Date:  Fri Mar 30, 2001  1:31 pm
Subject:  Encina Update (kojima/gonzales/alumni challenge/dahlin/kelly/reunions/homecoming/siblings/search/crowder/fahn/bios/obituaries/technology/tolerance/whats new)

 
 

ENCINA ALUMNI,

No sponsors again this week...


CHRISTINE KOJIMA

Janet Mason 79 is interested in organizing a retirement party for
Christine Kojima.

I've contacted Christine and she wrote:
"What a great honor to think that some of you would take the time
out of your busy lives to give me a retirement party. That is such
a thoughtful gesture and it actually brought tears to my eyes.
To be remembered for something you really like to do is a great way
to "go out". I think that is what every teachers lives for, to see
the fruits of her labors."

Please contact Janet at ideasbydesign@home.com if you are interested
in attending or helping with Ms Kojima's retirement party. Please
"cc" me (harlan@rambus.com ) on your mail to Janet.

I'll keep everyone informed of the details.

As an aside, I should have noted last week that Christine is a
FORMER Encina teacher. Christine taught at Encina from 1969, when
she started as Christine Okumura (how many of you knew her maiden
name?), to 1989, when she moved to Del Campo.


LAVERNE GONZALES

Diane Schoenborn Kelly 73 wrote that former Encina teacher
Laverne Gonzales is also retiring. SJUSD is giving the golden
handshake this year and about 200 middle and high school teachers
are expected to retire.

Laverne is another very popular former Encina teacher. I had Spanish
from Laverne and he also coached the tennis team I was on. Then there
were the famous Mexico trips Laverne organized! And I think he had a
lot to do with EBS, although that was after my time.

Laverne came to our '73 reunion and you can see a picture of him here:
http://www.encinahighschool.com/class73/reunion25/dinner/photos1.htm
I also saw Laverne last year at the homecoming party, although he
seems to have escaped unphotographed.

If you would like to write Laverne, I would be glad to forward your
message to him.


When you include Joe Lawrence, that makes three former Encina teachers
who are retiring this year. Anyone else?

Laverne and Joe are both retiring from Rio Americano.


FIRST ANNUAL ENCINA HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI CHALLENGE

The class of 74 has a growing contingent supporting the organizers.

I would like to hear from the reunion committees from other classes.
Is it too much to hope that each class can sponsor one table???


Date: May 11, 2001
Place: Encina High School
Time: 430pm to 1030pm
Cost: $20/person for adults; $10/person for children under nine
Includes tour, dinner, game and postgame socializing

We have two methods of payment set up.

1. Check
Make payable to "Encina High School Booster Club" and send to:
Attention: Becky Hurley
Encina High School
1400 Bell Street
Sacramento, CA 95825

When you send in your check to Becky, please send me an email so
I can keep track of paid rsvps on the webpage.

2. PayPal
I'm a novice at using PayPal but I believe you must have
a PayPal account to send someone money.
Go to www.paypal.com and click send money tab.
Recipient's email: harlan@rambus.com
Amount: $20 per person
Type: Quasi-cash
Recipient's last name: Lau
Email subject: Alumni challenge
Note: if donation please make a note of it in this field

Some of you have inquired about making donations.
You can make donations by either check or PayPal.
Please note that your contribution is a donation
in the comment field.


Bob Goosman 74 and Steve Palmer 74 are organizing this event.
They have asked my help in promoting the event. Bob wrote:

"In order to raise desperately needed funds for the school, the first ever
“Encina Alumni Challenge” will be held the evening of Friday, May 11. This
will be a fun and interesting event for all Encina alumni—held at the
school—featuring tours of the campus, a fabulous catered dinner, and a
basketball game pitting an alumni team against this year’s league-winning
team. Here are the details:

4:30 p.m.—6 p.m.
Campus Tours: Current students will provide guided tours of the campus for
alumni. Visit the Encina Art Gallery, check out your old classrooms, and
marvel at the fact that all of the lockers are gone.

5 p.m.—7:30 p.m.
Dinner: Dannie’s Catering will provide a delicious barbecue dinner featuring
tri-tip, chicken breast, and all the fixings. Tables will be set up for
each class year to facilitate socializing.

7:30 p.m.—9 p.m.
Basketball Game: A team of former varsity players will take on this year’s
team, which won the league title.

9 p.m.—10:30 p.m.
Post-Game Party: Coffee and socializing with background music from the 60s,
70s and 80s.

Cost for the entire event is $20 per person, and all proceeds will go
directly to the school. Dannie’s Catering has generously agreed to provide
the dinner at cost, so this will be a great fund-raising opportunity."

This is a fabulous opportunity to see the newly modernized Encina,
have dinner with old classmates, make new friends and watch an
entertaining basketball game between an alumni and students.
Bob Goosmann 74 intends to be player/coach and Steve assures me
the game will be competitive!

