----- Original Message ----- 
From: Harlan Lau <harlan@rambus.com>
Thursday, November 04, 1999 12:49 PM
Encina Update (groups/reunions/homecoming/clothing/tom henley/wendy doggett/jennifer watson/lynn stover/search/siblings/pauline degooyer/aol/whats new)

ENCINA ALUMNI,

GROUPS

Just a couple reminders for those of you new to the class
mailing lists or groups.

In order to prevent spamming the mailing list, only members of
a list can send mail to the list. And ONLY from the email address
they are subscribed under. That is, egroups looks at your email
address when you send a message to the mailing list. And if it
doesn't match, it submits your message to me for approval.
This is why you should always send mail to the list from the
email address you subscribed from. OTHERWISE, I have to manually
go and approve each message. It's tempting to change the lists
so that anyone can post to them, but I'm afraid of spammers.

However, if you want to subscribe from multiple email addresses
this is okay. I list both my home and work addresses on some lists.
I can send email to the list from either address. But I get
duplicate mailings which I delete.

Also, please SIGN YOUR MESSAGES. I've lost count of how many messages
I've seen which are either unsigned or signed with initials
or just first names. People who know you may be able to figure
out who you are but others only see your email address and
have no idea who sent the message. Email is just like a letter.
You wouldn't send a letter without a signature would you???

REUNIONS

Some of the classes are starting to think about their reunion
next year. Lots of discussion on the 80 mailing list and they
have some folks who have volunteered to be on the reunion committee
and be responsible for different aspects of the reunion.

What about the classes of 65, 70, 75, 85, 90 and 95? The class
mailing list is a good forum for discussing your upcoming reunion.

If you can locate the mailing list from the last reunion, that's
a good starting point. Also, don't forget your class directory,
which contains all the alumni I have contact information for.
I would be glad to help you try and locate classmates. That's
a primary reason for the existence of the Encina alumni database.

Also, if reunion committees could share some of the information
they find, this will make life easier for all the reunion committees.
Especially information on which hotels are good and have reasonable
rates, bands and djs, caterers, photographers, etc. There is a
reunion page on the website where I can add such information:
http://www.encinahighschool.com/reunionguide.htm
If we can build up a reference list it will make things easier
for current and future reunions. I would especially like to hear
from those of you who worked on reunions this past year.

In terms of scheduling a date, I have a suggestion. If your reunion
is the Saturday after the homecoming game, folks who are coming
from out of town could go to the homecoming party on Friday and
the class reunion on Saturday. An Encina double header!

HOMECOMING PICTURES

I've added the digital pictures I took at the homecoming party
on October 22nd to the Homecoming 99 page:
http://www.encinahighschool.com/homecoming/homecoming99.htm

Near the top it says "Pictures from Homecoming 99". There are
separate pages for the rally, pregame party, game/parade and
postgame party.

I didn't take as many pictures as I hoped so I welcome additional
pictures from those of you who took photos. Either mail them to
me or scan them and email them. I will return.

On the rally page, there are some panoramic views along with some
Quicktime VR movies. If you have Quicktime installed, you will
be able to view these virtual reality "movies". You can use your
mouse to pan left and right, up and down. Plus you can zoom in
and out. The rally page has pictures of lots of students. Perhaps
you Encina staff on the mailing list can show students the
homecoming pictures...

HOMECOMING CLOTHING

If you intend to order any Encina alumni clothing,
please do so using the form:
http://www.encinahighschool.com/homecoming/clothing_form.htm
Lorna says the deadline will be Tuesday, November 9th!

