Lind Alumni gathers this weekend

Educators and alumni will gather for Lind High School’s 48th annual banquet on Saturday, May 11, in the renamed Lind-Ritzville Middle school gymnasium.

The Ritzville Adams County Journal is scheduled to take honored class photographs prior to the start of the banquet.

The classes of 1953, 1963, 1973, 1983, 1988, 1993, 2003 and 2013 need to arrive prior to 5:30 p.m. for photographs.

Lind Alumni Board members will serve as hosts for this year’s alumni banquet.

Board members include Myra Horton, Lorraine Wallace, Jeff Field, John and Holly Jo Hartwell, Gary Lobe and Jacque Laird with Karol Johnson serving as emcee.

Former Lind Graduate Bill Pond will present the invocation and closing prayer. Dinner begins at 6:30 p.m. and is provided by Cathy Jo’s Catering.

Honored class lists:

Class of 1953, celebrating their 60th year, Lee Abney, Cleve Borth, Orville Branson, Virginia (Bruce) Varn, Kay (Campbell) Nickson, Richard Cline, Carl Davis, Ruth (Fode) Welch, Darlene (Gallion) Abney, Clifford Hays, Kenneth Kanzler, Lloyd Pickett, Norman Pouley and Richard Schoessler. Deceased class members are Raymond Ashcraft, Marilyn (Barnes) Hills, Norman Bischoff, Donald Carlock, Wilma (Mack) Hanke, Joan (Mayfield) Hebard, Marley Moon and Donald Rott.

Graduates for the class of 1963, reuniting for their 50th year are Frances (Brown) Hays, Lyle Brown, Linda (Conner) Hammer, Sue Ellen (Davis) Johnson, Dianna (DeVore) Seuberlich, Donna (DeVore) Kelsey, Linda (Erdman) Stewart, Jack Eden, Dwight Fritchle, Robert Gehres, Kelley Hains, Lynda (Kincaid) Branson, Verla (Kron) Steffler, Karen (Letsch) Kron, Elaine (Lobe) Kutschkau, Myra (Parish/O’Neill) Horton, Mary Kay Pence, Gary Pouley, Don Sattler, Errol Schmidt, Robert Simpson, Donna (Sittion) Davis, Glenda (Stelzer) Harrington, LeRoy Watson Jr. and Holly (Wright) Hartwell.

The returning class of 1973 is Brett Ashley, Sandra (Bengston) Lohman, Denise (Borth) Tompkins, Gail (Fode) Wolfe, Gail (Franz) Hudson, Randy Franz, Dennis Hannahs, Vickie Jensen, Jerry Knodel, Kathy (LaLonde) Stockton, Gary Lamson, Donna (Longmeier) Bittick, Karlye (McDowell) Pixton, Robbin (Nissen) Bowes, Reid Phillips, Kathy Plager, Rudy Plager, Susan (Pouley) Sielaff, Marcia (Scheeler) Eakins, Roger Smart, Marie (Stevenson) Fitzpatrick, Cornel Tenneson, Brent Tompkins and Bonnie (Wahl) Grams. Deceased class members are Duwayne Justice and Joanne Kulm.

Graduates in the class of 1983 are Don Abel, Jill (Beckley) Moomaw, Danelle Bucher, Roger Donaldson, Bonnie (Elkington) Zalesky, Kim (Fode) Lobe, Noel Harris, James Hays, Erik Loomis, Debbie (Maier) Kulm, Noreen McTaggart, Greg Newbill, Sherri (Pouley) Sackmann, David Sievers, Dennis Swinger, Tammy (Thorne) Doyle and James Wahl.

The honored class of 1988, celebrating 25 years: David Armstrong, Cathy (Donaldson) Hands, Trevor Field, Becky Haase, Wendy (Johnson) Perez, Lori Kent, Tina (Koch) Shields, Chris Madison, Karen Martin, Ramiro Montejano, Terri (Pouley) Neilsen, Doug Schorzman, Beckie Schraml and Jennifer (Watson) Sager.

Twenty-year graduates, from the class of 1993 are Mark Aby, Dee (Baker) Kelln, Joy Bluhm, Nacho DeLeon, Dan Gehrung, Melissa (Hill) Switalski, Mark Hollenback, Brett Mackey, Russell Meyer, Ruth (Montejano) Lara, Wade Pence, Ramey Perez, Katy Pherigo, Steve Schorzman, Chris Sheckells and Kalyn Sherwood.

Celebrating 10 years from the class of 2003 are Jared Davis, Arthur Esquivel, Chase Fritchle, Joshua Knodel, Dustin Michaels, Sarah (Nonamaker) Olsen, Raffael Schulz, Lidia Silva, Quinton Snead and Cagney (Wills) Haas.

To complete the evening the graduating senior class of 2013 is to be honored and scholarships will be announced.

For reservation information contact Sharon Englehart at 677-3286.