FREE COFFEE at Starbucks on Voting Day- TODAY -November 4.
Yes, free. See the website (just be sure that you actually DO VOTE today)- and they are going on your word, you don't need the "I VOTED" sticker.
http://ebm.cheetahmail.com/c/tag/hBJD193AJvkyvB7W6-cBurpcXQ4/doc.html

Another place for a free coffee today is:
The Casa Princesa coffee shop in Highland Park on York Bl., between Ave. 45 and Tonawanda (A few blocks from Eagle Rock Blvd, and across the street from Sparkletts Water. It shares the location with the "Sign-a-rama" business; big parking lot in front). Show your sticker.

Another huge burden on taxpayers, and more money to waste by our LAUSD Board

VOTE "NO" on "Q", $7 Billion dollars alone is unjustified, and ALL this to be put in the hands of LAUSD, one of the most wasteful agencies ever, is not a good deal.
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Measure Q. Safe, Healthy Neighborhood Schools -- Los Angeles Unified School District (School Bond - 55% Approval Required)
To improve student health, safety and educational quality, shall the Los Angeles Unified School District: continue repair/upgrade of aging/deteriorating classrooms, restrooms; upgrade fire/earthquake safety; reduce asbestos, lead paint, air pollution, water quality hazards; build/upgrade specialized classrooms students need to meet job/college requirements; improve classroom Internet access by issuing $7 billion in bonds, at legal interest rates; with guaranteed annual audits, citizens’ oversight, no increase in maximum tax rate?

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STOP LAUSD'S WASTE and COSTLY EXPERIMENTS WITH YOUR MONEY.
This proposal came from LAUSD, with the figure set for the ballot measure here to be 7 BILLION DOLLARS- and it was decided in one afternoon to double the request from 3-1/2 BILLION DOLLARS- this hows how arrogant and greedy the LAUSD Board is.

What bad actions they done in the past? They have just added 20% to admin salaries; the enrollment in LAUSD continues to shrink but they continue to build school, at the same time displacing residents, often in poorer areas of town; they continue to throw money at problems in education and they don't work. In the past year we saw their payroll catastrophe for employees that fouled up their pay checks from bad software they used at a cost reported to be hundreds of millions of dollars. They have wasted millions of dollars in bad construction deals- An Echo Park site that cost homes to residents was shut down by a Superior Court order after they took too many shortcuts on procedures- tax payers cover the loss. See the Citywatch, May 2, 2008, story on LAUSD examples of waste, http://www.citywatchla.com/content/view/1206/75/

The Beaudry and First St. toxic waste and earthquake fault site is the most expensive high school in the U.S, actually, in the world. The final cost to be over $4o0 Million- opened in October, 10 years behind schedule. To make it nicer, they called it "The Roybal Learning Center".

The old Board of Ed site on Grand Avenue downtown has a high school still not opened it's flashy Arts high school that is running a bill of $232 Million dollars that has a "rollercoaster" design added for a monument to design, above a performing arts theater, that at an ADDED $49 Million to the cost of and adding another year to the opening. In May 2008, L.A. Times' columnist wrote about it http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-lopez4-2008may04,0,4743795.column In 2001, the estimate to build the high school was $30 million. Grand Avenue downtown developers pushed for that change to make THEIR project look more fancy for investors- at taxpayer expense.

You can see the Sept. 3, 2008 story on this in the "L.A. Weekly" for a vivid example of expense without direction, "Art School or LAUSD Folly?" http://www.laweekly.com/2008-09-04/news/art-school-or-lausd-folly/

The school still will not open for another year- meanwhile, more students suffer from not having this when it could have met a need AND closer to $30 million that the $230 million range.
The LAUSD broke ground on a new high school in Glassel Park in the old Taylor Yard train site that they paid $50 million to a developer who bought it out from under them 2 years ago when they were too slow to pay $30 million, so they used eminent domain to get the property and the settled selling price gave the developer that $20 million profit in 2 years for his initial $30 million purchase- LAUSD costs taxpayers HUGE amounts of money over and over.

