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Members of the Class of 1997 July 3, 2010 - There is a city-wide high school reunion planned for October 1, 2010 for all classes of Dale County High School of Ozark, D.A. Smith High School, Ozark High School and Carroll High School. For details click on this link.
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Tauheed Abdullah Chad Aman Sharska (Eysha) Ambler Donnie Andrews Karen "Andrews" Aman Jonathan (Big Jon) Barron Jessica "Bennett" Forrester E-mail Me Bryan Benson Sandra "Blackmon" Johnson Jamie Blanchard E-Mail Me Chris Blocker Julie "Bost" Ragsdale Eric Brascom Andrea "Brown" Givens Joshua Cawley Annie "Coleman" King Terick Coleman Mandy "Dabney" Loreman Jessica "Dippold" Nemnich Suzanne "Dubose" Reynolds Tony England Kestra (Dopey) "Espey" Brown Donald Estes Jr. Timothy (Taco) Fitzpatrick Aimee Free Christopher Fuller Brenda "Gonzalez" Simechak E-mail Me Christy Lynn "Hall" Gamble Drew (Griffin) Harris Jenny "Henderson" Lamberth Kevin (Kev) Hicks Marcus Higgins Priscilla (Shawty) Horne Fred (Raygene) Huggins Andrea "Humburg-Nilles" Winkler Ryan Jackson Susan Johnston Cynthia (Cindy) "Jordan" Kinney James Jordan Jamie Kelsey Misty "Kiel" Jordan E-Mail Me Christopher Kurpes Kami Lisenby Amanda" Little" Harris Eric Lopez Raymond Lopez Stephanie "Loyal" Thomas Collin Magonigal Ryan Magonigal Katrina "Maxwell" Dawkins Luke Millard Jessica Mills Bonnie Mizell Christina "Murphree" Boatwright Selena Murphree Jennifer Murphy Steve Murray Asmar Newsome Leah "Parrish" Dunkle Penni "Paul" Peterson Zandi "Peters" Foss Kevin Wayne Ramsey Lucas Rheam Brandy "Rice" Wynn Starla "Roller" Hunt Orla "Schaefer" Barreto Whitney Seals Sarah "Senn" Szpek Andrew (Andy) Shaw Tiffiney Sherman Delario Shipman Cherie "Smith" Shaw Stuart (Stubaby) Smith Myreon Stroud E-mail Me Mary "Syples" Reznikov Michael (Mike) Tapia Susan Taylor Bradley Teeter Kelley Thorne MaryAnn "Veneziano" Garich Andrew Villarreal E-mail Me Katie Walker David Warren Lindsey "Warren" Odom Jay Watson Gwendolyn "Williams" Miller LaWanda "Williams" Walton E-mail Me Randy Yelverton Jeff Youngblood Here's what was happening in the community, the school, and the world when this class was setting off on their future endeavors. Watch for updates to this section! Local Events Keloth Ann Thompson was named Principal of Mixon Elementary School. The Ozark Dixie Belles All Stars (13-15 year old div.) won a softball state championship, going undefeated in five games. Cherie Smith of Ozark was named 1996 Miss Dale County Agriculture. Bob Bunting won the office of Mayor by defeating incumbent Billy J. Blackmon by 82 votes: 2468-2386. Opening enrollment at Ozark City Schools was 3105, which was a 163 student reduction from the previous year. The Ozark Technology Center for Develop0ing Industry opened. Sammy and Susan Judah were named Ozark’s man and woman of the year by the Twentieth Century Club. Cpt. Tony Spivey was promoted to the Chief of Police in Ozark. The musical "Me and my Girl" was presented at Flowers Center for the Performing Arts by the CHS musical theater. The City of Ozark hired their first female police office. The Alabama Aviation and Technical College merged with Wallace Community College in Dothan. The M.O. Carroll-Newton Company Inc. of Ozark sold their company to W.L. Petrey Co. of Montgomery. Kidzone playground at Steagall Park opened after five 14-hour days of construction were completed. Christina Stepehens was crowned Miss Ozark and Breanna Frazier was crowned Little Miss Ozark. National Events John F. Kennedy Jr. married Carolyn Bessette in a secret ceremony on Cumberland Island, Ga. The "Deep Blue" IBM computer
demolished Garry Kasparov and won the six-game chess match between man and machine in New
York. The Citadel voted to admit women, ending a 153-year-old men-only policy at the South Carolina military school. The Mars Pathfinder was launched from Cape Canaveral to begin a 310 million-mile trip to Mars, to explore that planet's surface. JonBenet Ramsey, a 6 year old, was found strangled in the basement of her home in Boulder, Colorado. Gangsta rapper The Notorious B.I.G., whose real name was Christopher Wallace, was killed in a drive-by shooting in Los Angeles; he was 24. The bodies of 39 members of the Heaven's Gate techno-religious cult who had committed suicide were found inside a mansion in Rancho Santa.Fe, Calif. World Events The troubled 15-year marriage of Britain's Prince Charles and Princess Diana officially ended with the issuing of a divorce decree. Scientists in Scotland announced they had succeeded in cloning an adult mammal, producing a lamb named "Dolly." Leaders of the government and guerrillas in Guatemala signed a peace agreement, ending a 36 year civil war. Guest Book EntriesMyreon Stroud
