Del Campo Class of 89

So dare we ask what was your favorite memory?!?!

2010-04-29T22:07:00.001-07:00

So what was your favorite memory from the reunion? Do tell..

Hey! It's been awhile!

2010-04-29T21:32:00.000-07:00

WOW. We had a classic reunion...I think we kicked butt personally and what a time it was. Since the reunion, we have continued to find people who didn't make it to the 20Y reunion on Facebook. That just means that whoever steps up to plan to 25 year will have even more cougars and more of a party for the 25 year! So who's up for the task??? It will be here before we know it...

Even the people behind the scenes for the 20Y reunion were blown away by how fun it was & what a huge turnout we had. Haven't been on this blog for a long while but I'm thinking about how fun it was to reconnect and party with so many of you - seriously, it was a GREAT time. Crazy!

So let's do it again '89 cougars!!! Who's up fr the challenge? A 25 year is in order...

Besides that...if people want to plan gatherings where they want classmates to attend. let me know & I will post a shout out here. Email me at temples@unr.edu.

Roar on...

Pictures!

2009-10-27T10:13:00.001-07:00

Pictures from our amazing reunion can be found online at the two spots below:

www.billsmithphoto.com
"click to enter", "viewing images" - password: DELCAMPO (in caps)

www.pictureperfectbooth.com/delcampohigh.html
password: dc102409

Enjoy!

Awesome weekend on tap!!!

2009-10-20T12:25:00.000-07:00

Weather says the weekend will be 78/79 degrees. Thank you to everyone who voted for October for this shindig! Perfect for drinks by the pool on Friday and dancing the night away Saturday. Just a few more days - can't wait to see everyone! See you here on the other side with pictures :).

Two Weeks Away People!!!

2009-10-09T10:34:00.000-07:00

We can't believe it's almost here. DC class of 89 - YOU ROCK! We have a much bigger turn out for a class our size than what is typical according to reunion companies. Looks like we still know how to party!

Don't forget that Friday night (10/23) there will be casual kick off drinks (no host) by the pool to get things started. We hope to see you there!

Otherwise, we will see you at the big event on Saturday night (10/24) at Lions Gate.

Cheers!
~Temple, Juliet, Shawn, Sondra, Cindy & Stephanie

AWOL

2009-07-01T11:47:00.001-07:00

Can you help us find any of the following people? Send their email to Juliet at juliet.farmer@att.net:

A:
Tania Aisbet, Christina Armstrong, Scott Arnold, James Ayers
B:
Heidi Barker, Nate Barnhart, Kristine Bianco, Kristi Bolling, John Brouillette, Eric Bueller, Leslie Busby, Shawn Byfield
C:
Scott Carlson, Aaron Chigbrow, James Comstock, Michelle Cooper, Aaron Crist
D:
Candace DeAngelis, Nicole Dederer, Charlotte Dills, Justin DuBois, Charlie Dumass, Shain Dyckman
E:
Lorrie Earl, Darren Entrican
F:
Shaelyn Flanagan, Aaron Flores, Tim French
G:
Chauntell Gardner, Tom Garrett, Beta Gassman, Tanya Gillim, Julie Gleason, Edward Gomm, Carol Gormly, Nathan Griffin, Kyle Groom
H:
Deborah Hall, Michael J. Hamilton, Mike T. Hamilton, Frances Hansen, Chantell Harris, Jennifer Harris, Ted Harris, Jeffrey Hewitt, Jennifer Hilsinger, Sonya Hogan, Jill Holton, Jennifer Hubbard, Bil Huesing, Tom Hughes, Kristina Hurst
I:
Mike Irvine
J:
Brandon Johnson
K
Akbar Kahn
L:
Scott Laeber, Andrew Lawson, Jamie Lee, Adam Lolmaugh
M:
Richard Maki, Kim Mann, John Marler, Marc McLaughlin, Clint McLoughry, Jennifer McPhee, Jeffrey Michalik, Roy Miller, Susan Montgomery, Antoinett Moran, David Moynahan, Monica Murphy
N:
Tom Naiman, Dana Nelson, Lisa Newcross, Leanne Newlands, Tasha Newton, Van Nguyen, Kristen Nichelson, Connie Nye
P:
Terrance Pai, Dana Paulus, Brad Phipps, Melissa Poole, Luis Preciado, Deborah Provencher, Teresa Puentes
R:
Nicole Raymond, Traci Rice, Leslie Rodriguez, Kelly Rommelfanger, Dawn Russell
S:
Donald Sadauskas, Stacy Scheffler, Marta Serrano, Patricia Share, Micheal Staley, Naoh Stein, Laura Stevenson, Justin Stewart, Kimberly Strait
T:
Jennifer Taggart, Danielle Taylor, Jennifer Thompson, Tolinda Thompson, Nicole Toland
V:
Jim Vaughn
W:
Janine Weeks, Darrell Wegrzyn, Jonathan White, Katherine Wilson, Scott Wilson
Y:
Alex Young, April Young

NOTE: Some people have been put back on the AWOL list because their email address was bad - please check the list often and help us find our classmates!

It's official...it's been 20 Years!

2009-01-04T14:02:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year everyone! Now that 2009 has officially rolled around we all have to officially admit it...we graduated 20 *gulp* years ago. Just allow that to sink in for a minute. 20 years. Two full decades. Dang!

Ok, everyone still with me? Good because 2009 also means we have a whoppin party to go to this year! Please keep voting on stuff and paying attention to updates that show up here.

Hope 2009 is good to you and your families - and we look forward to seeing you in October!

Stay tuned!

Reunion Update!

2008-12-03T08:23:00.001-08:00

Well besides the fun we had the night before Thanksgiving, we also tackled some more stuff for the reunion. Juliet, Sondra, Shawn & I met on Saturday at Lions Gate for an unofficial food tasting and room viewing. Now that I have personally seen the venue with my own eyes - I see why this is *THE PLACE* for a rockin 20 year reunion! Things we want you to know and start thinking about -

**Staying at Lions Gate: The website does not really give justice to the rooms. Lions Gate, formerly McClellan Air Force Base, is a very unique place to stay. It's like a mini-community as opposed to your traditional hotel/resort. So it's our very own 'neighborhood' for the reunion weekend & people can consider staying in typical hotel rooms, suites, dog friendly units or even 2000sf houses that sleep 16!

