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small medium large ARCHIVES (December 2001-November 2002) Lee Turner Milligan is an internal auditor with First Community Bank in Conway. She and her husband Randy have two kids, 11-year-old Kate, and Mark who is 8. LT Todd Carpenter DC USNR shares that after graduating from dental school in Tennessee in 91, he started his practice in Fayetteville. In June of 2000, he sold it and is now practicing in the Navy north of Chicago. He has been married since June of 92 to Susan Terwilliger of W Memphis (Ole Miss grad) and has 2 son's Will (3) Jack (2 mos). Greg Schichtl and family live out toward Vilonia. They have 3 kids who are 14, 13, and 8 years old and attend St. Joe. Greg is a CPA and has had his own business for 10 years. Just heard from Beth Taylor Flippo. She and husband Stan live in Greenbrier and have 2 children. A son, Kalin, who is 13 and a daughter, Katy who is 11. They have also had guardianship of Stan's nephew and nieces for the past 1 1/2 years, so their household includes nephew, Cody, who is 14 and his two sisters, Sydney - 6 years old and Bailey - 5. Beth calls it their "small village." The Flippos own an embroidery and screen printing shop in Greenbrier called "Cadron Creek Creative Wear". Stan works there full time. Beth works there and at The Brier Patch ChildCare Center as Director. Michelle Westmoreland Flynn tells me that she and her husband John have a daughter, Callan Nicole, who is 6. Michelle is president of Objective Advisors, Inc., which is a consulting firm in Texas. Kris (Kristie Reynolds) Hill and her husband David are about to celebrate their 18th wedding anniversary. The couple, who both work at Kimberly Clark here in Conway, have two girls: Saray, age 14 and Brittany, age 11. Kris' son James, 16, was killed in a drowning accident 17 months ago. Brad Curtis checks in with news that he just received a Bachelors degree in Theology and will begin a Masters of Art in Religion (Christian counseling) in January. He is presently the pastor at Lexington Baptist Church in Clinton, AR. Brad and his wife Janet have two children - Lindsey, 10 and Fletcher, 6 - and they live in Vilonia. Trea Self Halter married Mike Halter (Class of 81) and they are in Conway with their three children. Heather is 20 and attends UCA. Haylea, 15, and Heath, 12, attend school at St. Joe. Trea is employed with Dr. William Freeman. Lila Prosser Ashmore is married with three step sons and twin grandbabies on the way. She is a freelance makeup artist and hasn't changed much in 20 years. (She has put A LOT of work into our reunion already! Thanks Lila!) Laina Love Jones is married and living in Richmond, VA with two kids, Emilee, who is in kindergarten and Mason, who is 3. Laina is teaching kindergarten at their neighborhood school and loves being a mom. Got this news from Pennie Bane Chandler... She and husband Jr will celebrate 20 years in February and her daughter Casey, 17, is a junior in high school. (I taught Casey in first grade. Had to slip that in!) Pennie's family lives in Georgetown, Texas. She works for Longhorn Title as VP and her husband works for D R Horton Custom Homes. She says, "we love living here and enjoy our life." Christi Probasco Heinley has 3 children Jordan 17, Jennifer 15 and Taylor 10. She works in Garland,TX for the CEO of a large Mexican ceramic tile company called Interceramic. Christi is a single mom and says, "it is very challenging on some days with 2 teenagers (I guess you could say I am paying for my raising)!" [AREN'T WE ALL! :)] Christi and her family have a home on Lake Ray Hubbard in Rockwall and they just love living there. Terri McAnally Rhoades has been a fifth grade teacher at Julia Lee Moore Elementary for 11 years. She is married to Terry Rhoades who works at Acxiom as a project coordinator, and after all these years FINALLY has a daughter, 8-month-old Bailey Alexandra. Chris Foley writes that he and his wife Stacy live in Knoxville, TN, where he is the band director at Powell High School and she is a physician at UT Med Center. Chris also shared that Don Buffaloe recently moved to Pepperdine University School of Law as a research services librarian in Malibu, CA after 8 years at Loyola Law School, Los Angeles. Don has been married since 1997 to his wife Patricia and they have 2 daughters, Mary (age 2) and Amy (who was born in November 2001). Phil Stamps received his degree from Mississipi State and now works for Landscapes Unlimited, LLC, which is based in Lincoln, Nebraska. He is currently managing a golf course renovation at a resort in Barbados. Sammye Daniel Bates will celebrate 18 years of marriage to Keith on Dec. 22. They have a 12-year-old son named Daniel and an 11-year-old daughter named Paige. Sammye is a registered nurse and returned to school in 1998 to become a certified enterostomal therapist. Basically she specializes in wound, ostomy, and continence care and works at a local hospital. Sammye lost her mom a little over a year ago. Scott Marvel married Jennie Bushnell. They have 2 sons Cody, 13, (who is 6 feet and 1/2 inch tall!) and Cory who is 11. The two have stayed in Conway since high school. Scott is a Plant Manager at Virco Manufacturing and Jennie works at Kimberly Clark. They have been married 15 years And look forward to seeing everyone. Our old friend Brian Wahl still lives in Conway and has been married for 16 years to Debbie, a teacher at Bob Courtway Middle School. He has two daughters, Catie (15- a sophomore) and Gretchen (11- a sixth grader). Brian works at Rock Tenn, but his passion is coaching girls' fast pitch softball! (Just ask him about the USSSA World Series- he'll tell you all about it!) Kelly Rousey Garrison is in the Chicago area. (Aurora is a suburb of Chicago, IL.) She and Greg will be married 18 years this December. They have two children - Whitney who is 12 and Mitch is 10. They have moved 9 times in the past 16 years and Kelly says they will probably move again before Greg retires from Union Pacific Railroad. Kelly stays at home and does taxi service for the kids with all their sports activities. Right now they are both into basketball. She says that she can't wait to see everyone this summer! Heard from Suzan Lambert Gibson that she married J.Frank Gibson, Jr. of Mayflower in 1986. They have two boys, Jeramy Paul, aged 15 and James F., III "Trey", aged 13. Both sons attend school in Mayflower where the family has their primary residence. Suzan works in Maumelle as an Administrative Assistant(which she says is a fancy word for secretary and "go for") at Molex Incorporated. She adds, "...After almost 20 years, with two teenage boys, I have finally found the perfect use for my batons! --- especially as they are getting larger than me!" Sheila