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Sad to report the passing of Walter Beecher, science teacher at James A. Beneway High School for many years. More on the In Memory page.

If you’ve moved away from WNY and miss the snow and ice, you can now keep up to date with our weather. If you scroll to towards the bottom of this page, the last entry in the right hand sidebar lists some current weather readings from my backyard, which is pretty close to the NW corner of Ontario.

As I figure out how, it may be enhanced slightly. For more detail than you could ever probably want, click on Ontario Weather.

I hope Mr. DeRose is impressed. That year of Earth Science wasn’t a total waste.

DJ Copp is apparently working on Bobby Labonte’s pit crew in 2008. Watch for him during the Daytona 500 changing rear tires on Richard Petty’s #43 team. Not sure if he is contributing to ESPN’s NASCAR Now show this year.

A few people from the Class of 74 are planning an informal get together February 26. Email me for more information.

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Added a yearbook dedication from 1994. Not only a former teacher from Wayne Central, but a Wayne Central Alumni as well.

This fine piece of work shows how many registrations we have by decade and is now displayed on the main Alumni Directory page. But I thought it might be worthwhile to add it here. Though the data may not be particularly interesting, it is updated every time the page is loaded. The image is actually being created in real-time. Yes, I’m easily amused and frankly, surprised I was able to figure out how to do it.

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Plans are underway. See the Reunions page.

A month or so ago, the capability to display a single class was added to the Alumni Directory, but it was somewhat hindered by annoying messages when using the back button afterwards. The solution to that issue has also now enabled the ability to save a single class display as a bookmark or favorite, including a logical name.

Just select your class from the pull-down list in the Alumni Directory, click submit, then save the page as a favorite or bookmark. Your class directory will automatically be generated every time you select that bookmark or favorite.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKJjpE2infY

I found a video of the late John Sullivan ’72 that documents his making of a mandolin. I think this dates back to 1999. There are 3 parts that make up the complete video.

• Part 1
• Part 2
• Part 3

It’s easy to see why he was so well respected among musicians.

Thanks to Tiffany Marvin Cotsonas for organizing the alumni basketball games last Saturday. There was a good turnout of players and spectators. Bill Lewis, Bill Burnett and Randy Luke from the Class of 1972 played. Here is a list of players: Paul Marvin ’00, Sam Weeche ’96, Shelly Sanchez ’02, Marty Aman ’78, Kyle Marvin, John Cotsonas ’91, Brian Miller ’00, Bill Doyle ’83, Kara Miller ’01, Nikki Sanchez ’00, Bob King ’00, Eric Alvito ’07, Josh Britt ’07, Erika Schnepf ’07, Ryan Aman ’07, Lamar Simpson ’06, Shawn Gillow ’05, Tiffany Cotsonas ’97, Brendan McCallum ’07, Kaitlin Hollenbeck ’07, Kara McCallum ’02, Bryan Tailee ’79, Ryan Gallo ’96, Adam Luke ’00, Tim McBride ’00, Jay Hannon ’03, Matt Luke ’07.

Lee Slocum ’58 was in attendance, but didn’t lace up the sneaks this year.

Sorry, if there were a few I missed. If you didn’t make this one, another event is planned for next year.

I think most of the major problems that occurred as a result of a server upgrade are fixed. If you observe any strange errors or problems, let me know.

If you attempted to register here in the last few days, and nothing was happening, please try again. The registration system is now working properly.

I decided to utilize the photo I scanned from the 64 yearbook to remember Dick Ficarra for the Yearbook Picture of the Week. That’s pretty much how I remembered him, looking sharp sitting on a motorcycle around 1963.

I also added a post to the site weblog. But it’s late, and maybe it doesn’t make much sense. Maybe in the morning I’ll edit it or delete it. Who knows.

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We finally have 1996 and 1997 Yearbook Covers added to our collection. Now only missing 1998 and 1999 (and possibly 1950?? Is there such a thing, or was 1951 the first. Anybody know?)

Thanks to Tiffany Marvin Cotsonas ’97 for use of the yearbooks.

Here’s a group photo from the Class of 66 Reunion last year. (Click for larger version)

There are new underclassmen photos from the 1974 Yearbook. It can also be accessed via the Yearbook Pictures page.