Mono Lake Committee 20th Anniversary Grand Reunion Labor Day Weekend 1998
A grand reunion is planned!
Calling
20 years of photographers, scientists, volunteers,
Committee staff and interns, Bike-A-Thon cyclists, canoe
guides, Board members, Committee members, supporters, and
friends--join us!
Meet at Mono Lake on Labor Day weekend to see friends from the past twenty years! The party begins Friday night with music in the park, and continues all weekend (see Restoration Days) with natural history walks, bird watching outings, star talks, and fun! Make sure that you see the brand new slideshow and the recently premiered documentary "The Battle for Mono Lake." Don't miss the Annual Meeting on Saturday, where you can catch up with the lake and the many changes that have taken place since the historic Water Board Decision in 1994. Reunion photographs will be taken right after the Annual Meeting.
When
was the last time you visited the lake and the Committee?
Have you been here since the Dance Hall was remodeled? Remember the old wood stove that heated the offices! The freezing customers in the Information Center and the frozen brine shrimp tank? Remember the old configuration of the Icehouse? Remember the old computers? How about the lake level ... if you were last here in the early 1980s, you'll find the lake about 10 vertical feet higher!
We want to see you at the reunion!
This is your chance to see your old friends,
housemates, co-workers, and fellow members. 
We
are contacting as many former staff members, volunteers,
Bike-A-Thoners, scientists, and photographers as we can,
and all supporters are invited. Check the Mono Lake Home
Page at www.monolake.org/events/reunion.htm to see
which of your old friends are coming!
Help us find others!
We need your help! Our list of reunion invitees is incomplete. We are still searching for addresses of staff, interns, scientists, Bike-A-Thoners, and long-time friends of Mono Lake. If you know someone who has lost contact with us, or someone who should have gotten an invitation but hasn't, send a note, email, or call with their new address. Take a look at the list of names of people that we haven't been able to find, and contact us if you know where they are!
We are eager to see you and to catch up on your new work, homes, and family. This reunion is all about YOU, the ones who put the energy together to make the Mono Lake story one of success.
Can we make you nostalgic? Join us at the Grand Reunion to share even more memories!
David Gaines' newsletter essays ... Equinox
tailgate parties down at the Jeffrey pines on lower Lee
Vining Creek ... The Public Trust decision ... At a staff
meeting Sally Miller (a.k.a. the Mail Queen) was making a
point while trying to wrap a package and got completely
tangled up in shipping tape ... Dave's yearly Intern
Initiation Hike up Mt. Dana ... Life before computers in
the Mono Basin ... When the Ice House actually held ice
... When Bug brought fried kutzavi to a potluck for Gary
and Masa Snyder. Our relief when Masa pronounced it,
"Delicious!" ... Sally Gaines' awesome
Bucketwalk luncheons ... The amazing winter gathering on
the south shore for Dave and Don's memorial service. A
wonderful circle of love ... The tears of joy and
gratitude when Vireo came out of her coma after the
accident ... 
Martha's determination to ride the
Bike-A-Thon thwarted by a peculiar accident involving a
chimney ... Following the water down Parker and Walker
creek channels when their flows were restored ... The
first mention of lake levels of 6392 feet and higher ... 
That great
day when the Third District Court of Appeals finally let
the DWP lawyers really have it! (We didn't know judges
could get mad in public.) ... Rising to applaud as the
Water Board concluded their vote to protect Mono Lake ...
Max headroom ... Listening to David Gaines practice his
mandolin while on his daily stroll with the kids. He
pushed Sage's stroller with his hips and Vireo walked
alongside. Even with the windows shut you could hear them
pass by the intern house and head down the street. Wheels
rattling on asphalt and sweet notes hanging in the air
... The fine used book 
selection in the old slideshow room ... The
walls of the slideshow room covered with Bucketwalk signs
... 
Job
interviews that consisted of learning to run the cash
register ... During the remodel: Going home covered in
sawdust every day for weeks, crawling over every inch of
the dance hall floor for hours to pound down the nails so
the floor could be refinished, Dr. Pepper for breakfast,
three months of eating at Nicely's almost every day ...
The first canoe tours with Gary and Alkali sitting by the
lake hoping to talk some visitors into canoeing ... Board
meetings, potlucks, and campouts at Burger's Retreat ...
The day Sage ran into the intern house with a garden hose
during a water fight with the interns.
Return to Spring-Summer 1998 Newsletter
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