From: Harlan Lau Date: Fri Apr 5, 2002 12:26 pm Subject: Encina Update (alumni challenge, reunions, siblings, rea, bios, obits, internet, email, whats new, website) ENCINA ALUMNI, If you are not interested in the alumni challenge, just scroll down about halfway to the reunion information where the normal Encina Update begins. Lots of bios this week. LAST DAY FOR DISCOUNT PRICE TO ALUMNI CHALLENGE-- PLEASE RSVP NOW! Today is the last day to receive the $20 price for tickets to next Friday's Alumni Challenge ($25 starting tomorrow). Remember, this includes campus tours, a delicious catered dinner, the chance to win prizes, and what promises to be an exciting and very competitive basketball game. We need to get RSVPs in now so we can let the caterer now how much food will be required. PLEASE RSVP TODAY! PLEDGE SUMMARY When I sent out the last update we were at $72.75 per alumni point. This morning we are up to $97.25 per alumni point, very close to the goal of $100/alumni point! I may have to raise the bar again. You guys are just too generous. Encina alumni rock! Who will put us over the $100/point mark? Assuming 74 points, per point pledges total $194.50 with matching funds and could raise over $14,000. Almost $200 per free throw, $400 per layout and $600 per three pointer (we had one three pointer last year). Add in the flat pledges of $4330, individual point pledges and admissions and we could raise close to $20,000 via the alumni challenge this year. You guys are simply awesome! Paul Bonderson 70 pledged to match funds raised up to $10,000. We are close to maxing out on Paul's pledge! Let's do it! ALUMNI CHALLENGE TEAM Kim Tierney '78 has had to bow out of the game due to a knee injury. His replacement will be Mark LaCoste, Class of 1985. Kim wrote: "I'm bummed! The only time I've ever been injured was when Marty Knight broke my arm during basketball practice senior year. I'm just too active to take a chance. I need to rest my knee and hope it gets better." ALUMNI CHALLENGE BAND Yon Gomez '81 wrote: We need participants for the pep band @ the Alumni Challenge! If you know musicians from other classes, forward this to them! Where are the "Bell Street House Wreckers"? It's getting late and drums alone will not make a very musical pep band! If you put the word out to all the classes, I will be a contact person, and I'll even try to put this thing together! So, you put out the word and I'll wait to hear from all those great former Encina musicians who want to impress their children. Tell them to break out the brass polish and soak their reeds we have music to play!!!! Yon '81 yonzeno@hotmail.com ALUMNI CHALLENGE PLEDGES *** UPDATE *** Here are the recent pledges. These are fun to read. We were at $72.75 per alumni point when I sent out the last update. Lad Wentzel 76 wrote: I am feeling left out so put me down for a buck per alumni point... $73.75 ca ching Nancy Patton '73 wrote: Oh I don't know, Harlan, I think you're pretty good at this fundraising thing! Put me down for $1 per alumni point. Sorry, can't make the event, but have a good time! $74.75 Carol Krieg Highton 73 wrote: Okay Harlan - I can't stand the guilt any longer.... you got to me with.....IT"S FOR THE KIDS.....$3/point .....sign me up. My best to the team and my fellow alums, I won't be able to make the big event - but I hope the score is big and everyone has fun! $77.75 Morri Graf 77 wrote: I can't let Rocky Niederberger carry the whole load for the class of 77 - I'm in for a $1/alumni point at the challenge. $78.75 Tom Maclaughlin 77 wrote: Harlan, Great effort by Morri and Rocky---- I'd like to help them out----- $2 per point ! $80.75 Stephanie Ortiz McCarthy 79 wrote: I can't believe you have not heard from my class of "79", it just goes to show we are all still pre-occupied. Anyway I will pledge $1.00 per point and urge the rest of my class to do at least something. Hope this helps....... $81.75 Karolinn Williams Green 63 wrote: Is everyone in our class on welfare? Can we show our faces in daylight without fear of ridicule if NO ONE in our class donates to the Alumni Challenge (except Kathi Reyfuse who was kind enough to donate a computer to the school- thanks,Kathi). So okay, I will make the bold step and pledge $2 per alumni point just so our 1963 slot is not empty anymore. Even though Encina beat my son's high school basketball team,Marin Catholic,on their way to the Norcal championship this year. Now, someone follow suit and pony up. $83.75 James Tyrovolas 84 wrote: I need to make a pledge for my boy James Jones put me down for $1.00 a point for Jonesy. Matt Shelton 76 wrote: I'll donate a buck a point $84.75 Renee Welch Wojnowski 72 wrote: Put me down for 50 cents a point. I teach, so I'm in a continual state of broke. I'm challenging the rest of the 72 alums who are out of state to pledge. I hope the game isn't too high scoring it could take my entire paycheck!!! Are installment plans available? I'm really sorry I will be unable to attend, but school will still be in session. I'll be at the reunion & will bring my hubby. $85.25 Mike Pearson '91's mother Caroline Pearson wrote: Hi Harlan. You may remember me. My son, Mike Pearson, went to his 10 year reunion last year because of you and the Encina web site. Mike had been in an accident nine years ago and, although he is confined to a wheelchair and doesn't speak any longer, he had a great time. Although I am a little late in mentioning this, Gina was a wonderful, charming, gracious hostess and she really did an outstanding job. I am writing to support the alumni in the upcoming