Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2000 12:24 PM Subject: Encina Update (homecoming/reunions/65/66/70/75/80/85/90/95/siblings/search/history/doug stafford/kim tierney/photos/internet/privacy/whats new) ENCINA ALUMNI RSVPs for the homecoming 2000 party continue to pour in! I received RSVPs from Encina teachers Eleanor Brown, Larry Stallings and Bob Trathen this week. HOMECOMING 2000 I had another crazy idea which some of you may be able to help with. Many of you live too far away to attend the party so I thought it might be possible to do a webcast from the party to the Encina website. I think video would require too much bandwidth, but perhaps we might be able to transmit still images of the party which are updated periodically? If you are knowledgeable about such things and/or have equipment we might be able to borrow for the evening, let me know. Date: Friday, October 20, 2000 Location: 707 Commons Dr, Sacramento, CA 95825 (corner of Commons and Campus Commons) Time: 5pm to 2am (game from 7-10pm at El Camino HS) The building has a lobby area, outdoor terraces and lawns to get out of crowds, bathrooms and a small kitchen, plus conference rooms and offices where we could set up tables for the potluck. The building is located in a nice wooded area. It can accomodate around 100 people indoors, with lots of room to overflow outside onto the terrace and lawn. There's lots of parking, we can stay late, alcohol is okay, there's a lawn for kids to run around, it's about 10 minutes from El Camino HS where the game will be played, we can control the sound, it's private, FREE, did I mention it's FREE, and we can set up tables for the potluck for those who wish to participate. Thanks again to Kathleen O'Neill Cabe 79 for hosting the homecoming party. Her husband's law offices are located on the first floor. Many of you have volunteered to help in your RSVPs. I think most of the help we'll need will be in cleaning up afterwards. More details as the time draws near. HOMECOMING RSVPS This week I received an RSVP from Encina English teacher Eleanor Brown. Eleanor's class was one of my favorites at Encina! Eleanor is retiring from her job as Assistant Superintendent of the San Juan Unified School District on June 30th (after 35 years in the district): 1965 - 1972 : English teacher - Encina High 1972 - 1974 : Assistant Principal/English Teacher - Casa Roble High 1974 - 1975 : Vice Principal - Del Campo High 1975 - 1984 : Principal - Del Campo High 1984 - 1987 : Director - 7-Adult Schools Division 1987 - Present: Assistant Superintendent - 7-Adult Division I also received an RSVP from math teacher Larry Stallings. Larry doesn't have a computer but says he may get one just so he can check out the Encina website . I talked with math teacher Jack Dutton and he'll come if he can. Unfortunately, his wife is ill and requires 24 hour care so it's hard for him to attend such events. I talked with my old woodshop teacher Bob Trathen and he's planning to attend. I spent many happy hours in woodshop with Bob. I built a chess set which won an award at the State Fair, along with lots of furniture for my parents' old house on Gannon Drive. Bob was at Encina from it's inception in 1958. In the 1983 yearbook there was a 25 year anniversary section where Bob was featured as one of the teachers who was at Encina for it's first 25 years. And I'm happy to report that we have Encina alumni with so much school spirit that they are willing to come from far away to attend the homecoming party! Lance Ballance 85 will be flying up from LA again this year after his afternoon radio show. Bill Johns 71 hopes to be able to attend from Southern California. And Cathy Buchanan Ball 70 will be attending from Spanaway, WA. We have a new distance record this week. Donna Ting 94 is going to try and get time off from work to come from Williamsville, NY! That's serious school spirit... Staff RSVPs: Eleanor Brown (new) Jack Dutton (new, if possible) Christine Kojima Susan McGuire Larry Stallings (new) Bob Trathen (new) Judy Wilson Stephanie Woo Alumni RSVPs this week: Cathy Buchanan Ball 70 (from Spanaway,WA) Kristine Grasso Elmer 70 Nancy Cooper Manly 71 Bill Johns 71 (from Southern Cal) Darrell Mitchell 72 Debbie Sprague Mitchell 72 Lynne Gile Tracy 78 Kim Tierney 78 Danette Davis 80 