ALUMNI FEATURE

Crater Alumni NewsletterCrater Alumni NewsletterIn this edition of the Crater Foundation Newsletter we are pleased to feature 1992 Crater High Graduate, Carlos (Greg) Velazquez. A serious honor student while at Crater, Carlos also participated in football and wrestling. His wrestling coach, Dan Speasl, remembers him as a “clean cut bright kid who was a pleasure to be around”. His good friend, college roommate, and fellow 1992 Crater alumni, Chad Petersen, had this to say about “Greg”: “He had a tenacious competitive spirit that carried over into athletics and academics at Crater. Carlos also had a very strong sense of dedication and loyalty to family and friends, not to mention one of

the best late 80’s/early 90’s mullet haircuts money could buy! Carlos has held on to those core values he demonstrated at Crater to become a successful business owner and dedicated father.” This affable personality was later to serve him well in his unique profession. Upon graduation, Carlos attended Oregon State University, eventually graduating with a degree in mechanical engineering. Soon after receiving his degree he took an idea that had been formulating in his mind for some time, and created Epic Scan, a premier 3D laser scanning company that provides services for the architectural, engineering and construction industries. As president of Epic Scan, Carlos has developed and implemented laser scanning systems on hundreds of projects around the world. His archaeology/film job list includes working on Julius Kroehl’s submarine explorer in the Gulf of Panama, ancient quarry sites in Upper Egypt for a French television documentary production, a documentary of Chitchen Itza funded by the National Science Foundation and a Civil War submarine recovered in 2000 in Charleston, South Carolina. He even did a luge forensic analysis for the 2011 Winter Olympics in Whistler, British Colombia. Mr. Velazquez serves as Chair of the U.S. Institute of Building Documentation Standards Committee and has made numerous presentations at professional organization meetings, including the American Institute of Architects, the International Laser Scanning Conference and the Society for Historical Archaeology. Carlos resides in Ashland, Oregon with his wife, Jessica, and children Rylan (4) and Scarlett (2). He loves to be outdoors with his family and their favorite activity is taking road trips around the United States in the family RV. He shares his passion for 3D laser scanning at school Career Days at Ashland High School and is now offering these services for Crater High School students. The Crater Foundation salutes yet one more Crater graduate who is making a name for himself in the world.

Summer 2016 • Issue No. 62

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Where are they Now

Crater’s Class of 2016

Retired Teacher Hall of Fame Resurrection

Spring Sports Summary 5A-3 Midwestern League

Now in the 5A-3 Midwestern League in all sports, the Comets compete against Ashland, Churchill, Eagle Point, Marist, North Eugene and Springfield. The Crater boys track team finished 2nd in the district meet and 5th at the state track meet. Sophomore Andy Monroe was State Champion in the 3000 meter run and State Champion in the 1500 meter run while Senior teammate Walter Vail was 2nd in the 3000 meter and 2nd in the 1500 meter. Sophomore Jantz Tostenson took a 3rd in the 3000 meters, Sophomore Derek Tripp finished 5th in the 1500 meters and Sophomore Cal Duke finished 5th in the Intermediate hurdles. Senior Garret Dey finished 6th in the high Jump. The Crater girls track team finished 5th at the district meet and 17th at the state track meet. Senior Jordan Monroe finished 3rd in the 3000 meter run and 3rd in the 1500 meter. The Crater girls’ softball team finished 4th in the Midwestern League and proceeded to the state playoffs. They defeated Central in a play in game. They were defeated by Pendleton in the first round of state playoff games. Crater’s girls finished the season with a 14 -15 record. The Comet baseball team finished the season as conference champions in the Midwestern League and proceeded to the state playoffs where they defeated Hillsboro 4 – 3 in the first round of playoff games. They then faced Churchill in the state quarter final round and were defeated 5 - 7. The Comets finished the season with a 20 - 9 record. The Crater girls golf team finished with a school record of 3rd place at the State Tournament. Junior Kiana Oshiro was the State Champion setting a state record of 67 in her first round, and senior Danielle Giles finished 5th. The Crater boys golf team did not qualify any players for state tournament matches.Congratulations to all!