challenge with the varsity. I will pledge a flat rate of $100, total, not per point; so along with Karl S. Schnaidt, the class of '91 has another donor. Joe and Mike Kramer '84 wrote: I WOULD LIKE TO PLEDGE 1.00 PER POINT FOR GUZ AND RALF. CLASS OF 1984. Bill Farley '77 wrote: In addition to my pledge and raffle donation, I would like to donate a camera to EBS (value of $600). Carol Markell Keller '78 wrote: Sorry to hear about Kim's injury---Hope he's all right ! I was looking forward to seeing him play as well. Okay, you talked me into it....in light of the circumstances, I will up my pledge to $1 a point, and add an extra $25 if the "old guys" win. Anyone else ?? Come on, Class of '78....!!! $86.25 Tom Dugally '78 wrote: All right Carol, you're on baby.......Harlan, up my pledge for an additional $30 if the "old guys" win. Now, lets see if the rest of our class will jump in. C'mon gang...even a mere $5 or $10 will not hurt anyone. How 'bout it Max & Terri Fuentes, Sharon Bordisso-Patten, Teresa, Tammy Johnson-Baker and the list goes on....... GO APACHES !!! Best to you Harlan, Tom Dugally 78 Heide Mathews Boull't '78 wrote: Although I cannot attend the festivities next week, I would like to pledge a flat $100.00 to the Alumni Challenge. Your efforts have sure been impressive! What a great group of Alumni we have. I am proud to be a member of the Class of '78! You Go "old guys!" Dave Robinson '79 wrote: The class of 79' was so fine, I'm in for a buck per alumni point. Go "Apach Dogs" Where the *%$@ are the rest of my cheap #*+ classmates? Abreu -Overstreet - Hanson -Hansen -Heintz - Gervin - Hudson/Korkendorfer - Morris - Campbell - Bugato - Francino -Niederberger - Santos - McConnel - Tuning - just to name a few. Not to mention the pathetic class of 1980 - COME ON! No Lynn Rose or George Wooley & how about that weasel Kirt Shearer "Bring it on baby!" LAME $87.25 Georgianna Wooley Marie '80 wrote: Okay, okay. I can't be shown up by David Robinson. I'm in for $2 per alumni point. And, Dave...since you skipped out on that last game, how about you in a cheerleading uniform, cheering on your fellow-alumni, for an additional $50? Are you up to the dare this time? Or...will you have to unexpectedly go "out of town" at the last minute? Well??? $89.25 Lynn Rose '80 wrote: Awww heck, Harlan - I'll pledge $1 per alumni point and promise to send in the money in a timely manner this time around - along with everything else. Go team go! C'mon fellow "Mad"s lets get it together for Encina!!! I dedicate the money that myself and former madrigals pledge (if they agree) to honor Jack Carey. So please note my pledge money in his name. Thanks! $90.25 Karl Schnaidt 91 wrote: You said we were at $72 dollars per point and wanted to see if we could make $100 per point. Well I am raising my pledge to $15 per point. I am sure the alumni team is going to be nervous. Well I hope this will help out. $93.25 Al Moss '63 wrote: Ok Ok Ok--- You got it going. Good job! I'm not sure I'm sending this properly. Harlan I'll pledge $3.00 per alumni point. Price of gas in Lake Tahoe just went up 10 cents per gallon . Happy to be a part of your challenge. $96.25 Tammy Johnson Baker 78 wrote: Please put me down for $1 per alumni point. Also, please add Judy Walker, class of 67, to the RSVP list! She was my daughter's kindergarten teacher last year! $97.25 Who will put over over the $100/point mark! Now it's your turn. I hope you were inspired by these heartfelt pledges and Paul's matching funds to "do it for the kids". Write me at harlan@rambus.com or on your class mailing list. See the Alumni Challenge 2002 page for the latest news: http://www.encinahighschool.com/homecoming/challenge02.htm ALUMNI CHALLENGE PLEDGES BY CLASS Here is a summary of the alumni challenge pledges by class. If I missed a pledge or rsvp let me know. I've added the donations for the raffle gifts to the pledges. 1961 Lee Pratt ($2/alumni pt) Pam Tack Taxara ($40) Bill Wells ($50) 1962 Alice Braio Bogert ($50) Sue Corbett Charles ($100) 62 reunion committee ($1 for each attendee at 40 year reunion) Barbara Rea ($1/alumni pt) Carol Swinehart Swanson ($25) 1963 Al Moss ($3/alumni pt) Kathleen Rayfuse Calcidise (Apple IPOD) Karolinn Williams Green ($2/alumni pt) 1964 Micheal Carsey ($0.50/alumni pt) Bob Hanshaw ($50 + $2/gift purchased from forkeepssake.com) Kathleen Lutz (5 of her contemporary Christian CDs) 1965 Walter Lubiejewski ($1/alumni pt, $2/alumni pt if they win) Margie Marston Younger ($2/alumni pt, wine basket) Duane Reaugh ($1/alumni pt) 1966 Jeralynn Cupps Krug ($1/alumni pt) 1967 Lora Saunders ($2/alumni pt) 1968 Mark Kielty ($1/alumni pt) 1969 1970 Guy Blair ($1/alumni point) Paul Bonderson (will match funds raised up to $10,000) Mary Ellen Collentine ($1/alumni pt) Cheryle Lees Lawson ($1.50/alumni pt) Jim Meleski ($1.00/alumni pt) Judy Pryor Saint ($1/alumni pt) Mary Reddick ($1/alumni pt) Linda Sorenson Lehr ($1/alumni pt) Steve Wagaman ($1/alumni pt) Paul Whatley ($250) 1971 Anonymous ($1/alumni pt, $1/pt by Kim Tierney 78) 1972 Van Rodgers ($1/alumni pt) Tim Montgomery ($1/alumni pt) Renee Welch Wojnowski ($0.50/alumni pt) 1973 Steve Daniel ($5/alumni pt) Patrick Dunn ($100) Pepai Falck Whipple ($100) Bruce Hunt ($1/alumni pt) Heather Kendall ($100) Carol Krieg Highton ($3/alumni pt) Harlan Lau ($1/alumni pt, $5/Todd Brownell pt) Elliott Mandell ($100) Nancy Patton ($1/alumni pt) Rett Smart 73 (miniature telephone, 7x18mm golf scope, digital CD player/AM-FM stereo boom box) 1974 Julie Eissinger Meador ($100) John Nunez ($2/alumni pt) Steve