Reservations for the 2011 Alumni Dinner are coming in from all over the country.  In order to accomodate those classes who do not want to spend the time or money planning and holding a class reunion at a hotel or restaurant, the alumni board of directors is planning to have time and space for those classes who would like to hold their class reunions at the alumni dinner in the Memorial Building on Saturday, June 4.

     It is planned to have the building open at 3:00 p.m. so class members can visit and socialize until the dinner at 6:00, then the main room will be open until 11:00 p.m so more visiting can take place following the dinner.

     There will be no need for organizing and planning on the part of each class, except for notifying the class members of the plans for the evening.  All each member needs to do is send in the dinner reservation, along with their check to the Fillmore High Alumni Assocation, and we will take care of the rest.  If any class wishes to get a class roster, contact the alumni office at 805-524-0416 or at staff@FillmoreHighAlumni.com, and one will be sent.  If a copy of the reservation form is needed, contact the alumni office.

     We hope that these plans will encourage more classes to have their reunions at the alumni dinner and that more alumni members will attend.  We look forward to seeing many of you there on Saturday, June 4, 2011.

     More than three hundred alumni members and guests filled the Memorial Building on Saturday, June 6th for the 96th annual alumni dinner.  Alumni classes of 1932, '35, '36, and '38 were in atttendance, as were representatives from almost every class in the '40's, '50's, '60's and '70's.  An increase in numbers of alumni from the 1980's who attended was noted.  It was great to see so many alumni in attendance from so many different classes.  Alumni came from as far away as Alaska, with many coming from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Arizona, Texas, Colorado, Oklahoma and Tennessee.  It would have been nice if there had been more alumni members from Fillmore in attendance than there were.

     The evening began withe the posting of the colors by Boy Scout Troop 406, followed by the invocation by Jacob Zellmer, one of the 2009 scholarship recipients.  An excellent dinner was served by Gary Laird's Butcher Shop and B-B-Q with the assistance of the Bardsdale 4-H.

     Preceding the awarding of the alumni scholarships to 17 graduating seniors, Sydia Lopez-Rees, class of '97 and Chad Fore, class of '02, told about their college experiences and how much the local scholarships had helped them during their years in college.

     The Honored Classes from 1944, 1949, 1954, 1959 and 1969 were recognized, and the alumni board thanks Biz Basolo, '44; Em Wendel, '49; Ann Scanlin, '54; Bob Morris, '59 and Debbie Curnett and Joe Aguirre, '69 for all their work in getting so many of their classmates to attend this year's dinner.

     Door prizes that were contributed by Carmen Zermeno, Lupe Vasquez, Conway Spitler, Nancy Wallace, Gertrude Lovelace and the alumni association were awarded to twenty lucky attendees.  The 50-50 drawing was won by Bill Mayfield, class of '59.

     The evening was closed with the singing of the alma mater, but many alumni stayed around afterward to continue visiting and reminiscing.

     Next year's alumni dinner will be held on Saturday, June 12, again at the Memorial Building, with the Honored Classes being those whose graduation year ended in 0 and 5.  We look forward to having another great turnout in 2010.

     More than three hundred alumni members and guests filled the Memorial Building on Saturday, June 6 for the 96th annual alumni dinner.  Alumni from the classes of 1932, 1935, 1936 and 1938 were in attendance, as were representatives from almost every class in the 1940's, '50's, '60's and 70's.  An increase in numbers of alumni from the 1980's was noted.  It was great to see so many alumni in attendance from so many different classes.  Alumni came from as far away as Alaska, with many coming from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Arizona, Texas, Colorado, Oklahoma and Tennessee. 

     The evening began with the posting of the colors by Boy Scout Troop 406, followed by the invocation by Jacob Zellmer, one of the 2009 scholarshilp recipients.  An excellent dinner was served by Gary Laird's Butcher Shop and B-B-Q.

     Preceding the awarding of the alumni scholarships to 17 graduating seniors, Sydia Lopez-Rees, class of '97 and Chad Fore, class of '02, told of their college experiencs and how much the local scholarships had helped them during their years in college.

