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I was aware of the reunion but could not make it. I'll plan to be at the 25th.
Arnetta L. Jackson <ALJ3559@aol.com>
Located us through surfing the web
Oakland, CA USA - Sunday, December 19, 1999 at 18:00:09 (PST)

Keith Briar <briar@attglobal.net>
Alamo, ca USA - Friday, November 26, 1999 at 11:31:28 (PST)

Lisa Seney <lpompan@mediaone.net>
Located us through a friend
Los Angeles, CA USA - Monday, October 25, 1999 at 20:26:21 (PDT)
I'm so sorry that I missed seeing all of you at the reunion. I'm looking forward the being at the big 25 reunion. Would love to hear from any or all. Take care.
Alaina Spann-Williams <QUEEN4KIDZ@aol.com>
Located us through a search engine
Berkeley, CA USA - Friday, September 03, 1999 at 08:48:10 (PDT)

John Finger <jsfofec@earthlink.net>
El Cerrito, CA USA - Sunday, July 25, 1999 at 19:15:41 (PDT)
Maybe you can help me in getting in contact with any one with information from the class of 1967, Last reunion I heard about was back in 1973. Thank You: Charlie Bird
Charles A. Bird <birdman@pioneernet.net>
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Oak Harbor, Wa USA - Friday, July 23, 1999 at 16:43:58 (PDT)
I still feel 18...why does everyone keep telling me it was 20 years ago?
Albert Savedra <brucelee@linex.com>
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San Rafael, CA USA - Sunday, June 20, 1999 at 09:12:34 (PDT)
I'm wondering if anyone knows where Michael Mendez is?
Renita Rhone-Williams <renita.williams@unistudios.c om>
USA - Wednesday, May 19, 1999 at 15:44:27 (PDT)

aditvos <aditivos@con.>
peru, 01 USA - Wednesday, May 05, 1999 at 11:10:31 (PDT)

Marcus M. McKinney <MMcKi31383.aol.com>
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Moreno Valley, CA USA - Saturday, March 27, 1999 at 17:14:33 (PST)


USA - Saturday, March 20, 1999 at 07:52:45 (PST)
I'm very far away now.
Paulo J. Nery <pjnery@yahoo.com>
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London, UK - Wednesday, February 03, 1999 at 06:46:33 (PST)
The name Regina Lovings should be added to our Memorial Page. For many of us who live in the Bay Area, we followed the story of her disappearance of over a week and then learned that her body was found in the basement of her house on Alcatraz Avenue in North Oakland. She worked at Kaiser Oakland and was well loved and respected. We will all miss Regina.

USA - Tuesday, December 22, 1998 at 12:29:42 (PST)
This is an update on my email address which has changed since my last log on. Happy Thanksgiving to all!!
Kim Burgess Duckett <trusth1m@aol.com>
Peachtree City, GA USA - Wednesday, November 25, 1998 at 09:32:53 (PST)
I would actually be considered "Class of '78", but I thought I would cover all the bases. Married 16 years. 4 Kids. 10 years Law Enforcement. Now in to computers. Eventually gave-up skatboarding, frisbies, and fooseball. Life just doesn't turn out the way some people expect it will sometimes.
Peter Kadish <pjk@fiber.net>
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Orem, Ut USA - Wednesday, September 30, 1998 at 21:12:42 (PDT)
Just wanted to let people who may have known Robert Dunk, a former science teacher at BHS, that he passed away last week. A memorial service is being held 9/6/98. His daughter is my sister in-law.
James Reeves <jreeves@aimnet.com>
Saratoga, CA USA - Sunday, August 30, 1998 at 15:18:40 (PDT)
Just wanted to send greetings! I knew many of you from this class, and have enjoyed reading all the messages on the board and have already enjoyed making contact with several of you. Sounds like your reunion was great fun, hope mine will be too!
suki berro (stern) <hats82@aol.com>
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huntington beach, ca USA - Monday, August 10, 1998 at 17:10:39 (PDT)
SORRY I MISSED THE BIG 20 YEAR BASH. I RECONIZE A LOT OF OLD FRIENDS FROM THE PAST. ALL IS WELL UP IN REDDING, CA. NASTY NATE IS KEEPING A LOW PROFILE. I THINK WE ALL MELLOW WITH AGE. I HAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR 12 YEARS AND HAVE TWO DAUGHTERS. IF ANY BODY IS INTO WATER SKING OR JET SKING GIVE ME A CALL 1-800-491-6669. IT SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY WE WERE PLAYING FOOTBALL AND SKIPPING CLASS TO GO PARTY IN THE PARK. NATHAN EMERSON B.H.S. CLASS 77
NATHAN EMERSON <NEMERSON69@AOL.COM>
Located us through surfing the web
REDDING, CA USA - Thursday, May 28, 1998 at 22:33:43 (PDT)
Our classmate, Tracy Scott, was found murdered earlier this week in Oakland. She leaves behind three children. Please put her and her children in your prayers. (The story was in the SF Chronicle)

