Date: Fri Aug 24, 2001 2:14 pm Subject: Encina Update (alumni float/homecoming/rsvps/68 directory/small world/reunons/siblings/bios/humor/education/obituraries/ ENCINA ALUMNI, This update is sponsored by the Class of 81. Melissa Tovar '81 wrote: "Thanks again for all your work on this. I know that without this website it would have been a lot harder to find people." I would like to thank the Class of 1981 for their generous contribution. One of the main purposes of the Encina website is to help locate alumni for class reunions. HOMECOMING ALUMNI FLOAT For those of you who are newcomers, at the annual homecoming party, the alumni have their own convertibles and their own alumni float. You can see pictures of last year's homecoming party and the alumni float here: http://www.encinahighschool.com/homecoming/homecoming2000/game.htm MESSAGE FROM 2001 ALUMNI FLOAT CHAIRMEN: Paul Stewart ’76 Gary Kennedy ’78 Jim Bain ’78 WHO WANTS TO RIDE ON THIS YEAR’S HOMECOMING HALF-TIME PARADE FLOAT? We are also looking for people to show up the weekend of September 29/30 to join our float building party. We are hoping this year’s float can be used to raise a little money for the Alumni Association. So if you want to ride on the float and wave to the crowd or sponcer a rider, let us know by making a pledge. But our main goal is to support the school by making the whole thing fun. The cost of building supplies is raised privately. All pledge money will go directly to the Alumni Association. We have a float design with plenty of standing and sitting room, along with lots of balloons, bells and whistles including a folding giant waving Apache. Lisa Lowe Rodland 79 will be providing the flatbed trailer again this year, courtesy of her father! RIDERS WANTED: This year we would like to get riders from every decade. Costumes are not required, but add to the fun. We’d like to see everything on board: cheerleaders, teachers, athletes, and an alumni prince and princess. In addition to several alumni riders, we’d like to invite at least one past faculty member. Who wants to make a pledge to get their favorite teacher to show up and support the old school? If the teacher is still around how could they refuse? Riding on the float really only requires a commitment of half an hour or so. Also we want to ask Encina to pick a current faculty member to ride on the float. Then the current students also need to pick a fellow student to represent the school. I think the school could have some fun with this, however corny. "What current faculty member and student deserve to stand on the float and join the circle of honor?" MAKE A PLEDGE: Surely there must be someone out there that would like to sponsor a spot on the float for a current teacher or student. The whole Encina experience must have relativity. WILL HARLAN RIDE THE FLOAT? Last year we tried to get Harlan to ride on our float, but he didn’t make it onboard. Who is willing to make a modest donation to start a get-Harlan-to-ride fund? If it raises enough money for the school he’ll have to jump on and wave to the crowd. STUDENT REACTION: Last year when our float pulled up to the waiting area, all the kids who were hanging out on their class floats came up and asked us what we were doing. They asked us if they could climb on our float and we not only let them we gave them felt pens and let them write messages on our large year book page. Several of the kids asked what was up with the Indian painting on the float. When we explained it, one of them said they always wondered why there was so much Indian stuff on the walls of the principal’s office. CONSTRUCTION: Most of the float will be constructed a week before the game, all day Saturday and Sunday September 29 and 30 at Jim Bain’s home near El Camino high school. Last year although none of us had ever built a float, we were surprised at how much fun and how relatively easy it was to put the whole thing together. Thanks to the power of e-mail, such a great website and supportive alumni. Like last year, the construction will be a casual and fun affair. Although a few of us worked hard, there was always lots of talking and looking at yearbooks. Plenty of food and drink will be provided. No one is required to be there all day. There are a lot of easy decorating jobs that don’t require special skills, but we would also like to find people who have experience putting the crate paper and other dressings on a float. Something we didn’t do last year. Finding exactly what you use and how you stick it on a float is hard to find on the internet. We will also be decorating the truck that will pull the float which also has room for riders. Everyone who helped build last