COLUSA HIGH SCHOOLALUMNI ASSOCIATION

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Every year, the days and weeks go by fast for our alumni com-mittee as we plan to send out this newsletter. Our objective is tocapture the story, theme, trend or moment in time, that bringsback the memories of your days at Colusa HighSchool. The search for a good topic goes onall year long. Lots of memories and activ-ities are out there for us to choosefrom, but sometimes they presentthemselves in a special way.

Over the 17-year history ofthis newsletter, the curricu-lum of Art has not scoredhigh on the list of totaldonations. The quietthree-letter curriculumis defined by a spec-trum of expressions,for personal andpublic enjoyment.For the average Co-lusa High Schoolstudent, art is prob-ably a little intimi-dating. Detail,imagination, lines,features and colors,outline its success.Talented artists canbring all these to-gether, to make a state-ment or a feeling, thatstands the test of time.

Colusa High School hasa new art teacher that hasbeen teaching at our school fora couple of years now. Her nameis Jean Summerville, and she hasmany students from freshman to sen-iors experiencing this expressive curricu-lum. She is following the long teaching tenuresof Mr. Kirkman, Mr. Rose and Mr. Been who wouldbe familiar to many alumni, as they all taught many years of artat Colusa High School.

This year, a couple of months after the alumni donations weredistributed to all the curriculums, a large manila envelope was sent

The “Art" of Becoming a Colusa High Alumto us, stuffed with 62 small cards made of commonly use art paper.They were all cut carefully, but not uniformly, creating many dif-

ferent sized cards, that had brush strokes of various colors,covering the outside of the cards. You could see

that a large painting had been created on apaper, with different colors and strokes of

the brush, that were then carefully cutinto greeting card form. Very cost

effective if you would asksomeone in the accounting

class. This creative designwas only part of the grand

art scheme that was de-veloped in this project.Jean Summerville wasteaching her studentsthe "fine art" of say-ing thank you.

We took the timeto read throughevery card and eachone was a work ofart. Handwrittennotes from all thestudents in her vari-ous levels ofclasses, each took

the time to express afew sentences of

thanks for the smallamount of money that

their curriculum had re-ceived. The money was

buying them the simple toolssuch as paint, brushes, paper

and other materials so they couldexpress their artistic abilities.All of us who attended Colusa High

School exhibited an artistic ability whetherit was in academics, athletics, business, music,

friendships and a variety of other routines of the highschool experience. The students in this class will always rememberparticipating in this small expression of thanks, that they artisticallypainted on our alumni memories. In turn, we need to rememberthem with our donations.

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MISSION STATEMENTThe Colusa High School Alumni Association is an organization that helps support the curriculums at the high

school.All Colusa High School graduates are eligible to participate in the Alumni Association. Annual newsletters will en-

courage alumni to donate an amount equal to their year of graduation, such as 1963=$19.63, 1942=$19.42,and so on.Donations received will be accounted for and directed to the area of scholastic interest at Colusa High School,

so designated by the donating Alumni. These donations will be used to enhance the education of current ColusaHigh School students.The success of the Colusa High School Alumni Association is dependent upon the ideas, volunteer work and do-

nations of the Alumni.

1939John M. Niles

1945Maureen Riley Waterhouse

1946Merrill Newman

1947Barbara Betterton Messick

1949 Nellie Ann Highstreet Carey

Bertha Nelson Westcamp FontesMako Hashioka Kanazawa

1950Donald L. MichenerArtie Newman

1951Marilyn Lucchesi Rossetti

1952Shirleen Wood Dean

1953George Chan

Barbara SandersonPatty Capehart Totman

1955Jerd Ferraiuolo

Sandra Libby Thorpe

1956Enid Diggs ClarkDonna Critchfield

1957Peter Steidlmayer

Maxine "Micki" CodornizWilliamson

1958Jerry HulbertAl Raitt

Eddie Spurgeon

1959Ralphene Watermann Boggan

Doug CairoBeverley GabbertShirley Melis HirschKen "SAT" IshigakiRon "Fuzzy" Jarnagin

Brian A. KeithDorothy Quick Murphy

Chris NishiokaNancy Tennant PottsKen TownzenPeggy TownzenTom Tucker

1960Nancy Paletta Chelini

Dave Westfall Phyllis Lucchesi Winkler

1961Richard Paletta

1962Betty Jo Marano Benson

Lou BuonomoJean Clarke Campbell

Stan GoodinBetsy Westfall HarrisSandra Diggs Richey

Ms. Matie Ann SpurgeonRalph J. Stegall

Sharon Jarnagin WadeKarla Lucchesi Williams

1963Mary Diggs Hooks

Georgeanne Feroah HulbertRobert HulbertLeo Steidlmayer

1964Beverly Hoblit ArmocidoDiane Foster BransfordArlene Shipley Farley

Mary Ann Lanouette MarvelAmador MuñozMichael PrimeWayne RamazziniGeorge SistrunkMark Spurgeon

