Reunion Tour Pics

Did you take pictures during the recent tour of CHS? Share these images with us! Email to clintonhighschool@gmail.com

Capture the Memories!

Hey River Kings and Queens! Now that you are back in Clinton in our old stomping grounds, don't forget to take a picture or two. After the festivities have ended, take a moment and email some of your favorite pics from the weekend to clintonhighschool@gmail.com. We would love to share these images with those who were able to attend the reunion and those who were not.

Have a great weekend!

Slide show

Hey folks!

We would like to have a slide show including pictures of CHS alums - from high school days to present. If you have images that you would like included in the show, please email these files to clintonhighschool@gmail.com.

We look forward to seeing you this weekend!

Final Request for Addresses

Hello folks! We hope to print and mail invitations for our reunion event next weekend (August 23). If you have contact information for any of our missing classmates, please send an updated address to clintonhighschool@gmail.com. We appreciate all the help you can provide.

Classmate Update: Kelly Malahy

Hello everyone!
Here's what I've been doing for the past ten years (wow, already?).
I completed my BS in Environmental Education from the University of Wisconsin- Stevens Point in December 2002. Then I worked at Brookfield Zoo near Chicago while waiting for my Peace Corps application to go through. From 2003-2005 I did Peace Corps in El Salvador, Central America. After my service, I still wasn't ready for a real job, so I decided to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail (2175 miles from Georgia to Maine). That took me six months, and I met my new hiking partner/ boyfriend on the trail. After hiking we moved to Taos, New Mexico to be ski instructors. Last summer we moved up to Fairbanks, Alaska to work on an organic farm. I decided to get my Masters, so now I am working on my Masters in Environmental and Outdoor Education at Alaska Pacific University.
My passion is backpacking. I also love canoeing and kayaking- any excuse to be outside! I have no idea what I will do after school, but Jonathan and I talk about buying land and either building a strawbale house or getting a yurt. We have a 65 pound American Bulldog puppy named Mini who we just rescued a few weeks ago! I still play my fiddle, and recently picked up the mandolin. Life is good. As long as we still have natural places to escape to, I think the future looks good. Because of grad school, I won't be able to make it to the reunion. Have a great time reunioning:-)
Take care of yourself. Take care of others. Take care of the Earth. Kelly Malahy

Missing Classmates: Cross Roads

If you have a mailing address or email for any of these missing Class of '98 Alums, please email clintonhighschool@gmail.com.

Addie J. Alt
Ulmer Bell
Jennifer Lynn Crowley
Todd Graham
Shawna Jean Perry
Polly Ann Raulins
Jenny Lynn Rowold
Stephen Jay Sanders
Jason Lee Soenksen
Michael Paul Stolts

Missing Classmates: Lincoln

If you have a current mailing address or email for any of these Class of 98 alums, please send an email with complete information to: clintonhighschool@gmail.com.

Bree M. Bender
Andrea A. Evans
Jenny Farwell
Tony E. Galant
Terra Harris
James J. Holle
Nicholas D. Johnson
Stacy Johnston
Carl R. Kassel
Amy Michelle Krogman
Jennifer Erin Kunch
Heather Maryn Koch Lane
Marlene Marie Morgart
MaLinda Jean Mostek
Andrea Marie Nicolaysen
Cory Lee Nicolaysen
Melissa Ann Steeg
Hossain Joshua Nga “Josh Webb”

Missing Classmates: Part Y

If you have a current mailing address or email for any of these Class of 98 alums, please send an email with complete information to: clintonhighschool@gmail.com.

Jennifer York
Erin Young

Missing Classmates: Part W

If you have a current mailing address or email for any of these Class of 98 alums, please send an email with complete information to: clintonhighschool@gmail.com.

Noah Wheeler
Elizabeth White
Nicholas White
Christopher Whitley
Jeremy Williams
Jessica Willwerth
Raymond Wilson
Erika Wohlstadter
Kimberly Woods
Bethany Wulf

Missing Classmates: Part V

If you have a current mailing address or email for any of these Class of 98 alums, please send an email with complete information to: clintonhighschool@gmail.com.

Amber Van Pelt
Jacob Van Zuiden
Courtney Vath

Missing Classmates: Part T

If you have a current mailing address or email for any of these Class of 98 alums, please send an email with complete information to: clintonhighschool@gmail.com.

