Homecoming Picnic is at the VFW on
Saturday, September 23, from Noon to 3 pm

The 2023 BrickieFest Homecoming Picnic will be on Saturday, September 23, at the VFW, 540 S. Indiana Street in Hobart, from 12 noon to 3:00 pm. All Hobart alumni (students, teachers, and staff from all years) and their families are welcome. Free hot dogs, brats, chips and bottled water will be provided by the Hobart High School Alumni Association.

The Homecoming football game will be against Lowell on Friday, September 22, at the Brickyard. Mark your calendars now and make a weekend of it!

R.I.P. Bill Cope

Longtime coach, teacher, and principal in the Hobart Schools, William (Bill) Cope, passed away at the age of 88 on Saturday, February 18. Here is Bill's memorial page and obituary: https://www.hobartalumni.org/class_profile.cfm?member_id=3785572.

Visitation will be on Thursday, February 23, from 2:00 to 7:00 pm at Burns Funeral Home in Hobart. The Kiwanis will hold a memorial service there at 6:0 p.m. Thursday.

This information and picture were obtained from Burns Funeral Home, at: https://www.burnsfuneral.com/obituaries/William-Cope-5/#!/Obituary.

HHS Alumnus Max Wojihoski Named IU
Drum Major for the 2023-24 School Year

Hobart High School alumnus Max Wojihoski (Class of 2021) has been named the next Drum Major of the Indiana University Marching Hundred! Max served as an undergraduate staff member of the trumpet section and is a student in the IU Kelley School of Business. Congratulations, Max!

Watch for Max in the Alumni Spotlight feature of our next newsletter in February.

This information and picture were obtained from the IU Marching Hundred Alumni Facebook page, at: https://www.facebook.com/IUMHAB.

HHS Alum Autumn Turley Named "Diver to Watch"
For University of Southern Indiana

From the Beech Tree News (Morgantown, KY) website:

EVANSVILLE, Ind. — One of the top swimmers in the Summit League hails from Morgantown. 

Currently competing in the 2022-23 women's college swimming & diving season, Butler County High School graduate Mattilynn Smith earned a preseason honor from the Summit League. 

Each team from the Summit League named both a swimmer and diver to watch for the season. A freshman for the University of Southern Indiana, Smith was named the swimmer to watch for the Eagles. The Butler County High School graduate was named All-Region and Academic All-State in four straight years and was crowned regional champion in the 200 and 500 freestyle in 2022. Smith was also named 2022 Regional Outstanding Female Swimmer of the Year. She was also a top-10 finisher at the state level in the 1,000 and 1,650 for Southern Kentucky Swim Club.

University of Southern Indiana freshman Autumn Turley (Hobart, Indiana) was named the diver to watch for USI. The Hobart High School graduate was an Indiana High School Diving sectional qualifier and led the team to a Western Invite championship and Hobart Invite championship. Turley was also a part of the All-American Gold Team Scholars in 2020.

The 2022 season marks the first season in program history for swimming & diving at USI. The 22-member squad features 20 freshmen along with one junior and one sophomore.

Smith swam for Southern Kentucky Swim Club, finishing in the Top 10 at the state level in the 1,000 and 1,650 events. The Butler County High School graduate is majoring in Nutrition. 

This article was obtained from: https://beechtreenews.com/articles/mattilynn-smith-recognized-swimmer-watch. The picture was obtained from the USI Swimming & Diving Roster, 2022-23, at: https://usiscreamingeagles.com/sports/womens-swimming-diving/roster/autumn-turley/7449.

Woodwork Career Alliance Names its Scholarship
Fund in Honor of Hobart HS Alumnus Greg Heuer

Hobart High School alum Greg Heuer, Class of 1965, was honored by the Woodwork Career Alliance of North America by naming its teacher scholarship program after him. Congratulations, Greg! Here's the first part of the story from the WCA website. The complete article is in the December 2022 issue of the HHSAA Newsletter.

Colleagues laud Heuer for his vision, dedication and leadership to create the WCA’s credentialling system.

NELLYSVILLE, Va. – As a fitting tribute to one of its most influential founding fathers, the Woodwork Career Alliance of North America announced the renaming of its teacher financial aid program to the Greg Heuer EDUcation Scholarship Fund.

Heuer, secretary of the WCA Board of Directors since its inception in 2007 and one of the first WCA chief skill evaluators, recently retired from the board. He is credited by his colleagues for being the driving force that led to the development of the WCA Skill Standards and Passport credentialling system. Together, the Skill Standards and Passport form the foundation of new and evolving WCA programs used by a growing number of schools and wood products companies to teach and train the next generation of woodworking professionals.

The rest of the story can be found with this link to the WCA website.

  
Left: Greg Heuer, Class of 1965, and his wife Linda.
Right: Greg leads a workshop for woodworking instructors
aspiring to become accredited skill evaluators.

We do our best to keep up with listing obituaries for HHS alumni. We are able to find most obituaries that have the words "Hobart High School" in them, but many do not. If you come across any online obituary notice that is not posted in the "Recent Obituaries" page on this website by the time of the funeral, please send the link to me at info@hobartalumni.org, along with the classmate's year of graduation, if you know it, and I will post it right away.

Thanks to Gorjean Quick, who just sent me several obituaries from the Class of 1963.

 Do You Have Class Reunion News to Share?

If your class is having a reunion later this year, or in 2020it's not too early to start letting people know about it. Please email us at info@hobartalumni.org, or email me (Paul Addison) personally at paulhaddison@gmail.com. Let us know the class year, the date, time and place of your reunion (however much you know at this time), and the name of the person to contact for more information. Thanks!