Wall of Fame

Wrote this on 10/16, but haven't had a chance to post it here till today

 

Greetings from one of the Wall of Fame's first inductees, and one of the newest!

Skelly and I both converged on Copiague to raise a little hell for Homecoming Weekend.  Tonight was the induction ceremony, and Skelly made sure to point out that not only was his sponsor one of the initial honorees, but also the person who had come the furthest for the event.  (JetBlue $99 -- you no longer have any excuse for not coming to visit me!)

When one of the emcees made a comment that certainly Skelly was the only Copiague grad in South Dakota, he was quickly corrected by Skelly that Ray Decker is also there, and by me that I know *both* of them.  Skelly's going to be eating a bit of crow when he gets home -- there's a West Islip grad whom he has been razzing on the radio about how Copiague was going to kick some W.I. butt in the homecoming game, and ... well, you know what our football team is traditionally like.  Ray, could you bring him a tall cold one to wash down that crow, please?

We've both been having fun wandering around town and counting how many people scream "Omigawd, is that YOU?!!!"  25 years after leaving, and we still can't go anywhere unrecognized.

Anyone who wants to be nominated next year, just get in touch with either me or Skelly, and we'll be proud to affix our names to your application.  (In fact, we've got in mind to do a joint nomination of someone who shall remain nameless until he/she gets the congratulatory call inviting him/her to participate in next year's induction.  Bwahahahaha)

Skelly had bribed me with the offer of dinner if I nominated him.  I settled for brunch.  Anyone want to join us tomorrow morning?

Karen & Joe