Alumni weekend 2008

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Gar Travis
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I had a great time with old friends and new. Thank you to the Cadet corp, Academy faculty staff and Mess hall employees for making the weekend one worthy of quality memories. Here are a few of my more than 2,000 memories of the weekend....

- Gar Travis
FUMA 1970-78
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This series is best viewed with your monitor at Full Screeen. It has taken a while for me to compose this series (10 months) for my web site, but I am sure you all will be pleased with the end product.

http://garphoto.com/FUMA/index.html

- Gar Travis
FUMA 1970-78
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Mrs. Right
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Hey Gar, I changed my mind! After talking to my son at dinner tonight I found out that you didn't get a photo of him............he has a double at FUMA apparently :o at least in profile.

Barbara

mother of former cadet now at Adrian College
I found Mr. Right!

Gar Travis
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On this tree covered road...

I stayed in the Blue Devil Cottage during Alumni weekend...

The cottage is at a lake...

Just up the hill from this lovely site, an old mill...

...and this waterfall...

I'm sure I'll visit again...

- Gar Travis
FUMA 1970-78
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Dave Hawksford
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Great pictures Gar ! Thanks for sharing them.

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Mrs. Right
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Wow, Gar I'm impressed! You got a photo of my son who is notoriously allergic to cameras :lol: Glad to hear you had a great time.

Barbara

mother of former cadet now at Adrian College
I found Mr. Right!

Gar Travis
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Here are some additional photographs because I have been asked to post more. I hope to have a nice selection on my web site in a month or two. The offering will include photographs from the Chapel rededication, Alumni dinner and the Parade.

- Gar Travis
FUMA 1970-78
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TomCat
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Hi Gar,
You know I mentioned to my wife about going down to FUMA for the week-end and I think she would have liked going and I know I would have liked to have been there. But as quickly as I said something to her about going, she quickly reminded me that our girls had a dance competition to go to that lasted all day Sunday so I was held captive in a High School Auditorium from 0800 to 2300 hours... :( But on the up side of that I did get to see both of my Daughters do what they love to do.
One day I will get a chance to be at FUMA when the parades are going on. Although it would have been a blast to see you there too! I will keep my eyes :shock: open on your web page and here as well to view the pictures that you took of the week-end.
Oh and by the way did you by chance see Capt. Henry Chandler from the DeMolay days?

SFC RT Coleman
Jr School '72-'74

Gar Travis
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I will eventually select a group of photographs to be on my website as both a tribute to my alma mater and a remembrance of my 30th class reunion. I am quite sure that my classmates will be both sad and elated that I did not capture them for posterity as my lens was focused elsewhere during my visit. I visited with Captain Dan Thompson after the parade on Sunday and in addition to enjoying a conversation of our friendship, he downloaded nearly 2,000 images.
What I gave may be used over some time for the web site, in publications and for other Academy needs such as posters or brochures, with my blessing.
What will appear on my web site (and it may be a month or two) will be selected images, cropped to my liking and offered as a lasting memory to my visit, which I must say was quite good and included many highlights...too numerous to mention here.
But, rest assured if I met you or your son, if you were an Alumnus, a faculty officer with whom I spoke, an administrator, a teacher or a visitor - you were the highlights of my visit.

Thank you!

- Gar Travis
FUMA 1970-78
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JennyHatch
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THANKS! 8)

Proud Mom of Dillon Hatch, previous cadet now venturing into pubic school...proud to be from FUMA!
Go FUMA Swimming!!

Elizabeth Liles
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We are in the process of catching up with some loading of photos from parents and will be loading 100s of photos from Alumni Weekend. Mr. Travis did a wonderful job of capturing a lot this weekend and we will be adding them over the next several days.

Elizabeth Liles
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JennyHatch
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Is there a way we can view the other photos? I do not see them on your website. They are really great shots! I'd love to see more!

Proud Mom of Dillon Hatch, previous cadet now venturing into pubic school...proud to be from FUMA!
Go FUMA Swimming!!