October 10 :: A Good Weekend for Reunions

Not only is our 20-year reunion going on the Homecoming weekend of October 10, 2008, there is also a 10-year, a 25-year, a 30-year AND a 40-year reunion going on that weekend as well. And they are ALL going to the football game on Friday night!

In the previous post you saw some changes and updates that the football field is undergoing in time for the reunion. I've also heard of some more:

• Hurricane flags will be flown on the top of the press box
• The band and the students will sit on the visitor side
• Our mascot "Flash" is making a comeback this year and I've heard it's the son of someone in our class!
• In recent years the students have a designated section at the basketball games they call the "Dog Pound", they want the student section at the football games to be called the "Storm Cellar" ;-)
• They are looking for a storm siren to crank out during the game
(if you know of where to get one, let us know)

It's time to get FIRED UP! :-)

Cooksey-Johns Field Receiving Makeover

JHS Football will have a new coach AND a new football field when we have our twenty-year reunion on JHS Homecoming, October 10. Read this article in the Sun to hear all the changes that will be made—just in time for our reunion! Or watch this video that was on the KAIT8 news:

Back from the storm; back to doing some bios soon

If you've been on this blog very often recently, you've probably noticed that I haven't posted a new classmate bio in a while. Two reasons for that: (1) I've been traveling a LOT the last couple of months; and (2) not everyone on my initial list returned my second tier of questions.


I still have one more JHS newspaper entry from 1988 to do and will plan to get some more bios up during the summer, maybe some shorter versions. Click on these names if you haven't seen the previous bios for James Lindeman and Blair Huckabee Dean.


In the meantime, speaking of the reunion's "The Storm is Coming" theme, here is some of what I've been doing in my blog hiatus: Chasing tornadoes with the Virginia Tech storm chase team. We had one especially close tornado intercept; I'm in the van up ahead if you watch the linked video, and I'm at the left in the inset photo , shooting this digital picture of the tornado crossing the road ahead in front of us very late in the day on May 22 outside of WaKeeney, Kansas.

Hope you are enjoying your summer!

Check out the band...

Here's the band you will be hearing on Saturday night, October 11, The SuperFive! The Superfive (formerly the "Five that Framed O.J.) have been performing primarily throughout the Southeastern United States for over a decade. From Texas to the Carolinas and Florida to Missouri, The Superfive has performed clubs, fraternity parties, wedding receptions, charity events, and anywhere else that needed a good time.

The Superfive has both male and female vocalists, which allows them to include a wide range of dance material from the 70's, 80's, and 90's! That extensive song list allows them to play to the crowd, and is definitely their greatest asset! Check out their song list and some samples here.

The Storm is Coming...

Jonesboro Hurricane season is fast approaching! Registration information has been emailed out to those I have email addresses for. If you have not received yours, there may be a problem with your address or it might have gone into your bulk email. I will send out the information to people without emails by early next week. Let us know if you have not received yours and I'll send it again. Please get all registration info in by August 31.

UPDATE-June 11: All snail mail registrations have been sent out this morning. If you have not received your information within the week, let me know and I'll either email or send by post. Get your stuff in ASAP!