Palmer ($1/alumni pt, $10/Bob Goosmann pt) Denni Schwartz Mador ($1/alumni pt) 1975 Bill Johns ($1/alumni pt) 1976 Doug Dohring ($12/alumni pt) Matt Shelton ($1/alumni pt) Ron Rowan ($1/aumni pt) Lad Wentzel ($1/alumni pt) 1977 Bill Farley ($1/alumni pt, $600 camera, four seats to a River Cats baseball game on first row on the home team dugout) Morri Graf ($1/alumni pt) Tom Maclaughlin ($2/alumni pt) Rocky Niederberger ($50) Tricia Obermuller Ford ($0.50/alumni pt, $10 if Scott Brownell 76 sings Apache fight song) 1978 Tom Dugally ($1/alumni pt,$30 if alumni win) LaVonne Facino Foster ($50) Darcy Frields ($1.00/alumni pt) Lynne Gile Tracy ($1.00/alumni pt) Tammy Johnson Baker ($1/alumni pt) Carol Markell Keller ($1/alumni pt, $25 if alumni win) Heide Mathews Boull't ($100) Dan Mayes ($1/alumni pt) 1979 Stephanie Ortiz McCarthy ($1/alumni pt) Dave Robinson ($1/alumni pt) 1980 Lynn Rose ($1/alumni pt in Jack Carey's name) LeeAnne Trevelyan Thomas ($0.75/alumni pt) Georgianna Wooley Marie ($2/alumni pt, $50 if Dave Robinson wears cheerleading uniform) 1981 Jolanne Tierney ($150) 1982 1983 1984 Colleen Dyba Olson ($1/pt by Rafael Enriquez 84 or Adam Guzman 84) Joe & Mike Kramer ($1/pt by Rafael Enriquez 84 or Adam Guzman 84) James Tyrovolas ($3/pt by Rafael Enriquez 84 or Adam Guzman 84, $1/pt by James Jones 87) 1985 1985 Roy Colburn ($0.50/alumni pt, $1/pt if Mike Fredricks 84 plays) 1986 1987 Russell Hauf ($2/pt by James Jones, $10/dunk by James Jones) James Jones ($1/alumni pt, $3/pt by James Jones) Steve Knowlton ($1/alumni pt) Dan Reid ($2/pt by James Jones, $5/three pt by Jones, $10/ejection of Jones, $15/leave campus) 1988 Peter Casillas ($1/alumni pt, $2/pt by James Jones 87, $2/pt by Ryan Norris 89, $2/pt by Rafael Enriquez 84, $50 if alumni win) 1989 Geoff Shumway ($3/pt by Ryan Norris, $50 minimum) 1990 Donald Chris Young ($1/alumni pt) 1991 Mike Pearson ($100) Karl Schnaidt ($15/alumni pt) 1992 1993 1994 1995 Larry Averitt ($1/alumni pt with minimum of $150) Ernestine Holmes ($1/alumni pt, $1/each pt alumni win by, $1 if 92/93/94/95 player, $1 if woman player) 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 ALUMNI CHALLENGE RSVPS BY CLASS 1961 1962 Alice Braio Bogert Sue Corbett Charles 1963 1964 Micheal Carsey (Germany) Rollin Coxe (photographer) 1965 Margie Marston Younger (2) 1966 Kathy Cooper Alan Stroppini 1967 Lora Saunders Judy Walker 1968 1969 1970 Guy Blair (2) 1971 Nancy Cooper Manly (2) Jon Dahlberg (4) 1972 1973 Todd Brownell (team) Harlan Lau 1974 Julie Eissinger Meador Karen Elledge Bob Goosmann (team) Terrea Harlan Sherman Suzanne McGee Donna McManus Steve Palmer Donna Pruitt Greg Roeszler Randi Sanford Denni Schwartz Mador (3) 1975 Linda Fanning Cabana 1976 Karen Dellinger Nissen (5) 1977 Laura Vasquez Lavallee 1978 Tom Dugally LaVonne Facino Foster Lynne Gile Tracy Teresa Gunn Davis Tammy Johnson Baker Chris Moser Taylor Marcy Shaw Belmont Kim Tierney Chris Wilkerson 1979 1980 Chris Dahlberg (team) 1981 Yon Gomez (band) 1982 1983 1984 Rafael Enriquez (team) Adam Guzman (team) 1985 Mark LaCoste (team) 1986 1987 James Jones (team) 1988 1989 Ryan Norris (team) Geoff Shumway 1990 1991 Karl Schnaidt 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 ALUMNI CHALLENGE 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 5, $20 per person ($10 for children under 10) April 5 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 REUNIONS CLASS OF 1962 Event: Alumni only pre-party Date: Friday, September 27, 2002 Place: Mace's Format: No host cocktail party Event: Golf tournament Date: Saturday, September 28, 2002 Place: Haggin Oaks Contact: Bill Corrie Event: Reunion party Date: September 28, 2002 Place: Del Paso Country Club Contact: Alice Braio Bogert 62 at ajbogert@yahoo.com CLASS OF 1967 No plans for a 35th reunion. Next reunion in 2007. Contact: Linda Goff 67 at ljgoff@csus.edu CLASS OF 1972 Up to the minute information and maps to all venues can be found on the Class of '72 web site at: http://www.encinahighschool.com/class72/index.html 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 *** UPDATE *** Kris Monday Dragoo wrote: Ok guys I haven't heard from anyone about wanting to get together. I heard from a couple of you thinking that the picnic in the park was a good idea but nothing since. Is everyone interested in getting together? I am willing to do the leg work but would like to hear from you all about what you might want to do. I was thinking a park like Rusch would be big enough and centrally located for everyone. It is located on Antelope in the Citrus Heights area. They have covered seating and a pool and softball diamonds and tennis courts and so on. I would love us all to get together and see each others families and get to know each other again. Our last reunion was such a hit I know we can pull it off again. If you would rather do a cocktail party or have a more formal event we need to know soon. So please e-mail me your thoughts, talk to people that might not have signed up on line yet and see if they are wanting to get together and let me know. I am looking forward to hearing from you. Take care Kristine Dragoo (Monday) Date: TBD Place: TBD Contact: Kris Monday Dragoo at jkdragoo@winfirst.com CLASS OF 1992 Date: Saturday, October 19, 2002 Place: Grapes Dining & Spirits, 815 11th St Contact Rochelle Karrick Laun at RochLaun@yahoo.com or Jannell Penney at penneytax@msn.com SIBLINGS Kim Nichols 79 wrote: Tony Nichols 75 Kim Nichols 79 Loree Scheiman 97 is the daughter of Carla Scheiman 79 David Bonti 67 wrote: David Bonti 67 Lisa Bonti 72 John Brennan 80 