BHS 1978 30th Reunion Party

VISIT THIS SITE FRIDAY NIGHT FOR LIVE PICS AND VIDEO FROM THE EVENT. FULL RECAP WILL BE AVAILABLE ON SUNDAY....HAPPY THANKSGIVING....GO RED RAIDERS...DESTROY FALMOUTH!

November 2008 Update

Here are some items to start November 2008:

1. New member found Tim Delong:

From: Timothy DeLong capt.delong@yahoo.com
Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2008 7:13 PM
Subject: greetings
Just happened on this site(nice work!) and am wondering if the reunion went on for the 30th. I missed the 29th as I was at sea as usual. I've been living in Centerville for quite a while and see various classmates from time to time.
Please keep me updated.
Thanks.
Tim DeLong

2. As we prepare to vote this week Scott Perkins wanted to share this video from the 2004 election when he got the town of Barnstable a mention on the OReilly Factor which goes worldwide. Go to this site and hit play button: http://centerville02632.blogspot.com/2008/10/perkins-gets-national-air-time-2004-fox.html

3. ****Reminder****SAVE THE DATE****:
Informal 30th Reunion –Barnstable High School Class of ‘78
Friday, November 28th (the day after Thanksgiving)
7:00PM @ The Tikiport Restaurant, Rt. 132, Hyannis
Please contact other classmates who may not be on this BHS email list and let them know the plan.

To peruse the Tiki Port Menu go to their website: http://www.tikiport.com/ . According to the site Tiki Port has been serving up fried enjoyment in Hyannis since 1977. How many other year round businesses in food service have lasted that long in town? Jack's Lounge on West Main has been there forever but the Tiki Port has been an institution. A great date night in the early 80's was dinner at the Tiki Port and then dancing across the street at the Holiday Inn night club called Gee Willickers. G Willys was so high class that you had to wear dress shoes and a collared shirt. They had some good bands. There was another bar in the Capetown Plaza that was called Dante's Inferno next to IHOP. Another place for good bands and lots of cheap booze.

5. This letter was sent in from the Barnstable Patriot September issue and looks like it is signed by our old House Dean...could he still be alive? Here it is anyway:
It is astonishing to witness the proud Town of Barnstable (An All-American City) shilling for a for-profit company--THE BARNSTABLE--er--SALEM TROLLEY on its property. How did this travesty happen?
Cythia Cole has worked so hard and the results on Main Street have been more than remarkable for this to have oc­curred. She must be livid. So also must be our new Hyannis Chamber Director.
I have no issue with the TROLLEY owner(s) or her minion (with lawn chair and umbrella--as a matter of fact Choo-Choo is a friend of mine) they are only doing what good business people do, although I do have a few suggestions as it is all legal:
Why not hang the ‘Sandwich Board’ around JFK’S neck--It would be better seen. Why not dress the ‘associate” in rail­road regalia with hat and train whistle? Other businesses could rent space as well: How about ‘Ronald McDonald’ in full clown suit? The Quizno’s guy from Rte 132?? The Blue Honda Monster out on West Main?? (Do we have a sign code??)
Granted there are more press­ing issues in town, but this is so blatant I have to write this.
Next stop: A Town Council Meeting. Maybe a sufficient number of local officials will read this and prevent its recur­rence next year or their embar­rassment this year at an immi­nent meeting.
Jim Ruberti
Hyannis

6. Some guy sent this in for the class to look at. Not sure who he is or if it is legit but take a gander:
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7. Send in any ideas you have for the site or anything else barnstable1978@hotmail.com We dont take any complaints since we already know we dont know what we are doing!! Also visit the class blog for any new updates here http://bhs1978.blogspot.com/ Thanks

October 2008 Update

1. Still no update on a 30th reunion. However there has been some rumblings about a Fall Pub Crawl on Main Street. The Summer Crawl had an attendance of 3 class members so maybe this one we can have a stretch goal of 4 people. Watch your email.

2. How about the economy? Yes gas prices are low and heating the house wont be that expensive this Winter. I paid $4.39 a gallon for home heating oil in August when I wanted a full tank in case the oil supply dried up and that has bitten me square in the arse. Also I have invested very aggresively in the stock market in hopes of retiring to a spread on Oyster Harbors. Now, since the last week of May I am down about 100 large. I am looking at listings on General Patton Drive and Fresh Holes Road for my "golden years" on the Cape.

3. The WB TV Network is filming a reality show at Barnstable High. You can watch the epsiodes on line at this link: http://www.thewb.com/shows/high-drama/
Too bad they didnt do this when we were in school with the cast of characters in our group.

4. Attached is a receipt and pic sent in from a visit to Baxters Fish and Chips. 2 Clam Rolls, 4 Cokes, 1 Lobster Roll and 1 Cup of Clam Chowder comes out to $87.11. Plus we threw in a $1 tip for the hottie at the cash register. Once you get past the sticker shock the food is exquisite. It is a meal you should only have once a year to keep it special and to keep you out of personal bankruptcy. Also the bathrooms at Baxters on a scale of 1 roll = Poor to 5 rolls = Excellent only rate a 1/2 a roll. Your best bet is to finish your meal and drive over to British Beer Company where their rest room rates a full 5 rolls of excellence. Gringos and the 19th Hole are two places that come in a 1/4 roll and Jacks Lounge doesnt even rate...you are better off using the woods out back.

