A Compilation of the DoDDS Reunion Newsletters
DODDS REUNION XX IS VERY NEAR!
NEED SOMEONE TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE!
WE NEED A PHOTOGRAPHER TO TAKE PICTURES OF THE MINI REUNIONS, RECEPTION NIGHT, BANQUET NIGHT, ETC.... Please, will someone help us? We need the photos for our website! Contact Joy Bryant or Richard Smith (brick1@ptd.net)
Something New!
I am featuring Morroco this month. Scroll down to view.
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Month of July
July is the seventh month of the year. The Romans called the month Quintillis, which means fifth. Later the Romans moved the beginning of the year to January 1, but did not change the names of the months. The Roman Senate renamed the month Julius in honor of Caesar. Independence Day is observed in the United States on July 4. On that day in 1776, the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence. In France, a similar holiday, Bastille Day, occurs on July 14. Canada celebrates July 1 as Canada Day.
Some Important July Events
Kentucky became the 15th state, July 1, 1792
Idaho became the 43rd state, July 3, 1878
Nathaniel Hawthorne, American author, born July 4, 1804
Amendment 26, which sets the voting age at 18 in the United States was proclaimed, July 5, 1971
Wyoming became the 44th state, July 10, 1890
District of Columbia established, July 16, 1790
The Mormons settled Salt Lake City, July 24, 1847
New York ratified the constitution, July 26, 1788
Henry Ford, American automobile manufacturer, born July 30, 1863
Quotations
If the first of July be rainy weather, it will rain, more or less, for four weeks together...........English Proverb
Hot July brings colling showers, Apricots and gillyflowers......Sara Coleridge
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Breakfast at Churchill Downs
NOTE: THIS IS CLOSED. THE BUSSES ARE FULL
There will be 3 busses going to Churchill Downs and they are all full. If your check was postmarked prior to June 8th, you are on a bus. The following will be going on the respective day:
Thursday – 1 bus
Alice Hague
Audrey Smigay
Barbara Allison
Barbara and Jim Blaydon
Betty Ellis
Betty Goff
Bev Nichols
Bill Kilty
Carol Cressy
Carole Ann Stone
Charlene Paisner
Constance Ocelus
Dorothy Gilmer
Dottie Andrade
Eleanor Stoll
George Lewinski
Hattie Higa
Helen Crouch
Jane Brofee
Joan Sprague
JoAnn Cox
John Shively
Judy McDonald
Kay Hilley
Lenora Nagel
Linda Hargis
Lois Mitchell
Margaret Florance and guest
Margaret Safford
Marion Branick
Marty Dickey
Mary Beth Hughes
Mary Paulus and guest
Maureen Gallaher
Max Gray
Nancy Peeples
Peggy Varshock
Phil and Donna Gunderman
Ray Grieshaber
Ruth Osborn
Sandra Lim
Shirlee Redman
Susan Salucci
Susanna Swade
Thomas and Denise Smith
Tori Nichols
Virginia Miles
Saturday – 2 busses
Anna Marie Gonzalez
Barbara Maynard
Betty Nicholas
Bev Brown
Edward and Deborah Drozdowski
Bob and Nancy Hollins
Brian Harris
Carol Mauch
Carol Wiborg
Carolyn and Donald Rogers
Carolyn Jones
Carolyn Scholten
Clara Botana
Colleen Hensley
Corrinne Strand
Donald Lamarre and guest
Dorothy Barreau
Dwight Carter
Ed and Toots Hobson
Elaine Conner
Elizabeth Lightbourn
Frances Bishop
Gary Westhusin
Gertrude and Edward Anderson
Gloria and Virginia Jordan
Harriet Scofield
Howard Johnson
Ilene Wiedemann
Jan and Rick Kuenning
Jan Harvey
Janet Chernow
Jerry and Karen Petterson
Joanne Buggey
Jody Black
Joe Szucs
James and Joan Pirkle
John and Irene Rhyne
Judith and Clifford Smart
Judy Ertl
Katherine Allan
Kathy and Leonard Dobrzycki
Kathy Brown
Kay Galloway
Kay Gaworski
Linda Benson
Linda Black and 3 guests
Lou Ann Skinner
Louise Clouser
Marcia Sivesind
Mary and Anthony Colucci
Mary Jane and Ronald Harney
Mary Kowalski and guest
Mary Nell Kuhlo
Mary Petrie
Mavis Tell
Millie Murphy
Monica Rhodes
Nancy Lehmann
Pamela Merrill
Patsy and Richard Johnston
Patti Richardson
Priscilla and William Heavener
Richard Pittman and guest
Rita Wells
Ron and Kay Hosie
Rosanne Martino
Rose McConnell
Ruth Dengrove
Sally Boyd
Sarah Bican
Stephen and Jill Abbott
Susan and John Cardenez
Theodora and Rodney Barron
Tina Calo
Virginia Dugan
Virginia Johnson
Vivian Gibson
Winanne Murray
MINI REUNIONS HOSTS NEEDED!!!!!!
