From: Harlan Lau Date: Thu Feb 28, 2002 11:17 am Subject: Encina Update (basketball, alumni challenge, alma mater, email, reunions, siblings, cope, knoff, bluffs, bios, humor, abramson, whats new, hotmail) ENCINA ALUMNI, Larry Averitt '95 is the sponsor of this week's update! Check out his Fat Larry's Clothing website at www.fatlarry.com "Since 1999, FatLarry has been bringing StreetWear and Stickers to the Southern California Skate and Surf Locals. Started as a 'funny name' and grown into an established company, FatLarry Clothing is independently owned and based in Orange County, California. Sponsoring local sports including; Trials Riding, Mountain Biking, Motocross and Desert Racing helps keep ideas fresh and from the people. Most designs actually come from the athletes themselves. You can see FatLarry Shirts and Stickers all over Southern Cali from San Diego to L.A. and anywhere in between." BASKETBALL Good news sports fans! Encina upset Christian Brothers Wednesday night and is playing in the ARCO ARENA on Saturday! BE THERE! "Division IV : Encina pulls off a shocker in victory over No. 1 CBS By Matt Mills -- Bee Correspondent Published 5:30 a.m. PST Thursday, Feb. 28, 2002 LODI -- For the first time in his stellar career at Christian Brothers, Matt Traverso was too late. Traverso's rebound and putback at the buzzer came a second too late as No. 5 Encina pulled off memorable upset, knocking off the top-ranked Falcons 58-57 on Wednesday night in the semifinals of the Sac-Joaquin Section Division IV playoffs at Tokay High School. Stephen Beasley had a key steal late and converted it into a layup that gave Encina a 58-55 lead. After a technical foul on the Encina crowd for storming the court and two Tim McGann free throws with 2.1 seconds remaining, CBS had the final shot, but Mel Cuckovich's desperation heave was long, and Traverso couldn't score in time. Richard Nelson scored 18 for the Bulldogs and Beasley 14. John Coaxum scored 11 points, and James Hankins came off the bench with deft ball-handling. "I can't explain it," Encina coach Reggie Vaughn said. "We worked so hard." The loss ended the prep careers of four Falcons players who led the program. Cuckovich, McGann, Traverso and David Damron led the Falcons (23-9) to back-to-back Sierra Valley Conference titles and a Division IV crown last season. Traverso had 20 points and 13 rebounds, and Damron had 14 points. Traverso will play football next season at Stanford. Cuckovich will play football and baseball at Sacramento State. Encina (23-9) will face No. 2 Amador at 3:30 p.m. Saturday at Arco Arena." ALUMNI CHALLENGE *** UPDATE *** After reading the preceding article about Encina's varsity basketball team, you can see that Bob Goosmann '74 and his alumni team will have their work cut out for them this year. We're going to need lots of alumni in attendance to cheer for the alumni team! Here's are the details from Bob Goosmann '74 and Steve Palmer '74... 2nd Annual Alumni Challenge Friday, April 12, 2002 4 p.m.—11 p.m. CAMPUS TOURS, 4 p.m.—6 p.m. Current students will provide alumni with guided tours of the campus, including the renowned Encina Art Gallery. DINNER, 5:30 p.m.—7:30 p.m. Dannie’s Catering will once again provide a delicious full-course meal in the school cafeteria. This year’s menu features a choice of prime rib with baked potato or smoked turkey with mashed potatoes and dressing. Included is tossed green salad, California mixed vegetables, dinner rolls, apple and peach cobbler, soda and coffee. DOOR PRIZES Each attendee will be automatically entered to win a prize during a drawing to be held at the dinner around 7 p.m. (must be present to win). NOTE: We are currently looking for donations of prizes—please contact Julie Eissinger Meador at jules95630@yahoo.com if you or someone you know can help. BASKETBALL GAME, 7:30 p.m.—9 p.m. An alumni squad will once again challenge the current Encina varsity team during a regulation-length, refereed, highly-competitive game in the Encina gym. If you are a former pre-1990 varsity player who did not play in last year’s game, contact Bob Goosmann at magusbob@hotmail.com if you want to play (note: if you have already contacted Bob, please send him another e-mail; a couple of the early e-mails were lost). Last year we received pledges totaling $250.00 per point scored by the alumni team (total points scored was 74). Please consider sponsoring this year’s team with a per-point pledge. Also funds raised will be used to support very worthwhile Encina projects and programs. POST-GAME PARTY, 9 p.m.—11 p.m. Coffee and socializing in the cafeteria with background music from the 60s, 70s and 80s. COST Before April 1, $20 per person ($10 for children under 10) April 1 and later, $25 per person ($12.50 children under 10) 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 along with the list of current RSVPs and pledges: http://www.encinahighschool.com/homecoming/challenge02.htm ALUMNI CHALLENGE PLEDGES Hello All, Steve and Bob, count me in for $2 a point. I will be at the game too. Kurt are you going to play in the band again? John Nunez Class of 74 We're at $12/alumni point. ALUMNI CHALLENGE RSVPS Kim Tierney '78 wrote: "I plan on playing in the alumni challenge game, but there's never a 100% guarantee. I was going to play last year, but the Kings had a home playoff game. Since the Kings are on the road April 12, I shouldn't have a problem. Therefore, unless a family event pops up, I'll see you there. Feel free to pledge an amount for each point I score. I assure you, your donation will be a small one! Also, if you are in regular contact with any other basketball players from our class, tell them to sign up to play. And don't forget, all you ex-song/cheerleaders who will be attending. If I have to wear a basketball uniform, you have to wear your cheer outfits!" Rollin Coxe '64 wrote: "I have a new digital camera, aabout $2,000 worth that I invested in for my photography business this year. Would you like me to shoot the alumni basketball game from down on the floor?" Rollin has photographed the last two homecoming parties for us... La Vonne Facino Foster_78 wrote: i officially RSVP to the alumni challenge and i guess i have to also remember that not always goes for not being said that i am always available to help. so i also officially extend my help. let me know what you need that i may help with. oops i guess I'd better make my pledge official. i made a pledge of $50 and challenged the class of 78 to get up and sing the alma mater at the game a few days ago within the 78 groups. so again please make the above said official. ALMA MATER I received a ton of mail about Encina's Alma Mater. Here are some of the more interesting ones... You can find the Alma Mater and the fight song on the history page: http://www.encinahighschool.com/history/history.htm Encina Alma Mater (courtesy Renee Welch 72) Encina High, our alma mater Cardinal and Gold We're for you and all you stand for Loyalty untold Ever striving, Onward driving We will never fail Encina High, out alma mater Hail to you all hail