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1999 Homecoming

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	Wildcat Highlight: John Lane Wildcat Highlight: Karen Seccombe In Memoriam Ella C. Sapp 1898 - 1999

Chapters & Clubs

Nancy Teeling Baltins (B.A., Art, '71) has been an art instructor at Mendocino College since 1977. She has studied with Charles Reid, Nita Engle, George Post, and Tom Hill. She has been giving watercolor demonstrations for the members of the Mendocino County Art Association.

Terris (McMahan) Grimes (B.A., English, '72) is completing work on her third mystery novel. She continues to work for the state in Sacramento, now functioning as a technical writer for the Department of Water Resources. She and a number of other Equal Opportunity Program alums attended a 30th anniversary gathering of the program October 1999 on campus. Terris is the author of Somebody Else's Child and Blood Will Tell. Her new novel will continue to follow the sleuthing exploits of Theresa Galloway, a woman who, Terris says with a smile, "is remarkably like me-a black urban professional and mother of two children who works for the state."

Martin Potucek (B.A., English, '72) has published a new book, Mountain Biking Spokane/Coeur d'Alene (Falcon, 1999). It follows Mountain Biking Boise (Falcon, 1998). Both are regional bike guides aimed at a wide recreational audience. Martin has taught writing at the University of Idaho, Washington State, and Boise State University. He also writes a bike column for gear2gear.com, an Idaho bicycling Web site. If you're in the inland Northwest and looking for trails, he invites you to contact him through gear2gear.com or at Mpotucek@hotmail.com.

Rita Prichard (B.A., Theatre Arts, '72) and Jim Prichard (B.A., Theatre Arts, '73), who have taught at Galt High for more than twenty years, are leaving to teach at Granite Bay High School. Their specialty is speech and debate.

Roosevelt Watson (B.A., Psychology, '72) was honored as the Gazelle Grange Citizen of the Year and was presented with a plaque. He has provided instruction in special education at Gazelle Elementary for many years. Watson holds teaching credentials for elementary education, learning handicapped, severely disabled, resource specialist, and personnel services.

Nathan D. Meeks (B.S., Civil Engineering, '73) was promoted earlier this year to vice president of operations, from director of operations, at Ponderosa Homes. Meeks has over twenty years' experience in engineering, construction, and land planning, and has been with Ponderosa Homes since 1986. He currently resides in Pleasanton with his wife, Karen, and their three children.

Paul Wright (B.A., Public Administration, '73) was a Belmont City council candidate for the November 1999 election. Wright had roles with the San Francisco, Santa Rosa, and Turlock Chambers of Commerce. He also served as a Belmont soccer coach and won the title of Volunteer of the Year in 1992 from the Redwood City Chamber of Commerce. Currently he is the executive vice president, chief executive officer, and equity owner of JM Perry Corporation.

Paul Carras (B.A., History, '67; M.A., '74) was named Rocklin Unified School District assistant superintendent in July 1999. Carras served nine years as a U.S. government and history teacher, followed by fifteen years as a middle school principal. He is a native of Lynn, Massachusetts, and moved to the Bay Area in 1954.

Fred Siegmund (B.A., Computer Science, '75) spent six months last year on assignment for Chevron in Tengiz, Kazakhstan. Tengizchevroil is a joint venture company headquartered south of Siberia and north of Iran. Two other alumni work at the remote facilities there:

Kevin Bishop (B.A., Computer Science, '85) is the information and communications services network supervisor, and

Fred Teeters (B.A., Industrial Arts, '69; M.A., '76) is the drafting supervisor in charge of the engineering and design drawings. Bishop returned to Chico last summer for the TKE alumni golf tournament. Siegmund returns to Chico regularly to do college recruiting and visit his son, Matt, who is a junior. Siegmund's wife,

Diane Kirkpatrick (B.A., Computer Science, '76) is also a Chico graduate. A Chevron senior technologist, Siegmund has worked with Teeters on a number of research and development projects the past few years.

Phyllis (Haggerty) Murdock (B.S., Health Care Management, '79) was recently named the director of public health for Madera County, the director of the Human Services Agency for Nevada County, and is the assistant county administrator for Nevada County. She is an avid horsewoman and is very active in the Morgan horse world.