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AHS Alumni Association Newsletters

Wow! Have we been busy!

Three AHSAA Newsletters jam packed with AHS Alumni news, letters, reunion information, photos, scholarships, honorary and distinguished Alumni, current AHS events, plus much much more, are mailed to all AHSAA members 3 times a year. It's mind-boggling to think how much time and effort and licking of stamps, went into the 60 newsletters below dating back to 1990 when the AHSAA was born.

So you don't want to spend the $6 per year, huh? Well, we would love to have you join, to recieve your 3 AHSAA newsletters every year. 19,000 newsletters were mailed to AHS Alum in May of 2009, this is because we used to mail a Spring AHS Alumni Association newsletter to every living Alum, but starting in May of 2010, because of the rising cost of paper, postage and printing, we now send a postcard, instead of a newsletter, once a year to non-paying Alum. The only way to have a brand new shiny newsletter mailed to you is to join.

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Below are 60+ archived AHSAA Newsletters from our first year in 1990 through today, most are in pdf format, some are in web format. These are large files, so they might each take awhile to load. All 1990 to 2000 newsletters were scanned by Alumna Tami Kuhn AHS 1979, if they are scanned in they say "scanned" next to the name, a few are in web format, otherwise they are the original pdf from the printer. If they say join next to the newsletter name, then they will not be online until 2 years after they were mailed to members. Membership does have its advantages :-)