DROP ME A NOTE IF YOU GET THE CHANCE. Sarah Senn Szpek Eric Delario Shipman Name: Julie Bost (Ragsdale) Commentshey everyone...havent heard from alot of you guys in a long time...i just recently seperated from active duty air force and now persuing my nursing degree and working for a great hospital here in albuquerque new mexico..i have been married for almost 2 years now and have a 6 month old son named david...so i have definitely been blessed...look forward to seeing everyone at our 10 year and i cant believe that it has been that long now...well have to run...take care and hope to see all soon. julie ragsdale Name: Tony England Commentshi everyone Name: Gwendolyn (Williams) Miller CommentsHello everyone!! I am glad to see everyone is doing well. As for me, I am currently residing in California with my husband of 3 years. We have both been in the Navy for 7 years. We have no kids yet but, hopefully soon. I would love to hear from some of you guys. Take Care and God Bless. Name: Starla "Roller" Hunt CommentsHi everyone, its good to see some familiar names here. I can't believe it has been almost 10 years. I never thought I would be this old!! Well, lets see, some things about me. I have been happily married for almost 9 years. Yep, that's right, got married a year after I graduated high school and absolutely no regrets. My husband is in the army and currently stationed at Ft. Benning, Ga. We've been in Alaska, Tennessee, and now Georgia. Who knows where else we'll end up. We have 3 beautiful children---yep again three!!! Our oldest girl is 6, our youngest girl is 2 and our newest baby boy is 7 months. Life has been good to us and God willing it will continue to be. I love being able to stay home with my kiddos and do the whole mother thing. Shawn is a great dad and a great soldier. He just finished the trail for drill sgt.---ugh! But he will start officer candidate school in May---yeah! Good to hear that there will be a 10 year reunion. Maybe Shawn and I will be able to come. I would love to know who all is married and has children. For all of my old friends, keep in touch!! Name: Eric Lopez CommentsHey what up everybody. I just got back from Iraq from doing my 3rd tour. Hopefully it will be my last. I still have 5 years left on my contract with the Army so I am pretty sure I will be going back. I am divorced with 3 beautiful children. I just wanted to let my friends that I have lost touched with to tell them hi. Name: Kevin Hicks CommentsIt is always great to hear how everyone is coming along in life. I wanted to let everyone know that I created a Yahoo Group in order for everyone to stay connected. I hope that you all decide to user the group. I have added a link below to the group, which I hope does not get removed from this post. Regards, Kevin Hicks Name: Mike Tapia CommentsWhat's going on everyone...glad to see some familiar names on here. It's been a while since I have been on here. Can you guys believe that it has almost been 10 years. I still remember a majority of us at Skateworld trying to disco skate and kissing under blankets at all night skates? I say that we get the skating rink for our anniversary. I mean we all grew up there...just a suggestion though. hope everyone is doing well and i hope to hear from you guys. Name: donnie andrews CommentsHello everyone just sitting here reading all the comments. From what i gather everyone has been truly blessed and i'm so grateful for that. It seems just like yesterday we were picking and tattling on each other now we are telling our children to stop doing that and helping them with their homework!!!!. I hope to get to see everyone at the class reunion. I would like to talk to some of you that i haven't seen in a long time so drop me a line on this page and i will reply my e-mail seems to be on the blink so it's no guarantee that it will work. I hope everyone is very fortunate in life and for all of those whom is having tuff times remember there is always a brighter day ahead god bless Donnie Andrews Name: Raymond Lopez CommentsHello All I am just sitting here in Fallujah, Iraq. Got