Roosevelt Chess History was made in 1971

The Roosevelt Chess Team added to school history as had never been done before. The Roosevelt Chess Team won first place in the City of Seattle, first place in Metro, first place in State, and first place in the Pacific Northwest Championships. Four members of the Roosevelt Chess Team traveled to New York to compete in the National High School Chess Championships. 570 top high school players came from around the country. Many students playing in the tournament came from around the world, and have reached International Grandmaster status. Because of limited funds, Roosevelt was only represented by four players. Each teams scores where calculated by the individual scores of the top 4 players from each school. In New York our team was able to place 10th out of over 100 teams.

Dr. Douglas Nitta class of 72

Family Practitioner and Board certified with 25 years of experience. Located at 301 W Bastanchury Rd Ste 155 Fullerton, CA 92835

On a more personal note, Doug is an accomplished Jazz organist and drummer. During lunch at Roosevelt we enjoyed our chess and wrist wrestling completions. Doug is Married (wife Cindy) with 4 year old son (Doug Jr).

1980 Doctor of Medicine
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
1980-83 Residency in Family Medicine
University of California, Irvine
1983 Diplomate, American Board of Family Practice
Fellow, American Academy of Family Physicians
1988 Vice Chairman, Department of Family Medicine
St. Jude Medical Center
Fullerton, CA
1989 Chairman, Department of Family Medicine
St. Jude Medical Center
Fullerton, CA
1989 Recertified, Diplomate American Board of Family Practice
1995 Recertified, Diplomate American Board of Family Practice
1997 St. Jude Heritage Health Foundation Advisory Board
1998 Board of Directors, St. Jude Medical Group, Inc.
Vice-President, St. Jude Medical Group, Inc.

Barbara Cahill class of 72

Barbara is a native of Seattle, grew up in the Laurelhurst neighborhood and attended Roosevelt High School, Mills College (B.S. in 1976) and the University of Washington School of Public Health. Barbara began her real estate career in 1982 with Wm. Todd Cahill & Associates, a small “boutique” firm in Laurelhurst. Cahill & Associates was purchased by Ewing & Clark in 1984, where she worked until she joined Windermere in 1987. Barbara now has over 28 years of experience in residential real estate sales. She has an extensive knowledge of Seattle’s neighborhoods specializing in high-end properties.
Barbara’s reputation in the Seattle real estate community is based on integrity, professionalism and cooperation. She belongs to several networking organizations consisting of top agents in the field. She is a Director of Windermere’s Premier Homes Program and an active member of the Forum 22 club, an organization for Seattle’s top residential real estate agents. Barbara is consistently ranked among the top five producing agents at Windermere Real Estate Northwest. Inc. She will work enthusiastically to help you obtain the highest and best value for your property. bcahill@windermere.com http://www.barbaracahill.com/

Kay (Rothweiler) Jaz class of 72

My mentors are those who help me to be authentic and show me how to get me out of my own way to the good stuff that's right there bubbling under the surface. They remind me we all have cracks. There's no place to get to before I begin. I start from here, now.
"There are painters who transform the sun to a yellow spot, but there are others who with the help of their art and their intelligence, transform a yellow spot into the sun." - Pablo Picasso
"We all have ability. The difference is how we use it." - Stevie Wonder
"Acting doesn't have anything to do with listening to the words. We never really listen, in general conversation, to what the other person is saying. We listen to what they mean. And what they mean is often quite apart from the words. When you see a scene between two actors that goes really well you can be sure they're not listening to each other -- they're feeling what the other person is trying to get at. Know what I mean?" - Jack Lemmon
"Kay understands what it is to truly live authentically in the work and knows how to bring her students to that experience." Steven Anderson - LA Actor, Coach, Director

Visit Kay (Rothweiler) Jaz on her site at http://www.wakeupyour/work.com or contact Kay@wakeupyourwork.com