Samantha Schell 83 Lance Ballance 85 (from LA) Sally Howard Ash 85 Cindy Onstine Baker 85 Mark Shumway 85 Amy McClelland 86 Dina Shrum Sommers 86 Sarah Waldo Riley 86 James Bui 90 Ryan Engle Gutierrez 90 Donna Ting 94 (from New York) Classwise, the classes of 73 and 85 are neck and neck now, followed by the class of 77. Come on class of 73! Those of you who attended last year know that I made up special Homecoming nametags for those who RSVPed. No RSVP, No nametag! Please RSVP if you think you will be attending the homecoming alumni party this fall: http://www.encinahighschool.com/homecoming/homecoming_form.htm I'll keep the RSVP list on the Homecoming 2000 page up to date so you can check and see who's going: http://www.encinahighschool.com/homecoming/homecoming2000.htm If you would like to see what happened at last year's Homecoming 99 party: http://www.encinahighschool.com/homecoming/homecoming99.htm REUNIONS 1965 REUNION Date: August 19, 2000 Place: Unitarian Church 2425 Sierra Blvd (between Howe and Fulton) Sacramento, CA 1966 REUNION Ron McFarland sent me his pictures from the 25 year reunion in 1991. I added them to the 66 homepage here: http://www.encinahighschool.com/class66/reunion25/photos.htm 1970 REUNION Date and place still to be determined. 1975 REUNION Where: The Sutter Club (1220 9th Street, Sacramento) When: Saturday, July 15, 2000 Time: 630 - 1130 pm Contact: Jenny Bender Bittner (916-972-8530) Jay Michael (916-978-9611) 1980 REUNION Where: The Firehouse When: October 14, 2000 1985 REUNION The class of 85 has the second largest group RSVPed for the homecoming 2000 party this week. It looks like the 15 year reunion may take place at the homecoming party... If you are still interested in having a 15 year reunion, please write the class mailing list at encina1985@egroups.com and get things going before it's too late. 1990 REUNION If you have a sibling or classmate from the class of 90, please let them know about the 10 year reunion. Date: Saturday, October 21, 2000 Place: TBD Denyce Bellinger wrote that classmates should plan to attend the Homecoming 2000 party on Friday, October 20th and the 10 year reunion on Saturday, October 21st. 1995 REUNION Do we have anyone from the reunion committee on the mailing list? Please write encina1995@egroups.com if you're interesting in attending and/or helping to organize the 5 year reunion. SIBLINGS Dina Shrum 86 wrote: Debi Shrum 82 Daniel Shrum 84 Dina Shrum 86 Jody Whitney 94 is in contact with: John Johnson 94 Nick Wong 94 Kathleen O'Neill 79 wrote: Pat O'Neill 78 Kathleen O'Neill 79 Kathleen O'Neill 79 is in contact with: Jay Michael 75 Matt Michael 78 Steve Plessas 78 Jack Ingram 78 John Tjoelker 78 Peter Simon 77 wrote: Peter Simon 77 Scott Simon 80 Susanne Pierson 75 wrote: Stephanie Pierson 72 Susanne Pierson 75 Angela Horn 92 wrote: Angela Horn 92 Jeremy Horn 93 Wendell Horn 96 Annette Parino 80 wrote: Larry Parino 75 Steve Parino 78 Jim Parino 79 Annette Parino 80 Suzi Schott 84 is married to Tom Barter 84 Clark Wagaman 70 wrote: Scott Wagaman 70 (brother) Clark Wagaman 70 Steve Wagaman 70 (cousin) David Wagaman 73 (deceased 1999) Ann Haukaas 77 wrote: Mark Haukaas 75 Ann Haukaas 77 Todd McDole 86 wrote: Todd McDole 86 Casey McDole 92 Rocky Wilkinson 65 wrote: Randy Wilkinson 65 Rocky Wilkinson 65 Rocky Wilkinson 65 is in contact with Ray Worsley 65 Maria Dogias 90 is in contact with Wendy Batchelder 90 Jill Hood 84 is in contact with: Hilary Wagner 83 Lisa Wagner 84 (not Lisa Wagner Craney 84, the other Lisa Wagner 84) Kevin Colabine 86 wrote: Kevin Colabine 86 Christian Marquez 91? (brother) James Bui 90 is in contact with: Dennis Dodd 90? Rina Ambaram 90 ALUMNI SEARCH Please write if you know how to contact any of these alumni: Judy Mosher 70 Brad Norris 75 Vicki Field 76 Deanna Narvaez 90? Thu Tran 90? John Endicott 90? Julia Coronado 92 HISTORY Vicki Flint 74 sent me an article from May 1958 about San Juan schools. There's a picture of a provisional council made of of representative students who will attend Encina. This group selected the school colors of cardinal and gold! Also in the picture are Dean of Boys Donald Golden and principal Robert Binns. There is a short article about Don McCormick being appointed Encina's football coach and athletic director. I've added this page