Thanks Bill Bush!

Bill and his family by the ocean....Thanks to Bill we can remember some more JJ Finley faces!
This is the 1973 class of Mrs. Brooks!
Who do you recognize? (please help us identify some of our old friends!)

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5th Grade, Mrs. Brooks Class:

Back: - Mrs. Brooks

Top Row: Doug Copeland, Grant Denny, Ricky ?, who??, who??, Brian Thomas, Benford Samuels, who?? ,who ??

Second Row: Happy Gilmore, Bill Bush, Ted Dew, Linda Julin, Laura Zelaney, Julie Wilson, John McGuigan, Michael Godby, Marvin Capo

Bottom Row: Julie Kirkland, Bernard Shaw? , ??, Bill Foster, Rhonda Updyke, Sam Roberts, Cindy Parham , Toby Boyd, who ??

*Thanks Linda for your help...maybe someone else from Brooks class can remember the others in photo.
* Does anyone have class photos from Mrs. Ringwood's, Mrs. Drisclald's (spell?), Mrs. Walkers ? what were the other teachers names?

Getting ready for Jr. Prom 1980

Who are these young ladies?
Carol and Natalie (and Sara, I think) made loads of foil decorations for our
"Stairway to Heaven" prom theme!
What a LOT of work...and who said they were cheesy?

Check out those HUGE glasses!

At the Gainesville Women's Club (without airconditioning)
Karen Pfaff, ?, Sheryl Katz, Sara Sandeen and Carol help
decorate for the big night ahead!
Isn't that staircase wonderful? WHO got that thing?

Carol, Sara, Karen pose for Carol's dad
...background Laura Moberly and John Waitcus do some more work.
FUNDRAISING....donuts, car washes, candy bar sales....what else?
We did a LOT!
Who else helped with the decorating?
Endless hours planning and preparing?
Renting stuff....(stairway, disco ball, what else?)
Selecting a band.... (Susan Johnson, I recall was part of that committee)

Anyone brave enough to send in their prom photo to post?!
Come on now!!

HELP WANTED

Help Wanted....

Do you have the Senior Yearbook?
Do you have a decent scanner?
Do you have some time?
There have been a few requests from our dear classmates to post our senior year photos on this blog so that we can remember each other as we come into contact again. After all, it has been a number of years since most of us have seen one another!
If you are willing to scan the pages of the IMAGE yearbook (the purple one, can't miss it) and email them to Carol (carol.doughty@telia.com) she'll do the rest! Scanning the names WITH the photos would be extremely helpful as well! (I do not have a yearbook with me over here so this would be a GREAT FAVOR!) Many of our friends would REALLY appreciate it!
Thanks for your visit on the GHS Class of 1981 blog!
It's been wonderful hearing from so many people
and getting such HURRICANE PRIDE support!

Shelley Russell flips through pages of MEMORIES in our year book in 2001!

More from Saturday night of the 20th Reunion...

Name tags, in case we couldn't recognize each other!
Better have some more of those made up for the 30th, geesh!

Karen Pfaff, Sam Roberts and Kelley Rosenlund

Bryan Thomas and ??? (help me here, I can't read the name tag!)

Bao Ngo, Karen, Sam, Gilbert Nguyen and Deb (Gil's wife)

Randi Weitzen and Kim ReVoir

Natalie Broadhurst (who won least changed prize!)
Cindy Schwartz and Jeff Kiker

Tina Montalbano and Mike Hooks

Kathy Tosi and John Moorhouse

Kathy Tosi and JD Hall

Deborah Gerachis came all the way from China or was it Finland?!

John Clark and Jeff Davis

Kelly Dooley

Teddy Dew and ??? Pierce 007?

Thank you again to Randi and Neil for sharing these with us!

***(what? there isn't one photo of Neil!) Randi...you'll have to take one and send it to me!

****** Note from Linda Julin on Monday, Feb. 23 ******

Hi Carol,

The site is going great. Thanks.

Linda
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*Thanks Linda for identifying some folks for me! Very helpful! :-)

20th reunion picnic continues.....

Teddy Dew and family at the picnic fun!

