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November 2004 Archive Index: AfghanMania - Afghanistan's Premier Portal in Europe (Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2004 2:47 pm) Scorpion Profile: Kenneth Lanza '72 (Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 7:53 pm) Ali Masjid - The Narrowest Section of the Khyber Pass (Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2004 10:47 am) Welcome Home to Greg Carper (1977-79)! (Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2004 7:26 pm) ARMAN FM 98.1 - Kabul's Most Popular Radio Station (Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2004 6:00 pm) Scorpion Profile: Tod Sloan (1965-67) (Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2004 8:57 pm) More Photos Added to The Dave Sperry Collection (Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2004 9:28 pm) The Darul-Aman Project for Kabul (Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2004 9:58 am) Johnson Lai's Photographs of Afghanistan (Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2004 1:38 pm) Happy Thanksgiving! (Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2004 10:44 am) The Center of the Universe... (Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2004 12:45 am) More Photos Added to The Dave Sperry Collection (Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2004 3:27 pm) The First KIHS Cheerleading Squad (Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2004 8:27 pm) Welcome to Fernando Serpa (1968-69 Ahlman Academy) (Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2004 10:36 pm) ... December 2004 AfghanMania - Afghanistan's Premier Portal in Europe Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2004 2:47 pm AfghanMania is published by Wahid Rahim, born in 1978 in Kabul Afghanistan and now living in Hamburg/Germany. Wahid states: "I try to strenghten in this way the idea of single Afghan identity with this Site, and contribute to the efforts for peace, stablity and democracy in Afghanistan." Thanks to Clayton Esterson for this link which has been added to our Links page.   Scorpion Profile: Kenneth Lanza '72 Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 7:53 pm Guess who that Scorpion is in the picture with President Bush? It's Kenneth Lanza '72 who is featured in an article titled "Point man for volunteers" published in The Colgate Scene. Kenneth is the Director, Economic Growth Bureau for Europe and Eurasia Agency for International Development. He is also in the following Voice of America news article about International visitors observing the US Election System. His photo and a short video clip are included in the article. Congratulations Kenneth!   Ali Masjid - The Narrowest Section of the Khyber Pass Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2004 10:47 am Richard 'Jake' Jacobson '68 submitted the following photo of a plaque from the Khyber Pass. He writes: "The attached photo may be of interest. It came from an elderly Swiss lady who told me about traveling in the region, crossing into China from Pakistan, trekking through the mountains etc. Of course, I thought about the adventurous Europeans who bicycled through Kabul in the old days and assumed she was one of those. Actually, she was just there in 1997 when she must have been in her 70s!" The plaque states: "You are presently passing through the narrowest portion of the historic Khyber Pass known as Ali Masjid. It was here that the famous battle of Ali Masjid was fought between the British and the Afghans in the second Afghan War 1878. The pass itself is 42 KMs. long starting from Bab.I.Khyber (Gate) at Jamrud and going right up to Torkham on the Pak..Afghan border. The famous Khyber Pass is known as the Western Gateway to the South Asian Sub Continent..." Thanks Jake! (Here's a relatively recent photo of Jake with the rest of his class attending the 2000 Berkeley reunion.)   Welcome Home to Greg Carper (1977-79)! Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2004 7:26 pm The latest Scorpion to find our home on the Internet is Greg Carper (1977-79). Welcome home, Greg! Greg was in the 7th grade during the 1978-79 school year. Here's his class photo from the 1979 Scorpion yearbook. Greg is one of several Scorpions who have returned to Afghanistan recently. He was back in Afghanistan for 6 months (March to October 2003) with the SFGA (Army). The photo on the left is of Greg with a soldier from the ANA (Afghan National Army). Greg is a Defense Consultant.   ARMAN FM 98.1 - Kabul's Most Popular Radio Station Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2004 6:00 pm Thanks to Timothy McTaggart (1970-73) for finding the Arman FM 98.1 Web site which has been added to our Links page. ARMAN FM is Kabul’s most popular radio station. Since April 2003, ARMAN FM has been uniting the diverse peoples of greater Kabul, estimated at 4.3 million, with a progressive mix of international and regional music, chat and news. The station has become a redevelopment benchmark for private enterprise in Afghanistan, and will be the first independent, privately owned radio station to broadcast nationally. ARMAN FM broadcasts at 98.1 MHz on the FM band, and will reach over 1 million additional million people in Mazar and Kabul taking its total potential audience to 6 million listeners. Additional information can be found on the web at www.arman.fm.   