Top 10 Reasons we chose to have a 45th reunion

Top 10 Reasons we chose to have a 45th reunion as presented Saturday night by Jim Myers

10. To quote Chris Perry, at our 40th reunion, "We should start having these every 5 years because pretty soon we'll all be dropping lie flies."

9. We couldn't wait another 5 years to hear Dave Vermilya's collection of "British Invasion" hits

8. Given the country's current economic turmoil and the rather pathetic slate of potential Republican Presidential candidates, we thought this would be a perfect opportunity to draft Kevin Fitch 2012. ( Kevin's Response: If chosen I will not run, if elected I will not serve)

7. We were afraid that if we waited a full ten years, Wayne Trivelpiece's collection of Hawaiian shirts would be all worn out.

6. We all wanted to sample the beautiful fall weather in CNY which changes every few minutes

5. We just had to see Jim McNitt and Tom Stone.

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2. We wanted to make sure that all of you who were so kind, generous and loving to our good friend and classmate, Dick Shanahan during his terrible illness, would get the opportunity to see how well he is doing these days.

1. And the number 1 reason -- we really needed to give Debby Doolittle something to do.