Searching for Ernie Whitaker

A few people have asked how to get in touch with Ernie Whitaker, but unfortunately we don't have an email address for Ernie yet. We found an address for a William E. Whitaker in Goddard, Kansas that might be Ernie, but there was no response when we sent out a postcard to contact him. We sent Ernie a message on Classmates.com, but there was no response via that medium either. There are several Whitakers on Facebook with Salina connections, but none of them are named Ernie. Does anyone know where Ernie lives or works? Is anyone in touch with someone in Ernie's family who might know how to reach him? Drop us a line at salinacentral1990(at)gmail.com if you have any information!

Family Event at the River Festival

Thanks to all of you who voted in our poll to share your preference for our family event location. It looks like the winning option is the Smoky Hill River Festival. This is a great choice and should provide a ton of flexibility for our group. It has food, music, lots of activities for the kids, and also has the nostalgia factor, since most of us have so many memories of going to the Festival as kids. It also incorporates one of the other popular choices--a local park! Although Rolling Hills was another popular option, as it turned out, their group rate wasn't exactly that much better than their regular rate, so it would have ended up being very expensive for those of our classmates with several children.

We'll try to reserve one of the park shelters this week (if any are available) so that we'll have a meeting place where people can eat, watch the kids play, and socialize. Stay tuned for details on the exact times and location!

School Tour

Since several people have expressed an interest in visiting our old stomping grounds, we've scheduled a tour of Central for Saturday morning, June 12, at 10:00. For those of us who haven't been in the building for 20 years, it should be very interesting to see how our high school has (or hasn't) changed during that time. It will be a great time to reminisce with our classmates about all of the hours (and hours and hours and hours) we spent in those classrooms and hallways. We hope everyone will join us! If you're planning on attending, please let us know so we can let the administration know how many of us there will be. Just drop us an email at salinacentral1990(at)gmail.com!