I've created a webpage for the alumni challenge here:
http://www.encinahighschool.com/homecoming/challenge01.htm

I will maintain a list of the RSVPs here.

There will be a form soon which you can use for RSVPing.

The goal is to have at least 200 paying participants!

I would like to encourage each class to buy one table (not sure how
many people that would be, 8-10?). If anyone would like to buy a table
for their class please contact me.

I would like to encourage alumni to bring their spouses and families
to the event. Kids under nine are half-price.

RSVPs so far:

1971
Nancy Cooper Manly

1973
Harlan Lau

1974
Julie Eissinger Meador
Bob Goosmann
Terri Jurich Howard
Steve Palmer
Donna McManus
John Nunez
Randi Sanford Cunningham
Suzanne McGee Anderson

1981
Jo Tierney (donation, can't attend)

If you are interested in attending or helping, please write.
The earlier the better, so we can build some momentum and get the
bandwagon effect we enjoyed with the homecoming party last fall.

We need your support to make this event a success and raise money
for Encina and have fun at the same time.


ERIC DAHLIN

Vice Principal Stephen Gatewood wrote this profile for Eric Dahlin
for the March 2001 issue of the Encina Bulldog Barks...

"Who is this?
Clue 1. Tall, Handsome, quick witted always smiling
Clue 2. Famous throughout Northern California
Clue 3. Santa Clause
Clue 4. Who is a walking ceramic piece of art because he always has clay
on him from his head to his toes?

Will the real Eric Dahlin please stand up.

Eric Dahlin was born December 25, 1945 in Vancouver, Washington, sometimes
pronounced Warshington. His parents are Arthur and Laura Dahlin who met
each other during WWII and moved to Sacramento in 1950 during the Korean War
to work in his grandfather's bakery in Town and Country Village. His father
had been in the business for over 25 years and eventually opened his own
"Fruitridge Pastries" on Fruitridge Avenue.

Eric went to Dyer Kelley Elementary and then to Mira Loma High School; there
were no junior high schools. He remembers when this area was mostly farm
land, hops fields and fishing ponds. American River was his fishing
playground where he spent many a pleasant day. Howe Avenue was a two lane
road with huge ditches 6' to 8' deep. Also on Howe Avenue there was a large
pheasant farm. His sister Disa is now 53 and married to Wally and they live
literally within a few steps of the Smith River. Wally is a Contractor who
works with machinery and back hoe equipment for developers. Disa works for
Cal Trans. They were both gifted and attended gifted programs but did not
like the cities and what college was teaching them and chose an alternative
life stytle. "I guess you could say they were on the smart end of the Hippie
Movement". They had a do your own thing attitude.

Eric went to Mira Loma the class of '64, the first class to go the whole
four
years and graduate. He liked his Art and Math classes. He tried out for
football but failed to make the team because he could not make it through
practice. Finally, he got in shape in the late 70s and early 80s; he ran
and finished several marathons. His motivation for running was to loose
weight. Eric had three motorcycles and sold them because he thought he
would kill himself. He was in the Art club and was involved in making floats
and other school items. He received the most outstanding art student award
of his senior class. For fun he and his friend would stay overnight at
someone's home, play cards, and eat Cooper's donuts and drink coffee for
10 cents. They would listen to Hank Snow country music. He admits being
a wallflower at school dances until he met Sue Hansen, a girl who went to
Encina and became his girlfriend. Now, he went to all the dances at both
schools. He had a lot of friends at Encina and Mira Loma because hsi sister
was only a year younger and she attended Encina. Sue is a teacher in the San
Juan Unified School District.

Eric went to American River College where he got his general education
requirement out of the way and then to Sacramento State where he majored
in Art and Ceramics. Eric gained an appreciation for art because he thinks
it comes from your inner being. Love of Ceramics started by spending many
hours on the creek just playing and making mud figures. Throughout his
college year, Viet Nam weighed in his mind and he thought some day he was
going to be drafted. While at Sacramento State he met his future wife
Cheryl. Cheryl grew up in Tahoe Park. Her father owned a hardware store in
Rancho Cordova called "Walker's Hardware". She went to Hiram Johnson
High School and they were introduced by her friend Vicky Wallace. They have
been married a cool 32 years. Cheryl works at Bank of America at Campus
Commons; she is a Teller Supervisor. They like to travel and have been all
over Europe and the United States.

Eric's favorite hobbies are fishing and gardening. In fact every year
immediately after school is out, off he goes for a week long fly fishing
trip to Montana. He played Santa Claus for Encina's students for many
years. He has given it up, but still plays Santa for the neighborhood
on Christmas Eve. Art though is his love. He has four kilns at home where
he always has pieces backed up. Last year during the KVIE Art auction his
work was highlighted and he was called "Sacramento Icon" for hsi work
in Ceramics. He likes comic themes. One of his retirement goals is to
have ten tons of clay and go through it completely, eliminate his teaching
career and move on to another phase of his life. He wants to complete
commissioned work for many clients around California.

