Date: Fri Jan 19, 2001 11:31 am Subject: Encina Update (macromedia/reunions/66/61/homecoming/72 homepage/tamburri/maes/siblings/search/bios/obituaries/whats new) ENCINA ALUMNI, This update is sponsored by Paul Knepprath 78. Paul is the last on the list of sponsors so if you wish to be a sponsor, now is a good time. This week I received the sad news that two members of the class of 74 passed away: Chris Allan 74 and Nancy Ziliotto 74 See obituaries for more information. MACROMEDIA The Encina website is so large that I'm having problems managing it with Microsoft Frontpage. I'm thinking of switching to Macromedia's Dreamweaver/Fireworks package, which seems to be the software of choice for serious website development. Frontpage really bogs down once you have several hundred pages to manage. I've had to divide the Encina website into numerous subwebs to keep it manageable. I was wondering whether any of you either work at Macromedia or have friends at Macromedia who can get employee discounts. Otherwise it will cost the website about $400 to purchase the software. Also, if you are knowledgeable about website development and have any comments or warnings about Dreamweaver/Fireworks, please write. Thanks! REUNIONS Time to start thinking about your reunions, those of you in the classes of 61, 66, 71, 76, 81, 86, 91 and 96. Please write if your class is planning a reunion this year. So far I know that 61, 66 and 81 are planning reunions this year... CLASS OF 66 Kathy Cooper Luken 66 wrote: "I'm working on the reunion for the Class of 1966, and we are thinking of dovetailing our reunion with the all-class reunion in the fall. Do you know the date of this year's homecoming?" I'm glad the class of 66 is thinking about coordinating their reunion this year with the homecoming party. The classes of 70 and 90 did this last October and I think it worked out well as those coming from out of town were able to attend both their reunion and the homecoming party. Unfortunately, the date of the homecoming game is set by the coaches in the spring and we do not know the date at this time. I will let everyone know the date of the homecoming game as soon as I hear from Encina. CLASS OF 61 John Russell 61 wrote: "Just a heads up that we are going to have a class reunion this year (40th) and the month we are shooting for is around August. We are going to use the website to contact as many people as possible. I just sent out a letter of intent to the class of (61) at least to the email address that i have, that we are planning to have a class reunion in August of this year. I am waiting to hear from them as to how much interest there is in having a reunion. Would you please put it out on your next update as to my request for a prompt reply so that we may go forward with out plans." Please write John Russell 61 at john_carolrussell@yahoo.com if you are interested in attending or helping with the 61 reunion this year. HOMECOMING PARTY Very few wrote to identify the unknowns in Rollin Coxe's pictures. If you recognized the unknowns, don't assume somebody else identified them: http://www.encinahighschool.com/homecoming/homecoming2000/rollincoxe.htm For information about the homecoming party, including pictures: http://www.encinahighschool.com/homecoming/homecoming2000.htm If you missed the description of the homecoming party see: http://www.encinahighschool.com/archives/email/001027.txt 72 HOMEPAGE Craig Moseley 72 wrote: "I hope you enjoy the latest updates to the Class of '72 website (http://www.encinahighschool.com/class72): 1. The "Kindergarten Photos" now include the Sierra Oaks class of 1959-1960 submitted by Care Johnson. Among the students in this class were Lisa Rulison, Kathy Kanner, Mollie Harris, Tammy Lee, Claire Gaines and Caroline Johnson. I also posted the Greer Elementary 4th grade class of 1963 – 1964 sent in by Mike Babayco. This is the same picture Mike sent to us all last October. Mike identified Ronnie Starnes, Wayne Christy?, Richard Chandler, Melinda Lambert, Cecily Knepprath, Jon Scott, Yvonne Marston?, Joetta Nevis, Cindy Sheets, Lorna Germaine, Mark Elmer, Jan Haeling?, Mike Wilson, Susan or Sharon Anderson?, Mike Babayco, Darlene O'Neil, Shane Poploski and Patty Kesterson. Renee - is that you in the 4th row, 2nd from the right? Merri Sue Goff Brown sent the logo from Dyer Kelly and I added the banner from Creekside to his section. 2. At Harlan's suggestion, I have started posting obituaries from our classmates in the "In Memoriam" section. 