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REUNION 2014 - TYSON'S CORNER, VIRGINIA
Members
of MHS Class of 64 Who Attended the 2014 Reunion
The Class of 64, 50th Anniversary
Of a class of 118, we had over 30
classmates make it to this reunion! Not all attending made it to the class
photo session.
Front Row: Roger H, Gary M, Lester
A, Greg M
Second Row: Tommie F, Judy C, Hugh
B, Jill B, Diane S, Mary R
Third Row: Robert B, Linda F,
Vicki E, Cheryl M, Lee Ann W, Sam S, Jackie B, Wendie W
Top Row: Skip A, George U, Rick C,
Lindy R, Tom B, Ann P, Floyd R, Jon O, Sally W.
Check
back to see pictures and a new link for this reunion. If you have photos
you would like to display on the site, email them to me at this
link and I'll start working on them.
(LINK
TO MHSTHS.ORG REUNION PAGE)
EL GRANDE 2014 Comes to the
Nation’s Capital Region
(Copied from the www.mhsths.org
website)
Mark your calendars! El Grande 2014 will
be held Thursday, July 10 through Sunday, July 13, 2014,
in Fairfax County, Virginia! A site has been selected about
15 minutes from Dulles International Airport and the Reunion
Committee is working with local Knights to make the next reunion a memorable
one. Watch this Webpage for more details, including plans for online
registration – a first for our event. The Reunion
Committee has openings to assist with planning this and future reunions. Please
contact the chair using this link reunion
committee if you are interested in serving in any of the following
capacities:
Public Relations/Publicity: Are you well connected and love
to write? A schoolmate with professional public relations and media experience
is needed to promote the association’s reunions nationwide and assist with the
preparation of electronic and print materials.
Transportation: Are you particularly adept at
coordinating transportation logistics wherever you may find yourself? If
so, your help is needed to gather intelligence and assess transportation options
at each reunion site!
Photography: Know a good picture when you see
one? A schoolmate with professional photography experience is needed
to assist the reunion committee chair with soliciting and evaluating vendor
proposals for our class and group photography.
Activities: Know how to get people talking to
each other? Your help is needed to make sure that everyone attending
our reunions gets in on the action! We look forward to hearing from you and
seeing you in Virginia!
Thanks for your support!
Respondia “Dia” Sanford Poole ’75-76 2014 Reunion Committee Chair
To contact the M/THS Alumni Association 1964 Class
Coordinators, email:
To
join the Madrid/Torrejon High School Association, fill out the form linked below
and send it to:
M/THS
High School Association P.O. Box 3177 Tampa FL 33601
TRANSPORTATION TO THE REUNION AND
GETTING AROUND DC ON THE METRO RAIL.
Reagan National Airport and
Baltimore-Washington International Airport are more distant from the Sheraton
than Dulles, but limo services to
Tyson's Corner are readily available. If the Silver Line is completed on
time, you should be able to take the Metro from Reagan National Airport directly
to the Sheraton, starting on the Blue Line, transferring to the Orange Line at
Rosslyn, and then to the Silver Line at East Falls Church. It's much
cheaper than a limo ride but maybe a little slower. If you arrive mid-late
afternoon/early evening, you'll have to deal with rush hour crowds that will be
going the same direction you are from Reagan National Airport so plan on
possible delays. Bring greenbacks so
you can purchase a Metro ticket at the automated kiosks. I don't think the
Silver Line all the way to and from Dulles will be completed in time to take the
Metro from Dulles, but a cab or limo ride is a straight shot to the hotel on the
Dulles Access Road.
(You had better double check this set of directions,
however. The last time I tried to coordinate transportation was at the
Sacramento Reunion. Lindy and her husband offered to give me a ride from
the airport to the reunion. We spent about 20 minutes on our cell phones
trying to locate each other in the airport only to realize that I was at the
Sacramento Airport and they were at the San Francisco airport :-)
Washington Metro System Map - The Silver
Line, which will have a stop across the street from the hotel, is scheduled to
be completed by reunion time.
http://www.wmata.com/rail/docs/colormap_lettersize.pdf
Metro Home Page: http://www.wmata.com/index.cfm?forcedesktop=1
According to the Metro website, we're all (groan) eligible for
a discounted senior "SmarTrip Card," which provides fares at a
discount. Here's a link to purchasing one of those: http://www.wmata.com/fares/smartrip/senior.cfm
If the link above doesn't work, download a Metro map at this
link (.pdf file).