Soem advice he would give to Encina students is to go as far as they can
in education. Also, take care of themselves first and prepare for the
future. Be independent first and then get married; it makes for a better
relationship. And most of all BUY REAL-ESTATE. His favorite thing about
Encina is that it is always changing and challenging. It has been most
rewarding.

While doing this interview, I found out how sincere and humorous, Eric
Dahlin truly is. While you are with him, you always feel good. The students
of Encina are very lucky to have him as one of their educators."


AMANDA KELLY

Diane Schoenborn Kelly 73 and Mike Kelly 73 wrote:
"My daughter, the writer.... Joe Lawrence could enter one student's
writing in each category (Poetry, Fiction, and Essay) of the American
River College High School Writing Contest. He chose only Amanda's essay
describing a conflict with a teacher. Amanda tied for first place with
a student from Davis High who was also the Poetry winner. The Fiction
winner attends Sacramento Waldorf. Each winner will receive a $50 cash
prize and publication in and a copy of the Spring 2001 issue of The
American River Review.

Cool, this will look good on a college application!"


REUNIONS

If any of the classes have finalized more details, please let me know.

CLASS OF 61

Date: August 11, 2001
Location: River Cruise on the Mathew McKinley in Old Sacramento
Time: Boarding 6.30
Sailing: 7.00pm-10.00pm
Contact: John Russell at john_carolrussell@yahoo.com

CLASS OF 66

Date: Saturday, September 15, 2001
Location: ???
Contact: Kathy Cooper Luken at kluken@mp.usbr.gov


CLASS OF 71

Date: Saturday, August 4, 2001
Location: Doubletree (original Red Lion Inn)
Time: 6:30PM
Contact: Mike Billings at Showzrd@aol.com
Laura Simons - 916-972-7077


CLASS OF 76

Date: July 28, 2001
Place: Arden Hills
Contact: Matt Shelton at sheltonmk@aol.com


CLASS OF 81

The 81 reunion committee is searching for lost classmates.
Even if you are not from 81, please check the list and see if
you can help. You may know how to contact a sibling or friend:

Susan Beard Kelly Beard Linda Devin Bryan Duke
Sheila Fallin Masoud Farazmand John Gemelas Georgia Gerrald
Cindy Grayson Lyn Harridge Nettie Haskett Jeff Hasselbacher
Patricia Howell Charles Jones Mark Jones Stavroula Karras
Jim Kilty Roland King William Lewis Jaling Liu
Scott Machado Jan Marshall Ladd McConnell Julie McCoy
Thomas Moran Mike Nevin Paul Pariseau Lynda Parks
Matthew Rector Rene Rinehart Scott Salisbury Rebecca Sanchez
Victor Sarguis Scott Skeleton Randall Strother Ronald Turner
Richard Vogelsang Gregory Wall Cary Watson Sheldon Wiley
Wendy Wit

Any help anyone can give us on getting these people addresses would be
greatly appreciated!!

Date: August 11, 2001
Place: Arden Hills Country Club
Contact: Melissa Tovar at melissatovar@aol.com


CLASS OF 86

Date: TBD
Place: TBD
Contact: Kelly Dimmitt at CaliKel@hotmail.com


CLASS OF 91

HELLO CLASS OF 1991!

