AHS 25th Annual All Classes Alumni Holiday Get Together

December 27, 2019

5-7pm Ames History Museum, 416 Douglas Ave
7pm - closing North Cyde Kitchen and Kegs, 823 Wheeler Suite 1 Ames, Iowa

All AHS class years are encouraged and welcome, as well as significant others, and friends, everyone is invited.

As part of the 25th annual Ames High All Classes Alumni Holiday reunion, the Ames History Museum is again hosting a special alumni reception from 5 to 7 p.m. on Friday, December 27th, 2019. Come join classmates and other young and "older" AHS alums to see the latest popular exhibit, "UNCORKED: The Spirited History of Alcohol in Ames." Drinks and refreshments will be served! At 7pm head to North Cyde to continue the Holiday gathering.

North Cyde owned and operated by 1978 Ames High School Alumni Cheryl Maitland Sondrol and Danny Sondrol

Facebook Holiday events from:

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Past Holiday Gathering Photos

See you at the next GREAT AHS Holiday Gathering

The All Class AHS Holiday Gathering is held the Friday between Christmas and New Year's. If the holidays hit that day (it did in 2009, 2010 and 2011) then we pick a different date

Message from Perry Beeman:

The 2019 All Classes Holiday Get Together marks the 25th Anniversary Friday after Christmas December 27, 2019

Originally started by late 1970s and early 1980s AHS Alumni, there is always a strong mid 70s to early 80s contingency, and the AHS classes of 2007 and 2008 AHS have discovered us too! Need more 50s, 60s, early 70s + more 90s and 2000s AHS Alumni to discover this great get-together. The idea for an informal All Classes AHS reunion came out of years of discussions among Perry Beeman, Julie (Anderson) Larson, Bill Nutty, all 3 from the AHS Class of 1977 and others. Why not catch people while they were back in town for the holidays, and to have an informal, relaxing, annual fun gathering / reunion, for those of us who love seeing classmates before the 5 or 10 years for our own class gatherings to roll around. The trio of big talkers backed it up by actually planning and having the first event, 25 years ago! The idea was to keep it simple: show up, buy your own refreshments​, no tickets, no fees, no fuss. Along the way, fellow Ames High​ grads Bill Nutty and Heidi Conis helped build the turnout, which now often is bigger than some formal reunions. "We began with 30 or so, mostly from '77, but it continued to build," Beeman said. "Let's just say I gained a lot of Facebook friends when word got around I was one of the organizers."

History

It's simple, we set the date, you show up, buy your own food or drinks, and, if you're a big spender, for your friends. Then drink up (in moderation of course and we encourage soda pop or water), chat, and get caught up. This has been a meaningful, wonderful reconnection for many people, and we've had classmates from New York, California, Florida, Minnesota, Nebraska, Illinois and elsewhere attend. The holiday gathering got off the ground in a small way and mostly involving the AHS Class of '77, but has become much more. "Started out with 30 people, but in the last few years, this has really taken off," Beeman said. "I rely heavily on the this alumni site for email addresses - and beg people to update theirs -- and that helps. What really got this going, though, is the simple act of friends letting their friends know about it through personal email address books and phone calls. The alumni newsletter and the website also carry notices.

Stats:

100 AHS Alumni turned out for the 2006 AHS Holiday event, and a record 110 turned out in 2007 from the AHS classes of 1967 to 2003. Foggy weather caused attendance to drop to 50 in 2008, there was a good turnout in 2009, 2010 wasn't the largest turnout we have ever had, but there was a respectible showing of 60 AHS alumni. Perry says a lot of younger classes are showing up now too and it is harder for him to know who the AHS grads are, so maybe there were more than 60 classmates at the gatherings in 2010, 2011 and 2012. 2013 set the record for the largest attendence ever at 150+ alumni, with representatives from the AHS​ class of 1972 thru 2008. The AHS​ classes of 2008 and 1998 had big reunions the previous summer, they both opted to have Holiday mini-reunions and piggy-backed onto our event! 20 from the class of 2008 and 20 from the class of 1998. In 2014 There was again another strong crowd of happy holiday classmates for the 20th anniversary of this great event with 110+. 2017 had inclement icy weather but still nearly 100 attended, and 2018 had a respectable 100. Maybe 2019 will be another record?
Still confused? Email Beeman at p e r r y b e e m a n @ g m a i l . c o m.

Disclaimer:

This is the age of disclaimers, and of course we have one too. This Get-Together is not sponsored by the AHSAA, or anyone else affilated with AHS. We just want to see all our great friends from AHS again.

Is your email current?

Your AHS reunion committee wants to contact you via email, to keep you informed about your reunion + save postage.

Update your email here: view add update search. If that didn't work click contact Ames High School Alumni Assoc

Is your postal mailing address current?

Moved? email the AHSAA your new mailing address, keep the AHSAA updated so we don't loose you, click here contact Ames High School Alumni Assoc , tell us your name, current mailing address, year of graduation + anything else you care to add.

Are you a member? Easy and inexpensive to join. Dues paying AHSAA members receive 3 AHSAA newsletters per year!

