Thursday, October 14, 1999 11:50 AM Encina Update (peer court/alumni association/89/homecoming halftime/video/RSVPs/donation/party/RSVP list/photos/nametags/clothes/fight song/siblings/search/lou decosta/timothy schmit/japan/internet/whats new/new address) ENCINA ALUMNI, The Encina Homecoming 99 party and game is next Friday, October 22nd. Lots of news about the homecoming festivities. Thanks to Jack Dieterle 75, who's coming up for the homecoming festivities and invited me to golf with Jeff Frei and Val Robichaud. Fortunately (you haven't seen me golf) I will be at the homecoming rally at Encina. PEER COURT Encina principal Myrtle Berry would like to know if we have any attorneys who would be interested in working with Encina's peer court team. Myrtle wrote: "We are going to be involved in the peer court competition/experience this year (Becky Hurley-site advisor). It has been recommended that we should try to get an attorney to help the kids out. At this point I'm not sure of the time requirements or the time frame, but I could find all of that out if an alumni was interested." Please write if you would like help, or would like more information on what would be involved. ENCINA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Stafford Boyd 88 has proposed the formation of a non-profit Encina Alumni Organization. I know we discussed this a while back and several people pointed out some of the problems with setting up a non-profit (government paperwork, costs, board). Please write if you have the knowledge and time to help set up an Encina Alumni Organization. With the number of alumni we are in contact now, we may have the critical mass to fund and staff such an effort. CLASS OF 89 I've added more pictures courtesy of Vanessa Richey Nichols here: http://www.encinahighschool.com/class89/reunion10/photos.htm If you will write and tell me the names of those in each picture, I will add captions. HALFTIME ACTIVITIES I contacted Encina principal Myrtle Berry last week and she has invited Encina alumni to participate in the half-time activities. We will have one or more convertibles in the homecoming parade at half-time! The theme is "fairy tales". Unfortunately, with only one weekend before the homecoming game, I don't think we can field a float this year. Maybe next year. However, Kelly Horine 88 has volunteered her VW convertible for decoration, as she planned to have it repainted anyway. If you are artistic/spirited/available to help decorate Kelly's car please let me know or contact Kelly at LstingAgnt@aol.com . Decorating could be as simple as spray painting an Apache. Or as complicated as doing something floatlike to the car. In addition, it's only fair that those who help decorate ride with Kelly in the homecoming parade! Such a deal. Perhaps Kelly's could be the car of the 80s alumni. Linda Weatherford Ballance 62 has volunteered her Chrysler Sebring convertible. I propose that her car be the car of the 60s, filled with 61 and 62 alumni from Encina's first years. Kim Culver Taylor 76 was the first to volunteer her VW convertible. I propose this be the car of the 70s. Tentatively, organizer Rett Smart 73 and I will ride with Kim. Incidentally, Kim's son attends Golden Sierra (homecoming game opponent) so she will know folks on both sides of the field. We are working with Stafford Boyd 88, alumni and teacher and activities supervisor. We can have up to four vehicles. Other alumni who have volunteered their vehicles include: Lorna Cline 72/73's Jeep CJ (veteran of homecoming parades) Kate Grebitus 75's 1950 Willy Jeep (veteran of homecoming parades) Greg Grant 75's jeeps The last vehicle needs to be worked out. Car of the 90s? Car of the class of 73, as the class with the most alumni to RSVP? The Encina alumni at the game will be recognized during the halftime activities and we'll probably be allowed to do the Apache fight song or cheer. I nominate fearless Jeff Frei 75 for this, assuming he is in a presentable state at halftime. HOMECOMING 98 VIDEO The interview of the Encina alumni at Homecoming 98 last year is online. Stephanie Woo's EBS students created this video and I did a video capture off the VHS tape Stephanie sent me. The videos are not linked to the Encina webpages yet. You will have to access them directly using the following URLs. The videos are about 1 minute long. TV quality video (15 Mb): http://www.encinahighschool.com/homecoming/images/home98big.mpg There's a minor glitch in the sound towards the end which I need to fix. WEB quality video (9 Mb): http://www.encinahighschool.com/homecoming/images/home98med.mpg Quarter screen WEB quality video (5 