spring 2018

a branch of the ojai valley school family tree BOARD OF TRUSTEES Mr. John B. De Nault III Chairman Mr. Michael J. Hall-Mounsey President/CEO Mrs. Patricia H. Farber Treasurer Mr. Lawrence Fisher Secretary Dr. Robert G. Cooper Jr. (L61) Mr. Spencer Garrett (L62, U65) Mr. William H. Hair Mr. Andrew Helman Ms. Gail “Gigi” Ordway (U78) Mrs. Missy Stoen Mr. Nicholas Thacher (L60) Mr. David Trudeau

CHAIRMAN EMERITUS: Mr. A. Carl Kotchian, 1914-2008

PRESIDENTS EMERITI: Mr. Edward Yeomans 1865-1942 Mr. Michael D. Hermes (L53) 1938-2011

HEADMASTER EMERITUS: Mr. Wallace Burr, 1904-1996

MEMBERS EMERITI: Mr. Robert E. Chesley, 1932-2003 Mr. David J. Donlon, 1930-2009 Mr. Benjamin E. Nordman, 1913-1985 Mr. Anson S. Thacher, 1905-1994

CONTRIBUTORS: Thank you to the writers, editors, and photographers who contributed to this edition of Alumni Notes, including Joy Campbell (L14, U18), Avery Colborn (L16, U20), Emma Gustafson (L14, U18), Caroline Morrow (L15, U19), Lilli Trompke (U19), Fred Alvarez, Misty Hall, Craig Floyd, Malory Taylor, John Wickenhaeuser, and Tracy Wilson. ALUMNI

ON THE COVER: WEEKEND Native plants emerge outside the Grace Hobson Smith girls JUNE 8-10 dormitory at the Upper Campus. The dorm was destroyed during the Thomas Fire. Photo by Misty Hall Alumni Weekend Registration is now open! Sign up online at www.ovs.org/aw

See page 20 for more information about this year’s program.

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Little did we know that the distant plume of smoke to the east of the Upper Campus would have such a widespread impact on Ojai Valley School.

It was December 4 and the wind was blowing hard from the east. The next 24 hours would prove fateful and transformative; Upper Campus was about to receive its biggest challenge. Whilst the Thomas Fire took away the Grace Hobson Smith girls’ dorm and the Lucila Arango Science and Technology Center, much of the buildings and infrastructure remained singed but functional.

Upon reflecting, it is clear that the firestorm could indeed have consumed the whole campus. Over the next days and weeks, we benefited from great relationships with the heroic fire teams that saved Upper Campus, the numerous local and state agencies, insurance representatives, construction companies and vendors, but most importantly, our community of alumni, parents, staff and students rallied.

In the resilient spirit of #OVSStrong, the entire school community near and far joined us in our commitment to reopen for the second semester. My sincere thanks to the 250 volunteers who came out for our workdays on January 5 and 6, giving time and expertise to prepare the campus for the return of our high school students. So much was achieved by so many hands working together (see article and photos on pages 4-12). This determination has been matched by a tremendous outpouring of direct contributions and offers of help from alumni from every era, from parents both past and present, our fantastic staff, and many, many friends. This prompt and generous support has enabled the campus to come back to life. With skilled professional and dedicated volunteer workers, a “Village” grew on the small athletic field. Temporary modular buildings now house all resident female students; other modular buildings serve as new classrooms for science and robotics, as well as a new student lounge.

We have also been proactive in galvanizing the community as we plan for the future. Vision meetings have taken place to harness the resources to not only rebuild, but also incorporate new facilities. Grace Hobson Smith girls' dorm and the Lucila Arango Science and Technology Center will be rebuilt, largely, but not Just days after the Thomas Fire raged through Upper Campus, entirely, with insurance proceeds. We are now laying OVS administrators and board members were already planning the groundwork for a modified capital campaign that the rebuilding process, meeting with construction professionals will support rebuilding both at the same time and in and insurance company representatives. Up next was an all-school concert with the Student Commons. The design and the meeting at the Lower Campus to share with the community the timing of construction have yet to be finalized, but we progress that had already been made, and to formulate plans for are confident this ensemble of academic and residential the future. buildings will revitalize campus life for years to come and provide an even better student experience.

The upcoming years will be exciting and transformative as we construct new state-of-the-art signature buildings. As we look east over the same ridge that blew smoke and flames our way, we now see the sun rise and bathe the campus in a warm light on our new era.

With the deepest of thanks,

MichaelMichael J. HaHall-Mounseyll-Mounsey President/CEO

3 Upper Campus Rebounds After Devastating Thomas Fire By Joy Campbell (L14, U18) and Avery Colborn (L16, U20)

In the days after the Thomas Robotics program was left Both the Lucila Arango Science of the second semester the Fire tore through the Upper robot-less, its entire fighting and Technology Center, as campus was thrown open to Campus, destroying two force lost to the flames, well as the Grace Hobson all those who were willing to signature buildings and retailers and teams from other Smith dorm, were burned volunteer their time. displacing boarding girls and schools stepped in to help the to the ground. Other areas their dorm counselors, there program regain traction. of the campus, including the “The entire break I felt kind was never a question whether Carl S. Cooper Amphitheater of hopeless and like I couldn’t the school would reopen to And when the time came to and Wallace Burr Hall, also do anything,” said senior start the second semester. rebuild – to carve out new sustained damage from the Kase Skillern (L14, U18), an classroom space, create a wind and flames that ripped OVS student since seventh The only real question was new place for the girls to through the campus in the grade who showed up on how so much work could be live, and rehabilitate grounds opening days of a blaze both community work days accomplished in so little time. and facilities burned by the that would grow to become to paint dorm rooms, move in blaze – the response was the largest fire in modern furniture and string twinkle But when the call for help went unprecedented. California history. lights over the two courtyards out, the community answered. that anchor the new girls’ On January 5 and 6, the Immediately after the Upper village. When publishers were asked weekend before school Campus sustained damage, to donate textbooks to replace reopened, nearly 250 countless people called in, “OVS has been a home and those lost to fire, boxes of volunteers, ranging from sent emails and posted on place of learning for me for books and supplies came students to alumni to parents social media offers of physical many years, so I wanted a pouring in, so much so that and friends, rallied together and financial support for the chance to give back,” Kase they rapidly overwhelmed at the Upper Campus to begin rebuilding effort, and on the added. “When there was the business office. When the the restoration work. weekend before the start finally a chance to come up to

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Upper Campus and help out, I The campus buzzed with “During those first years we units into a cohesive “Village” jumped at it.” activity as the work began. [members of the first Upper on the small athletic field next The volunteers were broken Campus class] were able to to the ropes course. The weekend began in the into teams and assigned to help build the amphitheater,” amphitheater, with a welcome complete tasks that included said Garrett, who in his time at The plumbing was still being from President/CEO Michael painting walls, re-decorating Upper served as the school’s installed when volunteers J. Hall-Mounsey and then a bulletin boards and first ASB president. “So it arrived. There was much to standing ovation for Upper classrooms, filling sandbags, was quite fitting that I spent be done in order to make the Campus Head of School Craig creating garden boxes, my two days during the work mobile units into a new home Floyd (U83), who worked replanting landscape and parties helping to repair the for the girls. tirelessly over the holiday lining the soccer field. areas of the amphitheater that break to get the school were burned.” reopened on time. OVS alumnus Spencer Garrett (continued next page) (L62, U65), a member of the Among the challenges faced “I was overcome with emotion first graduating class at the after the fire was figuring out seeing the outpouring of Upper Campus and current how, and where, to house support for OVS and the member of the Board of 38 resident girls on campus. FIRE RECOVERY FUND rebuilding effort,” Floyd Trustees, worked both Friday The school moved quickly to said. “To see alumni from all and Saturday to help rebuild purchase seven temporary To support the school’s ongoing the decades of the Upper fire-scarred amphitheater dormitories, as well as three recovery and rebuilding efforts, Campus returning to campus benches, joining the crew portable classrooms, and please visit the website at and working side by side with of craftsmen and laborers trucks began rumbling up current families and faculty of intent on making the outdoor the hill before Christmas to www.ovs.org/give both campuses was incredible.” auditorium whole again. assemble the new modular

