12-28-08 - From Hank Perkins:
Kathy and I made our trip to Australia back in November. We were there for about 12 days. On our last day there we met up with Tiger (known as Jerry down under) and his wife Mel. We had a fantastic time, and plan to return next year. The country is absolutely stunning and the people are great. Tiger has a great life down there. He and Mel took us to dinner in the community where they met. It is a small beach town called Manley which is where Mel grew up. Manly is a suburb of Sydney. Attached is a photo of Tiger and
myself taken from a park which separates Sydney and Manley. In the photo you
can see Sydney in the background.
12-10-08 - Sally Peeler is changing career direction and getting back into artwork and portrait painting. She has a website where you can see some of her work, www.artwanted.com/sallytatum. I'm sure she would love to paint all of your grandkids!
12-10-08 - North Carolina did win the NCAA soccer championship, so Dawn's daughter is a champ again. Congratulations!
12-3-08 - We have another grandmother n our class, Alice Kay Wilson. Addison Paige Thomasson was born this past Friday.
12-1-08 - Dawn Cox's daughter, Kristi Eveland, plays soccer for the University of North Carolina, which for some time has been the top women's program in the country. This fall the team has advanced to the final four of the NCAA tournament. Dawn reports:
UNC will be playing UCLA this Friday, December 5th at 7:00 EASTERN Time, 6:00 Central on ESPNU- you may check espn2 also. When they win on Friday they will play for the National Championship on Sunday, the 7th at 2:00 ET, 1:00 CT. She is #32, plays defense. Would love for you all to watch!
11-29-08 - Last night we had an informal gathering at the Elks Lodge in Huntsville. It turned out to be a relatively small group, about 20, but it seemed everyone had a really good time and the party didn't break up until after midnight. As usual there were cameras there and I'll post pictures once I get them.
11-25-08 - A while back I reported on Charlie Lifer's motorcycle racing. Today I added two short video clips of Charlie racing to his page in The Class that you might want to check out.
11-23-08 - When uploading this new version of the website I messed up and deleted the forum and it can't be restored. Although participation in the forum had been light, there were some really good memories on there and I apologize for deleting them. Also, I've been having trouble with the Memorials page in this new format but I'll get that fixed soon.
11-23-08 - The HHS football team has won three playoff games to advance to the 6A semi-finals against Hoover here in Birmingham. To my memory this is the deepest HHS has ever advanced in the playoffs.
11-21-08 - From Pat Hughes:
I just finished shooting a commercial for the scratch lottery in Finland. It's called "The Drummer Boy" and I play a guy who buys a lottery ticket as a Christmas present for his wife. It's a clever little story with ominous overtones. I've been building a steady "cottage" acting career in films, TV and stage here in Sweden.
Here's a link to the commercial: www.moviemall.se/showreel/casting. Click on "Rumpalit"
11-16-08 - Last month HHS held it's centennial celebration. Perhaps some of you attended. You can read about the event on the centennial website, http://www.huntsvillehigh100.com/. The site will also link you to a photographer's site with lots of photos from the event. I'm terrible at recognizing people in photos like this, so if any f you see any of our teachers or classmates in the photos, let me know.
111-3-08 - Mark Harbarger and his wife Lisa both completed the New York City Marathon this past Saturday. I know that they have also done the Boston Marathon in recent years.
10-30-08 - News from Jennie Floyd:
I am currently shooting a featured role in a new Web series called "Whorified! The Search for America's Top Whore!" It's a raunchy spoof of reality shows, mainly "The Search for America's Top Model," and I play Jean, the sweet mid-western homemaker who thinks the whole contest is "neat" and "fun." It's hilarious and the promo is on You Tube, Funny or Die, and several other websites and we haven't even premiered yet. We wrap in November.
Here's a link to the promo: Funny or Die
10-26-08 - Last night was the debutante ball in Huntsville and 4 of our classmates had daughters who were presented: Eleanor Hovater, Mark Harbarger, Linda Drummond and Bryan Bentley who had two girls presented. Others who were there: Amelia Uffelman, Lisa Grumbles, Anna McCulloch and myself. I think most of us in the second group had nieces who were presented.
