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(Updated July 28th, 2011)
Dear Classmates:
We hope you can make it to the Friday Night Mixer (FNM) tomorrow night at HOOPS on the Square in downtown Kokomo!!!
If you have not purchased your ticket for the main reunion on Saturday you will be able to do so on-line or at the Friday Night Mixer (FNM) for the $30 price. I will be the only one accepting ticket purchases on Friday night. We have given everyone ample opportunity to purchase your tickets on-line. I am sorry for the inconvenience to those who did not wish to purchase on-line, but we used the same method for our 20th reunion and had zero problems and zero complaints to all of those who purchased on-line. Once I leave the FNM I will finalize the RSVP/PAID list and change the ticket price on the website to $40 and it will also be $40 (cash or check) at the gate of the main reunion event on Sat.
If you have pre-paid for the main Sat. night reunion event, your name will be on the PAID list when you check-in at the gate. You will not need a ticket.
You can find the directions to the FNM and the Saturday Night Reunion on our website www.kokomo1986.com Listed below are more details on the easiest route to the main Saturday night reunion location and how we will process cars for parking:
1. Locate Division Road on US 31 from the direction you are coming from, there is a stop light in what appears to be the middle of nowhere on US 31 going towards Tipton from Kokomo. If you are coming from Indianapolis it is the first stop light past the Tipton exit going north on US 31.
2. You will turn WEST (right if you are coming from Kokomo, and left if you are coming from Indianapolis.) You will notice signs and or balloons on the telephone pole.
3. You will come to a stop sign, go straight through it. Again, signs and or balloons will be on the telephone pole so you know you are going the right way.
4. Approximately 1 mile from the stop sign you traveled through, Turn NORTH on 900 West
5. Approximately 1-2 miles on the RIGHT hand side you will see a tent. Police officers and parking attendants will be there to greet you. Please have your ID's ready so the Police Officers can quickly identify you has RSVP's on their master sheet.
A. If you've pre-paid you will be quickly processed by the parking attendant's (fair style parking) PLEASE FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS OF THE PARKING ATTENDANTS
B. If you have not pre-paid, your payment will be processed by a separate parking attendant designated solely for this purpose before you can park.
C. If we fill up the first parking staging area, we will proceed to the second parking staging area.
D. Do not take it upon yourself to just park anywhere you want! This is the personal residence of Mr. Malson who has so graciously donated his property for the event.
6. We have a specific exit route mark when leaving the reunion. Please follow the markers for the exit route. Please keep speeds at a minimum for everyone's safety.
7. For anyone who is not capable of driving safely from the premises, a taxi can be called:
Rhino Taxi Svc
1102 S Apperson Way
Kokomo In
765-452-9881
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I NEED TO THANK OUR SPONSORS!!!!!
This reunion would not be possible without the generous donations of our sponsors. Even though our reunion ticket price is not cheap, it doesn't even come close to covering the costs of the reunion. All these sponsors wanted to make sure we had the best possible reunion at a reasonable price to our classmates. That said, I want everyone to seriously take the time to look at the sponsor list and if you could ever utilize any of the services these sponsors offer, please do so. They are all great people who donated to you, Kokomo High School Class of 1986. How many schools class reunions can say they have classmates that put up over $5,000 to have a kick butt class reunion? I would also like to thank all the individual donations that came in. I am humbled by your generosity.
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING EVERYONE AT THE MIXER AND REUNION. ENJOY!
Bobby Mize
(Updated July 18th, 2011)
Dear Classmates:
The reunion is rapidly approaching and some of you may not have purchased your tickets yet for whatever reason. Please note that our deadline to raise the price had always been 7/15/2011 due to the additional cost to add food, tables, chairs, etc. the closer we get to the reunion date. However, we recently mailed out over 250 reunion notification postcards to classmates that we did not have email addresses for in an attempt to make sure we did everything possible to notify ALL classmates about the reunion. That said, we have decided to allow people to pay as late as July 29th online at www.kokomo1986.com for the $30 ticket price. In addition, checks/cash will NOW be accepted at the gate of the main reunion event on Sat. evening, July 30th, by our security staff (Kokomo Police Department) for the $40 per person ticket price. Please have ID available when paying at the gate.
The bands are ready…Jugs Catering is ready…..are you ready to have a good time? See you at the reunion!
(Updated July 1st, 2011)
Dear Classmates:
We have changed the location of the Friday Night Mixer to Hoops On the Square in downtown Kokomo be able to offer the opportunity for classmates to bring a spouse or guest. Join your fellow classmates for a pre-party mixer the Friday before the main reunion event. This is a great time to meet up with classmates that you’re still in touch with and also those that you may not have seen or talked to in a while. Enjoy a casual evening of appetizers and purchase locally brewed beers at Hoops On the Square (formerly the Sycamore Grill) in Kokomo from 7pm-10pm. The restaurant is located at 115 West Sycamore Street, Kokomo, IN.