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(continued from previous page) Wheeler, who attended OVS Within just two days, a handful for OVS, for the school itself, for from third to twelfth grade and of partially complete buildings, the people, for the past, for the Jeff and Jenifer Weisiger, along who reunited with Wallace and and hundreds of committed present, and for the future. with their ninth grade son, Wickenhaeuser on the workday volunteers campus were Gabe (L17, U21), also worked weekend. “But it didn’t take put together and ready for OVS’s heart and essence were both days, pitching in to ready our spirit and fight with it and reopening. on display for those two days. the girls’ village for occupancy. that was clearly evident (that If there was something that weekend) as the community Upper Campus parent Michael “It was emotional, inspiring, and needed doing, the Weisiger’s came together.” Nostrant, whose daughter, most importantly, a significant jumped in and did it, becoming Stephany (L16, U20), is an OVS reminder of just how valuable familiar faces in the village as it Just up the hill from Wheeler, sophomore, perhaps did more both family and community are,” bloomed to life. repairing damage to the burned heavy lifting than any other hillside above the courtyard volunteer during the community said alumnus Cooper Hefner “The strength of my son’s outside Burr Hall, was Lucila work days. (U09), a former member of the positive feelings about the Arango (U84), an alumna and school’s Board of Trustees, who school caused us to volunteer the namesake of the burned For three days he volunteered also pitched in that weekend. without hesitation,” Jeff Science and Technology Center. to carry mattresses, install air :HLVLJHUVDLGbê,WKDVEHHQYHU\ With her was her son, alumnus, conditioners, and complete And that is what OVS is – a impressive to see the leadership Evan Graham (L07, U11). Both an array of other tasks, community, a family. OVS will of the school, its teachers, the experienced rock climbers, they encapsulating not only the always serve as a thread that students, and the community.” scaled the hillside to lay jute lessons that can be learned from connects people of all ages all netting to stabilize it against the fire but what the school has around the world to each other. In the building that would erosion and dug holes for always taught. What the Thomas Fire proved become the village lounge and landscaping. is that no matter distance or snack central area, alumnus Max “It [volunteering] also set time the thread always remains, Wheeler (L06, U10) put in hours “I feel that it is important to look an example to my children, and in the face of hardship pulls of work, assembling furniture towards the future instead of the and others, to always help tight. and installing electronics. He past,” Arango said. “I am hopeful to the best of your ability to had heard about the fire from that the OVS community will those in need,” Nostrant said. “OVS holds a special place in my his former dorm parents, John come together to rebuild a better “Selflessness changes a person Wickenhaeuser at Upper and campus for the future.” in remarkable ways.” heart, difficult to articulate in Duncan Wallace at Lower, and In the face of a disaster that had words,” Hefner said. “I suppose when the time came to give people fleeing their homes to There is an incredible strength the most appropriate analogy back to his high school, he didn’t disparate locations, instead of of community and character would be calling the Ojai Valley hesitate. being pulled apart and finding that has been unearthed in the School another home. It is a bonds weakened, the OVS wake of the Thomas Fire and second home for so many of us.” “This disaster took a lot from community found itself stronger among all the volunteers one the Upper Campus,” said that it has ever been. thing was clear: They were there

6 “I feel that it is important to look towards the future instead of the past,” Arango said. “I am hopeful that the OVS community will come together to rebuild a better campus for the future.” Lucila Arango (U84) g

“I was overcome with emotion seeing the outpouring of support for OVS and the rebuilding effort. To see alumni from all the decades of the Upper Campus returning to campus and working side by side with current families and faculty of both campuses was incredible.” Craig Floyd (U83), Alumnus and Head of School, Upper Campus

7 “It’s true that you never wake up expecting something like this to happen. But you never expect for so much loss to make the community come back even stronger. Bad things happen, but when they do, it reminds you of all of the good people in the world. It reminds us to be grateful for every- thing, everyday.” Avery Colborn (L16, U20), Current Student 8 “All the memories that I thought I’d lost are all still here. For even though the quaint, brick building that held my life for the past two and a half years is gone, the relationships and laughs I had there will never burn away.” Caroline Morrow (L15, U19), Current Student

9 “You’re going to have a once-in-a- lifetime opportunity to rebuild the school –just like the class of ‘65 did when we came up and there was nothing. You’re going to have memories forever as a result of this.” Spencer Garrett (L62, U65), Alumnus and Trustee

Michael J. Hall-Mounsey, President/CEO, met with Ventura County Supervisor Steve Bennett in the days following the fire.

“We will rebuild. I guarantee you that.” Michael J. Hall- Mounsey, President/CEO

10 “When disaster happens, you either spend your time worrying about what might go wrong next, or you roll up your sleeves and start contributing. The students of the Ojai Valley School know how to contribute. The sense of community and spirit of volunteerism that we have been cultivating at OVS for the last century was put to the test and it was a privilege to bear witness.” Mike Mahon, Assistant Head of School, Lower Campus

“OVS has taught me and given me so much over the past five years I have been there. I have made permanent friends with peers and faculty alike. Even though the Thomas Fire has destroyed some of the buildings, those can be rebuilt. The memories are the ones that we should and can cherish.” Josh Han (U17)

11 “OVS holds a special place in my heart, difficult to articulate in words. I suppose the most appropriate analogy would be calling the Ojai Valley School another home. It is a second home for so many of us.” Cooper Hefner (U09), Alumnus

“For 32 years, this school has been my home, my landing place, and my solace and I want to see this school rise up and manifest itself more fully. What we do here in the classroom, the Outdoor Education program, and in our community is all preparation for what we’re about to do this year and that’s showing our resilience, our teamwork.” Crystal Davis, Assistant Head of School, Upper Campus

12 From Tokyo, With Love By Caroline Morrow (L15, U19)

On the same day work crews Before the event began, “I’m very proud of them for that, but they took it to heart, were preparing the Upper Kanna called fellow student taking initiative and doing wanted to do something to help Campus to reopen, freshman Yui and asked for her help. “I something like that to help,” Mr. the school community. I think Kanna Terunuma and [couldn’t] do it by myself,” Kanna Floyd said. “There’s never an it’s fabulous.” sophomore Yui Kikuchi held a explained. “I couldn’t explain all expectation of anybody to do charity lunch at a quaint French of what happened to the school restaurant in Tokyo, Japan, to fifty people. She helped me that raised $1,500 to help the a lot.” Thomas Fire relief efforts. On January 6, Yui and Kanna When Kanna’s mother first met at Trinite and decorated heard the news that the science before the event began. and technology building and the girls’ dormitory had burned Pictures showing the school down, she began planning before and after the fire were ways to help the school. Her taped along the wall, cookies plans were realized when she were baked, and the curry being proposed the charity lunch sold was cooking. All of their to Kanna, who was eager to hard work paid off and they help. A family friend heard were elated to discover how offered to cater the event at his much they made at the end. The restaurant, Trinite. Around fifty $1,500 they helped raise will go people showed up, each paying into the school’s relief fund. $20 for curry and buying items at an auction that was compiled Head of School Craig Floyd of donated items. Many (U83) was delighted when he contributed extra money after a heard about their hard work, nearly three-hour presentation and recognized the girls when about the effects of the fire. school reopened. 13 THANK YOU Ever since the Thomas Fire burned through Upper Campus and destroyed Lucila Arango Science and Technology Center and Grace Hobson Smith girls’ dorm, we have been overwhelmed by the kindness, generosity, and support of the OVS community, the Ojai community, fire crews from outside the region, and the school’s vendors and business partners.

We want to thank and recognize everyone for their ongoing support as we rebuild. Please let us know if we have inadvertently omitted any individuals or groups who should have been included.

American Silkscreen and Coudray Family Brent Bhari Robert (L61) and Catherine Cooper American Airlines Janis Black and Doug Warner Christopher Coudray (L05, U09) Anaheim City Fire Department Michael Boggs (L72, U75) Jason Coudray (L00, U04) Bedford, Freeman, Worth High School Publishing Rose Chávez Boggs Francine and William Crawford The Bishop's School Lisa and John Boyd Ed Croson Carmel Highlands Fire Department Jonathan Bremner (U04) Christina Wayman and Michael Dalo Custom Printing Bobbi and Alan Brewer Jackson Dana (L21) Dan Spain and the Clarke University Athletic Lawrence “Loc” Briggs (L86, U90) Jeremy Danino (L22) Department Amy Brokering Zachary Danino (L19) El Sueno Equestrian Center and John Kuykendal Evelyn “Evy” Sakura Brokering (U17) Karon Davis Jerviss Horse Transport Douglas Brown Leslie Davis and Kenley Neufeld L.A. County Fire Department Olivia Brown (L16, U20) Tamara and Shaun Davis (L90, U94) Lake Dillon Fire Department Tanishia Brown Zoey Davis (L27) League A1, LA Region FIRST Tech Challenge Laurinda (McClenahan) Bryan (L84, U88) Benjamin Davis (U05) Robotics Competition John Burnham (L67) Shea Davis Malbororogh School Eleanora and Chuck Burright Zaydrian “Zayd” Davis (L24) McGillivray Construction, Steve McGillivray, Brian Zach Byars Taylor Davis-White (U15) Skaggs Anthony Byrne Bonnie Cooper de la Roche (L67, U70) The Mosaic Company Joy Campbell (L14, U18) Tracy (Fryer. U93) and John B. De Nault IV (L89, U93) Nevada City Fire Department Patty and Scott Campbell Irene de Watteville North Monterey Fire Department Lily Cao (U17) Able Der Ojai Business Center Michelle Carlisle and Stephen Selka Polina Dermenzhi (U13) Ojai Electric and George Hartman Grace Carmark (U77) Samuel Desmond (U18) Overhead Door & Gate Chelsey Carroll (U10) Junfu Ding Rough and Ready Fire Department Annie Carson (L91) Gary Dinkins Santa Barbara & Ventura County Overhead Door Caleb Carver (L19) Carmen “Mina” Doane-Barkan (U99) Santa Cruz City Fire Department The Carver Family (Cindy and Thomas) Malory Taylor Donoghue Santillana USA Frances Case (L61) Lori and Gerrit Dorrepaal Ventura County Overhead Door and Jennifer Willis James Patrick Casey (L95) Lew Dowdy and Joy Lazo Carol W. Ach, CPA Benjamin Cassidy (L11, U15) Wendy Lazo-Dowdy (L15, U19) Kamryn Argue William “Liam” Castagna (U18) Linda and James Downey Yuka Aihara (L89, U92) Mary Meyers (L69)and Keith Kauppila Sinan “Will” Duan (U07) Sonoko and Fumio Akabe Robert Cendejas Paula and T. Michal Dyer Motoko Akabe (L10) Dianne Chae Patrick Dyer (U91) and Sally McClenahan Dyer (U91) Christopher David Allan (L49) DiFei “Betty” Chen (U10) Margaret Eddy Fred Alvarez Kuan-Nu Chen (U04) Kelly Espinosa Alex Alvirez (U11) Qinghui Han and Ning Chen Patricia H. Farber Okinawa AMICUS International Wei-Chieh Chen (U05) Christina Fernandez and James Willems David Anderson Andrew Chien (U06) Steve and Cathy Fiedler (U87) Lucila Arango (U84) Helen Cho Jan and Peter Fish (L49) Eve Ash Sam Cho Lawrence Fisher Hannah (Pepper, L93) and John Attwood Terrenze Hung and Jason Chou Gavin Floyd (L13, U17) Hao Yang Bai (U09) Thomas Christopher (L16, U20) Craig (U83) and Michele (Whipple L84) Floyd Kelsey Gartrell Bailey (L98) Sung Ik Chun (L96, U01) Megumi & Hiroyasu Furukawa (U94) Robin Balchen (U85) Jayme Clapoff (L09, U13) Stephen Garretson Luna Barkan (L23) Cathy Cluff Cameryn Garrett (L98, U02) Nova Barkan Sophia Cluff-Thompson (U19) Nancy and W. Spencer Garrett (L62, U65) Ruah Barkan (L27) Avery Colborn (L16, U20) Margaret Garrison (L74, U78) Karleen (Hunt U87) and Andrew Basch Laurel and Doug Colborn Robert Garrison (L72, U75) Stephen Bauman (L52) Nolan Colborn (L15, U19) Gary and Linda Gartrell Daniel Beldy V (L04, U08) Parker Colborn (L05, U09) Brendan Gately Leah Berman Julie Cook Sarah Gates (L99, U03) Claudia Bernardes Erika Coble Coolman Anna Getty and Scott Oster Marina Bernardes (U21) Jody (Berger L71,U74) and Carl S. Cooper (L64, U68) Sasha and Hanson Gifford Terrence “Terry” Berne (L70) Evan Cooper (L08, U12) Lt. Col. Joseph Glasgow Angus Beverly (U10) Ruth H. and James A. Cooper (L70, U73) Gavin Gonzalez (L20)

