Piner High School Alumni Newsletter A joint publication of the Piner High School Foundation and Hall of Fame Volume 12, Issue 1 September 2020

Mr. Ken Foote out curtains, curfews, sand buck- Mr. Charlie Buff ets on roofs, etc.

My health was so poor—I had nearly every childhood disease except Polio, nearly died of measles hemhorragica—that the family moved to Bakers- field in December, 1944. There I remained until the fall of 1954 when I left to attend the Uni- versity of at Berkeley. While in Bakersfield I worked at I was born in Torrance, Ca., on the High School student store, I was born a coal-miner’s son Feb. 22, 1935. My dad was a the College Bookstore, Supe- in Nuangola, a small village Safeway Stores manager and rior Creamery (which delivered in the Appalachian Mountains my mother worked as a recep- of Northeastern Pennsylvania dairy products to outlying rural tionist at various medical facili- in 1935. I became a citizen of areas such as Weedpatch, Arvin, ties. My parents inherited my California when my family and Pumpkin Center) and the down- mom’s mother Perley, who lived I crossed the border at Needles town Safeway where I parked with the family and raised the 4 in our 1937 Studebaker at mid- cars for the shoppers for free children. I was the 3rd child and night on May 23, 1948. I was when I wasn’t stocking shelves, the only boy. 12 years old at the time, and bagging groceries or sweeping as we drove along US Route 66 I remember being in church on floors. I lettered in at the through the cold and desolate Dec 7th, 1941, when the min- high school of 4000 students Mojave Desert, I was sure that I ister read a report, he’d just and still wear my letterman’s was not going to like California. But I changed my mind when at received that the Japanese had sweater occasionally. In 1953 I sunrise I first saw the green, lush attacked Pearl Harbor. Since bought my first car, a 1940 Pack- acres of countless orange trees the family then lived in Wilm- ard sedan which I wish I still owned. and palms of San Bernardino ington (a harbor and shipbuild- County. ing site in the Los Angeles area) At Berkeley I met my wife, Janet, My parents left Pennsylvania life changed dramatically— who at that time was the room- for the booming post-war Los “safe houses” along the route to mate of my next older sister. I Angeles to find a new way of school, air raid warden’s black- also joined the Men’s Glee Club, Cont’d. on page 2 Cont’d. on page 4