Encina Fight Song (courtesy Renee Welch 72 and Jane Larson Smith 69) Apache braves fight for Encina High They have 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 Show them Apache spirit can't be beat As gold and cardinal banners proudly fly Fight for Encina High! According to Mike Pittsley '71, the Encina fight song is actually "Washington & Lee Swing" with new lyrics adapted to Encina High School. From Sharon Bordisso Patten '78... I also enjoyed hearing from the past. I was at Encina a few months ago to help with the Freshman/Senior feast and I really enjoyed walking the campus with the students and other alumni. I was there to help prepare the food for the feast and while walking from the room with the food to the cafeteria, the changing bell rang and out from the classes emerged many students. I was a little worried at first because I had with me 3 four year olds and as the Encina students entered the hallways, it became a little crowded with friendly shoves and loud voices. Many students took notice of the little ones and made room and conversation with them. While in the cafeteria, many seniors befriended the 4 year olds and sat and played with them and their toys. They even took pictures of them. The little ones had fun that day and I enjoyed being back on the old stomping grounds. The place has changed a lot but the kids are just like we were, having fun and being highschoolers. Enjoyed hearing from you all. From Jeff Frei '75... Donna McManus: That was a cute e-mail. This evening, while sporting the kilt of my great-great-grandfather's clan, Shamus McLintock, and sampling some fine 24 year old single malt, the answer to your request comes to me in a bleary haze: Encina High, our Alma Mater Cardinal and Gold. Here's to you and all you stand for Loyalty untold. Onward driving, forever striving (that's close, the malt's kicking in) We will never fail. Encina High, our Alma Mater Hail to my kilt, all hail. From Judy Pryor Saint '70... Encina's alma mater? It may have changed (heaven forbid tradition change), but the parts I recall went like this: "Hail to thee, our alma mater, cardinal and gold, .......ee,......, ........untold (or bold, or something -old) Ever striving, ever ...-iving, We will never fail. Hail to thee our alma mater. Hail to thee, all hail." Now, what is it really? Judy (Pryor) Saint 1970: Winners of Best Spirit as Freshmen (which wasn't hard considering the waning Viet Nam War had defeated the upper class spirits) From Lee Pratt '61... hmmmm....Encina High my alma mater, Cardinal and gold...we're for you and all you stand for...loyalty untold....am I close? Did I win?? From Jeralynn Cupps Krug '66/67... I think it went something like this (it's been over 35 years!): Here's to you our Alma Mater, Cardinal & Gold We're for you and all you stand for Loyalty untold Ever striving, onward driving, we will never fail, Here's to you our Alma Mater, Hail to thee all hail. :-) not too bad a memory yet! From sue Schott '83/84... Re: Alma Mater: I remember it! Hope I'm right! Encina High, Our Alma Mater Cardinal and Gold. Were for you and all you stand for loyalty untold. Ever striving, onward driving, we shall never fail. Encina High our Alma Mater, Hail to you all Hail. I think that's it....hope someone fwds this to the one in question: Donna Mc Manus '74 Hi Harlan. I got a kick out of Donna McManus' note. With three glorious years of Cheerleading for the almighty Apaches, somethings are forever etched in my heart. Alas, the Encina High Alma Mater: Encina High, Our Alma Mater Cardinal and Gold (bah bah bah bum bum) We're for you, and all you stand for Loyalty untold. Ever striving, onward driving We will never fail! (bah bah bah bum bum) Encina High, Our Alma Mater Hail to you, all hail! Thanks for the memories! Heide Mathews-Boullt '78 Hi Harlan -- Had to take up the gauntlet -- "Who remembers the alma mater?" Encina High, our Alma Mater, Cardinal and Gold, We're for you, and all you stand for: Loyalty untold. Ever striving, onward driving, We will never fail {come on sopranos, join me in the descant!} Encina High, our Alma Mater Hail to you! All Hail! I always liked our Alma Mater. Kate Steinkoenig (72/73) Dan Mayes 78 wrote: I don't recall very many "almighty" moments on any of the Apaches' teams I was on, although it was great fun. I do remember our alma mater very well, though, including the "bah bah bah bum bum", hehe. Very good memories. I recently took my nine year old with his Cub Scout friends to a couple of high school football games (Cheyenne Mountain High School, a wonderful little place perched just below NORAD where, perhaps, Christopher and his siblings may someday attend) and it really brought back memories. First high school football game I'd been to since 1979 (I went to homecoming the year after I graduated, I think). Some things were very different. For one thing, the stands were PACKED. For another, the home team was undefeated (actually, so were the Apaches for one glorious stretch of three games in the fall of 1977, lol). But some things were about the same. The game was incidental to the kids there. It was a huge social happening. Of interest to the students were, in order, each other, the cheerleaders, and the concession stand. I don't believe the game elicited enough interest to warrant inclusion in the ranking. Paying close attention were the Cub Scouts, and those parents with kids on the team. Me too, hehe. I haven't thought about football for years. The thought of tackling someone now...ugh, hehe. In my creaky 41 year old body, it seems like a crazy sport now. The final game of the season was a semifinal championship game for the whole state, and actually did get the crowd's attention. A team from a tiny rural area several hundred miles away (Alamosa) came to "the big city" (lol), with just a few dozen supporters in their stands (very enthusiastic, however), played their hearts out, with most players playing both offense and defense (they only had about 18 guys), and won in the last minute of the game. I'm sure some of those guys will take that moment with them for the rest of their lives. Have to admit, I was cheering them on (silently, I should hasten to add). It sure was fun to be in that world again, briefly; its been a long time. Reading note from Donna McManus '74 and she asked who remembers the Alma Mater song: And it popped right into my head after 35 years: Encina High, our Alma Mater Cardinal and Gold! We're for your and all you stand for, Loyalty untold! Ever striving, onward driving, we will never fail Encina High, our Alma Mater, hail to you all hail! The annoying part is I'm working in my home office trying to remember what was discussed at a business meeting yesterday and that's taking some effort. But I can remember all the words to a song I haven't sung in 35 years! Sandy Clark - Class of 1966 Karolinn Williams Green '63 wrote: The fight song really goes like this: Apache Braves fight for Encina High And have the will to win, it's do or die For we are behind you lead the way So come boys lets win this game today, rah rah