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Free postcard to soldiers in Iraq | Thanks to supporters of Christmas Walk | Class of 81 reunion followup | Fieldcrest Christmas concert | Where is the Jumbo? |

Free postcard to soldiers in Iraq

Dear Viewers;

This is an email that I received which describes something you may want to participate in.

If you go to this web site, www.letssaythanks.com you can pick out a thank you card and Xerox will print it, and it will be sent to a soldier that is currently serving in Iraq . You can't pick out who gets it, but it will go to some member of the armed services.

How AMAZING it would be if we could get everyone we know to send one!!!

Dave Uphoff
MinonkTalk


Class of 81 reunion followup

Hey all, Had a great time at the class of 1981 reunion a few months ago, was good to see everyone! and yes i walked right by Rodney Hock and didnt recognize him at first, but only took a minute to realize it. Must of been his haircut!!! If any of you have any pictures of that great evening i would love to have a few, ( There were alot of flashbulbs going off!!)
also if anyone is putting together a list of everyones addresses, emails, picture cd, etc.. would love to have a copy.

Everything is well here in south florida, made it through another hurricane season!

You may contact me at jamesrenken@hotmail.com

Stay warm all, it was 82 here today in south florida!!!!

                                                                                                  James Renken


Where is the Jumbo?

I was just reading about the nature trail around the jumbo are was shocked when I saw the pictures! WHERE IS THE JUMBO????? It has been a long time since I was in that area, but all I can see in these pictures is a small grass hill. Growing up in Minonk, climbing the jumbo at least once was almost required! We didn't sit around playing video games and instant messaging--we rode our bikes out to the jumbo and climbed it! Some of us spend hours and hours up there every summer. It's kind of sad to see a literal childhood monument gone! I agree that the city needs to claim and preserve what's left of this area! There is so much history there for those of us who grew up in Minonk.

Teresa (Hinkle) McKenzie
Charlotte, NC



Thanks to supporters of Christmas Walk

The 4th of July Committee would like to THANK everyone for attending and especially the homeowners, Sean and Christine Cunningham, Gerry and Caroline Glowacki, Jay and Donis Klein, Marc and Fran Durre and Bob and Pat White, for all of their hard work to make their homes look really beautiful for the Christmas House Walk this year. We had a really good turn out and hope to have another Christmas House Walk next year.

We hope that everyone that attended had a good time and enjoyed looking at all the truly wonderful homes. We appreciate everyone that attended as all of the proceeds will go towards the fireworks celebration this next year.

Thanks again to everyone who participated.

Cathy McKay and Sue Park


Fieldcrest Christmas concert

On Sunday, December 17 at 2:00 P.M., the Fieldcrest High School music department will be holding their Christmas concert. This is a concert you won't want to miss. Show your support for music in our schools by attending. This is sure to put you in the holiday spirit.

Kim Tarmann