Seriously, every week's reunion planning meeting is a new adventure with Ben Penick hanging around. This week... well, here goes.
[AT BRAD'S HOUSE]
BEN: So, Clint Hardy lives by you, Brad?
BRAD: Yeah, right across the street.
BEN: Oh, man! I totally remember him. Is he coming?
BRAD: He's not registered. Do your thing, Ben.
BEN: Wow, I'm totally going over there. Not even joking, I'm gonna knock on his door, shake that man's hand and personally harass, er, I mean, invite him to come.
(Ben leaves, and the business of reunion planning commences. Ben comes flying back into the house about eight seconds later.)
BEN: Not home. Hey, you guys have some really freaky mosquitoes out here.
BRAD: OK, so when are we picking up the...
BEN: ACK! Does Clint drive a big, black truck? Tell me he drives a big, black truck, cuz one just pulled up.
(Brad's about to answer in the affirmative, but Ben is already diving for the door again. Somehow, Ben loses all sense of social restraint when he starts palling around with old high school buddies.)
[AT CLINT'S DOORSTEP]
BEN: *Rings doorbell* Freak! That bugger really got me good. *Swats at a mosquito on his leg, leaving a nice splat of blood on his calf.*
(Clint opens the door.)
BEN: Hey. HEY! Long time, so see buddy!
(Ben goes to give Clint a hug, but the latter retracts and raises the pepper spray on his keychain to Ben's eye level.)
CLINT: Who are you?
BEN: It's Ben. Ben Penick. I went to high school with you.
(Clint takes a moment to let it marinate. He nods his head.)
CLINT: OK, yeah. You've gotten pretty big, Ben.
(Ben interprets this to mean Clint thinks he's fat, but Clint just doesn't remember Ben being, like, nine feet tall. Ben is silently offended, but he has a job to do.)
BEN: Yeah, well, your face is weird. Anyway, you coming to the reunion?
CLINT: Whoa, what? What'd you say?
BEN: The reunion, you coming?
CLINT: No, no, about the fa...
BEN: Cuz seriously, if you don't come, I know where you live now, y'know.
(Clint goes back for the pepper spray.)
CLINT: Look, I vaguely remember you, and you come to my door and threaten me, and...
BEN: Look tough guy, you coming or not? Do I need to get crazy on that face of yours?
(Clint hollers at his wife to check on the baby, then starts to shut the door. Ben stops it from shutting by inserting his foot in the threshold.)
BEN: Hey, you just need to go to the reunion blog, OK? The address is www....
(Clint stops him mid-sentence with a mini-spritz to the eye. Ben yelps and stumbles backward while grabbing his eyes. He'd be more worried about the fact that he can't see except he now has exactly 4,218 mosquitoes vying for an open fleshy spot on his body. He runs back to Brad's house, whimpering and crying. He flings open the door and plops himself back in his seat. The rest of the committee is a collective deer to Ben's headlight. Not only are his eyes red and bugging out of his skull, but every exposed piece of flesh is swollen about four-fold. Ben looks like a blowfish on the graveyard shift.)
BEN: So, I don't think he's coming. I'm gonna call Scott Strobell.
(Ben sends a text message to Scott that reads: "Hey, you coming to the reunion?" Several minutes go by, then this from Scott: "Who's this?" Ben replies: "That's it, I'm coming to your house, Scott." With that, Ben bolts out the door again. The committee takes a minute to shake it off.))
BRAD: So, we agree that we need two people doing check-in, right?
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Ben's at it again
OK, so every reunion planning meeting is an adventure with Ben Penick. Last week, Ben's creepy stalking of Peter Stuercke, this week, our tall friend went the rounds with one Cole Mayhew. Here's the transcript, with a little editorial context mingled in.
BEN: Hey Cole, what's up? This is Ben Penick. Long time no see and all that. You coming to the reunion?
COLE: Aha! Mr. Penick. Have I ever told you about your lovely face? Your face — it's lovely.
[Ben knows that Cole's go-to jokes are face-related. Clearly, Cole is trying to divert the discussion away from the reunion for some reason. Ben won't have any of it.]
BEN: You live in St. George, right? Seriously, you have to come. No excuses, Cole.
COLE: Your message has been intercepted by the FCC. You are being investigated for goat-loving. Agent H.R. Shovenstuff will soon visit you. That is all.
[Ben is amused, but also grumpy that Cole keeps hijacking the conversation. This would have been cute a month ago, but this is crunch time for rounding up reunion stragglers. Ben decides to go for the jugular. He starts typing...]
BEN (audibly, not text): Freakin' freakness! My phone is dead.
[Without another word, Ben gets up and runs outside, slamming Brad's front door behind him. The committee wonders what just happened, gives a collective shrug and moves on. Meanwhile, Ben is in his car, starting the engine so he can pump life back into his mortified phone.]
BEN: Ha ha. You're funny. Now, for serious, what do I need to do to get you there?
COLE: Mr. Shovenstuff will take no further questions.
BEN: Hey, that's funny, but I'm ...........
[Ben shrieks again because his phone pooped out, so he runs back outside. Those still inside hear the roar of his engine as he tries again to revive the hacking, dying phone.]
BEN: Hey, that's funny, but I'm not messing around here. We've put a lot of work into this thing, and you live in St. George. What's your excuse?
[Clearly, the combined stress of planning the reunion, resuscitating a dying phone and wading through Cole's silly farce is getting to Ben. Cole senses this, so he opts for serious for a moment.]
COLE: Well, my wife is extremely pregnant and is due that week.
[Ben has heard that Cole has progeny, but he's never seen them with his own eye. In his current crazed state, Ben doesn't accept this as a valid excuse.]
BEN: Are you sure? I never even met that supposed first kid of yours. Gimme proof — pictures don't count. You could get those anywhere. I want an in-person meeting with said kiddo.
[Just as Cole begins contemplating how weird this is getting, it gets wierder with Ben's next text.]
BEN: Sorry, had to plug in my phone. Anyway, plan on a paternity test, too. I already hired it out. We'll meet you at the [name removed for privacy reasons] clinic at {time removed for privacy reasons]. If you don't show, I'll assume this whole "paterfamilias" thing is an elaborate hoax.
[As the world's biggest fan of sarcasm, Cole knows what is and what ain't. This ain't sarcasm. Maybe if he ignores it, Ben will call off the dogs.]
BEN: Furthermore, you should know about our plans for people in St. George who willfully miss the reunion. There's no excuse, Cole. Here's how it will go down: it's about midnight, perfectly dark and warm still from a full day of 100 degrees baking the ground. You're nestled in bed with your wife (still childless, of course, because you're a huge liar).
As you slumber, a caravan consisting of six high-occupancy vehicles spills onto your street, headlights off. Doors open ever so quietly, and people dressed head-to-toe in black scatter like ninjas. The whole ordeal takes about 90 minutes, but the impact is lasting.
You wake up like it's any other morning, except you hear the hum of helicopters outside. Not giving it much thought, you crawl your lazy butt out of bed (it's about 10:30 a.m. by now), drag your sorry @!# into the living room and flip on the T.V. while you wait for your Pop Tarts to warm. You flip to find your favorite (The Backyardigans, of course) but the same thing's on every channel. It's an aerial shot of a huge pile of toilet-paper.
As you sit there, the oxygen finally waking your brain from its hemlock slumber, the pieces start to come together. Those CNN cameras are aimed down on YOUR neighborhood! Your house is most definitely hidden under at least 300 pounds of toilet paper. And the sprinklers are on.
After yelping aloud, you run to the garage, seeing as the front door is crowded with reporters clamoring for a comment. If you can just get to the car, you figure you can escape to your favorite thinking spot (Denny's, not the "cowboy one") to gather your thoughts. You press the automatic garage-door opener. Your heart skips a beat. The opened garage doesn't reveal fresh air, sunlight and the freedom of his driveway. Rather, you only see the sticky side of duct tape — a solid wall of duct tape.
BEN: Hey Cole, what's up? This is Ben Penick. Long time no see and all that. You coming to the reunion?
COLE: Aha! Mr. Penick. Have I ever told you about your lovely face? Your face — it's lovely.
[Ben knows that Cole's go-to jokes are face-related. Clearly, Cole is trying to divert the discussion away from the reunion for some reason. Ben won't have any of it.]
BEN: You live in St. George, right? Seriously, you have to come. No excuses, Cole.
COLE: Your message has been intercepted by the FCC. You are being investigated for goat-loving. Agent H.R. Shovenstuff will soon visit you. That is all.
[Ben is amused, but also grumpy that Cole keeps hijacking the conversation. This would have been cute a month ago, but this is crunch time for rounding up reunion stragglers. Ben decides to go for the jugular. He starts typing...]
BEN (audibly, not text): Freakin' freakness! My phone is dead.
[Without another word, Ben gets up and runs outside, slamming Brad's front door behind him. The committee wonders what just happened, gives a collective shrug and moves on. Meanwhile, Ben is in his car, starting the engine so he can pump life back into his mortified phone.]
BEN: Ha ha. You're funny. Now, for serious, what do I need to do to get you there?
COLE: Mr. Shovenstuff will take no further questions.
BEN: Hey, that's funny, but I'm ...........
[Ben shrieks again because his phone pooped out, so he runs back outside. Those still inside hear the roar of his engine as he tries again to revive the hacking, dying phone.]
BEN: Hey, that's funny, but I'm not messing around here. We've put a lot of work into this thing, and you live in St. George. What's your excuse?
[Clearly, the combined stress of planning the reunion, resuscitating a dying phone and wading through Cole's silly farce is getting to Ben. Cole senses this, so he opts for serious for a moment.]
COLE: Well, my wife is extremely pregnant and is due that week.
[Ben has heard that Cole has progeny, but he's never seen them with his own eye. In his current crazed state, Ben doesn't accept this as a valid excuse.]
BEN: Are you sure? I never even met that supposed first kid of yours. Gimme proof — pictures don't count. You could get those anywhere. I want an in-person meeting with said kiddo.
[Just as Cole begins contemplating how weird this is getting, it gets wierder with Ben's next text.]
BEN: Sorry, had to plug in my phone. Anyway, plan on a paternity test, too. I already hired it out. We'll meet you at the [name removed for privacy reasons] clinic at {time removed for privacy reasons]. If you don't show, I'll assume this whole "paterfamilias" thing is an elaborate hoax.
[As the world's biggest fan of sarcasm, Cole knows what is and what ain't. This ain't sarcasm. Maybe if he ignores it, Ben will call off the dogs.]
BEN: Furthermore, you should know about our plans for people in St. George who willfully miss the reunion. There's no excuse, Cole. Here's how it will go down: it's about midnight, perfectly dark and warm still from a full day of 100 degrees baking the ground. You're nestled in bed with your wife (still childless, of course, because you're a huge liar).
As you slumber, a caravan consisting of six high-occupancy vehicles spills onto your street, headlights off. Doors open ever so quietly, and people dressed head-to-toe in black scatter like ninjas. The whole ordeal takes about 90 minutes, but the impact is lasting.
You wake up like it's any other morning, except you hear the hum of helicopters outside. Not giving it much thought, you crawl your lazy butt out of bed (it's about 10:30 a.m. by now), drag your sorry @!# into the living room and flip on the T.V. while you wait for your Pop Tarts to warm. You flip to find your favorite (The Backyardigans, of course) but the same thing's on every channel. It's an aerial shot of a huge pile of toilet-paper.
As you sit there, the oxygen finally waking your brain from its hemlock slumber, the pieces start to come together. Those CNN cameras are aimed down on YOUR neighborhood! Your house is most definitely hidden under at least 300 pounds of toilet paper. And the sprinklers are on.
After yelping aloud, you run to the garage, seeing as the front door is crowded with reporters clamoring for a comment. If you can just get to the car, you figure you can escape to your favorite thinking spot (Denny's, not the "cowboy one") to gather your thoughts. You press the automatic garage-door opener. Your heart skips a beat. The opened garage doesn't reveal fresh air, sunlight and the freedom of his driveway. Rather, you only see the sticky side of duct tape — a solid wall of duct tape.
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Thoughts on time
"TIME," BY PINK FLOYD
You are young and life is long
and there is time to kill today
And then one day you find
ten years have got behind you
No one told you when to run
you missed the starting gun
And you run and you run
to catch up with the sun
but it's sinking
Racing around
to come up behind you again
The sun is the same
in a relative way
but you're older
Short of breath
and one day closer to death
Every year is getting shorter
never seem to find the time
I remember driving to Burns Arena for graduation. I had to say something to sign off the commencement ceremonies, and I hadn't given it much thought. I had Bob Marley pumping through my stereo on the way over, and inspiration came just in time. "Don't worry ... about a thing ... 'cuz every little thing ... is gonna be alright."
Then, someone hit the fast-forward button.
Prior to that graduation ceremony, it seemed like time slogged along and everything was at a leisurely pace. Then, not so. It's 10 years later, more than one-third of our lives, and it's frightening how quickly it happened. Like sands through the hourglass, these are the days of our lives, right?
Now, I'm not one of those who thinks "living life to the fullest" means every day should be filled with skydiving and eating bugs in the Dominican Republic. For most of us, that kind of lifestyle just isn't practical, and there are plenty of things that add meaning to life other than bucket-list thrills. But I do know that it's important to take opportunities to be with friends, and it's also good medicine to reconnect with your roots from time to time. No matter if you hate high school or loved it, reuniting is important.
About eight years ago, I had just returned home from a "two-year religious sabbatical" in Washington, D.C. One night, some high school pals popped in at my house around 11 p.m., as I recall, wanting to steal me away to go watch a movie. I was tired. It was inconvenient. And I was even more socially awkward than usual due to 24 months in conquistador mode. I went out anyway. It was a small thing, but it was such good therapy, spending some time with old friends.
This reunion will be good therapy, and plenty of fun to boot. You have one chance -- one, in your entire lifetime -- to be in the same place with your old classmates 10 years later. If you loved high school and had lots of friends, you have plenty of reason to re-live the glory days. If you hated high school and felt out of place, well you're like most of us. Those in this latter category need to pass the tipping point and register. Even if you hate the reunion, at least you won't have any regrets. At worst, it will be a totally unique experience, unlike what you would probably do instead (pass out watching Mythbusters, am I right?).
