Hi!
I'm Hal Massie, class of 1976, and I'm here! I'd love to hear from anyone from our class (or any other Baker class!). My wife also graduated from Baker in '76 (former Marie Williams), as did my brother Layland. My sister, Deena Massie (now Deena Johnston), attended Baker from '69 until '72 (forced busing caused her to graduate from Spencer).
For you older Lions, I work with Jim Meeks, a class of '66 graduate. We worked together for a couple of years before we realized that we had graduated from the same school - ten years apart. As soon as Jim comes back from vacation, I'll try to get him signed on.
I am a civilian technician for the Dept. of Defense. I maintain B-1 avionics systems for the Air Force (Georgia Air National Guard) at Dobbins ARB in Marietta. The conversion to the B-1 is causing us to be transferred to Warner Robins, so I will be moving this year. (I'd love to hear from anyone in the Warner Robins area that can advise me on the local area.)
I graduated from the University of Georgia in 1984 with a BSA in botany, Marie graduated in 1980 from Columbus College, with a BS in Outdoor Recreation Management. She later received a teaching certificate from Kennesaw State and is certified in K-4th grade. I am an Air Force veteran and current reservist.
Our passion is gardening, particularly butterfly gardening and gardening to attract wildlife. Would love to correspond with other gardeners or any of you interested in natural history, esp. birds and native plants.
Thanks to Bob Brown for his hard work in setting this up. It is nice to see the spirit of Baker alive and well!
Hal Massie
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 96 19:28:41
EST
From: Bob Brown
Subject: Yahoo!
Hey, Baker folks... we've made the big time! I (bravely) submitted our Web page URL (address) the the folks who run the Yahoo! World Wide Web index. A few minutes ago I got the following response from them.
--Bob
"Hi, The URL you submitted
We appreciate you taking the time to add your site to Yahoo. We rely on users like yourself to make Yahoo as complete and comprehensive as possible. In order to keep Yahoo accurate as well, please let us know of changes to your listing in the future.
Thanks again..
The Yahoo Team
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 20:22:34 -0400
From: Jeanne Sweeney
Subject: Congrats!!!
Impressive to say is modestly! Congratulations for being added to What's New in the Yahoo directory.
I have been pecking on this key board much too long. Am going to print off a letter and head home. I have been working on the School of Nursing Home Page. The color scanner across the street depends on an older version of Photoshop. I had to find a copy of Photoshop, find a copy of stuffit -- put it on a floppy, etc. etc. etc. Anyway, I tried to update the old version of Photoshop to version 3+ without success. That meant three conversions of about 20 pictures. I am sure that you can sympathize with the time factor.
Bottom line, is that the School of Nursing Home Page is about ready to be updated (hopefully by Friday. It is no where as wonderful as the Baker Home Page, but will do for now.
Now for dinner. Am sure that the kitty is starving!!! JS
Jeanne Sweeney, RN, MSN
Assistant Professor
Georgia College School
of Nursing
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 96 23:16:55 EST
From: Bob
Brown
Subject: Re: Congrats!!!
Congrats to say the least. To *all* of us. Congrats to the person whose idea this was, Jeannie! Congrats to the person who told me the home page was borrring! and made me do a graphic background. Congrats to the people who typed in the classes of '53, '64, '65, and '66. And to the person who's typing the Class of '69 even as we speak. A lot of what makes this fun is that there are dozens of fingers in it. Whatever else the Internet may be, it's *participatory*.
It *is* kinda neat to think we'll be listed on a national directory of Web pages. I doubt that it'll make much immediate difference, but some year a Baker alumnus will be surfing the Web, will do a search on "Columbus," and there we'll be!
I feel like Calvin. And/or Hobbes. Let's go exploring!
From: C. Rolf Milton
Subject: I made it!
Chester Rolf Milton, '67 (if I'da been there!). ALso, went to Eddy Jr High in the 8th grade; names that I remember: a teacher, Ms. Bradley (think every boy in the place had a crush on her), don't rmember any other Eddy Jr high teachers. Definately remember the drug store across he street, but don't remember the name.
The there was high school, I remember lots, but do you want me to tell ? :-))
Drop a line, doesn't matter if you know me. Have a geat day!
Rolf
"Fear is a little darkroom where negatives are
developed."
"Humor, it's the soul of your soul. If you don't have any,
PLEASE, get some!"
C. Rolf Milton, Realtor
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 96 08:08:36 EST
From:
Bob Brown
Subject: Faculty List
I opened my e-mail this morning to find a faculty list for 1953 from Britt Ware. Thanks, Britt! I'll get it on the Web this weekend.
Britt included subjects and degrees with the names. (Thanks for the extra work.) I'm sort-of thinking that we should have a single index for faculty because many of them stayed at Baker for 10 or 20 years. To keep the index to a reasonable size, we'd put subjects and degrees, plus whatever other information comes our way, on each faculty member's individual page. I set up the page for Mr. Hardy that way. What does everyone else think about this?
I think Keith Pratt is working on the faculty list from the '65 annual. I'll merge it into the index when I get it. If we could get lists from '75 and '85, we would have most of the faculty covered. After that, someone has to slog through the annuals one at a time to find those faculty members who only stayed a few years.
Date: Sun, 7 Jan 96 05:26:44 EST
From: Bob Brown
Subject: The Need for Speed
Some of you may have noticed that when we put the graphics and background on the Baker home page, we made it spiffier, but at the cost of loading a *lot* more slowly.
Well, I'm one of the least patient people you'd ever hope to meet, so I've been fretting about that. With the help of G. Armour Van Horn, a non-Baker graphics designer who lives on a remote island in the Pacific Northwest (I *love* electronic communication) the home page is changed to load about as fast as it did before we spiffed it up.
For the HTML freaks among you (Hi, Jeannie!) what Van did was convert the background file from an indexed-color GIF file to a greyscale JPEG file, cutting it from 3,000 bytes to about 900. He also had me put WIDTH and HEIGHT parameters on the rest of the IMG statements so Netscape and other browsers could lay out the page (and so start displaying stuff) before all the files were transferred.
Thanks, Van!
Date: Sun, 07 Jan 1996 17:37:41 EST
From: MR ROBERT N CLEMONS
Subject: Welcome to lions-l
I MADE IT !!! I'M A CLASS OF '69 LION LOOKING FOR OTHERS. IF YOU RECOGNIZE THE NAME LEAVE ME A MESSAGE. HAS ANYONE SEEN JIM WILSON, DOUG GRAEBER OR CAROL WEAVER ??
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 96 11:41:58
EST
From: Bob Brown
Subject: Cut Off From the
Internet!
The Internet service provider for DeKalb Medical Center, and by extension, for Baker.HS.org, experienced a major failure between one and two o'clock this morning. They're still down. (It's dead, Jim!)
When you see this message, everything will be back to normal.
(Because the message won't go out until it's fixed.
If you got returned mail, or a "no such host" trying to access the web
page, I apologize, but there isn't anything I can do about it right
now. I'll put on my hospital hat in a little bit and gritch at the service
provider. Maybe that'll help. Sorry!
--Bob
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 1996 18:04:28 -0400 Will take a few moments
to welcome all of the newcomers to the list!
Thanks for participating in this project. Bob, my system was down when I
came in to work today -- the Georgia snow
computer grimlins must have been off on their snow plows. For those of you
not in Georgia, we had a sprinkling of Angel dust snow, even in
Milledgeville.
I have been working on the Georgia College School of Nursing home page.
Ya'll look at it and give me feedback on how the pages load, etc. Bob, I
did note height and width on most of the pictures, so hopefully it helps.
You can be blatantly honest. The address for Georgia College
is Http://www.gac.peachnet.edu Bye for now. Jeannie
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 08:33:03 -0500 (EST)
Hello: I made it!!. Wilson Grier, Class of 65, here. Currently in
Morehead,
Ky. Faculty with the College of Business. We're just coming back from
Christmas break. Would like to hear from all lions on the NET.
Wilson C. Grier Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 17:06:06 -0800 Bob: I tried to view http://www.baker.hs.org/test.html. Could
not locate the
URL. Is anyone else having the problem? Just returned from Christmas
break. We have 16 inches of snow outside. Wish I was in Atlanta or
better yet, the South Seas. Visited the Baker home page. It is
advancing by light years!!! It's great that other classes are coming on
board. It will help generate the traffic we need to build on our
(Baker High) net. Interesting that other high school affiliates of the
times are sending us congrats. I hope to have a current photo soon. I
haven't taken a solo picture of myself for some time. Wishing everyone
who is on the list the best in this New Year!!! The auto e-mail buttons
will prove to be a great success over time. Wilson Grier/Class of
'65
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 96 01:00:46 EST
--Bob ('65)
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 96 09:41 AKST >Hello:
> Remember your name, but not your face (guess I'm getting
old).
