Spectrum
Internet Newsletter of the Alumni of Lanao Chung Hua School
Vol. 4, No. 24, February 12, 2001, Iligan City, Philippines
LCHS-AA POLLS 2001
LCHS-AA nominations under way
By Roger Suminguit (Batch '73)

VoterNomination for members of the board of directors of the LCHS-AA is now under way.  The Nomination Committee released the initial list of nominees published in this issue. At the meeting of the board last Feb. 7, all LCHS-AA past presidents declared themselves out of the race for board membership as they will soon form a Council of Past Presidents that will serve as an advisory group to the board. More nominations will still be received until Feb. 28. Election for 19 members of the board is scheduled on March 12, and counting of ballots on March 17, 2001. The list of nominees will also be posted on the LCHS Home Page in due time for alumni residing outside Iligan to elect the 19 members of the board through the Internet.  To cast your ballot on the Internet, log on to http://www.iligan.com/~lchs/alumni/ and click on "LCHS-AA Election." Meanwhile, the traditional Chinese New Year lumpia party for LCHS-AA officers is set on Feb. 18 to be hosted by president Arturo & Eileen Samson. 

EDITORIAL STAFF
Charles O. Sy, Editor
Henry L. Yu, Associate Editor
Correspondents:
Iligan - Johnny Chen, Teresita Racines, Vinson Ngo, Roger Suminguit, & Armi Leslie Te. Cebu - Igdono Caracho. Manila - Marie Janieffer Lee. Canada - Peter Dy & Mikee Lee. Australia - Leonardo Tan. U.S.A. - Ernesto Yu & Aurora Tansiokhian.
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List of Nominees

Initial line-up of nominees for Board of Directors of the LCHS-AA:  Vy Beng Hong; Glenda Sy Cabilan; Johnny Chen; Rodolfo Yu; Teresita Racines; Roger Suminguit; Luis Kho; Alexander Chua; Suniel Lim; Steward Co; Jimmy Ang; Dominic Siao; Geraldine Tan; Marie Joan Quimbo; Chester Dy-Carlos; James Booc; Ernest Oliver Uy; and Shirley Racaza.  The Nomination Committee welcomes more nominations.  Deadline for nominations is Feb. 28, 2001. Alumni who wish to submit their nominations may contact Roger Suminguit, tel. no. 221-2422; or cell no. 0917-3305322.

Amity Lions Club lauds LCHS students
By Roger Suminguit (Batch '73)

The Iligan Amity Lions Club recently presented a plaque of appreciation to LCHS in recognition of the help extended by LCHS students in the club's charity project.  LCHS student volunteers helped in gathering used clothings and other goodies for the club to distribute as "bundles of joy" last Christmas at the Mibolo Elementary School in Barangay Tipanoy.  The plaque of appreciation was presented to LCHS principal William Payonan by Amity Lions project chairman Antonio Benolerao, along with Lions past presidents Calix Tan and Roger Suminguit.

Cebu Kinmen induction bash Feb. 11

The Cebu chapter of the Philippine Kinmen Association will hold its 42nd induction of officers and fellowship luncheon bash at the Cebu Grand Convention Center on Feb. 11. All Kinmenians and their family members in Cebu are invited to the affair. There will be raffle draws with fabulous prizes at stake.  Tickets are sold at P200 apiece. The Cebu Kinmen Association is headed by Tereso "Koko" Tan, of TSK Marketing Corp., as president. Among the Iliganons to be inducted as officers are Dy Tiao Un, executive director; Sy Chu Teck, 2nd vice president; Nelson Sy, secretary (English); Arthur Dy, asst. auditor; and Dy Shek Tong, sergeant at arms. Meanwhile, LCHS alumni who have never visited their ancestral hometown of Kinmen, China, will now have their chance to do so.  A group tour of Kinmen, organized by the Manila chapter of Kinmen Association, is scheduled on Mar. 18 to 25, 2001.

