A group of class and decade planners met on Monday, February 15th to discuss the All Class Reunion.

Dealing with uncertainty is one of the most difficult and frustrating things when working as a volunteer planner. Many of us in that room had put in a lot of time planning for the 2020 reunion only to see it cancelled for events outside of anyone's control.  These problems continue into 2021 and in 2022 a massive road construction project is slated to tear apart downtown for a couple years.

No one wants to plan a large event and have to cancel. No one wants to plan a large event and have participants frustrated or annoyed the whole time by inconvenient travel; or worse not have people show up.

We want the All Class Reunion to be a fun time for both volunteers and participants. Which is why we are planning the All Class Reunion for 2025.  A year we can invite the alumni back to Hot Springs to see our new downtown with its new walkways, when COVID will be a distant memory, and we can enjoy a long Fourth of July weekend.

There will still be reunions and get-togethers in the meantime. Several classes are planning their class reunions for this year and next.  The 1970's classes are discussing organizing an informal alumni picnic, open to all, next summer (2022) during the weekend of the Fourth.

We know the delay is disappointing to many, we hope you will be understanding of our volunteer's time and effort.

The Alumni Association is officially postponing the All Class Reunion till 2021. We want to thank all the class & decade coordinators and other volunteers for all their hard work. A special thanks to Greg Gunwall at The Hot Springs Vault for all the work he put towards this and to Hidden Lake Campground and Resort for their early sponsorship of our event. More information on the 2021 reunion to come. Stay safe!

The 2020 Annual Board Meeting of the Hot Springs High School Alumni will meet at 6:30pm on Thursday, January 30th at the Fall River County South Annex Building, 709 Jensen Hwy.  If you are interested in helping please come to the board meeting or contact alumniboard@hshsalumni.com.  The agenda for the meeting attached.

My name is John Lufkin, HSHS Class of 1958. I am looking for contributions from any alumni of stories, photos, and descriptions of life growing up in Hot Springs. Contributions will be compiled into a book for the HSHS All-Class Reunion 2020. Please let me know at your earliest convenience if this project is of interest to you. If so, I will be happy to fill you in on more details in the near future. (John Lufkin has written and published 8 books on topics of geology, travels and other stories.)

(720) 755-4884 or lufk3@comcast.net

John Lufkin

Education:
  College: Carleton College, BA, Geology
   Grad Schools: BYU, MS, Geology
   Stanford: PhD, Geology

Employers:
   Univ of Texas, Austin, Assist Professor of Geology, 1973-76
   Colorado School of Mines, Assoc Prof of Geology, 1981-84
   Metro State University, CU Denver, Arapahoe Comm College,
   University of Denver, all part-time, 2002-2015; Instructor of Geology
   Consulting Geologist, 2005-present
   President, Golden Publishers, 2013-present

The Class of 1963 will be hosting a 55 year reunion the weekend of September 21-22.  All classmates and former classmate are invited.  Please contact Connie Benson for further details.  E-mail: benson@gwtc.net