1965Jeri Jarnagin BensonDon BransfordBuster Diggs

Gay Huffman EvansDaniel Gonzales

Jeanie Allen KessingerSue Montgomery MehrhofMary Ann Stokes Nation

Fred NielsonDavid Rocco

1966Dovey Spurgeon CribariCandy Moore GarmireFrank A. RogersEdee Westfall Silva

1967Frank BricenoGreg Goodin

1968Gerald W. AbreuGreg BoyesPatti Jo CairoJoyce CanditoDavid Hoblit

Robert (Bob) HubbellWayne Oliver

1969Sue Oliver

1970 Robin Heuer Rogers

Tom Steffes1971

John ArnoldGeorge SandridgeCathy Schulbach

Valerie LaGrande StrainJulie Hubbard Tully

1972Mark E. FisherBob GoldenGabe Huerta

Susan Omaye JohnsonDonald Sanders

1973Dana Collins ForsterKathleen Disney Hart

1974Richard Johnson

Carolyn Zumwalt KellarMardel Tucker Sandridge

1975Gerald P. DaviesPaul Fisher

Yolanda Salazar Tirado

1976Arnold Gross, Jr. Les HaradaEd HulbertPeter B. NilesMatt Rablin

Colleen Davies RonanEarl StegallKirk Wilsey

1977Diane Fusaro MabrayJamie Wheeler MyersMarta Gibbons Stegall

Jerry Uhland

1978Charles HulbertTodd Woodring

1979Nita Zaragoza LangJeff Moresco

1980Robert J. DaviesLiane GuildCraig Hill

Jim McGowanGina Calcagno MorescoRenee Rasmussen Smith

1981Mary DaviesKevin Erdelt

Lori Guild KesslerKelley Tucker Moliter

Chris MossGinger Cerney RaylRalph Andy Smith

1982Liisa Rasmussen HancockDevonne Byrd Smith

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1983Ellen Holmes McGowanWendy Word McGrew

Jeff Savage

1984Brian Brown

Laurie Townsend Costa

1985Michael Davies

Dr. Sherri A. Tanferani, Ph.D.

1986Daniel BaileyCamie Kaelin

1987Lisa P. Samaro Wilbur

1988Lisa Steidlmayer BaileyDenise Lorenzini Mayberry

1989Amy Rasmussen Sanchez

Jennifer Hulbert ShimabukuroJennifer Lyttle Wells

1990Nicole Fusaro HulbertChris O'Sullivan

1991Chris HoblitScott HulbertWendy KeithScottie MarvelPeter MayberrySilvia G. Sanchez

1992Cindy Aubrey Cerney

Mike CerneyEric Steidlmayer

Darcie Bransford Taylor

1993Chad HoblitArnold Navarro

1994Scott Bransford

Amanda Randolph Steidlmayer

1995Geoffrey HulbertBarry Marvel

1997Maria Gutierrez Hill

1998Nathan BransfordKevin Hoblit

1999Eric IngebretsenMatthew Forster

2000Beth Bransford Leon

Blake Stegall

2001 Mark L. AndreottiMichael Forster

2002Tara Forster

2003Vincent AndreottiBrian DaviesDavid PerryTracy Stegall

2004Melissa Johnson

2005 Hans HerkertAshley Stegall

Katelyn Davies Sutton

2008Kenneth DudmanMichael MorescoJoanna Roa

2009Mallory McGowanFrancisco J. Sanchez

2010Katy MorescoAngel Sanchez

2013Hannah McGowanMattie Myers

Gustavo Sanchez

2014Hayden BaileyTaylor DaviesCaitlyn DudmanCoral Imhoff

Nicholas MorescoAshley Ornbaun

Donations made inMemory of

the following AlumniBeverly Hoblit Armocido

John ArnoldFrank BaggettJack BiggsDoug CairoJack Capehart

Eunice Stafford CollinsDovey Spurgeon Cribari

Jim DavisonFrank FerraiuoloDonald R. FosterDel FulmerDutch GeneseBob Golden

Barney GonzalesGreg GoodinTom GuildArt HelikerGabe Huerta

Eric IngebretsenJimmie LeeVicky Lee

James F. LucchesiAl Melis

Arvella Melis

Eve Luce MillerArtie NewmanJohn M. Niles

Armando NoriegaVirgil O'SullivanPerry Rablin

Wayne RamazziniJerry RandolphRon RasmussenJim ReadingDavid Rocco

Marilyn Lucchesi RossettiGeorge SistrunkEddie SpurgeonMark SpurgeonDavid SteidlmayerPaul SteidlmayerRichard SteidlmayerDonna Woods StokesMillard TotmanDelbert TuckerMary WestfallRalph WestfallFrances White

Jimmy Yamamoto

2016Sophia MorescoChelsea SavageJasmine SavageJordan Savage

2017Alec BaileyJustin Davies

Every year we contact over 3500 alumni with this newsletterasking for a small donation of $20. We appreciate all the sup-port we get from our alumni and we see a lot of potential inour numbers. If 3500 alumni send $20 we would generate$70,000 a year for our school. So let your small voice be oneof many that will give back to our school. Thank you for yoursupport!

