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04/21/08 04:15 PM #81     Laurie Bugner (Kerr) I remember that house! Can't remember under what circumstances I was there but I remember it was pretty cool inside. Right around the corner from Christine's house across the street from Garst Mill park. That was the sight of quite a few Sunday afternoon football games. I lost several contacts there as well as a few jammed fingers.

04/21/08 05:21 PM #82     Jeff Reynolds Jimmy Ritchie parlayed his "2 turntables and a microphone" into an entrepreneurial venture. He had several parties and cabin parties where he was the DJ. I can recall a famous one way out there in Salem that was on the grounds for Girl Scouts camping events. The cops eventually busted that one up but not before a good time was had by all. That place could have been used to film a Friday the 13th sequel. Ritchie's house was always ringed with those tiki type lights that screamed "FUN!" That silo served as a landmark that everyone knew where you were talking about.

04/21/08 05:22 PM #83     Brian Parker I remember Jimmy teling me first Cassettes were on the way in, 8-Tracks were out. Didn't believe him. Jerry West had the patented between the legs free throws, didn't he? As a ball fan #44 was the best thing to come out of W.V. Higgins, we were on the same ball team during some CSJH years. You really amazed me how you could run up and down the basketball court from sun-up to sun-down and never tire. I'd get a a rebound and you'd get it down the court. You were very finessed at weaving in and around everybody on your way to the bucket for another big two. You were finely tuned for running. You and FBI guy. And Steve Hetherington. But never Reynolds and me, we usually ran out of gas first. We'd set up camp underneath the hoop, he'd bring the Kool-Aid and me the lounge chairs, other times we'd just wait for you and your curly hair to drag the other team back down the court, then we'd start playing 'D' again-Worked pretty good I thought. But man, you never broke a sweat!

04/21/08 05:41 PM #84     Jimmy Higgins Brian, those were good times for sure. I think there was baseball in there somewhere too. Chris, my brother, made the comment the other day about High's ice cream. No better way to replenish calories after all that running than ice cream--and that was good ice cream too. Brian, I must say you're looking youthful these days! Hope I can make it to the reunion.

04/21/08 06:02 PM #85     Jeff Reynolds Rick Barry is the "granny style" guy who never missed. All his sons played college and Rick has one of his sons that plays on the world champion spurs. When you see the NBA logo -- Thats a profile of Jerry West driving to the basket.

04/21/08 06:19 PM #86     Jimmy Higgins Brian, I can see you now, breaking the ice and being a great ambassador for all those non-Cave Spring High (spouses/partners) who will be tagging along and wondering what it is like to be a Roanoker! Jeff, Nice call on the NBA profile. Jerry West was a lefty...and yes that is his profile that is the NBA logo. Too bad the ABA doesn't exist anymore...one only has to use their imagination to guess what that logo could look like--read--Will Ferrell in an Afro. Speaking of hair, I had some friggin' hair back in the day!! Those old annuals are downright embarrassing.

04/21/08 08:53 PM #87     Julie Ward (Walden) This is so much fun to see what everyone is up to after 30 years. I've found some classmates whose children go to high school with my son in Richmond and I didn't even know it. Thanks to Linda and Betsy for pulling this together. I think about those great school days a lot but I haven't been good about keeping up with many people. I did have the pleasure of having lunch with Rob Anderson (you have to stay on the good side of the FBI) and my good bud, Terri Pritchard Henriksen, earlier this year. It's amazing how many of you remember so many things from high school! I'm trying to remember the snow days/energy days that Paul Harris talked about earlier - was that Senior year?

04/22/08 12:49 AM #88     Brian Parker Coach Deeds... Get this, Coach's song to live by was Taking Care Of Business by BTO. During 9th Grade at CSJH, HV beat CS in 8th Grade Boys B-ball. This particular game was in the middle of school. Remember those School Assemblies intended to show your spirit? Well, as cool as Deeds was he did not like losing, somebody had to pay. 7th period Gym that day, Deeds pumped up his theme song while another man yelled, 'Ain't You Got No Pride, Don't You Care,' (anyone know that person?) Deeds scolded us about not giving our best, then ordered all the native CS guys to step forward and do laps around the gym for the duration while we HV transferees kicked back on the bleachers and watched 'em sweat it out. Paying for losing! Life According to Deeds, somebody had to take responsibility, too. Health Class was no different. Door closed, and after telling us some of his exploits he paced the Classroom and in his patent bellowing voice lectured us never go to the store and ask for rubbers; instead, 'B-o-y-s, ask for Pro-phy-lac-tics!' Over and over and over he hammered this. If a kid wasn't hanging on his every word, he'd walk behind and old-school-style thump 'em on the back of the head with his big College Ring. During the years it has been easy to keep up with Coach Deeds, occasional NS FB sidelines, News articles. Coach lives his mantra, dive in & give 150%, make good judgement calls. And sometimes you gotta run a lot of laps. Taking Care Of Business.

