Monte Vista High School - Monarchs Yearbook (Spring Valley, CA)

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, like Gregg Barnes, Debbie Miller, and Debbie Arnold. Where are all these people now? It's been so long. . .It's amazing how people just seem to fade away over the years. I wonder if anyone has kept in touch with their old friends. What about a reunion. . .no it's been too long. Maybe I'll write someone. I know, I can write Rob Mahaffey, he was the president of A,S.B, , he should know something about some people.................. ..... ...... . . . Many years have passed since I last saw you and today I find myself thinking of those times when we were in high school. I thought that since you had been the president of A, S,B, , that perhaps you might have kept in touch with some of our old friends or had word from a few. It's funny how you get to thinking about things, it just struck me how much was done by the A,S,B, , and all the work other clubs and or- ganizations did. Do you ever hear from anyone that was in A,S, B. , like Dana Idle or Debbie Reed? What about some of the commissioners, wasn't Cindy Weight commissioner of pep and Marla Brayshay, Commis- sioner of judicial affairs? There were so many involved in just that one organization. If I remember right Kathy Gehl was the secretary and Lynn Shubert was the vice president. I think she was in modern dance too, oh yeah! , she was the president of the club. Who was the Commis- sioner of sales? I know, Lee Pierce. But you know the four people I think had the most headaches during the senior year were Brian Frasch, Lynn Newsom, Kathy Willardson and Karl Blackmun. Those class officers were always busy with something. There were so many other organizations. I remember one called the International, or I club for short. Its main function was to help bring foreign exchange students to our school. We had three girls our last year: Krissa Olkinuora, Antje Andreae and Anne Jaisser. A few of the students involved in I club were Richard Mello, Mark Schumacher and Kent Reniche. Another club involving people and customs from other lands was called PUFU Q people united for understanding J. Mary Rios was very active in PUFU and also in swimming. OH! Rob, do you remember all those rallies and the girls that would stand out in freezing weather just to cheer on our teams. I guess a school wouldn't be school without its cheerleaders. I would say that we had some of the best--like Gail O'Huskey, Pat DeVore, 'Kendra Wooten, and don't forget, Debbie Toolson. She was the home- queen too. Our school had just about everything, even activities for the academic minds. Such activities were the math club and chess. I believe Lance Gay belonged to the math club, so did Tom Herrington, but that was to be expected, since he and Greg Hammann were our class valedictorians. There were other students that would go off campus to get involved with other things. One such thing was a nursing program which Maria Kaufman participated in. But do you know the people I remember the most often? The comedians. The ones who were always ready with a smile. Remember Bob Jones, and Frankie Dutton? She had a great sense of humor and was very active in a A, S,B. .Gosh, it was such a long time ago. I've often wondered whatever happened to these people