See http://outside.in/Lincoln_Heights_Los_Angeles_CA/tags/lausd for some references to news stories about these and other example of WHY LAUSD should not be in charge of money. This is shown in many of the stories, and this is their history, not just a couple of bad deals.

NO ON "Q".

L.A. County Measure R- Sales Tax increase

A "NO" vote on this.

Measure R. Traffic Relief - Rail Extensions - Reduce Foreign Oil Dependence -- Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Sales Tax Increase - Two-Thirds Majority Approval Required)
To:
Synchronize traffic signals;
Repair potholes;
Extend light rail with airport connections;
Improve freeway traffic flow (5, 10, 14, 60, 101, 110, 138, 210, 405, 605, 710);
Keep senior / student / disabled fares low;
Provide clean-fuel buses;
Expand subway / Metrolink / bus service;
Dedicate millions for community traffic relief;
Shall Los Angeles County’s sales tax increase one-half cent for 30 years with independent audits, public review of expenditures, all locally controlled?

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Vote "NO" on this measure - notice that it's called a "half-cent" tax- That it intended to disguise the true description that it's another 1/2 "PERCENT" tax added to the current tax, of 8.25% in L.A., so that out of EVERY dollar you spend, a total of 8.75% sales tax is proposed, raising the tax from the existing 8.25% sales tax rate. A $10 sale will cost 87.5 cents (rounded off to 88 cents).

This is an extra .5% added to the sales tax- AND this will continue for 30 years. The temptation that lures you here is the possibilty, they call it a "goal", that all of the things that we hate about transit, especially traffic jams will be fixed.

THIS IS ANOTHER MONEY GRAB-

THIS is what they say will improve- NOT "CURE"- our transit problems. They really have no answer. We already have the highest taxes for a state and spending is never done in the best way. Special interests who help the politicians by contributing to their campaigns are the big winners when it comes time to hand out contracts.

You will also see that there is never enough money to get done what is promised. In this case, there is little that WILL be guaranteed to be done. That's because they know it's not the solution.

EVEN THEIR OWN COSTLY (PAID FOR BY MTA THAT IS TAX-DOLLAR SUPPORTED) glossy and lavishly illustrated brochure they mailed out to convince you says "goals"- that means what they WANT to do, and NOT what IS going to be accomplished. These are important details in how they put their propaganda together that really HIDE the truth from us.

The current economy makes this even more of a bad deal which makes this even a more disasterous deal.

DON'T let that happen and DON'T let the sales tax continue to climb by adding this for another 30 YEARS!

"NO" on R

City of LA Propositions and recommendations

Proposition A. Gang & Youth Violence Prevention, After-School & Job Training Programs -- City of Los Angeles (Parcel Tax - Two-Thirds Majority Approval Required)
To address gang violence through prevention and job training programs; preventing students from dropping out of school; funding supervised after-school programs, tutoring/mentoring, vocational/apprenticeship programs, expanded graffiti removal; requiring Controller audits, citizen oversight; funding proven programs; shall the City of Los Angeles levy an annual $36 gang prevention tax, with discounts for low-income seniors, on each real property parcel?

NO, NO, NO- Doesn't this sound like a good title? Beware. Council Member Janice Hahn continues to push for more taxes to cover her proposals that do NOT have a proven track record but WILL make the city property owners pay more for another experiment that channels money into their favorite programs so that it appears to be a worthy expense. It's not.

The city proposals have continued to show that they benefit the image of the officials while the measures just suck money out of the city treasury and improve nothing for us, but enrich the organizations that get hired, usually being connected to the politicians in one or more ways. Some people call these things "scams" and I agree.

The City is over $400 million off their budget, and they don't manage money or programs well at all. This is another scheme to get more from homeowners, made out to have you think it won't hurt too much but add up all the charges the City has been putting on you, little by little, and it's getting worse.
Vote "NO" on Prop. A

Proposition B. Update of Low Rent Housing Authorization -- City of Los Angeles (Ordinance - Majority Approval Required)
Shall existing voter-approved authorization for low rent housing be revised to remove impediments to federal and state funding and requirements not compatible with current housing needs, and authorize the development, construction or acquisition of low rent housing by public entities in the City of Los Angeles, maintaining the previously authorized voter-approved level of 3,500 units per Council District, subject to availability of funding and all City development requirements?

