Date: Fri Jan 12, 2001 3:36 pm Subject: Encina Update (schuler/booster club/homecoming/alumni clothing/memories/88/history/public service/smith/siblings/classmates.com/search/bios/obituaries/whats new) ENCINA ALUMNI, This update is sponsored by Alice Braio Bogert 62, not Angie Braio Bogert 62 as I mistakenly wrote last week. Sorry Alice! I'm having a bit of trouble with the Encina domain host this week so the website is not up to date. I'm unable to retrieve some of my Encina email although I'm told it will be fixed shortly. ORLIN SCHULER Former industrial arts teacher Orlin Schuler was in the Kaiser Morse hospital for a few days recovering from pneumonia. If you want to call and see how he's doing I have his home number. BOOSTER CLUB Heddy Crowder wrote: "The Booster Club has a request...is there anyone out there that is a CPA or Bookkeeper? We need someone to help us (do?) our taxes and file forms (i.e. non profit, etc). We can pay (if we have to), but we are not very well heeled. Thanks for your help." You can reach Heddy Crowder at HCrowder@sanjuan.edu HOMECOMING PARTY *** NEW *** I've added Rollin Coxe 64's great pictures from the homecoming party: http://www.encinahighschool.com/homecoming/homecoming2000/rollincoxe.htm There are quite a few new folks who were in the first batch of pictures and I need some help identifying the "unknowns". 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 ALUMNI CLOTHING Diane Schoenborn Kelly 73 wrote: "I was at Albertson's after a week at Disneyland, wearing my only clean sweatshirt, "Encina Alumni." I was too busy to respond to the woman who said "Love your shirt" and walked away, but I caught the guy who asked "What year at Encina?" It was Mike Durant, Class of '63." Just to encourage all of you with alumni clothing from the homecoming parties to wear those duds in public... MEMORIES Kate Grebitus 75 wrote: I was just catching up with the updates and came across the BIO for Kate Del Rio, '90. She mentioned that one of her more memorable teachers was Mr. Tracy and his psychology class...learning a relaxation technique she still uses when she can't sleep. Sudden flash back to Ms Wilson's P.E. Class came flooding in...it was winter '74 or '75 and raining cats and dogs outside. She had us drag out the mats in the gym, laydown and listen to the latest rage... a relaxation tape. Everyone was giggling, it sounded so bizarre, yet after Ms Wilson quieted us down for the 20th time we started in...Breathing deep, the voice told us to wiggle, then tense, then relax the toes...while breathing slow and deep we were asked to feel the tension release from that body part, then the foot, then ankles...we worked our way up the body to the top of the head. I don't know exactly when I fell asleep but by the end at least half the class or more was sound asleep. Ms Wilson just laughed at us knowing how hard we fought the idea of doing this "exercise". I use it to this day and have taught it to many over the years. Yes, we do use what we learned at ENCINA!! (Thank You Ms Wilson) Thanks for the memory "CAT". Mr Tracy was also one of my favorite teachers...there is no one in this world that got more excited about the Civil War than he...it was a great class, full of humor and wild classmates to say the least. ~ Kate Grebitus '75 CLASS OF 88 Bill Glaholt 88 wrote: I recently dusted off some old 8-MM videotapes hiding in the back closet and came across some real doozies! For those of us who were in Takeuchi's XL class in our sophomore year (incl. Marius Fine, Evan Turner, Ali Sadri, Diana Penman, etc.), I still have some video recordings of our first-semester final project (translating MacBeth into modernish languages). If anyone wants, I'll transfer them to regular VHS. Among those people in the videos are (and I may forget some names; my apologies beforehand): Michael