Dos Pueblos High School

Class of 1970

Students

I've done so many things since high school, it is hard to know where to start.
Career:
    Finished Cosmetology school and was a hair dresser for one year before I went to college (SBCC, Santa Rosa Jr. College, Sonoma State, and finally UCSB) and received a BA in Sociology and my Secondary Teaching Credential.
    Taught part-time at Santa Barbara High School working with pregnant teens and teen parents for eight years over a twelve year period.  Also taught Family Health in Summer School.
    Owned two maternity shops for four years, one in Santa Barbara and one in San Luis Obispo.
    Started and was Executive Director of The Adoption Center in Santa Barbara for seven years.
    For the last seven years I have been a consultant and trainer, with a primary focus on Communication, Teamwork, Cultural Change, and Public Speaking.  I have traveled extensively for work throughout North America and
to Australia.
    And... I'm still not sure what I want to be when I grow up. :-)
Family:
    I am single (yes, again!).  I've been married three times and am now sure I am best off with the single life.
    I have five children (Jason - 29!, Heath - 25, Tyler - 21, Shylene - 15, and Sherissa - 14) and no grandchildren :-(  However, Jason is getting married next year so maybe by the 35th reunion I'll have at least one. Obviously, Shylene and Sherissa are still at home.  They are adopted and only six months apart.  They are finishing their freshmen year at San Marcos and are on the Marquettes dance team (obviously not my biological children).  All of my kids have gone to Santa Barbara or San Marcos.  I have been unable to get any of them to attend our Alma Mater!
    I also have a black Pomeranian named Prince who brings me a great deal of Joy.
    I'm looking forward to seeing everyone at the 30th year reunion, even though my middle-age spread has hit! :-)
Best Regards to All

Tim Bristol
e-mail:  pintofarmr@yahoo.com

First I'll thank Steve Schalla for his input and now I'll fill in some of the blanks. That is, I'll fill in as much as is prudent. I'm fairly certain that any actions which in retrospect may seem crazy or indiscreet were, at the time, an awful lot of fun and a harmlessly adventurous signature of my humble place within our generation. Selective memory is a luxury of the aging process, or the techies might call it 'compression software'. Still, to quote the Grateful Dead, "What a long, strange trip it's been!" I went to SBCC for about a year and a half during the early 70s, and BSed (not a kind of degree) my way to better grades than I ever got at DP. Mostly, I flirted around and hiked in the canyons and hung out naked in the sun. I worked enough to know that I didn't really like to work very much. My various jobs included but were not limited to: firefighter (USFS), leather goods artist, rock and roll singer, real estate (I hated the selling but learned about buying it), solar energy educator, bartender (1 night), etc, etc. I hitch-hiked up and down the Pacific Coast several times, before the ratio of psychos increased dangerously. I travelled to Mexico several times and all over the West, with extended stints in Taos, NM and Sitka, AK and Friday Harbor, WA. I received my advanced degree in Hippie Cultural Studies at UHK (University of Hard Knocks), a 'roads' scholar so to speak. To quote former DP teacher Jan Ratliff (my realtor boss), "Tim, some people go to school . . . others go to escrow." So I went to escrow in '76 on a house on the Riviera in SB (I still own it for rental income). My ultimate chosen profession, by process of elimination, was building construction. I liked carpentry and the building process and enjoyed periodically receiving unemployment insurance so I could hang out naked some more. I parlayed that into working for the County, which for a career non-worker is like hitting the lottery. Actually, I did some good there, first in the Housing Rehab Loan Program and later as a Building Inspector during the 80s. I became a General Contractor in 90 and worked on several obscenely ostentatious ego-boxes in Montecito and Hope Ranch, from which I was rewarded favorably. During the late 80s and 90s I also worked on my own spec-building projects, from 93-97 in Paonia,CO and 97-99 back in SB. The latter of which gained enough value to allow me to retire to Costa Rica in Fall 99 where I can now hang out naked in the hammock overlooking the blue Pacific. 

