PLHS Alumni eUpdate
August 2013
When
life gets busy and the eUpdates take longer to get out there is a LOT of info
to include. Hopefully there is something of interest to all alums in this
link-filled issue. (I know I keep promising to send these more often, but the
time flies by.)
Enjoy
the last few weeks of summer. If you have pics from your reunion or other
gatherings of your classmates, please get them to me with a breif explanation
and we will put them into the next eUpdate!
Kim (PL '73)
(Proud
mother of second generation Pointer, Andrew Jessop PL '00, who received his
Ph.D in Accoustical Engineering from Purdue last weekend.)
PLHS
NEWS
BOBBIE SAMILSON RETIRES:
After 9
years as Principal at PLHS, Bobbie Samilson has retired. Bobbies energy and
enthusiasm were infectious and she has had great rapport with the PL community
and the alumni. We will miss her but send our best wishes to her as she begins
the next chapter of her life. Read more about Bobbie
Hans Becker has been
selected to replace Bobbie. 
He has
been a VP on campus for 5 years and has become a familiar face at PL events and
activities. He has a strong connection with the PL Cluster Council and looks
forward to working with the community. Welcome Hans! More about Mr. Becker.
MOTION PICTURES INDUSTRIES FACILITY OPENS AT PLHS
On April
11th the new state of the art Motion Pictures Industries Facility
was dedicated at PLHS. This project is part of the District College, Career,
and Technical Education program.
Speakers indicated that there is no
other facility of this caliber in a high school anywhere in California.
It will
prepare students for additional education or for entry level work in the motion
pictures industries (a high demand labor market in California.)
The
Facility includes video editing rooms, audio suite, audio-video hub, podium
with speaker, a green screen, and a tool shed for building sets. There is also
a screening room. The curriculum with include 4 levels of Video production, and
4 levels of Multimedia production. No other high school in the SD District
offers this curriculum. Read More
AROUND
THE POINT
CABRILLO NATIONAL MONUMENT turns
100 this year! 
"Cabrillo Lights Up the
Night", a celebration event, will be held on October 12. Activities
include a 6pm Sunset Walk to the Lighthouse, Catered food, Cash Bar, Dancing
with live music, and a Silent Auction. Come out and enjoy the evening at the
Point! More Info
ALUMNI
NEWS AND INFO
CAMPUS
TOUR: We have had multiple requests for
an Alumni Campus tour at Homecoming (November 8th) this year. If you
would be interested in a tour please let us know. Pointers Email (And plan to stick
around and join us for the Annual Alumni March in the Homecoming Parade!)
PLEASE
HELP SUPPORT PLHS ALUMNI: Your tax
deductible contributions allow us to maintain our alumni website (the only
administrative cost we incur), broadcast Reunion news to classmates, archive
Alumni memorabilia, and give an annual Spirit of the Pointer Alumni scholarship
to a college-bound Pointer (a PLHS Alumni tradition since the 1970s!) There is
also an option to help fund the Bennie Edens and Larry Zeiger scholarships. We
cant keep it going without your support.
Donate Here
Kathy Lazarro
PL 66, Anne Colt PL 67,
and Mark Niederman
PL 67, former members of the PLHS Madrigal Choir group, have spent the summer
in their old choir room at PLHS to organize and catalogue the sheet music
collection in hopes that a vocal program may one day be reinstated at PLHS. Read the Story
Josh Morse (PL 10)
has a life journey that has taken him from homeless
student
to San Diego State University Student Body President. His story is touching and
remarkable. Having had the opportunity to work with Josh on an Alumni video of
PLHS a few years ago I can attest to the fact that he is a wonderful and highly
motivated young man. Congratulations Josh for the honor of heading up the SDSU
ASB!! Joshs Story
Richard Arnold
PL 59 (the sculptor of the Spirit of the Pointer statue donated by Alumni) has
another work of public art
. This time honoring the SD Lifeguard service and
commemorating Robert Baxley and the 13 victims of the 1918 drowning at Ocean
Beach. 
The tragedy was the impetus for the
City of San Diego to add additional lifeguard services. When you are in OB
check out the life-sized statue next to the main Lifeguard tower. Lifeguard memorial
Joe Radovich PL 68
took over as new head Baseball Coach for PLHS in May.
Scott Hopkins PL 67
won 5 awards at the Society of Professional Journalists presentation event. 
Scott
continues to chalk up an impressive array of awards for his stories about PLHS
Sports, campus activities and community happenings. He is at almost every PLHS
event taking photographs and notes. Read the story. (Most of the pics
in our eUpdates are from him.) Congrats Scott!!! You can read a collection of
Scotts Beacon stories at www.sdnews.com (Enter 'Scott Hopkins' in the Search line.)
Read more about what is going on at PLHS and in the PL community go to:
PLHS Pointer News (Student
newspaper)
The Beacon (Local OB/PL News)
REUNIONS
Events
are planned for the following classes.
For
more info go to: Reunions
1953:
Sept. 20-21 draystevens@cox.net
1956:
75th Birthday October 12th at SDYC
1958:
Sept. 19th at Fiddlers Green
1961:
70th Birthday Sept. 14th at ZLAC rowing club.
Plhs61-response@earthlink.net
1963:
Sept. 6-8 Bellab345@cox.net
1968:
Oct. 12 SDYC (printable flyer: www.plhsalumni.org.reunions.html )
1973:
Sept. 13-14 plhs1973@gmail.com
1983:
A great time had by all! July 19-20
1988:
Aug. 10-11 Waiting to hear how much fun they had!
1993:
Aug. 16-17 plhsclassof93@gmail.com
2003:
Aug. 24 House of Blues www.plhs2003.com
In Memoriam
Once a Pointer, Always a Pointer!
Ron
Ellsworth 56
Pamela
Gott 67
Patricia
Stucy 93
Susan
Casad Barker 72
Jeannette
Mollering 38
John
R. Wilbanks 55
Lyndall
Roux Creager 48
Carleton
Creager 49
Madeline
Ruth Kuhl 45
Joan
Funk Welch 66
Mary
Jane Scott Caldwell 43
Charlotte
Fried Schultz 37
Marvin
T. Bradeen 47
Craig
T. Burke 66
Thomas
James Salston 64
Chris
Brinker 88
Katherine
Kitty Hardie Edwards 52
Joan
Bain 50
Robert
D. Medearis 56
Clifford
B. Hewitt Jr. 48
Helen
Pastore Shultz 44
Katherine
Francis 95
Mary
Adele Turchinski Kipp 44
Darlene
Marie Contreras Treat 50
Janet
Bischoff Smith 48
Pete
F. Zuker 83
Christian
Todd Little 85
Joann
Brown Spencer 56
John
Porkny 69
Heather
Quintrall 93
Robert
Cheverton 64
Joel
E. Poukkula 56
George
Cierny III 65 Obit
Dan McKinnon 52
Helen
J. Robinson Carlson 52
Patricia
Early Cotter 47
Rosamund
Decker Emerson 45
Peggy
Carlson Parker 50
Mary
Alice Rosa Gonsalves 53
Terry
Teudt 63
Anita
Evanson 78
Daniel
H. Butler 55
Shirley
Mengar Peck 50
Martha
Hartley 78
Suzanne
Rayburn Webb 52
Jane
Rankin Coronado 57
~
~ ~
The list is long
.and our Pointer family mourns our loss.
Many thanks to the growing number of
Alums who have been sending in notice of passed Pointers. There is no way we
can keep track without your help.
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