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The following people need to contact Penny (253 970 1533 cell) about securing their RSVP for our reunion on August 9. Securing means paying the $25/person cost. Arrangements must be made in order to pay at the door. 
If you are in contact with anyone on this list please help us get this message to them. We have tried many times. 

Ed & Terri Pauchert     Dan Mulholland '66     Lynn Herth
Glenn Brazil & Venessa Gregg     Mike & Rosanne Sodon
Larry & Randi Wescott     Judy Hernblad     Dee Mauldin   
Pat Spencer     Dave & Kathy Wichman
 

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THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING PAYMENT FOR OUR 60TH CLASS REUNION WAS SUNDAY, JUNE 15. 
114 RSVPs (classmates & guests)
  74 paid: $1850 
  4 to pay at the door: $100
  Donations: $175

Room Rental: $1225 paid
Pizza for 114: $695 estimate
Beer/wine/soda/water/ice: undetermined, shopping will be done just before event for chilling
Paper products: $90.66 paid out-of-pocket by committee
Name Tags: undetermined

If you RSVP'd but find you are now unable to attend, please let Penny know ASAP so she does not over order the refreshments - a big expense. Text: 253 970 1533  Email: drostpe@msn.com. 

60th Class Reunion – Mount Tahoma Class of 1965
Saturday August 9, from 4 to 8 p.m.
Fircrest Community Center, 555 Contra Costa Avenue

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60th Class Reunion – Mount Tahoma Class of 1965
Saturday August 9, from 4 to 8 p.m.
Fircrest Community Center, 555 Contra Costa Avenue
Carpool with other classmates if you can. There is only a small parking lot at the Center, otherwise street parking.

The Cloverleaf will be delivering their great pizza for dinner at 5:30 and providing veggie trays for munching. There will be beer, wine, soft drinks and water. You are welcome to bring other eatables if you have special dietary needs or something you want to share (cookies would be nice).

THE COST PER PERSON IS $25.00. PAYMENT IS DUE JUNE 15 BY CHECK MADE PAYABLE TO MOUNT TAHOMA CLASS OF 1965 AND MAILED TO PENNY DROST AT 944 ALAMEDA AVENUE, FIRCREST WA 98466.

We used almost all of the money in our bank account to pay for the facility rental. We need to fill the account back up to cover our website costs and we need to pay for refreshments, name tags and paper products.

OUR THANKS to all those who have stepped up to help on this reunion, Penny Drost and Julie Johnson Elson, Co-Chairs.
Mike McLeod and his wife Cathy, Betty Reynolds, Dick Pedlar, Bob Taylor, Robbie Welch, and Paula Robinson.

Contacts: Penny Drost drostpe@msn.com & Julie Johnson Elsdon mamajules47@gmail.com
Ladies include your MAIDEN name in all correspondence.
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Greetings, MT Alumni!

Attached is a thank you letter from the most recent recipient of a $600 scholarship awarded to a MT grad attending Clover Park Technical College. That said, another $600 scholarship will be awarded for the spring quarter.  Our fully funded endowment will begin awarding a $600 scholarship in 2024 (we had a little interruption, if you'll recall, in 2020, 2021 & 2022!)  I'll send an update when that scholarship is awarded. How rewarding to see your collective generosity benefit a fellow Mount Tahoma grad. THANK YOU!  Carol Anne Bills - Class of '66

To: Mt. Tahoma Alumni Trade School Scholarship

I am immensely grateful for your assistance with my journey. It fills me with bottomless joy to be able to receive such a generous gift. I understand that it can be challenging to help others at times, and I am truly delighted to be a recipient of your kindness.

 Every day, I am getting closer and closer to achieving my goals, and it would bring me great happiness for my little one to witness my graduation. It is empowering to know that age, time, weather, financial constraints, and others' opinions cannot hinder one's pursuit of success. Regardless of any obstacles, one can always reach their goals by persevering.

Being a woman in a male-dominated field is not easy and can be mentally draining at times. However, receiving this support reassures me that not only can I bring about change, but there are also others who share the same desire for progress and believe in my potential. Each day, I am one step closer to my destination, and moments like this serve as a reminder that success can happen at any given moment.

This scholarship will provide me with the opportunity to dedicate more time to my education. It will allow me to increase my study hours and access additional training both within and outside of school, contributing to my professional growth. Your scholarship has bestowed upon me numerous benefits, and I eagerly anticipate achieving my goals with reduced stress. Thank you sincerely for being a pillar of support that propels me and many others towards success.  Many Blessings,

 Queen Sheba J.

2023 Class Picnic

As we planned to after our 50th class reunion and before we were derailed by Covid, we have scheduled an informal gathering for MT '65 classmates on the second Saturday in August.

We received a letter of gratitude from the most recent recipient of a $600 scholarship awarded to a MT grad attending Clover Park Technical College - Ms. Julia Orozco. Another $600 scholarship will be awarded for the winter quarter. How rewarding to see your collective generosity benefit a fellow Mount Tahoma grad. THANK YOU!

