|
Famous
Mariners |
In no particular order, except latest entries will be at the top of the last page
| '82 | Salvador Rivera | Sal is a
news reporter for channel
10 in San Diego.
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| '66 | Bill Dearborn | Bill's famous moment came when he
appeared in a movie with Sandra Bulluck
( "28 Days"). Bill was an extra and appeared for a few seconds. The scene is about 15min's into the
movie. Look for him with a moustache and balding head singing and acting the fool (his words). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| '72 | Syndee Holt | Syndee authored
a book called "Polymer Clay"
which came out in Spring 2000 and is in 2nd edition. She has also written dozens of articles for arts/crafts magazines and
has done 18 TV segments this season (2000), including Carol Duval, Home Matters and HGTV Our
Place, as well as Good Morning Arizona. She also gets to travel and teach and make
appearances when she is not working her full-time job UCSD. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| '75 | Jake Williams | Jake Williams (Jake E. Lee)
is a great guitarist who was in
"Teaser" back in high school days, did a stint with
"Ratt", then became the lead guitarist for Ozzy
Osbourne. He then did a few records with "Badlands" and is now on his own with a couple releases.. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| '75 | Phil Blackmar | Phil is a
touring golf pro
on the PGA Tourny. Listed at #25
in the world. Golf Web says: "The gigantic Blackmar picked up his first PGA Tour win in 1985. He had a nine year gap between his second and third wins. A former
Golf Digest Rookie of the
Year, Blackmar took second at the 1985 National Long Drive Championship. Father was a national left-handers champion in 1965."PGA
Tour Victories |
| '67 | Jimmy Whitson | Jimmy
Whitson is an accomplished sculptor who is currently displaying his work at our very own art gallery at the
Imperial Beach Pier Plaza. He has been creating art since attending SDSU as an art major in the late 70's, and sold his first bronze at the former contemporary art gallery in Balboa Park in the early 1980's. He
has been devoted to his art full time, for the past two years. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| '74 | Art Brockmeier | Art started playing the tuba at age
9. He is now a Master Chief Musician in the US Navy and presently writing music
exams for promotions. As a Navy musician he says "I've been able to do things
people only dream about".. he's
performed for 3 presidents, the Queen of England and John Glen, performed in the warm-up band for Tower of Power
and the Miami Sound Machine, performed at the closing of the Pan American Games and World Soccer Championships, met with entertainers such as Bob Hope, Suzanne Sommers, Natalie Cole and Jonathan Winters, and traveled to exotic places like Palau, Papua New Guinea, Saipan, Tinian, Guam, Japan, and the Philippines. He's presently stationed in Pensacola, Florida and performs on electric bass, tuba, and lead tenor steel drums. View a news article about
Art : News Article |
| '52 | Tom McKay | Tom is well known in the boxing community in Texas as a
trainer and official. He is mostly renowned for his
boxing and full-contact karate training skills. Since 1963 Mckay has coached at
San Juan, Carolina, Fort Bliss, and his own Eastside Boxing Gym. He has also judged and
refereed State and National events as well as being a
Golden Gloves Tournament Director. Over the decades, Tom has either been head coach or co-coach of 10 Regional Championship teams. In 1967, Tom and the late coach, Sammy Burke, helped open the San Diego Sports Arena by bringing a hurriedly put together team to compete in the AAU National Championships. It was a sweet homecoming success as team member, Earl Large ,119, took the Gold Medal in his division and Mike Ortiz, 132 and barely experienced, grabbed Bronze by fighting to the semi-finals. And his offspring, Mike and Les McKay, were undefeated boxers. McKay is especially proud to have worked with Five-Time PKA Karate World Champion, Cliff 'Magic' Thomas and with the eccentric and wild heavyweight contender, Randall "Tex" Cobb, somewhat of an actor. And finally, McKay was inducted into The El Paso Boxing/Karate Hall Of Fame in 1997. Tom has a Scrap Book on our
website: Tom's Scrap Book |
| '74 | Aaron Chang |
He
is the top photographer for
Surfing Mag and also
has his own surfing clothing line. We believe he is living in Hawaii.
