Sunday, August 14, 2011

Simms Days 2011

What a beautiful day at Simms! August 13, 2011
In attendance this year was Lola Sheldon Galloway, Brenda Thompson Hess, Linda Hallfrisch Gleason, Sherrill Roath Bushe, Trudy Olson Nelsen, Christine Wilson Beattie, Barbie Curtis Rasmassen, Kathy Chemel Crawford,Chuck Wilson, Frank Slater, Flint Sauke
Trudy , Linda , Sherrill , Christine  - I (Brenda) was there but behind the camera!
Sorry if I spell any names wrong, I'm just trying to get the pictures!!!

Flint Sauke ( he hasn't changed his name!!) Sherrill and Frank  
Chuck Wilson, Trudy's brother Martin Olson in white and his daughter and Trudy.
Not sure who the other guys are - class of 81, I think.

About time for lunch Lola's daughter Natalie, Lola, Frank cooking, Linda and Sherrill
We had burgers and dogs and salads and some killer carmel brownies!

Steve Galloway, Lola , Linda and Sherrill


Lola and Linda talking and eating!!

Lola's father-in-laws knees, Sherrill's husband Bill and Frank Slater


Kathy Chemel strolled from her house in Simms to see who was all here.
Flint Sauke and Frank Slater

Lola, Sherrill and Chuck

Everyone sitting around visiting  - looking at yearbooks.
Man did some stories really fly and we had some great laughs!

Barbie, Bill Busche, Flint and his girlfriend Sharon. Nice mug Flint - I'm sure there was soda in it!

Lola's husband Steve walked the parade route on stilts -
 they are helping with the Miller for Governor campaign. 

This is a throw blanket that they were selling, done using the historcal sites in the valley.
Simms High School, the Adams barn near SunRiver, Square Butte, Vaughn Drive Inn, the stone store in Vaughn, a church, SunRiver School and a grain elveator, and Fort Shaw

We had a great time visiting and catchin up this weekend. Several of us stayed and helped roll up the sidewalks and turn out the lights ... after the street dance was over! It was so great to visit with people that we haven't seen in a while. The class of 1981 was celebrating 30 years - that was my brother Rogers class. Seeing people like Bruce Lee, who comes home every year from Alaska just for Simms days makes me think more people need to get out of thier "little box" and enjoy the friendships that we made so long ago. The playing field is more level now. There are no clicks, no classes, no jocks, no cheerleaders, no nerds or nobodies - we are all adults that have been down some rough roads. We have all made it to this point, learned from our past and appreciate the roots we got at Simms.

We missed those that weren't there. Please try make it to Simms next years - same time same place - (2nd weekend in August!!)  Please feel free to e-mail me picture if you would like them added to this blog site!
Brenda Thompson Hess

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