Update 4-15-14

 

Hi,

 

First, several more people said they hoped to come to the reunion:

 

From Jay Tuerk:  I will definitely be attending.  I look forward to seeing everyone.

 

From Larry Rugen:  I plan to attend.  no room needed.  Also for hotel rooms in Farmingdale -- exit 32 north on the Southern State -- check the Marriott Courtyard at Republic Airport.  Rooms are under $150 per night.  Farmingdale is the midpoint between JFK and MacArthur.  And if people are willing to get into cars and travel a mile-or-two, there are excellent restaurants with banquet rooms for 50 or more.  We have been to a few with food priced under $40 per person -- some under $30 with a cash bar.  I'll be glad to look further once hotel is decided upon.

 

From Judy Hartstone:  You can put me down as being cautiously optimistic that I'll be able to attend.

 

From Lynn Nudelman Villagran:  I plan to attend.

 

From Dennis Shapiro:  I'll be there.  And please let me know how I can help.

 

From Claire Brush Reinhardt '62, by way of Dennis Shapiro at last Thursday's Alumni Association meeting:  Are people from other classes allowed to attend?

 

[Rich -- Yep, everyone's welcome.  At our 40th, the group seemed equally divided between class of '65 people and folks from the classes of '59 through '72.  It proved to be a nice mix.]

 

In other reporting, following Irene Saunders Goldstein's suggestion and information gained from people who wrote in last week, I did the following search on Priceline . com:  hotel rooms under $150 per night, 3-5 star rating, banquet room for 75 people on Saturday night at $45 per person with a cash bar, restaurant and bar in the hotel, good public transportation.  I did the search on 8 locations:  Valley Stream, Rockville Center, Garden City, Great Neck, Melville/Farmingdale, Hauppauge, JFK Airport, and Manhattan.  I was immediately told the search was submitted to 60 hotels, and nearly 20 replied with bids ranging from $109 to $500 a night.  About 15 other hotels responded with No Facilities Available.  Some of the less costly hotels -- probably from the Manhattan search -- were in New Jersey and Connecticut, which is taking us further from where we want to be, and none were in Valley Stream.

    I'll report more when I hear from more of the hotels.  Meanwhile, it would be useful to hear from some additional people.  Obviously, planning a weekend for the resent possible 25 people is very different from planning a weekend for 75.

 

In notes on other subjects, first from Irene Saunders Goldstein:  Once a band geek, always a band geek!  Band members -- and other sentimental Falcons -- this is for you:  The U.S. Marine Band will stream live its chamber music concert on Sunday, April 13th on its website, marineband . marines . mil  (please remove the spaces).  The first piece, Bach's Fantasia in G, originally composed for Baroque organ, was transcribed for wind band by none other than South High's former band director Robert L. Leist, along with Richard Franko Goldman.  This transcription was completed as a memorial to Goldman's father, Edwin Franko Goldman, the legendary bandmaster who was first to include the works of Bach regularly in concert band repertoire.  The transcription attempts to recapture the sound of the Baroque organ through the medium of the modern band, and the concert will probably be archived and available for later public listening.

 

Part of an article sent by Lynn Nudelman Villagran:  In the summer of 2009, Stanford Professor Chris Field embarked on a task of urgent global importance. Field had been tapped to assemble hundreds of climate scientists to dig through 12,000 scientific papers concerning the current impacts of climate change and its causes. The team, Working Group II, would ultimately produce a 2,000-page report as part of a massive, three-part U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report, which details a consensus view on the current state and fate of the world's climate. Much of the work was done at night or on weekends. Among the authors and editors staying up late were Stanford Woods Institute Senior Fellows Terry Root, a professor, by courtesy, of biology, and David Lobell and Noah Diffenbaugh, both associate professors of environmental Earth system science. "There is no institution as richly represented as Stanford," Field said.

    The link to the complete article:  news . stanford . edu/features/2014/ipcc/   (remove the spaces)

 

And part of an article sent by Andy Dolich:  Andy Dolich, a sports executive who held positions with the Oakland A’s and Golden State Warriors among other franchises, will round out the list of 2014 inductees. Dolich has more than three decades of experience in the professional sports industry, including creating the famous “BillyBall” ads (playing off the team’s run-and-gun style under manager Billy Martin) that helped change the sports marketing landscape in the Bay Area in the early ’80s.

    “I am incredibly honored to be inducted with this group of people,” said Dolich, a one-time member of Temple Israel in Alameda who grew up in Valley Stream, New.York, where he had a bar mitzvah in 1960.  “When I saw who was on the list, I just thought, ‘Wow, this is very cool’ and I’m really looking forward to the event.”

    Dolich currently operates a sports consulting agency, Dolich and Associates, teaches at Stanford and USF, and does work for Comcast SportsNet Bay Area (writing a blog and appearing on its show, “Yahoo SportsTalk Live.”).  A couple of years ago, Dolich and his brother created Meshuggenorah, a foam menorah headpiece.

    The link to the complete article:  jweekly . com/includes/print/71351/article/norcal-jewish-sports-hall-of-fame-opens-its-doors-for-nba-great-dolph-schay/   (remove the spaces)

 

The class of '65  50th Reunion dates:  April 24 through April 26, 2015

 

The South '65 e-mail addresses: reunionclass65 . blogspot . com  (remove the spaces)

 

The South '65 photo site: picasaweb . google . com/SouthHS65    (ditto)

 

 

Rich