Editor’s Note: We want to thank these two well respected retired Piner High School teachers. They were part of a large team of respected teachers, administrators and staff who opened Piner High in September 1966. It was an incredible young and enthusiastic group of people who cared about their students. Thank you, Mr. Buff and Mr. Foote, for sharing your journeys to Piner High and your many years teaching there. an irreverent bunch of guys who not keep up with reading all the ment young folk would introduce traveled on tour with a rented Grey- English essays, I had assigned my themselves to me explaining that hound bus so old and tired that we students. though they never had me they had to push it now and then to get sort of thought of me as one of it started. (It, like almost all cars, In 1962 I received a call from my their teachers. My favorite C.B. was a stick shift.) old UC Glee Club Director, Robert story is the Back-To-School night Commanday, wanting to know if when he accidentally set his room After graduating from Cal in June I could maybe rehearse with the on fire from a demonstration that of 1956 I drove to Kearney, Ne- San Francisco Opera Company for got out of hand. braska, to marry Janet, and then their upcoming performance of drove back to Berkeley with $50 in Wagner’s LOHENGRIN. Their cho- Just as much fun was going with my pocket and no job. The Cal job rus wasn’t big enough and needed Charlie and his wife Judy to Ger- placement office soon found me a beefing up. Well I didn’t mind be- many, Austria and Switzerland in job (though they apologized) as a ing part of the beef, so for a few 1997. flunky at Happy’s Pickles in Em- months I drove to SF for rehearsals eryville. I was so successful there and actually did appear on the War I spent the last three years at Piner that when I left in August Happy Memorial Opera House stage twice in the School of Humanities, one of himself told me I would have a job and once in the Los Angeles Opera the five little schools that Piner set when I returned from my Naval ca- House. It was truly the experience up in 1992 as an experiment fund- reer, which started immediately. of a lifetime. ed by the state. The “principal” of our little school was Lana Haenel, For the next 3 years I spent about When Piner opened in the fall of and our physics teacher was the ¾ of my time as an officer on the 1966 I came from SRHS to become brand-new Miss Scott, who is now destroyer USS Mansfield, based the math department head. It was Mrs. Erickson, wife of our Basket- out of Long Beach. We visited Fiji, an exciting and new experience ball Coach. Australia, Japan, and Hong Kong starting a school from scratch, es- among others and participated in tablishing what would become Since graduating from Piner in the atomic testing program in the traditions and overcoming physi- 1995 I have played a lot of tennis, atolls (now uninhabited because of cal problems such as a school yard joined several singing groups and radiation) of Bikini and Eniwetok. that was solid mud in the rainy camped with my wife and family Because at the time the US was not season. in California, Colorado and Wyo- at war with anyone, I was not eli- ming. I have had to give up the gible for any GI benefits. For the next 29 years I taught math singing and tennis, but I still haul at Piner—all the courses from Se- my 1989 travel trailer to remote After I left the ship in August of nior Review Math through Calcu- spots and camp and fish with my 1959 my wife and I found lodging lus. In the early years at Christmas wife. Time does bring changes, I on Lincoln Ave in El Cerrito while Time my Trig class would tour the have found. I spent the next year finishing my campus singing (Gasp) Christmas major in English and getting my Carols. The same trig class that Charlie Buff, Bob Zeni and I were teaching certificate. Our first son, laid out a surveying route around privileged to attend the last Class David, arrived in October. the campus, arriving back at my Reunion of the class of ’68. I was door with calculations showing the very happy to see so many of my I was hired that fall to teach English door a foot higher (or lower) than students there. They all looked and geometry at Santa Rosa High the starting point. Well, nothing is happy and successful, what I had School. I taught Basic Senior Eng- perfect. hoped they would become. And I lish, Academic Sophomore English am looking forward to the next re- and geometry for three years. At I made many friends at Piner-- Burt union. that time, I had begun my Master’s Scuri, Frank Rathman, and good Program in mathematics teaching old Charlie Buff to name a few. I at Dominican College in San Ra- did go into Charlie’s room now fael; I was asked by my principal, and then because he put on such Mr. Fred Duey, to choose between a good show and had these great teaching all English or all math. I guests and experiments. Maybe I chose math because I just could overdid it as for years after retire-

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Piner High School’s 15th Annual Crab Feed Dinner

Saturday: January 30, 2021

Friedman Event Center - 4676 Mayette Avenue

Raffles – Auctions - Dessert Auction

Join in on our dessert auction and finish the night with one or more of the many specially prepared treats

Reserved seating with purchases of 10 or more tickets.

5:00 p.m. No Host BarBeer/Wine—Raffle &Silent Auction 7:00 p.m. Dinner- $55.00 Per Person Limited seating so get your tickets early Pick up your tickets at anyOliver’s Market or Mail in your order with payment For information call (707) 571-7420

Crab Feed and Silent Auction Dinner 2021 Menu Items: Appetizers - Salad Bread Pasta- Crab Dessert Coffee/Tea

