Shirley Kennedy (Adams)

The rain has come and now the residents of Glencoe, San Patricio, Angus, Bonito Lake and Sierra Blanca Airport are on Set for Flooding Status.  They had water rescues yesterday because of the flooding.  Fire still not contained 0 status.

Jim Dunlap

Are we thinking that the Mini in October is on??

Monica White (Bruns)

Bryson McCool

Looks like the fires did not get close to the Inn of the Mountain Gods (see site below).  So the Rendezvous is still on in October. Looking forward to seeing everyone.  Bryson

https://livingatlas.arcgis.com/wildfireaware/#@=-105.708,33.243,14,49A7BD94-4F51-4825-A00D-9E5E2E76293C

Shirley Kennedy (Adams)

No, no fire burn around inn.

Jim Dunlap

Electronic media.  I'm basically a paper guy.  Print out most bills and such, file them, then from time to time triage the files to see what can go to shredding and what I have to keep.  All that said, isn't electronic media and file saving great?  If not beyond belief for baby boomers like us??  Just going through emails from the last 15 years or so and here is an email about work.  Click on the link and there is the full report from 2009.  Saved in cyberspace/the cloud for eternity.  Looking thru car emails between ourselves and sons and here is an email about a car issue, click the link and there is the garage quote for something we bought in 2011.  Saved in cyberspace/the cloud for eternity.  On the other hand a recent WSJ article warned about the need to shut down/clean out old websites we no longer use.  As the article says, we might have forgotten about them, but their servers have not forgotten about us.  Kill off those no longer used accounts!!  Words to the wise!!!

Jerry Barrett

Article about Steve Crosno - remember him?

https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/el-paso-dj-steve-crosno-radio-television-studio-14-new-interviews-cruisin/

Richard W. Henderson

Steve Crosno? What memories. What I miss most was our afterschool "sock hops".

Dolores Wheless (Turner)

I noticed that the reunion is the 21st - 24th of October.  Does that mean you are leaving on the 24th or on the 25th.  I am supposed to be out there on the 23rd visiting my nephew but won't be in until late that evening.  If it goes through the 24th I will try to stop by.

Bryson McCool

Everyone leaves on the 24th. Main events are meeting at Wendell's Lounge each day (Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday) for Happy Hour at 5PM.

Dolores Wheless (Turner)

Ok thanks I will try to get by on the 23rd if we get there in time.  

Dolores Wheless (Turner)

I think my neice and I will get there in time to drop by and say hello.  Looking forward to it!

Jim Dunlap

Mr. Henderson, your favorite Las Vegas weekend - the Formula 1 race!!  Did you manage to escape town, or are you suffering through the crowds??

Klaus Hille

Fellow Classmates, at the minireunion some of us talked about whether or not to renew the subscription for our website with Class Creator. The current subscription ends on January 7, 2025. To renew the subscription is $165.00 for one year, $290.00 for two years, and $385.00 for three years.

It was suggested the we try the FREE version. Another class has opted to use the free version and has found that the adds on their website are not annoying. Since we don't conduct much business or messaging on the site, I also recommend that we use the free version.

Besides the subscription, there also is a charge for the Domain Name and ID Protect.. The annual fee for the Domain Name is $24.95. For the ID Protect the annual fee is $8.00.

I have no experience with Domain Names, nor ID Protect. Are those services necessary for our website? I will have to depend on input from those of you who have more knowledge regarding these two registrations.

We have until January to make a decision. If you can offer advice on this issue, then please do respond to this message.

Hopefully you all enjoyed a restful Thanksgiving Holiday. I wish all of you a peaceful Advent Season and a Joyful Christmas. 

Joseph R. Mays

Klaus Hille

Joe, Thank you for your generous offer. I have not received any responses from classmates regarding the website subscription. My suggestion is that we go with the free version and see what the ads are like. I think that we do need to keep up the Domain Name and ID Protect service.

Joe, I have taken the liberty to make you an admin for our website. If I did that procedure correctly, then you now have access to Admin Functions (at the bottom of the menu on the left side of the web page.) I'll also forward to you the email I received from ClassCreator regarding the renewal of the Domain Name. With these "tools" you can renew this service. Please let me know whether or not you are willing to carry out the renewal as an admin. 

Jerry Barrett

Desert bighorn sheep return to Franklin Mountains

https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/desert-bighorn-sheep-return-franklin-mountains-state-park-el-paso-tx-tpwd/

Jim Dunlap

Like Joe, I and others would be happy to front the money.  That said, at the Mini this was discussed and with another class using the "free" version with ads and early 2025 being the decision point, trying the "free" version seemed to make sense. If we don't like it, can we easily switch back?

Clint Schubert (Schubert)

Jerry,

Thanks for sharing that information on the Desert Sheep.  This is another great project accmplished by Texas Parks and Wildlife for the benefit of all Texans and residents in this region.

Joseph R. Mays

Klaus,

I will volunteer to give it a try. Perhaps this week we can have a  phone conversation, so I can  make sure I get all of the details.  I think you have my email address.  Please send me your phone number and some good times to call. I am on Eastern time.

Joseph R. Mays

Klaus asked me to become one of the admistrators of our class message forum.  So far I have renewed the Domain Name and ID Protect plans for anohter year.  We have decided to go to the free version of this site (which means we will get ads).  If we don't like the free version we can always go back to the paid version.. Merry Christmas, Feliz Navidad and Happy New Year to everyone.   

Victor Dutro

It is now Jan 1, 2025. Happy New Year everyone.

Jim Dunlap

Today I got an email about the website subscriptioin expiring soon, also mention the transition to the ad version.  Did anyone else get this notice?  We've decided to use the ad version in the near term?

Joseph R. Mays

Klaus asked me to become the site coordinator.  I have renewed the Domain Name and the ID protection. We decided to use the free version. Our current version expires soon, but the free version kicks in.

Joseph R. Mays

I should have said the free version of the website.