How Can $20 Make A “Big Number?”

2018Ben Davies

Friends of Colusa High SchoolCarolyn GuildTom GuildDarell PogueDelbert Tucker

Jim & Cynthia White

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MEMORIES

To the Class of 1968, do you rememberMr. Becker's English Class our Junioryear? "Let's get organized."Patti Jo Cairo, Class of 1968

This donation is in memory of the follow-ing: Eric Ingebretsen, Class of 1999 andDoug Cairo, Class of 1959.Patti Jo Cairo, Class of 1968

Even though they are gone, they are stillremembered. Richard Steidlmayer, BarneyGonzales, Eve Luce Miller and CharlieComfort.George Chan, Class of 1953

Yes, I will support our Alumni Associationfund. Please direct my donation to the Ath-letic Department.Barry Marvel, Class of 1995

Butte View League Singles Champion in1989 and Northern Section DoublesChampion with Eric Steidlmayer in 1991.Great memories.Scottie Marvel, Class of 1991

I enjoyed the newsletter pictures. Particu-larly the baseball team on the back of theletter.Chris Nishioka, Class of 1959

I loved that our high school students worewhite, sat together and cheered at ourgames! Proud to cheer for our team!Mary Ann Lanouette Marvel, Class of 1964

How fortunate we all were to have hadsuch a fine high school education. Thanksfor helping us stay in touch!Jerry Hulbert, Class of 1958

Colusa High School in the 1950"s:we used the office phone–not cell phones;we drank from the fountains–not waterbottles; we used manual typewriters–notlaptops; we researched the library–not theinternet; we used our brains for math–notcalculators; we talked to each other–in-stead of texting, and formed lifelongfriendships!Nancy Paletta Chelini, Class of 1960

In memory of my friends Greg Goodin,Jim Reading, Armando Noriega, FrankBaggett and all those Redskins that havegone before us.Frank Briceno, Class of 1967

MEMORIES

Dear Generous Alumni:Thank you so much for your generous sup-port of the Business Department at ColusaHigh School. Your recent contributionswill facilitate an exciting trip for studentsto observe an established Broadcast Jour-nalism program at Whitney High School.We hope to inspire those students to con-tinue striving for greatness in our ownRedHawk Broadcast.Nikole and SonnyColusa High Staff, Business Department

In memory of my mother, Arvella Melis,who loved teaching Home Economics, andmy brother, Al Melis, Class of 1961, wholeft after his sophomore year to move withhis family to Tunis, Tunisia.Shirley Melis Hirsch, Class of 1959

This is a special memory of my friends andclassmates: Perry Rablin, Tom Guild,Frank Ferraiuolo, great men and Coaches!They always beat us in basketball duringthe lunch hour. Also, a special thank you toall the staff that supported us!David Hoblit, Class of 1968

I remember John McCoy's cut down Mo-del T.Merrill Newman, Class of 1946

I so look forward each year to receiving theAlumni Association Newsletter and learn-ing more about the students and staff whoare and have been a part of the ColusaHigh School experience. Thank you for thevaluable contribution.Al Raitt, Class of 1958

Thank you Coach Randy Watt and DaveDriffill for all that you did for me.Chris O'Sullivan, Class of 1990

In memory of my sister, Marilyn LucchesiRossetti, Class of 1951.Phyllis Lucchesi Winkler, Class of 1960

In memory of my father, Ralph and mymother Mary, who were both born 100years ago in 1918. I also remember Charlie"Square Root" Lindquist who taught Geo-metry, Algebra and Trigonometry. Dave Westfall, Class of 1960

HAPPY DAYS!!!Ralphene Watermann Boggan,Class of 1959

MEMORIES

I really enjoyed my high school years. Theteachers, staff and school prepared me wellto be able to take on the next four years atChico State.Gay Huffman Evans, Class of 1965

I remember the "fingernail checks" in PEwith Mrs. White and gym shorts with sewnin bloomers that had to be ironed! Ha HaRobin Heuer Rogers, Class of 1970

In memory of Tom Guild.Carolyn GuildLiane Guild, Class of 1980Lori Guild Kessler, Class of 1981

I loved playing "jungleball" in P.E. It waswide open football with few rules and noreferees. What's not to love about that!Great fun.Paul Fisher, Class of 1975

I would like to remember Vicky Lee. Shewas fun and a great friend throughout myhigh school years. What do I rememberabout Colusa High? So many wonderfulmemories! Cutting the square of course!Everyone driving one way and honking atfriends, then driving the other way andhonking at the other friends. I rememberMrs. White (our gym teacher) with herclipboard Monday mornings and paintingmy tennis shoes white so that she wouldthink that I had washed them. Also, thesprinkling of water on backs from theCOLD showers so she'd assume we hadactually taken a shower. I loved GAAwhere the older girls taught the youngerones sports skills. For me, especially, I re-member Betsy Westfall in this scenario. Iloved band and especially Mr. Heliker, ourband leader (as he was known then). I stillplay my flute, so thank you Mr. Heliker! Iloved the football games, the being outsideat night with all the lights from the fair-grounds, the dances and just the fun inno-cence of those days.Susan Montgomery Mehrhof,Class of 1965