Do the right thing and come, even if it's a little inconvenient or you feel awkward. You'll either be pleasantly surprised or at least be able to say you didn't cop out.
Plus, you're getting toilet-papered if you skip. ;)
You are young and life is long
and there is time to kill today
And then one day you find
ten years have got behind you
No one told you when to run
you missed the starting gun
And you run and you run
to catch up with the sun
but it's sinking
Racing around
to come up behind you again
The sun is the same
in a relative way
but you're older
Short of breath
and one day closer to death
Every year is getting shorter
never seem to find the time
I remember driving to Burns Arena for graduation. I had to say something to sign off the commencement ceremonies, and I hadn't given it much thought. I had Bob Marley pumping through my stereo on the way over, and inspiration came just in time. "Don't worry ... about a thing ... 'cuz every little thing ... is gonna be alright."
Then, someone hit the fast-forward button.
Prior to that graduation ceremony, it seemed like time slogged along and everything was at a leisurely pace. Then, not so. It's 10 years later, more than one-third of our lives, and it's frightening how quickly it happened. Like sands through the hourglass, these are the days of our lives, right?
Now, I'm not one of those who thinks "living life to the fullest" means every day should be filled with skydiving and eating bugs in the Dominican Republic. For most of us, that kind of lifestyle just isn't practical, and there are plenty of things that add meaning to life other than bucket-list thrills. But I do know that it's important to take opportunities to be with friends, and it's also good medicine to reconnect with your roots from time to time. No matter if you hate high school or loved it, reuniting is important.
About eight years ago, I had just returned home from a "two-year religious sabbatical" in Washington, D.C. One night, some high school pals popped in at my house around 11 p.m., as I recall, wanting to steal me away to go watch a movie. I was tired. It was inconvenient. And I was even more socially awkward than usual due to 24 months in conquistador mode. I went out anyway. It was a small thing, but it was such good therapy, spending some time with old friends.
This reunion will be good therapy, and plenty of fun to boot. You have one chance -- one, in your entire lifetime -- to be in the same place with your old classmates 10 years later. If you loved high school and had lots of friends, you have plenty of reason to re-live the glory days. If you hated high school and felt out of place, well you're like most of us. Those in this latter category need to pass the tipping point and register. Even if you hate the reunion, at least you won't have any regrets. At worst, it will be a totally unique experience, unlike what you would probably do instead (pass out watching Mythbusters, am I right?).
Do the right thing and come, even if it's a little inconvenient or you feel awkward. You'll either be pleasantly surprised or at least be able to say you didn't cop out.
Plus, you're getting toilet-papered if you skip. ;)
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Ben Penick hearts Peter Stuercke
Folks, this is getting serious. Some people in the class are jonesing to see their old buddies so bad, they're resorting to stalking and lurking (I prefer harassment as my tactic of choice). Case in point: I just received the following text message transcript, courtesy of my special hacker friend, of an exchange between Ben Penick and Peter Stuercke:
BEN: Hey Peter! This is Ben Penick. Long time no see. I was just hoping you were going to be at the reunion, cuz I wanna see you.
PETER: Yeah, I'm planning on it. My wife takes care of all that stuff (re: registration).
BEN: OK, awesome. Can't wait. Be sure to register soon b/c the price goes way up after July 31. How's life? I miss you.
[Presumably a long, awkward moment for Peter as he mulls how to respond.]
PETER: K, miss you too. Life's good, can't complain. How about you?
BEN: Oh, so good. I love being a fireman, even if it doesn't keep me from lighting my house on fire with my BBQ grill. Married, with kids, just living the good life in Payson. Can't wait to see you at the reunion. I seriously miss you ... a lot.
[Peter is presumably a little weirded out now, so he tries to get the conversation to fizzle with a short response.]
PETER: Whelp, see you at the reunion.
BEN: I love you.
[For Peter, it just went from awkward to four-alarm creepy. Does he respond?]
PETER: Ha ha, you too bro.
BEN: No, seriously. Ever since elementary school, I've just really loved you, man. Remember how we used to do fight clubs at recess? One time, Colby Thomas KICKED MY EYE! How crazy is that?
[OK, the elementary context takes a little edge off, but Peter still wants this conversation dead. He gives it his best shot.]
PETER: Yep, those were the days. Anyway, about to head to bed. See you next month.
BEN: I love you like a brother. A soulmate. I hope you feel the same.
[Peter feigns like he is off to bed, doesn't respond.]
BEN: I'm on your lawn. Sometimes I hide outside at night and watch you through the windows. You're seriously the coolest person I know. Glad we're friends, Pete!
[Peter makes an audible yelp, and contemplates calling the cops. He looks out the window, but doesn't see anyone.]
BEN: Sometimes, I let myself into your pad through a window (BTW, the window in your living room doesn't lock well). When you're asleep, I just stand over your bed and watch you slumber, all the while thinking, "This guy is the epitome of cool." One time I even used your toothbrush. I wanted to try on your clothes, but you know, I'm really freakin' tall.
***Disclaimer: This is fake, although Ben and Peter were texting last night (Ben was at my house for a planning meeting). Just thought you could use a laugh after all the mafia-style threats and intimidation (which will continue unless you stragglers register ASAP).
BEN: Hey Peter! This is Ben Penick. Long time no see. I was just hoping you were going to be at the reunion, cuz I wanna see you.
PETER: Yeah, I'm planning on it. My wife takes care of all that stuff (re: registration).
BEN: OK, awesome. Can't wait. Be sure to register soon b/c the price goes way up after July 31. How's life? I miss you.
[Presumably a long, awkward moment for Peter as he mulls how to respond.]
PETER: K, miss you too. Life's good, can't complain. How about you?
BEN: Oh, so good. I love being a fireman, even if it doesn't keep me from lighting my house on fire with my BBQ grill. Married, with kids, just living the good life in Payson. Can't wait to see you at the reunion. I seriously miss you ... a lot.
[Peter is presumably a little weirded out now, so he tries to get the conversation to fizzle with a short response.]
PETER: Whelp, see you at the reunion.
BEN: I love you.
[For Peter, it just went from awkward to four-alarm creepy. Does he respond?]
PETER: Ha ha, you too bro.
BEN: No, seriously. Ever since elementary school, I've just really loved you, man. Remember how we used to do fight clubs at recess? One time, Colby Thomas KICKED MY EYE! How crazy is that?
[OK, the elementary context takes a little edge off, but Peter still wants this conversation dead. He gives it his best shot.]
PETER: Yep, those were the days. Anyway, about to head to bed. See you next month.
BEN: I love you like a brother. A soulmate. I hope you feel the same.
[Peter feigns like he is off to bed, doesn't respond.]
BEN: I'm on your lawn. Sometimes I hide outside at night and watch you through the windows. You're seriously the coolest person I know. Glad we're friends, Pete!
[Peter makes an audible yelp, and contemplates calling the cops. He looks out the window, but doesn't see anyone.]
BEN: Sometimes, I let myself into your pad through a window (BTW, the window in your living room doesn't lock well). When you're asleep, I just stand over your bed and watch you slumber, all the while thinking, "This guy is the epitome of cool." One time I even used your toothbrush. I wanted to try on your clothes, but you know, I'm really freakin' tall.
***Disclaimer: This is fake, although Ben and Peter were texting last night (Ben was at my house for a planning meeting). Just thought you could use a laugh after all the mafia-style threats and intimidation (which will continue unless you stragglers register ASAP).
Monday, July 5, 2010
Grad Night and other Pictures
Thanks Alisha for these goodies - and this is just a sample of what she sent in!
Friday, July 2, 2010
Even MORE then and now
TYSON HUGIE
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) Lunch at the Burger Place in Washington
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) Completed BA degree at Utah State; then MBA in International Management at Thunderbird School of Global Management. Worked at the corporate headquarters of US Airways for two years in Tempe, Arizona; currently living in Scottsdale, doing financial analysis for CVS Caremark. Running my 4th St. George Marathon this year but still trying unsuccessfully to beat my mother's finish time :)
JASON ROBERTS
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) The friendships established that helped me get through my AP classes and enjoy the high school experience more than I would have otherwise.
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) Served LDS mission in the England Manchester Mission from Dec 2000-Dec 2002. Graduated from Dixie State College in '04 with my Associate of Science in Business. While completing my Bachelor Degree in Business at BYU, married Katelyn Bradfield (from CO) in 2005. Austin was born in '07 and Madelyn was born in '09. In '09, finished my MBA in Business Admin from Utah State as we moved to Colorado and bought our first home. Have been working for Wells Fargo Bank since 2003. I'm currently a Business Specialist at a branch in Arvada, CO.
CLAYTON (GIBSON?)
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) Arizona strip camp outs, bonfires!
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) Starting my own little family & loving it.
ROBERT JENSEN
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) Getting outside at lunch to speed down to Taco bell on Taco Tuesdays. Trying to float a cardboard boat for Physics. And realizing I would never be comfortable dancing :)
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) I haven't done anything of note. I am 10 years older and hopefully wiser.
BECKY (SEMMENS) SEYMOUR
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) Laughing at Mr. Page so hard daily. (with my saigons). Basketball road trips and makeovers. Powder puff football game. Graduation Day!!!
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) I went to Dixie State and SUU. I graduated with an Elementary Ed. Teaching Degree. I married Sam Seymour in 2003. We had our daughter Berkely in 2008. Now I teach for an online school (UTVA) from home, help my husband in managing his assisted living business, and chase after our 2 year old.
BRITTA (FACER) KING
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) Sleepovers in the dark, cold, empty school... Football games... Stomps... Late night Denny's trips... and Frost Top.
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) Moved to Orem and went to school (sort of). Graduated from UVSC with my Associates (I told you... sort of). After living in Happy Valley for a few years, I moved to California to live the "Cali" life. And it was a good one. I did a lot of working and a lot of traveling. When I got sick of that I moved home for the summer (2007). Met my husband Craig King... (Dixie 2000) He talked me into staying in the STG and marrying him. (he really didn't have to talk me into it) Which worked out perfectly- because that meant opening a Spoon Me in St. George. So I now live a double life- Frozen Yogurt specialist- and house wife/mommy. We have a 11 month old little girl named Eliza, and she's amazing. That's my life in a nutshell.
LIA (SUTNER) COLLINGS
(Q) What is your fondest memory of HS?
(A) Running x-country; studying for AP History tests at Angie's house with Lisa and Emily; sleepovers at Steph's house with bagels and midnight meat.
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) I went off to BYU with the four greatest roommates ever--Suzann Dickman, Jessica Debenham, KelliAnn Brinkerhoff, and Emily Krimmee; majored in Classical Studies (Latin and Greek); worked on the Joseph Smith Papers Project for 3 years (check the acknowledgements!); married the inestimable Justin Collings; graduated; introduced Julia (6) and Elisabeth (4) to the world; moved to New Haven for my husband to attend Yale Law School; introduced Katharine to the world (19 months); watched my husband graduate from Yale Law School, but am still sticking around New Haven while he finishes his PhD in Modern European History, which includes a year of fun in Germany, so I'm not complaining. We're SOOOO excited to welcome Jeff Lingwall to the neighborhood! Congrats, Jeff!
JASON WILLIAMS
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) Served a mish in Argentina, I went into Law Enforcement in 2005 and also got married. I have two kids now, one boy and one girl. I currently work for Washington City Police as a detective.
JILL (WOOD) COTTEN
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) I loved going to the dances, and also ditching the assemblies hoping that we wouldn't get caught by Mr. Topham. I also loved it when teachers let us go on doughnut runs. And it was great just hanging out with friends.
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) I graduated beauty school on Halloween in 2000. Then I got married in April of 2001 to Cody Cotten, who I started dating when I was a junior. I swore I would never marry someone from Hurricane and Cody graduated from Hurricane, but I justify if because he grew up in Sandy Utah and moved to Hurricane his junior year. lol. I worked doing hair until I had my 2nd child. And since then I have been a stay at home Mom and I love it. We have 2 girls, Cadence 5 and Kyndee 3. I stay at home while my husband goes out and fight all the fires. He is a wildland firefighter. We live in LaVerkin Utah. I just love being a Mom and a wife. We are loving life except when my husband is gone during the summers.
BETH (LEAVITT) BLACK
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) I dont know they were all pretty awesome. Going around with Janey Hedges and crew to different parties to steal toilet paper and then going to toilet paper houses with it.....by the way I would like to take this opportunity to thank all those who unknowingly donated your t.p.
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) I did a little school, and then moved to New York to be a nanny for about a year and a half. While I was out there I met my husband, we got married in 2002, moved to Texas (where my husband is from) had two kids Hadley (5) and Kamp (4). Moved back to Utah in 2006 and have been here ever since
ELIZABETH (HANSEN) STUBBS
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) Lived in states from Alaska to Florida, Montana to Louisianna. Have 4 incredible kids. Took cruise to Acapulco, Mexico. Last year, I lost my baby to pnemonia, got divorced, and moved to Salt Lake where I am now taking college classes in accounting.
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) Lunch at the Burger Place in Washington
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) Completed BA degree at Utah State; then MBA in International Management at Thunderbird School of Global Management. Worked at the corporate headquarters of US Airways for two years in Tempe, Arizona; currently living in Scottsdale, doing financial analysis for CVS Caremark. Running my 4th St. George Marathon this year but still trying unsuccessfully to beat my mother's finish time :)
JASON ROBERTS
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) The friendships established that helped me get through my AP classes and enjoy the high school experience more than I would have otherwise.
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) Served LDS mission in the England Manchester Mission from Dec 2000-Dec 2002. Graduated from Dixie State College in '04 with my Associate of Science in Business. While completing my Bachelor Degree in Business at BYU, married Katelyn Bradfield (from CO) in 2005. Austin was born in '07 and Madelyn was born in '09. In '09, finished my MBA in Business Admin from Utah State as we moved to Colorado and bought our first home. Have been working for Wells Fargo Bank since 2003. I'm currently a Business Specialist at a branch in Arvada, CO.
