Scott Fisher withPresident Bush

A Publication of the Adel-DeSoto-Minburn Alumni Association Summer 2008

ONCE A TIGER . . . ALWAYS A TIGER!

The Alumni Board is VERY excited to have Doug Gee as the new activities director at ADM. Already he is busy building relationships and has been very active with our group, even attending

our reunion and Hall of Fame event (This is a first!). Doug has created a newsletter “Tiger Insights” that you will find within the pages of our “Tiger Tracks”.

He hopes to create a database of e-mail addresses for the alumni so the newsletter can be sent electronically to all of us and keep us informed about the numerous activities

and great people at our school. Please take time to read the newsletter ANDsend Doug your e-mail address so you can receive “Tiger Insights” on a regular basis.

As you might remember, Houston evacuated ahead of HurricaneRita in 2005, with almost 3.5 million folks on the move. Ourindustry (refining, pipelines, terminals, distributors and retailers)found out about the evacuation at the same time the public did.Needless to say, it was a mess, thousands of vehicles strandedwith no fuel, retail locations completely out of fuel, water andice, a disaster without the friggin’ hurricane ever making landfall.In addition, there were a lot of medical needs folks evacuated bybus, also a disaster and sadly, a number of people died as aresult. Our Governor as any good politician will do, called for a

task force to study the problems, and of course, we collectively as an industry told them we could make it work ifthe state would include us in their plans and communications. As a result, the Governor issued an Executive Ordercreating what we now refer to as the State Fuel Team. We normally activate 6 days ahead of the expected landfalland are located within the State Operation Center. The bunker, as we refer to it is approximately 45 feet undergroundwith the latest in communications. This is where the President and Governor visited on Monday.

In 2006, we spent thousands of hours putting together a plan that was workable for the people that self-evacuatebut also for the medical special needs evacuated by bus. Another aspect added(after the absolute disaster in NewOrleans) was a total change in state policy. Thus, the State of Texas will not leave anyone behind that wants toevacuate but can’t get out on their own for whatever reason. This also was accomplished with buses.

The end result was an evacuation ahead of Hurricane Gustav of approximately 325,000 Texans and another 50,000 fromLouisiana. While we had retail outages, those were addressed as quickly as possible and I’m proud to say we didn’treceive 1 phone call from local officials telling our team they had evacuees stuck on the side of the road without fuel.

So when you see a storm brewing in the Gulf with a possible Texas strike, you’ll know where I’m at!! Take care alland look forward to seeing everyone soon at the SweetCorn Fest. By Scott Fisher, Class of ‘78

Scott Fisher withPresident Bush

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Athletic Hall of FameADM

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- PRESIDENT’S LETTER -A great edition to enjoy - lots of pictures celebrating the ADM Alumni Golf Outing,Reunion and Hall of Fame.

Another summer winds down and I look forward to next year and my 40th class reunion.Although I know the 20 year reunion was justa few years ago!!! We held a whole weekendevent with an evening at the Sportman’s Club(in honor of Mr. Gunderson), Saturdayevening with dinner at Hillcrest and finishedthe weekend with Sunday in the Adel Park.

My memory has failed me some however.After my last letter where I shared memoriesof biology class, I received a call from Ellen Stineclarifying that she was not afraid of dissectingthe frog, after all, she WAS a farm girl. Shehad learned from her father that animalsshould never suffer and she wanted to be surethe frog would not. Mr. Gunderson assuredher and she was fine. Thought I’d best set thatrecord straight!

Anyway, hope we can top our 40th Reunionnext year with the same gusto! Write or callme if you have ideas on what you’d like to do!