Baker '67 Rolf Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 16:13:46 -0400 I sent a version of this note to both Bob and Wilson earlier
today. Bob
thought ya'll might be interested in the latest events regarding the Baker
home page, so will tell you all what been happening.
Anne, I am copying you this note because I want you to check out a project
for which you planted the seeds. We need you!! I know that you are busy,
but HELP! I have a GI nurses board meeting in Atlanta on the 20th, maybe
we can get together. Are you going to be home that Friday/Saturday? Let me
know. I called Georgia College Administration and got (Coach) Foster
Watkin's
phone number. He is at Gainesville College. He answered the phone because
the they were snowed in and he was the only one in the office.
Interesting... He sounded the same -- a bit of a monotone voice that I had
forgotten about. I gave him the Baker URL and my phone number in case he
had trouble
locating our home address. I will keep everyone posted.
Bob and I spent almost 6 hours yesterday at Baker retrieving info from old
annuals. My mom typed in the senior from 3 classes that graduated in the
40's and gave us some tidbits that she knew about former faculty and
students. Bob typed in graduates and I typed in names of faculty that
taught between 1945 and 1964. Mother went to the newspaper and picked up a
copy (well, actually SEVERAL copies) of the letter that I wrote about the
home page -- the one published on December 22. I can't wait to see the
updated home pages. (Mom, I am copying you this note.)
I will get a letter of thanks to Mr. Aplin, the Baker Middle School
principal. The middle school is not yet connected to the Internet so no
one has seen the project. The assistant principal had American Online and
was going to go home to check out our home page. Everyone was really
wonderful to us. Pete Young said that he would get the names of the Class
of '63 typed up
for us, only we couldn't locate a '63 yearbook yesterday. I will make a
couple of phone calls this weekend. Anyone have a copy at their
fingertips? If so xerox the pages and send them to Pete.
Pete, you should see the faculty listed for all the years that you were at
Baker listed. By the way, you should write an introduction to the readers
this list. I think my brother, Jim, will get the class of '68 typed up for
Bob this
weekend. Isn't that right bro?
Hope everyone has a good weekend. Jeannie Jeanne Sweeney From:
Steve Whitelaw Helloooo to all you Lions out there, particulary the class
of '66. If anybody
happens to know where Bobby Burton and Ted Clawson are and how to contact
them, would you please let me know. Steve Whitelaw
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 96 14:12:32 EST A problem with our
nameserver caused Steve Whitelaw's message to be
delayed by almost 24 hours for most of you. The rest of you saw it
twice. Sorry. Would anyone else like to volunteer for the
hostmaster job? (I'm
kidding, but just barely.) --Bob '65
From: C. Rolf Milton
Welcome, Steve.
Rolf Date: Sun, 21 Jan 96 18:46:44 EST Hey, Rolf! What *was* that masked
attachment, anyway? Seriously, your last message to the list has a
binary attachment, and
I don't have a clue what's in it.
--Bob '65
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1996 08:13:58 -0500 (EST) On Sat, 20 Jan 1996 Steve Whitelaw
wrote:
> Helloooo to all you Lions out there, particulary the class of '66. If
anybody > Steve Whitelaw Hello there Steve Whitelaw...this is Wilson Grier here...Class of '65.
It's been a long time since I heard the names of Bobby Burton and Ted
Clawson in the the halls of dear ole Baker High. Welcome Aboard!!!
Wilson C. Grier From: Mike Omelanuk This is Mike Omelanuk,
Baker class of 1964. Brief synopsis (in case you care): Living and
working in the suburbs north of Chicago (too cold). Married to Norma Jean
McCown a former amry nurse who I met in the Berlin Officers' Club (best
thing that ever happend to me). We have 2 daughters -
Amy atending Georgia Southern (warm! - smart kid) and April in high school
(can't wait to get back South). Human Resources manager in a division of
Abbott Laboratories. Still a nerd, still read science fiction, still play
bridge. No glamour
here! Mike Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1996 08:23:31 -0500 (EST) Welcome aboard Mike Omelanuk, class of '64. Wilson Grier, class
of
'65, here; located in Flemingsburg, Kentucky, teaching at Morehead State
University, College of Business. It's cold here also, but I'm confident
that it's better climate-wise than the "big windy". My wife and I
settled on this location for several reasons, but a very important factor
was that it placed our family about equal distances from her family in
Michigan and mine in Georgia. Strange on how it all turns out....
Wilson C. Grier Date: Tue, 23 Jan 96 14:01:19 UT Mike, I remember you! I graduated in 63, but I have
a still strong image of
you in this small remaining brain! I was an art-fartly theatre-type in
school.
Hung aroung with Guy Bongiovanni and George Langworth. was in the band and
went "steady" with Elaine Harden. Anyway, practice law in Augusta, Ga.
Welcome
to the group! Pete Young Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1996 10:35:06
-0400 Welcome Steve
and Mike! I need a yearbook around the office when I answer
mail! Steve, you signed my annual and I do remember you. Mike, I know
your name and will have to look up your picture. I teach nursing at Georgia
College in Milledgeville, Macon & Dublin. My
Dean is Pam Cornett Levi (Baker'66). I lived in Kansas and Maryland for
about 15 years before coming back to the warmth of the south. My children
are grown and gone and I have been widowed for about 6 years.
Thanks for joining us in this project. I was in Atlanta for a board meeting
on Saturday, so took the opportunity
to stop by Bob Brown's office and check out the computer running this
project. It was fun and instructive. I want to create a sign-in form for
my school's home page, but was having trouble understanding how the CGI
worked. Bob let me borrow one of his books. Bob, I decided to go ahead
and use Netforms to create the form because I can't learn enought
programming quick enough to tweak freeware. Bob said that one of the "lost"
persons from the class of '65 was found
working at Dobbins Air Force base just last week. I am sure that he will
be posting the info soon. I received email from Anne Heape McKillips this
morning. She had elbow
surgery the 2nd of January and has a cast on her right arm. She said that
she was typing on the computer left-handed and sound a bit frustrated that
it took her all day to do things that she was used to doing in a few
minutes. She said that she plans to get the Class of '65 newsletter out
soon. I am sure that we will hear from more people when that newsletter
comes out.
Wilson, where are you on your school's home page?
Until later. Jeannie '65 Date: Tue, 23 Jan 96 23:12:02 EST
Rolf Milton sent a gif-encoded picture of himself to the Lions-L list.
The list server did not distribute it because it was bigger than a
magic file size limit that I didn't even know about! Anyway, I've got
it, and I'll get it up on the Web page, maybe as soon as this weekend.
If anyone wants an encoded copy now, please just drop me a note and
I'll send it on. --Bob '65
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 96 23:32:20 EST I got the following message at the Baker address earlier today.
People from other schools are beginning to discover us, and here's a
message from someone who wants our help! Maybe one of the folks who
lives in Columbus could give Spencer High a call and pose this
question. Even if Ms. Ostrander doesn't still live there, maybe they
know a first name. If so, a look in the phone book might find her.
--Bob >To Whom It May Concern: >
Greetings from the Midwest. I am trying to locate a former Spencer
>High School teacher named Ms Ostrander. She taught English there in the
l>ate 70's.She may still be teaching there. Does Spencer HS have a web site
>or an e-mail address? I would very much appreciate any information on
>this subject. >Thanks,
From: Mike Omelanuk
Hi Pete - Appreciated your note. Not sure I have a clear picture of anything
after all these years. George Langworth stopped in at the U of GA and
visited my sister Kathy (stayed with me but visited her). We lost track of
him a long time ago - Kathy would be interested in connecting with him...any
one know where George is? BTW Kathy teaches English and Philosphy at
Chadron State College in Nebraska.
She has been trying to log on to the Baker page.. but no luck so far. Not
sure what the problem be. Her address for any one interested is
DELETED. My folks are in Augusta. Will try to give you a call when I get
back down.
Hi Wilson - Wife, Norma and I lived in Murray Kentucky for 3 years. Likely to
retire there. She taught nursing at Murray State and I worked for a
Chemnical plant in Calvert City. liked that area very much. She is from
Nebraska - me form Auguasta. Ditto the half way between families deal!
Hi Jeanne - Thanks for the note. Ditto on needing the yearbook to remember
folks. I have a hell of a time with faces. Bob Brown - I have two strong
memories of you. 1) Somehow we managed to get
your picture in the annual twice (once under someone else's name.) and 2)
didn't you order a ruby rod at Baker expense to make a laser for your science
project?! I seem to remember you fast talking Dr. Kirby into absorbing the
cost so the laser could be used in physics - or is this a false memory?
