Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2000 4:40 PM
Subject: Encina Update (football/alumni hats/homecoming/rollin coxe 64/classes/siblings/search/cecilia agurto 88/jeffrey boam 64/thanksgiving/frontpage/whats new)

ENCINA ALUMNI,

This update is sponsored by Rochelle Karrick Laun 92.

I haven't been able to update the Encina website for a few
days. This past weekend Connectcorp, who hosts the Encina
website, moved the website to a different server. Last night
was the first time I was able to access the website on the
new server and everything appears to be back to normal.

FOOTBALL

From the November 10th Sacramento Bee, Encina finished the
season with a BIG win over Union Mine HS.

"Encina 54, Union Mine 6 at Union Mine -- B.J. Mitchell ran for
110 yards and three touchdowns for the Bulldogs."

Congratulations to Coach Hibbard, his staff and the Encina
football players on a wonderful, memorable season! Encina's
final record was 7-1-1, their only lost being to Colfax.

ALUMNI HATS

You can still order your cool Encina alumni hat from Encina.

Dave Dahlberg 77 bought one of my hats and wrote:
"For those of you who missed homecoming, it was a blast! For
those who questioned the wisdom of buying the alumni hat
sight-unseen for $20, please reconsider. These are pretty cool
hats: white with a red bill, embroidered Apache and Bulldog logos
on the sides, and embroidered in gold on the front it has
"Encina Alumni." The extra $10 of the price goes to the team"

You can see pictures of the alumni hats here:
http://www.encinahighschool.com/homecoming/homecoming2000/rally.htm

Here are the particulars should you wish to order:

"Dear Alumni-

We would like to inform you of our 2000 football fundraiser.
I have made arrangements with a sporting goods vendor to order
the necessary hats.  They will be white with a cardinal bill
and eyelet's, with Encina Alumni in gold block letters,
surrounding a football.  The hats will be adjustable, so one
size will fit all.  The price of the hats will be $20, with
$10 paying for the hat and $10 going to the football program.
Any additional donations would be highly appreciated, and if
you do not desire a hat, any donation would be welcome.
We have many costs during the season which include safety
checks of all equipment, doctors at games, bus rides to away
games, new equipment, ect.  Unfortunately in many cases, the
parents of our players and students are not in a financial
position to donate funds.  As in many years past, Coach Hibbard
has generously spent countless dollars of his own money on many
of the things our program has needed.  I would like to stress how
much the coaching staff at Encina would appreciate any hat orders
or donations to our program.  Thank You!
    Now for the facts- please mail your checks to Encina High
School, c/o Varsity Football, 1400 Bell St., Sacramento, CA 95825.
You may get the hats in two ways;
1) pick it up from Encina yourself, 2) send a self-addressed
envelope with postage and we will mail it to you when the hats
arrive
  If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to
call 971-7557 and ask for Coach Durkee or Coach Hibbard.
Once again, thank you for your support of the Encina Football
Program.

Coach Durkee"

You can email Coach Durkee at TSDurkee@aol.com


HOMECOMING PARTY

Our official photographer Rollin Coxe 64 took three rolls
of pictures. I sent his rolls to Mystic Color Lab, who I've
been using for 10 years. I checked with them this week and
they seem to have misplaced the film! They are doing a search
and I'm hopeful that they will find the homecoming party
pictures. This has happened twice before and they've always
been able to locate the pictures. In addition, I took the
precaution of putting an address label on each roll. The serious
problem would be if the postal service lost the film. In which
case I believe having address labels on each roll would help
them return them to me.

If you have any pictures of you and your friends you would
like to share, scan and email them my way.

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

There were quite a few folks attending the party who are
not in the alumni database. If you know how to contact
any of the following folks, let me know:
Joyce Shaw Allen 73
Tim Erickson 73
Pam Hanson Franke 75
Ron Jeremy 90

ROLLIN COXE 64

Homecoming photographer Rollin Coxe 64 sent me this note:

"Harlan,

Thank you for your untiring work in making the homecoming a lifetime memory
for so many people. If I ever write an autobiography, this night will be
highlighted as a night of lifetime significance, and I am sure this is true
for many alumni and staff members who attended. I would like to share two
experiences involving this night with two former teachers, Mr. Dutton and
Mrs. Saladan.

Mr. Dutton:

Mr. Dutton taught at Encina for thirty-two years. I was one of only a
handful of his students who was in his class for three years. He also had
three students for four years. Mr. Dutton was my favorite math teacher both
through high school and a college degree in math. I used to imitate his
mannerisms. He was very young then. His voice could be heard over the entire
B wing. He disciplined with a smile.