Below is a list of locations where you can purchase senior
cards:
Metro Line Commuter Stores in Virginia
I think the Crystal City store is the nearest to Reagan National Airport. You will
have to disembark and reboard after you buy the card.
The
Commuter Store at Crystal City Underground Mall
1615-B Crystal Square Arcade
Arlington, VA 22202
703-413-4287
Weekdays 7 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Ballston below is one stop before you have to switch from the Orange Line
to the Silver Line.
The
Commuter Store at Ballston
Ballston Metrorail Station
Beside the escalators at station entrance
Arlington, VA 22203
703-528-3541
Weekdays 7 a.m. - 7 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Rosslyn Center below is where you will have to switch from the Blue
Line to the Orange line so it may be more convenient to buy your card here.
The
Commuter Store at Rosslyn Center, Mall Level 2
1700 N. Moore Street Mall Level 2, Suite 235
Arlington, VA 22209
703-525-1995
Weekdays 7 a.m.- 7 p.m.
The Tyson's-West Park station below, I believe, is one or two stops beyond
the stop for the Sheraton.
Connector
Store at Tysons-West Park Transit Station
8300 Jones Branch Drive
McLean, VA 22102
703-448-3295
Monday - Thursday 6:30am - 6:00pm. Friday 10:00am - 6:00pm. Closed Saturday and
Sunday.
Pictures from Google Earth to give you an idea of the reunion location.
PS: 8338 Leesburg Pike, Vienna, VA, is the location of
the nearest Virginia ABC store. Beer and wine can be purchased in grocery
and other food and drug stores, but liquor must be purchased through these state
stores in Virginia.
Dulles Airport and Sheraton.
Sheraton in relation to the District of Columbia.
If you arrive at Reagan National Airport, as you come out of
the Pentagon tunnel on the Metro Rail Line, or if you take a limo, as you get in
the vicinity of the Pentagon, look to the west for views of the new USAF
memorial, just to the west of the Pentagon, above it on a hill.
Here is a link to it: http://www.airforcememorial.org/AirForceMemorial/Home/
It's hard to miss. It's main feature is a recreation of
the famous Thunderbirds' "starburst" maneuver featuring three massive
stainless steel curved columns rising 270 feet above the landscape.
If you haven't been to DC before, your head is likely to be on
a swivel as you move through that area because virtually everywhere you look,
you'll be seeing some of the prominent DC landmarks, the Washington Monument,
the Lincoln Memorial, the Jefferson Memorial, the Capitol Dome, the entrance to
Arlington National Cemetery, and possibly the Iwo Jima Memorial, just to the
north of Arlington.
If you have a good window seat on your flight, and if the
weather is clear, you will probably get some great views of the city as your
flight approaches Reagan National Airport.
Manassas National Battlefield Park - About 30 miles from the
Sheraton.
Antietam Battlefield in Sharpsburg, WV, about 60 miles from
the Sheraton.
Gettysburg Battlefield about 80 miles from the Sheraton.
Harpers Ferry about 50 miles from the Sheraton.
George Washington's home, Mount Vernon, relative to the Sheraton.
USEFUL LINKS FOR REUNION ATTENDEES
Tyson's Corner which has a (giant)
shopping mall, where the reunion will be held: http://www.shoptysons.com/
Northern Virginia and the DC area have
far more tourist attractions and historical sites than you can pack into the few
short days of the reunion, but if you are interested in some truly unique sites,
here are links to a few of them:
Manassas National Battlefield Park (Where the First and
Second Battles of Bull Run were fought - First and Second Battles of Manassas if you are from the South: http://dc.about.com/od/nationalparks/ss/ManassBattlefld.htm
Civil War battlefields within a 30 minute -2 hour drive of
DC: http://dc.about.com/od/walkingtours/tp/NationalBattlefields.--Mf.htm
If you have suggestions for links, send them to me at this
link.
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