CLAYTON (GIBSON?)
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) Arizona strip camp outs, bonfires!
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) Starting my own little family & loving it.
ROBERT JENSEN
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) Getting outside at lunch to speed down to Taco bell on Taco Tuesdays. Trying to float a cardboard boat for Physics. And realizing I would never be comfortable dancing :)
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) I haven't done anything of note. I am 10 years older and hopefully wiser.
BECKY (SEMMENS) SEYMOUR
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) Laughing at Mr. Page so hard daily. (with my saigons). Basketball road trips and makeovers. Powder puff football game. Graduation Day!!!
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) I went to Dixie State and SUU. I graduated with an Elementary Ed. Teaching Degree. I married Sam Seymour in 2003. We had our daughter Berkely in 2008. Now I teach for an online school (UTVA) from home, help my husband in managing his assisted living business, and chase after our 2 year old.
BRITTA (FACER) KING
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) Sleepovers in the dark, cold, empty school... Football games... Stomps... Late night Denny's trips... and Frost Top.
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) Moved to Orem and went to school (sort of). Graduated from UVSC with my Associates (I told you... sort of). After living in Happy Valley for a few years, I moved to California to live the "Cali" life. And it was a good one. I did a lot of working and a lot of traveling. When I got sick of that I moved home for the summer (2007). Met my husband Craig King... (Dixie 2000) He talked me into staying in the STG and marrying him. (he really didn't have to talk me into it) Which worked out perfectly- because that meant opening a Spoon Me in St. George. So I now live a double life- Frozen Yogurt specialist- and house wife/mommy. We have a 11 month old little girl named Eliza, and she's amazing. That's my life in a nutshell.
LIA (SUTNER) COLLINGS
(Q) What is your fondest memory of HS?
(A) Running x-country; studying for AP History tests at Angie's house with Lisa and Emily; sleepovers at Steph's house with bagels and midnight meat.
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) I went off to BYU with the four greatest roommates ever--Suzann Dickman, Jessica Debenham, KelliAnn Brinkerhoff, and Emily Krimmee; majored in Classical Studies (Latin and Greek); worked on the Joseph Smith Papers Project for 3 years (check the acknowledgements!); married the inestimable Justin Collings; graduated; introduced Julia (6) and Elisabeth (4) to the world; moved to New Haven for my husband to attend Yale Law School; introduced Katharine to the world (19 months); watched my husband graduate from Yale Law School, but am still sticking around New Haven while he finishes his PhD in Modern European History, which includes a year of fun in Germany, so I'm not complaining. We're SOOOO excited to welcome Jeff Lingwall to the neighborhood! Congrats, Jeff!
JASON WILLIAMS
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) Served a mish in Argentina, I went into Law Enforcement in 2005 and also got married. I have two kids now, one boy and one girl. I currently work for Washington City Police as a detective.
JILL (WOOD) COTTEN
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) I loved going to the dances, and also ditching the assemblies hoping that we wouldn't get caught by Mr. Topham. I also loved it when teachers let us go on doughnut runs. And it was great just hanging out with friends.
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) I graduated beauty school on Halloween in 2000. Then I got married in April of 2001 to Cody Cotten, who I started dating when I was a junior. I swore I would never marry someone from Hurricane and Cody graduated from Hurricane, but I justify if because he grew up in Sandy Utah and moved to Hurricane his junior year. lol. I worked doing hair until I had my 2nd child. And since then I have been a stay at home Mom and I love it. We have 2 girls, Cadence 5 and Kyndee 3. I stay at home while my husband goes out and fight all the fires. He is a wildland firefighter. We live in LaVerkin Utah. I just love being a Mom and a wife. We are loving life except when my husband is gone during the summers.
BETH (LEAVITT) BLACK
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) I dont know they were all pretty awesome. Going around with Janey Hedges and crew to different parties to steal toilet paper and then going to toilet paper houses with it.....by the way I would like to take this opportunity to thank all those who unknowingly donated your t.p.
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) I did a little school, and then moved to New York to be a nanny for about a year and a half. While I was out there I met my husband, we got married in 2002, moved to Texas (where my husband is from) had two kids Hadley (5) and Kamp (4). Moved back to Utah in 2006 and have been here ever since
ELIZABETH (HANSEN) STUBBS
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) Lived in states from Alaska to Florida, Montana to Louisianna. Have 4 incredible kids. Took cruise to Acapulco, Mexico. Last year, I lost my baby to pnemonia, got divorced, and moved to Salt Lake where I am now taking college classes in accounting.
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Then and now 5.0
KIM (TRUMAN) WILLIAMS
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) Friends! Spending time with them and all the adventures we had together.
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) Married my husband Nov. 2000. Moved away from St. George in May of 2003 to SLC so he could attend the U of U. Still in the area to this day. I worked full time for a great company as an insurance underwriter until we had our first boy. He is now 3 years old and we are expecting our second child (a boy) on August 3rd. Bought our first home about 3 years ago in West Jordan and just loving life!
JESSICA (ESTES) COFFELT
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) Spending time with friends, sand volleyball, hiking, ice blocking.
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) Moved to Texas to be part of a internship for Teen Mania Ministries for a year. Spent a year living on a tour bus with 30 people doing live youth events for a year. Met my husband Andrew in Texas and was married in 2005. Moved to North Carolina where Andrew was stationed with the Army. We've been in NC ever since with our 3 beautiful children. Marinn age 3, Taurin age 2, and Shaw age 1. You can see all their cuteness and funnies here: sillysilliness.blogspot.com. My husband is recently out of the Army after 6 years and 2, year long deployments. We just purchased a business and are starting a new adventure in life. I've had the opportunity to wear the role of mom, worship leader, photographer, graphic designer, and artist. Life is beautiful.
ROSE (CARLSON) IMLAY
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) The trip to New York with the Drama club & the plays.
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) Got married in 2001 to a wonderful guy from Dixie, Chad. Lived in St.George until 2006. Then moved and built a house in Manti, UT and We love it here. We have 3 kids Emma 7, Corbin 5, & Lee 2.
JAMIE (STEVENSON) WAKEFIELD
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) I loved being involved in a wide variety of extracurricular activities. I have such great memories from them all. Plus, I got to miss out on a lot of school - but it was all excused! And I'm sure the teachers intended us to stop and have breakfast before coming back to class...right?? : )
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) *Loved college. Graduated with my BS in Elementary Education from BYU. *Married Ty Wakefield (from Huntington, Utah) in 2002 *After Provo, we moved to Henderson, NV for 3 years so Ty could complete Physical Therapy school. *We then moved to the last place on earth I ever thought I'd live when I was in high school - Mesquite, NV. We've lived here for almost 4 years (well, we now live 5 minutes away in Bunkerville). It's a great place and we love it here. I'd highly recommend it. *I get to stay home with our 3 kiddos - daughter Lydia, age 6 (small world - Brittney Deyo Skinner will be her 1st grade teacher next year!); son Drake, age 4; daughter Brielle, age 1. I am livin' the dream and wouldn't want to be doing anything else. *I get the rare opportunity of seeing a modern day miracle in action every day. Our youngest daughter has the metabolic disorder, PKU . If she had been born 50 years ago, she would be severally mentally disabled with the brain capacity of a toddler her whole life. But because of modern day newborn screening and a diet that is altered and carefully monitored, she is a perfectly happy, healthy, and intelligent girl. For that, I am grateful each day. *It's been fun to read the updates on everyone! I'm excited to see you all at the reunion...
EMILY (CRANE) HERNANDEZ
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) I have lots, I had a lot of good times with good friends.
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) I attended DSC where I graduated with an Associates in Business. I then moved to Provo and finished at UVU with a Bachelors in Business Marketing. I got married in 2004 to a great guy Raul Hernandez, we now have a 2 year old daughter named Ava. We lived in Provo until November of 2009 when we moved to Colorado Springs, CO. Raul works for Target as a manager for their logistics department, I work part-time as a manager of a retail store who I have been with for a long time.I love spending time with my family.
BRETT GIFFORD
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) Attending the extra-curricular activities-Dances, sport events, assemblies, etc. (EDITOR'S NOTE: Brett took great pleasure in "riding like a viking" all the poor singlet-wearing saps he wrestled into bloody pulps.)
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) Since High School, I have attended college, taught at Pine View Middle School for two years, Pine View High School for four years, Coached football and wrestling for 8 years, received my masters degree and administrative degree, and had four children along the way.
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) Friends! Spending time with them and all the adventures we had together.
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) Married my husband Nov. 2000. Moved away from St. George in May of 2003 to SLC so he could attend the U of U. Still in the area to this day. I worked full time for a great company as an insurance underwriter until we had our first boy. He is now 3 years old and we are expecting our second child (a boy) on August 3rd. Bought our first home about 3 years ago in West Jordan and just loving life!
JESSICA (ESTES) COFFELT
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) Spending time with friends, sand volleyball, hiking, ice blocking.
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) Moved to Texas to be part of a internship for Teen Mania Ministries for a year. Spent a year living on a tour bus with 30 people doing live youth events for a year. Met my husband Andrew in Texas and was married in 2005. Moved to North Carolina where Andrew was stationed with the Army. We've been in NC ever since with our 3 beautiful children. Marinn age 3, Taurin age 2, and Shaw age 1. You can see all their cuteness and funnies here: sillysilliness.blogspot.com. My husband is recently out of the Army after 6 years and 2, year long deployments. We just purchased a business and are starting a new adventure in life. I've had the opportunity to wear the role of mom, worship leader, photographer, graphic designer, and artist. Life is beautiful.
ROSE (CARLSON) IMLAY
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) The trip to New York with the Drama club & the plays.
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) Got married in 2001 to a wonderful guy from Dixie, Chad. Lived in St.George until 2006. Then moved and built a house in Manti, UT and We love it here. We have 3 kids Emma 7, Corbin 5, & Lee 2.
JAMIE (STEVENSON) WAKEFIELD
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) I loved being involved in a wide variety of extracurricular activities. I have such great memories from them all. Plus, I got to miss out on a lot of school - but it was all excused! And I'm sure the teachers intended us to stop and have breakfast before coming back to class...right?? : )
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) *Loved college. Graduated with my BS in Elementary Education from BYU. *Married Ty Wakefield (from Huntington, Utah) in 2002 *After Provo, we moved to Henderson, NV for 3 years so Ty could complete Physical Therapy school. *We then moved to the last place on earth I ever thought I'd live when I was in high school - Mesquite, NV. We've lived here for almost 4 years (well, we now live 5 minutes away in Bunkerville). It's a great place and we love it here. I'd highly recommend it. *I get to stay home with our 3 kiddos - daughter Lydia, age 6 (small world - Brittney Deyo Skinner will be her 1st grade teacher next year!); son Drake, age 4; daughter Brielle, age 1. I am livin' the dream and wouldn't want to be doing anything else. *I get the rare opportunity of seeing a modern day miracle in action every day. Our youngest daughter has the metabolic disorder, PKU . If she had been born 50 years ago, she would be severally mentally disabled with the brain capacity of a toddler her whole life. But because of modern day newborn screening and a diet that is altered and carefully monitored, she is a perfectly happy, healthy, and intelligent girl. For that, I am grateful each day. *It's been fun to read the updates on everyone! I'm excited to see you all at the reunion...
EMILY (CRANE) HERNANDEZ
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) I have lots, I had a lot of good times with good friends.
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) I attended DSC where I graduated with an Associates in Business. I then moved to Provo and finished at UVU with a Bachelors in Business Marketing. I got married in 2004 to a great guy Raul Hernandez, we now have a 2 year old daughter named Ava. We lived in Provo until November of 2009 when we moved to Colorado Springs, CO. Raul works for Target as a manager for their logistics department, I work part-time as a manager of a retail store who I have been with for a long time.I love spending time with my family.
BRETT GIFFORD
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) Attending the extra-curricular activities-Dances, sport events, assemblies, etc. (EDITOR'S NOTE: Brett took great pleasure in "riding like a viking" all the poor singlet-wearing saps he wrestled into bloody pulps.)
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) Since High School, I have attended college, taught at Pine View Middle School for two years, Pine View High School for four years, Coached football and wrestling for 8 years, received my masters degree and administrative degree, and had four children along the way.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Then and now 4.0
LUCAS NELSON
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) The night we water ballooned the cop car. All the friends, dances, sports, etc... Everything!
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) I served a mission in Hiroshima Japan. Came home married Jessica Gordon. (PV Class of 2001) We have 2 boys Grant (4) and Logan (2). After working in construction for 6 years in St. G. We packed up and moved to North Las Vegas in Feb. of 2009 after I got hired by the North Las Vegas Police Dept. Got through academy, field training and about to get off probation. Its been the best thing for us. We love it here. Life is good!
KATIE (LEAVITT) JENNINGS
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) Band, of course! Choir, and the school musicals.
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) I went to Dixie State and played in the band there. I married the man of my dreams and we have three wonderful kids. Chloe (4), Tyler (2), and Isaac (7 months). We are still living in St.George and loving family life.
BEN PENICK
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) Kicking it with the rats, prowling the halls, ASSEMBLIES, choir, orchestra, plays, STOMPs, skipping AP Biology to go watch Can't Hardly Wait at Colt's house. . . .. Every day in High School was awesome, our class was the best for sure. If I were to pick one outstanding experience that kind of summed up a lot of emotion I have for high school, watching Laura Giles get dubbed Homecoming Queen. . . . AWESOME.
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) After graduation I served a mission to Fukuoka, Japan. Came back, was an EFY counselor, and shoveled dirt for a summer of work in Las Vegas. I moved to Payson to live with my brother and go to school at BYU. Went on my first date up here with with my mission buddy's sister. We got married.My wife's name is Jenni, and she is a babe. We went to Japan for a summer to teach English and had a blast. Came back hopped into the fire academy through UVU, got a job as a firefighter in South Jordan, and I have been there for 5 years. I have also volunteered for Payson Fire and Ambulance for 4 years. My wife Jenni does hair. We have two boys Cooper (3) and Hudson (1). I pretty much try and keep them from breaking stuff all the time now. I gotta go, Hudson is eating crayons.