NO- THIS IS not what it seems to be (and that's why they write them up this way) - a NO vote
on this one. The Mayor has this provision to manipulate to favor developers making more deals with him that will make the problems of high density even worse as a result, but allowing deals to be made for developers to get favored treatment. Don't go for this shell game.
Vote "NO" on Prop. B.

These are just the City of LA props;
To see a Directory of Los Angeles County, CA MEASURES , go to http://www.smartvoter.org/2008/11/04/ca/la/meas/

REMINDER FOR VOTING ON TUESDAY - summaries. Some recommendations will be posted on these summaries by Tuesday Morning.
Directory of California State Propositions
Propositions Click on ballot measure for more detail.

Proposition 1A. Safe, Reliable High-Speed Passenger Train -- State of California (Bond Act - Majority Approval Required)
To provide Californians a safe, convenient, affordable, and reliable alternative to driving and high gas prices; to provide good-paying jobs and improve California's economy while reducing air polution, global warning greenhouse gases, and our dependence on foreign oil, shall $9.95 billion in bonds be issued to establish a clean, efficient high-speed train service linking Southern California, the Sacramento/San Joaquin Valley, and the San Francisco Bay Area, with at least 90 percent of bond funds spent for specific projects, with federal and private matching funds required, all bond funds subject to an independent audit?

Proposition 2. Standards for Confining Farm Animals -- State of California (Initiative Statute - Majority Approval Required)
Shall certain farm animals be allowed, for the majority of every day, to fully extend their limbs or wings, lie down, stand up and turn around?

Proposition 3. Children's Hospital Bond Act. Grant Program -- State of California (Initiative Statute - Majority Approval Required)
Shall $980,000,000 in general obligation bonds be authorized for construction, expansion, remodeling, renovation, furnishing and equipping of eligible children's hospitals?

Proposition 4. Waiting Period and Parental Notification Before Termination of Minor's Pregnancy -- State of California (Initiative Constitutional Amendment - Majority Approval Required)
Shall the California Constitution be changed to prohibit abortion for an unemancipated minor until 48 hours after physician notifies minor's parent, legal guardian, or, in limited cases, substitute adult relative?

Proposition 5. Nonviolent Drug Offenses, Sentencing, Parole and Rehabilitation -- State of California (Initiative Statute - Majority Approval Required)
Shall $460,000,000 be allocated annually to improve and expand treatment programs?

Proposition 6. Police and Law Enforcement Funding. Criminal Penalties and Laws -- State of California (Initiative Statute - Majority Approval Required)
Shall of minimum of $965,000,000 of state funding be required each year for police and local law enforcement?

Proposition 7. Renewable Energy Generation -- State of California (Initiative Statute - Majority Approval Required)
Shall government-owned utilities be required to generate 20% of their electricity from renewable energy by 2010, a standard currently applicable to private electrical corporations? Shall all utilities be required to generate 40% by 2020 and 50% by 2025?

Proposition 8. Eliminates Right of Same-Sex Couples to Marry -- State of California (Initiative Constitutional Amendment - Majority Approval Required)
Shall the California Constitution be changed to eliminate the right of same-sex couples to marry providing that only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California?

Proposition 9. Criminal Justice System. Victims' Rights. Parole -- State of California (Initiative Constitutional Amendment and Statute - Majority Approval Required)
Shall notification to victim and opportunity for input during phases of criminal justice process, including bail, pleas, sentencing and parole be required? Shall victim safety be a consideration for bail or parole?

Proposition 10. Alternative Fuel Vehicles and Renewable Energy. Bonds -- State of California (Initiative Statute - Majority Approval Required)
Shall $5 billion in bonds paid from state's General Fund be authorized to help consumers and others purchase certain vehicles, and to help research in renewable energy and alternative fuel vehicles?

Proposition 11. Redistricting -- State of California (Initiative Constitutional Amendment and Statute - Majority Approval Required)
Shall the authority for establishing state office boundaries be changed from elected representatives to a commission comprised of Democrats, Republicans, and representatives of neither party selected from the registered voter pool in a multilevel process?