14 Jocelyn Gonzalez (L17, U21) Judy Oberlander Charles and Mary Tadlock THANK Y Tonia and John Gould Rory O’Conor (U72) Jacob Tadlock (L14, U18) Alex Graham (L56) Rena Oguri (U94) Fujii Takuji Nancy Graves (L65, U68) Ai Oiwa (U95) Ayako and Shunichi Tatewaki Alexandra “Lexa” (Weil) Gully Ei Okada Tomo and Tamiyo Terada (U77) Kristin and Justin Haase Joseph Olivares (L69, U72) Tohko Terunuma Richard and Sandy Hajas Hideaki and Naoko Osawa (L88) The Mosaic Company Karen Haldeman Gail “Gigi” Ordway (U78) Nicholas Thacher (L60 Misty Hall Leslie Ostrow (U71) David Thele (L22) Alex Hall-Mounsey (L03) Hiro Otani (U95) Lenny Thorell (L68, U71) Martin Hall-Mounsey (L92, U96) Christian Paez Denali Tietjen (L08) Carol and Michael J. Hall-Mounsey Jie Pan and Jie Cui Anderson Tolentino Melanie Hall-Mounsey (L94, U98) Kimberly Anne Park (U85) Arya Torab (L04, U08) Linda Halopoff Yoon Jung “Lauren” Park (L07, U11) Karen Williams Tozer (U68) Chen Yueh “Josh” Han (L13, U17) Catherine Peirsol-Schipper Anonymous Maureen Hannah Beth Pfeiffer (L66, U69) Lilli Trompke (U19) Lindsey Hanselman (U12) Jana and Ales Pindur Philip Trompke (U18) Shannon and Robert Harvey Jerri (Batson L53) and Ed Prenzlow David Trudeau Cooper Hefner (U09) Daphne Psaledakis (U15) Chin Pang “Harris” Tsui (U16) Patricia Helland Haiying Dong and Ming Qu Davis Tsui Hunter Helman (L06, U10) Lily Quinn (L22) Rika Ueda (U96) Lorie and Andy Helman Dana and Mike Quinn Chaya Valenzuela (L21) Elizabeth (Curran) Hermes (L66, U69) Molly Quinn (L24) Michelle and John Valenzuela Shelley Hermes (U77) Seishu Ran Sasha Valenzuela (L16, U20) Emma Herzig (L12) Abby Rana (L13, U17) Sofia Valenzuela (L19) Priscilla and Gary Hoecker Caren Raue (U05) Cassandra and Duncan Wallace Tomoko Seino Hotema (U94) William E. Raymond (L72, U76) Logan Wallace (L19) Melody Hou (L13, U17) Dawn Reid (U81) Charles and Erin Wands Li-Yen Hsu Debbie Reynolds Annie Yen-Nie Wang Ai Ikuma (U95) Eun Suk Rho (L90, U94) Johnson Wang (U17) Ann and Matt Inman Sezina and Stephen Risser Vincent Wang (L15, U19) Beverly Auburn Januszewski (L82) Alexandra and Roger Rothwell Carol Warren Leslie Ohligschlager Jones (U67) Bridget Rothwell (L25) Niklas Weckerle (U19) Olena Kachur-Emanuel Kian Rothwell (L23) Peter Paul Weckerle (U18) Rosemary “Bunny” Kelley (U74) Sullivan Rothwell (L20) Thomas and Claudia Weckerle (L83) Mohammed Khairandish (L77, U81) Kym and Philippe Rousseau Brad Weidlich Alice Kim (U98) Sydnée Rousseau (U21) Jenifer and Jeffrey Weisiger Jooman Kim (U05) John Rowan Laura Peel Wentworth Grace and Paul Kim The Ruby Family (Sterling) Max Wheeler (L06, U10) Mari Kiyohara Nancy and Douglass Sackett Brittany Whipple (L02, U06) Mika Komatsu Sandi McKinstry Schlabach (L69, U72) Lynn and Charles Whipple II (L64, U67) Adele Kushner Kordyak (L53) Deborah Jones Schuler (U84) Margaret and Brian Whitney Marie Kuehne Jaclyn Schwarzbein Ashley Whitney Fishberger Maria Kryukova (L13) Miya Sekine (U94) Ava Whitsitt (L16, U20) Andrew Lee (L09, U13) Tetsuo Sekine Jennifer (Hermes L87) and Taylor Whitsitt Angela Ling Lee (U07) Servo City Warren Whitsitt (L14, U18) Hea Soo “Grace” Lee (U07) Susan Cooper Shaver (L59) Claire Wickenhaeuser (L11, U15) David E. Lewin (U89) Lorraine Shmulik (U96) John Wickenhaeuser Marsha Lewin Micah and Jodi Sittig Kirste (Macintyre) and Anthony Williams Minteng Chen and Biao Liang Kaden Skillern (L15, U19) Terry Wilson OU Jeffrey Lin (L13, U17) Kase Skillern (L14, U18) Tracy Wilson Wei Kang “Ken” Liu (U13) Patricia “Patty” Slattery (U83) Sunny and David Wolf The Lojowsky Family (Jaime and Mac) Izabella “Bella” Slosberg (L17, U21) Aaron Wolfe Dominick Maggio Myrym and Charles Slosberg Adam Woll (L14) Mike Mahon Cathleen Smith Shandon and Michael Woll Melinda and Stephen Maloon Curt Smith Katie Woods (U09) Greg Masler (U83) Teresa and Dok Smith (L62, U65) Rebecca and William Woods Michelle Newman Mastro (U98) Sarah and Morgan Smith Christiana Wyly and Kimbal Musk Noriaki “Nori” Masuda (U97) Cliff Sparks Li Yao Jane and Jack McClenahan Gretchen and Brian Stevens Navid Yavari (U83) Anthony McHale (L79) Missy and Eric Stoen Nicole Ye (L10) Michael Milligan (L67, U70) Joel Stoffer Jason Yoo (U01) Tomoko Miyauchi (L97, U02) Kirsten Stoltmann Nataliya Yurova and Ilya Yurov Joyce Murray (L58) Carson Strassman (U21) Ivan Yurov Rekina Nakashima-Bock David Strassman Samantha and Harding Zahringer Nariman Nasser, Sean Dana Hirotomo Suzuki Daniel Zigal (U68) John Nootbaar Masahiro Suzuki Carol Carpeneter Norman (L58) Satoshi Suzuki (U16)

15 STUDENT PERSPECTIVES

Immediately after the Thomas Fire, our students wrote about their experiences, their loss, and their resilience and determination to rebuild the programs and facilities at the Upper Campus. Their voices are truly #OVSstrong. CREMATED By Lilli Trompke (U19)

Here’s a list of the things I lost to the very first time. Now it looks like none and me (just in case). My laptop and my WKHb7KRPDV)LUH of that has ever happened and for some backpack. reason it tears me apart. My guitar, my ukulele, my first drum I lost my poetry books. But I had no idea that everything that was sticks. My symbols of creativity, my many left back would go up in flames within a memories of favorite songs and being so My first love letter. couple hours. I thought I would come back frustrated about my definite lack of talent! the next day to my room with my guitar My band posters and shirts and bracelets and my tapestry and my window and my The tapestry I bought last summer at my and guitar picks and stickers and posters and that everything would be fine first music festival, which for some reason my favorite dress. and that our biggest problem would be the smelled like lavender and blown-out final exams we were going to have to take candles. My window. With my perfect view. the next week.