The time has come for our 10 year reunion. It's hard to believe that
it's here already! It seems like it was yesterday when we were signing
yearbooks with tearful goodbyes.
Many of us have kept in touch. But as the years go by, people marry,
have children, careers and go on with their own lives. Sometimes you lose
touch with your dearest friends. Our reunion will be for reuniting with old
friends, remembering all the fun times we had and having a great party!
As some of you know, I started my own business as an Event Coordinator,
Bridal Consultant and Caterer. So when Scott Bennett approached me with the
idea of him and I doing the reunion , I happily agreed. Since I plan
parties and weddings for a living now, I'm so pleased to be able to do this
for our class.
Encina High School was so much fun. With great teachers, fun events and
great friends. I would have to say that the Class Of 1991 was the most
spirited and crazy at Encina and our reunion will reflect that.
Our date has finally been set and the location is being finalized right
now. I have already hired a friend fo mine who is a DJ and he is great.
The rest we are working on.
I'm planning on doing a picture video with pictures from high school and
pictures of you today. So keep that in mind. Go through your old photo
albums and your pictures of you and your families. You will send them
straight to me, with your name, phone number and address on the back and
they will be returned to you either at the reunion or by mail.
I don't have a price per person yet. That will be determined by the
response from our class. The location I found is reasonably priced and very
elegant. It has a dance floor, full bar, a kitchen just for that banquet
room, excellent food and a great staff. To keep our costs down, I talked to
the owner and we will have a full bar, not included in the price so people
will have to buy their own drinks.
Everyone who is still in contact with anyone from our class that is not
on the Encina website, please call or e-mail me with their name, phone
number and e-mail address if they have one. Even people who did not
graduate with us. Some people moved, or went to different schools to
graduate. They are still the class of 1991 and we would love to have
everyone there.
A lot of people have expressed interest in helping out with the reunion.
Since I won't be using my staff, (since I am doing this free of charge of
course), all the help would be greatly appreciated.
So in conclusion, here is the important information. Our reunion date
is set for Saturday evening, August 18th, 2001. Please mark this on your
calendar and clear your schedule. Your 10 year reunion happens once in a
lifetime so we hope to see you all there!!!!!
We will be updating you with information via e-mail and by mail. Please
e-mail me back with your phone numbers and addresses. This information will
just be for my personal use. If there is someone who wants to get a hold of
you, I will call or e-mail YOU with THEIR information. I will not give any
information out to anyone.
Don't forget to start looking for pictures! We will need them early to
do the video. We will also have a photographer there to take pictures. So
anyone who wants to help decorate the backdrop for this, let me know. It's
going to be the same style photos as our homecoming and prom pictures. You
will have the option to buy packages from them just like our dances from
school.

Here is how to reach Scott Bennett or myself:

My e-mail address is ginabsmith@hotmail.com or
eventsbygeorgina@hotmail.com
My phone number is (916) 635-7958 If you are calling out of the area,
you can call my 800 number at 1-800-496-2935 PIN# 17

Scott Bennett's e-mail is cjbennett@jps.net
Scott's phone number is (916) 480-0732


I'll look forward to hearing from you soon!
Georgina Smith
AKA:Georgina Baker

Date: Saturday, August 18, 2001
Place: TBD
Contact: Scott Bennett at jbennett@starstream.net
Gina Baker Smith at ginabsmith@hotmail.com

Here's the list of missing class of 91 alumni:

Katrina Adams, Kim Arriaga, Jason Banks, Greg Barrie, Jason Baynes, Michael
Becerra, Matt Cloutier, Jennifer Cummins, Robin Cutler, John Dumas, Ben
Escobedo, Brian Fairman, Steve Fauzy, Ivy Wilson, Heidi & Wendy Flora,
Stacey Frandenburg, Robert Galli, Rick Garcia, Brian Gaul, Rosie Gomez,
Brian Gonzales, Glaudia & Raquel Guerra, Koreen Hoff, Lisa Huff, Shayla
Junarez, Joseph Kafati, Semra Kiflom, Esther King, Joseph Kirrene, Shawn
Larson, Brian Linville, Jason Lubic, Sara & Zach Lucas, Jason McCarthy, Joe
McClure, Dennis Lee, Lisa Myers, Tammy Myers, Jennifer Neighbors, Michelle
O'Donnell, Patrick O'Niell, Patty Owens, Michelle Patche, Larry Perrigo,
Adoft Perry, Darryn Phillips, Duke Preston, Anna Price, Alfreda Robinson,
Pepper Rooney, Rebecca Sachs, Derrick Sessions, Craig Shaffer, Michael
Southern, Christopher Terry, Shane Tolbert, Karl Wallenda, Angela Walther,
Kristine Westwood, Tracy Westwood, Eric Wilhite, Terri Wilson, Valerie
Merriweather, David Wilson, Gus Alvares, Ann Blake, Chris Cheng, Charlie
Andrews, Kongkeo Chandavong, Peter Dogias, Jimmy Moore, Michael Pearson,
Vince Redoble, Jennifer Reetz, Eric Rhea, Tiffany Sinn, Sharon
Smith-Redoble, Jessica Gregg, Mina Hamilton, Bob Hummel, Gina Hunter, Steve
Jones, Christina Leiser-Plank, Dan Lindenfeld, Sunny Low, John McFessel,
Alex Townsend, Adrian Aguinaga, Jennifer Barrett, Nick Bohn, Jeff Catt,
James Dodson, Don Fabela, Mario Franklin, Rob Friedenfelt, David Harrison,
Herb Mitchell

If there is anyone I forgot from our class, I apologize. If
anyone who is already on the website who knows how to get ahold of any of
these people, please e-mail me at ginabsmith@hotmail.com. Also, for the
people who are already on the website, if you can e-mail me with your phone
numbers and addresses that will help me out alot. It will go no farther
than my computer address book so don't worry about that. If there is
someone who wants to get ahold of you, I will e-mail YOU with THIER info.
OK? Looking forward to getting ahold of these people. I have already had a
big response from people about the reunion, so it is going to be a great
turnout. See you in August!
Georgina Baker-Smith


HOMECOMING PARTY

For those of you who wonder what the heck a homecoming party is...