year’s float graduated in the ‘70s, we’d like to see people from every era of Encina. Several photos of last year’s float can be see on the website. This year’s float will be much bigger and better. If you are interesting in helping build the float or riding on it contact Paul Stewart ’76 at pstewart@internow.com HOMECOMING 2001 Friday, October 5th, will be here soon. Please rsvp if you plan to attend. For more information and the rsvp list see: http://www.encinahighschool.com/homecoming/homecoming2001.htm I received more faculty RSVPs this week: Lynn Begg Eleanor Brown Susan Bush Cheryl Chambers Jack Dutton Louis Huber Ray Klinefelter Christine Kojima Romano Luchini (new) Vince Marelich Karen McClelland Lee (new) Terry Reed Ivory Rubin James W Smith Stephanie Woo Date: Friday, October 5, 2001 Time: 5pm to 1130pm Place: El Camino HS cafeteria If you are interested in helping to plan and organize this year's homecoming party on October 5th, please write and let me know so I can add you to the homecoming committee mailing list. We have received OFFICIAL permission to hold the Homecoming 2001 party at El Camino HS again this year. The pregame party will start at 5pm same as last year and the postgame party will end at 1130pm. If you are interested in helping on the homecoming committee let me know. Last year we had a great group of volunteers! For information about last year's homecoming party: http://www.encinahighschool.com/homecoming/homecoming2000.htm If you missed the description of the last homecoming party see: http://www.encinahighschool.com/archives/email/001027.txt HOMECOMING RSVPS Jim Dallas '81 wrote: "I guess since Lisa Ott Williams got the ball rolling and since we are just coming off a successful twenty year reunion where none of us really got our fill, it would be time to RSVP for homecoming. I had a great time last year seeing everyone and would like to send out a challenge to the class of 81 to make a committment right now to be there. Let's not let the class of 75 beat everyone again. There were a lot of people who could not make it to the reunion for one reason or another and and were sorely missed. People really do want to connect again. Please RSVP. Thanks as always for all of your work Harlan, Jim Dallas Class of 81 (ps message to Bob Bjorkland "81 Rules")" New rsvps: John Russell 61 Carol Mills Russell 61 Sande Byerley Jaeke 74 Lisa Davis Zellar 74 Marla Byerley Windham 76 Karen Edwards 76 Kris Kaney 76 Andrea Mandell Kraus 76 Jim Dallas 81 Lisa Ott Williams 81 Melissa Tovar 81 Jinne Webb Horger 90 CLASS OF 68 I merged the class of 68's database with my database and added lots of 68 alumni to the class of 68 directory: http://www.encinahighschool.com/directory/directory68.htm The 68 directory is now up to date with all those for whom we have contact information. SMALL WORLD Jamie Tasakos 84 wrote: "Harlan, I had to share this story with you. I was at work the other day and one of my co workers came into my office to chat. Out of the blue she asked me where I went to highschool and I told her Encina. She just about freaked. She also graduated from Encina and she proceeded top tell me that one other lady in my office graduated from Encina. What a hoot. I thought it was so weird that we all three graduated from Encina. One was the class of 61, one from the class of 66 and me, the class of 84. The best part of it all is our office is 1/2 mile from Encina. I thought you'd get a kick out of that story." The other alumni were Carol Taylor Lambdin 61 and Sue Clausnitzer 66... REUNIONS The class of 66 is up next on September 15th! CLASS OF 61 Date: August 11, 2001 Location: River Cruise on the Mathew McKinley in Old Sacramento Time: Boarding 6.30 Sailing: 7.00pm-10.00pm Contact: John Russell at john_carolrussell@yahoo.com CLASS OF 66 Saturday, September 15, 2001, from 5:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. Clubhouse at Swallow's Nest, off Garden Highway in Sacramento Cost: $25 Contact: Kathy Cooper at Encina66@aol.com CLASS OF 71 Date: Saturday, August 4, 2001 Location: Doubletree (original Red Lion Inn) Time: 6:30PM Contact: Mike Billings at Showzrd@aol.com Laura Simons - 916-972-7077 CLASS OF 76 Date: July 28, 2001 Place: Arden Hills Contact: Matt Shelton at sheltonmk@aol.com CLASS OF 81 Date: August 11, 2001 Place: Arden Hills Country Club Contact: Melissa Tovar at melissatovar@aol.com CLASS OF 82 Date: August 9, 2002 Place: Croation Hall Contact: Soames Funakoshi CLASS OF 86 Date: September 15th Place: TBD Time: approx 630-700pm Dress: semi casual (no gowns or tuxes) Contact: Kelly Dimmitt at CaliKel@hotmail.com CLASS OF 91 Class of 91' 10 Year Reunion! Date: Saturday, August 18th, 2001 