Robertson, Maria Garcia, Alison (sorry, don't remember your last), Kevin Hansen, Ryan Meckfessel, Randy Kingsmore, Jeff Burton, Mike Burns, Leslie Cheng, and others.. If you remember being in that class and want the tape, lemme know. I *may* also have the video recordings of the funny commercials that we did that year (hard to forget Ali spitting "Death" cereal all over the place!! *grin*) -- and if I do, that would include Tak's AP class, as well (Kevin Davis, Willie Martin, Gretchen Goettl, et. al.) I will keep searching my old 8MMs. I unfortunately lost a few tapes here and there over the years from demagnetization and/or getting frayed in various broken camcorders, so the chances of finding that one aren't too good. :( HISTORY Researcher Kathie Kloss 67 found that the Roseville Library has the Sacramento Bee archives from 1985-present online. Besides obituaries, Kathie found lots of interesting articles about Encina which I'll be linking to the Encina history page. My favorite headline so far from 11/27/84 is "Teen Inmates Go Stir Crazy"... PUBLIC SERVICE Carolyn Teel Rand 73 wrote: "Subject: donate a mammogram Let this be your good deed for today... it only takes a second. Go to the site below. All you do is click a button and a woman gets a free mammogram at no cost to you. It is paid for by corporate sponsors (who gain advertising in the process because you see their logo.) However, you're only allowed one donation so please pass the word. http://www.thebreastcancersite.com " MELISSA SMITH 91 Congratulations to Melissa Smith 91, who married Daniel McWherter on December 23, 2000! SIBLINGS Van Owens 67 wrote: Scott Owens 65 Van Owens 67 Kim Owens 76 Kelly Owens 78 Robert Hookano 79 wrote: Robert Hookano 79 Lisa Hookano 81 Marshaun Hookano 81 Shelly Hookano 82 Jon Veis 72 wrote: Karin Veis 67 Jon Veis 72 Andrea Taylor 74 wrote: Kim Parker 74 Nanette Parker 75 Leslie Parker 77 Holly Harris 97 wrote: Holly Harris 97 Karrie Harris 01 Stephen Hood 81 wrote: Stephen Hood 81 Mark Hood 85 ? Hood 87 Terry Meleski 74 wrote: Stephanie Meleski 67 Jim Meleski 70 Patrick Meleski 74 Terry Meleski 74 Lynda Tatum 66 wrote: Lynda Tatum 66 Cathy Tatum 69 Jill Sheetz 81 wrote: Tony Sheetz 79 Fran Sheetz 80 Jill Sheetz 81 Larry Parino 86 wrote: Steve Parino 78 Jim Parino 79 Annette Parino 80 Larry Parino 86 Randall Slater 65 wrote: Randall Slater 65 Gary Slater 72 Bob Opp 71 (deceased) was once married to Carol Roberts Ballesteri 71. Diane Schoenborn Kelly 73 is in contact with distant cousins: Lou Costa 62 Bill Costa 63 Lucia Churches 73 and Lisa Churches 75 are Mandi Moore 90's cousins Mandi Moore 90's parents John Moore 65? and Lindy Meister 65 were both alumni. Her uncle Mike Meister was also an alumni. Please write if you know what year John Moore or Mike Meister were... Ramona Dayton 76 is in contact with Monte Peligrini 76 CLASSMATES.COM I took a pass through classmates.com recently and found the following new listings. Forgive me if you are already registered with the Encina website and received one of my introductory mailings. I try to send only to new folks but sometimes I miss. Brenda Baker 62 Katherine Branstetter 62 Patricia Brown 62 Harry Cavaiani 62 Linda Cranford 62 Jo Ann Leue' 62 Robert Breton 63 Muriel Comstock 63 Fred Muollo 63 Sandi Pratt 63 Michael Fortado 64 Bob Housh 64 Terrence Turpen 64 Pat Wagner 64 Robert Griffith 65 Robert Hayman 65 Nancy Anderson 66 Mimi James 66 John Skow 66 Dave Bonti 67 Wayne Graham 67 Nancy Rosauer 67 Brenda Batcha 68 Wayne Foth 68 Brian Weiss 68 Steve Finegold 69 Christina Freeman 69 Doug Nareau 70 Nannette Scott 70 Kim Barney 71 Karen Simmonds 71 David Wilkinson 71 Debra Baggett 72 Robert King 72 Steven Sanford 72 Charles Wilt 72 Kathy Baldwin 73 Desiree Micheals 74 Eric Peterson 74 Michael Siverling 74 Stacey Skoonberg 74 Nancy Andrzejewski 75 Rodney Fetch 75 