Ford Tipton and her husband Alan celebrated their 15th anniversary in October. They live out toward Vilonia and have a small horse farm (Ponderosa Arabians) to raise, train and show Arabian horses. Her husband is a partner with Jody Gatchell in A&J Collision Repair in Conway. Sheila has been an accountant for the AETN public television station for 15 years. Tracked down Alice(Bryant)Guthrie and found out that she has been married to husband Zachary since 91. No children, but 6 Godchildren, 3 nieces and 3 nephews. She is busy at FedEx and with her ministry called "Guthrie's Music Ministries" in which she conducts music workshops and sings with 2 professional recording choirs - Dallas/Ft.Worth Mass and Chester D.T. Baldwin & M3 (Music Ministry Mass). She's also involved with a drug/alcohol rehab program called "God's House" in McKinney, Texas. She asserts that, "I am still as silly as ever, love people and look forward to see you guys soon." TOUCHING BASE 2... Thank you for sending along information on our lost classmates. I don't have much spare time to make phone calls to search for these folks, but we really don't want anyone left out! So, I appreciate your help more than I can say! Kelly Drosche Vandiver and her husband of 13 years, Brad, have 3 children: Mitchell - 11, Adam - 6 and Molly - 2. They have lived in several different states and will be moving to Venice, LA this summer. Kelly has been a stay- at-home mom since her oldest was born, but has recently added a job with the state department of education to her routine that allows her to work from home. Tim Dawson and his wife of 16 years, Dora, live about 45 miles from New Orleans. They have a 18-year-old daughter Elizabeth, who is a high school junior. Tim works on the drilling rigs in the gulf as a completions fluids/mud engineer. I was happy to hear from Gailyn Hatcher Strobing yesterday. Gail got married about 4 years ago. She is a litigation attorney, lives in St. Louis and has two fluffy Persian cats. One of the highlights of her recent past is that she and her husband lived in Moscow, Russia for about a year because of his job. And speaking of overseas, Kelly Sheils Hill is in the U.S Navy and has been enjoying living in southern Spain for nearly three years. She and her husband have no children and enjoy traveling. Carol (Starkey) Mayo is living over in Bigelow now. She works for the sheriff's office there as jailor and dispatcher. Carol's son, Paul Dalton, is 6 years old and in kindergarten. She says that he is definitely the love and joy of her life! Sandy (Duncan) Long is a single mom with one child Mollie, 10 years old. She is a guidance counselor at Conway High East (9th and 10th campus) and says that she "has probably counseled many of your children, although you know that's confidential!" She is very involved at Second Baptist Church, teaching the Singles Sunday School class and Awanas. She also helped start a group called Conway Area Christian Singles that is made up of singles from area churches. With all of that and playing taxi driver for Mollie, she is NEVER home. Their life is active and good!!!!!!! : ) Susan Horton Guy and her husband may be moving to France because of an anticipated job change, but if not, she hopes to attend our reunion. They will know more in the coming month. In the meantime, she says she is staying busy with her kids' activities and work. Susan won her first 5k for her age division last month (Isn't that cool?!) and her oldest will graduate in May. Susan shared that her daughter "has been a trooper lately with some major medical problems, but she is doing great now." Jo Anna Middleton Keele and her husband Mike have lived in California for 14 years. They have one son Kyle who is 12 years old. Jo Anna is a registered nurse and director of a rehabilitation hospital just outside San Francisco. Got some news from Carla Tate Norris this morning. She shared that she met her "soul mate" while still in the Army and they have been married 14 years in February. (Jay had just taken command when we had our last reunion and wasn't there, but hopes to make this one.) He will pin on Lieutenant Colonel in January or February. Carla's family has moved a lot since 1993, but hope to stay in Texas for awhile now. They have two children, Wes, 12, and Shelby, 8. Carla left the Army in 1993 when she got pregnant with Shelby and was able to stay at home with her until last year. Then she got a job teaching bilingual fourth grade. She has also earned a Master's degree in Public Affairs, but as yet has not used it. It was just a goal that she wanted to achieve. Aaron Sartain is the dad of two teenaged sons, Caleb, who is 17, and Levi, who is 14. Aaron has been practicing message therapy for 8 years and has been an artist for the past 6 years. He is looking forward to seeing everyone at the reunion. Stacy Fugett Whillock is living in Pickton, Texas where her job involves working with horses and livestock on a nearby ranch. She was previously employed by Southfork Ranch, and she has even participated in a "Wild West Show" of sorts! Besides the joy of being around the horses that she loves, Stacy has been blessed to meet many interesting celebrities. And she still loves to dabble with photography. Stacy has a fifteen-year-old son Ben. Paula Starkey Kinggard has been married for 18 1/2 years and has 3 children, Courtney, 16; Drew, 13 and Holly, 10. Her family lives in Conway, but the children go to school in Vilonia. Paula worked for Dr. Craig Shirley and Dr. James France for 10 1/2 years, but quit about 18 months ago to attend UCA full-time (She had gone part-time for 2 years prior to that). She is studying Early Childhood Education and hopes to graduate in December of 2003. Currently, Paula is working part-time for Dr. Shirley again, and also works some for her Dad at Tru-Star Builders, as well as doing medical transcription at home! Talk about a busy lady! I got a neat surprise today...found out that one of my sweet kindergarten kiddos is the daughter of Terry and Brenda (Moss) Stone! Who knew?! Terry and Brenda are about to celebrate their 19th wedding anniversary in February. They have 2 children, Kara who is 17 and a junior at CHS, and Ashley, age 6. Brenda is the office manager for Dr. Diane France, and Terry has worked for The Landex Corp as maintenance supervisor for 14 years. Scott Zier dropped me a line last night. He has been living in Omaha, Nebraska the past nine years. He and his wife Jean have been married for almost 7 years and have two kids (really 3 he says)... Jennifer is 5, Andrew is 7 months old and their dog, appropriately named Husker, is 12. After spending 17 years in radio, Scott made a drastic change 4 � years ago. Now he is working for Compaq Computers. I also got a call