Tuesday, June 15, 2004
Some ideas to generate feedback
As promised in the e-mail notice (and the posting below), here are some thoughts to get some talks going:
1. Who was/were your favorite teacher/teachers? Why? (No, I'm not going to get involved in least favorite for fear of libel.)
2. Favorite class? Why? Least favorite (just be careful how you word these, please)? Why?
3. What was one of the most valuable lessons you learned in high school, either as part of a structured class or just because you were there (for instance, did you learn ways to behave -- or not behave -- by watching what others did)?
4. Favorite Ventura County landmark? Eating place? Romantic spot?
5. Does anyone else have fond memories of the old brick administration building? It had character, something that seems to be missing in most modern school designs, and it was probably the most distinctive school building I ever saw in Ventura. Of course, it had become a bit nonfunctional, but ...
1. Who was/were your favorite teacher/teachers? Why? (No, I'm not going to get involved in least favorite for fear of libel.)
2. Favorite class? Why? Least favorite (just be careful how you word these, please)? Why?
3. What was one of the most valuable lessons you learned in high school, either as part of a structured class or just because you were there (for instance, did you learn ways to behave -- or not behave -- by watching what others did)?
4. Favorite Ventura County landmark? Eating place? Romantic spot?
5. Does anyone else have fond memories of the old brick administration building? It had character, something that seems to be missing in most modern school designs, and it was probably the most distinctive school building I ever saw in Ventura. Of course, it had become a bit nonfunctional, but ...
2004 Brown Bag Picnic, Reunion update
This is a copy of an e-mail I sent to our class members whose e-mail addresses the reunion committee has. If you are reading this and didn't get the e-mail, it means we don't have your e-mail address. Send to me at jweigle@vcnet.com and I'll add it to my list and send it to Carole Mingus (or, if you prefer to send to Carole because you don't know me, her e-mail address is in the text of the newsletter.
Hello, all: It's been a while -- too long, but we won't mention that -- since I updated the Web page (at http://www.venturahigh59.com or
http://www.vcnet.com/~jweigle/VHS59/Index.htm if you haven't been there), but we had a meeting of the reunion committee tonight, so I wanted to fill you in on that and a couple of other items.
First off, here's the dope on the annual, all-class Brown Bag picnic, which just appeared in the Star:
Ventura High School graduates will have the annual "Fred Newcomb Brown Bag Reunion" for all graduates, from 11-2 p.m. July 31 on the Baseball Field at Ventura High School. Information: Ned Bartels 386-4161.
Reminders of our own reunion. It's Saturday, Aug. 7, for a dinner/dance at the Saticoy Country Club, and Sunday, Aug. 8, for a picnic at Arroyo Verde Park. The deadline for T-shirts has passed, but you can make reservations for the events of either or both days by contacting Carole Mingus at 20023 Lemarsh St., Chatsworth, CA 91311. Dinner/dance is $45 per person. Picnic is $5 per person. If you need more details, contact Carole via e-mail (I know you have it because you got this message) at gsscouting@aol.com. So far, 96 people are signed up for dinner and 87 for the barbecue (that's not just class members, but class members and spouses or significant others.
Carole has a list of "missing persons," so if you haven't received it, contact her if you know the whereabouts of any of our classmates. You might know just the ones we can't find.
Big news for the reunion: Our Italian exchange student, Roberto, will attend.
Re: the Web page. I've been trying to figure out a way for some time to have some interactive portion, but our Web host couldn't suggest an easy way to do it. The development of Weblogs (or blogs, for short) has changed that. I've established one at
http://johnweiglesblog.blogspot.com/
At the moment, there's not a lot there, just a welcome, and it's not linked to the Web page yet, so don't lose this. But my plan is to come up with some memories and questions that you can check out and add your comments to. I'll probably post news there before it hits the regular Web page because it's easier to update. If you have some ideas you'd like to see there, let me know and I'll start the thread.
Hope to see you at the Brown Bag, or one or both of our two-day reunion.
Hello, all: It's been a while -- too long, but we won't mention that -- since I updated the Web page (at http://www.venturahigh59.com or
http://www.vcnet.com/~jweigle/VHS59/Index.htm if you haven't been there), but we had a meeting of the reunion committee tonight, so I wanted to fill you in on that and a couple of other items.
First off, here's the dope on the annual, all-class Brown Bag picnic, which just appeared in the Star:
Ventura High School graduates will have the annual "Fred Newcomb Brown Bag Reunion" for all graduates, from 11-2 p.m. July 31 on the Baseball Field at Ventura High School. Information: Ned Bartels 386-4161.
Reminders of our own reunion. It's Saturday, Aug. 7, for a dinner/dance at the Saticoy Country Club, and Sunday, Aug. 8, for a picnic at Arroyo Verde Park. The deadline for T-shirts has passed, but you can make reservations for the events of either or both days by contacting Carole Mingus at 20023 Lemarsh St., Chatsworth, CA 91311. Dinner/dance is $45 per person. Picnic is $5 per person. If you need more details, contact Carole via e-mail (I know you have it because you got this message
Carole has a list of "missing persons," so if you haven't received it, contact her if you know the whereabouts of any of our classmates. You might know just the ones we can't find.
Big news for the reunion: Our Italian exchange student, Roberto, will attend.
Re: the Web page. I've been trying to figure out a way for some time to have some interactive portion, but our Web host couldn't suggest an easy way to do it. The development of Weblogs (or blogs, for short) has changed that. I've established one at
http://johnweiglesblog.blogspot.com/
At the moment, there's not a lot there, just a welcome, and it's not linked to the Web page yet, so don't lose this. But my plan is to come up with some memories and questions that you can check out and add your comments to. I'll probably post news there before it hits the regular Web page because it's easier to update. If you have some ideas you'd like to see there, let me know and I'll start the thread.
Hope to see you at the Brown Bag, or one or both of our two-day reunion.
Saturday, June 12, 2004
Welcome
This blog is an attempt to add some interaction to the Web site of the Class of 1959, Ventura High school, Ventura, Calif. The site is at two spots on the Web:
http://www.venturahigh59.com
and
http://www.vcnet.com/~jweigle/VHS59/Index.htm
I've been lax at updating it recently, but having this blog up will, I hope, force me to do more regular updating and maintenance.
A bit about myself: I'm a 1959 VHS graduate (duh!), a copy editor at the Ventura County Star, a stamp collector, a member of the East Ventura Optimist Club, and the editor of the newsletters for that club, the Ventura County Philatelic Society, the Channel Islands PC User Group and the Federated Philatelic Clubs of Southern California.
http://www.venturahigh59.com
and
http://www.vcnet.com/~jweigle/VHS59/Index.htm
I've been lax at updating it recently, but having this blog up will, I hope, force me to do more regular updating and maintenance.
A bit about myself: I'm a 1959 VHS graduate (duh!), a copy editor at the Ventura County Star, a stamp collector, a member of the East Ventura Optimist Club, and the editor of the newsletters for that club, the Ventura County Philatelic Society, the Channel Islands PC User Group and the Federated Philatelic Clubs of Southern California.
