‎Barbara Kowall Treschitta made me aware of an organization planning a meeting to discuss Social Security topics on Nov 15 @ 6:30 p.m. at the Cottonwood Marriott Residence Inn for those in the Salt Lake City area. The person conducting the social security meeting is from The Senior Review (801-683-4333). I will call them later today and see if there might be other dates planned. Thanks Barbara!

There is a Utah chapter at this site with lots of helpful info:http://www.utahseniorreview.com/helpful_websites.html

I found this site as well
http://www.seniorreview.com/ 


Residence Inn Salt Lake City Cottonwood
6425 South 3000 East
Salt Lake City, Utah 84121 USA
Phone: 1-801-453-0430
 

911 Tribute

This month we pay tribute and commemorate 10 years to those who lost their lives on 09/11/2001. They and the soldiers who have lost their lives fighting terrorism since will not be forgotten. I have collected some photos over the years and would like to share them here. If you have some you would like to share, please send them to the class email address and I will upload them. If you would like to share where you were or what you were doing please make a comment below. Use the anonymous option if you like but please add your name to it. Thanks!
Bob Holmes

(Double click on Slideshow for more viewing options)

 
 Other Links9/11 - The 10 Year AnniversaryWe Will Never Forget9/11 TributeI Believe - A 9/11 Tribute

New Elementary school photos

New photos scanned and donated by classmate Gloria Burcham Taylor.

   

 This is the link to all the elementary and early class photos collected so far. Double click each photo to enlarge it and look for the magnifying glass button to view it even larger. BEHS Class Of 1969 Photos

Gloria also scanned photos from our Junior High yearbooks and that collection has been combined with others at These links: 
7th Grade
8th Grade


Thanks to Gloria and all those who have contributed time and photos so far. If you have photos you'd like to contribute to our web page collection please let us know by sending an email to behs.classof1969@gmail.com 

3rd Annual 2011 Class Picnic

Everyone had a great time and lots of great food at the picnic on Saturday August 6th. I hope others will agree. 12 Classmates attended the BBQ in a shady Bowery at Watkins Park in Brigham City. There was plenty of good food including grilled hot dogs, hamburgers and chicken. A Green salad, baked bean salad and a fruit pizza pie topped the list. Lots of garnishes, veggie tray, cookies and cake completed the meal all prepared by classmates. Barbara's potluck worked great despite my skepticism. Hope to hear comments from others but it looked like the picnic was a complete success for fun and renewing friendships complete with great weather. See photo slide show below. Double click it to view more class photos online.

Here is a list of those that came: Larry Caldwell, Karen Johnson Tam, Barbara Bywater Stokes, Gary & Jana Dunn, Lily Portz, Michael & Gloria Burcham Taylor, Lynn & DeAnna Cheney Hulme, Ray & Elizabeth Richman Taylor, Karen Richards Jensen, Steve Yates, Michael Shelby and Bob Holmes.

Hope to see all of these and more next year when the picnic event will move to September and be located at the Box Elder Camp ground. Thanks to all who attended and helped make this picnic a success and especially Barbara for her dedication to keep the class of 69 partying thru the next decade and beyond!

(If you are having trouble viewing the text on this page, hold the CTRL key down and tap the + or - key to adjust the zoom)

8TH Grade Yearbook Photos

Related photos from 8th grade yearbook have been scanned and added to our class album. A link will always appear in the lower right column. I'm sure there will a petition to follow requesting a full ban of the photos! Just remember what goes on the internet stays on the internet!

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2011 BEHS Class of 1969 Annual PICNIC

Classmates!
The 3rd Annual Class Picnic is just a few days away on August 6th this year. Please try to come. No RSVP required!

When: Saturday August 6th, 2011
Gather: at 4:30-5:30pm
Begin supper: at 5:30-6:00pm
The Park Bowery is reserved From 10 am to dark

Location: Watkins Park, 705 West Forest St, Brigham City , UT 84302 (Next to the Big J Flour Mill)

What to bring:
Pot Luck Picnic for those who would like to coordinate with Barbara Stokes by email (beenurse@live.com) or by phone (435-723-8769)
All others, bring your own picnic (BYOP)

If you would like, bring your own lawn chairs, volleyball, blankets, year books, pictures, cameras and so on. We have the Bowery for most of the day until dark, if you would like to come earlier just tell us what time and post it below. 