One of the highlights of our annual reunion is the Friday afternoon gathering for mini-reunions. These two-hour sessions bring us together by individual schools or locations. If you are interested in hosting one of these, please let us know by sending an email to Patricia at DoDDSReunion@aol.com
Be a helper! Bring old yearbooks and photos to the minis!
Ansbach, Germany - Mick and Sue Plummer
Augsburg, Germany - Ron and Kay Hosie
Baumholder - Flo Mizgala, Marilynn Taylor
Bentwaters/Woodbridge, England - Marylyn Miller, Rita Roznowski, Sara Boyd
Eifel Region (including Bitburg, Spangdahlem, Hahn, Trier, Pruem, Bonn) -
Nancy Pittman
England - Pam Merrill, Nancy Pittman
Ethopia and Spain - Bev Brown
Hanau - Helen Jean Close
Hof, Karlsruhe and Berlin, Germany - Sally Marr Cornelison
Kaiserslautern, Ramstein, Landstuhl, Sembach - Jody Black, Sarah Bican (Please bring with you old yearbooks and photos.)
Kitzigen and Wuertzburg, Germany- Carolyn Jones
Kubasaki / Kadena, Okinawa - Bill Hobbs, JoAnn Johnson
Nurnberg, Germany - Mary Mantel, Joan Dingmann
SHAPE - Tom Smith
Stuttgart, Germany - Cyndi Johnson
Zweibruecken, Germany - Marcia Sivesind,, Carolyn Scholten
Zama, Japan - Norma LeDe, Kathy Dobrzycki
Joe Condrill is now publishing a newletter for the DoDDS Reunion. You will need to contact him and agree to receiving the newsletter. joeosbpres@sbcglobal.net
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If you are interested in attending the musical which will be held on Friday night, July 11, please contact Joy overcbrat@aol.com You can go to the show site at
http: www.menopausethemusical.com
Regular priced tickets are $35. Groups of 15 plus get a $5 discount. In addition, groups can get one (1) complimentary ticket for every 25 seats purchased. If we get any complimentary tickets we will raffle them off! Please email Joy overcbrat@aol.com and let her know. Please send your $35.00 check to:
Musical Tickets c/o Joy Bryant
3621 Pottsboro Rd #103
Denison, TX 75020
Your check must be postmarked by June 23rd for us to make the reservations. If we do not get a group of 15, I will return your check at the registration.
The Actors Theatre is offering a special group rate for its musical "Menopause, the Musical" which is performing Friday evening, July 11, when we are in Louisville. They are just around the corner from the Marriott Downtown.
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Calling in any photos and newspaper articles: Joy Bryant is accepting any photos and newspaper articles related to DoDDS and its teachers to place on "The Picture Board" during the reunion in Louisville. Please send them to Joy Bryant at the Registration form address. If you have a scanner, you can scan and save your photos. I went to Walmart.com and ordered my prints online and picked them up at the store later. Two 5 x 7 prints cost only $0.58!
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Horse Sculptress
Sally Cornelison is arranging for a group of up to ten people to tour a well-known bronze horse sculptress. Cindy Wolf lives in Versailles, KY - on the outskirts of Lexington. She has offered to take about 10 people on a tour of her home/workshop. She could also arrange for a tour of a horse farm - owned by her friend. There would be no charge, but she does have some gift items for sale. Transportation arrangements would have to be made by the visitors. Perhaps the group could rent a car for the day. Sally also found a deli in Louisville who would pack a lunch for about $7.00. For more information contact Sally Cornelison at sallyc1@comcast.net
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Some Humor
When our school librarian announced she was changing schools, my fellow teacher asked a student, "Why do you think Ms. Richardson is leaving?" The third grader opined, "Because she's read all our books?" ...Readers Digest
Megan refuses to get out of bed. "I can't go to school," she wails. "The kids make fun of me, the teachers hate me, and I have way too much work!" "Megan, you have to go to school," her mother says, "You're the principal."...Readers Digest
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MORROCO
Go to www.youtube.com and type the word Morroco in the seach box. You will find many videos dealing with Morocco.