Perry Beeman '77

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AHS Class of 1959 60-Year Gold Reunion

AHS 1959
August 9-11, 2019 (Fri Sat Sun)

1959 AHS reunion post created May 9, 2019, updated June 3, 2019 top

The Ames High School Class of 1959 50-year Gold Class Reunion
was scheduled for Friday August 9, Saturday August 10, and Sunday August 11, 2019

We know you marked your calendar and had a wonderful time at YOUR 1959 class reunion!

Contacts

Dave Posegate AHS 1959 phone: 5 1 five - 4 9 zero - 2 1 one 4

Why

Why attend my reunion?

Work Won't Remember

1959 Nostalgia

Top 10 1959 songs

1 Bobby Darin ► Mack the Knife
2 The Platters ► Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
3 Elvis Presley ► (Now & then There's) A Fool Such As I
4 Johnny Horton ► Battle of New Orleans
5 Frankie Avalon ► Venus
6 Paul Anka ► Lonely Boy
7 Bobby Darin ► Dream Lover
8 Cliff Richard ► Living Doll
9 Lloyd Price ► (You've Got) Personality
10 Neil Sedaka ► Oh Carol

Top 10 grossing 1959 films

Rank Movie Release Date Distributor Genre 1959 Gross Tickets Sold
1 Ben-Hur Nov 18, 1959 MGM Adventure $73,000,000 143,137,254
2 The Shaggy Dog Mar 19, 1959 $29,000,000 56,862,745
3 Some Like it Hot Mar 29, 1959 $25,000,000 49,019,607
4 Operation Petticoat Dec 5, 1959 Romantic Comedy $23,300,000 45,686,274
5 Pillow Talk Jan 1, 1959 Romantic Comedy $18,750,000 36,764,705
6 Imitation of Life Apr 30, 1959 Drama $14,000,000 27,450,980
7 North by Northwest Jan 1, 1959 Action $13,275,000 26,029,411
8 The Nun's Story Jul 18, 1959 $12,800,000 25,098,039
9 Solomon and Sheba Jan 1, 1959 $11,000,000 21,568,627
10 On the Beach Dec 17, 1959 $11,000,000 21,568,627
11 A Hole in the Head Jul 15, 1959 $11,000,000 21,568,627
12 Journey to the Center of th… Dec 16, 1959 $10,000,000 19,607,843
13 Rio Bravo Mar 18, 1959 Western $5,800,000 11,372,549
14 Pork Chop Hill May 29, 1959 $3,690,000 7,235,294
Total Gross of All Movies $261,615,000
Total Tickets Sold 512,970,582

Is your email current?

Your AHS reunion committee wants to contact you via email, to keep you informed about your reunion + save postage.

Update your email here: view add update search. If that didn't work click contact Ames High School Alumni Assoc

Is your postal mailing address current?

Moved? email the AHSAA your new mailing address, keep the AHSAA updated so we don't loose you, click here contact Ames High School Alumni Assoc , tell us your name, current mailing address, year of graduation + anything else you care to add.

Are you a member? Easy and inexpensive to join. Dues paying AHSAA members receive 3 AHSAA newsletters per year!

Dave Posegate '59

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AHS Class of 1964 55-Year Emerald Green Reunion

AHS 1964
September 6 & 7, 2019 (Fri Sat)

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The Ames High School Class of 1964 55-year Emerald Green Class Reunion was held Friday September 6 and Saturday September 7, 2019. We hope you put this on your calendar and had a BLAST at YOUR 55th class reunion!

AHS Class of 1964 group photo at 55th reunion held Sep 6 and 7 2019 click class photo for a larger version

Photos AHS 1964

1964! What a great class!!

Photos from the AHS class of 1964

55th Reunion Schedule of Events

Plans were made, deadlines were met, friends and classmates were contacted, presentations were created, and much fun and todo was had by all who attended the AHS class of 1964 55-year reunion

Friday evening Sep 6, 2019

The 55-year class reunion was held at the Radisson Hotel, 2609 University Blvd, Ames, Iowa.

Saturday Sep 7, 2019

The 55th reunion was held at the Radisson Hotel, 2609 University Blvd, Ames, Iowa.

Why

Why attend my reunion?

Work Won't Remember

Contacts

Carol Carmean Houge AHS 1964 ames high class of 1964 (at) yahoo (dot) com click email replace (at) with (dot) with . remove spaces
Cynthia Nordhagen Johnson AHS 1964 cynthia 50023 (at) yahoo (dot) com click email replace (at) with (dot) with . remove spaces
John Burns AHS 1964 jburns (at) evans - dixon (dot) com click email replace (at) with (dot) with . remove spaces

1964 Nostalgia

Top 10 1964 songs

1 Roy Orbison ► Oh, Pretty Woman
2 The Beatles ► I Want to Hold Your Hand
3 The Beatles ► She Loves You
4 The Beatles ► I Feel Fine
5 The Animals ► House of the Rising Sun
6 The Beatles ► A Hard Day's Night
7 Gigliola Cinquetti ► Non Ho L'Eta Per Amarti
8 The Beatles ► Can't Buy Me Love
9 The Righteous Brothers ► You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'
10 Louis Armstrong ► Hello Dolly

