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ALUMNI KNIGHTS NEWSLETTER
soquelhighalumni@soquelhs2.net
June 2010
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UPCOMING EVENTS!! |
Mark Your Calenders and Buy your tickets!
Outdoor concert with White Album Ensemble Performing
At the Soquel High Football Stadium! September 11th gates open at 5:00pm Great Food, Incredible Music, Bring your blankets, chairs for lawn seating and bleachers See www.ticketweb.com to purchase tickets or soquelconcert.com for more details....... |
| Quick Links: |
Soquel High Fund: www.soquelhighfund.org
Facebook: Soquel High School on Facebook (excellent site for communication with classmates!)
Alumni Site:
alumniclass.com/soquel |
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ALUMNI IN THE MILITARY! | |
Chief Warrant Officer III, John Ferrara
Army Reservist serving his second deployment in Iraq
Class of 1978
Phil Gagnon - Navy, Class of 08'
Matt Farrotte - Navy, Class of 07'
Taylor Alaimo - Army, Class of 08' (teacher Gail Alaimo's son)
Anthony Sidoti, Air Force, serving in Afganistan, Class of 93'
Brandon Kempf, Army, Class of 06'
Tanner Kempf, Army, Class of 07'
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| Scholarships and Achievements: |
Thank you to all of the alumni families for all of your donations to scholarships for our students!!
Students in the class of 2010 are going to such schools as: Harvard, MIT, Juilliard and Stanford along with State schools and UCs. We are so proud!!
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| Battle of the Sexes!! | |
Varsity Volleyball, Battle of the Sexes.
GIRLS WON!!!! 2010 |
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SOQUEL HIGH FUND BOARD MEMBER HONORED!
Janet Edwards was given an EDDY award in the unsung hero category from the Santa Cruz Education Foundation. Janet volunteers for just about everything for our School and does an excellent job! Congratulations Janet and thank you so much for all that you do!!
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Soquel High MEC Academy Goes Green!!! | |
The California Dept. of Education has awarded Soquel High School a California Partnership Academy grant, to help refocus the Mechanical, Engineering and Construction Academy on green industries.
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| REUNIONS: | |
1989
Class of 1970, 40th reunion with Harbor
When: September 11, 2010
Where: The Elks Club; Santa Cruz
Call(831)475-5009 or (831)818-3939 !! Rhonda Waldron-Hood
Class of '76, 35th reunion
When: summer of 2011
Please email me at: soquel76@yahoo.com for inquiries. Thanks, Cheryl
Class of 80', 30th reunion
When: July 16th and 17th
Where: Windjammer on 16th and BBQ, potluck at Seacliff State Beach on 17th Sign up at classmates.com or contact Penny Cunningham Lopez pennylopez831@yahoo.com
Class of 1985, 25 year reunion
When: August 21, 2010
Where: Seacliff Inn
Class of 1990, 20 Year Reunion
When: August 14, 2010
Where: Chaminade Resort & Spa
Please go on facebook Soquel High Class of 1990 or email: aimee@pinktaffydesigns.com
** If you are planning a reunion please email us and we will add to the next Newsletter! |
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PICTURES!!!! |
Last day of track practice 74'
Todd Korver 75' Tom Tromblee 76' Neil Theilen 77' Mark Wagner 74' Johnie Thomas 74' Mike Hamm 74'
Homecoming Float
Post Graduation Bike Trip.....somewhere outside Chowchilla 1975!
Marty Capron, Al Meyer, Hugh Thorne, photo by Mark Wagner
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| What Happened to: |
Donny Masters....Karen McGinley....her twin brother Lenny?? ANSWER: Don and Karen (McGinley) Masters have been married sine 1972 and lived in the same home in Capitola. Don has owned his own paving business since the 70's. They have 3 daughters who all graduated from SHS and College. Lenny McGinley is the director of Sales for Autobutel.com in Irvine, CA. He has been with the Company for 11 years. Prior to tackling the car business, Lenny was a well known radio DJ for KLOK and KLIV in San Jose, CA.