from Christy (Limbaugh) Lewis! Christy and her three kids live here in Conway. Her oldest, Jimmy, is 13, Emileigh is 7, and Joshua is 5. Those of us who have kids may have run into Christy because she works for Arkansas Pediatrics of Conway. Kathy (Dyer) Davis is Christy's co-worker at Arkansas Pediatrics. Kathy and her husband Todd (class of 81) have two sons - Tyler, who is 12, and Gray, who is 9. If your back has been bothering you lately, you might want to touch base with Scott Brown. He's a chiropractor these days over on 9 Medical Lane in Conway. Scott is married to Stephanie Russ (class of 84). Of course, if you need some blueprints drawn up, better call George Thompson. George and his wife Kathryn have two boys - J.D. (age 7) and Ben (age 6). George is a Design and Project Architect at The Fletcher Firm Architects in Little Rock. Kim Waller Prior wrote that she has a 13-year-old son named John-Tyler (J.T.) and she works at Molex (in Maumelle) with several former classmates. Kim is also a foster parent for the Faulkner County DCFS. Since June of this year, she has cared for 17 boys, ranging in age from 10-days-old to 17- years-old! She says it is very rewarding, but the kids are hard to let go of when the time comes. Kim and some friends have established a non-profit organization called CAFCO, or Central Arkansas Foster Care Organization. Things are still in the "getting started" phase, but their ultimate goal is to build a "foster care community" - a special neighborhood of homes where foster kids will grow up together in a supportive, family atmosphere. A very worthwhile project, don't you think?! Lisa Fulmer Dyer (Kathy Dyer Davis' sister-in-law) checked in with this news... she and her husband John (class of 78) will celebrate their 20th anniversary in March. They have two daughters, Rachel 13 and Marlana 12. Lisa returned to the workforce three years ago after taking 10 years to be at home with her girls. She is Executive Assistant to the President of the Chamber of Commerce in Lawton, Oklahoma where they've "retired" from Army life. She says, "We spent 19 years traveling around the globe and it's nice to finally settle down. As we only return home occasionally to visit family, it's nice to catch up on some of the ol' gang!" Paula Webb Fusilier and husband Jeff married in 1985. They lived in Memphis, TN while Jeff was in dental school, and Paula taught in West Memphis those four years (and had taught in Morrilton the year before). Their son Hayden came along in 1990 - just one month before Jeff's graduation. They moved to Hot Springs Village where Jeff began practicing dentistry. Paula stayed at home with Hayden for 3 years before returning to teaching. She taught at Jessieville Elementary for 6 years, but quit in 1998 after having another baby, Natalie. Paula is currently staying home with Natalie while Jeff still practices dentistry. Kelly Graves Hix is living in Quitman these days with her husband Scott. They've been married nine years and have two boys - William, age 8, and Christopher, age 7. Scott works for the school district and Kelly loves being a stay-at-home mom. Theresa Moix Ford and her husband Steve (class of 79) are here in Conway. They have one son, Joshua -- one of my former first graders! Heard from a couple of old classmates today (1/2/02)- one near and one far... Donna Dukes-Williams wrote that she has been married to a wonderful guy named Darrell for 18 years on Valentine's Day 2002. They have 4 beautiful children, and in reading the Touching Base web page, she noticed that they top the list for childbirth. (Can anyone beat 4?!) Their children include a 17 year-old daughter "Dashonna" who is in the 12th grade, a 15 year-old son "Darius", a 6 year-old son "Dexavier", and their youngest is "Dasmine" who is 5-years-old and loves gymnastics just like her mom did! (Donna explains the gap in their ages by admitting, "We're both procrastinators!" ) Donna works in Accounting for Texas Instruments of Dallas, TX and looks forward to seeing everyone in June! Kevin Hancock is just around the corner in Greenbrier where he teaches 6th and 7th grade and is currently working on a Masters in school administration. Kevin is still participating in the Navy with the Reserves (hoping he is not called, but always ready to serve). His wife, Tracey, still "tolerates him" (HIS words, not mine!!!) after 9 years and they have two wonderful girls (Dani 7, and Emma 3). He jokes that "the three-year-old is going to be the one that kills me." Kevin also looks forward to seeing everyone this summer! Tina Thrasher Parker currently works at Acxiom Corporation at the Conway location. She was in the medical field for 14 years before going to Acxiom in June, 2000. She says, "It was a BIG transition, but a great decision!" Tina's divorced and has been dating an air traffic controller at the L.R. Airport since January, 2001. She says that his stories are interesting, but his stress level is OUT THERE....... we'll get to meet him at the reunion! Tina has 1 son, age 12 - going on 21! She thinks he has the numbers reversed in his mind!!! His name is Cole, and he'll be 13 in February. Everyone says that he looks like his mama! Lavonne Smith Norman been married to her husband Ken for 17 years. (Will be 18 by the time this reunion takes place). She wrote, "We have 4 wonderful kids. Josh is 13, Daniel is 11, Justin is 10 and Makenzie is 10 months. No that is not a misprint! Best surprise of my life...finally a girl! Ken and I own a construction company here in Conway. I was a computer programmer and then a bookkeeper for our business until so many babies started taking up my time. I am now a full time Mom and loving it. This is what I was truly meant to be." Caught up with Tracy Mills over the holidays...Tracy now goes by Roger these days and is a Senior Staff Engineer for Entergy in their Resource Planning group. He has been married to his wife Mary Lewallen from Jacksonville, AR for 14 years. They have two boys - Roger, 7, and Mason, 4. Jeff Boyd sent his good news last night... He is a Federal Officer with the Immigration and Naturalization Service in Houston, Texas. He and his wife Jennifer have been married two years and are expecting their first child in May -- (the doctor says it's a girl!) They also have 2 dogs, 2 cats and 4 horses. Jeff says that he's looking forward to seeing everyone in June. Vicki Cummins Sewell checked in to say that she has worked at CDIContractors for 14 years. She is married to Scott Sewell, and they've been married for 11 1/2 years. They have three children: Lindsey 17 - Katie 10 - Justin 5. Mercy...looks like I'm going to have to start a "Touching Base 3" page, so PLEASE email me with YOUR news!!! This is the best part! ("Course, I could just start