My stuffed animals that I’ve had for years, My door key, which now I won’t need cause I wish I would’ve taken more, I wish I that (call me a child, if you want) are so my door is gone too. could’ve taken the entire dorm. much more than just “things.” My friends’ rooms with their baby pictures But here’s another thing that all of us All my drawings – those hours of and yearbooks and paintings and Christmas brought: concentration and enthusiasm I’ve spent presents and their favorite pair of sandals. throughout the past years. They probably We brought our strength and our burned the fastest. It is hard to believe that this place, the community and care and love amongst us. home of so many people I love so dearly, is We didn’t forget our incredible OVS spirit, The girl’s dorm lounge, where I remember gone without warning and without mercy. and to be honest I don’t think we would making my first friendship at this school, ever be able to forget that. where I’ve spent so many hours watching Here’s a list of what I took with me that day: Riverdale, or eating Oreos during the weekends, or working on my horrible The clothes I was wearing and my favorite piano skills, or watching Finding Nemo for necklace. A baby picture of my siblings

16 put into creating that paper were gone when the server burned up . Immediately, I texted Caroline and we talked about the devastation and the future of OVS and the Ojai Valley. On Friday, I texted her again: “Up to redo the newspaper?” Immediately we got to work planning the second copy.

Sitting in Santa Ynez on an OVS family-owned ranch with sixteen of the fifty-eight horses evacuated from Upper, I thought about what we lost and who we are. I realized that On the Hill and the OVS community as a whole aren’t just about the objects that represent us. Though we lost our trophies – yes, you can win trophies in Journalism and our award- winning crew won plenty in recent years – and the white board where we designed our Journalism shirts and planned out the newspaper, and the assignment board, and the copies of the Ojai Valley News Student Union from the past three years we had lined on the walls, and the space where we wrote, and laughed, and were inspired, we are so much On The Hill Editor-In-Chief Emma Gustafson taking care of horses in Santa Ynez, where more than that. they were evacuated during the Thomas Fire. Photo by Stephanie Gustafson On the Hill is about determination, and drive and curiosity. We are a team of students who want to write stories people should read, and Rising from the Ashes put our thoughts and other’s experiences and events into words. Just because the Seminar By Emma Gustafson (L14, U18) Room and all of our tangible accomplishments are gone doesn’t mean the influences it had on Last semester, I set out to put together school by Tuesday or Wednesday. But us are lost. my first On the Hill newspaper as Editor- on Tuesday, the Lucila Arango Science in-Chief with the help of classmate and Technology Center and the Grace Caroline Morrow (U19, L15.) After hours Hobson Smith girls’ dorm were burned and hours of effort – working during to the ground, and our beloved Seminar free periods, Journalism class, lunch, Room with them. When that thought hit “In that room I and sports – we finally finished seven me – that the physical representation of became a better out of eight pages of the paper. Caroline my three years of the favorite thing in writer and a better and I were so incredibly proud of what which I’ve participated in high school was we were able to accomplish, especially gone, obliterated – I was crushed. person. It was considering previous years during which the place where I Journalism wasn’t able to produce a I couldn’t understand how somewhere I discovered a passion newspaper due to financial constraints. went everyday was taken away from me, We were so excited to put it to print. and everybody else, so suddenly, and so for writing. And now brutally. I couldn’t wrap my mind around it was lost.” On Monday, December 4, Caroline and the fact that my much-loved Journalism I took drafts of the paper to the Seminar room was gone. This subject influenced Room – home to the journalism program my future, my career and college choices. We can do our writing anywhere. We can win since its inception a decade ago – for the In that room I became a better writer and new trophies. We can buy a new assignment rest of our eight-woman On the Hill team a better person. It was the place where board and whiteboard, and make those special and teacher Fred Alvarez to proofread. I discovered a passion for writing. And to us. As Caroline and I went to work on the now it was lost. final page, we discovered the backup But I can’t think of a more important time, in copy of the newspaper we had saved to As I came to grips with that reality, the history of this school and the history of this the school server drive was deleted. We another thought hit me: the newspaper planet, to be a good journalist, and to practice planned on re-saving it the following day. is gone. this honorable craft. We will remake the newspaper. We will continue to tell stories, and That night, the Thomas Fire broke out When the Computer Lab was destroyed, we will be the best we can be. and Upper Campus students, faculty, our newspaper went with it. The hours of and horses were evacuated to the Lower labor, thought, preparation, and love we We will rebuild. Campus. I thought we would be back at 17 Resident Resilience: A Narrative of What the Fire Left in its Wake By Caroline Morrow (L15, U19)

On the night of Tuesday, December 5, I were safe, looking in on all of our rooms. violently as we traversed down the usual wasn’t sitting in my dorm room studying But, 45 minutes later, we all heard a call twists and turns towards the Lower for finals or down at the sports field kick- down the wing: we were evacuating at 8:30 Campus. Every now and then, I heard pan- ing around a soccer ball with my friends. p.m.; pack for the night, meet outside. icked whispers or shouts of girls worrying Instead, I was sitting in the passenger’s for their horses or rooms. It was the first seat of my uncle’s Honda crying my eyes I couldn’t believe it. time that night that I began to worry. I held out. Just a few hours earlier, I had found onto my roommate Maya Mullins’ hand for out that my dorm had burned down in the I’ve lived in Southern California my entire dear life and she squeezed mine right back. Thomas Fire. life, so I’ve seen my fair share of forest fires. We were all so nervous that when it came A few summers ago, there was one across time to unload at Lower, it was a free-for-all The day before, I sat through all my classes, the street from my house and my family towards the door. sent funny pictures to my friends and read posed for pictures as it blazed behind us. my latest library book. I ate lunch and went At entrance of the Greenberg Activity to soccer practice, mentally adding up the I just sat in the laundry room and waited for Center, all my former dorm parents from hours until the weekend. Nothing seemed my favorite sweatpants to dry just enough Lower were standing to greet us. They off about that day. It was just a normal to wear. I didn’t pack any pictures, jewelry, provided some hard-to-find comfort and Monday. Not until after dinner did any- or gifts. Plus, we were told not to pack put me at ease. The girls and guys were thing out of the ordinary occur. more than our camping bags could hold soon separated. They followed the Lower or there wouldn’t be enough space on the dorm parents to their respective dorms for A group of girls stood huddled together bus. Besides, I would see all my stuff again the night. I stayed in the coveted sleepover at the top of the stairs, blankets wrapped tomorrow. I would fold my wrinkly clothes, room with four of my friends. The next few around their shoulders and slippers warm- study for my history quiz, and fall asleep to hours were filled with anxious text messag- ing their feet. They were staring at a light a Christmas movie. es and phone calls. We were trying to find glowing above the mountains in the dis- out any news about Upper. We checked tance. I pushed open the heavy door at the end of live Twitter updates for news on the sur- the hall, and was immediately met with a rounding area. We only stopped when we “I hope it doesn’t come near us,” one girl cold gush of air. At the bottom of the stairs, heard a screech from outside, followed by cried. “I don’t want all my stuff to burn there was a massive swarm of girls. They “The fire is so big!” down.” all sat on top of their bags, which were bursting at the seams with everything they We opened the blinds to our window and I scoffed. Hasn’t anyone seen a brush fire managed to cram in. The wind was blowing my heart stopped. The glow of the fire was before? They rarely jump across concrete, so hard I almost fell over, and as I made my just over the mountains towards Ventura. we’re fine. way to the courtyard to get on the bus, I It was coming towards us. Right then, my teetered as my heavy bag threw me off my friend, Megan Manion, got a text from her All the chatter stopped as the dorm parents balance. Within minutes, the boys came, dad, saying he was in the area. He had had a walk up the stairs. There was to be a dorm filling the gaps in between the groups of job nearby and wanted to pick her up. She meeting in ten minutes, they announced. girls. told him that she wanted to take the four of At the meeting, Cindy Clouse, our math us and we started contacting our parents, teacher and dorm parent, explained that Headmaster Craig Floyd stood on top of a and within the hour we were driving down the teachers met and didn’t see any threat. planter and announced that we were going Highway 33, the five of us crammed into But, she recommended, pack a bag, just in to the Lower Campus. He assured us not Megan’s dad’s pickup, holding on to all of case. to worry, as the teachers had everything our items that could fly out of the open under control. The girls were first to get back. “And don’t forget to turn in your phones,” on the bus. We pushed our way through Jennifer Weiss, our other math teacher and the crowd of people and scrambled to find On both sides of the freeway, there were dorm parent, exclaimed, reminding the girls seats next to our friends. flames. It felt like we were driving through it was time to study. All the girls sighed, an apocalypse. Even after all this time, see- the room filling with dread. It’s hard to tell We all sat in relative silence. It was as if the ing the sheer destruction of those flames if the dread was because of the possible words were being pulled out of us, looming brings me chills. That night, I was restless, evacuation or study hall. in the air. There were only a few conversa- only getting a few hours of sleep. tions and most stopped as the bus began The next day, the five of us sat in Megan’s We were left in limbo. Everyone around rolling down the hill. living room, watching TV news , and me was panicking, even though there religiously checking for updates on our wasn’t an immediate threat. Ms. Weiss Truthfully, I shouldn’t say rolling. It was phones. Later, we went out to lunch, trying went down the halls to reassure us that we barreling. The wind made the bus shake to distract ourselves from the uneasiness of

