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| Bay High Class of 1973 Next Reunion The decision about when the next reunion will occur has not been made. Read about the 35th reunion scandal below.
SEPTEMBER 24, 2008 VOL. 69, No. 73 AWARD WINNING WEEKLY 75cents CLASS OF 1973, BAY HIGH GRAD, STOPPED ON SUSPICION AFTER 35th REUNION Kenneth S. Dechert, of Rock Island, Illinois and 1973 Bay High graduate, was stopped and questioned by the police at 4:17 AM on Sunday, September 21st, after leaving his 35th Class Reunion held at the home of Kim (Johnson) and Mark Flash. The incident took place on the corner of Bradley and Wolf Roads. An alert female motorist noticed that Mr. Dechert was parked southbound in the northbound lane of Bradley, and was inappropriately soliciting pedestrians to engage in a questionable group activity while acting "bizarre" in his attempt to flag her down. The motorist, who requested her name be withheld to protect her anonymity and avert any possible intimidation from Mr. Dechert, said she observed one male (Insert from the web master: Ed G.) and three female accomplices who looked blissfully intoxicated and in possession of a large blue cooler. These individuals were all reportedly classmates who had also attended the class reunion. (Insert from the web master: These female classmates were: Dana L N, Barb C H, Martha H J; all fellow upstanding Westerly graduates and Safety Patrol members)
According to the females involved, after Mr. Dechert
successfully stopped another female motorist, who did assist in the group
activity, he attempted to further imbibe by asking one of the females to get
him a beer from the cooler still displayed on the street corner. She refused
knowing the potential dangers. Then, because they were no longer giving the
male involved a ride home, another of the females, in an effort to
de-escalate the situation, offered to retrieve the cooler that Mr. Dechert
was content to leave on the corner while they embarked on a reckless
house tour of Western Bay because Mr. Dechert was convinced, "It would be
okay, it's 4:00 am in Bay!" Regrettably, the female was noticed when the
first police officer pulled up, while she was dragging the cooler back to
the car and placing it into the back seat of the vehicle.
(Insert
from the web master: Barb wisely refused to get the beer to avert Ken's
drinking while driving, and Martha went after the cooler and was seen
dragging it back to the car by the cops. Dana, just wanted to get out and go
home, but they agreed to remain still.)
Mr. Dechert, apparently disoriented, handed the police
officer his business card first instead of his driver's license, but then
quickly realized that was a foolish attempt when the young officer was
unimpressed by his title and his incessant and irrelevant babble. Familiar
with the typical signs of intoxication, the police officer demanded
Mr. Dechert immediately step out of the car for a thorough sobriety test.
(Insert from the web master: Before Ken got out of the car,
while the officer was checking the validity of his IL license, Barb
dutifully and expeditiously passed Ken several Listerine breath strips to
aid him in his evaluation. This may, or may not have been the cause of the
wet spot on his pants noticed by all when he was exiting the car for his
test.)
During Mr. Dechert's field sobriety test, the females
explained to the second police officer, Sgt. Connie J. Masterson, about the
innocent photo opportunity and the cooler full of beer. The officer,
convinced of their innocence, commented that they looked like respectable,
harmless, upstanding, fine, young ladies, who unfortunately made a
serious error in their judgment for associating with the likes of a
mischievous and unscrupulously perverted, old, wind bag hooligan. What
Officer Masterson did not realize, but this reporter subsequently learned,
is that the female in the front seat, had an open bottle of Scotch on her
floor just seconds before. There was no top on it. While the female seated
in the front was discretely and nonchalantly sliding it into the cooler, the
alcohol spilled on the carpet and the female. Nonetheless the
females skillfully eluded detection of an obvious open container violation.
(Insert from the web master: Barb had the
Scotch between her legs, but after some spillage, succeeded in sliding it
sideways into the cooler with Martha's skillful and inconspicuous
assistance.)
Mr. Dechert, in the meantime, passed the field sobriety test,
marginally, and was ordered to take the females home, and head directly home
himself. In direct violation of a police order, it is rumored that he did
not, and after dropping off two of the females, he opted instead to complete
the alleged west end Westerly tour of old homes of Bay high alums. The front
seat passenger, although severely lacking in discernment due to the
enthusiasm of her first ever reunion festivities, drove safely.
(Insert
from the web master: After dropping off Dana and Martha, Barb and
Ken continued to drive around looking at who knows what. Infallible, Barb,
who was sober, drove.)
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