From: Harlan Lau Date: Thu Feb 14, 2002 3:34 pm Subject: Encina Update (olympics, email address, alumni challenge, booster club, meredith, reunions, siblings, bios, humor, whats new) ADVERTISEMENT ENCINA ALUMNI, There is no sponsor for this week's update 8^(. Happy Valentine's Day! OLYMPICS It has been wonderful to watch the US athletes compete in the Olympics this week! It gives me chills when I recall Monday night when the US men swept the snowboarding, Taylor getting the silver in the mogul skiing or Bode's second slalom run last night in the combined. It's unfortunate that so much attention is being given to the skate judging fiasco. I hope they award a second gold medal to the Canadians when all is said and done. I don't see how these judges can live with themselves when they screw these athletes who have been dedicating their lives to be the best, only to have the judges act like little gods who put their nationalism above their professional ethics. Ken Lambert '70 wrote: I live in Park City. My best friend here, Jimmy Shea, is our gold medal hopeful in the skeleton, and will give the Athletes Oath tonight at the opening ceremony. I have been training him for the last 12 months in karate (mind and body). Hope it works - at least the mind side. Tell any fellow Encinians to give me a call if they are here during the Games. I can give them some inside perspective on the local scene if they want. 435-901-1247. Best Ken Lambert klambert@pcfastnet.com Laura Vasquez Lavallee '77 wrote: Just to let you know that my brother Richard Vasquez ('75) is at the Olympics. He is a law enforcement park ranger for the National Park Service and is one of the rangers brought in to provide special security for the olympics. His venue is the cross country skiing. EMAIL ADDRESS This week's award for a clever email address goes to Mark Noya '85 for his mnoya@paranoya.com If you have a clever/funny/cute email address you wish to share please write. ALUMNI CHALLENGE PLEDGES Bruce Hunt '73 wrote: Still unsure of my schedule. Working on a project that has had me away from my home since Nov 15th, but will try to fly in for this years game. However, put me down for $2.00 per point. Would like to challenge the rest of the class of 73 to pitch in and help as well. Regards, Bruce Hunt We're at $10/alumni point. ALUMNI CHALLENGE RSVPS Donna McManus '74 wrote: Dear Class of "74", It is an odd thing to sit here at the computer and read all of the friendly bantering that has been going on. In high school I was one of the many, watching the "A" group few, from the outside. And here, 28 years later, I am doing it again this time online! There is something about this group of people that is still enviable and really rather remarkable. Over the years, on and off for some continuously for others, this group has stayed in touch. So Karen and all, I put this to you today: Where are your old friends? Do you have someones number tucked away and just haven't found the time to call them lately? Do you remember that a friend of a friend may know where your old best friend is? What ever connection, old friends are truley worth the effort of finding again. They are our connection with the past and with care and nurturning, they well be part of our futures. I will be draggin Randi Sanford, Suzanne McGee and Donna Pruitt to the alumni challange! Last year Randi and I had a blast. This year I won't let Suzanne whimp out and we just found Pruitt again! Donna McManus By the way!!! Fight song: We're gonna fight, fight, fight for Encina High, We've got the will to win, it's do or die. For we are all behind you lead the way, So come on boys let's win that game today! Rah! Rah! We'll sweep the other team right off their feet, For the Apache spirit can't be beat. For Gold and Cardnial banners proudly fly, For ENCINA HIGH! now.... who remembers the Alma Mater? I can't! Danica Fraser 99 wrote: My name is Danica Fraser and I graduated class of 1999! I am excited about the alumni challenge this year. I am glad that you are able to raise so much money for the programs at Encina...they need all the help that they can get. But I am gonna have to root for Encina Varsity this year. My little brother Brian Fraser is playing and I know that they will kick some alumni butt. I know that they will win, but I am hoping that it is a well played game and a fair one. May the best team win! For a current list of alumni challenge rsvps see: http://www.encinahighschool.com/homecoming/challenge02.htm ALUMNI CHALLENGE Encina Alumni Challenge 2002 Date: Friday, April 12, 2002 Time: 4:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. Cost: TBD, probably about the same as last year Remember last year's Alumni Challenge? Our alumni basketball team almost beat the Encina Varsity team in a close and exciting