Mrs. McElroy

As mentioned before, Samantha McElroy is back at HBHS, this time as an English teacher. If you are interested in her curriculum, check out her site HERE. (I know she is going to kill me for posting that, but I did it anyway.) Looks like she sure has a full schedule!!

Baby watch

Things have been a little slow on the blog of late (as they have been at work for me). So I thought I'd put some old classmates' names in the Babies-R-Us registry finder and see what came up (sounds strange, I know, but it's not *so* different from Googling people, is it?) All it shows is the names and due dates - if anybody has any info (or maybe even some pictures!) please share! Here's what I found:

Babies already born:
Betsy (Eisen) & Mark Porada, July 2005
Dave & Kim Yager, January 2006
Clancey (Jackson) & Jon Paul, July 2006
Stacy (Kukura) & David Wyent, October 2006

Babies on the way:
Jennifer (Brown) & Erik Jernberg, March 2007
Adrienne (Gross) & Rob Babcock, April 2007
Brian & Tia Bartis, April 2007

Things are great on our end - we're digging out from a snowstorm (four inches - the Seattle area grinds to a halt with this much snow; back in New England we can handle four inches in our sleep!). I've started a side business on eBay buying and selling classical music recordings, and Simone is now 14 months old! She can talk up a storm (she knows about 40 words), and while she's still primarily a crawler, she's taken a few steps here and there. Mostly, she's just a happy, active little girl! Here's a pic from October:

Hope everyone out there is doing well and having a wonderful holiday season. Take care!,

Another Aaron Post

Yeah...not much posting on this spot in a while...But I just found something out in my area. Aaron Morgan, who was in school with us up through Junior High, has now opened his own shop: Neo Soul Tattoos. It's down here in St. Petersburg, FL. Sadly, I haven't been to the actual shop, but hopefully this will be soon!!

M.I.A.

Not really, just been a bit busy...
I do have an update from Tamra Letellier Lumpkin. She and her husband Jimmy had a beautiful baby girl in April. Her name is Kaila (pronounced Kyla). I'll have to get the details (Sorry I haven't called you back Tamra!!). I hope everyone else is doing well!

J. J. Cramer

A bitty update from Jon Cramer:
"I'm living in Montreal now and I love it. I am working in
marketing for a high-tech company .... I see Carney and Forrest
a lot as I bought a motorcycle last summer and I leave it down there so we
can take rides as a gang. ... I have a new girlfriend whom I've been
dating for about 7 months and things are going extremely well..."
It sounds like he is doing well up north!

One last item...

I just read about this on the Hollis town site: Hollis now has its own public access channel!! Wow! Took a few years, huh?
Here's are the scheduled programs. Looks like a LOT of programming is devoted to Beaver Brook. Oh yeah, and the Christian Lighthouse Fellowship. Come on--there is more that the town has to offer!! Where are the local Waynes and Garths?? (Does that show our age?)

Another blast from the past!!

Another one of our classmates from junior high has contacted me: Amy Brinn! It was great to hear from her. Here's her message:
"I just recently found your site..as well as the High School reunion site. I attended the Jr. High..but unfortunatly had to move just before High School. I have some pictures from Jr. High that I would love to send to you..as well as some recent pics of me and my family.
I still talk to Beckie Gilmour..but that's about it..I loved seeing all the pics of the people I grew up with."

She has just sent along some pix of the fam:

Amy and her husband Chris Bourget


Amy's children: Angeline (13), Johnathan (5), Hailey (3), and Christopher (11mos)

Can't wait to see the oldies from junior high!!
Thanks for the update Amy!

PS: Amy joined the yahoo group, if anyone would like to contact her.

Aaron Morgan

Aaron Morgan...remember Aaron from 6th grade?...has launched his site. You will remember him from elementary and some junior high school. He ended up going to New Canaan, NH for high school and then moving down to the Tampa area in Florida. (Incidentally, very close to where I now live!)
Well, he is quite musically inclined and some of his work is featured on the site. Great work Aaron! He is also a proficient tattoo artist, and he pictures some of his designs there.

Coach K, 1940-2006

Thanks to Laurel for posting this on the HBHS 93 yahoo group - Lou Korcoulis, better known as Coach K or simply Coach, passed away Saturday, March 4 of cancer at age 65. He was an icon at our school and in the community, someone I will always remember as upbeat, positive and full of boundless enthusiasm. Even though I was often among the slowest and least athletically gifted students in his phys ed classes, he always made me feel like I was worth something, like I could do it. I remember him encouraging me as I struggled to run a mile or do 50 sit-ups, and his support often gave me the extra push I needed to get it done.

I'm sure there are many stories and fond memories out there from our classmates, especially those who worked with him as a track coach and mentor. He will be missed. My condolences go out to his family, and to all who knew him and worked with him over the years.