I got a BA degree in Math because of Mr. Dutton but it has been shelved for
thirty years while I have been putting baby pictures and family group
portraits on the walls of more than 100,000 homes all over California and
the western states. After my recent adoption of a boy of grade school age,
it became necessary to change my career to something with less travel, so I
pursued getting a teaching credential to teach math.

The application asked for a letter of recommendation from a former
instructor. None of my college teachers could be located. However, through
the Encina web site I was able to contact Mr. Dutton by way of his daughter.
Mr. Dutton called me and we had a wonderful conversation. I reminded him
that I was not a very good student. He replied that he was also a C student.
He said that he believed that those who had to work a little harder in
school make the best teachers because they can better relate with the
students. He wrote a very nice letter of recommendation.

What a meaningful experience it was to meet Mr. Dutton at the homecoming and
to have my picture taken with him. It had to be special for Mr. Dutton as
well to meet a student who through his influence thirty years later pursues
that same road.

Mrs. Saladen:

I was scared stiff when I had to go into Mrs. Saladen’s class in 1960. With
a transfer slip in hand I stood by her at the blackboard hoping she would
acknowledge me. She ignored me. "Hay Uh . . . " (Will you please notice me?)
"My name is Mrs. Saladen, (oh good she’s friendly) and not hay." (She’s not
friendly). How she taunted me about my psychotic fear of talking before a
group. She stopped me during my autobiography speech to ask me if I have
voice trouble. She put her hand on my throat and made me say "Ah." All this
in front of the class. This was the ultimate in humiliation for a freshman
in high school. She was also the drama teacher and I became her project.

For forty years I hoped I would sometime see Mrs. Saladen again and see if
she remembered. I wanted to tell her I overcame this. I do a lot of public
speaking, I have presided over meetings, done theater, singing, acting, and
even some dance.

There in the cafeteria was a lady who I thought I recognized. I read her
name tag. I was not going to let her get away. "Mrs. Saladen! ... do you
remember, 1960 . . . " She gave me a you’ve got to be kidding kind of a
look. When I heard that voice there was no doubt. It was like going back in
time. As our conversation unfolded she began to remember. She said she had
other students who were like I was but that she learned from me that she
should back off a little. She also said, to my surprise, that she had the
same problem when she was young, and that she went into drama to overcome
it. I did somewhat the same thing.

In one night I had my picture taken with my two most influential teachers in
high school nearly forty years ago. What a wonderful night to remember."


CLASSES

If any of the classes which had reunions would like to send me
some pictures, I'll add them to the class homepage. I'm sure
your classmates who couldn't attend would enjoy seeing pictures
of what transpired...

1965 REUNION

Gretchen Kern 66 put together a CD filled with pictures from the
class of 65's 35th reunion this summer. The pictures were contributed
by Carol Brox 65, Sue Hermann 65, Jeanne Kern 65, Leslie Cameron 65,
Joyce Rogers 65 and Marvin Ashton 65.

Gretchen added captions to the pictures themselves. So rather than
having captions next to the pictures, you need to click on the
thumbnails to see a full size image which includes the caption.

I've added most of the pictures on the CD to the 65 homepage,
which has links to the 35th reunion pictures:
http://www.encinahighschool.com/class65/index.html

I'm sure these will be of interest to those classmates who
could not attend, in addition to alumni from surrounding years.


SIBLINGS

Crystal Graham 87 wrote:
Crystal Graham 87
Michael Graham 90

Josh Martin 88 is the son of Jackie Downs Martin 65 (deceased)

Bill Burr 87 is married to Kathy Godfrey 87

Bill Burr 87 is in contact with:
Kim Larson 87
Staci Grimm 87
John Kilgour 86
Joe Donell 85
Nina Donell 84
Nicole Gagne 88
Dina May 88
Rick King 88

Linda Souza 76 wrote:
Bill Souza 71
Mark Souza 73
Linda Souza 76

Kevin Taylor 88 wrote:
Kevin Taylor 88
Adrienne Taylor 91

Kimberley Dellinger 78/79 wrote:
David Dellinger 72
Karen Dellinger 76
Kimberley Dellinger 78/79
Deleane Dellinger 84

Vicki Garrison 96 wrote:
Ricky Garrison 96
Vicki Garrison 96

Vicki Garrison 96 is in contact with Tiffany Lee 96

Clark Swanson 65 wrote:
Gary Swanson 62
Clark Swanson 65

ALUMNI SEARCH

Anyone know the whereabouts of?