10-20-08 - Teresa Tanner is a judge here in Birmingham and this morning she was the subject of the paper's lead editorial and another opinion column. You can read them here.
10-4-08 - Charlie Lifer races motorcycles and will be competing for the national championship next week in the Senior Superbike Novice Heavyweight division (heavyweight refers to the bike). Here is a photo of Charlie on his bike. Since retiring from the Huntsville police force he has become a warrant magistrate.
10-3-08 - Karl Roth set up an HHS Class of 76 Facebook page today. Looks like it could be fun. You have to join Facebook in order to see the page. I set up an account today and within 5 minutes I saw about 15 of our classmates on there, including 4 or 5 of our lost folks. I'm completely new to this, as I'm sure most of you are also. It seems pretty easy. Here's the link to the page: Huntsville High School Class of 76
9-15-08 - From Jennie Floyd:
I have just been cast in my first lead in a feature length film!
It is an independent, to be filmed in the Bay Area in November, written and directed by Alejandro Adams ("Around the Bay"). The tentative title is "Child of God" and I am the star, playing a Christian singer torn about crossing over to sing secular music. I am thrilled!
It is an independent, to be filmed in the Bay Area in November, written and directed by Alejandro Adams ("Around the Bay"). The tentative title is "Child of God" and I am the star, playing a Christian singer torn about crossing over to sing secular music. I am thrilled!
9-11-08 - HHS has just put up a special centennial website, http://www.huntsvillehigh100.com/. In addition to details about the celebration, it contains message boards and provides an opportunity for alumni to post then and now photos along with short bios.
9-9-08 - Chris Caudle found out how David died:
He was going home from work at night and ran out of gas on Hwy.431 near Dug Hill Rd. He called his wife and she brought him gas. As he was pouring gas in his vehicle he was struck by a passing car. He was killed instantly. His wife was also very close to being hit.
9-8-08 - David Peterson passed away on Thursday. I have no details. You can read his obituary here. I have added his picture to our memorials page.
9-8-08 - Karl Roth's daughter Olivia was pictured on the front page of the Huntsville Times celebrating the Panthers apparently dominating victory over Grissom. Olivia is a senior at HHS. Check it out here.
8-27-08 - Jane Reed recently joined Goodwyn, Mills and Cawood Inc. Jane is a landscape architect here in Birmingham.
8-27-08 - John Crenshaw, a delegate at the Democratic convention in Denver, is quoted in this article from the Washington Post, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/25/AR2008082503034_pf.html
Also, a photo of John and his daughter was on the front page of the New York Times website last night, part of a slideshow on Hillary Clinton's speech. Additionally, John was interviewed on WBHM here in Birmingham this morning.
8-25-08 - In addition to the centennial celebration featured on the home page, HHS is also celebrating 100 years of football:
On Friday, September 12th, the Panthers will play Decatur at Milton Frank
Stadium. Kick off will be at 7:00 pm. We will be celebrating 100 years of
football by recognizing all former HHS football players, cheerleaders, band
members and Pantherettes at half-time. Please reply to
<mailto:hhspantherfootball@comcast.net> hhspantherfootball@comcast.net
mailto: <mailto:hhspantherfootball@comcast.net>
hhspantherfootball@comcast.net and let us know you will be there. Also let
us know the years that you played and your maiden name if that applies.
8-23-08 - As reported last spring, John Crenshaw is a delegate to the Democratic Convention in Denver which begins on Monday. John went out a week early and did some hiking in the mountains. Here's a picture. John is blogging his experiences at the convention. If you would like to read them, they can be found at www.otmdems.org.
8-19-08 - Karl reports today that Tim is in rehab at HealthSouth and hopes to go home on Friday.
8-8-08 - Here's another update on Tim, this one from Karl Roth:
Here's an update on Tim. I went by to see him this evening. He's in room 497 at Huntsville Hospital. When I went by, his sister Kelli and his son Austin were there. I talked to Tim for about 20 min.. He seemed to be doing really well, considering. We talked about the reunion party at the pool and some other stuff. He asked me about my daughter Olivia, whom he hasn't seen in 10 years, so it seemed to me that his memory is fine. Also, he was hitting on the nurse, so he seems like the same old Tim. Kelli told me they didn't have to do any surgery on his brain, although he still has some swelling, but they're hoping that it will subside. He lost his sight in one eye, but can see light and shapes with the other and are hoping that his sight will improve. He broke his arm in three places, and dislocated his shoulder and I think, somehow, his nose was straightened. He said that he would be in the hospital for another week, or so. Then rehab in Huntsville for a while. I think he wants to see some folks, so get by there if you can. I told him maybe we'd get up a poker game.
