RANDOLPH ROHAWK HOMECOMING 2016 - SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

RHS HOMECOMING - SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

To say I was beyond surprised Homecoming Night would be an understatement!  I was loving that so many RoHawks attended Friday night and wore their Forever Rohawk t-shirt proudly. Big Frog sold over 176 Tshirts and gave the new foundation $504!! The stands were full of Rohawks from 1963 through 2016!! The BBQ reunion went so good that plans are being tossed around to repeat it next year. The concert even made money for the new foundation.  RHS not only won the football but scored $$$ in donations for the benefit of the school for the future.

Mike Scott, who by the way, didn't even graduate a RoHawk, but spent 3 years being a RoHawk, loved the school so much and loved his friend Terry English so much that he wanted to honor him and honor the school, came up with this crazy idea!! 

MIKE would have graduated in 1967 had his father not been transferred.  He contacted Lynn because he wanted to find Terry English as he wasn't aware that Terry had passed away.  Lynn told him about the last reunion and all the reunions before and that he had to meet me and that I was in New Braunfels.  So we met and we talked and I found out that he really wanted to find Terry because Terry had been his friend and mentor while he was attending Randolph.  Now that he was gone, he really wanted to do something to honor his friend.  So, he told me that he wanted to create some kind of an award that the school could hand out to a deserving student in football. Not particularly a guy that exceeded in football but someone who strived to exceed and someone who helped others along the way. Long story short Mike came up with 3 awards for the school to hand out to students at the end of the year.  Along the way and in meeting with some of the school officials, we learned that there was a new foundation being formed and we were asked to participate in that organization. We thought this would be our "in" to getting the school to listen to us and to accept Mike's idea.  The school agreed that we could introduce the awards to the Superintendent and faculty during the half-time of the Homecoming game.  We had to come up with a program that fit in with the existing half-time performances of the band and dance teams.  We were allotted a few minutes at the end of the half-time.  Members of the new foundation - Randolph Field Education Foundation (which has been described previously in this Blog) - We invited Coach Mickler's son, Bobby Mickler, RHS Class of '84 to participate as well as Terry English's sister, Lynn English Sutton - Class of '68  and Mike wanted me to give the Superintendents award.  At the end of what I thought was the end of the program, the Announcer started talking about another Award to be given out and I soon realized that he was describing me! Then I saw Mr. Bridges, Past Band Director at RHS and behind him were Toni and Dickie Buchert.  They brought on the field and presented me with a beautiful crystal vase in appreciation of my 50 years of keeping the RoHawks together.  It has been my pleasure and I didn't do this alone - you, as RoHawks who kept in contact with me kept me going! Thank YOU for keeping in touch through all these years and honoring me so many times with so much LOVE!

In the future we hope to refurbish the Mickler Plaque that is now on the field and indecipherable to a more prominent place when the new construction is done.  Also, we have been promised that the RoHawk Mosaic will be removed and refurbished and placed in a prominent place in the new school building or the new Gym.  Mike Scott and I will keep you posted on the progress of these projects.  Mike and I promise that we will keep in touch with the school and make sure these things get done.

Here are some pictures of Homecoming September 30, 2016.  I didn't know some of the names to add to the captions so please forgive me for that, but you can add a comment to the bottom of this post and tell me which picture you were in and I will add your name. 

Thank you and FOREVER ROHAWK!!
Gloria Campbell Gallagher, Class of '65

Pam McCall Smith '65 and Judy Minor Villari '66

Judy Minor Villari '66 and Me, '65

The original front of the school

I think this is Judy Sisk Millspaugh walking towards the school

The Mosiac given to the school by the Class of '64

Dickie Buchert O'Banion '64 and Janet Watkins Jendron '65

Gloria in front of the Mosaic outside the cafeteria

Bill Bradford '65 and Terry Smiljanich '65 with me

Jeanne Roberts Stinson '65 and Carole McRae Richards '64

Me and Mr. RHS, Bill Borellis '64

Janice Sturrock and Sue Sturrock

James Meredith '68 and Jerry Brown, '68

Judy Sisk Millspaugh '69 and me

Steve Swinney '70 and Judy Sisk Millspaugh '69

Harry Amon '64 and his wife Penny and me

Jeanne Roberts Stinson '65 and me

Me and Lynn English Sutton '68

The present Superintendent of RFISD, Lance Johnson

Mike Berish '76 and Mike Scott '67 with Karl Schwehm, RFEF

Janet Watkins Jendron '65,  Jack Posey, Drama Teacher for many years, and Bill Borellis '64

Me and Bill with Jack Posey

Dennis Bianchi '64 and Robert DeMotta '65

John Molleston '68 with (Please send your name)

John Hines '64 and Harry Amon '64

? with John Swinney '69

Janet Francis Murillo '64, Carole McRae Richards '64, me and Donna Futch (wife of Ron Futch)

Harry and Penny Amon

Me and Ray Lanclos (graduate of Schertz '64 and husband to Lesley Bice Lanclos)

Janet with Gary Bird '64

Johnny Bender '76 and me

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Bobby Mickler, Class of '84 and his sister Margaret

Me with Bobby Mickler

Bill Bradford '65, Terry Smiljanich '65, Janet Watkins Jendron '65, Gary Bird '64

Judy Minor Villari '66 and Pam McCall Smith '65

Ronnie Futch '63 and Larry Tucker '63

Marion Minks Wood, '67

It's all About Me!!

