Lind High School Alumni Banquet

March, 2010

The members of the Lind Alumni Association met recently to plan the annual Alumni Banquet and meeting. The Banquet will be professionally catered. We have again chosen Cathy Jo's (Cathy Wills), of Lind, to cater the banquet this year. The Banquet will be held at the Lind High School gymnasium on May 8, 2010 at 6:30 p.m. As there is no open house, please make plans with your classmates if you wish to meet before the banquet.

Again, there will be no “at the door” reservations and no exceptions will be made, so we know how many dinners are needed. You may pay at the door only if you have called by April 25th to make your reservations.

With the cost of everything increasing, the price of the dinner will need to be increased to $18.50. We have had suggestions during the past several years regarding the dinner and have taken the suggestions into consideration.

In addition to the banquet meal, there will be introductions of the honored classes, the awarding of Virginia Moorman Moore Scholarships to two members of the Senior Class of 2010. Brian Ellis, Principal of Lind High School will be our guest speaker. All Alumni are invited to attend the banquet with a spouse or a guest.  Also, past or present teachers are welcome, so if you know of a teacher who would like to attend, please let us know.

Please note, the Ritzville Journal will be in the gym before the banquet to take pictures of the honored classes for the newspaper. They will begin at 5:30 in the gym. Please be sure to let your classmates know.

Alumni dues remain at $6.00 for each Alumnus. Dues must be paid before attending the dinner. Please make checks payable to the Lind Alumni Association and mail to PO Box 444, Lind, WA 99341-0444. Name tags and programs may be picked up at the entrance to the gym.

If you are not able to attend the banquet, it would be appreciated if you could pay the Annual Dues of $6.00 each year. The money from the dues is used to defray the cost of mailings, dinners for the senior class, supplies for the banquet, etc. We have been running in the red previous years, and if we continue showing a "red" balance at the end of the year it is possible we may have to discontinue the banquet.

The Alumni Association will present two $1,000 Virginia Moorman Moore scholarships: one to a graduating senior who has attended Lind schools for 12 years and one to a deserving graduating senior. It is a pleasure to present these scholarships to young graduates. If you wish to continue supporting the scholarship fund, please include it on your reservation form or mail your donation to the Lind Alumni Association PO Box 444, Lind, WA 99341-0444.

RESERVATIONS WILL CLOSE April 25 2009. We will need this information to give to the caterer by this date. We will appreciate receiving your reservation by, or before, April 25th. Please respond by this time. As previously noted, there will be no "at the door" reservations and no exceptions will be made. For additional information contact Lorraine Wallace at 509-677-8859.

We save a tidy sum by sending emails to those for whom we have current addresses. PLEASE let us know when you change your email address by sending an email to Sharon at srengle@ritzcom.net. Also, if you have changed your mailing address in the last couple years, PLEASE send your new address to her now so she can verify she has your NEW address. Thank you so much.

Honored classes this year will be 1950,1960, 1970, 1980, 1985, 1990, 2000 and 2010. 

We need volunteer Board members if our annual banquet is to continue. This is a serious situation...we need your help. Please step up and volunteer by checking the bottom of your reservation form. Thank you.

Lind and the Lind School District each have separate web sites:

            Lind – http://www.lindwa.com/                             Lind School District – http://www.lind.k12.wa.us/