Happy New Year Godby Alumni,

Please mark your calendar for the second annual Association of Godby
Graduates (AGG) Hall of Fame Induction/Dinner. This very noteworthy event
will be held Friday evening March 9, 2007 at 6pm sharp in the Godby Media
Center.
The Hall of Fame committee has selected an outstanding slate of graduates
to be inducted this March. The honoree’s are as follows:

Mrs. Sharon Thomason Hayes (McClellan), c/o 1970. Category: Education.
Sharon is in her thirty first year of teaching, twenty of which were served
at Godby High. Sharon produced the Godby Courier for thirteen years and is
responsible for three of the year books. She earned her MA and BS at
Florida State University.

Mr. Chris Varner, c/o 1972. Category: Professional. Chris is a Supervising
Electrical Engineer with Ball Aerospace Corp. Chris is currently a lead
engineer on the Kepler Spacecraft Program. This spacecraft will be lunched
in 2008 and its mission will be to discover earth-like planets in distant
solar systems. Chris has also work on instrument controls for the Mars
Reconnaissance Orbiter and the Hubble Space Telescope.

Mr. Robert Thurston, c/o 1977. Category: Fine Arts. Bob is currently an Air
Force Master Sergeant and is the composer-arranger for The United States
Air Force Band in Washington, DC since 1994. Bob has composed published
dozens of concert pieces. He has composed and arranged music for the
Marching Chiefs and the Marching Cougars. Bob earned his bachelors and
masters degrees at Florida State University where he marched with the
Chiefs.

Mr. Bart Wells, c/o 1977. Category: Business. Bart, a senior partner with
Sperry Inc. has learned the construction business from the ground up. Bart
went to work for Sperry shortly after graduating from Godby. Bart, now in
his third decade has lead Sperry to one of the foremost construction
companies in the south east constructing new structures in a tri-state area.

Mrs. Karen Trammell (DeRuyter), c/o 1978. Category: Godby Volunteer. Karen,
a former Godby High honor student is now a faithful state employee that has
raised her family in the Godby school district. During the five years her
children Erin and Robert were enrolled at Godby, Karen managed to
contribute in excess of 3,000 volunteer hours. She was a band, baseball,
swim and tennis booster. She additionally served on the School Advisory and
Project Graduation committees. Karen was Volunteer of the Year 4 times.

Ms. Jenny Worth, c/o 1995. Category: Sports. Jenny, after becoming
Homecoming Queen her senior year went on to be the Madonna of Fitness.
Jenny became the NPC Florida Fitness Champion, Ms. Florida, Ms. USA and was
second runner up as Ms. Olympia. Jenny once known as the youngest female
professional bodybuilder now trains high profile celebrities to include
actor Denzel Washington, rocker Lenny Kravitz and baseball great Alex
Rodriguez.

Our Guest Speaker on March 9th will be:

Dr. Patti Skates, c/o 1972. Patti currently teaches American Government at
Red Banks High School in Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee. Patti is an
Education/Administration major and earned her Doctorate in Education
Leadership. In 2001, Patti used her Godby High Student Council skills to be
the first woman ever elected to the Soddy-Daisy City Commission. She now
serves as the City’s Vice Mayor. Patti is the organizer of the Red Banks
High Hall of Fame and has assisted the development of the AGG Hall of Fame.

Please plan to join the AGG on Friday March 9th at 6pm to help celebrate
this new slate of Association of Godby Graduates Hall of Fame inductees.
Tickets are $10.00 each. All proceeds are applied to the AGG scholarship
fund. Contact me; Manny Joanos at [log in to unmask] or call 617-
1800.