Date:Thu, 5 Aug 1999 12:50:15 -0700 Subject:[encinaupdate] Encina Update (reunions/darcy frields/bios/69/92/radio/susan johnson/siblings/friendship/good samaritan/store/whats new/books) ENCINA ALUMNI, This is the third Encina Update which is going out by means of the encinaupdate@egroups.com mailing list. If you did not receive the Encina Update last week they are archived here: http://www.encinahighschool.com/archives.htm DARCY FRIELDS 78 Darcy Frields 78 wrote that she was having problems with egroups (so what else is new): "But on the brite side you found my stepsister for me and we finally got together yesterday and talked for 8 hours . An hour for every year since we last spoke it was great!!! Thank you for your help!" I love getting mail like this. One of the primary goals of the Encina website is to reunite old high school friends, although I think this is the first case of reuniting lost siblings... If you have a story you would like to share about how the Encina website has affected your life, please write... REUNIONS The first reunion is only TWO weeks away! If you have siblings or friends who might not know about their class reunions, please pass along this information. The classes which plan to have reunions this year are: 1964 1969 Saturday, August 21, 1999 at Ancil Hoffman Park Alan Dankman (adankman@worldnet.att.net) 1973 Mini-reunion: August 21, 1999 Rett Smart (irsmart@ix.netcom.com) 1974 Saturday, Sept 25, 1999 at Sacramento Red Lion Inn Bob Goosmann (Magusbob@hotmail.com) 1979 Saturday, Sept 25, 1999 at Hilton off Arden Way Laura Graff Allred (pacwest@foothill.net) Great Reunions: info@greatreunions.com 1984 1989 Saturday, August 28, 1999 at Howe Park Center Janice Barnes (jabarnes@dttus.com) 1994 Candy Mleczko (candym229@hotmail.com) BIOS For those of you having reunions this year, time is running out. Please submit the bio form and share what you've been up to with your classmates prior to your reunion. CLASS OF 1969 Alan Dankman 69 wrote: "Hi everyone. Hope to see you on the 21st for a picnic style reunion. Event: Class of 1969 30 Year Reunion Date: Sat Aug 21, 1999 Time: 12:00 pm - 8:00 pm Description: 30 year class reunion Picnic at Ancil Hoffman Park noon until sunset bring drinks in non-glass containers food provided" CLASS OF 1992 Chris Cavner 92 wrote that he is in email contact with: Richard Payan 92 Troy Seydel 92 Chris Stone 92 RADIO Ashraf Abasi 93 wrote that he heard about the Encina website on the radio late Monday night about 10:30 on KNCI 105.1. The spot was about the class of 89 reunion. SUSAN JOHNSON 68 Congratulations to Susan Johnson 68, who was married to Jack Davis on July 10, 1999. SIBLINGS Thomas Maples 74 wrote: Robert Maples 70 Diane Maples 73 Thomas Maples 74 Pamela Maples 77 Ann Hovie 89 wrote: Tom Hovie 86 Ann Hovie 89 Lee Forsyth 68 wrote: Karen Forsyth 64 Lee Forsyth 68 FRIENDSHIP Faris Kasline contributed this: In kindergarten your idea of a good friend was the person who let you have the red crayon when all that was left was the ugly black one. In first grade your idea of a good friend was the person who went to the bathroom with you and held your hand as you walked through the scary halls. In second grade your idea of a good friend was the person who helped you stand up to the class bully. In third grade your idea of a good friend was the person who shared their lunch with you when you forgot yours on the bus. In fourth grade your idea of a good friend was the person who was willing to switch square dancing partners in gym so you wouldn't have to be stuck do-si-do-ing with Nasty Nicky or Smelly Susan. In fifth grade your idea of a friend was the person who saved a seat on the back of the bus for you. In sixth grade your idea of a friend was the person who went up to Nicky or Susan, your new crush, and asked them to dance with you, so that if they said no you wouldn't have to be embarrassed. In seventh grade your idea of a friend was the person who let you copy the social studies homework from the night before that you had not gotten done. In eighth grade your idea of a good friend was the person who helped you pack up your stuffed animals and old baseball but didn't laugh at you when you finished and broke out into tears. In ninth grade your idea of a good friend was the person who would go to a party thrown by a senior so you wouldn't wind up being the only freshman there. In tenth grade your idea of a good friend was the person who changed their schedule so you would have someone to sit with at lunch. In eleventh grade your idea of a good friend was the person who gave you rides in their new car, convinced your parents that you shouldn't be grounded, consoled you when you broke up with Nick [or Glenn] or Susan, and found you a date to the prom. In twelfth grade your idea of a good friend was the person who helped you pick out a college/university, assured you that you would get into that college/university, helped you deal with your parents who were having a hard time adjusting to the idea of letting you go... At graduation your idea of a good