The New Year Is Here
Hello all. I hope you had a good Holiday Season. I have taken a few weeks off from the blog, but I am back and ready to get going on some more updates. I am also hoping to preview the new website here in the next week or two. At that time I will be looking for volunteers who can help me out. Either answering emails or posting updates. I hope to have a bunch of people who would like to post. So if you are interested, let me know.
I have had several people contact me over the last 3 weeks with updates, and I know some of you have been itching for a new post.
Class of 1986
Angie Johnson - Angie had gotten in touch with me a couple of months ago, but she didn't give me an update on her until the last couple of days. She is still in Bolivar and works as a Registered Nurse/Case Manager at Citizens Memorial. She has been divorced for 4 years now after a 15 year marriage, but she is engaged to a wonderful guy now named Mark Nord, and they are planning a wedding for the spring. Angie has two boys in Jordon 16 and Austin 8. She also sees others from her graduating class including Catulpa Meadors (McDowell) who cuts her hair.
Class of 1988
Mary Ann Callaway - Mary Ann said that so many of our classmates had been telling her to check out the website and she finally made it over the New Year weekend. Mary Ann got her Bachelor's Degree in Accounting and Math from Central Methodist College in 1993. She now lives in Bolivar with her children Jacob 14, Josh 7 and Charlotte 5. Mary Ann has overcome a lot in the past few years. In 2000, while pregnant with Charlotte, she was diagnosed with a brain tumor (an acoustic neuroma). Six weeks after she had Charlotte, Mary Ann underwent surgery to remove the tumor. The doctors were able to remove all of it, but they had to sever her facial nerve which ended up leaving the left side of her face paralyzed. She had to learn to walk again and after 9 months of intense therapy she was able to swallow again. Mary Ann said her life is wonderful now and she is looking to hear from me and others. I can't wait to call her.
David Hockanson - David gave me a call during my darkest time of the past year. I was sick! So I was not able to chat with him long, but I can't wait to call him again and catch up. In 1997 David finally received his Doctorate Degree in Electrical Engineering and he went to work for Sun Microsystems building computers. He lives in the Santa Cruz mountains in a house on several acres of land with this daughter from a previous marriage and a number of pets. David said that the Redwoods soar all around them where he lives but he is not far from beautiful San Francisco if he ever wants to drive to a city. You can read more about David and see pictures of him on his personal blog. Take a loog at http://www.redwoodfolk.com/
Mark Davis - I got an email from Mark after he saw Chris and Greg Redford at the Battlefield Mall in Springfield over the Christmas Holiday. He is living in Springfield now and said that he is going through some exciting changes in his career which he will keep me posted. Mark, who now goes by Storm, said that he is extremely proud of his 10 month old nephew William. Attached is a picture of Storm and William.
Class of 1989
Tammy Wakefield (Herbert) - Tammy heard about BolivarGrads.com from Angie Mann (Grey). Tammy recently moved back to Bolivar from Austin, TX. She was happy to say that she and Danny Herbert have reunited after 10 years of divorce and they are doing great with their three children in Anthony 16, C.J. 15 and Lacey 13. Tammy said that she has not heard back from many people since she has been back and is hoping that this site will be a good way to get back in touch. Make sure to register for the Messageboards Tammy!
Bryant Foster - Bryant learned about the website from John Casebeer. After he poked around on BolivarGrads.com and thought it was pretty cool, especially the Messageboard Forums where he got to see plenty of names posting that he knew. He currently lives in Springfield, MO where he is living a bachelors life! For 8 years he was in sales where he had to travel frequently. He said he travelled so much, that he now dreads travelling anywhere. Even the drive from Springfield to Bolivar seems tortuous (You wouldn't make it in Chicago my man!). Bryant is currently the manager of a northside Pet Warehouse and said if you have a pet question, he probably has the answer. Below is a picture of Bryant at Halloween at Brian Lightfoot's house in KC. We look forward to seeing your posts on the Messageboard Bryant.