Top 10 grossing 1964 films

Rank Movie Release Date Distributor Genre MPAA 1964 Gross Tickets Sold
1 Mary Poppins 8/26/1964 Walt Disney Musical G $102,300,000 110,000,000
2 My Fair Lady 10/22/1964 Musical G $72,000,000 77,419,354
3 Goldfinger 12/22/1964 MGM Action PG $51,100,000 54,946,236
4 From Russia With Love 4/8/1964 MGM Action PG $24,800,000 26,666,666
5 Becket 3/11/1964 Paramount Pictures Drama PG-13 $9,015,043 9,693,594
6 Roustabout 11/11/1964 PG $3,000,000 3,225,806
Total Gross of All Movies $262,215,043
Total Tickets Sold 281,951,656

1964 Prices

Cost of a new home: $20,500
Cost of a gallon of regular gas: $0.30
Cost of a dozen eggs: $0.54
Cost of a gallon of milk: $0.95
Cost of a first-class postage stamp: $0.05

Top 100 songs from 1964. 1964 world news. What happened in 1964. 1964 in sports. 1964 Pop culture. 1964 in film.



Is your email current?

Your AHS reunion committee wants to contact you via email, to keep you informed about your reunion + save postage.

Update your email here: view add update search. If that didn't work click contact Ames High School Alumni Assoc

Is your postal mailing address current?

Moved? email the AHSAA your new mailing address, keep the AHSAA updated so we don't loose you, click here contact Ames High School Alumni Assoc , tell us your name, current mailing address, year of graduation + anything else you care to add.

Are you a member? Easy and inexpensive to join. Dues paying AHSAA members receive 3 AHSAA newsletters per year!

Carol (Carmean) Houge '64

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AHS Class of 1969 50-Year Gold Reunion

AHS 1969
September 6-8, 2019 (Fri Sat Sun)

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The Ames High School Class of 1969 50-year Gold Class Reunion was scheduled for Friday September 6, Saturday September 7, and Sunday September 9, 2019

We know you marked your calendar and had a wonderful time at YOUR 1969 class reunion!

More Info and Bio's

Link to our AHS 1969 reunion website. Click here to write your bio and read other classmates bios (currently many of them are from the 40th, so need to be updated) and also find links to information about the 1969 AHS reunion as well as pictures of past reunions.

Schedule of Events

Plans were made, deadlines were met, friends and classmates were contacted, presentations were created, and much fun and to do was had by all who attended their AHS class of 1969 50-year reunion

Friday evening Sep 6, 2019

The 50-year class reunion was held in Ames, Iowa.

Saturday Sep 7, 2019

The 50-year class reunion was held in Ames, Iowa.

Sunday Sep 8, 2019

The 50-year class reunion was held in Ames, Iowa.

Contacts

Karen Kellogg AHS 1969 special K 077 (at) msn (dot) com click email replace (at) with (dot) with . remove spaces

Why

Why attend my reunion?

Work Won't Remember

Facebook

Ames High School Class of 1969 Facebook group, click here to join

Photos

Future AMES HIGH SCHOOL AMES IOWA 1969 Alumni 1st 6th grade class at Sawyer Elementary School Ames Iowa

1969 Nostalgia

Top 10 1969 songs

1 The Beatles ► Get Back
2 Archies ► Sugar Sugar
3 Zager & Evans ► In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)
4 The Rolling Stones ► Honky Tonk Woman
5 Elvis Presley ► Suspicious Minds
6 Elvis Presley ► In the Ghetto
7 The Beatles ► Come Together
8 The Beatles ► The Ballad of John & Yoko
9 Edwin Hawkins Singers ► Oh Happy Day
10 Tommy James & the Shondells ► Crimson & Clover

Top 10 grossing 1969 films

Rank Movie Release Date Distributor Genre MPAA 1969 Gross Tickets Sold
1 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 10/24/1969 20th Century Fox Western PG $102,308,900 72,048,521
2 The Love Bug 3/13/1969 G $50,576,808 35,617,470
3 Midnight Cowboy 5/25/1969 MGM R $44,785,053 31,538,769
4 Paint Your Wagon 10/15/1969 Paramount Pictures Musical PG-13 $31,678,778 22,308,998
5 On Her Majesty's Secret Service 12/18/1969 MGM Action PG $22,800,000 16,056,338
6 They Shoot Horses, Don't They? 12/10/1969 Drama M/PG $12,600,000 8,873,239
7 Once Upon a Time in the West 5/28/1969 Paramount Pictures Western PG-13 $5,321,508 3,747,540
Total Gross of All Movies $270,071,047
Total Tickets Sold 190,190,875

1969 Prices

Cost of a new home: $27,900
Median Household Income: $8,389
Cost of a gallon of regular gas: $0.35
Cost of a dozen eggs: $0.62
Cost of a gallon of milk: $1.10
Cost of a first-class postage stamp: $0.06

Top 100 songs from 1969
1969 world news
What happened in 1969
1969 in sports
1969 Pop culture
1969 in film.



Is your email current?

Your AHS reunion committee wants to contact you via email, to keep you informed about your reunion + save postage.

Update your email here: view add update search. If that didn't work click contact Ames High School Alumni Assoc

Is your postal mailing address current?

