Midwest Assembly Kids

[Scott McCumber]

Looking for anyone with the following last names!

McCumber, Mathias, Farlow, Frederick, Smith, Middleton, Reeves, Tucker, Johnson, Voss, Todd, Rhodes, Henson, Houk, Childress, Riddle, Spence, Perry, Wenneborg, Beasley, Kerns, Maxey, Boyer.


Who am I forgetting?

[Mia Voss-Herren]

Scott - this is perfect -  thanks for setting it up.......

[Scott McCumber]

Credit goes to Brian Tucker. I'm just taking advantage of his board! And I think several people approached him with this idea: Jada, Rachel, etc.

[brian]

what originally started me posting long ago on a different board was that age-old desire to reconnect with old friends, a sort of classmates.com thing - then i started learning about all the terrible things people had been doing all along in secret, and my overdeveloped hypersensitivity to injustice took over  

so, a quick update on me (so i don't end up emailing it 50 more times...). things i love include philosophy, psychology, programming, photography and traveling. i will avidly discuss any of these topics into the ground with little provocation. my avatar is a snippet from a sunset photo i took near charleston, il. i also enjoy studying history, particularly european (particularly hungarian) history. i have been married to a wonderful hungarian lady for almost two years. i enjoy playing with all things internet. i am a bit of a fish nerd, with rapidly-breeding guppies theatening to splash fish gunk all over my laptop if i don't clean their tank soon.

for a fun diversion, take a few minutes to fill out a few of these on-line personality profiling quizzes:
http://www.geocities.com/dan_atteberry/MYERS-BRIGGS_KEIRSEY.html
the mbti is a respected, legitimate psychological tool for understanding yourself and others. every single friend of mine who took it has been amazed at how well it pegged them. my scores are usually intj, although sometimes i will get infj or intp in the right mood. so check out the above link, and take a couple quizzes. the longer ones give more accurate results. read some of the descriptions and see which one fits you best. and report back! its good clean fun for the whole family.  

brian

[Jennifer Richardson]

Hello all assembly kids!
   Does anyone want to have an assembly kids reunion?  I would love to help organize something so that we can all catch up with eachother.  Maybe sometime this summer? Please contact me at littlewomanfivetwo@yahoo.com if you are interested.  
   Good to talk to you Scott - did you get my eletter?
   Hope to from all of you -  Jennifer (Smith) Richardson

[Scott McCumber]

Hey, Jenn,

Working on the reunion. Put a lot of feelers out. So far all positive response. Dates, etc. might be the only snafu, but I'm sure you'll be willing to help, huh?

I'll be back for a couple weeks in June so that's a good starting point.

Yes, I did get your letter. Could swear I responded! I'll check to make sure it went out and if not, I'll send it tonight.

[Rachel]

Do I get to count as a "Midwest Kid"  I mean I know I have lived most of my life in California .  But I was born in Chicago, and lived all over the Midwest until I was four.  Well I can't compete with all you for number of years lived there I have lived in more Midwest Towns them most of you, 8 in all.  Even Tim Sjogren used to allow me to be included as a midwest kid.

[psalm51]

Rachel,
Consider yourself included.
It's whats in your heart not how many years you were there!
Love,
Pat (your former babysitter)

[Scott McCumber]

Rachel,

You know you are! Wasn't David born there? Even Ben Miller was born in Champaign, though I understand we probably won't entice him to any type of reunion.

You are on the list of invitees to an Assembly Kid reunion tentatively set for June 21, 2003.

Scott

[missbt2003]

  Hey Rachel... I have you beat. I have lived in *9* different cities here in the midwest. (wasn't your record I like the midwest, even tho it is humid and right now it is 4 below 0 with a windchill of -30F. BRrrrr... Ok, enough for my first post. Ta ta. Hi Bri!

[OnlyJesus24]

Would this reunion include those who aren't quite grown up yet. i.e. me?
I think thats quite an idea to have a reunion. Would any former assembly kids say it was neccesarily harder growing up in the west coast than the midwest or the east coast? Just wonderin. Thanks.

[Scott McCumber]

Hey, Luke,

The reunion is open to anybody who wants to come. Kid/adult/former kid/kid at heart/adult wannabe/Midwest/West Coast, etc.

Tuscola, IL/June 21

[auntiefluffy]

Hi Jennifer!
Been a looooong time.  I think since the coffee house concert at Jitters and Rush.

Scott, where are you planning on meeting for the reunion?
Park?  Community building?  Park might be nice.

I will have to put that date on my calendar.  

jada

[Scott McCumber]

Hi, Jada,

Nothing final, but I was thinking park so the Assembly Kids' kids would have stuff to keep them busy.

"Peter Pan's got kids?"
The Lost Boys in Hook

Scott "Peter Pan" McCumber

[brenhenil]

June 21 is a wonderful day.  As you are driving down Main street on your way to the Park, you can stop by my house and drop off my birthday presents.
Brenda Henson