WHERE ARE THEY NOW-BILLY HISBON

Perhaps Coach Schroder will read this and know the answer. One of the best people at Sam Houston was Billy Hisbon. What a great person. And the kids loved him.

Anybody know anything about him ???

Jake

WHERE ARE THY NOW ??

A new feature of the Sam Houston blog is the "where are they now" feature (suggested by Tracy). Here is how I would like to see it work. Give me your suggestions, please, if you have a better way. Send me the name of someone you have been wondering about but have no idea where they are. Then we can have others tell you what they know. Hopefully we can get you some answers. Here is where to send me the names:

trevinojval@yahoo.com

It can be fellow students, teachers, crushes, you name it. Deal? So let's hear from you.

In addition, if you will email me at the address above and you want to be notified everytime a new post is added, I will do my best to get the word to you. Deal??

Jake

RECENT PICTURE !!

OKAY, YOU ASKED FOR IT - YOU GOT IT !! Mel, Val, and I had a nice lunch while taking a much needed packing break (remind me not to ever do this again - ever !!!). We were still in Mulvane Kansas when we took this picture. Alot of you didn't believe we lived close to each other. Here is the proof that we did. We are in negotiations to move Mel and Bill to our area when Bill retires. I even promised to take vacations with all four of us, and I hate taking vacations. So we'll have to wait and see if they move to our area. More to follow on this subject.

We are now moved in to our house in Burleson, Texas, home to the first Americal Idol winner, Kelly Clarkson. In case you are wondering, no I haven't seen her around town. And I don't know where she lives either. I understand she spends alot of time here. Keeps her grounded. That's a good thing. For privacy purposes, I'll send you my address and phone # via e-mail. You never know who might wander on to this blog and use that info for the wrong reasons. I'm sure you understand.

You are all invited to come visit. Surely you take trips to Dallas or Fort Worth on occasion? Well, we are here and you might as well come visit. Stay a night or two. After the second night I do charge rent but I'll give you a good rate !! Smile !!

Let us all know what's happening in your lives or bring up old memories and wait for people to comment on them. We are here to answer your questions (all of us are) if we can. Let us know your ideas to keep this site interesting. I don't have much imagination when it comes to stuff like that. So I'm counting on you guys to help me. Deal ??

Until next time,

JT

MOVING MESSAGE

Friends,

I have not posted in a while because we are very busy with our move. We will vacate our current home on Sept 21st and will move in to our new home on Sept 28th or maybe earlier. We are moving to Burleson, Texas. We bought a new home and are very excited about it. I will post some pictures later on and bring you up to date on all the details. I will continue to post on this website as soon as I get settled in Burleson, which might be 2 or 3 weeks from now - moving is all consuming work !!!

I hope everyone continues to come to the site. It would be a shame not to stay in touch.

Signing off for awhile. We'll talk more later.

MR. ROD SCHRODER

Fellow bloggers,

I received this note from Mr. Schroder and he gave me permission to post it.

Jake
-------Original Message-------

From: Schroder, Rod R.
Date: 8/17/2007 7:51:44 AM
To: trevinojval@yahoo.com
Subject: Rangerland

Some of my most memorable years of teaching were at Sam Houston (1973-78). I coached and taught some great students. Thanks to all for the memories.

Rod Schroder
Superintendent
Amarillo Independent School District
7200 I-40 West
Amarillo, TX 79106
rod.schroder@amaisd.org

TASCOSA'S 30TH REUNION

Fellow Bloggers,

I got a note from Beth Risely today. She says she likes our blog and plans to visit when she has a little more free time. She is busy right now organizing the Tascosa 30th reunion. I copied the link below for your convenience. The site has loads of information. So much so that it might be a little overwhelming at first but take your time and browse. You'll be amptly rewarded.

This week was a busy week. We had lots of activity on the blog and fortunately have picked up a few more bloggers. So things are looking promising for the future of our blog. Keep your fingers crossed.

Let me know if you have any trouble linking to the website below. Later,

Jake



http://www.classreport.org/usa/tx/amarillo/ths/1977/

TAMME (WILLIAMS) AURELI

Remember to start at the bottom and work your way up.

You may post my message. Also, I would add that some of the people in the picture are Carolyn (Kay Kay) Cooper, Dauphie Ward, Nadine Leibsch (who I saw about 2 years ago at Tascosa’s graduation – her son was graduating at that time and I had friends graduating) and I really think one of the other girls is Lori Woltemath, and me. I wish I could remember who my fellow dog was. I notice that she is in another picture as well with someone whom I think may also be me.

One of my co-workers knows a teacher at Sam Houston at the present. The teacher was in possession of several newspapers and an annual from the 70’s, that she was told to get rid of. He just put them all on my desk. I would be happy to forward them to you if you would like.

I am glad to know I made such an impression. I have not changed. I am still quiet and shy. I wish that Sam Houston was still the school we knew back then. How times change. My daughter will graduate from Amarillo High this year. I had to convert to a Crockett Pioneer and then an Amarillo High Sandie (I am outnumbered since my husband also graduated from Amarillo High).

Please let me know if you would like to have these items and I will stick them in the mail to you. Take care. I will be checking your blog to watch for updates.

Tamme


From: Jacob Trevino [mailto:tio_jacob@att.net] Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 12:45 PMTo: Tamme AureliSubject: Re: Sam Houston Blog

Tamme,

What a great surprise to hear from you. This has been a busy past couple of days talking to students and teachers from those great days at Sam Houston.

Yes, I remember you often. You made an impression on me. I can't say that I remember all my ex students but I remember you. Must be because you are so quiet and shy, right????

May I have your permission to post your letter to the website? If not, please leave messages there because other people would like to hear from you. At the bottom of each "post", like the one with your picture, there is a link called "comments". Click on it and leave a message. You can comment anonimously, or use your Google ID. If you use the "anon" route, tell us who you are. It's much much fun that way.

Stay in touch, even if you don't use the blog (which I really hope you keep coming back to), then we'll communicate via e-mail. We have a lot of catching up to do.

Jake

PS. Do you plan to sue (being a paralegal and all) for my creating an unsafe environment for my students??? I hope not cause I'm just a poor old school teacher. Ha!

-------Original Message-------

From: Tamme Aureli
Date: 8/7/2007 11:43:48 AM
To: trevinojval@yahoo.com
Subject: Sam Houston Blog



Mr. Trevino,

I just saw your blog site recognized in the Amarillo paper, and linked to it to see if I knew anyone who had written in. Imagine my surprise to see the “Old Photos” posted on April 29, 2007, showing me posing as a dog in front on the left. I am sure my mother would be very proud to know I spent my days being so serious and studious.

I have very great memories of your class. You were one of my favorite teachers along with Mr. Lammes. I had you for science in the 7th grade and health as a freshman (that’s the year that health became a mandatory class for us as either a freshman or sophomore).

I don’t know if you remember or not, but I broke my arm in your class as a 7th grader when I gracefully tripped over the cord attached to the overhead projector and killed it along with my right arm.

Thanks for a good laugh today and a trip down memory lane. You might remember me as Tamme Williams.




Tamme Aureli, Paralegal
Templeton, Smithee, Hayes,
Heinrich & Russell, LLP
320 S. Polk, Suite 1000 (79101)
P. O. Box 15010
Amarillo, TX 79105-5010
806.324.0324 – Telephone
806.379.8568 – Facsimile