04/22/08 02:16 AM #89     Linda Grubb Brian.. I am not sure if you know about Coach Deeds now. He is currently the Athletic Director at Northside. We were there a couple years back for a football game and it was announced that he had had a heart attack after basically working his butt off to get the field ready for play. They had a much deserved moment of silence for him. I have a friend who's son graduated from NS in June of 07. He was a track runner and I often heard his Mom state that she did not know what that school would do with out him. I am thinking... That just don't make them like that anymore...........

04/22/08 01:31 PM #90     Robert Anderson How wonderful is it to see Billy Bova is still as crazy as ever? I was fortunate enough not only to go to school with him, but also grow up in the same church with him, his patient mother Helen and his three sisters. I would like to make a motion for him to be our class spokesman! Somewhere in my parents house in Roanoke, I have a photograph of Brian Parker and I on the same baseball team coached by his father. I think we were nine years old. Jimmy Higgins it is good to hear you are doing well. You, your brother Chris and I ran a lot of miles together over the years. However, you ran much faster than me. Jeff Reynolds, it is good to see you finally gained some weight. I hope everyone is enjoying this format as much as I am. Let's try and find everyone else. I will only use my resources as a last resort. Just kidding! Take Care everyone, Rob

04/22/08 03:55 PM #91     Stephen Thompson Coach Deeds was cool: In health class He would tell us that he didn't want anybody to cheat...but if you have trouble with the test...the answers are on the board. Or Paul Mustian would shout "Coach, tell us a story!!" Coach would say "OK...shut the door" And they were some pretty interesting (wild) stories too.

04/22/08 09:17 PM #92     Brian Parker remember jr high gym teacher harry bosen, he had some great stories too. passed around all those sports illustrated and sporting news on rainy days. stories about great whites and grizzly bears tearing people up.

04/23/08 02:11 PM #93     Joan Supan "Hello" to anyone who might remember me. I have been fighting the urge to join in, but I can't resist. While reading all of these responses, one recurring theme seems to be that Willam Bova can't seem to find a matching pair of matching socks. William, would you like for me to send you some extra socks? When Gabrielle and I moved in here 8 years ago, James still had not gone through his things since he got divorced. I had the humongous task of going through all of his junk (my "total batchelor story"...maybe another time)and I found about 20 pairs of socks that he didn't even know existed. He is totally responsible for putting away his own laundry, since his dresser drawers are a total disaster, but let me know if you would like for me to look.

04/23/08 02:54 PM #94     Jimmy Higgins Robert, we did run a few dumbfounding miles together, but to have run 20 marathons-that's where you have me throwing in the towel back at the 6 or 7 mile marker-outstanding accomplishment my friend. Your profile reads like something out of Ian Fleming! Was Billy B. as wickedly funny at Bible class? Maybe you and his sisters can attest!

04/23/08 04:07 PM #95     Laurie Bugner (Kerr) This has nothing to do with the current conversation going on here but does anyone else remember the story Keith Fariss wrote about the benchwarmers? I was reminded of it as I talked with one of my senior students who has not played all season due injuries etc. but still has been at practice everyday. They are in the championship game tonight and he is just as excited as if he's played every game. What a great lesson in humility.

04/23/08 07:01 PM #96     Jeff Reynolds (Written by Keith Farris) ...To the Benchwarmers A team consists of a group of athletes working or acting together. In a team sport a talented athlete will play in front of a not so talented athlete. The not so talented athlete sits on the bench. These players are often called benchwarmers. Benchwarmers are found everywhere a team sport is played. They rarely share the glamour and the limelight that the starting team receives. Little is said about the benchwarmers because it is a known fact that the players who score the points get all the ink. But the benchwarmers sweat and hustle just as much as the starters. They put their heart and soul into every practice, hoping one day they will be able to start. They are criticized if they play a few seconds and make mistakes. The errors they make seem to overshadow the starters' errors. Yet, benchwarmers play on. They wonder why they practice every day so when the game comes they can sit on the bench once again. They wonder if they will ever improve enough in their sport to become a starter. It soon dawns on them that it is not only their will to start on the team that keeps them playing every day, but also their love for the sport. And so a benchwarmer gets little playing time and little recognition. But he learns brotherhood, sportsmanship and that he does not always get what he's striving for. He learns how to play a sport. But most of all, he learns how to play the game of life. Keith Fariss

04/23/08 07:29 PM #97     Jeanne Worrell (Bell) Thanks Jeff for this post on the "To The Beachwarmers", Thanks Keith for writting it and Thanks Laurie for asking about it. It really makes you think, there are alot of young men and young women out there who are the back bone of the team, they support their teammates without question.I have sent a copy of this to all 3 of my boys...Thanks Laurie how did the game turn out for your senior player? Have a great evening everyone!

04/23/08 10:48 PM #98     Brian Parker well written keith. i've dug out my annual a few times when i needed encouragement. and i know there will be a golden time in my 10-yr old daughter's life when she will need to see it again. spot on, sir! *pam chilton, uhm, pam c. hilton has a birthday coming up-i think its may 1st!

