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Winter Spring 1990 AHSAA newsletter Ames High Alumni Association is born ! Dr. Charles B. Knapp AHS 1964 name President of the University of Georgia AHS class of 1930 meets every Thursday AHS class of 1944 45-year reunion Navy Rear Admiral John Nelson Huges AHS 1927 Some Have Left US Albert F. Caldwell Ames High School Principal from 1914 to 1917 - A 1912 Titanic Survivor 1st AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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Fall 1990 AHSAA newsletter All Alum homecoming event announcement Kirk Foote AHS 1990 receives 1st AHSAA Scholarship Margaret Fung AHS 1967 still a leader Everet Ritland and Ray Smalling named honorary alums (p2) 2 AHS 1911 Alum just joined the AHSAA Clint McElyea 1923 tells about Father Earl Carberry 1923 Muriel MacBride 1975 was the first woman lost at sea in Navy history 2nd AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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Winter Spring 1991 AHSAA newsletter Ames High Alumni Band Organized 3rd AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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Spring Summer 1991 AHSAA newsletter Images + OCR text. Jennifer Jones AHS 1991, 2nd scholarship winner 4th AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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Winter Spring 1992 AHSAA newsletter AHS Athletic Hall of Fame Formed Kathleen M. McKern AHS 1969 receives awards Education group hopes to raise $147,000 Kathleen M. McKern AHS 1969 receives 2 prestigious awards Burkhalter family celebrates Christmas 5th AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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Winter Spring 1992 AHSAA newsletter AHS Athletic Hall of Fame Formed Kathleen M. McKern AHS 1969 receives awards Education group hopes to raise $147,000 Kathleen M. McKern AHS 1969 receives 2 prestigious awards Burkhalter family celebrates Christmas 6th AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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Summer 1992 AHSAA newsletter Jean / Tom Sutherland return to Ames 7th AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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Fall 1992 AHSAA newsletter AHS Class of 1958 Women Gather 8th AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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Winter 1993 AHSAA newsletter Alumni Spotlight Farwell Brown 9th AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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Summer 1993 AHSAA newsletter Three AHSAA Scholarships Awarded 10th AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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Fall 1993 AHSAA newsletter AHS Alumni Golf Outing Was Great 11th AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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Winter 1994 AHSAA newsletter AHS Alumni Christmas Open House 12th AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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Spring 1994 AHSAA newsletter Brian Jenkins AHSAA Favorite Alum 13th AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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Fall 1994 AHSAA newsletter AHS Class of 1974 20th Reunion 14th AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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Winter 1995 AHSAA newsletter 5th Annual AHS Alumni Jamboree 15th AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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Spring 1995 AHSAA newsletter Bill Ripp Retires After 37 Years 16th AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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Fall 1995 AHSAA newsletter AHS Walker Rally 17th AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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Fall 1996 AHSAA newsletter AHS bball Coach Clinton retires after 14 years (p7) 18th AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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January 1997 AHSAA newsletter 1976 AHS 20 year class Reunion (p3) 19th AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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June 1997 AHSAA newsletter Tom Jorgensen AHSAA Honorary Alum (p3) 20th AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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November 1997 AHSAA newsletter AHS 60th Class Reunion (p2) 21st AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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March 1998 AHSAA newsletter Paul R. Jones AHSAA Favorite Alum (p1) 22nd AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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June 1998 