Coming this November, we will have the first combined mini-reunion of ASM alumni with our former "rivals" from Torrejon/Madrid High School! The Knights and the Lancers are getting together in Temecula, California on November 13^th or 14^th. Steven Sibler (MHS '68) and Michelle Mock (ASM '69) are the co-coordinators.

How did this come about? Well, last April while searching the web, I discovered several Torrejon/Madrid High School websites and decided to look for familiar names. I couldn't believe it when I found the name of one of my best friends from Spain. Patricia Hirsch (MHS '70) and I had attended Marymount International School in Barcelona together in 1967/68. When the school permanently closed its doors in June of 1968, I went on to ASM and Patricia returned to California. We lost touch shortly afterward, and while we searched for each other for years, our last names changed and we figured we would never see each other again.

I could not believe my good fortune when I found her name and email address! I quickly sent an email … and just as quickly received the message back saying the email address was not valid! Since I am not one to give up, I fired off messages to at least five other individuals from Torrejon/MHS and received many nice messages in return and a correct email address for Patricia. After 31 years, we had found each other! Unbelievable!!

Even more unbelievable, she lives in San Diego and I live in Corona (we are only about an hour and a half away from each other - with Temecula located equidistant). In these past few months, we have met for lunch, sailboating, winetasting and even a couple of slumber parties!!! Naturally, the T/MHS and ASM connection had to be established and so it has.

In addition to planning joint mini-reunions, ASMers and MHSers are also linking between each others' websites. Those of us who are in touch have realized that while we were quite different in high school, we also share a common bond: growing up in Madrid. So, our community expands!

Oh, and we will hear no talk about whose sports teams were better. It has come to my attention that both schools experienced great years and thoroughly embarrassing years. Sometimes we were good in one sport, sometimes another. No one has bragging rights (unless you are remembering a particularly great game)!

Did you have friends at Torrejon/MHS? If so, you may be interested in checking out these websites.

http://www.ppbbs.com/torrejon/index.htm (Tony Browning '84)

http://www.dolan-heitlinger.com/Spain/index.htm (John DolanHeitlinger '70)

http://www.netcom.com/~janega/MHS.html (Steve Janega '70)

http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/4745/MHS.html (Diane Burton '65)

http://members.tripod.com/~Maria_del_Carmen/tjintro.html ( Maria del Carmen Bargas '92)

I will keep you posted about the upcoming joint reunion. If you are interested in keeping informed about joint T/MHS and ASM activities, please subscribe to the new community at OneList.COM. Complete instructions for joining this and other OneList communities is described later in this newsletter. Go Lancers! Go Knights!

ASM Alumna Entertains at The Ice House:

ASM's own Kari Kolstad Lenggiere '72 performed her comedy routine at the Ice House in Pasadena. Sissy Bikkal '72, Cheryl LaGue '72, Mike Sellmer '72, Michelle Mock '69 and Sergio Cerda '64 were in the audience cheering her on. Kari is one pretty funny lady! Pictures and story will be posted soon at GoLancers.COM.

If you haven't registered (or re-registered) at GoLancers.COM, please do so as soon as possible. Go to http://www.gomiami.com/members/asm/register.asp . The new email directory will allow you to update your own information, but best of all, it will allow you to search for others based on name, graduation year, or location. When everyone has registered, we will have a very powerful search capability. If you don't remember if you have registered, please do a search on your name or graduation year and double check. The system currently allows you to duplicate your information, which is not what we want. We are looking into fixing this problem, but may have to live with it. So, please check first. Only enter the information you are comfortable providing. The only information that will be posted online will be: Name, Graduation Year, Email Address and City/State. Enter N/A in any field you choose not to fill in. If you have any difficulties registering, or do not have internet access, please send an email to JazBaggins@aol.com . We would be happy to step you through the process or register for you. Be sure to use the Browse function to verify your completed registration.