Moved? email the AHSAA your new mailing address, keep the AHSAA updated so we don't loose you, click here contact Ames High School Alumni Assoc , tell us your name, current mailing address, year of graduation + anything else you care to add.

Are you a member? Easy and inexpensive to join. Dues paying AHSAA members receive 3 AHSAA newsletters per year!

Greg Mulhall '69
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AHS Class of 1974 45-Year Sapphire Red Reunion

AHS 1974
September 27-29, 2019 (Fri Sat Sun)
Optional pre-gathering Sep 26 (Thu)

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AHS Class of 1974's 45-year Sapphire Red Class Reunion was Fri, Sat & Sun September 27, 28 and 29, 2019 (optional pre-gathering Thur Sep 26) We hope you marked your calendar and had a an amazingly wonderful time!

Registration

LittleCyclones1974.ClassQuest.com

Click for the 1974 45-year registration site LittleCyclones1974.ClassQuest.com

$50 for an entire 45-year reunion weekend! Nice! 3 catered events, the 1974 reunion committee will absorb additional costs. Registration site takes credit cards. Check or cash? Contact the committee.

Why

Why attend my reunion?

Work Won't Remember

Ames High Class of 1974 Some Have Left Us

Some Have Left Us video shown at Sat eve at 45 year reunion in Sep 2019. A tribute to our wonderful classmates who have left us much to soon.

AHS 45 year Class of 1974 "Some Have Left Us" If this link doesn't work search Youtube.com for REUNION45 1974

Schedule of 6 Events
AHS 1974 45-year Reunion

Plans made, deadlines met, old/new friends & classmates contacted, presentations lovingly created, much fun and todo was had by all 100+ classmates who attend the 1974 AHS 45-year reunion ... SCROLL DOWN for all 6 events

More event info or register: LittleCyclones1974.ClassQuest.com

Thursday Eve
Wallaby's Pre-reunion gathering
Sep 26, 2019

6pm to 10pm

Wallaby's
Very optional unofficial event

Map to Wallaby's
2733 Stange Road
Ames, IA 50014

For gung ho classmates arriving a day early.
Ozzie arrived Thursday and attended. Mark and Lori attended plus others.

Very casual on the 2nd floor veranda deck at Wallabys Restaurant

AHS 1974 45-year Reunion !

Friday Eve
93 classmates attended the welcome Kickoff Woodsy
Sep 27, 2019

6pm - 12:45am !!

Map to Mike's Home / Acreage
Arrasmith Trail Rd

beautiful campfire
BBQ dinner around a campfire at Mike Rolling's home just North of Ames.
Welcome your classmates around a nice Iowa bonfire and catered BBQ pulled pork sandwich dinner with fixin's.

Pulled Pork, baked beans and cheesy potatoes are planned for the meal

Bring your own drink if you don't want Keg Beer
Bring a chair if you have one

AHS Class of 1974 45-year reunion!

Saturday AM AHS Fun Tour
Sep 28, 2019

10am - NOON

Map to Ames High School Tour with Mr. Ripp and Mr. Schmaltz !!

Say 'Bye to Ames High (as we knew it)' Last chance to tour the current Ames High building before it is demolished and the new one is built

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Meet in the AHS main door lobby at 10am sharp

Don't be late or get detention from our former beloved Vice Principal & Latin teacher, Mr. Ripp

1974 AHS 45-year reunion!

Saturday NOON
Fantastic Catered Luncheon
Sep 28, 2019

NOON - 2pm

Map to Melba's
Duff Ave
Ames, Iowa 50010

Class gathering at 1974 classmate, Melba Smith Olson's home on Duff across from Inis Grove park.
Catered lunch from "The Cafe"

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Park on Duff or across the street at Inis Grove parking lot

Price: Free will contribution

AHS Class of 1974 45-year reunion!

Saturday Eve
Big 45-year Dinner & Program
Sep 28, 2019

6pm to 11pm

Map to Quality Inn & Suites Starlite Village
2601 E 13th Street
Ames IA 50010
515-232-9260

Quality Inn & Suites Starlite Village ball room

Quality Inn and Suites Ames Iowa photobyEdHendricksonJr

6pm Happy Reconnecting Hour, reconnect w old/new friends
6:30pm (sharp) elementary school class photos
7pm Main big class photo. SMILE!
7pm-8pm Buffet dinner (choice of 3 entrees)
8pm-9pm Program
9pm-11pm Reconnect, visit w new & old classmates! 70's music and dance!

Join your 1974 classmates for cocktail hour, pictures & banquet dinner plus a short program

https://www.facebook.com/QualityInnAmes

1974 AHS 45-year class reunion!

Photos

1974! What an amazing class!!

Take some well earned time, sit back and enjoy photos from the AHS class of 1974

All 1974 Photos 30-Year Reunion Photos Click this thumbnail to see the 1974 Ames High School Class Photo 40th Reunion Scheman taken Sat Eve July 26 2014 DSC_0783 Click to see 1974 Ames High School reunion at Scheman 2014-07-26 Sat eve #AHSClassPhoto #1974ClassPhoto

Accomodations

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Quality Inn & Suites Starlite Village has given us a special rate of $109 for hotel rooms. This rate and the rooms was good thru September 1, 2019. Call and ask for "Ames High Class of 1974" to reserve a room within our block

The committee saw rates drop to as low as $88 for the Quality Inn on 13th street where the Saturday night event was held. This was not part of the block of rooms, but a better rate than we were quoted and directly thru the choicehotels.com website. To see this rate click Here

If cost is an issue, or you want more fun than a barrell of monkeys. There is FREE space at Ed's. LOL. The more the merrier at the Hostel. Seriously though. Send an email (see Contacts in this section), or we can find try and find space in a classmates guest room.