**Childcare: Because of how this place is set up, it is a great place for families. If you would be interested in bringing your kids - we are thinking about coordinating child care during the actual reunion on Saturday night. Sondra Shrader works at Oakmont High School & knows some of her students personally who have child care experience and we would hire them for a minimal per-child fee. Important - PLEASE leave a comment to this post if you might consider childcare so we know if we should set this up. Feel free to email Sondra directly (her email is listed below on left side) if you have questions, suggestions or concerns about reunion child care. Update: we decided to throw up a poll regarding childcare. Voting does not lock you in to anything - it's just for us to get an idea.

**What's on Tap: Here is a snap shot of what it's looking like so far -
Friday night: Casual reception at Lions Gate *this may be no host, still working that out
Saturday day: Possible family/kid friendly/sporty/picnic/hangout/something
Saturday night: Reunion! Adults only. Food, drinks, and of course - 80's music!!!
Sunday: Breakfast is included when you stay - so those still standing who want to plan to mingle one last time before they head out - feel free.

**Cost: Too early to tell you but we are on a mission to keep it minimal and as inclusive as we can! Details will be in the official invitation which will go out in early 2009.

NBT was GOOD TIMES!!!

2008-12-01T09:26:00.000-08:00

Thank you to all of you who showed up for the Night Before Thanksgiving adventures. We started at Malabar in Folsom and ended at Players on Fair Oaks. What a night...I think I'm still recovering. Here's a few pictures...

Upper left - The first picture shows people reacting to Justin Timberlake who showed up at Malabar. Some of the ladies were in tears, some had to reach out and touch him. Just kidding - that is Pat Nooren, Amy Bywater & Jen Harold. The forehead behind Jen Harold is Dave Roth. The purple hair along the bottom is Pfilipa Keintz.

Top Center - Juliet Coberly & Stephanie Becker

Top Right - Temple Roberts, Kelly Rodgers, Shawn Reed & Dina Davalos

Bottom Left - Tim Coffman & Dave Roth ('89), Josh M. ('90), Kevin Costa & Tim Creech ('88)

Bottom Center - Mike Gardner

Bottom Right - Tim Coffman & Pat Nooren up front, background right side Tab Hinckley, Jen Hamilton & Michelle Fletcher chatting it up.

You outta be in pictures...

2008-10-07T15:28:00.000-07:00

Sondra is ready to start collecting pictures. We would like pictures from high school and previous reunions if you got 'em. Please email pictures to Sondra at: smyles214@gmail.com

Here are some examples just for fun! :)

Pictured:
Top row - Nate Barnhardt & Pat Cavendar; Amy Anderson, Mike Crawford, Amy Lux, Mike Piscottia (Jesuit), Scott Wilson & Denise Duey; Andrea Cast
2nd row: Darren Brown (88) & Juliet Coberly; Temple Roberts, Dave Roth & John Fuglar (10Y Reunion); Aaron Crist & Shawn Reed
3rd row: Jenny Tampas, Lisa Szyper, Jamie Henderson, Farid Senzai, Sondra Shrader, Kristin McCarthy & Jolie Anagnoston; Kristin Parks, Shelley Chambers, Sue Revere, Becky Sherman & Missy Gardner; SR Year DC Lawn T.P.

Busy bees...

2008-09-19T17:34:00.000-07:00

Just wanted to let people know that we have been working behind the scenes to nail down a reunion venue & date. Last week Shawn, Juliet & Sondra met and explored some of the options we have considered. We're down to just a few and just need to confirm available dates (it's looking like our options might be the very end of September or mid-October based on what's available) and other event details. Once it's a go - you will hear from Juliet so stay tuned everybody! Thanks ladies for all the research, phone calls and driving all over the greater Sac area!

Hook us up!

2008-09-11T09:07:00.000-07:00

It's been great so many of you have been showing up around here! We still need to find lots of people though. We had over 400 people in our graduating class! If you see someone is missing from the list to the left and you know their working email address, please make sure to send that to Juliet at juliet.farmer@att.net and we'll keep updating. A Del Campo class of 89 group has also been formed on Facebook so if you haven't stumbled upon that yet - check it out.

I've had a couple people ask me where they can email pictures for the reunion. Sondra Shrader will be collecting those down the road a bit so stay tuned. We'll post an announcement when she's ready to roll with that. In the meantime, start scanning your favorite old pictures people! We want to capture as many people as possible - so step up and represent!

Cheers,
Temple

Reunion Revolution!

2008-08-28T10:19:00.000-07:00

Not only do we plan to go big (as in attendance) for our reunion, but we also plan to go green. That means we need your current email address to ensure you get invited to the shindig, as we’re "e-viting" all the way. It also means if your email address changes, keep us up to date. And for those of you who don’t have email (that’s SO 80s, btw!), we’ll send the Pony Express to your pad, so send us your snail mail address.

We will also be sourcing out eco-friendly plates, utensils, etc. and plan to recycle all the bottles and cans we will surely produce via beverage consumption.

Go Green, 89!
Best,
Julie(t)

If you build it...they will come...

2008-08-27T14:33:00.000-07:00

Well now that Juliet has been spreading the word - people are starting to visit this place of ours here in cyberspace which is great! If you leave a comment, please make sure to leave your name - first and last - (unless you intentionally prefer to remain anonymous) so that people can see who's showing up around here - and reconnect with old friends, etc!

Keep those comments coming - and don't forget to cast your reunion votes (see left side bar)!

Many thanks,
Temple & Co.

I'll Stop the World and Melt with You

2008-08-23T09:03:00.000-07:00

Any good high school dating stories?

Maybe you went somewhere with that babe you met at Sunrise Mall? Perhaps you asked that total fox from History class to go to Leatherby's for ice cream. Or maybe it was more of a group thing...a bunch of you spent the day walking around Oldtown Sac. Whatever it was that brings back fun memories (or maybe not so fun?)...do tell...

Everybody's Working for the Weekend!

