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Melinda Weast and Monica Justus share a laugh
over Armando Jaurequi’s senior photograph.
“We’re the oldest active high school alum
ni association in the good of USA,” says
Robert Stringer, 64, vice president of the Ste
vens High School Alumni Association, and a
member of the Class of 1961.
LIKE OLD TIMES
During Clovis High's Class of 1987
reunion, about 150 classmates caught up on
what’s happened in each others lives in the
last 20 years. As with all high school class
mates. they shared many of life’s firsts: first
job, first car, first love, first heartbreak. They
knew each other before and on the brink
of adulthood. And while adulthood led the
432 graduates in different directions, they all
began their journey together in the halls of
Clovis High.
At a table decorated with old photos and
sports memorabilia, former classmates Sha
ron Ferguson, Renee Brimmer and Kathy
Castillo flip through yearbooks, reminiscing
and marveling at the “then" and “now" faces.
A purple and white Wildcats letter jacket
on display belongs to Lonnie Ward, 38, of
Clovis, who models it while snaps strain,
cameras click and classmates laugh.
Some high school memories are bitter
sweet. Joe Bartlett, 38, who played drums
in Clovis High’s marching band, remembers
performing at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day
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Lonnie Ward sports his Wildcats letter jacket.
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