Aaron has photographed
the top surfers in the world
as well as the top models.
His resume would be pages long, when it comes to
photography. You can visit his website at: www.aaronchang.com
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| '75 | Nancy Trepagnier | Nancy
has been on TV and radio for years. She says the first time she was on TV she was a
little girl and danced on the Johnny
Downs show. She does the Pet of the Week spots for
CBS now, in southern Colorado and also does shows
about wild and domestic animals. She has been attacked on TV before as well as been given a kiss by
a tiger. She has swam with the dolphins and sea lions and has had a dolphin crack her rib while playing with
her for a show. She is also on the radio a lot. She does a lot of volunteer work for different non-profit
organizations that concern animals. She has been a
Rodeo Princess before too. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| '95 | Eddie Barcello | For those who watch videos, take a close look at Britney Spears video of
"Crazy"..in the back roll on the right with the red cap on, is non other
than our own, Eddie Barcello.. Yep, thats him.. You can also see him on her
CD, "Crazy, the remake"...He's also been on call backs for Will Smith and
Nsync.. He's come a long way from the hip hop dancing at the old stomping grounds. He's also a
dancer and does commercials for Nike
sportswear and works as an instructor for "hip hop" dance. His kids have walked away with
first place in all the competitions they have entered, the last one being in
Las Vegas.. He has traveled as far west as Hawaii and as far east as Orlando
for commercials and revues.. He got his head start at Mar Vista but it sure
hasn't ended there.. Keep looking close at the videos, you never know when
you are going to see him jumping around the dance floor.. Isn't it great when
you can watch TV and say.. "hey I know him, I went to school with him". ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| '77 | Charlie Laborte | Charlie
is the host for "Spokane Survivor".
Not only is Charlie a member of Spokane's KREM 2 Early Morning's production staff, but in his spare time he's also a
professional stand up comedian and the hardest working game show host in the Northwest, narrowly beating out Seattle's own Ross Schaefer. Some of his previous game show projects include "Hula Hoop Hernia From Hawaii", "Walking On Cheesepuffs", and the recently cancelled "Who Can Hold Their Breath The Longest?" He has spent 10 years at the Comedy Store in Hollywood and has opened for Sam Kinison, Andrew Dice Clay, Pauly Shore (not proud of it....); Sam Kinison; Judy Tenuta and Ellen DeGeneres. Also worked with Eddie Murphy and Eddie Griffin and the one and only Wild Willy Parsons. He currently lives in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho and in his spare time is working on a new game show project called, "I'm Eating As Fast As I Can!". ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| '60 | David Amos | David is a renowned
Symphony Orchestra Conductor.
He has made it his specialty as an Orchestral Conductor to introduce to
the public, works of modern composes worthy of greater recognition.
He has commissioned new works, as well ass conducted many world premiere performances
in concert and on record.
His musical training includes two
degrees from San Diego State University, and Doctoral studies at Indiana
University. He has conducted and recorded with the London
Symphony Orchestra, Jerusalem
Symphony, the Philharmonic Orchestra of London, the Israel Philharmonic,
the Krakow Philharmonic, the Polish National Radio Orchestra, the Royal
Philharmonic, and the City of London Sinfonia. In addition to having
hosed and produced a contemporary music series on radio for four years,
Amos is in frequent demand as guest conductor, lecturer and adjudicator in
music competitions. |
| '67 | Marian Borja | She has been writing poetry since
the age of 14. Until recently she had not taken it seriously. But, she started submitting them
in contests with the hopes of publishing. She has submitted 11 of them within the past year and they all
have been published. In fact, she was invited to our nations capitol for the
crowning of poet of the year which
she was a
nominee..
she's working on a book of her own and hopes that it soon will be published as
well.. Here are some specs.. poems published by: The International Library of Poetry name : Marian (Borja) Delagarza Poetry Page: www.poetry.com
(name of poet is Delagarza, Marian) |
| '67 | Raquel Martinez |
Raquel became
one of the first female bullfighters to fight in
TJ...AND is the only woman who was invited to fight in Mexico City. There was a write up on her in People Magazine about 10 years ago (she fibbed on her age)...But for a brief time there, she was the talk of San Diego.