AHSAA newsletter 6th Annual AHSAA Golf Outing (p2) 23rd AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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December 1998 AHSAA newsletter Frank Brandt 8th Our Town Production (p2) 24th AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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December 1999 AHSAA newsletter Jack Mendenhall Remembered (p5) 25th AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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December 1999 AHSAA newsletter Alumni Band at Homecoming 1999 (p6) 26th AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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December 1999 AHSAA newsletter Thank you for all your generous AHSAA donations 27th AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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March 2000 AHSAA newsletter Van Winkle Honorary Alumnus (p1) 28th AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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September 2000 AHSAA newsletter 8th Annual Golf Event Summary by Craig Calhoun (p2) 29th AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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December 2000 AHSAA newsletter AmesOpoly Board Game only $25 All proceeds to charity (p6) 30th AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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May 2001 AHSAA newsletter 2001 AHSAA Newsletter mailed to 16,000 AHS Alum 31st AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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October 2001 AHSAA newsletter New 2001 AHSAA Directories are ready (p1) 32nd AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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December 2001 AHSAA newsletter Farewell Timothy Haviland AHS 1978 (p1) 33rd AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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May 2002 AHSAA newsletter Emmett and Mary Stevermer Honorary Alums Newsletter mailed to 16,000 living AHS Alumni 34th AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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October 2002 AHSAA newsletter Farwell Brown's 3rd Book Available (p1) 35th AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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December 2002 AHSAA newsletter AHS Class of 1972 30th Reunion (p4) 36th AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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May 2003 AHSAA newsletter Van Marel, Bean & Smith AHSAA Scholarship winners. Newsletter mailed to 16,000 AHS Alum 37th AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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May 2004 AHSAA newsletter AHSAA Scholarship winners Kingsbury, Ward, Cohea Mailed to 16,000 AHS Alum 38th AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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October 2004 AHSAA newsletter Ted Kooser (AHS1957) 13th Poet Laureate 39th AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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May 2005 AHSAA newsletter Jerry Bowen Distinguished Alum Award Newsletter mailed to 16,000 AHS Alumni May 2005 ) 40th AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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October 2005 AHSAA newsletter 1974 AHS Reunion Highlights & Photo 41st AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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May 2006 AHSAA newsletter Bill Ripp shows off the Hi Covey Trophy Case 2006 AHSAA newsletter mailed to 16,000 AHS Alum 42nd AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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October 2006 AHSAA newsletter Jim Duea & John Sletten Honorary Alums 43rd AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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December 2006 AHSAA newsletter Ralph Farrar Remembered 44th AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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May 2007 AHSAA newsletter AHS Grads Create Hilton Magic. AHSAA Newsletter Mailed to 16,000 AHS Alumni 45th AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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August 2007 AHSAA newsletter 3 pages of AHS Letters. 