Ritzville Alumni Association
Ritzville, Washington
May 24, 2008
Gilson Gymnasium
6pm
Our Mission
"The mission of the Ritzville High School Alumni Association is to honor
all graduates, provide a venue for all alumni to gather, share memories
and reconnect, and to preserve and protect the history, tradition and
memorabilia of Ritzville High School.”
Latest News
Party
plans are beginning to be announced. Check out the party central page
for more information.
2008 Banquet
Invitation is now available online.
Click here.
The
All class and missing alumni lists have been combined. Check it out
under the All Classes button above and please drop us a note if you know
where we can locate some of the graduates that we can't find.
The graduating class
of 2008 is now online.
Check out our
honored classes for 2008. How many do you remember?
Visit our guestbook again. I'm
hoping we can keep the spammers out of it for a while.
Volunteers have begun the planning for the 2008 banquet. There are lots
of details still to be decided but we are fortunate to have some very
dedicated Alumni members that coordinate an excellent evening each year.
2008 will be no exception.
Smoke
House Grill has been chosen to cater the 2008
banquet. The menu is as follows:
Beef
Brisket
Chicken
Potato Casserole
Caesar salad
Potato Rolls with butter
Coffee with sugar & creamer
Invitations
will be distributed around the 1st of April. If your contact
information has changed, please send us an update at
rhsalumni@ritzvillealumni.com or mail to PO
Box 312, Ritzville, WA 99169. Make plans now to
enjoy a wonderful evening sharing with your many friends and classmates.
May 24, 2008, 6pm,
Gilson Gymnasium
Toastmaster Shaun
Cross graduated from Ritzville High School in 1968. He received a
Bachelor of Science degree in Physics (with distinction) from the
University of Washington in 1972. Between 1972 and 1976 Shaun worked as
an engineer in Southern California and was in marketing in Connecticut.
Shaun received a Juris Doctorate with honors from the University of
Oregon School of Law in 1979.
Shaun is currently
the Chief Executive Officer of Lee & Hayes, PLLC, an intellectual
property/patent law firm with approximately 90 employees in Spokane,
Seattle and Austin, TX. Prior to becoming the CEO of Lee & Hayes, Shaun
was the managing partner of Paine Hamblen LLP, which at the time was the
largest law firm in the region.
Shaun has served
on the Board of Trustees of Whitworth University and has served as
Chairman of the Board of the Spokane Public Facilities District,
Chair-Elect of the Spokane Regional Chamber of Commerce and numerous
other organizations. He is a founding member of Christ the Redeemer
Church in Spokane. Shaun ran for Congress in 2004, and is currently the
host of a half hour radio show that airs weekly on the American
Christian Network.
Shaun met Kathy
Kelly in 1974 while working as an engineer in Santa Barbara,
California. Shaun and Kathy were married in Connecticut in June of
1975. They have four children, Kelly (26), Trevor (22), Emily (18) and
Natalie (15).
Ritzville High School Alumni Association
HONORING THE CLASSES OF
2008, 1983, 1958, 1933, 1908
Please join us in welcoming the graduating seniors of 2008 and in
honoring the Silver Grads of 1983, Golden Grads of 1958, Diamond
Grads of 1933, and the Silver Diamond Grads of 1908. The banquet,
held on May 24, 2008 at 6:00 P.M.
at Gilson Gymnasium, will be a buffet meal catered by Pat Meise of
Smoke House Grill. Classes commemorating milestone anniversaries may
request reserved table space. The gym will remain open for an hour
following the banquet for those wishing to stay and visit.
Ritzville High
School graduates wishing to attend the banquet must purchase tickets
by May 14th, and should use the form at the bottom
of this page. Please enclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope
for the return of your tickets. Any ticket order received
without a return envelope must be picked up at the door PRIOR to the
start of the banquet. All graduates of Ritzville High School
and their guests are invited to attend the banquet. Please send any
change of email or mailing address to Shary Wellsandt via email at
rhsalumni@ritzvillealumni.com or by mail to PO Box 312,
Ritzville, WA 99169.
We invite you to
visit the Railroad Depot, home for RHS Alumni memorabilia, catch the
unveiling of a new metal sculpture at the Burroughs Home and
participate in the activities at the 2nd annual Historic Ritzville
Days Western Art Show. The Depot and Burroughs Home will be open
Friday from
11:00 am to 3:00 pm and Saturday
from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm.
Hours for the Western Art Show are Saturday from 10:00 am to 6:00
pm and Sunday from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm. The former Ritzville
educators’ breakfast at the Circle T starts at 9:00 am Saturday.
Friends and former students are invited to stop by after the
breakfast to visit. Various class parties will be held around town
starting in the early afternoon. The Ritzville Classic
Car Club invites you to stop by the city park for their car show
Sunday, from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. Additional
information about this year’s festivities can be found on the alumni
web site
www.ritzvillealumni.com.
Motel contact information:
Colwell Motor Inn, 501 W First, 509-659-1620 Empire
Motel, 101 W First, 509-659-1030
Cottage Motel (RVs only), 508 E First, 509-659-0721 Top Hat Motel,
210 E First, 509-659-1100
La Quinta Inn, 1513 Smitty’s Blvd., 509-659-1007 Bronco Inn
Best Western, W Galbreath Way, 509-659-5000
Nelson H. Green Portico Bed & Breakfast, 502 S Adams, 509-659-0800
Michele (Kagele)
Kiesz, President Shary (Steinmetz)
Wellsandt, Membership Secretary
Terry Olson, Vice
President Sherie (Eichner)
Schafer, Director
Del Schwisow,
Treasurer Gwen (Benzel)
Schaefer, Director
Donna Koch, Recording Secretary
Darci (Oestreich) Kennedy, Director
Banquet tickets are the sole source of revenue for RHS Alumni
Association. Ticket prices cover your meal and expenses which
include the senior class meals, printing of invitations and
programs, envelopes and postage, our web site fee and maintenance
costs for upkeep of the memorabilia. THANK YOU for your support!
You may print a remittance to send in
with your payment by clicking on one of these logos: