Come on People lets get together and support our Almamater.Looking forward to the MKHS Homecoming game this Friday night 11/12/ with all of my Keppel Buddies old and new with a little mingling and dancing with friends afterwards. Lets show everyone we still got that Aztec Spirit

Larry, Hey I am an old wrestling alum. If you can consider getting your ass kicked by Moses and Doug Bauer in practice every day, and laying on your stomach for three consecutive tournaments (but I never got pinned). I was really involved in wrestling because I looked cute in the tights.

Joey- that's what I've always loved about you. Your humility and modesty... Ave P.S. You did fill out that wrestling uniform quite nicely - and you've still "got it" babe! :)

CM MESSAGE BOARDS - I don't know if anyone else has had this experience on Classmates.com - but every time I've tried to post messages on the MKHS message board there's always someone from the 50's or 60's that hijacks the conversation! (Funny thing is I received complaints from those same alumni complaining about the number of messages I posted to promote the reunion - they said I was taking up too much space!) Hmmm...pot calling kettle black! Anyway, we have a Message Board page on this site that currently isn't being used much. If anyone would like me to change or add topics for you to exchange messages along the lines of the Classmates.com site, please let me know. This is a good page but you can't create a string of conversations and it's not that easy to follow. Let me know - Ave

class of '81,

Sincerest condolences to the Castilleja-Hesse family. Peace and God's blessing for your families.

Heres another plug for the annual KBIG Charlie Tunathon benefitting Childrens Hospital L-A. Listen to 104.3fm KBIG Thursday & Friday (8/17 & 8/18) as we broadcast live and talk to children who are alive today because of this incredible hospital. Call and donate at 1800-817-4-KID or check out kbig.com, click on 'Tunathon' and you can donate online. Thanks.

I would like to give a shout out for all those MKHS Alumni that ride Harley's!!! This sunday Aug. 20th will be the 7th annual CHOC ride for the kids. Info. at Chocride.com. Location of ride: Former Marine Corps. Air Station in Tustin. Come show your support & your love for our sick children!!! Thanks!!!

Oh my gosh I am sitting here crying. I don't know if it is from laughing or that everyone has brought up so many happy memories. I had baby blue Ditto's from Zody's and white ones from Gemco. I have a picture of me wearing Jordache, double belt, leg warmers with China Dolls. I thought i was the %*$@. lol. Larry do you still have your Shiek outfit. Oh my gosh I would love to see you come in that. ( wouldn't mind the speedo ) but that would be great. Thanks everyone for the memories can't wait to see everyone.

Hey guys, how about a plug for our very own IRMA BLANCO?? Let's band together and show K-BIG and Charlie Tuna what we're all about! I bet if each one of us called in and pleged $5 bucks in Irma's name it would make you feel good and make a little dent, that's $2,750 bucks. TALONDI where are you? Show some love!! Irma came thru for us, let's give it right back. XOXO much luv sista! OH< Mando Lay at the party plays just for U!! Lol

About those Ditto's!!!!! Growing up in San Gabriel, below the 80 steps of Hillcrest Elementary. Me & my sister Sally Parra loved to wear our Ditto's when riding our horses we had as kids!!! Thanks dad for the opportunity of growing up with horses!!! We had a fun childhood!!!

WHAT  IS  UP  TO  ANY  OF  MY  FRIENDS  THATREMEMBER  ME,  CLASS  OF  1984,  AND  ALL  OFTHE  LOVELY  LADIES  OUT  THERE.

Ay, pinche Dave! No strips for you! We were probably hangin' out at Manny's at the same time and didn't even know it. My associates in the SPPT and I would go there pretty much any night of the week - weekends were best because you were guaranteed a couple of idiots would get into a fight in the parking lot, which led us to coin the phrase, "Manny's El Loco - Good Food and a Good Fight for under two bucks." I typed it on a piece of paper and the guys who worked there taped it to the inside of the order window. So cool to hear people talk about old businesses in M.P. I remember Monterey Park Lanes, Safeway, Gerards, George's Burgers, Young's Restaurant ("Awful Good Food"), Paris, Garvey Hardware, Shopping Bag/Fazio's/Great Skate, Sound Stage Records (where we bought our 45s), M.P. Stationers, the mortuaries, Star Market, Ed Kretz, O'Neal's Bike Shop, Duffy's and Brack's Paint. How about the "original" Atlantic Square? How many stores can you name? I still have an old M.P. business directory from about 1963 - every so often it's fun to look through it and walk down memory lane. Anyone remember the house on Newmark across from the old City Hall that was always decorated to the nines at Christmas? Or the pedestrian underpasses on Garvey (instead of crosswalks)? OK, NOW I'm dating myself - ugh!