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3 life, about as far away as one can assigned to a US Army Military In- particularly chemistry, can be a dif- get from the dark, dangerous and telligence unit in Stuttgart, West ficult subject to learn. But I believe depressing coal mines where my Germany. In the meantime, I mar- that it also can be a great deal of father labored for more than 20 ried my Berkeley sweetheart who fun, especially if the assignment years. My mom and dad were followed me to Germany where for the day includes a bit of fire pleased when I became the first in she found work as a kindergarten and smoke, an exciting explosion our family to get a college educa- teacher with the US Military De- or two, magical color changes, or tion. Not entirely sure about what I pendents School in Stuttgart. stinky odoriferous gases. wanted to do after graduating from high school in 1953, I enrolled at A few months before my discharge We had some fun with a 15-foot UCLA with an undeclared major from the US Army and our return soda straw, banana candles, shrink- taking mostly Liberal Arts classes. to the USA, Judy convinced me to ing marshmallows, dust and soap I paid my way by working as a gas consider a career in teaching. Be- bubble explosions, strings of nylon island attendant at a gas station ing a good husband, I did as she and balls of rubber, sweet odors in Inglewood and later as a room said, and in 1962 we found our of food flavorings and disgusting clerk/cashier in Yosemite National way back to Berkeley. odors of rotten eggs, homemade Park during the summer months. soap and perfume, irritating tear In 1956, I transferred to UC Berke- In 1963 with my Secondary Teach- gas, contact explosives, biolumi- ley to study Forensic Science in the ing Credential in hand, Judy and I nescence, static electricity and School of Criminology and gradu- moved to Santa Rosa where I got a the Tesla coil, and other scientific ated in 1958 with a Bachelor’s De- job teaching chemistry and physi- curiosities either demonstrated in gree in Criminalistics. cal science at Montgomery High class or experienced in the lab. School. Three years later in the I received my draft notice from the summer of 1966, Mr. Al Biella, the As for me, I believe that there can US Army on the same day that I principal of the new high school be no better subject to teach than graduated from the university and on Fulton Road (later named Piner chemistry. In what other class- was directed to report for a physi- High School) called and asked if I room can a student be astonished cal exam at the nearby Oakland would like to be a charter mem- by what appears to be “magical”, Naval Air Station. During basic ber of the teaching staff at the and motivated by natural curiosity training at Fort Ord, I discovered new high school on the west side to consider possible explanations that I had some hidden talents—I of town. He offered many good for what has taken place? I have was good with a rifle and even bet- reasons for me to join the staff, personally seen this kind of “mag- ter with the grenades. However, the and I was easily persuaded. I have ic” transform a student’s feelings life of an army “grunt” really didn’t never regretted my decision to about science from boredom to appeal to me, and I transferred as leave Montgomery HS to become a joy. My reward has always been the soon as possible into military intel- member arguably of one of the fin- pure pleasure of playing the part of ligence. (At the time some of my est teaching staffs ever assembled. the “magician” in these transfor- friends derisively described “mili- Some of us became close friends mations. tary intelligence” as an oxymoron, sharing time together playing , but that proved to be wrong.) white-water rafting, or cross-coun- At a one of our Back-to-School- try skiing. Even in retirement we Nights at Piner, I decided to share Although my transfer to military remain friends sharing a breakfast a bit of “chemical magic” with the intelligence added an additional from time to time or gathering to parents of my students. During year to my military service, it was talk about politics, current events, one of my presentations, some- not a bad thing. I served the extra history, cosmology, and, of course, thing did not go as planned and year studying Russian at the Army times long past in our careers as the unexpected result proved to Language School at the Presidio in teachers. be rather frightening for both the Monterey. As a bonus, my classes parents and me. The next day sev- at the ALS kept me close to my My work as a teacher brought me a eral students wanted to know what sweetheart, Judy Hannah, who great deal of satisfaction. I truly en- I had done to get the parents so was completing her senior year at joyed teaching high school science worked up about their chemistry nearby UC Berkeley. to our young, inquisitive and en- class. Feigning an air of disinter- ergetic teenagers like those I met est, I simply explained that I had After leaving Monterey in 1959, I in my chemistry and physical sci- almost burned down the science received training in counterintel- ence classes first at Montgomery building and killed them off in a ligence at the Intelligence School and then at Piner High School. Of cloud of toxic dust. in Baltimore, MD, and ultimately course, for some students, science,