Doris Lederer class of 1972

Link to her website http://www.dorislederer.com/

A graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, Doris Lederer has performed with the Marlboro Music Festival and toured with Music From Marlboro. She has appeared as soloist with the Seattle Symphony, the Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, the Chicago Sinfonietta, and the Albuquerque Chamber Orchestra, among others. Ms. Lederer has been a jury member of the Coleman Chamber Music Competition and represented the United States as a jury member at the Eighth Banff International String Quartet Competition in 2004. Ms. Lederer is currently on the faculty at the Shenandoah Conservatory in Winchester, VA, Kneisel Hall in Blue Hill, Maine, the Idyllwild Arts Summer Program in Idyllwild, California, and the Chautauqua Institution in New York. She has also served on the faculties of The International Festival at Round Top, Texas and The Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music, as well as the annual Audubon Quartet's Intensive String Quartet Seminars.As a member of the Audubon Quartet since 1976, Ms. Lederer has performed extensively throughout the world and given master classes at the Cleveland Institute of Music, the Eastman School of Music, the Oberlin Conservatory, the Shanghai and Beijing Conservatories, the Yale School of Music, The Chautauqua Institute, as well as the Audubon Quartet's annual String Quartet Seminar. Born in Istanbul to European parents, Ms. Lederer grew up in Seattle, Washington, where she began her study of the viola at age nine with Vilem Sokol. She studied with Georges Janzer at Indiana University and subsequently attended the Curtis Institute of Music, where she studied with Michael Tree, Karen Tuttle, Felix Galimir and Mischa Schneider.Ms. Lederer's four solo CD albums, entitled An English Fantasy for Viola and Harp, Music of Arnold Bax and York Bowen, The Passion of Bliss, Bowen and Bridge and Music by York Bowen, which features the Bowen Viola Concerto have been released by Centaur Records. She can also be heard on disc as a member of the Audubon Quartet on the RCA, Telarc, Centaur, Orion and Opus One labels.

Duane Covey

Duane Covey - Outfielder/Pitcher - '69-'72
Duane Covey the best hitter in Roosevelt High School history? A strong case can be made in support of this Rider legend.
Duane's baseball career is strongly anchored in the Northeast Seattle community. The legend's career started with North East Seattle Little League, progressed to two years of North Seattle Pony League and eventually moved on to Babe Ruth, prior to his arrival at Roosevelt. Duane's youth baseball highlight occurred at the end of the 9th grade when he played on a Babe Ruth team that traveled to Illinois and finished 3rd in the Junior Babe Ruth World Series.
At Roosevelt Duane was a three year letterman for the Roughriders. Going into his Senior year he figured he was going to be the team's star pitcher. However arm problems limited his pitching opportunities, so he turned to the bat. Duane hit .489 - (wood bat era) for the Riders in 1972, the best batting average for any high school player in the State that year.
During the summer following the end of his Roosevelt career Duane played in the City/State All-Star Game held at Sick's Stadium. Duane also spent part of that summer playing with future Major Leaguers Floyd Bannister and Ken Phelps on this area's Senior Babe Ruth team; a team that traveled to North Carolina to win the Senior Babe Ruth World Series.
Duane played and lettered four years for the Washington Huskies. He batted .354 (again wood bats) for the Huskies his Senior year. He was named to the All-Pac 8 Conference team in both his Junior and Senior seasons. In 2000 he was one of a select group of players named to the Huskies All Century Baseball Team.
Following his Husky career Duane was given an opportunity to play for $500 a month for the Eugene Emeralds of the Cincinnati Reds organization. While he possessed a major league arm and bat, he knew two bad knees would keep him from ever making the majors, so he decided it was time to set his baseball career aside for a business career.
What was Duane's most memorable experience as a Rider?During his Senior year, in a game at Roosevelt, he crushed a ball that hit off of the top of the tennis court fence in right center field. While rounding the bases admiring his shot he slipped and fell on a soft spot on the base path. What would have been one of the most talked about home runs in Rider history, turned into the most talked about triple in Rider history. (Ironically, the start of the game had been delayed 30 minutes so the spot where Duane ended up slipping could be repaired.)
Why was Duane such a good hitter? Duane credits his hitting prowess to 20/10 vision, quick wrists, and a love for batting practice. Duane states that, "When he was a kid he would rather hit BP than watch cartoons". Duane attributes his quick wrists to years of doing what current Rider players know as "Forearm Rope Drill".
What was Duane's hitting style?Duane describes himself as a left handed Edgar Martinez - a hard line drive hitter with a bad set of wheels.
Who were the best players Duane played with and against? Phelps and Bannister were the best players he played with. Scott MacGregor was the best player he played against. MacGregor was later a 20 game winner for the Baltimore Orioles. The best athlete Duane ever faced was Steve Bartkowski of the California Bears. Bartkowski, better known as a football player, was also an outstanding pitcher. Even though Bartkowski was the best athlete Duane ever played against, Duane never the less managed to hit a home run off the Bear ace.
Post Baseball CareerToday Duane Covey helps Roosevelt alums and the community with their financial needs as an investment advisor for Edward Jones Investments.

