Welcome To The  

                           Cordova Class Of 1975  

                      "Official Website"

                  Hello Cordova Class of 1975 classmates!

(Updated on 11/17 2024)       

              "Happy 50th Anniversary to the start of our Senior Year in 1974!"

How is everyone?  I hope you're doing fine?  In case you don't know I'm Ricky Slama and I've been keeping up the Class of 1975 website for the pass 20 - 25 years(?) for the reunion committee and all the Lancers out there from the Class of '75.  Any questions, comments, suggestions can be sent to me.   

   It's November 2024 and it's time to start planning the 50 year reunion to be held in the fall of 2025?  That's when they've been in the past.  Tom Pollock has stepped up to take the lead and be the head of the committee.  Thank You, Tom!  Would any of you like to help out and be part of the committee?  Contact Tom at 562-233-2722.  Also, you need to be in the local area at this time.  However, if you can contribute something (posters, banners, ???) or would like to help with setup or whatever will "Keep the Reunion Great" that would be appreciated.  What's needed is someone/people who can come up with ideas, suggestions and be able act on it and take the action/lead and follow through with it?  For example,the reunion event location?  You go out and see some locations and meet with the coordinator there and get an idea of the costs, etc. to have the event there and let the other members know and can follow up on it.  Self starters are needed!  We have a core group that has been doing the reunion for all of the '75 classmates in the past but we need help to put the 50th reunion together.  Maybe you work in the hospitality industry and or have put events on before.   We have a basic plan and outline for the 50th reunion.  The first step is where to have it and how much is it going to cost. 

    The next step is getting all the classmates from 1975  to signup and get into their wallet and purse and signup for the event.  Commitment($$$$) by the classmates from 1975 is needed because your dollars are needed to make sure we can put on the event.  It can be a huge financial commitment to put on the event.  And there's a breakeven point of the numbers attending to pay for the event.  Besides the location there are a number of fixed costs (Insurance, DJ, bartenders, table linens, etc.) that get cheaper or have a break even point when you get to a certain number of people attending.   Anyway I just wanted to let people know some of the factors with putting on an event. It's 2024/2025 not 1975 where you could go to Pancake Parade and eat for $2.50 with a tip.  

   I'm going to activate a survey on the website about the reunion and we would like you to answer a couple of questions about the type of event and costs.  It's the first time I've done this on the website so I hope it works.  It should be easy and a lot of fun!

   We had like 750 people graduate in our class but the website has only been found by approximately 200 plus people or so,  so there's a lot of people who have never signed up, found us or haven't "updated their information" and/or still haven't learned how to get on the internet.  We need everyone who reads this to pass on the information to their friends and get them to save the date and make the trip back here for the 50th Class reunion in 2025!  We also have a Facebook site: Cordova Class of 1975 that Tom keeps up.    

That's it for now! Time for me to get up and get moving, take care! 

   I also update the "In Memory" section of classmates who have passed away, and as you can imagine I receive a posting or message from classmates that someone has passed and I like to get some verification that they are sure the person did pass away.  Last year a classmate sent a message saying someone passed but they didn't signup for the website and I tried emailing them back because I found the person might be alive in Elk Grove? But the email address kept getting kicked back as undelivered so please sign up for the website or include your phone number.  You can go to your name, signup and in the preferences indicate how you want your information made public or not.  

    Here is some old information I'm leaving up....

  If you just found the website "Welcome my friends to the show that never ends" and congratulations on finally gettting on the internet*.  Sign up and stay informed to upcoming class reunions and classmate updates and connections.  Check out the Cordova Class of 1975 Facebook page for current news and updates also.  Also, if you would like to donate to the website and to the 50th reunion fund that would be great and appreciated.  The next reunion will be a big one, 2025 the 50th Class Reunion "RUST NEVER SLEEPS"!!!   You probably want to  know when and where it's going to be and who will be  attending.   Well stay in touch.  Keep your information updated and check back for updates.  And make the commitment to attend the 50th reunion!   We'll start planning the 50th around the summer of 2024 with plans for the 50th reunion in the summer or fall of 2025?  Everyone should be about 68ish and I would anticipate you'll have plenty of free time.  It'll be a good time, it always is. 

  The Reunion committee is: Tom Pollock (the lead), Karen Teel, Carmen Scheuer (Sherman), Leslie Nye has joined the group, Duane Fidel and Ricky Slama.

  If you're new to the website and the internet and wonder why "no one has ever called me and invited me to a reunion," sign up under classmate profiles and keep your email address updated.  It's 2024 we don't know where you live or your phone number now.  Spread the word.  

 In Memory Updates   (updated 9/8/2024)

As time marches on classmates pass away. I'm sad to inform everyone of another classmate passing away:

     Dave White, Mills Jr. High passed away on 1/21/2024, Dana Kamppila let me know.  Dave Pearson passed away on 10/22/2014, I just found out.  6/19/2022 Paul Farrow passed away.  If you know of any information please forward it to me.  12/5/2021 Gary "Coop" Cooper passed away.  8/28/2021 Cheryl Erwin (Cassel) passed away.  A celebration of life will be on September 4th 2021. There's more  information in the In Memory section.  2/28/2021 Jim Noonan passed away from cancer on 2/23/2021.  2020 and recent passings:  I received an email from Silvia Fleming that her husband and classmate John Fleming had  passed away on 11/24/2017.  Cary Petersen passed away on 11/13/2020.  We just saw him at the 45th reunion.  I'll update as I hear any news.   On  (9/13/2020) Sacbee obituaries has Andy A. Russ passing on 9/2/2020.  I just found out yesterday that Sandy Forsberg (Farley) passed away in 2016.  Last year Sandie McElliot (Sadler/Jessup) passed away 11/12/2019. Joann Bonomo (Brandle) passed away 10/25/2019.   Nancy Forsman (Stock) passed away on 7/21/2019.  Jim Green (Vickie Denny wife) passed away on 6/22/2019. He was  a good guy. I knew him since the 10th grade.  Julia Chatt (Scott) passed away 4/22/2019 and Dennis Wright passed away in January, 2019 from melanoma.  Everyone too young, too soon.  You can see the other classmates names in the In Memory area of the website. 

*"tai": "Turns are part of the journey!" 

*Joke...

* = "Think About IT...."