Bothell High School
Alumni Association
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The first Cougar Tracks Alumni newsletter was issued in May of 1995, and was quite an accomplishment considering that most of the volunteers didn't have computers at home back then. Many of us were still using electric typewriters, and we didn't have access to clip-art on the internet, so graphic images were hand-drawn or cut and paste. The Association publishes two issues each year. The most recent four issues are reserved for our members and are kept on a password protected page called Recent Newsletters. Issues are made available to the public two years after their original publication. See the column to the right for the publicly available issues. To open an issue, double-click on the blue cougar tracks icon. If you want to join so you receive recent newsletters, go to the Membership page.
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Mace Brady - A Man of Many Talents
Volume 31, Issue 1, June 2025 by Craig Smith
W. Mace Brady, an active alum in the BHS class of 1965, is usually called by his middle name – Mace – but throughout his life he was addressed as both “colonel” and “mister” during his dual careers in the military and public education. Mace can also be called “champion,” because he won the Washington state vault and trampoline titles as a high school senior on the ‘now defunct’ Cougar boys gymnastics team. He was also called “coach” because he coached gymnastics at Bellevue and Mercer Island high schools, and for several years he assisted the legendary Dr. Eric Hughes with coaching gymnastics at the University of Washington. Mace’s family moved from the Montlake area of Seattle to Lake Leota in Woodinville when he was in the fifth grade. Mace and his wife, Janet, still live on the family property in a home they had built in 2008. Mace’s father, who had 15 siblings, was a Merchant Marine officer in World War II and later was chief engineer on the charity hospital ship Hope for three years. After high school, Mace enrolled at Everett Community College, where he is in the Athletic Hall of Fame because of his gymnastics success while a student there (see photo). The next stop was Eastern Washington University, where he competed in nationals in five events. It was while he was at Eastern that he signed up for ROTC and met Janet, who had grown up in the farming community of Rosalia between Spokane and Pullman.
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Former BHSAA Treasurer Passes Away at 95
Volume 30, Issue 2, December 2024 by Bev Niemeyer Schmer, Class of 1967
​Barbara Petersen Dines was the association treasurer from 2002 to 2019. She didn’t just do a fantastic job with the association's money; she was involved in every aspect of the association. It was always amazing to see Barb, in her late 80s, being the first person to start setting up the picnic and the last one to leave. She began by running around to all the tables to lay table covers and tape them down. Then she set up all the sign-in tables, where she stayed for five hours, with seldom a break. She would sign people in, take their membership money, promote scholarships, or sell items to benefit the association. Selflessly, she gave hours and hours to keep the association going!
The History Pub at McMenamins for A Night on the Town
Volume 30, Issue 1, June 2024 by Kathy Greenwood Class of 1966
The Bothell Historical Society and McMenamins Anderson School have collaborated on a monthly history event called the “History Pub.” On the last Tuesday of the month, they host a speaker who gives a talk on a different topic related to Pacific Northwest history. The 7:00 p.m. event is held in Haynes Hall and the audience can purchase food and drinks to enjoy during the lecture. If you stay the night at the hotel, you get a 15% discount when you show your ticket at check-in. Tickets are only $5 in advance, and $7 at the door. They started the year off with a sold-out presentation about the 10,000 crows that roost in the trees at the Bothell U.W. campus wetland each night...The April presentation also sold out. It was about the real story behind “The Boys in the Boat,” by Olympic rower Joe Rantz’ daughter Judy Willman. She consulted on the book by Daniel James Brown that was made into a movie directed by George Clooney...If you are looking for something to do, consider making a night of it by attending a History Pub event, having dinner at one of the McMenamins restaurants, and staying the night in the Anderson School Hotel. But get your tickets early, as these are popular events.