3. I included a picture on the "Photos" page from the "Photos by Mose" website . I'm not sure how many of you saw this picture at that location. It is group shot was taken in Las Vegas at a 1998 gathering of John Zentner, Rod Moore, Rick Slater, Mike Greene, myself, Mike Cattuzzo, Gary Slater, Bob Helling, and Dennis Kelley. Sue Schwartz Blum mailed some snapshots to me from our Kindergarten class at Creekside. I'm thinking about how to best incorporate them into the web site, so I'll save them for a future update. My suggestion to post holiday greetings from all of you was obviously a dud. Renee Welch Wojnowski was the only person to send anything – thanks Renee! Lacking critical mass to add the Holiday section, I scrapped the idea. Maybe these things are only common among us "out of towners"? We still need more material for the web site – please contact me if you have anything else to contribute." NATALIE TAMBURRI 66 I heard from Natalie Tamburri Fong 66. Natalie is the new Registrar at Encina, replacing Joann Smith, who retired 11/27/00. Congratulations! ARMANDO MAES 90/91 Armando Maes is a chef at the Rose Pistola restaurant in San Francisco. You may remember his bio in last week's update. I happened to be looking at the San Franciso magazine online (www.sanfran.com) for a good restaurant and under "Dining idea of the day" was the Rose Pistola restaurant! "Rose Pistola Italian (415) 399-0499 532 Columbus Ave. San Francisco Review: Although wood-fired ovens and glamorously rustic Italian cuisine have become a kind of lingua franca for San Francisco restaurants, owner Reed Hearon’s translation remains a prime destination. Reservations are hard to obtain, but once you’re in, the servers are eager to please. Fish is high profile here; both the grilled whole sea bream and sweet yellowtail jack fillet in a lemon-wine broth are wonderful. Juicy spit-roasted pork and thin-crusted pizzas are also worth the wait. Or sit at the bar and make a meal out of crostini smeared with fava bean puree or gutsy grilled mackerel with a pungent olive tapenade. Use the unthrilling desserts as an excuse to linger in North Beach and grab a cappuccino elsewhere. (S.R.) " Sounds yummy! SIBLINGS We located lots of siblings this past week... Valerie Walker 75 wrote: Justin Walker 73 Valerie Walker 75 Vandi Walker 80 (Greer, Elk Grove HS) Carla Moehlman 77 is in contact with Sean David 87, whose wife Robin is also an alumni. Carla works with Sean's mother. Danica Fraser 99 wrote: Lucianna Fraser 97 Danica Fraser 99 Glen-Brian Fraser 03 Bonnie MacLean 77 wrote: Karen MacLean 76 Bonnie MacLean 77 Bonnie MacLean 77 is married to John Burch 77. Bonnie was previously married to Richard McGee 77. Bonnie MacLean 77 is in contact with: Maurine Duffy 76 Dawn Repesha 77 Richard McGee 77 Jane McGee 69 Jill Sheetz 81 is in contact with Kim Plaza 79 Amanda Fleming 98 wrote: Christi Fleming 94 Amanda Fleming 98 Roy Higgins 02 Will Gunter 72 wrote: Royce Gunter 61 Jay Gunter 68 Will Gunter 72 Will Gunter 72's sons Willie Gunter 02 and Erik Gunter 04 are presently attending Encina. Trivia: Both Will Gunter 72 and son Will Gunter 02 had/have Eric Dahlin for ceramics. Kim Moore 82 wrote: Debbie Moore 81 Kim Moore 82 Michelle "Sunny" Milliron 87 wrote: Michelle Milliron 87 Mandi Moore 90 Randy Slater 65 wrote: Randy Slater 65 Gary Slater 66 Gina Sanchez 98 wrote: Caprice Sanchez 96 Gina Sanchez 98 Olivia Sanchez 00 Steve Anderson 71 wrote: Cathy Anderson 69 Steve Anderson 71 Sharon Anderson 72 Susan Anderson 72 Larry Anderson 74 Rodney Wilkerson 76 wrote: Rodney Wilkerson 76 Rory Wilkerson 77 Randy Wilkerson 78 ALUMNI SEARCH Please write if you know how to contact any of these folks: Robert Bury 65 Terry & Gary Smith 70 (twins) Todd Schiavo 88 Robin Cultler 91 Richard Rea 91 Jennifer Rea 93 Victor Ocampo 97 Damon Purdy 98 BIOS BRIAN BOYLE 81 Brian Boyle is the best-selling author of several computer game and video game strategy guides, as well as an entertainment software reviewer and technical editor. Brian has over 325,000 books in print, with over 275,000 books sold through, including the blockbusters "WCW vs. NWO: World Tour-- The Official Strategy Guide" and "Alundra: Prima's Unauthorized Game Secrets." He has written computer game strategy articles, features and reviews for industry magazines and gaming Web sites such as Sierra's "InterAction" and ZDNet's GameSpot. Most recently, Brian was the game guru for "Star Wars: The Official Magazine" (Titan, UK). Brian had been writing player's guides for "Star Wars: The Official Magazine" since October 1997, and he swears it was the best gig he has ever had in his entire life. OBITUARIES CHRIS ALLAN 74 Terri Jurich Howard 74 wrote that Chris Allan 74 passed away Saturday night, January 13, 2000, from complications due to pneumonia. Kathie Kloss 67 wrote: "Chris' short death notice appeared in today's Bee. His