If I haven't used up more web-space than Lornie or Farb I'll tell you about my family: My wife Linda is a UCSB Geology grad, the smart one in our gene pool. We married in 87 after living in sin for 4 years (forgive me, Christian brethren). She worked part-time for several years as a geologic cartographer and then for the County Planning Dept., as well as being a mom to our 2 daughters. Zoe is 10 and Eva is 5 so we will have a while to wait for grandchildren. Our girls are the lights of our life and I feel real lucky to be able to spend my time with them. We're all getting pretty good at Spanish and are making friends here in tranquil Nosara. We boogie-board alot and I howl back at the Howler monkeys in the trees and if you come visit I'll put my shorts back on. Peace and Love, Tim Bristol

e-mail:  pintofarmr@yahoo.com

P.S. If anybody finds Jeff Coursey, let me know

Russell (Rusty) Burke
Email:

Charles Burns
email:cburns85022@yahoo.com

I teach at a college currently as chair of the PSY division, but I'll put in for time off.
Since DP, I floated around Goleta for two years working at Goleta Valley Hospital and attending SBCC.  Then I went to bible college from '72-'76 and got a BS in ministry.  In '76 I moved to Phoenix to marry my wife of 24 years and produce a son. Zach, which is now 11 years old  I've worked in the minisrty/counseling field after receiving a Masters in Counseling and becoming state certified in Arizona with a CPC (Certified Professional Counselor).  I am currently finishing up a Doctor of Education degree in college administration.  Now I am the Dean of Students at a college and also teach counseling and Psy retated subjects.

I have yet to attend a reunion for DP.  I'll make a stab at this one on Sept 23

Pat (Pati Coe) May
Email pmay@mato.com
Spearfish, SD

After High School I went to Bible College for one year in Salem, Oregon. Married my high school sweetheart, Bill May, in 1972. (Not from DPHS) We have three daughters, 3 sons-in-law, 3 grandaughters and 1 grandson. Our daughters are
Angela (23), Idella (20) and Sandi (20). Yes they are twins. It's been a fun time. Our grandkids are the best thing that happened to us since our daughters were born. We even like our sons-in law. We lived several places in California after Bill got out of the Air Force in 1975. We moved to South Dakota in 1989 and wouldn't move back for the world. We wanted a safer environment for our girls and we love it here. My husband, Bill, works at a Saw Mill and I work for a State Farm Insurance Agent and am licensed in 4 lines of insurance. I've been looking for Anne Turner who graduated with us and I haven't seen her since graduation. She had a brother a year or two younger than us and I know both her parents passed away in 70 or 71.

Gail Copley
EMail; DrGail@aol.com

Went to college after graduation and between marriages and raising two daughters have attained a BS in Accounting from Sonoma State, MS in Psychology and MS in Education, Ph.D. in Psychology and Ed.D. in Education. Have worked as an accountant, teacher of K-12, High School Counselor and Administrator and most recently an Elementary school Principal. Daughters Michelle (23) and Jennifer(24) are both married. Have a step-daughter Cindy(22) who was married on 11/7/98. Have 7 grandchildren and am raising two granddaughters from my husband's oldest daughter. They are Ashley(6) and Ciera(3). Needless to say life is full and busy. Am actively pursuing a Superintendency position in
NO. CA. or Colorado. Our favorite state is Colorado and we hope to move there eventually. There is always that hope of winning the Lottery!!!!!! Would love to keep in touch. The closest I get to Santa Barbara is to drive through occasionally. Those who have managed to stay, hats off.

Doug Corbin  
email:dcorbin@asf.com

After UCSB, I went for an M.S. in Imaging Science at RIT (Rochester Inst. of Technolgy). Then, got a job with Polaroid in Boston in new product development (6 years). Went to Itek Optical Systems in Lexington, Mass. for 3 years doing image quality studies for classified govt customers. Finally, I went to Kodak in Rochester in 1988 and was there until 1996 when I went on educational leave to get a 2nd MS (Color Science), again at RIT. I am still a single guy after all of these years. At this point don't know if I'll be returning to Kodak.

The saga continues.....
Well, I didn't return to Kodak.  In fact, in late 1998, I went to work for a company called Applied Science Fiction - huh? you say.  It's a company in Austin, Texas that has a lot of novel imaging technologies such as Digital ICE that's used in film scanners and ASF has Digital Film Processing (see at http://www.asf.com).

I don't use my old CompuServe email much any more.  Much better to use my work email which is above.  I've also attached a funky Polaroid passport picture of me taken last month (5/2000).

Richard Crestfield
e-mail:  Racomega3@aol.com

Rich is married, three daughters (17, 15 & 10) Living in Florida...