Time: 5:30 pm....? Location: Grapes Banquet Hall 815 11th Street (corner of 11th & H) Price Per Person: $40.00 (Alumni) $30.00 (Not Encina Alumni) Dress: Casual to elegant Check in and photos...5:30-6:30 Appetizers and cocktails...6:30-8:30 Full bar...non-hosted Reunion Video...8:30 Dancing to DJ Charlie Mac....all night! Please make checks payable to Georgina Smith Note: Reunion... Please mail ASAP to 3500 Data Drive#14, Rancho Cordova, CA. 95670 For more info call Gina (916) 635-7958 or 803-1937. SIBLINGS Renay Weinrub 68 wrote: Renay Weinrub 68 Steve Weinrub 71 Monty Pellegrini 76 wrote: Kathryn Pellegrini 72 Monty Pellegrini 76 Dona Vroubel 76 wrote: Kathleen Vroubel 74 Dona Vroubel 76 Zachary Vanella 77 wrote: Janice Vanella 69 Patrice Vanella 72 Zachary Vanella 77 Brad Vanella 80 Amy Watson 95 wrote: Tara Watson 95 (twin sister) Brian Watson 94 (cousin) Lori Watson 95 (cousin) Elaine Farmer 72 wrote: Gary Farmer 66 Elaine Farmer 72 Esther-Joy Sanchez 88 wrote: Becky Sanchez 81 Esther-Joy Sanchez 88 Alaire Kaiser 77 wrote: Alaire Kaiser 77 Liz Kaiser 83? Michael Kaiser From the class of 68 mailing list: Pam Stimers 63 Sandy Stimers 64 Cindy Stimers 68 Pam Tellefsen 64 Jacqui Tellefsen 67 Wendy Tellefsen 68 Hank Wilson 65 Tim Wilson 67 Selby Wilson 68 BIOS ANGELA BROOMHALL 90 Bio: I moved back to Columbus, Ohio where I'm from. I got back with my boyfriend and we got married. Now divorced since last July. I have full custody of my boys and enjoying raising them. I've had some good jobs working at gas stations, but now I'm unemployed being a single mom and taking care of my wonderful boys. Friends: Christina Cooper and Jenny Kemp(she didn't go to Encina) Hobbies: I love to take my boys fun places such as the park and movies. I love to write and sing. Kids: My boys are very wonderful. My oldest son is James Paul Barnes whose 9 and Bryan Lee Barnes whose 6. Grade_school: I It was in Sacramento, but I forget the name. Grade_school_friends: Jenny Merson (Kemp) In 3rd-5th grade, I went to school in Sacramento. I can't remember those school names. Junior_high: Walton Springs in Westerville, Ohio. Memorable_teachers: I remember Mr. Tracey:history teacher. He would always make you laugh and watching movies at lunch time. Favorite_memory: Being in the choir was the best because I loved to sing. I forgot his name. I liked all the concerts we did. Of course Graduation was the best most of all. Heard_about_website_from: looking for class mates ELISA BROWN 94/95 Occupation: Funds Verification Bio: Since Graduation I got married back In October of 1997. Still married.I moved to Las vegas in January of 2000. Came back June of 2001 but I am only staying until January of 2002. Just came back to help family for a few months. Looking forward to getting back to Vegas this city is just too small once you have lived in vegas. Trivia: I was always so quiet in high school. So I think one suprise would be that I have worked telephone sale and done quite well. I am a lot more out going with people now. Another interesting thing about me now is that I got my tongue pierced. Anyone who knew me would not think I would do something like that. Friends: Patricia Castro, Margarita,Cindy,Bertha funny thing is it has been so long I can't remember anybodys last name sorry guys. But if you guys do read this you know who I am talking about. Hobbies: I like to gamble on the Las Vegas Strip. Hang with friends. Love doing things with my pets. Kids: I do not have any yet. Hope to in the future. Memorable_teachers: Mrs Begg she seemed to be the most caring. Favorite_memory: Just spending time with my friends at lunch time and hanging out. Heard_about_website_from: classmates.com HUMOR And I thought I was just forgetful. Courtesy of Larry Seals 62... "I have recently been diagnosed with AAADD - Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder This is how it goes... I decide to do work on the car, start to the garage and notice the mail on the table. OK, I'm going to work on the car... BUT FIRST I'm going to go through the mail. Lay car keys down on desk. After discarding the junk mail, I notice the trash can is full. OK, I'll just put the bills on my desk.... BUT FIRST I'll take the trash out, but since I'm going to be near the mailbox, I'll address a few bills.... Yes, Now where is the checkbook? Oops.. there's only one check left. Where did I put the extra checks? Oh, there is my empty plastic cup from last night on my desk. I'm going to look for those checks... BUT FIRST I need to put the cup back in the kitchen. I head for the kitchen, look out the window, notice the flowers need a drink of water, I put the cup on the counter and there's my extra pair of