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What a great day to be outdoors enjoying fine cuisine and weather during an alumni reception
and wine tasting at Mt. Pleasant Winery. Immediately left are Terri Ennis, Teri Hytinen and Susan
Hytinen ’89, ’91. Below them are DeLeon Piggee and Mannetta Piggee ’90. Below, another
group enjoying the festivities were Chernese Robertson-Abrudan ’03, Adrain Abrudan, Gheorghe
Abrudan, Josh Wilson and Hilary Atchley ’03.
Dinner, theatre and a mystery to solve make
for some great alumni moments. The three
photos above are from our Murder Mystery
Theatre event. They are at top, Donna ’82
and Booker Anderson. In the middle photo
are Tina Keenon and Brian McCrary ’00. In
the bottom photo are Jeff ’90, ’92 and Susan
Brinkmeyer ’89, ’97. Alumna Kathy Bechtel,
not pictured, even solved the mystery!
What’s summer without a barbecue alumni
gathering in Blue Springs? In the photo
below are Chris Livingston ’07 and James
Freese ’07 with Janet ’66 and Bill ’66 Gillen.
It’s a great combo just to put beer,
pizza, friends and CMSU classmates
together, but add a tour and tasting
at the Boulevard Brewery and you
understand why this alumni event
quickly draws a crowd. Above Chris
Small ’87, ’89, ’92, center, president
of the Alumni Association Board of
Directors, welcomes the group. Left
are Bill Penrod, Kyra Summers ’90,
Betsy Mansell, Paula Barry ’77 and
Stacy Schultz ’95. To the right are
Ryan Grantham, Jeff Holden ’03,
Nick Julo ’03, Pat Nussbeck ’03 and
Adam Jennings ’02.
winter 2005
central today
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