Mb): http://www.encinahighschool.com/homecoming/images/home98small.mpg For those of you at work or with high speed internet connections, I recommend the 9 Mb WEB quality video. If you have a modem connection, pick the 5 Mb WEB video. Depending on your modem this could take a while to download so beware... The highlight is Rett saying "Go Apaches"! HOMECOMING RSVPS Those of you on the homecoming mailing list saw this yesterday. So skip this section. For those who I missed, continue. Thanks for all of you who have re-RSVPed so far. I've updated the attendance list. I would like to get a reasonably accurate headcount for the homecoming party. I know many of you submitted the homecoming form but I would like to know if you are bringing your spouse or significant other or family to any of the events. Lorna Cline 72/73 is supposed to let the Candlerock know on Monday approximately how many people to expect so they can staff accordingly. If they are understaffed expect long waits for drinks and snacks... If you have invited alumni, friends, etc, who do not have email, please list their names too. If you are not sure whether someone is going to attend, just say maybe next to their name. Please email me directly at harlan@rambus.com and tell me: 1. Homecoming rally Friday morning (name,year): 2. Encina alumni lunch (tentative. maybe at Applebee's if they have the Encina decorations up): 2. Pregame party (name,year): 3. Homecoming game (name,year): 4. Postgame party (name,year): Here is what a sample form might look like for John Doe 73: 1. Homecoming rally John Doe 73 2. Pregame party John Doe 73 + spouse (maybe) Mary Smith 73 (no email) Mary Doe 75 (sister, maybe) 3. Homecoming game John Doe 73 + family (3) 4. Postgame party John Doe 73 Remember, those who RSVP will get a nice Encina Alumni nametag with their name and year on it. My idea to include both the Apache and Bulldog logos was NOT well received so I think I'll stick with the Apache logo. HOMECOMING DONATION Rett Smart 73 wrote: "I want to ask the alums who are planning on attending the Homecoming Game as well as those who cannot make the game to think about a donation to the athletic department. They are in dire need of funds for items such as varsity and JV letters, sport insignias, ribbons, trophies, etc. I have been supported in the effort by Harlan and so far we have raised $200. Any excess donations can be used due to funding cuts to sports from a district level. GIVE A LITTLE BACK TO THE KIDS I will collect CHECKS at the Candlerock that will be tallied and presented to the Athletic Dept. at the Game. Checks should be made to: Encina High School Memo: Athletic Department Donation" There's been some discussion about this on the homecoming mailing list and we may decide to share the funds with other needy departments... If you plan to contribute, please let Rett or I know so we can get an idea of how much to expect... HOMECOMING PARTY Preparations for the Encina Homecoming 99 party on Friday, October 22 are in full swing. With Myrtle Berry's invitation to participate in the half-time activities, plus a crowd of over 100 Encina alumni and family in attendance, this promises to be a memorable homecoming game! Diane Schoenborn Kelly 73 talked with retired teacher Bob Trathen this week and he said he will try and make it. Diane also called teacher Bill Derderian but he will be out of town. Teacher Stephanie Woo says Eric Dahlin will be at the game so keep an eye out for him. Stephanie Woo will be there supervising her EBS students who will be videoing the game. Teacher Christine Kojima wrote that she had convinced teacher Judy Wilson to come, only to find her daughter has a dinner for her basketball team the 22nd. I'm hoping that Christine and Judy can still make it to the pregame or postgame parties... If you are interested in being on the homecoming mailing list, let me know. But be forewarned there's a lot of homecoming mail. We're having a friendly competition between classes to see which class has the most alumni at the party and game. So far the class of 73 has shown the most school spirit! Here are some more details from organizer Rett Smart 73: Event: Homecoming rally Date: October 22, 1999 Time: 11:00am Where: Encina Note: Be sure and stop by office and get permission slip We have been invited to be guest judges for the rally! followed by -- Event: Homecoming - Alumni Party Date: October 22, 1999 Time: 5:00pm until Game time Where: Candlerock Lounge and Sportsbar 2600 Watt Ave Sacramento, CA 95821 916-483-4188 followed by -- Event: Encina homecoming game Opponent: Golden Sierra Time: JV 5:30pm Varsity 7:00pm Where: El Camino HS followed by -- Event: Postgame party Where: Candlerock Lounge Details: The Candlerock has graciously agreed to letting us hold our tailgate and post parties in the Lounge. BRING YOUR LETTER SWEATER, LETTER JACKET OR EVEN YOUR GYM SHIRT to the "ROCK" prior to the game. We will be in with the general population so ........behave HOMECOMING TAILGATE PARTY - The food will be pot luck. Please be sure to bring something to munch on such as a pizza, kfc wings, potstickers, chips and salsa, those little cocktail weenies or whatever else you feel like bringing. There is a snack bar on site but we want to make sure that we eat something before the game. The Candlerock has agreed to the pot luck as long as we don't bring in beverages. We will filter out to the game about 6:30 and return to the Candlerock after the game for the postgame party. GO APACHES!" HOMECOMING RSVP LIST Homecoming rally: Harlan Lau 73 Rett Smart 73 Steve Palmer 74 Terri Jurich 74 (maybe) Nancy Cooper Manly (maybe) Kathleen Ketcherside Arceo 73 (maybe) Linda Hoganson 61 (maybe) plus others Staff Eric Dahlin (game) Bill Derderian (out of town) John Figenshu (Patty Wohl says has trip planned) Laverne Gonzales Susan McGuire (she'll try) Christine Kojima (conflict with daughter's basketball dinner, not sure) JoAnne Smith (she'll try) Bob Trathen (will try to come) Judy Wilson (maybe, was coming with Christine Kojima) Stephanie Woo (game only, supervising EBS students) 1961 David Haynes (pregame) Linda Hoganson John Russell (says more are coming but haven't RSVPed yet) Carol Mills Russell Joan Seitz Barrett (pregame) 1962 Linda Weatherford Ballance (volunteered Chrysler Sebring convertible, will be there with her three sons who are also alumni) 1965 Pamela Russell Scully 1969 Michael Brown (pregame,game) 1970 Terry Teel Ward 1971 Darell Baxter Nancy Cooper Manly + Steve Manly (pregame,game) Jim Mosier Terry Teel Ward 1972 Carla Bee Bowden (probable) Lorna Cline Gragg Candi Cochrane Bagwell (probably) Susan Kehoe Jacobson Darrell Mitchell Kerry Shearer Debbie Sprague Mitchell Stan Sedilko 1973 (in the lead) Rett Smart (organizer: irsmart@ix.netcom.com ) Eric Carleson Lucia Churches Lorna Cline Gragg (Encina clothing, volunteered her jeep) Stephanie Dugas Sally Enos Kelcey Hall Scott Harris Gary Henderson Mike Kelly Kathleen Ketcherside Arceo + Glenn Arceo (maybe) + son Kellen Harlan Lau Elliott Mandell Jolie Ostrow Baron (pregame,game) Nancy Patton Debbie Richmond Patty Russell Mosier Diane Schoenborn Kelly Carolyn Teel Rand + spouse + grandson (and all of her sisters) Marla Tjoelker (pregame,game) Loni Whalen Mellerup 1974 John Bain RaeLee Beglau Kingsley Bob Goosmann (pregame) Dwight Hansen Terri Jurich Howard Kelly Kingsley Steve Palmer Bruce Vanderford 1975 Mark Andrews Bob Bingham Jim Bonnette Jack Dieterle (coming from San Diego!) Jeff Frei (will lead Apache fight song) Greg Grant (volunteers his jeep or two if needed) Kate Grebitus (volunteers her 1950 Willy Jeep) DeeDee Harpham Tim Lukehart Jay Michael Val Robichaud Sue Stegenga Ward Patti Teel Johnson + daughter (from Redding) 1976 Kim Culver Taylor (volunteers her VW convertible) Connie Ford (maybe) Janice Patton Paul Stewart Peggy Teel Hilton + daughter (from Redding) 1977 Suzzette Davison Shellooe Jim Field Ed Graff Linda Kasline Grant Sue Levy Joslin Pete Shellooe Patty Wohl 1978 Sharon Bordisso Patten (will try to take family to game) Bryan Evans (lives in LA, will try and make it! now that's spirit!) 1979 Terri Ferreira Scoggins (game, maybe party) Laura Gray Shay (game) 1981 Dale Patton Stephanie Bush Patton 1987 Bryan Ballance Samantha Stone Sue Thurman 1988 Jim Bain Stafford Boyd (postgame, has to supervise activities) Stephen Carr (maybe) Aaron Ford Amy Francis Bill Glaholt Kelly Horine (volunteers her VW convertible) 1989 Cynthia Agurto Hannah (maybe) Yvonne Renee Altstatt Hernandez (pregame) Michelle Amyot Danny Amyot Janice Barnes (game,postgame) Shannon Bice Legion (game) David Francis Julie Hill Hoang Carolyn Jefferson (maybe) Larry Lane (maybe) Ann Marie Hovie Randy Onstine David Otero Edward Shaffer Geoff Shumway 1991 Mark Ballance Jennifer Palmer 1994 Chris Ballance To tell you the truth, I was getting a little worried about the Candlerock being able to handle this rapidly growing crowd. But Lorna Cline 72/73 wrote: "The bar area can hold 100! Plus there is the little bar area and the whole rest of the bowling alley! They do have 6 pool tables and some dart boards in the area, they usually only have a few regulars in the bar at 5 on Friday nights. As to families showing up, From 3:30 to 5:30 they have glow-in-the-dark bowling, (you know strobe lights, black lights, glowing balls) it is fun, the music gets a