46th AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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December 2007 AHSAA newsletter Rein Saral Distinguished Alum. 47th AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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May 2008 AHSAA newsletter Photos needed for upcoming 2011 AHSAA Directory Newsletter mailed to ALL 19,000 AHS Alum Photo from the 1958 Spirit Yearbook - 50 years ago Chris Arp AHS 1989 and Richard Beck AHS 1978 in Alaska who is the oldest living AHS alum? 48th AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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September 2008 AHSAA newsletter AHS Annual Alumni Golf Outing Jim Duea and Dale Tramp unsung heroes. Very nice Ames Tribune article Notes from Jack Smalling 49th AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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December 2008 AHSAA newsletter Ted Kooser 1957 Distinguished Alum 50th AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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June 2009 AHSAA newsletter The Girls From Ames Dave Posegate AHS 1959 AHS Alumni baseball game William (Biff) Baird AHS 1969 Ed Mezvinsky AHS 1955 Daisy Iola Wymore Flack AHS secretary dies age 99 Lisa (Abian) Magner AHS 1977 2009 AHSAA Newsletter mailed to 20,000 Alum 51st AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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October 2009 AHSAA newsletter Goodbye Carr's pool 52nd AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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December 2009 AHSAA newsletter Neil Thompson honored AHS Basketball wins back-to-back state titles. 53rd AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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April 2010 AHSAA newsletter Best selling author Derek Anderson AHS 1987 Fred Hoiberg AHS 1991 new ISU bball coach 1964 AHS 45-year class reunion 54th AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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August 2010 AHSAA newsletter $5000 AHSAA Scholarships awarded. 1960 AHS 50-year class reunion. 1948 AHS class reunion. Noted Ames Historian, Farwell Brown AHS 1929 dies 55th AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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December 2010 AHSAA newsletter Dr. James A. Merchant AHS 1958 Distinquished Alum. 2010 AHS Hall of Fame Inductees. 1955 AHS class reunion. AHS 1985 reunion. Jack Smalling 1958 AHS writes Ames changing landscape 56th AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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April 2011 AHSAA newsletter AHSAA has a new office. The Waggoner Triplets. 65 Years ago. 1950 AHS reunion. AHS 1952 classmates photo. Craig Calhoun 1976 wrote a very touching article 'Thank Someone Who Has Touched Your Life' Ames Education Foundation (AEF) News Lorraine Gulliver Peoples 1951 author of 'You Can Teach Someone to Read', shares her unique teaching techniques AHS Class of 1950 60 year reunion class photo Still Chasing Butterflies! Norm Penny AHS 1954 57th AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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August 2011 AHSAA newsletter 2011 AHSAA Scholarship Winners Emily Simpson, Ashton Milliken, Genna Tesdall 50 Years Ago AHS Athletics 1955 to 1960 AHS Athletics 1960 to 1965 Dr. James Ingvoldstad AHS 1964 John Sletten AHS 1980 reunion Men from the AHS 1949 58th AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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December 2011 AHSAA newsletter 2011 Distinguished Alumni Award Kathie Kinrade Obradovich 2011 Ames High Athletic Dept Hall of Fame Inductees Don Finnegan 1974, Ashley Grundmann Utt 1996, Gregg Gam 1990, James (Jamie) Burrow 1997, A note from Ed L. Hendrickson AHS 1974 about eMail Nupur Ghoshal M.D., Ph.D. AHS 1991 AHS 1976 35th reunion Ames High School 1976 Reunion Committee: Barb Ellis-Holm, Dave Jamison, George Toth, Jeff Cardella, Karen Allen Kerper, Marsha Read-Olinghouse, John Crawford 2011 AHSAA Directory is now available All Alumni Association members received this newsletter via mail December 2011. 59th AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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April 2012 AHSAA newsletter NEW 2011 Ames High Alumni Directory hot off the press The Swingsters 1948 AHSAA Thanks You For Your Support Wanted: Names of AHS alum Authors Reflections by Mark D. Allen AHS 1974 2010 Basketball Team - Where are they now? AHS Only Olympic Medal Winner Cliff Cushman Some Have Left US Letters to the AHSAA editor 60th AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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August 2012 AHSAA newsletter AHSAA Scholarship Winners 2012 Seniors Katelyn Thilges, Michael Vaclav and Stephanie Canon. Membership Dues Increase - first increase in 22 years to $8/yr The Play that Almost Wasn't by Richard White AHS 1958 AHS 1992 20-year reunion The Swingsters 1949 photo id AEF TASTE for Education DISCOVERING AN AMES ICON by Max Stover AHS 1956 @ Martin Pappadolos Ames High and NBA Draft - Harrison Barnes AHS 2010 Lunch w Serena Williams - In My Dreams by Tom Emmerson AHS 1955 AHS Athletics 1965 - 1970 61st AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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August 2012 AHSAA newsletter Architect Richard B. (Dick) Campbell 1955 named Distinguished Alum 2012 2012 Ames High School Athletic Hall of Fame Inductees: : John Sletten Coach, Bonnie Gagnier Beckerich 1979, Lee Sargent AHS 1964, Steve Dreyer AHS 1987, Doran Geise AHS 1978, Lloyd Kester AHS 1942 Growing up in Ames - Dennis Tice, AHS 1960 Some Have Left US: 1967 Lowell Johannes d.10-16-2012 Denver,CO, 1969 Joellyn (Borke) Johnston d.6-11-2011 Des Moines,IA, 1969 Mark Randolph Ketcham d.10-8-2012 Arlington TX, 1975 Kerry Ferguson d.10-2-2012 Rochester MN, 1975 Lisa (Thurston) Hotchkiss d.9-27-2012 Austin,TX AHS Class of 1972 40th Reunion Other News About Graduates AHS Class of 1954 Tweener! Two-Wheeling Through the Canadian Rockies - Bill Burke 1973, Gary Clem 1961, Steve Risdal 1965, Linda Speck 1969, Mark Speck 1969 and Jim Olson 1973 AHS 1955 Celebrate 75th Bday 62nd AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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April 2013 AHSAA newsletter Nancy Carroll AHS 1975, Hometown Heroine Thank you for financial support - AHSAA donors Naomi J. Lohr Meeks 1997 AHS State Champs, Where are They Now? by Jack Smalling 1958 E. Lorraine Gulliver Peoples AHS 1951 Bryce J. Freeman AHS 1996 What's Happening at AHS in 2013 AHS Grads Teaching Abroad Days Gone By - by Tom Emmerson AHS 1955 Ames Midnight Madness - AHS participants 63rd AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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August 2013 AHSAA newsletter 2013 AHSAA Scholarship Winners: Gabrielle Hansen, Christina Paulson, Lindsey Tucker, Kaylin Upah Kunerth Brothers Still Winning Newspaper Awards: Jeff Kunerth 1970 and Bill Kunerth 1972 We Get Letters ... Virginia Bourne Goehring AHS 1952, Susan Engen Heinzertoth AHS 1980, Cathy Stidwell AHS 1986 News About Our Graduates: Julia Corbett AHS 1974, Brian Smith AHS 1977, Patrick Marley AHS 1989 It's Not Too Late To Say Thank You by Tom Emmerson AHS 1955 AHS Authors List Online & Growing Fuse's End by Keith Covey AHS 1954 AHS Cut-Ups - Bruce Woods AHS 1961 50 years ago 1963 - Miss Edna Wilcox 2nd Annual Taste for Education September 29, 2013 64th AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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December 2013 AHSAA newsletter DeAnne Shirley Julius Distinguished AHS Alumna Two Blocks Long and Two Famous Alums - Donald Street in Ames Iowa 2013 Ames High School Athletic Hall of Fame Inductees: Klyan Loney Lottich 2001, Ed McDowell 1955, Gabe Padilla 1996, Michael Miller 2001, Robert Heiberger Coach, Amy Henderson Clevenger 1994 August 10 1953 - The Day Art Gilkey AHS 1944 Died on Savage Mountain We Get Letters ... from Marylou Dahl Fritsch Wheeler AHS 1944, Mary Sue Arrasmith Brown AHS 1962, Jami Simon AHS 1976 Ames High Class of 1953 50-Year Class Reunion Photo Other News About Our Graduates: Lisa Gaarde Hartsock 1978, John 'Hamp' Tisdale 1963 The Class of 1983 30-year Reunion - by Camille Sue Helgeson 1983 Mini 70th Reunion for Two 1943 Graduates: Milton Potee 1943 & Einar Larsen 1943 AHS Class of 1948 Holds 65th Reunion Tribute to Hiram 'Hi' Covey The Noteables band formed 1965. Inducted Iowa Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Mark Heggen, Mark Ritland, Dave Fincham, Lindy and Stewert Buck, John and Jim Quam and Charlie Sivesind. Lindy Buck and Charlie Sivesind were honored posthumously. 65th AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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April 2014 AHSAA newsletter AHS Alumni Authors Susan Toth AHS 1957 9th book is no laughing matter. Hackers Create Chaos for AHSAA Web Master Ed Hendrickson Jr AHS 1974 AHSAA Thanks You for your Financial Support * Gold Club * Lisa Bornmueller Dias AHS 1980 We Get Letters ... from: Jean Whitfield Bailey AHS 1937, Kitty Fisher 1965 (Ames), Steven A. Wearth AHS 1968 Passion for Woodworking. Clay Gurganus AHS 1980, a blind man with a passion for woodworking Ames Historical Society's 'Shared Stories'. Ames High School 1963 members talked about school days and how their Ames High education and school experiences helped shape their lives. From the Editors Desk. W. C. Ripp, Editor AHSAA Newsletter Ames High Class of 1963 50th class reunion photo Ames High Class of 1940 73-year class reunion photo 2013 All Ames High Holiday Party photo and summary A life without left turns. By Michael Gartner From the Archives of the Yearbooks of Yesteryears. 