I remember Garvey Ranch Park, I remember one weekend as a boy scoutt, we went and did a clean up in the park, cleaning it up. It was lot's of fun.

wow, you all remember so much. Thanks to all the loadies at Marlboro country the late 70's and early eighties were a blur to me. LOL i remember i couldn't be caught dead at Pic N Save, loved Pup N Taco, and that phrase " Believe in us, were Music +" changed my life.

Wow: So many memories and places keep coming to mind. Before Manny's El Loco, remember A@W there. There was also Carter, Cram Mortuaries on Garvey, in fact Art Cram went to Keppel. Those were the days:

Duffy's Liquor Store! How many of us bought beer there while still underage?....lol......and Dave I LOVED Pup~n~Taco fries!!!

Okay, my amusing story... Walked into Country Store Liquor in my junior year to buy alcohol. I had in my possession a bonafide DMV license with my picture on it that said I was born in 1956 - height said I was 5' 10"! (I won't divulge how I procured the I.D. but should mention my older sister was class of '74.) So, I'm heading to the beer section to buy supplies for Talondi's try-outs that night when I notice my reflection in the beer case as the door is closing - after I made my selection. I TOTALLY forgot I had my Talondi shirt on - and on the back was my graduation year in BIG BLAZING NUMBERS "81". Thinking it was too late to turn back, I proceeded to the counter where Ted was waiting (I think that was the owner's son's name) and continued the transaction by requesting the bottle of Peach Schnapp's for Gloria Guerra '80 - her favorite. It took a long time before I walked in that store again. Next idiotic "gotcha" was going to Marie Callendar's bar before my surprise 21st birthday party. Dave (bartender extraordinaire) asked what the special occasion was - having noticed the blindfold I walked in with and our "dress up" attire. My friend, Cindy Quaternik, told Dave it was my 21st birthday. Problem was we'd been visiting his bar for more than two years... is there a theme here? Okay, done with confessions of idiocy for the day :)

Ave!! I think you will have to go with page 2 for the Guest Book. It's getting pretty full here!!! lol...

Man!, so many places you guys are talking about. They bring back lots of memories. I also remember Broasted Chicken just up the street from George's Burgers, that was a good place. There was also hot cocoa nights at Pronto Donuts after skating at Great Skate. Hey speaking of donuts, no one's mentioned the Helmes Bakery truck, eh!!! (waas up...)

Funny you should mention the Helm's truck. I was just talking about it the other day. What a treat when the man would open up the donut drawer! Yumm.. Ave, glad to know you were carrying on the Talondi tradition. You are a Talondi sister! First time I ever indulged was at a Talondi function. Unfortunately for the homeowner I got sick and used the sink! EW! My BF had to come over and help unclog it. What a guy. (Thanks Randy!)Ok I learned a lot that night. Was that Ted's liquor store on Garvey? Your story is too funny!

Country Store Liquor (Garfield and Graves) by the steep hill that leads to Garfield - it still exists! (Angie Espinosa-Avila '81 and I bought beer there just a few weeks ago when we were at the Barnes Park Concert. Felt like old times. Ted's Liquor (on Garvey Avenue) - I remember it well. I grew up going to that store so I stayed away when I was in high school. (He knew my parents too well!) Ted's son opened the VW repair shop right next door. I think the building is still there. Enough of the liquor... I loved the Helm's truck - glazed donuts in the lower right-hand drawer. What about the little italian deli/store next to Benny's drive-thru restaurant and Brack's Paint Store on Garvey? Best italian sandwiches in town. I remember the woman behind the counter with the glasses so thick they made her eyes looked really tiny. She scared me when I was a little girl! Okay, I just ate dinner and I'm hungry again...

Dave: "Loadies" I haven't heard that in sooo long! Haha. Broasted chicken was a favorite hang out of mine! Cuties (you know who you are!)worked there and have I got stories! What were the dress shops in Atlantic Square near JC Penny? I can picture the gift box in my head, but not the name. I loved watching the loaves of bread being sliced up in the machine at Atlantic Bakery. I know...what a weirdo!