5. Here is a story that was recently related to the website from 30 years ago:

----It was the Fall of 1978. I got paid every Friday in cash from a place in Hyannis for a part time job. Usually I left campus at Noon and picked up my envelope so I could get a head start on Friday night. This particular Friday I was just lazy and didnt do it. I had to hit the gym that afternoon to make up a few PE classes I was behind on. When I came back to my locker the $10 in my pocket was gonzo. On a normal Friday my whole paycheck would have been in there. Immediately I approached the 3 or 4 BHS gym teachers sitting in the glass office they had with a clear view of the lockers. Of course they saw nothing and blamed me for not using a padlock. Did those teachers take my money? Could be they needed it for Happy Hour at The Velvet Hammer. However my loss could have been much worse and it was the only time I got ripped off in 4 years at Barnstable. Hopefully the person who took that money is doing some hard time in a Mass prison and finds himself on the business end of a shiv or shank!!

Thanks for submitting that story and keep them coming......Good Times!

6. Here are some items from the Barnstable Patriot as each week they print something from 30 years ago....:
1978
The Landing, a nightspot on Ocean Street that let its seasonal license inadvertently lapse this year, came under heavy fire from neighbors at a hearing on reinstatement. Forty persons from the waterfront area told tales of noise, litter, garbage, beer bottles, vandalism, and indiscriminate parking.
1978
The Barnstable High School girls basketball coach will now get the same pay as the boys coach. On recommendation of School Supt. Edward J. Tynan, and after a grievance filed in behalf of the girls coach Pat Lopes, she will get the same pay as Richard Segura -- $1,892. She had been paid $1,042.
1978
"Shep," the three-year-old 100-pound police dog suspended for a week because he bit two policemen during a melee at the Swamp Fox Lounge, has been reinstated on the Barnstable force.
1978
Part of the largest drug haul on Cape was made behind a Hyannis motel, as law enforcement officers promised more arrests stemming from the $10 million seizure. Ten tons of marijuana were found between a warehouse on Route 132 and also in a refrigerator truck parked at the Sheraton Regal Inn.
1978
Another fast food operation may come into the Downtown Hyannis area. A Wendy's Hamburger recently went up at the Airport rotary, A Sambo's pancake place is planned next door and a Cooke's hamburger-seafood restaurant about a mile up Rte. 132. Now an Arthur Treacher's is a possibility at the corners of North and Winter Streets, on the old O'Neil property that was the home of the prominent family that sprang from mid-18th century beginnings to form an Irish colony in Hyannis.

August 2008 Update

1. Two New Members found Holly Rogers and Lori Taddeo. See messages below :

From: Lori Taddeo gatorgate@hotmail.com
Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 7:21 PM
Subject: CLASS 1978 REUNION
It will be a shame if we do NOT have a 30th Reunion!! For all of those who missed the 20th it was a great time!! So if anyone can get a hold of Sue Kenney (do not know her married name?) and get a bug in her ear about this PLEASE do so!! Time is ticking away......maybe we can have it a Joey Diggs place like we did for the 20th.....SOMEONE HELP!!

From: Holly Rogers holly1655@comcast.net
Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2008 5:53 PM
Subject: wow- nice job
Just found the site and the blogs- looks great- thanks to whomever is the responsible one.
I'm still on the Cape- West Barnstable to be exact- my email is holly1655@comcast.net.
so what is up for the 30th? Was the pub crawl it? or will we do another Friday night at the "VILLA"- can you beat it????


2. BHS 1978 Grad Steve OBrien in the news:

Barnstable Officer Stephen O'Brien sings at Opening CeremoniesBOURNE - Officer Stephen O'Brien has combined his talent for singing with his profession as a Barnstable Police Officer, and at 2p.m. on Friday, September 19, he will sing at the opening ceremonies of the Bourne Scallop Festival. He performs at many functions, dedications and ceremonies singing the National Anthem along with other songs ranging from 'Danny Boy' to 'Ave Maria.' Officer O'Brien's hobby for singing has grown over the years and has led him to study with renowned voice instructor, Bradley Pennington, of Boston's Bel Conto Opera. Officer O'Brien represents the Barnstable Police Department.

