Find #8

Find #8 is probably the furthest from Blairsville, PA. Jay Reed is teaching English in China. The Chinese govt. restricts access to certain websites...so we can say whatever we want about Jay-bird. He will never know.

After adventures out west (including a horse incident that ended his out back adventures), Jay went way east. To South Korea actually. There he met, his lovely wife, Honey. Pictured here at their wedding in Idaho.

Jae is gonna be a poppa this spring. You can keep up-to-date with him on Facebook.

He also put an interesting bio on www.classreport.org/usa/pa/blairsville/bhs. Check it out. And add one of your own!!!

Find #7

Another Blairsville classmate picture found online.....Doug Pickerd.

Last year, Doug (and teammates) won 3rd place for mixed triples inb the Pittsburgh region according to Bullshooter.com.

Congrats to Doug and his fellow shooters.

Doug was very active in the planning of the tenth year reunion. We hope he will be in touch for our 20th!

Remember Graduation?

Blairsville Senior High School Class of 1989 Graduation

Big Thanks to Jill Endress who pulled this photo from her archives. She has more coming...so stay tuned.

Blairsville Senior High 1989 graduating class:

Class Motto: by William Arthur Ward

"If you can imagine, You can achieve it. If you can dream it, You can become it."

Class Colors: Red and Black

Class Flower: Red Rose

Class Song: "Never Say Goodbye" by Bon Jovi

(for which my former roommate Courtney will always be jealous)







And just in case you forgot what Bon Jovi looked like back then.........

Ahhh....big '80's hair....

Find #6

Terri!!!

She was in Virginia/DC area the last I heard from her and about to get married. Since then she has moved off to Texas. Her two lovely daughters have grown into sweet little girls. And she is headed back to DC!

She is loving life as a stay-at-home mom with her wonderful hubby Abe. And apparently takes a ton of pictures of her girls! As she should because they are Too Cute! (And I dare say the younger one seems to have a bit of Terri's bubbly personality coming through.)

She has her own space on myspace.facetothesun.com. (Where I stole this pic) And she has added a great slide show to our classreports.org page.

www.classreport.org/usa/pa/blairsville/bhs/1989

Find #9

Kind of a find. I found where Jim Rack used to be.

The same place where Elesha is now. Frostburg State.

Apparently they liked him so well...they wanted to clone him.

The tall one in the back is the real Jim........but where are you now? (SEE UPDATE BELOW)

In case you were wondering, Jim Racchini was named Athlete of the week in Nov. 17, 1988 for Blairsville football by the Indiana Gazette.

Mr. Jim Racchini, is now a professor at IUP in the Department of Health and Physical Education.

I wonder if he will bring his Frostburg dance moves with him to Indiana...if I get a request, I'll post that pic too.

Find #5

Jill Forsha Endress

Jill Forsha Endress has been active on classmates so I can't totally claim her as a "find". Active can't begin to describe Jill's life these days. She is a successful real estate agent for Howard Hanna earning a Top Producer last year. (http://jillendress.howardhanna.com/) With Wyotech still maing real estate in Blairsville a hot commodity, I'm sure Jill's easy and honest style is helping a lot of buyers and sellers.

Notice Jill's last name is Endress? Yes, she married her high school boyfriend George Endress. but of course... not right away. And I think there is probably a movie's worth of drama in the re-kindling of their relationship. But instead of hitting Hollywood, three adorable boys are keeping them busy. This family pic was taken at the Chesapeake Bay last weekend. Dakota Jeorge (stepson 12), Brendan Christopher (9), Ryan Thomas (4)

Jill says, "We are doing great. We had an awesome time at http://www.cherrystoneva.com/ campground. If you ever camp, this is the place to be. "

Keep up to date on Jill's activities on her site: www.myspace.com/redcatkids

Common Names

Not Tom Campbell

I have found a lot of people online who are not the people that attended our high school. There are several Tom Campbells. My favorite picture is Not our Tom Campbell but a marine wildlife photographer.








Politicians like to put their photos on their site making it relatively easy to
find their mugs. The other not Tom Campbell as a
Washington State politician. While closer in age...still no cigar.

No Jeff Harris

But the closest that look alike is
Jeff Harris. Pictured here is a Missouri State Senator. Pull out your old yearbook...this guy looks like Jeff Harris. The age is close (this one is 38.) But I checked with his office...the very kind assistant assured me that this Jeff Harris went to school in Missouri.