Can't wait till the reunion. It'll be great seeing all the old Keppelites. FYI, there's a Mark Keppel Elementary School in Paramount, Calif. For those of you who do or do not remember me, I'm the one who got pulled over with guns drawn by Monterey Park Police in a stolen Corvette with Ralph Hernandez right in front of school right after the "Powerplay Assembly" (remember those assemblies in the gym once a year). That embarassment will live with me FOREVER!!! God, I get chills just thinking about it. Now a Commissioner with the City of Montebello and a Program Manager with the City of Paramount for at-risk youth. Man, what a difference 25 years make. See ya all in September... P.S. Don't forget the TEQUILA!!!!!!

Hi there! Been a while since a reunion. Looking forward to the future one. Bill

Class of 81!!

Dear Tony Lomelli, I am sorry that your eye sight and memory has failed you sooner then you would have liked. But be that as it may, that is Sammy Ybarra's head between Frank Guzman's legs and Alfred has the unlikely pleasure of supporting Tom on his chicken bone shoulder blades. But nevermind all that, how about my knockers I know you want to touch them! P.S. Tony you graduated in 80, remember?

Looking forward to seeing those that can make the reunion. Hopefully our memory will still remember each other. To those that can't make it, you will be missed, but not forgotten. And to those that are no longer with us, may you look down upon us and smile and laugh at us, as we remember and honor you. It may not have been that long ago, but it has been a life time ago.

HEY EDDIE, THANKS FOR THE UPDATE KNOCKER BOY! JUST WAS TRYING TO TEST YOUR MIND/SIGHT ON WHO WAS ACTUALLY IN THE PICTURE. SO WHAT IS THIS I HEAR ABOUT YOU LIVING WITH A GUY? OH WELL WE WON'T DISCUSS THAT ANY FURTHER UNTIL THE REUNION(HA!) AND ANOTHER THING MUST BE YOUR MIND GOING YOU SPELLED MY LAST NAME WRONG IT'S "LOMELI" !

Ok you guys still trying to remember that dam recipe for the sauce on those strips LOL! I may have to investigate and track it down. But in the mean time, all this talk about food made me think about some of these secret recipes I have found through out the years. For those of you who love marinates, I have one you will fall in love with. This is a secret recipe that came from a restraunt (Steak & Ale) in Texas. This is one of my favorites. 4oz. soy sauce 5oz. sherry 14oz. pineapple chunks(unsweeten) 2oz. red wine viniger 3oz. sugar(1/4-1/2 cup) 2 tsp. msg(Accent) 1/2tsp. garlic powder Marinate 24-36 hours Use boneless beef or chicken Let me know what you think, this really is a good marinate. Your steak will cut like butter OH YEAH! I had many compliments on it, I'm sure you will enjoy it. I suggest using ribeye steak, it is to die for!

Ok I just realized I offered to send Ave some English Toffee and no one else, another one of my secret recipes, . HOW RUDE IS THAT LOL! I'm sorry, The next time you guys have a get together I promise I will bring some for everyone to try.

Larry Landless, you big lug! Thanks for organizing the brunch sweetie! You had a camera, I had a camera and no one took pictures!! What a bunch of goofs! I have yet to hear one person say their getting tired of these outings. Only time can come between us, my friends. Jabbers and Bri & Joe...where were you?? Martha, thanks for always remembering us! You're the best girl!

ouch--too many memories. Paris Rest, I remember walking by there on my way to Ynez and seeing all the chickens spinning on the roaster. Georges, corner of Chandler and Garvey have good burgers but I can't remember what is was before that. Manny's El Loco in Covina, this has been the ONLY place that comes even close the the BP strips. Taco Treat on Garfield near Emerson, deep fried bean & cheese burritos, oh-so-good and oh-so-bad for you. They are now on Las Tunas near Santa Anita. The fire engine at BP sand box is gone along with the lion head drinking fountain. Every year I still go to Play Days and the July 4th celebration. Next year we should plan to go.