Laurie Ann (Desrosiers) Ogden
email: laogden@hotmail.com

After graduation, I didn't know what to do with myself, but since dancing had always been "my place to go", I moved first to North Hollywood, and took many classes in classical ballet.  It was difficult and didn't last long, and through the rest of '70 and most of 1971, I lived a variety of places in southern California, mostly dancing (ballet, jazz & modern).  On New Year's Eve day, 1972, I flew to NYC (the BIG APPLE), to be with my closest friend, Susan Hunter from San Marcos.  I went to a few classes in NY and found that even though I had great talent, I was too short for most companies, and gave up the 'professional' life OOOOHHHHH :(  For the next two-1/2 years I continued to live in NYC, though, working for Jack LaLanne Health Spa and the American Cancer Society.  Life was not heading in any direction at all, so I moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota, to live with my sister and grandfather. It seemed better than 'just floating'. (Ya know! it never even occured to me go to college - not ever!! Hmmm?)   That was at Christmas-time 1974, and in Februrary 1975 my life completely turned around for the positive.  I was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and that March met my future husband (he was raised in the Church) We were not married until 1 year later, in March 1976, in the Provo, Utah Temple.  We had our first child, Amanda Lynn, the following February, 1977, Emily Marie in November, 1978, Olivia Erin in August, 1980, George Lloyd in April, 1983 and our fifth and last, Sarah Jane in August, 1986.  Amanda was married in 1996, had our first grandson, Blake Sterling, in June 1998, and (unfortunately, divorced in 1998).  Emily is to be married this May 13, 2000 and Olivia was married in March, 2000.  George is a junior in high school and Sarah is in 8th grade.  All of our children were in the top concert & jazz bands of their schools, playing flutes, clarinets, bass clarinet, contra-bass clarinet, trumpet, mellofone, french horn, tenor sax and baritone sax.   They also have been in a variety of choirs, stage plays (musical & drama), and Emily did many, many years of gymnastics, both club and high school, where she earned state and national high school titles, and was team captain 3 years.  George wrestles, and usually makes it to district finals tournments.  Sarah is a soccer 'feind' and loves the position of 'goalie' best, and wants "desparately!" to play for the high school team next year.   My husband graduated from the University of Minnesota, St Paul Campus, in Veterinary Medicine, and we've lived in Minneapolis; Payette, Idaho; Longview, Washington, and for the last 13-1/2 yrs, in Vancouver, Washington, where he is the Assistant Director of the Labratory Animal Department at (O)regon (H)ealth (S)ciences (U)niversity.   Amanda will soon move, with her son (augh!) to SLC, Utah to try to remake her life, Emily and her husband, Carlos, will finish their schooling at BYU, she in health occupations, he in the computer field.  They will live in both Virginia, and Argentina.  Olivia and Tim are both going to be teachers, she in music, he in biology & chemistry. They will stay in Vancouver for at least another 3 years, then possibly move to Florida, to work for Disney World in their respective fields.  George wishes to be a dentist and Sarah - well, then there's Sarah!  She really hates school and is allergic to all 'school projects'. I have known all my life that I am allergic to peanuts and recently had an "accidental" anaphalactic reaction that actually 'killed me' for about 5 minutes.  Due to the heroic and talented efforts of OHSU doctors, they revived me, and I spent 7 days in the hospital, regaining my strength.  It was a horrible experience, and, obviously, hope never to repeat it!  That brings me current.  I hope that the reunion is a fun one - it's hard to believe that we've been out of high school for 30 years - my brain still feels 18 (tho' I can't say the same for my body!)  

Love and God Bless, Laurie Ann (Desrosiers) Ogden, Bryan, Amanda & Blake, Emily & Carlos,
Olivia & Tim, George, and Sarah.

Ken Doty & Charlene (Williford) Doty
(information provided by Robin McCarthy)

Debbie (Hager) Brown
email: brown2@tcsn.net

I married Paul Brown (San Marcos graduate 1970) in 1973. We have 3 daughters: Sarah is 23. She married Jason Baker a year and a half ago. Jenny is 20 and just married Zach Hanna last weekend. Melissa is our youngest. She is 17 1/2 and will be a senior in high school. We lived in Goleta for years - on the same street I had lived on when in high school. Paul works for Capitol Hardware. I stayed home with the kids then worked at various jobs over the years. Five years ago, Capitol Hardware bought a store in Paso Robles. Paul came up here to manage it. The girls and I followed 16 months later. We were able to buy a place with 14 acres and it has two houses on it. We bought it together with my parents. They live in one house and we live in the other. It is out in the country with beautiful, peaceful views and we love it. We are very involved in our church here. Paul sings on the Praise Team and teaches a Sunday School class for young adults that I help with. So far, our married children are staying close by and we hope it can stay that way. I am working in a dental office. Though we are only 2 hours away, our lives have been so busy that we rarely come to S.B. We've had our ups and downs and God has been extremely faithful. We will be celebrating our 27th wedding anniversary this coming September. High School seems a million miles away.

