Reunion Information

The Yankton High School Class of 1972 is planning their 40 year class reunion for the weekend of July 13-14, 2012. Reunion plans include a Friday night picnic at Memorial Park/Wood Shelter at 5:00 pm. The Saturday evening event is at Hillcrest Country Club with a casual social (5:30 - 6:30 pm), meal (6:30 pm) and "Music of the '70's". A tour of the old YHS (current Middle School) and new YHS/Summit Center is also planned for Saturday morning.

Some additional activities to do on your own in Yankton include: Yankton Bike Trail, kayaking at the lake (rentals available), walk the Meridian Bridge, golf, etc.

We are still looking for mailing or email addresses for these classmates: Chuck Bennick, Shelley Bowyer Carlson, Bonnie Clausen, Rick DeMaro, Loren Ferguson, Dan Gehring, Mike Haley, Karen Hansen Kokemoor, Dave Lyso, Connie Meyers Cuka, Diane Strehlow Launsby, Mary Tidd, Pete Wiggins. Please forward it to: yhsclassof1972@iw.net

Thanks for your help with our 40 year class reunion! Looking forward to seeing everyone on July 13-14, 2012! Please take time to post some news about yourself as this blog is taking the place of a printed Reunion Memory book.

40 Year Reunion Committee: Andrea (Vollmer) Plautz, Angie (Westegaard) & Roger Hejl, Don Fiedler, Gary Welter, Hal Somer, Jan (Schooley) Loecker, Jerry Hisek, John List, Kevin Henseler, Peg (Crawford) Mann, Randy Smith, Steve Hermanson, Susan (Branaugh) Repp and Tom Garvey









Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Lori (Watchorn) Thomas

Forty years is a lot to condense into a couple of paragraphs!  After graduation, I went to USD, where I met my husband, Frank.  We got married in 1976 and our only child, Allison, was born in 1981.  In 1988, I got my law degree and Frank got his PhD in marriage and family therapy from Texas Tech in Lubbock.  Since then, I've been practicing insurance law with a large law firm in Fort Worth.  Frank is a professor at TCU, in addition to his private practice and speaking engagements all over.  Growing up, Allison was into dance but she ended up getting a degree in wildlife management from Texas Tech.  After years of working with animals, she's decided to go back to school for a nursing degree. 

My parents are still in Yankton so I get back there occasionally.  I always marvel at the changes -- and how things seem to be the same nevertheless.  I am sorry I won't be able to attend the reunion.  It would be so much more fun to catch up with everyone in person.  But I wish "all y'all" (that's what 3 decades in Texas has done to me) well and hope to be at the next one!
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