1952 – 1959DON JOHNSON (53) – lives in Central Point with his wife, the former Donna Eskew (56). Don has retired as a college counselor at Sacramento City College and Donna retired as a Student Affairs Specialist at Cosumnes River College. After retirement they moved back to the valley and lived near Trail. Recently they moved to Central Point and are enjoying their retirement years.ERMA LAYTON (55) – lives in Central Point with her husband of nearly 61 years, Gordon. They have four grown children, nine grandchildren and one great grandchild. Erma has been a homemaker most of her life and Gordon worked more than 45 years for Pacific Power. After retirement, they love to watch and support their grandchildren in their sporting events and take an occasional trip to try their luck in Reno.BILL MORSE (56) – lives in Shady Cove on the river with his wife, the former Kay Burd (56). They had two children and have five grandchildren and one great grandchild. Bill, now retired for ten years, owned a food brokerage company for twenty five years and Kay retired from a catalogue company. After retirement, they love to spend time with their home, Bill plays golf on a regular basis and Kay volunteers for several non-profit organizations and fishing on the Rogue.

1960 – 1969PAT BARBER BOHNERT (60) – lives in Central Point with her husband of 55 years, Marvin (54). Pat worked in the School District for many years as the transportation supervisor and Marvin retired after many years working for the Grange Coop. In their retirement years they love to spend the winters in Yuma, Arizona.LINDA COREY RUSSELL (63) – lives on a 52 acre place at Swan Lake Valley near Klamath Falls. Linda attended Southern Oregon College and majored in elementary education. She has one grown daughter and two grandchildren. She worked as a medical assistant until graduating from the nursing program in 2003 and worked as a registered nurse at Ashland Community hospital in day surgery and post anesthesia recovery. Her specialty is in cardiology, and she began working at Cardiology Consultants in Medford. Her hobbies include her horses, trail rides, four wheeling, camping, fishing and hunting,CARL ANDERSON (67) – lives in Jacksonville, Oregon with his wife, Linda. They have two grown children: Eric, who has a son and Kellee who has two sons. Carl spent four years in the Army after graduation and met his Linda in El Paso. Carl was a Nike Hercules missile crewman while in the Army and then worked at Medco Plywood in Medford for 22 years and 5 years at Boise. He retired in 2004 and loves to restore old Chevys, dredge for gold on the Rogue, archery hunt, and fish for salmon in Brookings. As of 2007, he has run in 3 marathons and all but one of the Pear Blossom Runs.

1970 -1979LINDA ESTREMADO (72) – lives in Gold Hill on the family ranch. She has two grown daughters and three grandchildren. After working for several local businesses, Linda now works full time with her mother, Joyce, running the Estremado Ranch.KATHIE PATTERSON SHEPERD (73) – lives in Florida with her husband. Kathie graduated from Oregon State University with a B.S. in Education. She was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the USAF where she served for 20 years as an Air Force officer. She was a munitions and aircraft maintenance officer on jet aircraft. Along the way she married and had a daughter, Christina. They lived in Europe three times and retired in Florida. After retiring as a Lieutenant Colonel, she worked for the Air Force, again retiring in 2013. Her last job was the logistics manager for the Massive Ordnance Penetration (large 20,000 lb.) bomb for the B-2 aircraft. She and her husband enjoy traveling, genealogy research and are Christians who love to serve others in their community.

1980 – 1989SANDY DUNN BLETH (80) – lives in Central Point with her husband, Craig. They have two grown children, Bryant and Amber who have recently graduated from college. Sandy works for Asante, while her husband works for Grants Pass Ambulance Services.TONI HARANGOZO CHERRY (89) – lives in Portland, Oregon with her husband, Mike and their ten year old daughter Sofia. Toni works for Bank

of America as a VP Credit Support Associate in commercial banking. She has been with the company for nineteen years. They love to travel to tropical places (specifically Maui), watch her daughter play softball and hang out with family and friends. ANGALEE KORNER O’CONNER (89) – lives outside of Central Point with her husband of five years, Matt (90). Between them they have five children, three grown and out of the house and two boys still in high school. After high school Angalee had many jobs and owned a few small companies. She obtained her real estate brokers license in 2003 and worked in that business for several years. In 2010 she began work for RHT Energy, an energy consulting firm. RHT is also a program delivery contractor for Energy Trust of Oregon and they work with industrial, existing commercial, and new construction projects. She is the Outreach Manager for Southern Oregon commercial new buildings and her territory includes Coos Bay, south to the California border and east to Lakeview. For her hobbies she breeds Labrador retrievers, sings at church, bass fishes with her husband and enjoys sporting events with kids. She states “I like staying active and believe one should love to live, and live to love.”

