2011 ALUMNI OFFICERS

President – Patrick Pullinen – Class of 1972

First Vice President – Jean (Strong) Morrill – Class of 1967

Recording Secretary – Kathy (Brown) Martel – Class of 1983

Corresponding Secretary – Amy (Pickielnok) Taylor – Class of 1980

Treasurer – Amy (Pickielnok) Taylor – Class of 1980

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

It’s time to mark your calendars, dust off those dancing shoes and get ready for this year’s Alumni festivities set to begin on Friday, June 17 th through Saturday, June 18 th. Friday night begins Alumni weekend with a get together at the Pot Belly Pub on Main Street. Join your classmates and other Alumni for an evening of entertainment and reminiscing.

The High School will be hosting “Senior Night” also on Friday, June 17th, when awards and scholarships will be presented to this year’s senior class. The event begins at 7:00 p.m. Graduation will be held on Saturday, June 18 th at 10:00 a.m. There will be a brief Alumni business meeting following graduation. All of these events are at the High School gymnasium.

Saturday evening from 8:00 p.m. until midnight is our annual Alumni Dance Party! The dancing will take place in the Black River Alumni Tent located behind the American Legion Ballard Hobart Post 36 on Main Street. DJ Jamie Jensen will be supplying the music for this event. The cover charge is $5.00 per person.

If you know of anyone that is not receiving correspondence from the Alumni Association please contact us with their current mailing address. This information can be mailed to us at P.O. Box 51, Ludlow, Vermont 05149.

We have decided to postpone this year’s parade and to hold some various fund raisers to be able to host a parade in 2012 bigger and better than ever. Our first fund raiser will be a cash raffle. Details to purchase a raffle ticket are included on the third page of this newsletter. The prizes for this raffle will be as follows: 1 st prize - $500.00, 2 nd prize - $250.00, 3 rd prize - $150.00, 4 th prize - $100.00. Tickets will be $10.00 each and limited to only 200 tickets being sold. The drawing will be held when all tickets are sold. We will also have tickets available to purchase at the Dance Party on Saturday, June 18 th or by contacting any one of the Alumni Officers. The theme for next year’s parade will be “T.V. Shows”. Who can forget those favorite sitcoms and cartoons we all enjoyed. Get those creative juices flowing, the options are endless. We are also looking for volunteers for a parade committee to help with the planning process as well as help the day of the parade. Planning a parade requires many hands and any help you can give would be greatly appreciated.

We hope you will join us for these great events planned for the weekend and if you have any questions regarding this year’s events please contact the Association at brhsgrad@yahoo.com.

2010 $500.00 RAFFLE WINNERS

FIRST PRIZE $300 – ELIZABETH HELBERG

SECOND PRIZE $100 – ANDREW BLAISE

THIRD PRIZE $50 – NORMA BIXBY

FOURTH PRIZE $50 – TOM BROWN

2010 SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS

BLACK RIVER ALUMNI ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP AWARD

$500 – JOSEPH HARLOW

BLACK RIVER ALUMNI ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP AWARD

$500 – CHRISTOPHER KOWALSKI

THE CHIOLINO-BARTON FAMILY AWARD

$500 – DOMENICA D’OTTAVIO

Also enclosed with this mailing is our request for payment of your annual dues, raffle tickets for our annual raffle to be drawn Saturday, June 18 th at the dance party and an option to purchase raffle tickets for the “special” raffle for the 2012 parade fund. Remember these tickets are limited to only 200 tickets being sold so make sure to get yours now.

Stay tuned to the Vermont Journal or visit our website at www.brhsms.org for updates. Hope to see all again this year!!!