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FOUNDATION MEMBERSHIP LIST FOR SEPTEMBER 2020 Dale Andersen – 1968 Judy Dillon- Retired Faculty Lindsay Schalich Malik- 1972 Bill Schalich- 1979 Rachelle Merian Albini- 1979 Matt Dillon- 1995 Mark McCarthy Cindy Misner Schalich- 1983 Charles Albright- 1969 Francine Boschetti Espiniera- 1971 Dennis McCarty- Retired Coach Kasey Schalich- 2010 Dave Albritton- 1976 Jake Fitzpatrick- Retired Faculty Deena McConnell- 1979 Larry Schalich- 1974 Dale Anderson- 1978 Joan Fleck- 1971 Jill McCormick-1989 Joe Schalich- 1971 Ken Foote – Retired Faculty Pete McCormick- Parent Jim Andrade-1972 Nancy Schell- Retired Faculty Sylvia Guiliano Andreis- 1971 Lorna Nelson Fox- 1973 Randy Merian- 1977 Jeff Avery- 1971 Jane Frost Martha Bastoni Messana- 1970 Dolores Seymour- Retired Staff Cathy Austin - 1978 Edna Gaddie- Wife of Retired Coach Tom Michaelson- 1971 Carol Cake Sherwood- 1971 Anna Babson- Parent of Alumni Cindy Gaddie- Coach’s Daughter Patty Michiels- Retired Faculty Sue Sion- Retired Vice-Principal Judy Bagley- Retired Staff Chris Garcia- 1970 Linda Burke Miller- 1969 Cathy Slack- 1978 Janet Barbaria - 1979 Scott Garcia- 1973 Steve Mizera-District Office Todd Snider -Friend of Piner Judith Barcelon- Retired Faculty Karen Gunderson & Family Mary Montague—Friend of Piner Don & Patty Soekland ’72 & ‘74 John Barone- Friend of Piner Abby Hanes- Piner Staff John Morris -1971 Dale Solheim- 1971 Jeffery Barrett Marnie M. Hanson Tina Murray – 1974 Pamela Rippin Sorensen- Retired Faculty Lynn Cook Beniot- 1974 Tanya Harlin- Parent of Alumni Allen Nelson 1970 Diana Valentino Spritzer - 1971 Pat Berry- 1968 Sherman Harris- 1970 Margaret Hayne Nelson- 1971 Jennifer Stenger-1988 Gayle LaForce Berry- 1971 Vincent Harrison April Wycoff Nichols- 1974 Jason Stephenson-1989 Sam Weston Bertacco- 1970 Jack Hayes- Retired Principal Paul Nikol- Retired Coach Marylou Kniffin Beltrami- 1970 David Hayne- 1972 Tom Nix- 1968 Sue Woods Stone- 1970 Cheryl Pedroncelli Bennett- 1971 Casey Hillman- 2001 Randy Nunes- 1971 Karen Scott Suiter- 1979 Mike Biando - 1978 Keith Hinton Cyndi Ogle- 1970 Claire Morey Taan- 1970 Sally Bimrose- Retired Principal John Huntzinger- Retired Faculty Larry Olenberger- 1968 Ed Taan- 1971 Mitch Bonar- 1969 Nicki Obritsch Hinch- 1968 Gary Palmer- 1970 Steve Templeman- 1968 Valerie Lane Burgoyne- 1971 Arne Hoel - 1979 Randy Palmer- 1971 Jill Smith Thach- 1973 Michelle Patterson Brittain- 1988 Dave Hover-1976 Terrie Hays Palmieri- 1970 Craig Thompson- Retired Faculty Charlie Buff- Retired Faculty Jim Hurt- 1971 Erin Parr- 1997 Mary Gowan Thomsen- 1970 Alicia Bunce- Parent of Alumni John Hurt- 1970 Rich Pedroncelli- 1973 Lisa Tiedeman- 1976 Jackie Stevens Callaghan 1973 Magdalena Almarez Hurt- 1971 Karen Mejia Pennrich- 1971 Lee & Marj Torliatt- Retired Faculty Bill Campbell- 1976 Marilyn Jackson- Retired Staff Kathy Perez-Penrose-Retired Faculty Rosemarie Cartier - Parent Joel Jacobsen 1969 Gail Laughlin Pippi-1969 Ilene Traverso- Retired Faculty Betty Castino- Retired Faculty Tiffany Jahnke- Faculty Virginia Pitts—Alumni Parent Kathy Trenchard- Retired Faculty Nancy Michaelson Celms- 1968 Ursula Juricich—Wife of Charles Julie Buchanan Poirier- 1979 Jim & Carol Underhill- Retired Coach Betty Furia Clark- 1971 Vince Klein- 1970 Wayne Rasmussen- 1968 Stephen & Maria Vella Leslie Jenkins Conant- 1970 Mark Koski- 1971 Kathy Denner Reese- 1969 Judy Vesper-1968 Jerry Corbet- 1968 Jani Logsdon Krambs - 1977 Denise Rehe- 1979 Larry Waite 1968 Laurie Cameron Cornelssen- 1972 Steve Kramer - 1991 Marilyn Graff Reiss- 1969 Pam Jenkins Wallace- 1968 Rhonda Comalli-Friend of Piner Doug Krikac- 1969 Lee Ann Cameron Reuter- 1979 Joyce Walburn Sieg- 1968 Karen Coster- Faculty Ron Kristof- Retired Faculty Ruth Richmond- Retired Staff Tony Walls Friend of Piner Bill Coset-1972 Sandy Lacey- Retired Faculty Marcia Thompson Richter- 1968 Donna Starr White- 1968 Diane Cupples – 1979 Jim Lanz- 1976 Doug Robbins - 1969 Pauline Scinto Whitchurch- 1971 Mary Dale Maureen Latimer- Richard’s wife Bianca Rosario- Faculty Mike Daniels- Friend of Piner Frank Lawler- 1968 Merle & Ann Rossman--Alumni Parents Jeanette Babson Wilson- 1986 Rachel Watrous Daniel- 1989 Daniel Le Roy - 1983 Randi Rossman- 1977 Cliff Woodruff- 1975 Allison Arreola Delaney 1995 Bob & Wendy Maccario- 1972 Pat Sampson –Retired Faculty Craig Wycoff- 1978 Chris DeMello Nicholas Mancillas- Faculty Michelle Scarboro- Faculty Chris Zeek- SRHS Class of 1968 Izzy Derkos – Retired Coach David Marshall- 1970 Lisa Wittke Schaffner -1987 Bob & Dolores Zeni- Retired Vice-Principal Those names in bold print have renewed their membership for this school year.

