If you have an article of general interest to PHS Alumni, please submit it KECoats@msn.com or mail it to the address on the contact page and we will display it on this page.
28 July 2023
Class of 1937 - Robert C. Elliott coming home 80 years after his loss. <--Click this link
Thank you to Earl Watt of the Leader & Times for granting permission to post this article.
08 Mar 2018
Do you have a Plains High School Yearbook you would donate to Southwestern Heights Library?
Yearbooks Needed!
If anyone has any unwanted yearbooks of any year (especially 1965 and before), please contact me! We would love to have a full set of Southwestern Heights High School, Kismet High School and Plains High School in the Southwestern Heights JR.-SR. High library! We currently have a completed set for Southwestern Heights High school 1966-current.
Please contact:
Jenny Chase
620-482-4560
jchase@usd483.com
Click the link above.
20 Oct 2020 - Added Darrel McCarty to the first column of page 2.
13 Nov 2016 - The lists have been modified, several people have been added and some have been moved within the lists. This process will be ongoing as we learn more about our Veterans. Thank you to all of them for their service to our country.
This list originated with the packet of information handed out at the PHS Reunion in August 2016. Thank you to whomever created it.
If you know of veterans who should be added to these lists, please send their name and when they served, to KECoats@msn.com
They should be or should have lived in Plains, taught in Plains or be the spouse of someone from Plains. Thank you.
19 Jul 2015 - COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT FOUNDATION
The Community Enhancement Foundation of Plains(CEFOP) is taking pre-orders for decks of playing cards. The Back side of the deck will be a beautiful picture of "The Widest Main Street" at night. The face sides will have pictures of the businesses and landmarks in Plains/Kismet. The decks will make great gifts/keepsakes for family and friends. They would make a great stocking stuffer. Pre-orders would help greatly, giving us an idea of the number of decks we need to order. Cost is $10.00 per deck and all profit will go to the Grocery Store Project.
Please contact Jeanne Fisher-Roberts on Facebook, at 620-482-3526 or JMRROBERTS@hotmail.com with the number of decks you would like to reserve. No need to pay until we deliver them to you. Thank You!!!
26 Jul 2014 - Video of the launch for Richard Schell's son
The video and dedication to Lowell Schell of the rocket launch in Florida is on:
YouTube.com search: ula atlas v nrol-33
There is more than one video of the launch but the one you want to watch is 30:20 minutes long and the dedication is a little over 10 minutes into the video. You can move the cursor along the bottom to speed up if you want but the video tells about the rocket and shows the launch toward the end.
Sue
19 May 2014 - Richard Schell Class of 1959
Kirk, I visited with Richard Schell today. He and Paulette and family are the NASA Space Center in Florida. Their son, Lowell, was killed in a motorcycle accident two years ago this summer. Lowell was career Air Force and worked at NASA on classified jobs. The Schell's were informed that Lowell and two other men were instrumental in the design of an Alliance Atlas 5 rocket which is scheduled to be launched on May 22 at 6:00 am Eastern Time. Lowell Schell will have his name on this rocket as a memorial. The internet site for information and (I think viewing of the launch) is: www.spaceflightnow.com This is quite an honor and I thought our classmates might like to know this information.
Thanks, Don Malone
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Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 10:17 AM
Subject: Thank You - Plains Kansas Won!!!
Plains won the State Farm "Cause An Effect” grant competition!!! The Community Enhancement Foundation of Plains will now receive $25,000.00 to be used for their “Access to Food Program". Through this program we hope to provide a much needed grocery store.
Thank you everyone for your help!!! The people of Plains, their family and friends are Amazing and we couldn’t have done it without you. Plains was the 3rd smallest town of the 100 finalists, that shows you how truely amazing this is.
We plan to use this as seed money to grow to the amount we need to provide the store!!
Thank you all so much!
Jeanne Roberts, Cheryl Rickers & Mark Tabb
The Community Enhancement Foundation of Plains
