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Lafayette History Rabbit Holes – Acalanes Radio Station KCEQ: Campolindo 1973-1974 Electronics Club

September 8, 2022 Leave a Comment

Cover of 1974 Campolindo yearbook

In the 1974 Compañero… we do not find an entry for the 1973-1974 Electronics Club. We do find an entry for the Campolindo TV show in the yearbook. For the last few years the TV program has been putting out a television series called the Campolindo “30”. This is headed by Mr. Shannahorn and can […]

Filed Under: Campolindo High School Tagged With: 1973-1974 Campolindo Electronics Club, Campolindo High School, Lafayette History Rabbit Holes

Lafayette History Rabbit Holes – Acalanes Radio Station KCEQ: Del Valle 1973-1974 FM Club (Del Valle Gets An Amateur Radio Station)

September 3, 2022 1 Comment

Picture of the FM Club from the 1974 Del Valle yearbook

If you were to do a barebones history of KCEQ, then this is where you would begin. Wendell began teaching at Del Valle during the 1969-1970 school year. Unlike when he started at Campolindo, there doesn’t appear to have been either the emergence of an electronics/radio club or the continuance of a pre-existing club upon […]

Filed Under: Del Valle High School Tagged With: 1973-1974 Del Valle FM Club, Del Valle High School, Lafayette History Rabbit Holes, Wendell Pleis

Oral History: Beverly Panfilli – October, 2004

September 1, 2022 1 Comment

Beverly Panfilli Title Card

Summary: Beverly Panfilli Littorno was interviewed by Julie Sullivan in October, 2004. Her father Adolph, who had experience working in commercial fishery, along with her mother Barbara, opened a small fish market on Old Tunnel Road in 1945. It soon became a restaurant as well, called Lafayette Seafood Grotto. This business became one of the […]

Filed Under: Oral History Tagged With: Business, Oral History

Lafayette History Rabbit Holes – Acalanes Radio Station KCEQ: Moving Into The Third Phase

August 19, 2022 Leave a Comment

Picture of Mark Jeffrey in 1979

We’ve reached the 1973-1974 school year at Del Valle. This is an excellent point to once again stop and summarize where we’ve been and where we’re going. So far we’ve looked at all five schools in the Acalanes Union High School District (AUHSD) and one in Nebraska. Let’s try to arrange this into a narrative, […]

Filed Under: Acalanes High School, Campolindo High School, Clayton Valley High School, Del Valle High School, Las Lomas High School, Miramonte High School, Scottsbluff High School Tagged With: Acalanes High School, Campolindo High School, Del Valle High School, Lafayette History Rabbit Holes, Las Lomas High School, Miramonte High School, Scottsbluff High School, Wendell Pleis

Lafayette History Rabbit Holes – Acalanes Radio Station KCEQ: Las Lomas 1973-1974 Radio Club

August 15, 2022 Leave a Comment

Picture of the 1973-1974 Las Lomas Radio Club

In the 1974 El Caballero… we find that there was a Radio Club during the 1973-1974 school year. The students are listed as follows: Tony Jurgens Roy Crowell Robert T. Loder, Jr. Aran Guy Robert K. Callahan Robert Acton Patrick Riggs Robert Kiraly That’s all the information on this part that we have at the […]

Filed Under: Las Lomas High School Tagged With: 1973-1974 Las Lomas Radio Club, Lafayette History Rabbit Holes, Las Lomas High School

Lafayette History Rabbit Holes – Acalanes Radio Station KCEQ: 1973-1974 Acalanes Radio Club

August 14, 2022 Leave a Comment

Cover of the 1974 Aklan

In the 1974 Aklan… we do not find an entry for the 1973-1974 Acalanes Radio Club. We do find an entry for the Acalanes TV show in the yearbook. I really got involved in something interesting this year when I joined the staff of the Acalanes Review, a T.V. show put on by some kids […]

Filed Under: Acalanes High School Tagged With: 1973-1974 Acalanes Radio Club, Acalanes High School, Lafayette History Rabbit Holes

Oral History: Ken & Sue Nagel, SFO Helicopter – November, 2004

August 13, 2022 Leave a Comment

Ken and Sue Nagel Title Card

Summary: Ken Nagel and his wife Sue Nagel were interviewed by Julie Sullivan in November, 2004. Ken was an attorney, and later also a member of the Board of Directors, for SFO Helicopters. This service carried passengers from Lafayette to and from San Francisco International Airport and also six other locations around the Bay Area. […]

Filed Under: Oral History Tagged With: Business, Early Resident, Oral History

Lafayette History Rabbit Holes – Acalanes Radio Station KCEQ: Campolindo 1972-1973 Electronics Club (Campolindo Gets An Amateur Radio Station)

August 13, 2022 Leave a Comment

Entry for the 1972-1973 Campolindo Electronics Club in the Winter 1972-1973 amateur radio call book

In the 1973 Compañero… we do not find an entry for the 1972-1973 Electronics Club. We do find an entry for the Campolindo TV show in the yearbook. A new program initiated at Campolindo is the video tape program lead by the dauntless efforts of Mr. Carl Shanahorn. In addition Campolindo began a new season […]

Filed Under: Campolindo High School Tagged With: 1972-1973 Campolindo Electronics Club, Campolindo Electronics Club, Lafayette History Rabbit Holes

Lafayette History Rabbit Holes – Acalanes Radio Station KCEQ: Las Lomas 1972-1973 Radio Club

August 12, 2022 Leave a Comment

Picture of the 1972-1973 Las Lomas Radio Club

In the 1973 El Caballero… we find that there was a Radio Club during the 1972-1973 school year. These guys tinker around with their radio equipment. Their advisor was Harold Ferguson. That’s all the information on this part that we have at the moment. As with all these posts, please feel free to share any […]

Filed Under: Las Lomas High School Tagged With: 1972-1973 Las Lomas Radio Club, Lafayette History Rabbit Holes, Las Lomas High School

Lafayette History Rabbit Holes – Acalanes Radio Station KCEQ: 1972-1973 Acalanes Radio Club

August 11, 2022 Leave a Comment

Cover of the 1973 Aklan

In the 1973 Aklan… we do not find an entry for the 1972-1973 Acalanes Radio Club. We do find an entry for the Acalanes TV show in the yearbook. Reporting the activities at school, the Acalanes Review was a new and well-received activity this year. After establishing a studio in Moraga during October, a representative […]

Filed Under: Acalanes High School Tagged With: 1972-1973 Acalanes Radio Club, Acalanes High School, Lafayette History Rabbit Holes

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