The Hereford Alumni 2006 Multi-Class Reunion's program and entertainment committee has recently decided that Dallas Disc Jockeys will be providing music entertainment on the first night of the reunion to be held on Friday, July 14, 2006 in Grapevine, Texas. The opening night will be at the Hilton's Austin Ranch, which offers a country and western theme banquet hall. Dallas Disc Jockeys has developed a great reputation over the past 15 years as one of the best entertainment companies when it comes to disc jockey music and karaoke entertainment. Their disc jockey will be spinning the best of the Oldies as well as music from the seventies, eighties, and nineties. Random Axis Band will perform at "A Night To Remember" Banquet at the Hilton DFW Lakes Conference Center in Grapevine. The Hilton DFW Lakes has been designated as the host hotel throughout the two-day event. The banquet and dance will be on Saturday, July 15. Established in 1989, Random Axis Band has proven to be the most versatile ensemble in North Texas. The eight member band features five vocalists, both male and female, and the most formidable rhythm section in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. Program and entertainment committee members are Lonny Coffee, Karren Kendrick Coffee, Suzanne Smith Collier, Marsha Horton Smith, and Lee Mays.

"If you build it they will come". That line was made famous by the 1989 Kevin Costner film, Field Of Dreams. And now that all the plans have been made for the Hereford Alumni 2006 Multi-Class Reunion, it's not a question of whether they will come, but rather a question of just how many. Judging from the reaction of our alumni from across the country, the turn-out should be good. We have heard from alumni from just about every state in the union; from California to Florida and from Michigan to Alabama. We've even heard from one of our fighting servicemen in Afghanistan, as well as service men and women stationed in Germany. Some of our alumni in the military are scheduled to be released from active duty just in time for the all-school reunion. One such serviceman is Daniel Lemus of the Class of 76. Mr. Lemus is a career soldier and has been stationed in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic for the past six years and is scheduled to be honorably discharged in March 2006. Upon being notified of the reunion last summer, Mr. Lemus has had the enthusiasm of a Whiteface Booster Club member during Hereford's football season. If fact, you can hear his "Go Herd" excitement in his emails all the way from the Dominican Republic as he reminiscences upon the good old days of glory at Hereford High School. We've heard from Hereford alumni from as late as the Class of 2000, to as early as the Class of 1946. It's truly remarkable to think that a such diverse group of people from different generations and scattered all over the globe, can now come together to form a family- like bond.

A gigantic bulk mail campaign announcing the Hereford Alumni 2006 Multi-Class Reunion - by way of "snail mail", will begin on Monday, February 6, 2006. The mail-out will be of a 5 1/2 inch by 8 1/2 inch full-color post card and will be sent to every alumni's physical address made available to the alumni association. This is a very important endeavor because the association does not have email addresses for each and every alum. Therefore, contacting them through the postal service might be the only way to inform them of the reunion next summer. Class organizers are urgently asked to forward any physical addresses for classmates they might have to the Hereford High School Alumni Association's office at: 1108 Oakridge Drive, Euless, Texas 76040, or email them to info@herefordalumni.com. The office fax number is 817-868-0796.

Hereford High School alumnus Lonny Coffey (Class of 70), owner of the Arlington, Texas based branch of RealNet Mortgage Corporation, recently purchased the reunion's top sponsorship: the $500 "Tower Of Power" Memory Book ad for the Hereford Alumni 2006 Multi- Class Reunion. The Memory Book or "bio book" will offer photographs, both old and new of each alumni, and will include captions about their lives since graduating high school. It will also include an update on each alum and their families, offering us a general picture as to what's happening in their lives today. Additionally, the book will contain numerous advertisements from businesses and individuals, better known as "sponsors", who are willing to contribute to the reunion's cause by purchasing ads to promote their businesses or communicate a message. Mr. Coffey has been in the mortgage banking industry since graduating in 1974 with a degree in Finance from West Texas State University. RealNet Mortgage operates in 38 states and handles all types of home loans including FHA, VA, and Conventional. For the potential homeowner with less-than-perfect credit, they offer Sub-Prime lending as well. The newly-opened RealNet Mortgage branch in Arlington will be family operated with Lonny's wife, Karren Kendrick Coffey, also an alum of Hereford (Class of 71), spearheading the company's marketing department. The Coffey's daughter, Michelle Wolf, will join the company as a loan processor and son Micah Coffey, who is already in the industry as a loan officer, will soon follow. In a world of "predatory lending", Lonny founded GiantLion in 1998. "I wanted to be able to educate the consumer and real estate professionals to the reality of the predatory lender", says Mr. Coffey. The web address for the company can be located at www.GiantLion.com. One of the most notable accomplishments is that Lonny is a published author and co-wrote "How To Buy And Sell Your Home Without Getting Ripped Off". The book was named to the Top Ten Real Estates Books in 2000 by Bob Bruss of the Los Angeles Times and is available at all Barnes and Noble Booksellers. Lonny's book can also be ordered online through Amazon.com which we've linked on the "Quick Links" section of this current issue.