18 Juniors Lucy Orgolini (left), Caroline Morrow (center), and Maya Mullins stand in front of their new dorm room in The Village. Photo by Ivy Sun not knowing what was happening with our Lower. The holiday break was spent buying When I passed the massive, green Upper home. all that I had lost and visiting with my family, gates I didn’t feel sadness. I felt happy, a slow creep towards normalcy. something that was a long time coming. But, that night, we got the world-shattering There were teachers and students swarm- message that the girls’ dorm and the sci- On January 7, I made my way back to ing all around the courtyard of the Village, ence and technology building burnt down. school. I felt sick to my stomach as I the new temporary girls’ dorm. I couldn’t breathe. Hot, salty tears start- stepped into the back seat of my car. I didn’t ing streaming down my pale, shocked want to face the damage, the rubble left The most important thing about OVS is the face. I didn’t think I could lose the place behind by the fire, still not fully contained, relentlessly united community. The same that housed all my memories – the Sunday that took the homes of so many. Tears sense of family that I once loved was still afternoons during my freshman year when welled up in my eyes as I saw the brown, there. All the memories that I thought I’d I’d watch musicals with Ms. Whipple. The ashy valley next to Thomas Aquinas College, lost are all still here. Friday nights staying up with my roommate, where the fire initially broke out. My heart Maya, watching stupid YouTube videos and broke when I saw the once rolling, luscious For even though the quaint, brick building bingeing Netflix TV shows. The hours of fields, now burnt to a crisp. that held my life for the past two and a half card games on the back patio. years is gone, the relationships and laughs I But, my mood changed when I got a call had there will never burn away. That night, I went home. When I saw my from my best friend, Lucy. She told me that uncle, I hugged him like my life depended on her, Maya, and I were going to be room- it. In that moment, my family was the only mates. The month of built-up anticipation home I had left. washed away. That giddy feeling I used to get when I passed Boccali’s Pizza & Pasta The next few days were a blur. By the end was still there. of the week, all the dormers were gone from

19 An unforgettable weekend awaits you when you join OVS for Alumni Weekend on June 8-10, 2018. Classes ending in “3” and “8” backwill be celebrating milestone reunions! This year’s event will include outstanding dining, live music, and even more opportunities to mingle with former classmates. We are currently recruiting Class Agents – volunteers who encourage their classmates to come back and give back. Please contact the Alumni Office with questions and to sign up today! Registration for Alumni Weekend opens March 1. For more information and to register, please visit www.ovs.org/aw. FRIDAY, JUNE 8

11 a.m. Carl S. Cooper Golf Tournament Soule Park Golf Course, 1033 E. Ojai Avenue Check-in begins at 11:00 a.m. After 4 p.m. Dorm Check-In Refer to the posted dorm charts 4–7:30 p.m. Check-in/Registration Lower Campus, Alan F. Pearson Center 5:30–7:30 p.m. Welcome Reception Lower Campus, Alan F. Pearson Center

SATURDAY, JUNE 9

8–10 a.m. Continental Breakfast Lower Campus Dining Hall

8:45 a.m.–1 p.m. Guided Hike in the Sespe Meet at Lower Campus east parking lot 9 a.m.– Noon Ropes Course, Upper Campus

9–10 a.m. Pony Rides, Upper Campus

11 a.m. –6 p.m. Check-in/Registration, Lower Campus

Noon –1 p.m. Lunch, Lower Dining Hall

11 a.m.–3 p.m. Lower Campus Pool Open

3 p.m. Alumni Soccer Game Lower Campus Field 4–9 p.m. Childcare/Teen Lounge Check-In at Lower Donlon Pool The Main Event: Grand Celebration Social and Dinner

Namebadge required for entry. Shuttles available between campuses.

5–6:30 p.m. Social at Lower Campus

6:30 p.m Grand Celebration Dinner, Lower Campus Founder’s Alumni Award Presentation

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9:30–11 a.m. Closing Day Brunch, Lower Campus

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Thank you to all the OVS alumni who turned out on February 10 for the Alumni Soccer and Alumni Basketball games. The alumni won 2-1 at soccer. The basketball game was a hard-fought battle, but the students and coaches team emerged the victors with a final score of 55-46.

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Ginger Chodorov Montel and her brother, Stephan Chodorov Edgar Bailey (See In Memoriam) (L49) attended OVS in the early 1940s, when she was in Bob Koster shared the following memories of the late Ed NLQGHUJDUWHQDQGKHZDVLQWKHVHFRQGJUDGHb6RPHHYHQWVPDGH a lasting impression: Ginger remembers proudly learning to Bailey: “Ed was my roommate during my 9th grade at OVS. He weave potholders and that there was a schoolwide outbreak of distinguished himself by being a real animal lover. Had a pet chickenpox. All the students had classes outside for a time to help snake, a ‘red racer’ as I recall, and a pet duck, ‘Ducky Doodles,’ whom he kept in the animal pens at the south end of what is now WKHPKHDOb the parking lot behind the wood shop. He got Ducky Doodles as Ginger is interested in news about her former schoolmates, some a duckling at the Ventura County Fair by pitching a dime into a of whom she recalls clearly: “I remember Pippa Scott, and a girl greased dish. Kept the critter for years. named Shayna Rubinstein, and a girl with red hair, worn in braids, who ‘almost’ blew herself up with a chemistry set!” she said. “I remember having lunch with Ed when we were in college, and Ducky rode in the back seat of the car, looking out the When Ginger recently visited Ojai with her family, she thought ZLQGRZb6WDUWOHGTXLWHDQXPEHURISDVVHUVE\ about the old downtown as it was then: with its “wooden sidewalk and the big oak tree with a branch that touched the ground and “Ed was also an unabashed practical joker. Put small potatoes up swung up again– perfect for pretend jump-rope!” the exhaust pipe of Mr. Wolcott’s car, so when that gentleman left for home, the pressure built up in the muffler and, suddenly, ‘BANG!!’ The potatoes shot out the back as from a rifle. With Lower 1953 appropriate sound effects, too.”

Corrinna (Jackson) Aragon wrote in to share this memory of It was lovely to hear from Jerri (Batson) Prenzlow, who, with her Ed Bailey: “Dear Edgar is hard to forget. He was always at his husband, Ed (who’s a former teacher and dorm parent at Upper) weather station in the field behind the kitchen in the mornings. In has moved 24 times to Tanzania, Mexico City, and Madagascar, the afternoons, he would be found at his radish and other veggies among many other locations around the globe. patch fairly near the weather station. As far as how she’s doing, Jerri writes, “Others in my OVS class no “The most vivid picture of Edgar I have always had was during doubt have health issues as well, but it gets boring for me to tell the camping trips at Piedra Blanca; he would be out searching for PLQHb$QGDV(GVD\V2OGHUSHRSOHORYHWRJRWKURXJK RUJDQ VQDNHVZKLOHZHDULQJYHU\WLQ\EDWKLQJWUXQNVb+H GFDUU\DORQJ UHFLWDOV b+HKDVKDGVXUJHULHVRQKLVEDFNWRRë wooden rod with some kind of rope at the end to entrap snakes so that he could check them out. Another memory I have of Edgar Jerri has always had a special place for OVS in her heart and had was from the fifth grade. We girls would go into the boys’ dorm WKLVWRVD\ê, PVRJODG,JRWWRJRWR296b,ORYHWKHVFKRRO.HHS mother's room, in our pajamas, sit on the floor, and quietly listen up the great work there. We were Upper School dorm parents for to her read the classics to us. If we caused any disturbance, out 16 high school boys when Mike Hermes did the same. I remember we would have to go. I remember watching Edgar, quietly sitting, the other couple, Bill and Sue Wilmer, too. Ed and I had our third pulling string after string out of his terry cloth bathrobe and son while in Ojai; now our boys are 52, 54, and 56 and getting winding these strings tightly around his fingers, over and over, but gray hair like their mom and dad!” he did not cause a disturbance. We were always given a chocolate before leaving the room.”