2008-08-22T08:15:00.000-07:00

Most of us had jobs in high school...especially by the time we were seniors. It's funny to look back at some of the places we worked. I know a good handful of us worked at a very politically incorrect place called Po'Folks for example. Our work uniforms made us look like we were on the set of Little House on the Prairie. Once in our little get ups we would spend hours serving people lemonade in mason jars, along with fried okra & catfish. All the while being bullied by some huge guy named Ray. Good times. Ugh.

The cool thing about having friends that worked at food places was when you would stop in and they would hook you up. I know many fast food and yogurt places where the "hook up" was standard. Or, there were the trades. You work in a strip mall for example and would trade ice cream from your place of employment for pizza from the teenagers working across the way.

What about you? Where did you earn your weekend dollars so you had money to buy outfits at Miller's Outpost and Contempo? (ha ha)

Pictured: Kelly Rodgers at MacDonald's on San Juan
(picture hijacked from Andrea Cast's collection on Facebook - thanks A!)

Lost Classmates

2008-08-21T08:44:00.000-07:00

Twenty years is a long time, and amidst all the marriages, divorces, kids, jobs and mortgages, we’ve lost some of our fellow classmates.

Some, such as Paula Keith and Brett Bickford, died while we were still at Del Campo. Those losses were tragic and, for many of us, the first time we had to deal with losing a peer.

We may be older now, but it’s still just as hard to hear about the passing of former classmates such as Kelly Henson, who died unexpectedly in a house fire just before our 10-year reunion. Or Darryl Nelson, who battled cancer and lost the fight in May 2007. In addition, the war has claimed a fellow graduate --Army Sgt. Ron Coffelt was killed by a makeshift bomb in Baghdad in July 2007 during his second tour of duty.

As part of our 20-year reunion, we plan to recognize these losses.

We ask that anyone who has a funny story or photo to share regarding Paula, Brett, Kelly, Darryl or Ron to please email it to juliet.farmer@att.net.

We also realize that there may be others we’ve lost, so please let us know if there’s anyone we’ve overlooked.

Thanks,
Julie(t)

(pictured below are Avri (noted below), Darryl, Ron & Paula)

LOST & FOUND
Since the original post, we have also learned the following classmates have passed on as well (hopefully this list will stay short):

Avri Paul - Hodgkins Disease (2002)

Tim Mann - Influenza (2002)

(Thank you to those classmates who have helped us to identify others &/or have provided pictures from members of the Class of 89 who are gone but not forgotten.)

Brave enough to share your most embarrassing high school memory?

2008-08-19T10:41:00.000-07:00

Here’s mine, for all the world to see:

It was freshmen year and I was walking towards the halls on the lower quad. I happened to be passing by the JV football team who were hanging out on the brown hexagon tables just outside the cafeteria when a stupid bird crapped on me – right on my forehead. I remember trying to turn my head (away from the view of the gawking football players) and closing my eyes while gritting my teeth thinking “pleasedon’tletthemseethispleasedon’tletthemseethis…” Too late – someone (Jason Smith? Dave Tornell?) yelled, “Temple just got shit on!” and the whole team busted a gut at my expense. I high tailed it down the hallway towards the bathroom. Timme Sherman had been amongst those laughing that day but he did come down the hall to see if I was ok. He knew how horrified I was. Hands down one of my most embarrassing moments in high school - and ever for that matter. Dang blasted birds.

Anyone else brave?!

Hot For Teacher?

2008-08-15T09:55:00.001-07:00

Who was your favorite teacher back in the day?
On the flip side...who was the teacher you dreaded the most?

Vacation all I ever wanted...vacation had to get away...

2008-08-15T09:48:00.000-07:00

(DC students at Dillon's Beach)

From team travel to road trips - Young Life adventures to family outings - camping to cruises - there were some really fun getaways in high school. Have any favorites?

Where were you when it happened?

2008-08-13T21:57:00.000-07:00

In 1986, most of us witnessed the tragic Challenger Space Shuttle Disaster. Do you remember where you were at the time?

Heads Up!

2008-08-10T08:40:00.000-07:00

Hey! Just an update about the blog, reunion, etc. Thanks Julie(t) (Coberly) Farmer for agreeing to be the contact person for the reunion next year. It will be great to have someone local to nail down a venue, field calls, etc. In the next few weeks, this blog will be getting a major face lift with the main intention being to serve as a reunion site. You might notice I removed the poll to vote on the preferred month. I did that because of the feedback I'm getting on the side about a possible Sept/October event. When I get the blog "reunionified" I will put the poll back up and make sure to include those months as options (sorry to those 8 of you who had already voted).

My main job is going to be to maintain the blog, help collect pictures from the masses, market the reunion on the internet, rally up people for this and that - all in collaboration with
Julie(t). Cindy (Shute) Halloway is also helping. If anyone else who happens by here would like to help, let us know. I think we are good as far as getting the ball rolling but as the event gets closer we may need some extra hands.

So at this point I need to ask for help with one little something. If anyone has a copy of our class picture - the 11x17 one where everyone is outside on the lawn (or somewhere) at DC - I'm in desperate need of finding that sucker. I looked in my stuff because I thought I had that, but no luck. If you find it and mail it to me (hard copy) I promise to mail it back. If you can scan it and email it to me - even better!

While rummaging through my "back in the day" stuff, I did find lots of treasures. I still have my "Blasting Out - Free at Last" class of 89 DC t-shirt with all of our names on the back. I also found my 89 tassel and grad cap. Fun! But the really good stuff is in the yearbooks I started to thumb through. Laura was right, it's good times to look through these and see what people wrote. I had forgotten that our own Jen Ham was Queen! Queen Ham!!! That made me smile. I had forgotten a lot actually. I guess that is what happens when in high school your priorities are boys and parties. Anyway, after Laura's comment I was a little nervous when I saw Dave Roth's name on the inside front cover just as I was getting started - but he was very kind to me. After 1/2 a page of harrassing me about making Mrs. Brito have a break down in Spanish class, he said, "I wish you the best in whatever you pursue in the future. You're capable of acheiving anything Temple. Just NEVER quit." Thanks Dave...no wonder 19 years later it's still you giving me pep talks (inside joke ;p). So if you still have 'em, sometime within the next year, start thumbing through your yearbooks to get yourself in the spirit.

We got the spirit...yes we do...we got the spirit...how 'bout you! This has taken a very cheesy turn...