making stuff up...that'd be fun, too! Hhhhmmmmm... TOUCHIING BASE 3... More news from old friends... Debbie Woodard Browers has been working at Acxiom in Conway for about 6 years now. She is a data administrator and works closely with her customer, Allstate, often going for onsite visits in Chicago. Debbie has been married to Darren Browers, also an Acxiom associate, for 2 1/2 years, and they recently bought a new home in Greenbrier. Debbie has a 14-year-old son, Justin, from her first marriage and was a stay-at-mom until her current job. Justin is on the honor roll at school, plays on the football team, and keeps Debbie busy with carpooling duties. She says, "If you couldn't tell, he is my pride and joy!" Debbie also has a stepson, Hayden, who is almost 4, whom she says is "...just precious and too smart for his own good!" Stacie Nunn Mobley and husband, Brian, have lived the last five years in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Brian is an '84 grad of Fort Smith Northside and the two married in 1991 - Debbie Woodard Browers was a bridesmaid!) Stacie earned a BS in journalism at UCA and has worked in the Information Office at UAMS and as Communications Director for the Arkansas Science & Technology Authority. After she and Brian got together, they moved to Dallas and she continued working in publications. After several moves related to Brian's work in banking software, Stacie is most recently enjoying being a full-time Mom to Lauren Annalee Nunn Mobley, born in June 2000. She says her last 18 months have been a whirlwind of mommyhood. They stay busy with Kindermusik, gymnastics, library storytimes and playgroups ... which Stacie faithfully documents in a special scrapbooking project. Georgia Clark Ross has been married to her husband John for 15 years. They have two kids, Sarah, who just turned 14 and is in the 8th grade at Bob Courtway, and Eva, who is 8 years old and in 3rd grade at JLMoore. Georgia has been substitute teaching for about two years in the Conway Public School district (K-8th grade). Her family enjoys camping, participating in Girl Scouting activities, and helping her dad, who has a cow farm now. Kimberly Walther Limcangco sent her story yesterday... Kimberly went to college in Nashville TN, where she joined AF ROTC. She met husband, Michael, while assigned in Washington DC. They married in 1992, moved a couple more times, and had their first son, Delfin, in 1998. She left active duty after he was born, and they moved to Phoenixville, PA where her husband now works in satellite analysis, and she mostly stays home with their three kids -- another boy, Derek, born in 1999 and a little girl, Devon, born Feb. 2001. She balances the kids with her continuing work w/the AF Reserves... Kimberly is a Major at Willow Grove ARS and works with personnel management activities. Her kids are just now getting into preschool, swim lessons, etc. so she explains that scheduling has become a balancing act. Besides work and the kids, Kimberly likes to garden and work out at the local YMCA. Richard Carpenter got married 10 years ago, not long after coming back from the Gulf War, to Van Anderson from Russellville, Kentucky. The couple has 3 children, all girls. They are Courtney - 20, his step-daughter who is attending her second year at the University of South Carolina, Lauren Mackenzie - 9, and Jordan Leigh -2. Richard has been in the Army for 14 years, 6 more to go before he can retire. At this time, he is a senior instructor for military personnel officers in sunny Fort Jackson, South Carolina. He will get his next class started in May, and then he will attend Command and General Staff College in July. Because of these courses, Richard is not sure they will be able to attend the reunion, but he says that "it sure would be good to see everyone!" Randall Dykes and his wife Christi will celebrate their sixth anniversary on January 27. Randall has been playing professional softball for the last 14 years and is part owner in a courier service. He plans to only play ball for a few more years because it requires him to travel 25-30 weekends each year, and they plan to start a family once Christi has completed her masters degree in accounting at the U of A. Mike Woiteshek and his family have been Indiana Hoosiers for the past 11 years. They live in Avon, which is a suburb right outside Indianapolis. Mike's wife Shelli is from Morrilton, and they have two kids - Ashley (age 8) and Austin (age 5). Mike is an Operations Manager for Belkin, which is "a network cabling, computer accessory manufacturer/distributor." Shelli is a Controller for Bisys, Inc., which is an insurance/financial software licensing firm. Most of their spare time is spent shuffling their kids to soccer, softball, baseball and gymnastics, but they also enjoy the Indy racing. Dan Nixon emailed this morning... whaddya know? He's the proud dad of 8-year- old boy/girl TWINS. (Danny & Donna all over again -- talk about paying for your raising!) Dan has lived in Austin, TX for 10 years, is "happily divorced", and has been a firefighter for 6 years. He spent 3 years on active duty in Germany during the Cold War and is currently a major in the army reserves. Steve Thomas also checked in today... he is in Kyle, Texas - right outside of Austin. Steve is married to wife Cindy and has two step-kids, 24 and 22. He says, "Yes, I found I like older gals." GRANDPA Steve also has two grandboys -Jacob and Joe, 9 and 6. He has gotten the "whole xperience" -- getting up at 2 and changing dirty you-know-whats. He works for Famousfootwear. The last few months of 2001 were hard for his company. He changed jobs only to have the attacks on New York change the whole landscape of what they were trying to do. He and his wife are starting their own catering business, and, of course that is hard when no one is spending money. With typical Stevemean-optimism, he asserts that they will prevail! Right now, he is back with Famousfootwear, and is in line for a new store in Houston which will be a 15,000 sq ft store that does about 4 mill a year. Steve and family have about 1.5 acres and a small house -- He invites anyone who wants to come and mow! Says "it's great in the summer when it's 105 with 90% humidity - and you thought it was hot in Arkansas." By the way --- your reunion committee has ordered temps in the mid-70s and low humidity for our June reunion, so Conway will be THE place to be in June! Just thought you'd want to know. Gray and Judi Lehmann Standridge have been married for 12 years. They have two children - Margaret Ann (age 10) and Nathaniel (age 6). Gray has worked for Stephens, Inc. for 16 years and Judi is a homemaker. Leanne Lester Kirby is married to Michael Kirby (brother of Kathy Kirby Lehmann, class of 81). She