We'll sweep the other team right off their feet Show them Apache spirit can't be beat As Gold and Cardinal banners proudly fly Cheer for Encina High Alma Mater goes like this Encina High our Alma Mater Cardinal and Gold We're for you and all you stand for Loyalty untold Ever striving, Onward driving We will never fail Encina High our Alma Mater Hail to you all hail Not a bad memory for an old broad Karolinn Williams-Green Class of 63 Larishia Fagget '92 wrote... In response to our Alma Mater...I know the first two lines! lol! "Encina High, our Alma Mater, cardinal and gold...bla bla bla...." help! lol! EMAIL ADDRESS Here's a clever one... Ray Hicks 93: r@yhicks.com REUNIONS CLASS OF 1962 *** UPDATE *** Alice Braio Bogert 62 wrote: hi all, next reunion committee meeting will be on monday, march 4, 2002 at 7:00pm at nancy's house, 3315 montglen, carmichael. We will be stuffing envelopes to mail the flyers announcing the reunion and asking for help in locating classmates. Please make every effort to attend. please email me and let me know if you plan to attend. i'll be out of town in the bay area thru thursday, so won't be answering emails until my return on friday. hope to see you all on monday night!! 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 1968 *** UPDATE *** Ridgley Sheldon Reece '68 wrote: The reunion committee will be meeting in April 2002 to continue plans for the 2003 renunion (35Year). Information will be forth coming. CLASS OF 1972 *** UPDATE *** Darrel and Debbie Sprague Mitchell are additional reunion contacts. Event: Alumni Preparty Date: Friday, July 12, 2002 Event: Reunion Dinner & Dance Date: Saturday, July 13, 2002 Place: Granite Bay Golf Club Event: Family Picnic Date: Sunday, July 14, 2002 Contact: Sue Kehoe Jacobson '72 at jacobson41@msn.com Debbie Sprague Mitchell '72 at galsmail@c-zone.net Darrel Mitchell '72 at lynk0007@c-zone.net 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 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 *** UPDATE *** Rochelle wrote that she and Jannell are trying to schedule the 92 reunion on the same weekend as the homecoming party so that folks from out of town can attend both events. Unfortunately, the date of the homecoming party has not been set yet. They are checking out places and will be allowing alumni to purchase tickets in advance for $40 per person. Prices will increase as the date nears, so the sooner the tickets are purchased the less expensive they will be. There will be appetizers and some alcohol. The actual menu will be decided soon. If you are interested in attending or in helping organize the reunion, contact Rochelle or Jannell. Date: TBD Place: TBD Contact Rochelle Karrick Laun at RochLaun@yahoo.com or Jannell Penney at penneytax@msn.com SIBLINGS Lots of siblings located this time. If your siblings are NOT in the class directories, please write. This is one of the most reliable ways of locating missing alumni and expanding the universe of known Encinians... Debbie Katzakian 72 wrote: Debbie Katzakian 72 Victoria Katzakian 75 Kevin Katzakian 77 (deceased) Cathey Russ 83 wrote: Chris Russ 77 Gordon Russ 78 Cathey Russ 83 Jean Russ 83 Lea Breakey 85 wrote: Lea Breakey 85 Scott Breakey 89 Jennifer Barr 91 wrote: Steven Barr 87 Jennifer Barr 91 Walter Lubiejewski 65 wrote: Walter Lubiejewski 65 Janice Lubiejewski 70 Diane Fournier 79 wrote: Marie Fournier 78 Diane Fournier 79 Kathy O'Neal 77 wrote: Karen O'Neal 70 Sharon O'Neal 72 Kenneth O'Neal 76 Kathy O'Neal 77 Gary Colard 78 wrote: Charles Colard 65 James Colard 67 Jeff Colard 73 Gary Colard 78 Margaret Dunlap 76/77 wrote: Susan Dunlap 67 John Dunlap 68 Jim Dunlap 73 Dodie Dunlap 74 Margaret Dunlap 76/77 Charles Tyrone 76 wrote: Doug Tyrone 66 Charles Tyrone 76 Andrea Tyrone 79 Vanessa Tyrone ?? MELINDA COPE 85 Melinda Cope Wetzel 85 wrote: "I sent a bio update this week to show our new family addition, Griffin Wetzel born on 2/6/02. Baby is doing great." BRIAN KNOFF 89 Brian wrote: "Baby #3 arrived Saturday the 23rd of February. Faith Nicole Knoff 4 lbs, 14.5 oz 19 inches long Feet and hands are 3" She's small as she was born at 34 weeks exactly. Mom and baby are doing well, older sister still not so sure as to what that screaming little thing is. LOL! Alexandra, 5 Lauren, 14 months Faith, 3 days" SAVE THE BLUFFS Brett Stover '76 sent this update... http://www.savethebluffs.org/page321132.htm LOAN SUCCESSFUL -- On January 31, 2002, we purchased the remaining land for $465,000, with the help of a loan from American River Bank for $326,000 at 7 1/2% interest. The Fair Oaks Recreation and Park District is the signatory on the loan. We must pay off this loan within two years. YOUR HELP IS URGENTLY NEEDED -- According to Tracy Martin Shearer, Coordinator of Citizens to Save The Bluffs, "We are grateful that we have more time, but we must pay off the loan as quickly as possible so that we do not have to pay unnecessary interest fees." Please help by: * Sending in whatever contribution you can. * Joining our "e-mail campaign" by forwarding a note and our web site link to your on-line friends. If you want to help save these endangered Bluffs, please make your check payable to SVOSC (Sacramento Valley Open Space Conservancy). Mail to: Citizens to Save The Bluffs 8060 Capitola Ave., Fair Oaks, CA 95628 All contributions are tax-deductible. For more information, contact Tracy Shearer at (916) 961-1729 or savethebluffs@yahoo.com. BIOS Lots of interesting bios this week. RICK LARSON 62 Rick Larson’s bio – class of 1962: I was born in Sacramento in 1944. My family moved to Long Island, NY before I was one, following my father to his next duty station in WWII. Before I was two, my father was moved west again and I was dropped off in Minnesota to stay with my grandparents [safer in the bread basket of the country, I guess]. When my father was deployed to the Pacific, my mom picked me up and we went to live in Pittsburgh, CA and then San Francisco. I went to kindergarten in Cleveland, OH – started 1st grade in Montevideo, MN – finished 1st grade at Theodore Judah in Sacramento – went to 2nd through 5th grade at El Dorado Elementary on J Street – Winterstein in Sierra Oaks for the 6th grade. My family stayed put after that, but Winterstein only went through 6th, so off I went to Arden for 7th & 8th. I met Gary Hastings and Steve Memering there, beginning the first real friendships of my life. Encina was the first school I really settled into and where I got to know people. Lesley Saladen and Jack Carey were excellent teachers and had a mentor’s effect on me that’s lasted throughout my life. I knew everyone and loved being able to say “hi” to them all as we passed in the halls. I found many good friends there. After Encina, I started wandering again, learning to survive sub zero temperatures for long periods of time and getting a BA in History from St Olaf College in Minnesota. There I became convinced of the tenets of enlightenment thinking, decided Christians were cop-outs and that surely the person described in the Bible as the Christ could never have existed. The