game. We raised over $20,000 for Encina programs, had a great dinner, enjoyed a wonderful Alumni Band and saw old friends and the campus. If you missed it, you really missed out! The Second Annual Alumni Challenge will be even bigger and better with a rematch of the Alumni and Varsity teams, great prizes, an even better meal, and more fun! More details will follow soon, but clear your calendar for April 12 and come join us. Our goal is to raise more money and have more fun than we did at last year's event. For more information or to volunteer to help, please contact Steve Palmer '74 at 530-676-2775 or spalmer@innotek.com, or Bob Goosmann '74 at magusbob@hotmail.com. For details about the Alumni Challenge 2002: http://www.encinahighschool.com/homecoming/challenge02.htm ENCINA BOOSTER CLUB Encina community liason Heddy Crowder provided this list of how the Encina Booster Club spent some of the money raised by the alumni challenge and by the past bingo fundraising effort. Encina High School Allocated Funds Transportation $1,300.00 Football Uniforms $3,000.00 Basketball Uniforms $1,636.84 Baseball Diamond Improvement $1,000.00 Ashland Shakespearean Trip $835.00 Basketball Invitation Only Camp $120.00 Encina Pride (T-shirts,Sweatshirts, Poms) $2,400.00 Homecoming $285.00 Lincoln CIF Dinner $90.00 Operating Expenses $2,200.00 T-Shirt Design Gift Certificates $75.00 Football Snack Bar Improvement (El Camino HS) $500.00 $13,441.84 And here is part of the current staff wish list... Encina High School Staff Wish List for Encumbered Funds Visual and Performing Arts $5,700.00 Business Academy and Encina Broadcast System $2,000.00 Student Assistance Program $250.00 Cheerleaders $1,000.00 Reading/Literacy Program (incentives) $200.00 Yearbook/Computer Arts $3,748.00 Math/MESA $300.00 Football $12,959.67 $26,157.67 Heddy wrote that in the past they have also given both academic and athletic scholarships when sufficient funds were available. ANN MEREDITH 66 DON'T CALL ME HONEY Photographs of Women and Their Work. By Ann P. Meredith Exhibition Dates: March 2 - April 21, 2002 Public Reception: March 13th, 5.30-7.30pm Location: City Hall, Lower Level. Free HONEY is a unique historical exhibition by internationally acclaimed photographer and filmmaker, Ann P. Meredith. Meredith's black and white photographic portraits applaud those pioneering women who braved the uncharted territories of blue-collar work in the early 70's and 80's. The photographs serve as an inspiration to women and girls as Meredith continues her 31 year document of women's culture, "I, A WITNESS," and seeks to educate and motivate young women on the options and job opportunities in their future. In HONEY, Meredith depicts the strength and courage that is so essential for these modern day pioneers to overcome their personal and professional challenges. HONEY reflects the tenacity and spirit, the endurance and the commitment, of these courageous women. Public Forum Thursday, March 7th, 12.00-1.00 p.m. Location: South Light Court - City Hall. Free In conjunction with Ann P. Meredith's exhibition "Don't Call Me Honey" and International Women's Day on March 8th, a public forum will take place in City Hall at noon on March 7. All are welcome. Participants are: Ann P. Meredith (Moderator) - Photographer, filmmaker, Director of Swordfish Productions; Nancy L. Baker - Psychologist Elizabeth L. Colton - Chair of the Board, International Museum of Women Jenny Erwin - Regional Administrator, Women's Bureau-U.S. Department of Labor; Donna Graves/Susan Schwartzenberg - Public artist/administrator for the Rosie The Riveter Project, Richmond, CA; Peg Lum - Self Employed Business Owner, "Independent Mechanics"; Alexandria Todd - Director of Corporate Communications, Open Wave Systems; Welcoming remarks by Corrine Mehigan - Building Manager, S.F. City Hall Information: www.imow.org Ann P. Meredith. SWORDFISH Productions 1611 University Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94703 t. 510.558.0902. f.510.848.5790 annpmer@pacbell.net REUNIONS CLASS OF 1962 Event: Alumni only pre-party Date: Friday, September 27, 2002 Place: Mace's Format: No host cocktail party Event: Golf tournament Date: Saturday, September 28, 2002 Place: Haggin Oaks Contact: Bill Corrie Event: Reunion party Date: September 28, 2002 Place: Del Paso Country Club Contact: Alice Braio Bogert 62 at ajbogert@yahoo.com CLASS OF 1967 No plans for a 35th reunion. Next reunion in 2007. Contact: Linda Goff 67 at ljgoff@csus.edu CLASS OF 1972 Event: Alumni Preparty Date: Friday, July 12, 2002 Event: Reunion Dinner & Dance Date: Saturday, July 13, 2002 Place: Granite Bay Golf Club Contact: Sue Kehoe Jacobson '72 at jacobson41@msn.com Event: Family Picnic Date: Sunday, July 14, 2002 CLASS OF 1977 Date: August 17, 2002 Place: Doubletree