HOMECOMING

Pre Game Tailgate Party
Friday October 27 5:30 pm
Eric Abney's home
1013 9th St - across from stadium

Homecoming Game
Friday October 27 7:00 pm
Alumni seating @ 50 yd line

Post Game Homecoming party
Friday October 27 immediately following game
The Continental
2144 First St.
Olde Towne

PEP RALLY on THURSDAY CANCELLED DUE TO BAD WEATHER

Are you ready for some football?

We have received several emails wanting an approximate head count of how many of you will be joining us Friday Night for the Homecoming game & tailgate party. Some of your classmates are planning on bringing homemade beer, food, snacks, etc., and want to make sure they have enough for everyone who attends the PRE GAME TAILGATE PARTY @ ERIC ABNEY'S HOUSE Friday night starting @ 5:30. Please don't show up empty handed if you plan to eat or drink anything. We will walk over together to the game. If you can't make it meet us in the Alumni section @ the 50 yard line!

Please email us and let us know if you are planning on attending the Homecoming game. A YEA or a NAY with what you are bringing will suffice. We will get the information out to those who are inquiring.

Don't forget about the Thursday night PEP RALLY & the POST GAME PARTY Friday night after the game.

Until then...Fight Tigers Fight, Down the Field and Show Your Might....Roar Tigers Roar......and I can't remember the rest of it. HELP!!!!!

REUNION T-SHIRTS ON SALE NOW

Let's Get Ready to Rumble and show our Class Spirit this Thursday & Friday with coordinated Class t-shirts. Thanks to Jean Ingram Hoover (NHS Class of 87) for designing these on the fly for us!!!!! Have yours rushed today to receive in time for Thursday's Pep rally or Friday night's Homecoming Game!!!!

Go to:
www.cafepress.com/shs87tigers

PEP RALLY-
Thursday October 26 - 6:30 pm - Tiger Stadium
Attire - Got Spirit?

Pre Game Tailgate Party -
Friday October 27 -
5:30 pm - Eric Abney's home/1013 9th St. (BYOF&D)
it is highly recommended you get there @ 5:30 for good parking
7:00 pm - SHS vs Hammond - Alumni Seating @ 50 yd line

Post Game Homecoming Party -
Friday October 27 - immediately following game
The Continental
2144 First St in Old Town

Lean On Me

(Tiffanee B., Laura C., Kathy C., Johnelle L., Carol F., Sammy P., Rusty D., Dion E., Stuart W., Andy H., Robb M.-in background)



LEAN ON ME-1987-Club Nouveau

Lean on me when you're not strong and
I'll be your friend
I'll help you carry on
For it won't be long till I'm gonna need
Somebody to lean on



(Eric A., Matt M., Glenn M., Chawn C., Cyrus K., Andy T.)








Just call on me brother when you need a hand
We all need somebody to lean on
I just might have a problem that you'd understand
We all need somebody to lean on

This One's For The Girls

This is for all you girls about 13
High school can be so rough, can be so mean
Hold on to, on to your innocence
Stand your ground when everybody's givin' in







This is for all you girls about 25
In little apartments, just tryin' to get by
Livin' on, on dreams and spaghettios
Wonderin' where your life is gonna go





This is for all you girls about 42
Tossin' pennies into the fountain of youth
Every laugh, laugh line on your face
Made you who you are today







Yeah, we're all the same inside
From 1 to 99
This one's for the girls
Who've ever had a broken heart
Who've wished upon a shooting star
You're beautiful the way you are
This one's for the girls
Who love without holdin' back
Who dream with everything they have
All around the world
Yeah, This One's For The Girls…..



This One's For The Girls-Martina McBride-2003

Do you have family ties in Slidell?

Gordon Bolt emailed us and although he no longer has family ties in Slidell, he still likes to catch up on what everyone has been doing. Do you have family ties in Slidell or do you still live in Slidell? Email us with your update so that your classmates can read what you have been up to for the past 20 years.



Hello Class of 87,

Andy Hanson recently tracked me down and directed me to the blog site. I am ready to transition from the list of the missing to the list of the accounted.

I have been living in the Raleigh, NC area since 1995 working for OPNET Technologies developing network management software. My wife Cara is from the Detroit area. We met in NC in 2001. We have been married since 2004. Our son Theodore was born in June of this year. My brother and his wife live in Durham and my parents retired to Durham so I no longer have any family ties to the New Orleans area. I rarely get back to Slidell, but I do enjoy visiting the blog site to hear the stories and see the pictures. Thanks for the effort.

- Gordon

Life is Good

I've enjoyed everyone's pictures & updates so much.

