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Final Reunion Announcements

  1. The deadline for registering for our reunion is Friday, September 21.  If you register after September 15, please send a check instead of using the credit card option since the credit card option takes several business days to reach our account.  

  2. We made a mistake regarding the golf outing in our original information.  The outing is on Thursday not Friday as we orginally stated so please note that if you are registered for the outing.  

  3. We did not have a way to register attendance for the two events on the reunion weekend so if you could, please send me an email indicating whether you will be there on Friday night as well as Saturday.  My email address is jsmith5621@aol.com.  Both events will be catered so we need a number for the provider.  

  4. On Friday evening we will be providing beer, soft drinks, water, etc.  On Saturday night it will be a cash bar with water and lemonade being provided by Goeglein's.

  5. We still have plenty of time for registration, but for planning purposes, it would be helpful for us to have you register as soon as possible.   

  6. We can't wait to see all of you soon.  

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CLHS News for the Beginning of the Year

  1. CLHS began its 83rd or so academic year on August 15 with an enrollment of about 740.  That is probably about one hundred more than when we were in school.  Plans for relocating the high school have been shelved in favor of improving the present site in case any of you have been following that story.  

  2. CLHS marching band begins its quest for state honors every year at this time.  They have finished in the top ten for the past several years.  The band has a new director over the past two years.  His name is Adam Friedrich, and he is a recent graduate of River Forest.  He replaced the long-time director, Diane Moellering.

  3. Sports teams will be very competitive.  The boys' cross country team has one of the top runners in the state in Reece Gibson, and the girls' team looks strong as well.   Football may be back to the quality of two years ago and be a threat for state honors.  They destroyed South Side 42-0 in their first game and led powerhouse Homestead 20-3 before surrendering the lead in the fourth quarter at 23-20.  CLHS marched down the field and scored a touchdown for a 27-23 lead with a little over a minute to go.  You guessed it.  Somehow, Homestead scored a touchdown completing three desperation fourth-down passes in the process to win 29-27.  Girls' volleyball is a powerhouse as usual vying with Dwenger for Fort Wayne dominance. 

  4. CLHS has embarked on an historic process by bringing ten Chinese students to the school from a partner school called Concordia Dalian in China.  The ten students represent the entire student body.  Their name is Concordia, but they are not a Christian school as such since that would not be allowed in China.  We (the Smiths) are keeping one of the students in our home for the year so it should be pretty exciting.  One of our hopes is that the Holy Spirit will work through the words of the classroom teachers, students, host families, pastors, and Scripture to bring them to faith.  They literally know nothing about God.  

  5. Please pray for CLHS and its teachers and other staff members.  It's not as easy to operate a Christian school as it was in our days with all the cultural upheaval our country is experiencing at this time.  Many of our Lutheran schools across the country are fighting for their lives amidst declining enrollments and financial challenges.  God is faithful!