Eddie Hopkins

Dear ‘67 CHS Friends of Eddie Hopkins, 

Thank you for sharing in Eddie’s celebration of life by presenting this elegant floral wreath in CHS colors – maroon, white and gold and a loving banner. Your thoughtfulness meant a lot to our family. For those who attended his service, thank you for honoring Eddie with Castle’s Alma Mater and final cheer. I know it must have been hard for you to come to the front to sing but I’m sure Eddie was standing right beside you singing as a proud Castle classmate and loyal friend. Whenever he spoke of your class it brought a smile to his handsome face, you know, that infectious smile and laugh… and I was lucky to be the recipient to hear his stories and to meet you. He told me he was happy, he was loved and he lived a full life with no regrets. You were a huge part of his life and I am forever grateful for the joy and friendship you shared with Eddie. I know he would have been very touched and humbled by your thoughts, words and presence…mahalo, mahalo, mahalo. 
As Eddie would say…. 

A Hui Hou… Malama Pono. 

With fondest love and aloha,  

Marlene Hopkins and Ohana

70th Birthday Reunion update…

We’re just four months away from our 70th Birthday Reunion in Vegas. The excitement is building in anticipation to meeting old friends. As of today, we have a total of 78 attendees with more being added every day.

Please make your room reservations now. Availability is limited at the group price. Don’t wait till the last minute or you may end up at an inconvenient location like some did at the last Vegas reunion. (Booking code: A9C7C10)

We have a deadline for T-Shirt orders of August 1st. Please send in your registration today. Any registrations after August 1st, will not be guaranteed a tshirt.

To get that nostalgic mood started, here is a photo recently found from Ben Parker 3rd grade class 1957. I see: Phillip Mahelona, Clifford Fukuda, Jon Haitsuka, David Williams, Nolan Higa, Ronald Toyofuku, and Milton Haitsuka. Anyone know who is on the first row left?

BenParker1957

Announcing our 70th birthday celebration…

…to be held in Las Vegas on October 21-24, 2019 at the Orleans Hotel & Casino.  Group reservations are now available for booking online at: http://orleanscasino.com/groups or calling the reservations line at: 866-238-4218 (Booking code: A9C7C10) A special group rate of $49/night + $20.99 resort fee is available and must be secured by September 21, 2019. Book now for limited rooms at this special group rate.

Help the planning committee by submitting your registration now. Registration deadline of August 15, 2019. The form can be downloaded here.  Mail with a check for $75 per attendee to:

Linda (Higa) Nyman
5054 Mecca Ave.
Tarzana, CA 91356

The committee has planned two events at the Orleans Hotel & Casino:
1. Banquet dinner on October 22, Tuesday, 6pm-11pm.
2. Brunch on October 23, Wednesday, 9am-1pm

We plan on lots of free time to meet up with old friends and to make new ones! To help fund this event and keep the cost low, we are once again asking our generous classmates to make donations toward this event. Thank you to Greg Tsuda and Linda (Higa) Nyman for getting the donation fund started!  Donations may be sent to our Mainland treasurer Linda at her address noted above.

The committee is working on creating another successful event as they have in the past. Our first planning meeting will be January 5th, 2019 at Nolan Higa’s home in Los Angeles.

If you haven’t been to any of the past reunions, make a point to attend this one. It will be a blast to meet old friends again. This will be the last formal event for our class of 67 so don’t miss this opportunity to meet up with old/new friends.

 

Castle Alumni/Community Association meeting

The Castle Alumni/Community Association (www.chsalumknights.org) would like to invite you to the upcoming General Membership Meeting on June 8th at 6:00pm with registration starting at 5:30pm. The meeting will take place at the Castle HS Cafeteria and all alumni and community members are welcome to attend. While registration isn’t needed to attend, it would be appreciated if you could RSVP with this form (https://forms.gle/g6epAwdLtPgZqi8L9) by June 5 if you plan on attending.

The CA/CA is also actively seeking to grow membership (both alumni and community members alike), and needs everyone’s help to make this happen. The meeting will include discussion on upcoming events, school updates, and special guests. This is a great chance to stay informed about the school and the community and contribute your ideas and feedback.

The CA/CA hopes to see you there!  

Final committee meeting

On Monday, August 26th, the mainland reunion committee met at Cynthia (Sodetani) Iwai’s home to complete planning for our reunion in October. With less than two months to go, the committee finalized plans and made assignments for our week of fun in the sun in October.

Rudy, Cynthia, Linda, and Janice reading the comments in the Kaulana.

If you haven’t made your registration yet, it is not too late to come and join the fun. Details can be found in the post below.

Those that already registered, please insure that Linda has your email & cellphone information as we plan to send out a detail agenda 10 days prior to the start of the reunion. If you don’t have an email, make sure you know someone attending that does and get a copy of the agenda.

Front: Carol Obrero, Cynthia (Sodetani) Iwai, Janice (Muramoto) Chin, Linda (Higa) Nyman
Back: Harvey Chin, Edwin Kimoto, Nolan Higa, Rudy Obrero