06/24/11 Gathering of the Bears Recap: First, let me say that if you didn't attend, you missed a great evening, great company, and great food. Special thanks to those of you who volunteered early to help, or just jumped in to help once you got there and lent us a hand. We could never have done it without you. The highlight of the evening was the presentation of two of our Lifetime Achievement Awards. The Lifetime Achievement Award in Community Service went to Mr. Ken Randolph for his years of service to the Arvin-Lamont Communities. The Lifetime Achievement Award in Education went to Mr. Don Burkett for the many years he has spent as an educator in the Arvin-Lamont areas. Both of these men had many friends and formers students in the crowd to wish them well and applaud their being honored in this way. We were asked why we selected people who were not graduates of Arvin High School if this is an alumni group? The answer to that was simple, without dedicated people like these two giving those of us who went through the local school system all the support they have, a whole lot of us wouldn't be able to say we are graduates today. In the future there will be more awards like this to non-alumni and for the same reasons. But rest assured, we will be honoring many alumni as well in the years ahead. Let me say once again on behalf of the entire board, thanks for all your efforts and we look forward to seeing you again in 2013.
05/22/11 Ticket Sales Have Concluded: That's the bad news! The good news is that one of our sponsors is putting up 28 tickets to be given away over the next 14 days. Tickets can be won by playing SilverTips Trivia with us on Facebook. Each day between Monday, May 23rd through Sunday, June 25th we will be giving away one pair to our daily trivia winner. Winners may only win one pair of tickets. The pair of tickets is a $20 value and now it's your only chance to get into the event. So be sure to check in on Facebook Monday to get the details and the first SilverTips Trivia question...
03/04/11 GOTB Ticket Order Form can be filled in and printed out for mailing by following the blue hyperlink at the start of this sentence.
02/20/11 Ticket sales have now topped three dozen and we continue to get ticket requests almost every day. One of the ideas suggested the other night at our planning session, was that for the night of the event we encourage classes to create collages of their old pictures from their Arvin High School days and put them on large poster boards so they can be displayed at the Gathering. So, spread the word among your friends to break out their photo albums and start making copies, so we can see what you looked like with big hair, tie dyes, a mullet, or in parachute pants.
02/11/11 We received requests for nearly two dozen tickets this first week of ticket sales. That's a great sign since most folks wait until later in the sales cycle to get their tickets reserved. Thank you to the early buyers and please keep spreading the word among other Arvin High School Alumni around the world.
02/10/11: Our next GOTB Planning meeting is set for Thursday, February 17, 2011 at Cataldo's Pizza in Bakersfield at Fairfax and Niles. We'll get underway at 7 p.m. and we should wrap up in an hour. We need all the volunteers we can get, so if you're interested in 'working' with us, be sure to be there.