Near-record attendance at alums' monthly lunch

The monthly gathering of BJ Alums at Papa Joe's missed the attendance record by one. Cal Deshong, who will be 91 on Nov. 24, Gene McCelland, Carl Nelson and John Olesky were there. The only worse attendance on record was three, on Jan. 14 of this year.

All except Olesky, a Newsroom retiree, are Composing retirees. And Olesky will be absent for the December lunch because he'll be on a Panal Canal cruise with Paula, starting in Los Angeles and winding up in Fort Lauderdale after port stops in Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Aruba.

If you want to join the laughter and talk of today and yesterday, the group gathers at Papa Joe's, Akron-Peninsula Road at Portage Trail Extension, at 1 p.m. on the second Wednesday of each month.

Click on the headline to see photos of all those who attended.

Attendance records, going back to January 2006:

November 11, 2009 ……………. 4

October 14, 2009 ……………… 7

September 9, 2009 ……………. 8

August 12, 2009 ………………. 7

July 8, 2009 ……………………. 10

June 10, 2009 …………………. 10

May 14, 2009 ………………….. 8

April 8, 2009 …………………… 5

January 14, 2009 …………… 3

December 10, 2008 …………… 8

November 12, 2008 …………… 6

October 8, 2008 ……………… 8

August 13, 2008 ……………… 9

July 9, 2008 …………………… 23
(Sandy Levenson, Bob Pell memorial)

June 12, 2008 ………………… 8

May 14, 2008 ………………… 12

Feb. 13, 2008 ………………… 11

Dec. 12, 2007 ………………… 8

Sept. 12, 2007 ………………… 16

August 8, 2007 ……………… 7

June 13, 2007 ………………… 12

May 9, 2007 …………………… 14

April 11, 2007 ………………… 15

March 15, 2007 ……………… ??
(no story & photos no longer available)

January 10, 2007 …………… 14

December 13, 2006 ………… 18

November 8, 2006 …………… 13

October 12, 2006 …………… 11

September 13, 2006 ………… 12

August 13, 2006 …………… 15

July 12, 2006 ………………… 10

June 15, 2006 ……………… 12

May 11, 2006 ………………… 11

April 12, 2006 ……………… 11

March 8, 2006 ……………… 13

February 8, 2006 …………… 11

January 11, 2006 …………… 13