I attended Slidell High in my junior & senior years. After graduation I attended USL & mananged to make a 2.0 my first semester. Considering my effort I thought that was pretty good. My mother gave me the choice to stay in La & support myself or move to Texas so off to Texas I went and I've been here ever since. Texas has been good to me. I grew up here emotionally & spiritually. It was hard on me being away from my mother while living in Slidell. I felt that I got my direction in life back when I moved to Texas with her. She left this world 5 years ago but she remains in my heart forever.
I attended nursing school here & recieved my bachelors degree in nursing from Texas Woman's University. While in school I meet my now husband, John & we were married in '94. We are still going strong & getting stronger. We have two children Marcus & Elle (2&4). I've been practicing in a hospital close by for the past 10 yrs & recently resigned to stay home with our children.
Life is good.
Michelle Richardson-Scott
P.S. Where are you Kevin Forrester & Robin Hitt?

At Ease Commander

You guys are doing a great job and I look forward to seeing everyone in June. I joined the Navy after leaving high school, received an ROTC scholarship and attended LSU where I graduated in 1993. I married Anissa Porter (she graduated from Salmen in 89) in 1992. We are still married and have a 2 year old son, Johnathan. After graduating from LSU, I was commissioned an Ensign in the Navy. I went to grad school and completed my MBA in Finance in 2000. I am still in the Navy, now as a Lieutenant Commander. I am currently living in Newport , Rhode Island where I’m attending the Naval War College . Bill Herbert from the class of 86 is here and was the one who told me about the web site.
Dion English


Thanks to Bill Herbert for spreading the word to Dion.

Traveling Far & Wide

At the last reunion I was still in the Marine Corps and at that time I was un-married. The ten years in the service was ultimately good to me. I did get to see a lot of the world that few ever travel to as well as a few choice locations that also happen to be good vacation spots. Since then I have had a little more stable life.

After the Marine Corps I moved up to San Francisco and met the love of my life, Rosanna. I worked for two years as an Engineer for KLA-Tencor developing new electron imaging technology for use in the production of components with critical tolerances such as microchips. I traveled to some really interesting places with that position including Dresden, East Berlin and Prague. The technological development of these former East Block areas is starting to flourish as companies like Intel and AMD start to move in. I was promoted within KLA to manage the worldwide installations of the electron microscope product line and while recruiting the team of technicians to work for me I discovered the best job in the world.

We got married in July of 2000 shortly after moving to San Diego from San Francisco. I worked for 2 years as a recruiting consultant and I learned the basic ins and outs of professional recruiting. Our first daughter, Madison was born in September of 2001 and in 2002 I took some time away from recruiting to come home to Slidell to help my family with the photography business as Linda's health was declining fast. With a little streamlining we managed to get things in order and things began to run pretty smooth. Linda passed away in September that year and from there things really changed but to make the story short it is really tough working with family. I moved on and started my own photography business with my wife as the assistant here in Slidell our second daughter, Nicole was born in May of 2003 and we moved back to San Diego where I resumed work as a headhunter while we opened a photography studio and worked that at night. Eventually I realized that by trying to have two careers I was setting myself up for failure in both so we shut down the studio in May of 2005 and I returned full time to headhunting.

I am working as a nationwide headhunter focusing on automated manufacturing and engineering positions across several industries. The nice thing about it is that I don't need to be in any particular location to do the job so we were able to move to Louisiana in order to be able to have a better standard of living and great schools for the girls. I am going to be opening an office here in Mandeville for my firm, International Search Partners and I am very excited about that.

My wife Rosanna also has her own business supporting small and non-profit business as an administrative management consultant. She actually travels back to California a few times a year to support one of the major NPO's there.
On a sad note: The legacy of over 30 years of photographic service to South East Louisiana is no more. During the storm in 2005 Linda Gray Photography was completely flooded with 11 feet or so of water and muck. The business was grossly underinsured and is now gone forever. Thank you to everyone who came for pictures over the years it really meant a lot to Linda to be such a part of the community.
Thomas Gray
Director Military Search Partners

Let's Get Ready to Rumble

HOMECOMING EVENTS
Pep Rally (Mark Event) - Thursday October 26 6:30 pm
Show your spirit at Tiger Stadium by attending the Homecoming Pep Rally.





Were you a Cheerleader or Swingerette? Well, put your dancing & cheering shoes on because you are requested to perform with other alumni classes. For more info on this, please email us.

Do you have kids that attend Slidell High? Show up & help their class earn spirit points for the Mark Event-1 point for every parent that attends.
Attire: Got Spirit?


Homecoming Game -Friday October 27 7pm

Help cheer on the Tigers for their Homecoming Game. Alumni reserved seating on the 50 yard line. Come early for a pre game Tailgate party @ Eric Abney's home across from the field. BYOF&D
Please remember there is no alcohol allowed on school premises.
Arriving at 5:30 is highly recommended for good parking.


Join in on the POST Game PARTY immediately following the game at
The Continental in Old Town.
Attire: Casual

Beachfront property anyone?