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map
Quality Inn & Suites Starlite Village
2601 E 13th Street, Ames IA 50010
515-232-9260

Contacts

Judy Brink Brown AHS 1974 Judy . Brown . 1974 (at) gmail (dot) com
Ed Hendrickson AHS 1974 info (at) Ames High (dot) org click email replace (at) with (dot) with . remove spaces

Invitations

400+ Class of 1974 45-year reunion invitation postcards were mailed June 2019 to every 1974 classmate we could find. Prior to that 400 Save-the-Date postcards were mailed November 2018. If you did not receive a postcard then the AHSAA does not have your correct address, please contact anyone on the reunion committee with your correct address, or click the contact us button on this page and email your current address.

1974 Nostalgia

What were you doing in 1974?


Top 10 1974 songs

1 "The Way We Were" - Barbra Streisand
2 "Seasons in the Sun" - Terry Jacks
3 "Love's Theme" - Love Unlimited Orchestra
4 "Come and Get Your Love" - Redbone
5 "Dancing Machine" - The Jackson 5
6 "The Loco-Motion" - Grand Funk Railroad
7 "TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)" - MFSB
8 "The Streak" - Ray Stevens
9 "Bennie and the Jets" - Elton John
10 "One Hell of a Woman" - Mac Davis

Top 10 grossing 1974 films

Rank Movie Release Date Distributor Genre MPAA 1974 Gross Tickets Sold
1 Blazing Saddles 2/7/1974 Warner Bros. Comedy R $119,500,000 63,903,743
2 Towering Inferno 12/17/1974 20th Century Fox Action PG $116,000,000 62,032,085
3 The Trial of Billy Jack 1/1/1974 PG $89,000,000 47,593,582
4 Young Frankenstein 12/15/1974 20th Century Fox Comedy PG $86,300,000 46,149,732
5 Earthquake 1/1/1974 Drama Not Rated $79,700,000 42,620,320
6 The Godfather: Part II 12/11/1974 Paramount Pictures R $57,300,000 30,641,711
7 The Longest Yard 8/30/1974 PG-13 $43,008,075 22,998,970
8 Benji 11/15/1974 Adventure G $31,559,560 16,876,770
9 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 10/18/1974 New Line Horror R $26,572,439 14,209,860
10 The Man with the Golden Gun 12/20/1974 MGM Action PG $21,000,000 11,229,946
11 Gone with the Wind 10/14/1967 MGM Drama G $17,045,642 9,115,317
12 The Sugarland Express 4/5/1974 Universal PG $7,000,000 3,743,315
Total Gross of All Movies $693,985,716
Total Tickets Sold 371,115,351

Top 1974 Songs News Sports Film

Top 100 songs from 1974
1974 world news
What happened in 1974
1974 in sports
1974 Pop culture
1974 in film

Is your email current?

Your AHS reunion committee wants to contact you via email, to keep you informed about your reunion + save postage.

Update your email here: view add update search. If that didn't work click contact Ames High School Alumni Assoc

Is your postal mailing address current?

Moved? email the AHSAA your new mailing address, keep the AHSAA updated so we don't loose you, click here contact Ames High School Alumni Assoc , tell us your name, current mailing address, year of graduation + anything else you care to add.

Are you a member? Easy and inexpensive to join. Dues paying AHSAA members receive 3 AHSAA newsletters per year!

Ed Hendrickson Jr '74

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AHS Class of 1979 40-Year Ruby Red Reunion

AHS 1979
June 14-16, 2019 (Fri Sat Sun)

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The Ames High School Class of 1979 40-year Ruby Red Class Reunion was held Thur thru Sunday June 13 to June 16, 2019. We know you had a wonderful time at YOUR 1979 class reunion!

Photos

Very Fun! What an Amazing 40-year Reunion!!

Why not take some well earned time, sit back and enjoy all the photos from the 40th AHS 1979 reunion held Thursday June 13 thru Sunday June 16, 2019. Click the button below or the image and remember the great memories.

Hotel

A block of 50 rooms for $109/night plus tax for June 14-15, was available to reserve through May 15, 2019. The name of our group was: Ames High 1979. https://www.facebook.com/QualityInnAmes

Why

Why attend my reunion?

Work Won't Remember

Schedule of Events
1979 40-year Reunion in 2019

Plans were made, deadlines met, friends and classmates contacted, presentations created, and much fun and todo was had by all who attended the AHS class of 1979 40-year reunion

Click here for 1979 40-year Reunion Schedule of Events flyer pdf

Thursday Eve Jun 13, 2019

Pre-reunion gathering was at Wallaby's after 4pm. Not on the official AHS 1979 schedule which you can see here

Saturday Jun 15, 2019

The 1979 reunion committee was all ready for early sign-up for the dinner on Saturday night 6/15/19 at Quality Inn & Suites. Cost was $35/person and can be paid through PayPal.me/ahs79 - If you’d like to pay by check send Sherri an email for her address. Fliers with additonal information on the Reunion were mailed already after January 15th, 2019.