     The Honored Classes from 1944, '49, '54, '59 and '69 were recognized and the alumni board thanks Biz Basolo, '44, Em Wendel, '49, Ann Scanlin, '54, Bob Morris, '59 and Debbie Curnett and Joe Aguirre, '69 for their efforts in getting so many of their classmates to attend this year's dinner.

     Door prizes that were contributed by Carmen Zermeno, Lupe Vasquez, Conway Spitler, Nancy Wallace, Gertrude Lovelace and the alumni association were awarded to twenty lucky attendees.  The 50-50 drawing was won by Bill Mayfied, class of '59.

     The evening was closed with the singing of the alma mater.  Next year's Honored Classes will be those whose graduating years ended in 0 and 5.  We hope to have another great turnout on June 12, 2010.

     More than three hundred alumni members and guests filled the Memorial Building on Saturday, June 6th for the 96th annual alumni dinner.  Alumni from the classes of 1932, '35, '36 and '38 were in attendance, as were representatives from almost every class in the '40's, '50's, 60's and '70's.  An increase in numbers of alumni from the 1980's who attended was noted.  It was great to see so many alumni in attendance from so many different classes.  Alumni came from as far away as Alaska, with many coming from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Arizona, Texas, Colorado, Oklahoma and Tennessee.

     The evening began with the posting of the colors by Boy Scout Troop 406, followed by the invocation by Jacob Zellmer, one of the scholarship recipients for 2009.  An excellent dinner was served by Gary Laird's Butcher Shop and B-B-Q.

     Preceding the awarding of the alumni scholarships to 17 graduating seniors, Sydia Lopez-Rees, class of '97 and Chad Fore, class of '02, told of their college experiences and how much the local scholarships had helped them during their years in college.

     The Honored Classes from 1944, '49, '54, '59 and '69 were recognized, and the alumni board thanks Biz Basolo, class of '44, Em Wendel, class of '49, Ann Scanlin, class of '54, Bob Morris, class of '59 and Debbie Curnett and Joe Aguirre, class of '69 for their hard work in getting so many of their classmates to attend this year's dinner.

     Door prizes that were contributed by Carmen Zermeno, Lupe Vasques, Conway Spitler, Nancy Wallace, Gertrude Lovelace and the alumni association were awarded to twenty lucky attendees.  The 50-50 drawing was won by Bill Mayfield, class of '59.

     The evening was closed with the singing of the alma mater.  Nex year's Honored Classes will be those whose graduating years ended in 0 and 5.  We hope to have another great turnout in 2010.

     More than three hundred alumni members and guests filled the Memorial Building on Saturday, June 6, for the 96th annual alumni dinner.  Classes were represented from the years 1932 through 1939, which was celebrating its 70th reunion.  Classes in each decade were represented for the 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's, and representatives from five classes from the 1980's were present, as were representatives from the classes of 1997, 2002 and 2004, and 17 scholarships winners from this year's graduating class, and their parents.  Alumni came from as far away as Alaska, with many coming from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Arizona, Colorado, Texas, Oklahoma and Tennessee.

     The evening began with the posting of the colors by Boy Scout Troop 406, followed by the Invocation given by Jacob Zellmer, one of the scholarship recipients.  An excellent dinner was served by Gary Laird's Butcher Shop and B-B-Q.  Gary is a 1976 graduate of Fillmore High.

     Margaret Haskell, class of '42 was recognized for her years of service to the alumni asociation as Secretary and also for her many years of assisting with the alumni dinner.  Ralph Rees, a retired teacher from Fillmore High was also recognized for his 28 plus years of teaching at Fillmore High and his continued support of the alumni association.