glasses on the kitchen counter. What are they doing here? I'll just put them away... BUT FIRST need to water those plants. I head for the door and...Aaaagh! someone left the TV remote in the wrong spot. Okay, I'll put the remote away and water the plants... BUT FIRST I need to find those checks. END OF DAY: Oil in car not changed, bills still unpaid, cup still in the sink, checkbook still has only one check left, lost my car keys, And,when I try to figure out how come nothing got done today, I'm baffled because... I KNOW I WAS BUSY ALL DAY! I realize this condition is serious...I'd get help... BUT FIRST...I think I'll check my e-mail." EDUCATION I've heard of colleges requiring students to have PCs, but... From the New York Times on August 23, 2001 Take-Home Test: Adding PC's to Book Bags By LISA GUERNSEY LOOMFIELD, Conn. -- ON a May morning in Mary Kay Rendock's fifth-grade classroom here, the sounds of the dawning school day were echoing everywhere. Lockers banged outside in the hall, 10-year-olds chattered as they settled into their seats — and a crescendo of chimes emanated from 15 laptop computers as every student in the room booted up. At Carmen Arace Middle School, where laptops are something that students carry with them every day, Ms. Rendock's students knew the drill. Before the tardy bell, they were already scrolling through pages on their screens, lining up at the printer in the back of the classroom and handing over their assignments. "Boys and girls," Ms. Rendock said as she leafed through the stapled papers, "these are impressive." But in the midst of all the activity, one girl was barely stirring. She sat slumped in her chair, staring at the black screen of a computer that wouldn't boot up. Ms. Rendock walked over to try troubleshooting. Looking worried, she asked, "Do you think you lost anything when you shut it down?" Such are the highs and lows of laptop schools, a growing cadre of educational institutions that have taken the controversial step of equipping every student with a portable computer to use at school and at home. For years, technologically inclined educators have been pushing this approach — often called one-to-one computing — as a radical way to provide Internet access and word-processing programs to students at any time, anywhere. Issuing laptops may be expensive, but advocates (not to mention customer-hungry computer companies) say it is far better than shuffling students off to shared computer labs, where sessions sometimes last no longer than 40 minutes once a week. And it is the best way, they say, to bring the power of the Internet to all children, even those in the poorest families. Yet many educators are still engaged in vigorous debates about whether laptop programs are really the panacea that some claim. In school districts with emaciated budgets, are laptops worth the pain of cutting other resources? What about the costs of technical support and teacher training? Won't the computers be magnets for muggers? And who is going to make sure that students use them for schoolwork as opposed to instant messaging and video games? "Before they spend money on something like that, they ought to fix the leaky roofs," said Kenneth Reinshuttle, executive director of the Fairfax Education Association, a teacher's union in Virginia. The Fairfax schools were the focus of similar criticism five years ago when officials floated a proposal to require laptops for each student. But given the advances in wireless networks and the news that some laptops now cost little more than $1,000 each, the push to outfit students with computers has taken on an inexorable logic of its own. NetSchools, a company that provides hardware, software and wireless networking, is supplying computers to 68 public and private schools, up from 10 when it started in 1997. More than 800 schools and 125,000 students are taking part in Microsoft (news/quote)'s Anytime Anywhere Learning program, which the company started with Toshiba (news/quote) in 1996. Henrico County, a district near Richmond, Va., recently purchased a $19 million networking package that included 23,000 Apple iBooks, which are being distributed this month to every high school student. In Maine, Gov. Angus King persuaded lawmakers to use $30 million of the state's budget surplus to supply portable computers for every seventh and eighth grader in the state, starting next year. And last year in Community School District 6 in upper Manhattan, administrators expanded a laptop program to include 4,500 students. "It's clearly taking hold," said Mary Cullinane, manager of the Microsoft program. "Now we just need to figure out a way to do it for everybody." At Carmen