to the Encina history page here: http://www.encinahighschool.com/history/history.htm DOUG STAFFORD 69 I received an inquiry asking how and when Doug Stafford 69 passed away. If you know, please write. KIM TIERNEY 78 I asked Kim whether kept score for the Kings/Laker playoff games. Kim wrote: Yes, I worked both games. It was pretty intense, but to be honest, I am almost oblivious to the noise and the magnitude of the game. I've worked so many, that it feels just like another regular season game. However, I do fight that feeling, and work a little harder to concentrate and make sure my crew and I don't screw anything up. (good side of screwing up however, is a possible TV appearance when the ref comes over). I would have to say the Seattle series in 1996 was just a little bit louder, followed by this year, then the Utah series last year. I think the main reason for the noise difference is that each year we pick up more "basketball" fans and lose more "be at the event" fans. A lot more fans know the game. Kings can play pretty good ball, but they just aren't disciplined. If they would listen to their coaches and do more of the basics, like blocking out, following their shots, etc.., they would have won more games. I saw too many games this year where Webber would shoot a fadeway jumper from the free throw line with no one underneath. Then everyone would just watch his shot and not go after it. I'm not saying anything new. Same stuff has been in the papers all year. It will be interesting to see what kind of moves are made this off season. I like Corliss, but I think he's gone. Look for a trade involving Corliss and Nick. To be honest, the only one's I wouldn't offer in trade would be Webber, Jason, Vlade, Pollard, and Peja. And maybe Delk. Salary cap rules change everything. Will have to wait and see. As for me now, Monarchs start this Sunday. Pray for me. PHOTOS A few weeks ago I mentioned an internet photo service called Snapfish (www.snapfish.com). I registered with snapfish at their website and received some prepaid mailers from them. This week I sent in some film to be processed. They provide you with stickers to paste on each roll of film. Snapfish pays the postage to them, develops the film, makes 3x5 or 4x6 inch prints, scans your negatives and returns your negatives and prints. This is FREE. You pay only $1.69 per roll for return postage and handling, which is charged to your credit card. A second set of prints is $1.99 (less than 27 prints) or $2.99. The catch is that you MUST login and view your prints online on their website within 30 days or they charge you full price for processing. But I can live with that. Snapfish is hoping that you will order additional copies of your pictures for friends and relatives. I don't know how successful this business model will be, but I plan to take advantage of it while it lasts... ofoto.com provides a similar service, except that they do not print your pictures, but simply develop and return your negatives after scanning them and placing them online at their website. INTERNET There was a good discussion about free ISPs in this week's Broadband Report: THE BEST FREE ISP ----------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks to all the many, many Broadband Report readers who wrote me their experiences with free ISPs. No matter how great your broadband connection, have an analog dial-up connection in your back-pocket is a beautiful thing. And knowing which one to settle on without having to try them all is even better. WorldSpy.net wins the Broadband Report's "BEST ISP" award for being the very best free ISP in 2000, based on reports from the newsletter's readers. People who have tried WorldSpy love its lack of ad banners, and the fact that you can do away with its dial-up program if you want to -- with a little ingenuity. They also find it to be a reliable, sane service. I've heard these comments over and over again from numerous people. This is the one to get, folks. Don't bother with the rest: http://www.worldspy.com/ Many people sign up for more than one free ISP, because redundancy can be a good thing. Especially when you can't complain about the service if it goes bad -- because, you're not paying for it after all. Freewwwweb took a distant, but clear Second Place to WorldSpy. http://www.freewwweb.com/ Honorable Mentions accrue to AltaVista, Juno, and WorldShare.Net, each of which has a small advantage. AltaVista: http://jump.altavista.com/ch_fa Juno: http://www.juno.com/ Some comments about the various services you might find interesting: I use WorldSpy because of the lack of annoying advertisements and it works reasonably well. They have just released new improved logon software, which is an improvement, but its interface is not as clean and efficient as AltaVista. WorldSpy is to be commended because once you leave their home page, there is no advertising which follows. Their support help has been helpful during first install procedures and subsequent problems getting email to work. The problems were resolved and no further problems. --Grover Hatcher I use Freewwweb. I also use Linux sometimes and I have to use Freewwweb for that. I get a fast, reliable connection. The only real problem I have had with Freewwweb is that you're limited to 80 hours a month. -- Bruce Perry I have been using Freewwweb.com as my primary ISP for over a year now and I am very satisfied with it and I love telling people about it. Freewwweb has access numbers all over the US and my connections with them have been consistently faster than those made with NetZero. The two greatest things about Freewwweb (in my opinion) are: 1. They handle their advertising through e-mail which is much nicer than always having it in your face taking up precious screen space. 2. They use the standard windows dial-up networking and as long as you already have a functional browser, all you have to do is make some simple configuration changes to be up and running in a couple of minutes. --Chuck Strickland I had (past tense!) been a member of Freewwweb for almost a year, paid $70 for the privilege months before they became truly "free." I had not been able to use my service for several months now, keep getting connection errors. I have written and written and.... to Tech support with no help. Keep getting "canned" responses. Finally gave up in disgust and switched to WorldSpy who just upgraded their system and it is GREAT! No problems getting on, most of the time it is 42 kb or better speed connection. I am also a member of Worldshare (which asks for a $15 annual fee to new subscribers). It is equal or better then WorldSpy in service and connection speed. Both of the above mentioned services do not have banner ads! --Judy DeVos I have been using several free ISPs and by far the best is NetZero. Pro's include excellent access number locations (most connect at 56k consistently) wherever you go, the DUN connection beeps for 30 seconds before it automatically hangs up, and the best reason of all: You can use the outlook mail client through it. --John Amidei WorldSpy is my favorite because it's browser and mail-center pages are entirely free of ads. -- Bill Schafer With BlueLight, there's not need to click the ads to stay connected. My connection stayed up overnight with zero network activity. I was just testing to see what would happen. -- Raymond Erdey The free ISP I use and prefer is Worldspy. There are no banner ads, just a web browser. As it starts up, it takes you to their home page with coupons. It also emails you coupons you can use. The main reason why I like it is because there is no ad banner, unlike most of the other ones. Sometimes I can't connect to it but when I can't I use Juno, which came out with Free Internet access a few months ago. This one is a good alternative. I've been using Juno's email service for a long time now and I use it as my main email service and I have had no problems with it so far. --Justin Rocque Well I always use Worldspy.net free access because I only have dial-up, and it is reliable. I also figured out how to work it so I can use Windows DUN to dial up, and not use the somewhat annoying and below-par program Worldspy wants you to use (in my opinion, it seems to not always work). All you have to do is write down the phone number, then go to the DUN folder and click on Vivilink. For the phone number, use the one that you would dial up to Worldspy with, and for your password simply use the password that you would normally connect with, and leave the user name alone. You can then uninstall the hefty 9MB program, and use Windows DUN to connect, making