In loving memory of Anthony Solorio Class of 83' for all who know him and would like information on his memorial services taking place this Saturday at St. Anthony's Church in San Gabriel please contact family or you can email me at eoliva@rwglaw.com I'm one of many cousins...and one of many hearts who have been shattered by this tragedy... May he rest in peace....

Las Vegas!! I see a lot of RSVPs that do not have rooms booked. What are you waiting for? Southwest and Western still have good rates for flights. Construction is done on the I-15 (I think). Don't miss out on the fun!

Someone just told me about this website, it is great. Hope more Alumni get into posting here and getting together. Bobby Madrid, great job with those boys this year. We may not win every game but we have hung around in almost all of them and you have to start somewhere. Good to see the turn around you have done there.

I  have been looking for debra sartori since or 20 year reunion... If anyone  knows  how to reach her, please let me know- Thanks, Anita

Poping in sayin hello to everyone...

The Class of 1974 rules

THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY THAT SHOWED UP AT "RUDE DOGS" FRIDAY NIGHT TO SEE THE OLD GUYS PLAY SOME ROCK & ROLL, IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THE OLD GANG PARTY LIKE THE GOOD OLD DAYS. THANKS AGAIN. JOHN CASTILLO JOHNC@GKDISTRIBUTING.COM

Congratulations Tony and Belinda, I only wish the best for both of you. It was good to see u guys again this past Sunday, I had a nice time. Talk to u soon.

To: MKHS Alumnis Parents/Grandparents, I am personally would like to send my warm greetings and wishes to the recent Grads. Of course, for those who has family members and friends graduated from all school aspect. I extend my "Congrats" with perseverance of success and received many blessings from their love ones'. May this special day rejoice of celebration. Peace out! Gracie

To: MKHS Alumnis Special Wishes, It's the month of June wishing all the deserving "Father's" on their special day. "Happy Father's Day/Father-To-Be, May this day bless you throughout the way. Relax, Enjoy, and Rejoice... ~Aloha, Gracie

Que Paso Everyone!! I just want to take this time to wish all the Dads out there a Happy Fathers Day and now that (all) the kids are out of school let's start firing up the grill and throw down the carne asada and really get ready for summer, ehh!! Enjoy all!! Bill.

Hi everyone. I just wanted to respond to Ave and Eddie's discussion on this Guest Book concerning the night before Thanksgiving at Norhs Woods Inn. I don't want to be a party pooper but I talked to everyone involved except Eddie and it was a unamimous decision to maintain a boys only policy for this event. The actual name of the event is"Boys Night Out" and it has been so except one time many moons ago when "one" lady attended. I am not sure where Eddie got his information from. Anyway, nads will be checked at the door like every year and I am not sure if Eddie will get in this year.

No problem Joey. Some things should stay the same. We'll find another time to mix it up. Have a great time!

Hey Grace.are you still doing Kareoke at the I restarant in MP?  I told Rene to tell you hi for  me.My high school last name was Gonzales.. I am Terry's sister.  Anyways, maybe we will come down to see you and Rene sing.

Respond to you**Laura Gonzales-------...Yes indeed, I am still going to "The Venice Room", I know Renee whenever I see her on Wednesday Night. Surprisingly, she mentioned your name that I she amazed me actually. We sang, mingle, and enjoys each other's company. Anyhow, being at "The Venice Room'' is my escape to release my inundated schedule  while I sang out loud!!...It's a fahbulous place to hang out on Friday Nite also. From the nice people, bartenders, KJ, delicious steak, and the Lombardo owners is great.Hey Laura, I know who you are. I don't forget pretty faces plus a kind-hearted one.Gracie-1984P.s. Hey Alumnis!!Keep this Guest Book rolling, the more messages, the better we connect.Happy Day with a young spirit at heart. God Bless MKHS Alumnis!!!

Hey Everyone,I need your prayers to keep my spirit alive at all times. Also, strengthen my faith.  Recently, my boyfriend got involved in a car accident before he dropped me off from the Venice Room. Right now, I am facing this terrible emotional guilt-trip because I felt I should've have done something more to avoid the accident. Anyways, I am glad I am not in the car when he drove me home. But yet, just still shooken up of it. Regardless, the time passes to forget the unforgettable experiences, I am really numbed by it. ..Thank you God for the blessing of having the nice people here in MKHS  Alumnis. Gracie-1984P.S. K.I.T.

Happy father's Day  to all you awesome dads!