Classnotes TROY MAIER writes, “After 17 years helping major corporations generate millions in operating income, last year I started a new business venture, Paulmaier Enterprises, Inc. Paulmaier is a holding company engaged in the development of personal care brands specifically for the professional salon market, concentrating on the hair color category. Look for our first brands at your favorite salon: MADABOUTCOLOR for female consumers and MADMEN for male consumers! 1992 JOE STUELPE and his wife, Becky, welcomed their third son, Toby Lee, July 3, 2009. He joins twin brothers Charlie and Riley. He writes, “Everyone is doing well and getting used to having a newborn in the house again. Although, one at a time is a cakewalk after the twins!”
1993 Franklin College awarded MANDY KENDALL BOYERS, executive secretary for the Natural Science Division, with its 2009 Margaret Hommell Staff Service Excellence Award. She earned her master’s degree in business administration from Anderson University in 2002 and joined Franklin in 2006. 1995 Patriot Technologies Group (PTG), a homeland security firm in Washington, D.C. named KATIE BOOTS director of business operations. Prior to joining PTG, she served as a presidential appointee with the Bush Administration from 2002 to 2009 at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Boots also served on Capitol Hill as a staff member for Senator Richard G. Lugar with the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee from 1996 to 2002. Contact her at katieboots@ me.com.
WENDY MARTIN married Ray Ruiz, Oct. 6, 2009 in San Francisco, Calif. BRIAN and KATIE MOHR announce the birth of their son, Spencer Douglas, June, 2009. He joins big sister Hailey Claire, 4. Larry Meadows, husband of SARAH ANNE GAGE SPECHT, died Oct. 27, 2009. 1996 HEATHER BEESON CRACRAFT and her husband, Jeremy, announce the birth of their son, Jonathan Robert, Oct. 29, 2008. Heather enjoyed being a stay-at-home mom for nine months and returned to teaching in the Mooresville Consolidated Schools. The Buckeye Cleaning Center in Greenwood, Ind., promoted Jeremy to general manager. Contact them at hlbeeson@yahoo.com
2000 CHRISTI SCOCCOLA-HOOTMAN and her husband, Brian, announce the birth of their first child, Willow Celeste, July 22, 2009, 9 lbs., 3 oz., and 21.5-inches long. She writes, “She has a full head of hair and is our angel!” Christi attends the MAT Early Childhood program at University of Louisville while working as preschool teacher, and Brian works as sous-chef at St. Joe’s Children’s Home. Contact them at 3711 St. Germaine Ct., Louisville, KY 40207 or scoccolahootman@gmail.com.
2001 JOSH ’00 and MEGAN FRIEDMEYER GUPTILL announce the birth of their son, Benjamin Daniel, Aug. 11, 2009. He joins big sister Caroline. Josh continues to be a Java Developer at Brightpoint and Megan has taken the year off from teaching kindergarten to stay home with Caroline and Ben. They write, “Life is good in our house!”
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