Mike Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 10:07:34 -0400 Hi, Mike, I finally took a moment to look up
your picture in the annual. I
especially remember Kathy and was going to ask you about what she was
doing. Maybe she can sign on this this mail-list and together we can help
her to get signed on to the Baker page. For those who remember Cindy Rush
Preston -- I called her last night. I
think she will sign on today or at least very soon. Cindy said that she
was sick the week she received your letter, Bob -- was planning on writing
to you. Cindy lives in Lawrenceville and works for Bell South. Her son,
John, is 16 years old and she said that he is 6'4" -- looks like his
father. I haven't seen Cindy since she lived in Alexandria, VA several
years ago. Bob, maybe someone "out there" can help to scan in pictures. I
will be
glad to help with the black and white pictures if you tell me the procedure
and give the specifications on size, etc. I could scan to floppies and
mail them to you -- although one of you computer gurus might have a thought
about how to send them through cyber space while keeping them uncorrupted.
Hmmm--like using Netscape. Let me know. I have a scanner here my
office. Until later. Jeannie Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 10:09:17
-0600 (MDT)
Greetings to former Lions, particularly the class of '66. You all knew me
as Kathy Omelanuk; my last name is Agar now. I am an assist.
Prof. of philosophy and English at Chadron State College in Nebraska (in my
second year). I am divorced, have two girls, Rachel 24 and Sarah 14. I
attended the 25th reunion of the class of '65 with Bob Blaney and saw lots of
you there. I get home to Augusta a few times a year, and will be there this
summer. Let me know if '66 is planning a reunion. I have lots of goodies to
bring--old Lions' Roars, news clippings, programs from musicals (Remember
Camelot with Greg Litle and Vicki Morales?) Are you aware that the most
famous member of our class was Petra Kelly,
cofounder of the Greens environmentalist party in West Germany? Petra was
found
shot to death in the late 1980's, an apparent but not too convincing suicide.
There is a new biography of her on the market in which Baker HS gets some
attention. One of the old Lions' roar papers has an article by Petra on
"fashion fads." Anybody know the whereabouts of James (Jim) Bing, Joe
Lahnstein, Randi Rude,
Awilda Otero (she did the illustrations in the '65 annual on the web page),
Freddy Sellers, Robert Wright? I Stanley merritt in augusta? I heard rumors
thereof. As Lewis Grizzard has said, "If I ever get back to Georgia, I'm
gonna nail my
feet to the ground......." Kathy
Dept.of Language and Literature
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 96 14:12:32 EST Mike, Yes, you did get my
picture in the '64 annual twice. I wasn't
alone, though... a group of B-names got repeated. And yes, the school
bought the ruby rod for the laser project. Looking back, I think it
was $70 or something, but it seemed like a lot of money at the time.
Awilda married someone named (I think) Rogers, and taught at Baker for
a while. Dunno where she is now. I never really knew Petra, but my parents
knew her (adoptive) father. Y'know, it doesn't *seem* like 30 years ago!
--Bob Date: Thu, 25 Jan 96 19:02:02
EST
Rolf Milton sent a gif-encoded picture of himself to the Lions-L list.
The list server did not distribute it because it was bigger than a
magic file size limit that I didn't even know about! Anyway, I've got
it, and I'll get it up on the Web page, maybe as soon as this weekend.
If anyone wants an encoded copy now, please just drop me a note and
I'll send it on.
--Bob '65 From: Mike Omelanuk Bob - How many of us on the mailing list? Is it possible to get
a periodic
distribution of the list?
If the list is a'building, might be a good idea for all of us to include our
class year when we drop a note to help new arrivals and us memory challenged
get tuned in. I must say the short burst of notes has definately given me
a sense of
community - Thanks guys! Anybody know the location of Herb Martin, Joe
Celko (saw a letter he wrote to
ANALOG science fiction a few years back) or Sarah Blake. Hi Kathy - Glad
you made it aboard. Mike Omelanuk (64) Date: Thu, 25 Jan 96
23:18:31 EST >how many on the
list...
Kathy was the quarter-century subscriber. There've been a couple more
since then, so 26 or 27. You can get a current list by sending a WHO
command to the list server. Send e-mail to the -Request address,
Lions-L-Request@Baker.HS.org and put the word WHO in the body of
the message. The list server will reply automatically with a list of
the members of the discussion list.
I'm not sure what you mean by "periodic distribution," but if you mean
getting a whole day's worth of list activity (or a whole week) in a
single e-mail, yes. The list server program we're using has something
called "digests" which save up the list activity and send it all in
one lump. Personally, I think that individual messages add to the sense of
community we get from this discussion list, and besides, I don't know
how digests work! --Bob
'65 Date: Thu, 25 Jan 96 23:52 EST I made it!!! Hopefully, I am
following the instructions correctly and this will get out
to everyone like it is supposed to. I have a couple of things to mention.
This may or may not be beneficial. I remember one day in Physics class in
1986 (the year after Mr. Hardy
retired :( I did have a good teacher, though) we had unearthed several old
BHS annuals from the 60's. Actually, I think there were about 10 of them.
I am not sure if they were all from the 60's but I wonder if there is a way
to get ahold of those annuals. Would this be anything that could expand the
listing here on Lions-L? Also, has anyone thought about the idea of sending
a press release to the
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer (conspiring minds want to know *hehe*) and to the
local news that Baker High School has a Web sight. I am assuming there
would have to be some sort of story or angle to the release to actually get
attentio, but it may be worth a shot. If one of the news channels air it,
they may even give the URL. Well, lemme know if I am not making ant sense
or if this has been done already. take care, all Date:
Fri, 26 Jan 1996 08:26:16 -0500 (EST) Hello David Simmons, Class of '86???? I remember a Simmons at
Baker in
the Class of '65. Could it be that you are related? I understand that
J. Sweaney has already had an article published in the Columbus paper on
this NETWORK. bbrown...this is where a digest comes in. You can forward
the past (daily/weekly) copies of the digest to new subscribers. It
provides them with the info that is relevant to the listing that has
occurred. It's like research...there has to be an archive available. I
will forward you a copy of a digest (REEALINE) Bob. What we are getting
is each piece of mail to the list instead of a consolidation of all
the messages for the day/week. Welcome aboard David....Wilson Grier..Class
of '65...I remember Hardy. Wilson C. Grier Date: Fri, 26 Jan
1996 08:38:39 -0500 (EST) Bob:
Wilson C. Grier Date: Fri, 26 Jan 96 09:57:56 EST Wilson asked about archives.
You asked for it, we got it! You can
retrieve archives of past messages by sending a GET command to the
list -Request address. The archive files are named lions-l.YYMM where
the YYMM are year and month. So, to retrieve the December messages,
send e-mail to Lions-L-Request@Baker.HS.org and put the command
"get lions-l.9512" in the body of the message. If you also wanted
January to date, a "get lions-l.9601" on another line in the same
message, or in another message, will do that. The digest is a way of
getting only one message per day instead of
several. All that day's messages are
bundled together and sent out in
the middle of the night. I haven't figured out how digests work yet,
but I may try that this weekend.
--Bob '65
From: Sandye Johnson Smith Hi, Mike,
I can't speak for Bob's list but as of now we only have 4 64 grads on the 64
list.
Doesn't this make you feel like a teenager again??
I am trying to get Dick Stewart to get an internet package but so far no
luck. But then you probably remember how stubborn he can be. Sandye
From: Michele Forinash Michele Forinash (Aziz) class of 1974. Any
other 74 grads out there? I live
in Mass. now, quite a bit colder than I enjoy, but I'm getting used to it. I
attended my 20 year reunion in the summer of 94 and had quite a good time
reconnecting with people. Hopefully this will also be a good way to refind
old friends. From: C. Rolf Milton Hi Jeanne, Scanned pictures transfer fine as attachments to
e-mail.
Rolf ('67) ---------- Hi, Mike, I finally took a
moment to look up your picture in the annual. I
especially remember Kathy and was going to ask you about what she was
doing. Maybe she can sign on this this mail-list and together we can help
her to get signed on to the Baker page. For those who remember Cindy Rush
Preston -- I called her last night. I
think she will sign on today or at least very soon. Cindy said that she
was sick the week she received your letter, Bob -- was planning on writing
to you. Cindy lives in Lawrenceville and works for Bell South. Her son,
John, is 16 years old and she said that he is 6'4" -- looks like his
father. I haven't seen Cindy since she lived in Alexandria, VA several
years ago. Bob, maybe someone "out there" can help to scan in pictures. I
will be
glad to help with the black and white pictures if you tell me the procedure
and give the specifications on size, etc. I could scan to floppies and
mail them to you -- although one of you computer gurus might have a thought
about how to send them through cyber space while keeping them uncorrupted.
