Welcome friends and family of Brainerd High School Class of 1969 & other
Brainerd Minnesota High School alumni.

Updated 04-02-2012

May 1969 the senior class of Brainerd High School said good bye to classmates and teachers leaving our mark as the first graduating class from the new high school. Teachers and parents and our community joined together to give us the best academic education possible.

An education that has well equipped us with the basic 'life skills' that has enabled us to live successfully in the world today. Whether it was one year, or more this was our home, and at The Brainerd High School we made a lifetime of memories, formed eternal friendships, and learned invaluable lessons that helped to shape and mold us into who we are today.

We now have 417 left of the 465 classmates (430 graduated from BHS on May 29, 1969)

Brainerd High School Class of 1969, 43rd annual get together information for 2012

Date:    August 4th, 2012
Time:    6:00 pm
Place:   Sunshine Kitchen & Moonshine Lounge 723 Mill Avenue N.E. Brainerd
RE:       Our annual get together

This is just an update to fill you in on our 43rd annual get together.

The committee for the Brainerd High School Class of 1969 met on March 23rd, 2012 to discuss when and where the 43rd Annual get together will be held. It was decided that it will be held on August 4th, 2012 starting at 6:00 p.m. at “Sunshine Kitchen & Moonshine Lounge” address is 723 Mill Avenue N.E. Brainerd. Their telephone number is 218-454-0258. (Just to see if your memory banks are still working, this location is the old Red & White grocery store back in the 60’s & 70’s and more recently “Choppers Restaurant”.

Arrangements have been made with Sunshine Kitchen & Moonshine Lounge to hold our annual get together there, they will reserve a room for us in the back part of their restaurant for free and set up table and chairs for us. They do not do this on a regular basis and do not have staff to accommodate groups like this but a waitress has volunteered to serve us on her own time, I will put up a tip jar to pay her for her time and efforts.

A tip is only voluntary and you do not have to give any money if you do not want to.  She will be serving beverages and appetizers throughout the evening,  you may also eat in the restaurant part of the café if you so desire but they prefer not to serve food in the back half of the building as they are not set up to do so there.

Just to remind you last year we had between 40 to 45 people show up throughout the night so if the same amount come this year as last year you will have plenty of time to visit with all that come.

If you have any question please let me know and also if you want to stay in touch with us just send your e-mail information to me.

If you don’t want your e-mail address posted on our website just let me know and I will keep it in a secure location off of the class website and use it just to notify you when we have our class outing’s etc.

Bye for now and hope to see you in August.

If anyone would like to comment on this please send me an e-mail and I will share it with the rest of the committee.

Regards,

Tony

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Michael O'Leary's interest in international life was kindled when he spent his junior year in high school as an American Field Service exchange student in Swaziland. He spent the next eight years at the University of Minnesota where he gained a bachelor's degree in anthropology and his medical degree followed by a medical residency at the University of Hawaii. He also obtained an MPH in international health in Hawaii where he completed a second residency in preventive medicine and practiced clinical medicine in Hawaii for four years. READ MORE