Lorna Cline wrote:
This message is to let everyone know about this chance to order
Alumni Clothing and to Thank all those who contributed to Homecoming '99!
*Thanks to Rett for being the "idea" person who thought that last year we
should get alumni together for Homecoming and to push for it again this
year, if next year is as exponentially as big as this year compared to last
year, we will fill the stadium!
*Thanks to Harlan for all his work on the website and arranging the RSVP
form and clothing form and for the great name badges! Yes Harlan, we are
getting older and need bigger letters to read names! I don't remember how
many "excuse me for staring at your chest" statements I heard!
*Thanks to all those that brought food! It was delicious!
*I want to say a special thanks to Stan Sedilko for helping me with putting
the food away prior to going to the game and for moving the table and
helping me set it back out when we got back from the game! Thanks Stan!!
- Now for the clothing, I have already heard from a few alumni that want to
order, and even heard from a '61 grad who stumbled onto the website a couple
of days after Homecoming! He wants to order and wants to participate next
year!
As for those of you who may not have gotten your order yet, they will be
coming!
****Those that ordered and didn't pick up, well, I REALLY need to hear from
you! I only have one order that was paid for and not picked up, but the rest
need to contact me and pay for the order!
If I don't hear from those alumni who ordered but didn't pay by Friday
11/5/99 at 2 PM (PST), I will use those items for any alumni who orders now.

The order must be in to me by Tuesday 11/9/99, 5pm, so that David will have
time to ship and I can get them prior to Thanksgiving.
Thanks
Great to see everyone, didn't get to talk to all, but looking forward to
next year! (think Floats!)
LORNA Cline-Gragg
72/73

We will probably do the alumni clothing again next year,
but the prices will be higher, so order now. I've already
raised the prices by $2 to cover shipping costs from LA,
which we forgot to take into account the first time...

TOM HENLEY 70

On Wednesday, November 3rd, Tom Scheeler 70 wrote:
"I regret to inform all of you who knew him but Tom Henley, class of 70
passed away this morning of an apparent heart attack at his mother's home.
No arrangements have been made at this time.

I will send email to all of you concerning the arrangements when they
become available or you can contact me by email at TSJC999@AOL.com or
by phone at 916-722-2202.  Tom was a good friend to so many
and did so much, he will be missed by so many. "

Tom wrote this morning and said:
"Just spoke to Tom's sister, Patty.  Autopsy showed coronary heart disease
was the cause of Tom's death.  Services are 2:30pm Sunday Nov. 7 at First
Christian Church, 39th and Folsom Blvd., Sacramento."

WENDY DOGGETT 77

On 10/29, Laura Vasquez Lavallee 77 wrote:
"I thought that fellow Encinians might be interested in hearing about
the death of a classmate.  I happen to see in the Bee today an obit on
Wendy Doggett (class of 77).  Wendy was a special ed student who, from
what I can remember, was very much a loner at school (presumably not
by choice).  As too often is the case, we knew very little about the
person behind the disability.  From the beautiful obituary written by
her loving family, it is evident that we missed the opportunity to
befriend an extraordinary person who could have taught us much about
courage and love.  I wish that I could say that our youth was to blame
for our thoughtlessness, but unfortunately Wendy was once again left out
at the class of 77's 20th reunion just two years ago.  We were all so
involved in catching up with old friends that no one noticed that Wendy
was sitting all by herself (apparently even having to eat dinner alone)
until late in the evening when my husband and Debbie Alvarez Areson's
husband took it upon themselves to ask Wendy to dance.  I'm sure there
are those who knew Wendy well and who need no lesson on the kind of
person she was, but for those like me, I encourage you to read her
obituary and learn about a girl whose gifts we robbed ourselves of.
And to anyone who knew Wendy well, I am sorry for your loss."