OneList.COM Subscription:

Please subscribe to the ASMGoLancers mailing list:

http://www.onelist.com/subscribe/ASMGoLancers

Gus will use this forum to let you know about changes to the GoLancers web pages at http://www.GoLancers.COM, upcoming events or anything else alumni related. Kim Cullen '91 (ASM Alumni Coordinator) will also use it to inform you of changes to the official website at http://www.amerschmad.org or other "official" alumni news. This mailing list will also allow you to communicate directly with everyone else who registers (hopefully, all alumni will do so).

You can discuss your thoughts on Reunion 2001 (Madrid), suggest mini-reunions, talk about past reunions, or any other thing related to ASM alumni. The list is currently unmoderated, so I would like to propose a few rules:

1) Do not use this list to send jokes, chain letters, or solicitations of any sort.

2) Keep it clean. This is a kid safe site and I don't want to have to place restrictions in order to ensure that it remains so.

3) If you use an email other than your regular email address, please let me know who you are. I want to know who is subscribing, to ensure that all have ties to ASM.

4) Please do not respond to the entire mailing list when you your response is directed to an individual. Use the email directory at GoLancers.COM to locate individual email addresses.

Have your children sign up at our ASMGoLancersKids site. The URL for that one is:

http://www.onelist.com/subscribe/ASMGoLancersKids

The kids site is intended to facilitate communication between all the children of ASM alumni and current students at the American School of Madrid. I will be moderating the list, so all messages will come through me before they are routed to the distribution list.

Please try these mailing lists. If you don't like them you can unsubscribe. If you want to limit the number of individual emails you receive, subscribe to the digest version of either or both lists. Please send me your comments about this system. If you have difficulties, please email me at MFeareyASM@aol.com and I will try to help you.

Anyone can set up a onelist community for his/her class. If you do, please name it ASMGoLancers19xx (where xx is your graduation year) and email Gus at (asm@GoLancers.com) to let him know to post the information.

Additional OneList communities that may interest you are:

Marymount International School Barcelona - MarymountBarcelona-subscribe@onelist.com

ASM and T/MHS Community GoLancersGoKnights-subscribe@onelist.com

T/MHS MHS_THS-subscribe@onelist.com

You can also subscribe to these sites by going to:

http://www.OneList.COM/MarymountBarcelona

http://www.OneList.COM/GoLancersGoKnights

http://www.OneList.COM/MHS_THS

From Kim Cullen'91 (ASM Development Head & Community Liaison):

[Kim wrote the following in a letter to Class Agents on September 22, 1999.]

ASM opened the 1999-2000 school year on Monday, September 6. With a high enrollment (about 620 - the highest in almost 10 years!), many bright and talented students, and some outstanding new faculty and staff, this year promises to be a great one!

On the Alumni front - great things are in the making here as well! The program did very well last year, thanks to both extraordinary effort on the part of our class agents, as well as cooperation and collaboration among some key people at the school. In the absence of a physical measure of success, I judge how well the program did by it's visibility, recognition, and reputation among the ASM community (both immediate and extended). Here are some of the highlights of the 98-99 school year:

• The Class Agent program recruited representatives from almost all of ASM's 38 graduating classes.

• ASM's faculty and staff received regular updates on the Alumni Program as well as Class Agent Lists.
• The official Alumni web pages were expanded from a one-page questionnaire to a 25-page informative web site.
• The alumni News, ASM's first Alumni newsletter was published in January 1999.
• The Alumni Coordinator presented the Program to the Board of Trustees in a 20-minute power-point presentation.
• The Alumni Liaison Program was initiated to recruit office assistance in the Alumni office while exposing seniors to the Alumni Program and its activities.
• Nine members of the class of 1999 volunteered to serve as Class Agents (!!).
• The Class Agent Handbook was expanded and distributed to all Class Agents and prospective agents.
• The Alumni Program Mission Statement was approved.
• ASM's 40th anniversary reunion (Reunion 2001) was announced, and attendance surveys have started rolling in!

1999-2000 looks just as promising with some significant events and activities being planned. Here are just a few:

• ASM's official alumni web pages will be redesigned so as to become more compatible with the Unofficial web site, GoLancers.COM.
• Monthly letters to Class Agents will now be sent on a quarterly basis.
• ASM will host a Madrid Alumni Wine & Cheese Event in December 1999.
• ASM Seniors will be introduced to the Alumni program with a kind of "Intro
• to Alum Life 101".
• The Alumni News will be enhanced and published once again in January 2000.

