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Melody Ware (Taylor)

Yes I believe Miranda Lambert was a finalist on a tv talent show called Nashville Star probably about 10 years ago... when she was very young.

Ken Briegel

Lowell, as an SFASU alumnus I was pulling for the Lumberjacks. It was a good run while it lasted. It reminded me of the exciting basketball seasons while we were there. 

Karlan Fairchild

The older I become, the smaller the world gets, Marilyn.  Go figure.

Russ Stovall

Karlan so true.  My dad use to say to Marty and I growing up that "the older you get the smarter I will get."  His dad told him the same thing growing up and I have told my children the same.  I started realizing that somewhere in my 20"s.  The same with my children about somewhere in  their 20's.  Especially after they had children.

Karlan Fairchild

What is the old saying, Russ?  Is it five or six degrees of separation?  I believe that it dawned on me (as Mom used to say) sometime around my 30th birthday that my folks were one helluva lot smarter than I had thought previously.  And, as you said, especially once I had children.  Amazing how that happens, isn't it?

Lowell Tuttle

Russ, I have only seen you in passing at the reunions...and as I remember, you were there with me at the top of intelligence, bubba... I will say that at least I dind't ride no rodeo aminals.

Marsha Brown (Johnson)

Dear Sherri McCormick, I just now saw your comment on my Caring Bridge page. Thank you for your kind words.  The page used to flag me when I received comments, but it doesn't do that anymore and I forget to check. I'm so sorry it's taken me this long to see it. I DO truly hope to be an inspiration to others that fight this disease but also to be able to share Jesus with everyone and pray that they come to know Him before it's too late. I hope you are planning on coming to the reunion in October. I'm so looking forward to it. I hope you all have an awesome day.

Phil Fielder

For you guys who like out door concerts and free and bring your own cooler check out Concert By The Lake Rockwall. The 2014 schedule has not been posted but you can see the 2013 schedule. They start around the middle on May. These concerts are at a place called the Harbor out in front of the Hilton.

Melinda Wallis (Campbell)

I just watched the hilarious Hitler film.  Great Job Tommy!  That was so clever.  It's always exciting to see one;s name in print!  Thanks.

Melinda Wallis Campbell

Don Chester

Nice take,  Lance

Since  I must surly be on that list of folks that you don't want in your life, it makes me take pause.

From my view in the cheap seats, it seems many didn't have that great of time in HS.  It was for many a time of social awkwardness, confusion and lonliness.

From time to time I read the posts here and I am a impressed by the intelligence, philosophical thought and striking writing prose.

Many people posting here, I truly have  little or no memories of. I'm not sure if that is from my own personal pain during. HS or if I was such an introvert I didn't know many people.  It's also fascinating that of a class of 1000 only a handful of people post here, I don't think any conclusions can be made of that but it makes me wonder why.

As for the reunion, I would hope it would be a time to actually connect with people you once had things in common with, some will reconnect after a long period of absence, others may actually connect for the first time. Perhaps new friendships will be forged and others rekindled.

i hope I can make it, I have just received a contract offer on my house and am in the process of packing and preparing to move to a rent house for a few months until we find another home to buy.  I am hoping we can find another house my wife will love, but it's hard gong from a big beautiful house on a golf course, where you have raised children and lived for 20 yrs as well as building the thing, and then downsize to something half the size.  But age, financial considerations and the visititudes of life demand it.  So really I have no idea what wll be occurring in 5 to 6 months and I just may not be able to make it.  

So Lance , if I don't make it, perhaps another reunion we can connect, or not if you prefer.

Daryl Summers

If only the good die young does that mean, that none of us that are left are any good?

Sharon Stuteville (Smith)

Well said, Holly!  Don't we all need a bit more "training!"

Mark Mauldin

Don,

I also found my time in HS to be somewhat awkward. I wasn't really any kind of popular guy so wasn't in a lot of inner circles. I don't have that many vivid memories for some reason  though there were many things I did take away.

I do remember having a lot of respect for certain peeps: Cordell, Twichell, Schneider, Mundy, Cowlishaw, Baxter (Scotty and Bobby), Anderson, Fleming, Dodson (he was too crazy and I loved it) (Love you Ted! - Oh! Keep Boland in the crazy group), Gadd, Richards, Stovall, Dyer and lots of others. Then there were many a heartbeat felt for a bunch of my fellow female students; Nelson, Baxter (no, not Bobby or Scotty - Roxanne, , Marshall, Moon, Dodson, Byler (sorry Bruce) and McNeil (sure wish I hadn't stood you up!), just to name a few....