Here is the text from the Sacramento Bee funeral notice:
DOGGETT, WENDY MELISSA LOUISE In Sacramento at age 40. Wendy Melissa was a
dining-room attendant at the State Capitol. She was struck and killed by a
commuter train on October 23, 1999. Born at Travis Air Force Base near
Fairfield, CA, on November 30, 1958, a year later she contracted spinal
meningitis. The disease caused brain damage, crippled her sense of
coordination and left her blind for more than a year. To the astonishment of
her doctors, Wendy Melissa regained her sight and after years of arduous
physical therapy performed by her devoted parents and her loving
grandmother, she also regained use of her arms and legs. Although she was
unable to attend regular schools and walked with a limp, Wendy Melissa never
thought of herself as handicapped and cherished her independence. Despite
her disabilities, she always had a positive attitude and a smile on her
face. She loved animals and music and people, and she loved the job she had
at the Capitol the past 12 years, clearing trays at the cafeteria and
mingling with the state's lawmakers. Typical of her spirit to serve and her
desire to be respected as a self-reliant person, one of her proudest
accomplishments was being called to jury duty. Those who knew Wendy Melissa
will remember a remarkable individual who overcame enormous difficulties,
who maintained a sunny disposition despite events others would have viewed
as major disappointments, and who was always an inspiration to her family.
She is survived by her parents, Scotte and Louise Doggett, her stepmnother
Catherine Doggett, her sister Victoria Doggett and her husband John Blount,
her brother Scott Doggett and his wife Annette Haddad, her grandmother
Dorothy Rogers, her uncles Doug and Reid Rogers, her aunts Marcia Rogers and
Jeanne Myoshi, and numerous cousins and friends. We will all miss her very,
very much. Memorial Services will be on Saturday, October 30, 1999, at
Capital Christian Center, 9470 Micron Avenue, at 1 PM. Private interment. In
lieu of flowers,Wendy would favor contributions to the SPCA, 6
Rd., Sacramento, CA.

JENNIFER WATSON 93

Brian Crall 93 wrote:
"I don't know if you are aware but Jennifer Watson, class of 1993,
passed away a week ago in a tragic car accident.  She is survived by a
husband of only two years and a one year old baby.  The story is in the
archives of the Sacramento Bee.  www.sacbee.com.  I know the family
is taking donations for the child.  Would you please add this to the
update.  I'm sure alumni can help.  I contributed as well as my
parents."

Last week I said to contact Dennis Mulder 93 about making donations
to Jennifer's family. I should have given Brian Crall 93's address,
which is clov@earthlink.net . Sorry Dennis!

LYNN STOVER 69

Steven Bradshaw 69 wrote:
My very good friend, Lynn Stover, died 03/22/95, while performing his
duty as pilot in command of N9417B, a single engine turbo-prop cargo plane.
He loved flying, and died doing what made him most happy in life.
Steve Bradshaw  (pilot..(S.E.L. & Glider)"

ALUMNI SEARCH

Please let me know if you know how to contact any of these folks.
We haven't been doing very well lately.

Gary Brown 68
Susan Marston 68
Debbie Malloy 76
Laura Mortenson 76

SIBLINGS

Nancy Kesterson 68 is in contact with:
Karen Harvey 68

Sherry Silva 76 wrote:
Sherry Silva 76
William Silva 76

Sherry is in contact with:
Suzanne Crowder 73
Nancy Crowder 76

Alice Stipak 68 wrote:
Brian Stipak 65
Alice Stipak 68

Lequita Taylor 69 wrote:
James Taylor 68
Lequita Taylor 69

Brian Stipak 65 is in contact with:
Ken Hall 62

Mark LaCoste 85 is in contact with:
Richard Munsch 85
Rob Schaffer 85
Peter Forbes 85

PAULINE DEGOOYER

Alice Stipak 68 wrote:
"Encina teacher Pauline DeGooyer (English and public speaking
teacher, and debate coach) passed away from cancer in about 1970.
I was studying in Japan at the time, so my Dad went to her memorial
service in my place. He said it was incredible because she wrote
the whole memorial program herself in advance, and kept it really
upbeat so people wouldn't feel too sad. Isn't that touching? She was
one of the most influential people in my life, and was by far the most
inspirational teacher for me at Encina. I remember her telling me that
the doctors wanted to amputate her cancerous leg, but she wouldn't
let them. She told them, "I need both of my legs to kick my students!"
I wish you could have known her, Harlan. She was a real pearl of a
teacher and helped make Encina a top-notch school. I still miss her
warmth and guidance to this day."