In addition, Reunion 2001 planning is a major goal, and we hope to recruit Reunion Chairs by the end of 1999. We received quite a few responses regarding possible attendance, but I need your help in talking up the event. Please spread the word that the Reunion 2001 is now officially happening, and encourage your classmates to plan on attending.

I would be remiss if I did not mention that this month, ASM bids farewell to a super class agent. Michelle Fearey LaGue Mock ('69) has decided to step out of the limelight in order to make way for some new Sixties leadership. On behalf of all of us Michelle, THANK YOU for all of your hard work. Your enthusiasm has indeed been inspirational to all of the Class Agents, and your energy will be missed. Michelle will remain active in the alumni program through her sponsorship of the unofficial alumni web site, http://www.GoLancers.COM. Everyone is encouraged to check out the site - web master Gus Gonzalez (Class Agent '83), and his fellow sponsors Michelle Mock and Steve Shepard ('72) have done a fantastic job!

Finally, as some of you know, I got married this summer to ASM alumnus Gonzalo Gimeno ('91). After a wonderful honeymoon trip to Peru, I returned to ASM to take on the same job, but with a new twist. I have been appointed Development Head & Community Liaison. While Alumni Affairs are still a critical aspect of my job, my focus will be increasingly on Development (Internal and External Public Relations, ASM Community Events, and Fundraising). While I will work hard on the Alumni Program, I depend on you, ASM's Class Agents, to continue to work hard as well. Please continue to send in your alumni updates, meeting the deadlines published in the CA Handbook (October 15, February 15, and June 15).

Class Agents are some of ASM's best public relations agents. Keep spreading the good word about ASM! And, as always, if you have any suggestions or comments, or questions about things going on at the school, please let me know.

Many, many thanks for all of your help!

Saludos,

Kim Cullen

Development Head and Community Liaison

American School of Madrid

Apartado 80

28080 Madrid

Spain

Tel: 34 91 740 19 03

Fax: 34 91 357 26 78

E-mail: asmdev@mx3.redestb.es

Internet: http://www.AmerSchMad.ORG

Your 'Have A Nice Day' Laugh is:

[Sometimes I receive an email that just needs to be forwarded. This is one of those. Reprinted from HAND! Have A Nice Day! Enjoy!]

Guidelines for Enlightenment

by Swami Beyondananda

1. Be a Fundamentalist--make sure the Fun always comes before the mental. Realize that life is a situation comedy that will never be canceled. A laugh track has been provided, and the reason why we are put in the material world is to get more material. Have a good laughsitive twice a day, and that will ensure regularhilarity.
2. Remember that each of us has been given a special gift, just for entering - so you are already a winner!
3. The most powerful tool on the planet today is Tell-A-Vision. That is where I tell a vision to you, and you tell a vision to me. That way, if we don't like the programming we're getting, we can simply change the channel.
4. Life is like photography. You use the negative to develop.
5. It is true. As we go through life thinking heavy thoughts, thought particles tend to get caught between the ears, causing a condition called truth decay. So be sure to use mental floss twice a day. And when you're tempted to practice tantrum yoga, remember what we teach in Swami's Absurdiveness Training class: *Don't get even, get odd.*
6. If we want world peace, we must let go of our attachments and truly live like nomads. That's where I no mad at you, you no mad at me. That way, there'll surely be nomadness on the planet. And peace begins with each of us. A little peace here, a little peace there, pretty soon all the peaces will fit together to make one big peace everywhere.
7. I know great earth changes have been predicted for the future, so if you're looking to avoid earthquakes, my advice is simple. When you find a fault, just don't dwell on it.
8. There's no need to change the world. All we have to do is toilet train the world, and we'll never have to change it again.
9. If you're looking to find the key to the Universe, I have some bad news and some good news. The bad news is: there is no key to the Universe. The good news is: it has been left unlocked.
10. Finally, everything I have told you is channeled. That way, if you don't like it, it's not my fault. And remember, enlightenment is not a bureaucracy. So we don't have to go through channels.