wrote: Michael Brennan 74 John Brennan 80 Georgene Gunderson 64 wrote: Georgene Gunderson 64 Gary Gunderson 69 Pauletta Hendrix 89 wrote: Quinton Hendrix 87 Pauletta Hendrix 89 Ramon Gomez 86 is in contact with relative Cathy Mercado 86 CINDY REA 68 Cindy wrote: May's Prevention Magazine is on the stands this week with an 8-page article about us doing the New York City marathon (page 130). It is a great article about some incredible women who overcame some pretty big challenges. The Today Show is doing a week-long series this week about menapause. Two of the people from our marathon group (Naomi and Erika) are among a group of women that they interviewed. Dr. Pamela Peeke, author of Fight Fat Over Forty, (and the one that got all of us to step outside our comfort zone and accomplish something big, will be on the Today Show on Friday. She will be on in 2 segments and they are suppose to show the picture of all of us that is in Prevention and talk about the marathon. The segment has been on at 8:18am each morning this week. Pick up a copy of Prevention and I hope that you enjoy the article. BIOS GRACE PERRY 63 Bio: Superior Court Clerk Horse Trainer - Show horses - craft teacher eg. stained glass, quilting, painting, etc. Hobbies: Horses - hunting - fishing - stained glass - quilting - painting and much more. Kids: One son, 29 years old, married, insurance agent. STEVE CHILDRESS 62 Occupation: Director Engineering Services Bio: After graduation I went on to American River JC studying computer programing and electronics. I made a long career of this in the Bay area. 3 years at Fairchild Semiconductor, and 30 years at Intel Corp...you know... the Pentium people. I retired from Intel and joined a small electronic service company to keep having some fun. I married Conney Donely but that didn't last (5 years) and kept trying until I met Kilcha, now very happy. I live in the Santa Cruz mountains about 5 miles from the ocean and have been remodeling the house for 6 years. I was slowed down a bit by a heart attack in 2000, but feel fine now and going strong. I have traveled most of the world working for the electronics industry. Trivia: I got married right afterwards and had a son just as the war was in full bloom. I remember the day when I was notified to report, and the war ended the next week so I missed getting drafted. Friends: The yearbook staff, Les Harvey, Paul Klausner,John Sacchetti, Jeff Williams and many more....Connie Donely of course. Hobbies: I continued to play tennis most of my life, love ping pong and fishing when I can squeeze it in which is not often. Many years of learning to restore cars. My longest lasting hobby is photography which started at Encina as one of the yearbook photographers. Grade_school_friends: No memory on this one, didn't like grade school much Memorable_teachers: Well, for sure the top two are Miss Kornmayer and Mr Steinagel, they were just plain great people and teachers. Favorite_memory: Tennis team, yearbook and newspaper, my passionate pink roadster I would sneek out of the garage and drive through the Encina parking lot, put it back in the garage, and then run to school. I didn't have a drivers license at the time. Story: Lee Pratt had some real interesting stories about his fun in the highway patrol, like putting a fake taxi sign on top of his car so he could fake out the truck drivers and catch them. Or putting his girl friend in uniform so he could take her with him during work. PATRICK DUNN 73 This bio for Patrick was taken from his website: www.tuskerphotosafaris.com Tusker Photo Safaris Your host and guide, Patrick Dunn was born in Sacramento, California in 1955. He has been an active member of the American Federation of Aviculture (AFA) since 1978. At the 1979 AFA convention in Las Vegas, Nevada he was fortunate to have met Mr. Robert J. Berry, Curator of Ornithology from the Houston Zoo. It was through this timely meeting that Patrick applied for and was offered a position with the Zoological Gardens where he worked in the Tropical Birdhouse for two years. He learned about ornithology in its purest form from Mr. Berry. Today, they still remain close friends and Patrick looks to him for the most elusive answers to avicultural questions. Late 1981, Patrick was hired by the Miami Metrozoo to remove and transport all the bird specimens at Crandon Park Zoo to the new Metrozoo. This turned into a seven month tenure moving from a 30-acre zoo on Dinner Key to a 650- acre zoo outside of Homestead, Florida. Subsequently, Patrick was employed with CampTel Ventures, an outdoor adventure company. He led birdwatching tours throughout southern Mexico, Guatemala, and Costa Rica for six months until hurricane season began. After all his travels, Costa Rica today remains his favorite birding destination. With birds from Texas and Florida, Patrick moved to the island of Kauai in late 1982, where he started a bird farm which eventually grew into the largest avicultural facility in Hawaii, Parrot Jungle of Kauai. Patrick imported everything that the state would allow. On numerous occasions, he actively testified to allow the entry of many more species as he believed Hawaii is blessed with an environment that could really be beneficial to aviculture. Over the next ten years, he supplied hotels on five islands with birds and animals in creative interactive exhibits with very lush tropical themes for the tourist's enjoyment. In 1987, Patrick was approached by a resort developer to design and direct construction of a zoo, Kauai's first zoo, part of a $600,000,000 resort complex. By