Hmmm--like using Netscape. Let me know. I have a scanner here my office.
Until later. Jeannie From: "C. Rolf Milton"
Hi Kathy, Great posting to this forum. I remember a few of the names that
you
mention, but certainly can't put faces with them (don't know why that
is; certainly not age, time, whatever :-)) Rolf ('67)
From: Mike Omelanuk Bob Brown - By distribution I meant
the distribution list. Who ever may be interested - I have a copy of the
"Lion's Roar" with the
Class of '64 history, last will, etc. Let me know if you want a copy.
Bob - Maybe a good project would be to scan some of this stuff into ASCII,
PCX or GIF files and post them on the Baker Home Page. Mike Omelanuk
(64)
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 96 01:38:11 EST >Lion's Roar - Class of '64
history...
Do I want a copy? Does the Baptist Church have a bus?!? I'd *love*
to have a copy. And yes, putting that info on the Baker page is
exactly what I have in mind. I've never had much luck with scanning text,
and scanning Xerox copies
just plain doesn't work, but I'll volunteer to type it in if you'll
mail me a copy: Bob Brown, 1595 Emory Rd., Atlanta GA 30306. And
thanks! --Bob '65
From: Mike Omelanuk Sandye - We'll get more on. Dick has probably
written me off. I owe him a
call. God I hate phones! Just need to do it. I was talking to one of my
co-workers today - black kid about 32. he had
asked if I had seen the movie "JFK" and I was telling him about the day JFK
was shot, how it felt, what I was doing......I remember how quiet the halls
were. Mike Omelanuk (64) From: "C. Rolf Milton"
Welcome (Mike)! Cold? Come see me in Alaska, BRRR. But, what a great
place to live.
Rolf (baker '67) From: Mike Omelanuk Bob - I'll take me a
few days, but I'll see what I can do about the scanning. What I have in mind
is PCX or GIF files rather than running OCR on the text.
At work, we do both for resumes for recruiting purposes - should work for
this one, too. Kathy has a bunch of other stuff and I think I do too -
somewhere. We'll give the scanning a try, and I'll also look at OCR. I doubt
you'd want to retype this one - it is jammed with "stuff." There are some
excellent shareware packages we could post on the Home Page so folks could
view them.
The scanning for our recruiting department is done 5 miles from where I work
and is not easily assessable to me. I'll look around and see if there is
something closer and more available. If so, I'll volunteer to be the central
scanner/input point for stuff people lend us. At any rate, I'll also get
you a hardcopy of the paper. Mike Omelanuk (64)
From: Mike Omelanuk Bob - I'm sending this direct as well as the
newsletter to explain the prior direct mail that was to you only. I took
the 12/95 compiled notes, stripped out the routing headers and send it
as E-mail. I thought you might want to create an ASCII (maybe zipped) file of
each month's correspondence and post the files on the Home page. There is an
awful lot of extraneous garbage in the file the server sends out with the
"get" command. In fact, the 1/96 was too big to make it over as E-mail on
AOL. It came as an attached .TXT file. I also receive two .DAT files that I
have not figured out how to open.
Anyway, once I get the whole month, I'll do the same for 1/96.
Also - I forgot to mention before. I tried to comlete the registration on
the home page and got a message back that it was not accepted. I will try
again, and send a copy of the error message if I still get it. If there is a
provision for uploading binary files to the page, I can do the above
summaries (should you want them) and post them directly.
Mike omelanuk (64) From: Sandye Johnson Smith That's a great idea Mike. Do
you have a scanner??? Sandye Johnson Smith "64 From: Sandye
Johnson Smith
Bob, Before you type it in I can get an original copy from Dick Stewart
here in
Columbus and see if I can scan it with a hand scanner. Sorry, I don't have a
flat bed scanner. Sandye Smith '64 From: Sandye Johnson
Smith Yes, I don't remember that because I was DCT my senior year and
was at work
but I am the one who called Dr. Kirby to let him know Kennedy had just been
shot. Won't ever forget the impact of that event. Dick hasn't given up on
you but he is a hard man to catch. I finally talked
to him last night after calling for two weeks!!! He really stays busy. But
I will tell him you said hello. Sandye From: Sandye Johnson
Smith
Mike, You bombed out on subscribing to the 64 L also but I went in an
approved you
anyway so you are now on our list. Sandye
Mike, Thanks for doing the December Lions-L. I'll get it on the web
page in the next couple of days. There's no way to transfer something
directly to the web page.
The web server program was designed for "local" administration, mainly
for security reasons. If there were a way to send stuff directly to
the web, you can bet that someone (besides us) would! The 'Net's a
wild and wooly place these days. However, adding a new page of material to
the web pages is pretty
easy once there's a place to link it to. I'm tinkering with the idea
of a "scrapbook" as one of the main areas, and the list archive could
probably go there very easily. Thanks! --Bob '65
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 1996 15:22:41 -0400 Mike, Thanks
for offering to help with the scanning! Bob, we are here in numbers to help
you with this project. I haven't sent
any pictures across platform. I know that when I sent info to Bob from my
Mac here at the office (but from a PC disk in Word Perfect) he received
jumbled info. Can someone tell me why? I hope that when I get my new PC
at home at the end of next week, I can figure out some of the cross
platform problems on my own. Sandye & other Columbus folks -- who do you
know at the TV stations in
Columbus -- to get a news story out about our project? I don't mind
calling someone there. I thought that one of us might write another column
for the Columbus paper in a couple of months giving a status report on the
project. Kathy, thanks for the note. It was really great hearing from you.
Maybe
we can get together somewhere in Georgia when you visit this
summer. Deborah, I read your update -- impressive, needless to
say. Congratulations on your accomplishments.
I need to go and work on getting a newsletter ready for the
printer. I typed in the copy this morning at home. Just have to copy and
paste it up in Pagemaker. I had to check out my updates on the Georgia
College School of
Nursing web page. The college server was down last night -- so wanted to
make sure that my updates looked okay. Bob, I did get my anchor codes to
work, thanks for letting me borrow your book -- now to get a CGI for
sign-in books..... Jeanne Sweeney
From: Sandye Johnson Smith Our local TV stations have a
"community segment" that I believe is free of
charge and they would do copy for you. I don't specifically no anyone with
the media that I can think of at the moment but will see what I can find
out. Sandye
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 96 17:38:05 EST I know, and I love
it. Mike Omelanuk converted the December Lions-L
archive to a much more accessible form, and it's on the Web now,
behind the "Scrapbook" link. I received the Class of '63 from Sandye
Johnson Smith on Friday and
the classes of '47 and '48 from Mr. Hardy about half an hour ago. In
fact, I now have *ten* sets of class names not yet converted to web
format. I'll try to get them all done in the next couple of days.
The status of the class lists is: Already there: 45, 46, 49, 50, 53, 64,
65, 66, 68; We have nineteen of the 44 graduating
classes either done or just
waiting on me to copy them over! The three more that aren't in my
hands yet (Sandye's working on 'em) will get us exactly halfway.
I'm beginning to think that the way to approach this is to concentrate
on the seniors' names until our resources run out, then tackle the
other stuff. It's a task that everyone can help with. Besides, we
have several "registration" forms with information not yet on the web
because there's no name list to link to. I've spend the day working on this
stuff, and I think some results are
about to show up.
--Bob '65 From: Walt
Egenmaier Hello from one member of the Class of '71. My name is Walt
Egenmaier and I
live in Indiana. My father retired in Columbus and sent me the newstory by J
Sweeney and here I am. From: Mike Omelanuk In messages
dated 96-01-27 several folks wrote: B>Mike, M>Interesting - I got the "can not process message again"! Never
M>got a
"recieved" message. Also got it when I tried to process a M>form for the
AT&T Business network this morning.
M>I suspect the problem is on the AOL end. Tried to raise Tech M>service this
morning, but they were busy.
M>I also saw your follow-up message that the info had been received.
M> The page is really starting to look good. B>I got the December Lions-L.
It needs a small amount of work,
B>Let me mark this one up, and if you like the way it looks, you
M>I figgured I'd have to learn it sooner or later. I'll probably grab
one M>More than happy to help with
"projects." Do you want me to take
B>There's no way to transfer something directly to the web page. B>mainlyfor
security reasons. If there were a way to send stuff
M>I had more in mind a FTP site where we could post compressed M>files. Then
a "button" on the Page to allow an easy identification
S>Do you have a scanner??? Sandye "64" M>I'm going to poke around at work
and see what we have in the way J>I haven't sent any
pictures across platform. I know that when I sent J>info
to Bob from my Mac here at the office (but from a PC disk in J>Word Perfect)
he received jumbled info. Can someone tell me why? J> Jeanne Sweeney
M>It is almost always best to compress files using PKZIP before
M>transmitting. It makes it easier for the transfer protocols to identify
M>and correct any corruption. Not sure what to do from a Mac. I
M>Mike Omelanuk (64) Date: Sun, 28 Jan 1996 10:22:22 -0600
Hello everyone, I've been monitoring the activities of this mailing list
but have not had
time to compose my formal introduction to day. My name is Donald Stauffer
and I'm one of the few 80's graduates from Baker
High. I graduated in 1985, a time when Baker was on the decline, but no
less proud of our school and alma mater.