memorial service will be Saturday, 1:30 PM, at Presentation Catholic Church, Robertson at Norris, Sacramento." NANCY ZILIOTTO 74 Linda Hammock (Barber-Zollinger) 74 wrote: "Nancy Ziliotto, class of '74, died Jan 16 at approximately 9:40pm. She had adrenal cancer. There is a memorial service planned this Thurs, the 25th in Los Angeles at Warner Bros Studios. Her mother will be doing a mass for her when they come back to Sacramento. It will be in the Sac Bee when she does, and I will keep you posted. She is survived by her 4-year-old daughter Julianna. Any questions, please contact Linda Hammock (Barber-Zollinger) '74 at Dukesmom1@hotmail.com and I will do my best to answer them." JO ANN BLECKA 72 Will Gunter 72 wrote: ".... this note is about Jo Ann Blecha. You remember Jo? Frank's twin sister! Jo Ann passed away in sept. 98', just before Johnny Johns. She died of cancer. I had known Jo, and Frank, since the third grade at Winterstein. They also lived just around the corner from me. I was fortunate enuff to have run into Jo at Java City here in Sac. several times in the last two years or so of her life. We shared memories of the neighborhood and school. How lucky I was to be able to share those memories with such a special person like Jo. I didn't find out about her dying until after Johnny's Funeral when I ran into her Daughter, Jo Anna, and she told me about it. I tell you, you could have knocked me over with a feather. Total shock. Jo was a very good and special lady and if you could, would you please add Jo to the list of departed. Jo would like that very much." HOTMAIL For you hotmail users, of which I am one. This explains why I rarely get spam on my hotmail account, while that's all I get at my yahoo address. Hotmail trashes users' e-mail By Lisa M. Bowman, ZDNN January 18, 2001 1:40 PM PT Ben Johnson has been sending e-mail for months from his Hotmail account. But he just discovered that some of his messages were diverted to the trash before arriving at their destination. Johnson, 24, is among the millions of customers caught in the crossfire of a battle over spam. For at least five months, some Hotmail customers' outgoing mail has been blocked. In an apparently overzealous attempt to prevent spam, Microsoft's Hotmail has been discarding e-mail sent to and from sites hosted by controversial Internet service providers--even if the sites themselves were not controversial. What's more, Hotmail didn't tell people that some outgoing mail was being discarded. Instead, it said the error was because of a problem connecting to the recipient--a practice that has particularly alarmed some customers. "If Microsoft, one of the largest technology companies, can say who we send e-mail to, that really puts constraints on freedom of speech in the U.S.," said Johnson, an information technology worker at a major Illinois hospital. Microsoft defended its actions, saying it's only trying to prevent spam. "MSN has been very aggressive and proactive in protecting our MSN Hotmail users from spam," Sarah Lefko, MSN product manager, said in an e-mail, noting that the company will review blocked sites on a case-by-case basis if a complaint is filed. Spam vs. free speech The quagmire illustrates the challenges of trying to prevent spam while preserving free speech. After all, no one wants an in-box crammed with unsolicited porn and bogus plans to work from home for millions of dollars. E-mail services are struggling to find a fair way to prevent that from happening. Still, to subscribers such as Johnson, the practice of blocking outgoing mail is extreme. "It's like killing a fly with a shotgun," he said. The controversy stems from Hotmail's membership in the Mail Abuse Prevention System (MAPS), an organization formed to crack down on spam. MAPS is the keeper of the Realtime Blackhole List (RBL), a list of ISPs known to host some major spammers. However, many of those ISPs also host sites that don't send spam, and those sites often are blocked, too. MAPS hopes the practice will convince legitimate sites to abandon hosts that cater to spammers. For example, ISP Media3 Technologies is listed on the RBL because it hosts half a dozen spammers. However, it also hosts sites such as Peacefire.org, which alerted members this week that Hotmail users have been unable to reach it for five months. After Peacefire protested, mail to the organization was allowed to continue earlier this week. Other companies besides Hotmail also may be blocking outgoing mail, but because they don't always notify customers, it's difficult to determine whether it's happening unless someone complains. When a company signs onto MAPS, it has several options to control spam. It