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Lower 1956 it might have saved me from an otherwise dire fate as my best friend prior to my coming to OVS became a member

of the Manson family; I wonder at times if this could have Henry Butler VHQWXVWKLVVXFFLQFWXSGDWH0\GDXJKWHULVJHWWLQJ happened to me as well had my mother not chosen to take married in Philadelphia, my wife is still working as a pediatrician me out of the public junior high school I was attending and for the Navy, and I'm still teaching resuscitation for the Army and send me to OVS!!” 1DY\+HQU\ORRNVIRUZDUGWRFDWFKLQJXSZLWKKLVFODVVPDWHV+H can be reached at [email protected]. Lower 1959 Charles “Todd” Ealand II bOHWXVNQRZKRZSRZHUIXODQLQIOXHQFH0U Cooper (Robert S. Cooper) had on him: “I always like to remember Peggy Chase recently moved to Manitou Springs, CO, (near ç&RRSèb0RUHWKDQDQ\RWKHUSHUVRQKHKDGDQHIIHFWRQP\OLIHWKDW &RORUDGR6SULQJV WREHQHDUKHUGDXJKWHUèVIDPLO\b3HJJ\ continues to the present day.” watches her two grandchildren when Edie tours as a singer/ songwriter (see website: ediecarey.com. Peggy continues Shelley Scott enjoys living in Ojai. However, like most residents, she to provide seminars and training sessions for healthcare QHHGHGWRHYDFXDWHGXULQJWKH7KRPDV)LUHb+DSSLO\WKRXJKKHU companies. She briefly visited Ojai in January and met with beautiful home survived. classmates Robbie Sheppard and Weezy (Thacher) Hagan, as well as with Liz Hermes (L66, U69). Lower 1957 Lower 1961 1 Leston Newbill recently visited the Lower Campus with his 2 partner, Jane. Leston has spent his career as an electrical engineer Frances “Fanny” Case wants it known that the next and credits OVS for sparking his interest in the sciences. Sedona-OVS Retreat will be sooner rather than later. “We had so much fun this last time that we decided to meet again After Leston and Jane toured the new Alan F. Pearson Center of in two years rather than (as in the past) waiting four years,” the Arts, he said he was pleased to see that the integrity of the old she explains, adding, “We hope many of you will join us for a woodshop building had remained intact. fun few days: July 12, 13, and 14.”

Lower 1958 We regret to report that John Collins died on August 3, 2017.

Hester Palmquist FRQVLGHUVDFKLOOLQJSRVVLELOLW\bê,DPVRJUDWHIXO for my OVS experience! I don't know how my mother, as a single, ZRUNLQJSDUHQWZDVDEOHWRDIIRUGVHQGLQJPHWR296EXWb,WKLQN

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Lower 1962 used by Jeff and Ginger and especially Parker and Tanner, our grandsons. They are really growing like little weeds and are so

fun.” Nancy (Nutting) Stetson checked in with us shortly after the fire to send her well-wishes and tell us about a recent trip she took: “We went to the Gila National Forest wilderness area in Lower 1965 New Mexico. It was amazing and gorgeous: so lush and green, and water was everywhere. It is where Geronimo was born and Nancy Graves (see U68) raised and lived out his life. No wonder he didn’t want to leave! Lower 1966 “There were only eight of us, and each family had their own FDELQ:HMXVWKDSSHQHGWRDOOEHKRUVHIRONVVRLWbZRUNHGRXW Claudia Christensen (see U69) well. We did not have just a cook; he was a chef and prepared meals as for the finest restaurant. So fun!! Beth Pfeiffer (see U69)

“The horses were really great mountain horses and did their Lower 1973 jobs well. It rained every afternoon which was always refreshing. Rode with thunder and lightning one afternoon, but we were Katharine “Kit” Elliott (see U77) safe in an area where, hopefully, it would not get us.

“The owners were really terrific and knew their business Lower 1975

ZHOOb0DWFKHGXVDOOSHUIHFWO\UHJDUGLQJWKHKRUVHVZHKDGDOO Alan Newsum (see U79) week. We rode around 6 hours a day. Sometimes we had a picnic

and stayed out. Other times we came in for lunch then headed out again. All had a wonderful time. Lower 1979

“We are still horse care providers and having a ball. Really feel so 3 We were glad to hear from Katie (Ballou) Calhoun, blessed that we can still do all this. Keeping busy with the horses who brings us up to date as follows: “I will soon raise a glass and loving it. God is so good! to 15 years at Calhoun & Company Communications - a PR, marketing and digital media agency for the wine and spirits Tinsley built an amazing 680 square foor deck for Jeff and industry. Ginger. He did a super job and looks wonderful. It is being well 26 ALUMNI NOTES

“While my kids are old enough to mix cocktails with, they have chosen their own careers. Natalie is the Environmental Manager of Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks, living at 7,000 feet, hoping, among many projects, to add a compost program the bears will ignore. Walker is at sea level, a marine biologist, most recently studying oyster larvae growth with pH and acidification changes in our warming ocean waters. Alex and I welcome visitors to our empty nest in San Francisco!” Lower 1980

Victor Ransanz sent in the following note about his children: After becoming a lacrosse enthusiast at OVS during summer camp, his son (whose name is also Victor) played college-level lacrosse in Mexico from the age of 15, and when he was 17, he made the Mexico National Team, which ended up winning the $PHULFDèV&XSWKDW\HDUb+HDOVRSOD\HGLQWKHWKH8:RUOG &XSLQ9DQFRXYHUb

Victor Jr. is currently attending college in Mexico and has qualified for the national team that will compete in next year’s World Cup tournament, hosted by Israel. OVS will be rooting for you, Victor! Victor (Sr.) also reports that his daughter, Clarita, started high school this year and is doing very well. 4 Lower 1987 Lower 2004

Jenny (Hermes) Whitsitt reports that she is having fun working Myung Eun“Leah” ChaeLVPDUULHGDQGOLYLQJLQ6HRXObê,PLVV2MDLë on photography. She and husband Taylor have two children, she writes. ages 16 and 18. The younger one, Ava, is in her sophomore year at Upper. Lower 2005

Lower 1999 Marie Hyo Jung Shin has worked for FIFA (at their match agency that sets up preliminary matches and training sessions) and for the Sarah Gates (see U03) 6HDWWOH0DULQHUVDVDVSRUWVZULWHUb6KHVHQGVZDUPJUHHWLQJVWR Ms. Scott, Mrs. Wallace, Mrs. B., and Mrs. Slosberg. Lower 2001 Lower 2008 Hyo Joon “Danny” Kim (see U05) “I am currently studying art history and business at Brandeis,” Sanghee Jessica Park (see U05) writes Sei Yeon “Bin” Kob%LQKDVIRQGPHPRULHVRIKLVWLPHDW296 HVSHFLDOO\WKHRQHVLQYROYLQJRXWGRRUHGXFDWLRQb$GGUHVVLQJVFLHQFH Yu Jin Park is in his third year residency at Severance teacher Matt Inman, he writes, “I miss the stars and trails we saw +RVSLWDOb+HVD\VKHPLVVHVWKHJRRGROGGD\VDQGSODQVWRYLVLW while hiking. You were the best science teacher, the best soccer 296WKHQH[WWLPHKHèVLQ6RXWKHUQ&DOLIRUQLDb:KHQKHKHDUG FRDFKDQGWKHEHVWKLNHUb,PLVV\RXë Mr. and Mrs. Wallace, Mr. Inman, and Mrs. Slosberg are all still there he issued this command: “Stay there until I come back!” Among his other favorite memories is the 6:00 A.M. run he took every Friday with his dorm father, Duncan Wallace. Young Sup Shin is married and struggling with the snow in WKH1RUWKHDVW +HOLYHVLQ%RVWRQ b+HUHPHPEHUV0U&DV Lower 2010 “a cool dude” and figures he can beat him at 1 on 1 basketball QRZb>(GLWRUèVQRWHWKDWèVDVDIHEHWDV0U&RRSHUUHFHQWO\KDG 4 Karlee Rosenberg stopped by at the end of November. She shoulder surgery!] was a resident with Cassie Wallace, Tami Scott, and El Burright (mid 2000s).

Keaton Shiffman (see U14)

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Lower 2013 with great concern, especially Ojai Valley School, of course, ZKHUHVKHLVD/RZHUDQG8SSHUDOXPQDb+HUODWHIDWKHU Josh Han (see page 11) 6WHZDUW(OOLRWWZDVDKLVWRU\WHDFKHUDW/RZHU&DPSXVbb.LW shared the interesting information that her dad’s ashes are on Chief Peak. Retired Headmaster Carl Cooper, a relatively Upper 1968 new teacher and coach in the mid-70s, recalls that “Kit was an outstanding student, student leader, and athlete. She Nancy Graves checked in with the alumni office to say she embodied all the qualities that OVS hopes each student will ZDVêEH\RQGGHYDVWDWHGDERXWWKHILUHëb6KHPDGHDJHQHURXV carry out into the world beyond the school…sounds like she GRQDWLRQWRKHOSWKHUHFRYHU\HIIRUWb1DQF\LVVWLOOOLYLQJ has continued to live her life in that tradition.” in Palm Desert and hopes to see lots of old friends at the XSFRPLQJWKUHXQLRQRIKHUFODVVb+HUROGFROOHJHURRPPDWH It was lovely to hear from Kelly Somers who gave us some Liz Hermes (L66, U69) loved having the chance to chat by words of encouragement: “OVS strong! The only reason I had phone with her recently. a horse was because of the school. I talked my father into renting a horse for me. I rode to Lion’s campground, in horse Upper 1969 shows, and up the trails. I learned horsemanship, animal care, and how to barrel race. I also found my singing voice in chorus Claudia (Christensen) Wunderlich is relieved and grateful and musicals. I love the school. It is time to rebuild the girls’ her house in Ojai survived the ravages of the recent Thomas dorm and heal from the fire.” fire; the flames made it right to her property line, but the ILUHILJKWHUVZHUHDEOHWRVWRSLWWKHUHb Upper 1979