AOL

Here's a warning about AOL 5.0 from Fred Langa's 1-Nov-99 LangaList.
Fred's LangaList contains useful and timely information about
PCs and software. To subscribe: http://www.langa.com/recommend.htm

*&@$#)(^$$  AOL 5.0!

AOL hosed another system of mine. I recently tried to upgrade a
system here from AOL 4 to AOL 5; I'll spare you the details, but
the punchline was "Format C:\"

For beginners, AOL is a godsend--- an all-in one package that
combines an Internet Service provider, organized (non-Internet)
content, and software. AOL also can be good for parents with
young kids because the built-in "nannyware" can help reduce (but
not eliminate) the amount of sexually oriented spam that all AOL
users suffer with.

For everyone else, I think AOL is the pits.

For as long as I can remember, AOL has aggressively altered the
networking settings on machine's it's installed on. It changes
your TCI/IP settings, and may even delete (!) non-AOL settings.
It installs its own "Windows Socket" (winsock) and Dial-Up
Adapter, even if you have a perfectly good setup already in
place. It even reinstalls some of Windows' most basic internet
plumbing, overwriting or duplicating whatever you already have on
your hard drive.

And it wants to make you use a customized version of Internet
Explorer; that version of IE is notoriously troublesome: IE
itself is fine, but once AOL is done diddling with it and placing
it atop its own special networking plumbing, it can become an
unstable mess.

AOL's own tech support admits that--- oops!---installing AOL may
make your system unable to connect to other ISPs, and that---
oops!--- your internet-sharing software (such as Win98's ICS) may
no longer work. But these aren't bugs. It's the software
installing itself in exactly the way AOL intends. You simply have
to do things the AOL way, period.

OK, forget the software--- even as a service, AOL is pretty bad.
If the force-fed ads don't get you, the spam will. If the spam
doesn't get you, then you'll get tripped up by AOL's proprietary
and very nonstandard email system, which works well only when
talking to other AOL people. (Can you say "captive audience?")

When AOL5 destroyed my system, I was seething. These problems
weren't because AOL was trying to do something cutting edge and
wonderful: It just wanted to alter my system its own unnecessary,
hyperagressive and proprietary way. In the process of needlessly
changing things it had no business changing and adding stuff it
didn't need to, it reduced a perfectly good computer system to a
paperweight. Sheesh. If Microsoft tried anything halfway as
boneheaded as the AOL install, the peasants would light the
torches and march on Redmond. But AOL gets away with it---I guess
because they buy tons of ads to convince you that it's friendly,
fun, and easy.

Baloney.

If you're a novice with a standalone system that has no Internet
software installed, isn't on a network, will never share a
connection, and (ideally) is running an older version of Windows,
AOL can be a great way to get your feet wet. But almost everyone
else will have better service, more control, and just plain
better results with a real ISP, a real email client, and a real
(unmodified) browser.

WHAT'S NEW

11/3/99: Richard Munsch 85, Rob Schaeffer 85, Dennis Mathisen 85 bio,
Bob Carlson 85, Tom Scheeler 70

11/2/99: Ken Hall 62, Lequita Taylor 69/bio, James Taylor 68,
Emily Hamilton 86 bio, Charles Kloczko 63, Bruce Mulligan 68 bio,
Greg Miller 69

11/1/99: Kirt Shearer 80, Bill Silva 76, Nancy Crowder 76,
Alice Stipak 68, Brian Stipak 65, Kelly Dimmitt 86/bio,
Sherry Silva 76 bio

10/31/99: Sherry Silva 76, Steve Hodges 93, Willie Jakobitz 92,
Gary Weiss 64

10/29/99: Patrice Redmond 69, Steven Bradshaw 69, Jacqueline Palmer 93,
Romellice Lawson 91/bio

10/27/99: Viva Asmelash 99, Tien Huynh 99, Whit Poindexter 76,
Nancy Kesterson 68, Perry Kesterson 70, Patricia Kesterson 72

10/26/99: Ronald Mintle 65, Tom Gardner 61, Jon Sacchetti 62

Have a good weekend!

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