Joe Booc to run for councilor anew

Jose Booc (Batch '68) will throw his hat into the ring anew for a seat in the Iligan City Council in the forthcoming national elections in May. He will run under the Abag Promdi Party.  He was inducted by Emilio "Lito" Osmeña as a member of the Abag Promdi Party in Cebu City last Feb. 6.  He ran for city councilor as an independent candidate in 1998 but did not make it.

TracersFeet
Alumni news roundup

"Traces" scooped up a bunch of interesting tidbits for this week's highlights.  Councilor Henry Dy (Batch '64) was in Cebu City last Feb. 2-4 to attend the Philippine Councilors League (PCL) Millennium Congress at the Waterfront Hotel in Lahug, Cebu.  Henry is the incumbent National Liaison Officer of the PCL. Another recent visitor in Cebu was Aurora Samson (Batch '58), elder sister of LCHS-AA president Arturo Samson (Batch '59).  She came to town from Manila to visit her sister Lolicita Samson Yau (Batch '66) and brothers Edmund Samson (Batch '76) and Johnson Samson (Batch '81). New York-based Spectrum columnist Aurora Tansiokhian (Batch '58) is currently on a two-week vacation in Australia.  She's looking forward to visit her cousin Leonardo Tan (Batch '66) and his family in Sydney. Oliver Booc (Batch '86), son of Rufino Booc (Batch '58)  is now pursuing his law practice in Cebu.  Congrats to Jane Dale Racines, LCHS 4th year high school student, who passed the entrance examination for Speech Communications of the College of Arts & Letters of UP- Diliman! Spectrum associate editor Henry Yu (Batch '69) was one of the judges of the product detailing contest of Merck Pharmaceuticals at the Philippine Dream in Mactan, Cebu, last Feb. 8, participated in by drug representatives from the Visayas and Mindanao.

EmailMail
In appreciation of "I Was There"
Thu, 8 Feb 2001 19:15:58 -0800

I'd like to express my sincere appreciation to Ahia Boy's (Dr. Henry Yu) "I Was There," (Spectrum, Jan. 29, 2001) dedicated to me in celebration of my 40th birthday. And yes, he was ALWAYS there for me, and I'm forever grateful for that. I may not have everything in life, but I'm blessed to have the best of what I have. --Evelyn Yu Go (Batch '77), San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A., ego@texas.net

DictatesErnie
By Ernesto L. Yu, M.D., Batch '65

Heaven on Earth

A big nope to your questioning doubt if you are seeing the gasping fade of Dateline Buffalo. An opportunistic Valentino spore just licked the better of me during this Feb. 14th exclusive affair for the lover in all of us. Plain translation: I'm in the mood for love, choked by the desire to suck dry the maddening breeze of my late '60s original Spectrum byline (complete with photo when I was 20). It was a phase in my youth when Valentine's Day never disappoints to blur my visual fields with screaming flashes of beet-red hearts frothing with delight. As such, snuggle by me as I kiss the sunset and cuddle the twilight with energized dollop of heart dictates, resurrected from my Stone Age when my eyes assumed most of the verbalizing skills of my lips.

I can't pinpoint with blazing certainty the factors that jarred my awake hours to flicker along rippling waves of daydreams. Was it the curve in your smile that consumed my passion to utter exhaustion? Was it the pack of angels who designed stolen moments that rendered you a magnet to my eyes? Oftentimes, I tap my heart for rational vibrations to questions like, "Why the thought of you never ceases to lullaby my senses?" and "What's that sugary coating behind your every sway that modifies my lusterless world into something wonderfully sweet and refreshingly fulfilling? Other times, I relive the wonder of you in extended runs and savor bit by bit the sensuous verses of each passing frame. Whoa, if this is what romantics tag as love in the third degree, then I'd like to camp and be dazzled in these guarded clouds and have eternity to play with the rainbows and stars. Incidentally, if my pen floats like a seasoned dreamer, that is because I have made a science out of your mental games and caresses that curl my toes and tingle my spine. Should I go an extra mile to make the glaringly obvious clear?

