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2003
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Steve Haertle
13 Good Reasons to Attend this Reunion: 1) Just the thought of Dave Weiher makes me laugh. 2) At the last reunion, Sean Pennington exclaimed that if he played for the “other team,” he’d be with me (just shows how far we have come in 25 years). And I thought the saying “I love you, man” was from a beer commercial. 3) Charlie Abdi introduced me to his spouse as “our Johnny Carson.” 4) At the last reunion, Bill Walker said that he attended because he heard I would. Your drinks on Saturday night on me, Hop. 5) Cindy Willett is still devastated by the red leather dress my spouse wore at the 10 year reunion. 6) Jim Pleau still calls me Red. 7) Steve Packenham visited me everyday for a week after I got home from the hospital in 1981. 8) Ron Marsh gives me the shirt off his back. 9) At the 10 year reunion, Kerry Hedrick summed it best to my spouse: “Anne, you have to understand: tonight Steve is still seventeen and Scott [Ernisee] is still fifteen.” 10) Craig Hermann told his son that I am “one tough cookie” even though I have a sunken chest (thanks for reminding me Herm). 11) Jim Belenis treats me as a friend far better than I deserve. 12) Everyone gets to meet my wonderful spouse of 18 years, Anne. And you thought suffering my DHS exploits were annoying enough, just check in with Mrs. H. 13) Life is too short.
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Michael Larson
After graduation I decided to drive a truck and got my license at nineteen. I also started attending Sacramento City College (SCC). I kept plugging away at business courses at SCC and then enrolled in the accounting program at Healds Business College. I began work as an accounting clerk and married a girl I met at Healds. My first marriage survived my career in accounting, but just barely. Accounting was extremely boring and I had made a further miscalculation in the choice of my life’s partner. I returned to my part-time student (one class per semester) and full-time driving mode and began the painful process of getting a divorce. I started a new driving job and finally met the right person; LeeAnn was the dispatcher at this new job and therefore my boss. LeeAnn and I got married on June 3, 1989. Some of you met her when she attended our ten-year reunion. We just celebrated our 14th anniversary. We decided not to have children, but we have two great golden retrievers, Koloa and Maggie. My career in trucking reached it’s zenith when I got promoted to traffic manager. I found out that managing truckers was a pain in the !#$$$! I bought Tum’s in the large econo-sized bottles. After I got laid-off from that position and another position in management, I got back behind the wheel but the job was really becoming a grind. Our lives changed when we looked at homes we could afford in Davis, it became crystal clear that we needed to look elsewhere if we wanted anything more than a glorified duplex with zero-lot lines. We purchased a new home in Yuba City. Our time spent commuting seemed to be a worthwhile trade-off for a real house. We have lived here for ten years and our next-door neighbor is our beloved basketball coach and drivers education teacher, Les Curry. It really is a small world and the Curry’s are great neighbors. My life changed when I began helping with a house our local Habitat for Humanity was constructing. It was fun and fulfilling and I was extremely proud when the family moved into the house. I looked for other volunteer opportunities and ended up working for the Department of Fish and Game. I was hired as a seasonal aid and worked at Upper Butte Basin before I moved over to Gray Lodge Wildlife Area and began giving tours to the visitors. I liked being in the spotlight and teaching what I knew about the wetlands. I continued to plug along at school, but by now I was focusing on biology. I graduated from Yuba College in 2000 with an AA in history and transferred to California State University, Chico. I graduated this May with a BS in biological sciences. I’ve been accepted to graduate school at Chico and I start in the fall. For my second career, I am hoping to teach biology and ecology at the community college level or if I can talk my wife into it, continue on and get my doctorate degree and then teach at the state university level. I love Chico State, it reminds me of Davis when we were growing up. I am anxious to see everybody over the weekend and if you can’t make it, as my classmates from the class of 2003 say, “Dude, what’s up wit that?”
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Sue Russick
As I sit here trying to think of something to say about myself, I am mostly incredulous that I am 43 years old, that I have a college-age daughter, and that I have been married for nearly 24 years. (It's funny, but I don't have any difficulty believing that my twin sister is 43! Ha Ha! "41, 42, 43, She'll always be older than me!") When I left DHS, I went to Wichita State University in Wichita, Kansas, majoring in French Horn performance. I really just went to Kansas to be with Jeff (DHS '77). It was great to be with him, but I should have been a theater major. We went back to Davis in 1979 so Jeff could go to UCDavis. We were married in 1979, and I went to work so we could eat, while Jeff went to school. After college, we moved to Boston where Jeff attended Harvard Med. Boston was at first threatening and ultimately a very cool place to live. Our first child, Kate, was born in Boston. in 1985. Following Boston, we moved to St. Louis, MO for internship and residency. St. Louis was a great place for me. Kate and I enjoyed the first six years of her life while Jeff worked and worked and worked. I went back to school at the University of Missouri, St. Louis as a theater major. That was truly a blast, but alas, I had to quit school again to have our second child, Callie in 1988 (so I guess Jeff was home from time to time). After six years in St. Louis, we packed up and moved to Summerville, SC(with friends Rusty and Beth Kitch) to start practice. Summerville is a great little town about 30 miles from Charleston. We have enjoyed a reasonable cost of living (ex: from $150K for 2700 sq ft to $500K+ for 4 to 5000 sq ft), great schools, fantastic restaurants and culture in Charleston, the beach, and living in a sleepy southern town. I went back to school at the College of Charleston as an English major, and quit when we had our third child, John, in 1993. I took a few more hours and left school again to build a playground (like the playground in North Davis Park). That was a great experience and I would do it again tomorrow if I could. I am currently only 16 hours away from a BA in English, and may go back and finish sometime soon. . . or I may find something else to do. The bottom line for me is that I am blessed with a great husband and sweet, happy kids. I love my job as a parent and take pride in being good at it! I would like to say "hi" to all of my fellow geeky band and drama friends (Susie, Sue, Ingrid, Lisa, Sarita, Rusty, Stuart, Todd, Paul, Bob, Dan, Eric -- I sure miss you folks!). Also, Hi Lizzy Baker and Peter C.!!! And to everyone, if any of you DHS '78 people are ever in the Charleston area, PLEASE look us up, we would dearly love for you to come see us. (How about a beach week in SC?) You can get my number from Meg at the reunion. I hope you are all well and happy. I have really enjoyed reading these notes. Thanks Dave for making this available to us! Write me a note at jfenwick@sc.rr.com. ----fondly, Sue
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Rusty Eddy
I think of time in terms of people I’ve met…and whether or not I remember them. My memories of high school are all good ones. My indiscretions remain mostly unknown (except to a select few) and I really can’t remember a dull moment. Well, except for maybe getting called on the carpet for being an overly exuberant powder puff cheerleader… I won’t be joining you at the reunion, I’m sorry to say, but yes, I did try to lose a few pounds when I first heard about it. I’d look like Homer Simpson if I tried to put on a pair of high-school-size-32-inch-waist Levis. Thank goodness I still have hair. I stuck around Davis for awhile after high school. Justified attending UCD by saying that I got a grant…it was actually a $400 Bank of America scholarship for drama, since the music award went to someone else. But since Sudwerk hadn’t been built yet I got bored in Davis, as Todd and Stuart can imagine. I was ready to transfer to UC Santa Barbara when I got accepted to a Junior Year Abroad program in Germany. Cool. You could drink at 16 in Europe! Germany stories will have to wait until the next reunion after I’ve had a few glasses of wine, but any of you who have studied (and I use the term loosely) abroad have certainly had similar experiences and can well imagine the hi-jinx…from Amsterdam hashish to Hamburg whores and New Years in Paris. Came back to finish school at Davis, married a woman I’d met in Germany (she’s from CA) in 1983 and started work in a small winery in Santa Barbara County. I shoveled pomace out of a lot of tanks, but decided I wanted to work in winery public relations, instead, so we moved back to NorCal. Eventually became PR Director for Fetzer Vineyards, then Glen Ellen Winery, then started my own business in Sonoma. We now reside in Redwood Valley, Mendocino County, where property was affordable (when we moved here in 1998) and the wine industry is a bit more laid back than in Sonoma County. We still have a couple of winery clients, but Rainmaker Marketing is branching out into non-profits and equipment suppliers/manufacturers. We provide marketing and PR services, for the most part. My partner, David Hance, is also a DHS grad, albeit a few years ahead of me. Still married (20 years in August), two kids (girls, 13 and 9), dog, cat and a couple of llamas (don’t ask). I haven’t driven through Davis since my parents moved away in the early ‘90s, but I trust that the tree in which I carved “Rusty loves Susie” is still standing. See you in five years
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Joyce Fitzmorris