Hotel (near Arden Fair and Cal Expo) Contact: John Hyland at johnthyland@hotmail.com Sue Levy Joslin at Jos964@attbi.com CLASS OF 1982 *** UPDATE *** Soames Funakoshi 82 wrote: I am writing to announce our first website! Yes we now have a place where you can go and get updates on the reunion. I will periodically update it and I will let you know. There is a poll at the bottom of the page. It isn't very long so if you could take a second and do it I would appreciate it. We had a meeting tonight and we folded, labled, and stamped 150 flyers to go out tomorrow. So look for those to come in your mail soon. As you can see though 150 is still way off from our 300 + in our class. So I will be putting out a missing persons list soon. If you know anyone that isn't aware of what is going on send them our way. Here is the address of the website. do not put a www in front of it. just type it in the way you see it. home.attbi.com/~alexusfr/index.html Let me know if you have problems getting to it. Well that is all for now BUT ONE MORE THING PLEASE IF YOU WANT TO REPLY TO THIS EMAIL DO NOT CLICK ON REPLY JUST START A BRAND NEW EMAIL TO ME UNLESS YOU WANT THE WHOLE CLASS TO SEE IT.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks Soames Date: August 9, 2002 Place: Croatian Hall Contact: Soames Funakoshi at alexusfr@yahoo.com CLASS OF 1987 Date: TBD Place: TBD Contact: Kris Monday Dragoo at jkdragoo@winfirst.com CLASS OF 1992 Date: TBD Place: TBD Contact Rochelle Karrick Laun at RochLaun@yahoo.com (note new email address) SIBLINGS This is the first time I can remember that we didn't have any new sibling information... BIOS JANICE PARQUER 82 Occupation: Retail/ Insructional Assistant Bio: For the first couple of semesters, I pursued a degree in Child Development. Soon after, my oldest son, Randy was born. Because he had a serious medical conditon, I had to postpone both employment and school. I`ve been at Mervyn`s for the last 14 years. Several years ago, I started working for SCOE in the SH division. Trivia: I have come to the conclusion, that I have no personal identity. I`m known as Randy, Russel, or Katie`s mom. However, my local school district insists that when my children graduate; I can make lots of money by writing about raising them. Friends: I was best friends with Lisa Boyles in kindergarden. I haven`t seen her in about 10? years, but belated congrats on the birth of her daughter. I see Carmela and Wendy every now and then. Although JoAnne and I were good friends, I haven`t talked to her in years. Hobbies: Unfortunately, majority rules in our household and I`m not allowed to have fun without an underage chaperone. Kids: My kids are most of the time unique and wonderful. However it can be challenging raising kids that don`t fit in the norm. After many years, of specialists; it has been decided that all 3 of my kids fit in the High Functioning Spectrum of Autism. Grade_school: OLF currently Saint Josephs Grade_school_friends: Lisa Boyles is the only person that I have known since grade school. Memorable_teachers: My favorite teacher was undoubtably Mr. Chambers. I haven`t seen him in several years, but the last time I talked to him; Darren was enrolled in college. Favorite_memory: I believe I was a sophomore in Mr. Lawrence`s English class; I got the top score for the essay writing assessment. Unfortunately the class was predominately male and a girl got the honors of having the best essay. HUMOR Lots of good humor this week... "What do women really want" courtesy of Diane Schoenborn Kelly '73: A Story: Arthurian Legend Twist Young King Arthur was ambushed and imprisoned by the monarch of a neighboring kingdom. The monarch could have killed him, but was moved by Arthur's youth and ideals. So the monarch offered him freedom, as long as he could answer a very difficult question. Arthur would have a year to figure out the answer; if, after a year, he still had no answer, he would be put to death. The question: What do women really want? Such a question would perplex even the most knowledgeable man, and, to young Arthur, it seemed an impossible query. But, since it was better than death, he accepted the monarch's proposition to have an answer by year's end. He returned to his kingdom and began to poll everybody: the princess, the prostitutes, the priests, the wise men, the court jester. He spoke with everyone, but no one could give him a satisfactory answer. Many people advised him to consult the old witch --- only she would know the answer. Her price would be high; the witch was famous throughout the kingdom for the exorbitant prices she charged. The last day of the year time period arrived and Arthur had no alternative but to talk to the witch. She agreed to answer his question, but he'd have to accept her price first: The old witch wanted