Kris Peterson Manning, Class of ‘69akmanning@msn.com

In Memory Of . . .Darlene (Hoy) Robinson

Class Unknown - Deceased 8/4/08

Wayne ReedAdel Class of 1951 - Deceased 7/15/2008

Gary RoyerMinburn Class of 1951 - Deceased 2/26/2008

Doris (Grimm) ForretAdel Class of 1940 - Deceased 5/10/08

ADMAthletic Hall of Fame

ADM HALL OF FAME NOMINATIONSDUE BY NOVEMBER 12

If you would like to nominate someone for consideration to induction in the 2009 class, please contact Barb Wicks at: 515-993-4454 or e-mail her at

WIX4HAWKS@aol.com to receive a nomination form.

INDUCTIONThe 2008 Hall of Famers were inducted duringthe ADM Alumni Reunion on August 8, 2008.

Sherry Blome - ‘74, Melody Cook - ‘77, Dick Gunderson - Coach,

daughter Rhonda & wife Kay, Erick Heikes - ‘84

Sherry Blome & Teammates

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Class of 1958

Our class of 1958 had a wonderful 50th Reunion. TheReunion started with a BBQ at the Struble's on Thursdaynight with 21 of our 26 remaining graduating seniors (3 of 29are deceased); the ADM Alumni All Class Reunion on Fridaynight and the Hall of Fame; concluding on Saturday night atPatrick's Restaurant. Within the two events 23 of the class(out of 26) were together.

Classmates came from Georgia, Washington DC, Wisconsin,Florida, California, Ohio, Michigan, New Mexico, Texas andKentucky. We had an absolutely terrific time, weather wasperfect and the reminiscing was hilarious; what some peopleremember is overwhelming and sometimes a little embarrassing!

Someone said this was a DARN good lookin’ bunch!

Front: Kay Snyder Struble, Paula Ballentine VanZee, Jewel Brown, Judy Ramsey Stroeber

Middle: Karen Marlenee Smith, Barbara Bohlender Burns,Adreana Jenkins Moser, Patty Melroy Krueger, LouiseBowles Mague, Patty Harsh Slatten, Susan JacobsonVanWerden, Janet Heckner Wolfe, Melba Leffingwell Lee

Back: Ron Oberender, Larry Keller, Larry Hunt, Donald Lemon,Ron Gilliland, Albert Harkrader, Ron Smith, Larry Piercy

Class of 1998

The class of ’98 at the reunion on August 9. We had a fewfolks come after the picture and the official count present was54, which we were very pleased with! Things went very welland we had a great time. - Matt Hemphill

Row 1: Cristal Boldt, Stephanie Slater, Samantha Olson,Amy Banwart, Kristi Waltz, Sara Cruse, Amanda HeenanRow 2: Andrea Reisetter, Carrie Stone, Kristin Reed, Josie Siebert (tattoo on arm), Kari Worley, Carey ErbRow 3: (still kneeling): Adam Deardorff, David Hansen,Phillippe Taborga, Ashlee Ross Row 4: Lindsay Roach, ClareSepter, Kelly Hill, Chris Chapman (orange shirt), AmyCrannell, Joslyn Denman Row 5: Joel Barrett, TonyFriedrichsen, Jason Dillinger, Dwight Handel, Garret Hulse(brown shirt holding beer), Amanda Kinney, Angie DeFoe,Amber Webb (red shirt, sunglasses), Stacey Emmert, CaseyWhitver, B.J. Conway (holding beer), and Josh Manning Row 6: Mark Messerschmidt, Thomas Book (sunglasses) MatTapper, Matt Hemphill (green shirt), Ben Irwin, Bric Nelson(far right, white shirt) Row 7: Justin Copeland, Toby Adkins,Jake Pfitzenmaier, Brian Sheehy

Class of 1968

40th Class Reunion was held Aug. 8, 2008 at theAmerican Legion Hall in Adel, Iowa.

Back Row: Craig Payne, Pam Smith, Phil Luther, Pam Broyles, Ron Smith, Julie (Jensen) Carroll, Deb (Johnson) Roesener, Don Mark, Jamie (Mitchell)Hallengren, Betty (Schultze) Griffin, Barb (Button)Keller, Bill Swigert, Julie (Hoy) Shiery, Kelly Fuller, Pat Quinn, Stu Jorgensen, Max Blood

Front Row: Roger Edwards, Galynne (Hoy) Chapman, Lana (Myers) Schrock, Jean (Wicks) Plymesser, Linda (Kuefner) Emehiser

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Class of 1948

This class enjoyed their 60th Reunion with a dinner atMulligan’s Restaurant on Saturday, August 9 and also participated in the Sweet Corn Parade.