David Miller 75 Barb Walker 75 Valerie Walker 75 Nancy White 75 John Angella 76 Brad McCurdy 76 Michael Hunt 76 Karen Gilbride 77 Lisa Green 78 William Harris 78 Sheryl Nevins 78 Brenda Taylor 78 Joe Doaks 79 Michelle Grant 79 Carla Scheiman 79 Jan Schott 80 David Shirley 80 Tracy Williams 80 Richard Wright 80 Polly Esparcia 81 Stephen Hood 81 Marc Robinson 81 Karen Christensen 82 Margaret Driscoll 82 Leila Faddis 82 Steven Fenner 82 Sassan Kaveh 82 Teresa Lueras 82 Matthew Guy 83 Wendy Morris 83 Art Casey 84 George Fenley 84 Julie Horan 84 Beth Wanner 84 Leif Weightman 84 Darla Baggett 85 Brenda Bahn 85 Jeannette Graham 85 Tracy Lewis 85 Brian Schaub 85 Jacqueline Terra 85 Dee Terry 85 Sally Long 86 Timothy Detzel 87 Cary Hegna 87 Kimberley Bullock 88 Barney Greenway 88 Niki Lewis 88 Scott Trillo 88 Joe Culler 89 Jeff Burt 90 Todd Sexton 90 Kimberly Smith 91 Matthew Tiedje 91 Kameko Mejia 92 Jeromy Mistler 92 Edwin Chavez 93 John Faust 93 Laerika Wallace 93 Janice Garcia 94 Ben Dover 95 Tara Hicks 95 Regan Gentry 96 Dannetta Motley 96 Rebekah Compton 97 Miguel Hernandez 97 Sione Pupunu 97 Ambrin Chaudhry 98 Kern Chaudhry 98 Christina Freeman 98 Pavel Nikolay 98 Boyan Tassev 98 Ann Young 98 Anthony Dawson 00 Brian Guidicotti 00 classmates.com is an amazing source of new alumni. ALUMNI SEARCH Anyone know how to contact: Daniel Lindenfeld 91 Eric Rhea 91? Jennifer Rhea 93? BIOS DAVE DECKER 70 Occupation: University Professor Bio: University professor for 20 years,writing, publishing, and teaching. Trivia: Hitchiked accross the U.S.A three times. World travel with my wive and two daughters in the 1980s, 1990s. Friends: everybody Hobbies: sports,victorian studies,travel,poetry... Kids: two daughters, the oldest one a sophomore at the University of Washington second daughter, 8th grade. (I'M THE ONE WHO'S WRITING THIS WHOLE THING. since my dad doesn't want to it) Grade_school: Wainwright school ,Tacoma, Washington Grade_school_friends: nobody Junior_high: sorry, I grew up in Washington! Junior_high_friends: ditto Memorable_teachers: Mr. Rollins-history.( hamburgers) Ms Okamura-German (guten tag!!) Favorite_memory: 1. driving down Encina corridors in a teacher's volkswagen van. 2. scorring a touchdown in a football game late in our season Story: too many, check you later.. -dave d. Heard_about_website_from: my "smart" daughter, (me!) ARMANDO MAES 90/91 Occupation: Chef Bio: Left high school after my sohmore year. Went to Texas got my GED. Moved back to Sacramento started indoor gardening for about two years while I was learning the chef trade at Piatti in Sacramento. Discovered that I had this amazing talent to cook & create fantastic Italian cuisine. I am now one of the top rated chefs in San Francisco. You can come check me out at Rose Pistola in San Francisco. Currently saving & studying to own my own Restaurant. Friends: Jim & Joe Moore (best friends for life),Mark B.,Tracy Martin, Jason McCarthy (may god look over him),everybody in integrated english/ history, Chris Cheng, Joe McCLeore, Bobby Martinez, John Dumas, Billy Bloodsaw, Greek Harvey IV (punk), Candy, and all the other girls that I flirted with. Hobbies: bicycling, cooking, traveling, hiking Kids: none Grade_school: Greer Elementary Grade_school_friends: Bobby Martinez, John Dumas, Spencer Hamilton, Claudel, Billy Bloodsaw Junior_high: Jonas Salk Junior_high_friends: All the Same from HIgh School Memorable_teachers: Mrs. Lord (the bomb archeologists), Mr. Sanders very intelligent profesor & very impressionable Favorite_memory: My party that I had at my moms house our sophmore year when the seniors stole the kegs and we stole them back. MELISSA SMITH 91 Occupation: Asst. Stock Administrator Bio: On December 23, 2000 I got married. Dan and I had been friends for years and started dating a couple of years ago. Things have been wonderful. I