shares, "We have two children...Kara, age 8, who is a straight-A second-grader at Sallie Cone and is active with her PeeWee All-Star Cheerleading Squad from Sonshine Academy... and Jacob, age 13, who is in the seventh grade at Carl Stuart Middle School. He played seventh- grade football this past fall for Carl Stuart (they were the BOMB - winning every game but one). He's looking forward to further tackling escapades playing football for the eight-grade team next year! He also plays in the school band. I, on the other hand, have been in the newspaper business since the long ago year of 1985. I have worked in the art departments of the Log Cabin Democrat, the Arkansas Gazette (before being bought be the Democrat) and the Thrifty Nickle. I am currently working for the Arkansas Democrat- Gazette (6 years in April) as Promotions Department Designer. Yes...I am a designing fool! Between work and my two kids with all of their social engagements and extra-cirricular activities, we stay pretty busy. I can't wait to see everyone at the reunion this summer." Marty and Rhonda (Livingston) Aist have been married for 15 years and have two great kiddos - Alexandria (age 11) and Connor (age 6). Marty and Rhonda are a VERY close couple...even broke their arms together last fall -- now is that true love or what?! (I know. You'll get me back later!) Marty is in sales with a company named Flexion Material Handling and Rhonda is a homemaker who volunteers at JLMoore Elementary quite a bit. (Lucky us!!!) Pat Raney has this to share..."The night we all graduated, after the ceremony when everyone was standing around saying goodbyes and don't forget me, the most wonderful thing happened to me. Lynn Owen, class of 84, and I began to talk. We had met before, but I had never really talked to her. Well long story short, I asked her out for that Friday and she said yes. Our first date was on May 29th. On May 30th we were married and on May 31st, our oldest son Joshua was born. This was 1982, 1987, and 1991 respectively. Two years later on June 17th, 1993, our other son Jacob was born. In 1999, we moved back to Mayflower. Lynn has been teaching there since 1987. The boys are in the 5th and 3rd grade at Mayflower and enjoy living on the farm. Both boys are active in 4-H and enjoy showing HOGS at the county and state fairs. I have the pleasure of coaching both boys in baseball, football, and basketball. I graduated from UCA in 1986 and went to work for Wal-mart. I worked and saw most of our classmates there until 1996. From there, I went to work for Farmers Fire Insurance and this is where I still work. Life has been very good to me!" This in from Jamie Holt... He and wife Cindy have been married 11 years [10/06/90]. They have two little people: Davis - 7 years old and Bailey - 4 years old [born on the 4th of July] and 1 dog Nemo [a Great Dane/Golden Retriever mix]. Jamie runs Corporate Security for Acxiom. He's been there for about a year & a half. Prior to that, he put in 12 years with the Dept. of Justice as a criminal investigator while/after earning a Master's in Criminal Justice from UALR in 1990 and a B.S. in Political Science from UCA in 1988. Cindy works at their church [First United Methodist in Conway] as a teacher in the Early Childhood Education program. And as he puts it "there you go... a lifestyle of the rich and famous." Bart and Marsha (Fulton) Joyner have been married for a little over 10 years. She is employed at Fulton Press, which is family-owned, where she sells printing, especially commercial-type advertisements (brochures, posters, magazines, etc.). They have one son, Jett, who will be four in March and two "hairy kids", Reeves and Taylor. They are two "dash-hounds" professionally trained to stop blind midgets from breaking into their home. (Which is good since Bart is a self-proclaimed hermit. Wouldn't want intruders, you know.) Bart has been employed at Conway Corporation for the past 11 years. He is involved in the purchasing of all materials for the different departments. Brooks and Pam (Berry) Lawrence (class of 84) have been married for 16 years. They have three children Ben 11, Caleb 9, and Anna 5. The Lawrences live in Conway where Brooks is in private practice as a Family Physician. Jeff Pascoe and his wife Cindy met in college at the U of A in 1986. (She grew up in Springdale.) They got married in 1989 and have 5 children (Michael - 9, Samantha - 6, Rachel - 5, Phillip - 2 and Lawson - 2 mos). Jeff has an MBA from Fayetteville and has been working at Acxiom for the past 8 years. He mainly focuses on corporate finance related things (mergers, acquisitions, capital structure...) Before that he was at Stephens Inc. in Little Rock for 4 years in the corporate finance dept. as a financial analyst. Jeff says, "I enjoy playing with my family when I am not working. We enjoy our church, camping, snow skiing, motorcycles, skateboards, rollerblades... We would enjoy living on some land some day. Samantha would like a horse. Me too." Kevin Luck and his wife Kim have been married for eleven years. They have two+ children: Kyle (age 4) Kent (age 2) and one more 7 months away! Kevin has been a Financial Analyst with Acxiom Corp. for five years. Another Acxiom-employed classmate is Holly Marr. Holly is single (no children) and still lives in Conway, but also has a lake house in Fairfield Bay which she tries to get to as often as possible. Greers Ferry Lake is one of her favorite places. Holly has worked at Acxiom since graduating from Hendrix in '86. Currently, she is a Group Leader responsible for their Insurance, Brokerage and Automotive industries. When not at work, Holly likes to travel and enjoy outdoor activities. Granger Davis sends this news along... "After graduating from UCA (finally), I lived in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi where I made my living hustling in pool halls (Scott Zier and Jeff Boyd still owe me money). I eventually moved back to Arkansas where I met my future bride. Jan and I will be married 9 years in May. We have two children, Carson Granger (age 5) and Emma Jackson (age 2). Plus our golden retriever, Maggie Mae. I've been in the brokerage business for 12 years and joined forces with my father a couple of years ago in Conway. We have the Edward Jones office on "Toad Suck Square" - SALUTE! I'm also Mel Gibson's body double for all his movie stunts. Hobbies include work, tennis, volunteering within the community, making fun of myself, and spoiling my wife and kids as much as possible without making them rotten." Jeff Sprott writes that he has been married happily since 1989. His wife's name is DeeAnn and they have four children, three girls and a boy: Kelleigh - age 11, Samuel - age 8; and twin five year olds named Shelby and Rachel. Jeff was