This donation is in memory of Jerry Ran-dolph who loved Colusa and Colusa HighSchool.Eric Steidlmayer, Class of 1992Amada Randolph Steidlmayer,Class of 1994Anna, Mary and Chloe

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MEMORIES MEMORIES MEMORIES

I still have wonderful memories of mythree years at Colusa High School. I con-tinue to keep in touch with several beauti-ful friends from those years!Sandra Libby Thorpe, Class of 1955

Our donation is in memory of: David Stei-dlmayer (1964), Paul Steidlmayer, DonaldR. Foster (1954) and Jimmie Lee (1954).The Don Bransford Family

In memory of Ron Rasmussen.Mrs. Sue RasmussenRenee Rasmussen Smith, Class of 1980Liisa Rasmussen Hancock, Class of 1982Amy Rasmussen Sanchez, Class of 1989

All the long friendships from Colusa HighSchool.Jamie Wheeler Myers, Class of 1977Mattie Myers, Class of 2013

Learning how to turn grape juice into wine,then distilling it into brandy in Mr. Heuer'sclass. Then the moan's of us all when heproved it was alcohol by lighting it on fire!Brian Brown, Class of 1984

In memory of Del Fulmer and Jim Davi-son.Maureen Riley Waterhouse,Class of 1945

This donation is in memory of FrancesWhite and our friends Jimmy Yamamotoand Dutch Genese.Jim and Cynthia WhiteFriends of Colusa High School

Given in memory of Ralph and MaryWestfall.Edde Westfall Silva, Class of 1966

Greetings hard working alumni volunteers!I recently sent in donations for both my sis-ter Enid and myself. I was chastised by myother two siblings for failing to do so lastyear. We like to be listed under the "FamilyDonations" section. The problem last year,is that I listed my sister as Enid Clark anddidn't specify the full family named EnidDiggs Clark. Since she graduated in 1956,few might remember her. Appreciate thecorrection!Colonel Buster Diggs, Class of 1965

I was just driving down 10th street in Co-lusa by our old high school building.When we were still known as Colusa HighRedskins, so many wonderful memories inthat old building.Patty Capehart, Class of 1953

Just wanted to say thank you to one of myfavorite Colusa High School teachers, Mr.John McKalip. Laurie Townsend Costa, Class of 1984

This donation is made in memory of JohnArnold.Valerie LaGrande Strain, Class of 1971

This donation is made in memory of mybrother Eddie Spurgeon Class of 1958,Mark Spurgeon Class of 1964 and my sis-ter Dovey Cribari Class of 1966.Ms. Matie Ann Spurgeon, Class of 1962

In memory of Eunice Stafford Collins.Dana Collins Forster, Class of 1937

In memory of Delbert TuckerGeorge Sandridge, Class of 1971Mardel Tucker Sandridge, Class of 1974

The "Old High School". Thanks to allthose who saved it! Lots of memories!!!Barbara Betterton Messick,Class of 1947

A Redskin 63 years ago and still a Redskin!Ron "Fuzzy" Jarnagin, Class of 1959

In memory of Artie Newman.Donald L. Michener, Class of 1950

Only Good Times!Colonel Buster Diggs, Class of 1965

Being a member of the "Bouncing Betty's"under Mrs. White.Enid Diggs Clark, Class of 1956

Please put us back in the "Family Dona-tion" section. My sister Jeri informed methat I screwed up last year not making adonation and it knocked us out of the list.Sharon Jarnagin Wade, Class of 1962

In memory of my cousin David RoccoDaniel (Danny) Gonzales, Class of 1965

Allan Becker inspired me to reach higherand there is more to life than "cutting thesquare". Thanks Allan for sharing yourwisdom.Robert (Bob) Hubbell. Class of 1968

Oddly enough, there was no art for meuntil 2000–and now I love it!!!Mary Ann Stokes Nation, Class of 1965

My donation is in memory of Wayne Ra-mazzini Class of 1964 and George Sis-trunk Class of 1964.Janis Stinchfield Ramazzini,Class of 1963

In memory of my brother Greg Goodin,Class of 1967.Stan Goodin, Class of 1962

In memory of my beautiful sister, MarilynLucchesi Rossetti and my wonderful class-mate Donna Woods Stokes.Phyllis Lucchesi Winkler, Class of 1960

In memory of my beloved brother, JamesF. Lucchessi.Karla Lucchesi Williams, Class of 1962