Sunday Jun 16, 2019

Click here for 1979 40-year Reunion Schedule of Events flyer pdf

1979 Nostalgia

Top 10 1979 songs

1 Blondie ► Heart of Glass
2 Gloria Gaynor ► I Will Survive
3 Chic ► Le Freak
4 Bee Gees ► Tragedy
5 Donna Summer ► Hot Stuff
6 Patrick Hernandez ► Born to Be Alive
7 M ► Pop Muzik
8 The Knack ► My Sharona
9 Bee Gees ► Too Much Heaven
10 Rod Stewart ► Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?

Top 10 grossing 1979 films

Rank Movie Release Date Distributor Genre MPAA 1979 Gross Tickets Sold
1 Superman 12/15/1978 Warner Bros. Adventure PG $93,292,767 37,168,433
2 The Amityville Horror 8/3/1979 American International Pictures Horror R $86,432,520 34,435,266
3 Rocky 2 6/15/1979 United Artists Action PG $85,182,160 33,937,115
4 Star Trek: The Motion Picture 12/7/1979 Paramount Pictures Adventure PG $82,258,456 32,772,293
5 Alien 5/25/1979 20th Century Fox Horror R $80,930,630 32,243,278
6 Apocalypse Now 8/15/1979 United Artists Action R $78,800,000 31,394,422
7 The Muppet Movie 6/22/1979 Associated Film Distributors Adventure G $76,657,000 30,540,637
8 The Jerk 12/14/1979 Universal Comedy R $73,691,419 29,359,131
9 Moonraker 6/29/1979 United Artists Action PG $70,300,000 28,007,968
10 10 10/5/1979 Warner Bros. Romantic Comedy R $52,134,699 20,770,796
Total Gross of All Movies $1,188,287,668
Total Tickets Sold 473,421,368

1979 Prices

Cost of a new home: $71,800.00
Median Household Income: $16,461.00
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.15
Cost of a gallon of regular gas: $0.86
Cost of a dozen eggs: $0.85
Cost of a gallon of Milk: $1.62

Dow-Jones: High: 907 Low: 742

1979 top 100 songs. 1979 world news. 1979 history. 1979 sports. 1979 Pop culture. 1979 film.

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AHS Class of 1984 35-Year Coral Reunion

AHS 1984
July 27, 2019 (Sat)

1984 AHS reunion post created Jan 3, 2019, updated Jan 4, 2019 top

The Ames High School Class of 1984 35-year Coral Class Reunion
was scheduled for Saturday July 27, 2019. We hope you marked your calendar and had a wonderful time at YOUR 1984 class reunion!

Schedule of Events

Plans were made, deadlines were met, friends and classmates were contacted, presentations were created, and much fun and todo was had by all who attended the AHS class of 1984 35-year reunion

Saturday July 27, 2019 AHS 1984 35-Year Class Reunion

Location: Jeff Taylor's Farm - 170th Street, Gilbert IA
Time: 6:00pm - ?
Cost: Suggested $19.84 per person paid at the event
-- Dinner Catered in
-- Alcoholic drinks and Non-Alcoholic drinks were available
-- Rides to and from the event were available
*Donations for future reunions always accepted

Why

Why attend my reunion?

Work Won't Remember

Contacts

Matt "Woody" Woodworth AHS 1984 matt k wood 44 (at) gmail (dot) com click email replace (at) with (dot) with . remove spaces

1984 Nostalgia

Top 10 1984 songs

1 George Michael ► Careless Whisper
2 Stevie Wonder ► I Just Called to Say I Love You
3 Prince ► When Doves Cry
4 Tina Turner ► What's Love Got to Do With It?
5 Cyndi Lauper ► Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
6 Band Aid ► Do They Know It's Christmas?
7 Wham! ► Wake Me Up Before You Go Go
8 Madonna ► Like a Virgin
9 Frankie Goes To Hollywood ► Relax
10 Phil Collins ► Against All Odds (Take a Look At Me Now)

Top 11 grossing 1984 films

Rank Movie Release Date Distributor Genre MPAA 1984 Gross Tickets Sold
1 Ghostbusters 6/8/1984 Sony Pictures Adventure PG $220,855,498 65,730,802
2 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 5/23/1984 Paramount Pictures Adventure PG $179,880,271 53,535,794
3 Gremlins 6/8/1984 Warner Bros. Comedy PG $148,168,459 44,097,755
4 Beverly Hills Cop 12/5/1984 Paramount Pictures Action R $103,873,224 30,914,650
5 The Karate Kid 6/22/1984 Sony Pictures Action PG $90,815,558 27,028,439
6 Police Academy 3/23/1984 Warner Bros. Comedy R $81,198,894 24,166,337
7 Footloose 2/17/1984 Paramount Pictures Musical PG $80,000,000 23,809,523
8 Star Trek III: The Search for Spock 6/1/1984 Paramount Pictures Adventure PG $76,471,046 22,759,239
9 Romancing the Stone 3/30/1984 20th Century Fox Adventure PG $75,078,260 22,344,720
10 Purple Rain 7/27/1984 Warner Bros. Drama R $66,524,902 19,799,077
11 Terms of Endearment 11/23/1983 Paramount Pictures Drama PG $65,454,493 19,480,503

Top 100 songs from 1984
1984 world news
What happened in 1984
1984 in sports
1984 Pop culture
1984 in film.