Yes, I'm bred in the very bones of Romeos who value the uncomplicated joy in handholding, the hypnotic fascination in sidelong glances, the bruising tenderness in hugs, the rhapsodic beauty in roses, the melodic lines in lyrics, the thrill in whispering into the wind ... the love in loveliness.

"Put your head on my shoulder" should not stun you like a drill sergeant killer intro. It is a feathery kiss to echo into your ears an Ode to Forever Love. Resting a cozy piece of you on me spins any moonless nights to waltz away in dizzying colors. Every intimate side to side trade of warmth is an occasion that I long to freeze and thaw whenever I'm dragged into the melancholic aloneness in a crowd. I could care less if my morning blasts off with emotional grunts and sweats as long as there is a hint of a chance that at day's end you'll tap dry my bones by autographing my dreams.

Suffice to say, those charmed hours spent in the company of your thoughts and dreams is really heaven on earth. An ambience shimmering with humming angels, snow-white fogs, soothing harp harmony, twinkling purity, smiling skies, endless love. I can only wish such sensory magic never thins out into mere films of borrowed psychic peace because I have carved a pledge to never ever be a witness to the loneliness in space and the sadness of time. What chemistry will achieve such lovely mission? I will let you walk, run, roam, dance, breathe, and hang teasingly in my mind. Gosh, it's truly soul enriching how moldy love notes can be dusted and polished to its original sheen. In a heartbeat! Tells you that love, once inhaled and circulated, will always pulsate in its preserved state again and again.

With you, that means always. Forever. Really. Honest.

HeartJen
By Marie Janiefer Q. Lee, Batch '87

Paging Mr. Cupid

Just a few more days and it'll be Valentine's day once again. It seems like we were just celebrating New Year's eve and now it's February.  Another year is slowing unfolding and for all the "unattached" and happily single out there I'm sure it'll be another year of torture.  Torture? You'd probably be asking what am I talking about. Whose torturing who on Valentine's day (?) which is supposed to be the day of love, the day of the hearts. Before you skip my column and go to the next one. please hear me out first.

Well, the last time I was able to chat with some friends in Iligan, it was amazing to hear from both a man's and a woman's view on how it is to be in their late 20's or early 30's and still stay unmarried. It started out with the question raised jokingly to our small crowd and the question was: "Why aren't you married yet?" By the expression on their faces I could see that this simple question seemed to get that here-we-go-again look. One said, "Who doesn't want or dream of getting married?" Answering a question with another question, huh? Well, most of them said that it's either the "right" person is no where in sight or it's just "not the right time yet." One person even asked me a question that I had a hard time answering. He asked me, "Jen, since you got married early, do you think you made the right decision?" The answer to this is another story.

Since we're all another year older this year, more parents are more worried about whether their son or daughter would ever find "Mr. Right" or "Ms. Right." Here's where the issue about "torture" comes in. Most of my friends complained about what they go through everyday. The daily dose of nagging from their own families during meal time or while watching TV at night.  And there are those incidents when they get poked in the ribs by some old aunts or some of their parents' friends everytime there's a gathering or a party, and be asked with "O, kanus-a man ka maminyo?" By now some of them have already run out of one-liners to answer those types of questions. It's either they try to avoid those same people next time or be ready with a good answer before the millions of questions come rushing in. They say that questions like that or "naa na ba kay oyab?" is like a grenade. Before you know it there's already an explosion of tiny sharp questions. The usual follow up to this is: "Ngano man?" They say that these questions are like salt on an open wound, a mental torture.

So for those who are "innocently" throwing this type of questions during parties, please I beg you to give these people a break. If they are happy with their lives as single then stop asking those silly questions, stop torturing them. Anyway if there's a wedding you'll be the first person to know.