Dear Newsletter editor,It was fun seeing the photos on the frontpage. Mr. McCarthy not only taught me Jr.Social Studies but I got to know him, adultto adult, when he was in Davis working.The band drum group played with me dur-ing my Jr. and Sr. year. Mr. Rankin taughtSr. Social Studies and his son John was aclassmate. Mr. Regier taught my only othertrue elective to me besides band, mechan-ical drawing in my Sr. year. Thanks for thememories! My donation is made in mem-ory of Jack Biggs and David SteidlmayerClass of 1964.Michael Prime, Class of 1964

"Once a Redskin, Always a Redskin"Bertha Nelson Westcamp Fontes,Class of 1949

I love the picture idea/change!! Great idea!Please continue!!!Kelley Tucker Molitor, Class of 1981

This memory is for the following alumnithat are no longer with us.Joyce Ernst Speck-1965; Gabriela Mi-randa-1981; Jon Cation-1987; John Kien-zle-1987; Marla Warren-1987; KrissyEmerson 1988; Shannon Rund-1990;Shawn Birge-1986; Jimmie Lee-1954.Amy Hess Manville, Class of 1988

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1. Individual Alumni DonationAll Colusa High School graduates are encouraged to partici-pate in the Alumni Association. When you receive your annualnewsletter like this one, please take the time to make a dona-tion in the amount equal to your year of graduation such as theyear 1936 = $19.36, 1942 = $19.42 and so on. You may alsosend any generous amount, in addition to your year, you mayfeel compelled to donate.All donations received, will be directed to the curriculum des-ignated by the alumni on the donation form at the end of thisnewsletter. The success of the Colusa High School Alumni As-sociation has been due to you, the alumni who respond andgive back to your school. Thank you for your support!

2. The Colusa High School Alumni Donor WallThe Colusa High School Donor Wall was built to honor you,the alumni of Colusa High School. Located at the entrance ofthe football stadium, the donor wall is positioned so that allvisitors to the stadium can pass by the monument and view thenames of the alumni and families who have purchased aplaque. Each small plaque is secured to a brick on the wallwith an inscription that you choose. This is a wonderful op-portunity for you as alum to have your name put on the wallas a permanent part of our school history. For details about se-curing a location on the donor wall, please contact Colusa HighSchool at 530 458-2156. Thank You!

3. You Inspired Me WallIs there a teacher, coach, advisor, staff member or administra-tor that inspired you during your time at Colusa High School?You can now honor the person who made such an impressionon your life. The person selected by you, or your donor group,will be honored with a plaque and recognition at a Colusa HighSchool home event and have their name placed on the “YouInspired Me” section of the Donor wall at Colusa High Schoolfootball stadium. The price to express your appreciation for aperson who inspired you is $500. For more information aboutthis program, you can contact us at the Colusa High SchoolAlumni Association, P.O. Box 1027, Colusa, California 95932.You can also call the Colusa High School at 530 458-2156 andask to have the Alumni Association contact you.

HONORED DONOR

Dave Dana Ben King, Class of 1977

Barbara Boggs Class of 1980

Georgia Raczniak Class of 1980

Art Heliker Class of 1980

Joe Unzueta CHS Alumni Association

Larry Yeghoian CUSD Board of Trustees

Juanita Roberts CRAF

Ron & Sue Rasmussen CHS Alumni Association

Claire Pence Nancy Tennant Potts

Frances White Susan Tennant Rohles

Vern & Floss Regier Class of 1984

Dale Townzen CHS Alumni Association

George McCarthy Colusa Alumni Days Committee

Darlan Drane Colusa Alumni Days Committee

Barbara Donnely CHS Alumni Association

Tom Guild CHS Alumni Association

Frank Ferraiuolo CHS Alumni Association

Alan Becker Cathy Schulbach

Lee & Marian Boyes CHS Alumni Association

Ed Conrado CHS Alumni Association

Current List of “You Inspired Me” Recipients

As EasyAs 1-2-3As EasyAs 1-2-3

COLUSA HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI

Donating Can BeDonating Can Be

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SAVAGEJeff Savage 1983Jasmine Savage 2016Chelsea Savage 2016Jordan Savage 2016

SPURGEONEddie Spurgeon 1958Ms. Matie Ann Spurgeon 1962Mark Spurgeon 1964Dovey Spurgeon Cribari 1966

STEGALLRalph J. Stegall 1962Earl Stegall 1976Marta Gibbons Stegall 1977Blake Stegall 2000Tracy Stegall 2003Ashley Stegall 2005

STEIDLMAYERRichard Steidlmayer 1951Peter Steidlmayer 1957Leo Steidlmayer 1963David Steidlmayer 1964Eric Steidlmayer 1992Amanda Randolph Steidlmayer 1994Lisa Steidlmayer Bailey 1988

WESTFALLRalph WestfallMary WestfallDave Westfall 1960Betsy Westfall Harris 1962Edee Westfall Silva 1966

BAILEYDaniel Bailey 1986Lisa Steidlmayer Bailey 1988Hayden Bailey 2014Alec Bailey 2017