In many ways it doesn't seem possible that 25 years have gone by since high school graduation. And yet when I think of all I've done, where I've been, and how I am living my life at the present time I realize that, yes indeed, it was many moons ago!! After graduation I attended a summer camp at Harvard for Architecture majors. I had a great time there (the drinking age was 18...) but became less sure that Architecture was my goal. I had accepted placements from Berkeley and Cal Poly and decided to head to Berkeley because there might be more options if I changed majors. After two years I did switch majors and finally graduated in Social Welfare. I worked in personnel for a bit and then headed up to Tahoe for a snow bum winter. There I met Craig who became my husband some five or six years later. (There was an earlier marriage---sorority girl meets frat boy thing but I'll just gloss over that period...) We have been married for almost 12 years now. I returned to school for my teaching credential and taught several years in first, second and third grades. When I had my daughter, Erin, nine years ago I left the work force and have been home with the kids ever since. Our family grew significantly five years ago with the birth of Evan and Carson. I attended the picnic for our 20th reunion with them in a stroller but I must admit I had no idea what the next five years would entail. The first two years with the twins was pretty crazy but now it seems more like we just have three kids and two happen to be the same age. So what do I do in my free time? What free time! Those of you with children know the drill: soccer, volleyball, baseball, riding lessons, ballet, swimming. The list goes on. My husband, Craig Jones, works in sales. He currently is with Petkus Brothers, out of Sacramento. They specialize in patio covers, sunroom additions, and spas. We live in Woodland and send the kids to Woodland Christian School. Evan and Carson will begin Kindergarten in the fall. We've been having a great summer. Instead of paying to send the three kids to a day camp where someone else teaches them, I have been taking them on outings (field trips!) to various places of interest. Since Erin will be in fourth grade in the fall, we've already gone to two missions (ahh...the former teacher emerges!) and historical sites. We've explored zoos, tide pools, museums, beaches, forests, plus the required visits to a couple of theme parks. My future? Certain things are a given with raising three kids. I know my future holds many sporting events, watching the three participate in their current favorite. I have several children's books partially begun but never finished and numerous other story ideas swimming in my head. Perhaps someday when I have a moment to myself I will finish one of them and start the find-a-publisher dance. I look forward to seeing all of you who are able to attend the reunion next week. I hope someone brings a yearbook because mine must be buried behind the Christmas decorations in the attic! I think it is so cool that many of you remember each other from kindergarten or third or seventh grades. Since I attended Davis schools only from the very end of ninth grade through graduation there are alot of classmates I don't know well. The yearbook would be great to help us all become reacquainted. See ya'll then. --Joyce Fitzmorris Jones
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Tom Goodlin
I must admit that I recognize about 10% of you when glancing through the yearbook, so expect to get about the same amount in return… When I headed to Stanford for 4 years, my parents moved from Davis that first spring and I haven’t been back since (well, except for a Gradburger stop on the way to Tahoe once). I turned to geology at Stanford after first declaring an interest in engineering—the initial declaration conceived in response to self-inflicted pressure to choose something. I found geology fascinating, although what attracted me equally was an identification with like-minded folks. I met Cestjon McFarland in passing my junior year and we’ve been linked since spring of our senior year. Friends, fun, learning, and all were great at Stanford, but gaining a life-long companion was the best. We both worked different jobs at the USGS in Menlo Park for a year, then moved to Tucson for M.S. studies at U of A. Halfway through we married in the summer of ’84, with a great celebration at Cestjon’s home in Wisconsin. I took up pottery while in Tucson and carried on for several years, but have not made the time for quite a while (similar but more recent saga for beer making). I finished my masters while Cestjon dropped out of hydrology. She entered law school at UCLA, so we spent 3 ok years in LA but beat feet immediately afterwards. We celebrated the end of schools with a long trip to Asia, and then moved to Seattle. I’ve been working in groundwater studies for an environmental consulting firm for 14 years, and Cestjon has stuck it out with a law firm. Our daughter Gabrielle was born in ’90, and son Ryder in ’93. Active outdoor lives previously filled with hiking, camping, sports, etc. (as we recall) became displaced by family-oriented activities. Certainly, it’s a common refrain that our lives are tremendously busier, and yet they are equally more rewarding…well, much of the time. After 8 years in Seattle we bought land at nearby Bainbridge Island and had a house built. Been enjoying landscaping from scratch, coaching little league, and camping. We’ve resumed skiing and have gotten the kids interested in backpacking—still trying to figure out when to fit that in this summer. Cheers, Tom (tgoodlin@ttfwi.com)
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Laura Clawson
Hi! Reading the life stories has been a lot of fun. Sure wish I could make it to the reunion to see everyone! After high school I spent a year working at Quessenberry Drug Store. It was a great year. I then went to college in Nevada, Missouri, for a year, but came home and decided to go to Chico State. Well, that was a good time! I graduated in 1984 and moved back to Davis and met my husband, Mark, who was getting his master's and doctorate at UCD. I worked for a couple of years at UCD Vet School. We got married October 1985 and moved to San Luis Obispo in 1986. Mark started teaching at Cal Poly in the Bioresource and Agricultural Engineering Department and has been there since. I've been working for the County Clerk-Recorder in the elections division since 1990. I'm in charge of the absentee ballot processing and the temporary help during elections. During the even numbered years I don't have much of a life, especially during a presidential election. My office is still in a bit of shock about having an election on October 7th for the recall - its amazing the amount of time and effort that goes into running an election, especially when its only 80 days away. We don't have any children, but in addition to his teaching, Mark is an advisor to three of the clubs in his department, so many of his students have become very special in our lives (and their parents, too). We get them after their parents have done all the hard work! We have alot of barbeques and events at our house for the students - they sure enjoy it, and we love to have them here. I don't know how those of you with kids do it, because we sure run out of time to do the things we need to do, let alone the things we want to do! We keep busy with work, our place (we have a house on one acre about 5 miles out of town), the animals (3 dogs and 4 cats), and Mark built his dream - a 40 x 60 shop filled with machine tools. When he's working on projects (like building a modified tractor with an Allison airplane engine for tractor pulling competitions), I don't see much of him but always know where he is! So, life is good. Thank you, Dave, for all the work you've done on the website, and thank you to everyone who is involved with putting on the reunion. For those of us who cannot make it to the reunion, it's a wonderful way to stay connected. I look forward to seeing pictures of the reunion. For those of you going, have fun! Laura Zohns
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Walter Monovinchski
After being kicked out of DHS my Junior year for numerous times of being caught smoking pot in the parking lot, I lived along The shorline of Lake Berryessa and fished with Robert Sopranuk unil the state park rangers asked me to leave the premises. I then decided to open a kissing booth near UCD at the corner of Anderson & Russell. Was hoping that Leslie Bell, Jody Bastain, Jenifer Chandler and Terri Hensley would stop by so I could finally say I got to kiss them but before the ladies could drop by, the Davis police ended the fun. I did however, make $7.45 before it ended. (I hate mustaches) After my 3rd mariage failed, I decided to enter the United States Air Force and fly fighter plane with Steve Griffith but I failed the final flight exam so I wound up specializing in placing gun powder in the tips of RK-366 F-14 bombs and was able to enjoy the Arkansas landscape until being transferred back to California. I studied briefly with Jeff Peters trying to find a cure for cancer. Together, Jeff and I tried to see if any of the different canabis brands would kill the cancerous cells in the body. However, all we learned is that pot makes you get the munchies and makes you laugh alot. After another run in with the law, I spend a short time in San Quentin Prison where I reunited with fellow classmate, Jeffery Jones where we both worked in the industrial Shops making Hammers and he shared with me his fasination for Med-school bathrooms (?). While at the prison, Jeffery and I enjoyed watching Bill Woehler play football for the UCD Aggies as there star quarterback in the play-offs of.....hmmm 1982? Ran into David Keller a time or two at fruit stands in the Oakland/Berkely area. David was selling artichokes, 3 for $1.00 Today, you can find me bellied up to the bar at Sudwerk's where I reminice about the fun days of our youth with Stuart Spafford and Todd Winters. Stop by and see them as I believe they both must own the establishment and are always there. Had too much to drink one night and got towed home by Micky Landeros (what a GREAT guy) Don't know if I will make it to the reunion but if anyone hears that Leslie, Jody, Jenifer or Teri are going to be there, please let me know at WMphycocenter@getalife.dud. Thanks for reading my lifes successes and enjoy seeing all your childhood friends.
