Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2000 1:44 PM Subject: Encina Update (alumni party/be cool/reunions/65/70/75/80/81/84/87/90/95/observation/siblings/fame/cathleen essert/greg grant/claire mower/tami rhea/search/friendship/internet/family webpages/store/whats new/responsibility) ENCINA ALUMNI, Wow, I actually received email from several of you who missed the Encina Update last week. It's nice to be missed. I forgot to mention in the last update that I would be on vacation last week. I apologize to those of you who tried to contact me while I was gone. It took me several days to catch up with all the Encina email. My family went skiing for President's week at Park City in Utah. Lots of snow. We had sunny days the beginning of the week and lots of snow at the end of the week. My boys are 5 and 8 and learned a lot in the lessons they took. My wife's niece is a ski instructor at Park City and actually had my 8 year old for a lesson one day. Considering it was President's week, the lift lines were very reasonable compared to California. The gourmet experience of the week was the seafood buffet at Deer Valley. Highly recommended. Even the kids loved it. ALUMNI PARTY And a note from Lucia Churches '73 on the final plans for the Encina Alumni party: "Here's the scoop on the First Annual Mid-Year Encina Alumni Party... (big fun, don't miss it!!) DATE: Saturday, March 18, 00 TIME: 5 p.m. to whenever the last person falls off their bar stool PLACE: Mandangos, 1310 Fulton Avenue at Hurley (in the Rite Aid Shopping Center) (916) 487-2984 (in case you get lost) All Encina classes are invited...tell a friend (as they say)! Hope everyone can join us for a great night of fun and frolic. Please RSVP directly to: Lucia Churches Class of 73 (I don't feel that old) loosha@pacbell.net (916) 369-2505 work I'll be out of town from February 27 to March 12, so please leave me an e-mail with your response. I need to give Mandangos a head count by March 13." BE COOL PART 5 David Fischer 79 wrote: In response to Jay MacIntyre '61, Be Cool Part 4, I would like to say "BRAVO!!!" Are we tired of this "Victim" mongering yet? I have tread on a few toes, to be sure, because I love nothing more than jumping on the back of Sacred Cows and going for a ride. I cannot get enough of philosophical inquiry. Taking views to their logical extremes is at once funny in the absurdities generated, and risky due to people with sensitivities about their beliefs getting "hurt feelings." In the universe of discourse there is something to offend nearly everyone. Developing a sense of humor, and use of the delete key based on self-knowledge are cheap therapy for the easily offended. Rock On Jay! I was born 8/10/61. I can still hear "A Summer Place.".... Greg Vitaich 62 wrote: Right On MacIntyre. I remember your 20th or my 20th reunion and I greeted a person I had offended in......1958 and he called me on it. Talk about wasted time!!!! REUNIONS Time is running out for the classes of 65, 70, 85 and 95... 1965 REUNION Several folks have written the 65 mailing list expressing interest in some sort of simple get together. What about it George? If you are interested in having a reunion this year please contact George Hullin at george.hullin@hrh.com or 916-488-1400. You can also send mail to encina1965@egroups.com as I've added George to the Encina Update and class mailing list. 1970 REUNION No one from the class has stepped up to fill the void left by Tom Henley 70, who passed away last fall. Mike Gobbi worked on the 20th reunion but turned over the mailing list to the 25th reunion committee. Mike says Pam Thomas Deason was on the committee with Tom Henley. I tried the number Mike gave me but a Kennedy family lives there now. Does anyone know how to contact Pam Thomas 70? She appears to have moved. Write encina1970@egroups.com if you are interesting in attending and/or helping to organize the 30 year reunion. 1975 REUNION Where: Sutter Club When: Saturday, July 15, 2000 Contact Jenny Bender Bittner at jedb@pacbell.net 1980 REUNION Where: The Firehouse When: Saturday, October 14, 2000 Contact: encina1980@egroups.com 1981 REUNION Melissa Tovar is chairing the reunion committee. She had lots of volunteers to help and they are already having their first committee meeting this week. 1984 REUNION Kari Reser Mozingo is chairing the reunion committee. If you are interesting in attending the 20th reunion and/or helping Kari with the planning, please get in touch with her at LKMozingo@aol.com or KariM@co.yakima.wa.us 1985 REUNION No news regarding the elusive Melinda Cope 85. Do we have any other reunion committee members present? Send email to encina1985@egroups.com if you are interesting in attending and/or helping organize the 15 year reunion. 