Kelli told me that he was going home for lunch on Highway 72, around Scottsboro, going about 55, or so. He went around a car and when he went to get back in the right lane, he drifted over too far, over corrected and flipped eight times into the median. Luckily, there was an off duty EMT, that was on the scene. He said Tim was gone and had to be resuscitated. Then, they med flighted him to Huntsville. Kelli said he was wearing his seatbelt, which he normally doesn't do. God was surely looking after him. Keep on praying, let's get our buddy Tim back in the game.
8-6-08 - Here is an update on Tim Croft from Kerry McGrady:
Here is what I found out this morning from talking to his Mom. He has been moved to a room on the fourth floor @ Huntsville Hospital from being in NICU for several days.
They did get some good news this am about his eyesight. Tim may be able to make some recovery of his sight but they are not sure as to what extent. Apparently they did not have much hope until this morning. He may have to go to B’ham to receive therapy. Mrs. Croft said the swelling in his head is going down but there was still quite a bit.
8-6-08 - I don't think this is recent news, but Sally Peeler is engaged to Gary Lee, Jimmy's youngest brother. No date has been set yet.
8-5-08 - Tim Croft was in a serious car accident last Tuesday. He rolled his car several times and suffered serious head injuries. He is in intensive care as of this writing.
8-4-08 - This is not class news, but Sue Howard reports the following:
2001 HHS grad Margaret Hoelzer will be competing in her second Olympics (which start this Friday). In the 2004 Olympics she was 5th in 200 backstroke. This time she qualified in both 100 backstroke and set a world record in the 200 backstroke so she'll be after gold this time! She should be on some relays as well.
7-23-08 - John Martignoni just brought a Catholic radio station onto the air in Birmingham. Here is the article from the Birmingham News.
7-21-08 - Several people have written inquiring as to how Amelia Uffelman has been doing, so I wrote her. She thanks everyone for their concern and reports the following:
I am doing much better. It has been nine weeks since the accident and I am
now in therapy. I am walking without aid now and last week I started back
to work part-time and hopefully full-time this week (if I can handle it).
All my injuries will heal and I feel so fortunate to still be here. My mom
was driving and my sister Becky was also in the car. Mother was not hurt
and Becky was banged up but o.k.
7-21-08 - Saturday night was our mini-reunion, the Fab 50 Fling. Read about it here.
7-15-08 - You may recall last fall I reported that Jane Reed had moved to Australia. Then in January I reported that she had moved back to Birmingham. Here is a note from Jane to you folks describing her adventure.
7-14-08 - Jimmy Hightower recently retired from the Huntsville police force after 25 years.
7-12-08 - Today I added another contribution to Tami Martin's memorial. For those of you who visited her memorial a couple of days ago, you may want to do so again. This is from the girl who would have been Tami's college roommate.
7-5-08 - I recently received an e-mail from Tami Martin's sister that I would like to share. You can read it here and you can also access it from Tami's memorial.
6-6-08 - Bill Elliot recently won a national championship in a sailplane competition. You can read the Huntsville Times article here.
6-5-08 - Leroy Coleman has just returned from a 7 month deployment in Iraq. He is currently stationed in San Diego.
6-3-08 - Mark Boardman is quoted in this article by nationally syndicated columnist Cynthia Tucker. Mark is an attorney in Birmingham.
5-26-08 - I don't usually report on news of our parents, but in this case the parent is fairly well-known. Christoph Stuhlinger's father, Ernst, passed away on Sunday. Here is the story about him that appeared in my local paper, The Birmingham News. Thought some of you might find it interesting.
5-22-08 - I mentioned a month ago that Bert Peake's home is on the Huntsville Pilgrimage this year. As it turns out, so is Mark Harbarger's home. And, as luck would have it, they are both n the same photo in the Huntsville Times, which you can see here.