BRAD NEVE
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) was it 8 ounces of spit, toothpaste, and water was it making out in the exec room during class was it rolling in AC smith's red convertible was it when the brakes went out in the convertible was it building a giant plastic moon for some dance was it sleeping on the roof of the school was it Pine View High School how do you feel!!? was it Mrs. Hazen.... definately not Hazen it is a bouquet of pleasant memories
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) Served a Mission State-side in Lansing, Michigan Attended DSC and got my Associates Degree Helped to instigate a Man-Night tradition of blowing up innocent fruit and vegetables Moved to Logan to Finish Bachelors in Finance Minored in Economics and Financial Planning Helped cause the subprime mortgage meltdown Met a beautiful blond firecracker and married her Moved to Orange County, CA to work for a mutual fund company, American Funds Learned to love the Beach and Disneyland even more Studied for and Passed the Certified Financial Planner Exam Got a job working at a Wealth Management Firm in Studio City, CA and moved to Agoura Hills, CA
SAVANNAH (MANESS) FOISY
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) Staying out late with all my girlies!! Now that we're married with kids, I'm sure we're all in bed by ten! I loved just hanging out and having little responsibility! Being a grown up can sometimes suck!
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) I've been married to the best guy, Erik, for six and a half years. We have a 2 1/2 year old daughter named Avery and a little boy on the way. My husband is in the Army national guard, which has become a big part of our lives. He served in Iraq for a year and a half in 2005. I graduated from Dixie State with an associates of Science and Utah State University with a bachelors in psychology. I worked in a pharmacy for four years and am now a stay at home mommy. We live in Las Vegas while my husband attends dental school. After that, we'll go where the money takes us!
MCKAYLA (GROVER) HUMMEL
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) Have too many It was a great time ....
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) Went to DS for a year. Got married to Jacob Hummel in Augest of 02 had our first ShealiAnn in 03 . Then Noah in 04, Reagan in 07 and our last Taitum in 09. Been busy beening a stay at home mom Loving it and would not change it for the world .Jake works for is family at Hummel's Automovite and is going to school . He just graduated from Washington City Fire Acadamy and will start his EMT classes in the fall.
JOSHUA KREITZER
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) So many...cross country, dances, my Dad's classes, other classes, skipping school to go to Las Vegas with Colt Smith and Crystal Fawson.
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) Hungary Budapest mission; BS in Integrative Biology at BYU; marriage to the love of my life Cary Fleming in 2004 at the St. George Temple; High School Biology teacher at PVHS 2007-2008; currently finishing up MS in Biology at BYU; we'll move to Virginia next week to begin a PhD program at Old Dominion University in the Fall. We have three kids: Eva (4), Olivia (2), and Caleb (1).
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) The night we water ballooned the cop car. All the friends, dances, sports, etc... Everything!
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) I served a mission in Hiroshima Japan. Came home married Jessica Gordon. (PV Class of 2001) We have 2 boys Grant (4) and Logan (2). After working in construction for 6 years in St. G. We packed up and moved to North Las Vegas in Feb. of 2009 after I got hired by the North Las Vegas Police Dept. Got through academy, field training and about to get off probation. Its been the best thing for us. We love it here. Life is good!
KATIE (LEAVITT) JENNINGS
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) Band, of course! Choir, and the school musicals.
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) I went to Dixie State and played in the band there. I married the man of my dreams and we have three wonderful kids. Chloe (4), Tyler (2), and Isaac (7 months). We are still living in St.George and loving family life.
BEN PENICK
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) Kicking it with the rats, prowling the halls, ASSEMBLIES, choir, orchestra, plays, STOMPs, skipping AP Biology to go watch Can't Hardly Wait at Colt's house. . . .. Every day in High School was awesome, our class was the best for sure. If I were to pick one outstanding experience that kind of summed up a lot of emotion I have for high school, watching Laura Giles get dubbed Homecoming Queen. . . . AWESOME.
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) After graduation I served a mission to Fukuoka, Japan. Came back, was an EFY counselor, and shoveled dirt for a summer of work in Las Vegas. I moved to Payson to live with my brother and go to school at BYU. Went on my first date up here with with my mission buddy's sister. We got married.My wife's name is Jenni, and she is a babe. We went to Japan for a summer to teach English and had a blast. Came back hopped into the fire academy through UVU, got a job as a firefighter in South Jordan, and I have been there for 5 years. I have also volunteered for Payson Fire and Ambulance for 4 years. My wife Jenni does hair. We have two boys Cooper (3) and Hudson (1). I pretty much try and keep them from breaking stuff all the time now. I gotta go, Hudson is eating crayons.
BRAD NEVE
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) was it 8 ounces of spit, toothpaste, and water was it making out in the exec room during class was it rolling in AC smith's red convertible was it when the brakes went out in the convertible was it building a giant plastic moon for some dance was it sleeping on the roof of the school was it Pine View High School how do you feel!!? was it Mrs. Hazen.... definately not Hazen it is a bouquet of pleasant memories
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) Served a Mission State-side in Lansing, Michigan Attended DSC and got my Associates Degree Helped to instigate a Man-Night tradition of blowing up innocent fruit and vegetables Moved to Logan to Finish Bachelors in Finance Minored in Economics and Financial Planning Helped cause the subprime mortgage meltdown Met a beautiful blond firecracker and married her Moved to Orange County, CA to work for a mutual fund company, American Funds Learned to love the Beach and Disneyland even more Studied for and Passed the Certified Financial Planner Exam Got a job working at a Wealth Management Firm in Studio City, CA and moved to Agoura Hills, CA
SAVANNAH (MANESS) FOISY
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) Staying out late with all my girlies!! Now that we're married with kids, I'm sure we're all in bed by ten! I loved just hanging out and having little responsibility! Being a grown up can sometimes suck!
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) I've been married to the best guy, Erik, for six and a half years. We have a 2 1/2 year old daughter named Avery and a little boy on the way. My husband is in the Army national guard, which has become a big part of our lives. He served in Iraq for a year and a half in 2005. I graduated from Dixie State with an associates of Science and Utah State University with a bachelors in psychology. I worked in a pharmacy for four years and am now a stay at home mommy. We live in Las Vegas while my husband attends dental school. After that, we'll go where the money takes us!
MCKAYLA (GROVER) HUMMEL
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) Have too many It was a great time ....
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) Went to DS for a year. Got married to Jacob Hummel in Augest of 02 had our first ShealiAnn in 03 . Then Noah in 04, Reagan in 07 and our last Taitum in 09. Been busy beening a stay at home mom Loving it and would not change it for the world .Jake works for is family at Hummel's Automovite and is going to school . He just graduated from Washington City Fire Acadamy and will start his EMT classes in the fall.
JOSHUA KREITZER
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) So many...cross country, dances, my Dad's classes, other classes, skipping school to go to Las Vegas with Colt Smith and Crystal Fawson.
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) Hungary Budapest mission; BS in Integrative Biology at BYU; marriage to the love of my life Cary Fleming in 2004 at the St. George Temple; High School Biology teacher at PVHS 2007-2008; currently finishing up MS in Biology at BYU; we'll move to Virginia next week to begin a PhD program at Old Dominion University in the Fall. We have three kids: Eva (4), Olivia (2), and Caleb (1).
Then & now 3.0
MARY JANE (ROBINSON) SMITH
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) Being a part of the cross country team for 3 years was definitely one of the top 3! Mr. Lister- and how dedicated he was; Our Christmas Trilogy concerts in the Joseph Smith Building in Salt Lake City. I also remember my good friends Jamie Stevenson (Wakefield) & Ashley Butler (Lunquist)- cute & classy girls!
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) After High School, I attended & graduated from Dixie State College. I ran 3 marathons & several 1/2 marathons. I worked as a counselor for EFY for 2 summers. In 2002, I married Bryan Smith & we moved to Cedar City to attend SUU. We both graduated- Bryan in accounting & I in psychology with a minor in child development. I worked for 2 years at the Southwest Center helping children with behavior development. While there I taught anger management & facilitated childrens group therapy. Bryan was deployed to Iraq for 18 months- while he was gone, we had our first child Isaac. When he returned we moved to Las Vegas for one year. We then moved to Spring Texas (Houston) where he currently works for Southwestern Energy as a financial reporter. We have been married for 8 years and have 3 boys, Isaac(5) Penn (2) and Luke (1). We are active members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints. I am lucky to stay at home with my children & we have a fun family, we laugh a lot & we LOVE our LIFE!
APRIL (ATWOOD) HUNT
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) Oh man, lets see....I loved wood shop class. That was one of the best classes by far. Hanging out with friends and going to Taco Bell on our lunch breaks :) School dances were always fun....sorry I can't name just one. There were way too many things about HS that I really enjoyed.
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) I am now an Air Force wife of 9 1/2 years. I married Jeremy Hunt from Enterprise HS. We have had 4 children. Megan is my oldest (I am sure most of you remember me being pregnant my senior year) she is 10 years old now, Zachary is 8, Savannah is 6 and Aiden is 3 and boy oh boy he is a hand full. I went to college in California and also online but decided that I would wait to finish school till all my kids were in school full time. I love being a stay at home mother. For they are only little once, right? I became a surrogate mother to my dear friends Josh and Sheila in 2008. I became pregnant with their child in Feb after ten long years of them trying for baby of their own. long and sad story but to make it short, we made their dreams come true. I gave birth to a beautiful baby boy named Ethan Murphy on Sept 1st 2008 of all days ;) LABOR DAY. I did go into labor and was hospitalized for a month so we could ensure that he was healthy. He weighed 4 lbs 3 oz. On Sep of this year my surrogate son will be 2 years old and as cute as a button. One thing I am very proud of making. Even with the hospital stay and being poked and prodded, I would do it all over in a heart beat. He was definitely a miracle baby.
HEATHER GALOVAN
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) Goin to Japanese class and enjoying it every day. It made me want to go to school
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) I've been to Japan as an exchange student and as a misionary to the Japan Nagoya Mission. I've traveled to China, Costa Rica and Mexico. I got my Bachelor's Degree in Linguistics from The Universtiy of Utah. I became an aunt. I run a book club. I joined a Jump Rope Team and I met two of my favorite authors. I ride my bike and enjoy the summer.
BRIAN DAY
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) Going to boys and girls basketball games on the road. Cedar was always a fun trip.
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) As I think back on ten years I remember the first 5 years I played...I traveled... NYC twice,DC,Baltimore,New Jersey,Chicago,Upstate NY,PHX,LA,San Diego, Cancun, Tijuana,Grenada,St.Vincent & the Grenadine, Puerto Rico, Barbados, etc, LOTS of places( thank you Skywest benefits) I was a avid BYU fan. I went gone to almost every football game since 2002. Jazz games included.(just not as many). I believe Mesquite and Vegas had me on a first name basis when I was 21-24, Ouch! The next 5 years I settled down..... I got married in 05' to the incredibly hot Mrs. Mandee Day and have 1 little girl that's 4. Miss Jaycee Jo Day. Worked as every possible position at a restaurant for over 12 years now. Working as a Sous Chef now and am working towards being an Executive Chef one day. Just a normal ole' family man now.. Lovin' Life!!!
AMY (LARKIN) CODY
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) Theatre!!!! Need I say more
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) After high school I stayed in St. George for four years then moved to Vernal. I met my ex-husband and had two kids. My oldest boy was three months early. After we divorced I moved to Montana where my parents moved to and started working to support them. I met my husband at work, we both worked for Northwest Airline. We dated for a short while and then were married. Last year we added our third child. While he went to school to get his A&P license I took a few semesters (not easy after nine years).
DANIEL SCHMUTZ
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) Playing on trash cans for assemblies, half-times, etc...
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) Went to a year of college at Weber State (got my Associate's). Went on a LDS mission to Copenhagen, Denmark. Finished my degree in Zoology at Weber State. While doing that, got married to Melissa, and had our first daughter. Got accepted to medical school at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Been here since 2007, and graduate in 2011!
LESINA (PALEPOI) DRIFFILL
(Q) What is your fondest memory of HS?
(A) I enjoyed all the dances, but I remember not having any school spirit. I know I was so lame.
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) After high school I attended Dixie College met my husband Carsen there, graduated with my AA moved to Salt Lake City went to Cosmetology school, married Carsen, moved back to St. George got my Master Esthetician License. Moved to Oklahoma for bit, and relocated to Salt Lake City for my husbands job he is an Air Traffic Controller, so basically just living the fabulous married life, and very fortunate to be able to be a stay at home mommy to my two babies.
KELLIANN (BRINKERHOFF) CHRISTENSEN
(Q) What is your fondest memory of HS?
(A) I loved being on Pantheras my senior year and performing at games and assemblies. It was a lot of hard work but so much fun.
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) I went to BYU and graduated in elementary education. After Will got home from his mission, we were married. I taught two years in Utah and then two years in California (mostly fifth grade). Now I am a stay-at-home mom. We have two girls ages 3 and 4 months.
DEREK MCALLISTER
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) Way too many to start, but all great. Some legal, some illegal but I'm just glad that I don't go to high school right now that's for sure, I'm not sure I would have gotten away with half the stuff we did back then and I'm sure a lot of us can say that! Football games, basketball games, the dances after and just trying to get thru each class to make it to the weekend for 4 yrs seemed like such a hard time, but I'd bet most of us would trade anything for a day back in high school as long as we got to pick the day! Ten yrs goes fast!
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) Went on a mission after a yr at Dixie, played football at Dixie State for a couple of yrs married Jessica Adams in 2006 (Dixie Chick class of '03 thought I'd never marry a dixie girl and I still give her crap about it every time we bet them in anything!) We both graduated from SUU after getting our associates at Dixie and after a semester at the U of U we transferred to SUU where we got our bachelor degrees. We have a boy, Zharius who is 21 months and are currently living in Parker, Colorado where I am going into my second year of medical school. School starts back up Aug 2nd so I won't be at the reunion, but I'm sure it will be a blast and I wish I could have seen you all!