Janis Stewart?
Lonnie Shears?
Dean Korth?
IF YOU KNOW PLEASE EMAIL!
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| SPORTS 2010 |  Soquel's Varsity baseball team, under new head coach Robert Zuniga, tallied an overall record of 13 wins, 8 losses, and 1 tie while going 6-6 in the league play. Soquel qualified for the CCS tournament. The JV baseball team, led by coach Devin Kleffer, compiled a 12-6 overall record, but finished with an impressive 9-3 in league play.
Women's Soquel Knights Softball:
Soquel finished the season with an 18 - 10
overall record. They also finished as SCCAL Champs
with a 10 - 2 league record. They scored 185 runs for
the year and only gave up 80 runs.
Four players from Soquel High made the SCCAL All League1st Team.
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Dear Soquel High Alumni and Friends:: |
The SOQUEL HIGH FUND is an umbrella Non-profit Organization filled with Alumni and Community members that care about our incredible high school. We look forward to updating you on former classsmates, sports statistics, reunions and great events!. If you would like to submit Alumni Achievements to spotlight, Sports
Accomplishments or have any ideas for the Alumni Knights Newsletter please email soquelhighalumni@soquelhs2.net. We hope each member will feel part of the school and have a sense of community.
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| Soquel High coaching legend Dewey Tompkins 81, dies | |
Santa Cruz County lost a high school football legend, March 30, 2010
Former Soquel High football coach Dewey Tompkins died, he was 81.
Tompkins was a competitor, on and off the field.
Former Players described him as a driven coach who demanded perfection. But he also liked to cut loose.
"He loved parties, everything fun. He was always in a good mood, laughing and smiling," said his son Brad, one of four Tompkins children.
The passionate leader coached high school footbal for 35 years, including his final 32 seasons at Soquel. His prized team at Soquel went 9-0 in 1977 - it remains the Knights' only unbeaten football team in the school's 47-year history.
Tompkins won 13 league titles with the Knights before retiring in 1993 with a career record of 203-125-7, a .606 win percentage. His teams won the Central Coast Section playoffs six times.
He was father of four and met his beloved wife Betty, in 1955. His football coaching career is a legend and the impact he made on the players lives was evident at his memorial on April 10, 2010 at the Dewey Tompkins Football Field @ Soquel High. Players shared about a tough coach who worked them hard-expected sacrifice, committment, and a win. However, when grown men share they will never forget Coach--you understand this man left a gift of confidence, cherished memories of teammates and a pride to be part of a legacy for him and them!
Thanks, Coach!
Quotes:
So many memories of Dewey!! He taught Therese, Robin and me to drive...all at the same time. What a mistake that turned out to be -- so he said! I heard that he discussed us during every driver's ed class from then on. No friends driving together!!! Sure loved that man - he had a lot of great character! Miss you Dewey...on to bigger and better places!
Yes, I remember him taking our class down to Moss Landing, and I was driving and he told me if I could go across the parking lot which was full of holes without him spilling his coffee that I would pass drivers training. I did it and had to drive the rest of the way back to SC, good memories.
Funny I was telling someone the other day after reading of his passing about drivers ed he told me to turn the car off and I turned the key to start and there was a terrible grinding noise. He just leaned his head on the roof of the car and shook it back and forth while saying "Dutton" in a somewhat calm resigned voice. He was great; always a smile, always patient with us driving. rip
I remember cutting his swim class once. Me and AJ got changed and went out to the pool for roll call and when he turned his back we legged it back into the changing rooms.
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| WAS A GREAT GOLF TOURNAMENT!! | |
Tom Johnson, Bill McDermott and Bob Lee
Thanks, all for such a great golf tournament! And to all who helped, golfed, cooked and hungout for a spectacular day of golf which captivated us into double overtime at the bar until we ended up with left overs at the barbeque. Special thanks to Golf Sponsors: GOLD: RaeAnne Pifferini and The Brownie Baker; SILVER: The Fidiam Family; BRONZE: Steve Edwards, New Venture Support Inc. and thank you to all loyal donars.
