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Pamela S. (Voss) Holt
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Occupation:
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Teacher/Language Arts & Spanish at Bethel Middle School + EKG Tech/Norman Regional Hospital
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| City, State: |
Norman, OK |
| Phone: |
405-447-9022 |
| Spouse: |
Byron R. Hold |
| Children: |
Amber Rabekka (Boyd/Brandon) Pringle, age 31; Kacey Denice (Boyd) Komarek, age 29; Karen Holt (stepdaughter), age 24; |
| Grandchildren: |
Herbie Dean Brandon, age 13; Triston Lee Brandon, age 11; Triplets, age 8 weeks (born 2-25-07): Jackson Lon Komarek, Ethan Michael Komarek, Ella Grace Komarek. |
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Favorite memory from High School/Confession
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One thing you would do differently?
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What friend have you known the longest from our class?
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Judy Blackburn Cox
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Who are some of your best friends from our class?
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Favorite Place to Park?
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Current Hobbies:
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leading middle school foreign travel excursions, reading, writing
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What is your favorite song from now and then?
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| Accomplishments: |
Teacher of the Year - Macomb High School, 1992 |
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Future Plans?
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Continue to teach for several more years, though I could have retired 4 yrs. ago. Building a new home in the Bethel area.
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Millard Andrew Fowler, Jr.
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Occupation:
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Accountant
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| City, State: |
Ada, OK |
| Phone: |
580-436-0132 |
| Spouse: |
Nita |
| Children: |
Laura, 28; Andrew, 18; |
| Grandchildren: |
Daxton, 1 |
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Favorite memory from High School/Confession
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One thing you would do differently?
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What friend have you known the longest from our class?
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Dicky Dixon
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Who are some of your best friends from our class?
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Dicky Dixon
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Favorite Place to Park?
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Park what?
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Current Hobbies:
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Grandson
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What is your favorite song from now and then?
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| Accomplishments: |
Military service in the Marines, marriage to my wife of 37 years, my children and grandson |
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Future Plans?
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Watching my son graduate from college and more grandchildren.
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Karroll Glynn Rhoads
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Occupation:
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Owner - Arkansas Pier and Level
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| City, State: |
Little Rock, AR |
| Phone: |
501-851-0600 - 501-851-1650 - 501-442-9583 |
| Spouse: |
None |
| Children: |
Ryan, 30; Jarrad, 27; and Morgan (girl), 26 |
| Grandchildren: |
Hope Rhoads, 2 |
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Favorite memory from High School/Confession
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Nominated for appointment to West Point Military Academy
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One thing you would do differently?
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Pursue law degree, would have made the best damn lawyer in the country
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What friend have you known the longest from our class?
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Charlie Wilker
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Who are some of your best friends from our class?
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I'm afraid this will be published and I have too much politics left in me to get in trouble with this one.
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Favorite Place to Park?
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In a car
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Current Hobbies:
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Pilot, love to fly and play golf
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What is your favorite song from now and then?
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Long cool woman in a Black Dress
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| Accomplishments: |
In order: having three wonderful children. Serving in the Oklahoma House of Representatives, Accomplished pilot, reducing my golf handicap to 4, and living to be 58 |
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Future Plans?
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Living to be 59.
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Richard Vestal
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Occupation:
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Teacher (retired); Real Estate Sales
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| City, State: |
Yukon, OK |
| Phone: |
405-354-2322 Cell 405-401-1084 |
| Spouse: |
Pam (Leighton) |
| Children: |
Stacie Lamb, 32; Carey, 30; Micah, 23; |
| Grandchildren: |
Avery, 2 |
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Favorite memory from High School/Confession
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Playing in a rock band with Ronnie Dowdy, Tommy Rounds, Kenny Phillips and Tom Overton. Friday nights dance after the game, dragging main, hanging out with friends, hanging.
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One thing you would do differently?
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Study!!!!!!
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What friend have you known the longest from our class?
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Terry Hazelwood
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Who are some of your best friends from our class?
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Terry, Vance, James, Ronnie & Dane
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Favorite Place to Park?
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Anywhere
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Current Hobbies:
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Golf, riding our Harley and #1 spending time with the family
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What is your favorite song from now and then?
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Then - Anything by the Beatles or Rolling Stones
Now - Eric Clapton or Toby Keith
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Raising 3 successful kids, teaching for 30 years, hiking down and out of the Grand Canyon (twice), being married to the same person for 36 years. |
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Future Plans?
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Move to the lake, if Pam will let me, travel, spend time with the kids.
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Carol Suzanne Lucy Proulx
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Occupation:
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Writer, editor
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Denver, Colorado
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| Phone: |
303 753-6626
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| Spouse: |
Vic |
| Children: |
Matt (37), Marcel (27), Dyland (25), Sam (11) |
| Grandchildren: |
Madison (7), Tyler (3) |
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Favorite memory from High School/Confession
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A New Year's Eve party in the middle of Wintersmith Park . . . band trips . . . dragging Main . . . sneaking out of the house to go for midnight drives--actually, all very innocent . . . having a minor fender-bender on April Fool's Day and trying to convince my mother it was NOT a joke.