Lauren Goskirk 87
Slater Mason 93
John Faust 93
Carrie Perrault 93

CECILIA AGURTO 88

Occupation: Asset Management for Home Eq/ The Money Store

Bio: Too many things. Out of High school I went to college and was a
Supervisor for that big red bullseye-yep you guessed it Target. Yikes! I
created all the signing and displays for our advertisements. Big job huh?
After being stalked by a psycho I never met (It's true- this is not my sense
of humor talking) I decided to get some law enforcement under my belt. I
Became educated in Criminal Justice and took Business Management on the
side. I managed an employment agency, a rental company, and El Portal
luggage (Arden Fair Mall) and mastered the trade of selling overly expensive
luggage, handbags, and briefcases to people with too much $.  In 1991 I
latched on to Bank of America and worked in special projects. ATM fraud,
Airplane crashes- lost bonds, and miscellaneous charge off situations for
the company. After 4+ years, I ventured into The Money Store and have been
here for almost 5 years.  I've dabbled in Custom Solutions for American
Express, created asset management teams within customer servicing
departments, and have now settled into The Risk Management team for a
mortgage company. I am thinking about starting my own business after I sell
my home next year.

Trivia: Trivia? Hmmm, People seem to misperceive my personality against my
looks. Beats me? Let's see what else: everything must arrive in threes. I
have had 3 little girls named after me, I have been proposed to three times,
and it may sound lame, but I have been stalked 3 times since I have
graduated. Twice by males, and once by a female. I promise I do not go
around town sprinkling crazy dust on people.  I have developed a sense of
humor about it, and figure I better get married soon huh? Anybody? :-o

Friends: In school my best friends were Damian De La Cuesta (May he rest in
Peace), Caroline Balderas, Carolyn Jefferson, Vaughn Clements,Lee Jackson,
Kevin White.

Hobbies: My hobbies are too many to list.  Remodeling my home. I also
collect shoes ( I have over 100 pairs), I  still write poetry, I attend the
Pageant of the Maters-Festival of Arts every year in Laguna Beach, I
volunteer for Special olympics, and have an awesome 6 year old nephew that I
take to Karate 3 times a week.

Kids: Still being single I have not yet been blessed with children. My
nephew Christian is the love of my life! When I do get married, it will be
only once and I hope the children I plan to have will be the result of that.

Grade_school: I attended Grade School at Creekside-

Grade_school_friends: Grade School, are you serious?  I am still trying to
forget the torture I received in Jr. high! My hair was very long, past by
waist and the guys that sat behind me used to tie it around my chair.  When
I got up to leave when class was over- I had the biggest headache- Ugh- I
hacked it off after that!

Junior_high: I attended Jonas Salk .

Junior_high_friends: At the time they were Michelle Martinez and Shelly
Purdue. We took music together and we used to play soccer in the mud when it
rained, it was a blast. We were filthy but we had great skin.

Memorable_teachers: Grade School- Mrs. Scheidigger- she used a ruler for
everything and scared the $#!* out of me!
High School- Mr. Stout and his squashed boat. He tried to hide it but after
class I peeked in on him and he cried when he found that his precious
replica of a ship was broken by a student.  It really made me pay attention
after that and realize how passionate he really was about his teaching.

Favorite_memory: Wow, I have so many. Well I think it would have to be
during freshman year when my mom came cruising into the parking lot in her
porsche to pick me up from school. Here she is with the top down, hair
flying everywhere, and all the senior guys thought she was my older sister.
I was dying! They looked right over me and asked is she was single. I could
have crawled under a rock- Now I look back and am reminded of what I have to
look forward to when I get older.

Story: Stories- eek I have some serious blackmail material locked away for
safe keeping. However, I do accept bribes. :-)

Sibling_info: Sister- Cyndi Agurto

Alumni_in_contact: Carolyn Jefferson

Heard_about_website_from: Carolyn Jefferson


JEFFREY BOAM 64

Courtesy of Kathie Kloss Marynik 67, this obituary from Variety...