1990 – 1999AMY GRAVES SPENCER (92) – lives in Central Point with her husband, Mike (93). Amy has a stepdaughter, Paige (24) and a son, Gunnar (19) who is currently in the US Air Force. Amy has worked for Pepsi for ten years and Michael has his own business, Dents Plus, with his brother. They love to camp, fish and get together with great friends.NOLAN RUBUS (94) – lives in Medford with his wife, the former Amy Bronson (97) and their three boys, Isaac 14, Tyge 11 and Micah 9. Nolan graduated from Oregon State University and is an engineer with F.D. Tomas, Inc. – Project Management. In his free time Nolan loves to spend time with his wife and kids. They enjoy skiing, white water rafting and kayaking, mountain biking and family camping. Nolan is on the Mt. Ashland Ski Patrol (a member of National Ski Patrol).TIFFANY TAYLOR HUDSON (95) – lives in Capitola, California with her husband of fourteen years, Cole. They have four daughters, Jahmia (10), Jocelyn (5), Jayla and Jolene (1). Tiffany is a Registered Nurse and recently earned her Certified Hospice and Palliative Nurse certificate. She has worked the past five years with Hospice of Santa Cruz County, serving terminal ill patients and their families. When not cheering for their older girls on the side lines of their soccer games, they love hanging at the beach, at church , surfing, backpacking, traveling and playing soccer on a coed league.

2000 - 2006MORGAN HAWKINS (00) – lives in Central Point with his wife, Jessica and their two girls ages three and five. Morgan is a partner with Pacific Capital Solutions, LLC. and Jessica is a hair stylist with her own shop, Avae Salon. In their free time they love to spend time with family and Morgan loves to play golf.RONNIE LEE (05) – lives in Medford with his wife, Riaanna and their two year old son, Rackson. Ron wrestled at the University of Oregon and then at Southern Oregon University. He received a degree in elementary education and teaches 2nd grade at Prospect Charter School and is an assistant wrestling coach at Crater. His wife is the head girls soccer coach at Crater and she teaches at Hanby Middle School.

Crater Foundation inFormation

Web Site: craterfoundation.district6.orgE-mail: craterfoundation@district6.orgFacebook: http://www.facebook.com/craterfoundationTelephone: 541-494-6308

Mailing address: Crater Foundation P.O. Box 5172 Central Point, OR 97502

Crater Hall of Fame Resurrection After 12 years of no inductions into the Crater High School Hall of Fame, a banquet and induction ceremony was held on April 30th in the Crater High student center. The Crater Foundation has now taken over the Hall of Fame induction and have added an Achievement Hall of Fame to the original Athletic Hall of Fame. Those inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame during this banquet and ceremony were: •BRYAN BERRYHILL, a 1996 graduate who was a 2 year All-Confer-ence football player and 5 time state track champion. He attended Colo-rado State University where he set numerous track records and was a 10 time All American. He was the 2001 NCAA 1500 meter national champion and competed in the Olympic trials two different times. After a stint as a professional runner, in 2012 he was named head cross country/track and field coach at University of Wyoming where he is today. •MAX KING, a 1998 graduate who ran cross country and track while at Crater. He attended Cornell University where he became a standout cross country runner, and in track ran the steeplechase earning All Ameri-can status. After graduation he became a world class cross country runner winning numerous events world-wide and competing in the World Cross Country Championships. He has won the local Pear Blossom run 7 times and placed 4th in the prestigious Western States 100 mile endurance run. Max currently, while running as a professional, works for a running shoe company and lives in Bend, Oregon. •AMY DENSON, a 2003 graduate who holds many Crater girls bas-ketball records. She was named Oregon High School women basketball player of the year in 2003. She played 4 years as a starter for Arizona State University and then played 7 years of professional basketball in Australia, Romania, Spain and Puerto Rico. Retired as a player, Amy is currently as-sistant women’s basketball coach at Portland State University. •DOUG LEE, a 1996 graduate who was an All-Conference football player, 2 time state wrestling champion and Oregon Wrestler of the Year in 1996. Doug went to University of Oregon where he became a 3 time PAC 10 wrestling Champion and wrestled in the NCAA wrestling champi-onships 3 consecutive years. Currently Doug works for Carestream and coaches wrestling at Scenic Middle School. •1993 CRATER WRESTLING TEAM - the first Crater High athletic team to win a state championship. Team members were: Abe Amaya, Casey Coulombe, Brandon Gray, Doug Lee, Tyler Lowder, Steve McNamee, Nolan Rubus, Ryan Robinson, Kevin Tuers, Bill Walker, Matt Walker and James Wespremi. Coaches included Head coach Greg Haga and assistants Dan Speasl, Rey Guevara, John Hill and Jay McRoberts.

