Friends!

I am working on our alumni registry...watch your email in the coming weeks.

If you have pictures that differ from the ones I have,
please forward them to oshs1999@gmail.com. I am going to make cd's of our photos in case we want to bust them out at the 20, 25, 30...
you know, to see how good we all looked in 2009!

Check out the new polls to the right.

We want to make sure we are right on track with want YOU want in a class reunion...
I am sure the next 10 years will go by as fast as the previous 10 have!!

Also, we want to keep in better touch. Yes, lots of us have FB (even I was coerced to join) but do we want to continue this blog to post exciting events, continue having Spotlights, etc.?
We are doing this all for YOU, so please express your thoughts!

Keep tracking down our long lost classmates...
we had a FABULOUS turnout for this reunion and we want to
increase our number for the next one!

Check out the many slideshows below-if you click on the slideshow, it will come up larger.

Just a note...

I have so many precious pictures to post!

Did you have fun? We sure hope so!

Pictures will be posted soon...our family is at Sandestin until Saturday.

Check back-
Kara

A message for all of you...

just wanted to say good bye to everybody, i board the the plane for iraq friday morning. its a 26 hour flight, but i wish that i could've gotten the chance to attend the reunion. will try to send pics. see you guys in another 10!
sgt gerald lucier

The time has come...

the PayPal link has been removed.

Thank you to the many classmates you purchased tickets to our upcoming reunion.
We exceeded our target sales by 7!

Keep checking the blog for more information and pictures post reunion.

Reminder:
If you have your Alumni Registry on hand, please return it as soon as possible!

Better late than never!

Josh John, Wesley Willis,
Matthew Brown & Sandra Gamache Fairbanks purchased tickets last night!

Thanks Rachael Hines!
We are glad you will be able to make the party!

Ruth Kirby Akers & Leanna Simpkins

look for your invitation in the mail soon!

Josh Gleeson...
we will be seeing you soon!

All of a sudden the boys have been buying tickets~
Ladies, are you out there??

Tomorrow is your last chance to join us!

Goal

We made it.

YAY!!

Singles...Ready to Mingle?

We have 16 single tickets purchased...
5 girls, 11 guys

2 guys to every girl.
Ladies you are in luck!

:)

Tuesday Tickets

Nick Severson, Seth Embry, Chris Skrmetti, Steve Kovacevich, Anthony Ducote,
Jason Guinn, Seth Patrick, Jeremy Ruiz,
Jaret Moore & Libby Denyer
invitations are coming your way!

Another Reminder,
you will receive your formal invitation after payment has cleared.
You will not need a ticket for entrance to the events...
we are doing this by reservation only, you will be on the list at the door.


All payments must be cleared by close of business July 1 for an invitation.
There will be NO sales at the door.

Monday Mail

Brett Thelen, Brad Williams, Lauren Sonnier Nelson,
Maria Janus & Stacey Necaise Hansen...
we will be seeing you soon!

9 invitations from our goal!! yay!

Sunday Mailings

Sara Pehnke, Manuel Gonzalez & Erica Hamill
Check your mailbox friends!
I will mail your formal invitation tomorrow...

We are so very close to our ticket sales goal,
we need only 14 more to meet it...
maybe be can exceed it!!

The PayPal link will be removed the close of business July 1.
Do not be left out, purchase yours today!

Carie Nash Broussard...your invitation will be in your mailbox soon!

Mailings

Jason Fremin, Tony Williams & Sarah Fiorentino Roush

your invitations will go out today!

See you soon!

6 days until the deadline!!!

Tell your friends to purchase their tickets today!

9 Days
until the deadline!!

Anne Lucci Siddiquie...
your invitation will also go out tomorrow!

Yay!

Michael Johns...let's try this again!
Your (2nd) invitation will be mailed tomorrow.
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Remember,
you will receive your formal invitation after payment has cleared.
You will not need a ticket for entrance to the events...
we are doing this by reservation only, you will be on the list.

11 more days of sales

All payments must be cleared by July 1 for an invitation.
There will be NO sales at the door.