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Lisa Sabottka
Hi everyone!! I have not been too good at keeping in any contact with our class of '78, except Christmas cards with Susie Russick Fenwick and Cheryl Meyer Eschoff, and it has been fun to read everyone's life stories. It is interesting that some of us have stayed true to form, others have moved into all sorts of different lives!! I would love to know about anyone in the "music crowd", for those of you who remember us.... I went on to UCD and graduated in '82 with a BS in Genetics, and then on to Stanford for 2 years of grad work in Molecular Genetics (at the start of the genetic engineering era), and then 1 year of Medical School at Stanford, while meeting my husband ( a plastic surgery resident). We married in July '84 and later moved out to New York City in '85 for him to finish his Plastic Surgery training. I transferred to Cornell Medical College and finished in '88 with my MD. From there, I put off my residency to have our first daughter (now 15), and never got back into medicine again. I have been at home in Greenwich, CT with 5 kids since then( Gillian, age 15, Darrick Jr., age 13, Leslie, age 10, Greer, age 5 and Meredith, age 3). My husband, Darrick Antell, is a plastic surgeon on Park Avenue in New York City (do you know of each other, Brent Moelleken???), and it allows me to concentrate on motherhood as a profession. I have to say I NEVER would have thought that I would be anything but a career woman, but I love managing a busy household and raising kids (my own "science experiments"). It is definitely a challenging job, though. You have to use every bit of wits, smarts and knowledge to keep ahead of their lives. I did manage to keep up with music later on by singing in a women's acapella group for 8 years, until I had my 5th child and built a house at the same time, and had to quit. Our oldest child is off to boarding school this fall at Lawrenceville, so theoretically it should get easier,but we will see!! I would love to come to the reunion , and happen to have plans to be in Calif later on that week to take my oldest daughter to crew camp at Stanford, but did not find out about this early enough to change my travel plans so cannot make it.I did not get to the 20th ( a new baby then), but I WILL get to the 30th, so keep me posted. If anyone comes to NY or Connecticut, look me up!!! Lisa Antell
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Dave Musker
OK, I guess I'll jump in and share my story as well. After Davis High, I left town and went to Cal Poly-SLO. None of my friends from DHS went there, but I made new friends and had a great time. I majored in Mechanical Engineering, and Graduated in 83. I had met a great girl, Susan,in my last year, and we got married right after graduation. We moved to Phoenix, AZ right after the honeymoon, and I worked for Digital Equipment Corp. there for 2.5 years. I hit a downsizing period, and we transferred to Colorado Springs, CO and lived there for 6 more years. In 'the Springs', we had two kids, Eric (now 16), and Steven (now 14). Hit another downsizing period in the computer industry, and moved north.....well to northern Colorado, to Longmont, a town just outside of Boulder. In Longmont, we had another child....Susan wanted a girl.... and had Leah (now 7 years old). I went into management with a company called Maxtor, and hated each and every minute of that job and company. I couldn't leave that company fast enough! So, I got a job at a small company, called Colorado Memory Systems. Well, 3 days after starting there, the company was bought by Hewlett-Packard....and I've been with HP for more than 10 years now. In 1997, Susan and I decided we'd like to be back in California (It had been 15 years), and our folks were retiring.....so we transferred back to the Roseville area with HP. We've been here for almost 6 years now. I'm still with HP (quite a miracle with the downsizing...), and am a product manager/engineer here. It's good work, great people, and fun most of the time. Susan and I have been married 20 years now. We are very involved with our kids, who are great. Eric is to be a Junior at Granite Bay HS, is brilliant in school, and involved with Football and Track (pole vault). Steven (Frosh to be) is also a great student, and plays soccer and volleyball. Leah, just loves to do everything...Soccer, Dance, gymnastics, school, music...everything. I played a bunch of tennis when living in Colorado Springs. I had a buddy that was my doubles partner, and we played tournaments and leagues all over Colorado. I began to play again when we moved to Roseville, but trashed my knee two years ago, and am still recovering. I've coached my sons soccer teams for 5 years, but am now "retired" since he moved this year up to the Competitive level. It's fun to read what others have done with their lives. Everyone's story is interesting and fun to read. Good luck to all. Dave
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Cindi Royval
25 years, oh my! Has it really been that long? Married in 1985 to Bruce Unger "74", had two beautiful boys, divorced in 1993. Skip to present.... started a residential care home for people with Alzheimer's disease (The Memory House, Inc.) in 1987, built bigger site in 1993. Wonderful rewarding work, but it sometimes breaks my heart. Love working with the clients, could do without all the employee drama. Serve on many committees and Board (bored) of Directors for Long Term Care and Senior Service issue. How such a raging Republican can care about so many social programs is yet unexplained. Loves of my life- Dean Charles (16),aka Golden Boy. This child could step in dog poo and make it a success. Bright, artistic and 16, what more must I say. Skateboarder and letterman at DHS, snowboarding, also plays rugby, that is footbal with pads or blocking. Adam Alberto (15), aka Lance Romance. If you plan on bringing your daughters ages 13-21 to the family picinic, please be aware that my son will be on high alert. Funny, loyal and his cup runneth over with testosterone. Lineman for Davis High football (JV). Apparently the jersey attracts girls, is that true Bill W.? After I cut off both arms and legs to pay for college, I plan to "retire" in Mazatlan and operate a private, small orphange. I hope to serve 6 boys and 6 girls. Have made a few trips down already. Next trip will purchase property. I love the mexican people. My boys and I started doing a ministry at the Davis Migrant Camp in 1992, hosted children in our home when their parents go back to MX in the fall. The children receive a much better education in the states. I applaud the parents who let them stay, how I would miss my own babies. I am building a 2 bedroom cottage on the orphange property, and already have a list of volunteers to work 4 days, vacation 1 week. Additions to this list would be appreciated. Already have alot of MD's but could use Roger Luhn if he is available. See you all in August. Fantastic job on the website Dave, good work.