5-21-08 - Sunday afternoon Amelia Uffelman was involved in a serious auto accident. She was a passenger in a car that ran a stop sign and was hit by a truck. Amelia suffered a fractured pelvis and vertebra. As of today she is in the intensive care unit at Huntsville Hospital.
5-18-08 - Here is an electronic version of the newspaper article I posted last week on Barbara Griffin. You may have had trouble reading the scanned version last week (although it does feature a picture of Barbara).
5-16-08 - On April 26 Terrell McCollum married Kristen Farr. It was the first wedding for both of them. Here are some pictures provided by Jeff White.
5-12-08 - Barbara Griffin was recently interviewed for the "Why I Like My Job" section of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Barbara works for Turner Broadcasting Systems.. You can see the article here.
4-30-08 - Jessica Brown was married in December to Roy Arenth.
4-29-08 - Kelley Golden is one of four female engineering graduates featured in the current edition of Engineering Vanderbilt. The article explores trends and issues for women in engineering. Check it out: http://www.vanderbilt.edu/alumni/publications/en/engineering_spring08.pdf
4-28-08 - Bert Peake's home on Ward Avenue will be a part of the Huntsville Pilgrimage this year.
4-26-08 - From Alisa Wirts: Just wanted to let everyone who is interested know that my son returns from his first deployment next month. We are traveling to his home port, catching a bus to another port near his home port, boarding a small vessel to travel out into the Atlantic to meet up with and board his ship. We will be spending the night aboard his ship and sleeping in the same area as he has been sleeping for the last 7 months. We will play bingo with the crew and share in a barbecue. The next morning we will be sailing aboard his ship with the entire crew into his home port. We are so thrilled to see where he has been eating, sleeping and working during his first deployment. But most of all we can't wait to see him!
4-21-08 - Margaret Ezell had a 50th birthday bash at her house in Blossomwood Friday night. Classmates that attended included Alice Fryman, Jeff Osborne, Bryan Bentley, Jimmy Smoot and Karl Roth. Other familiar names there: Alice Samples, Mitch Howie, Chris Terry, Jack Lowry, Dea Thomas, Nona Hopper, Trish Connell, Ricky Reed, Jim Martin, Mike Barnes and Leigh Bee. Charlie Howell played guitar. About 60 guests celebrated the occasion. Happy 50th Margaret!
3-27-08 - Miriam Gowan, one of our english teachers, died on March 3. She was 93. Her obituary is here and she has been added to the memorials page.
3-24-08 - Steve Glasgow and his family have moved from Atlanta to Fayetteville, TN. He is teaching at Madison County High School. His new contact information is on his page.
3-4-08 - John Crenshaw was elected in the Democratic primary to be a delegate from Alabama's 6th Congressional District at the Democratic National Convention to be held in Denver in August. He is pledged to support Barack Obama on the first ballot.
2-18-08 - Jennie Floyd reports that she is taping an episode of the talk show Bedside Manor in which she will be discussing food allergies (she has many due to her Lupus). She also has several other projects in the works. In December she was in a car accident and injured her back and neck and has had two procedures since then to ease pain. She will also be having surgery in April for a prolapsed bladder.
2-12-08 - David Johnson reports that he has retired fro the TV news business after 22 years and is now a legal investigator for a pair of Texas law firms.
2-11-08 - Andy Jones has passed away. At this point I don't know any details. If and when there is an obituary I will post it from the Memorials page.
2-5-08 - Those of us who went to Huntsville Junior High, especially the guys, remember Coach Ford, PE teacher and basketball coach. Coach Ford died last week. You can read his obituary and see a photo here.
1-9-08 - Last summer Jane Reed moved to Australia. Last month she moved back to Birmingham As Barry Ragsdale put it, Australia's loss is our gain. Welcome back Jane.
1-4-08 - "Confirmed bachelor" Terrell McCollum got engaged New Year's Eve! The bride-to-be is Kristen Farr and this is her first marriage as well. The tentative date is April 26 in Atlanta. Check out Terrell's page in The Class for a picture of the happy couple. Congratulations Terrell!