To anyone on this list who does know me (a list of the members on this list
would be nice since I am a relative late-comer), I now live in Atlanta, and
work as a Systems Analyst for ProTix, a ticketing company in direct
competition with Ticket Master (we handle all of the ticketing needs for the
'96 Olympic Games). I am happily married with two children. They are the
current focus of my
life aside from the insidiously long hours I put in at work. In what other
spare time I have, I enjoy the internet, reading, and the occasional role
playing game that may happen to come across my way.
Kudo's to everyone here who has it made it possible for one Lion to get in
touch with another. Baker may be dead but it will never be forgotten
largely because of your efforts. If there is anything I can do to help,
please let me know.
Don Stauffer ('85)
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 96 12:24:03 EST The questions I've been
getting have convinced me that I didn't do a
very good job on the "Welcome!" message for the Lions-L mailing list.
In particular, I should probably have included a bunch of stuff from
the HELP file in the welcome message. It also needs a clearer
explanation of the difference between the list posting address and the
-Request address.
Jeannie Penny Sweeney suggested the question-and-answer format that
the web page description of mailing lists uses. Maybe a similar
format for the "how to do it" part of the welcome message would work.
Who wants to take on the task of re-writing the welcome message? It's
on my list of things to do, but it's down near the bottom. Anyway, if someone wants to tackle this, sent INFO and HELP
commands
to Lions-L-Request@Baker.HS.org to get the current welcome message and
the help stuff. The Q&A stuff on the web page is located in:
--Bob
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 96 11:56:12 EST One of the things that Kathy wrote has made
me think of a possible way
to get the news media interested in the Baker Internet project, and so
help spread the word. She mentioned that Petra Kelly was a member of
the Class of '66. I guess everyone knows that Newt Gingrich was a
Baker '61 graduate. Who are our other famous graduates? There *must* be
more than two.
Once we identify a half-dozen or so, and get something of substance on
their personal pages, we have the "hook" that might get some news
people interested. Not only that, but collecting the information for
the web pages is something we have to do anyway, so it isn't even any
extra work. Who wants to volunteer to write Newt's office for a current
picture
and biography? Or maybe a phone call would work better. If Newt
himself could spare three or four minutes to write down some
recollections of Baker, that'd be better than a canned bio, but I'm
sure we can take the info from a canned bio and make it come to life.
You late '50's and early '60's people... is there anyone here who
knows Newt well enough to call him? Kathy, will you take on the task of
preparing some biographical
information on Petra? As we identify other famous Baker grads, probably
someone will take on
the task of gathering material.
--Bob '65
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 96 19:33:28 UT Bob, Timing is everything! I feel sure
that Newt ( we all knew him as Newton)
will make a significant contribution to the site in the future, but with the
tension and crisis being experienced in the congress right now, I'm not sure
that anything other than than the "canned stuff " from the admin asst. could
be expected. The key to the lock is to send the Homepage to his House e-Mail
with a reference to his old high school to the attention his liason. That guy
or gal will be in in the Atlanta area and much more accessable right now. Wow
it's just amazing how far we have come since the Baker Debate Team debated
the
issue, " Should the States accept Federal funds for public education?" Meybe
a
move to install a plaque or something to honor famous grads would create
enough publicity to get to print? I'm sure there are bunchs of ideas out
there? From: Bob Brown One of the things that Kathy wrote has made me think of a
possible way
to get the news media interested in the Baker Internet project, and so
help spread the word. She mentioned that Petra Kelly was a member of
the Class of '66. I guess everyone knows that Newt Gingrich was a
Baker '61 graduate. Who are our other famous graduates? There *must* be
more than two.
Once we identify a half-dozen or so, and get something of substance on
their personal pages, we have the "hook" that might get some news
people interested. Not only that, but collecting the information for
the web pages is something we have to do anyway, so it isn't even any
extra work. Who wants to volunteer to write Newt's office for a current
picture
and biography? Or maybe a phone call would work better. If Newt
himself could spare three or four minutes to write down some
recollections of Baker, that'd be better than a canned bio, but I'm
sure we can take the info from a canned bio and make it come to life.
You late '50's and early '60's people... is there anyone here who
knows Newt well enough to call him? Kathy, will you take on the task of
preparing some biographical
information on Petra? As we identify other famous Baker grads, probably
someone will take on
the task of gathering material.
--Bob '65
From: Sandye Johnson Smith
Well, I finally decided to take a break from Baker work and let you know I
was out here. Sandra Johnson Smith
From: Mike Omelanuk In a message dated 96-01-28 12:46:08
EST, Bob Brown wrote: B>Who wants to volunteer to write Newt's office for a
current picture
B>and biography? Or maybe a phone call would work better.
I'm sending him an E-mail. His address is Georgia6@hr.house.gov - (maybe we
should all drop him a line.) I'll include the December correspondence from
the server. I'll append the note to this without the December attachment.
I can't believe I've been on this 'puter all day, but it is too darned cold
to do much else!
Mike Omelanuk (64) Dear Speaker Gingrich: Your fellow Alumni of Baker
High School invite you to join us on the
Internet. In December 1995, a Baker HS Home Page was born on the WEB - put
together after a class reunion for '65. The address is
"http://www.Baker.hs.org", and there is an active interchange of
correspondence through an automatic distribution interface. To be added to
the interface, send E-mail to "lions-l-request@Baker.HS.org" with the word
"subscribe" in the body (the subject line doesn't matter.) An automatic
acknowledgment will be sent to you along with additional directions on using
the system. As we are building profiles of all Baker graduates on the
Home Page, we would
appreciate a current picture and biography to add to your class. Most
especially, we would appreciate your jotting down any memories you have of
your days/classmates at Baker. Via mail, the address is: Michael
Omelanuk, DELETED
Via E-mail, the address is: DELETED As you can see, I'm a long way from
home - but this project is making me feel
a lot closer. You will too. Attached below is a copy the inaugural month
of the Baker E-Newsletter. Mike Omelanuk (Baker HS - Class of '64)
From: Mike Omelanuk In a message dated 96-01-28 15:19:00
EST, you write: >Well, I finally decided to take a break from Baker work
and let you know I Mike ('64) Date: Sun, 28 Jan 96 19:05:56 EST Has anyone
kept up with Vicki Morales, now Victoria Mallory? She's
another famous Baker grad.
From: Sandye Johnson Smith Last I heard she was still
starring in All My Children but don't know now
because I don't watch the soaps. I believe her mom still lives in
Columbus. Sandye
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 96 00:01:43 EST Several of us spent Sunday futzing with
the Baker Internet project
instead of watching the Stupor Bowl. As it turns out, we generated
quite a bit of traffic on Lions-L. The people who get their e-mail at work
are in for quite a surprise on
Monday morning! OK Surprised People... don't despair yet. This
sort of thing isn't
really very common. Most Mondays you'll find that you have not been
mailbombed. Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 10:01:55 -0400 Hi all! As usual, our school Domain Name Server was
out for the weekend, so I was
very surprised with the updates on our Baker Home Page. Bob, I really like
the way you did the scrapbook! Looking good!
My mom has a color scanner and is willing to scan in pictures (if I come
home and help her write a procedure on what to do - smile). She can't do
books, because her scanner works like a fax machine. Sandye, maybe when
you collect your goodies, I'll meet you in Columbus and we can help scan.
By that time you might have names of some TV contact persons.
Anne, I know that you are monitoring this mail now. Didn't you tell me that
John Chase still keeps up with Vickie Morales and Kathy Devine? -- or
maybe it was Jeanette Chase (she goes by "Jennie" now).
Just curious, new folks are signing in daily and it is fantastic! How is
the word getting out? For example, John Hall, how did you find out way up
there in New England? I will send ya'll the Columbus newspaper column at
the bottom of this
email, in case you know someone to whom you would like to forward it. That
way, Bob, you get a copy along with everyone else.