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Tammara Berry Glauz
Recap of the first 20 years after graduation…Dropped out of college, got married, moved to Michigan, had my most wonderful son, Josh. Moved to the Bay Area, went back to school. Graduated in ’87 from the University of Arizona in Anthropology (Archaeology and Cultural). Moved back to Davis. Had my multi-talented daughter, Dacia. Went back to school and earned my teaching credential in ’95. I wanted to teach middle schoolers, preferably history. I got my foot in the door with my language arts credential and sorta got stuck there for awhile. I traveled a fair amount. We took a 12-week vacation around the country in a fifth wheel trailer when the kids were 12 and 4. We went to 38 states and 3 provinces. We also went to the Bahamas as a family. Doran and I went to Nepal, India and Bangkok. In the past five years…Josh graduated high school in ’99 and we took another cross-country trip, covering the southern states. We went took a trip north one summer and visited Nanci as well as some historical sites (what else?!). We went to China for three weeks this past Nov./Dec (Beijing, Xian, Yangtze River, Shanghai, and points in between). This past year I taught 6th grade ancient world history and 8th grade US history. I’m working on having more fun every year I teach. (Jill is an awesome role model). Next year it may be US history and computer classes. Dacia is 14 and will be a ninth grader. Josh lives in Santa Cruz. Besides Dacia and I at home we have two schipperkes, Shiva and Kokopelli. (Oh, and what happened to Doran??? Well...have you heard about the body parts found in the dumpster at Slatter's Court? I'll assert my rights guaranteed by the fifth amendment;)
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Steve Mackey
The highlights, the lowlights, the deep, despairing darkness that is 25 years of post high school life. I went to Sac State as a business major on the 4 year plan, living in the dorms for two years and then with Bill Eichert and Robert Pahl for about a year (where are you guys?). 3 years into it I knew I was not cut out for corporate America. That, combined with a couple of failed relationships (with women, not Bill and Robert—OK, there was this one goat—a female, though, I swear) and the end of my running career (due to constant injuries), left me in a crisis. To the surprise of everyone who knew me, I got a degree in English, and even though the screenplay that will be my ticket to fame and fortune is almost completed, I realized that writing wasn’t quite the career for me, either. A master’s in counseling came next, inspired by my quest to overcome my then life-long insecurities (and my predilection for goats). I’ve been counseling disturbed kids (the human kind) and their families in one setting or another since 1985. Currently, I work for Sacramento County as a Marriage and Family Therapist in a school for severely disturbed elementary aged kids, trying to get them and their families to change. It’s great when they’re motivated, a real challenge when they’re not (they’re mostly not). On the relationship side of things, I met my wife, Tonia, in 1986 when I was her boss at a group home for teens. We did the unethical thing for a while, but with the threat of a sexual harassment lawsuit hanging over my head, I agreed to marry her in 1990. She is a social worker. We now have the smartest, most beautiful, kindest, most athletic, and most humble (like her father) 8 year old daughter, Savannah, in all of Sacramento. She would be perfect if only she wanted to be a runner, but she has resisted my subtle and not so subtle attempts at influence. She insists she wants to be an actress. I haven’t given up hope of turning her into a point guard, though. She’s already got a mean crossover dribble. For those who even remotely care, after engaging in absolutely no athletics for about 5 years in my early twenties (hard to believe when it was just about my whole life as a kid), I had a good 15 year run of playing basketball on a city league team with some 1976 Davis grads and competing in occasional road races. Unfortunately, injuries have caught up with me again, but I manage to run a few times a week. I spend as many of my non-working hours as I can at, in, or floating on the American River, with my dog, Clown, in the winter, and my family/friends in the summer. We were very fortunate to buy a house that backs up to the river in a great spot, directly across from Cal Expo. I look forward to changing my work setting soon. I made a go of it with a matchmaking website/business a year ago (seriously! I thought I could turn my skills as a therapist and my huge interests in evolutionary psychology and courtship practices into something viable). I created it from scratch and was damn proud of it, but in the end, the competition, promotional costs, and additional strain of an already stressful full-time job took their toll on me and I had to throw in the towel. Unlike the other more common and more impersonal sites you see all over the web nowadays, I was actually the matchmaker (my wife was my co-partner. I didn’t think anyone would trust that a 40-something-year old guy alone could have a knack for this stuff). In hindsight, it really never had much of a chance, but it was a fascinating, maddening, and worthwhile experience creating a business and website. I had no prior experience with either. At least it led to an interesting gig as a relationship advice columnist with a local website, www.SacScene.com, where I get to scratch my itch for writing, relationships and therapy. I’m gearing up to stretch myself again pretty soon—maybe teaching, private practice, and/or even writing a book, hopefully with better results. Well, I think that’s about all the self-absorption anyone should be subjected to. Thanks to all who read this far, and thank you, Dave Weiher, for creating this forum. I would encourage everyone to write their story. They’re as fun to read as to write. I hope to see as many grads and friends as possible at the 30th, but unless a drastic change of plans is forced upon us, we won’t be able to make the 25th. The 20th was a blast. Take care ‘till 2008. Steve
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Cathy Dyck
Hello to everyone that might remember me, the shy girl that had the funny last name no matter how you pronounced it. I did attend the last reunion and it was great visiting with everyone. I left high school after early graduation. I went to work for a veterinarian in Willits, CA . I Lived there for quite awhile after meeting my husband Kevin, we have been happily married for 24 years! We have a daughter Allison (23) a son Edward (17) Alli is engaged to be married in November. She manages the main office for my company, Earth Saver®. She just bought a home in Arbuckle. Eddie graduated early ,like his mom, and is already working in Mendocino county building custom homes. He will be attending Humbolt state in the fall to be a Forrester. I lived in Mendocino County before moving to Petaluma where Kevin and I had a Precision Electronic/Sheet Metal Business, until we sold it and retired.(Yeah Right!) My father Rudy was terminally ill in ’98 at the last reunion. I was put in charge of our family business. Some of you might remember he was a great farmer. I restructured the family farm, after he passed away, into a erosion control business working together with air resources board, EPA, water resources, etc, etc.. Next time you are driving by a hill side or a construction site and you see a snake looking thing made of rice straw and keeping sediment from getting in our water ways, it was invented by my dad and I now sell them all over the world.(www.earth-savers.com) When I moved back to this area in ’98 I bought a house in Winters with the help of Davis’s greatest realtor Julie Partain. We sold the house in Winters and bought our dream ranch in Arbuckle. I am an addict of HGTV and love restoring old homes and I really have my hands full now with a 1915 craftsman. I have just completed phase 1. I raise performance quarter horses; have 2 dogs, 2 cats, 35 head of cattle, 2 pigmy goats, and chickens. I travel around to street rod events in my ’47 caddy convertable and Kevin in his '40 Ford Pick-up. I see my mom almost everyday and have my family and a few good friends around me. Life is good, I can’t complain. I travel to trade shows and work shops to promote our products I even sell in Kauai and get to have fun while I work! I’ll see you in August. Cathy (Dyck) McPhillips- Cathy@earth-savers.com
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Jill Spivey
After graduation i went to Colorado State University for a while, dropped out, moved to LaHabra Ca, worked in a donut shop (fun, fun, fun job!), moved to Downey after I hired by a friend to be a clerk in a mortgage banking office... see? Mr. Calhoun's typing class really paid off!!! (Say it with me, asdfjkl;)....worked there for a couple of years until the branch office was closed, so I took a transfer to the main office which was in...da-da-da-dah! Denver!... I worked in a variety of jobs (clerk, collector, forclosure, and yes, that WAS me on 48 hours...) for a variety of companies until I decided that I really liked bugs and other animals much better than taking away people's homes... so i went back to school part-time, quit mortgage banking, decided i needed to be able to pay the tuition, mortgage, etc, so became a cleaning lady (I know, try to believe that one) did odd jobs on the side, struggled through school, successfully jumped every hurdle the university put before me, and got my bachelor's in the record time of eleven years. While I was getting my degree, and thinking about what I might be interested in doing with a Biology major/Chem minor (besides cleaning toilets and installing bathroom tile) I decided to take a few education classes. The first class I was set to observe was 7th grade computers... pretty funny, since I had never owned a computer at that time, and did not even know how to turn them on. That was quite a long time ago, and i have since become quite proficient on them, thank you very much... but, i digress. Evidently, I was hooked. I completed my student teaching with the plan to teach 7th grade, but was hired at a high school instead. I've been at the same school for six years now, and I still believe that I am having more fun than anybody. I get to teach AP Biology, Physics, and Anatomy/Physiology (I wanna be just like Ms. Lercari when I grow up), and I get to hang out every day with wonderful, funny people who are outspoken, and very interesting. My students tell me that they may ditch their other classes, but never mine, because they think I am really funny, ... oh yeah, they think they learn a lot, too. Heck, I learn from them everyday. I suppose I should include something about a personal life... ummm... okay... yes, occasionally. I live in Denver, sing in a community chorus, hang out at science teacher workshops, live with two cats, have had the same car since I bought it used in 1988, enjoy cold beer and good wine, or whatever else Sarita happens to have at her house... and, I just finished my Master's degree - ironically, i was done with coursework and didn't know it, and ended up taking a few extra classes - the last one being a three week geology field study in Hawaii. Yeah, it was a tough way to finish ... I'll be at the reunion - I have very few memories of high school, or actually of anything before yesterday, so feel free to tell me stories about what I did back then. You may have to make something up... I was painfully boring and uninvolved, and for the life of me, I still don't remember the bunnies.
