Date: Wed Dec 27, 2000 2:19 pm Subject: Encina Update (new years/senior guides/homecoming/siblings/obituaries/bluffs/whats new) ENCINA ALUMNI, This update is sponsored by John Nunez 74. Greta Miller Munsill 73 was the 1400th subscriber to the Encina Update mailing list! I would like to encourage all of you to share your annual family holiday picture with your class mailing list. I really enjoy seeing pictures of alumni and their families and I'm sure your classmates will too. Just scan your picture in at 75dpi and mail it to your class mailing list! NEW YEAR'S EVE Looking for a good place to spend New Year's Eve... Shelley Burns 70 wrote: "Encina's Georgia Griffths 71, who owns the new restaurant in Town and Country Village, called The Chateau, is having a NYE celebration at her restaurant and Avalon Swing will be playing music from 8pm-1am. As you know, both Tom Phillips 66 and I went to Encina. Spread the word and I hope to see you there. For info about the event call The Chateau 977-1877" SENIOR GUIDE/FRESHMAN FEAST Principal Myrtle Berry wrote: "Seeing all of the support Monday from the alumni and the Point West Rotary Club made the season even more special! I would like to thank the alumni who donated their time, dollars and great skills to make this event a success. It was really heartwarming to see them give of themselves so freely. Believe me, this Monday Night Festivity was better than any Monday Night Football.Thanks to Steve Palmer who so graciously got the ball rolling and came through big time for us." HOMECOMING PARTY I'll be adding the pictures Rollin Coxe 64 took at the homecoming party over the holidays. For information about the homecoming party, including pictures: http://www.encinahighschool.com/homecoming/homecoming2000.htm If you missed the description of the homecoming party see: http://www.encinahighschool.com/archives/email/001027.txt SIBLINGS Jeanine Hall 77 wrote: Karen Hall 75 Jeanine Hall 77 Jeanine Hall 77 is in contact with Karen Sunderman 77 Nancy Klinke 79 wrote: Rich Klinke 66 Nancy Klinke 79 Shelly Reynolds 74 was married to Tom Henley 70 (deceased) Susan Eres 63 wrote: Susan Eres 63 Sally Eres 64 Peter Eres 64 Terri Durham 79 wrote: Vickie Durham 72 Terri Durham 79 James Harding 85 wrote: James Harding 85 Karen Harding 85 Kathy Ragle 79 is in contact with: Pam Wilbur 79 Kathy Morrow 81 Janet Spencer 81 wrote: Karen Spencer 80 Janet Spencer 81 Bruce Spencer 83 Adele Gray 97 is in contact with: Rudy Doporto 96 Robert Doporto 96 Randy Gray 97 Mindy Aguire 97 Marie Aguire 97 Holly Harris 97 Kim Thompson 97 Chad Crall 98 Katie Mensch 98 Damon Polhill 98 David Winston 98 Tasha Elliot 00 Carin Wilson 00 Adele wins the award this week for adding the most alumni to the class directories! Christi Fleming 94 is married to Dustin Greiner 92 Christi Fleming 94 wrote: Christi Fleming 94 Roy Higgins 02 Shelley Burns 70 is in contact with Georgia Griffiths 71 Pamela McNevin 90 is in contact with: Josef McCarter 89 Francisco Arnell 89 Tim Pauley Cynthia Hall 75 wrote: Winston Hall 74 Cynthia Hall 75 Jennifer Hall 77 OBITUARIES Once again, courtesy of Kathie Kloss 67. Note that these obituaries are from archives and not newly published... TOM HENLEY 70 Sacramento Bee, Nov. 5, 1999 THOMAS VICTOR HENLEY Thomas Victor Henley, 46, died Nov. 3, 1999, in his Sacramento home. A Sacramento native, Tom was co-owner of Integral Orthotics and Prosthetics in Carmichael. He was past president of the Northern California Chapter of the American Association of Orthotics and Prosthetics, and an adjunct professor at the California State University at Sacramento Assistive Device Center. He was also a past officer of the Golden West Orthopedic Group and a former AAOP representative at the California Coalition of Allied Health Professionals. Tom graduated from Encina High School, American River College, and continuing education classes at the University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine. He loved rock 'n roll and dreamed of being in a band. He enjoyed hunting for antiques at garage sales and was always available to help his friends and family with various projects. Tom was known for his generosity and his raucous sense of humor. He is survived by his son, John Victor Henley, John's sister Jessica, and John's mother, Joan Henley; and step-children Brett and Maren MacAdam. Tom also leaves behind his mother, Phyllis Henley; his brother, Bill Henley; sisters, Kathey Hale, Patricia Henley, and Bette Henley; numerous nieces and nephews; and any number of people to whom he was a loving and supportive friend and mentor. WENDY DOGGETT 77 Sacramento Bee, Oct. 27, 1999 WENDY MELISSA LOUISE DOGGETT In Sacramento at age 40. Wendy Melissa was a dining-room attendant at the State Capitol. She was struck and killed by a commuter train on October 23, 1999. Born at Travis Air Force Base near Fairfield, CA, on November 30, 1958, a year later she