Cheers,
Temp

Attention DC Class of 88!

2008-07-05T10:03:00.000-07:00

Hey 88 - your 20th year reunion is just around the corner! For information please visit www.delcampoclassof88.blogspot.com

Have fun!

Happy Birthday Becky!

2008-06-16T18:37:00.000-07:00

Hope you have had a great bday!!!

Wanna plan a reunion?

2008-06-09T14:52:00.000-07:00

So...we are a year away from the reunion. We are looking for a planner. Hold up...I hear you and I know what you are thinking. Many of you have suggested that I step up and plan this sucker. Well unfortunately I won't do that for 3 reasons. (1) I don't mind helping out but I don't want to have to be responsible the night of the reunion. There. I admit it. I'd rather kick back and enjoy the evening with the rest of you guys. I have this horrible vision that the reunion person gets stuck after it's over helping to clean up or something while all of her (or his) buddies take off to carry on the party elsewhere. Nu-uh...I'll be following that party train where ever it might be going. Pfft. You know it! I'm also sure this is completely irrational and that really it's me just being immature and wanting to regress and partake in teenage like behavior. So be it. (2) Doesn't it make better sense for a local person to plan a high school reunion? I live in another state! A neighboring state...but still... Despite technology and the internet I'm still going to play that card. (3) My husband is not supportive of my taking on this project since we have plenty of other projects that I need to be focusing on. Usually he's a really supportive guy when it comes to "Temple stuff" but when I ran this by him...well, he had a point. There are a lot of things we need to tackle without this distracting all of my attention. Like last year when my mother-in-law accidentally pulled down our living room curtains and broke the rod - you would think that would have been handled by now but nope - I still need to get the curtains replaced. My bad. I also am in charge of the new area rugs that were supposed to help us keep our new carpet in good shape - instead I just keep having the carpets cleaned more often than we should be because it is insane what two toddlers and a dog can do to carpet that was way too light in color for our lifestyle. Again - my bad. It doesn't help that part of what has distracted me from this is party planning...I planned our annual holiday party, a big summer BBQ and backyard kickoff party...my oldest son's 4th bday party...and lots of smaller in between shindigs. I love planning parties! My husband knows this and his vote? Curtains and carpets my friends. I have enough that already distracts me from the more important matters in my chaotic life (like this blog for example) without planning our 20th year reunion.

Dang...you would think this is Tab typing this post! ;) Focus Temple...focus....long story short...

Anyway - any takers? Or do we have to get someone nice and schnockered at Shawn & Dave's party and get them to commit?

Anyone?

Hello?

And here we go...

2008-06-05T19:50:00.001-07:00

Well some of us were privy to a whirlwind of emails that went around today regarding Obama vs. McCain...wow, we have come a long way from the days where the biggest opinions we had were in regards to Duran Duran vs Def Leppard, preppy vs rocker, Vans vs Converse, or wine coolers vs cheap beer! While I'm not a huge fan of politics myself, I do appreciate the importance and I love the dialogue between so many of us who have known each other for several decades. I'm fascinated how different we all are considering how we were all aligned back in the day before politics played a more significant role in our lives. Regardless of your political affiliation, nobody can deny that this is a very historical time in our country. I wanted to invite you to keep up the conversation here. The consensus so far is some of us are for Obama, some for McCain and some of us...well some of us would rather have a beer and watch the rest of you guys duke it out. So - what are your thoughts??? Regardless, VOTE! Cheers! ~T

Happy Birthday Amy!

2008-05-28T12:21:00.000-07:00

Happy 37th old friend! Have a GREAT birthday.

Shawn & Dave's pre-reunion party

2008-04-18T08:41:00.000-07:00

As most of you guys have heard via email, Shawn & Dave are in cahoots planning a pre-reunion practice party (any excuse to party - right?! right). They mentioned a theme party. I immediately thought of this picture Shawn sent me. 80's party!!! Any theme will be fun. But I really would like to see Steve Stillwell in his parachute pants.
Clink-clink!
Temp

From Liz Novak:

2008-03-27T13:45:00.000-07:00

Hello!

Just wanted to send you guys the link for my nephews caring bridge page. He was diagnosed with cancer last month. He had surgery to remove a tumor in his brain and now is going to start radiation and chemo to kill the remaining brain tumor and hopefully anything else floating around! He loves getting messages on his site so if your up to it- feel free to jot him some words of encouragement! http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/niknunn

xo!

Liz Kleczek

Happy Easter!

2008-03-22T19:18:00.000-07:00

Hi y'all - just a quick Easter shout out. Hope the bunny is all kinds of good to you & yours! Thanks to Sue, Amy & Shawn for jumping on the myspace train...the rest of you are missing out. Chickens! ;)

Miss you all.
~Temple

No Laura...this is the best blog post ever...

2008-02-28T16:27:00.000-08:00

Happy anniversary Laura!
A year ago today Laura learned she had cancer. Since then, she has not only kicked that cancers ass, but she has shown us all how to tackle one of life's greatest challenges with grace, courage, humor and determination. This blog would not have been created had it not have been for Laura's blog. Think of all of the fun memories, funny pictures, reminiscing, reconnecting with old friends and laughter that would not have happened! Laura, thank you first and foremost for fighting. You are one strong sistah! Secondly, thanks for having a hand in bringing all these crazy people together in cyberspace. The memories and stories that continue to surface are sooo funny. It's awesome as we slide ever closer to that 20th that we have a place to dish out old memories from back in the day - what halarious times...even if we were idiots putting ourselves in really bad situations. Finally - Laura, thank you for being a part of our lives, from those crazy drunken highschool days to these days, it's great to have you around.

Since this blog is in Laura's honor, feel free to share any memories about her that you feel compelled to (smile). Think of it as her continued therapy as I'm certain many of us have Laura flashbacks that will make her smile - and smiling is good for your health.

Lastly - Laura, wtf is thumping in the hooptie or whatever (dare I ask)?!