BRANSFORDDon Bransford 1964Diane Foster Bransford 1965Darcie Bransford Taylor 1992Scott Bransford 1994Nathan Bransford 1998Beth Bransford Leon 2000

DAVIESGerald P. Davies 1975Colleen Davies Ronan 1976Robert J. Davies 1980Mary Davies 1981Mike Davies 1985Brian M. Davies 2003Katelyn Davies Sutton 2005Taylor Davies 2014Justin Davies 2017Ben Davies 2018

DIGGSEnid Diggs Clark 1956Sandra Diggs Richie 1962Mary Diggs Hooks 1963Buster Diggs 1965

FORSTERMatthew Forster 1999Michael Forster 2001Tara Forster 2002Dana Collins Forster 1973

GUILDTom GuildCarolyn GuildLiane Guild 1980Lori Guild Kessler 1981

HOBLITBeverly Hoblit Armocido 1964David Hoblit 1968Chris Hoblit 1991Chad Hoblit 1993Kevin Hoblit 1998

HULBERTJerry Hulbert 1958Robert Hulbert 1963Georgeanne Feroah Hulbert 1963Jennifer Hulbert Shimabukuro 1989Nicole Fusaro Hulbert 1989Scott Hulbert 1991Geoffrey Hulbert 1995

JARNAGINRon "Fuzzy" Jarnagin 1959Sharon Jarnagin Wade 1962Jeri Jarnagin Benson 1965

JOHNSONSusan Omaye Johnson 1972Richard Johnson 1974Melissa Johnson 2004

LUCCHESIMarilyn Lucchesi Rossetti 1951James F. Lucchesi 1957Phyllis Lucchesi Winkler 1960Karla Lucchesi Williams 1962

MARVELMary Ann Lanouette Marvel 1964Scottie Marvel 1991Barry Marvel 1995

MCGOWANJim McGowan 1980Ellen Holmes McGowan 1983Mallory McGowan 2009Hannah McGowan 2013

MORESCOJeff Moresco 1979Gina Calcagno Moresco 1980Michael Moresco 2008Katy Moresco 2010Nicholas Moresco 2014Sophia Moresco 2016

RASMUSSENMrs. Sue RasmussenRenee Rasmussen Smith 1980Liisa Rasmussen Hancock 1982Amy Rasmussen Sanchez 1989

SANCHEZSilvia G. Sanchez 1991Francisco J. Sanchez 2009Angel Sanchez 2010Gustavo Sanchez 2013

FAMILY DONATIONS

FUNDCLASS

Qualify For A “FamilyDonation Listing”

When three or more members of a fam-ily make a donation to the Colusa HighSchool Alumni Association, they will belisted as a “Family Donation.” We havemany wonderful families that have grad-uated from Colusa High School. So con-tact your family and encourage them todonate as a group. Thank you for thesupport!

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Colusa High SchoolMemories . . .

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During the 2002 ColusaHigh School academic year,our alumni committee beganthe work and planning to de-velop this annual newsletter.Throughout all the 17 yearsof reaching out to you, avery talented and commu-nity minded gentleman bythe name of Larry Yeghoian,quietly gave countless hoursof his time and interest to us,developing and supportingour communication withyou.

On Sunday, September 1,2019, in the early morninghours, we lost Larry, as hesuddenly passed away in hishome, here in Colusa. Wewanted to communicate withyou and express our sorrowin losing such a talentedfriend of our community andschool district, as he will behard to replace.

Larry loved to read themany memories that the Co-lusa High School alumniwould send back each yearwith their newsletter dona-tions. Many times he wishedthat his home town highschool would develop anewsletter, where the alumnicould reconnect with eachother, and remember theirtime in school back at home.

During the early years ofthis publication, Larry was

the Colusa Unified SchoolDistrict Superintendent. Hewas a very unique individ-ual, in that he was a great ac-ademic administrator whoguided a very busy programfor many years, yet he al-ways took the time to sup-port our community andencouraged us to rememberour past. Although the mon-ey we generated through do-nations really benefited hisschool district, he was moreimpressed by all of you, whoexpressed a love for Colusaand your school.

His love for our commu-nity was not limited to hiswork for our school district.He was very involved withour local Lions Club. Foryears you would find himearly in the morning servingour community by puttingout American Flags thatwould line the streets of Co-lusa on every holiday andthen respectfully retiredthem in the evenings, by col-lecting and putting themaway. You would see him inhis Lions vest at the begin-ning of our Colusa CountyFair Parade, starting all theentrants on their way downMarket Street to the await-ing crowds of people. An an-nual bike ride that hadhundreds participate over

the years, was managed byLarry and his fellow Lionswho guided bikers on 40 -70 and 100 mile coursesalong the Sacramento Riverand around the Sutter Buttes.All the funds raised were forlocal donation projects andscholarships for students.

Being an educator andadministrator, he guided uswith wisdom and positivecritique concerning articlesand theme content for thisnewsletter. The issue andtheme that gave him themost joy was the "Cuttingthe Square" article that out-lined our town hobby of thepast. He owned a muscle car,and over the years had par-ticipated in many local carshows, so cruising was a fa-vorite topic.