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) Being a part of the cross country team for 3 years was definitely one of the top 3! Mr. Lister- and how dedicated he was; Our Christmas Trilogy concerts in the Joseph Smith Building in Salt Lake City. I also remember my good friends Jamie Stevenson (Wakefield) & Ashley Butler (Lunquist)- cute & classy girls!
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) After High School, I attended & graduated from Dixie State College. I ran 3 marathons & several 1/2 marathons. I worked as a counselor for EFY for 2 summers. In 2002, I married Bryan Smith & we moved to Cedar City to attend SUU. We both graduated- Bryan in accounting & I in psychology with a minor in child development. I worked for 2 years at the Southwest Center helping children with behavior development. While there I taught anger management & facilitated childrens group therapy. Bryan was deployed to Iraq for 18 months- while he was gone, we had our first child Isaac. When he returned we moved to Las Vegas for one year. We then moved to Spring Texas (Houston) where he currently works for Southwestern Energy as a financial reporter. We have been married for 8 years and have 3 boys, Isaac(5) Penn (2) and Luke (1). We are active members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints. I am lucky to stay at home with my children & we have a fun family, we laugh a lot & we LOVE our LIFE!
APRIL (ATWOOD) HUNT
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) Oh man, lets see....I loved wood shop class. That was one of the best classes by far. Hanging out with friends and going to Taco Bell on our lunch breaks :) School dances were always fun....sorry I can't name just one. There were way too many things about HS that I really enjoyed.
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) I am now an Air Force wife of 9 1/2 years. I married Jeremy Hunt from Enterprise HS. We have had 4 children. Megan is my oldest (I am sure most of you remember me being pregnant my senior year) she is 10 years old now, Zachary is 8, Savannah is 6 and Aiden is 3 and boy oh boy he is a hand full. I went to college in California and also online but decided that I would wait to finish school till all my kids were in school full time. I love being a stay at home mother. For they are only little once, right? I became a surrogate mother to my dear friends Josh and Sheila in 2008. I became pregnant with their child in Feb after ten long years of them trying for baby of their own. long and sad story but to make it short, we made their dreams come true. I gave birth to a beautiful baby boy named Ethan Murphy on Sept 1st 2008 of all days ;) LABOR DAY. I did go into labor and was hospitalized for a month so we could ensure that he was healthy. He weighed 4 lbs 3 oz. On Sep of this year my surrogate son will be 2 years old and as cute as a button. One thing I am very proud of making. Even with the hospital stay and being poked and prodded, I would do it all over in a heart beat. He was definitely a miracle baby.
HEATHER GALOVAN
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) Goin to Japanese class and enjoying it every day. It made me want to go to school
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) I've been to Japan as an exchange student and as a misionary to the Japan Nagoya Mission. I've traveled to China, Costa Rica and Mexico. I got my Bachelor's Degree in Linguistics from The Universtiy of Utah. I became an aunt. I run a book club. I joined a Jump Rope Team and I met two of my favorite authors. I ride my bike and enjoy the summer.
BRIAN DAY
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) Going to boys and girls basketball games on the road. Cedar was always a fun trip.
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) As I think back on ten years I remember the first 5 years I played...I traveled... NYC twice,DC,Baltimore,New Jersey,Chicago,Upstate NY,PHX,LA,San Diego, Cancun, Tijuana,Grenada,St.Vincent & the Grenadine, Puerto Rico, Barbados, etc, LOTS of places( thank you Skywest benefits) I was a avid BYU fan. I went gone to almost every football game since 2002. Jazz games included.(just not as many). I believe Mesquite and Vegas had me on a first name basis when I was 21-24, Ouch! The next 5 years I settled down..... I got married in 05' to the incredibly hot Mrs. Mandee Day and have 1 little girl that's 4. Miss Jaycee Jo Day. Worked as every possible position at a restaurant for over 12 years now. Working as a Sous Chef now and am working towards being an Executive Chef one day. Just a normal ole' family man now.. Lovin' Life!!!
AMY (LARKIN) CODY
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) Theatre!!!! Need I say more
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) After high school I stayed in St. George for four years then moved to Vernal. I met my ex-husband and had two kids. My oldest boy was three months early. After we divorced I moved to Montana where my parents moved to and started working to support them. I met my husband at work, we both worked for Northwest Airline. We dated for a short while and then were married. Last year we added our third child. While he went to school to get his A&P license I took a few semesters (not easy after nine years).
DANIEL SCHMUTZ
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) Playing on trash cans for assemblies, half-times, etc...
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) Went to a year of college at Weber State (got my Associate's). Went on a LDS mission to Copenhagen, Denmark. Finished my degree in Zoology at Weber State. While doing that, got married to Melissa, and had our first daughter. Got accepted to medical school at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Been here since 2007, and graduate in 2011!
LESINA (PALEPOI) DRIFFILL
(Q) What is your fondest memory of HS?
(A) I enjoyed all the dances, but I remember not having any school spirit. I know I was so lame.
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) After high school I attended Dixie College met my husband Carsen there, graduated with my AA moved to Salt Lake City went to Cosmetology school, married Carsen, moved back to St. George got my Master Esthetician License. Moved to Oklahoma for bit, and relocated to Salt Lake City for my husbands job he is an Air Traffic Controller, so basically just living the fabulous married life, and very fortunate to be able to be a stay at home mommy to my two babies.
KELLIANN (BRINKERHOFF) CHRISTENSEN
(Q) What is your fondest memory of HS?
(A) I loved being on Pantheras my senior year and performing at games and assemblies. It was a lot of hard work but so much fun.
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) I went to BYU and graduated in elementary education. After Will got home from his mission, we were married. I taught two years in Utah and then two years in California (mostly fifth grade). Now I am a stay-at-home mom. We have two girls ages 3 and 4 months.
DEREK MCALLISTER
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) Way too many to start, but all great. Some legal, some illegal but I'm just glad that I don't go to high school right now that's for sure, I'm not sure I would have gotten away with half the stuff we did back then and I'm sure a lot of us can say that! Football games, basketball games, the dances after and just trying to get thru each class to make it to the weekend for 4 yrs seemed like such a hard time, but I'd bet most of us would trade anything for a day back in high school as long as we got to pick the day! Ten yrs goes fast!
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) Went on a mission after a yr at Dixie, played football at Dixie State for a couple of yrs married Jessica Adams in 2006 (Dixie Chick class of '03 thought I'd never marry a dixie girl and I still give her crap about it every time we bet them in anything!) We both graduated from SUU after getting our associates at Dixie and after a semester at the U of U we transferred to SUU where we got our bachelor degrees. We have a boy, Zharius who is 21 months and are currently living in Parker, Colorado where I am going into my second year of medical school. School starts back up Aug 2nd so I won't be at the reunion, but I'm sure it will be a blast and I wish I could have seen you all!
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Then & now 2.0
JANEY (HEDGES) LUPER
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) Stomps, HS sports games, rivalries between high schools, football training with Rachel and Ambur, baseball managing w/ Carrie, assemblies, senior sunrise, grad night, pool hopping w/ bestest friends, driving around town, etc. I enjoyed high school. I still brag about what a great class we had/have.
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) Went to school at Dixie and SLCC. Had a great time meeting new friends and keeping old friends. Studied Exercise Science but never finished (someday). Had various full-time jobs in retail. Met my handsome husband in SLC in Apr 2003. Married in Jun 2005. We had our first baby boy, Cameron, in Nov 2007 and we will soon be having a girl (any day now) Jun/Jul 2010. We've lived in Sandy, Orem, Provo, and now Spanish Fork, UT in our first home since June 2009. My husband is a UPS driver and I get to stay home doing housewife and mommy stuff. Wears me out, but I love it!
BRIAN MCCANN
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) Probably graduating. It was just a lot of fun being with all of our friends and seeing everyone reach that mile stone. Grad night was a lot of fun, and right after word I went to Florida with Rusty, Curtis, Jason, and Cody. It is still the best trip I have ever been on, but I think we had to burn all the pictures from that week, mostly because Cody wore an American Flag speedo the entire time we were there.
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) I served an LDS mission from 2001-2003. After geting home and figuring out what I wanted to do with my life, I moved to Provo and went to BYU. I met my beautiful wife Jessica there, and we dated for two years before we got married (that's like 25 years at BYU). I graduated with a Bachelors degree in business management in 2007, took a year off and went back to school to earn a Masters in Business Administration in 2010. Jessica is currently still in school working on a degree in Dental Hygene, and I am working as the East Coast Sales Manager for RAM Company (we design and manufacture hydraulic components for the aerospace industry). We have a home in St. George, and look forward to starting our family soon.
DESERAE HOLT
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) Early Graduation .... i liked being out of school 4 months early
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) After High School i started working for Wells Fargo Bank, i then moved on to South Central Communications. I still live in St. George and looking at moving up to Orem here soon :)
RACHEL (SMITH) ENCE
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) There are too many to choose from! Loved just being with my friends! Havasupi, track trips, roller blading down the boulevard, ball games, Christmas choir trips to temple square, graduation trip to Hawaii. Those are just a few that come to mind....
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) Graduated from DSC. Married Nick Ence in 2001. We have four children. Our oldest is seven and youngest is six months old. Life has been busy, but good!
LISA (BARNEY) JUDD
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) Everything. I loved High School!
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) I went straight to Dixie College, where I met my husband, Dave Judd (PV class of '96). We were married in '01, graduated in '02, and worked in physical therapy until I had my first baby. We currently live in Springville. I'm now a stay at home mom to the most adorable and most crazy 5 kids (yes, I said 5) ever! Caleb (7), Ava (5), our twins Kate (2), Olivia (2), and Mason (7 months).
SUEANN (BENNETT) TAYLOR
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) Hanging out at Janey Hedges Luper's house. Journalism class, The Panther Press, and our crazy trips.
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) Right after high school I moved to California for a breif period and then moved to Salt Lake where I have been for the last 7 years. I work for IKEA and until recently was a Sales Manager there. Now I work part time Met and married my husband in 2007. We lived in a condo we own in South Salt Lake. He is almost finished with his Bachelor's Degree in Construction Management at Weber State University and works downtown at the City Creek Project for Jacobsen Construction. This last April we had our first baby boy, Milo Ryan.
ERIC DUNHAM SCHOLL
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) I think that some of the best times were going to lunch with friends. Having conversations between classes in the hall. Being able to have so many good friends under the same roof for a good portion of the day. Seminary was good when I went. I just found this out recently, but Robert Pulsipher gave his French teacher a TV so she wouldn't flunk him; now that's funny!
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) Went on an LDS mission to Ft. Lauderdale FL. I was a little "hyper-religious" after the mission ('Thou Shalt Not Drink Caffeine' type stuff) but I eventually got medication for it. I have been intermittently going to Dixie College and SUU; I have yet to graduate! Almost got married to a girl named Shelly in 2007...but she had a missionary! Life has been pretty good to me the past ten years.
KARA (LINDSAY) REID
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) Ditching Seminary with Savannah was always adventurous...& I loved being a Panthera! Performing during half-time and trips to competition were a blast!
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) I married Dave Reid (PVHS '99) in 2001. I am a SAHM to our three kids: Shaylee (7), Parker (5) and Logan (3). I have been involved with the YW program pretty much my entire married life, so between homemaking and church I am one busy mama!
ELIZABETH (COLBY) RODGERS
(Q) What is your fondest memory of HS?
(A) I loved all the dances and band trips. They always provided such a great opportunity to create lasting memories.
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) After doing a year at the University of Utah, I joined the U.S. Navy doing Military Police work. During my five years in the service I had the opportunity to serve/live in Greece and the ever exciting, Guantanamo Bay (where I also met my husband). While in the Navy I finished my Bachelors degree from Indiana University in Sociology. After leaving the military, I lived in Dallas, TX, for three years and finished my Masters in HR Management from the University of Phoenix. I just moved to Milwaukee, WI, with my husband and our two smooches, and will be doing HR for a local college here starting the first of August. I’m also prepping for my first snowy winter in ten years…..which shockingly I’m not looking forward to!
MIK'L (HACKER) BEHUNIN
(Q) What is your fondest memory of HS?
(A) I am not going to pretend I hated high school...I loved everything about it! Football games, dances, lunch with my girls, assemblies, journalism, cheer, but my favorite memories are from volleyball and track. I loved seeing everyone in the halls everyday and loved that everyone seemed to be friends with everyone.
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) I met my hubby while running track at UVSC. We have been married for 9 years. I graduated from SUU with a Masters of Accountancy and I started a property management company in St. George. I spend my mornings running, my days running the business and my nights watching stupid, but highly entertaining tv shows. We have a crazy, fun, one year old, Myler. We love to travel and eat out a lot. :)
RACHEL KNUDSEN
(Q) What is your fondest memory of HS?
(A) Playing soccer was definitely a highlight. I also loved building boats to float in the Washington City pool for physics class.
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) I went to Dixie State and graduated with my Associate's degree in 2002. Then I graduated from Utah State in 2004 in Elementary Ed. I moved to St. George and taught at Bloomington Hills Elementary for a couple of years and then moved to Orem. I have taught 2nd grade in Lehi for the past 3 years. I just finished my math endorsement and will start my Master's degree this fall and will finish it next summer! Other than work and school I love traveling and working part time for the Salt Lake Bees as a Honeybee.
BROOKE (WHITE) BENNETT
(Q) What is your fondest memory of HS?
(A) Yearbook! Oh, and basically no sleep my senior year! ;)
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) Married in 2004 to Shaun Bennett from Alpine, 3 kiddos- Jeffrey 5, Macee 3.5, Jaxton 9 months. Oh, did Massage Therapy school before all of that. Just doing the family thing now and living in Alpine.
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) Stomps, HS sports games, rivalries between high schools, football training with Rachel and Ambur, baseball managing w/ Carrie, assemblies, senior sunrise, grad night, pool hopping w/ bestest friends, driving around town, etc. I enjoyed high school. I still brag about what a great class we had/have.
