Cordova High School 1970

RALLY

DANCE

PICNIC

A RESOUNDING SUCCESS! Was the overall consensus of the combined class reunion for Cordova Sr. High Classes of 1969 (31 years) and 1970 (30 years).

In 1989 the Class of 69 held it's own 20-year reunion and the Lancer Snooper was on hand. Eleven years later the "snooper" was at it again and was pleasantly surprised at the difference in the folks from the greatest class ever. Everyone had grown in wisdom and tolerance and there was a definite feeling in the air of genuine caring, a renewal of friendships and forming of new ones. No one seemed concerned with petty, non-important issues. We remembered all the good times and some not so good ones; everybody seemed positive and optimistic about their lives thus far and the next century as well.

Over the three days of reunion activities, we gathered at the School's flagpole on Friday July 21st to laugh and start getting re-acquainted and watch the cheerleaders from the Class of 1970 do a few cheers, we all sang the school's alma mater and were wowed as Joy McElwee popped into her famous splits at the end of the cheers! From there, we all headed for an informal get together at Rudy's Hideaway where we received excellent service and stayed many hours laughing and talking.

Saturday afternoon found us gathering at the Radisson Hotel for a sumptuous banquet and dancing… Competition was strong for the Lancers who won the following coveted titles:

FARTHEST TRAVELED
Bill Paavola
MOST CHILDREN
Steve Lascola
MOST MARRIAGES
Denny Dew
MOST IN NEED OF ROGAINE
Bobby Long
BIGGEST GOAT ROPER
Bob Nesbitt
MOST GRANDKIDS
Sandy Eberhardt
BEST PRESERVED
Chuck Talley and Patti Steele

The committee who worked hard for over 9 months to put on this successful event were Vickie Newbill-Bays, Rex Halverson, Angie Luna-Phelan, Nancie Schneider-Kenton and Mike Bender - they deserve a very large round of applause and thanks. To give you an update on the Class of 69, The Lancer Snooper visited with everyone she could find over the three days. Here is the latest scoop…(maiden names are used for all the ladies because that is who we were!)

Mark Gardner lives in the Seattle area, is married with 2 children and is "EHOME.COM", an on-line residential real estate company… He ran for US Congress in Washington in 92 but says he lost because he was too honest!

Don Moffett has lived in Chicago, Virginia and San Francisco…He owns a "dot com" selling shares. He's been married for 13 years, and says they are still on their honeymoon.

Debbie Hitchcock has 3 children and has worked for the past 23 years with the Interstate Oil Company. JoAnn Jensen is happily married with two beautiful little girls adopted from China. Her advice is to have children when you are younger.

Marcy Silva was excited to be attending her first reunion. She has been married for 30 years, has 3 children and 3 grandchildren.

Bill Paavola came from New Jersey to be here… he says he is still married, has 3 children and that "There is no speeding when there are no cops"

Merrill Parsons has been married for 30 years, has two children and lives in Spring, Texas… He said he "married a Bulldog" (his lovely wife attended - gasp- Folsom High).

Carol Parker reported she has two great sons. She "works for the State as 'a secret agent', loves to travel and she was left off the shirt list".

Paul Lucky has 3 great kids and is an electronic technician for Security Equipment Inc.

Becky Hill has one lovely daughter and is a systems analyst for Trident Submarines.

Jim Oakley works for the US Post Office, is retired Air Force and lives here in Rancho. He claims it is the greatest place to live and wouldn't live anywhere else!

Pat Kepple has been married 26 years, has 3 children, and is eagerly awaiting the birth of her 1st grandchild in one month. She is a self-employed medical transcriptionist.

Jan Abernathy has been a State Farm claims superintendent for almost 25 years, and she and her daughter both got their B.A. Degree in May 1999 in communications studies.

Steve McDonald has two children and works as a State Corrections officer. He has a very loud pager with lots of flashing lights.

Cindy Upchurch lives in Rancho Cordova, is a marriage counselor with Sutter Counseling. All 4 of her children graduated from Cordova High.

Karen Kidd is married to Dave Cooper… they were both in the Class of 69. One of them is an accounting analyst for the State and Dave says of Karen, "she's a goofball, she married her paperboy".

Gail Guinn is married, has one daughter and has lived in San Diego since 1979. She's a legal secretary.

Lianna Matthew has been married 28 years, has 2 girls and lives in the Auburn area. She is the former General Manager of the Orangevale Recreation & Parks District.

Don Weber has 2 children and works at Woodard Chevy in Fairfield. See him for a great deal on a new car!!!! This was also Don's first reunion and he was having a great time.

