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1. Web Site Moved
2. Web Site Server Sponsorship
3. Photo Submissions Since Last Newsletter
4. Contact Info Updates
5. Newsletter Editor-In-Chief
6. Faculty - Ed Barrett
7. Featured Classmates
8. Profile - Donna Wasson
9. Profile - Randy McDonald

Web Site Moved
Being the brave, trusting soul that he is, Charlie moved the Analy '65 site to a new server so content can be added to the site by others than just him. If you have the site bookmarked, it will be necessary to re-bookmark it so you don't get a 'Page Not Found' message.

Also, the new server wasn't particularly receptive to the site (unfriendly thing!) which resulted in glitches galore. Most of them have been remedied but if you run across any strangeness (links that don't work, blank spots where there should be pictures, etc.), please send me an e-mail right away. We don't want a faulty web site! top

Web Site Server Sponsorship
Millie Ito Milne and her husband, Bart, have volunteered to sponsor the web site server again this year. Thank you so much Millie and Bart! Your generosity and support are much appreciated. top

Photo Submissions Since The Last Newsletter

Lou Alderman
Dorla Baker Cousins
Donna Wasson White
Randy McDonald
Katie Kirkland Barrett
Ed Barrett (Faculty)
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Contact Info Updates
Don’t forget to let us know if your e-mail address changes. Just send me an e-mail with the new information. top

Newsletter Editor-In-Chief
I have been editor of Analy '65 News for over a year now. It is time for me to turn the reins over to someone else. If anyone is interested in taking a turn at being Editor-In-Chief , please let me know. top

Faculty Profiles
Katie Kirkland Barrett has said she will do profiles on some of our teachers so we can catch up on what has been happening with them. That will be fun! Thank you so much for your time and effort, Katie.

Katie's first faculty profile is her husband, Ed Barrett.

Many of us spent time in Mr. Barrett's World History class at the ripe & tender ages of 15 to 16. He guided us from prerecorded time and ancient man through great and world shaping events and philosophies to the great empires; he went from the dark ages, illuminating the middle ages. "Modern times" flowed from changing mass political expectations, motoring through the industrial revolution, exploding into world wars we thought (hoped) were a part of history that might forever be only an element of the past. What a feat to go through the history of the world in a single year. Were we proud? Naah. History paled in comparison to taking driver's ed, learning to drive and getting the license! So Mr. Barrett, patiently and with humor, taught us the rules of the road, each night praying for success because his own life depended on doing a good job.

After we had him, Mr. Barrett began his rise through the ranks at Analy. In our Senior year he became a counselor for some of our younger siblings. In 1975, Mr. Barrett became a vice principal with Mr. Bertoli from the Ag Department. Before that, the jobs had been deans (remember Mr. Irish and Miss Lorraine?). His strong suits were curriculum and scheduling. By now, Analy was about 1375 students strong, and each student and teacher was still scheduled by hand using charts. His 6-year tenure saw the scheduling change from charts to punch cards processed at the county office's huge mainframe, to computer database on site.

In 1981, when Mr. Yeager retired, Mr. Barrett was selected as Principal by the Board. During this time, the makeup of Sebastopol was rapidly changing. More and more citizens were working outside the community (after all, most of us left, didn't we?). The psychology and attitudes were changing more rapidly than before and people had different expectations of school.

The proudest professional accomplishment for Mr. Barrett was Analy's move to a temporary campus and the remodel of the main building. One Friday after school, the football teams, the Analy staff and a moving company moved everything from the main building and re-setup into 24 portables in the lower parking area near the bus garage. They finished Sunday night and everything was ready for the start of class Monday morning (except for a small detail that PG&E hadn't hooked up the power!). The main building was completely renovated and the offices were moved to our old library wing.

Mr. Barrett was also very proud when Analy became a California Distinguished School due to students' and staffs' hard work and community support. He also thoroughly enjoyed the camaraderie that spilled over into their personal time. Mr. Barrett received some awards and personal recognition during his high school career. He credits them all to the hard work and cooperation of the students, staff and community. "No one makes good things happen without a lot of other people being involved and sharing the same vision. Most teachers working day after day in the classroom giving their best are doing great and wonderful things. It's been because of luck and a lot of support that I was singled out, but the credit goes to everyone," Barrett says. He ended his Analy career, finally graduating for the last time with the class of '92.

Ed Barrett fell deeply in love with Katie Kirkland and they married in 1967 (best decision of his life!!). A son and a daughter followed and grew with his career. Ed also grew as they did, again belonging to the grammar school family, scouts and church youth education. He raised his 3rd generation Analy grads in a home very similar to the style in which he himself has been raised and the kids raised him back.