it function as any other ISP, just free! That's what I like to see. -- Matt Frankle I've tried all of them except Freewwweb, and all I can say is: They're [all bad]! I've had freeze-ups, poor connections, slow responses, with all of them, and of course the ads you have to put up with. -- L.LaRossa WorldSpy. They have a custom front-end for the Windows Dial-Up Networking that gives you some ads and routes you to their front page. What's cool about it is that you can just dial the connection yourself and never see anything marked 'WorldSpy.' The service is generally reliable. It's been down once in three months, and that cleared up in a few hours. They actually have free live customer support that does a good job of clearing up client-side issues. -- Aaron Flint For an independent discussion of free ISPs, see: http://www.shreve.net/~graff/freeisp.htm -- W. Ebert PRIVACY This was a pretty scary article: http://chronicle.com/free/2000/05/2000051601t.htm Teenagers Will Trade Private Online Information for Gifts, Study Finds By SCOTT CARLSON A report scheduled to be released today by the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg Public Policy Center says that many teenagers are willing to reveal private information about their families to online marketers in exchange for gifts. The report is based on a survey of parents and children about their perceptions of the Internet. "We were really interested in the way in which the industrial and social context of the family is impacting on the way the family tries to deal with these new media challenges," says Joseph Turow, a professor at the university's Annenberg School for Communication who directed the study. "What are the implications for family information privacy? And how is the Web changing the senses of family boundaries, particularly as they relate to family privacy?" Mr. Turow says he focused on teenagers' willingness to reveal information about themselves because they aren't currently protected by federal laws. The Childrens' Online Privacy Protection Act, which went into effect last month, bars online marketers from collecting information from children under age 13 without parents' permission. In his report, Mr. Turow recommends that "limited Federal regulation" be established to protect teenagers from online marketers. Mr. Turow's study found that teenagers, more often than parents or younger children, were willing to tell marketers what they do on the weekends, whether they have cheated in school, whether their parents speed when they drive, where their families shop, and other private information about their families' activities. The study found that 45 percent of 10- to 17-year-olds were willing to give online marketers their names, addresses, and information about "what they like or don't like" in exchange for a "great free gift" worth up to $100. Only 29 percent of the adults surveyed said they would reveal that information. The survey was conducted in January and February through telephone interviews with 1,001 parents who have children age 8 to 17 and have Internet connections in their homes. The researchers also interviewed 304 children age 10 to 17; half of those children were selected from families in which the parents had also been interviewed. "The question is, Should parents have some sense of norms with their families about what they want to give up?" Mr. Turow says. "This is the beginning of a revolution in the way that data about family goes out of the home." Information issues on the Web are of increasing concern to privacy advocates. Online companies, such as the advertising heavyweight DoubleClick, are beginning to track and aggregate information about the activities and interests of Web users through "cookies," small data files that are placed on a computer when a user logs on to a site. That information is then used to customize online advertisements and content. (The Chronicle uses DoubleClick software to rotate ads on its Webpages but does not share any user information with DoubleClick. For more information, see our privacy policy.) "I don't think that people realize that when they go to a search engine and look for something, that becomes a cookie that is open for marketing exploitation. It's manipulation," says Robert Ellis Smith, who is both publisher of the