Jeff Burton
After High School I enlisted in the Air Force. After tech school I was stationed in the Azores for 15 months. Most people saved their vacation time to go home to the states, I went to Europe twice instead. I was transferred to Beale AFB in June of 1980. It wasn’t too long before I met a girl from Georgia at the church I was attending in Yuba City. She just happened to be an officer. I not only fraternized with an officer I married one. Denise and I were married in June of 1981. I got out of the service in July 1982. Our son Joseph was born in March 1983. Denise was transferred to Boston in September of 1983 where our next two kids were born. Kerry in January 1985 and David in January 1987. Denise became a stay at home mom when Joseph started school in 1988. We home schooled all our kids from day one. We left Boston in September 1987 and I took a job with Honeywell in Jacksonville Florida. Patrick arrived in March 1989. In May 1990 I transferred to the San Francisco office. In 1992 I transferred again to the Sacramento office. In 1995 I quit Honeywell and started my own business. Life was good in our house. Denise and I founded a private school which now has over 100 students. Denise was a big supporter to other moms who wanted to home school their kids. Then in December 1998 we learned that Denise had breast cancer. We survived surgery, chemo etc. and then in July 2001 the cancer was back. We went to a great clinic in Mexico where we got some excellent treatment. Our oldest two graduated from public high school together in 2001. They were #s 13 and 17 out of 450 or so. Kerry took a year off to stay with her mom. In August of 2002 she went off to college at age 17. She attends California Baptist University in River Side. Joseph attends Consumnes River College and works at a Ford Dealership in San Francisco. In January 2003 Denise fought her last battle. She had hoped to make it to Joseph’s wedding in March where he married his childhood sweetheart. Kerry is home for the summer. David will be the drum major for the Cordova High School marching band for the next two years. Patrick is still home schooled and getting ready to start high school. Me…. Well I’m learning how to be a single parent of teenagers. I am currently a project manager for a local electrical contractor. I missed the 20 year reunion and am looking forward to the 25th. We currently live in Rancho Cordova. See Ya in August, if not sooner. I'm listed in the phone book or email: jburton@unlimited.net
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Peter Hance
After graduating high school I went to UC Davis and, after eliminating all the fields that I didn’t want to major in for one reason or another, got a degree in Electrical Engineering. I spent most of my spare time working, training, and racing which didn’t leave much time for studying. Luckily, most of my classes were easy and I faked my way to a degree. I got a job in Washington State working at a small Navy base on Puget Sound where I started out developing computer based test systems for SONAR. I moved between various jobs at the same base, mostly developing software for various applications like shop scheduling systems, acoustic simulation and data collection for torpedo testing, and business applications. After a while they told be that I was being too useful and they wanted me to be a manager instead. I was a fool and let them promote me, and now I am deputy head of the IT department. It sucks. (Please excuse my language!) I still ride bicycles for fun and met my wife on a ride. We were married in 1985. My 2 step-children are now grown and out of the house (most of the time) but we have dogs, cats, a couple of miniature horses, a donkey, and sometimes our grand-daughter to keep us company.
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Myrna Vasquez
Hello everyone, I am gearing myself up to attend the 25 year highschool reunion. It was so wonderful to see all the familiar faces and not so familiar at the 20 year reunion. It was nice to see how tight our class has always been. And we all looked pretty good after all those years. Boy, did we have fun tearing up the dance floor!! I hope more people will share stories in preparation for our 25th reunion, where hopefully we will see all sorts of faces from other graduating classes. Since the last reunion, I have been divorced (again) and definitely bragging about it this time. I finally grew up at 40.(who would have guessed). My mom said I was a slow learner. Being a teacher, I can appreciate that! It's all good because what doesn't kill you, makes you stronger and wiser. Right? I think I'll leave the married life alone for awhile ;) Other than that, I have been living in San Diego. After graduating from SDSU, I loved it so much here that I stayed. I teach in National City(17 years). I love elementary kids so I am still trudging away trying to save all the whales in the sea, so to speak. I love the ocean so I bought a house at a good time in 1997(after my first divorce-yikes!) in Pacific Beach. I never had any children so my students will always be my babies, and my cat, who is my right hand male companion. I am thankful to him for catching the rodents around my hood. In 2002, I was named Teacher of the Month from the National City Chamber of Commerce and later received Teacher of the Year from my school, EL TOYON. This indeed was a great honor. I am,however, VERY ready for a summer break. Teaching is nothing like when we were all chitlins.Hey,I am still looking for the teacher's aide. Have you seen him/her???? Now I know what they mean when they say teachers where more than one hat. HELLO!! Thank you so much for setting this website up. I look forward to seeing all of you in August. I already bought my plane ticket and am crashing at my brothers house so all I need now is my class of "78" friends. Peace out, Myrnakai A.K.A. Myrna Vasquez
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Kathy Dunkak
Since high school, well, I really don't remember too much about the first 4 or 5 years after high school, except that Davis is a great party town. I met my children's father at "The Poorhouse" on Chiles Road. We were married for 6 years, and had two great girls. We started a glass business together in Folsom, then one in Cameron Park, then purchased an existing glass business in Placerville. Well, in 5 years, two kids and three new businesses took it's toll on our marriage. We struggled along for a year and finally called it quits. We share custody of our girls, live close, kept the businesses together until he remarried in 1992. I kept the one in Cameron Park, got my own contractors' license and then had a brain fart of a second marriage in 1995. All that one year disaster resulted in was a loss of a tremendous amount of my money, a miscarriage and a promise to NEVER DO IT AGAIN!!! During that horrible year and the months struggling afterwards I was blessed enough to have a friend drag me to our local community church. Aside from the fact that the music is fantastic, I was able to re-establish a relationship with the Lord and rebuild my life. I sold my business and went to work for somebody, basically ass an overpaid secretary. It was truly a relief to work for someone else, pick up my paycheck and calmly rebuild my life. I rebuilt my financial self, and bought a house in Cameron Park in 1997. It was a fixer upper, and I had nothing but time on my hands. An old friend, who was in the glass business, drug me back into the glass business, I worked in Rancho Cordova for a couple of years, but hated the commute. Then my ex (Steve, the first one) called, his wife had left, his manager had quit and would I please come to work for him? By now I had a boyfriend, Jeff, we had been together for a couple of years. Jeff and Steve always got along okay, Jeff has his own contracting business, so it was decided I would work 3 days a week for Steve, down in Folsom, and two days at home for Jeff. Jeff and I finally got married in October 2001 (third time's a charm!), New last name, Jurgens. Work is good, my girls are great. Amanda is 17 and graduates this year, Amy is 15 (she's alot like I was in high school......) and we are home schooling her. The girls have a step sister Christie, who is 20 and in the air force, and a step brother Jeffrey, 11, who lives with us most of the time. We love to spend time working in the yard and on our home, and camping is our favorite past time. We bought a motorhome and go all year, everywhere. Looking forward to seeing everyone at the 25th, the 20th was great! Great work Dave and all who help organize this. I've been involved in Rotary, Glass Associations, our local church, and I know how much work it takes to pull this off! Thanks! Oh yea, Kathy (Barry) lives in Sac. We still see and talk to each other (not nearly enough). We drug our husbands to a Tom Petty Concert a while ago...probably would have been better if we'd gone alone.... I used to have Chris Winger's, (still in Texas?) and Blaise Goodpastor's (still in Santa Rosa?) e-mail address. They're different now, if you guys read this, e-mail me. My e-mail address is kathlouise@hotmail.com.