Just back from Tahoe

2008-02-25T13:21:00.001-08:00

So we just returned from the 4th annual Tahoe trip. We think we finally found "the" cabin - it's a keeper - thanks Becky for coordinating the trip and finding a rockin place to rent. This year Becky, Kelly, Tab, Ham, Amy & my family and our chilluns (I think there were 12 kids ages 0-9 if I counted correctly) made it up. Jeff & I had to cut out a day early since Wyatt came down with a nasty bug - but it was really fun while it lasted. A few of the ladies (I will not mention names) got their drink on Friday night and it was very entertaining to watch the effect of rum & coke or vodka & orange soda on people who haven't gotten schnockered in awhile. Good times! I heard something about sledding in bathing suits - what went down after we left you people?! It was dumping snow! Can't wait until next year to do it again. If Tab or Becky have video of the sledding shenanigans (in bathing suits or otherwise) I will add it here if they say it's ok.

Brianna Denison

2008-02-17T16:45:00.000-08:00

I'm not sure how many of you have heard about this story - but our community here in Reno has been hit hard by a tragedy. In late January, Brianna Denison, 19, was abducted from a home in the neighborhood next to campus. She grew up in Reno and was home visiting for winter break (she went to college in Santa Barbara). She had gone out with her friends to a concert and later that night slept on the couch in her friend's livingroom. The sliding glass door next to where she was sleeping had been left unlocked. In the morning when her friends woke up - Brianna was gone. Her cell phone and shoes were still there.

In the weeks that followed, the entire community seemed to rally in hopes of finding Brianna. I have never seen a campaign like this for a missing person. Posters of Brianna were everywhere - the casino marquis, in drive-thru windows, on every telephone pole, etc. Search and rescue teams made up of hundreds of volunteers combed the fields closest to campus for weeks hoping to find some trace of Brianna. Reno is still a small town in the sense that everyone seems to know someone you know. We have a friend who owns a car dealership and the police where there (and at every dealership) seeing if anyone tried to get rid of a car fast. One of the parent's in Korey's classroom was telling me her friends ex-husband was turned in as a possible suspect and interviewed. Another parent told me everyone in her husband's office were interviewed. The talk about this case has been constant and everywhere - in the line at the grocery store, on the radio - and of course on the news and in the paper.

This past weekend, Brianna's body was discovered in a field near my home (not the one right at the end of our sreet for those of you who have been here - another field about a mile away). Brianna had been strangled and her body dumped there over a week ago (perhaps longer, they haven't said yet). Until recently, most of the fields had been covered with snow. A man walking during his lunch break discovered her body. It was horrible news.

DNA evidence had linked Brianna's abductor to a serial rapist who has assaulted 2-3 other women on and near campus. They assume the man is local and have a possible description. They think he either lives or works near campus or on our end of town since he dumped her body down here. Women around here are rattled to say the least to know a serial rapist and now murderer is on the loose. Oh - and one of his rape victims told police there was a baby shoe on the floor of his truck - so this guy might be a Dad. They think he blends into the community really well and it's probably someone that family and friends would never imagine would be capable of these crimes. It's beyond creepy...

Brianna's favorite color was blue and today Jeff & I went to a birthday party with the kids and there were blue ribbons everwhere - on car antennas, front doors, light poles. Where Brianna's "missing person" posters had been now show posters with the sketch artist drawing of the potential suspect. The community is outraged and the manhunt has begun.

I wanted to post something about Brianna's story because I hope it reminds everyone to be safe. I can think back on my life (and our lives) and think about many times we made dumb decisions (leaving doors unlocked, walking around in dark neighborhoods, hanging out with boys we didn't know very well, the list goes on). We are all very lucky. In addition, I just hope people don't forget about this young woman who died way too early. My heart goes out to the Denison family. I cannot begin to imagine their pain. I know I will never forget Brianna. For more information about Brianna, go to http://www.briannadenison.com/.

Be safe,
Temple

Happy Valentine's Day!

2008-02-14T08:17:00.000-08:00

First I want to make sure to say Happy V-Day specifically to Sue...she & I survived many a rough Valentine's Day back in the day and I always think of her when this day rolls around. Cheers to you Sue! To everyone else - I hope today is a good thing and not a day filled with hang ups. I'm wondering what your best and worst Valentine's Days have been - any takers?

Kids sure make it more fun - that's for sure.

Less than 10 days until I see lots of you in Tahoe - can't wait!

xoxo,
Temple

2008...let the countdown begin!

2008-01-21T20:22:00.000-08:00

So it's official...we are less than two years away from our 20th. Some of our elderly friends who stop by here on occasion know their time has come - it's your year class of '88! Dust off your party pants! Kathleen should have a pre-party so us babies can see how the older and wiser kids will handle their 20th. Practice, practice - right? Help us youngsters out. (wink)

Actually any excuse to party with any of you old friends would be great. Maybe we can have a few get togethers for old time sake. We can hit the Bluffs, Sadek Court and whatever other old school haunts we can think of. We can also gather at some nostalgic concerts to keep our '80's rocker spirits alive. Shawn & I might be off to Vegas in April to catch Def Leppard, Styx & REO Speedwagon (jealous??? laughing???). Anybody have a banana clip I can borrow? Which of you did I loan my cropped denim jacket to? On to other things...some of us will be doing Bay 2 Breakers this year - make sure to keep ourselves agile enough to get down at the reunion. Maybe this is the year to start ressurecting the annual night before Thanksgiving thing at Marie Calendars...does that still happen? How did that ever land at Marie Calendars by the way?! Or - there's always Players...

Anytime I see any of you is a good time by the way. Here's to a great 08 to all of you!

POUR SOME SUGAR ON ME!!!!!!!!!! lol...

Cheers,
Temple

PS - Dave, the rumor is true...you were on a tentative list for being t.p.'d in the not so distant past. I'm privy to this information only as a bystander as it was not my idea. But you can talk to Amy ByH20 about the list. She knows we don't "fork" around if a few cocktails have been consumed and we're in the neighborhood, you never know what can happen.

Happy Holidays Y'all!

2007-12-20T19:40:00.000-08:00

Wishing everyone a wonderful round of Christmas cheer and a smooth slide into 2008. Not sure what we will be doing for New Years eve just yet. Might be in Sac, might be in Reno...depends on what kind of plans we run into. If anyone knows of anything fun happening - let us know!
~Temple

Get down with your bad Elf!

