Busy Week Part 1
This was a busy week as far as people contacting me and me replying to them. I am going to have to break this post up into two parts. I hope to post part 2 either later tomorrow.
Lets start with the Class of 1986 since that was a pretty big breakthrough. This summer will be the 20 Year Class Reunion for the Class of 86. Can you believe that? I had mentioned in my last post that the first person to contact me from Class of 86 was Becky Crain, and she had already mentioned that they were looking for people for the reunion.
The next person to contact me was Dawn Neal (Cosby). In her email she pointed out a site that Janet Cline (Ward) and Greg Greven were putting together for the Class of 86. The website is www.bolivarreunion.com. After taking a look at the site, it blew me away and then I just laugh. I thought my site was the only thing going regarding Bolivar High School Grads and I was wrong. However, the Bolivar Reunion site is exclusively for the Class of 1986 and my site is tracking down Bolivar High School students from 1985-1991, so it is a bit broader. So if you are from the Class of 1986 and you have not registered for the reunion this summer, go this site. I put a permanent link over on the right side in the Links column.
Dawn Neal (Cosby) - She didn't tell me what is going on with her, but I did happen to run in to her out in in 2004 when I was in Springfield, MO. As I mentioned in a previous post, I usually make it down to Springtown to meet up with some college buddies to do a Fantasy Football draft. I went to Trolley's Bar & Grill owned by Aaron Buerge of "The Bachelor" fame and there I see Dawn Neal. I recognized her and went over to re-introduce myself since it had been about 18 years since I had last seen her. She looked great! Dawn works for CASA of Southwest Missouri and you can see her here http://www.casaswmo.org/staff/staffbiographies.htm . I hope to get more info soon!
Greg Greven - Talking to Greg was pretty cool. He and I went back and forth on email on Wednesday night. He has been married for 10 years now and lives in Springfield, MO. He serves on the Board of Directors for a few organizations and does presentations to High Schools, Churches, and Organizations. He gives presentations on Spinal Cord Injury Prevention , Disability Awareness, Socioeconomic concerns and other topics he is qualified to speak on. Since he is helping Janet Cline (Ward) with the Bolivar Reunion of 86 website, I was able to help him with contact information for 3 people he was tracking down. I will get a list of the people they are still missing contact info and post it here to see if anyone can help them get in contact.
Betsy Fullerton (Eckols) - Betsy stopped by to say that the page looked great. She didn't say anything about where she is or what she is doing now, but she did ask how to register for the messageboards here. That is a good question. I will be sending out instructions to everyone who has contacted me on how to register for the messageboards. There you can post your contact info on a hidden board, chat, post topics, and post pictures. I figure once we get a larger network of people, the messageboards will get much more interesting. I hope to find out more about what Betsy is doing and let you know.
Kerri Koon (Simon) - Kerri emailed me from Columbia, MO. She has been married for 12 years now to Doug and they have 3 children in Claire 8, Chloe 4, and Cole 3. She works as a CPA for the University of Missouri Healthcare. Kerri said that they stay very busy with all of the kids activities. Kerri then pointed me to her sister, Jenny who I had just received an email from. I will get to her in a bit. Thanks Kerri!
Class of 1985
Lisa Jenkins (Beals) - Lisa is the first member of Class of 85 to contact me. They just had their 20 Year Class Reunion this year. She said it was great to see old friends then. Currently Lisa lives in Bolivar and works at Citizens Memorial Hospital in surgery. She has been married for 10 years and has a daughter, Beth 3. Lisa has worked at CMH for 15 years and happens to work there with her brother Mike Jenkins (Class of 1988). She gave me the scoop on him and his email address. I will contact Mike and let you know what he is up to.
Class of 1987
Melissa Spiegel (Burks) - Melissa emailed me from Bolivar and got my message through my Classmates.com messages. She is married to Robert Burks (Class of 1985) who just had his 20 Year Class Reunion this year. They have 2 boys in Hunter 10, and Hayden 4. Melissa is the Business Manager for Community Publishers Inc. which owns local newspapers including the Bolivar Herald-Free Press. She was going to pass this site along to her friends that she still keeps in contact with like Teri Pursley (Spence), Terri Hoffman (Barngrover), Jennifer Potts (Randolph), Christy Hagerman (Mitchell), Julie Moffett (Graver), Laurie Morehouse (Ball), Sherri Hobbs (Hess), Kim Vest (Jarman), and Malissa Davis (Julien).
Terri Pursley (Spence) - Well Melissa Spiegel (Burks) wasn't kidding when she said she would forward this site to her friends. 20 minutes after I got Melissa's email, I got an email from Terri. Terri is in Springfield, MO and has been a paralegal at a law firm called Lathrop & Gage for the past 10 years. She has two children in Ashli 16 and Ashton 14 who are students at Hillcrest High School. (Now that is crazy talk when you think about your High School friends being able to have High School kids themselves! How time flies!). Ashli is actually being recruited by several colleges (Including KU) to play softball. Her husband is a track coach at Missouri State and she says their lives are full and happy.
That is it for now. Be sure to check for Part 2 when I talk about:
Terrie Flint (Reed)
Brian Mitchell
Daniel Rash
Kim Brubeck (Wilson)
Jennifer Spangler (Koon)
Michael Davolt
Ashley Carpenter (Wilson)
and more!
Also, there are people that know about the website and are forwarding it on to people, but have not contacted me yet. For example, Amber Ferguson forwarded the site to Ashley Carpenter, but I have not heard from her yet. Drop me an email and let me know what you are doing!
