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.