More Updates!
It is just a few weeks before the NEW Bolivargrads.com will be rolled out to incorporate all Bolivar Graduates and that looks like it may include a new and different messageboard. After reviewing some other options I have found what appears to be a much better messageboard that is also FREE to build. The current one that we have in place I payed $20 for 4 months and it will come due in February. Not only is the new option free, but it has a lot of cool customizations that Janet Cline (Ward) has already created. What does that mean for current Messageboard members??? Well, unfortunately it means that you will have to register again at a later time. It will be a one time (and last time) process.
Last Friday I also chatted with some Bolivar Grads online or I called a lot of people to actually hear their voices for the first time in 15-18 years. It was nice talking with Janet Cline (Ward), Mick Simmons, Renee Jones (Morehouse), Stacy Garretson (Wendland), and Chris Redford. I have also chatted on Instant Message with Kim Salam, John (Chris) Smith, Chris Eyl and John Vaughan. I also tried contacting other people but either could not reach them or left a voice mail. I might be calling YOU next! The neat thing is, I would not have talked to most of these people if I did not start this little project. I hope everyone can stay in casual touch.
On another note - Mrs. Vincent (Parsons) is now my Editor. The teacher in her misses grading papers so she is now sending me emails with my spelling and grammatical errors so I can fix them. I told her that I don't proofread these posts, so I appreciate her help.
Class of 1986
Mick Simmons - I got Mick's work phone number at a Nissan Dealership in Kansas City, MO from Karen Myers (Ice) who ran into him there. I gave him a call last Friday and we talked for a bit. He is doing well there and has 3 boys. Mick and I talked about High School debate and reflected how amazing it was for a small little town like Bolivar was a debate powerhouse for several years under Mrs. Beryl Harris. People like Russ Jackson, David Crain, Will Westomoreland, Kelly Shay, Paul Penticuff, Mick and later myself all enjoyed success even against the larger Springfield Schools. It was cool to catch up with Mick and I forwarded him to Janet Cline (Ward) and Greg Greven for the 1986 reunion.
Lynette Bosak - I love how Lynette started her email : "Now I feel bad - I was contacted earlier and never took the time to respond. Walter Westervelt actually called from Germany last Friday [and told Lynette to contact me]". Thanks Walter! Now that is a cool way to get someone to contact me. After graduating from SMSU with a Degree in Accounting, Lynette remained in the Springfield area (Fair Grove). She is a CIA (Certified Internal Auditor) and a CISA (Certified Information Systems Auditor) at Associated Electric. She doesn't have any children but loves to spoil her nieces and nephew. She is also a Lake Bum during the summers! Thanks for emailing me Lynette!
Class of 1987
Mike Miller - Mike emailed me from Edmond, OK where he lives with his wife Robin and 2 year old son Grayson. He works for the FAA as an Operations Inspector and Robin is a Pediatric Physical Therapist. Mike likes coming to the site and seeing what everyone is up to these days. He also reminded me that we were neighbors in Prairie Heights in Bolivar. He also travels up my way to Chicago occasionaly, so we will have to get together for lunch sometime! If you would like to see a picture of Mike, he posted one on the Bolivar Grads Map. You can see it by clicking HERE and if you have not added yourself yet...do it! At the time of this post we had 47 Grads on the Map. Can we get to 60?
Lisa Gray (Wolfe) - I mentioned Lisa in the last post, but she sent me an email with some updated information. She is living in Overland Park, KS with her husband Chris and 4 great kids in Darby 15, Lauren 8, Margaret 7, and Christopher 6. She stayed at home with the kids until this year when Christopher went to kindergarten. Now Lisa works at Shawnee MissionWest High School as a Nurses Aide. She gets to take her kids to school and pick them up, so the hours are great! She is also a Girl Scout leader for her 9 year old. I think Lisa needs to send us a picture of her and her kids! She also created her first post on the Messageboard, so everybody say hello to Lisa HERE.
Class of 1988
Brad Taylor - Brad is another one that started his email about how Jeremy MacLaughlin had told him to come to the site a month ago and he finally made it around to the site. Thats great, we will take you anytime! Brad is in Bolivar where he lives with his wife Suzanne Farmer (Taylor) (Class of 1989) and their 3 children Jacob 10, Bryson 9, and Kara 5. Make sure to send us some pictures Brad and we will see you on the Messageboards.