1954 (60 years ago) 1964 (50 years ago) and 1974 (40 years ago) Ames Education Foundation - In Memory of teacher and coach Cecil Spatcher 66th AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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August 2014 AHSAA newsletter AHSAA Scholarship Winners Alyx Bodholdt, Sydney DeGeest, Alex Saisbury, Brooke Tesdall Other News about Our Graduates: Kerry Van Winkle 1960, Jake Dobberke 2004, Matthew Chellew 2006, Jim 1977, Tim 1978, Joe 1981 and Jeff 1984 Gibbons' brothers We Get Letters ... from Annie Toms-Hull 1963, Margaret Edgar McWilliams 1947, Viginia Skinner Harris 1944 Chloe Morris 1941, Stanley W. Elwell 1951, 2014 Ames High School Prom Committee 1948 Cold Case: 2014 Update by Nancy Bowers, Ames. From Iowa Unsolved Murders: Historic Cases. From the Editor's Desk, William C. Ripp, Editor Favorite / Distinguished Alumnus / Alumna Award. List of all previous recipients A History of the Ames Movie Theaters. By Anthony Capps, Tribune Staff Writer. 'School Days, School Days Good old ... Well Maybe not so much' by Tom Emmerson AHS 1955 Graeber Street Ames High School Reunion photo: Ainar Larsen, Martha Coover Anderson, Ann Gilman Scott, Roberta Starbuck Boeke, Martha Jane McKelvey Holdridge (photo courtesy Ames Tribune) Ames High Class of 1979 35th class reunion photo (photo by Ed Hendrickson Jr. AHS 1974) Ames High Class of 1974 40th class reunion photo: Laura Morton Moldenhauer, Paula Allison Edwards, Lynn Schultz, Robin Haugland Fletcher, Tanya Bogie Pietron and Tracey Stoll. Photo by Ed Hendrickson Jr. July 26 2014 2014 AHS Varsity Football Schedule AHS Athletics - Another banner year 2013 - 2014 Memorials - In memory of AHS graduates 1929 to 1973 Some Have Left Us 3rd Annual Taste for Education AHSAA Calendar 67th AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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December 2014 AHSAA newsletter AHSAA Distinguished Alumna Karen Albertson VEISHA bites the dust 2014 Ames High School Athletic Hall of Fame Recipients: Coach Len Thiede, Curtis Hawkins, Erin Martin Horn, Ben Cronin, Anne Legg Brees and Sandra Albertson Larson Caleb Hans Polashek Ames High School 2006 performed w the Central Iowa Symphony Heidi S. Shierholz, Ames High School class of 1990 named U. S. Labor Department’s next chief economist to U. S. Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez Douglas K. York, AHS 1970 retired Craig Boylan, Ames High School class of 1969 Alum presented “Teacher of Excellence Award” by Iowa Industrial Technology Association Ames High School combined classes of 1943, 1944 and 1945 combined 69th, 70th and 71st reunions. Classmates in attendance: Ellen (Dunlap) Block AHS 1944, Colleen (Albert) Nutty representing John Nutty AHS 1943, Charlene (Smith) Munson 1943, Einar Larsen 1943, Vivian (Wierson) Moffit 1944, Mary Lou (Dahl) (Fritsch) Wheeler 1944, Alice (Miller) Turmelle 1944, Lorna (Willhelm) Livingston 1944, Paul Mitchell 1943, Bruce Holl 1945, Ozzie Langland 1944, Elaine (Vifquin) Bath 1945, Phyllis (Thompson) Harris 1945, Betty (Grant) Dixon 1944, Jim Buck 1945, and Roberta (Starbuck) Boeke 1945. Virgil Newhouse 1944, Bob Wessel 1944, Elmer “Johnnie” Lang 1944, Frank Ferguson 1944, Gene Ballard 1945. All Classes Holiday Get Together 20th Anniversary 25 years ago - Ames High Grad’s Heroism Thwarts Armed Robbery Ames’s First “Aviatrix” Did More Than Just Teach Amelia Earhart How to Fly 68th AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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April 2015 AHSAA newsletter Bill Carney, AHS 1955 donates $1 million to Emory Law Thank you for your donations to AHSAA in 2014! BRONZE CLUB ($ 100.00 - $499.99) Class of 1948; Class of 1954; Class of 1963; Donald R. Armstrong, ‘64; Belinda A. Bathie, ‘82; Julie Goodrich Blake, Staff; John M. Burns, ‘64; Richard D. Green, ‘53; Roger L. Hegland, ‘84; Stuart W. Maas, ‘63; Larry D. Ostrem, ‘72; Rozeboom Siblings; Dr. Richard J. Ruch, Spouse; Ann Fox Stensland, ‘56; John L. Timmons, ‘64; Karen Skold Tow, ‘63; Jerry L. Tow, ‘61; Bruce C. Trump, ‘67; Arthur (‘68) & Kathy Dibble Wirtz, ‘68; Connie Bailey Wight Thanks to Gary Sutton's, AHS 1960, detective work Sarvinder Bal Naberhaus 1979 Author of children's book 'Boom Boom' Ames Education Foundation Awards Over $10k to Teachers 1976 Ames High School mini-reunion attended by Jodie (Tryon) Stokke, Lisa (Berger) Amdahl, Jane (Pearson) Beeman and Lori (Richtsmeier) Hommer, Karen (Allen) Kerper, Martha (Lagomarcino) Gleason, Jami Simon, Norma Dowell, Marsha (Read) Olinghouse, Marilyn Schnormeier and Connie (Martin) Vaclav, Michael Vaclav, Ken Clark and Julie (Sederberg) Clark. Nov 1, 2014 Ames High School 1974 Tailgate attended by: Ed Hendrickson, Robin (Haugland) Fletcher, Denise (Wirth) Kepley, Kim (Johnson) Marples, Sharon (Heggen) Romsey, Lisa Ladd Laura Morton, John Hanson, Jim Swan, Dan Lambert, Monte Lutz, Paul Stone, Steve Holdrege Judy (Brink) Brown & Kevin McRoberts. 