Pictured with classmates and spouses and guests startingat the bottom of the steps: Shirley Button, Bub Button,Mary Beech, Charlie Beech, Merl Schillerstrom, Norma Schillerstrom, Mary Swinger, Doris Luther, Keith Engstrom, Janice Jones, Paul Jones, Helen Jones,Willis Biddle, Joanne Sell, Jerry Sell, Larry Spillers, Lloydene Cadwell, Norma Hougham, Roy Lee Bandy, Velma Renfrow, Dale Hutzell and Nancy Van Ahn.

Back Row: (L-R) Paul Jones, Lloydene Cadwell, KeithEngstrom, Jerry Sell, Larry Spillers, Dale Hutzell, WillisBiddle, Bub Button. Around to Front Row: Helen Jones, MarySwinger, Norma Schillerstrom, Doris Luther, NormaHougham, Mary Beech and Nancy Van Ahn

Class of 1957 in 2007

The Class of 1957 celebrated their 50th reunion for three daysin August 2007. This includes games of golf, alumni openhouse, touring old high school, riding in the Sweet Corn daysParade and lots of eating and visiting. There was lots oflaughter and a few tears.

Front Row: (L-R) Susan (Ogg) Mariscal, Donna (Hunziker)Choate, Karen (Balentine) Prohaska, Mary Jane (Hedges)Harsh, Jerry Glenn

Middle Row: (Shirley (Hayes) Dwinell, Rosalie (Emehiser)Jensen, Judy (Sterling) Quick, Phyllis (Ritchhart) Reynolds,Martha (Wigton) Reno, Cordell Steelman, Norma (Byg) Conrath

Back Row: Jerry Loynachan, Earl Mullins, Jr., Paul Orfield,Arnold Cassady (partially visible), Ernest Blood, Ray Johnson,

Harry Spillers, Gene Spear, Ervin(Sonny) Kinkennon (partially visible), Lee Struble, Bob Craft

Adel Hall of Famer, Jerry Loynachan is really seriousabout getting the steps right ashe does “The Stroll” at his 50thclass reunion in August 2007.

Editor note: Apologies for missingthis in the last edition – which iswhy it is a year late in making thenewsletter! Good for reminiscing!

Planning for 2009 ReunionFrank is looking to contact some

classmates to start planning a reunion now!

Frank Huot613 Polk St. Lot 35 P.O. Box 633

DeSoto, IA 50069

“I graduated with the likes of Kendra Daly, Stephanie Scott,Rita Pollock and too many others to remember.”

RIVER VALLEYGOLF COURSE

RECAP REPORT

On Friday, August 8, 47 teams participated with 46 teams having an alumni, faculty (current or past),

parent or some other connection to the Adel-DeSoto-Minburn school.

The following team’s or individuals qualified for prizes.

David Anderson ‘69Memorial

(Sponsored by family)Closest to Pin #3

Greg Peterman, Barb (Anderson)

Peterman ‘71 & Derek Wilkerson ‘06

Closest to Pin #91/2 of buy in pot - $285.00

(1 foot, 6 inches)

Brian Ahrens

2008Golf Tournament

ADM Alumni Association

The ADM Alumni wishesto thank the following

ADM Alumni Golf Hole Sponsors:

Daugherty Auction & Real Estate ServicesArcher Home Center

The David Anderson FamilyPeople’s Trust & Savings Bank

Raccoon Valley State BankMidAmerican EnergyState Farm InsuranceHawkeye Auto Salvage

Corner TapKim Countryman D.O.