have worked at E*Trade Securities for 2 years, one year in customer service and one year in outsourced stock administration. Prior to that I worked at the California SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) Program as an administrative assistant. In 1995 I granduated from CSU, Sacramento with a degree in Communication Studies. While at school I bowled for the collegiate bowling team and traveled all over the US. I participated in 3 national championship tournament, with the highest finish being 6th place. I was also selected to represent California in the All-California Collegiate Bowling Tour that went to Japan. We spent 18 days in Japan and toured all over the country. I also interned in the Athletic Department and at KXTV-10 sports department. Trivia: While interning at KXTV-10 I got to interview David Robinson. The interview appeared on KXTV-10, the San Antonio ABC affiliate and ESPN. Friends: Genevieve Bradbury, Kerry Houston, John Meckfessel, Chris Leiser and Chris Cheng. I get emails from Genevieve every now and then, but I have lost contact with everybody else. Hobbies: Bowling, reading, and spending time with my husband. Kids: No kids yet. Grade_school: Bell Avenue School Junior_high: Rio Linda Junior High Memorable_teachers: Mr. Tracy because of his sense of humor. Mr. McElroy for his compassion. Mr. Berger for his encouragement. Mrs. Lord for her honesty. Mrs. Grossenbacher for her support. Ms. Elder for her dedication. Favorite_memory: Shayla's halloween party our senior year. Alumni_in_contact: Mike Emelio '87 Donald Scherman '83? Heard_about_website_from: other alumni DAVID WILSON 91 Occupation: market research interviewer Bio: Most of you would probably recognize my nickname more than my real one. It was Andre the Giant. I was called that so often, even some the guys I ran with didn't know that David was my real name.I stayed in Sac for another year and a half after graduation before moving to Missoula, MT. Yes, Montana. I grew up in a town about the same size as Missoula (pop. about 60,000) and after I adjusted from living in a city to a smaller town again, I have felt at home here. I became a cook about six years ago which I did until two knee surgeries in as many years forced me off my feet and into a sit down job. I found my current work to feed and house my wife Melanie and I til I get out of school as a web designer. I met my lovely wife in August 1998. We dated briefly before realizing that we were meant for one another and so got married. We've been married now for almost 18 months. I know I started late, but I wasn't ready to marry before then. Hell, I wasn't too sure I was ready to do it when I did, but I have never doubted that it was the right thing to do. Trivia: Like I said, I've had two knee surgeries (same problem, same knee), am due for a third for the same thing (again on the same knee) and need at least one surgery on the left one to remove a bone chip in it. I also took up fishing again when I moved up here and during the recovery from my last surgery, I took up fly fishing, a sport that is terribly addicting to some people and a collossal waste of time to others. I guess it all depends on your personality. Since I was already an avid fisherman, I fell into the former category and have gone pretty much from avid to rabid. Oh well, Melanie still loves me though she doesn't even pretend to understand! Friends: Rick Rhea was my best friend and is the one I'd like to get hold of the most. Through a combination of stupidity and fear (it's a long story), I let him go and I would like to hear from him again if anybody knows where he is. Some of my other good friends? Heidi and Wendy Flora (twins), Craig Johnson, Paul (I forget his last name), Chris (Hooter), and the other Chris who ran with us. We used to play hackey sack on the quad nearly every