5 Children will not remember you for the material things you provided, but that you cherished them.

A Bit of Humor in Words. WORD FUN:

1. The meaning of opaque is unclear . 21. My tailor is happy to make a new pair of pants for me. Or sew it seams. 2. I wasn’t going to get a brain transplant but then I changed my mind.3. Have you ever tried to eat a 22. What is a thesaurus’s favorite dessert? Synonym clock? It’s very time consuming. buns. 4. A man tried to assault me with milk, cream and 23. A relief map shows where the restrooms are. but ter. How dairy! 24. There was a big paddle sale at the boat store. It 5. I’m reading a book about anti-gravity. I can’t put was quite an oar deal. it down. 25. How do they figure out the price of hammers? Per 6. If there was someone selling marijuana in our pound. neighborhood, weed know about it. 7. It’s a lengthy article about ancient Japanese sword fighters but I can Sumurais it for you. “The Spread of Covid-19 Is Based 8. It’s not that the man couldn’t juggle, he just didn’t on Two Things. have the balls to do it. 1.How Dense the Population Is? 9. So what if I don’t know the meaning of the word ‘apocalypse’? It’s not the end of the world. 2.How Dense the Population is. 10. Police were called to the daycare center. A 3-year old was resisting a rest. 11. The other day I held the door open for a clown. I thought it was a nice jester. “Silly You! You thought Dogs 12. Need an ark to save two of every animal? I Noah were hard to train. Just look at guy. all the humans who can’t sit and 13. Alternative facts are aversion of the truth. Stay.” 14. I used to have a fear of hurdles, but I got over it. 15. Atheism is a non-prophet organization. 16. Did you know they won’t be making yardsticks any longer? 17. I used to be allergic to soap but I’m clean now. 18. The patron saint of poverty is St. Nickeless. 19. What did the man say when the bridge fell on him? The suspension is killing me. 20. Do you have weight loss mantras? Fat chants!

6 “When Does Season Two of 2020 Start? I Do Not Like Season One.”

