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I apologize for anyone who tried to register in the last couple of weeks. There was a problem with the software which caused an error message and the registration process did not complete properly. It should be all fixed now (at least until I touch it again).

https://waynealumni.org/reunions.php

The Class of 1975 is planning a 35 Year Reunion for this summer. July 31st at the Ontario Firemans Hall. Jeff Nagel is the contact, either by the email directory or at jeffn57(at)yahoo.com

You know the drill. Replace the (at) with @.

http://www.facebook.com/p…119455231403719

After experimenting off and on for several months and investigating whether to create a Facebook App, integrate Facebook Connect into this site, or just create a “Fan Page” on Facebook, I opted for the latter for one very good reason, it was the easiest. Not to say I might not work those angles again, but this is much quicker. The others involve a fair amount of work, once I understand how it’s supposed to work. I find some of Facebook’s documentation for developers confusing, and they’ve just revamped their systems.

Once one becomes a fan or “Likes” the Facebook page, you will see its Wall Posts in your News Feed, unless you block it. You are also able to Post, create and participate in discussions, add photos, etc. I will attempt to moderate if it gets overwhelming, but I doubt it will.

We’ll see how it goes.

Some rather minor changes to the Registration system have been completed, mostly for my own amusement. What was formerly a single field on the form “Location”, has now been broken up into “City”, “State”, and “Country”. For the most part, existing locations were transferred as they were. For consistency and space savings sake, US states and Canadian provinces will have the official USPS abbreviations.

These fields are still optional. You can leave City empty, and just include a State. Since 99% of our alumni are located in the U.S. or Canada, the Country field is only for alumni living out of the U.S. (or Canada).

When the Alumni Directory is displayed, it essentially looks the same. City, State, and Country still make up Location. Consistency and flexibility are the only reason for the change.

Also, the ability to link directly to your Facebook profile has been removed, at least temporarily. The process of determining your Facebook ID and name was often completed unsuccessfully, and Facebook complicated things by coming up with a new method for more recent Facebook users. If I get time, I’ll look at this again and see if it makes sense to try and make this feature available again.

Made some changes to the site design. Nothing too major, though there may be a few glitches over the next few days, as well as some further tweaks. Overall, everything should work the same.

/reunions.php

50th year reunion being planned for the class of 1960 to be held the last weekend of August, 2010. We need address updates.

Contacts:

Carol Keymel Pembroke

Esther Hilton Rogalski

http://www.waynewrestling.com

Some Wayne Wrestling Highlights:

• Wayne takes 2nd place in Section V Class A
• Al Dierna 103lb Sectional Champ
• Bob Dierna 130lb Section V Champ
• Tory Cain 140lb Section V Champ
• Al Dierna 103lb Super Sectional Champ
• Bob Dierna 130lb Super Sectional Champ
• Vinny DiGravio 140lb Super Sectional Champ
• Al Dierna 103lb State Champ

Wayne was 5-2 in dual meets, and won 3 tournaments. Congratulations to the Wayne Wrestlers on a fine season.

Inquiring minds want to know if there are any plans for a 40th Reunion.

http://www.democratandchr…ty-rooting-hard

Jim Henderson ’64 who is the New Orleans Saints play-by-play announcer on radio is one of the subjects of this story in the D&C.

A photo of Frankie Urbanik taken at last weeks Wayne basketball game. I doubt there is any other person, except maybe Bernie Porray, who has attended more Wayne Central sporting events over the years.

Thanks to Danny and Andrea May for the photo.

Sorry for short notice, but I’ve heard Cory English ’85 will be performing during the Broadcast of the Kennedy Center Honors tonight. Look for him as Igor from Young Frankenstein in the tribute to Mel Brooks. Should be 9PM EST on CBS, but check local listings.

http://www.democratandchr…ip-on-greatness

Don’t know how long this link will be available, so read it quick.

http://www.waynewrestling.com

The annual Wayne Wrestling Alumni night is Dec 23rd. Wayne is taking on North Rose-Wolcott and JV start is 6:30, Varsity 7PM.

/class_counts.php

Since I’ve been keeping track of the number of alumni registrations by class, which has been 4 or 5 years, the Class of 1991 has been either 1st or tied for first. They finally have been overtaken. The Class of 1980 now has the most alumni registrations with 75!

Congratulations to the Girls Volleyball Team for winning the Section V Class B Championship. They defeated Livonia who had beat Wayne in two close matches during the regular season.