the time it was finished, Patrick had stocked, staffed and directed the zoo at a cost of more than $80,000,000. His task included designing a quarantine facility for incoming hoof-stock, birds and primates as well as two complete commissaries at opposite ends of a 50-acre lagoon. More than 60 species of birds and animals were exhibited on seven naturally landscaped islands with no bars or cages. Additionally, he procured all the zoological specimens, and searched the mainland for nearly a year buying and shipping animals to Kauai. It was an all consuming task that was completed with animals on exhibit within two years. Kauai Zoological Gardens was in operation for nearly eight years. During that time, Patrick managed to breed every species that was paired including three species of endangered Hawaiian birds to multiple generations. The zoo however, was destroyed by a large hurricane in 1992. Under private direction, he reopened the zoo for three additional years. Due to a fragile island economy, the Japanese property owners decided against its continuance. After surviving two hurricanes in nearly fifteen years, he decided it was time to move to the mainland where he purchased three acres in northern California and moved all of his stock out of Hawaii. Since 1983, Patrick has been guiding bird watching trips to various parts of the world, adding Africa to his itinerary five years ago. He keeps a "life list" of birds which now totals nearly 3,000 species. In addition, he has been collecting insects since he was five years old and holds a collection of about 10,000 specimens. He is a scuba diver with advanced open water, search and rescue, underwater navigation and dive master certifications. He is also an accomplished Taxidermist. ERIC SORENSON 88 Bio: Graduated UNLV 1995 with a Bachelor of Science in Hotel Administration/ Casino Management Trivia: Own and operate a tanning salon chain in Las Vegas, started with 1 store and 8 beds in 1997, have 4 stores and 50 beds now.. cater to high end clientel Friends: Juan Hernandez - still in contact, Damon Cutty - still in contact, Rodney Blythe - still in contact, Jed Panell - still in contact, Jimmy Parks - still in contact, Caroline Balderas - still in contact, Lisa Pearson - still in contact, Terry Morris - lost contact, doing 25 to life, Eric Dobrinski - lost contact, would like to find gloria mestes, vanessa mcgee, todd sytaki, and other people that shared memories Hobbies: tanning, boating, skiing, golfing, Kids: Alyssa born 4/21/98 and Eric Jr. born 8/25/00 - I'm a two day a week dad after being seperated - never married Junior_high_friends: kevin hansen, james fung, aron tello, remember when we all rode our bikes to go fishing, or rafting down the american river... SHANNON WINTER 88 Bio: I was only at Encina for my freshmen year. I had a very traumatic death in my family as well as a drug attic parent which effected my schooling to the point that I dropped out and ended up getting my GED. I then was working for Chanel Cosmetics for 4 years as well as going to Sac City College. I ended up moving to San Francisco in 1991 for a Make up artist job with a well known salon. I met my husband in 1994 and got married in 1996 and moved across the street from Ocean Beach in SF. I worked in the Financial District at a large accounting firm for 6 years and then got pregnant. I decided to stay home with my baby girl til whenever. After much thought, my husband and I decided to buy a house in Rocklin, CA and we got out of the city. Now I am currently working for a property management company in Sacramento. I am working on my real estate license. Trivia: I danced with a hip hop dance troop Friends: It has been so long I just can't really remember. There are alot of people I would like to contact from Jonah Salk Hobbies: Travel,rollerblading, yoga, running, rafting, home decorating, sewing, hangin with my hubby and daughter and hangin with my friends. Kids: I have a 20 month old daughter who is just the joy of my life. We are hoping by next year we will have another child Grade_school_friends: Kristen Fieldler and Renee Singer Junior_high_friends: There are so many people that I would love to talk to that I am not sure I could list them CHARLES YANEZ 93 Bio: ARMY, ARMY RESERVE, KIDS, Trivia: LOST 100LBS TO JOIN THE ARMY HAVE BEEN AROUND THE WORLD Hobbies: SOFTBALL Kids: NICH 8, MATHEW 6, SHAE 3, EVAN 2. ALL OF THEM ALOT BETTER LOOKING THAN THEIR FATHER :) Memorable_teachers: MR ROLLINS Favorite_memory: EVERY DAY WAS A MEMORY I LONG TO FORGET!!!! Story: ALL I WANT TO HEAR IS HOW WELL EVERY ONE IS DOING AND HOW THEIR LIVES HAVE CHANGED. CYNDI BROWN 99 Bio: Well, I have been down in San Diego for a little over a year now and I love it here. I really don't think that I am going to be to Sacramento anytime soon. I am now attending school at Mira Costa Jr. college. I am still working at the mens wearhouse and work is awesome. I am living close to school. I finally got a roomate(s). She is awesome. her boyrfriend just got back from Afghanistain and they are the best roomates I have ever had in my life. I am still seeing Rendell. He is in the marines and is over seas right now fighting in the war. He should be back in the states this summer. I am totally in love with this man. We have talked about moving together when he comes back home. He is my knight, my love, my soul. I love this man with all of my heart. We have gone through a lot with him being at war right now but, I am sticking by my man. Nobody or anything will get in way of our love. My roomate Erin started a hip hop