Claudia continues to serve as president of the Ojai Community Alan Newsum reported the following to us back in July: “My +RVSLWDODX[LOLDU\b6KHHQMR\VSOD\LQJJROIVHYHUDOWLPHVDZHHN NLGVDUHGRLQJDZHVRPHb1RZWKDWP\GDXJKWHU-HQLNDKDV and getting together regularly with her OVS roommate, Betsy graduated, she is living in New York and working for a global Curran (aka Liz Hermes). PDUNHWLQJDJHQF\b6KHWUDYHOVEHWZHHQWKHLU1<&DQG/$ RIILFHb0\VRQ&RQQRULVZRUNLQJSDUWWLPHDQGJHWWLQJUHDG\ Beth Pfeiffer reports she’s enjoying life in Maine, where she WRILQLVKXSDW6%&&b+HZLOOKDYHWRILJXUHRXWZKDW&DO6WDWH OLYHVZLWKKHUQHZKXVEDQG-RKQb7KHWZRWUDYHOH[WHQVLYHO\ RU8&VFKRROKHZDQWVWRDWWHQGb%URDGFDVWMRXUQDOLVPLVZKDW but when she’s home, Beth continues to work on her KHZDQWVWRGRëbb ZRRGEORFNSULQWVDQGYROXQWHHULQWKHORFDOOLEUDU\b6KHDOVR takes advantage of a good snowfall on the Maine coast to go Alan spent time last year assisting in search and rescue cross-country skiing. operations with the Texas State Guard in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. Beth’s sons are doing well: Stewart, an expert sailor, is making a bid for his 4th Olympics (2020 in Tokyo); and Andrew has a thriving fine architectural metal works business in New York &LW\b+HDQGKLVZLIHKDYH\RXQJFKLOGUHQb%HWKLVGHOLJKWHG to be a grandmother!

Upper 1977 ATTENTION: We welcome your updates anytime! Katharine “Kit” Elliott called the Alumni Office in mid-January Alumni news received before June 1, 2018, will be to volunteer her help with contacting Upper ‘77 classmates published in the next issue of Family Tree magazine. and mid-1970s contemporaries about attending OVS Alumni Weekend June 8-10, 2018. She is County Counsel for You may submit your updates to the Office of Mendocino County which was hard hit by the wine country Alumni Relations: fires in October. Her own small community of Redwood Valley Mail: 723 El Paseo Road, Ojai, CA 93023 (population 4,000) lost more than 400 homes, approximately Email: [email protected] half the town. Busy as she is with fire relief and recovery in www.ovs.org/alumni. Mendocino, she has followed our Ojai and Central Coast fires

If you would like to get in touch with a classmate, please contact the Alumni Office at [email protected] or 805-640-2578.

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Upper 1988

Congratulations to Sean Reid for his February 1 debut of the the horror flick The Campus which he produced last year. Sean writes, “If you like to be scared every once in a while or all the time, watch THE CAMPUS and give us a fair review, THANK YOU!” The film is available to stream on Amazon.

Tomoko (Seino) Hotema (see page 10) Upper 1995

4 Lisa Boyd had a great visit with Kevin Brown in Herald Square NYC last summer.

5 Hiro Otani visited in September with his wife, Maya. They live in New York and work in international banking. They *Renako (Wyborn) Murata (L98, U02) and Tomoko were traveling through the area visiting all their old stomping Miyauchi (L98, U02) visited the Upper and Lower grounds. Hiro was excited to show his wife around the campus. Campuses in mid-January. Although they were ini- tially saddened to see the extent of the damage to Upper Campus firsthand, they both remarked at how impressed they were with Craig Floyd’s poise Upper 2005 and leadership, and they say they are feeling hope- ful about the future. Both women have graciously OVS sends best wishes to Danny Kim, who recently took the donated in response to the the school’s Fire Relief bar exam in Korea. He says that he remembers OVS as a “warm Campaign. DQGORYHO\SODFHëDQGWKDWKHPLVVHVDOOKLV296SHHSVbb'DQQ\ hopes to visit very soon, giving this shout-out in the meantime: Renako has been working in marketing for Abrand “Wallace, Inman, Slosberg: Wait for me!” Jeans and lives in Melbourne, Australia, with her husband, Paul (who also visited). Tomoko is also mar- “OVS taught me a lot, and I’m so thankful I (actually, my ried. She lives and works in Tokyo and has been there parents) chose that school,” writes Sang Hee Jessica Park, who since graduation. FRQWLQXHVDVIROORZVê296KDVDOZD\VEHHQP\VHFRQGKRPHb, GUHDPRIVHQGLQJP\IXWXUHNLGVWKHUHb,èPQRWVXUHKRZPDQ\ teachers remember me, but in case some still do, please know WKDW,PLVV\RXDOOYHU\PXFKb6WD\ZHOOWHDFKHUVë

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6 Jack Marcus reports as follows: “I just got back from leading a gap semester in South East Asia with Adventures Cross Country, we spent 3 months exploring Cambodia, China, Thailand, and Vietnam while doing service work, adventure travel and cultural immersion! Now I'm back home getting myself organized for my next big adventure: I'm moving to New York City in mid-January! I am working on finding a job right now but it looks like I will be going into the travel field either working as a travel consultant for private companies or working on the logistics side of an adventure travel company like the one I have been with.”

Upper 2014

7 Keaton ShiffmanVHQWXVWKLVQHZVbê,KDYHEHHQZRUNLQJ on building an entertainment company and have officially signed a hip-hop artist as of last summer. We will be dropping his first full-length album in March, and I am currently in the process of getting him signed. I am working with a few other managers, booking agents, and artists to try and put together our own entertainment company. 8 ê,Q0D\,ZLOOEHJUDGXDWLQJIURP2FFLGHQWDO&ROOHJHb Afterwards, I plan to spend a little time working on my music/ entertainment career, and then I will most likely be going to work in medical technology sales for orthopedic surgical instruments, prosthetics, and implants while I decide if I am going to medical school or not. There are a lot of options, and I am excited about them all!” ATTENTION: We welcome your updates anytime! Alumni news received before June 1, 2018, will be Family Tree 8 Amanda Webb graduated in December with a B.S. in published in the next issue of magazine. *HRORJ\DQGb*,6FHUWLILFDWHIURP)RUW/HZLV&ROOHJH6KHZDV named to the Dean’s List for the fall semester of 2017. You may submit your updates to the Office of Alumni Relations: Mail: 723 El Paseo Road, Ojai, CA 93023 Upper 2017 Email: [email protected]

Josh Han (see page 11) www.ovs.org/alumni.

30 31 IN MEMORIAM

Edgar P. Bailey (L53)

a geologist with Standard Oil of Ed’s career took him to remote aerial wolf hunting in Alaska; California, explored the jungles locations each summer, and stopping the drilling for oil and of Indonesia, South America, Nina became his annual sole gas in Kachemak Bay and making and Africa. His travels to these volunteer. Early projects that bay a jetski-free area, along remote and exotic locations involved exploring all the with preventing oil rigs from served to broaden Ed’s horizons. coastal areas on the Alaska and parking there; as well as putting Kenai Peninsulas, as well as the a stop to the coalbed methane After earning his undergraduate offshore island groups counting and gas lease in Homer. He degree in biology at the seabirds and marine mammals. worked to protect local habitat, University of Redlands in 1960, These trips sometimes lasted as serving on the Kachemak Bay Ed pursued a master’s degree long as a month. Ed and Nina State Park Advisory Board, in wildlife biology at Utah State. transported all their food and and co-founding the Kachemak He wrote his master’s thesis on supplies for these journeys Crane Watch with Nina. In starlings. in a 16-foot inflatable boat. 2004, the Alaska Conservation Their only way to contact the Foundation honored him Edgar P. Bailey, who attended Ed married his first wife, outside world was via an ELT with the Celia Hunter Award the Lower Campus from the Martha, and hired on with the (Emergency Locator Beacon). for Outstanding Volunteer fourth grade to the ninth, passed National Park Service. He did Contributions. A decade later, away peacefully on January 14, stints in Capulin Mountain After the Alaska National 2018, in Homer, Alaska, after a Volcano National Monument, Interest Conservation Lands the Kachemak Heritage Land protracted, debilitating illness. Cumberland Gap National Act passed in 1980, Nina and Ed Trust selected him for their Land He was 80. Historic Park, and Death Valley worked in the summers helping at Heart Award, which honors National Park. He became bring about the restoration of distinguished contributions to As a youngster in Hollywood, disillusioned with his life as a island biodiversity, a project conservation on Alaska’s Kenai Ed got into all sorts of trouble park service naturalist, though, to trap and remove the foxes Peninsula. on account of the impish pranks since, as he complained, he (which had decimated the bird he came up with—diverting spent a lot of time in visitor population and left these islands Ed had wanted to start his own traffic on his street, creating centers telling people where the biologically impoverished). wildlife preserve and bought fake detours, etc. His parents bathrooms were and what the These successful efforts as many contiguous lands as recognized he was bored and cost of a postcard was. resulted in the seabird were available so he could piece needed a change of scene, recolonization. During the together a wildlife corridor that preferably to the countryside, He transferred to the U.S. winters, Nina and Ed travelled to is managed as a preserve for all and so they enrolled him at Fish and Wildlife and went to the desert southwest to explore wildlife, especially for Sandhill OVS. Ed would come to regard Fish Springs National Wildlife mountains and parks. Cranes. Today, that 650-acre his experiences there as life- Refuge in Utah before going to parcel of land is known as the changing. However, the pranks Hart Mountain Antelope Refuge After a 31-year career as a Inspiration Ridge Preserve. In continued and Ed’s schoolmates in Oregon, where his son, Lorne, wildlife biologist, Ed retired in the near future, it will officially was born. In 1969, Ed and his can still recount some of them 1995 however, with Nina by be run by the Center for Alaskan (see Alumni Notes for L53). family moved to the remote his side, continued to explore Coastal Studies. This will Izembek National Wildlife wilderness islands and float become a lasting legacy of Ed’s Illness prevented him from Refuge in Cold Bay, Alaska. rivers all over Alaska, including conservation efforts, a cause he continuing at a boarding school some of the largest and best worked for all his adult life. after junior high, so Ed was During his time there, Ed and known glacial rivers. He enrolled at Hollywood High, Martha parted ways. remained active in conservation where he discovered he loved In 1973, Ed moved to Anchorage, as well as consumer advocacy Ed is survived by his partner studying science-- in particular, where he worked in the regional organizations and authored and wife of 45 years, Nina biology. office of the U.S. Fish and s co re s of a r ticle s in o rnith ologic al Faust, and by his son, Lorne Wildlife Service and became or other biological journals. Bailey. The family asks that any When home, Ed enjoyed part of the planning team for donations in Ed’s memory be exploring the Hollywood the Alaska Maritime National Ed was a devoted conservation sent to the Alaska Conservation hills with his dad and gained Wildlife Refuge. It was also in activist and worked on many Foundation, Inspiration Ridge experience in hiking as well Anchorage that Ed met his long- important issues with various Preserve Maintenance and as in birding, activities that he time partner and second wife, conservation groups over the Operation Fund, 911 West 8th would engage in and love for Nina Faust. years, including trying to end Ave., Suite 300, Anchorage, the rest of his life. Ed’s father, the practice of bear-baiting and Alaska 99501. 32 IN MEMORIAM