For information about the homecoming party, including pictures:
http://www.encinahighschool.com/homecoming/homecoming2000.htm

If you missed the description of the homecoming party see:
http://www.encinahighschool.com/archives/email/001027.txt


SIBLINGS

Chris Buhler 91 is in contact with siblings:
Vanessa McKellips 92
Heather McKellips 94
Corrin (Kathleen) McKellips 97

Steve McKellips 77 is uncle to Vanessa, Heather and Corrin.

Chris Buhler 91 is also in contact with:
Chris Pace 94
Marcy Smith 92

Chris Pace 94 is married to Heather McKellips Pace 94

Jerry Burks 71 wrote:
Peter Shaw 69
Kirk Shaw 71 (deceased)

Mary Roche 65 wrote:
Mary Roche 65
Brigit Roche 72

Karen Worthen 77 wrote:
Karen Worthen 77
Ken Worthen 78

Susan Wright 64 wrote:
Susan Wright 64
Christopher Wright 67

Shemica Thurston 96 wrote:
Tangelia Mullen 90
Shemica Thurston 96

Michelle Johnston 88 wrote:
Cindy Johnston 88
Michelle Johnston 88

Jerry Burks 71 wrote:
Nancy Burks 65
Jerry Burks 71

Terri Jurich 74 is in contact with siblings:
Debbie Petkovich 73
Steve Petkovich 75
Micheyl Petkovich 80

Yon Gomez 81 is married to Joelle Ford 84


ALUMNI SEARCH

Please write if you are in contact with:

Haley Minns 87
Peter Minns 88
Scott Tegan 90?


ROBERTA FAHN 70

Kathie Kloss 67 came across this article in the Bee...

Family fears street crime, not terrorists
By Gary Delsohn, Bee Staff Writer (Published Dec. 2, 1996)

JERUSALEM — When Roberta Fahn leaves Israel, her home of 20
years, for a visit to Sacramento, the home she left behind, her anxiety
level goes way up. She worries far less about the well-being of her two
small children in Jerusalem, a city with 3,000 years of political violence
seared into its streets, than in Sacramento's suburbs.
"At my parents' house in Sacramento, I say, 'You can't play in the
front yard.' They don't get it," she said of Rafaela, 5, and Daniell, 6-1/2.
"If I told them, "Don't talk to strangers,' they'd think I was nuts. Any
person in (Israel) will walk up to a child and begin to talk with them. We
don't worry about that here."
That's because violent crime in Israel is just a fraction of what
it is in the United States. Rapes are rare. Child kidnappings and
carjackings are almost unheard-of. Women, young children and the
elderly think nothing of walking the streets alone late at night.
Fahn, 44, a public relations consultant intimately familiar with
life both in Israel and in the United States, where she was born and raised,
said it's only when she and her husband take the kids back to California
that she really feels anxious about her family's safety.
"On a daily basis, we are about 1,000 times more loose and lax
with them here than when we are in America," she said of the kids. "When we
get into the airport or Europe on a trip back, I completely
forget I have to hold their hands and keep my eyes constantly on them."
She's steadfast in her assessment despite a series of recent
terrorist attacks. Scores died earlier this year when suicide bombers, young
Palestinian men on a holy crusade to derail ongoing peace talks,
blew up two crowded Jerusalem buses. Similar incidents also occurred in Tel
Aviv, a city Israelis like to say is relatively immune from such violence.
In September, more violence erupted when Israel opened the
entrance to a historic tunnel near the Arabs' holy Al Aqsa Mosque in
Jerusalem. More than 75 people were killed. For more than a week, it seemed
as if Israel was again at war.
"If things are tense, I'm apt not to take the kids to public
gatherings," she said over lunch in a trendy Jerusalem cafe three blocks
from her office. "I won't let them go downtown. I won't let them ride the
bus."
Most days, however, the only mayhem in the streets comes from the
notoriously aggressive Israeli drivers.
"It's really a very safe country," said Lichai Orquin, a
16-year-old high school student from Bat Yam, a small city on the
Mediterranean Sea shore just south of Tel Aviv. "Israelis don't shoot and
kill each other for no reason. You see people out all hours of the night,
until morning. Occasionally there is terrorism and some mothers won't let
their kids go to the malls, but it is safe."
Much of that sense of safety comes from the high visibility of
armed soldiers, police and private security guards. It's common in Jerusalem
to see dozens of uniformed soldiers, with M-16s or Uzis strapped across
their backs, on the streets, in the malls, at the city's holy sites. The
uniforms have become even more common since the recent violence.
"Let's face it," said Fahn's husband, Stuart Schoffman, "if you go
to a Wells Fargo bank in Sacramento and a guy walks in with an Uzi machine
gun, you're likely to do a double take and run out of there. Here if it
happens, you don't even do a double take. It's nothing."
Fahn's father, Alex, a retired Sacramento businessman who spends
three or four months a year in Jerusalem along with his wife, said he, too,
feels much safer in Israel than back home.
"I wouldn't walk in downtown Sacramento after dark or on the K
Street Mall for anything," he said. "Here, I walk around at three in the
morning without a second thought. Everybody does."
A 1970 graduate of Sacramento's Encina High School, Fahn visited
Israel during her junior year in college. Captivated by the country, she
moved there 20 years ago. She eventually went to work for
AIPAC, the American-Israeli Political Action Committee, and now runs a small
public relations and political strategy firm.
Schoffman, a native of the San Francisco Bay Area, moved to Israel
about eight years ago. He is a journalist and writes a column for the
bimonthly Jerusalem Report, a political magazine.
What do their kids make of all this?
"It (terrorism) happens on buses and we went on a trip from school
around that time and we were somewhat scared," Dani said. "We didn't know if
it was the same number bus that was blown up.
"And when we go to a place outside the city or far from the city,
they will ask for lots of parents to come and the parents will have a
weapon. I feel safe."
When he and his sister visit their grandparents in the Sierra Oaks
section of Sacramento, Dani and Rafi know Mom and Dad won't dream of letting
them stray from the block to visit a pal. In
Jerusalem, they do that nearly every day.