to marry Gawain, the most noble of the Knights of the Round Table and Arthur's closest friend! Young Arthur was horrified: She was hunchbacked and hideous, had only one tooth, smelled like sewage, made obscene noises, etc. He had never encountered such a repugnant creature. He refused to force his friend to marry her and have to endure such a burden. Gawain, upon learning of the proposal, spoke with Arthur. He told him that nothing was too big a sacrifice compared to Arthur's life and the preservation of the Round Table. Hence, Gawain's wedding to the witch was proclaimed, and the witch answered Arthur's question thus: What a woman really wants is to be in charge of her own life. Everyone instantly knew that the witch had uttered a great truth and that Arthur's life would be spared. And so it was. The neighboring monarch granted Arthur total freedom. What a wedding Gawain and the witch had! Arthur was torn between relief and anguish. Gawain was proper as always, gentle and courteous. The old witch put her worst manners on display, and generally made everyone very uncomfortable. The honeymoon hour approached. Gawain, steeling himself for a horrific experience, entered the bedroom. But what a sight awaited him! The most beautiful woman he'd ever seen lay before him! The astounded Gawain asked what had happened. The beauty replied that since he had been so kind to her when she'd appeared as a witch, she would henceforth be her horrible, deformed self half of the time, and the other half, she would be her beautiful maiden self. She asked Gawain which would he want her to be during the day, and which during the night? What a cruel question! Gawain pondered his predicament. During the day, a beautiful woman to show off to his friends, but at night, in the privacy of his home, an old witch? Or, would he prefer having by day a hideous witch, but by night a beautiful woman with whom to enjoy many intimate moments? What would you do? What Gawain chose follows below, but DON'T READ UNTIL YOU'VE MADE YOUR OWN CHOICE! Noble Gawain replied that he would let her choose for herself. Upon hearing this, she announced that she would be beautiful all the time, because he had respected her enough to let her be in charge of her own life. What is the moral of this story? The moral is: If your woman doesn't get her own way, things are going to get ugly! More humor from Sandi Elrod '62... A timeless lesson on how consultants can make a difference for an organization... Last week, we took some friends out to a new restaurant, and noticed that the waiter who took our order carried a spoon in his shirt pocket. It seemed a little strange, but I ignored it. However, when the busboy brought our water and utensils, I noticed he also had a spoon in his shirt pocket. I then looked around the room and saw that all the staff had spoons in their pockets. When the waiter came back to serve our soup I asked, "Why the spoon?" "Well," he explained, "the restaurant's owners hired Andersen Consulting, experts in efficiency, in order to revamp all our processes. After several months of statistical analysis, they concluded that customers drop their spoons 73.84 percent more often than any other utensil. This represents a drop frequency of approximately 3 spoons per table per hour. If our personnel are prepared to deal with that contingency, we can reduce the number of trips back to the kitchen and save 15 man-hours per shift." As luck would have it I dropped my spoon and he was able to replace it with his spare spoon. "I'll get another spoon next time I go to the kitchen instead of making an extra trip to get it right now." I was rather impressed. The waiter served our main course and I continued to look around. I then noticed that there was a very thin string hanging out of the waiter's fly. Looking around, I noticed that all the waiters had the same string hanging from their flies. My curiosity got the better of me and before he walked off, I asked the waiter, "Excuse me, but can you tell me why you have that string right there?" Oh, certainly!" he answered, lowering his voice. "Not everyone is as observant as you. That consulting firm I mentioned also found out that we can save time in the restroom." "How so?" "See," he continued, "by tying this string to the tip of you-know-what, we can pull it out over the urinal without touching it and in that manner eliminate the need to wash the hands, shortening the time spent in the restroom by 76.39 percent." "Okay, that makes sense, but . . . if the string helps you get it out, how do you put it back in?" "Well," he whispered, lowering his voice even further, "I don't know about the others, but I use the spoon." Valentine's Day humor from Diane Schoenborn Kelly '73: My Phony Valentine If the rules of romance were taken as seriously