a Firefighter/EMT and Captain with the Springdale Fire Department for 16 years, but a neck injury on duty caused him to have to retire early. However, completing his education allowed him in 1999 to become the Fire Science Program Director at NorthWest Arkansas Community College in Bentonville. Instead of doing the actual firefighting, he now teaches the theory behind firefighting and the fire service organization. The college partners closely with NW Arkansas' area fire departments, and his graduates receive an Associate of Applied Science Degree in Fire Science Administration and Technology. Jeff enjoys this position, but still misses responding on emergencies to help people. He says, "The good Lord has blessed me and my family. Most of my family still lives in Conway, so I am there regularly for visits. I'm not sure I will be able to make the reunion due to summer teaching commitments, and if not, I will think about my "Wampus Cat" classmates. May God bless you and yours, Jeff." Christopher Tolleson writes that he attended school at UCA, UALR and UofA Fayetteville. He moved to Dallas for several years and was a police officer for the city of Dallas. Currently, he works for National Telephone here in Conway doing communications systems design. He has an 18-year-old former step-daughter Amanda, a 9-year-old son Christopher, a 7-year-old daughter Shannon, a 5-year-old step-daughter Kaity, and Baby T is not here yet but will be sometime late July. Christopher remarried about a year and a half ago. His wife Heather is a school teacher in Mayflower. They attend church at Harlan Park Baptist and the kids really enjoy the Awana program there. Christopher says, "Although I miss being an officer in Dallas, I really enjoy being back home near family and friends." This just in from Derrick Sewell... "Hello everybody, I'm so glad to see that everyone's doing ok. Well, Pamela (Beacham) and I will have been married 19 years in July and she's looking younger than ever and I'm going all out for the "most bald trophy" this time. We have 2 great kids "Darren" who's 18 and attending UCA as a freshman this year. and "Chavon" who's 13 and in the 8th grade at Bob Courtway this year. I'm the owner of Sewell Construction Co. here in Conway, this is our 1st year although we're doing pretty good, and Pamela has been employed at Acxiom for the past 10 years. Hey we're looking forward to seeing all the former "Wampus Cats" and may God bless you all!" Greg Lasker writes... "As for me and my life, I reside here in Conway with my wife Rosa (married 10 years) and two kids Kristina and Luis- 8 and 4. Both of us have our own businesses. I manage The Lasker Group, Inc. (General Construction Services) providing Buildings & Foundations. Rosa manages Arkansas Apparel Graphix & Promotional Products (Imprinted Wearables and Non-Wearables) T-shirts, caps etc.../pens,pencils,coffee mugs... Just a nice normal existence (boring) but this is what we do!" This in from Bruce Casebier... He and his wife Jackie have been married for 4 years. They have one son, Jared, who is 4. Bruce says that Jared goes to "PRESCHOOL, not day care" (There's probably a story there...!) and that they live in Mayflower. Bruce is part owner of Jamar, Inc. He has been there for 20 years. His wife is an accounting assistant at Tipton Hurst in Little Rock. Their family enjoys traveling, riding four-wheelers and are Nascar Fans. Bruce says, "while I like to bow fish, my wife likes to shop." (Hey, sounds about right to me!) News from LT Tena (Wright) Byrd - "Just a little note to say hello. I am a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. I've been on active duty for over 18 years. I have two beautiful daughters Nakisha 14 and Tiffany 2. We currently reside in Pensacola, FL and will move to Memphis, TN in June. I'll complete my last three years of active service with Commander, Navy Recruiting Command in Millington and reside in Memphis. I'm pursing a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice Administration. I've been assigned to the following locations: Norfolk, VA (2); Port Hueneme, CA; Yokosuka, Japan; Washington, DC (2); Gaeta, Italy; FL; Pensacola, FL(2); Kingston, Jamaica; and Marietta, GA. I look forward to seeing you all soon. Take care and may God bless you and your families always. Your classmate, Tena" In a later email, Tena adds, "I'm building a home off Germantown PKWY (down from Wolfe Chase Mall). If anyone would like to help, please advise." Robin Jones Wilcox sent her news today..."I live in Mason, Ohio which is a suburb of Cincinnati. I moved here when my husband took a new job here. My husband is Dale Wilcox and he's from Michigan. We met when he was a consultant for a company I worked for in Little Rock. We have been married 6 1/2 years and he's a terrific husband and the world's greatest Dad. I have two sons- Adam- 13, Drew- 12 from a previous marriage and have two sons with Dale- Ben- 4, and Jake- 2. My kids are wonderful and keep us very busy to say the least. We all love Cincinnati and we do get back to Conway 3-4 times a year since my parents and grandmother still live in the Conway area. I have a BS in Accounting and a BBA in Finance from UALR. I worked in public accounting as a CPA and in private business for awhile. After Dale and I got married I stayed home with my kids for about 4 yrs then went back to work part-time at GE in Cincinnati when we moved here. I just recently took a full-time position with a small software company here in Cincinnati- Medplus, Inc. I'm their one and only financial analyst and I love my job. It's really strange at this job because I'm one of the oldest people there which was quite a slam which I guess we're all starting to feel!" This in from Pam Harmon Valley... "I am happily married to a wonderful man (Mike) of 18 years in July. We have a beautiful daughter Bethany Leanne. She is 13 years old and in the 7th grade. Currently we are stationed in Silverdale, Washington at the Bangor Submarine Base. My husband is in the United States Navy. In May he will be in 21 years. We are looking at retiring next year and going back to Conway where my family is. His family is there in Perryville and Plummerville. We won't be able to attend the reunion, my parents are flying out here around that time." This from Elmo Irby today... "I HAVE LIVED IN THE CABOT AREA FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS. 4 YEARS AGO I MOVED TO WARD, AR. I AM MARRIED AND HAVE 4 CHILDREN. 