Until later! PS thanks to EVERYONE, especially Bob, for making this
project possible. Published in the Columbus Ledger/Enquirer, December 22,
1995
If you ever attended or taught at Baker, you are invited to find
your "cyber desk chair." Just write to the webmaster with some news about
yourself. Information should include your class year (or the years and
subjects you taught) and your e-mail address, if you would like to share
it. Send your information by way of e-mail to "webmaster@baker.hs.org" or
regular mail at the address listed on the home page.
One of the wonders of Baker in cyberspace is the close connection
with upper and lower classmates once again. That connection is something
that even reunions can't offer unless one of your classmates married
someone who went to Baker. The cyberspace Baker High School is under
construction and needs additional construction volunteers. We need
volunteers who will share information and those who can type in names or
scan in pictures of faculty and students. If you ever attended or taught
at Baker, or know any information about someone who did please contact the
webmaster, Bob Brown who is our construction manager. Bob still hasn't
changed. He still has a key for all of the doors at Baker, even the ones
in Cyberspace. Jeanne Sweeney Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 10:11:21
-0500 (EST)
Welcome aboard Walt Egenmaier, Class of '71. Regards from Wilson Grier,
Class of '65. Bob, this is getting better all the time.
Wilson C. Grier Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 10:24:05 -0500 (EST)
Mike: You asked about why a document transmitted in Wordperfect was
scambled on
the receiving end. If sending the document by e-mail...ensure that you
send it via "attachment". It can be saved with a "view" command at the
receiving end. The receiver will have to have the same version of
Wordperfect or a higher version in order to view the saved filed. They
must be in Wordperfect when they retrieve the file.
If you are using Wordperfect to compose your mail, you can save in ASCII
format instead of as a Wordperfect file and transmit it directly via
e-mail. You will lose all of the Wordperfect formatting in the process.
Regards...Wilson Grier, Class of '65 Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996
10:30:26 -0500 (EST) Bob:
Wilson C. Grier From: James M. Clevekland Well, I am a subscriber.
My Name is James M. (Jim) Cleveland, class of 1950.
Since graduation from Baker, I got married, served in the Army, and graduated
from Auburn University. I now live in Atlanta, Ga. and recently retired from
SunTrust Banks after 33+ years. Almost all of my career was in the large
computer area, mostly in systems design and programming. Now, I am self
employed as a financial and/or computer consultant. My wife, Marthe Coleman
(Jordan class of 1953) and I have two children, Our son has two sons and our
daughter has two daughters. All children and grandchildred like in the
Atlanta area. I was glad to see classes from 1948 & 49 entered in the
system. I keyed in
the class of 1950. If any of you are from those classes, I would like to
hear from you. I have the yearbooks from those years and I can look you up.
Going through the yearbooks brought back many good memories. My e-mail
address is DELETED. From: James M. Clevekland I attended Baker at the same time as J. R. Allen, Class of 1949.
JR, as he
was called, went on to make a lot of money in the early days of Kentucky
Fried Chicken. He became Mayor of Columbus and, if not for his untimely
death, could have become Governor. He was killed in a plane crash while
on a speaking trip in the state.
JR and I played a lot of basketball together in
1948 & 49. He was not very
fast on his feet but he was deadly from 3-point land. The main thing I
remember about him was that he was a very nice person. He was selected
"Wittiest" boy in his Senior class. The last time I saw JR was when he was
asked to stand and be recognized at an Atlanta Braves baseball game. I went
over and talked over old times with him that night. From: Sandye
Johnson Smith I remember J.R. Allen well as our mayor and he
was a very kind person. It
was a loss for Columbus when he was killed. For later graduates, I believe
our current mayor, Bobby Peters is a Baker
grad. Anyone know for certain?? Sandye Date: Mon, 29 Jan 96
18:45:25 -0600 Jim
Penny, class of '68. Wonder where the rest of the class is? I now live
in Austin, TX with my wife Cindy (from San Antonio) and our daughter
Jennifer. We settled here following career stops in Los Angeles, New York
and Dallas. After having the honor of being in the last Army basic training
class to have draftees (I was one of final chosen few following college
graduation) I began my career in retailing. I've been a Human Resources
Director for several years now. I noticed a few others in the same field.
Congrats to Bob Brown, my sister Jeanne Penny Sweeney, and all the others
who've gotten this thing going! From: Mike Omelanuk In a
message dated 96-01-29 10:28:01 EST, Wilson Grier wrote: >Mike: >You
asked about why a document transmitted in Wordperfect was scambled on
the receiving end. Thanks - Actually, I think it was JS and she'll
appreciate the tip. I use Ami Pro. From: Mike Omelanuk Susan - Some of my old
classmates from Baker High School in Columbus, Georgia
have started a Home Page for all alumns of the school. Would it be possible
for your Webmaster to 1) create a link to the Baker Home Page
http://Baker.HS.org (lots of us went to dear old UGA) and 2) post some type
of notice of the page's existence? If you let me know about item 2, we
can send you what ever you need, even an
article for the Alumni Newsletter. If item 1 is possible, please get it done
and let me know. If there is a Home Page for UGA in addition to the Grady
School, we'd appreciate a link on both.
It's 8 degrees and wind chill of minus 24 up here in Chicago land, so please
warm this ole Georgia boy's heart and get us linked. Much thanks - Mike
Omelanuk (UGA '68) Date: Tue, 30 Jan 96 00:03:18 EST >I believe our current
mayor, Bobby Peters is a Baker grad... Have you tried the Master Index?
Yeah, I know... only half the classes, but after all, it *might*
find
him. Dave Simmons seems to have launched a one-man attack on preparation of
the 80's classes. (Thanks, Dave!) We need someone to do the same
thing to the 70's. Date:
Tue, 30 Jan 96 00:03:38 EST
>Congrats to ... my sister Jeanne Penny Sweeney... Jim, you *do* understand
that this is all Jeannie's fault, right?
I left work at 5:00 PM with no messages in my e-mail, and got home
from school at 11:00 to find *eighteen* of them. I just wanted to do an
e-mail list for the Class of '65, but noooo,
nothing would do for Jeannie but that we have a web page
We are extremely lucky to have someone with the vision to see what's
possible, and the determination not to settle for anything less.
Thanks, Jeannie!
PS - I haven't forgotten your registration form. I've been working on
the infrastructure. There were a lot of errors to correct from our
first attempts at web pages. As of midnight last (Sunday, that is)
night, all the personal pages except the '65's were right, or at least
consistent! The '65 pages are the first ones I did, and so the most
fraught with error and the hardest to fix. Sigh. --BB From:
"C. Rolf Milton" Chester Rolf Milton ('67)
---------- I
remember J.R. Allen well as our mayor and he was a very kind person.
It was a loss for Columbus when he was killed. For later graduates, I
believe our current mayor, Bobby Peters is a Baker
grad. Anyone know for certain?? Sandye From: Mike Omelanuk Bob - Here is a WEB page I found with links to businesses and
organizations
all over Georgia. Looks like a good place to build a link to Baker. I
didn't complete their application because I figgured they might ask questions
I could not answer. Started with the University of Georgia Home page and
followed my nose. Bet grads of other Universities could find similar
resources. (hint - hint). You know, if I'd been this industrious at Baker,
I'd haved been Valdictorian! Mike Omelanuk ('64) Date: Tue, 30
Jan 1996 08:21:42 -0500 (EST) Rolf: Regards...Wilson, Class of
'65
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 96 13:38:25 EST Holy cow! There's a lot of
stuff left to be done. (There are lots of
hands at work on this, but there's *still* a lot of stuff to be done.)
I wanted to give all of you a progress report because there's stuff
that's not getting done. ERROR CORRECTION: 1. Changing to the
"scrapbook" format broke all the internal links
from the old page, and I fixed most of them last Sunday. There
was still one broken this morning, and I fixed it. There may be
others lurking in there. If you get a 404 error, please let me
know about it. 2. The registration form hangs when someone puts a
lot of
information in the free-text field. Dave Simmons spent a fair
amount of time isolating this problem for us. The CGI inter-
face that's "behind" the form is the MIT 'cgiemail' program. We
have the source to it, but I haven't had a chance to poke at this
problem yet, so it's still broken. (Do we have a C programmer
around who wants to tackle this one?) 3. Both the guestbook and the
registration sometimes generate two
forms. Dunno why, but it's probably another error in the MIT
program. Sigh. This one doesn't bother the sender, but I have
to figure out whether the two forms are identical (caused by the
error) or whether one corrects information on the other.
4. Our DNS server occasionally goes out to lunch. I *think* this is
caused by a problem in one of the InterNIC root nameservers
sending us corrupt data, but I'm not sure, and the failures seem
to happen in the middle of the work day when I can't really spend
time working on them. (If it's an InterNIC problem, I can't fix
it anyway... the InterNIC people gotta do that.)
