Anamosa High School
Class of 1975
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50 Years. Unbelievable!
Hello friends. It's time to choose a date and location for our 50th Class Reunion in 2025. Our last reunion was in 2015 at Fawn Creek Country Club (recap below). Covid dashed our plans in 2020 and again in 2021, darn it. It's been ten years, so we have lots to catch upon. Since many are retired (Yay!) we are hoping for record attendance. Fingers crossed.
Let's huddle Thursday Sept 5 at McOtto's in Anamosa 6:00pm to start making plans. If you're within driving distance, please join us! If you live away, make a call to someone local and send ideas. In the meantime, feel free to hop onto the Anamosa Class of 1975 Facebook page to post an update, or ask a question of the group. I will continue to add lost classmates.
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Your 2020 Reunion Committee: Wayne Sickles, Cindy Bickford Wolmutt, Roseann Redmond Hurt, Julie Lawrence Bellendier, Jill Rosencrans Darrow, Brian Darrow, Barb Doermann Wild, Dave Wild.
2015 Reunion Recap
The weather was picture perfect as 35 class members attended our Class Reunion on September 26, 2015. As you can tell from the "Who Attended" page (link in left column), we hosted a terrific cross-section of classmates at Fawn Creek Country Club, and those who couldn't attend were included in our reminiscences.
Earlier - The Homecoming Football Game
About a dozen classmates cheered the Raiders at the Homecoming football game against Camanche on Friday, Sept 25. This top-shelf Anamosa team treated us to lots of yardage and touchdowns, ending in a winning score of 45-22. Thanks to Bill Burhans for suggesting the game for our reunion warm-up.
School Tour
At 4:30 on Saturday, Brian Darrow (former school board member) arranged for us to tour of the High School, Strawberry Hill, and the new Middle School. Supertintendent Lisa Beames was our hospitable tour guide. The new additions and buildings are superb, and we had a great time remembering our own experiences in many of those same hallways.
Photo
Once again we had a group photo taken looking down from the balcony at Fawn Creek. It was after dark but our photographer had a nuclear powered flash :) Proofs of this and a variety of candids by our professional photographer will be available online at http://www.classicphotocr.com/ Prints can be purchased online.
Prizes
Class president Joel Newhard was our emcee for the evening, and during the program, we learned a few new things about our group - Here are our prize winners:
- Most Great Gandchildren - Rene Miller
- Longest Retired - Bill Burhans
- Most Artificial Parts - Tom Randolph
- Traveled Farthest to Attend - Joel Newhard from San Francisco
Runners up: Michael Freeman and Bill Burhans traveled from Texas, and Jennifer Hale Kennedy came from Colorado.
We also had an "open mic" time for people to share memories and funny stories about high school days.
Thank you
Thanks to all who could attend--especially those who traveled long distances--and to the committee that helped put it together.
Special thanks to Julie Lawrence Bellendier for making our photo name badges and floral centerpieces featuring yearbook photos. HUGE thanks go to Jacki Merritt Monk for making our space at Fawn Creek both beautiful and affordable, to Joel Newhard for serving as our emcee, to Jolene Clark Keeney for tracking all the registrations and payments. Super kudos to Wayne Sickles for setting up a great sound system and PA, and Jeff Lawrence for the 70's music, to Rosann Redmond Hurt for making signs for the football game, and to Brian Darrow for the school tour. And thanks to Jill Darrow and the entire committee for researching mailing addresses and making all the decisions that led to an enjoyable evending for all.
2018 - We dropped our land line, so my mobile is 319.551.2237 (text or call). Barb