Variety, Feb. 7, 2000
JEFFREY BOAM
   Screenwriter Jeffrey Boam, whose films grossed more than $1 billion, died
Jan. 26 of heart failure due to a rare lung disease in Los Angeles. He was
53.
   With his script "Straight Time," written in 1978, Boam began a track
record as one of Hollywood's top scenarists. His credits include the
high-profile hits "Lethal Weapon 2," "Lethal Weapon 3," "Indiana Jones and
the Last Crusade," "Innerspace," and "The Lost Boys." He also wrote the
upcoming release "Meg" for Disney.
   Wanting more control over the final image rather than the scripted words
on which they were based, he began a shift in 1989 from writing to
directing, helming an episode of "Tales from the Crypt" for HBO. He later
served as co-producer of the TV series "The Adventures of Brisco County Jr."
Most recently, he co-produced and wrote the 1996 feature "The Phantom."
   His frustration with the written word, especially for action films, was
expressed in a 1989 interview with the New York Times: "You imagine angles
that can't be done, or it's not how the director sees it. Unlike theater,
film is not a writer's medium. It begins with the word, but ends with the
image."
   But he was not apologetic about his craft, nor about the film spectacles
he devised. "Plot tries to engage intellectually, but that's not how the
audience responds," he said. "Critics have said that "Lethal Weapon" is
brainless, but that's not the point. I try to bypass the brain and go right
to the senses. I want emotional reaction, not intellectual engagement. An
audience wants to be wound up because it enjoys the pop at the end when it's
liberated."
   Boam is survived by his wife, Paula, and their three children.


THANKSGIVING

There will be no Encina Update next week. I wish all of you and
your families a happy and safe Thanksgiving holiday! Here's a little
Thanksgiving humor...

"A Change in Plans
By: Barbara A. Tyler

(as Printed in Today's Woman, November 2000)

Martha Stewart will not be dining with us this Thanksgiving.
I'm telling you in advance, so don't act surprised. Since
Ms. Stewart won't be coming, I've made a few small changes:

Our sidewalk will not be lined with homemade, paper bag luminaries.
After a trial run, it was decided that no matter how cleverly done, rows
off flaming lunch sacks do not have the desired welcoming effect.
Once inside, our guests will note that the entry hall is not decorated
with the swags of Indian corn and fall foliage I had planned to make.
Instead, I've gotten the kids involved in the decorating by having them
track in colorful autumn leaves from the front yard. The mud was their
idea.

The dining table will not be covered with expensive linens, fancy china,
or crystal goblets. If possible, we will use dishes that match and
everyone will get a fork. Since this IS Thanksgiving, we will refrain
from using the plastic Peter Rabbit plate and the Santa napkins from
last Christmas.

Our centerpiece will not be the tower of fresh fruit and flowers that I
promised. Instead we will be displaying a hedgehog-like decoration
hand-crafted from the finest construction paper. The artist assures me
it is a turkey.

We will be dining fashionably late. The children will entertain you
while you wait. I'm sure they will be happy to share every choice
comment I have made regarding Thanksgiving, pilgrims and the turkey
hotline. Please remember that most of these comments were made at 5:00
a.m. upon discovering that the turkey was still hard enough to cut
diamonds.

As accompaniment to the children's recital, I will play a recording of
tribal drumming. If the children should mention that I don't own a
recording of tribal drumming, or that tribal drumming sounds
suspiciously like a frozen turkey in a clothes dryer, ignore them. They
are lying.

We toyed with the idea of ringing a dainty silver bell to announce the
start of our feast. In the end, we chose to keep our traditional method.
We've also decided against a formal seating arrangement. When the smoke
alarm sounds, please gather around the table and sit where you like.
In the spirit of harmony, we will ask the children to sit at a separate
table. In a separate room. Next door...

Now, I know you have all seen pictures of one person carving a turkey in
front of a crowd of appreciative onlookers. This will not be happening
at our dinner. For safety reasons, the turkey will be carved in a
private ceremony. I stress "private" meaning: Do not, under any
circumstances, enter the kitchen to laugh at me. Do not send small,
unsuspecting children to check on my progress. I have an electric knife.
The turkey is unarmed. It stands to reason that I will eventually win.
When I do, we will eat.

I would like to take this opportunity to remind my young diners that
"passing the rolls" is not a football play. Nor is it a request to bean
your sister in the head with warm tasty bread. Oh, and one reminder for
the adults: For the duration of the meal, and especially while in the
presence of young diners, we will refer to the giblet gravy by its
lesser-known name: Cheese Sauce. If a young diner questions you
regarding the origins or type of Cheese Sauce, plead ignorance. Cheese
Sauce stains.

Before I forget, there is one last change. Instead of offering a choice
between 12 different scrumptious desserts, we will be serving the
traditional pumpkin pie, garnished with whipped cream and small
fingerprints. You will still have a choice; take it or leave it.
Martha Stewart will not be dining with us this Thanksgiving.

She probably won't come next year either. I am thankful."

FRONTPAGE ADVICE

I need some Frontpage 98 advice from you web developers out there.