Bill Bush and Jessica Heath

Janet Mullersman and daughter

Disa Rosenbloom, Randi Weitzen,
Jeff Davis, Bao Ngo (& friend),

John Clark & Pam Rogers, and Toby Boyd were there! Shelley Russell, Kelley Rosenlund, Mike Thomas and Bill Umlauf, too!

Where were you for the 20th Reunion picnic?
Would you like there to be another one for our 30th?
Bao suggested we have organized games to include the kids as well! That would be fun!
Teams: White and Purple Games such as ????

Picnic at the 20th continued....

Jeff Davis , Cindy Schwartz and Keith Elerby at the picnic!

?? and Jessica Heath

Karen Nash points the way to the picnic area to Sheryl Dicks and family!

Big smiles...Karen Nash, Bao Ngo and Janet Mullersman

More picnic photos on the way.......

October Picnic- 20th Reunion

GHS NAD CORPS together again
...aren't a few people missing?
Mike Thomas, Bill Bush, Bryan Thomas and Toby Boyd !
Chatting around the picnic tables...John Clark, Jeff , Pam Rogers and Cindy Schwartz

Disa Rosenbloom, Randi Weitzen, Jessica Heath,
(Sophia-Disa's baby) and Jim Faris (Randi's hubby)

Picnic time!

Mike Thomas and Karen Nash

Karen did a GREAT job organizing the 20th Reunion with the help of other folks in Gainesville. It was a full weekend with Meet & Greet by the pool, Family Picnic time and a lovely dinner on Saturday night. This gave us all plenty of time to get reacquainted!
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Please think of how you'd like to spend our 30th reunion and write Natalie, Tina or Carol with your ideas! (we're keeping a list over on the side bar >>>over there>>>>)
More photos to will be posted later from this event!
Thanks to Neil and Randi for their time and identification services!

Happy Valentine's Day '81ers

A big hug to each of you....
and all who couldn't make it to the 20th!

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Bao Ngo and Gilbert Nguyen exchange happy news.
Sam Roberts listens in.

Walt (Sara's hubby) tells some stories to Sara Sandeen, Catherine Coleman and Jana Stauffer.

Randi Weitzen, Jeff Kiker and Karen Pfaff give us a smile!

Thank you to Randi and Neil for sending in these photos from

our 20th reunion.......there are more so stay tuned!

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From Facebook

Jane West wrote:
"I finally got on the webpage....It's AWESOME!  I love learning about old classmates and what they're up to. Doctors, attorneys and the like!!!"
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Bao sent you a message.

Subject: Blog Spot

Carol & Natalie,

You guys are doing a great job with this website!

Thank you!

Bao (Ngo)
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<>Thanks Carol,
The blog looks great. I would love to help with any organizing of a reunion. Thanks for everything you've done to get so many people in touch. It is so cool seeing all the "old folks" from school. Keep up the great work. <>
Tina (Montalbano)
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Hey Carol,

<>Good for you, getting things rolling!!! I was kind of bummed that we didn't do a "25" reunion, but I just couldn't be the go to person. It's even more impressive that you've stepped up from across the water. You Rock! <>
Talk to you soon... Big Hello to Sara and Natalie.

-Bill (Bush)

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Hey Carol-

<>Obviously I had good intentions of keeping my health-update blog updated, but stayed so busy in Baltimore that I let it slip. I am back and done with radiation treatment and all went well. I had very minor fatigue--more inconvenience than anything. However, that was MINOR for the best treatment you can get. Of course, I need to update it and change the subject toward brighter things! I have a lot on my plate right now, but I have added your GHS blog to my favorites and plan to keep up. I'll try to add something with a photo or 2 soon. I am glad you are well and thanks again for doing this!

Peace--Doug (Fields)

P.S.--I'll get on Tosi and Steve Perry!

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Teri Hardwick wrote:

"Hey Carol, I did check out the GHS blog..You did a great job..I am very happy as a School nurse, It's a very rewarding job. I started remembering all these people from school after getting on GHS blog, It was so neat, I can't beleive it's been 30yrs.


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Thank you for the kind words!
We enjoy doing this as much as many of you enjoy reading it!
It's sort of like a newspaper for our class...but new stories are always needed so if you have one to share...please do! And pass the address to anyone you know from our class...the more the merrier our reunion (virtual and real) will be!