--- by Swami Beyondananda

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From Joe Condrill (Overseas Brats President):

Since 1986, OVERSEAS BRATS has been there to serve your needs! We're provided information on searching for friends and classmates and how to do that both by the internet and for those internet-challenged. Publicity about our search for anyone associated with overseas schools has resulted in publicity in more than 350 publications.

We're also heavily involved with alumni groups and reunion committees. Since 1981 we've cataloged more than 725 reunions involving 85,113 participants, and assisted more than 160 groups/reunion committees with their activities. Our magazine has provided free publicity to these different alumni groups and reunion committees. We're also doing this by providing many web links at: www.overseasbrats.com . OVERSEAS BRATS exists because of these and many more reasons.

Regardless whenever/wherever we lived abroad, we (and that's 4 Million of us!!!) have a lot in common....we knew many homes growing up....we all had our share of wonderful friendships and great memories....and we all represent a unique, extended family. Probably 80% of our backgrounds read like very similar stories.

Until 1986, there was no organization that tried to coordinate things and help bring people together, share our experiences, serve as a networking vehicle, and become a unique support group. While the internet has done MUCH to facilitate people finding people (and there is a LOT of "Overseas Brats" activity on the net these days!!!), there is still a need - above and beyond the net - to make some sense of all of this. After all, we are a special community, and each of us represents a unique contribution to an incredible and beautiful tapestry!

All the above has happened because a couple thousand people believe in this concept of bringing people together, and have become members of OVERSEAS BRATS to make it happen.

Soooo--- what is happening?

1. Homecoming'99, the all-schools reunion event held in the Dallas-Fort Worth area in early August had 3,000 present, according to the Associated Press. Out of more than 1,000 American overseas schools that existed or are still in operation, we had representatives from 317 of these schools. Of this number, 88 schools/groups had some form of get-togethers involving as few a five people up to 275. We've prepared a Homecoming'99 directory which will be sent out after November 1, 1999. Also being prepared is the photo and editorial coverage of Homecoming'99 which will be in the December 1999 edition of OVERSEAS BRATS magazine. Both the directory and the December 1999 edition of OVERSEAS BRATS magazine are available at a nominal charge for those who couldn't attend the event.
2. The next all-schools reunion event is Homecoming 2001 which will be hosted by OVERSEAS BRATS and held during the Summer of 2001 in Wichita, KS, to coincide with the ground-breaking of "OUR" new home --- the American Overseas Schools Historical Societies (AOSHS) Historical Park. The AOSHS Historical Park, once completed, will have a museum, visitor's center and archive. OVERSEAS BRATS has given time, money, and editorial space and other help to AOSHS to make this a reality.
3. There are some opportunities to get-together with your own kind this year! These include:

• The "New Orleans Gathering," Oct. 21-24, at the New Orleans Airport Hilton. This is the annual OVERSEAS BRATS national convention, and we have course sessions, speakers, and exhibition and more planned! Meet some of the hoteliers and convention & visitors bureaus from around the U.S. that want your kind of business. Some schools (Chofu, Berlin, YoHi) are using the event to stage their own events too! Four days of FUN! And we have regional events (one day affairs) tentatively scheduled for:

• The Washington, DC metropolitan area, Saturday, November 6;
• The Tidewater (Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Hampton, Newport News) area of VA, Sunday, November 7;

• Central Florida (Kissimmee), Saturday, November 13;

1. Effective December 1, 1999 all OVERSEAS BRATS members will be listed in alphabetical order according to the country(s) they lived in on the official OVERSEAS BRATS web site at: www.overseasbrats.com. Should you want to get listed, check with me. Instructions will be provided on how to contact someone who is listed on this web site which is seeing more than 1,000 visitors weekly.

As we approach a new millenium, OVERSEAS BRATS is renewing its' commitment to help and serve you! Here too, is a special opportunity for you to be apart of something that is exciting. Join us and get involved with an organization that is making things ***happen*** for thousands of "Overseas Brats!" Have a terrific day!

Very Sincerely Yours,

Joe Condrill, President

OVERSEAS BRATS

[Reprinted with permission from Joe Condrill.]

