Welcome to the Official LHS Class of 1961 Website

Since 2009 - over 238,100

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Sadly we inform you that our classmate Richard W. Durham died August 30, 2023 in Lincoln. Click here on his "In Memory" page to leave comments and condolences. We send sympathies to his family in Lincoln and Phoenix. Many thanks go to Marv Itzen for letting us know about Dick's death.

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A New Role for Muny Pool

The old Municipal Pool building is under consideration for an Historic Register designation and the Lincoln Parks and Recreaton Dept. has leased the pool house to the Bike Kitchen, a volunteer group of people who refurbish bicycles for students and others who need them. Lincoln residents generously donate new and used bikes to the kitchen. Hundreds of bikes are given away each year to people in need. It's another job well done just across the parkway from our old alma mater. Click here for the LJS article.

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Gatherings For Your Calendar

LHS Monthly Dinner:  All dinners for the rest of this year and 2024 will be 5 pm., the first Thursday of each month, at The Eatery. Come relax, chat with old friends and let someone else do the cooking. Great deal.

Photos below of

Guys Dinner, September 13, 2023, 6 pm, Mulligans, 56th & Old Cheney.

Join the girls at

Girl's lunch September 21, 2023, 11:30 am, Hacienda Real, 3201 Pine Lake Rd.

Scroll WAY down to see photos of Sept. 7 dinner.

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Sunken Garden  - A Magical Mystery Tour theme

August 2023

The garden designers, Alice Reed and Steve Nosal, retired after 40+ years of over the top imagination and hard work. Thank You for the years of annual walks through those beautiful gardens. Another very notable neighbor to LHS.

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Demolition of Pershing Auditorium is Underway

Click here for the LJS article. The mural from the front was successfully removed and will be reconstructed at a new Wyuka Park at 35 and "O". Click here for that news from LJS.

Elvis at Pershing in 1957

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Whittier Celebrates Centennial

Whittier Junior High, 22nd and Vine, 1960

Centennial celebration Aug. 4 & 5 honored 100 years in Lincoln. Click here for the LJS article. Hundreds of classmates attended Whittier before moving on to Lincoln High. If you did, send a shout out or share a memory by clicking "Contact Us" .

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Click Here for a slide show of ten of Lincoln's longest running restaurants.

One of our favorites.....

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All Deceased Classmates - Click Here

Deceased Family Members - Click Here

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BIG NEWS

Congratulations to the 1960 LHS State Champion Track and Field Team who were inducted into the Lincoln High Athletic Hall of Fame on September 7, 2023 at a banquet in their honor. Loren Swanson, Biff Pfeiff, Earl True and Larry Theesen were honored. Deceased '61 team members are: Ron Chambers, Roger Campbell, Mike McGrath, Charles McDaniels and Bobby Williams. Other team members from the Class of 1960 and the Class of 1962 will also be notified. Tickets are available to anyone who is interested. Class member Terry David Kugren's late husband Paul ('60) ran the 440 on this team and the team miler was Ron Calhoun ('60) who is the husband of Charlotte Towle Calhoun ('61) Ft. McPherson, KS.

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Pershing Auditorium Mural to be re-installed at Wyuka in proposed park. Fundraising is ongoing. Click here for article and more details in LJS "Neighborhood Extra".

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LINCOLN HIGH NEWS

Lincoln High English teacher and girls' basketball coach Dominique Kelley Johnson was honored with the 2023 EPIC Coach of the Year award today during the EPIC Day with Dawn Staley event at College of Saint Mary. Staley, the University of South Carolina Women's Basketball coach, presented Coach Kelley 

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Former LHS football and track standout Kenneth William has joined the Husker football team as a walk-on. He transferred to Lincoln High from Michigan last fall.  Click here for the LJS story.

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Former LHS football WR standout Beni Ngoyi is making a big impresson at Iowa State fall camp. (Too bad Huskers!)  Click here for the LJS article and kudos to Beni.  Cheering for our LINKS near and far! 

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Another achievement for LHS Grad and Husker hurdler Darius Luff who set the track record at the Texas Relays April 1. Click here for LJS article.

Lincoln High 2019 grad Darius Luff placed third in 60 meter hurdles at the NCAA Indoor Track 2023 Finals this weekend. Darius was also the Big Ten champion in the same event and had the top NCAA qualifying time. Great achievements at this level.

Congratulations Darius! Click here for the article.

At NCAA finals are Darius Luff, (LHS '19) and Dajaz DeFrand, sprinter, (LHS '22).

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Lincoln High Mascot, the Links, is featured in a syndicated cartoon "Thatababy" by Paul Tapp. Click here to see the fun article and why the Links were chosen in the "Mascoties" special issue.

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PHOTOS OF THE 61ST REUNION!!!

Click here for the
Reunion Photo Gallery to date. Send your photos.

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The LHS library media center staff has completed a huge project of digitizing LHS history and records from their collection. It includes photos, Advocates, LINKS yearbooks and other sources. Click here to reach the web site and enjoy the search through our history. Huge thanks to the media staff from the Class of '61!

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MORE LINKS IN THE NEWS

CONGRATS!!

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LHS's Renee Jones named 2023 Nebraska Teacher of the Year

The award is "bestowed annually to teachers who are exceptionally dedicated, knowledgable, skilled and who have the ability to inspire students of all backgrounds and abilities to learn." Click here for the full LJS article.

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Deborah McGinn, LHS Teacher for nearly 40 years, is featured in a front page LJS article about her LHS career and now her retirement at Union College as a writing consultant. Click here for her love story about teaching and Lincoln High. "Another Lincoln High job well done" is used to describe Deb.

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  Senior Riek Bol creates his gift to Lincoln High, a video showing the 150 year history of the High. Click here for the LJS article. Riek says there isn't another high school in the state that is more connected than LHS. Go Links!