     Prior to the awarding of the scholarshps, Sydia Lopez-Reese, class of '79 and Chad Fore, class of '02, told about their college experiences and how much the local scholarships had helped them during their years in college.  Alumni scholarships were presented to Julianne Sandoval, Brina Suttle, Natalie Garnica, Karli Chessani, Jillian Wilber, Rebeca Herrera, Aimee Orozco, Michael Watson, Jacob Zellmer, Bailey Pina, Kyla Hernandez, Miguel Alonso, Gabriel Manzano, Jonathan Escamilla, Stephanie Bolanos, Nathan Liu and Erica Rodriguez.

     The Honored Classes from 1944, '49, '54, '59 and '69 were recognized, and the Board of Directors thanks Biz Basolo, class of '44, Em Wendel, class of '49, Ann Scanlin, class of '54, Bob Morris, class of '59 and Joe Aguirre and Debbie Curnett, class of '69 for all the efforts to get their classmates to attend this alumni dinner.

     Door prizes that were contributed by Carmen Zermeno, Lupe Vasquez, Conway Spitler, Nancy Wallace, Gertrude Lovelace and the alumni association were awarded to twenty lucky attendees.

     The present board of directors of the alumni association was returned to office for the 2009-2010 year, and they are already planning next year's alumni dinner for Saturday, June 12 at the Memorial Building, so put that date on your calendar, alumni members.   Next year's honored classes will be those whose graduation years ended in 0 and 5.

     Oh yes, there will be dessert and two bars for next year's dinner.

     If you haven't already checked out the Alumni Dinner page of this website, please do so, as Scott Duckett, our alumni webmaster, has put 31 pictures from the 2008 alumni dinner on that page.   We thank Bob Cox for supplying us with all the pictures.  If you have previously checked on this page, you saw some errors in some of the names, and for this we apologize, but all the incorrect names have been corrected, and we hope too many people were not upset over this.

     Some classes are already starting their plans for the 2009 alumni dinner that will be held on Saturday, June 6, 2009 at the Memorial Building.  So if your class year of graduation ends in 4 or 9, and if you are planning a reunion, please let the alumni office know so we can put information in the Flashbacks, in the Gazette and on our website.  If any class doesn't want to go to all the effort of planning a class reunion out of town, please plan on attending the alumni dinner as your class reunion.  We will have an area for visiting before the dinner, reserved tables for you at the dinner and will provide an area for visiting after the dinner.  We hope to have many classes at this years' dinner.

     The Scholarship Committee is working to update the scoring system for the alumni scholarships prior to handing out the scholarship applications to this year's seniors in January.   The committee hopes to receive more applications and be able to award more scholarships this year, as well as continue to offer Continuation Grants to those alumni who are already attending colleges and universities.  The alumni office greatly appreciates the many donations that come into the office for alumni scholarships from alumni members and friends of this organization.

     The next issue of Flashbacks will be coming out in November, thanks to the hard work of Kathleen Penrod McCreary.  She has lots of information from alumni members and friends, which is what makes this newsletter so interesting.  If we did not have input from graduates and others, there wouldn't be a whole lot to publish, so we thank you for your input, and ask you to please keep sending us letters, changes of addresses and other interesting information.  A notice will come out prior to our mailing the next issue, so be looking for it.

      The Board of Directors of the Fillmore High Alumni Association is encouraging all classes who are planning class reunions this year to include the alumni dinner as part of their reunion.  If a class does not want to spend the time, money and effort putting on a separate get-to-gether, we encourage you to plan to use the alumni dinner on June 6 as your reunion site. 

     The patio area of the Memorial Building is a great spot to meet people and visit prior to the dinner, and areas will also be available after the dinner for more visiting.  Table areas will be set up for Honored Classes, whose graduation year ends in 4 or 9.

     We feel that this way of holding a class reunion is much simpler and less expensive than holding a separate reunion on a separate night.

     Classes already planning a class reunion for 2009 are the classes of 1959 with Bob Morris in charge and the combined class reunion of 1978 and 1979, with Tricia Urrea Gradias and Mark Ortega planning that meeting.  If any other classes with their graduation year ending in 4 or 9 are planning a reunion, please let the alumni office know and we will include your information in Flashbacks, in the local newspaper and on the alumni website.