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11/29/07

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Misc. News Items:

  • Seven Seniors Named National Merit Scholars - Highlands High School paced Northern Kentucky when seven seniors were named National Merit Scholarship semifinalists. All seven are expected to be named National Merit Finalists in the spring. They are: Griffin Austin, Leslie Gilb, Alyssa Latham, Spencer Malone, Tim Nielsen, Justin Perkins and Chad Schaber.
  • Highlands Leads Northern Kentucky in ACT Scores -Highlands High School lead Northern Kentucky in average ACT scores for the class of 2006. Highlands had an average ACT score of 23.8. Beechwood was second with an average ACT score of 22.5, followed by Ryle with a score of 22.2. Conner and Dixie Heights had the fourth and fifth best average ACT scores in Northern Kentucky.
Here is some of the latest news and information we have received from our alumni:
 ........Graduate News
  • From the 1930s - Florence Reeves Knox & Harold Knox, ('38)  live in Fairfield, Ohio. Florence writes: "Harold and I are doing fine. I am still at Waterford Retirement Home and loving it. Harold is still at Glen Meadows and doing well. We enjoy having Harriet Hoeweler ('38) living close, and we enjoy reading Over The Hill Topper."
  • From the 1940s - Rose Doty Willis, ('45), resides in Pensacola, Florida with her husband, Clayton. Rose writes that she is a great grandmother with the recent birth of Ethan Brand. Three of her daughters live in the Pensacola area. "Life is Good!"
  • From the 1950s - Bill Kiel, ('53) and Anita McMullen Kiel, ('55), moved to Scottsdale, AZ, to be near Betsy, ('86) and family. "We miss Ft. Thomas and look forward to coming back each year but we enjoy the beautiful desert, the wildlife and spring cactus flowers," writes Anita. "We still play tennis at our Community Center and some golf. We're always interested in seeing people from our past."
  • From the 1960s - Richard Velkley,  ('67) has assumed the Ceclia Schott Weather-head Professorship of Philosophy at Tulane University in New Orleans.
  • From the 1970s - Nancy Johnson Baker ('71)  resides in Ft. Thomas and has been a member of the Fort Thomas School Board for seven years. Nancy and her husband, Mark, have four children in college: Kim (NKU), Jamie (Univ of Dayton), Randall (UC); and Greg (UK). Nancy and Mark have been married 26 years.
  • From the 1980s - Nothing at this time.
  • From the 1990s - Nothing at this time.
  • In the 2000s - Nothing at this time.
DEATHS

Virginia Heinz Dorsey, Class of 1931

William "Bill" Wright, Class of 1938

Bob Bugie, Class of 1938

Martha Demmerle, Class of 1938

Billie Bohart, Class of 1943

Beverly McKenna Ducato, Class of 1947

Harold White, Class of 1965

 

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