dance group which I just joined and we have the best time dancing at clubs, big shows. etc. Friends: Like I have said before I knew a lot of people and I wasn't that close with a lot of people. I would like to talk to the old crew again. I do stay in contact with Amy Smith, Melissa Arner (Gentry) just wrote me the other day. I have talked with Ricci Dula and a few other people. Hobbies: Some of my hobbies that I have are again, I love to dance. My roomate has taught me a lot and I enjoy our dance group. Kids: I don't have any kids. I hope to have kids later on in life and I will totally write you and tell you about them. Memorable_teachers: Again, Mrs. Hurley is and will always be my favorite teacher. I love this woman. Thanks Mrs. Hurley. OBITUARIES MIKE BRENNAN 74 John Brennan 80 wrote: mike brennan was my brother he went to encina was into sports played basketball.baseball, and track he loved to run about 13 miles a day he had lots of good friends at encina, he was killed in a auto accident his junior year on his way camping with a friend, for years friends came to visit my parents he was very well liked, and still missed, I dont know if you knew him or not. but he was easy going guy with a lot of heart, and I was very lucky to have a brother like him. INTERNET If you have Kazaa/Morpheus file sharing software installed on your system , watch out! P2P network hidden in Kazaa downloads By John Borland Special to ZDNet News April 2, 2002, 4:30 AM PT A California company has quietly attached its software to millions of downloads of the popular Kazaa file-trading program and plans to remotely "turn on" people's PCs, welding them into a new network of its own. Brilliant Digital Entertainment, a California-based digital advertising technology company, has been distributing its 3D ad technology along with the Kazaa software since late last fall. But in a federal securities filing Monday, the company revealed it also has been installing more ambitious technology that could turn every computer running Kazaa into a node in a new network controlled by Brilliant Digital. The company plans to wake up the millions of computers that have installed its software in as soon as four weeks. It plans to use the machines--with their owners' permission--to host and distribute other companies' content, such as advertising or music. Alternatively, it might borrow people's unused processing power to help with other companies' complicated computing tasks. Brilliant Digital CEO Kevin Bermeister says computers or Internet connections won't be used without their owners' permission. But the company will nevertheless have access to millions of computers at once, almost as easily as turning on a light switch. "Everybody will get turned on in more or less a simultaneous fashion," Bermeister said. "This will be an opt-in program...We're trying to create a secure network based on end-user relationships." The Brilliant Digital plan is the most ambitious yet from a string of companies that have tried to make money off the millions of people who are downloading and using free file-swapping programs such as Kazaa, MusicCity's Morpheus or LimeWire. Nearly all of the file-swapping programs now routinely come bundled with so-called adware or spyware--programs that automatically pop up advertisements while people surf the Web or that keep track of where someone surfs, information that can then be sold to marketing companies. Despite growing concerns about this bundled software, usage and downloads of the file-swapping programs are at an all-time high. But Brilliant's plan, by tapping into the computer resources of the file-swappers themselves, has fallen into a new realm where start-ups such as Kontiki and Red Swoosh are just starting to gain traction. Those companies are trying to use peer-to-peer technology to distribute content more quickly online, but they face a battle convincing people to install their software and become distribution points. Brilliant, by contrast, already has potentially tens of millions of computers in its network, simply by piggybacking on top of Kazaa. According to CNET Download.com, a popular software aggregation site owned by News.com publisher CNET Networks, the Kazaa software--and by extension the Brilliant software--was downloaded more than 2.6 million times last week alone. Brilliant has been distributing the core technology for its peer-to-peer service along with Kazaa since February, Bermeister said. The Brilliant network is based on a piece of software called "Altnet Secureinstall," which is bundled with the Kazaa software. That technology can connect to other peer-to-peer networks, ad servers or file servers independently of the Kazaa software and can be automatically updated to add new features, according to Brilliant's filing. When the software is "turned on," computers running the Brilliant software will form a new peer-to-peer network separate from but connected to Kazaa, the filing said. A few computers with fast connections will form the early core of the network and be asked to join first. Other ordinary computers and Net connections will be invited later, Bermeister said. Brilliant's software will be able to understand and respond to searches inside Kazaa, since it is based on the same technology. But if it is successful, Brilliant will be able to host content and run "distributed computing" applications over the new network that is entirely separate from Kazaa or other file-swapping networks based on the same technology. Working behind the scenes Brilliant and Bermeister have played a central