I'm going to my Alumni Reunion this weekend at Platte Valley Academy near Shelton, Nebraska. I graduated from there in 1963 before moving on to Lincoln, Nebraska where I attended Union College.
It will be a happy and sad occasion because this is the last year classes will be held there. The school is being merged with Enterprise Academy in Kansas because of low enrollment. That is the sad part.
The happy part is that I will be spending the day on Saturday with old friends from all over the world who I met there. We will spend the last alumni weekend on our campus and make plans, I'm sure, to meet elsewhere in future years.
Because I went to PVA at the age of 14, I didn't attend high school in Haigler, but I look forward to seeing people who did and I hope there is a good turn out for the reunion on Memorial Day weekend. It is a good thing to come "home" and touch base every once in awhile. It helps us remember where we came from and reminds us of what our dreams were and how much things have changed.
Even though I virtually left the Haigler area at a very young age, I did come back to visit many times in the years since and it is still HOME to me and I love that town!!!
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I had a wonderful time visiting with friends yesterday! There were 16 from our class of 32, which is a pretty good turn out for a "non-honor" year! There were about 300 people in attendance, so we had a great day catching up on "what have you done with your life"!!
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