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) Went to school at Dixie and SLCC. Had a great time meeting new friends and keeping old friends. Studied Exercise Science but never finished (someday). Had various full-time jobs in retail. Met my handsome husband in SLC in Apr 2003. Married in Jun 2005. We had our first baby boy, Cameron, in Nov 2007 and we will soon be having a girl (any day now) Jun/Jul 2010. We've lived in Sandy, Orem, Provo, and now Spanish Fork, UT in our first home since June 2009. My husband is a UPS driver and I get to stay home doing housewife and mommy stuff. Wears me out, but I love it!
BRIAN MCCANN
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) Probably graduating. It was just a lot of fun being with all of our friends and seeing everyone reach that mile stone. Grad night was a lot of fun, and right after word I went to Florida with Rusty, Curtis, Jason, and Cody. It is still the best trip I have ever been on, but I think we had to burn all the pictures from that week, mostly because Cody wore an American Flag speedo the entire time we were there.
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) I served an LDS mission from 2001-2003. After geting home and figuring out what I wanted to do with my life, I moved to Provo and went to BYU. I met my beautiful wife Jessica there, and we dated for two years before we got married (that's like 25 years at BYU). I graduated with a Bachelors degree in business management in 2007, took a year off and went back to school to earn a Masters in Business Administration in 2010. Jessica is currently still in school working on a degree in Dental Hygene, and I am working as the East Coast Sales Manager for RAM Company (we design and manufacture hydraulic components for the aerospace industry). We have a home in St. George, and look forward to starting our family soon.
DESERAE HOLT
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) Early Graduation .... i liked being out of school 4 months early
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) After High School i started working for Wells Fargo Bank, i then moved on to South Central Communications. I still live in St. George and looking at moving up to Orem here soon :)
RACHEL (SMITH) ENCE
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) There are too many to choose from! Loved just being with my friends! Havasupi, track trips, roller blading down the boulevard, ball games, Christmas choir trips to temple square, graduation trip to Hawaii. Those are just a few that come to mind....
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) Graduated from DSC. Married Nick Ence in 2001. We have four children. Our oldest is seven and youngest is six months old. Life has been busy, but good!
LISA (BARNEY) JUDD
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) Everything. I loved High School!
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) I went straight to Dixie College, where I met my husband, Dave Judd (PV class of '96). We were married in '01, graduated in '02, and worked in physical therapy until I had my first baby. We currently live in Springville. I'm now a stay at home mom to the most adorable and most crazy 5 kids (yes, I said 5) ever! Caleb (7), Ava (5), our twins Kate (2), Olivia (2), and Mason (7 months).
SUEANN (BENNETT) TAYLOR
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) Hanging out at Janey Hedges Luper's house. Journalism class, The Panther Press, and our crazy trips.
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) Right after high school I moved to California for a breif period and then moved to Salt Lake where I have been for the last 7 years. I work for IKEA and until recently was a Sales Manager there. Now I work part time Met and married my husband in 2007. We lived in a condo we own in South Salt Lake. He is almost finished with his Bachelor's Degree in Construction Management at Weber State University and works downtown at the City Creek Project for Jacobsen Construction. This last April we had our first baby boy, Milo Ryan.
ERIC DUNHAM SCHOLL
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) I think that some of the best times were going to lunch with friends. Having conversations between classes in the hall. Being able to have so many good friends under the same roof for a good portion of the day. Seminary was good when I went. I just found this out recently, but Robert Pulsipher gave his French teacher a TV so she wouldn't flunk him; now that's funny!
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) Went on an LDS mission to Ft. Lauderdale FL. I was a little "hyper-religious" after the mission ('Thou Shalt Not Drink Caffeine' type stuff) but I eventually got medication for it. I have been intermittently going to Dixie College and SUU; I have yet to graduate! Almost got married to a girl named Shelly in 2007...but she had a missionary! Life has been pretty good to me the past ten years.
KARA (LINDSAY) REID
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) Ditching Seminary with Savannah was always adventurous...& I loved being a Panthera! Performing during half-time and trips to competition were a blast!
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) I married Dave Reid (PVHS '99) in 2001. I am a SAHM to our three kids: Shaylee (7), Parker (5) and Logan (3). I have been involved with the YW program pretty much my entire married life, so between homemaking and church I am one busy mama!
ELIZABETH (COLBY) RODGERS
(Q) What is your fondest memory of HS?
(A) I loved all the dances and band trips. They always provided such a great opportunity to create lasting memories.
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) After doing a year at the University of Utah, I joined the U.S. Navy doing Military Police work. During my five years in the service I had the opportunity to serve/live in Greece and the ever exciting, Guantanamo Bay (where I also met my husband). While in the Navy I finished my Bachelors degree from Indiana University in Sociology. After leaving the military, I lived in Dallas, TX, for three years and finished my Masters in HR Management from the University of Phoenix. I just moved to Milwaukee, WI, with my husband and our two smooches, and will be doing HR for a local college here starting the first of August. I’m also prepping for my first snowy winter in ten years…..which shockingly I’m not looking forward to!
MIK'L (HACKER) BEHUNIN
(Q) What is your fondest memory of HS?
(A) I am not going to pretend I hated high school...I loved everything about it! Football games, dances, lunch with my girls, assemblies, journalism, cheer, but my favorite memories are from volleyball and track. I loved seeing everyone in the halls everyday and loved that everyone seemed to be friends with everyone.
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) I met my hubby while running track at UVSC. We have been married for 9 years. I graduated from SUU with a Masters of Accountancy and I started a property management company in St. George. I spend my mornings running, my days running the business and my nights watching stupid, but highly entertaining tv shows. We have a crazy, fun, one year old, Myler. We love to travel and eat out a lot. :)
RACHEL KNUDSEN
(Q) What is your fondest memory of HS?
(A) Playing soccer was definitely a highlight. I also loved building boats to float in the Washington City pool for physics class.
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) I went to Dixie State and graduated with my Associate's degree in 2002. Then I graduated from Utah State in 2004 in Elementary Ed. I moved to St. George and taught at Bloomington Hills Elementary for a couple of years and then moved to Orem. I have taught 2nd grade in Lehi for the past 3 years. I just finished my math endorsement and will start my Master's degree this fall and will finish it next summer! Other than work and school I love traveling and working part time for the Salt Lake Bees as a Honeybee.
BROOKE (WHITE) BENNETT
(Q) What is your fondest memory of HS?
(A) Yearbook! Oh, and basically no sleep my senior year! ;)
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) Married in 2004 to Shaun Bennett from Alpine, 3 kiddos- Jeffrey 5, Macee 3.5, Jaxton 9 months. Oh, did Massage Therapy school before all of that. Just doing the family thing now and living in Alpine.
Then and now
Here's a first taste of what some of our classmates have been up to. This info comes from the class survey (which you still need to take, yes?). More to come!
JAESI (SANDBERG) MELESSA
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) Most all of it. It was really a great time that I dont ever want to re-live. Well except for the time when Brad Plothow kissed me......
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) Ive been married to Paul Melessa since 2001. Ive lived in South Carolina 2 years (loved), Virginia 4 years (hated), and now Nebraska current (like) where we will be for awhile. Paul is a Nuclear operator at a power plant and I stay at home, put my feet up and eat chocolates off my satin pillow all day. We have 3 kids- Leah 5, Asher 4, and Maya 2. With number 4 (and last) due in November. Im still lazy, grumpy, and mean. And wont ever change. :)
EMILY (CHADAZ) HARPER
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) Good times with great people - enough said
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) Graduated from the University of Utah with a B.S. in Economics, Utah Jazz Dancer for 4 years, Denver Broncos Cheerleader for 2 years, currently a fitness instructor and office manager for McNeil Engineering
VALERIE NADINE (GRACIA) JENKINS
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) Probably all of the soccer memories with my girls...especially that sad day at state.
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) After High School, I completed my Associates of Science at Dixie. I then went to cosmetology school and became lisenced in cosmetology/barbering. I had my first little boy in 2006, my second in 2008, and my third in 2009. I currently stay home with my 3 kids while my husband completes his Doctor of Chiropractic degree. We will be in Dallas for a couple more years and we love it. But, we hope to be able to move closer to home when we're done here.
J. DEREK LARSON
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) All the many Band trips and great assemblies.
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) Served an LDS mission to El Salvador San Salvador West. Returned home and attended Dixie State College working towards a business degree. Met my wife Lisa Grady from Cedar City and got married in May of 2005. Shortly after, I changed my major to Elementary Education and graduated from Dixie State College in 2008. Started teaching 4th grade at Little Valley Elementary and have been there ever since. We bought our first house in my childhood neighborhood of Bloomington Hills in August of 2008. On August 6, 2009, we had our first child, a daughter, Lydia, and are loving being parents!
ELISE (HATT) ASHBY
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) I made best friends that I'm still really close with.
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) After graduation I went to Dixie for a couple of years. I moved to Logan to attend Utah State. I graduated in 05 with a Bachelors of Sociology. I met my husband while attending school and moved to Provo as soon as I was finished. We were married Oct 05 and had our first little girl in January of 09. I'm able to stay home with her for the most part but I do work part time for Provo College as an admissions rep.
AMY (ROWLAND) BELL
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) Well, before my glory days on the student body council....I was new in town my sophmore year and didn't really have any friends so I ate my lunch in the bathroom. The cleaning lady came in a bleached the toilets- it smelled so bad but I didn't want to wander the halls like and idiot so I stayed. The fumes gave me a nosebleed. That is my fondest memory...
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) Married pretty much out of high school to Phillip Bell. Have four kids- two girls two boys. Live in St. George- life not to eventful..just doing mom stuff for a while. I am currently finishing my BS degree and applying to PA school this summer.
MICHELLE (MITCHELL) HEIDEMAN
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) i have to many. i loved high school. i was very lucky to have great friends and great memories. spring break was always a highlight as well as dances and football games. i loved it all
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) i moved to provo after school and met my husband about a year later. we have been married almost 8 years. i went to hair school and have done hair for about 6 years. we have 3 little boys gavin 5 easton 2 and ledger 3months old.
JAMIE (LYNN) DABO
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) Cheering! Flying in the air was the best!!!
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) Motherhood! Put my husband through school then started having babies! Now I just give my little family a happy place to be. Love it!!!
CANDICE (CALLAHAN) CHANDLER
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) I loved going to lunch with my best friends, Staci Stuver and Meagan Mathews
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) I graduated from Dixie College then went on a mission to Paraguay. After I got home, I went to BYU, and then got married in 2006. My husband was deployed to Iraq a year after we were married and then we had our first baby in 2009 after he returned.
AMY (JOHNSON) ANDREW
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) Probably Choir stuff, trips and Christmas time!
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) Earned my Associate Degree from Dixie State in 2001 and my Bachelor Degree in Early Childhood Education from SUU in 2003. I taught kindergarten for a year before getting to stay home with my kids! Married my awesome hubby in 2002 and we have three kids, Tyler 5, Emily 2, Jason 3 months.
RENEE (CHUN) ALESNA
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) Going to Wet n Wild with the class
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) College Grad, 3 kids, one on the way, stay at home mom who sells wholesale on ebay!
JESSICA (DEBENHAM) WILLE
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) Lots of fond memories. I really enjoyed high school. A few of my favorites: Outdoors club trip to Moab, Havasupai sophomore and junior years, Panthera road trips.
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) Graduated from BYU in geography. Got married. Had 2 kids. Lived in San Antonio, TX the past 5 years. Other Pine View alum I've lived by here in San Antonio are Beth Leavitt, Crystal House, and Crystal Fawson. Just here spreading the pvhs "vibe."
AUSTIN MCDONALD
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) Band! Was the best part of PVHS!
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) I joined the Navy a year after HS. And have been serving ever since. Lived in the 4 corners of the USA and have been working on Submarines most of that time. Where I shoot torpedoes, track other boats in the deep blue sea, and work on computers.
ALISHA (BROADHEAD) NISCHAN
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) Playing sports, going to the football and basketball games and then dancing the night away at the Stomps!
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) Went to Dixie State after high school, then played Soccer at Yuba College in California in the fall of 2001. Graduated with AS at Dixie State in 2002. Went to Weber State 2002-2005. Married Jordan Nischan in March 2005. I graduated from Weber State in May 2005 with a Bachelor degree in Human Performance (aka Physical Education), minor in Health Promotion. I graduated with my Master degree in Secondary Teacher Education from University of Phoenix in May 2009. I currently live in Mesa, AZ and I am a stay at home mom. I have a 4 yr old daughter named Anya, and a 2 yr old son named Parker.
HEIDI (WOOD) JARDINE
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) Graduated with B.S. in Exercise Science and then a M.S. in Corporate Wellness in 2005. Got married in 2006. Moved to New York City in 2007. Work for a corporate health and wellness company in Rockefeller Center. Enjoying life with my husband.
ANNA (STEWART) PECTOL
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) RASKALS as a whole, and choir trips to SLC for Christmas performances on Temple Square. It was incredible doing RASKALS with such enthusiastic classmates, and choir, well choir was just fun! Poor Pine View will not be the same without Mr Lister.
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) Went to Dixie College for 2 years, married another PVHS alum- (Jeff Pectol '97), moved to Cedar City and started our family. We've got 3 1/2 kids now, and we wouldn't trade them for anything. They just grow too fast!
ASHLEY (BUTLER) LUNDQUIST
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) I changed my major close to a million times at DSC before I got brave enough to get my nursing degree. I work as a labor and delivery nurse at DRMC and love it. I married Eric Lundquist 8 years ago and we have three sons Hank, Abe and Charlie. I've really gotten into running and have completed 3 marathons.
EMILY (MORRIS) KRIMME
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) Being a part of cross-country team winning state.
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) I graduated from BYU in Biology Teaching.I got married to a wonderful man from Indiana, Aaron. I taught 8th grade science until my daughter was born, then stayed at home. I now have 2 kids, girl (Kaitlyn,6) and boy (Matthew,4).I Live in Vancouver, WA. I've completed a marathon, a triathlon, many half-marathons and am doing a duathlon this year. I also teach piano and tutor A.P. biology.