1. How do you move a Frontpage web from one PC to another when
you upgrade PCs?

My PCs are on a network. I know that Frontpage can copy webs. The
problem is that the new web on the new PC loses all the timestamps
so that the new PC thinks you need to upload the entire website
from scratch. The Frontpage copy function only seems to work on
small webs. I tried to be tricky and copy the raw website outside
of Frontpage. But when I started Frontpage, it couldn't see the
new web.

2. Frontpage appears to have an a problem with large websites.

When the Encina website got above a certain size, I found that
I could not upload more than about 4mb of updates at a time.
If I try and upload more than 4mb of pictures or whatever,
Frontpage hangs. If I reduce the size of the update enough,
Frontpage starts working again. If anyone has a workaround
or solution to this problem I would be in your debt.

I believe this is a well known problem which I've seen described
in the press. Frontpage compares the local Frontpage web to the
actual Encina website and uses timestamps to determine which
are the new or modified pages which need to be updated.

3. Is it possible to for a Frontpage web to reside on a network
drive and access the web which can be accessed from any PC
on the network?

If so, how do you do this?

WHAT'S NEW

I finally merged the 65 mailing list with the alumni database
and discovered lots of 65 alumni have email which I didn't
know about.

11/15/00: Geoffrey Shumway 89 update, Tom Greene 65, Cheryl Freeman 65,
Robert Wade 65, Kathy Williams 65, David Harshbarger 65, Hank Wilson 65,
Jim Fossi 65, Steve Gehres 65, Debbie Gerth 65, Steve Mattos 65,
Mike Hagen 65, Suzi Hansen 65, Ted Voudouris 65, Ed Hart 65,
Randy Hastie 65, Judi Kemp 65, Jim Farmer 65, Kris Kentroti 65,
James Mohamed 65, Candy Koropp 65, Carl Lyon 65, Kathy McGinn 65,
Patiricia McLanahan 65, Dave Porter 65, Tim Riley 65, Bruce Robinson 65,
Clark Swanson 65, Gary Swanson 62, Jack Szlak 65, Lisa De Leon 90 update,
Kelly Pulis 86 update, Chuck Stream 79, Vicki Garrison 96 bio,
Tiffany Lee 96, Ricky Garrison 96, Karen Loscutoff 66, Ray Remmick 70,
Adrienne Taylor 91

11/10/00: Bridget Nietzke 84/bio, David Otero 89/bio, Roxanne Watkins
83/bio, Rebecca Watkins 82, Catherine Martin 80, Heather Heath 93 bio,
Karen Dillinger 76, Valerie Smith 97, Michael Barragan 72,
Cherish Cooley 87/bio, Bill Burr 87/bio, John Kilgour 86,
Joe Donnel 86, Nicole Gagne 88, Dina May 88, Rick King 88,
Carolyn Jefferson 89, Mark Souza 73, Bill Souza 71,
Kimberley Dellinger 78/79, David Dellinger 72, Karen Dellinger 76,
Deleane Dellinger 84

11/7/00: Gail Miller 73 update, Dan Christianson 90,
Crystal Graham 87/bio, Denise Sousa 87, Paula Pertile 76 update,
Connie Kraushar 70, Ron Kraushar 72, Tanya Monier 90 update,
Beth Smaage 76, Tessie Velasco 90 update, Lisa Poulsen 81,
Cherish Cooley 87, Brian Cyr 87, Sherrie Pyle-Parker 86,
Chuck Savoca 70, Michael Thompson 89, Nadine Cabrera 90,
Cindy Barksdale 73, Lola Dumont 73, Tom Allen 74, Andy Dimitriadis 76,
Edward Soong 78, Robert Heckes 83, Tim Smith 83, Wendel Wanker 83,
Sean Anderson 85, Jeff Luc 85, Jessica Okendo 85, Mike Epps 87,
Chris Montyoa 87, Randall Kingsmore 88, Fariborz Mehrshahi 88,
Joel Lefohn 90, Christina Leiser 91, Hugo Frenandez 92,
Tabitha Baker 96


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


For those of you doing your Christmas shopping on the net,
please link your purchase to the Encina store, which is an
affiliate of most of the popular internet stores like amazon.com,
barnesandnoble.com, buy.com, cdnow.com, dell.com, etc.
http://www.encinahighschool.com/store.htm
It won't cost you anything but a little inconvenience and it
will help defer the costs of maintaining the Encina website.

Thanks for your support!


Have a Happy Thanksgiving! When you see your family next weekend,
spread the word about the Encina website!

Harlan Lau '73
Encina webmaster
www.encinahighschool.com
harlan@rambus.com