Email: bhampton1952@roadrunner.com
Motorcycle Web Page: http://www.hamptonrpi.com/stsabre/

Linda Jack (Kate Rogers)
<mailto:Windchimes_kate@hotmail.com>

Hi there, Classmates! Was known in school as Linda Jack, but have since taken on my middle name (Kate) and the name of my ex-husband (Rogers). My best girlfriends were Linda Moore, Jessica Loomis, Anne Goodman, Eloise Clark and Karna Williams. Ohhh, the trouble we managed to concoct! I know where Jess and Lindy are, but none of the rest, so if you here from them....
Sounds like our class was strong on military! In high school, I was one of those stoned-out hippies, always protesting, which OF COURSE is why I have become a conservative Christian, working as a legal secretary for a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney in Washington State. The short definition for that is: I R O N Y
Mother of 3 children I am MOST proud of, two in college and one still at home. My son earned a full-board scholarship to U of WA, and hopes to go to medical school, already volunteering at the oncology dept. at the U. I do a bit of demonstrating too, having contracted chronic Hepatitis C in the 70's. I run a kitchen table support group and am affiliated with a well-known West Coast HCV organization, Hepatitis Education Project. I attend seminars, demonstrations, etc. re HCV, to have the most current info, and to make contact with other leaders in the field. Additionally, I donate hours to counseling on-line those newly diagnosed. For the most part, my life is quiet and peaceful, living in a redneck, one-stoplight town. On my treks to Seattle, I realize I am always glad to get home. My kids raised a number of 4-H animals (imagine us running barefoot thru town at dawn, trying to corral runaway lambs). Good friends, peace of mind and at rest in my soul.
Oh yes, my email addy: Windchimes_kate@hotmail.com

Debra Jackson 
email: ladeeda1@msn.com

I'm still at the University of Washington working as an Oceanographer after 19 years. Recently I have taken part in experiments in Antarctica and the Arctic, including lots of under-ice diving, but less frequent long trips, though I still have a yearning to see new places. Sheryl gave up her career at sea and went back to school to become a dental hygienist so I hope anyone who comes to the 30-year reunion has been brushing regularly, she'll ask! My son, Baird, is 17 and finishing up the 11th grade. He actually studies, which he must have got from his Mom's genes! He plays soccer on the O'Dea High School team, and admits to knowing that girls exist....to me! Will wonders never cease?

I'm looking forward to checking this web page for more news of old friends...... Hope to see you in September.

Robin McCarthy  
email: ramc04@home.com

After high school I went straight to UCSB majoring in math. I got burned out after 3 years and dropped out to join the work force. I worked in Accounting at S.B. Bank and Trust for 5 years before moving on to Payroll Administrator at Applied Magnetics. After 3 years in that job I had the opportunity to pursue my original goal of becoming a programmer.

While still at Applied Magnetics, I took a job as the night shift computer operator so I could attend school during the day. At the same time, I started my own consulting business. When I wasn't in class, I was working for attorneys, accountants and various other businesses setting up their accounting systems on computer. After 3 years of working nights, I finally had my degree and was promoted into the programming staff at Applied Magnetics. In 1994 I left Applied Magnetics for QAD, a local ERP software company in Carpinteria.

I was fortunate enough to buy a condo in Goleta 15 years ago. I've never married, but came close once. My 15 year old dog is my only child, and believe me, he certainly is a spoiled one. I've had a variety of interests over the years including needlework, tapping dancing, photography, computers, investing and some travel.

Jarred Mills
email: LennyM2@aol.com

After leaving Dos Pueblos, I went to Cal Berkeley to study Civil Engineering. I completed a BS in '76, and a MS in Sanitary Engineering in '80. I've worked for a number of SF Bay Area public agencies over the years including San Francisco International Airport, the Port of Oakland, and East Bay Municipal Utility District. In 1980, after completing my masters, I joined the Central Contra Costa Sanitary District in Walnut Creek to do research on the biological removal of phosphorus from domestic wastewater. After that work was done, I moved to a number of other jobs with the District including design of treatment plant and sewer system facilities, long-range facilities
planning, industrial waste source control, household hazardous waste collection, financial planning, and most recently chief of the group that does permiting, plan review, inspection for development projects and capital improvement and financial planning.

While a freshman in the first coed dorm at Berkeley, I met my wife, Janis. We've been married for 26 years and have three children: Tim (17), Matt (14), and Melissa (9). We've lived in Orinda (between Oakland and Walnut Creek) for the last 20 years. Janis works as a clinical laboratory scientist at Summit Hospital in Oakland.

I would like to get in contact with Terry Brown...does anyone have any info?