Class of 1990
Scott Emmert - I actually got an email from Annabelle Emmert, Scott's wife. She had heard about the sight from an email from Sharon Long (Muir). Annabelle said that Scott is computer illiterate, which I believe is not uncommon! Seriously I belive that there are a lot of Bolivar Grads that may or may not know about this site, but it will not be from an email that I hear from them because they don't mess with computers. Thanks for sending me the email on behalf of him Annabelle! Together they have 2 children from his first marriage in Daiwa 10 and Brandon 7 and Annabelle has 3 children in Ethan 7, Mollie 4 and Everett 2. So they have quite the "clan" as she put it. Scott works for Ozark Fire Protection as a Sprinklerfitter and travels all over the state doing installations, inspections and repairs. He also spends a lot of time on the Lake in Fishing Tournaments. Now that sounds exciting!
Alma Adams (Lindsay) - Alma emailed me from Bolivar after reading about the site in the Bolivar Herald Free Press article. She has been married to Matt Lindsay (Class of 1992) for almost 7 years and together they have a 2 year old daughter named Payten. Alma is an Assistant Vice President at Bank of Bolivar and she and Matt live in a house that they built just south of Bolivar. Alma said that she also works with Kevin Cribbs (Class of 1990). Recently she has seen Brian West (Class of 1986), Kelly Meyers (Class of 1987) and Rob Fraser (Class of 1990). Send them this way Alma!
Picture Updates
Here are some pictures that have been sent to me recently. I hope to receive more soon.
David Rash and Family
Carrie Kallenbach (Gordon) and Family
I might start doing a few posts that have no updates but just some whimsical things that I thought would be High School related and funny. When I was talking with John Vaughan the other day, I told him my idea about transcribing all of the entries that people wrote into my yearbooks and putting them into a spreadsheet. Then I would run some statistical analysis of how many times people said things like:
"I am really glad I got to know you this year"
"You are a really sweet guy"
and "Keep in Touch"
Just some stupid things I am thinking about doing. I am also up for any ideas someone may have. So let me know.
If you are a Bolivar Graduate and have not contacted me yet, email me at JR@bolivargrads.com . Or if you are Computer Illiterate, give me a call at 630-841-5129. By doing so, you will become a member of the Bolivar Grads Network and will receive my weekly email that I send out every Friday. Some people have told me they really like getting that email and seeing the summary of what has happened for the week.
I will be talking to some of you soon!
JR Mariottini
Class of 1988
JR@bolivargrads.com
Last Friday I also chatted with some Bolivar Grads online or I called a lot of people to actually hear their voices for the first time in 15-18 years. It was nice talking with Janet Cline (Ward), Mick Simmons, Renee Jones (Morehouse), Stacy Garretson (Wendland), and Chris Redford. I have also chatted on Instant Message with Kim Salam, John (Chris) Smith, Chris Eyl and John Vaughan. I also tried contacting other people but either could not reach them or left a voice mail. I might be calling YOU next! The neat thing is, I would not have talked to most of these people if I did not start this little project. I hope everyone can stay in casual touch.
On another note - Mrs. Vincent (Parsons) is now my Editor. The teacher in her misses grading papers so she is now sending me emails with my spelling and grammatical errors so I can fix them. I told her that I don't proofread these posts, so I appreciate her help.
Class of 1986
Mick Simmons - I got Mick's work phone number at a Nissan Dealership in Kansas City, MO from Karen Myers (Ice) who ran into him there. I gave him a call last Friday and we talked for a bit. He is doing well there and has 3 boys. Mick and I talked about High School debate and reflected how amazing it was for a small little town like Bolivar was a debate powerhouse for several years under Mrs. Beryl Harris. People like Russ Jackson, David Crain, Will Westomoreland, Kelly Shay, Paul Penticuff, Mick and later myself all enjoyed success even against the larger Springfield Schools. It was cool to catch up with Mick and I forwarded him to Janet Cline (Ward) and Greg Greven for the 1986 reunion.
Lynette Bosak - I love how Lynette started her email : "Now I feel bad - I was contacted earlier and never took the time to respond. Walter Westervelt actually called from Germany last Friday [and told Lynette to contact me]". Thanks Walter! Now that is a cool way to get someone to contact me. After graduating from SMSU with a Degree in Accounting, Lynette remained in the Springfield area (Fair Grove). She is a CIA (Certified Internal Auditor) and a CISA (Certified Information Systems Auditor) at Associated Electric. She doesn't have any children but loves to spoil her nieces and nephew. She is also a Lake Bum during the summers! Thanks for emailing me Lynette!
