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Friday, December 4, 2020

December 4, 2020

 





Coach Draz didn't get 90 cards at his 90th birthday party on November 17th -- he got 150!!   He was very surprised and blown away by the outpouring of well wishes, according to his daughter Kathy Draz Zopatti.  Congratulations to those who sent in cards.  You know who you are.



Where are they now?  Norm Lombardo is enjoying life in the desert in Sierra Vista, Arizona says his big brother Jared.  Ken Pernicano is around and has been contacted by a relative.  We'll see if he surfaces and wants to reflect on his early life as a trend-setter.  Turns out he IS a Pizza Pernicano.  



Malka Buchinger Nagel, San Diego's Junior Miss for 1971, is married and living in Santa Cruz.  She accomplished the goals she mentioned in the San Diego Union article.  She majored in Social Work at San Diego State, then returned to Israel in time for the Yom Kippur War.  She attended Tel Aviv University and volunteered in the hospital where there were wounded soldiers. 



Boy, it's difficult to tease any good news out of the pandemic.  Word that California was not only in the Purple tier, but headed to the DEEP Purple tier, did bring a happy memory: April and Nino's 1963 rendition of the song Deep Purple.  Click HERE and, if the computer gods are kind, you can listen to it again.



I saved a Crying Towel handed out by the Kearny ticket takers at the CIF Finals played on December 1, 1961 at Balboa Stadium.  Turns out I didn't need it.  Click HERE to check out the program AND an article published the next day by Bill Center.




I was looking for something else when I came across one of the first web pages I ever created.  It features my class ring, pendant and pin.  I've updated the page and made it look a little spiffier.  Click HERE if you can't stand the suspense.