Hello Guys,
Hope all is well, 13 of your Cretin classmates got together today for lunch at the Pool and Yacht club and watched the ice free Mississippi River go by.
What a difference a few weeks made up here.
Dave Britz, a regular at our lunches emailed me yesterday that he was in Florida on the Gulf side. He said to me guess what?—I am going to a Cretin Derham baseball game tomorrow since they are in a tournament in Florida during spring break—how things have changed! Sounds terrific.
Speaking of CDH the girls Basketball team qualified for the State Tournament and played their quarter final game yesterday against the top seed Monticello who WAS 29-0. CDH won the game and today the girls played in the Semi final and lost a very close game to Marshall Minnesota. The team will play Saturday for 3rd place—what a great season. Here is another thing that has changed three of the starting players are 8th graders. Future looks good.
The boys basket ball team has been rated number one in the state all year and will likely be in the state tourney next week—sections are not over yet.
A verry, very sad note earlier this week I heard from classmate Mike Kelly that his wife Loraine passed away two weeks ago. Mike is living in Illinois but plans to get make to Minnesota soon.
Please keep Mike in you prayers. May Loraine Rest In Peace.
Another month has past and a few more of you guys have turned 80 and the rest of us are close to follow, so keep the calendar date in front of you Thursday August 14th—The 80th class of 63 birthday party is being held at the Pool and Yacht at noon time to celebrate this milestone.
In my email last week to all of you I highlighted the name of many of our classmates who we are trying to contact and get email addresses for so we can include them in the class of 63 mailings, please take a look and if you can provide some contact on any of the guys listed let me know—–THANKS
Speaking of thanks—Joe Schufman and Len Mitsch are working on being sure we get info out on the 80th party, Joe Brooks and Dave Britz are working with the Pool and Yacht to set up food for the party and Dave Tyree has stepped up to work on contacting guys on the lost classmates list I just referenced.
Next class of 63 lunch is Thursday April 10th——see you then
Best to all
Tom Troskey
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