Mark received a note and a picture of Ojai from Don Porter ’62 and was very appreciative to get the update and to see the valley. “I especially enjoyed seeing all the new green growth coming up in the burn area along with the beautiful bright orange California poppies! I live in a bygone era—no […]
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CdeP 1962 Fire and Flood Reports
1962 Don Porter checked on all 1962 classmates affected by the recent fires and floods. Paul Recsei reports, “We live in a chaparral ‘wild land-urban interface’ and were under mandatory evacuation orders for both the fire and then for the deluge. But mandatory does not mean mandatory in this case, so my wife and I […]
Lloyd Gunther Dallett ’81
I live in Santa Barbara because I fell in love with this area when at Thacher. Because I live here I have been lucky to crosshatch with both Mary Everett Bourke and Mariana Schwartz who both have kids here. It’s better than school because we’re adults now… I send best wishes to all who survived […]
Robert Thomas ’40
Greetings from the class of ’40 and me (we seem to be one and the same). I am very proud of my name so finding it used to name a terrible fire didn’t thrill me!!!! The best to all. Robert “Shovel” Thomas CdeP 1940
Toby Cooper ’93
After selling my business, I’m now focusing on raising my 3 daughters in wholesome Miami Beach. Hope all is well with the fire recovery. Toby Cooper CdeP 1993
Charles Burton Evans Jr. ’68
Strange Daze or as my daughter says “the duality of life.” My place burned down in a wild fire, where I could have been killed and I lost everything…. Global warming, even the fire station was partial burned down and the fire teams ran for their lives too. The brush beyond dry, we have been […]
Ric Laurence ’54
March has been a sad month for us. On the 8th, we took five guests on our 43 foot trawler on a ride down to Angel Island in San Francisco Bay. While in Raccoon Strait, our port engine caught fire causing all of us to abandon ship after May Day instructions. Fortunately for all of […]
Newlin Hastings ’70
Heading into the stretch to our 45th Class Reunion… the proverbial “time flies.” Liz and I will be there with bells on and hopefully with the best turnout in class history. We remain working and playing in Paso Robles with everything to do with wine, vineyards, real estate and basically trying to keep up with […]
Stephen Roberts ’68
We always new that living in “God’s Country” had its risks, but we just came close to losing it all. The King Fire in El Dorado County came within a mile of our home in Pollock Pines. We were packed up and ready to pull the trailer out when the winds changed and the fire […]
Shireen Rahnema ’89
We moved to Saint Paul, Minnesota, and made it through our first winter, polar vortex included. It is very green and lush here in the summer. No drought and no wild fires. I am really disappointed I can’t make it to the reunion this year. Please send me pictures. Shireen Rahnema CdeP 1989