Kingman High School Alumni Web Site

Kingman High School Alumni Web Site
Just random thoughts from your Webmaster

Ed L. Pulliam, Class of '65

2/27/10

It is sad to report the death of Bob Pulliam. Bob was a cousin if mine (I never have been able to figure out those things exactly). He served in the Navy during WWII, and then joined the US Postal Service, and was a postal carier in Kingman for many years.

He also served on the City Commission and as Mayor of Kingman.

His complete obituary from the Kingman Leader-Courier is available here.

2/12/10

The Year in Review, taken from the pages of the Kingman Leader-Courier is now online here.

Many, many thanks to Connie McQuin Schoenhofer, Class of '71 and Editor of the Leader-Courier, for furnishing me a MS Word copy of this year's review. It saved me many hours of work in getting this feature on the website.

12/26/09

2010 is the tenth anniversary year of the KHS Alumni Web Site (see our history here). But, I'm sad to say, the site is on life support at the moment. This site only grows as more content is added, and that isn't happening. The latest graduating classes (since 2004) have not added content to the site. It's easy to do, just see HERE for details.

So here's the deal . . . If we don't receive more content during 2010, this will become an archive site, and will receive no further maintenance or support. If another KHS Alumni wants to take over the maintenance of the site, they can contact ME for details on how to make that happen.

I have devoted 10 years of time and monitary support to the site. I appreciate the support of the nany people who have added content over the years. But the time has come to have a clear focus on what's ahead in the future. I'm thinking now that the vision that Sarah and others had in 2000 may end soon. I hope that dosen't happen.

7/06/09

I just realized today that it's been quite a while since any of the class pages have been updated, or any new content added to this site except content we have been allowed to lift from the pages of the Kingman Leader-Courier.

If this site is to grow in content, it has to be a group effort. Your volunteer webmaster has lived away from Kingman since 1965 (that's 44 years for those who had math grades as bad as mine).

We need content from recent graduating classes, stories and photos from class reunions, old HS snapshots sitting in a shoebox in your closet . . . you get the idea.

Here's how to submit info for this site.

6/20/09

The guestbook has been updated today. When you post to the guestbook, your file is automatically created, with the latest being at the top of the page. However, tbe sort by class, name and location pages require my personal intervention, which I usually try to get to weekly. This has been a rough month, with a lot going on in other areas of my life, and it's been about six weeks since I've gotten to the task.

Have I mentioned lately that I would really like for someone to step up to the plate and take this alumni website to the next level? Contact me at webmaster@khsalumni.net if you think you might be interested.

5/04/09

There are a number of web domains that are spaming our members, pretendimg to represent Kingman High Alumnus. To the best of my knowledge, this site, http://classmate.com and http://kingman-hs.groupfusion.net/ (the school district's official website for KHS) are the only legitimate web sites you might want to visit.

The rest will be happy to serve you ads, or other, more harmful types of internet garbage.

2/28/09

Finally, the 2008 Year In Review page is complete. I'm sorry it took me a little longer than usual to get it done this year. I always see something I missed when the home town paper originally published the news, when I prepare the Year In Review feature. Sadly this year it was obituaries I had missed for a classmate, and a close friend and classmate's mother.

2/8/09

The 2008 Year in review is half done. Leader-Courier issues through June, '08 are now included HERE.

2/7/09

I'm working on the 2008 Year in Review page. This is a feature from the Kingman Leader-Courier, which we use every year, with the kind permission of the L-C Publisher, Bob McQuin. The Jan. 1, 2009 edition of the Courier featured the first quarter of the review. That portion is now on our site HERE. The rest of the annual review is complete, and has been published by the Courier. We'll get the balance online in the next week or so.

12/30/08

As 2009 approaches, I'd like to take this opportunity to wish all KHS Alumni, and their loved ones a very Happy New Year. Although I have spend many more years away from Kingman than I spent living there, I still get the feeling that I'm home when I return. I enjoyed just walking through the downtown area so much when I was back in October.