Those induction into the Achievement Hall of Fame were: •CHET BOWSER, now deceased, was a coach and science and biol-ogy teacher at Crater High School for 15 years. Chet was named Oregon Teacher of the Year in 1978. •VINCE WIXON, now retired, was an English and writing teacher at Crater High School for 22 years. He also taught advanced placement class-es in Literature and Writing. Vince was name Oregon Teacher of The Year in 1988. •OTHAR RICHEY, now retired, was a teacher and coach at Sams Valley Elementary School for 38 years. He has taught, and continues to substitute in School District #6 for more than 52 years. •KATIE DUNLAP, a 1996 graduate who attended Oregon State Uni-versity where she earned her Bachelor’s Degree as well as her Master’s Degree. She then accepted a graduate assistant position at Texas A & M University where she later earned her Doctorate Degree. Today, Dr. Katie Dunlap is an assistant professor in the physiology of reproduction section of the Department of Animal Science at Texas A & M University.

A complete biography for each of these outstanding Hall of Fame Inductees is on the Crater Foundation Web site at www.craterfoundation.district6.org. A form for Hall of Fame nominations is also available on the web site.

CRATER HIGH 2016 VALEDICTORIANS

The Crater Foundation Newsletter is proud to introduce you to the 2016 Crater High School Valedictorians. We appreciate their accomplishments and look forward to seeing their dreams becoming reality. Left to right in the picture: The Crater Academy of Health & Public Services is represented by Valedictorian Ayleen Ruvalcaba Villa who is the daughter of Yesenia Villa and Felipe Ruvalcaba Olvera. Ayleen carries a 4.09 weighted GPA and will enroll at George Washington University in Washington D.C. this fall where she plans to major in International Relations. The Crater Renaissance Academy is represented by Valedictorian Isabella Karabinas. Isabella is the daughter of Yazmin and Christopher Karabinas. She carries a weighted 4.16 GPA and will enroll at the Oregon State University Honors College where she will major in Biochemistry/Biophysics and minor in Spanish. The School of Business, Innovation & Sciences is represented by Sofi Hull. Sofi is the daughter of Brandon and Becky Hull. She will enroll this fall at the University of Utah Honors College and will take with her a 4.1 weighted GPA. She is undecided what to major in but is leaning toward Physical Therapy.

Retired teacher - Larry Holm Once again the Crater Foundation and the Alumni Newsletter is honor-ing a former teacher from School District #6 that has made a difference in many young people’s lives. That former teacher is Larry Holm who spent 20 years working in School District #6 at Jewett Elementary School and Scenic Middle School. Larry, known by many of his friends and for-mer students as “Holmer” was known as a colorful character that loved working with and being around young people. Whether it was on the

soccer field, classroom or on a hike down the lower Rogue with students, he never varied in his caring and nurturing at-titude toward young people. His desire to continue his in-teraction with kids convinced him even after retirement to substitute when possible so that he could fulfill his desire to work with kids. We applaud Larry as another in a long line of outstanding retired educators from School District #6 who have made a difference in countless young people’s lives.

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1961 – 55th Class Reunion September 16 & 17 Contacts: Terry Hulse 541-601-0837, Lynn Malot Talley 541-831-6961, Nancy Flanagan Jones 541-773-2607

1966 - 50th Class ReunionSeptember 16 - 18Contact: Stan Shope 503-869-4497email: ps665@comcast.net

1971 - 45th Class ReunionOctober 21 & 22 Classes ‘69, ‘70, ‘72, ‘73 are welcome.Contacts: Dan Taylor - dan@tayloreducationalmedia.comConnee Landers McCasland - conneelcsw@aol.comMaggie Stephens Fauts - maggie@orchidsoftware.comJim Anderson - lucasandjim@aol.comKathy McCullough - kak2001@charter.net

1976 – 40th Class Reunion August 19, 20 & 21 Class of ‘74, ‘75, ‘76, ‘77 invited. Please go to facebook: “Crater High School Class of ’76” for updates.

1986 - 30th Class ReunionJuly 8-10 • Visit www.crater86.myevent.comContacts: Michelle Aaronson Westrum - 541-297-6829Terri Baker Adams - 503-998-5810

CRATER HIGH FALL SPORTS HOME SCHEDULES

FOOTBALL VOLLEYBALL

Sept. 30 Eagle Point Sept 2 ThurstonOct. 21 North Eugene 6 Ashland 28 Churchill 27 Marist 30 North Eugene Oct. 7 Springfield 13 Churchill 18 Eagle Point BOYS SOCCER GIRLS SOCCER

Sept 1 Mazama Sept 6 Cascade Christian 15 Ashland 15 CorvallisOct. 1 North Eugene 20 Eagle Point 15 Marist 24 Springfield 22 Thurston Oct. 8 Churchill 25 Eagle Point 18 Ashland

CROSS COUNTRY

Oct. 12 Max King Invitational