Class of 1990
Stacey Allen (Berry) - Stacey said that she had been terrible at keeping in touch with High School friends and she hopes this can help jumpstart her into re-establishing some relationships. She has been living in Seattle, WA since 2002 with her husband Bob and two children; Will 5 and Ally 2. They moved to Seattle so that Stacey could finish her residency in pathology at the University of Washington. In June she will complete a fellowship in Pediatric Pathology and she has accepted a position that will move them to the Phoenix, AZ area. Stacey said she still keeps in contact with John Casebeer, Holly Parker (Gardner), Sandy Ferguson (Nance), Barbara Gothard (Lee) and Sharon Long (Muir). I have posted a picture of Stacey and family below, or you can look at their family website at: http://homepage.mac.com/sbw_berry
Kevin Cribbs - Kevin emailed me from Bolivar where he lives with his wife of 4 years Amanda. Together they have a 2 year old son named Cooper. He is currently working for the Bank of Bolivar and its hometown bank owned by several stockholders. Kevin still stays in contact with Adam Quennoz, Tim Phillips and Frank Richards. Send them this way Kevin!
Class of 1991
Tracy Wakefield (Hillenburg) - Tracy heard about the website from her sister, Tammy. She spent some time reviewing the website and said it was neat to see so many old faces and names. She lives in Bolivar and has been married to her husband Tim for 14 years. Together they have a daughter Taylor 9 and son Ty 7. Tracy is a Registered Nurse and has worked for CMH for 11 years. Presently she is an OR Nurse. She is also finishing her Bachelors Degree in May. Tracy said that she would send us some pictures soon. We can't wait Tracy!
Other Items
Don't forget to put yourself on the BolivarGrads Map if you have not done it already! It is simple and takes 30 seconds. You can do it by clicking HERE. The last few people that have updated it have been Tony Stauch, Brett Potts, Gary Keeling and Carrie Roberts. Who will be next, and will we get more states covered?
Also you can be notified by email when there is a new post by putting in your email address into the box in the right hand column called Blogarithm.
And Don't forget to check out the Bolivar Messageboards. Many people are posting there already, but they want to see more of their High School friends posting there as well. You can look at the Messageboards by clicking HERE.
If you have not contacted me yet, please drop me an email!
JR Mariottini
Class of 1988
JR@bolivargrads.com
I have had several people contact me over the last 3 weeks with updates, and I know some of you have been itching for a new post.
Class of 1986
Angie Johnson - Angie had gotten in touch with me a couple of months ago, but she didn't give me an update on her until the last couple of days. She is still in Bolivar and works as a Registered Nurse/Case Manager at Citizens Memorial. She has been divorced for 4 years now after a 15 year marriage, but she is engaged to a wonderful guy now named Mark Nord, and they are planning a wedding for the spring. Angie has two boys in Jordon 16 and Austin 8. She also sees others from her graduating class including Catulpa Meadors (McDowell) who cuts her hair.
Class of 1988
Mary Ann Callaway - Mary Ann said that so many of our classmates had been telling her to check out the website and she finally made it over the New Year weekend. Mary Ann got her Bachelor's Degree in Accounting and Math from Central Methodist College in 1993. She now lives in Bolivar with her children Jacob 14, Josh 7 and Charlotte 5. Mary Ann has overcome a lot in the past few years. In 2000, while pregnant with Charlotte, she was diagnosed with a brain tumor (an acoustic neuroma). Six weeks after she had Charlotte, Mary Ann underwent surgery to remove the tumor. The doctors were able to remove all of it, but they had to sever her facial nerve which ended up leaving the left side of her face paralyzed. She had to learn to walk again and after 9 months of intense therapy she was able to swallow again. Mary Ann said her life is wonderful now and she is looking to hear from me and others. I can't wait to call her.
David Hockanson - David gave me a call during my darkest time of the past year. I was sick! So I was not able to chat with him long, but I can't wait to call him again and catch up. In 1997 David finally received his Doctorate Degree in Electrical Engineering and he went to work for Sun Microsystems building computers. He lives in the Santa Cruz mountains in a house on several acres of land with this daughter from a previous marriage and a number of pets. David said that the Redwoods soar all around them where he lives but he is not far from beautiful San Francisco if he ever wants to drive to a city. You can read more about David and see pictures of him on his personal blog. Take a loog at http://www.redwoodfolk.com/
Mark Davis - I got an email from Mark after he saw Chris and Greg Redford at the Battlefield Mall in Springfield over the Christmas Holiday. He is living in Springfield now and said that he is going through some exciting changes in his career which he will keep me posted. Mark, who now goes by Storm, said that he is extremely proud of his 10 month old nephew William. Attached is a picture of Storm and William.