2007-12-05T10:47:00.000-08:00

http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=1177745302

Some of you guys have great moves! Happy holidays!
:) Temp

My turn...

2007-11-16T14:54:00.001-08:00

Star in Your Own JibJab! It's Free!T McD...this one's for you :)...

Fun Stuff from Amy

2007-11-16T14:35:00.001-08:00

Star in Your Own JibJab! It's Free!Way too funny not to post...

Halloween 2007

2007-11-08T10:19:00.000-08:00

Pictured: The Super Wellerstein Family, Camryn Roth's 1st Thanksgiving Feast, Kyle "Batman" Moehlman, Colby Smith (with neighbor I think?), RasTab & Paul McSmithy, Scotty "Dog" Klacking & Kaitlyn Rah Rah Rose.

Happy Birthday Sue!

2007-11-07T10:53:00.000-08:00

(Sue & Korey - Maui '06)

Happy Birthday to you...

Happy Birthday dear Sue.....

Happy Birthday to you!!!

Wish we could all have some mai tai's with you girlfriend! Have a good one!

~Temple

PS...still waiting for Halloween pictures from the rest of you!

Couldn't wait to post these!

2007-10-29T14:59:00.000-07:00

I realize it's unusual for me to do two posts in one day but these had me laughing outloud. This is Scott "Crack Me Up" Klacking as Robin. I love it! Thank you so much for sending...

Here it is...

2007-10-29T10:28:00.000-07:00

The infamous Halloween picture I was talking about before! Here is Dave Roth (as himself) with Alien Amy Lux, Tab the Streaker and Jen Harold as a French Maid. I figured with this blog and other stuff it was about time I got a scanner - and so I scanned my heart out this weekend and I'm prepared for many fun blogs to come. Have a fantastic Halloween everyone! Please don't forget to email me pictures afterwards of you or your kids or both in costume. Can't wait!

Happy hauntings,

Temple

2007-10-15T08:27:00.000-07:00

Happy Happy (late...*gulp*) Birthday Jen Ham!!!!! Hope you had a great day and laughed as hard as you were in this picture...sooo funny - GOOD TIMES!

Cheers,

Temple

October...Halloween is coming!

2007-10-05T08:13:00.000-07:00

Many of you know that I LOVE Halloween. It's definitely my favorite holiday. I have some great memories of Halloweens from back in the day. I remember being at Montview Park and Tab was dressed as a flasher in a trench coat with a ginormous nylon penis underneath that her Mom had made (that sounds so innappropriate right now...but at the time didn't phase me). I have a great picture of that night with Tab, Jen Harold (dressed as a french maid) and Amy Lux (dressed as an alien) and Amy's long silver alien fingers are fondling Tab's you know what. Halloween was a big deal in Chico too and I have endless memories from there as well. One year Sue & I dressed as Sylvester & Tweety and we looked rediculous as you can see! I don't know that I have ever laughed as hard as I did that night. What about you? What are some of your greatest Halloween memories (costumes, parties, etc)? I know some great Halloween pictures might be on tap for this year...in addition to our mass collection of cute kids in their get ups, we might have Dog the Bounty Hunter and his wife Beth if the Moehlman's pull it off (referring to Amy Bywater who might be Beth). I laugh just imagining that one!

Oh - and a quick birthday shout out to Scott Klacking who has a birthday on 10/7 I believe.
Boo!
Temple

Kickin it Maui style

2007-09-24T11:47:00.000-07:00

Here's a quick pic I wanted to post for Sue - her son Evan with Jenny Kroll's son McClay. Some good looking boys! Hope everyone is well and still out there somewhere.

Cheers,

Temple

The College Class of 2011...

2007-09-06T13:49:00.000-07:00

...were BORN in 1989. For those of you who haven't seen this annual Mindset List - here are some facts about this crop of college freshmen:
1. What Berlin wall? They have no idea...
2. Humvees, minus the artillery, have always been available to the public.
3. Rush Limbaugh and the “Dittoheads” have always been lambasting liberals.
4. They never “rolled down” a car window.
5. Michael Moore has always been angry and funny.
6. They may confuse the Keating Five with a rock group.
7. They have grown up with bottled water.
8. General Motors has always been working on an electric car.
9. Nelson Mandela has always been free and a force in South Africa.
10. Pete Rose has never played baseball.
11. Rap music has always been mainstream.
12. Religious leaders have always been telling politicians what to do, or else!
13. “Off the hook” has never had anything to do with a telephone.
14. Music has always been “unplugged.”
15. Russia has always had a multi-party political system.
16. Women have always been police chiefs in major cities.
17. They were born the year Harvard Law Review Editor Barack Obama announced he might run for office some day.
18. The NBA season has always gone on and on and on and on.
19. Classmates could include Michelle Wie, Jordin Sparks, and Bart Simpson.
20. Half of them may have been members of the Baby-sitters Club.
21. Eastern Airlines has never “earned their wings” in their lifetime.
22. No one has ever been able to sit down comfortably to a meal of “liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti.”
23. Wal-Mart has always been a larger retailer than Sears and has always employed more workers than GM.
24. Being “lame” has to do with being dumb or inarticulate, not disabled.
25. Wolf Blitzer has always been serving up the news on CNN.
26. Katie Couric has always had screen cred.
27. Al Gore has always been running for president or thinking about it.
28. They never found a prize in a Coca-Cola “MagiCan.”
29. They were too young to understand Judas Priest’s subliminal messages.
30. When all else fails, the Prozac defense has always been a possibility.
31. Multigrain chips have always provided healthful junk food.
32. They grew up in Wayne’s World.
33. U2 has always been more than a spy plane.
34. They were introduced to Jack Nicholson as “The Joker.”
35. Stadiums, rock tours and sporting events have always had corporate names.
36. American rock groups have always appeared in Moscow.
37. Commercial product placements have been the norm in films and on TV.
38. On Parents’ Day on campus, their folks could be mixing it up with Lisa Bonet and Lenny Kravitz with daughter Zöe, or Kathie Lee and Frank Gifford with son Cody.
39. Fox has always been a major network.
40. They drove their parents crazy with the Beavis and Butt-Head laugh.
41. The “Blue Man Group” has always been everywhere.
42. Women’s studies majors have always been offered on campus.
43. Being a latchkey kid has never been a big deal.
44. Thanks to MySpace and Facebook, autobiography can happen in real time.
45. They learned about JFK from Oliver Stone and Malcolm X from Spike Lee.
46. Most phone calls have never been private.
47. High definition television has always been available.
48. Microbreweries have always been ubiquitous.
49. Virtual reality has always been available when the real thing failed.
50. Smoking has never been allowed in public spaces in France.
51. China has always been more interested in making money than in reeducation.
52. Time has always worked with Warner.
53. Tiananmen Square is a 2008 Olympics venue, not the scene of a massacre.
54. The purchase of ivory has always been banned.
55. MTV has never featured music videos.
56. The space program has never really caught their attention except in disasters.
57. Jerry Springer has always been lowering the level of discourse on TV.
58. They get much more information from Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert than from the newspaper.
59. They’re always texting 1 n other.
60. They will encounter roughly equal numbers of female and male professors in the classroom.
61. They never saw Johnny Carson live on television.
62. They have no idea who Rusty Jones was or why he said “goodbye to rusty cars.”
63. Avatars have nothing to do with Hindu deities.
64. Chavez has nothing to do with iceberg lettuce and everything to do with oil.
65. Illinois has been trying to ban smoking since the year they were born.
66. The World Wide Web has been an online tool since they were born.
67. Chronic fatigue syndrome has always been debilitating and controversial.
68. Burma has always been Myanmar.
69. Dilbert has always been ridiculing cubicle culture.
70. Food packaging has always included nutritional labeling.