BIOS

ROGER NIELLO 66

Courtesy of Kathie Kloss 67...

LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS
Sacramento County, CA
March 7, 2000 Election
Full Biography for Roger Niello
Candidate for Member, Board of Supervisors; County of Sacramento;
Supervisorial District 4

This information is provided by the candidate Roger Niello was elected to
the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors on February 2, 1999 in a special
election. He represents the 4th District, encompassing Antelope, Citrus
Heights, Fair Oaks, Folsom, Gold River and Orangevale.
As Supervisor, Mr. Niello also serves on: Criminal Justice Cabinet,
Sacramento-Placerville Transportation Corridor JPA, Sacramento Cable
Commission, Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency, Sacramento Metropolitan
Air Quality Management District, Sacramento Public Library Authority, Area
Four Agency on Aging, Sacramento Transportation Authority, and the
Sacramento-Yolo Port District.
Roger Niello was born in San Francisco in June of 1948. Graduating from
Sacramento's Encina High School, he attended the University of California at
Berkeley for his undergraduate studies, then moved to Southern California to
complete his graduate studies at University of California, Los Angeles.
Roger worked as a Certified Public Accountant from the Fall of 1971
through the Spring of 1974. He joined his family's business at the Niello
Auto Group in 1974. He became president and secretary/treasurer of Niello
Lincoln-Mercury/Audi/VW and Niello BMW in Sacramento, as
well as vice-president and secretary/treasurer of Niello Acura and Porsche
in Sacramento and Niello Infiniti in Concord.
His past service includes Honorary Chair of Junior Achievement in 1997,
president of the Sacramento Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce in 1995, member
of the Capital Area Political Action Committee from 1993 to 1996, and chair
of the California State University Sacramento
President's Associates in 1994. Roger and his wife, Mary, have five children
and reside in Fair Oaks.


MICHAEL DESMARAIS 66

homepage: www.desmaraislaw.com

Occupation: Attorney at Law - Specialist in Estate Planning, Estate
Administration and Estate Litigation

Bio: Graduated UC Davis - 1970 - AB - Economics
Graduated Hastings School of Law - 1973 - JD
Law School Honors: Order of the Coif; Thurston Honor Society; Hastings Law
Review, American Jurisprudence Estate Planning Award

Trivia: Spoke with Walter Cronkite in connection with his uncle's
conservatorship

Friends: Jim Quillinan, even though he is considerably older than I am.
Chuck Montoya, whose parents still live down the street from mine.

Hobbies: Golf - Member of Almaden Golf & County Club; dancing

Kids: "Big" Brian, Lisa, Greg and "Little" Brian, none of whom are yet
serving time

Grade_school: Cottage Grammar School

Grade_school_friends: Chuck Montoya and Steve Corey

Junior_high: Jonas Salk Junior High School

Junior_high_friends: Greg Herrera

Favorite_memory: Elayne Roberts

Story: I use to practice becoming a monk by not talking to anyone for months


YON GOMEZ 81

Occupation: Bus Operator for Regional Transit

Bio: After graduation I finally broke my back on my motorcycle. It only
disabled me for a little while but I had to drop out of college. I have
chronic back pain but other than that my health is fine. My girlfriend
Joelle took good care of me while I was out with a broken back. We married
in december of 1983... yes it has been over 17 years!! We have four
beautiful girls aged 16, 14, 13, and 7. All are the apple of their
Daddy's eye! Yes I am still making music. Here's the shocker...I was
ordained in 1993 I went to Trinity Bible College. I have been an assistant
Pastor, an Associate Pastor, I also was a children's Pastor for a couple
of years! Right now I am involved in the music department at Trinity Life
Center at Hillsdale and Madison. I play drums or guitar for different
worship services and am working on my first Christian CD. I drove a
taxi for several years in Sacramento, it was fun but very deadendish!
so I started looking for a career, I went into retail. I managed Blockbuster
Video and mostly did management for convienent stores. The stress and
headaches were just too much! So as I persue my musical ambitions I drive
a bus for R.T. That's where I am at today!