role in many of the events shaping the file-swapping world in the past few months. Bermeister began distributing his company's 3D advertising software along with the Kazaa software last year. That's how he got to know the founders of Kazaa BV, the Dutch company that created the file-swapping technology originally used by Kazaa, Morpheus and Grokster. When the Kazaa BV founders decided they didn't want to be in the network business, Bermeister introduced them to a former associate in Australia, Nicola Hemming. Her new company, Sharman Networks, bought the Kazaa software and continues to distribute it. Bermeister is now drawing on his association with the Dutch programmers for his new venture. Brilliant has created a new company for the peer-to-peer service, called Altnet. It has licensed the Dutch programmers' technology from their new venture, called Blastoise. According to Brilliant's annual report, filed Monday, the Dutch programmers have taken a 49 percent stake in Altnet. Brilliant has been subpoenaed in the record labels and big movie studios' copyright infringement lawsuit against Kazaa BV. No suit has been filed against Brilliant or Sharman Networks, however. The immediate plans for Altnet, Brilliant and the new peer-to-peer network remain unclear. Bermeister said the company had been testing the technology along with ad giants DoubleClick as a way to serve ordinary Web ads more quickly. Under this plan, an ad that a person sees on a Web site might be hosted by a nearby computer running Brilliant's Altnet instead of on a central ad server, as now typically happens with DoubleClick. Brilliant's CEO was quick to note that people would be asked before their computers were used for this or other purposes. He said the software would show a pop-up box explaining the network's function and giving people a chance to turn it off. People who allow their computers to be used will be compensated somehow, possibly with gift certificates or free videos, the company's filing said. However, people who accept "terms of service" already distributed with Brilliant's and Kazaa's software are already agreeing to let their computers be used without any payment at all. "You hereby grant (Brilliant) the right to access and use the unused computing power and storage space on your computer/s and/or Internet access or bandwidth for the aggregation of content and use in distributed computing," the terms of service read. "The user acknowledges and authorizes this use without the right of compensation." Anybody who declines this provision is not able to install the Kazaa file-swapping software. Brilliant's software can be disabled or removed after installation without affecting Kazaa's performance, however. A representative for Sharman, which distributes the Kazaa software, could not be reached for comment. Privacy-rights advocates contacted for comment expressed some concern about the way the Altnet software has been distributed and about whether the millions of people who already have it installed on their computers will be tech-savvy enough to know what they're agreeing to when and if Brilliant does ask to use their computers. "A lot of the people most likely to use this software are teenagers or college students. There's a lack of sensitivity about privacy in that age group," said Larry Poneman, CEO of Privacy Council, which helps companies manage privacy issues. "Do they really want to be commandeered and have their machines do things that aren't necessarily in their best interest?" Here are some instructions from our IT department on uninstalling the Brilliant file sharing software. This is not a simple procedure. It also requires you to have admin privilege on your machine. That is possibly a clue that they are not being straight-forward. Be careful doing this. Also, if you are not sure if you have this software, the uninstall procedure lists a number of files that you can look for. If they are not there, you don't have it. For instance - look for C:\windows\System\bdedownloader.dll http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-875278.html Note that Brilliant claims they have done nothing wrong and are unrepentant. Most people commenting about it, on the other hand, are livid. EMAIL From Fred Langa's Langalist... The Evil Of Silent Censorship The more I look into it, the worse it gets for us all. Consider this: Whether you know it or not content filters probably are blocking or discarding some of your outbound messages before they ever reach their destination, even if you've never written anything remotely racy or salacious in an email. Many times, you may never know that your mail wasn't delivered to your intended recipient. Your inbound email probably is affected, too: If your business or ISP has installed a filter to "protect" you from inappropriate content, then odds are the filter is also preventing some nontrivial percentage of totally legitimate, 100% benign email messages from reaching you. Again, this may happen without your ever being aware that some of your mail is being intercepted and destroyed. I certainly know my email is affected that way--- I've written about it several times--- but I'm only now realizing how pervasive this kind of silent censorship really is. It's in home and business systems, for example, not only in overt filters you may know about , but in filters you may not even know about- -- like the filter built into every copy of Outlook. It's in many ISPs, too. For example, AOL was guilty of some outrageous filtering during the last U.S. presidential election: The AOL filters