Callie McClure Stone, watch your mail...
and don't forget to send in your Alumni Registry Questionnaire!

See you in July!

Invite

Christina Sing Clark
your invitation is in the mailbox waiting to be picked up!

See you in July!

OMG!

Only one month to go!

You have approx. 2 weeks left to purchase tickets!!

Schedule of Events:

• Welcome Party- Friday night meet at The Shed 5:30ish (or whenever you can make it!) casual dress, casual event.
• Popsicles in the Park- Saturday 10:00-12:00 at the Little's Children's Park. Again, casual dress. You may want to bring sunscreen, bug spray and chairs.
• Party Like It's 1999!- Saturday 7:00-10:00 pm at the newly renovated Ocean Springs Yacht Club. Cocktail attire.
  

On the road...

Linda Tristani will be coming to Ocean Springs for the reunion
after a big move from Delmar, NY to Tucson, AZ!

See you soon!

Don't be left out!

15 days
left to purchase reunion tickets!!!

Angela Dethloff Walker

An invitation is on its way to Pearl River, LA just for you!
Watch your mail!

Updated...again

Rachel Lapointe, Jennifer Wheelock Luque, Amanda Norris Morgan,
Mary Carnley Heidingsfelder and Michah Strand...
watch your mail!

Where are they now?
We have classmates coming to the reunion from these locations...

Mobile, AL
Biloxi, MS
Ocean Springs, MS
Wallingford, VT
Gatlinburg, TN
Louisville, KY
Gonzales, LA
Canton, MS
Bedford, TX
Garland, TX
Daphne, AL
Harvest, AL
New Orleans, LA
Theodore, AL
Boulder, CO
Long Beach, MS
Pearl River, LA
Tucson, AZ

Where are you?

Flashback

Courtesy of Mike Harter...

1 Month

Please note:

There is 1 month left to purchase reunion tickets!
The last day to purchase a ticket is July 1, 2009.

Don't be left out, buy one today.

Miles Crosby...your invitation will go out in the morning!

Please don't forget to mail in your registry questionnaires!

Kyle Parker, Kathryn Brown & Brad Cates
Look for your invite this week!

Same Song

10 Verses later.

These photos are from OSHS Class of 2009's graduation
Tuesday night...look familiar?

Should we warn them how fast time is going to fly
before they are planning their 10 year reunion?
Scarier thought, we will be planning our 20th!

Angie Pendas & Mike Harter

We can't wait to see you in July!
Your invitations will be mailed today!

Most Recent Mailings

Hope Baker Hoffman, Amber Stenum Peltier and Jason Weaver

Invitations were mailed today!!

18

May 18...today
June 18...halfway
July 18...reunion day!

Jacob

Jacob Page won't be joining us either...
he and his wife (April McNabb Page) are expecting
a baby boy July 17th!

What an exciting time for the Page family!

We will keep you and
Brayton Thomas Page
in our thoughts.

65

The countdown...

65 days until reunion weekend

Jerry

Jerry Lucier will not be making it to the reunion...
he is deploying to Iraq June 13th.

We will miss you...see you in another 10!

Keep him in your thoughts and prayers as he fights to defend our country!

Looking out for you!

Save a few pennies by mailing your
Alumni Registry Questionnaire
in before May 11th...

The standard postage rate will go
from $0.42 to $0.44!!

Names

If you are a married female purchasing a ticket via PayPal
please let us know your maiden name in the field
where you can leave a comment to the seller.
This helps more than you could ever know.

Thanks.

Going the distance...

Kelly Long Gaiotti

is coming from Vermont for our reunion.

Where are you coming from??

They are coming in...

Talk about some fast turn around time!

In the mail today came our first two Alumni Registry Questionnaires...

THANK YOU to
Elizabeth Denyer & Sara Pehnke Aucion

Both marked they are planning to attend the reunion! Are you??

90

90 days until the big weekend!

Mail

Watch your mail in the coming days!

We will be sending out a letter detailing plans for the weekend.
This will also include a questionnaire to be completed and returned...
even if you can't make it to the reunion!

Our invitations have arrived!
If you have already purchased a ticket,
your invitation will be coming oh so soon.

