Aloha, SLHS79

As a SLAA Board Member for the last 16 years or so (since 2002), and the current Board President for about the last 9 or so years (since 2009), I am and ALWAYS have been grateful for the help, support & hard work of OUR many Class members who are or have been in the past devoted to SLAA and its mission. Dedicated guys like Mel Pilien, Tony Souza, Tracy Mizota, Mark Villanueva, Cody Correa, Greg Perry, Dwight Moniz, and Russell Valente, among so many others, have devoted countless hours to our Class and to SLAA Committee and Board work. How great it would be (and for me personally, quite an honor) to have even more & more members of our close knit & very active Class directly involved with SLAA and its membership (“the more the merrier” if you ask me!). Whether our Class knows it or not, SLAA views the Class of 1979 to be one of the Classes to emulate. We are a fine example for and to other SL[H]S Classes. Let's face it, OUR mighty Class has an active set of dedicated Officers, a website, a blog, a Facebook page and one of the most complete & accurate contact lists of any Class out there (“mahalo plenty” to Karlton Borges for that, and RIP). Let's keep leading by example, SLHS79. One way we can to this, or at least another way, is to GREATLY INCREASE THE NUMBER OF SLHS79 WHO ARE ACTIVE, DUES PAYING MEMBERS OF SLAA.  Let's face it, given our fantastic devotion to OUR school and its storied history, OUR SLAA membership numbers should be among the highest of all Classes.  We can do it!  Let's double or even triple our active SLAA membership count in the next year or so, and there's no better time than during or 40th year reunion activities both here in State and on the "Ninth Island", Las Vegas.

P. GREGORY FREY ‘79

SLAA, BOD President

SLS, Trustee Vice-Chair

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