Now on Valentine's day let's be ready with those bows and arrows and help me try to catch Mr. Cupid. Whoever catches him first, please tell him that I have some friends who need their "other halves." So, paging Mr. Cupid, report to Iligan skies immediately. How I wish Mr. Cupid is a member of the text-generation; it would have been easier.

If Mr. Cupid doesn't show up, maybe this little fellow is too busy flying all over the world matching two hearts. Maybe it's about time we lend him a hand. So, ladies and gentlemen, I'm volunteering to help Mr. Cupid. For those who are interested, please write your name, address and signature on any piece of paper and drop it in my nearest email-box. I'll try to find a good match for you.

BunhillAurora
By Aurora H. Tansiokhian, M.D., Batch '58

What Really Matters

The following is something to make us stop and think.

Take this quiz.

· Name the five wealthiest people in the world.
· Name the last five Heisman Trophy winners.
· Name the five winners of the Miss America contest.
· Name 10 people who have won the Nobel or Pulitzer prizes.
· Name the last six Academy Awards winners for best actor or actress.
· Name the last decade's worth of World Series winners.

How did you do?

The point is, none of us remembers the headlines of yesterday.  These are no second-rate achievers.  They are the best in their fields.  But the applause dies.  Award tarnish.  Achievements are forgotten.  Accolades and certificates are buried with their owners.

Here's another quiz.

See how you do on this one.

· List a few teachers who aided your journey through school.
· Name three friends who have helped you through a difficult time.
· Name five people who have taught you something worth while.
· Think of a few people who have made you feel appreciated and special.
· Think of five people you enjoy spending time with.
· Name half a dozen heroes whose stories have inspired you.

Easier?  The lesson?  The people who make a difference in your life are not the ones with the most credentials, the most money or the most awards.  They are the ones who care. They have been very successful in their lives.  Their rewards are in our hearts.  (Reprinted from First Draft.)

Till next time.

LoloyBriefs
By Leonardo "Eddie" Tan, Batch '66

Electing a Form of Government

It is election time again. And I am not only talking about the big one in May when the positions of municipal councilors, vice mayors and mayors, provincial board members, vice governors and governors, congressional district representatives and a dozen seats of the senate will be up for grabs, but also our very own LCHS Alumni Association. This is the very essence of democracy. The sovereign will of the people shall be reflected through the ballot to determine the leaders who will form the new government.

In our own alumni association, we are enjoined to nominate the alumni who are to be elected to the Board of Directors, as announced in the previous issue of this newsletter. From among the nominees, we, ordinary members, will then elect the number of members of the board of directors. The newly elected members of the Board will then elect among themselves the president, vice presidents, and others in the line-up to fill up all the key positions. In short, we ordinary members, don't elect the president and other officers of the LCHS-AA directly, but indirectly through our representatives who, in this case, are the board members. Nothing unusual about that. In fact this is the most common practice of almost every large organization or corporation throughout the global community. And this method has proven to be very effective over the centuries. The advantage in this method is we narrow down the choices to the best few who could lead and serve. For short, we call this method as Parliamentary Form. Or the government of the people by representatives.

The worst example of people voting directly for the chief executive of the government is the recent US presidential election. How many prospective candidates have to start 2 years of campaigning first for the hundreds of millions of dollars needed for their campaign? Then they have to fight it out in their own political party's primaries, followed thereafter by the party convention, and the final campaign itself. This is a very time consuming exercise and a very expensive one. Both the Bush and Gore campaigns combined were reported to cost almost a billion US dollars. And with this process, we cannot even be assured yet that the best person will make it to the White House or the one who receives the most number of votes will win the race.  Add to this the campaign fund contributors will be jockeying for favors one way or another in the new administration by way of political patronage and concessions. Is this not the truth? This is a give and take world. Who still believe in free lunch?