04/24/08 12:03 AM #99     William Bova Thanx Robbie, that is kind. Joan, I found some matching socks this morning, but it took me so long that I was late for my first meeting this morning in Mobile, Al., it is an hour from my home. I just got back home, and I only managed to spill some coffee on my shirt today, made it all the way through until 5pm with matching socks and a clean shirt, it may be a record! Keith Farris and I used to play basketball out in the parking lot in the summers at Olympic swim club, I think it was somewhere over off of Brambleton Ave. It was a good thing that I was there playing basketball, or else I would have been ON Brambleton Avenue, probably drinking beer at the Country Kitchen! Then there was pool shooting at the Cave Spring Drive Inn, when I should have been at HIGH SCHOOL IN CLASS!!! My mother still reminds me of these IRREGULARITIES from my past, and I am now 47 years old and she lives In NC and me in Mississippi! And she will sometimes call me up in the middle of my work day and remind me of them, I guess to make sure that at 47 I am doing what I am suppose too, since I did NOT always do what I was suppose to do in High School. I gotta go to bed now, and then there will be the sock thing again in the morning, wish I could just wear my flip-flops to work!!!

04/24/08 11:50 AM #100     Dorothy Harmon (Mabe) That was an inspiring piece of writing by Keith, really kind of a kudo to anyone who works hard to achieve a dream, not just in sports. Not to change the subject, but this is about age. Do you realize that alot of us turned the big 4-0 at the "turn of the century"; 2000 or Y2K, that is weird huh? I just had my 48th yesterday and was thinking back that we used to be pretty well split on who was 17 or 18 back then when 18 was the legal drinking age. It was never hard to find someone 18 to buy it for you, or I recall the green paper inserts in our driver's licenses that were so easy to change with an ink pen. I think I spent my 18th birthday with some beverages and friends on cow hill listening to Alice Cooper's "18" on my cassette. (Here he is on U-Tube ) Talk about scary... Oh, then we went to Spikes, and I proudly showed off my ID to Spike to prove that I was finally old enough...he had already served me for awhile... Does anyone else remember how they spent their 18th?

04/24/08 02:02 PM #101     Laurie Bugner (Kerr) I think we went to Graffitti's for my 18th and then I got to go in the 7/11 to buy the beer after. I'm not sure where we went from there. Maybe Terry's house? I wasn't a big drinker then but I think I've been making up for it since Murtle Beach senior trip. I think 30 years should cover any missed opportunities in high school. Jeanne, the guys lost their lacrosse game last night but they still had fun. Glad others remembered Keith's article. It's a nice thing to share with your kids. Billy, hope the sock thing is workin' out for ya. Still trying to plan a trip to New Orleans soon so we can visit.

04/24/08 07:06 PM #102     Joan Supan William, I remember the Cave Spring Drive Inn, and oh so well. But not from high school. When we moved to Roanoke when I was in the third grade, I befriended a girl who I went to Catholic school with. She later transferred to Cave Spring and graduated class of '78. And What a "merry little mischief maker" she was! Whenever I was with her, I got in trouble(it's a good thing we went our separate ways when she came to Cave Spring.) I will never forget the time we sold girl scout cookies together. We went all over the place. But I had a funny feeling when we went in the place at the end of the road. It was dark inside and there were a few old men inside playing pool and drinking beer. And they ordered cookies from us anyway!!

04/25/08 12:10 AM #103     Paul Harris Can someone please help me shake the cobwebs out of my fired brain. I cannot remember "cob Hill". I also remember those green card in our license's. It was a tempting thing to change the date. I enjoy reading all these posts, but have to admit at times I am lost, since most things talked about I no nothing of, but still I love reading these posts and remembering the good days we had a CSHS.

04/25/08 02:02 PM #104     Dorothy Harmon (Mabe) Paul, Cow Hill was actually a huge old farm that stretched from across the street from CS running parallel to Merriman Road and stopped over around Sunnyside Drive before you got to Colonial Ave. No one seemed to really look after it (after the cows were gone) and it became a hang out for many years of students. Guys took their 4x4's and dirt bikes up there alot, in the winter the huge hills were great for sleigh riding and bon fires, great party place on weekends. I grew up across Merriman Rd. from it and rode my horse up there alot. It was sold not long after we graduated and now there are tons of houses up there. Sad. Joan, wow, my dad used to meet some of his old buddies at the CS drive-in (I think they called it Beulah's too) and shoot pool and have a beverage after work. I wondered where he got those cookies...I wasn't a girl scout...small world!

04/27/08 09:53 PM #105     Joan Supan Dorothy, thanks for the reply, but I promise you, these men weren't the same age as our dads were...unless your dad had you at 50...but then again, people looked a lot older back then! The "proof is in the pudding"...look how good we look after all of these years! As for your dad's cookies...your guess is as good as mine. Not only did I have a funny feeling when I walked in that place, but I wondered how in the heck were we going to find where these people lived!!!

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