Here come the Shannon clan this year for the 2010 Burgoo.
Jim Shannon and family with Susan Nikolai (Shannon) and her family will gather for the 10 year reunion. Last gathering 2000. See you all soon.

Marcy Shannon
mesmarcy@gmail.com

The soup was the world's best, once again! It was great to see so many friends and family and to meet some new friends. If you'd like to share your experience from the 2008 Arenzville Burgoo, please add a comment. Here are two that I received:

From Gary Nelson:
Arenzville class of '58 met at AJ's on 6 Sep to celebrate their 50th. 15 graduated, 2 have passed on (Mike Abernathy and Virgil Dawson) and 13 remain. Nine attended; Erna (Dufelmeier) Gillman, Evelyn (Huppe) Thompson, Barbara (Kleinschmidt) Beard, Barbara (Schnitker) Hymes, Ed Dober, Gary Nelson, Mike Schnitker, Jim Shannon and Joe Stinson. Several spouses (Dave Thompson, Dotty Schnitker, Marcy Shannon and Linda Stinson) were also in attendance as well as Erna's daughter, Darwin. Burlene (Taylor) Nickel and her husband Jim were also in attendance. Burlene started with our class in 1955, but Jim married her before she could graduate. We still consider her part of our class. Jim and Marcy Shannon traveled the most miles to attend, coming from Davis, California. Barb Beard walked one block. A good time was had by all and plans are underway to meet again during Burgoo 2010. Those who could not make this event, Roberta (Hierman) Elmore, Jean (Saylor) Moss, Ray Hall and Dale Strubbe have indicated they will mark their calendars for Saturday, 11 Sep 2010.

From Sue Turnbough:
My Sister, Her Husband and myself visted your beautiful town this past weekend, to eat and purchase some of your world famous burgoo. We had a wonderful time. My Late Father Joe N. Taylor always loved it. I was hoping to see a cousin of his that lives and use to work at the Burgoo, Albert Taylor son of the late Clyde Taylor. We had to leave before they were selling the T-Shirts. If anyone could send me a address to purchase a couple I would appreciate it.

Thank you for a wonderful time and Great food.

Sue Turnbough
sueturnbough@gmail.com

Molly's note: The T-shirt for 2008 is sold out. I have only a few polo shirts and shirts from 2007 remaining. Email me at the webmaster's address (see the bottom of any page on the Arenzville website) for details if you'd like to buy one of these.

I'm moving a comment that was posted under the "Coach Kemp" thread to this category, since it seems like it more appropriately belongs here...


I had hopes of being at your 2007 "Burgoo" however time restraints prevented this from occurring. Plans are being made for 2008. I am Chairman of the Anderson County Burgoo Festival. Our festival is held the last weekend of September. Contact me and we'll exchange thoughts and ideas. Plans are underway for next year. Our festival does not seem to have the community support that you have. We are supported primarily by hustling donations from our local businesses and factories. As we get along in communications I'll hope to have photos of this years festival. drop me a line at dstumph@adelphia.net
look forward to hearing from you. Dan

Recently, the Triopia community lost someone near and dear to our hearts -- Coach Don Kemp was a man who touched many, many lives in central Illinois and beyond. There will never be another Coach Kemp! If you'd like to share a story about Coach, use the "Add Comment" link to offer your thoughts and memories.

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