Even though he retiredfrom our school districtseven years ago, he still sup-ported the effort to producethis newsletter. Every year,

Larry and his wife Kandy, asmembers of our alumnicommittee, would fold andprepare more than 3000newsletters before our com-mittee met to stamp andlabel the letters. The weekthat Larry passed away, wewere scheduled to print, foldand mail this issue to you.We took a short pause, tohonor Larry and get this ar-ticle in place, to inform youof our community loss.

While reflecting on thissad event, we could not helpbut wonder, what wouldLarry do in this situation?He would have said, "Whatdo we need to do next?”“Let's get a plan and get towork!” So let's honor his ex-ample and work ethic, thathe so generously shared withall of us.

Thank you Larry!

The Colusa High SchoolAlumni Association

An Honorary AlumniLARRY YEGHOIAN

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Dear Ag Alumni,Another year starts and op-

portunities are increasing forour students here at ColusaFFA. The past three years ofconstruction in our depart-ment are coming to an end thisfall semester. The final phaseof construction will be the in-stallation of all new weldingbooths and air filtration sys-tems in the Ag Mechanicsshop. If you haven’t had achance to stop by and see allthe new changes to the pro-gram, we would encourageyou to do so. It has been quitethe transformation in our de-partment for students andstaff. With these new facili-ties we will be able to providemore opportunities for stu-dents to use their hands togain more technical skills. Thecurrent job market is beggingfor more employees who havevocational and technical train-ing, and our department willbe able to provide those skillsnecessary for skilled employ-

ment. As this school year starts,

we will be celebrating 90years of FFA excellence in ourchapter. Our FFA reporter willbe posting pictures from pastFFA members to our FFAFacebook page. Please taketime to follow us and sendcomments or stories that wecan share with our member-ship. We believe it’s importantfor our new FFA members tounderstand the impact FFA hasmade on so many generationsthroughout the past

Your continued support ofthe Colusa FFA program pro-vides opportunities to manyFFA members who choose tostep up and challenge them-selves. Each year we usealumni funds to help studentsget to activities that improvetheir leadership skills, andbuild on their employmentskills.

As always we appreciateyour contributions to our stu-dents, and look forward tobuilding leaders of tomorrowwho serve our country andcommunity.

Sincerely,Tim Crabtree &Heather Thomas

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Colusa High School Counseling Office would liketo thank our alumni for noticing us as a curriculum.Your contributions provided Colusa High Schoolstudents more SAT/ACT study guides as well as theCollege Board Book of Majors. To better serve ourstudents, future contributions will provide transportationto colleges and career technical schools.

Lori Tanner, CounselorColusa High School

Colusa Alternative High School

Contributions Made To TheCHS Counseling Office

CLASS OF 1975

SAVE THE DATE!CHS Class of 1975

45th Year Class Reunion

Dear Classmates,I’m excited to announce that our 45th Year Reunion of the Colusa

High School Class of 1975 is scheduled for Saturday, August 1, 2020.Please save the date!

I have accepted the role of Organizing Committee Chair. There’s agood story behind that, but I’ll only tease you with it for now and talkmore about it in the months ahead. I plan on sending out regular up-dates as we put together a great event for all of us to enjoy.

The way things are shaping up, we will probably use a venue likeThe Colusa Casino or some other place where we can sit down andenjoy a fun evening program together.

Our Committee goals are to maximize participation and fun whileminimizing the cost of a ticket. I think we’ll achieve both goals and itwill be an event that we will enjoy.

As for maximizing participation, I have my first request for you:Please help us get the word out to our classmates from 1975. Each ofus is likely to know how to contact someone that the Committeedoesn’t have a current address for. Thus, we can use our collective net-works to get this word out through the grapevine. Just have peoplecontact me at the email address or phone number below.

That’s it for now. Let’s get the word out, save that date, and lookforward together to a great event in August 2020! I hope to see all ofyou there.

Sincerely yours,Doug White

dougwhite3@icloud.com801-389-2741

Memories – Colusa County Fair ParadeHow many alumni remember the parade at fair time? The Colusa

High School marching band, in full uniform, and floats with all thecolorful napkins tucked in chicken wire?

How many alumni are willing to step up to the challenge of bring-ing those memories alive again?

The 2020 theme for the Colusa County Fair is “Barn in the USA”.The class of ’68 and ’67 challenge the other classes to have a float inthe 2020 parade using the theme “Barn in the USA”.

You may decide to join forces with other classes for one float oryour class may decide to go it alone.

I know this will be a lot of work and someone will have to takethe lead to coordinate for your class. I’m confident there are localalumni who are willing to take on the challenge.

There are no prizes. The win is simple…• We give back to our community• We help to create new memories• We bring laughter and smiles to all• We have fun in the processMore to come over the following months. Feel free to reach out

to Marilyn Acree (530) 619-9317 with any questions.

