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60th Reunion - the Weekend of October 23 to 25, 2026

We're zeroing in on the details for our upcoming reunion and here is what's set up so far.

Our reunion dinner will be at the Doubletree Ontario Airport, 222 N Vineyard Ave from 5:00PM to 9:30PM, October 24, 2026.

A special hotel rate will be available for out-of-town classmates (stand by!).

The menu is currently set as follows. We also have special plates if you're Vegan or Gluten Free.

Starter:

  • Big Bear Salad - mixed greens, sliced cucumber, cherry tomato, croutons, creamy balsamic vinaigrette (V)

Choice of:

  • Rosemary Chicken - rosemary infused chicken, sautéed leeks, herb fingerling potatoes, green beans, roasted carrot
    or
  • Grilled Flat Iron Steak - fresh herbs, red wine jus de veau, roasted sweet potatoes, Brussels sprouts
    or
  • Wild Mushroom Ravioli - porcini and Portobella mushroom blend stuffed ravioli, feta cream, sautéed tomato and spinach (V)

And for Dessert:

  • New York Cheesecake - Cream Cheese Filling, Flaky Graham Cracker Crust, Fresh Raspberry Sauce

We're still working on the budget but we think the price for the dinner will be $50 to $60. 

On Sunday October 25, 2026, Sue Coes again volunteered her lovely home and yard for our wrap up lunch from 1:00 to 5:00PM. We're exploring catering options, but a top candidate is the highly rated Mule Car Smokehouse (with Veg and Vegan options, plus Gluten Free for those who need it).

We're scheduling a Campus tour for Saturday and possible Vince's Lunch for Friday. The football schedule isn't released yet, so we don't know if there will be a home game that day. We're also looking into a Happy Hour at JD Allison's. We're also planning some surprise add-ons. 

Many of our classmates agree that this will probably be the last "big" reunion we are able to hold as we're all getting up there in years. So we're looking to use up most of the funds leftover from past reunions to keep costs for this one down and give attendance scholarships to those in need.

Future reunions will very likely be much smaller, less formal gatherings. Many of the other classes from our Era have stopped holding big reunions all together and the remaining ones are quite small affairs. As a result we probably won't charge for tickets to Sue's wrap-up lunch or many of the other scheduled events. But stay tuned for further information!

As usual if you have any suggestions, comments, recommendations, etc. Please shoot them over to our reunion chairman, Bill Finkelstein at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and be sure to check out our website for the latest news: https://chaffey66.com
 
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Are your friends among the Missing? Please help us find them!

We can't wait to see you!Our first email newsletter for our 60th reunion resulted in a lot of new missing persons. Classmates retired and we only had a work email, they changed their email address and didn't let us know, they either didn't have a phone number on file with us or they moved and changed it, or finally sadly some classmates passed away and we didn't hear about it.

Please! If you can help us find our missing classmates your efforts would be greatly appreciated! 

- Bill Finkelstein, CHS '66 Reunion chairman.

As a reunion committee we take great pride in the positive feedback we get from classmates who have attended earlier reunions. We also take negative comments to heart and do whatever we can to correct problems.

The one comment we hear far too often is “gee, I wish (fill in the name) had been here.” Trust us we wish they had been there, too. Please keep in mind that we would love to be able to personally contact everyone but we simply do not have the resources to do so. Therefore, if there is anyone (a classmate, a member of another 1966 era CHS class or a teacher) who you would want to spend some time with at the reunion please feel free to contact them, pass on the information and invite them to attend.

You can see the list of classmates that we've been unable to locate on our Missing Persons Page. Get the word out to your friends on social media whenever you can. If there are folks who you want to see but don’t have a way to contact please let us know. We’ll do everything we can to obtain contact information and personally reach out to let them know they are remembered and missed. 

If you do find them, they can This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and other information (which we will protect) on the Mailing List page on our website
As of July 30, 2025 we still have 332 missing classmates. You can make a big difference!

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Class Stats 08/03/2025

Known Classmates:   846

Found (With Email):  333
Found (No Email):       32
Passed Away:            151
Total Found:              516

Missing Persons:       331

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