friend was the person who was crying on the inside but managed the biggest smile one could give as they congratulated you. The summer after twelfth grade your idea of a good friend was the person who helped you clean up the bottles from that party, helped you sneak out of the house when you just couldn't deal with your parents, assured you that now that you and Nick or you and Susan were back together, you could make it through anything, helped you pack up for university and just silently hugged you as you looked through blurry eyes at 18 years of memories you were leaving behind, and finally on those last days of childhood, went out of their way to give you reassurance that you would make it in college as well as you had these past 18 years, and most importantly sent you off to college knowing you were loved. Now, your idea of a good friend is still the person who gives you the better of the two choices, holds your hand when you're scared, helps you fight off those who try to take advantage of you, thinks of you at times when you are not there, reminds you of what you have forgotten, helps you put the past behind you but understands when you need to hold on to it a little longer, stays with you so that you have confidence, goes out of their way to make time for you, helps you clear up your mistakes, helps you deal with pressure from others, smiles for you when they are sad, helps you become a better person, and most importantly loves you! Pass on to those friends of the past, and those of the future...and those you have met along the way... Thank you for being a friend. No matter where we go or who we become, never forget who helped us get there. There's never a wrong time to pick up a phone or send a message telling your friends how much you miss them or how much you love them. You know who you are, pass it on to someone who you want to remind. So send this to all your friends and maybe those who aren't but just watch and see who sends it back. If you love someone, tell them. Remember always to say what you mean. Never be afraid to express yourself. Take this opportunity to tell someone what they mean to you. Seize the day and have no regrets. Most importantly, stay close to your friends and family, for they have helped make you the person that you are today and are what it's all about anyway. Pass this along to your friends. Let it make a difference in your day and theirs. The difference between expressing love and having regrets is that the regrets may stay around forever. GOOD SAMARITAN Dawn James 73 contributed this story: An Eye Witness Account from New York City, on a cold day in December... (Wishfully, this is the kind of thing that would happen frequently, everywhere...) A little boy about 10 years old was standing before a shoe store on the roadway, barefooted, peering through the window, and shivering with cold. A lady approached the boy and said, "My little fellow, why are you looking so earnestly in that window?" "I was asking God to give me a pair of shoes," was the boy's reply. The lady took him by the hand and went into the store and asked the clerk to get half a dozen pairs of socks for the boy. She then asked if he could give her a basin of water and a towel. He quickly brought them to her. She took the little fellow to the back part of the store and, removing her gloves, knelt down, washed his little feet, and dried them with a towel. By this time the clerk had returned with the socks. Placing a pair upon the boy's feet, she purchased him a pair of shoes. She tied up the remaining pairs of socks and gave them to him. She patted him on the head and said, "No doubt, my little fellow, you feel more comfortable now?" As she turned to go, the astonished lad caught her by the hand, and looking up in her face, with tears his eyes, answered the question with these words: "Are you God's Wife?" STORE I thought I would mention that eToys is still paying 25% commissions on purchases linked to the Encina website because I haven't switched over to their new affiliate program yet. So if you've been meaning to buy a toy, videogame, children's book or video, please check out eToys and support the Encina website! http://www.etoys.com/index.html?08186 WHAT'S NEW 8/4/99: Ashraf Abasi 93, Lee Forsyth 68, Debora Thompson 82, Chris Stone 92, Troy Seydel 92, Richard Payan 92, Ann Hovie 89/bio, Tom Hovie 86 8/3/99: Thomas Maples 74, Robert Maples 70, Pamela Maples 77, Chris Cavner 92 8/2/99: Mike Macaulay 69, Joey Lawand 82 update 8/1/99: Susan Johnson 68 update, Patti Lucas 66 update 7/29/99: Chris Larson 79, Kristie Hartley 92, John Dufour 65 BOOKS This week I finished "Cryptonomicon" by Neal Stephenson. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0380973464/encinahighschool "Neal Stephenson enjoys cult status among science fiction fans and techie types thanks to "Snow Crash", which so completely redefined conventional notions of the high-tech future that it became a self-fulfilling prophecy." Fabulous read! Take care! Harlan Lau 73 Encina webmaster www.encinahighschool.com harlan@rambus.com