as rules of law, 99 percent of new lovers would be pursuing fraud claims against their partners. Why? Because with everyone on their best behavior in the early stages of a relationship, what we see is seldom what we get. Protect your legal and emotional rights. Enter into relationships with open eyes and informed consent. Require all suitors to execute the Truth-In-Loving Disclosure Statement, as follows: I, the undersigned paramour, hereby agree to abide by the time-honored romantic tradition of completely misrepresenting who I am at the beginning of our relationship, to be increasingly candid in the middle stages, and to finally reveal my stunning array of character defects, true beliefs, and annoying quirks at the end. This agreement shall be fully implemented within six months, being the estimated time it will take for our eternal, undying love to change to bitter resentment: 1. Ridiculously early in our relationship, I covenant to begin calling you my soul mate, even though neither I nor my 29 previous soul mates have any clue what that word means. 2. When asked why my prior relationships didn't work out, I shall state, "We had different goals," failing to mention that one of mine is to sabotage all relationships. 3. I will tell you that I love all the little things you do, when in fact, I hate all the little things you do, especially the way you (choose one or more): talk incessantly, squeeze the toothpaste tube in the middle, sneak up on me with a flashlight. 4. Men: I shall misrepresent that I love to communicate, listen to Sting, and, especially, dance. Women: I shall misrepresent that I have a deep interest in the standings, statistical leaders, and weekly injury reports for all major sports. 5. I will insist with a straight face that I never want to try to change you, even as my list of suggestions for improving your appearance, personality, and lifestyle approaches the 10,000 mark. 6. I shall pretend to find it cute how your cat climbs all over me while I'm sucking on an asthma inhaler at the same time that your dog is attempting to have intimate relations with my leg. 7. We shall talk on the phone at the following frequency: first month, five times per day; second month, three times per day; third and fourth months, once per day; fifth month, when I need a ride; sixth month, when I forget to check my Caller ID. 8. In the second month, I agree to begin combining the words "committed" and "you" in the same sentence. Provided: I will not add "mental institution" to such sentence until the fifth month. 9. In months one and two, we shall engage in frequent, excessive public displays of affection. During months three to five, such displays shall decline in direct proportion to number of syllables we utter to each other while dining out. In month six, excessive displays shall resume, but only with persons not party to this agreement. 10. I will see only the good in your numerous negative qualities until the sixth month, at which point I will come to the startling realization that your playfulness is really immaturity, your caring is codependence, and your confidence is narcissism. 11. At all relevant times, I shall confuse love with lust. HOW TO STOP TELEPHONE SOLICITORS I suppose some degree of commerce would grind to a halt if telephone solicitors weren't able to call people at home during the dinner hour. But that doesn't make it any more pleasant. Now Steve Rubenstein, a writer for the San Francisco Chronicle, has proposed "Three Little Words" -- based on his brief experience in a telemarketing operation -- that would stop the nuisance for all time. The three little words are "Hold on, please." Saying this while putting down your phone and walking off --instead of hanging up immediately -- would make each telemarketing call so time-consuming that boiler rooms would grind to a halt. When you eventually hear the phone company's beep-beep-beep tone, you know it's time to go back and hang up your handset, which has efficiently completed its task. This might be one of those articles you'll want to e-mail to your friends. Three little words that eliminate telephone soliciting: http://www.sfgate.com@836.as/?c37e WHAT'S NEW 2/13/02: John Anderson 78 update, Janice Parquer 82 bio, Chris Cavner 92 update, Nancy Jonas 67 2/11/02: Kathleen Sanford 62, Dennis Mathisen 85 update 2/10/02: Tim Lucas 93/bio 2/8/02: Connie Hill 87 update, Bob Hanshaw 64 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 No update next week. I'll be skiing at Telluride, Colorado with the family over President's week. If you are familiar with Telluride restaurants please write with your suggestions as we'll be eating out every night before watching the US kick butt at the Olympics. GO U S A ! Harlan Lau '73 Encina HS alumni webmaster www.encinahighschool.com