In The News
This web page contains news stories of classmates. If you have newspaper clippings of classmate exploits and would like to have them posted on this web page please scan them into a file and e-mail them to me at earlbuck@twcny.rr.com. You can also send me clippings at 366 Asbury Rd Freeville NY 13068 and I will post them and return the clippings to you.
Hall of Fame SAMMYS at The Dinosaur BBQ.
The following article was provided by our classmate, Rick Gravelding.
Thursday night, March 3rd, 2015, the SAMMY's (Syracuse area music awards), Hall of Fame Awards Dinner was held. This is a separate ceremony, held the night before they hand out SAMMY's for record, band etc. of the year awards at the Palace Theatre in Syracuse. This was at the "Upstairs at the Dinosaur", and was sold out at $25.00 a head. Two of my dear friends were inducted, along with Jon Fishman from Phish. I presented Loren Barrigar, and Ron Wray presented Bobby Comstock. Bob Comstock got me started in music when I was 15 years old, and he was 17. He had his first hit record (Tennessee Waltz) shortly after. He played on most of my early sessions, and took me on tour (playing rythmn guitar) twice across the country. With his band, The Counts, they were great. They put out over 30 singles in their career. It's been a long road, but a fast trip. Loren Barrigar and Bob Comstock, both deserve the SAMMY Hall of Fame award.
Bobby Comstock Today.
Bobby Comstock and Ron Wray
Rick Gravelding Inducting Loren Barrigar Into The SAMMY Hall of Fame.
You can listen to the music of Bobby Comstock and the Counts and Rick Gravelding (he had a band under the name of Rick Jackson and the Lancers) by going to our Rock 'N Roll! webpage, scrolling down and clicking on songs. Be sure to have your computer speakers on or be wearing your headphones. ENJOY!
Millie's New Book
Millie PirkoTriff has written another book that was just released. It's available on Amazon.com for $13.95. The title is "When God Has Left the Building." It's the story of the rise and fall of a fictional therapeutic boarding school for at risk teenagers. Although the school and the characters in this book are fictional, Millie based much of the story on her own experiences at the therapeutic boarding school where she served as the registrar for around 14 years.
Love poems to Mother Nature: ETSU literature professor, Dr. Fred Waage, puts out book of poems based on ecological awareness - Johnson City Press. Click on the link below to read the whole article.
http://www.johnsoncitypress.com/article/123827/love-poems-to-mother-nature-etsu-literature-professor-puts-out-book-of-poems-based-on-ecological-awareness
Pat Scott Dean, Winter Solstice Queen
Pat Scott Dean was chosen Winter Solstice Queen at Oak Hill nursing home. She looks like she’s probably yelling at the person taking the pictures but the folks said she really did have fun with the kids that came to the event. When her daughter, Melissa, saw her that night she asked if Pat had fun and she said “OH YES!” with a big smile.
Feminist and 'sexpert' Susie Bright talks Wednesday with David Corson, the curator of the History and Science Collection at Cornell's Krock Library, over an illustrated 16th century anatomy book. Bright, is donating archival materials from the past 35 years, including material from the lesbian sex magazine 'On Our Backs.' / SIMON WHEELER / STAFF PHOTO
Sexuality Expert Donates Archive To Cornell
Ithaca Journal
9:05 PM, Jan 23, 2013
King & Jean Tang At Our 50th Reunion
Our classmate, King Tang and his wife Jean, cook at the Asian food station located in the North Star Dining Room at Cornell University. In addition to the fresh, home made, hot dishes they serve at North Star, Jean and King are famous for their commitment to the members of the Cornell community and the surrounding Ithaca community. CLICK HERE to see a video of King and Jean prepared as a special feature of "CU in the Kitchen" on Cornell University's CORNELLCAST website.
Ithaca Journal Article On IHS Class of 1961 50th Reunion