Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

GHS Prophecies (cont)

g this event. They don't taste as good the second time around."

Terry Cornish was named "Bachelor of the Year" because all the women love him. He has made carrying a towel very popular fashion trend.

There was a new boy in your class during your senior year. I believe his name was Cameron House. Yes, that's it. It seems he entered the witness protection program after he witnessed a murder and successfully testified against the criminal. Today his name is Kevin Powell.

LaVonday Young appeared on the Jerry Springer Show in a last attempt to rectify a disagreement she had with Rashon Hopson during high school. She gave up on this idea when he slapped her. Of course, No one saw this.

Chris "Science" Wise is the popular co-host of the PBS program "Bill Nye the Science Guy."

Laron Welch opened the "Big Tex" carwash, and he cuts a rug every Friday night at Justin Griffin's "I'm Too 'Bout It for This Town!" dance club.

Nikki Rutherford and Valerie Swayze had a double wedding and are river rats, along with their husbands Jerejy and Nicky.

Jennifer Kuhn Harrington has a "Dear Jennifer" column where she is very blunt with anyone brave enough to write in. She makes that Dr. Laura lady seem like a pussycat.

Amy Ross married Mitch "Moses" Plyler and you can find them every Sunday morning teaching Sunday school.

Robert Turner, following in the footsteps of a famous actor who wore his shirt unbuttoned, made the sequel to "Boogie Nights." The movie did not do well, and Robert returned to and remains at Brookshire's in Arkadelphia.

Josh Ursery became a Chippendale dancer for a while, but he was eventually forced to quit. No matter how the choreographers worked with him, they couldn't break him of just sitting down in the middle of the dance floor in a trance-like state after he had stripped.

Myram Mitchell can be seen walking the streets of Gurdon and at all Go-Devil sporting events. He keeps his face painted purple and gold and always cheers the loudest; he lobbies unsuccessfully each year to be the mournful Curly Wolf mom at GHS's annual burning of the wolf. He's been begging the mayor for years to hold a special election where he can run for the title: Most Town Spirit.

Anthony Nordrum was on his way to stardom as a baseball player when he was injured. Unable to return as an athlete to the sport he loved, he reacquainted himself with his friend the video camera and began filming professional football games. World known for his superior footage, Anthony owns filming rights to all major events: the Super Bowl, the World Series, the World Cup, the NBA Championship...you get the picture? Good.

Mandy Shaver completed college while working at IP. Today she is the president of International Paper, which is the biggest financial backer of the Gurdon Schools.

Latrena Beasley, backed by NIKE, developed her own popular line of sportswear called "Hangtime."

Nicole Green tried to work alongside Latrena during the development of the popular line of clothing. However, she just found she had no real interest in designing fashions. Her interests lean more in the direction of aggression, so it was without hard feelings that Nicole left Latrena and began preparing for a boxing career. Today she is the female middleweight champion of the world.

Katie Garner, ever true to the eccentricities of the '70's, tattooed her entire body with butterflies; now she is "Madame Butterfly."

Adrian Meeks became a model for GQ Fashions. He is always dressed to a 'T', but he only gets to model the young boys collection. It seems his cute, little dimples keep him forever young. Adrian just wants to grow up!

Chauncy Charles attended UAPB and played football there. After one year as a red shirt and four years as a Bear, Chauncy joined the coaching staff there. Today he walks the sidelines screaming at the top of his lungs, "I'm gonna light you up like a Christmas tree!"

Michealyn Satterwhite is still dating Jimmy Hughes. She thought about marrying him once, but decided she wanted a good career first, so she joined the American Gladiators team.

Tonia McClure started a world wide chain of day care centers. All total, she cares for 500,000 kids a day.

Andrew Smallwood married Mariah Carey in 2009. They had seven kids of their own. Every day you can see your old friend Andrew teaching his kids, ages two to 10 how to ride trikes or bikes (whatever the case may be), while singing "Have a Little Talk with Smalldog", the family's theme song.

Eric Breazeale never left Gurdon. He continued to works at Bill's for his grandmother after graduation, and in 2007 he bought the entire city block on which it stood (along with Plyler's, the bank, Thomerson's and the pool hall). He knocked down everything and built a new store. Gurdon can now boast of being the home of the world's largest Bill's Dollar Store.

Ashley Edward still has an aversion to cold. She stays inside during the winter months trying to event a means to promote global warming. She really hates the cold!

Tammie McArty has opened her own line of fast food restaurants that resemble the Sonic. She designed and built and still reserves the cool side for members of the class of 1999 only. Each classmate has his or her own parking spot with nameplate.

Tiffany Edwards attended University of Arkansas at Hope for two years and studied cosmetology. She met the man of her dreams there. They married and opened their own nail clinic.

Julie Gober married Max Malcolm and they opened a western wear store. Julie designs the clothes and Max models them.

April Lindsey, after attending UAPB on a band scholarship, moved to Memphis, opened a club where she performs nightly and her talent has been compared to that of Dizzie Gilepsy.

Kashonna Young stayed busy for a while trying to keep all her men happy and in line. Finally she tired of that and told them all to get lost. Today she is a certified counselor for couples having problems with intimacy.

It seems Helen Dickens didn't want to leave the school environment. She went to college, made cheerleader, graduated, returned to Gurdon, volunteered to cheer for the school and today is the oldest living, actually practicing cheerleader in the world.

Tijuana Livingston always wanted to bungy jump. She has been in a body cast for the last five years after a botched up bungy jumping experience at the Grand Canyon.

The last student I see is Teresa Bryant. After she left school, she entered the U.S. Marines where she became one of their finest soldiers. It seems she really enjoyed a good battle, especially if there was lots of blood. Today she works as an undercover assassin for the CIA.

Wow! That Iris Sue knew a lot about my classmates. It seems we've done okay for ourselves. Man, I can't wait to see the