HHS Class of 1984 holds reunion

Front Row (L-R): Tom Gall, Joe Hiestand, Tim Bell, Mitch Roberts, Mark Hedges, Shawn Kaiser Gall.

Second Row (Seated): Ann Craycraft Ernst, Jenny Ross Shelton, Angelica Boris, Mona Bowen, Sam McKinley, Class President Karla Williams, Melinda Aber Rankin, Becca Hensley Griffith, Kim Baldridge Hauke, Tim Lindsey.

Third Row: Wendy Pack Bernard, Julie Blair Kisling, Lisa Evans Leininger, Cindi Brewer Tarvin, Tonja Ryan Hemmerick, Suzy Vance Maynard, Cassie Ward Mahlstedt, Amy Napier Floyd, Kathy Peterson Ketron, Sherri Ames Helterbrand, Geneva Ward, Jackie Smart Balon, Ann Burwinkle McKenzie, Darcy Blankenship, Phil Bieler.

Back row: Dawn Bowen Jones, Priscilla Hapner, Ruth Parker Estes, Carla Garrison Cornett, Linda Everett Chaney, Will Arledge, Jennifer Hopkins Spurlock, Julie Rhude Roberts, Keli Snyder Rosal, Lori Walker Magulac, Julie Wright Little, Ron Bennington, Jeff Collins, Class Vice President Ted Carter.

Not pictured: Chris Fuller, who made a fashionably late entrance, and Tom Barton.

Photo by local photographer Lorin Kibler.

The Hillsboro High School Class of 1984 held its 40th reunion at the Hillsboro Orpheum on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Honored guests included retired English teacher Joan Winner, Art Teacher Mary Gardener, Math Teacher Diana Harvey, Psychology Teacher Bill Alexander and his wife, Carleen, Industrial Arts teacher Mr. Bihl and his wife, English Teacher Leona Bihl, and Government studies teacher, Tom Barton.

We sent the remains of our feast to the hardworking firefighters now working at what used to be Washington Elementary, where all of us attended fourth and fifth grades before it was demolished. Our class gift has yet to be determined. A smaller group of us took a tour of the “new” high school earlier in the day. Sadly, the high school did not post a photo of our class valedictorian, Dr. Chris Colliver on its wall. I hope that gets addressed soon.