Official invitations will be sent after payment is received.

Friendly reminder:
The last day to purchase a ticket is July 1. No exceptions.
We must have a final count for the Yacht Club before the big weekend.

Hats off...

to the Class of 1999!

Also, to the designers and decorators of the new OSYC...
we met with the event planner this weekend to discuss logistics of our main event.

Let me just tell you, they really outdid themselves.
The place is beautiful.

We can't wait for you to see it too.

Shannon Duerrmier Beech

Thank you Shannon for the most recent ticket purchase via Pay Pal!!

It looks like she will be traveling from Gatlinburg to celebrate!

If you would like to mail in your payment, please contact us via email for a mailing address.

Where were you?

Remember these?

Students now do not even have assigned parking...

Mary Carnley Heidingsfelder

A month after graduating Mary met her husband Adam while working at Keesler Air Force Base. She then went to MGCCC-JD and in 2001 to USM and she graduated in 2004.

Mary taught pyschology and sociology at OSHS in 2005 then got married and followed my husband to St. Louis, MO where he went to Logan Chiropractic College.

In 2008 we welcomed our son Evan to the family and moved back to the Coast. We are opening Healing Hands Chiropractic in downtown Gulfport in April 2009 where Mary will be working as Office Manager.

Look at this precious face!!

You were right! Our name that classmate was Mary!!
Thanks for the comments!

Do you remember?

1999 Trivia

*A gallon of milk cost $2.87
*A US stamp cost $0.33
*A gallon of gas cost $1.16
*A loaf of bread cost $0.89
*A movie ticket cost $6.50
*The U.S. Senate opened the impeachment trial of President Clinton.
*The world awaits the Y2K bug.
*The Grammy's awarded “My Heart Will Go On,” by Celion Dion,
Record and Song of the Year
*The popular movies were Blair Witch Project, American Beauty,
Three Kings, and The Sixth Sense.

We are going to party...

like it's 1999.

Thanks to all who have already purchased reunion tickets!

Please use the PayPal link to the right...
$60.00 Single
$100.00 Couple

You will receive your formal invitation and tickets about a month before the event.

All tickets must be purchased by July 1, 2009.

________________________________________

If you did not receive a Save the Date postcard,
please leave a comment or email us at oshs1999@gmail.com.

MANY were returned!

Name that Classmate

Tickets

PayPal link to the right is up and running...
Purchase your reunion tickets today!!

Kara Servov Davis

Spotlight on....your author!


I attended MSU and majored in Elementary Education.
After moving to Jackson and teaching for 4 years,
I obtained a M.Ed.L (Master's in Educational Leadership)from Mississippi College.

May 12, 2007 I married Brady Davis from Lexington, MS.

Currently I am employed as an Intervention Strategist for
the Madison County School District.
Brady is employed by Nissan North America.

May 12, 2008 we welcomed Whitney Rodgers Davis.
Yes, one year to the day!

Our precious 8 1/2 month old baby girl...


Follow our family here.

Blogging is a manly thing too...
come on, we need another guy!!

Mailed

If you do not get one of these in the coming days,

please leave us a comment or send an email to oshs1999@gmail.com.

I mailed approximately 220 today...
that means some of you are still undercover!!

Link

The Pay Pal link is up, but not running.
It takes a few days to confirm the account...
I will keep you posted.

Save the Date

Postcards are being mailed today.
If you know of any address changes, please send them on in.

Also, be watching for the link to purchase your
reunion tickets through this very blog.

The Pay Pal link will be in the right column.

Ryan Kendall

Ryan attended Ole Miss and majored in Banking and Finance.

After working in the accounting department
at the IP Casino and Hotel
for a few years, Ryan decided to go back to school.
In 2006 he began law school at Mississippi College,
and is currently in his final semester
and will be taking the bar exam in July
(Which is the reason he will not be able to attend
the most fabulous reunion ever planned.).

Ryan married his wife Kayla on December 17, 2007.
Kayla is currently in nursing school,
after a short career in teaching,
and will graduate in May.