2 STEP CHILDREN AND 2 WITH MY WIFE. WE'VE BEEN MARRIED FOR 9 YEARS. MY STEPDAUGHTER IS 18, MY STEPSON IS 12, MY OLDEST BOY 8 AND MY YOUNGEST IS 6. I AM ON ACTIVE DUTY WITH THE U.S. AIR FORCE AND I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND. PLEASE SEND MY REGRETS TO EVERYONE AND TELL THEM I SAID HELLO. NEXT YEAR I WILL HAVE MY 20 YEARS IN MILITARY SERVICE AND HOPE TO RETIRE SO I CAN TAKELIFE EASY AND WATCH MY CHILDREN GROW UP. THEY REALLY MISS THEIR DADDY AND DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY I'M GONE. WE GO TO CHURCH AT FIRST FREEDOM BAPTIST CHURCH WHERE I AM A DEACON. I ACCECPTED THE LORD IN MY LIFE 10 YEARS AGO AND 5 YEARS AGO WAS ORDAINED AS A DEACON IN THE CHURCH. THAT HAS BEEN THE GREATEST TIME IN MY LIFE, SERVING OUR LORD. WELL I BETTER GO FOR NOW, I'M AT WORK AT SHEPPARD AFB TEXAS. TELL ALL I SAID HELLO AND GOD BLESS." Tammy Lasker emailed her news today... "When we graduated I had a one way ticket to New York and had no intention of coming back. Well I stayed for 17 years. While there I attended and graduated from New York University and also went to the military. I served in the Army Reserves as a Medical Specialist for 8 years and left with a Honorable discharge. I have one son, T. Mike Askew who attends Carl Stuart Middle school. I have been home for about 5 years and I am enjoying it. What's next? Well I've done the East Coast now it may be the West. We will see. I am enrolled at UCA and I travel quite a bit with my job. It's been a long time and I look forward to seeing all of you. Tam" From Chris Reese... "I currently reside in Nashville, AR. My proudest accomplishment is my 13 yr. old son Trent. He is a great kid!!! I am a single parent, however my x-wife have an absolutely pro-Trent relationship. After all, we have be divorced for 12 years. In 1999 the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce elected me to serve as their 79th National President. This was a result of many years of service to the community. This service was not all my own, but an accumulation of many people. I will be eternally grateful for the opportunity. I have been told that I am a leader, teacher (trainer), communicator, and most importantly FRIEND. I still don't believe it, but I have been fortunate. I've traveled to 48 states, 9 foreign countries, given countless seminars and speeches, met with government, corporate, and community leaders around the globe. It was an experience of a lifetime. If things don't work out and I cannot make it to the reunion ( I AM TRYING). Remember this: We may never be as good as we think we will; But, if we quit trying we lose; We may never be as good as we thought we were; But, if we quit believing we lose; We may never be as optimistic as we thought we were; But, if we quit looking we lose; As long as we BELIEVE in LOOKING at PEOPLE TRYING; WE WILL NEVER LOSE!! The Class of 1982 will NEVER LOOSE!!! Chris" From Becky Burkett, or Rebecca Johnson as she's known today! "My family and I have been gone from the Conway area for over 10 years and just relocated back to Arkansas a little over 2 years ago. You may remember my name as Becky Burkett, however, I've been called Rebecca Johnson for so long now that when I hear someone call out "Becky", I know it's gotta be someone from high school. After living in Dallas, Springdale/Fayetteville area, and Colorado, we decided to relocate back to Arkansas. My husband, Marlon (we met while he was a student at UCA), is employed by Southwestern Bell Telephone in Engineering. I have returned to school again and plan to graduate from UAMS. We have two children, Amber, 17, a senior at Vilonia High School, and Tanner, 11, a 6th grader also at Vilonia. I see a few classmates from time to time and it's great to just visit in the middle of Wal-Mart or the grocery store. I wish all of you a great time at the reunion." <b>Reactions to the 20th Reunion</b> <br> (6/24/02) "Hats off to you!!!! It was great and we had a blast. I wish that I could have gotten to know some of you better way back then..." Scott and Jennie (Bushnell) Marvel (6/24/02) Brent Courtney summed it up nicely: "what a class act." (6/24/02) "Girls- I just wanted to say thanks for all your hard work in putting on a great reunion. It went by so fast but I hope we can all get together again in two years. Keep in touch! Bart" Hhmmmmm... gosh, it would be SO EASY to take ALL the credit... but there were some guys who helped too! Besides me, Lila, Lee, Leanne, Tina, Carol, Kris, Judi and (I'm probably forgetting somebody!) there was Brad, Jamie, Todd, Dennis, Scott, Pat, Gray -- help! Who have I forgotten?! Anyway, it was a group effort, and we're ALL glad you enjoyed it! (6/24) Let's see... Brad, Tina (Thrasher) Parker, Leanne all had nice things to say about seeing old friends again. Leanne even said she'd do it over again in a heartbeat... so she's DEFINITELY on the 40th bday committee! HA! (6/25/02) Debbie (Woodard) Browers had gotten the scoop from Kevin Luck at work and wrote to say she hopes to make the next one! (She missed this one because of family stuff.) (6/27/02) Lavonne wrote looking for the website address -- said she had a wonderful time. Scott Brown agreed that "everyone looked great and seemed to have a wonderful time..." ~~ You guys that skipped the reunion -- are you regretting it yet? No? Okay, keep reading... :) We'll keep working on you for the next one! ~~ (6/28/02) Let's see, Tena (Wright) Byrd wrote that she "had a ball at the reunion" AND gets extra brownie points from me for updating her address information already! (I don't want to lose track of ya'll again! It was too hard to FIND some of you in the first place!) (7/1/02) Stacy (Fugett) Whillock also sent updated info about her email address, so she's on my A list as well! (Stacy missed the reunion at the last minute because of her health, but she's feeling better now and getting back into the swing of things.) (7/2/02) Donna (Dukes) Williams dropped a line saying thanks "... the website great pictures)is by far, the next best thing to being there. I was able to see some of my old buddies, and you all look GREAT!!! I double hate that I missed out on all the fun, I will definitely be attending the next one." Ah, now THAT'S what we want to hear! (7/7/02) Got a neat email from Annette Knauer, who was our exchange student from Germany. She found our website while surfing the net and wants to share her news... "When I went back to Germany I had to spend three more years in German school to get the "Abitur" which enabled me to go to university here in Germany. I decided to study food chemistry. After that I was ready to detect anything in food: fat, water, protein, vitamins, minerals, pesticides, heavy metals and so on. With this knowledge I worked for a company in the lab and was responsible for the quality assurance. After a little break (I had the idea to start all over again and to learn something completely new) I went back to my profession. Now I am working for a company that is specialized to detect genetically modified organisms (GMO) in