Our 45th EHS Reunion in 2007

Twenty months and counting ’til our 45th.  I want to personally thank each and every one of you who sent get well wishes, were supportive and encouraging and have kept in touch as friends, in fact, very good friends, especially Kenny Solano.  Although Ken sadly loss his beloved Nancy last New year’s night, and has had to adjust to his life without her, he has always had time to meet with me for lunch or dinner and we have developed an even stronger friendship.

The joyous news is that his daughter delivered her first child, a boy, Benjamin, Kenny’s first grandchild, just several weeks ago.  Congratulations from all your classmates and friends, Ken.  May Benjamin enjoy only great good health and grow to be a blessing to you and your family.  By the time of our 45th reunion, Benjamin will be running all over the house and you’ll have your hands full keeping up with him.

Thanks, too, to Fred Foresteire for his friendship throughout my ordeal.  We are keeping a good thought for you, Fred, and know all will come out exceedingly well.

To Chuck Olson for going above and beyond for months and months making sure someone kept in contact (all the way from Albuquerque).  To Bill Olson.  Bill, his lovely wife, Dotty, and I started 2006 with lunch January 2nd in Plymouth and I was glad to see Bill doing so well after his stroke.  We all have something, but we folks from Everett are a hearty bunch and seem to bounce back.

If I may assist in any way with this next reunion, please let me know.  With my new TV show, Dining with David, I may well be in a position to find creative, fun ways to make this a great experience, but only if asked.  I have learned my lesson (and it only took 44 years).  Otherwise, I’ll be there and look forward to seeing those of you who choose to lead and to put this reunion on your calendars.  Any dates under consideration yet?  How about a warm, good, old fashioned, New England Lobster and Clam Bake?  If you’d like, wherever you choose to have this event, we can film it for broadcast on one of my shows.

Another consideration, the former Wheylu’s and now former East Manor will reopen around May 1st, 2006, as JIN Restaurant.  They serve 1,100 with function rooms upstairs and a ballroom for dancing and dining on the lower level.  Assuming they remain open (this time around) a possibility?

In any event, thank you for being so compassionate and for welcoming me back from the West Coast after all these years.  You have made my recovery and return an enjoyable experience.

And, as always, thanks to Walt Reston for keeping this website alive and continually improving it.

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M. David Cohen