Happy Mother's Day

Wow, can you believe the All School Reunion is so close! Looking forward to seeing all of you.

A milestone coming up. Anita Burdette Dragoo contacted us about Don Birchenough is having his 90th birthday on May 30th.. Daughters are Anita, Carolyn, Janet and Nancy. The family hopes to shower Don with cards and good wishes so let’s get the cards sent. This is a special milestone; address is Don Birchenough, Box 207, Lyons, KS 67554.

Let me know when any of these milestones are coming up. My mom and dad are getting ready for their 71st wedding anniversary.

Class of 1958. Judy Stark Hobbs is looking for information on the 50th class Reunion for the Class of 1958 or are they combining it with the All School Reunion? She was friends with Darlene Smith, Betty Stockholm, Virginia Dresher, Arlona Bierly and Jane McCoy Laughlin. Thank she has kept in contact with Jane. If you can help with other contacts, not just the ones mentioned she would appreciate it. Her contact information is judyandles@comcast.net or call her at 303-985-7342. She was also wondering if any of the LHS Alumni live in the Denver area and I know there is a good number. When in Lyons she lived at 219 S. Jay across the street from Dennis Jones.

Steve Jung received the Venture Leadership Award from the Ore-Ida Foundation. This is a prestigious award received by very few people and it in appreciation for the outstanding work with young people. I’m hoping to have a picture on the website soon.

Any alums you know that have received special recognition or have done something special let me know. Darren Fundenberger does special things with wood. We will have information about Darren and his special skills on the website in the next few weeks.

Let me know if we have any young men and women in the armed forces who are protecting us as we go about our daily chores. We often forget they are making and protecting the most outstanding country on earth. Who again was first in line to help the cyclone ravaged Myanmar. They kept us out, but we are the country who is always there to help We are not perfect, but we are sure light years ahead of whoever is in 2nd place.

What do you think of these vacation rates? All inclusive 9 days 8 nights in China $999. All inclusive European tour $1,095, Tahaiti $550; 5 days Paris $599. Some LHS Alumni get these rates and so can you. (Information below)

53 Years Ago 1955:
A spontaneous campaign for clothing, food and other items for the tornado victims of Udall, KS. The collections were being delivered to the American Legion building and people pictured helping are , Billy Turner, Ansel Griffit, Lloyd Buell, Orval Evans, Danny Leasure, Sue Turner, and John Deardoff. Many other people are helping in the background in the picture taken by Max Davis.
27 Years Ago 1980:
Lyons Boys First in State Track in Class 4A. First Place finishers were; Mark Hundley, high jump; Mark Fisher, pole vault; 4X100 meter relay team of Kent Teeter, Mark Hundley, Andy Parish and Donnie Campbell; Mile Relay Team of Cambell, Hundley, Parish & Teeter; SECONDS were Teeter, 400 meters; Donnie McKinnis, javelin; Hundley 3rd and Parish 6th 300 meter hurdles; Teeter 5th in 100 meters; Hundley 5th in 110-meter high hurdles and Mike Rogers 6th in 3200 meter run. Great Team!

4 Years Ago – 2004:
Lyons Middle School students participated in some unusual events. Devyn Wires, Will French, William Brayton, Eric Holester and Meredith Cline represented their teams in the “loudest screamer” contest. Wires won the contest.

Joqsan Gonzalez won the “fastest eater” contest. The winner was the student who could eat two hot dogs with buns the fastest.

Class of 2005:
Cody Wiens was named Valedictorian and Alex Reed Salutatorian. (Those awards slipped thru my grasp when I was in high school)

GREAT TRAVEL RATES! (Continued)

Congratulations to Bob Moody Class of 1962. If you are now looking to book your travel and vacation plans you can go to www.MoodyRanchTravel.biz and then click on Book Travel. If you want to see information about the company Bob represents Click on Company Presentation.

Bob Moody, Lonnie Morris, (www.itssoeasy2travelonline.biz) Dan Thompson, (www. AdvantageFunFares.biz) or myself Bob “Sax” Drake, (www.SmartWay2Travel.biz) can give you information on how you too can get these kind of rates.

Our company does not advertise so the only way for you to find information is for a company representative to contact you. We compete against Expedia, Travelocity, Priceline, Orbitz, Cheap Tickets, etc. If we are comparable in price we hope you will choose to book with a Lyons High School Alum.

It is never too late to become an entrepreneur! The alumni mentioned above just happened to choose travel. Let me ask you these questions and you can get the answers from Bob “Sax” Drake, Bob Moody, Dan Thompson or Lonnie Morris: With the advent of booking your travels online you now have the following opportunities; facts other online booking engines (just mentioned above) do not want you to know.
● You can get paid commissions on not only your own travels but that of family,
friends and acquaintances.
● Travel Wholesale rather than Retail. That can mean 50%-70% off your travel cost.
● Upgrades of airline seats, hotel rooms, rental cars, etc.
● Write your vacations and leisure travel off your taxes.
● Even the opportunity to earn extra income around your current schedule.
If these don’t interest you that is fine, but when you go to book or purchase your next vacation, business travel, golf tee times, concert tickets, hotel rooms, cruises, car, flowers, wedding registry and much more book with an LHS alum.

To good to be true! That is what everyone says. That is exactly what we all said, but we checked it out. I have been with the company for 8 months now and they live up to all their claims and more. It is a 7-year old publicly traded company and when all the figures are in we will be in the top 20 of travel agencies in the U.S. and we have just expanded internationally. We started 2007, 35th largest over-all and number 11 in leisure travel. Not bad for a company that does not advertise.

Bob, Bob, Lonnie and Dan can get the travel rates if they so desire and so can you. We tell people about good movies, places to eat and our vacations. Why not get paid for telling them about our vacations.

For information contact us.

Thanks
Bob “Sax” Drake
Class of 1961