Trivia: Who would have thought that this rebellious rocker would ever
turn his life around and go into the ministry. Don't get me wrong I still
love Rock-n-roll, but now it has a message and a purpose. (and I'm still
a rebel!) I also still ride a motorcycle but I do that with a purpose also!

Friends: I've lost contact with everyone!!!!These are who I consider my
closest friends from Babcock Elementary to Valle Vista Jr High to Encina:
Don Wright, Rob Ehret, Brian(I remember him as a bass player)Boyle,
Figgy a.k.a. Jim Dallas, Chuck White, Darren Gerrald, Chuck Wood,
Wes Schenken, Wayne Fiori, Brian Porter, Sam Somers (most of these guys
were in a band with me or did sound or was just a groupie) there are
so many more friends that I couldn't possibly mention you all including
all the special women, but I don't want to embarass any of them so I'll
wait for them to E-mail me!

Hobbies: GO KINGS! I love basketball and music and I love to go for
along ride on my GoldWing!

Kids: Geneve is my 16 year old she thinks she's 21 even when she was 10
she thought she was 21! Melodie is 13, gonna be 14 next month she's the
brain, she loves to read she wants to be a lawyer. Cherice is 12 soon
to be a big teenager she's the tomboy, very athletic loves to ride bikes
and rollerblade. and last but not least is my 'Best-Bud' Sarai, she's 7
and so precious, very feminine and proper she's my little lady.

Grade_school: Babcock Elementary

Junior_high: ValleVista

Junior_high_friends: all of the woodlake girls!

Memorable_teachers: Gary Greenbaum. I met him at ValleVista when he was
interning. He helped coach the baseball team and he worked my a** off!
I actually hated him! As I got to know him and his interest in music
we began to click and he was a mentor of sorts. I'm sure that Sam Sommers,
Brian Boyle and Rob Ehret remember when Gary booked us our first gig
in a nightclub. I'll never forget it!

Favorite_memory: Madrigals; EBS; wrestling; riding my motorcycle in
my madrigal tuxedo; Janeen


RICKY WILLIAMSON 95

Occupation: FIREFIGHTER\EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNITION

Bio: WELL, I REALLY DIDN'T GET TO GRADUATE WITH MY CLASS. THOSE WHO KNEW
ME, KNEW I MOVED AWAY. BUT SINCE THEN I GRADUATED AND WENT TO COLLEGE. I
PLAYED FOOTBALL FOR TWO YEARS AND GRADUATED WITH AN AA DEGREE.
I'VE DONE MANY JOBS IN THE TIME THAT I'VE LIVED HERE. BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT
IS THE ONE I'M DOING RIGHT KNOW. I'M A FIREFIGHTER FOR FERNDALE FIRE DEPT.
AND I WORK ON AN AMBULANCE PART TIME AS AN EMT. PROBALLY THE
THE LAST THING ANYONE EXPECTED OF ME, BUT I WOULDN'T TRADE IT FOR THE
WORLD. I'M NOT MARRIED. LIVE IN MY OWN HOUSE AND OWN MY OWN PICKUP. AS
FOR ALL THE FRIENDS I HAD AT ENCINA I MISS YOU GUYS MORE THAN ANYTHING
I HOPE EVERY ONE IS DOING GREAT. CONGRADULATIONS ROBERT AND BOBBY. TELL THE
CREW I SAID HELLO. IF ANYONE DOES READ THIS AND WANT TO GET A HOLD OF ME,
DROP ME A LINE AT RESCUER@NORTHCOAST.COM

Friends: I MISS EVERY ONE

Hobbies: RUNNING/ WEIGHTS AND SAVING LIVES

Favorite_memory: JUST HANGIN WITH BOBBY, ROBERT, JARAD, AND THE CREW


OBITUARIES


PATRICK MCDANIEL 70

Deborah Hayden wrote:
My father Patrick Hayden, known then as Patrick McDaniel passed away
on 6/23/89 of a heart attack.


KIRK SHAW 71

Jerry Burks 71 wrote that "Kirk Shaw 71 died three or four years ago after
a work related fall from a roof several years earlier left him completely
paralyzed from the next down. He has an older brother, Pete Shaw 70 who
still lives in the area."