Barbara and a few others will be there early to set up tables and lite the grill around 3:30-4:00pm. So far it sounds like we'll have more coming than last year!

Watkins Park has a very nice, kind of secluded Bowery, with much less wind than the park we used last year and surrounded on the west and south by trees. There are fire/BBQ pits, 7 tables, nice restrooms and even some monkey bars (Barbara's personal favorite). There is a beautiful swimming pool and Rees Pioneer Park right across the street to the north. It's within walking distance to BEHS, making a nice walk or drive to see what the high school looks like now that the construction is complete.

Please let us know if there are any special needs to we can do to make the activity more enjoyable for you.

If you haven't already, please mark the Events page if you are planning to come, maybe coming or not able to attend so we can decide how many tables to cover and setup.

Looking forward to getting together and catching up!

The Facebook links below:

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=21560486247

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=210285405653386

Double click this photo to get a better view. Enter the parking lot from Forest Street. It  is on the west side of the park. The Bowery is on the Southwest corner of the park with a pretty level sidewalk from the parking lot. 

Peach Days 2011

If you are making plans to attend Peach Days,
this year's Peach Days parade "Celebrate the Tradition" will be Saturday, September 10, at 10 a.m.
Parade float applications are available at www.peachdays.org so download an application. 

Peach Days 2010 Photo Slideshow

Box Elder High School Class of 1971 Forty Year Reunion

The BEHS Class of 1971 is having their 40th Reunion this fall and I offered to post a note to spread the word!

If you know family or friends who graduated in 1971, let them know about this 2 day reunion affair on the Labor Day Weekend.

• Date: Friday & Saturday, 2nd & 3rd September 2011
• Location: Box Elder High School
• Contact: Alan Williams at AlangWilliams@gmail.com
• Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002206847113
• Alan's Facebook Page: http://facebook.com/ALANGWILLIAMS

Hoping they have a great Reunion!!

Box Elder High School Class of 1969

Kathleen Brown Obituary has been found

Thanks goes out to our classmate Barbara Olsen Ocaña for finding Kathleen's obituary this weekend. It was archived in the Box Elder News Journal.

Kathleen passed away in January 2004 from natural causes in Springdale, Arkansas. According to Kathleen's wishes, a private service was held in Brigham City for her immediate family and interment was in the Brigham City cemetery.
Kathleen Brown's memorial page

We are looking for two other classmates' obituary and appreciate any help:

Ralph Davis

Jim Fesenden

Looking for Lina Rae Smith and Nancy Valentine

Debbie Arnell ~~~~ Lina Rae Smith

Debbie Arnell Bevan recently wrote on Facebook that she would like to reconnect with Lina Rae Smith our former Box Elder Junior High classmate. She moved to California before high school. If you know Lina or if Lina finds this message please contact the web page by email and we will get you in touch with Debbie.


Nancy Valentine

Carla Anderson Milburn and Paula Wright contacted us on Facebook and would like to reconnect with classmate Nancy Valentine. If you know how to contact Nancy or want to contact us use the link below.
BEHS.Classof1969@Gmail.com

Use this link any time to update your contact Info so we can stay in touch:
Update Contact Info:

Jordan L. Larsen

Jordan L. Larsen, was a master teacher of English, Grammar, Literature and master wood craftsman while we attended high school. He passed away peacefully on Saturday, Mar 26, 2011, at age 85.

Funeral services will be held on Thursday, March 31, 2011, 11:00 a.m. at the Brigham City LDS 8th Ward Chapel. Interment will be in the Brigham City Cemetery. See Obituary for further details.

He has been added to our Teacher Tribute page at the link below:

http://behsteachermemorial.blogspot.com/

01 January 2011

Happy New Year!!

Have a great New Year 2011!!

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