day at lunch. I can't forget Derek Wallen either. The boy had his problems, but he was a good guy and I liked him a lot. Hobbies: FISHING, FISHING, FISHING, and tinkering with my computer. Did I mention that I like to FISH? Kids: Sorry, no kids yet. Grade_school: Washington Elementary in Medford, OR Junior_high: Roy Jr High, Roy, Utah Memorable_teachers: Mr Dedarian because he made U.S. History fun and easy. Erik for putting up with me and my escaping to the art room next door to hang out with my friends all the time. Last but not least, Mr. Hollingsworth for putting up with my god-awful singing during auto shop. I haven't quit singing and unfortunately, I haven't gotten any better! Give me another decade, we'll see then Favorite_memory: Playing hackey on the quad with my friends Story: Nothing I care to see in print. Heard_about_website_from: Somehow Encina webmasters found my email address and sent me a message. OBITUARIES Once again, courtesy of Kathie Kloss 67. Note that these obituaries are from archives and not newly published... DAN HALVORSON The Sacramento Bee, June 18, 1987 DAN A. HALVORSON A rosary for Dan A. Halvorson, a counselor for the San Juan Unified School District and active in Sacramento high school sports for many years, will be recited at 7 p.m. Friday in the Culjis & Son Chapel, 1525 Alhambra Blvd. He died Tuesday, June 16, from cancer at age 53. A Sacramento resident since 1960, Mr. Halvorson joined the Sacramento City School District and coached basketball at Peter Lassen Junior High School and Will C. Wood Middle School. He joined Burbank High School's physical education staff when the school first opened in the early 1960s and was there for seven years as a football, basketball, golf, and tennis coach. Mr. Halvorson was then a counselor at Encina High School for the San Juan Unified School District and transfered to Mira Loma High School, where he served as head counselor and the girls' athletic director and softball coach for several years. He was a counselor at El Camino High School the past few years and also officiated at football games. The North Dakota native served in the Army during the late 1950s and earned a bachelor's and master's degree in education from Arizona State University. He later received a master's degree in psychology from Sacramento State College. He enjoyed distance running, competing in several national marathons and triathlons, and held a national steeplechase record for his age group for two years. He also announced football games at Hughes Stadium for several years. Mr. Halvorson is survived by his wife, Mary; children, Peter of Arizona, Brian of Texas, Stephen of Berkeley, and Kathleen and Megan, both of Sacramento; his mother, Dora Halvorson, and a brother, William, both of Stockton; and sisters, Joanne Ash of Washington and Shirley Funk of Arizona. A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at 10 a.m. Saturday in St. Mary's Church, 58th and M streets. Burial will be at Calvary Cemetery. The family requests that anyremembrances be made to the Dan Halvorson Fund, c/o Len Frizzi, 3406 Harger Court, Sacramento, 95821, or the American Cancer Society. ERNIE JONES Sacramento Bee, October 7, 1996 ERNIE G. JONES DEVOTED CAREER TO CAPITAL-AREA KIDS' EDUCATION Ernie Grover Jones devoted his lengthy career to the education of children in the Sacramento area. From teaching to counseling to administrative work, he employed his generous nature to help those around him, his family said. "You could take problems to Ernie and talk about them. I never heard a person say a bad word about him ever," said his friend of 48 years, George Kelly of Sacramento. Mr. Jones died Thursday of heart failure at Tucson Medical Center in Tucson, Ariz. He was 70. In addition to teaching and counseling at various schools in the San Juan Unified School District, he