Proposition 12. Veteran's Bond Act of 2008 -- State of California (Bond - Majority Approval Required)
Shall a nine hundred million dollar ($900,000,000) bond be issued to provide farm and home aid for California veterans?

Monday night- election views.


RECOMMENDATIONS ON STATE PROPOSITIONS:

Prop. 1a. -Safe, Reliable High Speed Passenger Train Bond
NO- a big waste of money. How are any of the promises going to come through? Do we NEED a high speed train other than for a hugely expensive experiment.

Prop. 2. Treatment of Farm Animals, a statute.
NO- a tough one, but thinking on economic terms, the change won't make a difference as industry will move operations out of state to, costs for the producst will increase and not much is assured to improve.

Prop. 3: Children's Hospital Bond Act
NO- Just economic conditions make me hold off on this expense.

Prop. 4: Waiting Period and Parental Notification before termination of pregnancy for minor.
YES- As a parent , it just does seems enough shown as a reason to justify procedures on a minor WITHOUT telling parents or guardians first.

Prop. 5: Non-violent Offender, sentencing, parole and rehabilitation
NO- this will make trend for not facing the consequences of one's own acts to continue. Rehabilitation is not something that you can force people to happen and there does not need to be more expense for the state taxpayers to allow people to avoid "free", non-jail outcomes for what would be a crime under any circumstances. More abuses are potentially possible as this would create such opportunities if passed.

Prop. 6: Criminal Penalties and laws.
NO-

Prop. 7: Renewable Energy
NO- It locks us into having more expense without certain benefits. Another money grab.

Prop. 8: Limit on marriage
your VERY personal choice- do you want to change the law? As it stands now, gay marriage is a legal choice.
No means allowing marriages between same sex couples (No change in the law).
Yes means to create a new law that would prevent marriage between same sex couples.

Prop. 9: Criminal Justice system
NO

Prop. 10: Alternative fuel and Energy:
NO- a HUGE expense, with a substantial part of the cost going to "rebate" incentives, education and information expenses. The real outcome is that the public's money is going to finance the industry's public relations and the payments to cover this will continue for the taxpayer's to cover the industry's expenses. It is too much public money to be applied for private benefits. We can't afford this.

Prop. 11: Redistricting , by Constitutional Amendment and Statute
YES- one change that is needed to take power away from the politicians that they have used to create permanent re-election districts by drawing boundaries to create those outcomes by the political party majority purposely planned. ANY other group could make fairer boundaries to give the districts a balance so we can have real races for office. Stop the rigged district outcomes by taking away the politicians out of this process.

Prop. 12: Veteran's Bond Act of 2008-
NO- the VA is not a reliable agency to be handling more money at this time. The monetary burden would not justify the risk for misuse and waste.

ANNOUNCEMENTS
For the old readers and the newcomers, WELCOME. The information here today is NOT about the "LHS 95th Anniversary Gala" that happened this past Saturday night at the Omni Hotel downtown. "Why not?" you may ask. Well, since I wasn't there and no one has told me anything about it, I can only say, "If you went, email me about your experience, observations, opinions or other comments on it for posting. email: lhs90031@earthlink.net "

Today is strictly about some entertainment and information that is found on the web.

LARadio.com - check daily it for a month free
in http://www.laradio.com/ - normally a low-cost subscription needed, but for NOVEMBER, it's free. There's a little bit in here for everyone, Monday through Friday, available at about 7am those days.

Let me share this with you from the LARadio.com column this morning:

“I am encouraging you to share this information with your radio address book to alert those who may not know about the site that not only will they have access to the daily current news during November, but they will have access to 11+ years of Archival material and columns. “

“If you are a fan of Los Angeles radio – current and past - LARadio.com would like to invite you to read about the daily activities of Southern California radio.
Go to http://www.laradio.com/ and click the Members Only link at the very top of the page. When the box comes up, insert the word “free” (no quotation marks) in the username and password sections. That’s it and you’re in. Please check back every weekday morning around 7 a.m. for the latest LARadio news. Enjoy!”