69th AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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August 2015 AHSAA newsletter AHSAA Scholarship Winners Donna Sclarow Allender, 1953 co-author w husband, Jerry Allender, of First the Child, Then Curriculum Steven I. Netcott, AHS 1973, received award at Smithsonian Insitute Letter to the Editor from Kathleen “Kathy” Boland Schwanz, AHS 1943 'Just a Kid From Ames, Beatty’s Store on Knapp Street' by Bob Loomis, Max Gene Wilhelm and Martin Edwin Nass all Ames High School 1946 alumni The Bob Spangler Story From All State Ames High School Fullback to Serial Killer by Tom Emmerson 1955 AHS 1980 Reunion 70th AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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December 2015 AHSAA newsletter Jacqueline Andre Schmeal 2015 Distinguished Alumna 2015 Ames High School Athletic Hall of Fame Recipients: Terri (Jackson) Carson 1987, Owen Austrheim 1968, Coach Carl Pelzer, Justin McGeeney 2003, Andrew Van Meter 2003 1950 & 1965 AHS Reunions Letter to the Editor from Warren C. Friest, AHS 1938 Some Have Left US From the Editor’s Desk by William Ripp 71st AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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April 2016 AHSAA newsletter Ames High School Alum, Ed Mezvinsky 1955, playing Role in Sierra Leone’s Fight Against Ebola Ames High School Alumni Assoc. Thanks You for your Financial Support: GOLD CLUB ()$ 1,000.00+) Ames High School Class of 1965, Jerry Litzel, 1965, Kenneth G. Spear, 1955 Estate, In honor of Steven W. Risdal, 1965 Ames High Class of 1956 By Marlys Johnson 1956 mini-reunions Letter to the Editor by Jerry Litzel AHS 1965 School Days, School Days Good old...Well Maybe not so much” By Tom Emmerson, 1955 Part 2: Continued from the 2014 Aug newsletter Titanic Survivor Becomes AHS Principal 72nd AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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August 2016 AHSAA newsletter 2016 Ames High School Alumni Assoc. Scholarship Winners: Ashlyn Kay Neppl, Derek Joseph Thilges, Madison R. Lynch, Kaleb U. Stevens and Jami Lynn Eastman all Ames High School 2016 Teaching Strategies and Conversational English at Secondary Schools in Tanzania, Africa by author Thomas Walsh Jr, Ames High School class of 1975 Year of the Monkey by Allen Jonas, Ames High School staff member, 1964-68 Letter to the Editor from Frank Ferguson, AHS 1945 Winter Indoor Tailgate and Mini Class Reunion: 22 Ames High School Class of 1974 classmates joined other Ames High School alumni on February 13, 2016 for a temperature controlled Iowa State Cyclone “indoor tailgater, mini class reunion.” all 1974 classmates, unless noted otherwise: Bruce Gartin, Denise (Kepley) Wirth, Ann (Kelso) Culver, William C. “Bill” Ripp (Hon. Alum), Susan Chantland, Kate (Carter) Frederick, 1973. Tanya (Recker) Pietron, 1976, Kim (Johnson) Marples, Tracey Stoll, Betty (Thompson) Grinde, Craig Stephenson, 1972, Jack Petersen. Sarvinder (Bal) Naberhaus, 1979, Kirk Farrar, Kevin McRoberts, Linda Welch, Ed Hendrickson, Jr., Andy Abrahamsen, Catherine (Grant) Malliett, Brian Stoll, 1980 From the Archives: (Ames Tribune photo June 14, 1956) pictures: Gary Ellis 1958, Jack Smalling 1958, Donald Milliken 1958 and Robert “Bob” Ellis 1956. 73rd AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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December 2016 AHSAA newsletter Dec 2016 AHSAA newsletter Gary W. Clem 2016 AHSAA Distinguished Alumnus Letters to the Editor 74th AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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April 2017 AHSAA newsletter Apr 2017 AHSAA newsletter Dr. Vincent Meador 1973 and Dr. Michael Conzemius 1983 receive Stange Award 75th AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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August 2017 AHSAA newsletter AHS Class of 1992 25th Reunion 9 class reunions this summer, all 2s and 7s. 1952, 1957, 1962, 1967, 1972, 1977, 1982, 1992 and 2007. 76th AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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December 2017 AHSAA newsletter Distinquished Alumna Connie Jo Israel AHS 1972 77th AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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April 2018 AHSAA newsletter AHS ranked No. 1 in Iowa Ames History Museum display AHS 'Thru the Years' O’Neil Brothers by Rosella O’Neil Sayers, 1946 78th AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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August 2018 AHSAA newsletter John Burns AHS 1964 named to Enhance Iowa Board 2018 AHSAA Scholarship Winners 100 Candles for Ruth Kunerth Bock AHS 1935 Harley Wilhelm, Famous Ames Lab Scientist Carol Healey Montag AHS 1972 in Concert 100 Candles for Ruth Kunerth Bock AHS 1935 79th AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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December 2018 AHSAA newsletter Nupur Ghoshal, M.D., Ph.D., AHS 1991 Distinguished Alumna AHS 1954 64th Reunion Terry Adams AHS 1955 67 yrs w Ames Municipal Band 80th AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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April 2019 AHSAA newsletter Phyllis Bogenrief Mother of 6 AHS Alum Here is Real Magic: Nate Staniforth AHS 2001 81st AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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August 2019 AHSAA newsletter Aug 2019 newsletter online after 2021 June 3 2019 Groundbreaking New AHS 1979 40th Reunion Bill Ripp Story: Part 1 by Tom Emmerson, 1955 82nd AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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December 2019 AHSAA newsletter Salisbury chain crew Bill Ripp Story: Part 2 by Tom Emmerson, 1955 My favorite baseball game by R. J. “Jack” Smalling My Paper Route by Jonathan K. Huntress 1962 Class of 1959, 1964, 1974, 1989 reunions 83rd AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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April 2020 AHSAA newsletter Rachel Junck AHS 2017 Student Council to City Council Father William Joensen AHS 1978 Journey to Bishophood 84th AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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August 2020 AHSAA newsletter AHS Alumnus Shines Light During Pandemic 2020 AHSAA Scholarship Winners Harrison Barnes AHS 2010 by Tom Emmerson AHS 1955 Ames High School Class of 1964 awards $1000 scholarship to Pooja Kasiviswanathan Lieutenant Colonel (RET) Robert I. Simpson, Jr AHS 1944 We Get Letters ... from Norman Zober 1961 and Marlene Elaine Lee Bonwell 1968 Class of 1962 Limericks! 85th AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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December 2020 AHSAA newsletter December 2020 AHSAA newsletter is now online at AmesHigh.org page 1 & 2 Thomas D. Shakeshaft AHS 1985 2020 AHSAA Distinguished Alum page 4 Wayne “Hank” Hansen left legacy at Ames High... by Jami Simon AHS 1976 page 4 “A Tribute to Coach John Sletten” by Mark Bogenrief AHS 1975 page 7 News of our Graduates: Dr. John Cheville AHS 1982 awarded Mayo Clinic's Top Clinician Award 2706 current AHSAA members mailed newsletters page 12 Ames High Hall of Fame Class of 2020 Inductees: Katie Purcell and 4 others. Purcell won the individual golf state title in both 2009 and 2010. page 13 Some Have Left Us: 1973 Dorr, Judith Ann d. 8-31-2020 Des Moines IA and 1945 Harris, Phyllis Irene (Thompson) d. 9-16-2020 Ames IA and many other AHS Alum page 13 Memorials page 16 AHSAA Calendar 86th AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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April 2021 AHSAA newsletter The Ames High School Alumni Association April 2021 newsletter is NOW ONLINE as of April 3, 2023 2705 current AHSAA members were mailed AHSAA newsletters AHS Grads Standing Up for ‘Free & Independent’ Journalism. Kathie Kinrade Obradovich AHS 1983 and Perry Beeman AHS 1977 Saturday March 13, 2021, AHSAA held a 2020 Ames High School Alumni Directory sale in front of the Ames High School gymnasium. Twenty-six Years with a Microphone at Iowa State: Karl Schloerke AHS 1970 AHSAA Thanks You for your Financial Support -- so many donations to AHSAA We Get Letters ... Thank you so much for the newsletters. I love reading them cover-to-cover and always look for news on graduates from the class of '82. Paula Brackelsberg Gramer 1982 A Tribute to Ames, to AHS, and to Mothers Everywhere. by Leonard “Len” Paulson, AHS 1949 From the Archives — 1970 Basketball Champs! Open League Champions—This group of Ames High School teachers successfully combined athletics with academic pursuits this past winter as they won the championship of the Open League in the Ames Recreation Basketball League. All of the members of the team are teachers at Ames High School and they played for the Earl Gibbs Plumbing and Heating team. The team posted a 61-57 victory over Ames Laundry to win the Open League Championship. (Picture—l-r: Bob Heiberger, Charlie Windsor, Keith Hilmer, Arnie Zediker, Dale Tramp, Merle Garman, Bob Ammann and Dave Posegate.) (Tribune photo by Andy Riggs, '72, courtesy of Charlie Windsor.) Peace, Brother, by Tony Pappas, AHS 1962 Some Have Left Us - updated thru March 2021 - John Longdon Timmons AHS 1964 - Sahren Ranae (Lee) Lyttle AHS 1974 and other alumni and staff April 2021 Memorials - In memory of Phyllis Thompson Harris AHS 1945 and many other Alumni and Staff AHSAA 2021 Calendar - 5 AHS class reunions + Distinquished Alumni Banquet + AHS All Classes Holiday Gathering in December 2021 87th AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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August 2021 AHSAA newsletter August 2021 newsletter online after August 2023 2704 current AHSAA members, mailed newsletters Mary Kay Winkler Abbott 1955 has sold her last bouquet by Tom Emmerson 1955 2021 AHSAA Scholarship Winners: Four Ames High School seniors each