Reunion at Valhalla

Facebook seems to have caught on big here in the New Millennium. Of course, with me, it caught on more slowly than with most folks. But that may be because I am a bit slow at times. (At times? Hah!) Okay, truth is I signed up, but for years never really went near it. In fact, the only reason I signed up at all was to humor an old Army buddy who found a page on it dedicated to our old post in Germany.

Once I either caught on to what Facebook was all about, or I finally got enough friends who would acknowledge me, I began to enjoy the whole social networking thing. I began to post some pictures and enjoyed that so much, I posted a couple of albums of old pictures of my family.

That went so well I started my own group called Feds Creek High School Yearbooks. I actually proposed eventually uploading every annual my alma mater, Feds Creek High School, ever put out. I think I am up to 1985, provided I haven’t missed any earlier yearbooks. That only leaves the 15 remaining annuals from 1985-2001, the school’s last year as a high school.

Sooner or later, I anticipate achieving that goal, and I may have another group from Facebook to thank for it. That group would be “You Went to Feds Creek High School if You Remember…”. I hope I can get someone to loan me those yearbooks I lack by posting a request on this group’s page. And if this doesn’t work, well, let’s say I’ve tried my best.

Like Feds Creek High School Yearbooks, this is an open group and anyone may become a member. Those most likely to join would be those who were Vikings at one time in their life, or so we would presume. What you will mainly find on this page are one-time students reliving their high school days. This includes reminiscing about classmates or favorite teachers and encompasses pretty much every class that ever graduated from that school.

But there are other things going on with this group, including a reunion for anyone who ever went to Feds Creek at any time, or even one of its feeder schools, Jackson Rowe and Grapevine. This reunion is scheduled to take place at the Breaks Interstate Park on October 1, or less than 2 weeks from now. The group has reserved shelter number three, the Lakeside Shelter, the one above the swimming pool. That shelter will be available from 10 am until whenever, probably around 5 or 6 pm.

The driving force behind the reunion at this has been Emma Price, who has done the bulk of the planning and even paid for the use of the shelter. To get an idea of what’s going on, if you are planning on attending, you should probably go to Facebook and enter the group’s name in the search box on Facebook, and read some of the posts. There are some that ask you if you will be there, and how many will be coming with you.

At any rate, the hope is to get as many alumni of Feds Creek and their families at the Breaks as we can to relive our glory days. Hope to see a lot of you there.