Theresa Langlois has been married 28 years, has 2 girls and lives in Boerne, Texas (near San Antonio). She is a unit assistant for a "TPA" for self-insured companies. Her thoughts were "She has her health, hubby & wonderful kids - couldn't ask for more".

Edna Davis has been married 30 years, has two children and 2 grandchildren. She is an insurance processor and was a beautician before that. She said to "be kind to each other".

James Sternberg is married, lives in Huntington Beach and has 1 daughter. He works for the US Post office and took part in a series of radio broadcasts of 1920's music. He advises to "choose your goals carefully and stick with them".

Donna Marinelli has two children, a grandchild on the way and has worked at PacBell since she was 17 years old - she is an engineer.

Carol Arena is a professional chef - she lived 10 years in New England, 10 in Palm Springs and 10 in San Francisco. She's never married, has no kids and is enjoying life.

Karen Reckers has been married 29 years, has 2 children and is an office manager for a construction company that works with rebuilding after natural disasters.

Mickey (Lyle) Sharp has been married 15 years, has 2 children and is an optician in Elk Grove. He says "everything's cool".

Cathy Murray is married with 2 children. She is a world traveler and Director of Creative Services in Petaluma.

Terry Banner is married, has 2 sons, owns his own construction company and when asked what he's been up to for the past 30 years, gave the usual reply of "about 6' 2". His wife says he is un-trainable.

Tom Ognisty says he married in 1979 and is enslaved by 3 kids in Los Angeles. He is a process engineer in Houston, Texas involved in building refineries. Tom says, "He appreciates wine way more than he used to".

Rich Emery is the area coordinator for EXCEL Communications. He is a published free-lance writer and one of his articles was turned into a half-hour radio drama. He is currently writing a book that will be published soon. He advises everyone to "continue to live life to the fullest".

Jerry Cantwell is married, has 2 children and is involved with selling appliances to contractors in the Auburn area.

Eddie James says he "has been a saint ever since High School. He's on his second marriage, and has 3 children between them and he is a Firefighter for Sacramento County. His wife is a teacher.

Sue Gibson is married, has a 10-year-old daughter, and works as a medical technologist for the University of California.

Sharon Sharek has two children, is taking computer classes and says the best thing that ever happened to her was adopting her children.

Judy Giddings has three children, has been a "stay at home Mom" all along and loves it. She organizes "helicopter tours for skiing in Canada" and loves her life.

Elaine Doughty is a very successful real estate agent in Nevada County. She has 3 wonderful children.

Jim Lowen is married, has 3 children and is an architect. He claims, "I never inhaled".

Mike Bender has led a colorful life. He is a secretary for 24 school psychologists. Once when skydiving, says he "saw the sunset in fast motion".

Vicki Pfingst is still running Pfingst Realty in Rancho Cordova… She says "life has been a great adventure". She has a private pilots license, is a world traveler, has a Black Belt and "Everyone should ENJOY LIFE".

Deborah Everson is happily married and looking forward to retirement so they can see Tahiti and Alaska. She teaches computer education at a Lutheran School.

Becky Britton lives in Hughson, has 4 children and 2 grandchildren. She works at Cal State Stanislaus as Assistant VP of Finance.

Dave McKean is a supervisor for the City of Roseville Refuse Department, toyed around with restoring old cars for about 5 years and said "Yes, I did all of that" when asked what he's been doing for the past 31 years.

Irene Santos is a retired supply technician with civil service and is presently going to Manicure school. She married Jack Robinson, also from our class, two years ago. Jack had his own gardening business for 20 years and now works for Fry Electronics.

John Waldon is a corporate headhunter living in Irvine. He has two children

Nancie Schneider is busy holding down 3 jobs, two as on-call psychologist for several school districts putting her PhD to good use. She was the coordinator for the Class of 69 and spent countless hours attempting to locate and contact the over 400 members of the class.

Velma Talley, still effervescent as always, is still living with her hubby in Oak View, awaiting the birth of their second grandchild. Velma says she's finally found out what she wants to do when she grows up; she's been teaching high school for the past two years and just loves it. She also teaches computer repair and Cisco Networking Technologies PLUS she's an active member of the Board of Education for Ventura Unified School District.

Kris Scherer is back in Sacramento after living in North Pole, Alaska for 25 years. She's working at a Veterinary Hospital after a myriad of positions over the past 30 years ranging from being one of the first six women ever allowed into the Security Police Law Enforcement career field in the Air Force to a Merchandising Manager at PetSmart. The best job of all though, was the time off to be a stay-at-home Mom for two great children. On the side, she serves every now and then as the LANCER SNOOPER!

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