next 24 years were a quest to become the noble soul, contemplated by enlightenment philosophy as the human being’s properly evolved position in our natural world. I took up John Kennedy’s challenge, joined the Peace Corps and spent two years teaching in Ethiopia. Returning to the states, I wandered back to California, joined a commune and went to work in the alternative education business. We took junior high kids on adventures from Mexico to the Arctic Circle – trips intentionally designed to expand minds and horizons. Enlightened logic also induced me to work for Frank Oppenheimer in his Exploratorium at the south end of the Golden Gate. The Commune decided to move to the country in 1971 and began a cross-country trip that ended in northern New Hampshire. We kept losing people as we wandered across the continent. One didn’t make it past Sacramento; we lost another in Oregon, two more in Minnesota and another in Erie, PA. Four of us made it to New Hampshire in the middle of a cold and snowy winter. I had returned to sub zero temperatures. I worked as a Volkswagen mechanic, sign painter, laborer on an interstate highway, teacher, and principal of a school during that time and also scored a Masters degree in education – all in aid of furthering evolution and the quest for the goodness and supremacy of the person. I lived through three heavy winters with no heat other than what I could provide for myself by felling trees and splitting wood; the only running water came trickling in from a spring in a glade above my home. In 1981, electronics looked like a promising field. I moved to Madison, Wisconsin to attend a school that fed technicians to Bell Labs in Chicago. I was going to be a computer designer – while in school I designed a control board for a computer eventually used by quadriplegics who were unable to move any part of their body, but they could give commands to the computer by blowing on straws. The sum of all of this activity was zero and maybe even in the negative numbers. My marriage of 13 years had been crushed under the weight of the quest for enlightenment man, aided and abetted by its late 20th century Aquarian companions sex, drugs and rock and roll. I had no friends around me – had lost touch with everyone. There was no music in my life and no joy. I was utterly alone. I decided to give up trying to do and be good and instead pursue business and cash. I turned myself into a new business developer under the direction of several competent mentor entrepreneurs. Over the next 13 years I participated in the heady, bright lights world of new business development launching: cable TV [back when the question was, “Why do I need more than 3 channels?”]; digital products over broadband; the first facilities based competitor to Bell Atlantic; process design; a cyber HR department of the 21st century and others. These endeavors provided the financial base to allow me to continue aimless wandering. I came to Denver to work for a quintessential entrepreneur who gave me endlessly interesting work. But what really happened was . . . There’s a church in my neighborhood that I drove by at least two times a day for five years. My position was, “I am never going in there.” Why subject myself to a bunch of unenlightened, unthinking, unreasoning fundamentalists? Then one day in 1993, I did drive in for a reason that was a mystery. My expectation was that I’d receive, at most, a brochure and Sunday service times. Instead, the receptionist asked me to wait, disappeared for a moment and coming back said the pastor would like to talk to me, if I had the time. I told him much of the tale above and he said, “You’ve spent a lot of your life trying to become a good man. You could profit from studying the life of a really good man.” I rolled my eyes and said to him, “O brother. Here comes the pitch.” To which he replied, “I can understand why you’d think this is just a pitch. But, if you were to go out on to major intersections in any world capital and ask for a list of the top great people of history, Jesus’ name would be on those lists. So, what could you lose by studying His life?” I couldn’t contest the logic of that. But I told him that it would not take me long to discover the falseness in the story and at that point we would both discover how much time we had wasted together. He said he was willing to take the risk. We spent the next 18 months studying the four Gospels together. I could not discover any logical, legal or other inconsistencies despite my best efforts to do so. Instead, I became a follower of Jesus Christ. My life has changed completely. I believe it’s impossible to describe to another one’s relationship with God. I don’t try. I’m willing to discuss my experience with Him with anyone who asks. There are, however certain phrases that describe the words, “my life has changed completely.” Peace is a large part of it. I’m in love with my wife, Anne. Two kids, Nathan and Kate, challenge me and bring me joy. I’m no longer driven by the insatiable urge to wander. The music is back. I’m content and no longer alone. CANDY WAGGONER 70 Occupation: Applied Therapy Technican and Insurance Agent Bio: Since graduation-I attended some college -married too early and had one child-a boy-Became employed with the Department of Labor for 7 years as a Compliance Officer, enforces the federal labor law-quit and opened my own preschool for 10 years-my son passed away (complicated medical issues) - I moved to Idaho opened my own Insurance Agency-operated that for 5 years - moved to Oregon for 2 years - worked part time as an insurance agent- moved back to Bonners Ferry, Idaho where I have an office building and a home-Did not transfer my license as agent, and with additional training became an Applied Hehavior Analysis (therapy Technican) and part owner in a Liquidation Retail Store. I am happily married with 4 dogs, 1 cat,2 horses and 2 donkeys. I also am involved with the locale animal protection. I keep in contact with Stephen Gough whom I grew up, and graduated with me in 1970, with since the age of 12-By the way is doing great!-and still in Alaska for the last 28 + y! ears. I wish everyone well!! Love, Candy ALISON WOODARD 74 Occupation: Director of Marketing for a nationwide environmental firm. Bio: Enjoying life and pursuing passion. Friends: Dixie Frank and DeeDee Decker. Dixie recently contacted me via Classmates.com. I haven't seen nor heard from DeeDee since 1973. Other memories include being a lab partner with Bob Grebitus. I recently bought a watch at his store but didn't see him. Alan Cull was the second guy I ever kissed. And, I had a crush on Mike Lamb for years (at minimum 8th grade through Van Vliet's math class in our freshman year). Mike always looked great in his army jacket. Hobbies: Traveling in search of great art and architecture. Visting amazing hotels and restaurants with good friends. Kids: Have none. Junior_high_friends: Only name I remember is Jeff Smelof because he was the first boy I ever danced with at the 8th grade graduation dance at Jonas Salk. Wouldn't know him if I passed in the street. Mike Lamb sat next to me and Shelly (can't remember her last name). Memorable_teachers: Mr. Figenshu. He inspired me. Favorite_memory: The memory that has stuck with me the most is having my nose broken during 4th period team sports because I was watching the boys run around the blacktop instead of watching the ball coming at my face. Two black eyes and a broken nose. Somehow, I think it was probably worth it! CHARLES TYRONE 76 Occupation: Principal of Workshop 4, an internet design company in Seattle Bio: 7 years teaching at Sacramento Job Corps. 