Whereas in the parliamentary form of government, the process is somewhat reversed and simplified. For the sake of argument, let us assume that the American Electoral College is actually composed of the total numbers and members of the federal congressmen and senators. If Bush or Gore wants to be the President, all they have to do is to run first as official candidate of their own political party as congressman or senator of their native congressional district or state. Whichever political party that has the majority of the college votes wins and has the right to form the Executive Branch of the US Federal Government. Then the winning political party's congressmen and senators will choose among themselves who is the brightest, the most capable and the best to be the chief executive of the land to implement the party's policies. A simpler process that is definitely less expensive and less time consuming. And the new administration will be less beholden to the many campaign fund contributors. At least in a very much smaller scale.

If we have a parliamentary system of government in the Philippines, I am sure the university dropout who became an action star will win as a congressman of his district easily but will never become the president or prime minister. Because within his own political party in the parliament, he will be facing a more intelligent, more qualified, more capable and more honest representative who will be best for the job. And there will be no millions of people who will be blindly voting for him because of his being a very popular movie star. And just in case, such a person is also selected or voted wrongly by his peers in the parliament, do we need an EDSA kind of revolution to remove him? A simple NO CONFIDENCE MOTION will settle the issue. And within the party caucus will emerge a new and better leader!

Think about it the next time you are given a choice between the present presidential system and the alternative parliamentary form of government.

CharlesSyllables
By Charles O. Sy, Batch 1967

To Vy or Not To Vy

Vy Beng Hong is being groomed to be the next LCHS-AA president. But he has not yet made up his mind.  To Vy or not to Vy, that is the question.
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Henry Dy is a politician who believes in the two-party system: birthday party and cocktail party.
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Next month LCHS alumni will cast their votes for a new set of officers.  In the country's national elections this May, many people will also go to the polls to cash their votes.
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Has anybody thought of nominating Edwin Co to the board of directors?  If Edwin Co-operates, he'll be an asset to the association.
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After Johnny Chen's term as LCHS-AA secretary, I think it's time for Johnny to move up in the Chen of command.
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Congressmen are weird.  When they make a joke, it's the law. And when they make a law, it's a joke.
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I used to enjoy political jokes ... until they get elected.
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I know a politician who asked the people during the campaign to vote for the honest man.  The people did and he lost.
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Politics is just like religion. Except in politics, it's your opponent who confesses your sins.
JourneyHenry
By Henry L. Yu, M.D., Batch '69

High School Circa '59

 "April Love is for the very young, every star’s a wishing star
 that shines for you. April Love is all the seven wonders,
one little kiss can tell you this is true …"
And so it happened one relaxing Sunday afternoon when I heard this popular song by Pat Boone being spun over my favorite radio station while I was browsing over the souvenir program of the First LCHS Grand Alumni Homecoming. Reading through the list of the members of Class 1959 brought forth a lot of sepia memories of that particular chapter in my life when I was a kindergarten pupil back in School Year 1958-1959, the very first time I set my feet on the pine tree-laden LCHS grounds. I will always remember this particular batch of students because they were the graduating seniors at a time when I was in yo ti wan, under the tutelage of Haw Tio Neow (Mrs. Tan Lian Hon), the so-called neow si go days, along with mah si beh, hua si huoy, ren si lang, etc.

Among those that I remember with fond memories are: the exceptionally beautiful Ang sisters: Gregoria (Bebe) and Linda (Dindin), the hyperactive Ching Sio Eng (Sofia Vy), the bespectacled Simfrosa Lim, the slim and shy Himaya Siao, the charming Juanita Te, the gregarious Glenda Siao, and the debonair Gregorio Dy, Orlando Go, Roberto Handumon, Alfredo Lai, and Arturo Samson. They were the LCHS version of Larry Santiago's Lo’Waist Gang. Lady killers they all were, or the so-called crush ng bayan in today's lingo.