So there it is. Try it. I have found lots of things here just as a fan of radio from "back in the day" to now. There are even some of my own emails and comments there, published on the site over the years. Lots of our memories are connected to radio as much as any other meduum. In that way, it really is part of our recollections- good and bad- of high school through music that become revived each time we hear certain songs.

How far back can you remember? Does anyone remember Hunter Hancock? Huggy Boy? Bill Balance? OK, then how about Ryan Seacreast or Rick Dees, or even Big Boy or Kevin & Bean? Does anyone remember that you could hear all types of music on the same station compared to now, when you have to choose Urban, Smooth Jazz, Pop, Country to find certain songs. The 60's radio did not divide music like you have it now. It was truly an eclectic mix that we just took for granted then. There's lot's to be found, large and small, on this site, and just tons of inside information and details on so many things besides music.

THE WEBSITE
You are reading "the blog" now, but "the website" http://www.lincolnhigh90031.com/ is still not actively updated- a couple of times over years is pretty much the story. So I would say that's "infrequent". I was teaching for a couple of years at Lincoln- yes, THAT Lincoln. This was from late 2003 to late 2005 and I thought it would be better if I did not try to comment about the same place that employed me to avoid any conflicts. That was a real experience that provided me with a perspective that could not easily be seen otherwise. More on that at another time.

THE FUTURE
So we are here, and this is a much faster posting operation, so I will use it more frequently as I come across things to share. Some will be purely for entertainment and some will be informative and from the political angle, showing you what City Council and other officials do to make life better but only for them, not for you. I almost forgot to include LAUSD and that needs to be considered in this theme of unresponsive and wasteful bureaucracies.

If you are one of "them" of the described group, you already know many of the shady dealings that go on. You might even think they are right, but I hope to bring it to the forefront where now much is being hidden from the general view. So more on THAT later, but not TOO much later.

If you have ideas or suggestions, I will handle things a little differently than what I found to be the case with LAUSD and the L.A. City Council. UNLIKE those groups, I will READ and CONSIDER each item as I receive it and I will try to do things in order to accomplish improvement of the human condition, a little bit at a time.

Today is Sunday- If you have not changed the time on your clocks, it would be a good idea to do that for any clock that doesn't set itself like the computer clocks and cell phone clocks. Check your VCRs, home phones, microwave ovens, clock radios, car clocks, and so on This way you won't fool yourself needlessly if you're in a rush and check the time that will be an hour ahead of the right time.

Just to refresh the instructions, move the clock setting BACK one hour, which is adjusting the time to "Pacific Standard Time." "Daylight Saving Time" is done for this year and the daylight part of the day will continue to become shorter for a while along with the cold weather sneaking back, just cold enough for us to get out the coats, sweaters, jackets, and even umbrellas, if any rain shows up. Do you remember where you put yours?

LINCON'S HOMECOMING Game will be plalyed this Friday, November 7th with Franklin High Panthers visiting us at Andrus Field to try to dampen the setting. Game times: 3pm for J.V., 7pm for Varsity game.
Be sure to stop by the Alumni Association's food stand for a good selections of food and drinks, and you'll be helping out with the fundraising efforts at the same time.

What's next after that home game? Just ONE more game.
There will be one more home game left this season for the following Friday, November 14th, Game times, 4pm J.V. and 7pm Varsity.

Today is Halloween- enjoy the weekend.

Tuesday November 28, 2008- one week to go until the November election day. Do take advantage of your right to vote, especially in the city elections which happen to be needing some serious evaluation - to come later here. Most of the measures will wind up costing taxpayers lost of money for quite a few years, but with little benefit. Stay tuned here for more.


NEW SCHOOL YEAR- NEW PRINCIPAL FOR LINCOLN HIGH
Nothing new posted for a while, as you have noticed. Meanwhile LHS has said "Goodbye" to Jim Molina as principal and "Hello" to Mr. Torres, formerly at Hollenbeck Middle School, who will be in charge of things at LHS now.