College Magnet Program (SRJC college classes while Piner High Foundation at Piner); and the University Pathway. Please consider Thank you to all the Foundation members who have joining the PHS Foundation which is only $20 per year. supported Piner High since its inception in 2002— Anybody can join, alumni, parents, Piner supporters, Alumni, retired Piner staff, Parents and Friends. etc. All donations are tax deductible to the extent of Through your support the Foundation has purchased the law under our 501(c) (3) non-profit status. If you are classroom equipment and supplies that the teachers interested in helping please call 571-7420. and students wouldn’t have otherwise received due Thank you to those who have renewed their mem- to limited district funding. These items enhance our bership for this school year: Craig Wycoff, Vincent teacher’s abilities to teach and our students to learn. Klien, Paul Nikol, Nancy Celms, Kathy Reese, Over the years the items have included many comput- and new members Jeffery Barrett, Stephen and ers, art supplies, text books in French, Spanish and Maria Vella, Mary Dale, and Vincent Harrison. English, projectors, cameras, calculators, environmen- tal items, and many different science items and sup- An Extra Thank you to those who renewed and gave plies. But we have less than 200 Foundation members, an extra generous donation: New members John An- when literally thousands have graduated from Piner derson, Todd Snider, Jeff Avery and Joyce Sieg; since opened over 50 years ago. We can do so much along with Leslie Conant, Wayne Rasmussen, more with your help. Joan Fleck, Lynn Benoit, Rosemarie Cartier, Randy Nunes, Cathy Slack, Diane Cupples, and In the last five years the Foundation has been working John Huntzinger. And a special thank you to Edna with less than a bare minimum of board members. We Gaddie for her donation in memory of retired Piner need your help if we are to continue on. Piner High Teacher, Ron Caselli. School has one of the best High School Science pro- grams in the area with a state-of-the-art planetarium Tony Walls thank you again for your continued dona- that is nationally recognized, an observatory, and a va- tions through P.G.&E’s “Youth Cause Program.” riety of exceptional pathways—Geospatial Technology; Health, Science & Biotechnology; Culinary Arts; Early

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Day 45 At Home And The Dog is Looking At Me Like, “See This Is Why I Chew The Furniture.”

7 Congratulation Katya Robinson, 1 of 5 of California’s 2020 Teachers of the Year

Katya Robinson, 3rd from the left and a Piner High Grad, was named one of five California 2020 Teachers of the Year. The other four honored educators are Sean Bue of Fremont, Brenda Chavez-Bararras of Perris, Gus Myers of Burbank, and Mandy Kelly of Saddleback. Go to Austin Murphy’s insightful story about Katya in his Oct. 13, 2019 Press Democrat article. Katya Robinson teaches special education for kindergar- Once she began to work with her special education stu- ten through third grade at West Sonoma County Consor- dents, she quickly noticed a lack of athletic and recre- tium School in Sebastopol. Her instructional program ational opportunities for her kids. In 2012, she founded emphasizes interaction between her special education Epic Athletes, an organization which offers free students and regular education students. “I believe it’s the and soccer programs for special needs children, at the educator’s job to open doors for our students, especially Epicenter Sports & Entertainment Complex, 3215 Coffey during their early years,” Katya told Sonoma West Times Lane, Santa Rosa. & News. “I spend a lot of time creating opportunities to learn and breaking down boundaries to their learning,” Katya lost her house in the devastating Tubbs Fire in 2017. she continued. When she received the call from California State Super- Katya graduated from Piner High School in Santa Rosa, intendent of Schools Tony Thurmond to tell her she had where she had played varsity soccer and basketball. been selected she was conducting a walk-through of her newly rebuilt home. SAD NEWS: We have lost many Piner High Graduates, Retired Staff son (’87); Jim Jump (’85); Cynthia (Day) Weller (’81); and Friends during the early part of this year. Many Mr. Bob Gong (86 years old. Co-Partner in starting before the Coronavirus hit us. As someone once said, G&G Supermarket, has supported and generously “Don’t be sad because it’s over, be grateful for the good donated to Piner High since Piner opened.); Mr. Don memories you had with them.” The following are the Holden (Taught at Piner from ’69-’96); Mr. David Lee ones brought to our attention and the year they gradu- (Coached Girls Soccer in the ‘90’s); Mr. Nate Eisen- ated: Robin (Olson) Ryan (’70); Lisa Huff (’86); David man (Athletic Director & coach for 15 years. Christani (’74); Mr. Ron Caselli (87 years old. Taught Passed away in Oct. 2019). at Piner from’66- ‘70); John Rogers (’02); David John-