little loud once in awhile. They also have Laser X for those with kids (or grown-ups) that want to play laser tag, and the arcade. Then at midnight starts glow bowling again. So I think that even if more than 100 show up, there will be enough room for all!!!!" See the homecoming pages for details about this year's party and a description of the First homecoming party last year: http://www.encinahighschool.com/homecoming.htm Please RSVP me if you plan to go so I can make sure we'll all fit in the Candlerock: http://www.encinahighschool.com/homecoming/homecoming_form.htm The homecoming party is going to be a major Encina happening. BE THERE! HOMECOMING PHOTOS I'm going to try and get each class to stand still for a group picture sometime during the evening. If someone from each class could bring their yearbook to hold up in the group picture that would be great. Plus it'll be fun to look at the yearbook pictures with classmates. HOMECOMING NAMETAGS I'm going to print up nametags for those who RSVP. They'll have the same Encina Alumni emblem as the homecoming clothes along with Homecoming 99 or something to that effect. This will be cool keepsakes to remember the evening. To show that you were at the Encina Homecoming 99 party! Spouses/significant others will have to make do with handwritten nametags. Those who DO NOT RSVP will also have to make do with plain, handwritten nametags. Cool or uncool, it's up to you... HOMECOMING CLOTHES The deadline for ordering Encina Alumni clothes is this weekend! I'm not sure we'll be doing this again for next year's party. Lorna Cline 72/73 will be sending out email to the homecoming mailing list SOON. So if you've been thinking about ordering, time to fish or cut bait (what the heck does that mean anyway). There is a form you can use to order homecoming clothing: http://www.encinahighschool.com/homecoming/clothing_form.htm Thanks to Lorna Cline 72/73 for taking charge of this effort. And to David Knepprath 74 for giving us a good deal and waiving all his normal minimums and setup charges! If you will not be at the party/game to collect your order, please contact us before ordering to work out a delivery plan. FIGHT SONG "Encina High Fight Song Apache Braves fight for Encina High, We have the will to win, it's do or die! For we are all behind you, lead the way, So come on boys let's win that game today! (Rah,Rah) We'll sweep the other team right off their feet, Show them the Apache spirit can't be beat! As gold and cardinal banners proudly fly, Cheer for Encina High!" Heddy Crowder sent me the words to the current Bulldog fight song: "O mighty Bulldogs fight for Encina High We've got the will to win, it's do or die. For we are all behind you, lead the way, So come on team let's win this game today, rah,rah! We'll sweep the other team right off their feet And show them that our spirit can't be beat As Gold and Cardinal banners proudly fly, For Encina High!!" If we have time, we can practice a few times at the pregame party so we don't mess it up during the game. SIBLINGS Kimberly Hanks 81 wrote: Steve Hanks 78 Mike Hanks 80 Kimberly Hanks 81 Brad Jope 75 wrote: Jeff Jope 72 Brad Jope 75 Carolyn Teel 73 wrote: Terry Teel 70/71 Carolyn Teel 73 Patti Teel 75 Peggy Teel 76 ALUMNI SEARCH Scott Trollio 77 LOU DECOSTA 66 For those of you who tried to catch Lou's new show "Love Chronicles" last Saturday, June 16th on A&E, Lou writes that A&E juggled the schedule. The first show Lou wrote now airs Saturday, October 23rd. TIMOTHY SCHMIT 65 An Eagles fan who stumbled across the Encina website sent me this LA Times article about Timothy Schmit 65: Thursday, October 7, 1999 Closing the Gap Donors Statewide Help Complete Acquisition of 7-Acre Preserve By ANNETTE KONDO, Times Staff Writer CALABASAS--Gazing at the chaparral valley and rugged mountainside, Chumash Charlie Cooke said Mother Earth and Father Sky would be happy to see what has happened in this place of quiet beauty. Turning first to the east, where the day begins, he placed a conch to his lips to bless the land with the shell's plaintive, foghorn-like tones. The sweet perfume of burning white sage wafted from an abalone shell in the direction of the morning sun. Then turning south, then west, and finally north, Cooke repeated the conch notes, accompanied by sage smoke. Done. Full circle. The land was blessed. In a similar manner, those who gathered Wednesday morning at a dedication of two five-acre parcels as part of a public preserve said their long efforts had finally come to fruition. The two parcels were the final long-sought pieces to add to the 57-acre Cold Creek Valley Preserve. In 1992, the Mountains Restoration