Fuller's StandardRepublic Title of Dallas County

The Bever InvitationalRendezvous Lounge

Italian Villages RestaurantPatrick’s Restaurant

Kinnick’s

Thank You!

WINNERS1st Flight WINNERS2nd Flight

SSCCOORREE 662211SSTT PPLLAACCEEChris Heikes ‘87,Jay Albright,Dick Myers,Dan Tetrick ‘87

SSCCOORREE 663322NNDD PPLLAACCEERyan Pearson,

Robby Pearson,Jeremy Marron,

Donny Webb

SSCCOORREE 663333RRDD PPLLAACCEERon Reupke,Rich Ticknor ‘76,Roger Bever ‘76,Clarke Marshall ‘76

SSCCOORREE 557711SSTT PPLLAACCEETony Marlow ‘88,Rob Adams,Steve Tracy ‘89Hal Wilson

SSCCOORREE 557722NNDD PPLLAACCEE

Matt Burgus ‘92,Dan Burgus ‘65,

John Keitges ‘96,Ryan Burgus ‘90

SSCCOORREE 558833RRDD PPLLAACCEEJeff Hackney ‘84,Kent Glenn ‘84,Eric Heikes ‘84,Rob Wilson ‘85

Madi Reindl ‘09 Women’s Longest Drive, Hole #2Richard Albright Longest Putt, Hole #4 Dan Button ‘72 Longest Putt, Hole #7

Luke Hawkins ‘06 Longest Putt, Hole #8Pete Slusinski Longest Putt, Hole #10

OtherWinners

SSCCOORREE 668811SSTT PPLLAACCEEJed Jungmann ‘93,Chris Greenslade ‘88,Aaron Applegate ‘93,Darren Herzog ‘95

SSCCOORREE 668822NNDD PPLLAACCEE

Mark Anderson ‘77,Greg Peterman,

Barb (Anderson)Peterman ‘71,

Dan Smith

SSCCOORREE 668833RRDD PPLLAACCEEJake Oldham,Derek Handel ‘96,Rowdy Merical ‘88,Brant Kaufman ‘89

SSCCOORREE 773311SSTT PPLLAACCEEMark Hempstead,David Yeoman ‘06,Ben Roby ‘06,Chase Brower

SSCCOORREE 773322NNDD PPLLAACCEE

Brad Hunt,Terry Mork,

Royce Anthony,Troy Anthony ‘85

SSCCOORREE 773333RRDD PPLLAACCEEAaron Bohl ‘04,Luke Hawkins ‘06,Kris Reupke ‘05,Colton Marshall ‘06

WINNERS3rd Flight WINNERS4th Flight

Abbie Mork ‘02 Women’s Closest to Pin, Hole #12 Colby Dawes ‘97 Longest Putt, Hole #13Chris Weiser ‘03 Longest Putt , Hole #15

Tony Marlow ‘88 Men Closest to Pin, Hole #16 Jeff Hackney ‘84 Men Longest Drive, Hole #17

OtherWinners

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ADM High School Athletic Department, 801 Nile Kinnick Drive S., Adel, IA 50003 ADM High School Web Site dgee@adel.k12.ia.us 515-993-4819

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Message From the Activities Director: I would like to start by introducing myself. My name is Doug Gee. I grew up in Independence, IA, received my BA from UNI and my masters in Administration from Drake University. I have been a teacher/coach for 16 years and also an athletic director for two years. I have been a head football coach 15 years at East Central Miles, Altoona, WI, North Tama and Waterloo West. I have also coached wrestling, softball, track and ms basketball.

I am very excited about the opportunities we have here at ADM high School. I believe this is the perfect fit for me personally. I would like to share with you some of my vision for ADM Athletics. I want a school and a community that is excited about their high school sports and activities. I see ADM High School being the model school where all the students are involved in activities and they have high expectations for themselves and their teammates. I see every athlete at ADM High School involved in a year round strength and conditioning program, while they compete in 3-4 sports. I want every school in the state to

be asking what are they doing at ADM high school to be successful in every sport.

