Sunday, December 25, 2005

Merry Christmas Everyone!

CVA 11th Grader Recovers from Car Wreck


Click here to read an article about CVA 11th grader Taylor Mitchell's recovery from a near-fatal car accident.

Father of Jeff Martin ('86) Passes

James Ramsey Martin, father of 1986 CVA graduate Jeff Martin, passed away on December 22, 2005. Click here to read the obituary as printed in the December 24th edition of the Daily Home. Our deepest condolences are offerred to Jeff and his family.

Friday, December 16, 2005

CVAalumni.com has been updated

The website has been reformatted and should be easier to use. Give it a look...click here.

Wednesday, December 14, 2005

Joe Ordinary's Laugher


Click here to read Joe's hilarious take on Christmas "gift getting" tips. Here's an excerpt:

"First of all, guys don't care what other guys will think of their gifts for a couple of reasons. First of all, rarely do we make the feable attempt to even go out and buy another guy/buddy a present. It's too weird. Secondly, if we do go out and buy a gift for a buddy (and yes, we all have at one time or another) we will pick something out that we want for ourselves and hope our buddy will be a no show or that he has turned into a "nancy" and no longer wants the gift. Either way, we win. (You ladies could take tips from us on this one)." [Read more.]

Tuesday, December 06, 2005

Thursday, November 24, 2005

Tuesday, November 22, 2005

Flashback: Lady Rebel Kirby Johnson reaches 2,000 points


[Click here] to read a Daily Home article about Kirby Johnson scoring her 2,000th point as a Lady Rebel. Kirby is the daughter of Stoney and Kim Richey Johnson (class of 1983).

Life is Good


Life is good here in Chelsea, Alabama. No longer just a sleepy bedroom community of Columbiana, we're booming - as evidenced by the new Dairy Queen and Taco Bell restaurants. It's not easy adjusting to such amenities. For example, this evening, Mrs. MNP, the three mohicans and myself stuffed ourselves with chicken casserole and then, still feeling as if we were missing something, loaded ourselves into the Red Truck and headed to the DQ. Undaunted by the wide array of menu choices such as banana splits and milkshakes, we went straight for the good stuff - two chocolate chip cookie dough blizzards and two chocolate cones dipped in chocolate. Yummy. So when that city life your living gets you down, just think of the DQ and remember, we've got it good in Chelsea.

Monday, November 21, 2005

Search Engines for Blogs


As blogging has exploded, search engines devoted exclusively to blogs have developed. The best is probably Technorati, which had detected this site within hours of its creation. Give it a try.

Update: Jon Kress



Jon plays football for Division III school Concordia University in River Forest, Illinois. He is the son of former board chairman Mark Kress. [Click here] for more information.

Update: former headmaster Steve Simmons and wife Ann

[Click here] to read about former headmaster Steve Simmons and wife Ann.

Update: Brandon Nix


Here's a link somewhat updating the status of former CVA footballer Brandon Nix who was the first Rebel to sign a D-1 football scholarship.

2005 Football Results

MaxPreps.com has a summary of the 2005 results for CVA's football team. Be careful before you [click here] - it's not so pretty. To sum it up, the Rebels were outscored 348-56 enroute to a 1-9 record. The good news is the team scored in five of its 10 games. Better luck next year.

Initial Post

I hope you've been keeping up with CVA alumni through the home website...CVAalumni.com. This blog will enhance the website by allowing more interactivity. However, like the website, this will also be a learning experience.

Mike