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One thing you would do differently?
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Would never let a certain person drive my car, ever.
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What friend have you known the longest from our class?
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I remember Steve Wheeler from first grade at Horace Mann.
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Who are some of your best friends from our class?
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Favorite Place to Park?
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About a block from my destination, 'cause I need the exercise. (Unless it's snowing, then right in front.)
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Current Hobbies:
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I don't have hobbies, I have obsessions.
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What is your favorite song from now and then?
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Then: "Don't Think Twice (It's All Right)" Bob Dylan, "Get Offa My Cloud" "Paint It Black" and "Under My Thumb" Rolling Stones, "For No One" Beatles
Now: Probably something by Sheryl Crow or Bonnie Raitt.
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| Accomplishments: |
The "bad" books, Bad Blood (1999), Bad Luck (2000), Bad Medicine (2001), Declared Dead (2002)
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Future Plans?
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Write some more books, travel
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Stan Spencer
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Occupation:
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High School Shop Teacher by day; Community College Instructor by night.
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El Centro, CA |
| Phone: |
760-791-7999 |
| Spouse: |
Sherry |
| Children: |
Karleene, 35; Samuel, 29; Samantha, 24. |
| Grandchildren: |
Heather, 13; Riley, 2; |
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Favorite memory from High School/Confession
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Stage crew for Ada Community Theater
Smoking and telling stories in the motorcycle parking lot. Touring the wax museum at the state fairgrounds in Dallas and marching with the band in a VERY WET parade the next day.
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One thing you would do differently?
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Take Spanish as my foreign language classes instead of Latin, and finish East Central instead of transferring to Southwestern.
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What friend have you known the longest from our class?
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Who are some of your best friends from our class?
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Randall C., Paul R., David V., Phil S., Jim R., and Steve W.
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Favorite Place to Park?
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near a grass airstrip
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Current Hobbies:
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Stage, theater and television acting, amateur (ham) radio, my Datsun 260 Z, Corvette, and motor scooter, residential electrical wiring, the boat and honey-doos.
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What is your favorite song from now and then?
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Then - Pipeline by the Ventures
Now - God Bless The USA by Lee Greenwood
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| Accomplishments: |
Three kids and three grandkids, retired from the Navy as a Chief Petty Officer in 1991, earned an AA, BS, MS, and a PhD. Currently teaching high school and junior college, and was the Troops to Teachers California State High School Teacher of the Year in 2006.
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Future Plans?
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Continue to draw my Navy retirement checks, working at the high school until I am 62, shooting my age at the golf course, going to Disneyland once a year, keeping most of my hair, lowering my blood pressure, cholesterol, and losing some weight, boating on the Colorado River and Lake Martinez, Arizona, watching the grandchildren grow up, and spending more time with extended family in Oklahoma and Texas.
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Vance M. Bowen
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Occupation:
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Software Architect - President of Advanced Spatial Technologies
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| City, State: |
Edmond, Ok |
| Phone: |
405-227-4387 |
| Spouse: |
Yolanda |
| Children: |
Michael, age 26; Jessica, age 18; |
| Grandchildren: |
None |
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Favorite memory from High School/Confession
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Unicycle Emcee of Cougar Creations
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One thing you would do differently?
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Drink less beer on week nights.
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What friend have you known the longest from our class?
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Bruce Johnson, 1st grade at Homer Grade School
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Who are some of your best friends from our class?
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Larry Waters, Ron Dowdy
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Favorite Place to Park?
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Marty's Little Brown Jug
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Current Hobbies:
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Motorcycling
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What is your favorite song from now and then?
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Then - Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by the Beatles.
Now - "Hotel California" by the Eagles.
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| Accomplishments: |
I'm still alive although my grandfather bet me $100 I wouldn't make it past 21. I collected! |
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Future Plans?
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Earning the distinction of being "Totally Worthless".
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James Davidson
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Occupation:
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CPA
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Denison, TX |
| Phone: |
903-463-5502 |
| Spouse: |
Gloria |
| Children: |
James Riley Davidson, 32; Oleta Gail Porter, 28; |
| Grandchildren: |
James Benjamin Davidson, 4; Hannah Ruth Davidson, 2; a third Davidson grandchild due October 19. Dawson Thomas Porter, 2 years. |
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Favorite memory from High School/Confession
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Randy Hill and I obtained permission from his father to take his boat to Lake Texoma for a few days during the summer we graduated from Ada High. We told him that we would take good care of the boat. Mr. Hill instructed us to leave the boat at an outdoor space he had rented. When finished, we stored Mr. Hill's boat outdoors, forgetting to take the drain plugs out. When Mr. Hill went to use his boat about a week later, he found it full of water
because it had rained. He drained the boat, took it to the Lake, and in his aggravation, forgot to put the plugs back in. The boat sank in about 3 feet of water.
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One thing you would do differently?
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Serve for a time in the military.
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What friend have you known the longest from our class?
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Those who attended Washington Grade School or the First Methodist Church
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Who are some of your best friends from our class?