BUILDING THE INFRASTRUCTURE
1. Both our primary and our secondary name servers are on the end of
the same wire. I'm trying to find a commercial service which
will sell us secondary DNS services at a price we can afford to
pay. I've bombed out with PSI and Mindspring, and I'm working on
Peachnet. (A couple of individuals have volunteered to provide
DNS services, but I've turned them down. As an old-time data
processing guy, I want this job to be in the hands of someone
who is in the business. Otherwise, I'm afraid I'll be trading a
set of problems I can manage from here for a set of problems I
can't manage at all!) 2. The machine the web page is running on is a
486/33 with 8MB of
memory. This is enough for now, but we're going to need to go
up on both CPU speed and memory one of these days. As with DNS
services, I want a reliable (read: new, and brand-name factory
assembled) machine. I really can't spend time dealing with
balky equipment. I'm not sure what we're going to do about that,
but it isn't a pressing problem. Yet. THE WEB PAGE DATA 1. CLASS
PAGE DATA
The computer program which processes name lists into HTML data-
base format seems to work correctly, finally! I'm all caught
up on the lists you've sent in, so I'm ready for more. Putting
a new list on the page is about 15 minutes' work (if it's sent
as text) now that everything works right. Lists sent in WP
format are somewhat more trouble because they have to be decoded
and run through whatever WP program someone used, but I'll
process anything anyone sends me. Send more names!
2. PICTURES
Dave Simmons has access to a flat-bed scanner, and is putting
together a test of some '86 pictures. Dave has access to most
of the annuals from the middle 80's and is willing to do more
than just his class.
If Mr. Aplin at Baker will lend me one of the older annuals when
I return the '85 book, I want to give them priority over more
recent classes simply because the early classes were so small.
Scanning their pictures is a job that can be started and finished
in a couple of weeks. Doing all of '45 to '49 is less work than
doing '65
In between, I'm working on '65. I need to get that finished,
go back and rescan A-H because I didn't know what I was doing
when I did the first pictures. When that's done, I'll tackle
'64. (I have both a '64 and a '65 annual.)
I haven't planned any further ahead than that with the pictures
because I think that's most of 1996!
3. REGISTRATIONS
4. FACULTY
5. POSTAL ADDRESSES AND PHONE NUMBERS
MAILING LISTS
Mike Omelanuk has digestified the December Lions-L and it's on
the web page. He's going to do January shortly after the end
of the month. Wilson's also expressed an interest in working
on that.
Well, that's all I can think of to write. It's dismaying how slowly
this is going, but I guess 'pon reflection we've only really been
"public" with this stuff for a month and a week. Remember that first
week in December? We had the Class of '65 names, a few pictures, and
*nothing* else. Maybe this is gonna be all right!
--Bob From: Sandye
Johnson Smith
Mike, yeah but you let Audrey beat you didn't you???
Sandye Date: Tue, 30 Jan 96 18:16 EST >2. The registration
form hangs when someone puts a lot of Which version of C is this
in? I have pretty good at Turbo C and C+. I
have worked with Visual C, but I find that I prefer Visual Basic. I know
between myself, Pat McKibbins (85), Dave Reed (83), or another friend named
Dave, we could give that code a run for its money. You know, I downloadede
a web forms generator a couple of weeks back. It seems really easy to use
and from the tests I've done, it does a good job. I'll send you the URL
when I can find it. >BUILDING THE INFRASTRUCTURE >
Interesting. I didn't like doing business with PSI when I ran an Internet
sight here in Ohio. I thought their service was unreliable and too
pricey.
>2. The machine the web page is running on is a 486/33 with 8MB of
What kind of machine are you thinking about? Are you talking pentium 100
with 32 mb RAM or something better? By the way, where do we send the
donations to? >4. FACULTY
later... Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 18:56:17 -0400 I downloaded a piece of software called for the Mac called
"Grinder" last
week. Apparently it is a HTML editor. I plan to use it to do editing on
my School of Nursing pages. Haven't had time to play with it, but the
manual indicates "search and replace" powers. Bet someone could find
something similar for the Baker pages.
Now, a plea to other computer folks. I want to connect the 24+ Macs
(connected with a Gatorbox that is connected to the campus backbone) to a
PC connected to the backbone and located in another building. I talked
with Apple yesterday who told me that if I loaded Appleshare Client on a PC
with Windows for Workgroups, the PC could see ALL of the Macs, but it was a
one-way window. If I wanted filesharing BOTH ways, I would have to use a
PC with Appleshare windows connected with Ethernet to the backbone. Does
someone know someone that can give me some sound advice?
Must go to a meeting. Have been up since 4 AM -- my day to teach nursing
at a hospital in Macon -- then another 4 hours teaching the students how to
use the computers for charting. Both student and faculty brains are
fried!
Thanks for all of the fun Baker friends that I feel that I have met over
the last few weeks and thanks for the nice comments from my brother and
Bob. Jim, didn't Bobby Peters go to Eastway with you? Jeannie
Mom, will copy this note to you so that you don't think that I have
forgotten you. I am out of time -- meeting starts in 5 minutes (it's
Milledgeville, you know) Jeanne Sweeney MRO
From: Jeanne Sweeney
Subject: I see that Baker is back...
From: WILSON C GRIER
Subject: Re: Welcome to lions-l
From: "Wilson C. Grier"
Subject: Baker Home Page Test
From: Bob Brown
Subject: Baker Home Page TestOh, oops! It's my fault... I got
impatient and copied the test page
to the "real" so the stuff that I was trying to test is what you see
when you go to the real home page. I'll try to figure out a way to
keep a test version up all the time.
From: c. rolf milton
Subject: Re:
Welcome to lions-l
>I made it!!. Wilson Grier,
Class of 65, here. Currently in Morehead,
>Ky. Faculty with the College
of Business. We're just coming back from
>Christmas break. Would like
to hear from all lions on the NET.
Welcome!
From: Jeanne Sweeney
Subject: Updates on the Home Page Project
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 1996 12:37:30 -0500
Subject: I made
it
From: Bob Brown
Subject: Mailing List Problem (Fixed)
Subject: RE: I made it
Date: Sun, 21 Jan
1996 13:59:07 -0900
From: Bob Brown
Subject: Attachment
From: WILSON C GRIER
Subject: Re: I made it
> happens to know where Bobby Burton and Ted Clawson are and how to
contact
> them, would you please let me know.
>
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1996
22:59:23 -0500
Subject: I Made It!
From: WILSON C GRIER
Subject: Re: I Made It!; WELCOME!!
From:
PeteYoung
Subject: RE: I Made It!
From: Jeanne Sweeney
Subject: Re: I Made It!
From: Bob Brown
Subject: Picture of Rolf
From: Bob Brown
Subject: Plea for
Help
>Susan Wellman Blackburn
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 03:01:48 -0500
From: Jeanne Sweeney
Subject: Re: Pete Young & Wilson Grier Messages +
Other Stuff
From: Katherine (Omelanuk) Agar
Subject: SIGN ON
Chadron State College
Chadron,
Nebraska
From: Bob Brown
Subject: Names, Pictires, etc.
From: Bob Brown
Subject: Picture of Rolf
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 21:13:09 -0500
Subject: This 'n That
From: Bob Brown
Subject: This'n'That
From: David
Simmons
Subject: I made it
Dave S.
From: WILSON C GRIER
Subject: Re:
I made it
From: WILSON C GRIER
Subject: List
Request
Your directions on the List request work without a
glitch. I notice that
Mr. Hardy is a subscriber to the list?? Are you lurking out there or did
I just miss your sign on mail that day Mr. Hardy?
From: Bob
Brown
Subject: Digests, Archives, etc.
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 15:07:40
-0500
Subject: Re: This 'n That
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 15:34:49 -0500
Subject: I made it
Subject: RE: Pete Young &
Wilson Grier Messages + Other Stuff
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 12:16:55
-0900
From: Jeanne Sweeney
Sent: Thursday, January 25, 1996 5:07 AM
Subject: Re: Pete Young & Wilson
Grier Messages + Other Stuff
Subject: RE: SIGN ON
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 12:15:30 -0900
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 22:39:19 -0500
Subject: More This'n'That
From: Bob Brown
Subject: More This'n'That
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 1996 01:46:51 -0500
Subject: '64
Subject: RE: I Made It!
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1996 12:41:41
-0900
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 1996
08:19:01 -0500
Subject: Lion's Roar
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 1996 09:45:45 -0500
Subject:
What's going on
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 1996 11:32:52 -0500
Subject: Re: More This'n'That
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 1996 11:32:52 -0500
Subject: Re: More
This'n'That
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 1996 11:32:54 -0500
Subject: Re: '64
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 1996 11:32:55 -0500
Subject: Re: What's going
on
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 96
11:16:26 EST
From: Bob Brown
Subject: Lions-L on the
Web
From: Jeanne Sweeney
Subject: Re: Lion's Roar
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 1996 17:05:33
-0500
Subject: Re: Lion's Roar
From: Bob Brown
Subject: We are here in numbers to help...