bored and wanted to see what everyone is up too. Little catchup for me. I went to TSU for a little while then could not afford anymore(go figure). Then I joined the workforce(well that sucked) so I joined the US Navy in 2001. I have traveled throughout the states to included Chicago,IL; Pensacola,Fl; Norfolk,VA; Jacksonville, Fl; and my units currently stationed out of Gulfport,MS. I have also been overseas to Okinanwa, Japan and now i am in the lovely country of Iraq. I was married but that did not work out. I was affected by Hurricane Katrina(had 6-7 feet of water in my apartment) but thank god for renter's insurance. And now I am looking forward to leaving Iraq and getting out of the US Navy in the summer of 2006. I am planning on going back to school and getting a degree in electronic engineering or biomedical engineering. Good Luck to all and rememember to say a prayer for all of the soldiers, sailors, marines, and airmen over here and around the world fighting to preserve the freedoms we take for granted on a daily basis. Name: PRISCILLA CommentsHey! What’s happening everybody. I’m currently working at Ft. Rucker, AL. On Chinook ( ch-47) helicopters. I went to college and received two A.S. degrees. One in automotive and the other receiving my airframe and powerplant licenses. I went to ground school in Ft. Rucker to become a flight engineer. I miss CHS a lot. I was in a 7 yr relationship with this chic, but we currently split up. Everything happens for a reason though. But I hope to hear from all yall clowns one day. Take care everybody. Holla at yall. Name: Bonnie Mizell CommentsHey everybody! Just thought I'd check out the site and see "who's who" and where everybody is. I'm performing in Las Vegas so if you ever visit, email me and let me know! I work as a dueling piano player at NYNY casino and The Paris. It's a high-energy rocking piano show (if you ever saw Stray Cats in Dothan, that's what it's like but more "vegas" style). I'm also recording an album in New York so hopefully that will be finished in April. It's good to see everyone's doing great. Hopefully I will see some of you in Vegas soon! Take care! Bonnie Name: Jeff Youngblood CommentsThanks for the update Amanda on the reunion, I will gladly step aside for our class pres. to take care of the arrangements. I've just been out of the loop for the past 5 years or so and didn't want to miss our 10 year. Let me know if you need any help and stay in touch. Jeffrey L. Youngblood Name: Amanda Little Harris CommentsJust wanted to assure you all that there will be a 10 year reunion. As senior class president, Andy Shaw will be the one to get the ball rolling. Karen, Mandy, and I have already been in touch as well. We will be trying to get us all together in Ozark this coming summer to make plans for the summer '07 reunion. Name: Jeff Youngblood CommentsATTN: class of '97 Just a little information on me to let everyone know how I am and some reunion information. Life has been extremely good here lately, I did the whole 4 year tour military thing and I now have one of those cool government jobs where I can't discuss what I do but I get to travel the world so I'm loving that. I was married for awhile(2 years) but at some point in my marriage I developed a brain and got out of that situation. I was fortunate in the sense that we didn't have any kids... not that I don't want any just would've complicated a very bad relationship. Anyways that's a pretty quick rundown of what's been going on here in the past 8 years.... so with the exception of not having a family everythings been going great. Moving on to reunion information, as far as I'm aware we didn't have a 5 year reunion or either I was stationed up north and didn't hear about it. So if no one is in charge of setting up our 10 year I am going to assume that responsibility. Like I said I travel now so I have no contact information on anyone, so please contact me via email or also at classmates, I've posted information there as well. Please address messages to me ATTN: Class of '97 or something of that sort so that I don't disregard it as junk mail. I would appreciate any contact information on other members of our grad class as well as ideas pertaining to activities for the reunion ( I have a few good ideas I may go with but all ideas are appreciated). Thank you for your help in this matter and I hope everyone is doing fine. I can't wait to hear from any and all.