GALA 95TH ANNIVERSARY DINNER AND DANCE - Saturday, Nov. 1
The ALUMNI ASSOCIATION has the Gala 95th Anniversary of Lincoln High School at the Omni Hotel this Saturday evening, November 1st. Tierra will provide the live musical entertainment and the rest to be filled in by a DJ who should keep things moving.

There is further information on the Alumni Association's contact page http://www.lincolnhs.org/mambo/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=647&Itemid=203
that is located within the Official LINCOLN HIGH WEBSITE.


FOOTBALL GAME THIS WEEK AT HOME- DATE CHANGE
The other news that may not have trickled out from LHS is that the home game that was scheduled for Friday, October 31 (Halloween) was determined to be needing a change of date for a number of reasons, one of which being appropriate security, from the information provided at the October 18th Alumni meeting.

The NEW date: Thursday, October 30th: "LHS vs Marshall 4:00-7:00PM" appears on the LHS Calendar. I take that to mean JV game at 4pm and Varsity game at 7pm. If you have questions on this, call the main office at LHS, 323-341-4600 to find out more information.

That is all for now for the select few who happen to click onto this page. The Main page is overdue for an update- but check this for news as well.

This Friday is Homecoming for Lincoln High School with the Varsity game starting at 6 p.m. The JV game will begin at 2:30 p.m. The opponent this week will be Marshall High School. Halftime activities will be focused around the presentation of the Homecoming King and Queen and the Court.

The Homecoming Dance will be held in the Girls' Gym following the game. The Lincoln High Alumni Association will have the food concession operations going during the game with lots of tasty food.

NEW TELEPHONE NUMBER for LHS- Mr. Wadsworth has passed along the news that the school has a different number. It is now 323-441-4600. The old "CApitol" prefix that became just "22" will no longer identify the school with the geographic area of the Lincoln Heights neighborhood.

Monday, March 27, 2006-
Looking to updating website since you may have noticed that nothing new has been shown for a loooong time. There has been a lot that I have thought about writing but it has been on the back burner for a long time. Lots of things are in the news that relate directly to Lincoln High and some things that I just want to bring to the attention of some of you who may not know.

ALUMNI note: (From Mike Ibarra) Tuesday evening- March 28th, Varsity Baseball Fundraiser at Alhambra Shakey's Pizza, 6:30 to 9:30 pm, 2234 W. VALLEY BLVD., ALHAMBRA, CA
626-289-7851

One item is the alma mater. Despite the good intentions and efforts of many people, the school and the system are not like the alumni might remember. Observations and suggestions to follow.

BIG NEWS: One change that some readers might have noticed is that the GUESTBOOK sign-in and CURRENT comments are not working. This is more due to system problems than my exercise of editorial control. The GUESTBOOK page apparently dropped off the file server sometime in Dec. or Jan. Continue Reading-

Some good and bad about this- Good news: I have a back-up copy but only to Nov. 2005
Bad news- December and Jan. entries missing, but there were very very few additions.


I will have to restore the missing parts to get it going again. The backed up messages will be broken into archives to be more manageable. (I know it took a long time bring up even with DSL connections.) Since this is the most accessed part, it should be kept as a smaller sized segment.

One interesting observation- I may have been the only one who couldn't find the Guestbook since I did not get a single message about the problem from anyone else. (Reminder: E-mail is free to send)

(This is still not much of a change from the status quo since I did not get much feedback from any source about the lack of changes to the website with the exception of Bill K.)

1968 Eastside Walkouts Want to be a star? Well, how about an "extra"?
Filming is scheduled to begin this weekend at LHS on an HBO film produced by Moctezuma Esparza, and directed by Edward James Olmos. July 16 and 17 will recreate some of the scenes from the walkouts that many of you might remember and participated in (yes, some of that generation still very much around).

BELOW IS COPY OF E-MAIL received from another friend about more filming on this production. You can be a part of this- crowd scenes- so all ages wanted.

"From: WALKOUT EXTRAS [mailto:walkoutextras@yahoo.com]
Attached is a registration form [Call or e-mail to them for copy of form] for being a volunteer extra. Fill it out and fax or email it back to us
ASAP.