Anousha Tahmasebi
Vince Taylor
Eric Thompson
Jennifer Thompson
Jacob Thoms
Shauna Thorton
Amy Thyne
Joshua Totten
Melinda Turner

Missing Classmates: Part S

If you have a current mailing address or email for any of these Class of 98 alums, please send an email with complete information to: clintonhighschool@gmail.com.

Douglas Schultz
Robyn Schutte
Ryan Schwartz
Anna Schwartz
Mary Scudella
Jared Seitz
Emily Shadle
Charles Shaw
Jenna Sheker
Amanda Shores
Rob Shumake
Stacy Shumake
Kyle Smith
Dustin Snell
Elizabeth Spooner
Sarah Staszewski
Ryan Steines
Staci Stephenson
Michelle Still
Jami Stillings
Amy Stoller
David Sullivan
Sara Sullivan
Chris Swales

Missing Classmates: Part R

If you have a current mailing address or email for any of these Class of 98 alums, please send an email with complete information to: clintonhighschool@gmail.com.

Christopher Radke
Corey Rentz
Stacia Richardson
Amy Jo Rickertsen
Daniel Robe
Michael Robinson
David Rockwell
Joseph Rogis
Jennifer Roth
Christine Ruda
Cathy Ryan

Missing Classmates: Part P

If you have a current mailing address or email for any of these Class of 98 alums, please send an email with complete information to: clintonhighschool@gmail.com.

Nicholas Paisley
Amber Parsons
Scott Paulsen
Bobbi Jo Pennock
Zach Peters
Ricky Pierce
Nicole Pillers
Jessica Pratt
Melanie Purcell

Missing Classmates: Part O

If you have a current mailing address or email for any of these Class of 98 alums, please send an email with complete information to: clintonhighschool@gmail.com.

Michael O'Malley
Flora Offerman
Rebecca Otto
Daphne Overby

Missing Classmates: Part N

If you have a current mailing address or email for any of these Class of 98 alums, please send an email with complete information to: clintonhighschool@gmail.com.

David Namer
Steffen Nass
Rochelle Neal
James Nelson
Matt Newman
Joshua Nissen
Robert Nylin

Missing Classmates: Part M

If you have a current mailing address or email for any of these Class of 98 alums, please send an email with complete information to: clintonhighschool@gmail.com.

Eric Main
Kelly Malahy
Eric Mallicoat
Benjamin Maresca
Emily Mariano
Michael McChane
Megan McLallen
Krysten McLarnan
Chad Melvin
Brandi Miller
Tim Miller
Danyelle Miracle
Ryan Mojeiko
Cheramy Moore
Travis Moore
Jeremy Morhardt
Rosellen Morrow
Bradley Mort
Amanda Mullen
Nathaniel Mutzl

Missing Classmates: Part L

If you have a current mailing address or email for any of these Class of 98 alums, please send an email with complete information to: clintonhighschool@gmail.com.

Estelle Perreau-Langeheine
Natasha Lant
Aaron Larson
Levi Laurion
Travis Laurion
Cory Lehmkuhl
Michelle Lingenfelter
Karla Lopez
Zaac Lubs
Michael Lueders II

Missing Classmates: Part K

If you have a current mailing address or email for any of these Class of 98 alums, please send an email with complete information to: clintonhighschool@gmail.com.

Kyle Kennedy
Nikki Killean
Randall Kimmer, Jr.
Terry A. Kline
Janet Knox
Dominic Koh
Kenneth Kohl
Timothy Kroymann

Missing Classmates: Part J

If you have a current mailing address or email for any of these Class of 98 alums, please send an email with complete information to: clintonhighschool@gmail.com.

Jason Jacobsen
Thomas Jenkins
Christopher Jess
Jedediah Jewell
Brent Johnson
Justin Johnson
Stacy Johnson
Vatina Johnson
Sean Juist

Missing Classmates: Part I

If you have a current mailing address or email for any of these Class of 98 alums, please send an email with complete information to: clintonhighschool@gmail.com.

Kayo Ikegami

Missing Classmates: Part H

If you have a current mailing address or email for any of these Class of 98 alums, please send an email with complete information to: clintonhighschool@gmail.com.

Andrew Haan
Melinda Hale
Nicholas Hamstra
Paul Hansen
Shane Haskell
Jason Heinitz
Sean Hellweg
Randal Hensel
Steven Hensel
Tara Lynn Hooghem
Stephanie Hosette

Missing Classmates: Part G

If you have a current mailing address or email for any of these Class of '98 alums, please send an email with complete information to: clintonhighschool@gmail.com.