Robert Polk

Robert Polk defended student press freedom
By Carole Beers
Seattle Times staff reporter
Robert Polk, a former Roosevelt High School journalism adviser who believed in the potential of all youth, took a firm stand on students' press freedom.
During the five years he taught English and served as school yearbook and newspaper adviser, the Roosevelt News won a fistful of awards in the Washington Journalism Education Association (WJEA) annual contests. The News printed a variety of stands on topical issues.
Mr. Polk volunteered with the WJEA and headed its Journalism Day at the University of Washington as well as its selection committee for "Journalist of the Year."
Ever vigilant for news errors or omissions, Mr. Polk in 1996 wrote a mildly indignant letter to The Seattle Times. He noted that while "The superb `Seattle Times Guide to High Schools' made for fascinating reading, a piece of vital information was missing (about Roosevelt's newspaper awards). . . ."
Mr. Polk died Tuesday (Jan. 25, 2000) of heart failure. He was 48.
"Bob put a lot of his energy and ability into the WJEA, and he had a lot of energy," said Lu Flannery, WJEA treasurer. "He also worked on projects on the national level. He was very . . . committed to our goal of improving the quality of student journalism."
Born in Pittsburgh, and entranced by journalism during the Watergate era, Mr. Polk earned a bachelor's degree in journalism at Point Park College. He got a master's degree in journalism at Penn State University.
Early jobs involved clerical work and free-lance writing. He also wrote copy for a travel agency and ran an agency in Tacoma in the late 1980s.
After turning 40 and having surgery to repair a heart valve, Mr. Polk re-examined his life. He had a young son, Franklin, who survives, and a need to write and to help young people write with confidence.
He got his teaching certificate at Western Washington University, then went to work at Roosevelt. "He wanted to encourage kids more than he had been encouraged," said his wife of 18 years, Ellie Polk.
Mr. Polk always took the ethical high road, says his wife. He refused pressure to tweak a student's grade for the better and expressed outrage when journalism advisers came under fire for allowing students editorial freedom.
"When that Stanwood school newspaper adviser (Val Schroeder) was let go for allowing the kids to write about bestiality on farms, he wanted to go up there to set the community straight about freedom of the press," his wife said.
Mr. Polk left Roosevelt last year because of his health.
Last summer, despite heart problems, he insisted on taking his family camping near Banff, Alberta, because he didn't know if he'd get the chance again.
Also surviving are his mother, Florence Katz of Pittsburgh; and sisters Susan Nowell, Indiana, Pa.; Marsha Polk, San Antonio; and Pam Sherry, Houston.
Services are being planned for next week (information: 467-6269).
Donations for his son's college education may go to the Bob Polk Memorial Fund c/o any Bank of America branch.
Carole Beers' e-mail address is cbeers@seattletimes.com