David Goodchild and, well, child

Or, I guess I should say children. But the title seemed amusing that way.
Dave and his wife now have triplets! Well, they are actually almost a year old now. They were born on 4/9/05 and they are called Arden, Owen, and Morgan.
He has posted some pix on the HBHS '93 yahoo group site. In case you haven't glimpsed them, here's a peek:


SOOO CUTE!

Other Friendster finds

Good finds, Gail! I joined Friendster earlier this month (my profile is here) and saw a few more old HBHS people:

Tami Redes '95
Tom Clough '94
Courtney Christensen '94
and I think this is Ashley Dennis '96

Friendster and My Space

I've been on these two sites for quite some time, but they both added a means to search by school. I recently realised this could be a way for us to find some of our long-lost classmates. Here are some highlights:

'92 and Prior:
*Basil Harris
*Beau Brosseau
*Brian Hansen
*Butch Valley
*Craig Stephenson
*George Carkin
*Joe Rotundo
*Karyn O'Bryant
*Liza Menard
*Rusty Baker
*Zach Holmes

Class of '93:
*Bill K'tepi
*Brian Smith
*Christopher Carney on Friendster and My Space
*Jonathan Cramer
*Kim Strong
*Laurel Shaw
*Lyn Baranowski
*me on Friendster and My Space

'94 and After:
*Amy Dunbar
*Ben Damon
*David Day
*Elise Bjerk on Friendster and My Space
*Greg Nelson
*Jamie O'Connell
*Jessica Marderosian
*Kathy Lefebre
*Mike Carney
*Stacey Gili

I'm sure there are many more on there... Feel free to add anyone you come across via comment or e-mail (gailany@yahoo.com). Now, what would be really great would be to put the yearbook photo next to the new one!!

Update about Coach K

Ryan sent this letter from Coach over to me (It was shared with the current students.):

"Coach wanted to let you know what is happening with his health. His most important words were I do not want the kids to be upset but I want to be honest with them. This is what coach wanted me to tell you: I have a reoccurring cancer that has come back. Right now my health is somewhat weak but I am determined and strong and I want you to know I will fight this. I have a lot going my way, I am thankful for my faith in God, I am thankful for the support of my family, friends and my kids at Hollis Brookline High School. I want to thank you all for all your cards, prayers and many kind words. I want you to know I am going to have a tough battle ahead, but I am going to fight this! I do not want you to dwell on sadness that will not help. I believe in the incredible power of the mind and we need to be positive. Positive emotions have a significant effect on how we see the world and what we do with ourselves. Everything happens for a reason, nothing by chance, they all occur to test the limits of our soul.
So I am looking for your support and positive energy, and I am expecting you to use this energy and let other students who are not here, know how strong and determined I am. I would like you guys to continue to work your hardest in academics, keep in shape, as the spring track season is right around the corner. I will be giving daily workouts to Mr. Boggis and Frank T. and expect a lot from this team this season. We are going to be a strong team and a tough team to beat. I certainly need all of you to be positive and strong, being positive always brings us inner strength. I have a new email address at home and would like to hear from all of you. My email address is coachkorcoulis@yahoo.com
Hope to hear from you soon.
Coach"

We all wish Coach our best!!

Jenn (Brown) Jernberg / Ann (Burgher) Lowne

Aww, I'll give the ol' blog some love.

I've found a couple of things by googling spouses' names. Here is a photo blog run by Jenn's husband Erik - there are some pictures of Jenn if you go back a couple of pages. Lots of pics of their cats, too.

I had found a picture in a newsletter of Ann, her husband Joel, and their two kids, but the link is broken now. He's a family physician in the Concord, NH area. I also found this transcript of a radio interview he did with NH Public Radio - if you scroll about 2/3 of the way down, it says "Lowne's wife is pregnant..." - looks like they're expecting (or have had) baby no. 3! (the interview is from December 2005)

Lastly, a little plug for me: I've started a blog of my own. Nothing, really... just some random musings and tracking the progress of my latest weight loss routine. And I'm updating my website fairly regularly - check for the last pics of Simone (she's 5 months old today - how time flies!)

Any takers?

If anyone out there is interested in adding their two cents on this blog, please let me know! I will gladly grant you access. The more, the merrier!
e-mail me: gailany@yahoo.com

Adrienne (Gross) Babcock

Adrienne was married last October in California to Robert Babcock. She has a lot of other pictures and info at her site, aptly called adriennegross.com.

Mike Caine '92

Received an e-mail from Mike Caine (Class of '92). He had gotten in touch with a few of you through the 10 yr Reunion Site.

Here's his update:
"Your site brought back a lot of memories. One i'm confused about. Is Bob Knudson married to Angie Menchion?? Bobby looks gook in fact everyone looks good. Life has brought me happiness in Virginia , I'm engaged finally . Doing well I will soon have little Mike Jr's running around. Look out world. ... And if you see anybody tell them i said hi ok."

To answer your question Mike, no, Bob is married to a different Angela...