developed work-experience programs, including the Regional Occupational Program which gives high school students academic credit for working in their field of study. He counseled at several area schools including Mira Loma, Encina, El Camino, and La Sierra. He helped develop the curriculum at Casa Roble High School. "He related to kids well. He treated them as adults," said his son, Steve Jones of Kahaluu, Hawaii. "He never talked down to young people." After living in Sacramento for 39 years, Mr. Jones moved to Tucson in 1989. A native of Ensley, Ala., he was the sixth of eight children born to Earny Grover Jones and Wilda Collum Jones. He joined the U.S. Navy when he was 17 years old. He was stationed in the Pacific and Treasure Island before leaving the military as a chief petty officer after three years. Upon leaving the military, he received his high school equivalency diploma, and entered Auburn University in Alabama. After one year, he transferred to Birmingham Southern College where he met his wife, Charlotte Jones, who also was a teacher for the San Juan district before her death last year. The couple moved to Williams in 1949 where they worked odd job while attending what was then Sacramento State. They were both involved with the Williams Methodist Church choir that performed throughout the Sacramento Valley. In 1950, they moved to Sacramento, and graduated from Sacramento State in 1952. Mr. Jones received a degree in communications, then went to work for Sylvan Elementary School in Citrus Heights, where he taught sixth grade. He left Sylvan after about five years, working briefly for Aerojet General as training and safety director. He returned to teaching at Barrett Middle School but soon moved to vocational counseling and administration for San Juan Unified School District. He was an avid golfer, camper and a collector of Austin-Healey1 cars. He enjoyed traveling, taking journeys to Europe and Mexico. He was a member of Delta Sigma Phi, E Clampus Vitus (a local historical society), the Carmichael Rotary, Kiwanis, and the Navy League. He was a founding member of St. Mark's Methodist Church. In addition to his son Steve, he is survived by a daughter, Constance Jones of Tucson, Ariz.; four sisters, Nell Brockman of Ashville, Ala., Pauline Nesmith of Columbiana, Ala., Aline Starlin of Pelham, Ala., and Clarice Sexton of Eastlake, Ala.; one brother, Robert Jones of Cottonwood, Ariz.; and two grandsons. The family requests any remembrances be made to the Ernie and Charlotte Jones Memorial Scholarship Fund, P.O. Box 16711, Tucson, Ariz., 85732. WHAT'S NEW 1/9/00: Tamara Rosenblum 86/87, Dan McGuire 64, Sheila Vienna 83, Laurie Vienna 72, Winston Hall 74, Steve Jones 91, Ken Jaffee 62, Amber Lopez 99/bio, Larry Parino 86, Jon Veis 72, Linda Johnson 84, Louis Costa 62, Bill Costa 63, Mandi Moore 90 update, Jill Sheetz 81, Richard Maile 81, Melissa Smith 91 bio, Randy Auer 88, Charles Kloczko 63 update, Valerie Smith 97 bio, Johnny Smith 97, Amy Smith 99, Mike Durant 63, Bill Souza 70, Janice Bryant 91, Andrea Taylor 74, Kim Parker 74, Nanette Parker 75, Leslie Parker 77, Portia Burke 65, Scott McIntire 90, David Wilson 91 bio 1/8/00: Kate Del Rio 90/bio, Robert Morgott 78, Matthew Boney 89, Christian Camp 84, Daniel Lindenfeld 91, Mike Callaway 64 update, William Starnes 70, Ronald Starnes 72, Suzie Kochevar 78, Tim Moore 74, Bill Vlach 64 update, Cathy Harlan 80 update, Dennis Mathisen 85 update, David Wilson 91, Dave Decker 70/bio, Gary Langstaff 66, Van Owens 67, Scott Owens 65, Kim Owens 76, Kelly Owens 78, Bonnie McFarland 63 update, Carl Giacomo 66, Robert Hookano 79 update, David Rhoades 96, Susan Johnson 68 update, Robert Gemmell 78 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 Have a good weekend. Harlan Lau '73 Encina webmaster www.encinahighschool.com harlan@rambus.com