Class of 1987
Mike Miller - Mike emailed me from Edmond, OK where he lives with his wife Robin and 2 year old son Grayson. He works for the FAA as an Operations Inspector and Robin is a Pediatric Physical Therapist. Mike likes coming to the site and seeing what everyone is up to these days. He also reminded me that we were neighbors in Prairie Heights in Bolivar. He also travels up my way to Chicago occasionaly, so we will have to get together for lunch sometime! If you would like to see a picture of Mike, he posted one on the Bolivar Grads Map. You can see it by clicking HERE and if you have not added yourself yet...do it! At the time of this post we had 47 Grads on the Map. Can we get to 60?
Lisa Gray (Wolfe) - I mentioned Lisa in the last post, but she sent me an email with some updated information. She is living in Overland Park, KS with her husband Chris and 4 great kids in Darby 15, Lauren 8, Margaret 7, and Christopher 6. She stayed at home with the kids until this year when Christopher went to kindergarten. Now Lisa works at Shawnee MissionWest High School as a Nurses Aide. She gets to take her kids to school and pick them up, so the hours are great! She is also a Girl Scout leader for her 9 year old. I think Lisa needs to send us a picture of her and her kids! She also created her first post on the Messageboard, so everybody say hello to Lisa HERE.
Class of 1988
Brad Taylor - Brad is another one that started his email about how Jeremy MacLaughlin had told him to come to the site a month ago and he finally made it around to the site. Thats great, we will take you anytime! Brad is in Bolivar where he lives with his wife Suzanne Farmer (Taylor) (Class of 1989) and their 3 children Jacob 10, Bryson 9, and Kara 5. Make sure to send us some pictures Brad and we will see you on the Messageboards.
Class of 1990
Scott Emmert - I actually got an email from Annabelle Emmert, Scott's wife. She had heard about the sight from an email from Sharon Long (Muir). Annabelle said that Scott is computer illiterate, which I believe is not uncommon! Seriously I belive that there are a lot of Bolivar Grads that may or may not know about this site, but it will not be from an email that I hear from them because they don't mess with computers. Thanks for sending me the email on behalf of him Annabelle! Together they have 2 children from his first marriage in Daiwa 10 and Brandon 7 and Annabelle has 3 children in Ethan 7, Mollie 4 and Everett 2. So they have quite the "clan" as she put it. Scott works for Ozark Fire Protection as a Sprinklerfitter and travels all over the state doing installations, inspections and repairs. He also spends a lot of time on the Lake in Fishing Tournaments. Now that sounds exciting!
Alma Adams (Lindsay) - Alma emailed me from Bolivar after reading about the site in the Bolivar Herald Free Press article. She has been married to Matt Lindsay (Class of 1992) for almost 7 years and together they have a 2 year old daughter named Payten. Alma is an Assistant Vice President at Bank of Bolivar and she and Matt live in a house that they built just south of Bolivar. Alma said that she also works with Kevin Cribbs (Class of 1990). Recently she has seen Brian West (Class of 1986), Kelly Meyers (Class of 1987) and Rob Fraser (Class of 1990). Send them this way Alma!
Picture Updates
Here are some pictures that have been sent to me recently. I hope to receive more soon.
David Rash and Family
Carrie Kallenbach (Gordon) and Family
I might start doing a few posts that have no updates but just some whimsical things that I thought would be High School related and funny. When I was talking with John Vaughan the other day, I told him my idea about transcribing all of the entries that people wrote into my yearbooks and putting them into a spreadsheet. Then I would run some statistical analysis of how many times people said things like:
"I am really glad I got to know you this year"
"You are a really sweet guy"
and "Keep in Touch"
Just some stupid things I am thinking about doing. I am also up for any ideas someone may have. So let me know.
If you are a Bolivar Graduate and have not contacted me yet, email me at JR@bolivargrads.com . Or if you are Computer Illiterate, give me a call at 630-841-5129. By doing so, you will become a member of the Bolivar Grads Network and will receive my weekly email that I send out every Friday. Some people have told me they really like getting that email and seeing the summary of what has happened for the week.
I will be talking to some of you soon!
JR Mariottini
Class of 1988
JR@bolivargrads.com
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