ALUMNI NEWS THEN - “call waiting” & “caller id” became popular, making it easier to reach someone. NOW – We have texting, email, facebook, Twitter, cell phones, IMing, …. (The first time my son heard a busy signal bc his friends phone wasn’t working, he said “Mom, what is that noise?!”) THEN - President Reagan declared his “War On Drugs”. NOW – California is trying to legalize marijuana. THEN - Valley Girls take the year by storm and provides a language all its own. NOW – My bff said “omg, rotflol!” THEN – We took a typing class that utilized all 10 fingers. NOW - Texting requires two fast thumbs. THEN – Best 6th Grade History Teacher – Ms. Cooney NOW – Best 6th Grade History Teacher – Ms. Cooney Well, at least some things are still the same!!! Come see Ms. Cooney and some of your other favorite teachers during Reunion Weekend! There is an Alumni Family and Faculty Favorites Picnic on Saturday, April 14 at 11:30am. Then the party will continue that night at Michelle Rogers Rogers’ house. If you need information, please email me msemander@yahoo. com. See you in April! Maria Semander Crawford
1987
Ashley Brunson Clark Houston, Texas Ashclark2003@yahoo.com Drew Shirley Round Rock, Texas drewshirley@alumni.duke.edu The eighties were full of big hair, loud music and fast times! Please come celebrate 25 years with a BIG TIME and food from Sylvia’s Taco Truck at the home of Tracy and John Young (5468 Holly Springs 77056) at 7:30 p.m. For questions contact Ashley Brunson Clark at ashclark2003@yahoo.com. Cost: $60 per person.
1988
John Semander Los Angeles, California cperiod@hotmail.com
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Dallas: Nick & Sam's Grill
Well, it was bound to happen. You can’t twist people’s words every which way but right and not expect to libel somebody out there eventually. But hey... I’m sure an aggressive lawsuit will be no problem for my cut-rate legal-zoom online defense team. Which is why I would like to immediately extend any and all apologies to Paul Daily and his lovely wife Courtney Domercq ‘94, who it turns out really were engaged to be married last year. You can imagine my surprise when I learned that this happy news was in fact true after being reported in the same breath as Alan Luther’s liberal shaved ice stand and Ben Kinney’s alternative line of pillow pets.
Ban Bywaters, Kathleen Hazelhurst Bywaters '69, Headmaster Don North, Mary Weir ’64
(Although the bigger question now is whether to assume those reports to be true as well???) Regardless, I think it goes without saying that I need to retract my previous endorsement of Thomas Halverson as successor to these updates. The man simply can’t be trusted.
Claudia Bianchi '02, Leslie Roemer Labanowski '02
Anna Rogers '05, Abigail Smith '05
Apparently neither can the Alumni Portal, which tragically malfunctioned during Phase II and meshed Jennifer Phillips (now Potter), Juliet Evans (once Peterson), Jill Peterson (still Peterson) and Nick Phillips (no relation to Jennifer) into one indistinguishable (and hitherto nonexistent) classmate named “Juliet Phillips.” Therefore, the Kinkaid Maintenance Department advises all to please use caution when entering the portal from now on, as clean-up was a bit messy.
Lisa Frankel '04, Josh Nichols '99, Lee LaGrasse Nichols '00, Murphey Harmon Sears '00, Jeffrey Sears
And here I thought the biggest scandal would be the “bridesmaid thongs” that Samantha Schnee mentioned. Heck... that didn’t even hit the radar! At least not yet.
1991
Lane Alexander Pearland, Texas lanealexander@yahoo.com Spring is here and I hope that all is well for the Class of 1991! Leslie and I are adjusting to life with a two
Christopher Cunningham '96, Claudia Bianchi '02, Nancy Franklin Verly '02, Thomas Verly
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