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Matt "Woody" Woodworth '84

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AHS Class of 1989 30-year Green AHS Class Reunion held in 2019

AHS 1989
July 26-27, 2019 (Fri Sat)

1989 AHS reunion post added Mar 15, 2019 , updated Mar 22, 2019 top

Welcome AHS Class of 1989 !

The Ames High School Class of 1989 30th Green Reunion
was held Friday July 26, 2019 and Saturday July 27, 2019

We hope you marked your calendar and had a wonderful time at YOUR class reunion!

Reunion Events

More information to follow, including details and ticket costs!

Friday Night July 26 2019 (7pm kickoff)

"Casual gathering" Location TBD

Saturday July 27 2019 Daytime Activities

AMES HIGH SCHOOL AMES IOWA Ames High School Aerial View 2015 - AMES HIGH SCHOOL AMES IOWA Campus including Football Field and Stadium, Tennis Courts, Parking Lot, Media Center, Classrooms, Swimming Pool #AmesHighSchool

10am Ames High School Tour

Say 'Bye to Ames High (as we knew it) Very-last-chance-ever to tour current Ames High building before the new one is built'

Possible Golf / picnic / pool reunion event -- TBD

Saturday Eve July 27 2019 (time TBD)

Evening festivities -- food, drinks, DJ, dancing, mingling at

Ames Golf and Country Club
5752 George Washington Carver Avenue
Ames, IA 50010




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Why

Why attend my reunion?

Work Won't Remember

Contact

Tammy (Scherr) Stegman 1989 AHS Stegman (at) mchsi (dot) com click email replace (at) with (dot) with . remove spaces
Tyler Farner AHS Tyler Farner (at) gmail (dot) com click email replace (at) with (dot) with . remove spaces

2014-07-12 1989 25 year reunion AMES HIGH SCHOOL AMES IOWA group Class Photo #AmesHighClassof1989 #AHSClassPhoto

Nostalgia

Top 10 songs from 1989

1 Madonna ► Like a Prayer
2 Phil Collins ► Another Day in Paradise
3 Fine Young Cannibals ► She Drives Me Crazy
4 The Bangles ► Eternal Flame
5 Richard Marx ► Right Here Waiting
6 Roxette ► The Look
7 Jive Bunny & The Mastermixers ► Swing the Mood
8 The B52s ► Love Shack
9 Prince ► Batdance
10 Kaoma ► Lambada

Top 12 grossing 1989 films

Rank Movie Release Date -- Distributor Genre 1989 Gross Tickets Sold
1 Batman Jun 23, 1989 -- Warner Bros. Action $251,188,924 62,954,617
2 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade May 24, 1989 -- Paramount Pictures Adventure $197,171,806 49,416,492
3 Lethal Weapon 2 Jul 7, 1989 -- Warner Bros. Action $147,253,986 36,905,760
4 Honey, I Shrunk the Kids Jun 23, 1989 -- Walt Disney Adventure $130,724,172 32,762,950
5 Rain Man Dec 16, 1988 -- MGM Comedy $125,649,560 31,491,117
6 Look Who's Talking Oct 13, 1989 -- Sony Pictures Comedy $120,409,476 30,177,813
7 Ghostbusters II Jun 16, 1989 -- Sony Pictures Comedy $112,494,738 28,194,169
8 Back to the Future Part II Nov 22, 1989 -- Universal Adventure $103,826,836 26,021,763
9 Parenthood Aug 2, 1989 -- Universal Comedy $100,047,830 25,074,644
10 Dead Poets Society Jun 2, 1989 -- Walt Disney Drama $95,860,116 24,025,091
11 When Harry Met Sally Jul 14, 1989 -- Columbia Romantic Comedy $92,823,546 23,264,046
12 Turner & Hooch Jul 28, 1989 -- Walt Disney Comedy $71,079,915 17,814,515

Top 100 songs from 1989. 1989 world news. 1989 in sports. 1989 in film

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Carrie O'Boyle '89

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AHS Class of 1999 20-Year Emerald Green Reunion

AHS 1999
Saturday July 20, 2019

1999 AHS reunion post created May 8, 2019, updated May 8, 2019 top

The Ames High School Class of 1999 20-year Emerald Green Class Reunion was scheduled for Saturday July 20, 2019

We know you marked your calendar and had a wonderful time at YOUR 1999 class reunion!

Please help us get the word out about this event by sharing with friends! The more Little Cyclones, the merrier!

Schedule of Events

It's time to party like it's 1999 again! Please join us to celebrate our 20th reunion (gulp!).

Plans were made, deadlines were met, friends and classmates were contacted, presentations were created, and much fun and to do was had by all who attend the AHS class of 1999 20-year reunion

Friday July 19, 2019 - Informal Night Out

Friday evening: Grab your crew and head to Main Street for an informal night out to see who you bump into. We recommend checking out London Underground, owned by our 1999 AHS classmate Jess Clyde.