See Article ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| '91 | Estaban
Loaiza |
(Grad circa 1991)
Professional Baseball pitcher has
pitched for the Pittsburgh Pirates,
Texas Rangers...
and of this writing ( 04/03), He is currently pitching for the Chicago White Sox, and has a record of 5-0, and an ERA of 1.25. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| '94 | Sidney
Faison |
Professional
Basketball Player. Plays on the Magic Johnson All
Star traveling team (as of 3/00) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| '92 | Bobby
Rector |
(Grad circa 1992) Professional
Baseball Pitcher. Pitched for the San Jose
Giants in 1997 and currently pitches in an
independent league (as of 3/00) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| '94 | Tracy Cruz |
Is a Mighty Morphin Power Ranger.
She say's "Look for me on the BIG and SMALL screen you may have seen me on MMPR and some other things but I ain't through yet I have just begun." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| '92 | Jake
Meyer |
(Grad circa 1992)
Baseball Pitcher.
Pitched for the College World Series
runner up UCLA Bruins and is currently in the
minor leagues. (as of 3/00) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| '74 | Richard
Chase |
Richard
Chase, a famous San Francisco band
musician, cut his musical teeth
at The Studio, 204 Palm Ave. in Imperial Beach., with Freddie Silvers and the amazing WIFF.
Later, after school some time, he moved to San Francisco and became part
of a band called "Flying Color". An Internet audio trivia
page describes it this way; "San Fransico's Flying Color was a band that deserved to be famous. With three quality
songwriters
(Richard Chase, Dale Duncan, and Hector Penalosa) and equally great material that recalled Badfinger, Dwight Twilley, and an earlier Bay Area band, the Flamin' Groovies, they seemed
destined for major label stardom during the late '80s. Choice cuts on their debut album Flying Color (Frontier, 1987) include Chase's "I'm Your Shadow", Duncan's "Dear Friend", and Penalosa's "Wise to Her Ways". Shortly after the release of the album, Richard Chase left the band, replaced by a young songwriter from New York state named Chris von Sneidern. Flying Color later recorded demos for a second album, but the band fell apart during the lengthy sessions and subsequently broke up. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| '73 | Connie Mariano |
Connie
Mariano - Class of '73 - is the personal
physician for President Clinton.
She has been seen often on TV giving updates on various
ailments the president has suffered. Burke Mills (former teacher) keeps in
touch with her. (could she have some interesting things to tell, or
what!!!) Click link to see: Article appearing in the San Diego Union News Paper, June 17, 2000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| '60 | Jay Robbins |
Jay Robbins wrote for the Imperial Beach Times newspaper for several years, at one time being the Managing Editor,
Columnist and Feature Writer. He did historical research and had a regularly
featured column entitled "Notes on Imperial Beach History". He
was also heavily involved in I.B. politics, running for Councilman and Mayor, wining
the Councilman contest. He was on the Beach Facilities and I.B. Planning Committees.
He is well known as a community activist and although most of his time is
consumed by his passion for photography and writing, he will continue to get involved in
community affairs when he sees the need or as time allows.
Jay has a home page.. you can find the link in the "Related Links" section of
the Home Page Directory. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| '60 | Richard
Gould |
Richard (aka Rick Lee) got
started in radio after a tour in the Air Force. About 1964 he started with KGB Radio
working exclusively as a "Radio Jock", as he puts it, until about 1975 when the music began to change and he
lost interest. He was then hired by KFMB as a Director of "live" shows,
but it soon became boring to him, so he took up the engineering side of the business and
hasn't looked back. He is currently a Operational Engineer for TV8 (KFMB).