Typed, not web-ified: 47, 48, 63, 71, 77, 80, 83, 84, 85, 89;
Volunteered,
not yet typed: 60, 61, 62.
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 1996 20:11:02 -0500
Subject: I made it
Date: Sun, 28 Jan
1996 09:35:24 -0500
Subject: Correspondence
B>Got your new registration.
I'll get it on the Web page today or
B>tomorrow. --Bob Brown
B>which I will do, before if can go on
the web page. ............
B>can
grab the HTML source from the web page and use it as an
B>example for
January. Didn't know you'd have to learn HTML to do
B>this, did'ya?
M>of the shareware HTML editors off the NET or one of the local
M>BBSs. That will make it much easier.
M>the task of combining and "boiling
down" the monthly
M>postings/correspondence? Not entirely sure if
that's what you
M>are talking about with "lists".
B>The web
server program was designed for "local" administration,
B>directly to the
web, you can bet that someone (besides us) would!
M>and file
transfer. I've seen it elswhere, but as I am not a SYSOP,
M>haven't a
clue on how to do it.
M>of scanners and OCR processors (and where.)
M>only
use PCs.
From: Donald Stauffer
Subject: Introductions and my
amazement.
From: Bob Brown
Subject: About the Mailing List
http://www.Baker.HS.org/main/mail-list.html
Grab it to your local
disk with your browser. I'll be in HTML, but
I've tried to type the HTML stuff so it's readable.
From: Bob Brown
Subject: Publicity
From: PeteYoung
Subject: RE: Publicity
Let's hear'm. Pete
Sent: Sunday,
January 28, 1996 11:56 AM
Subject: Publicity
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 1996 15:18:29
-0500
Subject: I made it!
Class of 64
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 1996 16:44:53 -0500
Subject: Re: Publicity
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 1996 18:16:16 -0500
Subject: Re: I made it!
>was out here.
>
>Sandra Johnson Smith
>Class of 64
>
No
kidding?!
From: Bob Brown
Subject: Famous Baker People
--Bob '65
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 1996 19:48:01
-0500
Subject: Re: Famous Baker People
From: Bob Brown
Subject: Boy will
*they* be surprised...
From: Jeanne Sweeney
Subject: Re: We are here in numbers to
help...
From: WILSON C GRIER
Subject: Re: I made it
From: WILSON C GRIER
Subject: Re: Correspondence
From: WILSON C GRIER
Subject: Re: Publicity
On Newt...you can e-mail all Congressmen at the Capital.
I'll try to get
the address and post it ASAP. Surely someone in his office will reply.
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996
14:39:22 -0500
Subject: I made it!
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 16:09:47 -0500
Subject: Famous Baker Students
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 18:35:28 -0500
Subject: Re: Famous
Baker Students
From: Jim Penny
Subject: I Made It!
Date: Mon,
29 Jan 1996 20:07:32 -0500
Subject: Re: Correspondence
Date: Mon, 29 Jan
1996 20:07:38 -0500
To: SBARNES (University of Georgia Alumni coordinatr
GAdy Journalism School)
Subject: A Little Help For Some Old Grady Alumns
From: Bob
Brown
Subject: Re[2]: Famous Baker Students
--Bob '65
From: Bob Brown
Subject: I Made It! (Jim
Penny)
--Bob '65
Subject: RE: Famous Baker Students
Date: Mon, 29 Jan
1996 12:08:56 -0900
I kind of grew up with Bobby and he is
definately a Baker alumni (class
of '67). He also had a brother named Dave (I think a year older).
Bobby lived several houses from ours (Hunt Ave).
If I recall correctly, Bobby worked as an undercover police officer for
the Sheriff's department in the seventies?!?!?
From: Sandye Johnson Smith
Sent: Monday,
January
29, 1996 2:35 PM
Subject: Re: Famous Baker Students
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 07:29:31 -0500
Subject: WEB Links
From: WILSON C GRIER
Subject: For Rolf
Milton
Tried to send a personal note to you at (DELETED). Mail
was
returned. I checked to ensure correct entry in the address box.
Sometimes the full address is required to get through. As an example, my
full address is w.grier@DELETED. We have several
computers on campus. All off-campus mail is routed to msuacad and then
distributed to the frame that we use the most and have marked for e-mail
posting. Any ideas on where I went wrong?
From: Bob Brown
Subject: Progress Report (Long)
This past weekend I rebuilt all the class pages except '65.
I
think I even got the right initials on the bottom of each one.
(If you typed a class and your initials aren't at the end of
the browse list, please let me know so we can give credit where
credit is due.) This corrected some errors, like misspelling
"address," on the personal pages, and made them all alike. The
'65 pages aren't done because they were the first ones I did.
They're more highly customized, and contain more errors, than all
the others. Dunno what I'm going to do about that, either.
I'm about finished scanning the '85 pictures. They
were the
first color pictures I've tried to do, and they took some
figuring out. (There's one sample out on the web... check out
Donald Stauffer '85.) I've given '85 priority because the
annual is borrowed from Baker and I want to return it promptly.
The registration form was designed to be
machine-processed, but
the programming to do that isn't fininshed. Many people have
sent in registrations but not seen anything on the web. That's
because I'm doing it all by hand. I'll try to get all the
registrations for which we have class data done this coming
weekend. I think I'll also classify the rest of them by year
so when someone types a new list of seniors, I can put my fingers
on that year's registrations without a bunch of futzing around.
We're about halfway through the faculty, thanks to
Jeannie.
Since most faculty members were around Baker for many years,
it didn't make sense to organize them by year. Trouble is,
making a master list is a lot of work. It involves going
through each annual and updating the master. We need to make
a plan for getting that job finished.
I have a half-baked plan to make this available in a way that
honors the conditions people set up on their registration forms.
The idea is that you can make a request through the web page,
then a program checks to see whether the person whose info one
is requesting has clicked the Yes box on the registration form.
If so, the program checks the Lions-L mailing list to be sure
the requestor is really a Baker person (and a supplemmental list
for people we know but who don't want to be on the mailing list)
and sends the address and phone number off by e-mail. That way,
postal address and phone information is readily available, but
only to identified Baker people. I haven't done *any* work on
this at all.
The mailing list stuff appears to be working well. The
Lions-L
list is filling people's mailboxes
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 17:41:41 -0500
Subject: Re: WEB Links
From: David Simmons
Subject: Re: Progress Report (Long)
> information in the free-text
field. Dave Simmons spent a fair
> amount of time isolating this problem for us. The CGI inter-
>
face that's "behind" the form is the MIT 'cgiemail' program. We
>
have the source to it, but I haven't had a chance to poke at this
>
problem yet, so it's still broken. (Do we have a C programmer
>
around who wants to tackle this one?)
>1. Both our primary and our secondary name servers are on the end of
> the same wire. I'm trying to find a commercial service which
> will sell us secondary DNS services at a price we can afford to
> pay. I've bombed out with PSI and Mindspring, and I'm working on
> Peachnet. (A couple of individuals have volunteered to provide
> DNS services, but I've turned them down. As an old-time data
> processing guy, I want this job to be in the hands of someone
> who is in the business. Otherwise, I'm afraid I'll be trading a
> set of problems I can manage from here for a set of problems I
> can't manage at all!)
> memory. This is enough for now, but we're going to need to go
> up on both CPU speed and memory one of these days. As with DNS
> services, I want a reliable (read: new, and brand-name factory
> assembled) machine. I really can't spend time dealing with
> balky equipment. I'm not sure what we're going to do about that,
> but it isn't a pressing problem. Yet.
> We're about halfway through the
faculty, thanks to Jeannie.
> Since most faculty members were around
Baker for many years,
> it didn't make sense to organize them by year. Trouble is,
> making a master list is a lot of work. It involves going
> through each annual and updating the master. We need to make
>
a plan for getting that job finished.
>
Would you like me to type
in the names of the faculty for any of the 80's?
>
>Well, that's all I can think of to write. It's dismaying how slowly
>this is going, but I guess 'pon reflection we've only really been
>"public" with this stuff for a month and a week. Remember that first
>week in December? We had the Class of '65 names, a few pictures, and
>*nothing* else. Maybe this is gonna be all right!
>
> --Bob
I think this sight has come a long way in just 2 weeks!! I am wondering how
long it will be before we get a spot on the national news!
From: Jeanne
Sweeney
Subject: Re: Progress Report (Long)
Bob, thanks for the long
progress report.