MEGAN ROOK
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) Performing at various half time events with the Pantheras.
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) Got married. Had a kid (boy) Got my cosmetology license. Currently working full time in Ft.Irwin as a Barber for all the army guys.
JEFF LINGWALL
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) I thought Grad Night was pretty fun. Does that count, since it was technically after high school? Choir and band trips, selling food for the German Club, various fun projects with RASKALS, football games, trying to fit in . . . ah . . . high school!
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) I married Julia Oliphant, a beautiful girl from Missouri. We have three kids (one an adopted African American baby boy born in Detroit). I'm working on a PhD in Economics and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University and am starting law school at Yale next year during a break from the PhD. Life is great!
AMY (WILTROUT) LEGG
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) Winning state range judging competition for FFA.
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) I moved to Nashville in 2005 had my daughter in 2006. Got married in 2009 and started college that fall. Had my son in 2010 and moved to Idaho in April of that year. Iwill graduate college this September.
BWAD PWOFO
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) Well, there was camping on the roof of the school the night before graduation, and who could forget Jon Holz and Will Christensen's quasi-nude music video! Mostly, I remember yelling gibberish at some wanna-be G at Little Caesar's and foisting "Christmas Day" on the exec council during homecoming (and for months thereafter).
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) Married to Stefanie Doty (PVHS class of '01), and now live in luxurious Lehi, Utah, with Stef and our two girlies, Avery (2.5) and Abby (6 months). Mortgage, minivan, but no picket fence. Currently do marketing and PR for Utah Valley University. Also give unsolicited advice to the Utah Jazz and Utah State Legislature. Make stuff out of clay, down by the bay, and eat some hay (I just may).
JAESI (SANDBERG) MELESSA
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) Most all of it. It was really a great time that I dont ever want to re-live. Well except for the time when Brad Plothow kissed me......
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) Ive been married to Paul Melessa since 2001. Ive lived in South Carolina 2 years (loved), Virginia 4 years (hated), and now Nebraska current (like) where we will be for awhile. Paul is a Nuclear operator at a power plant and I stay at home, put my feet up and eat chocolates off my satin pillow all day. We have 3 kids- Leah 5, Asher 4, and Maya 2. With number 4 (and last) due in November. Im still lazy, grumpy, and mean. And wont ever change. :)
EMILY (CHADAZ) HARPER
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) Good times with great people - enough said
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) Graduated from the University of Utah with a B.S. in Economics, Utah Jazz Dancer for 4 years, Denver Broncos Cheerleader for 2 years, currently a fitness instructor and office manager for McNeil Engineering
VALERIE NADINE (GRACIA) JENKINS
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) Probably all of the soccer memories with my girls...especially that sad day at state.
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) After High School, I completed my Associates of Science at Dixie. I then went to cosmetology school and became lisenced in cosmetology/barbering. I had my first little boy in 2006, my second in 2008, and my third in 2009. I currently stay home with my 3 kids while my husband completes his Doctor of Chiropractic degree. We will be in Dallas for a couple more years and we love it. But, we hope to be able to move closer to home when we're done here.
J. DEREK LARSON
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) All the many Band trips and great assemblies.
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) Served an LDS mission to El Salvador San Salvador West. Returned home and attended Dixie State College working towards a business degree. Met my wife Lisa Grady from Cedar City and got married in May of 2005. Shortly after, I changed my major to Elementary Education and graduated from Dixie State College in 2008. Started teaching 4th grade at Little Valley Elementary and have been there ever since. We bought our first house in my childhood neighborhood of Bloomington Hills in August of 2008. On August 6, 2009, we had our first child, a daughter, Lydia, and are loving being parents!
ELISE (HATT) ASHBY
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) I made best friends that I'm still really close with.
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) After graduation I went to Dixie for a couple of years. I moved to Logan to attend Utah State. I graduated in 05 with a Bachelors of Sociology. I met my husband while attending school and moved to Provo as soon as I was finished. We were married Oct 05 and had our first little girl in January of 09. I'm able to stay home with her for the most part but I do work part time for Provo College as an admissions rep.
AMY (ROWLAND) BELL
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) Well, before my glory days on the student body council....I was new in town my sophmore year and didn't really have any friends so I ate my lunch in the bathroom. The cleaning lady came in a bleached the toilets- it smelled so bad but I didn't want to wander the halls like and idiot so I stayed. The fumes gave me a nosebleed. That is my fondest memory...
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) Married pretty much out of high school to Phillip Bell. Have four kids- two girls two boys. Live in St. George- life not to eventful..just doing mom stuff for a while. I am currently finishing my BS degree and applying to PA school this summer.
MICHELLE (MITCHELL) HEIDEMAN
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) i have to many. i loved high school. i was very lucky to have great friends and great memories. spring break was always a highlight as well as dances and football games. i loved it all
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) i moved to provo after school and met my husband about a year later. we have been married almost 8 years. i went to hair school and have done hair for about 6 years. we have 3 little boys gavin 5 easton 2 and ledger 3months old.
JAMIE (LYNN) DABO
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) Cheering! Flying in the air was the best!!!
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) Motherhood! Put my husband through school then started having babies! Now I just give my little family a happy place to be. Love it!!!
CANDICE (CALLAHAN) CHANDLER
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) I loved going to lunch with my best friends, Staci Stuver and Meagan Mathews
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) I graduated from Dixie College then went on a mission to Paraguay. After I got home, I went to BYU, and then got married in 2006. My husband was deployed to Iraq a year after we were married and then we had our first baby in 2009 after he returned.
AMY (JOHNSON) ANDREW
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) Probably Choir stuff, trips and Christmas time!
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) Earned my Associate Degree from Dixie State in 2001 and my Bachelor Degree in Early Childhood Education from SUU in 2003. I taught kindergarten for a year before getting to stay home with my kids! Married my awesome hubby in 2002 and we have three kids, Tyler 5, Emily 2, Jason 3 months.
RENEE (CHUN) ALESNA
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) Going to Wet n Wild with the class
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) College Grad, 3 kids, one on the way, stay at home mom who sells wholesale on ebay!
JESSICA (DEBENHAM) WILLE
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) Lots of fond memories. I really enjoyed high school. A few of my favorites: Outdoors club trip to Moab, Havasupai sophomore and junior years, Panthera road trips.
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) Graduated from BYU in geography. Got married. Had 2 kids. Lived in San Antonio, TX the past 5 years. Other Pine View alum I've lived by here in San Antonio are Beth Leavitt, Crystal House, and Crystal Fawson. Just here spreading the pvhs "vibe."
AUSTIN MCDONALD
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) Band! Was the best part of PVHS!
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) I joined the Navy a year after HS. And have been serving ever since. Lived in the 4 corners of the USA and have been working on Submarines most of that time. Where I shoot torpedoes, track other boats in the deep blue sea, and work on computers.
ALISHA (BROADHEAD) NISCHAN
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) Playing sports, going to the football and basketball games and then dancing the night away at the Stomps!
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) Went to Dixie State after high school, then played Soccer at Yuba College in California in the fall of 2001. Graduated with AS at Dixie State in 2002. Went to Weber State 2002-2005. Married Jordan Nischan in March 2005. I graduated from Weber State in May 2005 with a Bachelor degree in Human Performance (aka Physical Education), minor in Health Promotion. I graduated with my Master degree in Secondary Teacher Education from University of Phoenix in May 2009. I currently live in Mesa, AZ and I am a stay at home mom. I have a 4 yr old daughter named Anya, and a 2 yr old son named Parker.
HEIDI (WOOD) JARDINE
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) Graduated with B.S. in Exercise Science and then a M.S. in Corporate Wellness in 2005. Got married in 2006. Moved to New York City in 2007. Work for a corporate health and wellness company in Rockefeller Center. Enjoying life with my husband.
ANNA (STEWART) PECTOL
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) RASKALS as a whole, and choir trips to SLC for Christmas performances on Temple Square. It was incredible doing RASKALS with such enthusiastic classmates, and choir, well choir was just fun! Poor Pine View will not be the same without Mr Lister.
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) Went to Dixie College for 2 years, married another PVHS alum- (Jeff Pectol '97), moved to Cedar City and started our family. We've got 3 1/2 kids now, and we wouldn't trade them for anything. They just grow too fast!
ASHLEY (BUTLER) LUNDQUIST
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) I changed my major close to a million times at DSC before I got brave enough to get my nursing degree. I work as a labor and delivery nurse at DRMC and love it. I married Eric Lundquist 8 years ago and we have three sons Hank, Abe and Charlie. I've really gotten into running and have completed 3 marathons.
EMILY (MORRIS) KRIMME
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) Being a part of cross-country team winning state.
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) I graduated from BYU in Biology Teaching.I got married to a wonderful man from Indiana, Aaron. I taught 8th grade science until my daughter was born, then stayed at home. I now have 2 kids, girl (Kaitlyn,6) and boy (Matthew,4).I Live in Vancouver, WA. I've completed a marathon, a triathlon, many half-marathons and am doing a duathlon this year. I also teach piano and tutor A.P. biology.
MEGAN ROOK
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) Performing at various half time events with the Pantheras.
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) Got married. Had a kid (boy) Got my cosmetology license. Currently working full time in Ft.Irwin as a Barber for all the army guys.
JEFF LINGWALL
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) I thought Grad Night was pretty fun. Does that count, since it was technically after high school? Choir and band trips, selling food for the German Club, various fun projects with RASKALS, football games, trying to fit in . . . ah . . . high school!
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) I married Julia Oliphant, a beautiful girl from Missouri. We have three kids (one an adopted African American baby boy born in Detroit). I'm working on a PhD in Economics and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University and am starting law school at Yale next year during a break from the PhD. Life is great!
AMY (WILTROUT) LEGG
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) Winning state range judging competition for FFA.
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) I moved to Nashville in 2005 had my daughter in 2006. Got married in 2009 and started college that fall. Had my son in 2010 and moved to Idaho in April of that year. Iwill graduate college this September.
BWAD PWOFO
(Q) What is your fondest HS memory?
(A) Well, there was camping on the roof of the school the night before graduation, and who could forget Jon Holz and Will Christensen's quasi-nude music video! Mostly, I remember yelling gibberish at some wanna-be G at Little Caesar's and foisting "Christmas Day" on the exec council during homecoming (and for months thereafter).
(Q) What have you been up to since HS?
(A) Married to Stefanie Doty (PVHS class of '01), and now live in luxurious Lehi, Utah, with Stef and our two girlies, Avery (2.5) and Abby (6 months). Mortgage, minivan, but no picket fence. Currently do marketing and PR for Utah Valley University. Also give unsolicited advice to the Utah Jazz and Utah State Legislature. Make stuff out of clay, down by the bay, and eat some hay (I just may).
Monday, June 28, 2010
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
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Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Things that cost more than coming to the reunion
(1) Tour of Italy dish at Olive Garden: $15.75
(2) Two tickets to the movies: $15-$20
(3) Six gallons of gas at current average price of $2.71: $16.26
(4) One ticket to Lagoon: $29.98
(5) Star Trek bottle opener: $19.99
(6) George Foreman Super Champ Grill: $19.99
(7) Jennifer Lopez Halter Dress with Ruffles: $19.99
(8) Entering your kid in the Lehi "cutest baby contest:" $20
(9) Create your own bouncy ball kit: $19.99
(10) A lifetime of regret: You'd pay anything to ease the pain, which is definitely more than $15.
(2) Two tickets to the movies: $15-$20
(3) Six gallons of gas at current average price of $2.71: $16.26
(4) One ticket to Lagoon: $29.98
(5) Star Trek bottle opener: $19.99
(6) George Foreman Super Champ Grill: $19.99
(7) Jennifer Lopez Halter Dress with Ruffles: $19.99
(8) Entering your kid in the Lehi "cutest baby contest:" $20
(9) Create your own bouncy ball kit: $19.99
(10) A lifetime of regret: You'd pay anything to ease the pain, which is definitely more than $15.
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Gimme your money!
OK, now that PayPal is done being suspicious of our NPO status, you can officially pay to register for the reunion! Just use the dropdown menu at the top of this blog page if you want to pay online (I think you'll need a PayPal account to do so). If you want to pay by check, make it out to "Pine View Class of 2000." If you send a check, it needs to be postmarked by July 4 for the $15 price (and likewise before July 31 for the $18 price).
Please, don't send cash. It's too hard to ensure you're receipt that way because there's no paper trail.
I think PayPal will send you a receipt, but if you need something more formal from me, let me know and I'll oblige.
Please, don't send cash. It's too hard to ensure you're receipt that way because there's no paper trail.
I think PayPal will send you a receipt, but if you need something more formal from me, let me know and I'll oblige.
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Remember Senior Sluff Day?
Hey, remember that? We all piled on a school bus and had a blast at Wet N' Wild in Vegas. Memories galore. And guess what? That water park ain't even in operation anymore, so I'm told.
What if you had missed out? Well, some of you did — lame excuses like you had to work or you were washing your hair that day or something. Many others almost didn't come. Some of you might remember Colt Smith and I in the halls wearing full-body a-frame signs trying to convince everyone to go. It was like running a political campaign for heaven's sake, and all to try to get people to do something fun and memorable.
Here we are again, 10 years later, and I'm trying to convince everyone to do something fun and memorable. Look, your 10-year-reunion is a once-in-a-decade thing, people. I promise, you will feel regret if you miss out. So, if you're currently in the "undecided" or "not coming" camps, please know that I will go to great lengths to convince you to do something fun and memorable. Don't make me break out the big guns. I'll do it. I swear I will. Don't test me. I'm crazy like that. Crazy like a FOX, yo!
What if you had missed out? Well, some of you did — lame excuses like you had to work or you were washing your hair that day or something. Many others almost didn't come. Some of you might remember Colt Smith and I in the halls wearing full-body a-frame signs trying to convince everyone to go. It was like running a political campaign for heaven's sake, and all to try to get people to do something fun and memorable.