let users visit the home page of the Republican National Committee, but not the very similar Democratic National Committee site. Regardless of your politics, and no matter whether this was a programming error or deliberate choice; you have to admit that this kind of silent censorship is very, very wrong. Content filtering is also emerging as a national legal issue in the U.S.: The "Children's Internet Protection Act (CHIPA)" is a new national law that sounds great at first blush (who doesn't want to protect kids?), but it actually will force public librarians and public schools to use these clumsy, inefficient and even harmful filters on all public- access computers. You may be surprised to learn than many librarians and teachers are dead-set against this law (for example, see this http://www.ftrf.org/internetfilteringmemo.html ), not because they don't love kids, but for sound technical reasons--- filters simply don't work. There are Constitutional issues, too, because what's offensive to me might seem fine to you, and vice versa: Who decides what's to be filtered, and for whom? In fact, as I write this, a suit brought by the American Library Association and others against CHIPA is in progress. ( http://www.eff.org/Legal/Cases/ALA_v_US/20020322_eff_aclu_cipa_pr.html) Everyone wants to be safe from spam and unwanted p o r n, and all rational persons want to help keep kids safe. Businesses quite reasonably want to keep employees focused on business matters, and to avoid problems with sexual harassment. These are all good reasons to want to use filters. But if we use the wrong technology--- or the wrong law--- we'll end up losing far more than we gain: We *won't* stop the bad stuff, but we *will* unintentionally stop a lot of good stuff. This is an important topic that is probably affecting you *right now*, even if you don't know it, and even if you didn't ask for your site access and email to be filtered. And it's a topic that surely will affect us all in the near future. That's why I've made it the subject of an in-depth InformationWeek.Com column, running now at http://www.informationweek.com/story/IWK20020328S0008 . In it we'll cover: real-life examples from your fellow readers of how their email and site acess was inappropriately blocked links to sites to help you fight "censorware" links to *good* filtering products your fellow readers have found to be worthwhile-- that actually work and lots more What's *your* experience with filters? Where do you weigh in on the subject? Do you use filters, and if so, which ones have you found good or bad? Do you use tools to circumvent filters? Please click to read the column ( http://www.informationweek.com/story/IWK20020328S0008 ) and then join in the discussion! WHAT'S NEW 4/4/02: Lisa Nadworny 88, Jeff Tackett 79 update, Carol Schmitz 62, Cynthia Brown 99/bio, Cathy Mercado 86, Ramon Gomez 86, Carla Scheiman 79, Kimi Wilcox 74, Georgene Gunderson 64, Gary Gunderson 69, Pauletta Hendrix 89, Kim Marsh 64 4/3/02: Ruben Gutierrez 95, Jeffrey Bassett 71, Carol Schmitz 62, Tammy Janson 87, Charles Yanez 93/bio, Brian Morse 87, Robert Duensing 63/bio, Amanda Fogle 01, Patience Thoreson 65 update 4/2/02: Grace Perry 63/bio, Carmen Sweeney 92, Monica Binion 02 4/1/02: Shannon Winter 88/bio, Samantha Brown 93 3/31/02: Catherine Herrington 83 update, Jill Ferguson 82, James Quillinan 66 update, Eric Sorenson 88, Michael Bailey 62, Glenda Scott 72, Shelly Reynolds 74 update classmates.com: Marylyn Youngren 63, Randall Smith 66, Jan Shields 70, Mark Evans 73, Leigh Castleman 78, Heidi Haskins 87, Nicole Aulisio 92, Leonid Grymaylo 94, Shannon Simmons 95, Eduardo Ochoa 97, Humberto Lopez 00 3/29/02: Roger Rapp 62, Patrick Storm 87 update, Paul Brazelton 81, Michelle Dubonnet 89 update, Michelle Mauvais 73 3/28/02: Chuck Tuttle 69 update, Gary Spolarich 69, Edward Spolarich 72, Dan Spolarich 76, Richard Cory 63, Pamela Tellefsen 64, Jacqui Tellefsen 67, Wendy Tellefsen 68, Cynthia Hernandez 77, Leslie Kemp 87, Patrick Dunn 73 bio, Bev Scheeler 76 update WEBSITE Don't you just love the software licensing policy Microsoft implemented for XP. This XP activation policy is dreadful. I have a copy of Frontpage 2002 which I purchased for the Encina website at home. I also installed it on the Encina server so that I could edit the website directly on the server if needed and it won't let me activate it since I already installed it on my home machine. I will be the only one using Frontpage but I must buy two copies. I'm a firm believer in buying the software you use, but having to buy a separate copy of the same software for each machine I use it on seems to be unfair. I think Microsoft is seriously ticking people off with this new XP activation strategy. I got a new laptop at work which uses Office XP. Some of the file formats are not compatible with the Office 97 I use at home. I had to buy my own copy of Office XP for home in order to transfer files between home and work. Once again, I'm the only one using Office on either my home machine or work machine. For Office 97, I was allowed to install a work copy on my home machine. I don't suppose we have any alumni who are Microsoft employees that would be willing to buy a copy of Frontpage 2002 for the Encina server??? I'll reimburse you the discounted price. HOMECOMING PARTY The current date is Friday, November 1, 2002 versus San Juan. Please make a note of the date of the Homecoming 2002 party! 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 PLEDGE NOW! Harlan Lau '73 Encina HS alumni webmaster www.encinahighschool.com