Perhaps my mentions of the Kingman Leader-Courier are getting old, but understand that, not only did I grow up as part of that local institution, but I owe the current publisher and past publishers, back to the early 1940's for the income they provided my family to provide me a higher education, and a chance at the adventures I have had in life.

Beyond that, I was raised to appreciate the print media as the best way to get an in depth understanding of what's going on, be it the local community or the nation and world. So, my local daily, the Janesville Gazette, as well as the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and, yes, The Kingman Leader-Courier, are all on my regular reading list.

So, pardon me as I once again express my appreciation to Connie Schoenhofer, the new editor of the L-C, and her staff, for the continued good work they are doing to make the L-C a more readable and interesting publication. And don't miss their new website at http://kingmanleader-courier.com .

11/03/08

I have to say a few words about the changes taking place at the Kingman Leader-Courier. Those of you who know me know that I grew up hanging around the local paper office. Although I was never a real employee of the L-C, my dad was, but only for 50+ years. I don't think there was a machine in the back room of the paper office that I didn't have my hands on at one time or another.

The current owner and publisher of the L-C, Bob McQuin recently turned over the editing duties to his daughter, Connie Schoenhofer. There have been some remarkable changes to the paper in recent weeks that bring it up to date with the times, and a much easier to read format. As an old journalism student, who has followed the trends in newspaper layout over the years, I'd like to offer my congratulations to Connie and her associates Ashlee Arnsdorf, Irene Arnsdorf, and new staffer Anita Kirkpatrick (who has been a frequent contributor to this website). I think the L-C has a bright future ahead with you ladies at the helm.

By the way, the Leader-Courier has a new website, and you can find it here.

11/01/08

I recently returned from a, regrettably infrequent, visit to Kingman. The reason for the visit was to visit my eldest son and grandchildren, and meet his future bride and her twin daughters, as well as the rest of our Kingman based grand kids..

That we could plan our trip to coincide with at least part of the Kingman 125 Celebration was an extra bonus.

I want to thank some people for making our trip so memorable. Naturally, at the top of the list is my son, also an Ed Pulliam, his future bride, Rebba Knapp, Her daughters Madison and Fallon, and our grand kids in Kingman, Whisper, Cheyenne, and Cole. And thanks too to Shannon and Jesse. Sorry we didn't get to spend more time with you two during this trip.

Beyond that, I'd like to thank some people I don't know. Sarah and Tad Hacker, Greg Graffman, and all the other great volunteers that put on a terrific celebration for the Kingman 125 celebration. We didn't get to enjoy all the festivities, because we didn't arrive until mid week. But the parade, the pageant, the courthouse tour, and the car show were events we certainly enjoyed. While we weren't able to attend the all school reunion, we were very pleased to hear that there were many favorable comments about the Alumni Web Site.

One additional thing that made our visit very special to us was the great accommodations and hospitality at the Savannah House in downtown Kingman. Rick and Carol Francis were the perfect hosts. My wife Sophie and I truly felt like we had a home again in Kingman. It was the first time I had felt that way since I sold the family home in 1991. It was Sophie and my first stay in a B&B, and we really enjoyed the experience. If you are looking for lodging on your next visit to Kingman, Please consider the Savannah House. Yes, it's more expensive than the other local lodging choices, but it is well worth it!

Thanks also to my best buddy, Sarah Soloman and her husband Larry for their usual great hospitality. It's always a pleasure to visit with the two of you when we get back home.

10/01/08

SO, what the hell was I thinking back in 2000, when I read a column in the Leader-Courier by Sarah Solomon that there had been a discussion during a joint reunion of the classes of '64, '65, and '66 about creating a web site where alumni could reconnect with former classmates.

I had just started a little company to sell a software product I had developed, and had developed a website to sell the software. Wow! I was an Internet Mogul!

I could do this. And even though I wasn't sitting at the table that came up with the idea, I'd had a crush on Sarah since she moved to Kingman during grade school, so what the hell, I SHOULD do this! (Note to Sarah's husband, the Judge, I will behave myself anytime I am in your jurisdiction).