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Thurmont Lions Club Leader Dog Catoctin High School Class of 1976
B u s Trip Holds Its Forty-Year Reunion

Thanks to Gerry Courtesy Photo The Catoctin High School Class of 1976 recently held its forty-year class
reunion in the ballroom at the Carriage House Inn in Emmitsburg, with the
Beachy, SVDG, fifty theme for the evening being “Bring the 70’s back.”
members of District
22-W Lions took a Everyone had a good time listening to 70’s music, having their picture
bus trip to Michigan taken in the 70’s bus photo booth, playing 70’s trivia games, and just
on October 26-28, catching up.
2016, to tour the new
Leader Dog Canine A few brave souls weathered the rain and cheered the Cougars on at their
Development Center. Homecoming football game the night before the reunion.

Seeing and learning Courtesy Photo

how the dogs are
trained, from a puppy
to a leader dog, was
so inspirational and
such a wonderful
learning experience.
The facility is a state-
of-the-art facility; Pictured from left are Joyce Anthony, Dianne McLean, Nancy
Eckerd, Lisa Riffle, and Gaye DiSalvo.

so amazing. There
were forty-nine Lions on the bus from District 22-D, and sharing the banquet
with them made it that much more fantastic. Lions are the most friendly and
good-natured people to be around. Approximately $900 was collected on the
bus for a donation to Leader Dog, with more money expected to be received.
Please don’t pass up an opportunity to tour this facility.
The Thurmont Lions Club meets at 6:30 p.m. on the second and fourth
Wednesday of each month at the Mountain Gate Restaurant in Thurmont.
The club is a group of community-minded men and women who come
together to enjoy each other’s company, hear interesting programs, and raise Pictured from left are: (first row) Bob Fahnestock, Christine Buhrman Zimmerman, Bonnie Lare
funds for important local or vision-related projects. Baust, Dave Fink, Betty Kolb Riffle, Patty Myers Johnston, Donna Hahn Gills, Angie Gelwicks
Brown, Bonnie Sixx Sanders, Kevin Long; (middle row) Gwen Long Kuster, Erin Lannon Dingle,
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Gust, Robert Meunière, Bill Clabaugh, Bill Green; (back row) John Hoke, Herb Rohrbaugh, Rick
Favorite (hiding), Ric Lillard, Bill Kerns, Pam Aubol Eyler, and Gerald Stansbury. Missing from

picture are Mark Wolfe and Pat Rollins.
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