Next weekend, 38 members from the Champaign High Class of ‘53 — and their guests — will swap tall tales for the last time in what will be a farewell 65th get-together. Champaign High’s Class of 1953 produced a state wrestling champ in Carl Meeks, a trailblazing IHSA bigwig in Ola Bundy and even a nickname for the school’s menacing mascot (Max Maroon) — plenty of fodder for their once-every-five-years reunion. read more