Hello, Name: Kevin Hicks CommentsEight years. Where does the time go? I was in Ozark a couple of weekends ago and ran into Ray Lopez. It was funny to see the shock in his face once he realized who it was. I fully enjoyed talking with Ray even if it was just for a short while. I was in Ozark last week picking up the last of my crap from my folks house. Eight years of living in apartments and I finally bought a house in Birmingham. If I ever get my website created I will post some photos. I figured that since I was in Ozark for the day that I would make a visit to CHS. Many new faces, but Ms. Dees and Mrs. Faye Brown are still teaching. It is hard to imagine being that age again. So many of us still without even a clue of what the real world was all about. It is amazing how much we all tend to change, or for lack of a better work "grow up", after we finish high school. Well, I just wanted to congrats to everyone who is expecting or who currently have children. It might seems like a lot of work at times, but they are truly an amazing gift. I will keep looking out for future posts to this board. I hope everyone is happy and doing well. Take care. Name: Christy "Hall" Gamble CommentsJUst wanted to say hey once more to everyone JOhna nd I are doing great and our girls are supurb I hope everyone is doing fine . I rarely see anyone we went to school with . You can check out my website and look at pics of our little family and what we have been up to over the past couple of years, www.myspace.com/crookedhalo 1979 Cya Christy Name: Christy L Hall Gamble CommentsI am currently living in Ozark and working at Dale Medical Center as a Charge nurse/Nursing Supervisor At a Geriatric Psych ward. I am married to John Gamble(3 years) and we have 2 darling lil girls Sarah who just turned 2 and a3 month old named Fran. Name: Chris Kurpes CommentsHey everybody! Time has flown by so quick for me, though it has been a long time since I've been home. I enlisted in the Air Force as a Security Forces back in 1999 after 2yrs at Wallace College. I'm currently in Hawaii getting ready to seperate from the service. I guess I got tired of bullets flying over my head in Iraq and Kuwait!! LOL yeah that place was not a fun at all. But, I survived! I got married back in Sept 2002 and have a little one on the way! :) Other then that, I plan on moving back to Indiana where I'm going to finish my college in Physical Therapy. Well, I hope everybody of the class of 1997 is doing well and accomplishing all of your dreams! Best wishes to everyone. Chris Kurpes Name: Tiffiney Sherman CommentsHello everybody! Hope all is well with each of you. I am still in Ozark I am a 911 Dispatcher and I am attending Troy State with 1 Year left (I know I could have been done right). I did graduate from Enterprise State with my A.S. in Business Administration. I have a little boy who will be 5 in September all is well with us. Keep in touch!!! Name: Mike Tapia CommentsWhats up everyone...it sure is GREAT to see a lot of familiar "faces" on this site. Just checking in with news...i recently was blessed with a beautiful baby boy in March. John-David Segall Tapia. he weighed 7 LBS 12 Oz's. I am currently a manager at a sports bar in Ozark... Buchanans Grill & Grog. It is located behind El Palacios. If your in town or visiting drop on in and see me! Later folks! Name: PRISCILLA HORNE CommentsHEY! WHAT'S UP EVERYBODY. THIS WEBSITE IS OFF DA CHAIN! I'M CURRENTLY LIVING IN DOTHAN, BUT ORIGINALLY FROM KRAZO (OZARK). I WORK ON FT. RUCKER ON CH-47 HELICOPTERS AS AN A&P AIRCRAFT MECHANIC. ME & MY GIRL LIZ OF 7 YEARS ARE EXPECTING OUR FIRST CHILD & WE ARE SO EXCITED!!! CRAZY RIGHT!! YEA I KNOW, BUT WE ARE HAPPY AS HELL. HOPE 2 HERE FROM YALL ESP. KESTRA ESPY! HOLLA BACK!!!!! CommentsYo! what up everybody I was on the web one night and I came up on this website, this is off da chain, since high school I joined the Navy and was living in Japan for a couple of years. I am stationed in Hawaii right now and will be transfering to orlando shortly,I am married and I got three daughters and they are just like their dad, Off Da Chain!!! I haven't been to ozark in a while so I guess you could say I miss it. Hopefully I can stop through to see some of my classmates,until then everyone stay safe!1
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