JR Mariottini
Class of 1988
JR@bolivargrads.com
Cell Phone: 630-841-5129
Lets start with the Class of 1986 since that was a pretty big breakthrough. This summer will be the 20 Year Class Reunion for the Class of 86. Can you believe that? I had mentioned in my last post that the first person to contact me from Class of 86 was Becky Crain, and she had already mentioned that they were looking for people for the reunion.
The next person to contact me was Dawn Neal (Cosby). In her email she pointed out a site that Janet Cline (Ward) and Greg Greven were putting together for the Class of 86. The website is www.bolivarreunion.com. After taking a look at the site, it blew me away and then I just laugh. I thought my site was the only thing going regarding Bolivar High School Grads and I was wrong. However, the Bolivar Reunion site is exclusively for the Class of 1986 and my site is tracking down Bolivar High School students from 1985-1991, so it is a bit broader. So if you are from the Class of 1986 and you have not registered for the reunion this summer, go this site. I put a permanent link over on the right side in the Links column.
Dawn Neal (Cosby) - She didn't tell me what is going on with her, but I did happen to run in to her out in in 2004 when I was in Springfield, MO. As I mentioned in a previous post, I usually make it down to Springtown to meet up with some college buddies to do a Fantasy Football draft. I went to Trolley's Bar & Grill owned by Aaron Buerge of "The Bachelor" fame and there I see Dawn Neal. I recognized her and went over to re-introduce myself since it had been about 18 years since I had last seen her. She looked great! Dawn works for CASA of Southwest Missouri and you can see her here http://www.casaswmo.org/staff/staffbiographies.htm . I hope to get more info soon!
Greg Greven - Talking to Greg was pretty cool. He and I went back and forth on email on Wednesday night. He has been married for 10 years now and lives in Springfield, MO. He serves on the Board of Directors for a few organizations and does presentations to High Schools, Churches, and Organizations. He gives presentations on Spinal Cord Injury Prevention , Disability Awareness, Socioeconomic concerns and other topics he is qualified to speak on. Since he is helping Janet Cline (Ward) with the Bolivar Reunion of 86 website, I was able to help him with contact information for 3 people he was tracking down. I will get a list of the people they are still missing contact info and post it here to see if anyone can help them get in contact.
Betsy Fullerton (Eckols) - Betsy stopped by to say that the page looked great. She didn't say anything about where she is or what she is doing now, but she did ask how to register for the messageboards here. That is a good question. I will be sending out instructions to everyone who has contacted me on how to register for the messageboards. There you can post your contact info on a hidden board, chat, post topics, and post pictures. I figure once we get a larger network of people, the messageboards will get much more interesting. I hope to find out more about what Betsy is doing and let you know.
Kerri Koon (Simon) - Kerri emailed me from Columbia, MO. She has been married for 12 years now to Doug and they have 3 children in Claire 8, Chloe 4, and Cole 3. She works as a CPA for the University of Missouri Healthcare. Kerri said that they stay very busy with all of the kids activities. Kerri then pointed me to her sister, Jenny who I had just received an email from. I will get to her in a bit. Thanks Kerri!
Class of 1985
Lisa Jenkins (Beals) - Lisa is the first member of Class of 85 to contact me. They just had their 20 Year Class Reunion this year. She said it was great to see old friends then. Currently Lisa lives in Bolivar and works at Citizens Memorial Hospital in surgery. She has been married for 10 years and has a daughter, Beth 3. Lisa has worked at CMH for 15 years and happens to work there with her brother Mike Jenkins (Class of 1988). She gave me the scoop on him and his email address. I will contact Mike and let you know what he is up to.
Class of 1987
Melissa Spiegel (Burks) - Melissa emailed me from Bolivar and got my message through my Classmates.com messages. She is married to Robert Burks (Class of 1985) who just had his 20 Year Class Reunion this year. They have 2 boys in Hunter 10, and Hayden 4. Melissa is the Business Manager for Community Publishers Inc. which owns local newspapers including the Bolivar Herald-Free Press. She was going to pass this site along to her friends that she still keeps in contact with like Teri Pursley (Spence), Terri Hoffman (Barngrover), Jennifer Potts (Randolph), Christy Hagerman (Mitchell), Julie Moffett (Graver), Laurie Morehouse (Ball), Sherri Hobbs (Hess), Kim Vest (Jarman), and Malissa Davis (Julien).
Terri Pursley (Spence) - Well Melissa Spiegel (Burks) wasn't kidding when she said she would forward this site to her friends. 20 minutes after I got Melissa's email, I got an email from Terri. Terri is in Springfield, MO and has been a paralegal at a law firm called Lathrop & Gage for the past 10 years. She has two children in Ashli 16 and Ashton 14 who are students at Hillcrest High School. (Now that is crazy talk when you think about your High School friends being able to have High School kids themselves! How time flies!). Ashli is actually being recruited by several colleges (Including KU) to play softball. Her husband is a track coach at Missouri State and she says their lives are full and happy.
That is it for now. Be sure to check for Part 2 when I talk about:
Terrie Flint (Reed)
Brian Mitchell
Daniel Rash
Kim Brubeck (Wilson)
Jennifer Spangler (Koon)
Michael Davolt
Ashley Carpenter (Wilson)
and more!
Also, there are people that know about the website and are forwarding it on to people, but have not contacted me yet. For example, Amber Ferguson forwarded the site to Ashley Carpenter, but I have not heard from her yet. Drop me an email and let me know what you are doing!
JR Mariottini
Class of 1988
JR@bolivargrads.com
Cell Phone: 630-841-5129
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