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Today is 7/23/08. There have been 4125 American deaths in Iraq since the beginning of hostilities in March 2003. I want to keep this site updated with the total so that we can keep all our soldiers in our thoughts and prayers.
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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."
2008 Dora Football TV schedule

Sumiton Christian @ Dora
Dora @ Cordova
Midfield @ Dora
Curry @ Dora
Oak Grove @ Dora
Walker @ Dora
(all games will be aired  the following Saturday  at 10:00 am on TV 55.)
Anyone interested in purchasing past games or season set
s please visit the contact section of our website.
rjkvideocreations.com
ATTENTION STUDENTS
LOCKER SALES
JULY 30th -
Seniors 8:00 am-11:30 am
Juniors 12:30 pm-3:00 pm
JULY 31st - Sophomores 8:00 am-11:30 am
FRESHMEN ORIENTATION:LOCKER SALES BEGIN AT 5:00 PM on JULY 31st, ORIENTATION WILL BE FROM 6:00 pm-7:30 PM
SCHOOL STARTS FRIDAY AUGUST 8th.

Son of Raven and Tommy Black Gets a Little Stage Time With Skid Row
Note from Tommy and Raven Black:
Hey Rick, I am attaching pics of my 7 year old son, Sebastian with the hard rock band Skid Row. One even shows him on
stage with the band playing guitar with them during their live performance on July 4th in Florence, AL. My wife and I are both DHS graduates, and would love for you to share the pics on the site if you like.

Mother - Raven Sanders Black (Class of 97)
Father - Tommy Black (Class of 96)

More Pictures

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.

Cookbook 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.
New 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.mil
Suzette (Carr) Bassett bassett7379@charter.net
(88)
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)
My Favorite Quotes
He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.-- Sir Winston Churchill

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