Hello, all. Here is an update on my life after high school....After graduating from D.P. I was married to Don Knapp who I had been engaged to since my junior year. I had planned to go to SBCC and study nursing and began in Sept. of '70. I hated it and dropped out. My husband was a commercial fisherman so I hit the high seas with him and we spent a lot of time together making a living. After a couple of years, I started working at Cathedral Oaks Elementary School. I loved working with the kids on the playground, ran the afterschool sports program, and worked in the office. I gave birth to a daughter, Joey Ann, in May 1973. I kept working and was able to take her with me which was wonderful. In Nov. 1978, we had a son, Mark  Robert. When he was 2 years old, we became foster parents and were able to care for 16 foster children over the next several years. It was one of the most wonderful experiences of my life. When Mark went to school, I started working for Animal Crackers Maternity Shop with Bev Berry. I worked for her until she closed. I then went to work at Jed's Needlecrafts at 5 Points Shopping Center until 1987.For several years, my marriage was in distress. We tried counceling, separation, and every avenue until we could no longer go on. In June of 1978, I packed up the kids, our dog and cat, and everything I owned and moved back to Laurens, Iowa. Any of you that knew me at all, knew that I came to Iowa every summer and spent my vacation months with my Grandparents, who lived here. I always loved it here and felt like it was "home". Since I couldn't make it alone in SB, we needed a change, and I knew it would be a good place to raise my kids, we made the move. Boy!! what a move it was. As I look back now, I don't know how I did it. But, it has worked out well. I rented, and then bought, and older 2 1/2 story house with 4 bedrooms and a full basement for $27,000!!! We still reside it in today. Joey, being the oldest, and ready for high school, had the hardest adustment. But, the kids did well and were able to do so many things that they wouldn't have been able to do in CA. In high school, Joey was a cheerleader, in drill team, in chorus, and went to All State in her speech class. Mark, was in chorus, and was on officer in FFA,(Future Farmers of America!) for 3 years, and was awarded the highest state award in his senior year. He even farmed his own 1/2 acre of land for a junior project! Fun, fun, fun. We have a volunteer fire dept. here and he was a junior fireman in his jr. and sr. years of high school. He was appointed to the fulltime fire dept. when he was a freshman in college. He was the third generation of our family to be on the dept. So, as you can see, the kids were busy.I got a job at the grocery store in our small town in 1988.After about a year, I became a checker and loved it. We have 3 registers so the checking jobs are a little hard to come by!!! I worked there until 1994. I didn't do much in the "men" department during this time. I was happy being with my kids, working, and being with friends. I joined the ladies bowling league,with the gals from the store, made even more friends and even became a decent bowler. But after about 3 years, I did start to wonder if I would ever find another loving relationship. But, in this town of about 1700 people, all "the good ones" were taken. Or so I thought. In the fall of 1990, at the bowling alley, I saw this guy sitting at the bar alone. I knew his name, but not much more. We started talking and he was just going through a divorce and was devistated by it. My heart really went out to him, we talked for a few minutes, I encouraged him by telling him that it would get better, in time, and that was about it. But, the next week, on league night he was there again, and the next week, and my girl friend said, "Jan, I think Darrell is really interested in you." I laughed and went on without another thought. But, that is how it began and we were married in June 1992 at my parent's farm, 8 miles from Laurens.He has two sons, John who is 20, and Brian who is 16. John lives with us now, is going to college, and is joining the Army and leaves the 2nd of August. Brian is a junior in high school and lives with his Mom. My daughter, Joey, has a son, Christian, who is 6 and is the joy of my life. They have lived in Laurens until 2 weeks ago, and have moved to Minnesota. She is teaching preschool there. Mark, now 21 has a new baby boy, Jared Robert, and has one more semester in college until he receives his bachelor's degree. He has one degree in criminal justice and will have his bachelor's in sociology. He wants to be a highway patrolman after graduation.He lives about 4 hours from us so we don't get to see them nearly enough. Thank goodness for the phone and email!!! In 1994, I wasn't feeling real well so I went in for a check up. One week from that check up I was in renal failure and on a dialysis machine. To say the least, it was life changing. I had to drive 70 miles, round trip, on Mon., Wed., and Fri. to a hospital and be on a dialysis machine for 4 hours and then drive home. I had to quit my job and life was a challenge. I did feel pretty well though and my wonderful husband never left my side. I finally got on a transplant list in Jan.96 and had a transplant in June 96. I had to have another surgery 2 weeks after my transplant and the next winter, I fell down icy steps and shattered my ankle and had to have surgery again. In 98, I developed a huge hernia from my transplant and had to have another surgery and it took over 3 months to heal. I can say, I never dreamed I would have the strength or courage to go through all this. If not for the love of God, my wonderful husband who never left my bedside for weeks at a time,my wonderful parents, and my children, I wouldn't have made it. But, I did!!! And, I am thankful and still kickin'.At this time, I am now working for a small trucking company, Ahlers Enterprises, Inc. Occassionally, one of our trucks goes through Santa Barbara, so if you see them, be sure to wave and think of me.I won't be able to make it to the reunion but I will be there in spirit. I would love to hear from any and everyone. I send my best wishes to all. Most fondly,
                             Jan Peaslee Ahlers
                             303 South First St.
                             Laurens,Ia 50554