2 years design studies at Cal. State Chico. Graduate School (MFA, Visual Communications) Virginia Commonwealth University. 3 years as Senior Designer with Microsoft (Designed Microsoft Complete Baseball and Complete NBA Basketball CD-ROM titles, among others). Quit MSFT to start my own design company, Workshop 4, in 1994. Married to Kristin Dukay. We adopted our son Xavier in 1996 when he was just 5 days old. Trivia: Designed the intranet for Bill Gates' home. Friends: Bob Leigh, Tim Bond, Julie Scott, Bill Bain, Andrea Mandell, Scott Brownell, Jade Splawn, Dan Sugimoto, Lon Madsen, Denise Dugally. Hobbies: Bicycling, basketball, travel (just returned from St. John) Kids: We adopted our son Xavier in 1996 when he was just 5 days old. Look out Ichiro, this kid is fast, he can hit, and he can sing! Grade_school: Thomas A. Edison Junior_high: Jonas Salk Memorable_teachers: Figenshu (Incredible patience, and he hired me to work around his house.) Laverne Gonzales (that bright green Porsche, taught me how to use his Beaulieu 8mm camera, sold me his old Jack Kramer Pro Staff tennis raquet strung with gut for $20.) Alumni_in_contact: Bob Leigh, Tim Bond, Bill Bain, Julie Scott. DIANA TERRY 78 Occupation: sales & marketing for a homebuilder Bio: I got married young, had three children (now ages 18, 16, & 13), was a-stay-at-home-mom for over a decade. Got a divorce, when back to college, and finally got a degreee in Communications in 1998. I have been working in homebuilding ever since. Trivia: Oh, there's lots of trivia. But I doubt it is interesting. As a single mom, finishing college in my late 30's, I juggled several different part-time jobs. Friends: Suzy Waldo, Annamarie Puccinelli, Mindy Ray, Lori Valine- I lost contact with allof them--entirely my own doing. I had an older boyfriend (whom I married) and convinced myself I needed to focus all my attention on him. Major life mistake. I value friendship now as one of my most important priorities. Hobbies: I love to cook. I enjoy writing, gardening, reading, going to the gym, hiking. Occasionally I am a freelance writer. Kids: My oldest daughter is at UCBerkeley now. I have a 16-year old daughter attending Rio Americano High School. My 13-year old son is in middle-school at Arden. Grade_school: Caleb Greenwood Grade_school_friends: Mindy Ray and Lori Valine Junior_high: Kit Carson Junior_high_friends: Mindy Ray and Lori Valine Memorable_teachers: Gonzalez for Spanish---the wild stories from the Mexico trips, Mr. Pshias(?)---a good lecturer, P.E. with Kyme---she seemed fair, and really positive, and approachable. Favorite_memory: Wish I had some favorite memories of High School. I was so concentrated on graduating in as a junior that I did not allow myself much time to enjoy the high school experience. That's probably why it makes me happy to see my kids enjoy those years and get the most out of them. KELLY O'CALLAGHAN 86/87 Occupation: manager Bio: Since graduation I have been doing a lot. I moved to San Diego with some friends from school right after I graduated. Dave Perez, mike Boggous & Bobby Perez & o-ya John Jenson was there as well. Shortly after that I became a manager for Del Taco:). Now I am a manager for Brinker int. aka. Chilis. there is a lot more to tell but i dont think i should get into it :) Trivia: I am into high-risk hobbies such as sky diving rock climbing and for the past 3 years I have been into jiu jitsu and cage fighting at the next generation fighting academy. Friends: Becky Franchum, Dave & Tony Cicneros, David & Bobby Perez, Katrena Pace Mike Boggous, John Jenson & Susan Henley Hobbies: jiu jitsu Kids: Kelsey O'Callaghan 9 years old living in new york Junior_high: Joanas Salk Memorable_teachers: Eric Dahlin art teacher. he always took the time to listen Favorite_memory: My freshmen year I played football, the varsity team moved my car onto the senior lawn. KRISTI KAUFFMAN 93 Occupation: Stay at Home Super Mom Bio: In 1994 I married Beau Pendergraft (class of 1992). We moved to New York where we lived for 3 years. Beau is in the Army and we were stationed at Fort Drum, NY. We got orderes to go to Alaska after that and we braved the Alcan in January (dead of winter)1998. We had the best time seeing all Alaska has to offer. I became a Christian in the summer of 98. I look back on my life and thank God for not giving up on me, the way I gave up on Him for all thoes years. Beau and I were blessed with our first son in October of 98 and our seccond son in September of 2000. After 3 and 1/2 years in Alaska we had to move on to our next duty station. We are currently in North Carolina. Fort Bragg, NC, I can't say to much about this place except we can't wait to get back to Alaska! Our boys are 3 and 1 and keep me pretty busy. My oldest will be starting preschool in the fall. Guess it's time for another baby..... Trivia: I once was lost, but now I'm found... Friends: My best friends were and are still even if we've lost contact: Michelle Short, Layla Craig, Heather Hamilton, Ray Hicks, Jeremy Grimes, Larry Merriweather, Jacqui Palmer and Tom Hidel. I love you guys! Hobbies: Hobbies, hmmm, Playing with my boys, going to the gym, selling Mary Kay Kids: Zakariah Cadman Pendergraft was born on October 5th, 1998. He has his father's red hair and blue eyes. Jedidiah Reading Pendergraft was born on September 18th, 2000. He also has his father's red hair and blue eyes. Neither one of them looks anything like me, but that's okay they are the best boys I could hope for. Thank you God. Grade_school: Addison, Palo Alto, CA Junior_high: JLS, Palo Alto, CA Memorable_teachers: MacElroy, awesome math teacher! Mr. Dutton, good math teacher bad suits! sorry. :-) Favorite_memory: I have so many good memories, I'll keep them all! AMY HORCH 95 Occupation: Cosmetologist Bio: I have gone to community college. Technical College and cosmotology school. I have worked at Walgreens two years a golf course two years. And waited tables at several bars and clubs. Trivia: I have had a son. I hardly wear any makeup. I was a extra in a movie. Friends: My best friends were Lisa Zavala, Heather Crowder, Lori Watson, Monica Maguire, Marlena Caro and all the other Dickies. Plus Scott Ansleigh and Matt and Jim Ritter. I have lost contact with Monica and the Ritters Hobbies: Going out downtown to the clubs. Houston has awesome clubs. Watching movies playing with my son. Kids: I have one son name Morgan Dean. He was concieved on Valentine's Day and born on Halloween 1999. He is adorable Grade_school: Howe Avenue Grade_school_friends: Lisa Zavala, Heather Crowder, Tammy Balderas, Shana Lindahl, Sabrina Preciado. I remember everyone else. Covana Hawkins and Lonny, Kim Johnson John Miller, Mike Edwards, Shalisa Bailey, Kelley Campbell, and a bunch of others. Junior_high: Jonas Salk Junior_high_friends: Lisa Zavala, Heather Crowder, Marlena Caro, Lori Watson, Tammy Balderas, Sabrina Preciado, Tara Hicks, Heather Dubois, Monica Maguire, Tiffany Edwards, Christina And Carmen Fabiani,Francis Gordillo, Libi Fieldman, Eddie Co, Melissa, Pamona Purdy, Ernistine Holmes, Keisa and Tiwana Parks, All the other girls that were cool to me to many to name. All the guys i think i was friends with them all I liked to flirt. Malonn Barnes, Jovan Hall, Erikson Aquino, Terence Mleczko, John Miller, Scott Ansleigh too many to name. Memorable_teachers: Mr B. the Biology teacher. Becuase I slept through his class and still got an A. Mr. Luchini. His class was fun. He let us watch Boyz In The Hood. Favorite_memory: All the Pep Rallies and Basketball Games. Eating Lunch on the quad and palying games. Story: I had some of the best times at Encina. And my friends here in Texas could never compare to the Dickies that's all I have to say. Alumni_in_contact: Lisa Zavala, Heather Crowder, Scott Ansleigh Heard_about_website_from: Lisa Zavala STEVE MCSWAIN 00 Occupation: Communication Specialists (Miltary) Bio: Well 25 days after June 7, 2000 I was @ Fort Leanardwood, MO for Boot Camp. After that 9 1/2 weeks later I was @ Fort Gordon, GA for job traing (communications school)Since then I've been station in state side Fort Hood, Texas (In the 1st Caverly Division)I signed for 4-years and got a little more than 2-years left.... Trivia: MILITARY LIFE Right now on a volunter deployment in KUWAIT Friends: Lena Di'Tella, Ricci Dula, James Catchings, Mike Pulsipher, Allison Witham, Olivia Sanchez, the class of 2001 you know whom you are Kathrin Gomez,Ma Hobbies: I love writing now I started on a book it's about a Soldier's life. Grade_school_friends: Justin Slones is the on;y one we go back from Fairfield, CA Junior_high_friends: No one went 2 school with me back into W. Sac Memorable_teachers: Mr. Bonds he always had a word of wisdom Favorite_memory: Besides graduating early, I say the time I rode my bike all the way to Conception Chavez's house 2 help work on our Homecoming trailer (can't think of the name right now) HUMOR From Shaun Sullivan 62... Everyone seems to be wondering why the Arab terrorists are so quick to commit suicide... Let's see now: No premarital sex. No booze. No bars. No television. No Internet. No organized sports, stadiums, tailgate parties. Actually, no tailgates. No Hooters. Sand everywhere and not a dune buggy insight. Ever try to fish at an oasis? Rags for clothes and hats. Constant wailing from the guy next door. No wait, is that music? Heck I can't tell. Bar-B-Q cooked over burning camel dung. The women have to wear baggy dresses and veils at all times. Like life isn't complicated enough already. Oh, and then they tell you that when you die it all gets better! Who wouldn't go for it? Me, me, me!! Gender humor from Harry Cavaiani 62... Women think they already know everything, but wait... training courses are now available for women in the following subjects: ------------------------------------------------ Silence, The Final Frontier: Where no woman has gone before. The Undiscovered Side of Banking: Making deposits. Parties: Going without new outfits. Man Management: Minor household chores can wait till after the game. Bathroom Etiquette 1: Men need space in the bathroom cabinet too. Bathroom Etiquette 2: His razor is his. Communication Skills 1: Tears - the last resort, not the first. Communication Skills 2: Thinking before speaking. Communication Skills 3: Getting what you want without nagging. Driving A Car Safely: A skill you can acquire. Telephone Skills: How to hang up. Advanced Parking: Backing into a space. Water Retention: Fact or fat. Cooking 1: Bringing back bacon, eggs and butter. Cooking 2: Bran and tofu are not for human consumption. Cooking 3: How not to inflict your diets on other people. Compliments: Accepting them gracefully. PMS: Your problem... not his. Dancing: Why men don't like to. Classic Clothing: Wearing outfits you already have. Household Dust: A harmless natural occurrence only women notice. Integrating Your Laundry: Washing it all together. Oil and Gas: Your car needs both. TV Remotes: For men only. ------------------------------------------------ Gift From Above ----------------------------------------------- A man was wandering around in a field, thinking about how good his wife had been to him, and how fortunate he was to have her. He asked God, "Why did you make her so kind hearted?" The Lord responded, "So you could love her, my son." "Why did you make her so good looking?" "So you could love her, my son." "Why did you make her such a good cook?" "So you could love her, my son." The man thought about this. Then he said, "I don't mean to seem ungrateful or anything, but why did you make her so stupid?" "So she could love you, my son." More gender humor from Diane Schoenborn Kelly '73... HUMOR: Why Men Can't Win If you work too hard, there is never any time for her. If you don't work enough, you're a good-for-nothing bum. If she has a boring repetitive job with low pay, it's exploitation. If you have a boring repetitive job with low pay, you should get off your butt and find something better. If you get a promotion ahead of her, it's favoritism. If she gets a job ahead of you, it's equal opportunity. If you mention how nice she looks, it's sexual harassment. If you keep quiet, it's male indifference. If you cry, you're a wimp. If you don't, you're insensitive. If you make a decision without consulting her, you're a chauvinist. If she makes a decision without consulting you, she's a liberated woman. If you ask her to do something she doesn't enjoy, that's domination. If she asks you, it's a favor. If you try to keep yourself in shape, you're vain. If you don't, you're a slob. If you buy her flowers, you're after something. If you don't, you're not thoughtful. FRED ABRAMSON A few weeks ago, I included a note about a co-worker's suicide. I worked with Fred Abramson at Rambus for about 3 years before he retired. He sat in the cubicle next to me and we worked in the same group. I wrote one of the San Jose Mercury columnists asking if they would be interested in Fred's story and put them in contact with my manager, who was a fellow flyer and shared a hanger with Fred. Independently, another co-worker contacted the ReformAMT movement. Here is the resulting story, and it is a sad one. We hope that Fred's death spurs some reform and that some good comes from this tragedy. If you know any senators or congressman or other people in power, please forward them this article. I know we have a lot of alumni working in government. ReformAMT has told us that Senator Feinstein is blocking AMT reform as she considers those affected to be "rich whiners". I would like Feinstein