So now Mr. Barrett is Ed Barrett, private citizen. He considers himself fortunate to continue to live in Sebastopol. Ed's first love, other than family, is gardening. He has, over many, many years, made his yard into a park-like setting. He has continued in both his grandfathers' love of apples, raising 6 types. Ed and his grandson, Ryan, can over 60 quarts of applesauce for the family each summer's end. All three grandchildren help with the berry picking but, for some reason, not much is left for jam. From harvesting the wood lot to putting in fire wood is also a shared family project. Ed and his dog keep a running count of gophers and moles caught in a year--sometimes the dog wins.

Ed keeps track of the owls that nest in the old barn on his place. It delights him to see the male return with his mate in March and to count owlets in July when they come out for flying lessons.

People call a lot for old-timer questions; they also call for help. They know he can give the time and Ed wonders how he ever had time to be employed before.

Ed has done some part-time work since he left Analy. He's game to try something different for a while. Working during tax season and volunteering at a local wine judging are recurring jobs he enjoys.

Ed & Katie have also done some traveling off and on. The next trip is a weekender with grandson Patrick to Angels Camp for the Calaveras County Frog Jumping Jubilee. Each will "jockey" a frog at the fair and the competition is hot. Ed says it's not where you go but how you experience what the place has to offer that makes travel interesting. Can't you just hear Mr. Plank from American Lit reading aloud Twain's "Jumping Frog" story? He took such delight in the jargon and the wording. We plan to delight in a 9-year old's efforts to defeat his grandpa.

Ed & Katie are listed in the phone book, or may be reached at kedbarrett@ev1.net top

Featured Classmates
Two classmates are being featured in this newsletter …….Donna Wasson White and Randy McDonald.

Donna is a much honored athlete and coach. Her newest venture, along with her husband, is to host weddings on their ranch. We all wish you the best of luck, Donna and Tom!

Randy is a bowler with three perfect 300 (!) games to his credit and he golfs, too. There's still plenty of good weather left this year for you golfers in our class to take Randy up on his golfing invitation!

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Profile of a Classmate - Donna Wasson

    I went to Santa Rosa JC after Analy .   Then I  was offered a teaching job at Healdsburg High School with only two and a half years of college at the JC.   I taught 5 months of Physical Education in Healdsburg High and decided that is what I wanted to do.  So I went on to Chico State and completed another 3 years and got my teaching credential.  I met Tom White at the end of my graduate year at Chico State.  I met him in March and married him in May.  We moved to Porterville where I taught one year of high school.  We then moved back to Chico with our first baby.  We have stayed in Chico for the past 31 years and have four children, three girls and one boy.  My daughters are 31, 29, 22 and my son is 19.

    I taught health and physical education, and coached softball, basketball and tennis at Butte College for 18 years.  During that time, I also played on traveling softball teams, field hockey teams and tennis teams.  The softball team I played on was a AA fast pitch team that won the state tournament two years in a row and went on to take third at nationals both years.  I was awarded Third Base All American one year and First Base All American another year.  When I wasn't playing softball , I was playing golf with my husband and I got to a 12 handicap, or we were playing tennis.  I am now teaching at Pleasant Valley High School in Chico.  I am finished playing on traveling teams .  My husband of 33 years and I are working toward hosting weddings on our ranch.  I love new projects and this will be an avenue for retirement if it goes well! .  We own 26 acres,  six acres are planted to kiwis, and the rest is pasture for cows and home site.

    I have 4 beautiful grandchildren.  I see them everyday and we have a great playground for them.    All four of my children  live here in Chico.  I baby sit often and it is fun to be involved in my children and grandchildrens' lives.  My grandchildren are 7, 6,and twin 3-year olds.   

    My son just graduated from high school this year.  Whew!  I am finished with the kids in school stuff.  Now college!   

  I was honored to be inducted into the Chico State Athletic Hall of Fame for my participation as an athlete.   And I was honored  to be inducted into the Butte College Hall of Fame as an outstanding coach. 

    I have come down with Rheumatoid arthritis this past couple of years so I am slowing down and can't get as much done in a day as I used to.  However, life is good and I am so very happy with all that I have and all I am able to do.  I love this web site and find it so interesting to read about the kids we were in school with. top

Profile of a Classmate - Randy McDonald

After High School, I went to Santa Rosa JC and majored in chemistry.  In 1967, I transfered to UC Davis.  In the first quarter I took a course called "Physical Chemistry."  This course used Physics, Chemistry and Calculus.  For those of you who thought that all of this stuff came easy for me, you will be glad to know that I got a "D" and promptly changed my major to Psychology.  I got my BA degree in June, 1969.