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Piner High School Athletic Hall of Fame Cordially invites you to the 15th Annual Hall of Fame Dinner Saturday April 17, 2021 Santa Rosa Golf and Country Club 333 Country Club Drive, Santa Rosa, California 5:00 p.m. No Host Bar / 6:30 p.m. Dinner

The 1985 Baseball Team (NBL Champs & NCS 2nd);

Greg Alexander (Football and Basketball); Faith Baggett (); Michelle Ferguson (Cross Country and Track); Moises Medrano (Soccer); and Derek Shaffer (Soccer)

$60.00 Per Person (Adult) $20.00 (Child- 12 and under) (Reservations accepted on a first come, first served basis) Please confirm your reservation by returning the attached response card no later than March 29, 2021. Call (707) 575-7995 if you have questions. Make checks payable to: Piner High School Athletic Hall of Fame P.O. Box 12284 Santa Rosa, CA 95406

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Coach Mike Erickson in his 29th year as Piner’s Varsity Basketball Coach added a 6th League Championship to his record. His teams have finished 2nd in League 10 times. Piner ended this year’s season 26-3, when they lost in the quarterfinals of the North Coast Section Division 3 to Miramonte High 66-54. Miramonte High is out of the East Bay. Congratulations Coach Erickson and Piner Players!

OUR ANNUAL CRAB FEED AND HALL OF FAME DINNERS-- ARE TENTATIVE

At this time and not knowing when a vaccine for the If we are unable to have our Crab Feed, not only will we Coronavirus will be available, our 15th annual Crab miss out on a wonder dinner and all the fun of seeing Feed scheduled for January 30th, 2021, and our 15th each other again, but it will also be a huge loss finan- annual Hall of Fame Dinner for April 17rd, 2021 are cially for the 3 non-profits: Piner Boosters, Piner Foun- tentative. Our January Alumni Newsletter should be dation and the Piner Hall of Fame. The money earned more definitive. If you are on “Piner Graduates” Face- from this annual event are split three ways. The 2020 book page, monitored by Paul Sanchietti (Class of ’78), Crab Feed was our highest profitable Crab Feed, with you will probably get a definitive answer sooner as to each organization receiving $6,178. All of that $18,534 whether the dinners will be cancelled or not. goes right back to help Piner in a variety of different ways.

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What: Hall of Fame Awards Dinner April- Hall of 17Fame, 20 Recognition21 Event When: April 18 th, 2009Santa 5 – 9:30Rosa PM Golf and Country Club $60 Where: Santa Rosa Golf and Country This year Club’s inductees are: Cost: TBD Sponsored By: Tillman’s German Car Specialists The 1985 Baseball Team (NBL Champs, NCS 2nd); Greg Alexander (Football and Basketball);

What: BBQ Sausage Faith Meals Baggett $2.00 (Volleyball); - th When: October 25 Michelle and 26th Ferguson (Cross-Country and Track); Sat Only - Live Radio Moi andses Special Medrano Drawings (Soccer); and Where: G&G College Derek Ave. Shaffer Store (Soccer) Sponsored By: G&G Supermarket, Aidell’s Sausage, FritosLay and Pepsi For additional information visit our websites at the below links.

Piner High School Athletic Hall of Fame, Inc. Joan Fleck President www.pinerhalloffame.org NON PROFIT ORG.

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We need 100 donors pledging $100 a year for 5 years. Piner High Foundation Randy Nunes President For informationwww.pinerhighfoundation.org about how you can help with the stadium lights project call 836-9735