Trust wanted to acquire a 67-acre property from developer Jordin Youngblood. But with $2.5 million available, the trust's coalition--which included the state Coastal Commission, Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy and the Sierra Club-- could buy just 57 acres, trust President Stephen Harris said. * * * The preserve, south of Mulholland Highway and bisected by Stunt Road, protects the Cold Creek riparian habitat--home to mountain lions, deer, bobcats and woodwardia, the giant chain ferns that are the tallest ferns in North America and uncommon in Southern California, said Joseph T. Edmiston, executive director of the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy. The eventual purchase of the remaining 10 acres became the saga of a music star and his wife, who together wouldn't take no for an answer, dogged community efforts and the political pull of the right officials. "We moved here five years ago and noticed the 'For Sale' sign," said Timothy B. Schmit, bass player for the Eagles. "Then I woke up one morning two years ago and saw the backhoes digging out down here. I got on the phone with the neighbors." Soon after, Schmit's wife, Jean, started her own version of coffee klatches--except she brewed tea and baked scones--uniting neighbors, conservationists and eventually politicians. At times, the tensions and hurt feelings of various interest groups and conservationists surfaced at the Schmit house. But the couple continued to hold get-togethers, frequently calling officials "every other day." In the end, unity and compromise were reached. Catherine Cappel, a resident of the area since 1966, said neighbors had fought to protect the property since 1967. The Youngblood property was slated for 72 homes at one time, and many people had shrugged off any hope of buying it as a public preserve. On Wednesday, Cappel, the Schmits and "Titanic" composer James Horner and his wife were each honored for contributing at least $10,000 toward the land purchase. Several officials, including county Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky and Assemblywoman Sheila Kuehl (D-Santa Monica), were also recognized for their efforts in the acquisition. More than 185 donors statewide contributed $150,000, and coupled with $550,000 in county Proposition A funds, the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy was able to buy the two parcels, completing the purchase last month, Harris said. The Mountains Restoration Trust will manage the land. "Twenty years ago when we started this effort, and we saw all the white splotches on the map for private property, people said we'd never be able to do it," Edmiston said. "No one entity can do this. It's a combined effort." JAPAN Kim Tierney 78 wrote: "I will be traveling with the Kings to Tokyo,Japan the first week of November and was wondering if you know of any alumni, or anyone else, who might have some tips on what to see, what to do, what NOT to do, etc.. while I'm there. The Kings are playing two games, Nov.5 & 6 (U.S. Dates). I just don't know if they're day or night games. I will assume they're night games, so I should have about three days of "free" time since I only have to work during the games." If you have any advice write Kim at tierneyz@pacbell.net INTERNET Last weekend I upgraded two of our PCs to Windows 98 Second Edition. Second edition contains a neat feature called Internet Connection Sharing which allows multiple PCs to share a single internet connection. I set it up so the system with the fastest modem is always the one to connect to the internet. Both systems share the internet connection so we can both do email or surf at the same time. If you click on your browser or email in the other system, you hear the modem in the host system connect to the net. Very cool! Now if only I could get a DSL or cable modem in our neighborhood... WHAT'S NEW 10/13/99: Jolene Scott 95, Stephen Carr 88, Brad Jope 75, Larry Lane 89, Carolyn Jefferson 89, Susanne Harrison 77 10/11/99: Julie Hill 89 update, Barbara Cushman 66 10/9/99: Suzy Lakata 80, L Rose 80, Suzie Rose 82, Kimberly Hanks 81, Steve Hanks 78, Sue Ashley 69/bio, Sue Thurman 87, Samantha Stone 87, Paul Collins 75 Class of 1989: added more of Vanessa Richey 89's photos from 10 year reunion 10/7/99: RaeLee Beglau 74 NEW EMAIL ADDRESS If you have me in your address book, please do not use the harlanlau@yahoo.com address any longer. Please use encina@encinahighschool.com for email sent to me at home. I will be checking my yahoo address infrequently. Have a good weekend! Harlan Lau '73 Encina webmaster www.encinahighschool.com harlan@rambus.com encina@encinahighschool.com