He's looking forward to hanging up his head-set sometime around July of 2003. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| '70 | Brian Bilbray |
Brian ran for ,and won, the
congressional seat for Imperial Beach, CA. He is described as a pro-environment Congressman. He
has passed legislation to clean up the sewage coming from TJ Mexico (had a treatment plant
built) and also introduced and passed legislation to bring TJ Mexico automobiles in
compliance with California Standards.. this one may be hard to enforce... It's known that Brian still likes to surf when he can, in fact he has been called
the Surfin Congressman or something like that. You can see Brian's bio if you go to
the "Links" page and click on his web address link. Now we have influence!! What about bringing back George's
Drive-In... as a historical Landmark!!! Write your congressman! |
| '64 | Ed Starkins | Ed had a book published in
Canada called "Who Killed Jane Smith?". A true crime account of a famous
Vancouver area murder in the early part of the century. It's said to be a "good
read", and a few years ago it was a "local"
best seller". ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| '65 | Bob Taylor | Bob has been in a wheelchair
since the tenth grade. He got hurt racing motorcycles out in Mission Gorge. Since then
he's raced cars, boats and go carts. He goes to Daytona speedway frequently and
since the in-field is almost 3/4 of a mile long he needed something to get around
in. He built a wheelchair powered by a 100cc Suzuki, 4-speed, caliper brakes with
knobby tires, it will out run a 100cc Yammy for a quarter mile. He took it to the drags in
Tampa and they put it in the 100cc and under class. Before it broke a chain it
won six weeks in a row . The owner of the drag strip said he checked around and he
never heard of a wheelchair doing ETt's around 18:50. So, for the rest of the runs
they promoted it as the "THE WORLDS FASTEST
WHEELCHAIR". ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| '77 | Mathew Modine |
Matt may be our most famous
Mariner. He is a Major film star with many credits. Some, of many, include; "Full Metal
Jacket", "Vision Quest" and "Memphis Belle". He
received the most polled votes for the 55th Golden Globe nomination for "Best Actor
in a movie made for TV"(out polling competing Jack Lemon and Armand
Assante). His TV movie is "What the deaf man heard". There is
an Internet posting of a Beverly Hills, CA address. He may become even more famous
now that he has been posted to our web site. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| '66 | Wally Rice | Wally and six of his
partners were chosen as Riverside County Law
Enforcement Officers of the Year.
They were honored for rescuing the mayor and city council members during a shooting at
City Hall by a disgruntled employee. Wally survived but suffered serious injuries from the
shooting. His heroism was documented on the front page of the Riverside Newspaper. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| '64 | Linda Kisrow | Linda was on the National
Champion Lady's Bass Fishing circuit. Florida National Champion 1986, United States Women's Bass Champion, and in 1986, #1
in the nation. She fished the
Women's Tourney Trail for twelve years. They would fish Texas, New Mexico, Tenn, Georgia,
Miss, Missouri, Arkansas, basically every where. She went through two new Ford vans
each with well over 100,000 miles. Actually all the miles is why she retired from
professional fishing. She's been on the Sports Afield TV show, filmed with Roland
Martin of TNN fame. She's now an ER nurse at a local hospital. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| '77 | Willy Parsons | Wild
Willy is a professional comedian
and has been since 1985. He continuously tours the country, headlining
clubs, colleges, corporate functions, children's benefits as well as
numerous Biker events and Law Enforcement festivities. He has also made
many television appearances
including, The Dennis Miller Show, Showtime, MTV, Evening at the Improv
and Comics Only, to name but a few. Willy has also opened for many acts on
the road such as, The Charlie Daniels Band, Steppenwolf, Sam Kinison,
Buddy Miles, Andrew Dice Clay and even Pauly Shore. Also he was the comic
relief for several Easyriders videos
since 1990. His unique character has also opened the door to the acting
arena by landing roles in movies and
television such as: The Guardian,
Nothing To Lose, Trancers II, Matlock, Vietnam Texas, Silk Stalkings and a
couple of national beer commercials. Willy also has an Emmy
Award for writing to add to his
credit. You can see Willy's resume at his website located at: http://www.wildwilly.com/resume.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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