OHS Newsletter
(Archived Copy)

A Summary of Events and Topics of Interest to OHS grads and friends

April 14, 2003

IN THIS ISSUE:

Dear All,

I am going to try and fill Bonnie's shoes just one more time before she gets back into the swing of things. As I understand it, she is going back to work soon, but I have no doubt she will be busy catching up with work before she has time to devote to the newsletter. Well, I'm sure her boss will think so anyway.

Just want to share some of Bonnie's triumphs with all of you. Since her surgery she has lost 32 pounds, but since she began the whole process and began prepping for the operation, she has come down a whopping 62 pounds from her high!! As she put it, she can now walk and breathe at the same time and when she gets on the scale now it doesn't pass the zero any more. Her doctor says she can eat anything but red meat, alcohol, and fried foods. The best part seems to be that the really unwholesome food has begun tasting as bad as it is unhealthy. Hopefully it will stay that way. Moreover, her sleeping has improved and she doesn't need the special sleep mask any more. Further joyous comment on this by me is unnecessary, and the stories in her own words will be priceless I'm sure!

Bonnie has no access to her work email at home, so anyone who wrote to her there will have to be patient just a bit longer till she gets back to work and gets some time.

Diana Fisch '66 writes that her son will be getting married in October. She is really excited about it and loves his fiance. I felt the same before my son got married, so I know what a wonderful feeling that is. Congratulations to Diana and family!

And just as a personal, final note in this newsletter about the war in Iraq -- the Minister of Defense in Israel declared today (Sunday, April 13) a downgrading of the war alert and all of us here are now advised we can leave home without our gas masks and we can dismantle our sealed rooms. In addition, both my sons are civilians again, one demobilized and the other's call-up orders cancelled. Hallelujah and God Bless America!!

Happy Passover and Easter to all,

Beverly

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The Wildcats Alumni Association of Oakland High School (WAA) is sponsoring an open house at OHS on May 3rd. Grab all of your fellow graduates and stop by! Hope to see you May 3rd.

Calling all Oakland High Alumni and Friends!

Haven't seen your former high school classmates in ages?

Never went to your Oakland High reunion?

Want to meet up with your favorite high school teacher?

Oakland High School's Open House is the place to be! Bring your friends, families and loved ones to visit Oakland High on Saturday, May 3, 2003 from noon to 3:00 pm at 1023 MacArthur Boulevard in Oakland.

Come on down and join us for an afternoon of entertainment from OHS alumni, demonstrations of current OHS students in the Visual Arts and Environmental Academies, tours of the campus and view yearbooks dating to the first years of Oakland High in the 1860s (the school is 134 years old!)!

There will be food, music, OHS yearbooks and Wildcats Alumni T-shirts for sale. Come one, come all, and reminisce with other OHS Alumni and teachers. Take a walk down memory lane, and also experience the current students of Oakland High School.

If you can't make it this time, please feel free to join the Wildcat Alumni Association of OHS by contacting us at waa@oaklandhighalumni.org, and be on our mailing list for upcoming events and info. You may also make your tax deductible donations to the Wildcat Alumni Association of OHS, which will help fund scholarships and assist teachers and students of Oakland High.

Be there or be square, and Go Wildcats!

Shirley Muramoto Wong '72

Contacts: 510/433-7350/voicemail, email: murasaki@murasakiensemble.com

REGULAR REUNION BLURBS:

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Andy Orengo 1964 grad is anxious to get in touch with old friends. Write to him at andione@kua.net He writes
It's been a long time since I've contacted anyone from my alma mater and hope it's not the last. I just want to let everyone know, that I'm still alive and doing well. If anyone wants to know more about me, you can go to my web page titled, 'The Truth Unveiled.' which is also the title of my recently published book. Go to www.thetruthunveiled.com where you'll find a short biography of me.
We've also been contacted by Carl Kern, '74, who wrote
I was in the class of 1974 and was wondering if any of my classmates are still around. I have retired from the US AIRFORCE after 30 yrs. and would just like to possibly find some old classmates from 1974/1975. [You can reach me at] crkern4@aol.com, if there is any classmates out there please e-mail me. Since retiring and moving to Albuquerque New Mexico I have got spare time on my hands.
Pete Ward, '75 also got in touch for the first time. You can see what he is doing now at www.colts.com/default_main.htm and contact him at WardP@COLTS.NFL.com

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March and the beginning of April have not been a happy time for families of 6 OHS grads who have passed away in the last few weeks. Vance Haswell, Class of 1932, passed away on April 3rd. John Salvin OHS '39 (father of Nicki Salvin Wright '65), passed away on April 4th. On March 14th Carole Mortensen '57 passed away; March 27th Phyllis Adams '63; March 28th, Stanley Huey '66; and March 22nd, Larry Del Gado '67. Condolences to all their families.

Shirley Muramoto Wong has just informed me also that sadly, Jacob van Laningham died in January of this year. He taught English, Public Speaking and Drama and was much loved by his students. I have so far been unable to find any details, so if anyone knows anything or can find out, please send in the details.

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Pictures this week include:

Only one photo this week -- Oakland High School, 1908

OHS 1908
OHS 1908

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Mail your news, comments and suggestions to Bonnie at HULSEBE@barstow.usmc.mil.

Copyright © 2002-2003 by Bonnie Burke Hulse '65 and Bev Shulster '65. All rights reserved.