newsletter Privacy Journal and author of Ben Franklin's Web Site: Privacy and Curiosity from Plymouth Rock to the Internet, published this month by the newsletter. "Even the nonadvertising information on a Web site can be changed -- the articles of a newspaper or magazine -- based on your interests. That's a major shift from traditional publishing." Mr. Smith says the report should make a stronger case for regulations guarding teenage users. Mr. Turow "is a little timid in his recommendation," Mr. Smith says. "I think the results should show more outrage, that kids could be seduced this easily and that there are companies that are doing the seducing. "I compare it to the offline world. If this were going on in a playground, Americans would be outraged. They would insist on some sort of protection that would prevent adults from collecting personal information from kids." But the study also found that parents have seemingly contradictory beliefs about the security and educational benefits of the Internet. More than 85 percent of the parents surveyed said that children learn useful things online and that the Internet is good tool for education. And 74 percent of the parents said that kids who don't have Internet access are at a disadvantage. However, almost three-fourths of the parents also feared that their children would reveal private information about the family online and that their kids would visit sexually explicit sites. Only half of the parents said that the Internet was a safe place for children to spend time, and half said that family members who spend a lot of time online talk to each other less than they otherwise would. "I think people are trying to figure out how to use this tool, this new part of their lives," Mr. Turow says. "And marketers and media are trying to figure out how they can use them to their own benefits. On the global level, companies like Time-Warner and Disney are trying to make sense of the new media environment. And families have to make sense of the new media environment. "We have to ask what this means for the future of the family in a time when the speed at which information is going in and out of the house is being redefined." It might be a good idea to talk with your kids about this before it becomes a problem. If you have any stories to share about your kids and the internet, please write. WHAT'S NEW 5/17/00: Wendy Batchelder 90, Ashraf Abasi 93 update, Michael Simmons 64, Rocky Wilkinson 65, Susan Whitney 77/78 bio, Kevin Colabine 86 5/16/00: Kerry Shearer 72 update, Sue Whitney 77, Amy Hamilton 81 5/15/00: Tim Schott 82, Hilary Wagner 83, Steve Wagaman 70, Scott Wagaman 70, David Wagaman 73, Casey McDole 92, Terri Byrd 77, Marius Fine 88, Pat Power 77 5/14/00: Clark Wagaman 70, Terrance Huetter 69, Ann Haukaas 77, Mark Haukaas 75 5/12/00: Stan Helton 90, Nick Wong 94, John Johnson 94, Rick Long 63 update, Pat O'Neill 78, Matt Michael 78, Susanne Pierson 75, Stephanie Pierson 72, Angela Horn 92/bio, Jeremy Horn 93, Wendell Horn 96, Mike Rooney 70, Robin Crawford 76, Jackie Downs 65, , Steven Petersen 70, Annette Parino 80, Larry Parino 75, Steve Parino 78, Jim Parino 79 Class of 66: added 25 year reunion pictures 5/11/00: Robert Hulin 64, Andy McNeil 78, Jason Duncan 93/bio, Jody Whitney 94/bio, Mike Franklin 94, Alberto Leyva 94, Hayley Fojut 90 bio, Brenda Croff 88, Peter Simon 77, Scott Simon 80, Debi Shrum 82, Daniel Shrum 84, Marvin Ashton 65, Don Lewis 75 5/10/00: Lynn Gier 65, Patti Minnix 66, Terry Robles 63, Barbara Cox 61, Erik Hutton 83, Mike Patterson 72, Kristi Kauffman 93 Well my plea for information about siblings didn't fall entirely on deaf ears. Dina Shrum 86 wrote back with information about her sister Debi Shrum 82 and brother Daniel Shrum 84. If you are in contact with other alumni, please let me know their names so I can add them to their respective class directories and refer any inquiries to you. Please spread the word! Don't forget to RSVP for the homecoming party: http://www.encinahighschool.com/homecoming/homecoming_form.htm and submit your contact information or bio: contact: http://www.encinahighschool.com/directory/submit_contact.htm bio: http://www.encinahighschool.com/submit_bio.htm Have a good weekend! Harlan Lau '73 Encina webmaster www.encinahighschool.com harlan@rambus.com