Arace Middle School, a public school in a low-slung brick building serving grades five through eight, the laptop program was initiated in response to a concern far graver than leaky roofs. The school, administrators worried, was failing its students. Scores on standardized tests had plummeted at the school and absenteeism was running high. To jump-start a turnaround, the superintendent at the time came up with a proposal in 1996 to give every student — all 850 of them — a laptop computer and to install wireless networks in every classroom. The school board found support among parents and unanimously approved the plan, signing up for a $2.1 million, five-year program with NetSchools. To pay for it, the board cut several student aide and secretarial positions and used money that had been earmarked for PC purchases. After three years of having students tote their computers everywhere, many teachers said, the school has come to feel like an entirely new place. Everywhere you turn, children walk the halls with their blue-and-gray laptops in hand, usually carrying them like briefcases by their plastic handles. (The handles are NetSchools' solution to the problem of overstuffed and heavy backpacks.) Many of the laptops are covered with stickers so worn it is impossible to make out their images. A boy in Ms. Rendock's class had set the wallpaper on his computer desktop to display the cartoon images of Dragon Ball Z, a video-game series and television show popular among some pre-teenagers. On that morning in May, students in classrooms across the school were typing at their laptops, scrolling through Web pages about Anne Frank, using e-mail to turn in math assignments and poring over online maps to learn about the Revolutionary War. When the machines were not required for a lesson, teachers barked, "Lids down!" and the room resounded with the snaps of computers folding up. Test scores are starting to show improvement as well. In October 1995, a little more than a year before the first laptops arrived, only 40 percent of eighth-grade students had met statewide reading goals. By 1999, the last year in which the test could be compared to the 1995 version, the percentage of eighth graders achieving those goals climbed to 60 percent. Whether that upswing is directly attributable to the laptop program is, however, an open question, since new reading and math programs were instituted at the same time. But the computers are almost surely responsible, teachers say, for what many of them single out as the area of greatest improvement — children's writing skills. Teachers say that students are more likely to practice writing at home, and they no longer roll their eyes when asked to write second drafts, since doing so doesn't require completely rewriting their work. "They are revising and editing so much more," Ms. Rendock said. "They are able to improve their writing without me taking out the old red pen." The positive impact on students' writing is echoed by several teachers at laptop schools elsewhere. One example is Fairfield Country Day School in Connecticut, a private school that for five years has required parents to buy laptops for students in grades six through nine. (Most private schools ask parents to foot the bill for the machines.) Elliott Higgins, a 14-year-old student, said that as soon as he got his computer, he was able to start writing more fluidly. "Before, I would end up with a whole garbage can of paper," he said. To address concerns about computers that are lost, stolen or damaged, some public schools have come up with unusual solutions. At Edison School in Union City, N. J., for example, where a few classes of students have been issued their own laptops, administrators keep the children at school until 5 p.m., so that their parents can drive or walk them home. Shardaye Hampton, a 12-year-old at Carmen Arace, recites these rules about her laptop: "You've got to put it under the chair so it's not stepped on," she said. "And you've got to make sure you don't eat food over it, because the keys get sticky." To deter problems, many laptop schools ask parents to pay mandatory deductibles and insurance fees. Still, the computers see their share of wear and tear. In almost every classroom, at least one student — like the glum girl in Ms. Rendock's class — is without access to his or her computer because of technical problems. Batteries die and power cords are scarce. Files are lost. At the Fairfield school, teachers and students learned from experience that when a person puts a pencil on the keyboard and then absent-mindedly closes the lid, the screen cracks. At Carmen Arace, a full-time technician often has to keep ailing laptops