July 2008 Update

We had some activity to report in the month of July for the Barnstable 1978 class:

1. New member: Lori Thompson
Great job on the website…I was sad to see a few of our classmates had passed away…I had no idea. I’ve been in Florida for almost 14 years now…… My email is as you receive it molnarlori@embarqmail.com
I’ve had fun reading the updates & blogs etc…brought back a lot of memories!!!!!! Thanks, Lori

2. New Member Duncan Gibson:
Hi! Just found the class blog.... feel free to add my email dgibson689@aol.com more later!!
Duncan R. Gibson

3. Falmouth Triathalon:
We had a class member representing in the Falmouth Triathlon:

You asked for results and here they are... The Falmouth Sprint Triathlon on July 20, 2008 was a BLAST! I really hadn't trained for this and I was so pleased with my time. 1 hour and 16 minutes for 1/3 mile swim, 10 mile bike and 3.1 mile run. Thanks for asking for my results.
Joan Hartel

4. 2008 BHS Pub Crawl:
We had 3 members of the class that showed up for the 2008 Hyannis Pub Crawl- Scott Perkins, Scott Schofield and Robin Fuld (see pic under the Irish flag). On the next crawl we hope to double that number! Here is a link to the pictures:
http://centerville02632.blogspot.com/2008/07/2008-hyannis-pub-crawl-click-photos-to.html

5. Class Member Sighting emailed from Scott Perkins:
I have a friend that graduated from Barnstable in 1982 that I have known for about 40 years now. Our fathers met when we were little kids at Jacks Lounge in Hyannis on West Main Street. For people from Centerville in the 1960s that was the closest watering hole to wet your beak so it was a popular joint. Plus they always had the greatest pizza in town and some people think they still do. So when I get to the Cape we make it a point to stop into Jacks for a few pops to remember our Dads. On this trip my buddy, who still lives in Hyannis, told me he recognized Willie Dixon sitting across from us at the bar. I wouldnt have recognized Willie in a million years so I asked him "Did you graduate from Barnstable High in 1978?" and he responded with a stern "Who's asking?". I was going to back off but after explaining who we were we had a great conversation about the old days with Willie. He kept talking about his dream to be a running back on the football team until one day he got the handoff and Carl Williams, Kevin Davis and Sonny Hoxie lowered the boom on him. Willie had one question about who was the QB for Barnstable and I went through a list of names like Matt Dacey, Hostetter, Mike Weller and it took us about 5 minutes before I dredged up the name David MacDonald which was the one he was looking for. It is incredible the things that are still stored in the nooks and crannies of your brain. Willie is a good guy and it was fun catching up with him....Perk


That is all for now. If anyone wants to write any stories or send in any links just forward to barnstable1978@hotmail.com

Robin Fuld Update

A couple items about Robin Fuld from her Art College in California. (click to enlarge)

Barnstable 78 Spring 2008 Update

A quick Spring Update:
1. A lot of people are asking about a 30th reunion to make their travel plans etc. If anyone has any info leave a comment on this blog or email to barnstable1978@hotmail.com

If there is no reunion in the works I know the annual BHS Pub Crawl is happening on July 25th in Hyannis. After hitting all the bars on the pub crawl you will not even remember what year you graduated. You might also get a free night of room and board at the Police Facility on Phinneys Lane or the brand spanking new jail on Barnstable Road. Walking down Main Street these days requires a can of mace, a tazer, a rape whistle and a good set of brass knuckles.

2. We added 2 new members recently. Donna Shea checked in from Texas ( donnaaucoin@tx.rr.com ) and Denise Grenier checked in from Raynham Mass ( gren1959@yahoo.com ). Welcome to the site.

3. This month we will review memories from the BHS Social Studies Faculty:
- Mr Reed: I dont remember any classes he taught but I used to see him at Celtics games in the 1980s. Also the advisor to The Imani Club.
- Mr Hicks: Rollie Hicks was the baseball coach and a good teacher. My lasting memory of him is when he lectured he would put his hands behind his head and his two underarms looked like Lake Wequaquet and Hathaways Pond. His stock market picking contests were very informative. I saw him at The 99 in Centerville about 3 years ago and he looked great.
- Mr Dwyer: He not only taught history....he lived it. He always said "Dont be a wallflower!" Another good teacher.
- Mr Gleason: He used to tell us about driving an oil truck in the Summer. There was a kid in his class named Mendes that was absent the entire semester but was once seen hitchhiking towards Mashpee and Gleason went to look for him. He was a good guy.

Some of the other professors were Mr Thomas, Mr LeBlanc, Mr Cressy, Mr Melchiono and Mr Thayer. I know Leblanc and Melchiono coached the hockey team but I dont remember stepping in their classrooms. I think Leblanc was the teacher who perished in a plane crash in Alaska a few years after we graduated. I would say that the Social Studies Department in our era was filled with some very good teachers but the subject matter was much more enjoyable than math or science.

4. Egads! To prevent any heart attacks this Summer let it be known that the Mini Golf Course on Main Street across from the old Zayres building is being demolished. Here is something from the Barnstable Patriot on the demise of this historic playground:

Wings, a small family-owned chain of retail beachwear clothing and beach items, has proposed building a new building on Main Street. They are purchasing Hyannis Main Street Mini-Golf from Steve and Sue Fedele.

5. My NCAA Bracket went down the tubes when my Final 4 Selection of Cape Cod Community College, Mass Maritime, Hyannis Barber College and Grand Prix Driving School - Cotuit Campus were all eliminated early on.

6. The 2008 Best Pizza in Barnstable voting on the BHS 1978 site is now over. The winner is the pizza at Jacks Lounge on West Main Street. The pizza is great but dont touch any of the patrons at the bar when you pick up your pie unless your tetanus shots are up to snuff.