Mission Statement: The mission of ADM High School Athletic Department is to develop young athletes who live the following characteristics: Sportsmanship, Pride, Determination, Commitment, Integrity, Work Ethic, all while living up to the challenges placed in front of them and taking pride in the Tradition that is ADM High School athletics.

Game Plan-Goals: Increase the number of 3-4 sport athletes Comprehensive strength and conditioning program for all sports

Develop relationships among coaching staffs Have the best facilities for 3A schools in the State

Ultimate Goal- Win All-Sports Trophy! And YES we can DO THIS!

We have started working on a Three Year Strategic Plan which include:

1. Continued improvement of World-Class Facilities

2. Continued improvement in all ADM High School athletic teams

3. Increase the number of three and four sport athletes

4. Strong connection with all ADM High School alumni, particularly past athletes.

(Continued on Pg.2)

September , 2008Volume 1, Issue 1

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

A LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR PG. 1 HAPPENINGS AT ADEL HIGH SCHOOL PG. 2 WHERE ARE THEY NOW? PG. 3 N THE NEXT ISSUE PG. 4 TIGER & LETTERWINNER S CLUB APPLICATIONS PG. 5

TO RECEIVE FUTURE EDITIONS OF IGER INSIGHTS SEND YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS TO DOUG GEE (DGEE@ADEL.K12.IA.US)

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Message From the Activities Director: (cont. from Pg. 1)

5. Community outreach to the ADM learning community, ADM high School neighbors, and the communities of Adel, Desoto and Minburn

Obstacles to Our Goals: 1. Funding resources 2. Retention of quality coaches 3. Athletes specializing in specific sports 4. Lack of information on past alumni and a

disconnect due to lack of staying in touch

. In the future issues I will be updating you on the progress in all these areas and other.

There are three purposes of the National Tiger Club and the Tiger Letterwinner Club:

1. First and foremost, they are two organizations to reconnect all ADM High school alumni, supporters and letter

School Athletic Department 2. To start an endowment with the interest

being used to help support our yearly

3. Give an avenue for alumni, supporters and

donations- monetary, time, labor, etc. towards our department, an avenue to do so. Any monetary donations from this will be placed into a single endowment account to accrue and have only the interest used for support of the ADM High School athletic budget.

Doug Gee Activities Director

Happenings at ADM High School: The fall sports seasons are off and running and we have already had our homecoming football game. The varsity football team is 1-1, after losing to DCG the first week the bounced back to win their Homecoming game 10-6 against Ballard. The JV team is 0-2 with loses to DCG and Ballard and the 9th grade team is 1-1 with a

win over DCG and loss to Ballard. We have about 75 players 9-12 on the football squad and all have been working very hard since August 11 when practice officially started. Coach Whisner and his staff are now ready to start District 8 play this Friday, September 12 at Creston.

2008 9th/Varsity Remaining Schedule: (9th games start at 5:00, varsity at 7:30) 9-12 Creston @ Creston 9-19 Harlan @ Adel 9-26 Clark-Osceola @ Adel 10-3 Winterset @ Winterset 10-10 Lewis Central @ Lewis Central 10-17 Glenwood @ Adel 10-24 Atlantic @ Atlantic JV 2008 Schedule: (Games start at 6:00pm) 9-15 Creston @ Adel 9-22 Harlan @ Harlan 10-6 Winterset @ Adel 10-13 Lewis Central @ Adel 10-20 Glenwood @ Glenwood

The Volleyball players and coaches started official practice on August 18 and have approximately 45 players out and several returning starters from the 2007 season. Head Coach Mary Beth Scott is in her 2nd year at the helm of the Tigers.

