All School Reunion resounding success
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August 8, 2013 |
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Photo by Joe
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By Mike Ashby
On Saturday, August 3, dozens of Boundary County
alumni began gathering at the former Roundheels
pawn shop to pick up their registration forms.
Hardly anyone made it inside however, as there
was so much back slapping and handshaking going
on.
 Guffaws,
giggles, chuckles and outright laughter was the
predominant noise coming from the growing crowd.
How many times does one have to hear "you have
not change one bit" or ''you look just
wonderful'' before you actually start believing
it?
Each grad got a packet containing tickets to
leave with various merchants around town for a
drawing, and a small bracelet that would provide
them with discounts at local eateries.
As the morning turned into early afternoon,
classmates scattered around town, but there were
still dozens of folk visiting at the provided
chairs and umbrellas set up on Main Street.
The city of Bonners Ferry had cordoned off all
of Main for this event, with a large stage set
up for the street dance that would take place at
9 p.m. Saturday night.
At 3:30 p.m., the whole crowd was gathered in
Veterans Memorial park for a mass picture.
Again, much laughter and smiling faces.
At 4 p.m., master of ceremonies Dan Meddock
officially opened the ceremonies from the
Georgia Mae Plaza. Recounting how the "All Class
Reunion" had initially began, and ending with
recognition of the oldest attending class mate.
Dan did a superb job of keeping the crowd
smiling and clapping. A large number of BFHS
teachers were on hand as well, and again Mr.
Meddock introduced each and every one of them. A
significant portion of those teachers were grads
of Bonners Ferry High themselves.
As the afternoon progress, the crowd continued
to grow, filling main street. Food and beer
vendors were on hand to feed and water the
hungry ones. It quickly became evident that
unless one walked around a bit, you would not
see everyone.
All ages were represented at this gathering,
with several groups of three generations, all
having graduated from BFHS.
If one was to judge the success of this All
School Reunion by sheer numbers of attendees,
then it was a huge success. If judgment went on
loud and genuine laughter, well, this was an
absolutely rousing success.
Congratulations to the reunion committee for a
job well done.
There was far too much going on the get
everyone's name, but I am sure many will find
themselves or one or more of their friends in
the following collection of images of those who
brightened the day by attending. |
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