To be honest, I don't get all of these myself (what are fava beans?!) but figured maybe some of you would (like Joey who knows most trivia). Anyway...I realized as I walked into my class last week (I teach a college success course to entering freshman every fall semester) that since I was 18 when these students were born - I am now technically old enough to be my students' mother! WTF?! Time sure does fly...cheers y'all ~ Temp

Another baby!

2007-08-25T08:07:00.000-07:00

Congratulations to Kelly & her family - they welcomed baby McKenna earlier this week. McKenna was 6 weeks early and weighed around 4 lbs. Mom & baby are recovering in the hospital and doing well from what I hear. When I get the full scoop and a picture I can update this post.
Stay tuned,
Temple

UPDATE - in't she a cutie pie! Thanks for the pic Kelly - and again, congratulations!

Good times!

2007-08-12T13:19:00.000-07:00

So here is a blast from the past picture from Shasta when we went with Shawn & Matt to celebrate their upcoming numptuals. Thanks Sue for the pic! While this past week another fun time was had - it was a whole different ballgame chasing toddlers around and having constant mini-heart attacks when they even came close to the edge of the boat. Shawn & Matt had a wild hair and spontaneoulsy joined us for a few days which was great! We originally had a group of about 14 slated for this trip. A bunch of random circumstances changed everything and when we arrived last Saturday we were down to 4 people (and that included my 3 year old son Wyatt). So, my husband, my oldest kid and our friend John set out and within 2 hours the hospital called John's cell - his wife was going into labor at 6 months pregnant! So we had to turn around and take John back so he could drive all the way back to Reno. About half way back to the marina we came upon a ski boat that was on fire and apparently John's adrenaline had kicked in because before we knew it he had jumped ont a jet ski and went over with a fire extinguisher leapt onto the boat (everyone else had jumped off into the water) and helped put out the fire. Pretty crazy! So once we got John situated so he could get back to his wife, Jeff & Wyatt & I set out and spent a few long and lazy days floating around Shasta and enjoying a 14 person houseboat all to ourselves. While we had a great time - both of us were relieved to meet up with the Harlan's on Tuesday...it was nice to have some new people to talk to and some extra hands to "man the ship". It's hard to dock a boat and make sure the jet skis tied off in the back don't get thrashed when you are a crew of two - but we did it! So they hopped on board and Shawn whipped up a batch of her famous bloody mary's and we were off for a few more days of sunshine filled days and bazillion star nights.

Shawn & I talked about doing another girls houseboating trip - no kids - no mini-heart attacks. But Amy - you mentioned a cruise and I would be game for that sometime too. What about a 20 year reunion cruise?!?! That's something to think about. I hope all of your adventures the past two weekends were good ones...

Oops - almost forgot - our friend John is now a proud Daddy. Baby Jack Sullivan O'Day was welcomed on Wednesday at a tiny 2 lbs 14 ounces. He is breathing on his own which is incredible! He is thriving and while his parents have to commute back and forth to the hospital in Reno (the O'Days live in Gardnerville, 35+ miles south of Reno) for the next 70 days they will be camping out here some of the time. Now that had to have been an adventure...

Cheers,

Temple

More for the Hall of Fame!

2007-08-03T08:49:00.000-07:00

Turns out some of our youngins are experiencing some "fame" as well. Here is Shawn's son Kian in the picture that will be part of a calendar for adopted animals. Cute!

So in a few hours I'm off to Shasta to float for a week. Got a few jet skis, a cooler full of Fat Tire, lots of groceries and I'm so ready for some good times and R&R. I haven't done the houseboat thing since Shawn & Matt's Bachelor/Bachelorette extravaganza years ago...now those are some pictures!

Keep blogging while I'm away - I'll catch you on the other side.

TGIF!

~Temple

Got Flavor?

2007-07-29T14:28:00.000-07:00

I knew it would only be a matter of time before the famous would want to start showing off pictures. Thanks Dave for sending this classic picture of Pat Nooren with Flavor Flav - sweet! Anyone else have anything that can top this?! Bring it!

Update - Tanya McDaniel hooked me up with some more flavor of the NFL variety. Here is Kathleen with LaDanian Tomlinson, San Diego Chargers running back. Maybe it's just me but it looks like she wants to take a bite out of him.

Keep 'em coming people!

~Temple

5 Famous/5 Lost

2007-07-23T09:02:00.000-07:00

When I graduated from high school, my older brother (DC Class of '80) said that within 10 years, 5 people I knew from high school would be famous, and 5 would be dead. That always haunted me. So when 10 years had passed and '99 rolled around I was relieved that what he had experienced had not been the case for our class...at least not to my knowledge. Hearing of Ron Coffelt's recent passing and also thinking about losing Darryl Nelson earlier this year reminded me of my brother's 5 Famous/5 Lost theory. I'm sad about both tragic stories for these way-too-young-to-go men and the loved ones they have left behind. May their passing remind all of us to celebrate every day and embrace all we are blessed with.

