More than 800 Springdale Junior-Senior Secondary School graduated class assemble for an all-class gathering

Many Dynamos seemed to make some explosive memories Saturday at an all-class secondary school get-together in Harmar.

More than 800 Springdale Junior-Senior Secondary School graduate classes didn't let the downpour damper their strong get-togethers which included food trucks, cash bars, and music.

The occasion was held outside, under the cookout structure region of The Pittsburgh Sanctum Center.

"I hushed up in secondary school," said Springdale graduate Clem Lovasik (Class of 1969), a worker and DJ for the occasion that is ordinarily held like clockwork. "I'm getting a great deal of solicitations for '50s and '60s hits, and this is a way I can give something back to my group."

Graduated class blended external on the in the middle between downpour showers. Tables set up under the structure were adorned with inflatables, signs showing class years, and yearbooks were dispersed about for examining long ago.

A table brimming with 80-something-year-lifelong companions from the Class of 1960 reconnected and offered thanks for being there.

"It's good to see there's still a few of us alive — a greater amount of us haven't arrived than are here," said Tim McCutcheon of Cheswick.

Coordinators said the most youthful alum to go to was in the Class of 2020.

Dearest companions since kindergarten and 2010 graduated class, Alexa Sarsfield-Baird and Ashley Zastawniak, both of Springdale, were all grins as they chatted with natural appearances.

"I simply needed to see who all eventual here," Baird said. "I haven't seen a portion of these individuals in quite a while. I viewed them as a couple."

The new collapse of the Springdale power plant smokestacks was a much-discussed point amid embraces, beverages, and giggles.

"I feel like it's a famous subject. It resembles Us Magazine of Springdale," Zastawniak said of the new collapse news.

Memorial get-together shirts were discounted, with continued helping the seven yearly grants granted to Springdale High understudies by the Springdale Secondary School Graduated class Affiliation.

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Springdale Junior-Senior Secondary School graduated class of '74 Karen Stauffer holds a get-together shirt Saturday during the Springdale Secondary School All-Class Gathering held in the outing structure region of The Pittsburgh Sanctuary Center in Harmar. Continues from shirt deals benefit seven yearly grants granted by the Springdale Secondary School Graduated class Affiliation.

The graduated class was reppin' states from all over, including people from Georgia, Florida, Texas, Idaho, and California.

Wear Bozich ('68) went with his significant other from Florida for Saturday's occasion.

"I heard this may be the final remaining one so I needed to be here. The last one I went to was in 1988," Bozich said. "I appreciate seeing individuals I know without seeing their unofficial IDs. The children I went to grade school with — I realize them immediately."

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Springdale Secondary School graduated class l-r Wear Bozich and Dave Charlton share a snicker Saturday at the Springdale Junior-Senior Secondary School All-Class Gathering held at The Pittsburgh Sanctuary Center in Harmar.

Bozich worked at Glen's Custard as a youngster and Glen's was one of two pastry merchants selling get-together desserts.

"I believe individuals should go to reunions, on a singular premise, for what they need to receive in return," Bozich said.

For Carrie Leftwich Martin ('73), it is vital to go to the reunions as a whole.

Martin's class, celebrating a long time since graduating, had yearbooks good to go for thinking back.

"Individuals are understanding the significance of arriving at these reunions as we age," Martin said.

Joyce Hanz is a Tribune-Survey staff essayist. You can contact Joyce by email at jhanz@triblive.com or through Twitter . Read More...