School & Community News

Reunion Planning...Need a Venue...Look at the Hilton Eugene!!

Greetings,

It is that lovely time of the year where the reunion planners start to think about the place to hold their class reunions. Look nowhere else and come take a site tour at the Hilton Eugene & Conference Center!! We offer a large variety of ballroom space, delicious menu items and of course our wonderful hospitality. Why not experience the Hilton Eugene and enjoy the night with your classmates? For more information please call the Catering Department at 541-342-6653.

Thank you!!

Making a Difference

You may have heard about the two SEHS senior boys, Connor Ausland and Jack Harnsongkram, who tragically drowned on the Oregon Coast on the 804 Trail a year ago, February 5, 2011. There is a detailed article about it in Sunday’s RG (February 12th).


The article may also be found in Sunday’s Register Guard, the Oregon Life section (E-1). The article is called “Building a Beacon.”

Their parents, and others, are raising money to put up a Coastal Safety Marker at the spot where a wave came in and swept them off their feet.

Jack’s Mom wants you to know that this is not to be a Memorial but a Marker. It is to educate people on what happened there and how to prevent it from happening again (e.g., don’t turn your back on the ocean, know the tides, watch for logs, etc…stuff we all know but too often forget or don’t warn others, when we see them being unsafe).

They have raised over half of the donations towards the $20,000 needed to build the Marker. It is all designed and waiting for the funding.

I have contacted the office at SEHS to let them know that we would like to get as many of the alumni as possible to donate, as a gift from our school as a whole.

We already have many classmates who have committed to doing this. Checks can be sent directly to the school (put “Your Class Year Donation to Coastal Marker” in the memo line).

Checks may be sent to:

South Eugene High School
Coastal Marker


They are also taking donations online , click on “make a contribution” (you can donate by PayPal or credit card). If you make the payment on line, at the last step (confirming your payment), there is a link to put in a message that can be used to specify your year.

Or, you can call the SEHS Finance Office and talk to Joni de Saint Phalle. She can take your credit card information over the phone. She is also available to answer any questions you might have; you can call her or contact her via email
Let’s make our Class proud and make a donation that may help save a life!

Thank you!
Nancy (Sundquist) Haverstock, Class of 1966


BUILDING A BEACON
A marker at the site of a tragedy will warn of the treacherous wonder of the ocean
[] Sarah Harnsongkram looks over the mock-up of a marker that is proposed for the site near Yachats where her son and his friend died. The cardboard models show where columns of basalt will be placed