1987 REUNION Kristine Monday 87 volunteered to be reunion contact: "You can put me on the contact list for the reunion if no one else has. I was one of the main people to put the reuion together last time and really would love to do it again." 1990 REUNION The current reunion committee is Denyce Bellinger, Hayley Fojut and Jinne Webb. You can contact them at the following addresses. Denyce: tiniegrrl@Aol.com Hayley: mskitty_13@hotmail.com Jinne: jphorger@pacbell.net 1995 REUNION Do we have anyone from the reunion committee on the mailing list? Please write encina1995@egroups.com if you're interesting in attending and/or helping to organize the 5 year reunion. OBSERVATION One interesting thing I've noticed when alumni list their friends, is that many times the friend's last names are very close in terms of alphabetical order. I wonder if this arises from the days when you use to be seated in alpha order or had to stand in alpha order??? Think about who some of your closest friends were in high school and how it was you got to know them... SIBLINGS Two weeks worth of new contacts... Katie Shaffer 88 wrote: Rob Shaffer 85 Katie Shaffer 88 Katie Shaffer 88 is in contact with: Wendy Onstine 87 Julie Hill Hoang 89 China Hope 90 Tara Ronzone 88 Stafford Boyd 88 Kevin Davis 88 Vanessa Williams 89 Jeri Deyo 79 wrote: James Deyo 79 Jeri Deyo 79 Jerri Leonard 75 wrote: Scott Leonard 74 Jerri Leonard 75 Cindy Leonard 76 Scott Schnackel 80 wrote: Cheri Schnackel 71 Douglas Schnackel 72 Scott Schnackel 80 Phillip Gillihan 81 wrote: Phillip Gillihan 81 Richard Gillihan 86 Tim Essert 73 wrote: Chris Essert 72 Tim Essert 73 Cathleen Essert 75 Shivaun Essert 77/78 Tim Essert 73 is in contact with Sue Ann Gardner 75 Dave Jahnsen 76 wrote: Dave Jahnsen 76 Mark Jahnsen 77 Steve Jahnsen 78 Krista Jahnsen 79 Cathy Buchanan 70 wrote: Cathy Buchanan 70 Darlene Buchanan ?? (please write if you know Darlene's class year) John Buchanan ?? (please write if you know John's class year) Mara Holmes Centers 61 wrote: Mara Holmes 61 Kathleen Holmes 64 Mark Hansen 70 wrote: Susan Hansen 68 Mark Hansen 70 Carol Hansen 71 John Scott Hansen 75 Kevin Wilson 73 is in contact with: Joe Jeffrey 73 Dan Jeffrey 74 Tom Jeffrey 75 Timberly Mayers 75: Laura McCluskey 74 (stepsister) Timberly Mayers 75 Bill Baumgart 78 wrote: Terry Baumgart 66 Nancy Baumgart 69 Bill Baumgart 78 HALL OF FAME Mara Holmes Centers 61 has a son Daniel Centers 77, making Daniel a second generation Encinian and qualifying them for the Hall of Fame. In addition, her son Daniel is the earliest known second generation Encinian. Daniel Tuning 79 previously held this distinction with his mother Cheryl Strain Tuning 61. Carol Swinehart Swanson 62 has a daughter Teresa Swanson 87, making Teresa a second generation Encinian too. Any more second generation Encinians out there? CATHLEEN ESSERT 75 Tim Essert 73 wrote with the sad news that his sister Cathleen passed away. Here is her obituary: CATHLEEN MARY-HELENE ESSERT CALLISON, age 42, passed away in Salt Lake City on Saturday, February 19, 2000, after a valiant struggle with melanoma. She was born May 27, 1957, in Sacramento, California, to Victor Essert and Patricia Dunleavy, and graduated from Encina High School in 1975. She received her BA Degree in Social Welfare with a minor in Psychology from CSU Sacramento. Cathleen was employed as the Community Outreach Advisor for the YWCA in Rock Springs, Wyoming, where she was instrumental in obtaining funding for the Sweetwater County Battered Women's Shelter. She served as Treasurer of the Wyoming Coalition Against Family Violence. In 1980 she moved to Salt Lake City to attend graduate school and work at the University of Utah. She married Gary John Callison on July 17, 1982, in the Salt Lake City Latter Day Saints (LDS) Temple. She was employed as an Academic Program Director at the University of Utah until her illness forced her to stop working. She was an active member of the LDS Church, serving in various presidencies of the Relief Society and Primary and most recently as secretary of the Rosedale Ward Young Women. She is survived by her husband, Gary; four children, Stephanie (16), Thomas (13), Shelly (11), Colleen (8); her parents; a sister, Shivaun Albright; two brothers, Timothy Essert and Christopher Essert; and parents-in-law, James and Frankie Callison. Services were held on Wednesday, February 23, 2000, in Salt Lake City with interment in the Salt Lake City Cemetery. GREG GRANT 75 I was sorry to hear that Greg Grant's father passed away last week. I met Greg for the first time at the Homecoming 99 party last fall when Greg volunteered to drive his jeep in the homecoming parade. Greg's wife Linda Kasline 77 was a good friend of my sister Laurie Lau 77 back in Encina days. CLAIRE MOWER 73 Diane Schoenborn Kelly 73 wrote that there was an article in The Sacramento Bee on