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Randy Shelley (H) 843-346-7950 (O) 843-577-3396 randyshelley@hotmail.com 15th Reunion: June 2011
Hello, Class of ’96! I have good news, and I have bad news. The good news is that I am going to be your new class correspondent (evidently, marriage, parenthood, and job security are more important to Garland and Brentt than making time for the alumni magazine.) The bad news is that Garland still wants to hang around and help. Class of ’96, I hope you’ve got your shoes tied, because this is going to knock your socks off. I’ve traded in my sea legs for a pair of hiking boots. I left the trail of brilliance of my tenure in Charleston behind me and relocated to the mountains of Western North Carolina. I took a job in the editorial department at WNC Magazine in Asheville. I’ve also elected to return to school in Montreat in pursuit of an increasingly unlikely career path. I’m getting certified to teach elementary school. Moving has never been one of my favorite activities. As a matter of fact, I’d rank it somewhere between watching “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” and getting a root canal at the DMV. I spent most of the moving process trying to figure out how to never have to do it again. In the end, it was all worth it and the change of scenery was long overdue. When I sat down to sort of map out the class notes, I had three columns. The first was titled “Just Married,” the second “Babies,” and finally the last one was simply named “Me.” As you will soon read, lots of your classmates have gotten married, and even more of them are having children. I’ll start with our valedictorian, Garland Lynn. Garland and his bride, Jacquelin, have a new baby boy, Garland Jr. At first the Lynns had some trouble settling on a name, but when Garland discovered that he could refer to the child simply as “Junior,” it was a no-brainer. Since graduation, Gar-
EHS friends gathered to celebrate the wedding of Jane Pope ’96 and Tyler Cooper. Front row, left to right: Jennings Morrow ’97, Courtney Gunter Rowson ’95, Elizabeth Pope ’03, Alston Armfield ’05, Randy Shelley ’96, Laura Morton Michau ’96, Jane Pope Cooper ’96, Tyler Cooper, Katie Rose Trotter ’95, Tom Pope ’64, Dabney Mercer ’96, and Carter Hancock ’97; second row: Henry Cleveland ’96, Dan Batten ’94, Shep Rose ’97, Ashley Robinson ’95, Anne Tate ’95, Temple Forsyth Basham ’96, and Meg Furlow Parker ’96.
Sarah Stepp and Menard Doswell ’96
Crisette Taylor-Simon, born Aug. 21, is the daughter of Clayton and Crystal Taylor-Simon ’96.
When Menard Doswell ’96 married Sarah Stepp in Blufton, S.C., EHS friends and family were on hand for the festivities. Front row, left to right: James Rizzo ’96, John Hooff ’95, Robert Train ’63, Menard Doswell V ’96, Menard Doswell IV ’62, Randy Shelley ’96, Brian Knutson ’96, and Thomas Beckner ’96; back row: Squinch Goodwin ’64, Andy Smith ’96, Howdie Goodwin, Jr. ’62, Joel Bunn ’95, Luke Zehner ’96, Garland Lynn ’96, Kent Lowry ’96, Van MacNair ’62, Gray MacNair King ’96, and Stan Lawrence ’62. Not Pictured: George Logan ’63 and Lang Gibson ’59.
land has become quite the NASCAR enthusiast, and he has been fighting with his wife tooth and nail to let him hang a full-length poster of Dale Earnhardt, Jr. in their living room. As we all know, nothing ties the room together like a redneck. Congrats on the boy, G! Well ’96, still no word from C. Graham. I honestly thought about Photoshopping his senior picture onto the back of a milk carton to submit to the class notes. Cameron, please write or call with news from your life. At one point I heard you were in dental school and at another it was rumored that you were living in Hawaii. Perhaps
both are true. Last February, I had the pleasure of catching up with some West Coast “Old Kids” in Lake Tahoe for my birthday. Andy Smith, Brentt Brown, former Head Cheerleader Luke Zehner, and their lovely wives share a fabulous cabin there in the winter. Laura Morton Michau and her husband, Court, joined us from Santa Barbara, Calif. Several things were abundantly clear to me during this trip – it is extremely difficult to share an air mattress with a Saint Bernard; I wear a size 4 in women’s ski pants; I belong on either the bunny slopes or in the
Garland Lynn, Jr. is the son of Jacquelin and Garland Lynn ’96.
bar of the ski lodge; and I really miss seeing these folks on a regular basis. Everyone quickly reverted to a high school maturity level (Laura was even making prank phone calls from her handheld Verizon Wireless Blackberry.) In more recent news with that crowd, Andy and his wife, Amy, are expecting a baby girl in October. Congrats, cuz! Brentt was in a nasty bicycle accident and separated his shoulder but is recovering nicely. You can read more about Brentt on his Friendster page. Luke spent his summer in Paris doing an advertising internship. In his free time, Z was spotted in his beret spanning the Parisian countryside on a never-ending search
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