Adel Athletes and Coaches participate in Strength & Conditioning Clinic held at the High School on August 23-24

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ADM Web Site

Where are they now? Tim Canney Tim Canney is a Class of graduate of ADM. During his time as a Tiger, he played on the 1883-84 basketball team that qualified for state tournament which lost in a 1st round 2-OT game. Tim also was a member of the 1983-84 Baseball team that was one of only 4 teams that qualified for state baseball tournament. Upon graduation Tim attended the U of Iowa and graduated with a degree in Finance. During his time at Iowa, he played 4 years of baseball, 2 of which as a starter. The Hawks were Big Ten Champions and qualified for the NCAA Tournament in 1990. Tim lives in Adel with his wife Kristy (Kristy Johnson) and their 3 daughters Katie 15, Haley 12, and Sydney 8. He is a mortgage broker with Gold Key Mortgage, owns www.sportaboutforkids.com, a sports merchandising web site, and is a member of the ADM School Board.

What is the National Tiger Club? The National Tiger Club (NTC) is an organization that will promote Adel High School athletics to all alumni and supporters, across the country. As a member of this organization, you

past events, upcoming events, athletes, and

coaches from Adel High School. It will also keep you up to date with our continued strategic planning, our facility updates, annual reports, complete with all pertinent information that must be reported to the district. It will give you a front row seat to Adel High School athletics, whether you live in Adel, or anywhere across the country. Depending on what level you want to be a member at will determine exactly all of the perks you will receive. Listed below are the levels of membership:

Tiger: $200 and above Seating & parking priorities for home events Free attendance at all pre-game festivities and tailgates

Free attendance at alumni events- when we have ex- Adel greats back for events

Free attendance at Monthly Adel Luncheons Monthly newsletter Schedules and highlights of events

Red & Black: $100 to 199 Free attendance at all pre-game festivities and tailgates

Free attendance at alumni events- when we have ex Adel greats back for events

Free attendance at Monthly Adel Luncheons Monthly newsletter Schedules and highlights of events

Entry Level: $40 Free attendance at our Monthly Adel Luncheons

Monthly newsletter Schedules and highlights of events

Strength & Conditioning Clinic August 23-24

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Tiger Alumni Information:

If you are a ADM graduate, please let us know what you are doing now. Either Email or fill out the form below and mail to:

ADM High School Athletic Department 801 Nile Kinnick Drive S. Adel, IA 50003 Attn: Doug Gee dgee@adel.k12.ia.us Name: Graduation Yr Pertinent Information:

all Adel High School athletic letterwinners with

create an e-mail database so letterwinners could connect with other letterwinners. The cost would be $25 yearly. As part of that you would receive:

Access to the e-mail base of all Tiger letterwinners Monthly newsletter Schedules and highlights of events

We would have special ceremonies on anniversaries of special teams, events,

success. We would bring back teams to be honored and use this organization as a reconnect between past teams, current teams, and our teams of the future.

We will have display boards listing the members of each organization. These will be displayed predominantly, along with our championship banners and bars.

Annual Membership is from Jan. 1st Dec. 31st.

Where are they Now Tigers in the News Fall Happenings Strength & Conditioning Clinic Coaches Letters

Tiger Football team preparing to kickoffthe football season against Dallas Center-Grimes

ADM Volleyballers during the ADM Tiger Volleyball Tournament September 4th.

If you are interested in receiving future editions of send your email address to Doug Gee (dgee@adel.k12.ia.us)

TANA OBERWETTER BELGARDEClass of ‘70

KRISTI TRYON FULLERClass of ‘90

LYNN REICH LOYNACHANClass of ‘65

KRIS PETERSON MANNINGPresident • Class of ‘69

MELODY COOK MARSHALLClass of ‘77

JIM PETERSTreasurer • Class of ‘71

BARB BROWN TRIERClass of ‘74

BARB HACKNEY WICKSSecretary • Class of ‘72

DICK WICKSVice President • Class of ‘72

NATE HAWKINSClass of ‘99

PAM DeReus CASSADYClass of ‘74

NICOLE WHITNEY NIELSENClass of ‘98

A-D-M Alumni Association Board of Directors

Adel-DeSoto-Minburn Alumni AssociationP.O. Box 122Adel, Iowa 50003

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