I am single and live in Huntington Beach.  I lived in Santa Barbara, through 1979.   While there, went to SBCC and worked at Santa Barbara County General Hospital in their Fiscal Services Department, in Accounting, Purchasing and Human Resources.  In 1979, I moved to Orange County and took a position with Main Line Embossing, a printing company in El Monte.  I worked in several Administrative positions, Human Resources, Accounting and Customer Service.  The company was sold in 1987, so in 1988 I took an Administrative Manager position and opened an office in Irvine for  Radian
International.  Radian International, is a Environmental Engineering Consulting firm.   I attended UCI and took several courses in Facilities, Human Resources and Purchasing.  Radian was recently purchased by URS and I am still with the organization.  I have retained the  Administrative Manager position and currently coordinating an office move to their offices in Santa Ana.

Dames & Moore/Radian International(Div of URS)
Ph:  (714) 433-7723
Fax: (714) 433-7701

Iris (Priestaf)
Email: toddip@flash.net

.... when I left Dos Pueblos, I went on to UCSB, where I started out in Geology, but graduated in Geography. I worked briefly in their Remote Sensing Unit, where I spent a lot of time peering at air photos and satellite images, figuring out crop patterns and estimating crop irrigation. Then I decided to go on to grad school at UC Berkeley. I spent seven years in grad school--a long time for a hand-to-mouth existence-- but it was worthwhile. I came away with a husband, a PhD, and a job. In grad school, I started working part time for a civil engineering professor and when I finished, I started working full time.
I've been at the same company for 20 years, doing consulting work on groundwater resources. We're a small company of 11, mostly geologists and engineers. We find and develop groundwater for water districts and cities, and also investigate groundwater contamination. It's not all work for me, though; I do have two boys, Robbie (11) and Michael (7) and really enjoy them. So, you can see that I'm a real stick in the mud. Same city, same job, same husband for 20+ years. And no real regrets. I have not kept in touch with Dos Pueblos grads, but intend to go to the 30 year reunion.