John Henry Callender (L56)

OVS alumnus John Henry beloved by those who came to John managed seven of his own north San Diego County. This Callender, husband of Laurien know him there. He credited businesses, including the first non-profit center provided “Muffet” (Baldwin) Callender the school for having instilled boarding kennel on the island. veterinary facilities for horses (L58), passed away at his home values in him that served and small animals as well as in Kamuela, Hawaii, on January him well in later life. After Later, he owned and managed a boarding for cats and dogs, 19, 2018. He was 76. graduating from the ninth grade 3,000-acre ranch in Northern arranged pet adoptions, and at OVS, John joined the Class of California where he raised offered a therapeutic riding John was born in San Gabriel, 1959 at the Chadwick School in cattle, wheat, and rice. Along program for the disabled. California, on Feb. 12, 1941. Rolling Hills, California. with Muffet, who was an His father died when his accomplished rider and district John is survived by his wife, only son was two years old. From early on, John had a commissioner of the United Laurien “Muffet;” sons Consequently, John grew up in special affinity for animals, States Pony Club, he also raised Rea (Kelly) of Grass Valley, a household of women – two and wanted to become a thoroughbred horses on the California, and Brodie (U84) (much older) sisters and his veterinarian. He earned two ranch. of Waimea, Hawaii; daughters mother. bachelor’s degrees toward Laurien (Timark) Hamilton that goal--one in genetics and In the early ‘80s, the Callenders of McMinnville, Oregon, Mrs. Callender, in the animal science, and one in made their way back to OVS, and Whitney (L83, U87) application she filled out for business administration both where they were popular with (Todd) Demorest of Santa young “Johnny” to attend to from Oregon State University. students and fellow faculty Rosa, California; and nine OVS, described her son as Although, he worked as alike. They gamely took on the grandchildren and four great- “extremely cheerful, loyal, and a surgical assistant in a challenges of dorm parent life, grandchildren. full of fun.” She recognized veterinary hospital when he acting as resident counselors that he needed the structure was still in college, by the time in the girls’ dorm. John also Because OVS always had such a and guidance a good boarding he was accepted to a veterinary taught algebra. Carl Cooper, special place in John’s heart, the school could offer, and, as it school, he and Muffet had had who was teaching history at family has requested that any turned out, her instincts were their first two children, and the time, said of John, “There donations in John’s memory be right. John fit in beautifully necessity sent John down a couldn’t be a warmer, friendlier, sent to the school. at OVS, initially attending from different career path, one that kinder, and more generous grades 3 - 5 and then again in included such varying jobs as person.” grades 8 and 9. It was during his cowboy to financial advisor to second stint at OVS that he met grape-grower. In 1988, after serving as Laurien “Muffet” Baldwin, who Director of Alumni Giving at would, a decade later, become In the early years of their Cate School, John accepted John’s wife. marriage, the couple lived in a position as the executive Hawaii, where they raised all director of the Helen John loved OVS and was four of their children and where Woodward Animal Center in

33 IN MEMORIAM

Ron Rose (L50)

He was elected student body About the time he came to Authority, a rose garden in president and played offensive that realization, the successful downtown Ventura was named tackle for three years for The store attracted the attention of in his honor. Warriors. “We never lost a league women’s retail clothes magnate championship while I was there,” Joseph Magnin, who made an Ron joined the OVS Board of Ron reported, with justifiable offer the Rose family couldn’t Trustees in 1980 and, over the pride. He was also a member refuse. They sold the business, last three and a half decades, of the crew team, a team that and Ron returned to Stanford for served on the building and went all the way to the NCAA his MBA, which he completed in grounds committee, the finance Ron Rose, a member of the championships. And there were 1959, the same year he married committee, and the academic Lower Campus class of 1950 other features that Ron liked his high school sweetheart, committee. Former Board about being at Carp High besides Lynnette. They had three boys. and longtime member of the Chairman Bill Hair, who is the athletics: “[There was] a good OVS Board of Trustees, died on only trustee to serve longer than racial and economic balance,” he In 1961, Ron moved his family September 7, 2017. He was 81. Ron, had this to say of Ron’s noted. In his estimation, “It was from Carpinteria to Ventura, contribution: “Ron was always a really good school.” It must where he went to work for the Ron was born in Ventura and the financial ‘watchdog,’ making have been. Ron left there to go Bank of A. Levy, starting as a attended St. Catherine’s School sure that OVS stayed the fiscal before beginning at OVS in the to Stanford. lowly management trainee but course. In addition, as an alumnus sixth grade. ultimately serving as the bank’s Long before the Buenaventura chief loan officer, senior vice- Trustee, he also safeguarded the school’s traditions, particularly Ojai offered Ron a more benign Center (now known as the Pacific president, and regional manager. those having to do with the environment for his asthma View Mall) opened in Ventura, After a distinguished 29-year outdoor program.” than did coastal Carpinteria, Ron’s father had established the career there, Ron worked briefly where Ron’s family lived, and Jack Rose store, an exclusive dress for Santa Barbara Bank and Ron thrived as an OVS student. shop that, at one time, employed Trust and traveled extensively An environmentalist, before The school’s motto, “Integer 150 people and was the largest as a bank consultant for the the term had been coined, Vitae,” resonated for him. Also, women’s department store International Executive Service Ron was pleased to see the the excellent academics in between Los Angeles and San Corps. (including three months ways in which OVS has been combination with the outdoor Francisco. Ron’s uncle became a spent in the Ukraine) before and remains responsive to program strongly appealed. partner in this successful venture retiring for good. environmental concerns. His Another reason Ron developed and opened another family love of the outdoors, which had such a connection to OVS was store in Santa Barbara, Lou He had been a hard worker at been fostered at OVS, endured his admiration and high regard Rose. That’s why Ron’s family the bank, sometimes putting and grew. He did a great deal for then Headmaster Wally Burr. had ended up in Carpinteria: it’s in 50 to 60 hours a week. He of camping over the years, Ron reverently described Burr halfway between where the two was also hard working as a exploring much of the Sierra. He as “a true educator” and noted, stores were located. volunteer. With his experience introduced his boys to camping, “He lead by example as much as on a rowing crew combined with and they, in turn, have passed Ron’s father died in 1955, his credentials as a banker, Ron by word.” their love of camping to their when Ron was just finishing was chosen to be the finance own children. Ron had developed such a his undergraduate degree in manager of the rowing events, strong attachment to OVS that economics at Stanford. Although held at Lake Casitas, during Ron is survived by his wife, his mother apparently had to he’d had aspirations of becoming the 1984 Olympics. A member Barbara, his sons Kevin literally shove him out of her a Navy pilot or playing major of the Ventura and Oxnard (Jennifer), Jack (Diana), and David car when she dropped him off league baseball, Ron wound Rotary Clubs, Ron also served (Shannon), seven grandchildren, for his first day at Carpinteria up instead doing a stint in the as president of the Consumer High School in the fall of 1950. National Guard for 6 months Credit Counselors, the Ventura and his brother, Steve. But even though the warmth, before coming back to run the County Taxpayers Association, camaraderie, and fun of Lower family store. However, the the Stanford Club of Ventura Those who wish to do so may Campus life that Ron had former football star explains that, County, and the Southern make a donation in Ron’s memory experienced made it hard for him when he found himself “arranging California Chapter of the Robert to the Museum of Ventura to leave OVS, Carpinteria High mannequins and doing other Morris Association. When he County, Ojai Valley School, ended up being a good fit for him display work,” he concluded, “It stepped down as commissioner Livingston Memorial Hospice, or after all. just wasn’t [his] cup of tea.” of the Ventura Housing a charity of their choice.

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