James (Jim) Rookus

PACKING !!!  Getting ready for the drive to Bloomington on Thursday !!!  My mouth is watering for a lunch stop around Chicago for my favorite PORTILLO's  BIGGY BEEF !!!  And maybe even again for dinner in Bloomington later that evening !  Looking forward to seeing Ya'll FRIDAY at 1:00 ! ! !

A Special THANK YOU to Jack and others on the committee who so dilligently planned this party ! 

Rodney (Rod) Hayes

Well  James, we're setting here at DFW, waiting for our flight to B/N.  It's been over 100 for 25 straight days, and 8 more in a row to go.  No rain since July 15.  So, we're looking forward to a cool, maybe a little wet trip in B/N.  I know all about that packing.  I packed the light way.  Cheryl of course, packed for summer, fall, and winter.  Anyway, it will be great to see some old friends and relatives.

James (Jim) Rookus

  W O W ! ! !

WHAT A GREAT TIME WE HAD AT 

THE BIRTHDAY BASH !  

I'm sure everyone in attendance will agree that all of you that were absent were missed !  It was so gratifying to rekindle some old friendships and meet face to face for the first time some new ones formed on this site !

THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING SO WELCOMING ESPECIALLY TO MY BRIDE WHO IS A STRANGER TO BLOOMINGTON !  SHE HAD A MARVELOUS TIME !

OF COURSE OUR BABY "MUFFIN" WAS SO HAPPY TO GREET US AFTER OUR 5:45 MINUTE DRIVE HOME !  Sorry Marvin is not home to fix the sideways picture....

James (Jim) Rookus

A Few quick pics from today's party... sorry they all came out sideways.... WHERE IS MARVIN when we need him... His presence was sure missed today !!!  Also not the best pics but will have to do until someone else can post some better ones !

Jack Keefe

Thanks to everyone who came to today's birthday party! We're hoping everyone had a great time. The social committee, which included Pam Hohenstreiter Zweng, Sandra Jeakins Sizemore, Liz Spillman Alex and Sharon Green Leipold, put in a lot of hours to make sure we had a great event. And we did, thanks to them.

The two travelers who came farthest were Rod Hayes from Houston and Jim Rookus from Grand Rapids. That's dedication! Jim Ogan and Marilyn EvansTate also attended for the first time in many years. It was great to see them as well. If I left anyone out, I apologize.

A reminder of our annual mini-reunion tonight at Cheeks, beginning at 5 pm. 

Karen Sue (Suzi) Denton (Merritt)

I just want to say thank you to the committee for putting on such a great party.  I think everyone had a great time and it was nice getting together tonight at cheeks. See y'all in December. Good job.
 

Suzi

GO RAIDERS

PS.  My stool that I had at
cheeks tonight to get on the stool cause I'm too short, Dave put it on top of our car while he was putting my walker in the car and forgot it. Needless to say I no longer have a stool. He has to go out and buy me a new one.

James (Jim) Rookus

GUESS WHAT ‼️  WE FORGOT SOMETHING AT THE BIRTHDAY PARTY ‼️

We didn't sing happy birthday to ourselves‼️

🎶🎵🎶🎵  "Happy birthday to US .... Happy birthday to US ... HAPPY BIRTHAY .......  🎶🎶🎶  RAIDERS 80th .... 🎶🎶🎶  HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US ‼️

James (Jim) Rookus

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Janet Cox

        AND

Ken Kerfoot

Hope you have great birthday blessings !

Jack Keefe

FINALLY. THE CAKE!

In reponse to a diminishing number of requests, here's the cake from last week's party. It was delicious.

Thanks to Sandra and Pam for picking it up and giving it an official Alumni Escort to the Doubletree.

James (Jim) Rookus

Here are a few pictures from the birthday celebration LIZ asked me to post for her !

James (Jim) Rookus

More pictures from LIZ‼️

James (Jim) Rookus

Can you believe ... a mile from home our 60th anniversary lunch along with grandson Ivan's 10th birthday lunch (born on our 50th) in a sand and live palm tree🌴🌴🌴🌴 outdoors sports bar/restaurant in Michigan ‼️ <>> Every summer they truck in about 50! palms and plant them for the summer ‼️ Sand in your toes and palm breezes ‼️

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I need to pay tribute to my beautiful sweetheart for being by my side for the past 60 YRS ! ! !  I am so thankful to God for bringing her into my life and giving me the priviledge of sharing it with her.  She is the light of my life .... the wind in my sail ....  and the beat of my heart !!!

Sandra Jeakins (Singletary Sizemore)

Jim and Carol, Happy Anniversary to you both and may you have many more.

Great picture of you both.

James (Jim) Rookus

Thank You Sandy ......  BUT  remember how old we all are....  I seriously doubt there will be too many more !

I'll be happy with as many as God gives us !

Sandra Jeakins (Singletary Sizemore)

Yes, Jim.  You have a point.  Ron and I used to say, since we were marrried at 17, we could have had many anniversaries if we lived long enough.  But that didn't happen, since he died in 1985 at the age of 38.  We had 21 very happy years together.  The night he died, I told the nurse, I had just lost my best friend. Ron and I grew up together.  My second marriage lasted  23 years  He died in 2013.   Although, we didn't have the closeness that Ron and I shared. 

It doesn't matter how many years you have, but how happy those years are.  Sounds like you and Carol are still very happy. And I pray God grants you many more years together.

James (Jim) Rookus

Melvin (Mel) Theobald

Just sayin'. Can anyone else relate? I must be getting old, because I find myself longing for the "good old days."

James (Jim) Rookus

ABSOLUTELY MEL ! ! !

A good example i am dealing with now.  I bought a new copy machine / scanner.  When I first attempted to scan important necessary documents to the real estate board to submit a new listing I could not figure how to scan.  The directions had NO instructions and also no buttons or digital insignias to touch to make scanning possible.  SO i called the phone number given for help.  That was a LAUGH!!!  I was directed to INDIA when a person on the other end of the line proceeded to TRY to explain to me in an accent so thick that I could make out about 1/3rd of the words that I needed to use an APP on my phone to make the machine so a scan proceedure.  I could never figure out what she was trying to tell me to do.  SO i got in my car, drove about 10 miles to the real estate board office, and hand delivered my documents the old fashioned way !  

James (Jim) Rookus

Hope everyone is having a a relaxing day enjoying the friuts 🍒🍇🫐🍎🍑🍋🍉🥭🍍of your many years of Labor  ‼️ong>

James (Jim) Rookus

WE WILL NEVER FORGET!!!

James (Jim) Rookus

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Dennis

Flachsbart  9/10

        AND

Cheryl Turner Hitzner  9/12

Hope you have great birthday blessings !

David Long

Equal opprotunity offender.....

I hope everyone knows that I think many things are humorous  and that I don't intend to step on anyone's toes with some of these cartoons.  I just found this one to be really funny.  If we can rename Lake Ontario + Lake America and the state of New Mexico + New America, it only seems fitting that the Canadian Geese also have a new name.....

David Long

David Brock

good one!!

James (Jim) Rookus

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

DAVID  BROCK

Hope you have great birthday blessings !