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Profile - Randy Higgins
Dora High School Class of 1988  Randy Higgins is a 1988 graduate of Dora High School. He was a
four year letterman on the football team and played on the
1985 State runner-up team. "Those were some of my best high
school memories, it felt like we were all one big family. I
was fortunate to play for some great coaches, Don Flippo, Eddie
Varnadore, and Hezzie Morgan just to name a few. Coach Morgan
has now returned to Dora and I talk to him often, he
was a big influence in my life. I made a lot of life
long friendships at Dora High School including my wife Jolei
who was a 1989 graduate. After graduation I attended UAB in
hopes of becoming a football coach. While still in school I
was given the opportunity to be an assistant coach at a local
high school. After spending a couple of years there I realized
that as much as I loved the game of football I did not enjoy
coaching it. I also found out I disliked going to class even
more. So I decided I would try something I could be good at
and went into sales and eventually management. I spent
the next twelve years wondering what it would be like to have
a job doing something I really love to do. About two
years ago I was given the opportunity to buy out a video production
company. I had been involved in video production in some form
or another for nearly twenty years, mainly as a freelance cameraman
and a play by play broadcaster on the local cable channel.
So after careful consideration and planning I started my own
video production company, RJK Video Productions, the R for
Randy, the J for Jolei, and the K for our daughter Kayla. Our
primary focus is on weddings, It wasn't really
my cup of tea, but after we got the ball rolling I realized
that weddings gave me an opportunity to be more creative than
some of the other productions, kind of like a film producer,
which is something I would love to do someday. We also do a
lot of stage productions, events, graduations, etc. We produce
commercials for local businesses and for larger businesses
in the Birmingham market. Working with other larger production
companies has provided me with some unique opportunities, I
recently worked on the set of the Bill Bellamy "Who's Got Jokes" show
(a national cable show) as a production assistant to the director
and I've been able to work with crews on college sporting events.
As for the sports part of the business it has been established
for about twenty five years, mainly covering Dora Football.
Over the years other schools and sports have been added. This
division of our company goes by the name Sportsnet East, a
name that had previously been established. Staying close to
home the teams we cover are in the east Walker county area. We
broadcast a game every week on the local cable station in Jasper.
This division of our company is unique in that it relies solely on
local businesses who buy commercial ads. With the long history
of sports coverage over the years, we started converting those
old games which were on VHS tapes to DVD, which has now become
a part of our daily business. We most recently converted the
1985 Dora football season into DVD's which are now available
for purchase. We have also added photography to our list of
services, we feel this should go hand and hand with what were
already doing. We are always looking for new ways to grow the
business by keeping up with all the latest technology and I'm
exited about the future of RJK Video Productions and Sportsnet
East.Owning your own business has it's rewards and challenges and it's a lot harder than most people think, but having the chance to do something you love is well worth it."
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It’s
hard to believe it’s been 20 years!
Come reminisce with The Class of 1988 of Dora High School on Saturday, August 30th at 7:00pm Musgrove Country Club Country Club Road ~ Jasper, Alabama Cost of dinner and DJ will be $30 per person Please make checks payable to: Dora High School Class of 1988 Reunion And send before August 10st to: Tracy (Mills) Chambers 1988 Class Reunion 8809 County Line Road Dora, AL 35062 We hope to see you there! If you have any questions please contact: Jody Potts ~ JPotts@fairpaysolutions.com (205) 807-6548 Randy Higgins ~ ranjmd@aol.com (205) 370-8609 Niki (Earley) Hollis ~ nikkiwork2@aol.com (205) 648-3117 Leslie (Gant) Neill ~ LeslieNeill@bellsouth.net (205) 213-8444 Jean Ellen (Cox) Manasco jemanasco1@aol.com Reba (Lynn) Johnson wisesoul70@hotmail.com (205) 902-1887 Leneda (Burton) Davenport~ sum_mac hine@bellsouth.net (205) 542-4045 |
Dora High School Class of '98 10-year Reunion The DHS Class of '98 Reunion will be held the weekend of September 12-14, 2008. For additional information or to request a formal invitation, please contact the Michelle (Reese) Hubbard at still_michelle07@yahoo.com or Lindsey (Fowler) Berger at 205-585-5104 email: lindseyberger@hamiltonmortgage.net The DHS 1998 Reunion Committee can be contacted directly via email at dorahigh1998@yahoo.com. We've located over half of our classmates, but we're still looking for several. Please visit our site at www.myspace.com/dorahighschool98 and take a look. If you know where someone is, please drop us a line with their current contact information. |
| Class of 76 Reunion,
Anyone? Anyone interested in planning a 1976 reunion for the year of 2009 - May (at Dora High School) please email, Printis (Woods) Spencer at printis101@aol.com or by mail at: 548 3rd Avenue, NE Graysville, Alabama 35073. The phone number is 205.902.4183. Anyone interested in helping coordinating these festivities, please gather as many phone numbers and addresses together for the first meeting. |
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Fundraiser Hey All, Sandy Combs Amerson, our new Dora High School Alumni president is working on a cookbook. She needs for all alumni to send her recopies to get this project off the ground so please take a moment now and send her a few of your favorites. The money from the sales of this cookbook will be for the Dora High School scholarship fund. Thanks. |
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Sign ups for Dora High School Alumni Website James A. Parker parkerjpops@msn.net (50) Dewight Davis dewight@charter.net (87) Kenneth David Mullins kenneth.mullins@lackland.af. Suzette (Carr) Bassett bassett7379@charter.net Traci (Jones) Fetner tyoungblood@uspipe.com (87) Tanya Julian tanyajulian@hotmail.com (88) Gervis Dickenson gervis.eli@Gmail.com (51) Tim Uptain timuptain@bellsouth.net (90) Leslie Ledbetter LLedbetter0412@aol.com (90) Miranda Brasfield indigoflw@charter.net (99) Amanda (Michaels) Flores amandy52199@yahoo.com Steve Wilson wilsonlkch@suddenlink.net (63) Donna (Uptain) McHenry donnajoblank@msn.com (87) Jonella Snow Woods mrsjpwoods@charter.net (90) John (Jed) Glover john.glover@maxwell.af.mil (89) |
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