Sat., Feb. 19, 2000, about the opening of the the Sacramento Zoo's Claire Mower Red Panda exhibit, named for "a late docent whose family contributed heavily to the project..." Claire was a member of Encina's class of '73, but she did not complete high school at Encina. I went through Sierra Oaks Elementary School and Jonas Salk Junior High with her. Claire died of breast cancer September 1997. TAMI RHEA 92 Encina community liason Heddy Crowder received a call from Sharon Smith Redoble 91, who was calling about the 91 reunion. Sharon mentioned that Tami Rhea Hobbs 92 died in her sleep on December 22, 1997. ALUMNI SEARCH Please write if you know how to locate these folks: Karen Jackson 88 Pauletta Hendrix 89 David Kung 89 FRIENDSHIP Lorna Cline Gragg 72/73 send me this touching story which I would like to share with you. One day, when I was a freshman in high school, I saw a kid from my class was walking home from school. His name was Kyle. It looked like he was carrying all of his books. I thought to myself, "Why would anyone bring home all his books on a Friday? He must really be a nerd." I had quite a weekend planned (parties and a football game with my friend tomorrow afternoon), so I shrugged my shoulders and went on. As I was walking, I saw a bunch of kids running toward him. They ran at him, knocking all his books out of his arms and tripping him so he landed in the dirt. His glasses went flying, and I saw them land in the grass about ten feet from him. He looked up and I saw this terrible sadness in his eyes. My heart went out to him. So, I jogged over to him and as he crawled around looking for his glasses, and I saw a tear in his eye. As I handed him his glasses, I said, "Those guys are jerks. They really should get lives." He looked at me and said, "Hey thanks!" There was a big smile on his face. It was one of those smiles that showed real gratitude. I helped him pick up his books, and asked him where he lived. As it turned out, he lived near me, so I asked him why I had never seen him before. He said he had gone to private school before now. I would have never hung out with a private school kid before. We talked all the way home, and I carried his books. He turned out to be a pretty cool kid. I asked him if he wanted to play football on Saturday with me and my friends. He said yes. We hung all weekend and the more I got to know Kyle, the more I liked him. And my friends thought the same of him. Monday morning came and there was Kyle with the huge stack of books again. I stopped him and said, "Damn boy, you are gonna really build some serious muscles with this pile of books everyday!" He just laughed and handed me half the books. Over the next four years, Kyle and I became best friends. When we were seniors, began to think about college. Kyle decided on Georgetown, and I was going to Duke. I knew that we would always be friends, that the miles would never be a problem. He was going to be a doctor, and I was going for business on a football scholarship. Kyle was valedictorian of our class. I teased him all the time about being a nerd. He had to prepare a speech for graduation. I was so glad it wasn't me having to get up there and speak. Graduation day, I saw Kyle. He looked great. He was one of those guys that really found himself during high school. He filled out and actually looked good in glasses. He had more dates than me and all the girls loved him! Boy, sometimes I was jealous. Today was one of those days. I could see that he was nervous about his speech. So, I smacked him on the back and said, "Hey, big guy, you'll be great!" He looked at me with one of those looks (the really grateful one) and smiled. "Thanks," he said. As he started his speech, he cleared his throat, and began. "Graduation is a time to thank those who helped you make it through those tough years. Your parents, your teachers, your siblings, maybe a coach... but mostly your friends. I am here to tell all of you that being a friend to someone is the best gift you can give them. I am going to tell you a story." I just looked at my friend with disbelief as he told the story of the first day we met. He had planned to kill himself over the weekend. He talked of how he had cleaned out his locker so his Mom wouldn't have to do it later and was carrying his stuff home. He looked hard at me and gave me a little smile. "Thankfully, I was saved. My friend saved me from doing the unspeakable." I heard the gasp go through the crowd as this handsome, popular boy told us all about his weakest moment. I saw his Mom and dad looking at me and smiling that same grateful smile. Not until that moment did I realize it's depth. Never underestimate the power of your actions. With one small gesture you can change a person's life. For better or for worse. God puts us all in each other's lives