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Debbie Cocke
hi to all who remember me! life is busy with 3 boys and a hubby in the army. well: went to texas a&m univ.-graduated in 12/82 with a bs in biomedical science. was hoping to go to vet school but they weren't looking at anybody under 3.9 gpa. went to nursing school in san antonio (what a great city!). graduated with a bs in nursing in 12/85. stayed in san antonio and worked in pedi icu at santa rosa children's hospital for about 3.5 years. did a travel nursing job i florida before i quit my icu job. it was a great experience. went to houston for a few years to help my sister thru pt school. then back to san antonio in '90. met my husband in '91 on a blind date dinner set up by some friends. he was in MN and transferred with the army to ft. sam houston. we married 10/92. to MA in '94-'01. had my three boys in leominster, ma. jimmy-6, marshall-5, carson-3. we are at ft. dix in new jersey now. will be moving to atlanta this summer (army). i still work-homecare and private duty nursing. i haven't gotten a raise in 15 years but the parttime and flexibility are great for the boys. dave (husband) is still here-he's an intel weenie and has not been deployed anywhere (yet). i won't be able to attend the renunion, but i'll be able to pull my album out of permanent storage and check out the memories this summer. take care, debbie
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Mickey Ridenhour
"Hello to all and thanks to Dave for establishing this site. Most, if not all of you that knew me, know me as Mickey rather than Mitch, so I’ll use Mickey on this site. Before high school finished I had already enlisted in the Marine Corps and left for Boot Camp in Sept 78. Did four years, three in Hawaii, visited Mexico, got out and came back to Davis and joined the Marine Corps Reserve. For the next two years I was working at Davis Lumber and Hardware, stayed in the Marine Corps Reserve (Sacramento Unit) and then reenlisted on Active Duty and was assigned to Twentynine Palms, CA about 60 road miles North of Palm Springs. I completed two deployments afloat to the Western Pacific that included stops in Australia, Japan, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, and Thailand. I met my wife, Marivic, during this time. I received a commission and was transferred to Norfolk, VA for the first time. From there I deployed to Panama in 89, the Persian Gulf for Desert Shield/Storm from Sep 90 to April 91 which included a short diversion to Somalia in Jan 91 to evacuate our Embassy, got married on Cinco de Mayo in 91 and worked in England and Norway in 92. Completed degrees in Criminal Justice at Old Dominion University in 94 and Criminology at Saint Leo College in 95. Transferred to North Carolina and deployed to Peru in 95, Bosnia in 96, Zaire and Sierra Leone in 97 for Embassy Evacuation Ops, and also landed in Austria, Bahrain, Bulgaria, the Canary Islands, Croatia, Greece, Israel, Italy, the Madeira Islands, Oman, Romania, Senegal, Serbia, Sicily, Spain, the United Arab Emirates, and Ukraine for work and play. I probably left some off but... My last assignment was with the Marine Corps Fleet Antiterrorism Security Battalion back in Norfolk as the Battalion Intelligence Officer where I retired on May 1st 2001. A few months too soon as it turned out with 9/11. After retirement I worked for a few months as a Supermarket Manager and then was hired by the Navy as an Antiterrorism Officer where I basically assist the Atlantic Surface Force in individual and team security training and equipment issues. I am also involved with the review and rewrite of a number of courses and instructions ranging from small arms weapons qualification to security plans, to the Master-at-Arms (Navy Police/Security) rate/Military Occupation Specialty reviews. We have three children, Amy, John, and Miraquel, and live on a 27 Acre Horse Farm in Chesapeake VA. Well, my life in a nutshell. Hope to see everyone in summer 03 for our 25th. Haven't been to one since the 5th in 83.
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Jeff Peters
Since I didn't post anything on the last reunion website, I guess I have to summarize 25 years in less than 25 lines. My high school memories are more like a flash back, but I do remember working at AJ Bumps downtown when I was a junior-turned out to be a good thing because it paid for my college education. After a year off from high school, I started out at Sac City (Freeport U by the Zoo) and then transferred to UC Davis, majoring in Dietetics with a minor in hotel/restaurant management. I thought I wanted to be a restaurant manager. A couple of years before I graduated, a graduate student/TA of one of my classes and my advisor suggested that I go onto graduate school. So I did, this time majoring in Nutrition Science. During the latter part of this time (not quite before I was in the 25th grade), I met my wife-to-be Kathy. She was working for the UCD graduate student association, and I was part of the graduate council-how hard is that to believe? She finished up and went on to University of Michigan to do another masters in Genetic counseling while I was wrapping up my dissertation, so we did the long distance relationship thingy. Kathy moved back to Davis and started working at Kaiser in Sacramento, as I was starting a post-doc at the Institute of Toxicology and Environmental Health at UCD. We got married in 1995 at St. James, and then she was recruited to the Genome Project at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda. MD since she used to work with a group of people who worked with the guy who runs the Genome Project. Anyway, serendipity strikes again and one of the people who was trying to convince her (and I) to move out east found me another post-doc at the National Cancer Institute. Turns out to be the best move for both of us. While at NIH, we had our first boy, Michael, now 4 years old. He was actually born the day I was interviewing here at Penn State, needless to say, I had to cancel the interview at the time and headed back to MD just in time to see him born. I guess it was just meant to be, and we ended up taking new jobs here at Penn State in late 1999. Kathy teaches genetics and ethics, and I am now running my own lab and teaching environmental toxicology and developmental toxicology. My research focuses on how nuclear hormone receptors regulate cancer, primarily skin, colon and liver. Quite a career change from my original desire to be a restaurant manger. If you're curious about my lab, check out our website: http://www.cas.psu.edu/docs/CASDEPT/VET/JPeters.htm Since arriving here in State College, we have had our second child, Elizabeth, who is not quite one year old. Elizabeth is crawling, and ready to start walking pretty soon. Michael is a great boy, he loves playing t-ball in the front yard, riding his bike on the driveway, or playing in the snow in the winter. Michael and I go baseball card hunting with a friend of mine and his son just about every Saturday. State College is a great town, very similar to Davis in its small town environment, but quite different in terms of seasonal changes and being located in the Appalachians. When football Saturdays arrive 6 times per year in the Fall, the town becomes overwhelmed with football fever, and the games are great. Well , that was 25 lines. It was great seeing everyone at the last reunion, and I am looking forward to the next one in August.