(Updated June 17th, 2011)
Dear Classmates:
We won't beat around the bush. We NEED to have a total of no less than 200 main reunion event tickets purchased by June 30th, 2011 in order to finish making our deposits, order decorations, hire our security, etc, etc, etc. WE NEED YOUR HELP NOW! Our goal from the beginning was to have at least 300 classmates/guests attend the main reunion event and we still hope to accomplish that by July 15th. But if everyone RSVP's and doesn't buy a ticket until the last minute, it will have the unintended consequence of forcing the reunion committee to scale the reunion events back and no one wants that to happen. The estimated total bill to make the reunion weekend top-notch exceeds $10,000+, so we hope everyone understands why we are asking you to commit now and buy a ticket.
Thank so much in advance for your timely purchase of reunion tickets!
Bobby Mize
KHS Class of 1986 Class President
(Updated July 8th, 2011)
Dear Classmates,
Since our first email blast informing everyone about our 25th reunion we have had over 600 hits to the www.kokomo1986.com website. We have had many people update their information and others ask how they can help. We also have businesses and classmates beginning to provide sponsorship donations (Thank You!) to help off-set the overall cost for our reunion. This is a great way to start, but we need everyone’s help getting people to the site, notifying classmates about the reunion that we don't have current contact information or email addresses for, and simply getting any and everybody to RSVP/purchase tickets as early possible. This will help the planning efforts tremendously and take a little of the planning stress load off of the reunion committee members. When you have anywhere from 200 to 500 people who need to RSVP, we’re sure you can understand that it is tough to accommodate for last minute attendees.
For those classmates planning to attend, please go ahead and purchase your 25th reunion ticket on the www.kokomo1986.com site as soon as possible if you have not already done so. We will keep a check-off list of all classmates’ payments that will be used to check-in attendees at the main reunion event entrance. REMEMBER, ANYONE WHO HAS NOT PRE-PAID AND PURCHASED A TICKET ONLINE WILL NOT BE ALLOWED ON THE PREMISES. In years past we have accepted classmate payments at the door; however, that will not be the case at the 25th reunion. Our caterer will not be able to accommodate last minute attendees and we cannot risk running out of food due to those classmates who did not RSVP and pre-purchase a reunion ticket. We want ALL classmates to come and have a great time and need your cooperation and help of purchasing tickets in advance to do this.
For those individuals or businesses that would like to sponsor a specific event at the reunion for advertising purposes or make a general donation, please contact Mike Elkin at melkin99@sbcglobal.net or go to our sponsorship page of www.kokomo1986.com for more details.
This is going to be a great 25th reunion! You won't want to miss out on it!
Bobby Mize
KHS Class of 1986 Class President
(Updated May 2011)
Dear Kokomo Class of 1986,
We are reaching out to those who would like to volunteer as a committee member to help put some of the finishing touches on our 25th Reunion. The dates, bands, caterer, and location have been set and we need additional volunteers to help organize some of the finer details of the reunion.
As you may have already seen on our website, the reunion is scheduled for the weekend of July 29th-30th, 2011. We will need 10 individuals willing to lead their specific committees. Some committee members will need to be located in Kokomo, Carmel, Zionsville, Fishers and other nearby areas, while others can be located anywhere in the US. We need volunteers for the following committees:
1. Entertainment coordination committee
2. Catering coordination committee
3. Decorations committee
4. Parking & Security committee
5. Tents and Restroom committee
6. Grounds set-up and clean up committee
7. RSVP and Sponsorship committee
8. Kokomo Media and Public Relations Committee
9. Lost Classmate Committee
10. Memorial Committee
Our first official meeting will be held at 3 PM on June 5th, 2011 at Paradise Bakery & Café, 14550 Clay Terrace Blvd, Carmel, IN. We look forward to seeing you. Please see www.paradisebakery.com for directions. (Click on “Find Us Near You) However, organizing the committees will need to occur before this time, please contact both of us at your earliest convenience: Bobby Mize (rmize1@sbcglobal.net) and Mike Elkin (melkin99@sbcglobal.net).
All other individuals who want to help but can’t put in the time necessary to be a committee chairperson, please contact us via the website and we will assign you to a committee based upon your location and our need to fill committee spots.
The good news is we have many classmates excited to help so we are expecting a great turn out of volunteers. We understand that many of us have families and have time constraints, but if you can dedicate just a little bit of your time to help, this will be a fun and fulfilling way to help make sure the 25th reunion is the best ever.
We would also like to take the time to thank everyone who volunteered and or sponsored the 10 and 20-year reunions because none of this would be possible without their contributions.
Sincerely,
BobbyMize
Kokomo Class President 1986
(Updated January 2011)
MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!! The date for our 25th class reunion is now set. The festivities will commence over the weekend of July 29th, 2011. Live band...bon fire....catered dinner...a totally casual event! More details on the location, the band playing, etc. will follow as we get closer to the reunion. For now we are keeping the details a surprise. Happy New Year KHS Class of '86!
We hope you will make plans to attend the 25th reunion and look forward to seeing everyone there!
Enjoy your website and check back often for updates!
The KHS Class of ’86 Reunion Committee