Saturday NOON July 20, 2019 - Picnic

2015-07-25 18_16_37 July motox photobyEd AMES HIGH SCHOOL AMES IOWA 2007 classmate Georgie Tsushima Memorial Brookside Park Maple Shelter July 25 2015 12 PM NOON
Family Picnic at Brookside Park's Maple Shelter
Bring your own lunch, utensils, etc.

Saturday 1:30 PM July 20, 2019 - AHS Tour

1:30 PM Ames High School Tour.
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Did you know that our Ames High School is being demolished and replaced?
Last chance to strut the halls like old times!

Saturday 7 PM to 10 PM July 20, 2019 - Prairie Moon Main Event


7-10 PM: The Main Event! Please join us for a grownups-only evening out.

We've reserved Prairie Moon and can't wait to see you there!

Contacts

Heather J (McElvain) Spangler AHS 1999 heather - spangler (at) uiowa (dot) edu click email replace (at) with (dot) with . remove spaces

Registration

To get tickets to the Ames High School Class of 1999 reunion and more event details, click here

Your ticket includes appetizers and dessert and an open bar with beer and wine on Saturday night.

We've included a donation option to allow us to offer discounted tickets to classmates who are not able to pay the ticket price. If you are able to donate, thank you! Any leftover funds were used to pay extra event expenses or banked for an even better blowout next reunion.

If a discounted ticket would make it feasible for you to attend, please email h e a t h e r - s p a n g l e r (at) u i o w a (dot) e d u and we made arrangements between us. No worries!

Facebook

Ames High School Class of 1999 Facebook group, click here then click join group to join in the fun.

Why

Why attend my reunion?

Work Won't Remember

1999 Nostalgia

Top 10 1999 songs

1 Britney Spears ► Baby One More Time
2 Ricky Martin ► Livin' La Vida Loca
3 Rob Thomas & Santana ► Smooth
4 TLC ► No Scrubs
5 Lou Bega ► Mambo No 5 (A Little Bit of ...)
6 The Backstreet Boys ► I Want it That Way
7 Eiffel 65 ► Blue (Da Ba Dee)
8 Christina Aguilera ► Genie in a Bottle
9 Jennifer Lopez ► If You Had My Love
10 Sixpence None The Richer ► Kiss Me

Top 10 grossing 1999 films

Rank Movie Release Date Distributor Genre MPAA 1999 Gross Tickets Sold
1 Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace May 19, 1999 20th Century Fox Adventure $430,443,350 84,732,942
2 The Sixth Sense Aug 6, 1999 Walt Disney Thriller/Suspense $276,386,495 54,406,790
3 Toy Story 2 Nov 19, 1999 Walt Disney Adventure $208,880,039 41,118,117
4 Austin Powers: The Spy Who … Jun 10, 1999 New Line Comedy $206,040,085 40,559,071
5 The Matrix Mar 31, 1999 Warner Bros. Action $171,479,930 33,755,891
6 Tarzan Jun 16, 1999 Walt Disney Adventure $170,904,824 33,642,681
7 Big Daddy Jun 25, 1999 Sony Pictures Comedy $163,479,795 32,181,062
8 The Mummy May 7, 1999 Universal Adventure $155,385,488 30,587,694
9 Runaway Bride Jul 30, 1999 Paramount Pictures Romantic Comedy $152,162,347 29,953,217
10 The Blair Witch Project Jul 14, 1999 Artisan Horror $140,539,099 27,665,176
Total Gross of All Movies $7,338,991,529
Total Tickets Sold 1,444,683,117

1999 Economy

President: Bill Clinton
Vice President: Al Gore
Dow-Jones High: 11,750 Low: 9,181
Federal spending: $1716.95 billion
Federal debt: $5978.5 billion
Unemployment: 4.5%
Inflation: 2.1%
Cost of a new home: $195,800.00
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.33 (as of 1/10/99)
Median Household Income: $39,973.00
Cost of a gallon of regular gas: $1.17
Cost of a dozen eggs: $1.08
Cost of a gallon of Milk: $3.32

Top 100 songs from 1999
1999 world news
What happened in 1999
1999 in sports
1999 Pop culture
1999 in film.



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Heather J. (McElvain) Spangler '99

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The AHS classes of 1994 2004 and 2009 have not reported a reunion to the AHSAA

AHS Class of 1994 2004 and 2009
reunion might be held sometime in 2019

AHS reunion post created Nov 21, 2018 top updated 5/8/2019

If you know there is a reunion planned for this class and you don't see it listed anywhere on this website, then please let the AHSAA know who to contact and how to contact that classmate.

Are you a member of your class reunion planning committee for your Ames High School Class and you don't see a listing for your class reunion, please let the AHSAA know the dates and schedule for your reunion, as well as the contact person or persons and any other reunion information you would like listed on this AHSAA web site.

Click the contact us button on this page and email any information about your reunion, how you would like the post to read, dates, contact info for your reunion, facebook page, or your class reunion website link plus any other pertinent information. Thank you. The AHSAA




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