to say that to my face about my friend Fred Abramson. It is my belief that if the AMT reform had passed, he would still be alive. Taxing citizens on unrealized paper profits is unfair. AMT reform is not trying to eliminate the AMT, just to make the tax on actual profit, not paper profits! Thanks for your help! "Posted on Mon, Feb. 25, 2002 Tech worker's suicide becomes rallying point for tax reform effort By Elise Ackerman Mercury News Fred Abramson was happiest when flying 3,000 feet above Silicon Valley. Tumbling through sunlit skies in his aerobatic plane, Abramson was free from the unrealistic deadlines and muddled computer code that frustrated him at work. When his stock options in Rambus, a Los Altos chip-design firm, soared in the first half of 2000, the San Mateo resident thought he had found a way to fly full time. Abramson, then 53, exercised his options and retired. But the MIT-trained mathematician made a fateful miscalculation: instead of immediately selling his stock and diversifying, he held on. When the stock price plunged later that year, so did his chance to fly. The only reminder of his windfall was a crushing tax bill levied on his initial paper profits, which were long gone. Trapped by that tax, imposed under a tricky and often misunderstood provision known as the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT), Abramson couldn't live with the disappointment. So on the afternoon of Jan. 22, 2002, the one-time Stanford professor and California aerobatics champion entered his hangar at the Hayward Executive Airport and locked it from the inside. He sat in a chair next to his beloved airplane, covered his head with a plastic garbage bag that was attached to a tank of nitrogen and turned on the gas, authorities said. He died within minutes. Thousands of people have been devastated by the same tax trap. Abramson's tragic death, which would normally be a private matter, has become a rallying cry for the grass-roots movement that is urging Congress to reform the AMT. ``How many people do we need to read about before we get some sort of remedy?'' said Jay Cena, a founding member of ReformAMT, a non-profit group that spearheads the movement. Abramson didn't leave a note explaining why he decided to take his life, and the exact cause of his suicide is unknown. Friends said they believe the tax intensified his despair, but his story is more complicated than that, reflecting the psychic toll extracted by Silicon Valley's culture of hard work and overnight wealth. Taking a gamble The AMT taxes the difference between the price an employee pays to exercise an option and the market price of the stock at that time. Selling the stock immediately erases the AMT debt, but taxes the profit at a high rate. Holding the stock for more than year brings a lower capital-gains tax rate when the stock is sold, but requires option-holders to pay the AMT upfront. If the stock drops dramatically, option-holders end up paying a bill for profits they enjoyed only in their imagination. That was what happened to Abramson. In a story that could be told thousands of times, friends said Abramson took a gamble and held tight to his stock, believing it was undervalued. ``Ultimately, he couldn't believe he could be so stupid,'' said Andy Geosits, a close friend who was also an aerobatic pilot. ``He kept saying over and over again, `I don't trust my judgment.' '' Others are also suffering emotional pain from financial losses, said Dr. Laraine Zappert, a clinical professor of psychiatry at Stanford University. In Santa Clara County, stock-market losses were mentioned in suicide notes left by two other men during the last year, according to the coroner's office. ``We underestimate the extent to which people feel shamed by the decisions they made,'' Zappert said. Self-doubt was particularly painful for Abramson, who prided himself on his keen intellect. Born in St. Louis, the son of a businessman who owned a commercial printing shop, Abramson graduated first in his high school class and attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on a National Merit Scholarship. While at MIT, Abramson collected a bachelor's degree in mathematics, a master's in electrical engineering and computer science and a doctorate in mathematics. He also got his pilot's license. ``He was a very bright guy,'' said Fred's brother, Paul, a political science professor at Michigan State University. Friends said Fred wasn't close to his family, walking away from his marriage in 1971 and leaving behind an infant son, Jeffrey, whom he never saw again. Now 30, Jeffrey Abramson is a student in Berkeley and a hang glider pilot. In a brief interview, he said he wasn't close to his father and felt uncomfortable talking about him. In 1974, Abramson joined the mathematics faculty of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where he eventually received tenure. A stint as a visiting professor at Stanford University brought Abramson to Silicon Valley in 1979. Unhappy at work The experience was not a pleasant one. Hoping to collaborate with people at the forefront of technological innovation, Abramson complained that his bosses were little more than flimflam artists, selling software code they knew would never work. ``One of Fred's major points was that EDA tools were a fraud,'' said Ray Hoegstadt, one of four employees at Intellisys, an EDA company Abramson founded in 1984. Intellisys had a contract with Advanced Micro Devices to create software that would help write programs for AMD's microprocessors. The product had the potential to be a blockbuster, but the project was discontinued. This was the flip side of the Silicon Valley ideal, where smart people become rich pursuing their intellectual passion. In this parallel world, people spend their lives at jobs they barely tolerate as their dreams fade away. After Intellisys shut down in 1991, Abramson became an employee for one EDA company after another. ``He didn't enjoy working,'' remembered David Knapp, an old friend and former co-worker. ``There were times when he actively hated it.'' However, work made it possible to fly, and flying made life worth living. Other pilots jokingly dubbed Abramson ``Fast Freddy'' because the methodical mathematician did everything so slowly. Whether it was suiting up, preparing his airplane or teaching another pilot a hair-raising aerobatic maneuver, his approach was deliberate and analytical. His style suited competitive aerobatics, where contestants must twist and dip and loop and dive inside the bounds of an imaginary box of sky. In 1990, Abramson won the California championship for unlimited freestyle aerobatics, the most difficult category, and he dreamed of competing in the world championships as part of the U.S. team. A few years later, he bought a Sukhoi 26, then the premier aerobatic airplane, and started training with Sergei Boriak, a coach for the U.S. team. Boriak said Abramson had potential, but he needed to train full time. Since he worked full time, Abramson's dream remained out of reach for the rest of the decade. Then, in 