can use a method that compares each incoming message with a list of ISPs on the RBL. Or it can choose another, more sweeping approach that blocks e-mail, both incoming and outgoing, at the network borders. Companies also can tailor their systems to block only certain sites or just incoming mail. Hotmail apparently chose the most restrictive method. Kelly Thompson, MAPS' RBL project manager, said most companies choose the least severe technique. Thompson acknowledged that blocking outgoing mail might be a little extreme, but given the huge load of spam that major services such as Hotmail must deal with, "they have the right to be as strict as they want." Angry e-mail users The idea behind blocking outgoing mail is to ensure that people don't reply to spammers, who often offer recipients a fake option of unsubscribing from their list. Instead of removing people, spammers use the incoming messages as a signal that an e-mail address is an active one where they can send more spam. Still, Web-based e-mail users are angry. Kyle McCowin, a 21-year-old student, first learned of the blocks when he was alerted by Peacefire earlier this week. He said he could understand blocking incoming mail, but the move to block outgoing mail disturbed him. "I was caught completely by surprise," he said. "As far as I'm concerned, there's no need to block outgoing mail." McCowin also wishes Hotmail had made it more clear that it was discarding some of the messages he sent. "They just sort of pocket the e-mail and don't even tell you about it," he said. Microsoft ran into a similar spam-related problem three years ago when it tried to block unwanted e-mails by filtering out incoming messages from Outlock 98 that contained certain phrases or grammar, such as a string of exclamation points or the words "for free." As a result, many people found that they never received messages from friends who were fond of multiple punctuation marks. MAPS already has stirred plenty of controversy in its attempt to balance free speech rights with spam control. In August, the organization was sued by Harris Interactive, which claimed it was being unjustly blocked. The suit was later dismissed. ISPs Exactis and Media3, which hosts Peacefire, have filed similar suits. Media3 lost the first round in its court battle Jan. 2, when a federal judge in Boston denied the company's request to be taken off the list. WHAT'S NEW 1/18/01: Roy Wilkerson 77, Randy Wilkerson 78 1/16/01: Holly Harris 97 bio, Stephen Hood 81 bio, Joan Standley 86, Jaarad Brookshire 94, Margaret Walter 66, Rodney Wilkerson 76, Carol Huckabay 61, Justin Walker 78, Clifford Samoville 66, Kerry Huston 91/bio, Charles Boneck 76, Paul Whatley 70, Gina Sanchez 98 bio, Caprice Sanchez 96, Olivia Sanchez 00, Bob Beckwith 92, Nicole Smith 91 update, Steve Anderson 71, Cathy Anderson 69, Sharon Anderson 72, Susan Anderson 72, Larry Anderson 74, Frank Blecha 72, Joann Blecha 72, Richard White 66, Gary Slater 66, Arlene Espinoza 79 update 1/15/01: Richard Gillihan 86 update, Dana Rake 68 update, Amanda Fleming 98/bio, Bonnie MacLean 77/bio, John Burch 77, Dawn Repesha 77, Richard McGee 77, Maurine Duffy 76, Karen MacLean 76, Steve Hibma 71, Daryl Pratt 73, Danica Fraser 99/bio, Lucianna Fraser 97, Patricia Claypool 61, Jason Ciccone 90, Natalie Tamburri 66, Valerie Walker 75/bio, Justin Walker 78, Michelle Milliron 87, Will Gunter 72, Royce Gunter 61, Jay Gunter 68 1/14/01: Stephen Hood 81, Mark Hood 85, Kim Hood 87, Donna McManus 74 update, Carla Moehlman 77, Sean David 87, Kami Peterson 82 update, Steve Parino 78, Jim Parino 79, Kim Plaza 79, Tony Sheetz 79, Fran Sheetz 80, Karen Hauge 62, Lynda Tatum 66, Cathy Tatum 69, Ramona Dayton 76, Monte Peligrini 76, Ardean Milbrandt 76, Kim Moore 82, Debbie Moore 81, Shannon Lawrence 88, Jason Brown 93, Judith Hedenus 61, Judith Hedenus 61, Jim Lukenbill 63, Diane Lawton 64, Randall Slater 65, Sandra Clark 66, Stephanie Meleski 67, Jim Lawson 68, Verne Lund 71, Patrick Meleski 78, Terry Meleski 74, Steve Gray 77, Bill Harris 78, Suzette Thurman 87, Timothy Detzel 87, Armanda Maes 90/91/bio, Eric Tracy 94, Holly Harris 97, Sabrina Prothero 97, Gina Sanchez 98, , Karrie Harris 01, Sandi Scheiber 71 classmates.com: Patricia Claypool 61, David Hutchings 63, Janet Picket 63, Robert Hanshaw 64, Mark Evans 73, Kevin Crain 74, Jean Liebermann 77, Tina Rivas 80, Amanda Hughes 90, Rosemary Paiva 90, Kaseem Winn 91, Rachel Dimmitt 97, Jeremy Donovan 97, Kiku' Parker 97, Desiree Penney 97, Aaron Peterson 98, Danica Fraser 99, Mary Ramos 99 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 Have a good weekend. Harlan Lau '73 Encina webmaster www.encinahighschool.com harlan@rambus.com