contracted spinal meningitis. The disease caused brain damage, crippled her sense of coordination and left her blind for more than a year. To the astonishment of her doctors, Wendy Melissa regained her sight and after years of arduous physical therapy performed by her devoted parents and her loving grandmother, she also regained use of her arms and legs. Although she was unable to attend regular schools and walked with a limp, Wendy Melissa never thought of herself as handicapped and cherished her independence. Despite her disabilities, she always had a positive attitude and a smile on her face. She loved animals and music and people, and she loved the job she had at the capitol the past 12 years, clearing trays at the cafeteria and mingling with the state's lawmakers. Typical of her spirit to serve and her desire to be respected as a self-reliant person, one of her proudest accomplishments was being called to jury duty. Those who knew Wendy Melissa will remember a remarkable individual who overcame enormous difficulties, who maintained a sunny disposition despite events others would have viewed as major disappointments, and who was always an inspiration to her family. She is survived by her parents, Scotte and Louise Doggett, her stepmother Catherine Doggett, her sister Victoria Doggett and her husband John Blount, her brother Scott Doggett and his wife Annette Haddad, her grandmother Dorothy Rogers, her uncles, aunts, and numerous cousins and friends. We will all miss her very, very much. Private interment. In lieu of flowers, Wendy would favor contributions to the SPCA, 6201 Florin-Perkins Road, Sacramento, CA. BATTLE FOR THE BLUFFS Brett Stover 76 wrote: To my fellow Encina alumni: While it's not an endangered mammal or a fading copy of some famous film... to those of you who grew up in this once quiet little town (that isn't so little any more), it's just as relevant. A few years ago I happened to hear of the planned privatization of the dramatic Fair Oaks bluff lands that overlook the Sunrise bridge along the north side of the American River. Though I had spent my entire childhood here, when I went down to check things out, I was astounded by what I saw there. Having grown-up thinking of Sacramento as a predominantly flat town, I was delighted to discover a commanding view of the river and its surrounding community. As the attached story describes, developers want to close this site to public access for the purposes of building a few luxury homes there. In light of its uniqueness, I think this would be a tremendous loss for us all. This issue has been fought over for years but that battle is coming to an end. A solution is on that table and this will be our last chance to act. Living as I have for the past 20 years in Los Angeles, I know first hand what living in an area ravaged by over development is like. While I enjoy coming home for the holidays to visit family and friends, it seems that each trip brings with it another disappointing example of how the explosive growth of our home town is eating away at what I fondly remember to be such a unique and beautiful place. Although we can't get back our youth ... it may cushion the blows of our advancing years to know that at least some of the reminders of it have been allowed to age along with us. Please review the article below and join me in donating what you can to this worthwhile endeavor. Sincerely, Brett Stover '76 bastover@earthlink.net Beloved bluff may be saved by owners' graceful proposal By Walt Wiley Bee Staff Writer (Published Dec. 17, 2000) A legal war has been raging for most of the last decade over a beautiful, perhaps magical, spot of land atop the Fair Oaks Bluff on the American River. The war between landowners and advocates of public access to the property is over now. The landowners won. But now the public-access advocates have come up with a plan everyone seems to love. They want to buy the land and deed it to Sacramento County as part of the American River Parkway. Not only do they have the plan, they have almost half the money they need, and support has begun to snowball. "I don't know if they can make it work, but this is certainly the elegant solution," said County Supervisor Roger Niello, in whose district the property lies and in whose office the combatants spent uncounted hours in negotiations. "If they can put it together, everyone is going to be happy. Unfortunately, though, there's a lot of money to be raised and not all that much time to raise it in." The plan would do away with the comparatively inelegant solution supervisors approved last year giving a 160-foot road easement to the owners of four bluff-top lots and, at the same time, retaining 35 to 85 feet along the rim of the bluff for recreation. Under the new plan, three of the lots, plus the easements and adjacent public land, would become one 4.5-acre property deeded to Sacramento County and managed as part of