USA - Wednesday, May 13, 1998 at 10:12:49 (PDT)

Candy Ross Holloway <soh2neh2@concentric.net>
USA - Monday, May 11, 1998 at 17:35:38 (PDT)
Like to hear from anybody from the Class of 1974. The list of people I would like to reach is too long to list here. Just would like to know what happened to everybody.
Doug Thompson <dthompson@hp.com>
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Campbell, CA USA - Friday, April 17, 1998 at 15:44:15 (PDT)
Like my ex first boyfriend (hi Pete!) I'm an intruder from the class of 1978. Eric Arndt told me about the website, and I thrilled, because since I've been living in Florence Italy for the past 15 years, I've been pretty out of touch. I'd love to hear from anyone out there who remembers me...
Mary Kristel Lokken <lkm@dns.unife.it>
Located us through a friend
Florence, Italy - Sunday, March 29, 1998 at 09:12:39 (PST)
I am actually class of 78' However after viewing the class of 77's websit I was wondering if I might move up a class year. Great job organizing your class. Great webpage. Thanks for a few old memories. Peter Truman
Peter C. Truman <ptruman@ix.netcom.com>
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La Selva, ca USA - Saturday, March 14, 1998 at 21:05:41 (PST)
I read in the obituaries a couple of weeks ago that my old math teacher, Mr. John Coleman, died of cancer in his home in Berkeley. I remember Mr. Coleman as a very nice, gentle man. So sad to see such a young man (60 years old) die of this disease. Take a minute to remember one of our more patient teachers.
Mindy Scharlin <Mscharlin@aol.com>
Berkeley, CA USA - Wednesday, March 11, 1998 at 21:45:59 (PST)
Well, Thanks Sis (See two entries below), To be accurate I split my time evenly between Japan and Australia. The last two years have pretty close to endless summer. Any one know the e-mail/contact info for Ronnie Walker ('76) or Tim Curran ('78)? or any other soccer team particpants. Yes, George T, I will be e-mailing you.
Bruce Patton <bruce.patton@dps.com>
Located us through an Email message
Tokyo, Japan - Sunday, February 01, 1998 at 22:18:27 (PST)
Absolutely fanatastic!! Thank to all of you who put together the website and reunions. E-Mail is highly encouraged.
Bruce Patton <bruce.patton@dps.com>
Located us through an Email message
Tokyo, Japan - Sunday, February 01, 1998 at 21:55:33 (PST)
Thanks to James Reeves and all the Class of '77 for giving the Class of '78 a wonderful challenge, Hope we can match this great way to connect! I recognize so many names, this is great! My brother Bruce Patton was really bummed about missing the '77 Reunion but I e-mailed him the site address. He's living in Austrailia email: BRUCE.PATTON@dps.com Julie, Anne, Colleen, Rowena, Where are you?
Dana (Patton) Babin <DBABIN2@prodigy.net>
Located us through a search engine
Bremerton, WA USA - Thursday, January 22, 1998 at 19:53:05 (PST)
O.K. So I wasn't there! but reading y'alls comments and getting caught up through Lynda and James Fenton/Foster and Wanda LeProtti, I WON'T be missing the 25th! Hey to everyone who hung at the wall or on the track (my old stomping grounds) Hope to see you at the next reunion. With better planning (on my part) I'll make that cross country trek. (I'm in GA now, couldn't you tell by the y'all?)
Kim Burgess Duckett <fducket@ibm.net>
Located us through a friend
Peachtree City, GA USA - Thursday, January 22, 1998 at 09:29:15 (PST)
For all of you who periodically check this web page (as I do) I thought I would let you know that the Memory Book is near completion. We expect to have it completed within the next couple of weeks and then it will be sent to the printer and mailed out. Please bear with us.....a few of us committee members are continuing to volunteer many hours to get this book together and we have to juggle this with all the other committments in our lives. Your patience is appreciated......it will come, believe me! Feel free to write me if you have any questions. Thanks.
Mindy Scharlin <Mscharlin@aol.com>
Berkeley, CA USA - Saturday, January 17, 1998 at 13:26:12 (PST)
The wings of love communicate, the butterfly, a short lived fate But O what love did generate the beauty of this flight. On our path we walk alone, the years float by, were did we go? And was it love that made us grow? for time waits for non not one of all. And than. The path of light appears. This hand of love was allways here. The time we spent was so unclear (time cheeted us this way) So I take this Hand of Bright Shinning Love. and it guides me to a place above where the fields are filled with time and butterfly's abound...
Danny blackman <HSLVISTRUE@aol.com>
Located us through a friend
berk, ca. USA - Thursday, December 04, 1997 at 20:44:22 (PST)