For those of you who haven't seen Ron Coffelt's story in the paper, go to:
http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/284293.html
(Thanks Dave for the link...)

As far as the 5 Famous/5 Lost theory - what counts as famous? I heard that Kelly Auernig was once spotted in the audience of Jerry Springer - does that count? Come to think of it I think I heard Susan Fleming was on Jerry Springer. I think Tricia Olsem was once on a dating gameshow (forget which one) - does that count? Sue was in a Hard Rock Cafe Maui commercial - that's gotta count, right? They filmed Extreme Home Makeover in Petaluma and I think Jen Ham was in the crowd - does that count? I realize a lot of this is based on rumor so feel free to set me straight.

Take care y'all...
~Temple

Los Tres Hombres...

2007-07-03T10:09:00.000-07:00

Here are a few shots of the Smith Boys (Connor - Eric's son with Carson & Colby - Tab & Paul's kids) in Cabo last week. Looks like good times! Thanks Tab for the pics - even though the return trip home sounded like a nightmare - I hope the rest of the trip was great! Adios, Temple

Some of the '88 Cougar Kids - cuties!

2007-06-29T08:33:00.000-07:00

Thanks Kathleen (Dougherty) Overby for sending this pic. This is at Yosemite over Father's Day weekend. I recognize her kids - Zach is the boy in the front middle and Abby is the girl in the middle back row. I know the rest of the kids belong to Erin (Goheen) Auernig and Liz (Novak) Kleczek and I'm pretty sure the blondies belong to Erin and the brunettes to Liz. Dang - this makes me realize I don't see you guys nearly as often as I would like. I can't believe how old these kids are! How did that happen?! ~Temple

Mike Gardner Stoned...

2007-06-27T14:43:00.000-07:00

Woops! I mean here is Mike Gardner and his boys - John & William - at Stonehenge. I don't know about the rest of you but I'm jealous - looks like a cool place. By the way - I thought at first they were talking on cell phones but I think those are the little recorder things that tell about the place. Thanks for the pics Mike - tell us about your trip! ~T

Cool! Thanks for stopping by!

2007-06-23T19:52:00.000-07:00

So some new bloggers are amongst us - thanks to Scott Klacking for spreading the word. Did you guys know that Scott does some cool undercover work via Myspace? Veddy veddy eeenteresting stuff. I hope I didn't just out you but then I figure your perps aren't lurking around here. Thanks to Dave Roth for being persistent and figuring it out (wink). Thanks to Heatherlee for the posts...welcome! Thanks to my ya-ya posse for sticking around. I hope that more people continue to stop by. I've noticed that Stillwell has yet to visit (or at least speak up) on this blog and Laura's blog. So this is my official challenge to him to surface. T McD & Kafreen - counting on you to round up the rest of the getalongs. There are a few Spartans (friends from San Juan High) I hope will show up soon. And to Joe(y) - where did you go?! The rest of y'all - don't be shy. For the record - I'm no blog hog - I said it before & I'll say it again - this is intended to be OUR blog - our little slice of cyberspace if you will. So if there is a post you want to start or pictures you want me to share then email your wishes to me at temples@unr.edu. I have tried to figure out how to share "postability" for some of you to start new posts but so far it doesn't seem to be working. I'll keeping trying. In the meantime - let me know what's on tap and I'm happy to post away! Cheers! ~Temple

Happy (late) birthday Becky!

2007-06-18T10:24:00.000-07:00

Becky's birthday was Saturday and I goofed and now it's late but better late than never - hope it was a great birthday!
36 Hugs,
Temple

Happy Father's Day Weekend

2007-06-15T09:18:00.000-07:00

I hope everyone has a great weekend celebrating your own fathers or the fathers of your children or both or whatever floats your boat (or your father's boat or the father of your children's boat). Whatever you do - hope it's a great weekend!

Meet the twins!

2007-06-09T15:58:00.000-07:00

A warm welcome to Olivia & Charles - Becky & Chuck's twins! They are adorable! Congratulations to the Kay family. Becky deserves a medal...she was packin almost 13 pounds and 36 inches of babies (combined)...holy mackerel! ~Temple

Tomorrow Becky will have twins!!!

2007-06-01T08:54:00.000-07:00

This will be an exciting weekend...Becky will be having twins...Ham will be holding on to a raft for dear life in the American River...and I will be on a plane to Denver - have to work there all of next week. I've never been to Denver so I hope to make the most of the work trip and check out hmmm I dunno maybe a brewery or two?! I get to travel with a great friend from work so that will be cool. I look forward to catching up on posts while I'm away. Until then, happy babies and Ham you aren't gonna die - jeeze - cut it out! Have a great week everyone! ~Temple

Memorial Day Weekend - What did y'all do?

2007-05-29T14:05:00.000-07:00

Hope everyone had a great Memorial Day weekend. We took the boys on their first fishing expedition. It was a lot of fun.

Here is Wyatt with the rainbow trout Jeff caught. We did a day trip to Davis Creek (between Reno & Carson) and then yesterday spent the day at Donner Lake. Hope your families had fun adventures too! ~Temple

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU...

2007-05-28T20:31:00.000-07:00

Just a special birthday shout out to Amy! Hope it's been a great one...I'll buy you a drink next time I see you!
36 Hugs...
~Temple

So...what's up DC Alums?

2007-05-22T11:44:00.000-07:00

So I have been completely inspired by Laura's blog - and I thought in addition to using classmates, reunion.com and the DCHS Alumni site to kind of check people out and see what's up with our old high school peeps, maybe it would come in handy to have a place where we can chat. I should confess right now that I am a complete rookie in the world of blogging so I will do my best to make this thing work - at least I will give it a whirl. As our inevitable 20th reunion continues to creep up I figure I can't be the only one who is starting to wonder about old friends. So round 'em up kiddos - and feel free to share what's on your mind, how you intend to make a difference in the world, what planet you live on - and whatever else you might thinketh...
Cheers! {clink-clink}
Temple