Good News! We have achieved our endowment goals for BOTH the Clover Park Endowment ($12k) and the Bates Technical College Endowment Funds ($10k).  To think that you achieved these goals in the midst of a world-wide pandemic, without the benefit of gatherings and fundraisers is astonishing! You have demonstrated vision and generosity. THANK YOU! Given the current financial climate and uncertainty in the world, the interest that is accruing on the respective endowments will be slower than we anticipated. Most likely, the $600 scholarships from the endowments will not be awarded until the end of 2023. The money is still safe - and will be paying dividends in perpetuity. 

That said, there is $1,900.00 in a Named Scholarship at Clover Park. Those funds will be awarded in $600 scholarships this year; perhaps in the fall and winter. If you would like to donate to a Named Scholarship for either Clover Park or Bates, please mail a check, (indicating that it is for the Named Scholarship) and put Mount Tahoma, and your class year in the notes portion of your check. Those addresses are:

Clover Park Technical College Foundation
4500 Steilacoom Blvd. SW
Lakewood, WA 98499

Bates Foundation
1101 S. Yakima Avenue
Tacoma, WA 98405

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 Looking Back

Ladies Only Event
Thursday, August 30, 2018

Fabulous! Lunch at the Market Place Grill and fun shop hopping.
'65 Ladies: Sue Brown, Connie Swanson, Penny Drost, Wendy Stephens,
April Larson and Paula Robinson

One Terrific Mom, One Terrific Day!
The "Arlington Kids" plus three MT '65 Kids brought lunch to Mildred Dudley on Feb.15. Oh, the stories. We laughed and laughed.
Arlington Kids: Gary Meier, Robbie Welch, Dennis Dudley, Julie Johnson and Penny Drost.
Mount Tahoma '65 Kids: Paula Robinson, April Larson and Bob Taylor.

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MT '65 Ladies Luncheon
A step back in time: 
Olive Branch Victorian Tea Room and Restaurant
Wednesday, December 6, 2017

Kathy Faker, Wendy Stephens, Paula Robinson, Julie Johnson, Linda Smith
April Larson, Cathy Hanly, Julie Rush, Robbie Welch, Penny Drost

It was such a wonderful event, we decided to bring the MT 65 ladies together to catch up and stroll down memory lane at least three times a year - Spring, Fall and Winter - saving summer for our annual August mini reunion at Meadow Park. We have had two 70th birthday parties, our first ladies luncheon, a picnic gathering hosted by Pat and Patti (Corcoran) Conner and our first mini runion at Medowpark since our 50th Class Reunion in 2015. If you want to add an event to our "stay in touch" calendar, let Penny Drost know (drostpe@msn.com) for our web site and Julie Johnson (mamajules47@gmail.com) for our Facebook page.

 

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Craig Kerr, Brian Meidinger, Terry Elsdon ('64), Julie Johnson Elsdon,
Paula Robinson, Penny Drost, Dick Pedlar,
Mike Devereaux, Linda Smith, Robbie Welch, Rudy Font

Happy 70th Birthday to Us!
Tuesday, Aug. 22. 2017
Farrelli's at Point Ruston
 

Photos from August 12, 2017 Event are on Facebook
Mount Tahoma Class of 1965
 

AUGUST 13, 2016 GATHERING

Thank you to hosts Pat and Patti (Corcoran) Conner

Sid Harr ('66) poses with the girls now including Paula Robinson and Wendy Stephens

Friends since Arlington Elementary School: Robbie Welch, Julie Johnson, Penny Drost and Gary Mitchell

Lynn Herth and Pat Spencer

Gary Mitchell, Rudy Font, Harlan Holcomb, Ed Pauschert

Gary Mitchell, Jon Mowry, Patti Corcoran

Robbie Welch and George Ferris

Pat Conner and Bob Taylor

Special Guest Star Sid Harr, Class of '66 and Linda Smith

T-Bird Class of 1865 
Guess who!

50^th Reunion – Saturday, August 15, 2015

Check out the photo gallery  "50thReunionPhotos"

Click here for:  A special tribute video.

Friday, August 14, 2015
Tour of new Mount Tahoma arranged by Julie Johnson Elsdon and led
by her daughter Kari-Ellen. What a great kick-off for our reunion!

"We're the class with all the drive, Mount Tahoma '65!"
Winner of the class pep assembly competition all three years!!!

July 5, 2014, Lunch at Dukes 

Robbie Welch, Dennis Dudley, Bonnie Nichols, Julie Johnson, Penny Drost, Bob Taylor, Jon Mowry, April Larson, Linda Keith, Paula Robinson. Plus Robbie's mom Betty, sister Barbee, and Bonnie's sister-in-law Chris.

Gathering of MT '65 ladies August 2012 and July 2013

2012 (top photo):Suzi Feldman, Julie Johnson, April Larson, Robbie Welch, Cheryl Battson, Julie Rush, Jan Berg, Penny Drost, Judy Johnson and Beth Aalbue. In 2013, Jeanette Hansen, Linda Keith, Deborah Meeds  and Paula Robinson joined Penny, April, Cheryl and Jan.