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Ten years ago, (about 2001), Johnny Hughes, or "LHS JOHNNY", as we would learn to call him, had a dream, ---- a Vision. He had a dream and vision to gather a small group of former Lincoln High School (Lincoln, Nebraska) students, who now reside in the Phoenix Valley, at a dinner solely for the purpose of reacquainting and socializing. That first dinner was held with 6 couples, primarily from the class of 1955. Each year following that dinner, Johnny found more former LHS students living in the Valley or surrounding area, and invited them to join in on the social evening, held once a year. It would become the "LHS Phoenix Connection". Word spread and more former LHS students were brought in to the fold, until in the year 2008, 190 former students and their spouses and friends attended the dinner. Out-of-state attendees have come from Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Utah, Nebraska, Colorado, Georgia, New Mexico and New York to partake of the camaraderie and good times.

2010 was to be Johnny's 10th dinner for the LHS Phoenix Connection, a celebratory event, to say the least. Johnny had already picked the dates and location (The Fiesta Inn in Tempe, AZ), and had sent some preliminary emails out to persons who would likely attend this 10th Connection. Very tragically, however, Johnny's life was cut short in an accident, on the night of December 14, 2009. It halted everything for awhile, but some of Johnny's close friends; people who had helped in some small way in previous years, were determined NOT to let Johnny or his efforts be forgotten. The plans for the dinner, at that time on hold for nearly a month, were put together and the dinner was held Saturday evening, March 13, commemorating Johnny for his efforts and his forming of the" LHS Phoenix Connection" .

Johnny's wife, Ann Hughes, attended that 10th dinner and received a warm LHS welcome on behalf of Johnny.

The rest, as they say, is history, with another dinner to be held next year again.

Sincerely,

Lael Taft