The Kendall's live in Ridgeland
with their two 'children'
pekingese Othello and dachsund/beagle mix Wrigley.

Visit The Kendall's.

Thanks Ryan, we will miss you in July!
Next??

Courtney Hall Walker

After graduation Courtney attended Mississippi State University
where she majored in Interior Design and minored in Art.

She married her high school sweetheart Marshall Walker in 2002.

Courtney and Marshall have welcomed
two beautiful children into the world:
Marshall, 6 years and Garrett, 3 years.

The Walker's are at home in New Orleans
where Courtney works as an interior designer for a design/build firm
and Marshall attends Tulane Medical School.

Between work, her children and a husband in school
Courtney stays pretty busy!

Okay Ryan K. you are next!
E-mail a couple pictures and
a short summary of the last 10 years!

Baby on Board

Typing Amanda's Spotlight made me wonder...

How many of you have children?
If so, how many juniors do you have running around?

Vote...
New poll in the right column.

Amanda Norris Morgan

After high school ANM attended MGCCC Perk Campus where she was a cheerleader and batgirl. After a few changes in schools and her major,
she found the casino business in 2005.
Amanda obtained a degree from Virginia College in Casino Resort Management...

Currently employed as a Database Coordinator for the
Hard Rock Casino in Biloxi,
Amanda couldn't love her job more.

On May 10, 2008 she married her very best friend, Eddie Morgan.
Amanda and Eddie have been together for a total of 6 years
and are expecting their first child July 14, 2009...

Eddie and Amanda with their 'first born' Lola.

The Morgan Family is at home in Ocean Springs
and they wouldn't change it for anything in the world.

Visit the Morgan Family blog
www.themorgans08.blogspot.com.

Thanks Amanda for volunteering...
Who is next???

Spotlight

We don't want to end up like this.
Let's start having a 'Senior Spotlight' so to say.

We will post an updated photo and detail what you are doing now,
10 years later.
Come on, it will be fun...and will help refresh some memories.

Email to volunteer...
or we may contact you!!

Missing in Action

"Every person is a new door to a different world."
- from movie "Six Degrees of Separation"

Can you help us find these classmates?
If so, please send an e-mail to
oshs1999@gmail.com

We've received lots of tips for finding these classmates...
thank you and keep them coming!!!

Our apologies in advance for any misspellings...

• Jessie Ball
• Kristen Beal
• Robert Blackwood
• Lisa Blair
• Josh Boyer
• Carlos Butler
• Casey Byars
• Travis Bybee
• Thomas Carden
• Angie Cintron
• Nathalie Cochran
• Lakisha Collins
• David Ernest
• Justin Farris
• Eric Figueroa
• Brandy Ford
• Crystal Galeos
• Eric Gaskill
• Tara Goodwin
• Jamie Green
• Sarah Greer
• Alesia Hagan
• Johnny Hall
• Nicole Hennessey
• Angela Holliday
• Joanna Kenney
• Carmen Lane
• Derek Langlanis
• Joe Lind
• Anthony Lizana
• Jonathan Lovelace

• Joshua McQueen
• Alex Perry
• Babette Richards
• James Rigsby
• Justin Russell
• Monica Santos
• Charles Siler
• Katheryn Silvestri
• Amanda Smith
• Clinton Stanley
• Jerry Surrat
• Kathy Wilson

Watch your mailbox...

Our Save the Dates are ordered and will be arriving soon!
Courtney Hall Walker and Amanda Norris Morgan have done a great job at tracking down current addresses...feel free to e-mail if you know of changes that need to be made.

Senior Memories

If you have a picture you would like to add,
please send it our way!

Likewise, if you are featured in the slideshow and
would like your photo removed, send us a message.

oshs1999@gmail.com

Photos from 1998-1999 mainly please...

First Post

10 years. Can you believe it?
This is an attempt to get in touch with the 300,
give or take a few, best friends we had at OSHS in the year 1999.
Crazy.

Your reunion committee is in early stages of planning and
are so very excited about the opportunity to see all of you.

Leave a comment and let us know you took a peak...
We will be posting more very soon!