With this degree, I also lost my student deferment.  My luck in the first draft lottery was like my luck when I go to Reno or Tahoe.  I barely beat the draft by joining the National Guard in February, 1970.  I went to basic training at Fort Ord and medic training at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas.  Dave Bigelow, with this then wife, Suzanne (Howard), were also stationed there so at least I had some sanity on the weekends.

I was promoted to Seargent in 1971 and spent the next 5 years going one weekend a month to San Francisco where my unit was located and 2 weeks in the summer guarding the swimming pool at Camp Roberts, which is near Paso Robles.

I had decided that I wanted to be a Junior College teacher so I lived back home with my parents from June of 1969 to August of 1972, working at the good old Sebastopol Coop Cannery and saving money for graduate school.

I entered Chico State in September, 1972, and decided that this time I was going to have some fun in college.  I was pretty studious in my undergraduate career.  I took up bowling again during my time in Chico and bowled on the college team.  The men's athletic department didn't have any money for a bowling team so we split the money for the girl's team and did all of our own driving to our monthly matches at Stanford, UC Davis, Santa Clara U and De Anza college.

In 1974, I decided to take a statistics course in the Math Department, just for fun.  It turned out to be a fortuituos choice because I met my first wife, Linda, in the class.  She was a Computer Science major and was taking it because it was required.  I graduated in December, 1975, and Linda in May, 1976, and we got married in June.  I was interviewing for several positions and was having a hard time finding a teaching position.  When I interviewed for a 1/2 time position at Columbia JC near Sonora and lost out to a guy with a PhD, I decided it was time to find a real job.  Linda had gotten a job with Lucky Stores in San Leandro and I got a job in Oakland, working for State Disability Insurance.  I got the job because of my experience as a medic and my knowledge of medical terminology.  So my six years in the National Guard  paid off.

Within 3 years, I had been promoted to a supervisory  position and I thought that I was going to really go places.  Well, by 1986, I was still in the same position and when an opening in the San Jose office came up, I transfered in July, 1986. When we got married, Linda didn't want to have children but when her biological clock called her in the mid-1980s, we decided to have children.  Katie (now Kate) was born two months after my move to San Jose.  Our son Tom was born in December 1989.

In 1990, I got the opportunity of a lifetime.  I got to write a training guide for a new class in my department and then in June of 1990, I got to teach it. I was finally doing what I had always wanted to do.  In late 1991, Linda and I decided to part ways and when an opening as the training coordinator came up in February, 1993, I took it.  I moved to Vacaville in March of that year.

I had continued my bowling after Chico and got better as I bowled more.  In 1981, I bowled my first perfect 300 game in Dublin.  Another was to follow in 1989 in Castro Valley and a third in 1997 in Vacaville.  If I can brag a little, the last one was the best.  I bowled 279 and 300 in my last two games, finishing with 20 strikes in a row.

Bowling was, also, fortuitous because I met my second wife, Sharon, in the league in Vacaville.  We started going out to eat after bowling in the spring of 1995 and became good friends because we had similar backgrounds, liked the same music, liked to sing, and neither one of us wanted to get married again.  Sharon had been married for 31 years and I for 16.  Well, you know what happens, we began dating in late 1995 and got married on the Ides of March in 1997.  That's March 15, for those of you who don't know Shakespeare's Julius Caeser.

We now have a very interesting family.  She has 3 children.  Gina is 41; Lisa, 40; Ervin, 32; and 8 grandchildren from 2 to 21 years old.  Add in my two kids who are 17 and 14 and we covered the gamet.

My mother died in 1988 and my father in 1990.  Being the only child, I inherited the ranch and sold it in 1999.  With the proceeds from that, I bought our house in Plumas Pines Golf Resort in Blairsden/Graeagle which is about an hour north of Truckee on Highway 89.  Did I mention that I golf?  I loved to bowl because I was good at it.  I love to golf because I will never be good at it.  I had been coming to this area for golf vacations since 1983 and had always wanted to retire here.

In 2000, Sharon and I went on a trip to London and Scotland.  Six days in London and three weeks in Scotland.  Love the country and love the golf.  We got to play the Old Course at St. Andrews where golf originated in the 1460s.  One of the places we rented for a week even had it's own 9-hole course.  We would love to go back some day.

My last year and a half at work was spent wrtiting and re-writing all of our training materials that we used.  That is my legacy for work and the thing of which I am proudest, except for my family.  In 2002, I retired from work and Sharon and I moved up to Blairsden.

My daugther, Kate, moved up here last summer.  She came from Benicia High where her class had about 400 kids to Portola High which has only 280 kids in all four grades.  I taught Kate to play golf and she played for the boys team up here this year as the second seeded player on the team.  She also plays on the Men's club here and frequently beats me.

We have plenty of room here.  Those of you who are golfers should get in touch with me and come up for a stay. top