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Dear Colusa High School Alumni Association;

On behalf of the Colusa HS Athletic Department I’d like tothank all of you for your generous donations. Your donations allowus to keep up the proud tradition of athletics here at CHS. Our pro-grams had an outstanding year in 2018-2019. Some of the high-lights included playoff appearances for football, volleyball, girlsand boys basketball, girls and boys soccer, girls and boys tennis,baseball, and softball. Our JV baseball, softball and volleyballteams all captured SVL championships.Our varsity volleyballteam once again qualified for the Nor Cal playoffs and our varsitybaseball team was section runner up in Division 4. Our Track teamqualified 20 plus athletes to the Division 3 championships. I’mexcited to be heading into my eighth year here at Colusa HS aswe have many great things in front of us. With your support wehope to continue building on our proud tradition here at CHS.

Sincerely,Eric Lay, Colusa HS Athletic Director

Athletic Dept. Thanks Alumni!!

Hot Rods and Muscle Carsverse

Electric Car . . . Then and NowBy Stan GoodinClass of 1962

The perfect time to writeabout cars from when we wereteenagers is during Hot AugustNights in Reno, which is rightNOW. In fact, I just saw Markand Robbie Andreotti andWoody and KathyYerxa yesterday atthe event.

During the late50s and early 60syou had to build a hot car–youdidn’t just order one. Thosewere the days of the J. C. Whit-ney and Honest Charley partscatalogues. I knew them well.

Common terminology backthen included twice pipes, threeon the tree, four on the floor,second gear scratch, glasspacks and back rapping. Weused to “cut the square” andhangout at Rick’s and Jenkies.I remember when Rick rolledinto town in his VW bug withchrome reverse wheels!

Everyone had to stop at Pe-terson’s Chevron, Barney’sShell, Hap’s 76 or Wally’s Arcofor gas. It was 31 cents agallon in 1962when Igraduated.We alsospoke of Hed-man headers, AFBs, pin strip-ing, Hurst floor shifters,positraction rear ends, babymoons and tuck and roll uphol-stery.

Did anyone have an enginewith 260, 265, 283, 289, 327,348, 389, 390, 406 or 409 cubicinches? Or did anyone drive anImpala, Vette, GTO, 442, Mus-

tang, Sprint, Camaro, Corvair,Road Runner, Cutlass, Bel Airor El Camino?

I remember putting a 327Corvette engine in my 59’Chevy Impala and seeing whatit would do on our drag strip

on Lurline Avenue. Itonly had Hedmanheaders with no ex-haust system. When I

got back into town nearGraham’s Restaurant, I was

greeted by a CHP officer lean-ing on his car on the right sideof the road and a City PoliceOfficer, Jack Calcagno on theleft side. Jack motioned for meto pull over and said they hadreceived several complaints ofloud noise in the area. He thenasked me who I would ratherdeal with? I explained that wealways preferred to shop lo-cally, so I would deal withhim. He then presented mewith my ticket!

I can also remember dim-mer switches on the floor, armsignals, jockey boxes, rumbleseats, push button gear shifts,

cigarette lighters, ashtrays and street

dances withall the car ra-

dios tuned in tothe same station.

Those were the days youcould work on your own carand if it wouldn’t start youcould push it or pull it and popthe clutch and off you went. Itdidn’t get any better than that.

And, now about electriccars–they are quiet and boringwith zero personality!

The end . . .

Hello Colusa High Alumni!My name is Mary Colligan

and I am starting my 4th year asthe band director at Colusa HighSchool! We’ve had a great yearwith a lot of accomplishments forour students and I can’t wait tosee where we’re going next!

In the fall, we sent three stu-dents to Seattle to participate inthe Western International BandClinic Honor Band. These threestudents got to work with someoutstanding musicians and clini-cians to improve their craft. Wealso had a student accepted intothe prestigious Carnegie HallHonors Performance in NewYork! In the spring, our band par-ticipated in the California MusicEducators Association NorthernSection Band Festival where theyearned a straight superior and gotspecial comments from thejudges remarking on the maturityof the ensemble and their sound.It was a great day for our per-formance! Later that spring, theband participated in Music in theParks and once again earned aSuperior rating and 1st place intheir division!

At the end of last year, wewere able to use funds from yourgracious donations to purchaseformal concert attire for our stu-dents. This was the first time in

four year that the students hadmatching attire since the loss ofour concert attire before I cameinto the position. We have a won-derful updated look that reflectsthe professionalism of our group.Thank you everyone for yoursupport in this as it makes such apositive change for our studentsto feel uniform and be part of theteam that they are!

This year, you will see ourgroups performing at home foot-ball games, throughout the com-munity near the holidays, and at

our local performances in the Co-lusa Community Theater. We willalso be sending a student to par-ticipate in the Pacific Honors En-semble in Australia in September!Thank you everyone for yoursupport and we hope to see you atour performances!

Mary ColliganDirector of Bands

A Big Thank You From the CHS Band

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