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Randy Hill was my best buddy growing up. Jenny Gluckman was one of my best friends. There are others, male and female, but if I start to list them, I will leave someone out.
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Favorite Place to Park?
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The Driveway!
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Current Hobbies:
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Walking and gardening
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What is your favorite song from now and then?
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I enjoy so many of them. Here are two of my favorite songs: Cocamo by The
Beach Boys and Louisiana Woman Mississippi Man by Conway Twitty and Loretta
Lynn.
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| Accomplishments: |
My two greatest accomplishments are (1) that Gloria has put up with me for 37 years and (2) that I have had the privilege of teaching Sunday School classes for over 20 years. |
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Future Plans?
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Hope to keep active, travel to the states we have not yet been to, leave the grandkids positive memories.
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Jo Ann West
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Occupation:
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New Homes Sales Associate, Ryland Homes
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| City, State: |
Surprise, AZ |
| Phone: |
580-272-6865 |
| Spouse: |
Steve West |
| Children: |
Stephen, 37; Nancy, 34; |
| Grandchildren: |
Stephen, 11; Jessica, 6; Luke, 4; Anna, 4; Ashley, 3; Jake 1; |
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Favorite memory from High School/Confession
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Pep Assemblies; the Monuments; Sheep Creek; mad dashes to Al's for lunch; Jerry's charburgers and onion rings; best, dating Steve.
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One thing you would do differently?
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Be less tolerant of hateful actions of others
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What friend have you known the longest from our class?
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Kenneth Couch--we have always been side by side in our yearbooks since 1st grade at Washington School
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Who are some of your best friends from our class?
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Cathy Miller, Jacque Moranetz; Bill Britton, Alan Lamb, Pauli Martin, Laura Lynn Johnson; Steve Omohundro
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Favorite Place to Park?
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Didn't everyone park on Roller Coaster Hill?
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Current Hobbies:
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Traveling
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What is your favorite song from now and then?
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True Love Ways by Buddy Holly
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Retirement from teaching English @ Latta; two beautiful children who possess character and were reared to always respect others' feelings and hurt no one; a husband who has given me a life filled with love, respect, and happiness. |
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Future Plans?
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Retire from real estate in Phoenix in the next year and travel wherever the four winds blow us--preferably Greece and Mexico.
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Randy Hill
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Occupation:
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High School Teacher and Coach (football, wrestling and track)
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| Phone: |
580-362-3100 |
| Spouse: |
Evelyn |
| Children: |
Stephanie, 30; Daniel and Phillip, ages 24; |
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Favorite memory from High School/Confession
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Getting called into the office for dragging main one Friday night after a home basketball game. It is also hard not to forget the taste of the purple passion drink after our senior prom.
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One thing you would do differently?
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If I could go back to high school, I would try to be more involved in school activities. As for now, I think I would of liked to have finished my masters.
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What friend have you known the longest from our class?
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I still try to stay in touch with my best friend from the 6th grade, James Davidson, who was my best man at BOTH weddings.
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Who are some of your best friends from our class?
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Favorite Place to Park?
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Like many kids of our time, I didn't care where I parked as long as I got to park; I did like the old Indian cemetery.
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Current Hobbies:
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As I have gotten older and fat, I still like to swing a golf club as often as possible; and I enjoy going to all the OU home games. One of my goals is to have season tickets to all OU sporting events.
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What is your favorite song from now and then?
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The kids at school do not like my golden oldies but I play them for them anyways, especially the Four Seasons; and to keep them from complaining too much I will throw in a little Faith Hill.
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Life has been good to me and my family; and I consider one of my best accomplishments is the raising of our children who all have college degrees. I have spent 33 years in public education and have taught over 5000 students. I enjoy getting cards and letters from former students who just want to say thank you and thinking of you. |
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Future Plans?
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In a couple of years I plan to retire as soon as Philip gets through Med School, then Evelyn and I will travel for awhile.
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Pauli Martin Skomp
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Occupation:
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Tax Manager
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| City, State: |
Gulf Breeze, FL |
| Phone: |
850-932-5151 |
| Spouse: |
Sweetie Freddie Burch, 16 years (we're not rushing into marriage!) |
| Children: |
Jennifer, age 28; Jeffrey, age 24; |
| Grandchildren: |
Tristan, 3 1/2 (my delight!!!!) |
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Favorite memory from High School/Confession
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Confession: the time Laura, Jo Ann and I wrote "Just Married" and poured honey on the door handles of Miss Barton's car late one night. We found out later that when she walked out early the next morning to go to East Central, she had to have someone else take her because she refused to drive the car. I don't think she ever found out who did it unless someone else confessed.
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One thing you would do differently?
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Probably study a little harder.
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What friend have you known the longest from our class?
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Harriette is one of the first people I met in Sunday School when I moved to Ada in the 2nd grade.
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Who are some of your best friends from our class?
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Harriette, Laura, Jo Ann, Puddin, Jenny, Cathy and Janie.
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Favorite Place to Park?
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Do what?
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Current Hobbies:
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Fishing and boating, reading and gardening
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