George C. Scott passed away on September 22, 1999 at his home in Westlake, California at the age of 71. Perhaps best known for his Oscar winning role in the movie "Patton", Mr. Scott was also an ASM parent during the filming of that movie. My brother, Joe LaGue, remembers this ASM moment: "During a Saturday school event, I remember watching the man who would become famous for his role in Patton, George C. Scott, spending the day with his family. I don't know if he was enjoying the festivities, but he seemingly spent an eternity flicking and sticking his Swiss Army Knife into the turf." On behalf of the entire ASM community, I extend our condolences to the family and friends of Mr. Scott.

 ASMers found in California as of October 1^st, 1999 include:

[If I am missing anyone, or if I haven't listed your city, or have any other errors that you notice in this list, please let me know! Can you believe how many have been "found" in less than a year? Awesome!]

1964 Sergio (Dennis) Cerdá - Alhambra

1964 Mark Johnson - Brentwood

1965 Rosalia Gonzalez - San Jose

1965 Arne Mortensen - Carlsbad

1965 Victoria Mortensen Regier - San Diego

1965 David Robinson - San Francisco

1966 Ellen Desnoyers Shaffer - La Jolla

1966 Jill Echols McMahon - Sacramento

1966 Mimi Johnson - Santa Monica

1967 Maria Conchita Gonzalez -  Santa Clara

1967 Tina Presley - Santa Monica

1968 Steve Hayes - Belmont

1968 Leslie J. Smith-Deely - San Francisco

1969 Carol Farron - Lodi

1969 Michelle (Fearey LaGue) Mock - Corona

1969 Carlos Lara - San Francisco

1970 Stewart Hayes - Redding

1972 Ken Hayes - Santa Rosa

1972 Cheryl L. Fearey LaGue - Arcadia

1972 Kari Kolstad Lengierre - San Dimas

1972         John Peyser - LA area

1972 Mike Sellmer - Huntington Beach

1973 Tom de la Cal - Riverside

1973 Rick Martin - Fullerton

1973 Peter Sellmer

1974 Joe (Fearey) LaGue - (Idaho Falls, ID)

1974 Mary (Gita) Kevlin - Los Angeles

1974 Michelle Mortensen - San Diego

1974 Eva Gustafsson-Damiano - Huntington Beach

1975 Dan Lombard - Lincoln

1975 Lori Nelson Elrick - West Hills

1975 Roger N. Shepard - Concord

1977 Cecile T. (Fearey LaGue) Alessi - Paso Robles

1978 Jennifer K. Davies - Concord

1979 Jim Vasconcellos - San Jose

1980 David Cooley - Sacramento

1980 Kathleen Lara - Hansbery

1980 Paul Marconi - San Diego

1980 Vic Hightower - Burbank

1981 Mark Vasconcellos - Glendale

1981 Marc J. Venturella - Emeryville

1982 Gabe Díaz - Foothill Ranch

1982 Michele Fisher Schmidt

1982 Kevin Mickey - Santa Clara

1982 Ric Peralta - San Francisco

1984 Melissa L. Cooper (Krause) - Pacifica

1984 Lester Kuykendall - Hollywood

1984 Heidi Lambert - Redondo Beach

1984 Jennnifer L Varnes (McLaughlin) - Berkeley

1985        William W. Bruzzo - Tustin

1985 Krystel McCullough - Los Angeles

1985 Lisa Vasconcellos - Marina del Rey

1986 Tony Bauer - Fremont

1987 Heather Lambert - Redondo Beach

1988 Denise W. Lam - Irvine

1990 Cecilia Allen - Santa Clara

1990 Jeff Hightower - Burbank

1990 Lisa Herrera - Santa Monica

1990 Erin Sheedy - Loma Linda

1990 Erin Sowden - San Francisco

1991 Rafi de Guzman

1991 Gloria Hewitt - Los Angeles

1991 Juan P. Vargas - Santa Clara

1992 Veronica Ravago - Burbank

1994 Bill M. Tortora - San Diego

1996 Teresa Ledesma - Atherton