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October is Almost Here Don’t Miss the Fun-Plan on Attending the SOC 68’ and Friends 60^th Birthday Bash!

Now is the time to mark your calendars for the SOC 68’ and Friends 60^th Birthday Bash! It will be held on October 9, 2010 at the American Legion Post 81 at 418 E Redbird Ln in Duncanville, TX 75116. The party starts at 7pm and goes until???? Come and enjoy visiting with old friends, great music, and a catered supper from Coulter’s Barbecue. There will be a cash bar for those that imbibe. The cost for the party is 30.00 per person. Please make your check or money order payable to SOC 68 REUNION and send it to:

If you don’t have a form, that’s okay also. Please include a note with your name and guest(s) name(s)

The Birthday Party Committee has arranged for a special room rate with the Hilton Garden Inn in Duncanville. The rates are as follows:

All reservations must be accompanied by a first night room deposit, or guaranteed with a major credit card. Make your reservation by calling 972 283-9777 and ask for the SOC 60^th Birthday Party rate. You must make your reservation by 9/15/2010 to get this special rate.

The Committee has arranged for transportation to and from the Hilton Garden Inn the night of the party. More details will follow, soon.

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Thursday 8/12/2010- 6pm until Dennis makes us leave. SOC 68’ and Friends monthly get-together at Chips Old Fashioned Hamburgers located at Lovers lane and the Tollway in Dallas. Dennis Nance has invited us in for friendship, fellowship and half price food and drink. Come and meet your friends from SOC, Carter and some of those people from other OC schools.

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The day belonged to the vehement heat of the season. The pleasant morning air quickly turned hot as the riders started the tour pass the Eiffel Tower adorned with a red cowboy hat and then through the beautiful historic city of Paris! Streets filled with residents from the community waving and wondering why a person would ride a bicycle such a long distance when he could ride in a truck. Riders have been touring Paris for 26 years now so it must be OK.

After the ride through the city, the aggressive riders quickly broke away from the peloton, splitting the pack and allowing each cyclist to find their own pace as they entered the country side. Success today would require a steady respect for your ability to cope with the hot weather conditions and the riders climbing and descending skills.

With both style and determination cyclist Dale Huse claimed a time of 2h 33m 09s in completing the 60 kilometer route (37 miles). His average pace time dropped by .8 mph behind the Italy tour time last month. “I felt good about my pace,” Huse said. “I did not expect my average time to be slower.”

Not withholding the heat, the toughest part of the tour for the riders occurred on the final approach to the city. The route took the riders on a stretch of highway with such a rough road surface that your whole anatomy was numb by the time you survived the duration.

Huse’s final attack occurred when he sprinted the last mile of the route to the finish line, maintaining a 20+ mph mad pace.

Huse’s successful survival of this year’s tours will now depends on pitting himself against the grueling road, scorching hot sun and incessant wind of the Hotter ‘N Hell 100 on August 28, 2010 .

Editors note: Good-Luck on Hotter ‘N Hell 100 . We’ll report on that in the September issue.

You Can Take the Boy Off the Dirt Track, but You Can’t Take the Dirt Track Out of the Boy…

Jesse Graham sent us pictures of his dirt track racer. He said the pictures were taken before he put the engine in. Jesse said that he and both of his sons have cars and race every week.

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My sister Laura 67' was watching the TV show "Good Guys" on Fox starring Colin Hanks, Tom Hanks son. Suddenly she realized they were filming on the porch of our old house, on the corner of Alaska Ave and Overton, when they showed the address 3526 then paned to the right and showed SOC HS. Later they pulled back and sure enough it was the house my parents bought new and we grew up in. She recorded it and I saw it later. Brought back a lot of memories of the good friends and neighbors we had. It can be seen on Fox internet site Season 1 episode 4 "The Dim Knight" starts at about 7.35 min into episode. Rick Hill 69'

This picture of Larry Philpot appeared in the Dallas Times Herald and the main Navy newspaper The Navy Times. Larry was convalescing from an leg injury suffered at Da Nang, South Viet Nam.