to impact one another in some way. Look for God in others. INTERNET In Fred Langa's Langalist, he wrote about a website that will test your PC to see if it has been turned into a Zombie by a hacker: "Has Your PC or Server Been Turned Into a Zombie? Recently, several "denial of service" attacks used a relatively new trick: Hackers took over parts of innocent stand-alone servers and PCs and used them (without their owners' knowledge or consent) to barrage targeted servers with hundreds of thousands of bogus packets. This swamped the targeted systems, and brought them effectively to a halt-- - denying service to the legitimate users of those systems. While it's not likely that your particular system or server was co- opted and turned into a "zombie agent" doing a hacker's bidding, it only takes a few minutes to find out for sure, as this email from reader Kevin Christman points out: Thanks for all the great internet security info. I stumbled across another security test at http://www.mycio.com/zombie/default.asp From what I see, it takes a different approach than grc.com. I think it mainly looks for hacker tools installed inside of computers. Anyway, Thanks for everything, Thank you, Kevin. Indeed the free "zombie scan" at the site listed above only looks for a select few things, and if you've been taking the security advice in the last few issues (see http://www.winmag.com/columns/explorer/2000/04.htm and http://www.winmag.com/columns/explorer/2000/05.htm ) you're probably quite safe. But it only takes a minute to check--- and it's free! Check it out!" FAMILY WEBPAGES For those of you who might be interested in setting up a webpage for your immediate family, here's some good advice from Walter Mossberg's WSJ column. December 30, 1999 Creating Web Pages To Share With Family By WALTER S. MOSSBERG AS WE CLOSE OUT the last holiday season of the millennium, some key questions naturally emerge. Why do they call late December the "holiday season" when there are other holidays all year long? Why are there two Ns in the word "millennium," when it looks perfectly fine with just one? And is there a cool, digital, Web-based way I can keep in touch all year long with all those friends and relatives I see or hear from only around the holidays -- at least, the ones I like? I can't answer the first two mysteries, but I can shed some light on the third. There are a number of Web sites that make it easy for mainstream, nontechnical Internet users to set up a Web page for the benefit of family and friends -- or for any other purpose. Even better, on some sites you can set up special shared Web pages, private virtual meeting places where you and your friends and relatives can share ideas and experiences. My favorite online service for building a private, shared Web presence is eCircles (www.ecircles.com). With eCircles, you create much more than a simple Web page. You can set up an entire digital hangout for your family or friends, with access restricted to invited members. ONCE INSIDE, the relatives or friends can use a variety of features to interact: bulletin boards, chat rooms, photo albums, file storage, lists of Web links of mutual interest, music files and more. The service allows you to set up multiple "circles" for groups of friends and relatives. For instance, you could have separate circles for each side of your family, or for your book club. After you set up a circle, you simply tell eCircles whom you'd like to invite to join, and the service sends them invitations via e-mail. Once they sign up, these new members can add their own material to the site, including photos, documents, comments and recommended Web links. To test eCircles, I set up a circle for all my siblings, and the cousins, nephews and nieces on one side of our family. I launched a discussion group about the origin of our family name. I posted a 1933 photo of my grandmother and her three sons, all of them now deceased. I created a list of Web links, which take members to sites for the schools many of us attended, and other sites with information on the European town where my grandfather was born. I also posted the texts of the eulogies for my father and grandfather. This whole process was simple, quick and clear. You can even download a free version of Adobe's ActiveShare software for organizing photos and uploading them to your circle. Even better, the eCircles Web site is attractive and easy to use. There are a few ads, but nothing intrusive. The eCircles service is free, and makes money only if it can induce you to use an optional shopping service you can enter via the site. Group members can create "wish lists" of gifts they want for birthdays and holidays and eCircles will help others buy the gifts at participating stores. But this is also purely optional. The only downside to setting