Agenda Southwest High 60th Reunion

September 30-October 2, 2022

Sheraton Suites Country Club Plaza at 770 West 47th Street.

Friday, September 30

Arrival/Check in at Sheraton Suites

Registration/Hospitality, Summit Room from 2 – 5 PM. Hosted by Bonny McAllister.

Optional Special activities - 1-5PM:

- Linda Waterhouse tour of the KC Public Library: “Record the History of our Class” Our class has surplus funds from previous reunions. The library is assembling documents about each class for historical purposes. We are considering contributing those surplus funds to the library to help offset expenses and set a model for other classes.

- Hal Klee tour of the Good Ship Arabia: Around 1856 a "floating Walmart" paddlewheel riverboat sunk in the Missouri River. Thousands of items were not to be recovered until about 150 years later, buried about 60 feet under a corn field. Now a beautiful museum for you to travel back in time. Learn more: www.1856.com. Hal Klee will be your travel guide. Meet at Sheraton for 1 pm departure using carpools.

. 6:00 pm Reception with open bar

. 7:00 pm Dinner served in Plaza Ballroom

 

                   After dinner Host: Jeff Hantover

 

. Class Memorial: Jeanie Jakes Speaker

 

. Introduction: Linda Waterhouse Presentation: Steve Nolls, co-author, “Kansas City Houses: 1885-1938" "A Celebration of Kansas City's Grand Homes" Saturday,

 

Saturday, October 1

 

. 8:00 -10:30 am Registration/Hospitality, Summit Room

 

. 8:00-9:30 am – Breakfast and conversations in the hotel’s Gallery Room

 

. 10:00 am - Presentation by David Litwack and Greg Curtis: How I Wrote My Memoir

Lunch on own

 

. 1:30-2:45 Tour of Nelson Atkins Gallery Return to Sheraton

. 3:15 - 4:45 John Shelton: Architectural Walking Tour of Country Club Plaza Classmate Presentations in Plaza Ballroom

 

. 3:15-4:15 Linda Waterhouse and John Rollins: Use of Surplus Class Funds

 

. 4:15-5:15 Mary Dailey Evey, RN, with a medical update on “10 Things that Happen to You After Age 78”

 

. 6:00 Cocktail Reception with open bar and music

 

. 6:30 Class Picture (on front steps of hotel?)

 

. 7:00 Banquet in Plaza Ballroom

 

. 8:00 Paul Pritchard: “The Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve-a Gift of Our Class”

 

. 8:45 – 11:00 pm Networking, photo booth, 1960-Era Rock ’N Roll Party Sunday,

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Sunday, October 2

 

. 8:00 -10:00 am Breakfast, conversations and farewells in the hotel’s Gallery Room