According to Kathie Kloss 67, Kirk died 5/6/94.


BRAD CAPLAN 71

Jerry Burks 71 wrote that Brad Caplan 71 "died suddently of a heart attack
four or five years ago."

Courtesy of Kathie Kloss 67...

Sacramento Bee, June 18, 1996
CAPLAN, BRAD MITCHELL
In loving memory of Brad, aged 43. Born 1-21-52. Died 6-9-96. A lover of
Indy racing, family, and friends. He was active in racing from 1964-1984
with his father Herb, building the winning Indy car "Prophet." His love of
racing never died, and he enjoyed slot car racing with his son. He was a
loving husband, father, and his love and giving to others will always be
remembered. Over his lifetime he really enjoyed working with his father at
USME. He was an active member of Congregation B'nai Israel, and donations
can be given to the Temple. He is survived by his wife Darienne, son Ian,
parents Herb and Alice Caplan, grandfather Nate Gourvitch, and sisters Sue
Sperber, Linda Carlson, and Jodi Kaplan, and 8 nieces and nephews.


TECHNOLOGY

At long last, a new use for California's useless wall outlets.
Powerline, a new technology that connects high-speed telecommunications
networks with electrical transformers on the power grid, and ultimately
to the home, may make high-speed Internet access via electricity cables
a reality as soon as this year. In fact, a number of ventures at the
CeBIT technology fair in Germany say Powerline will be available by summer,
and a Florida company claims it plans to bring its technology to market
by June. This is encouraging news for a technology that has been waylaid
at the development stage for decades, largely thanks to daunting technical
problems. While skeptics warn that the technology -- which isn't yet capable
of seamlessly offering the transmission speeds it claims to -- is not
quite ready for commercial deployment, Powerline has found many proponents.
Indeed, an industry umbrella group in called HomePlug has received strong
backing from a number of larger technology concerns, among them Cisco, 3Com,
and Intel, and for good reason. As Amit Yudan, director of Main.net
Communication, a company developing Powerline technology, notes, "everybody
has electric wiring already all over their house. This turns every socket
in the house into a communication point."


ZERO TOLERANCE

Zero-Tolerance Watch
A Maryland elementary school has banned the game of tag. Joan Briscoe,
principal of West Annapolis Elementary, tells the Capital newspaper that the
game violates the school's "no touching" policy. But the paper reports that
"although the county's sexual harassment policy does prohibit 'unwanted'
touching," there is no blanket ban on touching. Huntley Cross, an Anne
Arundel County school administrator, tells the Capital: "There are good
touches and bad touches that children are taught."


WHAT'S NEW

3/28/01: Michelle Johnston 88, Cindy Johnston 88, Gerry Coppock 78,
Roger Niello 66 bio, Mary Roche 65, Brigit Roche 72, Carol Kentroti 67,
Marc Robinson 81, Ghassan Hamarneh 90, Lisa De Leon 90 update,
Linda Caplan 64,

3/26/01: Andy McNeil 77/78 update, Marshall Solem 76, Marilyn Solem 70,
Martin Solem 73, Judy Ratcliffe 66, Michael Desmarais 66 bio,
Derek Cabaniss 85, Vanessa McKellips 92, Heather McKellips 94,
Chris Pace 94, Marcy Smith 92, Corrin McKellips 97, Tangelia Mullen 90/bio,
Shemica Thurston 96/bio, Dannetta Motley 96, Ken Worthen 78, Steve Vigil 76,
Rick Stalker 73 update, Jim Brock 88/bio, Ricky Williamson 95/bio,
Carolyn Gibson 87, Ardis Duensing 66, Hal Duensing 63, Dolores Martin 99,
Mary Lang 77, Daniele Barr 87

classmates.com: Ken Paxton 64, Kathleen Vine 64, Jack Goodman 66,
Karen Kingman 72, Mary Salley 74, Sara Gore 76, Melissa Smith 77,
Dawn Kiley 80, Terence Kokol 83, Todd Brown 87, Venessa Ozcan 87,
Irene Cronan 89, Lynda Scanlon 92, Jamie Jones 94, Ronnie Dyste 95,
Tina Pearcey 98, Ivan Lind 98, Dane Lindstrom 99, Bonita Ballou 62,
John Roina 65, Mary Roche 65, Gregory Herrera 66, Catherine Pike 70,
Susan Allen 70, Theresa Young 72, Bruce Carlisle 76, Kelley Covey 76,
Steve Helton 78, Laurie Ballard 79, Laura Osgood 80, Yon Gomez 81,
Matt Deanda 85, Ruth Aitken 91, James Dodson 91, Margaret Miller 93,
Loleini Makihele 96, Janelle Nesbit 97, Ivory May 98, Hannah Starley 99


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Stanford: at least Stanford made it past the second round this year 8^(

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