We have decided to raffle it off. The drawing will be held at our kickoff/reunion dinner in July. You don't have to be present to win. If you want tickets, let us know! $2.00 each. 3 for $5.00.
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Pictures of the Antique Quilt
We have decided to raffle it off. The drawing will be held at our kickoff/reunion dinner in July. You don't have to be present to win. If you want tickets, let us know! $2.00 each. 3 for $5.00.
Sunday, April 15, 2012
The Biggest Show in Town!
We invited our friends, family, and fellow Cobblers to join us for dinner. What better setting than our old third floor gym.....
Rich Copeland and his band provided the entertainment.
Donna Maloney was in charge of the menu. The committee members provided the food. Pies were donated by committee members, friends, and local businesses. Kirk from Servall fixed us up with table linens.
Scott McCaskell and Jim Wood did some brainstorming and used their incredible talent to build some very creative centerpieces for the tables.
A special thank you to the staff and kids from Dakota Middle School who helped set up the tables, unload our vehicles, and clean up our mess. We had less than three hours for set-up, and we couldn't have done it without your help! We really appreciate DMS allowing us to use the gym.
Another special thank you to the kids from the Central High School Learn and Serve program for coming to help set up, serve, and greet our guests. You all were awesome!
And, of course, thank you to the people and businesses who donated food, drinks, pies and items for our silent auction.
Friday, April 6, 2012
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Technology and the Class of 1977
When we were kids our televisions were black and white and only had one or two channels. I remember how excited we were when the dishwasher and microwave oven came on the scene. We learned how to type on electric typewriters in junior high. I'll bet none of us ever imagined that we'd become so dependant on that keyboard in our golden years. Or have we?
I'd like to say I'm up on all the newest technology. I have a cell phone and a flat screen TV. I play on my computer all the time, but I am still just in kindergarten when it comes to really using it. I finally learned how to set the digital clocks in the house, but my kids are constantly having to show me how to do things with my cell phone. I hate that darned touch screen. And heaven forbid....I can't watch a movie at home if Erin isn't here to start it for me. Forget programming it to record something for later. I'll never get that right.
I assumed it was just me having trouble adjusting. I look around and see everyone else doing just fine with all of the new stuff out there. So, when we started working on Project 77 I thought we should go with the flow and use technology to our advantage. Thus, the Ebay auction and the Chipin widget for donations. (Go to the first post on this blog if you don't know what the widget is.) It took a lot of monkeying around with all of it, but I finally figured out how to get it out there. Then, all we had to do was sit back and wait for everyone jump in and start using it.
As it turns out, I was wrong. We are not there yet. Our generation is not as addicted to technology as we'd like to think we are. We still write checks. We don't trust the computers. I don't even have a debit card. I do have a PayPal account for occasional online purchases, but I'm not brave enough to pay all of my bills on line yet. Many of us have email accounts and maybe even a Facebook account, but how many actually check messages regularly and ever look at their facebook?
On the flip side.....technology isn't as great as we'd like to think it is, either. Prime example.....our widget. We wanted something that would be easy to use. I think it is easy. We didn't want to have to handle and keep track of the money. With the widget, the money is deposited directly into a special account at Habitat. Perfect. We also wanted to be able to show our progress with some sort of thermometer. Our widget does that. The catch, however, is that it only shows our progress with the donations that are made via the widget..... I was mistaken when I thought everyone would jump at the chance to donate electronically. Not true. The check is still in the mail....... Thanks for sending them! We just don't know how to add them to our thermometer.
Folks, don't let the widget fool you. We really do have more than 10 people who believe in this dream. We have our own separate account at Habitat and it is growing. We will reach our goal, with or without the help of modern technology. But really......you should give eBay a try. It's actually kind of fun. And if you do go back to the first entry on this blog to see what a widget is, maybe you could bite your lip and give that a try, too. You CAN teach an old dog new tricks!
I'd like to say I'm up on all the newest technology. I have a cell phone and a flat screen TV. I play on my computer all the time, but I am still just in kindergarten when it comes to really using it. I finally learned how to set the digital clocks in the house, but my kids are constantly having to show me how to do things with my cell phone. I hate that darned touch screen. And heaven forbid....I can't watch a movie at home if Erin isn't here to start it for me. Forget programming it to record something for later. I'll never get that right.
I assumed it was just me having trouble adjusting. I look around and see everyone else doing just fine with all of the new stuff out there. So, when we started working on Project 77 I thought we should go with the flow and use technology to our advantage. Thus, the Ebay auction and the Chipin widget for donations. (Go to the first post on this blog if you don't know what the widget is.) It took a lot of monkeying around with all of it, but I finally figured out how to get it out there. Then, all we had to do was sit back and wait for everyone jump in and start using it.
As it turns out, I was wrong. We are not there yet. Our generation is not as addicted to technology as we'd like to think we are. We still write checks. We don't trust the computers. I don't even have a debit card. I do have a PayPal account for occasional online purchases, but I'm not brave enough to pay all of my bills on line yet. Many of us have email accounts and maybe even a Facebook account, but how many actually check messages regularly and ever look at their facebook?
On the flip side.....technology isn't as great as we'd like to think it is, either. Prime example.....our widget. We wanted something that would be easy to use. I think it is easy. We didn't want to have to handle and keep track of the money. With the widget, the money is deposited directly into a special account at Habitat. Perfect. We also wanted to be able to show our progress with some sort of thermometer. Our widget does that. The catch, however, is that it only shows our progress with the donations that are made via the widget..... I was mistaken when I thought everyone would jump at the chance to donate electronically. Not true. The check is still in the mail....... Thanks for sending them! We just don't know how to add them to our thermometer.
Folks, don't let the widget fool you. We really do have more than 10 people who believe in this dream. We have our own separate account at Habitat and it is growing. We will reach our goal, with or without the help of modern technology. But really......you should give eBay a try. It's actually kind of fun. And if you do go back to the first entry on this blog to see what a widget is, maybe you could bite your lip and give that a try, too. You CAN teach an old dog new tricks!
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