Class Notes Adkins was playing whack-a-mole with Char- was a less-lovely emoji float that was working after 24 years at the FBI (30 years in federal service) June 30. This was a fantastic service held manders all over the store. Mike Johnson and overtime trying to keep George “Greek” Halages at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. There Neb Neblett (Stonewall) had to hold his hands, afloat. This year the float had 25 BRs drifting with the were several notable notes that sprung from this calm him down and slowly walk him out, back ceremony: 1) The people at the FBI seemed to ac- into the daylight. Eventually, the aquanauts re- current. Unlike prior years, when Matt “Ham tually like Jerry! 2) The FBI people have a pretty turned to crib Moody and commenced to blow- Bone, Ham Slice” Hamilton attended, there good sense of humor. 3) The FBI people Jerry ing up their rafts. Fully inflated, the party boys were no serious injuries to this year’s floaters, though Mike Adkins did attempt his own version worked with lovingly referred to him as “the guy headed up river. In addition to the menagerie of with the gear.” 4) We must like him, too; lots of water toys, kayaks and inner tubes, this year’s of the triple lindy at the rat challenge slide-for-life station. Mark Bornhorst gives a lively rendition BRs showed up to this affair. Jerry has taken a job lazy Maury River float featured a graceful swan at Navigant Consulting working cyber security carrying Tab Warlitner downstream. In parallel of the story of how Adkins accessed the station. At the Jordan’s Point park takeout concerns. spot, Norb Jocz’s honorary floaters Annual Charlie Company Golf Sawere met by Sheriff Jim Spellman, fari (by Jake Spivey with help [a lot!] Jim Begley, Woo Kirtley, Perry received by the ’85 class agent.) Perk and Father Kevin Fimian. Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016 After picking off the leeches and Amazingly the weekend now starts getting generally cleaned up, most midweek as, Bill ‘No Relation to of the group converged on Salerno’s Anthony’ Wieners, Hugh “Huge” for some summer Supper Roll Call. Hill, Steve “Hook” Hagan and Rich Dinner attracted 40-plus BRs. “Flea” Williams rolled into town late Reconvening on Moody Hall’s Wednesday night/early Thursday balcony, Terry “Ack Stars” Turk tumorning. Bill and Hugh went to Joe Irby’s, where they compared the featored those BRs foolish enough to be awake past midnight on what it takes tures and advantages of a variety of fermented beverages. Steve and Rich Class of 1985: At FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C., June 30, to be a real Reagan republican. Of went into town and supported the lo- 2016, to celebrate the retirement of Jerry Bessette from the FBI note, Palmer Hamilton lost his bearafter 30 years of service were, from left, Jeff Fraser, Brad Gerst- ings once inside Moody Hall’s rear cal economy. brien, Daihatsu Mistubishi, Bryan Vandeun ’90, Tom Rahe, Jerry corridor and couldn’t find a single Thursday, Aug. 4, 2016 Bessette, Scott Pearson, Tab Warlitner, Don Monday, Terry OrmsThe indomitable former Company by and Kerry Kirk. open bed. (There were four!) Not to C (Hagan/Williams) pair played golf despair, P Ham found and slept on a at the Vista Links at Buena Vista in couch in the banquet hall, and eventhe afternoon while others began rolltually relocated to his car. Saturday, Aug. 6, 2016 ing into town. Much revelry was enWhile the non-golfers slept in, the joyed at Macado’s Thursday night, as duffers were joined by non-golfing Bill Wieners held court and regaled fellows George Halages and Dr. those gathered with sonnets and couVic Bernet (ubercriminolgist? anplets about all manner of things. Taps was finally played about 0200 hours. gloclimatologist? indoscientoligist?) Friday, Aug. 5, 2016 at Vista Links in Buena Vista. The Nikos for breakfast, followed by a golfing weather was uncomfortably VMI Bookstore run and trip to Walhumid, and many a misread putt Mart, where the crowd stocked up can be attributed to sweat dripping on VMI koozies and spirit wear. into a player’s eyes. Team Texas: There, they searched for elusive Jake Spivey, Steve Hagan, Rich Pokémon Go characters and the Williams and WooWoo Kirtley tied most eclectic Lay’s potato chip flawith Team Sluggo: Ralph “Counselvor. Ken Walus and P.W. Sarver or” Tremaglio, Dave Tingley, Jeff Class of 1985: At the U.S. Army Research, Development and Enfound and fought over a bag of Lay’s gineering Command Change of Command ceremony for Maj. Hill and Russ Orrison with a score garlic and green jelly bean. On the Gen. Cedric Wins in Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Maryland, Aug. of -6 for the round. Pokémon front, Jerry Brooks cor- 9, 2016, were, from left, Mark Carroll, Meade “Fontaine2” King, At the par 3, 135 yards, visual inStrib Mears, Maj. Gen. Cedric Wins, Father Kevin Fimian, Byron nered an elusive Wartortle (inked Ross, John Eckenrode and Jack Rose (not pictured). timidation is the theme with the tee on Kerry Kirk’s back) while Mike boxes benched into the mountainside
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