Shauna Geronzin
Andrea Gomez
Kristina Gomez
Daniel Gooch
Karl Greve
Lance Gruhn
Clinton Guidebeck

Missing Classmates: Part F

If you have a current mailing address or email for any of these Class of 98 alums, please send an email with complete information to: clintonhighschool@gmail.com.

Catherine Fleming

Classmate Update: Jamie Deters Burken

Hi, It has been along time! Since graduating from CHS, I stayed home and attended Clinton Community, I received my Associates in Applied Science and I am a RN at Medical Associates. I work in the ma Cancer Center doing outpatient Chemotherapy. I love what I do! After graduating from college I married my husband Greg Burken, we just celebrated our 7 year anniversay on July 14th. We have 2 little boys, Chase is 4 and he will be starting pre K at Northeast Elementary this fall, and Carson is 2 he goes to Mercy Daycare. We live on a farm just north of town off of the Andover Highway. Other then that, I love to scrapbook and I am an Independent Consultant for Creative Memories. If anyone is interested let me know I would love to help you!!! I am anxious to see all of you again, see you in September:)

Missing Classmates: Part E

If you have a current mailing address or email for any of these Class of 98 alums, please send an email with complete information to: clintonhighschool@gmail.com.

Beau Eversoll
Matthew Evers

Missing Classmates: Part D

If you have a current mailing address or email for any of these Class of 98 alums, please send an email with complete information to: clintonhighschool@gmail.com.

Jamie Dean
Jamie Deters
Jessie Devereaux
Christopher Dinning
Jessica Dolph
Christopher Donovan
Lanie Dosland
Rebecca Droste
Teresa Dunn
Heather Dykema

Missing Classmates: Part C

If you have a mailing address or email for any of these missing Class of '98 Alums, please email clintonhighschool@gmail.com.

Brandi Cassaday
Adam Castle
Bethany Caven
Josh A. Christiansen
Joshua R. Christiansen
Robert Cleppe
Brandon Collier
Timothy Colschen
Hubert Conley
Heather Covel
Lee Crafton
Thomas Current

Missing Classmates: Part B

If you have a mailing address or email address for any of these Class of '98 alums, please email clintonhighschool@gmail.com.

Edwin Leon Bailey
Nicholas J. Ball
Steven Glenn Barr
Emily Barrett
April Bell
Matthew Bentley
Brendon Bierle
Leann Borema
Reginald Bond
Matthew Bousman
Jeremy Broderick
Corey Brown
Jacob Brown
Courtney Buikema
Adam Burg
Jennifer Burman
Marc Bush

Missing Classmates: Part A

Hello all!

We are working on plans for our 10 year reunion. We would like to have as many classmates as possible in attendance. In order to do that, we need to find everyone. If you have a current mailing address or email for any of these Class of 98 alums, please send an email with complete information to: clintonhighschool@gmail.com.

This post is the first in the series. We have many classmates to find and appreciate your assistance in locating these high school chums.

Mazen Albaghadi
Manny G. Alvarez
Robin Michelle Ashcraft
William Francis Aspee Rojas

Lisa Smith Little

Hello fellow classmates! Here's a quick update on what I've been doing over the past ten years! After graduating from CHS, I attended the University of Northern Iowa and received my degree in Early Childhood Education. During my junior year I met my husband Jeff at the church we were both attending. He had graduated from the University of Missouri and took a job with John Deere in Waterloo. We got married after I graduated and just celebrated our 6 year anniversary. I taught for two years, then subbed in the surrounding school districts until we had our first daughter Ava. We moved to the Des Moines area two years ago and we just love it here. Jeff is now a Senior Systems Engineer with John Deere IVS in Urbandale and I have the privilege of staying home with Ava, 3, and our second bundle of joy, Claire 14 months. We attend Jordan Creek Family Church in West Des Moines where I am the Director of Early Childhood Education. We're keeping busy this summer with lots of outdoor activities and travelling to visit family around Iowa and in Nebraska. If you'd like to get in touch, you can find me on Facebook! Hope to see you at the reunion!