We need MANY people in order to reenact the protest
scenes, so pass along the word to all your friends.
There is a shooting date set for July 31st that will
take place in front of City Hall in Downtown LA. This
is one of the dates where we will need people of all
ages. Please let your friends and family know, as
this will be a very important date to show up, we need
1500 people this particular day. It helps to fill ot
the registration form ahead time so we know how many
people to prepare for, in terms of meals.

Thank you for your interest in the film, WALKOUT.

Tery Lopez
WALKOUT Film Recruitment"

These are Important dates from the e-mail attachments you should request:
"I am available to volunteer as an extra at least 8 hours the following days. Please check all that apply:
Saturday, July 16, 2005 Saturday, July 23, 2005 Saturday, July 30, 2005 Saturday, August 6, 2005
Sunday, July 17, 2005 Sunday, July 24, 2005 Sunday, July 31, 2005 Sunday, August 7, 2005
Monday, August 8, 2005 Tuesday, August 9, 2005 Friday, August 12, 2005

"To REGISTER as an extra email us at walkoutextras@yahoo.com or call 213.534.3486"

Just passing along the information. There is the crowd scene at City Hall for later in the month where all ages would work; this weekend is going to be mainly student-age extras at LHS.

LHS Alumni REUNION DANCE, at American Legion Post 790,

DATE SATURDAY, MARCH 5, 2005.

ADDRESS
American Legion Post 790
330 North Azusa Ave.
West Covina, CA

MUSIC Armenta Brothers

COCKTAIL HOUR 6 TO 7 PM
BUFFET 7 TO 8 PM
MUSIC 8 TO 12 AM,
.
For information call POST AT at 626-331-9063 OR John Diaz (Class of 1943) AT 626-570-8673
Cost $10, includes buffet, 7- 8 PM.
$12 at door.
CALL NOW FOR TICKETS.
EVENT SELLING OUT FAST!

E-mail me at
mikethedadibarra@sbcglobal.net

Call Mike Ibarra for information (323) 262-3653

Lincoln High School 2005 Alumni Appreciation Dinner
You are invited to the Lincoln High School 2005 Alumni Appreciation Dinner

LHS Alumni Appreciation Dinner on Sat. Jan. 29, 2005.

Great Italian Buffet. $17.50 per person.

Palermo Ristorante Italiano
1858 N. Vermont
Ave. LA, 90027.

Limited seating RSVP by Jan. 26, 2005.

Contact Tina & Oscar Ornelas 562 941-7885.

Mail checks to:
LHS Alumni Association
15274 Goodhue. St.
Whittier, CA 90604.

Contact Mike Ibarra for info.
(323) 262-3653
mikethedadibarra @ sbcglobal.net

MENU APPETIZERS- mushrooms, broiled with herbs, garlic and cheese.
Pizza Rosa, Anthony's own creation.
ENTREES- Chicken Picata, lemon and wine sauce includes side order of
spaghetti.
Lasagna Ala Bolognas. Layer upon layer of extra large noodles, meat,
Ricotta chesse, pamigiano cheese, Romaine cheese, Mozzarella cheese,
with delicious meat sauce topped with melted Mozzarella cheese.
INCLUDES- salad, garlic bread and dessert and coffee.

Parking You may park at ONE of the FOUR following locations, (1) behind Palermo's, (2) Post Office lot across the street (3) behind the 7-11 (4) Masonic Temple just north of Franklin, please note Location 3 &4 are valided parking.

Special thanks to Anthony for graciously offering his Ristorante for the special event!

LHS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION - a meeting is tentatively planned for Saturday evening, January 15, 2005 at PALERMO'S RESTAURANT in the Los Feliz area. More details are pending. Carlos Reyes, Class of '74, makes the special request for alumni to attend who may interested in becoming involved in the Association's events for the new year.
New and ongoing activities and projects will be discussed at the meeting along with an opportunity to relax and have a good time and good food.

Well, it's finally Christmas.... or, "Holiday" break, for LHS Staff and students. All will resume in three weeks for the last month of the semester.

