Beethoven Concert

Jerry Sommerseth's

36th Annual
BEETHOVEN CONCERT

Sunday, December 27th
3:00 p.m.
Central United Methodist Church
1013 Polte Rd, Sedro-Woolley

Potluck dinner following
Free will donations benefit
Skagit Habitat for Humanity

S-W High School Alumni Association

Our SWHS Alumni Association is approaching the beginning of the membership year on January 1. If you are a member, now is the time to renew! If you're not a member, it's time to join!

There are lots of changes afoot for the Association. Pat Hyatt has been elected President for 2010 and she is ready with lots of ideas and helpers to make the Association even better. The general membership meeting is tomorrow, December 16th, at 1 p.m. at the Senior Center. Come on over and find out what the Association is all about!


SWHS Alumni Association
The SWHSAA is a 501(c)3 organization whose main purpose is to award Vocational Scholarships to SWHS grads. They have awarded scholarships since 1996 and have increased the amount of the award to $1500 each (from $1000). They fund-raise through the year by:

· Selling items at the Fall Bazaar
· Selling geraniums in the spring
· Selling tickets for door prizes at the All-Class picnic (2nd Saturday in July).
· Accepting cash donations (including memorial and celebratory donations).

Membership in the Association is $10 per year and membership dues are used for the expenses of the organization. They publish a mailed newsletter and are considering a transition to an e’mail version for those members who prefer the soft copy.

The Association is ready to make other changes and enhancements to increase membership and ensure that they can continue awarding Vocational Scholarships. But they need active participation from more classes.

Here’s what you can do:

· Join the Association. Membership year is from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31. So if you send in membership dues now, be sure to specify the membership year you are paying for. Some people send in dues for more than one year at a time. See below. Attend meetings and work on a committee or two to ensure the continuing success of the Picnic and the Scholarship Program.

· Donate items for the Fall Bazaar and/or come and shop at the Bazaar.

· Buy some geraniums in the spring from the Association.

· Donate a door prize for the All-Class Picnic.

· Attend the All-Class Picnic next July – Class of ’71 will be there and we’ll all sit together!

If you want to join, send this information and your check:


Date:

Paying for Membership Year: 2010 2011 2012 2013 Circle one or more.

Name: Include name at graduation and current name

Year graduated (or attended):

Mailing Address:

Home Phone:

E-Mail address:

Mail this info and $10 per membership year to:

SWHS Alumni Association
PO Box 509
Sedro-Woolley WA 98284

Sedro-Woolley, the Christmas City, had our annual Christmas Parade Saturday, December 5th, at 5:00 p.m.

Of course, it's pitch black dark here at 5 in the evening this time of year so all the parade entries were lighted and the official parade start is the lighting of the downtown Christmas Tree!

However, the darkness makes photography difficult...

The S-WHS Band and the Mount Vernon HS Band both marched in the parade and featured little lights on the instruments. There were floats, horses, vintage vehicles, individual entries, and lots of sparkly lights with the arrival of Santa at the end.

A big crowd came downtown to see the parade. Local groups sold hot beverages and pastries as fund raisers. The temps were down in the low 30's so people huddled together for warmth. Good thing the crowds were about five deep along the parade route! I ran into JB and Sue Bryson with family and lots of other people I know.

Check out the Chamber web site at www.sedro-woolley.com if you want to see who were the various sponsors of the parade. There are still two more events coming up this weekend - Breakfast with Santa and the S-W Museum Holiday Home Tour, both on Saturday the 12th. Hmmm, I think that's the day before my birthday!

Coffee Hour Nov. 24th

Here's a quick photo from our coffee hour last Tuesday. Fun for everyone to see Paula Wilcox Brunn, here visiting from Colorado. If you weren't there, we missed you!

SW Roads update

I was out and about today in the blustery and rainy weather and I took a little tour of McGargile Road and the improvements that were made with Federal stimulus funds. The road was improved with sidewalks and paving to accommodate school busses coming to Evergreen School - see previous posts. If you haven't been to SW in a long time, Evergreen School is north and east of Cascade Middle School - they share playfields.

The road is narrower than I expected but that is probably because of properties owned on either side. But it looks nice. The road appears to be finished from Hwy 9 to Carter Road. Past that, on eastward toward the golf course and Fruitdale Road, it is still torn up with gravel and cones everywhere. No work going on - I'll have to find out if they're going to finish it this winter or what.

Below are some photos of the improvements and pending improvements, plus a photo of the Sedro-Woolley sign that is on Highway 20 - looking west.

In other news, Highway 20 is now closed for the winter.

More as it develops!

S-WHS Alma Mater

At the all-class picnic in July, copies of the words to our Alma Mater song were handed out so everyone could join in at the close of the day. Class of 71 has always sung this song, but it seems that some classes didn't know about it at all. Ed Hoyt provided the words from his mother's collected papers; Mary Newberg Hoyt graduated with Class of 1920:

S-WHS ALMA MATER

Here beside the Skagit River,
stands our school so bold.
"Tis the royal Alma Mater
glo-rious to be-hold."

Chorus
Hail to thee O' Sedro-Woolley,
blue and white all hail.
Hail to thee our Alma Mater,
Sedro-Woolley hail!

We sing of Sedro-Woolley,
give a rousing cheer.
Raise in union our voices,
sounding far and near!

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Well, not so much on substance, but great on spirit!

More as it develops...

More fall color in Sedro-Woolley

November 1 is the prettiest fall day so far!