up a circle with eCircles is that it requires active participation to thrive. That means friends and relatives will have to begin using the site, rather than merely relying on phone calls and e-mail to keep in touch. IF YOU WANT to set up a more conventional Web site for your friends or family, I recommend using a service called Homestead (www.homestead.com). This is the best, and simplest, service I've seen for creating and posting fairly sophisticated Web sites, at no charge. There are plenty of competitors in this field, but Homestead has several advantages over the others. First, it has a simple but rich interface for creating pages. There are numerous templates, or you can start with a blank page. The site has controls like those in a word processor, which makes page design easy. When your page is done, you just press a button to publish it on the Web. Homestead puts it on the Web for free. Your Web address is something like "http://yourname.homestead.com. However, what really sets Homestead apart is a collection of little gizmos called "elements." These are completely preprogrammed items, like stock tickers or search buttons, images and text fields, weather forecasts, and many more. You just drag them onto your page and they work. For instance, I dragged a fully functional guest book onto my test site. Guests could sign in, and Homestead e-mailed me to tell me when they did. Secondly, Homestead lets you download a program with which you can create pages, using all these features, offline. Finally, unlike many of its competitors, Homestead doesn't have intrusive ads or pop-up sales pitches. Your completed page shows only a thin banner at the bottom with links to Homestead. So how does Homestead make money? Well, many of the optional "elements" you can place on your page are branded and linked to other Web sites, like CBS or Amazon.com. These sites pay Homestead when users include their elements on a page. Homestead isn't just good for family Web sites. It supports a wide variety of other types. The company even offers elements and other services that enable you to set up a business online, through which you can sell things. So, make a New Year's resolution to use the Web in the year 2000 to stay in touch with those you like and love. It might make next year's "holiday season" easier and better. STORE Once again I would like to encourage you to support and link to the Encina Store: www.encinahighschool.com/store.htm If you or your business are buying a Dell PC or laptop, by linking to the Encina Store, the Encina website will receive a 1% commission at no cost to you. WHAT'S NEW 3/1/00: Aaron Tello 88, Sharon Murray 75, Susan Hansen 68, Carol Hansen 71, John Scott Hansen 75, Kevin Wilson 73 update, Joe Jeffrey 73, Dan Jeffrey 74, Tom Jeffrey 75, Erik Olson 79 update, Bill Baumgart 78 update, Melodie Stephen 75, Jim Dallas 81, Marleen Edwards 82, Darleen Edwards 80, Ken Hall 63, Vanessa Williams 89, Tami Rhea 92, Gary Reynolds 61, Gayle Reynolds 67, Gloria Reynolds 70 2/28/00: Scott Liske 80, Sam Bess 82 update, Susie Frederick 88/bio, Mara Holmes 61, Kathleen Holmes 64, Daniel Centers 77, Oran Miller 71 update, Mark Hansen 70, Jeremy Chapman 92, Layla Snow 93, Carol Swinehart 62, Teresa Swanson 87, Cheri Schnackel 71, Douglas Schnackel 72, Ken Hall 63, Cathleen Essert 75, Mark Jahnsen 77, Steve Jahnsen 78, Krista Jahnsen 79, Melanie Stephen 75 2/27/00: Scott Schnackel 80, Heather Hamilton 94/bio, Phillip Gillihan 81, Richard Gillihan 86, Candace Barry 94, John Miller 95 update, Robert Flynt 92/bio, Bob Iames 69 update, Susie Frederick 88, David Broyles 90, Chuck Mensch 77, FJ Kearney 68, Jerri Leonard 75, Cindy Leonard 76, Scott Leonard 74, Jeri Deyo 79, James Deyo 79, Cathy Buchanan 70 2/18/00: David Jahnsen 76, Katie Shaffer 88/bio, Rob Shaffer 85, Wendy Onstine 87, Tara Ronzone 88, Kevin Davis 88, Bill Hewitt 75 update, Tou Phoxay 90 2/17/00: Laura Pelfanio 84/bio, Kristine Monday 87 bio, Kenneth Clayton 69 update RESPONSIBILITY And on the subject of responsibility, what do you think about the six year old boy who killed his female classmate at school with a gun he found lying around at home? I read that and thought, that could have been my son who was shot and killed. I read this morning that they are not filing charges against the boy. I was explaining the situation to my sons this morning at breakfast and they were surprised that he wasn't going to be punished. Does punishing the adults do any good? At what age do you hold someone responsible for their actions? Does coming from a bad environment resolve you of responsibility for your actions? What about the victims? What a mess. Write me a note explaining your point of view and I'll include it in the next update. Harlan Lau '73 Encina webmaster www.encinahighschool.com harlan@rambus.com