Years later, Linda Ang (Ang Sian) became our teacher in kong bin. She was our school's make-up artist during the chap gue chap dit celebrations and other school programs, when she would apply make up on our youthful faces. Ching Sio Eng (Ching Sian) was our teacher in suan sot who would make kang ku shi to put us awake on such unholy 1:30 afternoon classes. Himaya Siao and Juanita Te were our neighbors, our stores (Pasing's Grocery, Siao Bon Po Trading, and Sen Chin Bee Glassware) being located in the same street that was Washington (now Aguinaldo). Glenda Siao was the sister of Ramonita (or Bebe – the conductress of the LCHS choir singing “Pahaloka Ko Day” or “Vaya Con Dios”), Bobo, Kangkang, and Liplip. Much much later, Glenda (Eng Eng) acts as my contact person at PAL each time I go on a trip. I used to watch her play volleyball along with the rest of her lady classmates as well as during rehearsals for the Iligan fiesta parade. The male members of Class 1959 were among the best looking LCHS has produced, the likes of Greg, Lando, Roberto (Mike), Fred, Arturo (Toto), etc. I remember how I would look up to them as a child of the universe, wishing I had their James Dean or Rock Hudson looks when I grow up someday. Oh, those wistful thinking of a child that was me. Recess times would see them exchanging pleasantries under that legendary mango tree, along with other students belonging to the lower levels, while we kinders innocently listened to their teenage escapades and those "for adults only" stories and jokes. In the afternoons, we would watch them play in the hard court under the curly haired Mr. Pedro Campugan as the coach master.

Yes, they were the graduating seniors at that time in 1959, with the members of High School Class 1963 as the sixth graders composed of my sister Mila and her classmates, like: Elsa Ang (Esa), Ursulina Bernardo (Beling), Dy Siok Ching (Gonge), Virginia Hoy, Cristina Lim (Tining), Leoncia Sy (Ahon), Lelisa Wong, Flora Uy (Poyang), Catalino Benolirao, Dy Shik Hym (Hym Hym), Jesus Dy (Hesing), Romeo Go (Chung Bing), Godfrey Siao (Boyen), Manuel Tan (Aki), among others. But this equally memorable batch surely needs another space where I can write about my memories of them. Suffice to say that once upon a time, we were all the young and innocent students of the only Chinese school in Iligan, then and now.

Today, if we are almost 50 ourselves, then the batch of 1959 must be well way up to their 60s. How fast time really flies! But whether 50 or 60 or 70, we will always have a soft spot in our hearts for dear old Lanao Chinese High School because it is the school which has made us all what we are today. It is where we left our hearts with a truckload of unforgettable memories, until it’s time for you to go. Yes, the song. And the fun, laughter, and tears of that certain era of our youth long gone by but forever remembered. For a lifetime.

Hello Class '59, are you still there? We will always remember you as yesterday's senior high schoolers and today's lolos and lolas. Yes, we were the kindergarten pupils of your teenagedom and today's moms and dads. And the cycle continues.

Thank you for being our idols, for sharing with us your stories and adventures that we will always remember year after year, till we pitch in our last hurrah. Thank you for the memories.

FeaturesStar

Rejoinder to Spectrum Articles about Estrada
By Clemente Estrera,  M.D.
Batch 1972, Cebu Institute of Medicine

To all the members of the Spectrum staff, a toast! Your undying dedication in constantly doing a terrific job by giving us, Spectrum readers, nothing but your best is phenomenal. May the Year of the Snake continue to sharpen your mind, broaden your intellect and ignite your passion, not to rattle us with what you're writing, but to keep reminding us of the joy of reading.

I could not have agreed more with the articles of Dr. Ernie Yu, Marie Janiefer Lee, and Charles Sy in the Spectrum issue of January 29, 2001. "Erap-tion" was definitely the single most appropriate word to describe the events following the Senate vote of 11-10 not to open the envelope containing the evidence, and that would have allowed Estrada to simply waltz through the impeachment trial. Bound for sainthood, as Dr. Yu alluded to ironically, or, for an Ayatollah for that matter, Estrada became the rallying point for people in all walks of life to pray and unite together against a common enemy. Only the enemy was Estrada himself.