2000, the stock of Rambus, Abramson's employer, soared after Intel affirmed its support for its memory-chip architecture and large memory-chip makers agreed to license another piece of Rambus technology. His options to buy stock at $1.25 to $2 a share, adjusted for a split, were suddenly worth more than $100 apiece. On paper, Abramson was a multimillionaire. He exercised as many options as he could, and in June 2000, he retired, his dream apparently secured by about $5 million in Rambus stock, according to estimates by close friends. But before Abramson could live out his retirement fantasy, Rambus' stock started dropping. From June 30 to Dec. 29, 2000, shares fell 65 percent. Yet Abramson continued to owe hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxes on the paper profit he had on the day he exercised the options. Confident that shares of the volatile stock would rise again, Abramson refinanced the Sukhoi the following year. But the money wasn't enough to cover all his bills, and he returned to the chip-design industry last spring, taking a job at Get2Chip, a San Jose start-up. Friend said he hated being back at work. In the fall, Abramson decided to sell his Rambus shares and settle with the Internal Revenue Service. ``I think he was surprised at how upset it made him,'' said Pamela de Castro, a flight instructor and his girlfriend of 3 1/2 years. But Rambus' stock had fallen so much that it only covered a portion of his debt. Abramson told de Castro that he would also have to sell the Sukhoi. He couldn't afford to fly anymore, he said. Still, Abramson postponed selling the plane. ``He was so invested in the idea of being Fast Freddy and the unlimited champion,'' de Castro said. ``It was more than a dream to him. It was part of who he was.'' Danger signs ``What it really came down to is he couldn't stand Monday mornings,'' Jones said. ``He thought he had to work for the rest of his life at a job he hated because he had no hope for getting back to a reasonable retirement.'' Nevertheless, when they said goodbye after their mid-January meeting, Jones thought Abramson was doing better. De Castro had the same reaction on the morning of Jan. 22, as she circled her Cessna above the Hayward airport and saw Abramson take the Sukhoi out of the hangar and show it to a broker. Abramson and de Castro had lunch later, splitting a sandwich in her office. He was quiet, de Castro remembered, and when he got up to leave, he blew her a kiss. In the evening, de Castro went by Abramson's hangar and was alarmed to find it locked from the inside. She called for help, and a fireman arrived, prying open the door with a crowbar. They found Abramson sitting in a chair behind his plane. He faced the hangar door, now open, and an expanse of inky sky. Contact Elise Ackerman at eackerman@sjmercury.com or (408) 271-3774." WHAT'S NEW 2/26/02: Scott Harris 73 update, Heather Crowder 96, Larry Averitt 95 update, Charles Tyrone 76/bio, Linda Elkins 66, Dewey Brazeal 86, Dodie Dunlap 74 2/25/02: Jo Ann Booth 62, Karen Elledge 74 update, Douglas Storm 82, Jim Parino 79, Jenifer Connell 76 update, Vicky Bryan 93, Terry Bakkie 72, Linda Henderson 75, Mark Kielty 68 update, Danny Gutierrez 93 update, Kathy O'Neal 77, Karen O'Neal 70, Dixie Frank 74, Steven James 89, Stephanie Mason 89, Gary Colard 78, Charles Colard 65, James Colard 67, Jeff Colard 73, Christine Faucett 67, George Beaty 67 update, Walter Lubiejewski 65, Janice Lubiejewski 70, Kelly O'Callaghan 85/87, Kamala Peterson 82 update, Sandra Kruger 74, Wanda Myrick 82 update, Sue Corbett 62 update, Carol Rodrigues 61 update, Jennifer Barr 91, Steven Barr 87, Gerald Bennett 86 update, Judy Johnson 67 update, Laura Gerrity 75 update, Diane Fournier 79, Marie Fournier 78, Paul Knepprath 78 update, Peter Casillas 88, Patti Duffy 78 update, Steven Rhodes 76 update, Margaret Dunlap 76/77, Chris Larson 79 update, Amy Horch 95 bio, Kelly O'Callaghan 85/87 bio 2/24/02: Debbie Katzakian 72 update, Stephanie Mason 89, Steve McSwain 00/bio, Shawn Larson 91, Joe Cutler 89 update, Llecenia Navarro 95, Kristi Kauffman 93 bio, Dave Adams 70, Tracy Pyorre 90 update, Katherine Borowski 93 classmates.com: Ethel Luster 61, Constance Baker 62, David Hulsey 65, Walter Lubiejewski 65, Linda Elkins 66, Sheri Kaiser 67, Rodney Keen 67, Steven Sorrels 67, Annabel Oversby 72, Jan Willis 73, Randy Kimball 75, Karen Garrison 75, Nyla Bergman 76, Kenneth Williams 77, Diane Fournier 79, Sherri Cooper 81, Keth Palmer 84, Paul Whelan 84, Thor Crain 84, John Marler 85, Jennifer Skerik 85, Kelly O'Callaghan 86, Peter Casillas 88, Heather Daley 91, Jennifer Barr 91, Lovey Clayton 95, Jade Grady 97, Lyudmila Gurov 97, Tamesha Wright 97, Lacie Wildhaber 01, Michael Pulsipher 01 2/15/02: John Wells 62, Ambrosia Henry 93, Victor Denby 79, Stacy Newman 87, Cathey Russ 83, Jean Russ 83, John Carlson 64, Diana Terry 78 bio, Todd Lamountry 92 classmates.com: Jimmy McCullough 62, Michael Bailey 62, Christine Browning 63, Brian Roberts 64, Scott Hickle 65, Thomas Stewart 67, John Neff 71, Marla Foulk 72, Judy Kline 72/73, Bob Rectenwald 74, Douglas Storm 82, Virginia McQueen 82, Kim Holberg 82, James Shoemaker 83, Joanne Jones 83, Amy Erickson 84, Dawna Allen 86, Andrea Moon 91, Jim Thatcher 93, Shanell Weber 94, Christina Jones 95, Ricci Dula 00 2/14/02: Anne Moore 70, Debbie Katzakian 72, Victoria Katzakian 75, Kevin Katzakian 77, John Constans 62, Alison Woodard 74/bio, Leslie Woodard 78, Merri Goff 72 update classmates.com: Christine Faucett 67, Gary Nannini 68, Linda Washburn 69, Gary Colard 78, Victor Denby 79, Stacy Newman 87, Beverly Glover 87, Catherine Olmsted 88, Stephanie Mason 89, Shawna Denney 91, Todd Lamountry 92, Christian Betts 92, Olga Sirenko 00 HOTMAIL I have been using Hotmail for my personal email address for several years. Needless to say, I was surprised and baffled and horrified when hotmail cancelled my hotmail account while I was on vacation last week. I have given out this address to numerous people and losing this address was like being robbed. I wrote hotmail asking why and received this message: "We have closed the account in question because of a violation of our Terms Of Use (TOU). You can read our TOU at: http://privacy.msn.com/tou/default.asp" I asked what terms I had violated and received this reply: "For security and privacy reasons, we cannot give you further information regarding the status of this account. I appreciate your understanding. When you signed up for your account with MSN Hotmail, you agreed to the Terms of Use (TOU) by clicking the "I Accept" button. As such, your account is subject to the Terms of Use." So this is really great. All the email I receive at my hotmail account is lost. All the folks who have my hotmail address have no way to contact me. You don't realize how important your email address is until someone takes it away and you have absolutely no recourse... If anyone has any connections at Microsoft Hotmail, please write! 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 Harlan Lau '73 Encina HS alumni webmaster www.encinahighschool.com