Class of 1989
Tammy Wakefield (Herbert) - Tammy heard about BolivarGrads.com from Angie Mann (Grey). Tammy recently moved back to Bolivar from Austin, TX. She was happy to say that she and Danny Herbert have reunited after 10 years of divorce and they are doing great with their three children in Anthony 16, C.J. 15 and Lacey 13. Tammy said that she has not heard back from many people since she has been back and is hoping that this site will be a good way to get back in touch. Make sure to register for the Messageboards Tammy!
Bryant Foster - Bryant learned about the website from John Casebeer. After he poked around on BolivarGrads.com and thought it was pretty cool, especially the Messageboard Forums where he got to see plenty of names posting that he knew. He currently lives in Springfield, MO where he is living a bachelors life! For 8 years he was in sales where he had to travel frequently. He said he travelled so much, that he now dreads travelling anywhere. Even the drive from Springfield to Bolivar seems tortuous (You wouldn't make it in Chicago my man!). Bryant is currently the manager of a northside Pet Warehouse and said if you have a pet question, he probably has the answer. Below is a picture of Bryant at Halloween at Brian Lightfoot's house in KC. We look forward to seeing your posts on the Messageboard Bryant.
Class of 1990
Stacey Allen (Berry) - Stacey said that she had been terrible at keeping in touch with High School friends and she hopes this can help jumpstart her into re-establishing some relationships. She has been living in Seattle, WA since 2002 with her husband Bob and two children; Will 5 and Ally 2. They moved to Seattle so that Stacey could finish her residency in pathology at the University of Washington. In June she will complete a fellowship in Pediatric Pathology and she has accepted a position that will move them to the Phoenix, AZ area. Stacey said she still keeps in contact with John Casebeer, Holly Parker (Gardner), Sandy Ferguson (Nance), Barbara Gothard (Lee) and Sharon Long (Muir). I have posted a picture of Stacey and family below, or you can look at their family website at: http://homepage.mac.com/sbw_berry
Kevin Cribbs - Kevin emailed me from Bolivar where he lives with his wife of 4 years Amanda. Together they have a 2 year old son named Cooper. He is currently working for the Bank of Bolivar and its hometown bank owned by several stockholders. Kevin still stays in contact with Adam Quennoz, Tim Phillips and Frank Richards. Send them this way Kevin!
Class of 1991
Tracy Wakefield (Hillenburg) - Tracy heard about the website from her sister, Tammy. She spent some time reviewing the website and said it was neat to see so many old faces and names. She lives in Bolivar and has been married to her husband Tim for 14 years. Together they have a daughter Taylor 9 and son Ty 7. Tracy is a Registered Nurse and has worked for CMH for 11 years. Presently she is an OR Nurse. She is also finishing her Bachelors Degree in May. Tracy said that she would send us some pictures soon. We can't wait Tracy!
Other Items
Don't forget to put yourself on the BolivarGrads Map if you have not done it already! It is simple and takes 30 seconds. You can do it by clicking HERE. The last few people that have updated it have been Tony Stauch, Brett Potts, Gary Keeling and Carrie Roberts. Who will be next, and will we get more states covered?
Also you can be notified by email when there is a new post by putting in your email address into the box in the right hand column called Blogarithm.
And Don't forget to check out the Bolivar Messageboards. Many people are posting there already, but they want to see more of their High School friends posting there as well. You can look at the Messageboards by clicking HERE.
If you have not contacted me yet, please drop me an email!
JR Mariottini
Class of 1988
JR@bolivargrads.com
1 Comments:
At 8/20/2007 06:45:00 AM, Rebecca said…
Hey JR, I totally stumbled across this site while looking for my family physician's address in Nixa?!?!?! Weird! Although I didn't attend school in Bolivar that was where my closest friends were, so I just wanted to say Hi to everyone & tell you all what a cool thing you all have going on here! Very Clever!! TTYL! Cissy Jones (Reed)
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