Many thanks also go out to the parent, student and community volunteers who gave their valuable time to help in the success of the day. A special thanks to Juli McDermott for organizing the event.
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| Alumni Spotlight! | |
Kurt with Sir Richard Branson during a visit to Virgin Airline headquarters in Burlingame
Alumni Kurt Schaarschmidt - Class of 1970
A seasoned airline professional for 30 years, Kurt joined startup Virgin America in May 2006 as part of the launch team working to introduce a better flying experience in the US market. The airline launched service in August 2007 and has won numerous travel awards. Kurt manages all purchasing activity for the airline and airports served including the interior seating and entertainment systems. Kurt resides in Dublin, CA with his wife of 17 years, Mary Jo and two daughters Krista and Nicole
Kirby St. John says his competitive nature gives him confidence on the mound.
Alumni Kirby St. John - Class of 2006
Part of a stellar starting staff for Coach Dan O'Brian's No. 1-ranked UC San Diego Baseball team, senior Kirby St. John has been a solid member of the Triton's rotation for the past 4 years. A communications major at UCSD's Roosevelt College.
Major League Baseball Player-- Casey McGhee
Casey McGhee - Class of 2000
No player on the Brewers' roster had more of a breakout season in 2009 than Casey McGehee.
He went from a completely unknown commodity in spring training to finishing fifth in NL Rookie of the Year 09' voting. For the 2010 season as of June 1, 2010 he was leading the National League in runs batted in, with 41. Casey McGehee is close to becoming the National League starting third baseman in MLB Allstar Game in Anaheim on July 13, 2010. Fans vote in the starting field players and, currently, the Soquel High Graduate is in third place among vote getters.
KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK ALUMNI!!
IF YOU HAVE AN ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE PLEASE SEND AN EMAIL!
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| Central Firefighters rescue ducklings that fell into storm drain/Soquel High Alum's!! | |
Aptos - A small flock of ducklings was rescued by Central firefighters Monday morning, after they fell through a storm grate on Soquel Drive near Porter Gulch Road. A Mother duck walking her baby ducklings became frantic when they fell through the storm grate around 8 a.m. Passersby heard the loud quacking of the mother duck on top of the grate, and the "cheeps" of the ducklings below. Central firefighters climbed down the grate and used a milk crate to bring the ducklings back to the road. " We heard what sounded like a duck in distress," said Mike DeMars, Central Fire spokesman. "Mom was circling the area. We took the crate over to some bushes and let them loose where they were reunited." Part of the "Hero" crew were alum: Brad Spencer 02', Richard McDonald 96' and Doug Burklo 78'.
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DONATIONS NEEDED!! | |
There is a tremendous need for donations to the Soquel High Fund. A good education for these students will mean so much to ours as well as their futures. These students will be running our government and our society one day. We need to give the very best opportunity we can to each and every one of the students. If you can give even a small amount it would help. Just simply go to http://soquelhighfund.org/home, it will make a difference. |
| THEATER AND PERFORMING ARTS : | |
"CAROUSEL"
This production features student designers, technicians, student musicians and a cast of 28 talented performing arts students at Soquel High School. Musical Director, Mazera Cox and director Maggie Kline share the production duties for the show. Choreographed by Kelly McDermott, this show will feature the Carousel Ballet. With costumes by Kelsey Olivier, sound design by Carl Dawson, lighting design by David Williams, and scenic design by Maggie Kline (for her master's program in Theatre Studies at Southern Oregon University), this production is the culmination of three months of rehearsal and construction. A special feature of the production will be the use of a carousel horse, built by Carl Henn, grandfather of the Dawson family children. He restores and lovingly maintains the carousel horses for the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk.
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Soquel High Fund
THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
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