Mark Winston <winston@ebmud.com>
Located us through a postcard in the mail
El Sobrante, CA USA - Thursday, November 13, 1997 at 14:55:52 (PST)
What an interesting trip down memory lane--and how nice to see so many familar names. I promised James Reeves I'd contribute my info, so here it is in a nutshell: After juggling a day job and a career as an artist after Cal, I went back to grad school and got a Ph.D. in Art History. I'm now on the faculty at Santa Clara University in the Department of Art and Art History. SCU is right next door to San Jose and it is nice to be back in the Bay Area after living in Los Angeles for so many years. My companion of the last 18 (!) years is an architect with his own practice--still located in LA--so we trade off weekends in Northern and Southern California. I hope people keep contributing to this site, and Kudos to James for providing us with a place to meet in cyberspace. Finally, Phil Wright, if you are out there, drop me a line. --Andrea
Andrea Pappas <pappas@mail.hooked.net>
Located us through surfing the web
USA - Friday, November 07, 1997 at 10:03:12 (PST)
It's 11 days past the reunion and I continue to think about it with a smile and a laugh. I asked my brother if he had a good time and he said, "the best part was watching you and Susan revert back to the giddy highschool girls you once were". I don't remember feeling giddy but I do remember the rush of memories, the excitement of seeing everyone and knowing I was smiling from ear to ear. Thanks to the committee for all the hard work and efforts. It was a fabulous evening, I enjoyed spending part of it with Mr. and Mrs. Parker. It made it extra special with them joining us. Sitting at their table, I was able to see people I may have missed and meet people I had never met in highschool. I am looking forward to helping with the 25th and seeing everyone again. We have a terrific class.
Terri (Verhoeff) Heath <THeath@UTMS.com>
Located us through a friend
Oakland, CA USA - Wednesday, October 29, 1997 at 09:09:30 (PST)
I had a great time at the reunion! I just wish it has lasted longer and I could have talked with more people. 20 years really does change people. Wow! If anyone wants to stay in touch just come by my store in Alameda. It's a great place to hang out on the weekend and get pastries and coffee and then go for a bike ride or walk along the waterfront. The name of my business is Why Cook? located in the Harbor Bay Landing shopping center just 2 miles from the Oakland airport. Now I know everyone has to go to the airport, so just stop on by!
LISA BRAUDE CANNELORA
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ALAMEDA , CA USA - Monday, October 27, 1997 at 22:23:06 (PST)
As a committee member I can say that I was truly proud of what we were able to accomplish. It was so wonderful to see everyone enjoying themselves. I want to personally thank my fellow commitee members for all of their hard work and effort, It paid off. I would also like to thank everyone who attended, because you were the one who really made it a success. I feel a little sad, I will miss our Saturday morning meetings. Looking forward to the 25th.. In the meantime my best wishes to all.
DAPHNE MOORE <DAPHNE.D.MOORE@BANKAMERICA.C OM>
USA - Monday, October 27, 1997 at 12:59:15 (PST)