Here we are again, 10 years later, and I'm trying to convince everyone to do something fun and memorable. Look, your 10-year-reunion is a once-in-a-decade thing, people. I promise, you will feel regret if you miss out. So, if you're currently in the "undecided" or "not coming" camps, please know that I will go to great lengths to convince you to do something fun and memorable. Don't make me break out the big guns. I'll do it. I swear I will. Don't test me. I'm crazy like that. Crazy like a FOX, yo!
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Excuses for not coming?
Lots of people have excuses for not attending their class reunions. I'm already hearing some from PV 2000-ers. See if yours is below. Then see what I have to say about it.
Excuse: "I live too far away."
Response: I totally understand this, especially if life is complicated by grad school or a growing family, but this is your one chance to see your classmates all in one place 10 years later. If you're on the fence about making the trip, think about this: I guarantee you'll feel the pangs of regret when we post pictures from the reunion on Facebook and on this blog.
Excuse: "I have to work. Can't get it off."
Response: Um, no. There's nothing legit about this excuse. Anyone who uses it will be put on the toilet-papering list, even if you live 600 miles away. Don't try me, seriously. I get this Captain Ahab syndrome sometimes. This excuse would definitely set it off.
Excuse: "I don't want to spend the money."
Response: Look, we turned down some very good options, such as holding the reunion at a classier venue, because we were sensitive to the impact the economy might have had on our classmates. If you pay before July 4, it's only $15 per person for two days. Good luck finding that deal anywhere else, and we have a unique product: Your classmates in one place and a heaping dose of nostalgia. You've dropped $15 on a steak before, so don't tell me cost is an issue.
Excuse: "I have better things to do."
Response: Really? How would people react if I had said "I have better things to do than plan this reunion?" I'd be slayed, rightfully so, which is your fate if you use this excuse. Seriously, the committee has put in lots of hours trying to make the reunion fun and inviting to everyone in the class. We want this to be a memorable weekend for everyone. Don't bring that attitude in here! If you're currently using this as your excuse for not coming, repent now and all will be forgiven. Just know, though, that it's the lamest excuse of all — nobody's bigger than this reunion. Nobody, yo.
Excuse: "My spouse doesn't want to come."
Response: You have two options. (1) Don't make him/her come. Who's forcing them? (2) Let them know that you want to go and you'd like them to support you. It's one weekend every five or 10 years, yo. They can do that for you. And they might just have a good time (especially if they let their hair down during the toilet-papering spree).
Excuse: "I didn't enjoy high school."
Response: What, pray tell, does that have to do with anything? Everyone had things they liked and disliked about high school, but a reunion is only partly about nostalgia. You can't ignore that your alma mater is a part of who you are, helped shape you to some extent, and staying in touch once or twice a decade is a healthy practice.
Excuse: "There's nobody from high school I want to see."
Response: What a crock. Look, I get it. It's the trendy thing to hate your high school experience. But don't kid yourself — everyone has people they want to see, even if it's just out of curiosity. Did you know that Colt Smith is now a hasidic Jew? Did you know that Dexter Vowles lectures on the Industrial Revolution these days? Did you know I drive a freakin' minivan? This, and much more, at the 10-year reunion.
Excuse: "I live too far away."
Response: I totally understand this, especially if life is complicated by grad school or a growing family, but this is your one chance to see your classmates all in one place 10 years later. If you're on the fence about making the trip, think about this: I guarantee you'll feel the pangs of regret when we post pictures from the reunion on Facebook and on this blog.
Excuse: "I have to work. Can't get it off."
Response: Um, no. There's nothing legit about this excuse. Anyone who uses it will be put on the toilet-papering list, even if you live 600 miles away. Don't try me, seriously. I get this Captain Ahab syndrome sometimes. This excuse would definitely set it off.
Excuse: "I don't want to spend the money."
Response: Look, we turned down some very good options, such as holding the reunion at a classier venue, because we were sensitive to the impact the economy might have had on our classmates. If you pay before July 4, it's only $15 per person for two days. Good luck finding that deal anywhere else, and we have a unique product: Your classmates in one place and a heaping dose of nostalgia. You've dropped $15 on a steak before, so don't tell me cost is an issue.
Excuse: "I have better things to do."
Response: Really? How would people react if I had said "I have better things to do than plan this reunion?" I'd be slayed, rightfully so, which is your fate if you use this excuse. Seriously, the committee has put in lots of hours trying to make the reunion fun and inviting to everyone in the class. We want this to be a memorable weekend for everyone. Don't bring that attitude in here! If you're currently using this as your excuse for not coming, repent now and all will be forgiven. Just know, though, that it's the lamest excuse of all — nobody's bigger than this reunion. Nobody, yo.
Excuse: "My spouse doesn't want to come."
Response: You have two options. (1) Don't make him/her come. Who's forcing them? (2) Let them know that you want to go and you'd like them to support you. It's one weekend every five or 10 years, yo. They can do that for you. And they might just have a good time (especially if they let their hair down during the toilet-papering spree).
Excuse: "I didn't enjoy high school."
Response: What, pray tell, does that have to do with anything? Everyone had things they liked and disliked about high school, but a reunion is only partly about nostalgia. You can't ignore that your alma mater is a part of who you are, helped shape you to some extent, and staying in touch once or twice a decade is a healthy practice.
Excuse: "There's nobody from high school I want to see."
Response: What a crock. Look, I get it. It's the trendy thing to hate your high school experience. But don't kid yourself — everyone has people they want to see, even if it's just out of curiosity. Did you know that Colt Smith is now a hasidic Jew? Did you know that Dexter Vowles lectures on the Industrial Revolution these days? Did you know I drive a freakin' minivan? This, and much more, at the 10-year reunion.
Friday, May 21, 2010
IMPORTANT! Reunion info
***PLEASE BEAR WITH ME AND READ THIS ENTIRE NOTE***
All,
While the Facebook group we recently set up isn't the official RSVP mechanism for the much-anticipated 10-year reunion, it is a good way to get the word out. Please start checking in on this site from time to time for new info. You'll be receiving a formal email invitation with additional instructions in the next few weeks, but here's a quick summary of some important information.
* The reunion will be held in St. George during the first weekend in August. On Friday, Aug. 6, we will meet at Green Springs Park (near PVHS) for a BBQ. This will be low-key, kids invited. On Saturday, Aug. 7, we will meet at the PV commons for a slightly less casual event. There will be food and plenty of fun stuff (and maybe a few surprises).
* We're tried very hard to keep the cost down in light of the difficult economic times. I will let everyone know about the payment process by the first week of June (still formalizing a few things — we're an IRS-recognized NPO!). We're arranging for a Paypal account so you can pay via credit card, or we'll be able to take checks. Here's how the payment schedule will work (cost covers both days):
- If you pay before the priority deadline (July 4), it will be $15 per person.
- If you pay during the RSVP deadline (July 5-July 31), it will be $18 per person.
- If you pay after the RSVP deadline or at the door, it will be $25 per person.
- Meal tickets for kids can be purchased at the door Friday for $1 per item (burger or dog, plus all the sides they want) and the ticket will go into a raffle for a prize.
Obviously, you can see that we're trying to dissuade people from paying after the RSVP deadline because it creates a logistical mess for us with ordering food, etc. RSVP early and you'll get a great deal for two days of unforgettable fun!
* We will also have some "unofficial" activities, such as hiking the Zion Subway, screening party of old HS assemblies and events, massive toilet-papering spree, etc.
* We'll be doing official reunion communication via email. We're trying to aggregate everyone's addresses on a Google document we set up. I have been giving classmates permission to access the sheet so they make make sure their info is current and add info for anyone they know. If you don't have access to the spreadsheet, please email me at brad.plothow@gmail.com
* Please tell all your friends, especially those who aren't on Facebook. We want this to be a really well-attended reunion. We're planning our guts out, so please attend. Seriously, what else do you have going on that's more important than a once-in-a-decade reunion with old friends?
*More info forthcoming!
All,
While the Facebook group we recently set up isn't the official RSVP mechanism for the much-anticipated 10-year reunion, it is a good way to get the word out. Please start checking in on this site from time to time for new info. You'll be receiving a formal email invitation with additional instructions in the next few weeks, but here's a quick summary of some important information.
* The reunion will be held in St. George during the first weekend in August. On Friday, Aug. 6, we will meet at Green Springs Park (near PVHS) for a BBQ. This will be low-key, kids invited. On Saturday, Aug. 7, we will meet at the PV commons for a slightly less casual event. There will be food and plenty of fun stuff (and maybe a few surprises).
* We're tried very hard to keep the cost down in light of the difficult economic times. I will let everyone know about the payment process by the first week of June (still formalizing a few things — we're an IRS-recognized NPO!). We're arranging for a Paypal account so you can pay via credit card, or we'll be able to take checks. Here's how the payment schedule will work (cost covers both days):
- If you pay before the priority deadline (July 4), it will be $15 per person.
- If you pay during the RSVP deadline (July 5-July 31), it will be $18 per person.
- If you pay after the RSVP deadline or at the door, it will be $25 per person.
- Meal tickets for kids can be purchased at the door Friday for $1 per item (burger or dog, plus all the sides they want) and the ticket will go into a raffle for a prize.
Obviously, you can see that we're trying to dissuade people from paying after the RSVP deadline because it creates a logistical mess for us with ordering food, etc. RSVP early and you'll get a great deal for two days of unforgettable fun!
* We will also have some "unofficial" activities, such as hiking the Zion Subway, screening party of old HS assemblies and events, massive toilet-papering spree, etc.
* We'll be doing official reunion communication via email. We're trying to aggregate everyone's addresses on a Google document we set up. I have been giving classmates permission to access the sheet so they make make sure their info is current and add info for anyone they know. If you don't have access to the spreadsheet, please email me at brad.plothow@gmail.com
* Please tell all your friends, especially those who aren't on Facebook. We want this to be a really well-attended reunion. We're planning our guts out, so please attend. Seriously, what else do you have going on that's more important than a once-in-a-decade reunion with old friends?
*More info forthcoming!
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Minutes from Planning Meeting 3-16-2010
March 16th, 2010
Attendees:
Brad Plothow, Ben Penick, Brooke White Bennett, Colt Smith, Amy Johnson
Previous Minutes Approved
Old Business
--Brian absent moved Sysco item to next meeting. Brad will contact Brian prior to next meeting.
--Spreadsheet, Brooke will add maiden names. Total number of names up to 331.
--Reviewed Photos of Venue(See minutes from 3-6-2010)
New Business
--Preference Game
--Two Games (Lets Make A Deal, Preference)
--See Google Doc for Categories
--Ask for suggestions via social media
--Reviewed Agenda(See Google Doc) --Interim Events
--Biggest Loser Event Run anonymously(Colt will Set Up)
--BBQs, Softball Games
--Hold Events in the Southern Utah for people, not planning but social events(Contact Rachel Smith; Mik'l Hacker to head up.)
--Pre-Sale for Reunion Tickets, Money Due July 4th for pre-sale discount. --Videos
--Slide Show through out the night
--Request Photos
--Flicker Account(Brad Plothow will set up)
--Montage
--Ben will spearhead video
--People not at the Reunion(2 minute video)
--Anything sent in from High School
--Reality Style Surprise Video Wake Up
--Displays
--Ask Organizations' President if they want to set up displays
--Responsibilities
--Start Assignments
--Create a Master List of Task(See Google Doc)
--Raffle Basket(Colt Smith)
Assignments For Next Time
*Colt Smith-Biggest Loser event/Post minutes/grant access to Google Docs
*Brooke Clean up Names List
*Brad-Contact Brian about food/Flicker account/Contact the Coaches/Contact Mik'l/Advertise Game ideas
*Ben-Contact on videos/Brainstorm video idea
Monday, March 15, 2010
Minutes From Planning Meeting 3-4-2010
Minutes For Class Reunion Meeting
March 4th, 2010
Attendees:
Brad Plothow, Stefanie Plothow, Colt Smith, Brian Day
--Meeting called to order
Old Business
--Discussion of Class spreadsheet, over 250 names are currently on the spreadsheet, some in need of emails and addresses
--Reviewed photos of the high school and Green Springs' Park
--Setup food near lockers in Commons Area
--Screen in Commons Area for movie/side show
--Park
--Need Portable Pavilions
--Toys
--Two charcoal grills, but will want to use gas grills anyway. Get people to bring gas grills to the park.
--Splash Pad
--Bathrooms and drinking fountains
--Basketball and Tennis Courts
--Not a ton of parking(Encourage people to car pool)
--Create E-Packets, and actual packets with itineraries and maps for people once they register.
--Giveaways
--T-Shirts from basketball, mostly large and XL
(2 Long Sleeve), (8 Short Sleeve), (2 Medium Polo Shirt),(5 Shorts), (1 Jersey), (2 Practice Jerseys)
--Contact Coach Howell for more gear from other sports
--Contact Brett Gifford for Wrestling team giveaways.
--Items for prizes (sweat shirts, t -shirts, and spirit stickers)
--Blog Post
-- Info on Venue will be posted
-- There has been some comment's but nothing really to report.
--Eric Scholl still has restitution to do before Coach Sonju will allow him to come to the reunion.
New Business
--Agenda
--Created a Google Doc Rough Agenda
--Food
*Brian Day will look into ordering through Sysco
--Charging parents for kids food, and also asking them on the pre-registration for how many kids will be coming and asking them to either pre-pay or they can pay on the day of, but please let us know how many kids are coming.
Commons Area Layout
*Music(DJ to take requests?)
*Photos for next time
*Set up an actual photo area for people to get photos similar to our dance photos *Dress Code
--Chairs around the wall
--Cocktail Tables
--Cheapest are 9.25 for the table, 12.95 for the Table Cloth plus and additional 10% off.
--3ft in diameter, 3 1/2ft tall.
--Make the free venue look like there was some effort put into
--Table cloths of different lengths to create dimensions
--Table Cloth colors in Black, Maroon, Silver, and White
* Interim Events and "Preference" Game Revision moved to next meeting.
Meeting Adjourned
Next Meeting Tuesday March 16th, 2010.
Action Items for Next Meeting
*Brian Day Sysco Food Ordering
*Ask people through social media for comment on Preference Game Categories.
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