Lynn English Sutton '68 and Karen Reed English '67

Judy Minor Villari '66 with Larry Tucker '63

Donna Futch, Janet Francis Murillo '64 and Mike Wysong, '63 and Harry Amon in the back

Karen Reed English and Judy Minor Villari

Gloria with Dickie Buchert O'Banion '64 and Toni Buchert Greece '63

Dickie and Janet

Dickie, Toni and Judy

Melissa Zellers, Darla Hatley and Darlene Fox - all from '74

Darla Hatley and Darlene Fox Means - Class of '74

?, Darlene Fox Means, ?, ?, Melissa Zellers, ?, Darla Hatley

John Hines '64, Janet Francis Murillo '64 and Jimmy O'Brien '64

Jimmy and Harry

Can you find yourself in the following pictures?  Who do you see?

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#10 - James Meredith 68, Jerry Brown 68, John Molleston '68, Jim Ramsey '68, Jack Posey and Mindy Sotomayer Ramsey '68

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#13 - I see, Larry Tucker, Harry Amon, Bill Borellis, Janet Watkins Jendron, John Hines, Bill Fitzpatrick, Bill Bradford, Terry Smiljanich

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#17 - I see Jerry Ball '65, James Meredith, Jerry Brown, John Molleston, Jim Ramsey and Jack Posey

Mike Scott '67, Bruce Cannon '70 and Nunzio Previtera '71

This is Retired Jr. High Coach, Mike Miller giving a jacket that had belonged to Coach Mickler to Bobby Mickler

This is the Members of the Foundation, Bobby, Lynn and I walking onto the Field during half time.

From the front of the line, Bruce Cannon '70, Mike Scott '67, John Bender '76, John Cotellesse '76, Bobby Mickler '84, Lynn English Sutton '68, me, Mike Miller, Retired Coach, Mike Berish '76, Nunzio Previtera '71 and Col. Campbell

A moment of Silence for lost RoHawks and Veterans, Servicemen and Women and for our Country

Getting ready to present the awards

Karl Schwehm, Nunzio Previtera, Col. Campbell, Mike Miller and Mike Berish

John Cotellesse '76, John Bender '76, Mike Scott '67 and Bruce Cannon '70

Karl Schwehm, Nunzio Previtera, Col Campbell and Mike Miller

Mike Berish, '76

Bobby Mickler presenting the Bob Mickler Senior Player of the Year plaque to the Superintendent, Lance Joohnson

Lynn English Sutton presenting the Terry English Leadership plaque

Gloria presenting the plaque for the Superintendent's Academic Award

Mr. Bridges presenting Gloria with the Vase

Finding out who was behind this Surprise! Lance Johnson, John Bridges, Hector Perez, Dickie and Toni Buchert

Ugly cry! with Dickie and Toni

I'm holding on to that Vase for dear life!!

Waving at my subjects! LOL

Everyone is pretty proud of themselves for keeping a secret from Gloria and that the program came together successfully!!!

Mr. Bridges looking happy

Me and some of my guys!

On the sidelines, Mike Scott, Dickie Buchert O'Banion, Gloria, Tony Buchert Greece, Mr. John Bridges and John Bender

Can you find yourself?

RoHawk on one side

This side is opposite the RoHawk

The Original School Building

1962 - 2016

Proposed New Building 2017

Michael English, Terry and Karen Reed English's son and his cousin Tiffany Sutton, Lynn's daughter

English Grandsons, Zach, Lenten, Harper and Zane

After the BBQ

Maybe the Class of '76 cause I see Mike Berish

Mike Scott '67, Bill Borellis '64 and Ed Kilford '65

John Hines '64, Janet Watkins Jendron '65, Terry Smiljanich '65, Bill Borellis '64 and Bill Bradford '65

at the BBQ

Bruce Cannon and his wife

at the Concert

Football Coach Pete Wesp and his wife with Charity McCutry, WOAI

Fearless BBQ Leader and Reunion Organizer Extraordinaire Mike Berish '76

Karl Schwehm at the Concert

SUNSET SATURDAY NIGHT - OCT 1ST

On Base driving towards the front Gate

Day is Done

Note: some of these pictures were taken by Roni Maturey. She photographs for RHS and She has a page on Shutterfly if you want to see more. https://randolphrohawkgrandreunion2016.shutterfly.com/Shutterfly . The other pictures were taken by me, Jerry Ball, Mike Scott and other Ro-Hawks and some I copied from Face Book.  Thanks everyone who contributed.  Please feel free to contact me with any additions or changes to this Post as well sending me new photos to add and be sure to add a comment below! Thank you ROHAWKS!

FOREVER ROHAWKS
Gloria Campbell Gallagher
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