USA - Monday, October 27, 1997 at 10:56:54 (PST)
I'd like to extend my thanks to the entire reunion committee. Putting together an event like this is a huge job and you guys did a great job. It was great fun to see old friends again and come up with those old '70's memories. I'm looking forward to the 25th!!! (P.S. Mindy, it was great fun talking with you last night!!!!)
Susan Hutchins Haley <Susan.Haley@juno.com>
Located us through a postcard in the mail
Orinda,, CA USA - Monday, October 27, 1997 at 10:45:19 (PST)
How the years just melted away and everything seemed so deja'vu if only for a few short days (or was it just a few short hours?). The reconnections made with dear old friends, some lost for all these twenty years but not to be lost again. Thanks James, for making this event so hands-on and personal with this heartfelt web page (can't wait for the pics to show up!)...Hey Heidi, thanks for looking me up and making the trek back to Berkeley, bringing Gordy, Barb, Lori and Marg back too... the true highlight of this wonderful reunion!...Warren, my oldest friend, singlehandedly resposible for bringing me to BHS in the first place, still the same after all these years (thank goodness!)...Looking forward already to the 25th, how about we all redouble our efforts to bring the rest of the lost gang (John Heller?, Dan Shugrue?, George Doherty?)...better yet let's just crash the 1978 reunion...we'll probably find them there anyway! Well as we used to say on the steps...later...MUCH!! Alan Odom
Alan B. Odom <sulawesi1@aol.com>
Point Richmond, CA USA - Sunday, October 26, 1997 at 14:18:19 (PST)
Those who missed the reunion must be wondering if it was really that great. You know how many people like to exaggerate? Well like anything else in life it wasn,t perfect! In fact neither was the picnic! Who am I kidding? If you really want to know what it was like you had to be there and if you were you would have found that it was truly a great event!!! The only thing that kept it from being perfect were those we missed who didn,t show up. Don,t miss the 25th!!!
Mike Mathews <mmathews@sirius.com>
Located us through a friend
San Carlos, CA USA - Saturday, October 25, 1997 at 12:37:32 (PDT)
To view twenty-four years in one's life in a few short hours, surounded by the new faces of old hearts,trying to say hi to all,not knowing who is missing,hidden or lost-who wrote the rules here? Wonderful is an understatement and fantastic is a downplay! Words will not work here,just hearts. I send to all of you my love for yoiu have passed the test of time, grown from rags to riches, polished in all the right places, It meant so much to see all your smiling faces. Remember this is the first day of the rest of your life,so make it count.What you see is what you get, Berkeley high don't take no sh.....(don't you say that) BC class of 77
Bruce Edward Roualeyn Cumming
USA - Thursday, October 23, 1997 at 23:28:34 (PDT)
I don't know where to begin? So many wonderful things happened for me at the reunion! Seeing so many old friends, so many old memories; and then to see how everyone has matured so much! What a different experience from the 10th reunion and also from high school. There was such a wonderful feeling of everyone coming together without a care in the world for what profession you were in or where you lived or what economic strata you fit into......there was such of feeling of larger community and family. It was wonderful. Of course, there were so many people that I didn't have a chance to talk to at any length, but that gives me more incentive to get back in touch with them now. Thank you, to everyone, who came and enjoyed the evening with all of us. It was truly worth every minute we put into organizing it. Thank you for providing such a warm, safe atmosphere, to be honest and open during my presentation. It is always easy to tell the truth when you speak from the heart! And a very special thanks to James Reeves, who has provided this web site for all of us to keep in touch. Without James.......the 20th reunion would have been a whole lot different for many of us! Thanks. And to everyone else, keep writing in!
Mindy Scharlin <Mscharlin@aol.com>
Berkeley, CA USA - Thursday, October 23, 1997 at 20:58:20 (PDT)
Hi all, just wanted to say that I really enjoyed myself at the reunion. It was great to see all of my old classmates(no pun intended). It made me feel very proud when a variety of professions were read off that some of us were presently holding. It also put things into perspective when Michelle gave the message that no matter what lifestyle, profession, condition, or esteem problems individuals were having that should not be a reason of not attending the reunion, because that isn't what it was about. This was a very true statement. In passing, I would run into a few fellow classmates that had these very same comments and felt that because of these reasons they were not going to attend. I can only say to them now, YOU MISSED A ONCE IN A LIFETIME EVENT!!! To James, I want to gave a BIG THANKS!! This site is just great. To the reunion committee members, Did We MAKE SUCCESS HAPPEN Or What???? All of those early Saturday morning mtgs. and online chat mtgs. DID payoff!!! To Marcus, those t-shirts were a knock-out(get-it??)!!! Last of all, I want to thank the spouses of the reunion committee. This is for all of the patience that you had during our crashing of your homes : · )) Let's all keep in touch. Who knows, maybe we will have a TEENS of THE 70's dance in the future!!!
Kathy Holland Askew <KRPickens@symmetry.3000.com >
Hayward, CA USA - Thursday, October 23, 1997 at 08:45:24 (PDT)
Excellent work James. Who'd a thunk it?
Jonathan Gerlach <pweb42a@prodigy.com>
Located us through a friend
Portland, Or USA - Wednesday, October 22, 1997 at 20:19:39 (PDT)
THE REUNION WAS A ONCE IN A LIFETIME EVENT THAT I WOULD NOT HAVE MISSED FOR THE WORLD, BUT I ALMOST DID. IF NOT FOR THE FACT THAT I HAD A BABY SHOWER FOR MY WIFE ON THE VERY SAME DAY,AT THE VERY SAME HOTEL, AS THE REUNION,I WOULD NEVER HAD KNOWN.IF I HAD KNOWN EARLIER I WOULD HAVE TRIED TO LOSE WEIGHT AND GROW HAIR FOR THE EVENT :] . . . IT WAS STRANGE TO SEE ALL MY CHILDHOOD FRIENDS AS ADULTS. IN MY HEAD THEY LIVED ON AS I LAST SAW THEM. LOOKING AROUND THE ROOM I REALIZED THAT THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT SHAPED ME INTO THE PERSON I AM TODAY.I ONLY WISHED THE REUNION WAS LONGER...IF ANYONE WANTS TO CONTACT ME I'M AT HABNFUN@FLASH.NET {FYI HABNFUN ARE ALSO MY PERSONALIZED PLATES :]...
LEO BAUTISTA <HABNFUN@FLASH.NET>
Located us through a friend
BERKELEY, CA USA - Wednesday, October 22, 1997 at 19:53:23 (PDT)
I wanted to extend my greatest thanks to the commitee. It WAS perfect and a very enjoyable experience. We have all grown an matured and I guess that is good. I will keep up the new contacts the reunion and web site has created for me. Anyone, please email. I would love to correspond regularly.
Rick Sweeney <rsweeney@ricochet.net>
Berkeley, CA USA - Tuesday, October 21, 1997 at 22:18:58 (PDT)
I had a fantastic time at the reunion. It was such a blast! Thanks to the committee and all of the attendees. Without you this would not have been possible. I never realized how much I miss the Bay area. I have to give a special thanks to James Reeves. This website is wonderful! I hope that everyone takes advantage of this medium of commmunication that James has set up for us. I will be checking regularly. Until the 25th Reunion.............
Renita Rhone'Williams <rdwilli@unistudios.com>
USA - Tuesday, October 21, 1997 at 12:06:03 (PDT)