Tried sports but didn't have the talent or drive to be a high school athlete so camped in Intramural Sports.

I do remember some good friends and still to this day am thankful for every second I had with them: Hines (Ben and Billy), Aiken, Forrest, Cantor, Martin, Herndon, Hawes, Richmond, Norton, Hooter, Parker, Dolph, Pearce, Haden, Bell, Melton, Baldock and many others.

Okay, guess I do have more memories than I remember. Funny.

I'm so grateful I showed up to a couple of the reunions though. That kind of stuff really stirs my heart, seeing old friends. I was always a sentimentalist but now that my hair is moving on and grey has replaced brown, I'm even more that way.

One of the things I really still have disdain over was the rezoning of the area I lived in and many of the guys I had gone to elementary and Junior High with went over to finish 10 (I think), 11 and 12 at Lake Highlands. That was a huge bummer for me. Guys like Lawson, Atchley, Cooper and so on went away. Those guys were my best friends. We did everything together.

Anyway, long way to tell you Don, I feel you man! Good to hear from all of you though. Truly!

Mauldin

David Cordell

Enjoyed your comments, Mark.

I just opened the online version of our senior-year annual to see what memories might arise. Even the very first photo in the seniors' section (Sandra Abbot) brought back memories I hadn't thought about for a long time. One not-so-pleasant memory involved her sister's (Valerie) boyfriend's (Jeff) car. I must have been fourteen years old. While we were at her house, he let me drive his car in spite of my lack of a driver's license. I was caught for going 15 MPH over the speed limit on Waterview. The police took me home, and there were eventually four police cars in front of my parents' house. I can't imagine what the neighbors were thinking. I can smile about it now, but it wasn't very funny back then.

I'm going to go through the senior section of the annual photo-by-photo to see what other memories arise. I'm pretty sure that most of them won't involve the police.

Mark Mauldin

David,

Somewhere I have some old intramural football team photos I need to send you to see who all was on the team. Will work on it this week.

Mauldin

Jan Pierce (Miegel)

This is Janet Pierce Miegel, I am volunteering with a company that places foreign exchange students.  It is a non-profit and accredited by the Department of State.  I have a lot of great kids but one in particular that I am looking for a host family for.  She is from France and plays tennis, dives, dances and rides horse.  Her parents are wine broker.  wouldn't that be fun.  Please contact me if you or someone you know might be interested.

Jan Miegel  j_miegel@bellsouth.net  972 733 4795

Don Chester

Lance

Perhaps new friendships will be forged and others rekindled.

Thanks for the insightful feedback Don...I'm looking forward to forging together at the reunion.

Departing the "Queens" with your queen will be sweet sorrow, but I'm confident you'll both find bliss again; while squeezing into <2500 sq. ft.....!!

Actually we are on the Kings course, #8 about 200 yrds off the tee on the left hand side. .  I had a little mental meltdown last night with lots of sorrow over the upcoming move, but it will be a good thing.  The expense on the thing is  just ridiculous at this point in life.

Actually I'm pretty sure the next house will be about 4,000 feet so there will be room for the two of us and our dog and it will be a whole lot cheaper than the current 8000 foot house.

Mark

Thanks for the kind words.

David

I'm shocked that you ever got in any trouble, certainly wasn't your reputation.

Sandra Spieker (Ringo)

To Holly,

The way the younger generations are communicating is via text messages on their cell phones, at least that is what my take on it is.  Their fingers are focused on the little computers they can easily stuff into a pocket or purse.  Texting on a phone is something I only do when ringing a cell phone presents some kind of a issue.  My younger nieces and nephews use this method to advise me of parties, or birthday greetings.  It has taken out the personal touch.  Why not call and talk to me?  Some are giving up the FB thing that is true. I have not done that yet.    I have to say that this medium, the Message Forum, and joining this web site has opened up a few new connections for me, you are among them. It is the way I prefer to text.  I also want to thank everyone who has taken the time to either talk with me on the phone or email me!  

To Lance,

Loved your last post!  So nice to hear someone vocalize what I have been thinking for years!  Good find!

On Memories:

Old ones are great, if you can find them in the recesses of your brain; however I am still industriously trying my best to create new memories too.  Hopefully some of those will be with a few of you guys here. 

Steve Keene

Lance, Don , Mark, Holly, Darryl, David, Melody Tommy  and all:

I am grateful just tp see all the input on the forum whether we live to see the reunion or not. Hearing everyone's take on things has been truly enjoyable.

