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All roads lead to Springfield, this weekend, August 23-24, as the All-College Pointer Reunion gather to visit with former students, staff, and friends on the south side of the air-conditioned Community Hall (807 8th Street). The board hopes that the alumni have shared this information with other fellow Pointers and friends, who do not receive the Pulse II. The Pointer nation includes students who attended a year to four years or more, depending on what courses where chosen, plus the staff and surrounding communities who supported the college and museum. The reunion is drawing a growing interest with around 240 already registered. On Saturday, August 24, the reunion opens at 10 a.m. with registration, coffee, cookies, and visiting. A noon lunch follows with a few announcements from board chair, Lawrence Namminga. For information contact Lawrence Namminga at (605) 660-3255 (jrnammng@ goldenwest.net) or Janet Wagner at (605) 464-0271 (jrwagner@hcinert.net) . The museum with be open on Friday, August 23rd from 5-8 p.m. and again on Saturday before festivities start and after the announcements. Please come and join us. IT’S THE PEOPLE Forty years have passed since the school’s closing. Saturday’s reunion will remind others of what made the college so special and the legacy continues on. Dr. Tom Stone and board followed their vision for the museum. They felt that, “Down the road, it envisioned getting more items from around the country, from all the college areas. The materials will help tell the story of the college. It was extremely important to collect items. Every year we lose a lot of prominent people. Hopefully, the museum will help with family histories, as children and grandchildren use the college for research.” Their vision happens every time someone visits, searching for their family’s past. Jon Westling shares, “That it was the happiest and friendliest campus anywhere. The Southern graduates taught for 100’s of miles in all directions.” Former students still shape the youth around the country. The businesses that grew from the alumni knowledge that was all learned from a small college on the Missouri River. Homes were made, machines were repaired, and thousands of students were educated by the teachers that graduated from the college. The museum board feels that it is important that we continue to preserve the knowledge and memories that were made at the college. Several items that are in the works for the museum is a new ramp into the entrance into the front of the building, plus bringing the College Veteran’s Memorial plaque to the front of the museum. Present board member, Janet (Frieda) Wagner shared, “When people go by the museum and see the stone, monument, from old Main Hall, (dedicated in 2019) they can say, “That was me. I was a part of something that provided so much for others.”