  1. 1990 volume 1 issue 1 6.0 MB Winter Spring scanned PDF. Ames High Alumni Association Created
  2. 1990 volume 1 issue 3 9.12 MB Fall scanned PDF. 1990 all alumni homecoming event announcement
  3. 1991 volume 2 issue 1 7.15 MB Winter Spring scanned PDF. Ames High Alumni Band Organized
  4. 1991 volume 2 issue 2 Spring Summer scanned images. Jennifer Jones (AHS 1991) 2nd scholarship winner
  5. 1992 volume 3 issue 1 Winter Spring scanned images. AHS Athletic Hall of Fame Formed
  6. 1992 volume 3 issue 1 7.34 MB Winter Spring scanned PDF. AHS Athletic Hall of Fame Formed
  7. 1992 volume 3 issue 2 6.53 MB Summer scanned PDF. Jean and Tom Sutherland Return to Ames
  8. 1992 volume 3 issue 3 6.68 MB Fall scanned PDF. AHS Class of 1958 Women Gather
  9. 1993 volume 4 issue 1 6.51 MB Winter scanned PDF. Alumni Spotlight Farwell Brown.
  10. 1993 volume 4 issue 2 6.52 MB Summer scanned PDF. Three AHAA Scholarships Awarded
  11. 1993 volume 4 issue 3 7.36 MB Fall scanned PDF. AHS Alumni Golf Outing Was Great
  12. 1994 volume 5 issue 1 7.19 MB Winter scanned PDF.AHS Alumni Christmas Open House
  13. 1994 volume 5 issue 2 7.08 MB Spring scanned PDF. Brian Jenkins AHSAA Favorite Alum
  14. 1994 volume 5 issue 3 6.68 MB Fall scanned PDF. AHS Class of 1974 20th Reunion
  15. 1995 volume 6 issue 1 6.74 MB Winter scanned PDF.  5th Annual AHS Alumni Jamboree
  16. 1995 volume 6 issue 2 7.87 MB Spring scanned PDF. Bill Ripp Retires After 37 Years
  17. 1995 volume 6 issue 3 8.38 MB Fall scanned PDF. AHS Walker Rally
  18. 1996 volume 7 issue 2 7.88 MB Summer scanned PDF. AHS bball Coach Clinton retires after 14 years (p7)
  19. 1997 volume 8 issue 1 8.05 MB January scanned PDF. 1976 AHS 20 year class Reunion (p3)
  20. 1997 volume 8 issue 2 8.21 MB June scanned PDF. Tom Jorgensen AHSAA Honorary Alum (p3)
  21. 1997 volume 8 issue 3 5.31 MB November scanned PDF. AHS 60th Class Reunion (p2)
  22. 1998 volume 9 issue 1 7.75 MB March scanned PDF. Paul R. Jones AHSAA Favorite Alum (p1)
  23. 1998 volume 9 issue 2 5.65 MB June scanned PDF. 6th Annual AHSAA Golf Outing (p2)
  24. 1998 volume 9 issue 3 4.79 MB Dec scanned PDF. Frank Brandt 8th Our Town Production (p2)
  25. 1999 volume 10 issue 2 7.43 MB Sep scanned PDF. Jack Mendenhall Remembered (p5)
  26. 1999 volume 10 issue 3 7.27 MB Dec scanned PDF. Alumni Band at Homecoming 1999 (p6)
  27. 1999 volume 10 issue 3 Dec web format. Thank you for all the donations to AHSAA
  28. 2000 volume 11 issue 1 7.10 MB Mar scanned PDF. Van Winkle Honorary Alumnus (p1)
  29. 2000 volume 11 issue 2 7.62 MB Sep scanned PDF. 8th Annual Golf Event Summary by Craig Calhoun (p2)
  30. 2000 volume 11 issue 3 5.24 MB Dec scanned PDF. AmesOpoly Board Game only $25 All proceeds to charity (p6)
  31. 2001 volume 12 issue 1 May web format. 2001 AHSAA Directory Almost Ready ( mailed to 16,000 AHS Alumni in May 2001 )
  32. 2001 volume 12 issue 2 7.12 MB Oct scanned PDF. New 2001 AHSAA Directories are ready (p1)
  33. 2001 volume 12 issue 3 8.19 MB Dec scanned PDF. Farewell Timothy Haviland AHS 1978 (p1)
  34. 2002 volume 13 issue 1 0.3 MB May PDF. Emmett & Mary Stevermer Honorary Alums ( mailed to 16,000 AHS Alumni in May 2002 )
  35. 2002 volume 13 issue 2 7.52 MB Oct scanned PDF. Farwell Brown's 3rd Book Available (p1)
  36. 2002 volume 13 issue 3 7.40 MB Dec scanned PDF. AHS Class of 1972 30th Reunion (p4)
  37. 2003 volume 14 issue 1 4.4 MB May PDF. Van Marel, Bean & Smith AHSAA Scholarship winners (mailed to 16,000 AHS Alumni in May 2003)
  38. 2004 volume 15 issue 1 2.3 MB May PDF. AHSAA Scholarship winners Kingsbury, Ward, Cohea ( mailed to 16,000 AHS Alumni in May 2004 )
  39. 2004 volume 15 issue 2 0.4 MB Oct PDF. Ted Kooser (AHS 1957) named 13th Poet Laureate
  40. 2005 volume 16 issue 1 0.6 MB May PDF. Jerry Bowen Distinguished Alum Award ( mailed to 16,000 AHS Alumni in May 2005 )
  41. 2005 volume 16 issue 2 1.1 MB Oct PDF. 1974 AHS Reunion Highlights & Photo
  42. 2006 volume 17 issue 1 0.5 MB May PDF. Bill Ripp shows Hi Covey Trophy Case ( mailed to 16,000 AHS Alumni in May 2006 )
  43. 2006 volume 17 issue 2 4.8 MB Oct PDF. Duea & Sletten Honorary Alums
  44. 2006 volume 17 issue 3 0.3 MB Dec PDF. Ralph Farrar Remembered
  45. 2007 volume 18 issue 1 3.8 MB May PDF. AHS Grads Create Hilton Magic ( mailed to 16,000 AHS Alumni in May 2007 )
  46. 2007 volume 18 issue 2 0.3 MB Aug PDF. 3 pages of AHS Letters.
  47. 2007 volume 18 issue 3 12.1 MB Dec PDF. Rein Saral Distinguished Alum.
  48. 2008 volume 19 issue 1 0.5 MB May PDF. We need photos for upcoming 2010 (or 2011) AHS Directory. Wow! We mailed this newsletter to ALL 19,000 AHS Alumni in May 2008. If you didn't receive it click here
  49. 2008 volume 19 issue 2 0.39 MB Sep PDF. AHS Golf Outing + Jim Duea and Dale Tramp. All AHSAA members will receive this via mail in Sep 2008. Why not Join and receive this and every wonderful AHSAA newsletter by mail as soon as it is published.
  50. 2008 volume 19 issue 3 0.80 MB Dec PDF. Ted Kooser '57 2008 Distinguished Alumnus. All AHSAA members will receive this via mail as soon as it has printed. Why not Join & receive this by mail as soon as it is published in Dec 2008.
  51. 2009 volume 20 issue 1 2.1 MB June PDF. "The Girls From Ames" AHS. We mailed this newsletter to almost 20,000 AHS Alumni in June 2009. WOW! If you didn't receive it click here
  52. 2009 volume 20 issue 2 3.7 MB Oct PDF. All AHSAA members will receive this via mail as soon as it has printed. Why not( Join & receive this by mail as soon as it is published in Oct 2009 or wait till it is online after October 2011 )
  53. 2009 volume 20 issue 3 3MB Dec 2009 PDF. This AHS Alumni newsletter has been published and mailed. All members received this via mail as soon as it printed. Why not Join and receive this by mail as soon as it is published or wait till online after Dec 2011
  54. 2010 volume 21 issue 1 2MB Apr 2010 PDF. This AHS Alumni newsletter has been published and mailed. All members received this via mail as soon as it printed. The only way to recieve a current newsletter is to join and receive this by mail as soon as it is published.
  55. 2010 volume 21 issue 2 1.8 MB Aug 2010 PDF. This AHS Alumni newsletter has been published and mailed. All members received this via mail as soon as it printed. Why not Join and receive this by mail as soon as it is published or wait till online after August 2012
  56. 2010 volume 21 issue 3 1.5 MB Dec 2010 PDF. This AHS Alumni newsletter has been published and mailed. All members received this via mail as soon as it printed. The only way to recieve a current AHSAA newsletter is to join and receive this by mail as soon as it is published.
  57. 2011 volume 22 issue 1 3.6 MB Apr 2011 PDF. The April 2011 AHS Alumni newsletter was published and mailed Apr 2011. All dues paying members received this via mail as soon as it printed. The only way to recieve a current newsletter is to join and receive this by mail as soon as it is published. Non-members used to receive 1 newsletter per year (the Spring Newsletter) but we discontinued that practice in 2010 and non-members will recieve a postcard once per year instead to save costs.
  58. 2011 volume 22 issue 2 0.8 MB Aug 2011 PDF. This AHS Alumni newsletter was published and mailed August 2011. All members received this via mail late August 2011. The only way to recieve a current newsletter is to join and receive this by mail as soon as it is published or wait till it is online after Aug 2013.
  59. 2011 volume 22 issue 3 __ MB Dec 2011 PDF. This AHS Alumni newsletter will be published and mailed in 2011. All members received this via mail as soon as it printed. The only way to recieve a current AHSAA newsletter is to join and receive this by mail as soon as it is published, or wait until it is online after December 2013.

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