overnight to fix them. During that time, students share with their peers or resort to paper and pencil. When the computers do work, they usher in activities that may distract students from their classwork, like playing video games and sending instant messages. Although few studies have been done yet with younger students, a recent Cornell University study of laptop-toting college students showed major distractions among users in some classes, particularly those that did not require rigorous use of the laptops for schoolwork. At Fairfield Country Day School, a few sixth graders became so enamored of instant messaging in class — an activity banned at school — that the entire grade was not allowed to use laptops in class for a month. Above all these concerns, however, is the question of money. Even with discounts from suppliers, the computers, including wireless networking cards, typically cost at least $1,000. Multiply that by thousands of students and the bill gets unmanageable very quickly. And that is not including the costs of training teachers, rebuilding courses to match the introduction of the Internet and paying for technical support — all of which teachers say are absolutely required if a laptop program is going to work. "Simply making the purchases of the hardware is not going to change student achievement," said Barbara Stein, a senior policy analyst at the National Education Association. "That's why it is so key that it be part of an overall education plan." Then there is the cost of the wireless networks. Mark Edwards, the superintendent in Henrico County, said he had already found that some school walls were so thick that he would need to double the number of AirPorts, which are Apple's wireless devices for delivering broadband Internet access. Even Jerry Crystal, technology coordinator for the Bloomfield district who directed the laptop program, said he worried that the costs might start to look unreasonable in the eyes of administrators facing tight budgets. He has wondered, he said, whether the school could still increase student achievement by pursuing a far-cheaper approach using laptops that are distributed daily to limited numbers of students and pushed from classroom to classroom on carts with wireless access. And he is conducting an intense evaluation of the Carmen Arace Middle School to determine exactly what students are getting in return for those $500,000 checks the school board has written each year. It is an attempt, Mr. Crystal said, to answer a question that has hounded him since the laptop program started: "Are we getting $500,000 of improvement out of these kids?" OBITUARIES PATRICIA BRANCH NEUMANN 64 Pat's husband Conrad Neumann wrote: "Pat died peacefully today, August 20, 2001, at 3:54 PM, at Windsor Gardens of Anaheim. She was a resident there for 3 1/2 years, suffering from Alzheimer's Disease. Please send a donation, in her memory, to: Alzheimer's Association of Orange County 2540 N. Santiago Blvd. Orange, CA. 92867 Conrad Neumann Huntington Beach, CA" WHAT'S NEW 8/23/01: Audreanna Jarwin 94, George L'Amoreaux 62, Bill Wagnon 70, Alaire Kaiser 77, Liz Kaiser 83 8/21/01: Nick Pappas 93, Mary Lou Hill 76 update, Esther-Joy Sanchez 88, Becky Sanchez 81, Emily Sherwood 62, Lynne Irish 62 update, Sandi Elrod 62, Tara Watson 95, Angela Broomhall 90/bio 8/20/01: Gary Weiss 64 update, Christina Rodgers Nebreda 90/91, Kathryn Pellegrini 72, Monty Pellegrini 76, Christine Rapp 62, Elisa Brown 94/95 bio, Yon Gomez 81 update, Dona Vroubel 76 8/19/01: Francisco Daguerressar 94 8/18/01: Pamela Stimers 63, Sandra Stimers 64, Steven Weinrub 71, Pam Tellefsen 64, Jacqui Tellefsen 67, Jeanette Gruen 62, Susan Lander 68, Steve Anderson 78 bio, Jamie Atkinson 81 classmates.com: Luella Murschel 62, Warren Bernoff 64, Mary Bowles 64, Frank Carson 65, Kristine Frank 65, Michael Grassom 68, Janice Winn 68, Dennis Sugimoto 71, Elaine Farmer 72, Steve Giguere 73, Michael Goedrich 74, Karen Remmick 74, Kimi Wilcox 74, Dona Vroubel 76, Zachary Vanella 77, David Williamson 77, Christy Atkinson 79, Dorothy Janssens 79, Andrew Smith 79, Don Welch 83, Kersten Jordan 84, Tammi Lynch 84, Eve Mathes 84, Cindy Smith 84, Beth Burkhardt 88, Esther-Joy Sanchez 88, Kenneth Walker 89, Angela Broomhall 90, Christina Rodgers 91, Mike Southern 91, Danyette Hilton 92, Melinda Merriman 92, Sally Hageman 94, Heather Moss 94, Amy Horch 95, Amy Watson 95, Ray Jefferies 96, Liliya Sitaruk 97, Webdy Roberts 98, John Fisher 98, Shelbi Bagely 01 Class of 68: updated from class mailing list, lots of new listings 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 Harlan Lau '73 Encina webmaster www.encinahighschool.com harlan@rambus.com