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Sarita Cooper Snipes
Ok, I'll break the ice and get this rolling for the 25 year. I had to look back on my post from 5 years ago to see how far I've come. Well the first thing I have to say is that I feel as though I've come full circle. I mean 20something years ago there we were battling our hormones and here we are again (are you with me girls???!!). And for those of us who had our kids soon after college, we are blessed with hormonal teenagers of our own at the same damn time!!! Anyway, now that modern medicine is working on ways to help us out, I guess I can move on to other things (or at least hope for a good night's sleep). When last we met I had just had my third child and only daughter. Five years later she's running the show in our house- heading off to kindergarden and alternating between pushing her teenaged brothers around and wrapping them around her little finger. Raising kids these days has its ups and downs but at least there's never a dull moment.I can't get over how much more demanding school is for them than it was for us. Seems like we just skated through, enjoyed a healthy social life and skipped off to college. But the story is so much different for our kids! Of course for the teachers too. I have been teaching 4th grade science at Valley Oak for the last five years and love it. The brain power in Davis is incredible! And in fourth grade everyone loves science so I have 120 eager minds all hanging on my every word (ok, maybe not EVERY one, but at least a few!). I love the little darlings but I also love being home so I have balanced the two by working only three days a week. Truly the best of both worlds. I'm still with my Internet husband, Chuck, and he's still great. He just opened his own pharmacy in Davis. It's a compounding-only pharmacy which means he tailors medications for patients who can't get what they need from the big drug manufacturers. He's one of the good guys and I'm really quite proud of him. In addition to this all, we are blessed to have a Danish exchange student living with us. We are really enjoying trading cultural experiences and hope to visit his family in Denmark sometime in the near future. In my oh-so-precious-few spare moments, I work on scrapbooks, sew clothes for my daughter, make quilts and research my family history. Re-adapting to Davis life has been both a challenge and a joy for me. But the best part is being part of the hub. Be sure to stop by my place after the reunion for a post-party party (some things NEVER change!) Looking forward to seeing you all agian, Sarita Cooper Snipes
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Sue Abdi Lincoln
I was born a poor...no, that's not my story. After finishing high school a bit early I went to Heald Business College for an accounting degree. I had a son, Daniel, at 18 and worked as an office manager and bookkeeper for a restaurant for a couple of years. I was a single parent. I then went on the manage a movie theater in a small town on the coast. At 20 aand being a single parent I decided that I should get more serious about a career, I got certified from H&R Block to do taxes, but that didn't seem great either. I floundered around for a couple of years working as an office manager in a brokerage house and wrote music on the side (I sold a song to Warner Brothers in Japan in 1985). On my 24th birthday I woke up and decided that I hated my job, my apartment and my son's school so I changed everything in two days. I aanswered an ad for a small publishing company that was looking for an office manager and started a few days later. We decided to open a video tape catalog company, special interest videos and the first of it's kind and I began doing advertising sales. I finally found my nitche. At one point I was reping 3 magazines, and running my son from karate to club scouts to tap dancing to little league and on and on. My life was perfect except that I hadn't found anyone that I wanted to marry. I had a great job and fabulous son and time to have fun. I decided to go back to school and finally get my education. At 28 I started a community college and by 1993 was transfering into UC Davis after finishing my AA with honors. I was even the student speaker at my graduation. In the summer of 1993 my life turned on a dime, my son thougth he had the flu and it turned out to be an intesception of the bowel. He had a heart attack and died three days later. Daniel was 13 and would have been 23 now. He was a very strong guy, a drummer in 4 bands, his heart was so strong that we were able to donate it. He now lives on to the beat of a different drummer. If any of you heard about the recent death of Maurice Gibb, he and Daniel died of the same thing. Life for me was very hard the next couple of years. With a high stress in tow I decided to keep very busy and started at Davis to get my degree in psychology six weeks after Daniel Died. I was unable to keep up my A's at UCD with my new life but I did manage to finish over a 3.0 and did a senior thesis on attachment. I also now counsil parents who have lost children. In 1994 I met a very cute scientist/artist who had lost his wife the year before and we fell in love and got married in June of 1996. We began right away trying to have a baby and what a mean trick, we couldn't get pregnant. We tried for five years doing every infertility process you can imagine. Finally in May of 2001 (right before I turned 40) we did invitro. We put in 6 eggs and bam, one took. On February, 13 2002 we had a beautiful baby girl, Mckenna Danielle Lincoln. Life will always be bitter-sweet without Daniel, Mckenna eases the pain a little! The company I worked for was sold in 1998, I still work for the new company. Now in my 18th year with one of the magazines. I'm representing 8 now. I work from home and get to spend a lot of time with Mckenna. I travel quite a bit for work and drag my family with me. We are addicted to Alaska and try to go up there every year. We go again this June. We own a house in Woodland and my husband works for UC Davis. Life is good. There is so much more to my story but I think that will work for now. Thanks for your time. Sue Abdi Lincoln
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Heidi Kossen
Hello to the Class of 1978 from Heidi "Kossen" Krannitz. I have been living in Seattle, Washington since moving after my sophomore year from Davis. I often wished I was able to stay in Davis and graduate with the rest of you. I have many fond memories of having so much fun! After moving to Seattle, I experienced the culture shock of attending a very small, private school. Our graduation class had 25 students and the majority of them lived on farms and talked mostly about cows! Most of the students had attended this same school since kindergarten so they had a lot of interesting questions for this blonde, California transfer student like "How many times have you been on American Bandstand" and "How many Hollywood stars do you know?" Remember, they were right off the farm! The local public school activities - football games, dances and parties kept me sane. The first year in Seattle of rain, rain and more rain drove me to escape to the Yosemite mountains for the summer where I spent time with Barb Nielsen (McLaughlin) working at a camp for kids, digging trails, life guarding, playing volleyball, plotting my return to Davis and generally having a great time. I regained my tan and sanity just in time to return for my senior year in Seattle. Undergraduate work was done in Michigan where I met my husband when we were 18! What were we thinking? We married after graduation at the old age of 22 and will be married for 21 happy years this June. Whew! We played a lot of basketball and volleyball in college and have been playing volleyball competitively for the last 20 years. You know the saying -- "You don't stop playing because you grow old, you grow old because you stop playing!" We don't dare stop. (We just find ourselves taking Advil before and after each tournament!) We both attended graduate school at the University of Washington. Bryan is an architect with his own firm in Seattle. We designed and built our own home 6 years ago complete with the California swimming pool which gets used only 3 months a year and needs to always be heated. Alas! I am the Director of Risk Management at Northwest Hospital and Medical Center where I have been for 14 years. A little wild and crazy every day. We are the parents of two teenage daughters, Brittany (16) and Morgan (13). Both are strong students and athletes. Watching your children drive and date is a whole new challenge (The techniques learned in Lamaze breathing come in handy for both!) Looking forward to seeing all of you this summer. Hoping you are all happy and well. (It is going to be fun being in a room of 43 years olds!) - Heidi
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George West
Hello Everyone. My life story has basically remained the same since the 20th Reunion....Still living in Orangevale and working for the Federal Government as a Graphic Artist. My wife Lyn is an office manager for Orthopediac & Podiatric Doctor's. We have been married 8 years. I have 2 stepsons. Bret is 19 and attending Sierra College in Rocklin. Ryan is 15 and a sophomore at Casa Roble High School. My son Alec, will be 7 this summer. I have always wondered about the following classmates. I have not seen them since I left Davis after 9th grade. Sharon Champlin, Cindy Ewing, Dago Lopez, Charles Robb, Ellen Robertson, Lisa Vinnard and Tammy Wacholtz. Does anyone know where and what these classmates are doing? I find it hard to believe 5 years have gone by since the 20th reunion. I am looking forward to seeing everyone again at the 25th. Thanks to Dave Weiher for being our webmaster and bringing us all together again.
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Brent Moelleken
I'm really looking forward to the reunion and will be there with my wife Dayna (we're getting married this April). I was a geek at Davis Senior High School and have not changed my ways. I kept studying until they told me to stop, in 1995. Now I am a plastic surgeon in Beverly Hills (you can see how old I got on my website drbrent.com). We have no kids yet, but hope to have some soon. She insists on waiting until after the wedding for some reason, and have to be happy with our German shepherds for now. We travel a fair amount -- both of us love Italy and have been biking through Tuscany and Puglia. Both of us work too much but we like our work. Dayna hosts the TV show Extra. She also makes fun of me on the Rick Dees radio show when I can't fight back. We will be at the reunion and look forward to meeting my old classmates.