Scorpion Profile: Tod Sloan (1965-67) Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2004 8:57 pm On August 24, 2004, Lewis & Clark College (Portland, Oregon) announced Tod Sloan Named Counseling Psychology Chair. The photo of Tod Sloan (1965-67) on the left is from the 1968 Scorpion yearbook. Tod just posted a new thread in the Forum: Support for social and emotional aspects of student learning where he wrote: "Thanks to a new position in a counselor training program, I have become involved in a project that would support the training of counselors and other paraprofessionals to support children and youth in school in Afghanistan. The idea is to train teachers to attend to the emotional aspects of life that can interfere with learning." "Obviously, this is a need in all schools everywhere, but it is something we can help with in Afghanistan in particular. I need to make sure we are not being redundant as we develop this project, so if anyone is aware of anything else that has been developed along these lines, please let me know. If we can link with other projects we can be more effective." If you can assist Tod, please respond in the Forum or by email, Private Message or AOL Instant Messaging.   More Photos Added to The Dave Sperry Collection Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2004 9:28 pm More photos of Afghan and Kashmir scenes have been added to The Dave Sperry Collection: Page 9 - Afghan & Kashmir Scenes Page 10 - Afghan & Kashmir Scenes Page 11 - Afghan & Kashmir Scenes Page 12 - Afghan & Kashmir Scenes Page 13 - Afghan & Kashmir Scenes Page 14 - Afghan & Kashmir Scenes Page 15 - Afghan & Kashmir Scenes Thanks to Dave Sperry '72 for sharing his photos with us.   The Darul-Aman Project for Kabul Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2004 9:58 am The Darul-Aman Project for Kabul is the first public construction project for Afghanistan under the management of Afghan and German architects initiated as a pilot project. The Darul-Aman project is an initiative of committed people who want to actively contribute to the reconstruction of a democratic Afghanistan. On our homepage, we want to invite you on a journey though an unusual idea for a project and to inform you of our project activities. This project will restore Darul-Aman Palace. (Thanks to Obaid Jon Afredi 1965-73 for this photo originally published here in the January 2000 issue which shows the palace in its current state.) Thanks to Clayton Esterson for finding this Web site which has been added to our Links page.   Johnson Lai's Photographs of Afghanistan Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2004 1:38 pm Clayton Esterson found another trove of Afghan treasures for us: Johnson Lai's Photographs of Afghanistan. Peg Podlich '68 added: "I was really struck by Johnson Lai's photos when I was looking at them last night. Concerning Lai's "Garden" photo. Do you recognize this area of town? Are any of the streets Darulaman? Thanks." I'm not sure. Does anybody recognize this area from the "Garden" photo? Thanks Clayton and Peg!   Happy Thanksgiving! Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2004 10:44 am Happy Thanksgiving! Here's a very special thanks to the brave men and women of our Armed Forces stationed around the world who are risking their lives daily to protect the rest of us, our great nation, our principles and our way of life. Here's to all of you, aisk.org   The Center of the Universe... Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2004 12:45 am The Center of the Universe... is a book written by Randy Givens '74. Click on the banner above to open a new window and preview Randy's book. Randy is searching for a publisher for his book. Contact Randy if you can assist him.   More Photos Added to The Dave Sperry Collection Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2004 3:27 pm More photos have been added to The Dave Sperry Collection: Page #15 - Afghan & Kashmir scenes Page #16 - Afghan & Kashmir scenes Page #17 - Afghan scenes Page #18 - Afghan & Indian scenes Page #19 - Afghan scenes Page #20 - Afghan scenes Thanks Dave! The photos of the Taj Mahal on Page #18 are timely because it was recently announced that night-time visits to the Taj Mahal have been resumed for the first time in 20 years.   The First KIHS Cheerleading Squad Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2004 8:27 pm Susie (Messall) Kessler 1962-64 submitted the photo of the first Kabul International High School cheerleading squad. Susie writes: "Look what I found when cleaning out my garage in a box of old photographs!! The first cheerleading squad of Kabul International High School! From left to right they are: Lori Hubbel - sophomore, Kay Brock - junior, Mary Ellen King - senior, Joann Robinson - junior, Marcia Hubbel - freshman and yours truly, Captain Susie Messall - junior,!!! This was taken in the old high school yard and the year is 1964! Our big game was a tournament played against the American Air Force High School in Peshawar - just about the entire school made the road trip in two buses - We lost all the games but played before a packed gym - we had a great time anyway! 'Those were the days'!" Thanks Susie!   Welcome to Fernando Serpa (1968-69 Ahlman Academy) Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2004 10:36 pm Welcome to Fernando Serpa (1968-69 Ahlman Academy)! Fernando writes: "I lived in Kabul in 1968-69 and went to Ahlman Academy. I did all sports with the AISK crowd. Most of the names I remember from that time are from Ahlman Academy: John Frieberg (?), from New Zealand; Stuart Baldwin, whose dad was American and mom Indian; Eric Claussen, whose name I've seen on this site. Also several people by their first names: Janet, a girl from Cyprus; Wellesley, the principal's son; Julia, whose dad worked for the king... From AISK I remember my coach Mr. Mullen, who introduced me to football, and his son David. It would be wonderful to get in touch with any of them." "I have lived in Asia, Latin America, Europe and the US. Married, three sons 17, 14 and 11. Currently working for Kraft Foods, based in Miami, Fl."   Back to top