I was listening to the Savage Nation yesterday on 8;20 AM WBAP and heard them discussing the ten worst Americans in history.  Nixon's name was brought up and it reminded me of another memory. 

Nixon was coming to Love Field and Tommy Thomas, Steve Gardner and I decided we wanted to go to the airport reception to shake his hand. (I am still a poor judge of character some times),  We went down Central to Mockingbird and started east to the airport.  I was driving my white Ford.  As we got to the intersection of Preston and Mockingbird, we were laughing and talking and a lady in front of us suddenly stopped at the intersection and I rear ended her right in front of a service station that used to be there on the Northeast corner. We got out and looked and there was no damage to my car and a small ding on her bumper. The lady started yelling and screaming at us and insisting that we call the police.  We tried to be nice and told her we were in a hurry and we could rake up a hundred dollars between the three of us if she would take that and let us go.

We told her that we really did not want to involve the police.  She would have none of it. She continued to curse us and threaten us as we went to the station to find a phone. There was a pay phone there and Steve went over to it and started dialing.  She demanded " Aren't you going to ask the attendant for the number?"  She looked puzzled when Steve said "Lady, I know the number."  When they answered, he asked to speak to Lt.Gardner and after a pause he said "Dad, we had a little accident?" The expression on the woman's face was priceless.  Lt..Gardner came down in an unmarked cruiser followed by a black and white with two patrolmen with flashing red lights.  Lt. Gardner gave us a police escort to Love Field with flashing lights so we would not miss Nixon..  As we left the scene, the two patrolmen were still going through the ladies purse and asking her if they could search her trunk.

Lance, I just want to get back to the weight I was at the 40th reunion.  By the way, will they let you test drive one of those Ferraris in Richardson for an hour or two.

Steve

Linda Longacre (Sullivan)

Hey David (Cordell),

Thanks for the info about Mrs. Alsup (I couldn't possibly call her "Jeanne"). I do NOT think she was a "babe", but I DO think she was extremely fashionable and "with it".  I so enjoyed her class - more than any other I can remember.  The Scarlet "A", A Tale of Two Titties (wonder who wrote that?), Moby Dick is not a social disease, The Graduate, the baby shower, the film debut.  Great times!  Thanks for resurfacing those memories.  I just finished a long email to her saying thanks for being a teacher  that I remember 40 plus years later!  And do you realize that she must have just been a VERY FEW years older than we were if she is just now retiring?  I hope to retire in 2-3 years, so she couldn't have been more than 23-24 when whe taught us!  For anyone interested in sending retirement wishes, her email at school is:

jeanne.alsup@kinkaid.org

Linda Longacare Sullivan

Phil Fielder

David:

Here at school in the library they have a room with every annual ever done at RHS!

Pretty cool stuff, pictures of the High School on Greenville when Grenville was a dirt road.

Mark Mauldin

Steve - that is too freakin funny. Love it!

Bucky, that is so cool. I don't remember where I was when Nixon came in but my Mom and Stepdad were not fans so I was no where near there.

Mauldin

Steve Keene

Do any of you remember the chalkboard in Ms. Alsups class that daily someone posted a pun or the astute observation of the day on the prose or poems we were studying?  I am pretty sure that chalkboard was the inspiration for Punography Ltd.

Who wrote that satire of the blue frogs and the green frogs in the style of Animal Farm that was read in the honors english class?   I cannot remember, but I think of it every time someone says friggin this or friggin that.

Bruce Anderson

David Cordell

Rest in Peace

Wedgie Cordell

After a short but intense decline in heart function, Wedgie Cordell entered dog immortality at 9:30 AM, April 10, 2014, with the assistance of a veterinarian.

Born September 1, 2003, Wedgie never met a stranger. He joined the Cordell family as a puppy, purchased by human family members Rob and Mark for $25.  Although his parentage was uncertain, Wedgie carried himself with an air of confidence that belied his humble origins.

Wedgie’s unusual name was given to him by one of his humans because his head looked like a wedge when he was a puppy. It made him happy to know that simply hearing his name made humans smile. Wedgie also enjoyed taking morning walks, licking dinner plates, jumping up on visitors to greet them, and barking through the front window at dogs being walked by humans.

Wedgie was preceded in death by his first human, Rob, his step-sister Molly, and canine predecessors Dolly, Brandy, and Missy. He is survived by step-brother Mijo, step-cousin Juno, and humans Mark, Christopher, Martha and David. His last photo, taken an hour before his passing, appears below. Wedgie will be missed deeply.