Today, Saturday 12-18-04 - the Broadway Parade will be held from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., beginning at Lincoln High School and ending at Daly Street. Celebrities, organizations, and the ever-present political candidates- incumbents and challengers, as well as more community figures, will be present.

Will Lincoln High be represented? At this time, my guess is "No" since (1) we have-for the second or third year, at least- no marching band, and (2) there was no publicity at all regarding the LHS cheerleaders' or drill team's participation earlier, so that's why.

I hope I am wrong as there should be no reason for the neighborhood's main high school to be missing from a community event. ON December 5th, the Highland Park Parade, or Christmas Parade or Northeast Parade (there have been so many names in the past) was held. Franklin and Eagle Rock High Schools were represented in that parade, according to the program of participants. Many years ago, I remember that LHS had it's band, drill team, cheerleaders, Jr. ROTC, and the ROTC Drill Team all participating in this parade. We did seem to find that school pride was not a scarce commodity back in our times. Things have changed a bit, but if LHS is going to be moving back up to where it could be, alumni can have a part by voicing that opinion to show how important things like that are.

Come see the parade, if you can. It is sponsored by the Lincoln Heights Neighborhood Council.

Friday's game against Eagle Rock High- before the sun could set for the day, the Eagles defeated the Tigers varsity squad, 38-0. Our team has had some surprising performances this year and there is one more opportunity this year to see if the home field advantage will help this Friday.

Game time should be back at the regular 7 p.m. Support the football program and remember the reception to honor our Veterans will be held from 5:30 p.m. in the Girls Gym. Our opponent for the November 12th game will be the Marshall High Barristers.

Season notes: If you have been coming to the games you may have noticed that the only bands venturing out on the field at half-time have been the visitors. LHS does not have a band for these games. There are some students and alumni who have independently sat in the stands to take up the musical role, but this is not connected with the school.
If any alumni are interested in seeing a Lincoln High Band representing the school at the games in the next season, please contact Mr. Molina, our principal at JMolina107@aol.com <JMolina107@aol.com> to indicate what interest there is. Otherwise it will probably be the same next year.

Friday night's J.V. and Varsity Football games will be at HOME, 4 p.m. J.V., and 7 p.m. Varsity kickoffs.

Lincoln Varsity lost last week at Roosevelt in a non-league game, but will be adjusting to meet Bell High for this week's matchup.

Tickets $5 at the gate, enter on North Broadway, stairs or ramps. For any handicapped access questions, call the main office at (323) 223-4021 to inquire about the arrangements.

Parking was not a problem for the last home game; plenty of street parking nearby, with the No Stopping restriction for Northbound traffic ending at 6 p.m.

Please come on over to see a game this season under the one-year old lights.

Lincoln Tigers were at home yesterday, with both the J.V. and Varsity teams coming away with victories against Mark Keppel High from Alhambra. Although still in non-league play, the games allowed the Tigers to apply their summer training and give the newcomers their initial playing time. The coaches will be using the upcoming week to adjust strategies for the next opponent, the Roosevelt Rough Riders. Congratulations to the all the teams and their coaches for their efforts.

The attendance was light, but the game was full of some very rewarding action on the field. For all those who attended, thanks for the support. The next Varsity game will be at Roosevelt Sept. 17th, next Friday evening at 7 p.m.

Next Saturday evening, September 18th, the LHS Alumni Association will be hosting the long-awaited "Sock Hop" at Lincoln, which will bring back those memories of old once again.

Place: Our very own "Girls' Gym." The hours will be from 7 p.m. until 11 p.m., with no entries after 9 p.m.
Refreshments will be available from the fundraising tables, along with a soft drink and chips to get you started, just for buying a ticket. Sock Hop tickets will be $15 per person, $25 per couple. For additional information, call- Tina (562) 541-7885, or Stephanie (323) 225-8652.

Join us there and dance to the music of the '40's, 50's, 60's & '70's. Remember, tennis shoes or socks only on the gym floor. And no alcohol allowed on school property.


The Tigers will play the next home game in two weeks, Friday Sept. 17th. J.V. at 4, Varsity at 7. Support our teams. Support our students. Your attendance matters.