received a $1,500 scholarship from the Ames High School Alumni Association, and additionally, one senior received the Ripp Family Scholarship of the same value. The scholarships were based on academic achievement, involvement in school and community activities, volunteerism and financial need. John Lehmkuhl, Julia Marks and Kaitlyn Will are second-generation graduates. We Get Letters ... Greetings, Friends of the Ames H.S. Alumni Association. Congratulations on the December 2020 issue of the newsletter. This is the best issue yet. The presentation and the quality of the contents are outstanding! Thank you! Veronica Lynch Lim 1962 News about our Graduates: Barbara Jean Sibley 1977 continues to practice pediatrics in Southern Oregon 27 years at Southern Oregon Pediatrics. AHS Little Cyclone teammates Harrison Barnes and Greg McDermott (both 2010) are still playing in the NBA. Harrison just completed his ninth and Doug his sixth After a busy Saturday morning selling copies of the 2020 AHSAA Directory in front of Ames High School, Ed Hendrickson, Jr., 1974 takes a short break while reminiscing about the “good old days” on the “Senior Rail” in the AHS lobby. Kyle Boyd 2002, From the Halls of Ames High to the Disney Television Studios by Robin Haugland Fletcher 1974 1970: Piano Lessons, Cheryl Stritzel McCarthy 1977 an excerpt from her recently published the book Many Hands Make Light Work: A Memoir about growing up in a family of nine kids in Ames in the ‘60s and ‘70s. 88th AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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December 2021 AHSAA newsletter December 2021 newsletter online after December 2023 2703 current AHSAA members, mailed newsletters Heidi S. Shierholz, 2021 AHSAA Distinguished Alumna 2020-2021 Athletic Hall of Fame & Distinguished Alums Scott Lynn 2006; Kirk Schmaltz, HOF Coach; Tom Shakeshaft 1985, 2020 AHSAA Distinguished Alumnus; Katie Purcell Rogers 2010; Hope Amos Becton 1994. Not pictured: Dustin Rhoads 2010 Class of 1961 -- 60th Reunion Joel A. Cerwick's 1962 40-year career at Burns and McDonnell AHS leaves CIML league for more comparable competition Reunion during a pandemic by David Elbert 1965 Class of 1965 56th Reunion Sept. 17-19, 2021 AHS Class of 1973 Mini-Reunion Class of 1971 Class Reunion 89th AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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April 2022 AHSAA newsletter 2701 current AHSAA members, mailed newsletters Farewell Pictures AHSAA Thank you for your Financial Support AHS Class of 1964 Awards Two Scholarships Mary Kay Polashek Retirement AHS Class of 1960 61st Class Reunion AHS Class of 1972 50th Reunion Memories of growing up in Ames! Robert W. 'Bob' Carr, 1962 The Noteables formed 1965 w band members from Ames High School and Iowa State University. 1975 Little Cyclone basketball emerged as the state runner-up losing to undefeated Des Moines Lincoln 56-51 in state tournament finals finishing 74-75 season 21-3 AHS Athletic & Academic Trophies and Memorabilia transition to the new building 90th AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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August 2022 AHSAA newsletter 2702 current AHSAA members, mailed newsletters 2022 AHSAA Scholarship Recipients Class of 1964 Scholarship Winners. Seven outstanding 2022 AHS graduates awarded $1,000.00 each AHS Class of 1981 - 40th (41st) Class Reunion AHS Class of 1992 30th Reunion AHS Class of 1957 – 65th Class Reunion Class of 1961 Monthly Coffee AHS Class of 1955 celebrates 67th year and 85th birthdays Farewell photos of Good 'ol Ames High School Mark Amfahr 1979 was led on a journey that has taken him to distant lands 21,399 graduates from Ames High School building during 62 years of its lifetime from 1961 – 2022. Ames History Museum Expansion 91st AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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December 2022 AHSAA newsletter 2700 current AHSAA members, mailed newsletters Janifer Mann Judisch 2022 AHSAA Distinguished Alumna 2022 Athletic Hall of Fame & 2021-22 Distinguished Alums From the Archives — photo from 65 years ago w Susan Alan Toth Thomas Emmerson named Greenlee School’s 2022 James W. Schwartz Award recipient 50 years ago: Mid-year Graduation; Measles attack AHS; Jr. Exec’s Prom. AHS Class of 1962 -- 60th Reuion AHS Class of 1966 Celebrates 55th Reunion AHS Class of 1967—Double Nickel Reunion Month of December, 2022 only, AHSAA Directory $20.00, a savings of $5.00 92nd AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!

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April 2023 AHSAA newsletter 2023 newsletters will be published and mailed to members April 2023. It will be online in 2 years after December 2025 93rd AHSAA newsletter published Click here to join! Receive all 16 page color AHSAA newsletter when published!