I currently live on a lake in a very small town in East Texas. Unfortunately, due to hurricane Rita we have beach front property instead of water front.

I married a class of '85 grad, Wade Bridgeman. We have two children, Amy age 10 and Clayton age 7. Thankfully both of my kids took after Wade and will be tall. I am looking forward to the day I can throw out all of my step stools and make them get stuff off of the top shelf for me.

I am a stay at home Mom who sub's at the kids school so that I can stay up on what is going on. You get much more information if you are there all the time.
Hope everyone is well,
Debra Plants-Bridgeman


Thanks to everyone sending in their updates!!!! Please remember to email us a photo or two so we can post it along with your update.

Do you have some fun high school pics to share with us? If so, please email them in.

Omaha Guy

See a familiar face in these two cuties?

A little update about what I have been doing.....

I moved back to South Dakota after high school and graduated from the University of South Dakota in 92. Over the past 15 years I have started and ran 3 different companies in South Dakota and Omaha where I currently reside. I am currently part owner and partner in a business here in Omaha.

I have two wonderful boys named Nathan and Caleb. They are pictured here. To keep busy, I travel extensively and have been a high school and college football referee for 16 years. I am looking forward to seeing everyone next summer. Hope y'all are doing well and see ya soon.

P.S. thanks for all your hard work on getting this together. It is much appreciated.
Brian Lemon

Another One Found

This is the title of Lotte's email to us so we found it appropriate for the title of her blog. We apologize for the delay in blogging. Heidi has been in the process of moving and I have not been in front of a computer in some time. We promise to keep up in the future and get all of your updates posted. We have them all saved and are working on getting them put together and posted.

Keep finding your classmates - we still are in need of several addresses. See you soon.


It seems I'm on the can't find list. Except for a year spent in Kansas, I've lived in Slidell since graduation. After graduation, I went to UNO and finished with a degree in Accounting in 1992. Shortly thereafter, I married my high school sweetheart Clinton Farmer. We have a ten year old daughter Victoria. Unfortunately, our marraige didn't last and we divorced in 1996. I'm currently working as the Comptroller for a small state agency, The New Orleans Center for Creative Arts|Riverfront (NOCCA). It's a great place to work, surrounded by beautiful art everyday. Working and being a single mom keeps me pretty busy. But in between I also run my own small jewelry making business with my best friend.

I think this blog is a fantastic idea. Ya'll are doing a good job keeping up with it. Like so many others, I found it by accident through the SHS website.....looking for something else. I will also pass the link around so you can find more people. I've attached a few recent pictures of my daughter and I.

Good luck with all the planning.....it looks like ya'll are on top of it.
Lotte Thomsen Farmer

Paralegal by day rockstar by night

I left Louisiana in Dec 1987 and moved to Houston. I attended Art Institute of Houston and graduated with a degree in Commercial Art in January 1990. I worked as a men's clothing designer at a company called Scope Imports from Jan 1990 to Oct of 1993. I left there and did this and that for a while (mostly the things 20 somethings do when they are single) then decided I had better go back to school. I attended University of Houston in pursuit of an Art History degree from Spring 1995 thru Fall 1996. Things weren't going so well for me financially, so I decided to move back to Slidell in Dec 1996. I took a job as an Art Director in a screen print shop in New Orleans for a year and then began work as a Graphic Designer/Jack of All Trades with an independent printer that designed and printed T-shirts almost exclusively for LSU. At any given time you can see some of my designs on campus to this day. While I was working there full time, I went back to school again, this time at UNO. I pursued a degree in Anthropology with a Minor in Biology. Jeff Little and I began dating in August 1998 and moved to New Orleans later that year. We moved back to Slidell in 1999 and married in April of 2000. I graduated from UNO in May 2004. I had big plans to go to LSU for my masters in Forensic Anthro, but in June 2004 I found out I was pregnant! That was the best news ever!



Tyler was born in March 2005. Jeff has a daughter from a previous marriage, Amanda, who is now 12, and we are very close. Amanda lives in Slidell with her mom, Pam, with whom I am good friends. Tyler adores his big sister and can' t wait to see her when she comes to our house on the weekends.

Right now, Jeff has a lucrative job working in the booming construction business and I work full time as a Paralegal at a small law firm in Mandeville. I also sing in a rock band called Minimum Wage. Jeff and I spend our spare time with the kids, friends,and family. Jeff enjoys souping up our tuner car. I also plan on going to Law School at Loyola in the Fall of 2007. Wish me luck! We are blessed with a loving family and good friends. Life is good.

Thanks for setting up the blog. It's nice to hear what everyone's been
up to since High School. I gotta say, it doesn't feel like 20 years has
gone by to me!
Hope this finds all of you well,
Teri Thurston Little