Welcome to the web site for alumni of Whitehall Yearling
High School - "the place" for WYHS alumni
info.
If you ever lived in Whitehall, attended school
in Whitehall (even if just for a week or two), or worked in
the Whitehall City
Schools, kick your feet up, start humming
the fight song, and enjoy your visit.
Please come back often and help build a WYHS
alumni community. Share your memories (and any photos you may
have) by posting in the free DelphiForums
WYHS Rams Forum or by sending them to me at
Rob Fish, WYHS Class of
1971 and Webmaster, wyhs.org
Hall of Fame Nominations
Know someone from WYHS who should be on the school's Hall of Fame? The application deadline each year is typically in mid-December. Take a look at the guidelines and application. You can submit the application at any time during the year.
The 2008 All Class Reunion has come and gone.
Thanks
to everyone
who helped
put the
event
together
- it
was a
lot of
fun!
Next All Class Reunion will be in 2112 -
please
plan
on attending!
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Note:
All proceeds from name badge
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Rob pay the hosting costs
for this site" fund.
Jimminy Crickets!
I have been soooo involved
with other stuff that
I didn't even put anything
up about the latest Wall
of Fame inductees. Congratulations
to Leo Knoblauch and
Michael Mazzi! Both are
graduates of the class
of 1977.
I'll get some
additional info online
soon.
Gymnasium Named in Honor of Coach
Russ Gregg
There was a
ceremony naming the
Whitehall Yearling
gym the "Russ
Gregg Gymnasium" on
February 11,
2006. Congratulations
to Coach Gregg
on a much deserved
honor!
WYHS Hall of
Fame Induction Ceremony, January 2006
Steve
Tompos(Class of 1985), Preston
Hale (Class of 1971), and Michael
Ore (Class
of 1981), were selected
by the Hall of Fame
committee to be recognized
this year for their
accomplishments, honors,
and recognition in athletics,
business, education, humanitarian
pursuits, or service
to others. Congratulations
to all three on their induction.
I'd like to take this
opportunity to congratulate
my friend, Preston Hale, on his
induction. For the past 30 years,
Preston has selflessly given his
time and talents to others.
I couldn't begin to count the number
of families he's touched
with his generosity, care, and
love.
One example is that year in and year out,
needy families have had
Christmas presents for their children
and good holiday meals because
of Preston's efforts as "Santa
Claus."
Another example is that many flood victims in Missouri
benefited not only from the truckloads
of supplies Preston delivered
to them, but from the time he
spent in their communities helping
them rebuild after floods damaged
their homes and communities.
The number
and variety of humanitarian
and community service recognition
awards Preston has received over
the years is absolutely amazing.
Congratulations Preston!
WYHS 2004 All
Class
Reunion a Success!
Click Here for more info on the August, 2004
event.
Reunion Pictures and Stories Wanted
It may take me a while to get them online (okay..
it WILL take me a while to get
them online - I still don't have
the Homecoming 2003 pictures posted),
but if you have photos or stories
from the All Class Reunion (or
any other WYHS related reunion),
please send them to me.
I've got an 8 meg limit on my mailbox, so please
don't send more than
8 meg of photos at a time.
If you get a "mailbox full" message,
please wait an hour or so and try
sending it again.
Please
send your photos and stories
to:
Alumni
Association
More info coming soon - please plan on getting
involved!
Whitehall Education Foundation
Awards 2 Scholarships!
The newly formed Whitehall
Education
Foundation
(a 501(3)c
charitable
organization
formed
to support
quality
education
and excellence
in Whitehall
City Schools)
awarded
two scholarships
to this
year's
WYHS graduating
class. The scholarships
were from
the James
A. "Herk"
Soteriades
Scholarship
Fund.
If
you're
interested
in "paying
back" to the Whitehall
City Schools,
please
keep the
Whitehall
Education
Foundation
in mind. I'll
put more
details
on the
web site
soon. In
the meantime,
if you'd
like to
make a
donation
to the
Whitehall
Education
Foundation,
you may
contact
the Whitehall
Education
Foundation
through
the high
school's
main
office.
The Yearbook Staff
wants to know if you're looking for
a yearbook: Or at least I think they are. A
while back they contacted me and said
the yearbook
staff had decided to sell some old
yearbooks. They had a lot from
the 80's and 90's, and some from
other years. The yearbooks are
$30 per book or four books for $100.
I don't know if they're still available,
but the contact person was Denise
Bunsey, the yearbook advisor
Ram Band: As
part of Homecoming, the Alumni
Band traditionally raises money to purchase
a new instrument for the band. This year,
in addition to purchasing a musical instrument,
the Alumni Band would like to establish a "scholarship
fund" for band camp. Please
Click Here for info on how you canhelp
the kids in the band by donating to the Alumni
Band Fund - even if you're living someplace
in Eastern Slobovia.
Part of my home-based
business makes customized, magnetic-backed,
dry-erase fridge calendars.
One day I received an
order from a lady
who's last name is "Flippo."
And her mailing
address is on "Flippo
Lane."
If you grew up in
central Ohio in the
50's and 60's, you've got
a good idea of the
photograph I was expecting
to put in the calendar
background.
Alas - there was no connection and I didn't get to put Flippo's
picture on the dry erase
board. I did, however, do
a bit of looking around the
Internet and found several
sites that brought back a
lot of fun memories.
If you ever attended a Whitehall City School, taught in a Whitehall
City School, coached a WYHS team, were an advisor
to a group of students at Whitehall Yearling, or
worked for the Whitehall City Schools, Please Click Here to begin the registration process.
Paula (Replogle) Fish, WYHS Class
of 1971.
Paula was
killed
by
complications
from
multiple
sclerosis in 2003.
Please
consider
donating
to the MS Society through
Paula's
MS Walk
team, "The Almighty Alrightys." Click
Here for donation info.
Thanks!
I'm updating the web site. If an
option doesn't have a working hyperlink, I haven't
yet completed that portion of the site. If a
hyperlink gives you a "404, File Not Found" error
message, I've messed up and would appreciate
an Email to Rob@wyhs.org telling what link you
followed.
WYHS.org has no connection to
the Whitehall School District or any
other organization
in Whitehall.
Information published on the site is gathered
from various sources, and is presented "as is." Errors and/or
omissions,will be corrected as soon as possible.