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and John Stucky did. But guys weren't the only ones who loved surfing, there were a lot of girls who would go out there rain or shine. Janie Davies, who was also the editor of the annual staff, and Diane Lewis were just a few. It was the same way with skiing. When it was snow season a lot of the kids would take off to the mountains to ski or just to hike. I know Kevin Kniss and Vicki McGrath used to go. But still Monte Vista was out on the edges of San Diego county, and a lot of it, as I remember, was still undeveloped, so people had the room to keep horses, especially in Jamul. Sue Brown trained and raised horses for fun and I guess for a profit too. Other girls were involveqd in activites that often went unnoticed. Sports like gymnastics weren't offered at school but I can remember a few girls who really loved it. Leslie Wynne did and Barbie Kastan was on the Aztec gymnastic team out at State College. She was an officer of the modern dance class too. Gail Gauss was an officer in modern dance and was also on the annual staff. There were so many girls who performed with modern dance, two of these girls were Susan Ferguson and Norene Norris, they too were on the annual staff. Another dancer was Larilyn Garland. The competitive sports for girls were never recognized enough for the achievements they accomplished. Volleyball was one of the most popular of the girls sports. Kim Price played on the team one year. Still another sport was tennis, Leslie Rose was a member of the tennis team while she held an office in the speech team. My last year there, we were lucky enough to get a pool built, sponsered by the Booster's Club. I know the swim teams were sure happy about that, both boys and girls. Our water polo team was one of the best in the league. Some of its senior members were Neil Massee, Jim Millovich, Mark Richmond, Jim Saucier and Jim Greene. I can still remember seeing all those girls walking around school with dripping wet hair from swimming! Marie Gallup and Lori Hankins were both leading swimmers for the team. Who were a few more? Oh, now I know, Lori Landholm and Cathy Nush, Carol Webster. Linda Johnson and Debbie Berry were on the team too. And who could forget Debbie Duckworth? We did so well in so many things at Monte Vista. Take the band for instance, it was excellent and was always praised highly. Both the marching band and the orchestra sounded. . .well, almost professional. I'm sure every member must have worked extremely hard. I know Linda Woida, Cindy Miller and Julie Dahms did. Brad Leonard and Janet Volkov were always busy with music. Marie Cooper and a few others could really play the violin, it was really beautiful. Behind the band was a group of girls who always did a great job, the Royalettes, They worked practically all day during the marching season. Renee Paslay was an officer and so was Sue Melrose in the corp. Nancy Wise was not only an officer of the Royalettes, but she also sang in the choir. I would say that we had the best choir in the Grossmont district. There were some really talented singers in it l 5 l

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in life. All successful in their own ways, I suppose. There are so many memories, unfortunately, my hand is tiring, also I'm afraid that I've taken enough of your time, so with that I will sign off. Never let a day pass by without remembering it. Sincerely, Joshua C lay It had been a long day, memories of people had returned that had disappeared in his mind for many years. Sitting quietly by the window, he Watched the snow fall on a nearby bank and he soon drifted into a restless sleep. He saw himself walking down a cool grey tunnel leading to a bright room filled with faces and voices that were familiar, yet distant. Bright colors surrounded him and he noticed that people he once knew were spreading these colors all about. They were all drawing and painting. He recognized Edwin Nutting and Pam Mohaupt, he could see Ron Hoffman, then as he turned he found Chuck McPherson paint- ing a large mural on the Wall. He soon left this room and wandered into a dark theater. In the center of the room was a stage, illum- inated by the spotlight from above. He could barely make out the figure on stage so he moved in closer. As he did, he saw that it was Wende Austin, then Jerine Faust and Cynthia Pomrner emerged from the back stage and they began to act out the story of a man who lived in a dream. . . He turned to the tunnel and noticed a smell that drew him still to another room. Here he saw Debbie Reid standing by a stove, cooking.. . He left, unnoticed, to discover Rick Costa, Calvan Palmore and Louie Duplessis shooting pictures. He slipped away quietly and opened a new door that led to a room filled with more people. In the center was Sheryl Williams, giving a dramatic interpt for the crowd. When she finished, Dale Dunbar and Dan Goldzband got up to speak. In closing, Jim Donohue stood up to tell the story of a man who was having a dream. Joshua slipped out and moved toward a group of people scattered on the ground, all of them writing. He recognized Kim Fritz, Diego Davalos, and Colleen Smith. As he passed by, he noticed Terri Lawson and Diana Hardy, all putting down their thoughts. He was approaching a house and, as he entered, he saw many people sitting around reading poetry. This time he saw Tori Wright and Jayne Layson. Tom Carroll seemed to be in charge of the meeting. Joshua realized that this was a meeting for the Scroll magazine at his old high school. He heard a typewriter and, looking away, he could tell that it was Cindy Badgett typing something for the Royal Page. Approaching her, he noticed she was writing the story of an old man who had a dream that brought him back to his youth. He walked slowly back to the tunnel and disappeared into the darkness, only to Wake the next morning with a new life ahead of him.