Morroco, officially the Kingdon of Morocco, is a country in North Africa with a population of 33,757,175. It has a coast on the Atlantic Ocean that reaches past the Strait of Gibraltar into the Mediterranean Sea. Morocco has international borders with Algeria to the east, Spain to the north (a water border through the Strait and land borders with two small Spanish autonomous cities, Ceuta and Melilla), and Mauritania to the south. Morocco is the only African country that is not currently a member of the African Union. However, it is a member of the Arab League at present, Arab Maghreb Union, the Francophonie, Organization of the Islamic conference, Mediterranean Dialogue group, and Group of 77, and is a major non-Nato ally of the United States.
Thomas Mack Wilhoite / Kenitra American High School (Kenitra, Morroco)http://www.tmw-kahs.com
Nelson C. Brown High School (Nouasseur, Morocco) http://www.nouasseur.com
Some Morocco Recipes
Kebab Koutbane (Appetizer Kebabs in a Morrish Marinade)
This typically Moroccan dish is an excellent hors d'oeuvre to serve at any time. Cut 1 lb fillet of beef or steak into 3/4-inch cubes. Cut 1/2 lb. beef suet into 1/2-inch cubes. In an 8 x 10-inch shallow baking dish, prepare the Moorish marinade: Combine 1/4 cup onion, finely chopped and 2 tbs. parsley, finely chopped Blend: 1/2 cup olive or salad oil, 1 tsp. salt, 1/4 tsp. pepper, 1/4 tsp garlic powder, 1 tsp. ground coriander (opitional), 1/2 tsp. ground cumin (optional). Blend the beef and suet cubes with the marinade and allow the mixture to marinate for several hours. Thread four pieces of beef alternately with three pieces of suet (start and end with beef) on a 6-inch metal or bamboo skewer. Grill or broil using a hot fire, basting occasionally with the marinade. Arrange 1 kebab koutbane on a small plate. Garnish with tomato slices and parsley sprigs a the side of the plate.
Couscous Marrakesh
A cousousiere is a large double boiler with holes in the bottom of the upper pot allowing its contents to steam. You may also use a differ system mentioned below. Moisten 1 lb. couscous in a 3-quart bowl with 1 cup cold water to which 1 tbs. salt has been added. Stir with a fork and allow to stand 10 minutes to swell. Spread the Couscous out in a colander lined with cheese cloth (or in the top of a couscousiere). Place the colander over a pan which fits it and is half filled with water. Cover with aluminum foil and allow to steam for 10 minutes. In a 6-quart kettle (or bottom of couscousiere): saute: 1 cup onons coarsely chopped with 1 tsp. coriander (powdered), 1 tbs. salt, 1 tsp. curshed red pepper, 1/2 tsp. saffron, 1 tsp. powdered cumin seed in 1/4 cup peanut oil, until soft but not brown. Add 2 1/2 lbs boneless lamb cut in 2 inch chunks and 2 quarts water. Fit the colander (or top of couscousiere) with the couscous over the meat. Cover it with foil, and allow mixture to simmer gently for 30 minutes. Add 1 - 3 lb. chicken cut into 8 pieces to the stew and continue cooking for 30 minutes longer. Stir the Couscous from time to time to make sure the grains are separated. Add to stew: 1 lb. carrots, scraped and cut into 1-inch chunks, 2 green peppers, cut into 1/2-inch strips, 1 lb. fresh tomatoes, cut in 1/inch wedges, 1 lb. yellow squash, peeled and cut into 2-inch slices, 12 oz. frozen string beans (regular cut) or peas,1 # 2 1/2 can chick peas, drained, 1/2 lb. black raisins. Correct the seasoning with salt and pepper. cook for about 15 minutes or until vegetables are soft but still slightly crisp. Pour the Couscous into a large (15 to 18 inch) round serving platter. Make a hole in the center, pushing the couscous to the edge of platter. Arrange meat and vegetables attractively in center, pouring the sauce over all. Garnish with parsley sprigs.
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Many people have requested a copy of "Irish Blessing". Every year we close the banquet with this.
Always remember to forget
The things that made you sad
But never forget to remember
The things that made you glad
Always remember to forget
The friends that proved untrue
But never forget to remember
Those that have stuck by you
Always remember to forget
The troubles that passed away
But never forget to remember
The blessings that come each day
There are good ships
And there are wood ships
The ships that sail the sea
But the best ships are friendships
And may they always be
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