David Jepsen

Wzup everybody, Since graduation I have moved to North Carolina where I met my lovely wife Melissa. I started working for UPS customer service, from there I waited tables at a local restaurant, not too impressive but, that is where I met Melissa. After that I started working as a mechanic and have been doing that for 7 years now. I just recently started my own internet marketing company and working hard to get it going. Our goal is to have Melissa home by the end of this year. We want to get her home ASAP because we are expecting our first child. She is due Aug 16th and her name is Abigail. Well i guess that about sums it up hope to see you all soon.

Chiara Hurst Yeates

Hi! It is Chiara Hurst, now Yeates. After graduation I attended Brigham Young University. I met my husband, Ken, on a blind date the first weekend back to school for my sophmore year. He bought my ring 4 weeks later and this summer marks our 8 year anniversary. I graduated in 2002 with a degree in Early Childhood Education and 7 1/2 months along with our first son, Kenny. I literally looked like a whale in the cap and gown. Six weeks later, we moved to Friendswood, TX (30 minutes south of Houston) and have been here ever since. I started my teaching career in 1st grade and we bought our home. Our second son, Nathan, was born February of 2005- on his Daddy's birthday. Currently, I am teaching kindergarten and love it! My husband is a helicopter pilot. My boys are 5 and 3, with our third baby due in February of 2009. There have been a few bumps in the road, but our family means everything to us and we are very happy with how life has turned out.

Save the Date!

The date for the Class of '98 Reunion has been set for September 26-27, 2008 in Clinton, Iowa. This is CHS Homecoming Weekend and coincidentally 11 years after our own Senior Homecoming Celebration. Watch this site for details in the coming weeks.

Classmate Update: Jennifer (Shaff) Fogarty

Hi Everyone! It's Jennifer (Shaff) Fogarty. Since Graduation I have done a lot of traveling and moving. Before leaving Iowa, I completed massage therapy school, graduating as class salutatorian . I have lived in Portland, Oregon, where I met my husband, Matthew. He was a chef in the restaurant where I was a manager. We worked together for a little over a year before we quit our jobs and spent the summer on the road touring the US. We camped and stayed with friends all along the way. We visited Crater Lake National Park, Arches National Park, the Grand Canyon, Las Vegas, Santa Barbara, Denver, and Cedar Point Amusement Park among other things. Then we went to Europe for about six weeks. We stayed with my Aunt outside of Frankfurt Germany for most of the trip but we also took short trips to Venice, Prague, London, Austria, and the Champagne region in France. When we returned we settled in Sacramento, CA where we married before our son, Maxemillian, was born. Leaving Sacramento a little over a year ago, we purchased our first house in Lakeville, Minnesota. My husband is the executive chef of two restaurants in the Mall of America. I am currently the Administrative Assistant for fashion designer Yana German, of the Yana Collection. I love being able to work from home so I can take care of Max who is now almost a year and a half.

When?

In which month would you be most likely to attend a reunon for the Clinton High School Class of 1998?

May 15.6%
June 33.3 %
July 26.7%
August 8.9%
September 8.9%
November 4.4%
December 2.2%

Classmate Update: Greg Loeffelholz

I went to the University of Iowa and got a B.S. in Biological Sciences. During my time there I played soccer for the University of Iowa. I did medical research with various labs while earning my degree. I also studied abroad for 6 months in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia with Steffen Nass. After college I worked for a year at Integrated DNA Technologies developing microarray printing technologies. After that I worked for Pioneer Hi-Bred International researching molecular markers for corn and soybeans. Now I am a pharmaceutical sales representative for Johnson & Johnson. I live in Bettendorf, IA now with my wife Christine (married 6/10/06).

A note from the editor:
Greg, thanks for updating the class of '98. We encourage other members of the class of '98 to send us an email with a brief update; include a current picture if you can and your update will appear in a future classmate update on this blog.

Should we or shouldn't we?

Here's what you had to say:

If the members of the Clinton High School Class of 1998 were to plan a fantastic reunion event, would you make plans to attend?

12.5% Heck No
I left Clinton a long time ago. I wouldn't even go back for a reunion.

29.2% Maybe
Maybe. Don't pin me down to plans for anything more than 6 weeks (or even 6 days) in advance. I live from moment to moment.

54.2% Yes!
Yes! Of course I would attend a reunion for our class. I was disappointed that we did not have a five year reunion.

4.1% Absolutely
Absolutely! I will attend a reunion for our class. In fact, I am so enthused about the idea that I would like to participate in planning the event.