JJ FINLEY 1971-1973

Thanks to Jane West O'Neal....we have two wonderful JJ Finley Elementary School photos to share with you all! Can you guess who these kids are? What are they doing now? Where do they live?

Miss Stearns Third Grade Class 1971-1972 (Click on the photo to make it bigger! )
Top row (left to right): ??, ? Chapman, Todd Lacy, Paul Dinkler, ??, ??, ?? Miss Stearns
Middle row: Jill?, Jerri ?, Happy Gilmore, Toby Boyd, Cordell Jones, ??, ??, Karen Birkett, Susan ?
Bottom row: ??, Angie Roberts, Julie Higley, Cindy Parm?, JANE WEST, Carol Doughty, Tontee Jones (James?)

If you can help identify the ??...please write in! Thanks!
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Mrs. Cooper Fourth Grade Class 1972-1973

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Top row (left to right): Bill Bush, ??Chapman, ????, ????, Cordell Jones, ???, ???, Robby Booth? , Mrs. Cooper
Middle row: Shelly Davidson?, ???, Beth Ann Feinberg, Deborah ?, Lisa Sutton, Beth Roberts, Mary Ann Blount, ???
Bottom row: Carol Doughty (already showing her GHS purples!), David Lee, Happy Gilmore (looking very unhappy), Julie Higley, JANE WEST, Catherine Lisle, Angie Roberts, Arthur Plant

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Maybe someone else has an elementary photo with a few of our GHS graduates to share here on our blog spot! More from JJ Finley or some of the other area schools?

Gainesville Sun Articles

Look who is in the newspaper!

Gorgeous pottery by Darrell Adams can be found at the Artistians Guild Gallery in Gainesville!
Click here Darrell Adams to read more about him and the traditional style work he does.

Timmothy McCann's books can be found on Amazon!

Click here Timmothy McCann to read the Gainesville Sun article about our class friend's life and work! (Including kind words from Coach Niblack!) Click here to listen to a bit of Timmothy's Sermon. Timmothy's words

Michael Rubin's work can be found from coast to coast and around the world!
Click here Michael Rubin to read about Mike's interesting career and life's experiences in the Gainesville Sun.

John Clark has some short fictional stories published on line at Infinite Biscuit. If you would like to read them, please click here John Clark and enjoy!

The GHS blog welcomes all suggestions and ideas about our class members! If you have something you'd like to share with others, please email carol.doughty@telia.com.

Thanks for checking in....

Thanks for checking in to this GHS Class of '81 blog!

I have nothing new to report about the reunion other than I was able to get this blog address attached to the "real" GHS School website in their "Alumni" section. It's only an information blip about reunion contacts. There is some other website for a general GHS Alumni but it looked more like a commercial site for one of the classes to earn money for their reunion. It's not ours.
I don't know why the guy at GHS put it in our Class of 1981 section because it's deceiving. Check it out and see if you figure it out. Write me a note if you think I should ask him to take it off "our" section on the Alumni page of the GHS School website. I'm not sure how many people check in there.

Bill Bush sent me a data base from the last reunion to help Tina Montalbano, Natalie Broadhurst and me start locating more of our large class. Your help in passing along this address would be appreciated! I know it seems early but we only have 2.5 years to find a LOT of people! Don't know if you've noticed but on the side bar to the left of this area I'm keeping a list of people who I (Carol) have made some sort of contact with...if you're reading this and not on the list, PLEASE email me or Natalie or Tina! Just so we have an updated addy for you!

I'm out of photos to post for the moment...a few people have promised to email me some but I'm still waiting! (And you know who you are!) LOL

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HAS SENT ME PHOTOS FOR THIS VIRTUAL REUNION SO FAR!
GETTING LOTS OF GOOD FEEDBACK!

A friend of mine here in Sweden is loaning me a scanner....so perhaps I can dig up some more photos from my own collection to share. In the meantime, if you have any you are willing to share for me to post, PLEASE email them to me! We'd all appreciate it!
carol.doughty@telia.com

For now....Remember the CANES!
Purple Pride Power!

Jim Heaney's family fun

Jim Heaney vacationed with his sweet family on the island of Maui in Hawaii during 2008!

Looks like "our" Jimmy!

Thanks for letting us see your crew, Jim!