Lorni (Rebec) Jarmie
email:    lrj@shredx.net
web page: www.shredx.net

30 years is such a long time.  I look back to my high school years and can't believe how much I've changed.  The earliest change occurred shortly after high school.   I attended SBCC for 2 years but did not stick it out for my AA degree.  I had no clue what I wanted to do but I was very lucky.  I became interested in, of all things, dirt bikes because my brother did it.  I met a wonderful group of people who went desert racing most weekends and I discovered that there was actually something athletic that I could do.  If you don't think riding a bike is tough try going 80 miles across open desert as fast as you can in 115 degree heat.  Just finishing the race was an accomplishment.  The most amazing thing was that I started winning.   I guess that when you really love doing something you eventually get good at it. The group was also very into running and walking and health.  I formed some good habits that have fortunately stayed with me.  In the meantime I worked a bunch of bullshit jobs to sustain life but (this is the lucky part) was given a chance at a job as a receptionist by the wife of one the guys in the group.  She took me under her wing and become my mentor.  She gave me a crack at working with the computer and I loved it.  Started by doing data entry and worked my way up to system administrator then on to system operator.  I've been working with computers ever since.  Never got the programming bug but have always done system operations/configuration. In the mid-80's I started playing beach volleyball.  I was getting in shape and decided to take advantage of the great SB beaches so I took a class.  I played for 3 years and was very fortunate again to get in with a marvelous group of people.  Besides volleyball they also took swing dance lessons, so I did that, too.  What fun!
Now skip to 1987 when I met my second husband, Bruce.  We both worked for Sloan Technology in SB and hit it off right away.  We were both fresh from divorces and were a little gun shy but I was smart enough at the time to know a good thing when I saw it and I grabbed him.   He took swing dance lessons with me and we got pretty good.  We also got into horses (I had sold my dirt bike after my divorce - didn't have a truck to transport it) and bought into a stable out at El Captain.  It was a hunter/jumper barn but we became interested in 3-day eventing, which involves lots of galloping and jumping.  It was an incredible riding education.  I was the idiot who got on all the new horses to see if they'd go over a jump.  I only got dumped a couple of times in 2 years but did mess up a knee.  I had broken the tibia plateau in my left knee in 1979 at a dirt bike race (my only serious riding injury other than lots of bumps and bruises) and now I had to have arthroscopic surgery to remove some torn tissue. So now I have 2 bum knees. We couldn't make a go of the stable and decided to move someplace where we could afford to buy property so we packed up and moved to Eugene, OR.   I got in touch with Linda Lane (Farber) just before she also moved to Eugene.   It was quite a coincidence.  It turns out that another DP alumnus lived only a couple of miles from our house.  Lydia Lindsey.  (I don't know her e-mail address but her home address is: 89126 Conrad Rd. Veneta, OR. 97487). She and her significant other (I don't know if they are married) have a ski boat and got us interested.  We found out that we like wakeboarding better (just as we prefer snowboarding) and got ourselves a boat. (This is a very truncated version and is already getting too long!)  I went back to school and earned my BS in Management and was able to land a better job.  I was lucky again.  I'd been at PSC 2 years when they decided to get the SAP software package to meet the Y2K requirements.  I got on the project as a team leader and loved it!  I did system configuration and project management - what a blast.  I didn't think my brain could ever pack that much information in!  The project lasted 2 years and I stayed on for another year after implementation and then got a job with a big consulting firm. BIG BUCKS!  But the travel was horrendous.  I had to drag out of bed at 4:00 am on Monday to catch a 5:00 flight and then I lived away from home all week.  YUK.  I could only take it for 8 months and then quit. I landed a job as a software tester for a very small computer company in Redmond but recently moved on to an even better job in the main office of the Les Schwab tire company.  I write the documentation for the computer programs.   Bruce was just hired there also as the LAN/WAN supervisor.  He's a real computer geek.  We always joke that I'm software and he's hardware.  We make a good team.
 Bruce has 2 children who came to live with us in 1991 and I have to say that learning to be a parent was the hardest thing I've EVER done.  It's also my proudest accomplishment.  Josh is now 23 and is in the Air Force. Of all things he could have chosen to do he picked EOD- the bomb squad.  Lauren is 17 and will be a senior in high school this year.  She's a straight A student (brag, brag) and wants to be doctor.  Good thing we have good jobs! We moved to Central Oregon 2 years ago to get away from the constant rain in Eugene and also because we had gotten back into dirt bikes.   There's lots of really fantastic riding over here.  Mt. Bachelor ski area is only an hour from our house but we've only been snowboarding 3 times in the past 2 years. We live in a rural area called Crooked River Ranch, which is about 5 miles north of Redmond and just west of the little town of Terrebonne.  We have 5 acres with 2 horses, 2 dogs and 3 cats.  I blush to admit that we have 6 dirt bikes.  The horses live happily at pasture and are seldom ridden anymore.  They served us very well by teaching us to ride without killing us.  The dogs are a 9 year old black Lab, named Lobo, who is Josh's dog. The other dog is a 1 year old Weimaraner named Jax, who is my pride and joy and keeps me from slacking off on my exercise.  He gets a 30 minute walk every morning or he goes nuts and shows his displeasure by chewing things. He has an uncanny knack for picking things.  For instance, he chewed up the last chapter of a book I was reading.
I have to admit that my life is very good.  We love our jobs, we love our activities and we love each other.  What more could you ask for? For those of you who are interested, my geeky husband has created a family web site.  Go visit www.shredx.net and see us!

Steve Schalla
Email: LostAO@aol.com

I own a reprographic company in Santa Barbara and Ventura. A second career after spending my 20's as a Reforestation Specialist in the Pacific Northwest. Graduated from Cal in 1976. Live in Ojai. Went to the 20th Reunion with Monica Buvick. Funny how the same cliques stillstay together.

