Skyliners, the time is quickly coming for us to celebrate 50 years since we graduated from high school. Why Celebrate? Well, for one thing many of us are still around and if you are curious at all you may want to see what life has been like for other classmates. I personally know of some great stories that are worth hearing. In addition, you are extraordinary people and even though you are sagging, wrinkly and overweight we wanted to give you plenty of notice to lose the extra weight you want to lose, to get any plastic surgeries you feel would make you look younger or enhance your best attributes or just get over yourselves and make the decision to come and have some fun.
The planning committee is meeting and several activities are planned. We wanted to get notice out to as many of our class early. Here is what we have planned so far.
Golf Tournament - It has become a bit of a tradition to have a golf tournament during the reunion. Many are not interested in golf but I can assure you that this is very low key and is a great activity to visit and have some good times. The event will be held at Mountain Dell Golf Course up Parley's Canyon and will be a Shot Gun with everyone starting at 8:00 am. Friday Morning August 11. Tally, I hope you can get out of bed that early. Should be great fun and we have 54 spots available. We may be able to find more space but youi should definately register early.
Friday Night Classmates Only Activity - This is an opportunity to give your spouse a break. We thought it might be fun to have a night with just classmates. Now if you married on of our classmates you may have a difficutl time deciding who get to come but I am sure you can figure it out. his will be a chance to spend some time visiting and catching up without having to worry about how bored your spouse is. Mine actually likes coming to the reunions but I think too many activities can be hard. This event will be outdoors and we will have food trucks available so you don't starve. Plan to buy something. The event will begin at 6:00 P.M. at Sugarhouse Park. at the Big Field Pavilion. It is located just north of the pond. We promise to not bring oranges and hope you can come.
New Activity - Pickleball - We have a new event scheduled for our reunion. We have secured four private courts at two adjacent houses. The addresses are 10014 S and 10036 S Altavilla Drive in Sandy. Parking is available on 10000 S and one block to the east at Granite Park (Altavilla is a narrow street and we probably should avoid parking there). Check out the addresses on Goggle Earth and you will see how ideal and inviting the locations are.Once there, feel free to just walk to the courts in the backyards.
We will officially begin play at 8:00 AM but we can start warming up and/or playing at 7:00 AM
for those wanting to enjoy the cool morning and avoid the heat. There will be plenty of cold
water & drinks available along with a light breakfast. There is no cost for this activity, the food
or parking. Pickleballs (Franklin X-40) will also be provided.The play will be casual and enjoyable. We will start with a King’s Court format which will allow us to gravitate to games that match our individual skill levels. There will be an opportunity to organize your own games at the end of the morning. You can come and go at your pleasure.
Call me, Rual Coray, at 801.699.4195 with questions, comments,
suggestions or your availability to help with this activity.
Embracing this sport at our 50th reunion is a testament to our vitality and zest for life!
Tour of Skyline - We know that many of you live out of town and it has been many years since you have entered the hallowed hall of Skyline. Many of the hallowed halls are now gone, but some are still there. We have arranged to have a tour of the old school and many parts of the new school so you can see first hand the changes that are taking place. This event will be on Saturday August 12, beginning at 2:00 P.M. Meet at the East Side doors.
Saturday Night Super Activity - On August 12, 2023 starting at 6:00 P.M. we will have another great evening of socializing. It is at the JCC Activity Center (use to be the Ft. Douglas Country Club) at the University of Utah. The address is 2 North Medical Dr. Salt Lake City, Utah 84113. Please come and have a great time. There will be time for visiting and catching up. There will be good food and a Cash Bar is available. We have invited some special guest to come and participate.
After you have registered for the events please help us get the word out to our classmates. This is the big one. They will want to come. They need to know about it.
Go to the two websites we have for our class and see who has not signed up for either site. This will be the means we use in addition to your word of mouth to get the information out to our class about the reunion. Our class website is www.skyline73.com. In addition, we have a Facebook page and this is the location for it: https://www.facebook.com/groups/575475190737193 or you can just search Facebook for Skyline Class of 73. We have 377 classmates that have signed up on the website and there are 51 individuals as members on the Facebook site. Some on both. Please encourage anyone that you see that it not on either site to just sign on so we can get the information to them.
We have some funds that we have received over the years from our generous schoolmates, but it will not cover the anticipated costs. As you have probably noticed the price of things has gone up. This is not a political statement it just is reality right now. So, we have a spot on the Skyline 73 website that allows you to donate funds to help us. If you cannot make it work, please let me know.
Please let us know if you have any questions. We are still working on the details, but promise to keep you informed as we go forward.
