GHS '70 Legend in the Winter of 2014 (and the Mystic Portal)

(Excerpt from the February 2014 GHS '70 Newsletter)

Just in case you missed it, the January 27^th GHS '70 Luncheon will become a legend.

 

It was the worst day of the worst January of the worst winter in the recorded history of northeast Indiana. My (Steuben County) road was completely impassable, and according to WLKI radio: three semis were jackknifed at three different I-69 Dekalb County mile markers; there was a seven car pileup on SR 427; 40 mph winds, whiteouts, a code red throughout multiple counties; and who nows what else?

 

But nothing could stop the stoutest heart in Garrett’s Class of ’70: Lauren Fike, and ONLY Lauren, made it to the Peking Buffet (as I learned from two different Peking Buffet managers).

 

The frames and backgrounds used in the image above are derived from art hanging in the Peking Buffet’s back room where we gather for the GHS ’70 luncheons, and if you look carefully, the background’s gold characters suffuse with Lauren’s being. The reason for this effect is that Lauren has thereby stepped through the GHS ’70 Mystic Portal ... a mind-bending time warp that is open to anyone who chooses to share himself or herself with the class ... Open to all who say “Yes!”

 

Lauren has a big heart, and has been saying “Yes!” in a big ever since these luncheons began, heading toward two years now. Thank you Lauren, for being there, so many times.

 

 

 

 

Stephen Rowe welcomes correspondence of all sort at StephenRowe.OriGraphics@yahoo.com (watch for the period between Rowe and OriGraphics), and can be found be found on Facebook by typing ArtMissionary (all one word) into its“Search for people” form.