The Haxtun-Fleming Herald - What can we reason but from what we know? -Alexander Pope

The annual meeting of the Haxtun High School Alumni Association was held in the high school gym on Saturday, Sept. 24. There were approximately 40 members, spouses and friends in attendance at the meeting.

LaVonne Hart, Alumni Coordinator, welcomed the group and recognized the Veterans in attendance. She led the group in singing the National Anthem. She then explained the scholarship fund and talked about the importance of keeping the database addresses current. Updates can be called in or emailed to the school or to Hart any time throughout the year. The classes that are having reunions are encouraged to get updates when they get together. Pictures from classes will be published in the HF Herald. Hart sends a letter to the contact person for each class that may be having a reunion, explaining how to send their pictures to the newspaper.

Dean Anderson, from the Class of 1957, was introduced as this year's emcee. He and his wife, Pat, recently moved back to Haxtun from Windsor. During the years that they lived other places they were active in the Campus Crusade movement and most recently in Dallas, Texas with Foundation For Thought and Ethics. They have built a new home in Haxtun where they are pleased to be back home. Anderson led the group in singing "Oh Give Me a Home, Where the Buffalo Roam." He said that song depicts the feeling of being back home where he was raised.

HAXTUN High School's Class of 1952 represented at the annual meeting by Roy (Buckshot) Lindgren and Dola (Ham) Garretson.

The oldest member attending the meeting was Lorin (Pat) Garretson form the Class of 1948. The Class of 1952 was represented by Dola (Ham) Garretson, Sterling, and Roy (Buckshot) Lindgren, Richland, Wa., who came to their 70th reunion.

As Anderson called on other classes to be recognized, he asked them to share memories from their high school years. Various people from the classes of 1962, 1972 and 1982 came to the meeting to be recognized.

K'Lyn Bornhoft, daughter of Chris and Audra Bornhoft, and Macie Davis, daughter of Michael and Marcie Davis, were the recipients of the 2022 scholarships. They were present to be recognized. They both are attending Northeastern Junior College in Sterling.

Hart thanked Anderson with a gift from the Alumni Association for serving as emcee at this year's event. The meeting was adjourned.

The next meeting will be held in September, 2023 in conjunction with Corn Festival.