Herald-Post reunion plans progress

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Reunion plans progress

Oct. 16, 2007- We've had the 10th anniversary El Paso Herald-Post reunion.

Wow.

Sept. 27, 2007- Dinner will on Oct. 13 be at Julio's Cafe Corona at 6 p.m.

Mike Lewis, HP copy editor and web guru, who is now a seminarian at Notre Dame, will lead us in prayer and tribute to our departed friends.

Map of Julio's Cafe Corona, 8050 Gateway Blvd E El Paso, TX 79907-1208.

To make reservations at the Airport Holiday Inn, go to:

www.hielpasoairport.com

May 13, 2007- The reunion has been downsized.

Rather than meeting at the Holiday Inn Airport, we will be gathering at an El Paso dining landmark. Please send in your nominations. The event will be "pay your server," and afterwards, we will retire to a rented hotel suite or favorite bar...."

The date is still set for Oct. 13.

Ken Baake might provide the entertainment, in the form of "Cheech and Chong" impressions.

Billy Calzada

March 21, 2007- We're on! The El Paso Herald-Post reunion, to be held on the 10th anniversary of the closing of our esteemed publication, will be held on Oct. 13, 7 p.m. to midnight, at the Airport Holiday Inn in El Paso. Room rates at the hotel will be $79.

Tickets to the event are $50 and include dinner . Dinner will be served at 8 p.m., and we'll have an open bar an hour before and after dinner.

We are also planning a tour of the El Paso Times building, our last home , and a trolley tour through downtown El Paso.

Tickets can be purchased by sending check or money order made out to:

EPHPR (El Paso Herald-Post Reunion)
c/o Julie Ann Vera
401 Winfield Blvd., San Antonio, TX 78239.

We're in the process of having tickets printed up.

Julie Vera

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Jan. 10, 2007- Our gracious Betty Ligon has put the news of our reunion plans into her column in El Paso Inc. She is getting the word out, and we all know that when Betty is on it, things happen!

Billy Calzada

Nov. 3, 2006- The El Paso Herald-Post reunion for the 10-year anniversary of its closing is tentatively scheduled for Friday and Saturday, Oct. 12-13, 2007.

We're planning a two-day event, with an evening symposium at UTEP on Friday. We'd like to have a few speakers, maybe Ruben Salazar's wife, maybe Ken Flynn talking about the history of El Paso and the Herald-Post's role in it. Afterward, we'd like to have an informal gathering for dinner and drinks.

Saturday would be the big party day. To start off, we'd like to rent a trolley for a tour of El Paso for those interested. We'd like to get author and historian David Dorado Romo to guide the tour. That would be in the afternoon. Then dinner and dance in the evening.

In the interest of affordability and proximity to the airport, we've narrowed our choices down to Forti's Mexican Elder restaurant (Deb and Julie haven't been there in years, so someone please tell us if it's not a viable option) and the ballroom at the Holiday Inn Airport (food's good, it's very affordable and we probably can get a deal on rooms. PLUS Teddy's has the BEST piña coladas!). Of course, we're always open to suggestions.

I'd like to point out that in order to pull this off, we're going to need EVERYONE'S help. It seems all of us really want to make this happen, so sale y vale!

Julie Ann Vera