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Brett Morgan '79
I just read through most of the message board and did not see anybody from the class of '79. I know, the webmaster is a '78 grad, and thus the '78 bias, but Dave is (still) a good friend and he invited me to post something on the board, so here goes. By way of reminder, I was on the DHS Wrestling Team, the older brother of Karen (DHS '82, now Karen Yount, still in Davis), hung out with Paul Lewis and other Wrestling Team members, and parked my Dad's '66 VW bus on the campus quad during the annual Car Show. I became a Christian right before my Senior year in highschool and enjoyed that year the most. I graduate from Cal Poly, SLO, in '94 (crammed four years of college into five), and then drove limousines for a year in SLO to save tuition for the first year of law school. During that year I dated a very good college friend, Kim, and married her in July of '95. Law school at UOP in Sacramento (McGeorge) started a month later and the next three years flew by. We have lived in the Sacramento area since '85, with most of that being in Elk Grove where we live now. We have four beautiful children - girl, boy, girl, boy, ages 13, 11, 6 and 5. We attend church, go to a million soccer games the children are in, pay for music lessons, pick up lots of toys, and do the other things families typically do. My wife is beyond compare and I am really blessed to have her as my wife. Once out of law school I tried civil law for a year, but did not like it. I went to the Sacramento County DA's Office on a limited five-month contract to fill a vacant position. Thankfully a spot opened up and I worked there for 9+ years. A highlight of my time there was heading the parental child abduction unit (I guess it should have been called the child recovery unit). For the 2.5 years I was on the team we averaged one child returned per calendar day, and did some international recoveries from Mexico and Romania. There were some very memorable recoveries and wonderful parent/child reunions. The majority of my time at the DA's Office was spent prosecuting felons, which I thoroughly enjoyed. The last four years I have been at the CA Attorney General's Office as an appellate-level criminal prosecutor. Primarily, deputy attorneys general oppose the appeals filed by convicted defendants who don't like the idea of having to do serious prison time. That's what I did for the first couple of years, but the last two years I have headed to back-to-back criminal investigations. The first dealt with whether the energy consultants hired by the State of CA had conflicts of interests in the $47 billion worth of energy contracts the State entered into in 2001. The second investigation is still ongoing and deals with whether anybody violated the law in connection to a large contract the State entered into with Oracle Corp. for the purchase of data base software. It has been a very interesting investigation that has stretched my white-collar crime investigative skills. Sometimes I can't believe I am 42 years old. Some days, my DHS days don't seem like they were that long ago. I was recently reminded of some of you when I got together with Dave Weiher and Bob Whitworth (DHS '79) to watch the State Wrestling Championships in Stockton. I have fond memories of my high school years and it was great to hear from Bob and Dave about some of you. Take care, and I hope to hear from some of you. brettkim4@citlink.net 3/11/03
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Greg Skaggs
Greg Skaggs' short story: After DHS I went to UCD. Econ was really boring, so I switched to Mechanical Engineering, graduating in 83. I joined the Air Force, and was stationed in Washington DC from 83 to 87. I didn't see anybody there from DHS. Where were you all hiding? I spent a year in Korea (South), and was on my way to South Carolina when I stopped in for the 10th reunion. I met my wife Anne while we were both at Shaw AFB. We were married in 1990. We have three kids. Jason is 12, Jon is 10, and our daughter Jordan is 8. Anne started med school in 91. In 95, when she graduated, I left the Air Force and we moved to Tallahassee for Anne's Family Practice residency. When she finished in 1998 we moved back to South Carolina. I work at Shaw AFB as a civilian. I need to retire from somewhere someday, so I am buying back my military time. We live in Elgin, SC, (Anne's practice is in Elgin) on 84 acres of woods. We are slowly turning it back into a farm. We have chickens and dairy goats (and dogs and cats). We are all involved in 4-H, Anne was a club leader at our kids Montessori school. Anne and the kids have won lots of ribbons at state and county fairs for their chickens, crafts, and cooking. Jay and Jon have both won state 4H championships in bread-baking. I coach 11-14 year olds in soccer, and I sometimes teach air rifle. Anne's hobbies are making cheese and handmade soap (which we sell), and we also sell eggs. My hobbies are working around the house and yard, hiking on our trails, and commuting. I play soccer every once in a while, too. Is that short enough? Thanks Dave for the web site, and thanks Rick for the reunion. I haven't been to Davis since 96, and I am looking forward to seeing all of the changes in town and on campus. I hope I see everybody in August.
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Adrienne Minnis
This is Adrienne Minnis (now Diaz) Hi guys! Looks like most of the postings were made before/after our last reunion. Am I wrong? That means you all were still in your 30's when you wrote. We're now 42. Wow, what a difference a new decade makes. Life has had it's turns and has given me lots to work with and work through. I have 3 children from Jaime Medina, with whome I was married forever until he started to take drugs. Alden is 18 next week, Alex is 15, and Elizabeth is 12. They are all taller than me. Not hard to do. The boys are starting to drive and yes, it is important to spend a lot of time with them while they learn to drive before sending them off to driving school. Boy, it has driven me alomst to prozac, but a tall glass of wine usually does the trick. I graduated UCD in 4 years, went right into my masters at Sac State (3year program for School Psychology). Graduated, worked one year for San Fransisco Unified and then moved to San Diego working for San Ysidro School District (right on the border)where I supported the family while Jaime finnished his studies and passing his exams to become a practicing dentist. Between the birth of Alden and Alex I went back to school to get my administrative credential at San Diego State U. I finaly finished my credential after the birth of Elizabeth. I have worked in many of the neighboring Districts as a psychologist and for 2 years was an assistant principal. I now work at a high school with a population very similar to that of Davis High. I think about our high school experience frequently because I'm continually exposed to kids in angst and crisis. I have had teaching jobs on and off at the university level and do some consultant work from time to time. That is filtering off as of late because I charge a lot. I have done some spontanious translation work, but found my mind does NOT work that fast, but man was that good pay! I have done parenting groups and worked with different curriculums in the classroom. I do school psych training and have done so for the past 15 years. God, this is probably more than anyone wants to know...... 3 years ago August I married my second husband, Ralph Diaz. The divorce is final at the end of this month. Good man, we're still friends, just not good with kids. When I had to run physical interference between him and my oldest, I knew it was over. My life now is that of administrator at work, running a program with 13 teachers and 34 instructional assistants. I have a large school with programs ranging from severely handicapped to kids in the regular program with Resource support. My family life consists of Tuesday's eating at mom's, Wednesdays out with the girls, and weekends running around with kids. My Saturdays typically consist of gardening and visiting with friends, or standing out on a soccer or la crosse field. The kids are athletic and active. The boys and I have a gym membership, and they are the ones that help me stay focused on my fitness goals. Alex wants to get "buff" because he grew so tall, he's kind of lean. I have a big German Shepard "Buck" who takes me on a daily walk. No other pets. I date from time to time, but have decided I like having 2 closets to myself, so I'm not inviting anyone to come home with me. My brother Dorrick Minnis received his masters in criminology and is a probation officer writing reports for the court. My dad Doug Minnis still works for UCD and started the joint doctorial programs in Fresno and helped start the new campus at Merced. My mom moved in around the corner from me when I lived with Jaime. I lost that home when Jaime ran off with all our money and I started getting sued from every angle. She now is 7 miles away. My sister Kevin lives with my mother (takes care of her) and is working for North Island Naval Base managing the bowling alley and restaurant. I have been able to get back on my feet and have a brand new home that I had built from the ground up. It is my dream home. All is well and life is good. I don't know if I will be able to make it this year to our reunion. I have a week in Hawaii scheduled. However, I always go home 4th of July to spend time with dad. Joan Deupree, Myrna Vazquez, Don and Sue Sawer and Bill and Linda Fairfield (and ALL of our kids)usually are in attendance of our annual B-B-Q at dad's. You are all welcome (including kids). We all walk to North Davis after eating with our blankets. We usually take up a big spot. Hard to miss us! Hard to write "your story" in a nut shell. The real story is yet to come. Looking forward to a great life, great loves, and exciting adventures! How about you? :) Adrienne