the parkway. County Parks Director Ronald Suter said the county would eagerly accept the land, and the local Fair Oaks Recreation and Park District Board has gone on record supporting the plan. The gently rolling, oak-studded setting is the only undeveloped piece of American River bluff remaining, and its view may be the most spectacular of any from the bluffs, taking in the Sierra, Mount Diablo and a broad sweep of the American River. Niello called it the "crown jewel of the American River Parkway." One oak, with half its roots dangling in midair from the edge of the bluff, has become something of a Fair Oaks totem. Fair Oaks artist Hugh Gorman has made more than a dozen paintings and thousands of photographs that include the tree and its majestic setting. Gorman, 58, grew up in Fair Oaks, and the tree and its surroundings are important in his life, he said. He was married under the tree in 1991, and he knew a couple of people who were seriously injured, one fatally, jumping from the bluff, hoping to hit the river. "I have my coffee out there before dawn most mornings, even in the fog," Gorman said. "You ought to see what happens to the light in the fog as the sun rises." Just as things looked least favorable for the public to be able to continue enjoying such a setting, the owners of the land have announced they will sell for $1.2 million, and a group called Citizens to Save the Bluffs has an option to buy it at that price until Feb. 1, said Tracy Martin Shearer, who is coordinating the effort. As of sundown Friday, 70 donors had given $511,150, including $250,000 from the Thomas P. Raley Foundation and $250,000 from Sacramento County. The $11,150 came from 68 others who gave mostly $100 donations, though the range included gifts from $10 to $2,000. To honor the donors, Shearer's group is giving a "deed" to a square yard of the park to anyone giving $100, and a larger, fancier deed to donors of $250. The certificates feature Gorman's art. Stepping stones along the path to the property would bear the names of $500 donors. Donors of really large amounts would get to name trees, groves and vista points. The Sacramento Valley Open Space Conservancy, a charity that has experience in buying private land and converting it to public ownership, is facilitating the campaign; organizations ranging from the Fair Oaks Chamber of Commerce to the Save the American River Association have lent their mailing lists for fund-raising letters, Shearer said. The Save the American River Association was one of the litigants in an early lawsuit seeking to stake out public ownership of the property, and its members lead in donations, she said. Association President Alan D. Wade, a 73-year-old professor emeritus at California State University, Sacramento, noted that the $500 pathway stones might actually prove a bargain for some people. "Like me, for instance," he said. "I never planned to have a tombstone anyway, but that path might be a nice place to leave my name behind when I'm gone -- and a lot happier place and a lot cheaper than a tombstone, too." Anyone wanting to make a donation should make the check payable to the Sacramento Valley Open Space Conservancy and send it to Citizens to Save the Bluffs, 8060 Capitola Ave., Fair Oaks 95628. Shearer said checks would be returned uncashed if the fund-raising effort falls short. WHAT'S NEW 12/27/00: Pamela McNevin 90 bio, Francisco Arnell 89, Kim Owens 76, Elise Viebrock 71, Tasha Elliot 00, Carin Wilson 00, Winston Hall 74, Jennifer Hall 77, Sandra Smith 85, Debbie Lindgard 70, Richard Gould 63, Paula Irvin 80 12/26/00: Adele Gray 97/bio, Rudy Doporto 96, Robert Doporto 96, Randy Gray 97, Mindy Aguire 97, Marie Aguire 97, Holly Harris 97, Kim Thompson 97, Chad Crall 98, Katie Mensch 98, Damon Polhill 98, David Winston 98, Christi Fleming 94, Dustin Greiner 92, Roy Higgins 02, Brian Boyle 81 update, Georgia Griffiths 71, Lonnie West 81 12/22/00: Kevin Dowkes 90 update, James Harding 85, Karen Harding 85, Kristen Kamm 79, Kathy Ragle 79/bio, Pam Wilbur 79, Kathy Morrow 81, Lonnie Engelhardt 83 update, Patrice Gaffney 67, Karen Spencer 80, Bruce Spencer 83 12/20/00: Jeff Braido 82, Paul Lindseth 68, John Murphy 64 update, Monica Basurto 88 bio, Mando Basurto 90, Melissa Smith 90, Dawn Ramey 93, Jeanine Hall 77/bio, Karen Hall 75, Nancy Klinke 79 update, Shelly Reynolds 74, Joell Scott 71 update, Steve Scott 69, Jon Scott 72, Becky Loyd 65 update, Doug Anderson 68, Charla Meacham 69 update, Sally Eres 63, Renee Farlow 99/bio, Annette Robb 92 bio, Terri Durham 79 update, John Alexander 75, Mark Purkeypile 88/bio, Janet Spencer 81, Larishia Faggett 97/bio, Jason Kenosky 92 update Don't forget to submit your contact information or bio: contact: www.encinahighschool.com/directory/submit_contact.htm bio: www.encinahighschool.com/submit_bio.htm Happy New Year! Harlan Lau '73 Encina webmaster www.encinahighschool.com harlan@rambus.com