It made me extremely proud to have gone to Berkeley High School. Michelle's talk was a real uplifter!
Rachel Davis <krevis@value.net>
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Walnut Creek, USA - Monday, October 20, 1997 at 20:07:49 (PDT)
At the party I had several conversations that went like this, (leaning over, squinting at name tag) "Joe/Jane Smith! I remember you!" - "Hi, Scott... I remember you..." - Weren't we in Mr. Jones history class together?" - "Didn't take his class." - "King Jr. High?" - "I went to Willard" - "Hmmm..." Well, after one of these conversations with CARLA ARNOLD, and some head-scratching and year-book checking, I've figured out that we met freshman year at university (the one with palm trees and red tile roofs). There were only a handful of BHS grads in that class. -- Scott
Scott Chan <scottch@aol.com>
USA - Monday, October 20, 1997 at 13:53:07 (PDT)
I had a great time at the Reunion party... hats off to The Committee. I'm a computer design engineer in Mountain View... 1 wife, 2 kids, 3 cars, 4 bicycles
Scott Chan <scottch@aol.com>
Located us through a postcard in the mail
Mountain View, CA USA - Monday, October 20, 1997 at 11:15:36 (PDT)
I'd like to echo Kirsten's comments... I had a great time this weekend and a chance to renew and make new friends. I'll be working on additions to the site soon, but first I need to recover! The one thing I know has changed is that I can no longer party as hard as I used to! Please check back here in the next few weeks for important reunion followup messages and information. Thanks to everyone that has made the reunion and this website a great experience... it really made me feel good to know how much people had appreciated this website... I never realized it would have such an impact!
James Reeves <jreeves@aimnet.com>
Saratoga, CA USA - Monday, October 20, 1997 at 08:11:46 (PDT)
Here we are the day after, and I would like to thank all of you who braved it enough to show up. After being completely out of touch for 20 years, it was a wonderful experience to see people and renew friendships. Prior to attending, I had honestly felt that it was not important that I attend, and that those years ago meant nothing in my current life. After the last two days, I feel that attending was a transcendental experiece. This will sound completely cliche, but that's ok: renewing these friendships allowed me to feel part of a larger community, of course brought the proverbial "closure" home to many old friendships, and also made me feel very happy and proud to see how everyone (including myself) has not only matured, but is a success in their own way. Thanks again, and I'll definately attend for number 25!
Kirsten E. Weisser <kirsten@wellsfargo.com>
Oakland, CA USA - Sunday, October 19, 1997 at 19:40:52 (PDT)

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