I have recievied from the Alumni Association names and addresses (some email) of a little over 300 people who graduated from Oshkosh and lived in North Scott between fall l978 and spring l981. Some of you have relocated to all corners of the country, others still remain in Oshkosh. I have decided that I am going to contact people in the following way. If I have an email address for you, I will get around to sending out an email. If I only have a street address I will handle these in the following manner. If I know you, you will hear from me. If I think I know you or your name looks kind of familiar, you will probably hear from me. If I only know your nickname, I may need some help, and you may or may not hear from me. If you have moved far far away, you probably won't hear from me. No offense, just playing the odds. If somebody else knows you and I have any information, you will hear from them. And then there's the old luck of the draw--I've been dropping the pencil and taking my chances. If somebody else directed you here and you didn't get a personal invite, don't be bitter at me, just be happy you've gotten the info and plan on joining us in Oshkosh in October. Looking forward to hearing from you all!

Well, I heard from the Wenz yesterday. It's Markie Anna now. You can check this out for yourself at Classmates.com under Markie Anna Wenzel, or check out the blog over at msmarkieanna.tumblr.com. Quite the story....

Spent the day in Oshkosh yesterday, went to Kelly's, had a Magnet Dog--Great memories, food, not so much. Beer was good and cold though. Those of you who were there 12 or 13 years ago when we decorated the ceiling tile will be disappointed to learn that it is gone (roof leaks). However, we are invited back in October to make a new one. Not much more than that left on the Strip, things sure have changed.....

Upon review of the settings of this blog we are allowed up to 100 authors, so if you are interested drop me an email at northscotthall@aol.com. Let me know the email address you would like to use (I guess they need it to enable you). I have to limit this to the next 98 people who are interested, so let me know asap. Thanks.

Just a couple of pictures of the finest athletes Oshkosh has produced......

Just received some pictures from Dan that I just had to get on here....I'm sure you all still look the same, too. If anyone has some good pictures for the blog you can send them to northscotthall@aol.com and I will get them put on here.

Spent the morning in Oshkosh today--a wonderful spring day....Met with Christine Gantner, head of the Alumni Association. She was very helpful. There is an entire day of events planned for the day, basically all we have to do is show up and have a good time. There is no parade this year, but a bike race instead. All are invited to participate. The homecoming breakfast is not at Pollack this year, but at the new Student Rec Center (quite the facility). They have a pre and post game tailgate party at what is called Tent City, set up right next to Titan Stadium. The football game against Point is at 1:30, the 5th Quarter is at The Hilton Garden Inn. There will also be campus and Scott Hall tours if one is so inclined.

Also received word Phil Lamers will be joining us at the reunion. Yeah!

Alright everyone, we have a winner----This is Barney from Clubhouse Powww, and TJ and the ANT stood (Stands?) for Television Jockey and the All Night Television...who knew--besides Noreen (think she did some surfing...)--Proper prize will be awarded at the reunion. Pay attention for more questions and info to follow.....And thanks to Gip for the info on more people planning to attend.

Good evening to all....Spirits have been buoyed some by the fact that people are checking out the blog (although not dropping an email to lets us know if they are planning to join us or not). I have had some success tracking down some more names and plan on dropping another mailing soon. Also if you click on the pictures they will enlarge, making them easier to see. I have an appointment in Oshkosh with Christine Gantner (head of the Alumni Assoc) next Thursday, and I hope to have more to report then. Less than 200 days to go now.....

This is the flier I've come up with for the reunion (thanks Aleah). I'm going to use it as I contact more people. Anybody want changes made let me know asap before I get copies made. I'm also working on an "agenda", so if you have any ideas you want included--let me know. Sent out a bunch of letters last week, got zero response--disappointed, yes, deterred, never--will spend my time on others. Also if there may be somebody you'd like for me to try and track down, let me know! Have been pretty successful so far. I'm trying to set aside some time to visit Oshkosh to check in with the Alumni people---maybe in the middle of the month.....Less than 200 days to go now, won't be long.....

Well, I was able to track down everyone in the picture below (I think). Sent out letters on Sat (Late)---if you received one of these letters please pass the info on to anyone you may have kept in touch with through the years. Starting to feel a sense of urgency as we get down to these last 200 days before the reunion......Looking forward to getting in touch with more people, and posting more pictures---its all good (so far).

This is the project for the rest of the week, so.......Sue, H, Tommie, Larry, Wenz, Rebs, Bruce, I'll be looking for you....and I'll probably find you.

What we have here are a few pictures of people
I have contacted--they haven't said if they are
going to make it to the reunion or not. Must be busy planning their trips.....next up will be some pics of
the next group of people I'm going to try and contact--still have plenty of other shots to get to as well.....

Just a few snaps of some of the folks planning to attend the reunion.....

Well, here is the floor picture from 79/80 7th floor. Still trying to figure out who some of these people are and where they are at. Quite the crowd. If you have any info please let us know......

Wonderful time getting together with some of the guys yesterday......seemed to have solved my problem with posting pics, so that will be coming up---we've decided that we are going to put a little "schedule of events" together for the weekend, so the first draft of that will be up soon. Also we are going to put a "flyer' together when we make some contacts throught the mail. If anybody has any ideas of things they want included (we had everything from Oaks Candies to a tour of the Union) be sure to let us know asap. Also let us know if you think your going to be able to make it to the reunion, we'll get you on the Planning to Attend List. Watch for many updates in the next few days....

Well we're continuing to find people from our past...seems like people have kept in touch with a person or two, who have done the same, kinda' mushrooming--its great. The thing is that when I get an email or letter from somebody its like I can hear their voice, clear as a bell--even after all these years. Its fun to find out what folks have been up to, catching up with old friends. It'll be good to see everyone come October--buts lots to do before then!

I have recieved word from multiple reports that the pictures haven't been comming through (I see them just fine, good for me I guess). I'll try and figure it out. Sent out a bunch of letters this week, hoping for responses. Looking forward to seeing some of the gang next Sunday, get some more things planned out. Will keep everyone up to date.

Well I recieved word this week that the Alumni Association has email addresses for 90 of the 300 some odd names I sent them of the people who graduated from UW-O who also lived in North Scott from '78-'80. It will be interesting to see who we hear from. I'm wondering if there will be that one person we try to find who we are unable to --hope not. So far I think I've been able to find an address for everyone I've looked for, but admittedly I'm just starting off. I guess time will tell.