Daryl Schendel
Email: Drs8r14@aol.com

From DP, went into the Army, stationed at  Ft Lewis, WA with Gary Smith. Went to UW, got teaching degree in Industrial Arts.  Taught in Seattle and Carnation, WA for 5 years, then moved to Barstow.  My brother Lorren and I have been in business together for twenty years, "Conversions Firestone", complete auto repair, smog, towing, road service,, the works plus (Firestone, Bridgestone, Michelin, BF Gooodrich tire dealer, Ryder truck rentals).  We did some desert racing, (5-1600 bug), still ride motorcycles, (Goldwing),  pilots license and a plane.  Four years ago went back to teaching, Wood and Auto at Big Bear High School. Just a putt up the mountain from Barstow, still work the shop and teach auto for Barstow college. Never been married, see John, Tim, Ken, and Gary once in awhile.  Have been doing Search & Rescue for Sheriff for 10 years, tracking, rock and mine rescue.  Two dogs, two cats, 8 geese, one bird.  Live in a dome house.  Going to Vegas on the 15?  Stop and say hi, you have to go through  Barstow and chances are you will stop to get gas, eat or pee.   Life is good.

Kirk Shults & Gayle (Pence) Shults
Email: captkirk1a@msn.com

We officially met Senior Week at DPHS, five days later we had our first date,  and five years later, on June 21, 1975, we married. We began married like in Salt Lake City, Utah, where Kirk graduated with a BS in Pharmacy, and unofficially minored in skiing. We returned back to Santa Barbara in 1976, bought our first home, and had three children. Taryn (18), is a senior at San Marcos, Kyle (13) eigth grade at La Colina, and Wyatt (8) third grage at  Foothill School.
        After the Painted Cave Fire in 1990, we were able to recognize the dream of building our own home in a rural environment. Along with three kids, the house holds 3 dogs, 1 cat, and 3 geckos. Kirk is the Pharmacy Manager at Rite Aid (Ellwood Beach), has his Private Pilots license, an Electrician's License, and a Calif. Alarm Company License.
                I have worked for the family owned business (Shults & Associates) for the past 24 years as the Comptroller. Lately, I've been trying to strike a better balance between the "Working Mom" and "just Mom". This past June we celebrated our Silver Anniversary with a family trip to Disney World and a cruise aboard the Disney Magic.

Brian Steven

(information provided by Steve Schalla)

currently living in Denver, CO and re-married about two years ago after being a single Dad with a daughter (Jessica) for about 10 years. Brian has been working at the local Air Force Base there within the accounting section as a civilian. He visited us about 9 years ago and I get a x-mas card each year.

Debbie Thomas

email: doublehdreno@rtci.com.

My current married name is Debbie Hansen.

My life has had many phases. With each new turn, I've learned so much. I've been happily married to a wonderful man for the last 7 years and we have a ranch in the high desert area of Nevada. I have no children (except for my baby-dog "Ooooo-Boooo"). We have 12 dogs and horses -- bird dogs and American Field competition are the center of our life. The last 2 years have been quite challenging; designing and building our home, taking care of our previous ranch and traveling to train and compete in American Field. A full-time traveler kind of lifestyle. I'm also an aerobics junkie!

Prior to my move to Nevada, I resided in the Sacramento area where I relocated from Dallas-TX to assist with the formation of the World League of American Football's Sacramento Surge franchise. Although I was the administrative assistant to the GM, my true love was my role as Director of the California Girls Cheerleaders. I became involved with the World League in Dallas-TX and New York in its infancy following my departure from the Dallas Cowboys Football Club where I worked for 11 years. I first worked as secretary to Pres. & GM Tex Schramm and assistant director of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders. Eventually, the Cheerleader position became a full-time job and for a short time I became the Director, prior to the team being sold. It was the experience of a lifetime. During that time I was married to a photographer. Before my move to Dallas, I lived in San Diego where I was married to Mark Livingston, worked as a legal secretary and discovered my niche was dance.

Life is good. Hope everyone is happy-happy & healthy.

Barbara (Thorp) Onisko
email: onono6@aol.com or oniskogolf@yahoo.com

I am currently living in Clovis, California just outside of Fresno.  Dave Onisko and I were married 9 years ago this December after a phone call regarding another DP class reunion.  We are happily married still and are currently empty nesters.  I recently put Dave through school for two years he is now a radiologic technologist.  He was a welder/layout fitter for 20+ years and always wanted to shoot x-rays so I put him through school.     I am an office manager for large structural steel fabricator in Fresno County but am working on my RN degree.  We have three children (I have one son, Jake in the Marine Corps in Oahu; Dave has two daughters Renee (32 ) and Taci (20) both in Grass Valley and Chico.  We have two grandchildren 7 and 3 years old (Sara and Mike).   We will not be attending the reunion this year because we are going to spend some long lost time with the grandkids now that Dave is out of school.  We are both Christians and love the Lord!  If anyone hears anything from Debbie or Sue Adornetto could you send me some news I've been trying to find or see them for a long time...have missed them at the previous reunions I have attended. 

My current address in Clovis is 2236 Purvis, Clovis, California  93611.