Indeed if the eleven senators voted to open the envelope, or even just one or two of them, Estrada would still be in the Malacañang Palace, as Marie Janiefer Lee wrote, and he could have easily utilized his power for some legal maneuvering to prolong the impeachment trial. Even if he would ultimately be impeached, he would have more than enough time to think of ways to scuttle and keep at least some of his fortune - the spoils of corruption - away from an intense scrutiny and subsequent confiscation by the government. Fortunately though, the twist of fate went against Estrada.

It is apparent that Erap and his bag of senators had taken technology for granted as an essential part of the political equation. They failed miserably to recognize its implications and thus underestimated its powerful force. As Charles Sy wrote, text messages had a lot to do with Erap's downfall. It was the Erap-tion of text messages not just on the cell phones but on e-mails as well from Filipinos not just in the Philippines, but all over the world, that had helped shaken and stirred everyone's emotions making them restless to go to the street to express their disgust, discontent and condemnation against injustice and disrespect for the truth. Technology has made time and distance a very minor inconvenience.

Thomas Edison once said, "Restlessness and discontent are the first necessities of progress." Let's hope that Philippines is once again on its way to progress.
 
LCHS ALUMNI DIRECTORY (5th of a Series)
The LCHS-AA, in coordination with the Spectrum, is currently updating its alumni database -- in preparation for distribution in the next GAH. The directory is presented here by batches, based on initial inputs. If you have any correction or additional data, please e-mail the Spectrum at: charlesy@cnms.net; or text message to: 0917-3296872.

BATCH 1959
Gregoria Ang (Sy), c/o Go Chuan Trading, V. Gullas St., Cebu City, tel. 256-1689; Linda Ang, De Leon St., Iligan City, tel. 221-5522; Emilio Chiu, Cebu City; Gregorio Dy, Chicago, Ill., U.S.A., e-mail: gregdy@juno.com; Orlando Go, Iligan City; Roberto Handumon, Ozamis City; Alfredo Lai, Lai Bldg., Quezon Ave. Ext., Iligan City, tel. 221-6388, cell 0917-9487617, e-mail: lai@iligan.com; Georgia Lim, U.S.A.; Simfrosa Lim, U.S.A.; Remedios Ong (Uy), R.A. Uy Farm, Sitio Olas, Tipanoy, Iligan City; Arturo G. Samson, Samson Electrical Supply, 0037 Aguinaldo St., Iligan City, tel. 221-3110; cell 0917-7162042; Himaya Siao (Tollison), Missouri, U.S.A., e-mail: Tollison@windo.missouri.org; Glenda Siao (Lim), Philippine Airlines, Plaridel St., Cebu City, tels. 254-4136, 254-4879; Candelaria Sy, Iligan City; Juanita Te (Jo), Iligan Freedom Commercial, Sabayle St., Iligan City, tel. 221-2705; Segundina Velasco, Cagayan de Oro City; and Luisa Uy, Loy's Pharmacy, Quezon Ave., Iligan City, tel. 221-3885. (Next issue: Batch 1960)

Flashback

Macapagal house in Timoga
now a notable landmark
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With the rise of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to the presidency, the ancestral home of the Macaraeg-Macapagal clan in Timoga is fast becoming a must-see landmark for visitors to Iligan City. The house, built on June 4, 1950, has been converted into a museum where relics of the family are on display.   As a child, Gloria Arroyo stayed in this house with her grandmother, Doña Irinea Macaraeg.  It sits on a 2.5-hectare property donated by the Macapagals to the Iligan city government.  The deed of donation was signed at the Mapacagal home in Forbes Park in 1992 before then Iligan Mayor Alejo Yañez, Henry Dy and Voltaire Rovira.  Photos by Bobby Timonera. 1