feed, food and seeds. The people here in Europe are quite concerned of that topic and we have stricter rules regarding GMO than the US. The company (GeneScan) has also a branch in New Orleans, LA - so some time I might visit the South again. I work as a "Key Account & Sales Manager" - so I am in close contact with our customers. To come to the private side in my life: After many years in another town I moved back to my home town Bremen two years ago. I am happy and I would say that I lead a fulfilled life. At the moment I am a single (and I am sure this status will change very soon :-). I spend a lot of my spare time with music: I started to sing a lot in a- capella groups. In August I will spend a week in France and attend a voice class for a week. I love these creative events a lot and they are an important part in my life. Best regards from Germany to the whole class of '82 Annette" Pretty cool, huh?! She sent a recent photo which I've put on the "Snapshots" page. (7/8/02) Dan Nixon wrote that he hopes to make the 40th bday party. (I didn't give him TOO hard of a time for bailing at the last minute since he was serving our country instead of attending the 20th reunion.) (7/9/02) Robin (Jones) Wilcox had a good question... she asked about getting a copy of the reunion booklet... But the thing is, no one on the committee had any extra time to put one together, so we all decided that the website would have to do. Robin also wanted to know..."WHO invited all those OLD PEOPLE to our reunion?!" HA! Wonder who she means? I didn't see any old people... did you?! Amy Raymond and Michelle (Westmoreland) Flynn also sent kind kudos about the website that day. (7/10/02) This newsy one from Butch Richardson... "Looks like it was a great reunion -- sorry I missed it. Now I know why people wear name tags. It took me a while figure out who some people were and still don't remember some of them. Thanks for putting names on all the pictures -- some people have really changed. I will try my best to come to the 40th birthday party. I have lived in California since 1986 and have been married to my wife Karla for 10 years. We have no human kids just our dog Trixie who lives for playing ball and Frisbee. We live about 40 miles east of San Francisco (Me, Amy Raymond, Mike and Jo Anna Keele and Brent Courtney all live within a 25 mile radius of each other, weird huh?) and really enjoy it, can't beat the CA weather. I am a General Contractor and have owned my own construction business since 1999 and my wife has been a RN at a local trauma hospital since 1989. I trust that every thing is going well with you and I'm sure that I am not the only one that thinks You, Lila and Lee have done a terrific job on the reunion and especially web site (it's a lot of work but you get all the gossip first). I am glad to see that you are not going to cancel the web site, it really cool to see what old classmates are up to. Take care and keep in touch. Butch" (7/11/02) Mike Smith mentioned missing the 10-year reunion and how that made this one even better. I have to agree -- I missed the 10-year, too. (7/11/02) Pennie (Bane) Chandler emailed today -- still NO grandbaby news! She PROMISES to write when he/she finally arrives!!! (For those of you who missed this... Pennie's daughter... (yeah, the one I taught in first grade!!! Talk about OLD!) Anyway, she had a false alarm right in the middle of the Friday night gathering! That's why Pennie was walking around with the worried expression and the cell phone attached to her ear! (7/17/02) Scott Zier sends his regards..."It looks like a good time was had by all at the reunion. I am sorry that I missed out on all the fun. I had anticipated to make it but the company I work for (Compaq) was acquired by Hewlett Packard in a very messy and public fight. All of us were walking on needles after the shareholders vote, lawsuit that was filed by one of the HP board members and founders relatives and then dismissed. The two companies became one on May 7th. I am still around. I did spend sometime in Conway over the 4th of July. Wish it would have been the same weekend as the reunion. I hope to make it to the 40th birthday party. If any of you are ever in Omaha let me know. We have a great Zoo, College World Series (in June), and the SAC museum plus a lot of other things to do. Take care and I hope to hear from some of you soon. My e-mail address has changed. It is scott.zier@hp.com." (7/18/02) Phil Stamps wrote in from island paradise to thank us for the reunion pics on the website. He said they were "a trip" -- I'm supposing that's because we all still look SO YOUNG, don'tcha think?! (7/24/02) Richard Grant touched base and expressed his disappointment in missing the reunion. Seems the classmates.com email address I used to send him information was defunct. But he says he'll try to make the 40th birthday party instead. (7/27/02) Ran into Brooks Lawrence's wife, Pam (Berry) at a restaurant yesterday. Told her to please fuss at Brooks for us since he skipped out! Then I saw Kathy Dyer Davis at the doctor's office. I fussed at her personally, but just a little bit! (I tend to be on the shy side myself!) Also, saw Paul Cato the other day (he had gone out of town the reunion weekend). We'll just all have to work on these guys who didn't, couldn't, or wouldn't come for the next one. Hhmmm, I wonder, who's going to turn 40 first? Who's the baby of our group? Sorry about the Friday Night pictures... it's been a busy few weeks -- I'll try to add Lila's this week . Haven't received Barry's yet. Anyone else have photos to share? (You can mail me prints, I'll transfer them to a disc, and send your prints back to you.) Did you hear about Clay Guinn (class of '81) winning the bass tournament thing? Wow! Fishing paid off BIG that day! (8/5/02) Heard from Pennie (Bane) Chandler... her grandson, Lane Michael Chandler-Rasdale, arrived on July 18. Mom and baby are doing fine. Pennie says she'll send a picture when she has a minute to catch her breath! (11/13/02) Have heard from several on our "lost list" since the reunion... Cindy Thorpe Buddenberg, Scott Wheeler, etc. As people turn up, I'm trying to add their info to the site. Beth Taylor Flippo updated me on her info... She and husband Stan live in Greenbrier and have 2 children, a son, Kalin, who is 13 and a daughter, Katy who is 11. They no longer have guardianship of Stan's nephew and nieces -- the kids are back at home with mom and doing great! The Flippos own an embroidery and screen printing shop in Greenbrier called "Cadron Creek Creative Wear". Stan works there full time. Beth works there and at The Brier Patch ChildCare Center as Director. More news as you send it... Take care, Julie
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