, I won't even attempt to caption this image with everyone's names. But see how many you can identify...

Last but by no means least...the Central Wildcats Hall (Wall?) of Fame! The Class of '65 will soon have a tile added to this beautiful portion of the Ed Lesar Hall of Central History. Pete Falletta, our tour guide on Sunday morning, displayed the tile that will be added to the wall. Our class lives on!

Thank you so much, Maryellen and Gary, for this fantastic pictorial addition to our blog!