tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1720476815578419451.post2820690535606217142..comments2024-01-07T00:55:21.295-08:00Comments on Brazen Princess: PolettiBrazen Princesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09331819298013144732noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1720476815578419451.post-69233867800857584342014-06-09T17:34:44.745-07:002014-06-09T17:34:44.745-07:00Hi Jim... I remember you. How kind of you to read...Hi Jim... I remember you. How kind of you to read my blog and forward it to Julia. She was wonderful, a great example to all of us. Thank you, also for posting your memories on the page. Blessings!! JanetBrazen Princesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09331819298013144732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1720476815578419451.post-36962986578120452872014-06-09T13:28:52.342-07:002014-06-09T13:28:52.342-07:00Hi Janet,
My name is James Moriarty, Julia Moriar...Hi Janet,<br /><br />My name is James Moriarty, Julia Moriarty's older brother. I was telling a pastor friend of mine who, coincidentally, lives and pastors in Sacramento, about Coach Poletti. I forwarded your article to Julia and I'm sure she will giggle at your characterization of her... very funny! The Mormon Sigourney Weaver... lol. We thought she resembled Marie Osmond in those days haha. We're not mormons btw... but we do love Jesus! Julia attended Oral Roberts University on a speech scholarship after leaving Tracy High. She currently lives in LA and teaches speech communication at a local community College. In the summer of 1976, before I began my senior, we moved to Manteca. We enrolled at Manteca High to begin attending classes there in the fall of that year. I was able to complete my Senior year and Julia her Sophomore year at Tracy High, in part, because Ernie and his wife Ellice would drive to our house early every morning to pick Julia and me up and take us to school. After school, we'd meet Coach Poletti upstairs in his classroom and then go pick up Ellice who taught 5th grade at McKinley Elementary School (maybe it was North). The Poletti's allowed Julia and me to have a glimpse into their personal lives. As you know, Mr. Poletti was a creature of habit... very disciplined and loved routine. So, every day after school, on the way out of town, we'd stop at Walts drive-in for Pepsi's. Mr. & Mrs. Poletti loved Pepsi and Walt's had the best ice. I can still picture Ernie, larger than life, behind the wheel of his Ford Maverick... with his hawklike profile sipping his Pepsi telling us "war" stories about his former students and legendary speech tournaments. Any student fortunate enough to have been a part of Ernie's classes unknowingly participated in an epoch. Not all who were with us in those classes are "of" us... many of who were there were fortunate enough to pick up and carry Ernie's "DNA" and because we do, we are kindred spirits. I think of Ernie often.<br /><br />All the best!<br /><br />James Moriarty ~ Clovis James Moriartyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00411494834202473616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1720476815578419451.post-18875660222400756312011-06-15T00:13:23.742-07:002011-06-15T00:13:23.742-07:00Hi Janet,
I too was in Speech at Tracy High. I g...Hi Janet,<br /><br />I too was in Speech at Tracy High. I graduated in 1973. I would love to write to Mr. Poletti, but I do not have his address. Could you forward that to me please? By the way, you mentioned the Stockton Unified School district, when did Mr Poletti teach there? Thanks for the help. I enjoyed reading your blog. The women from the Class of 1973 are gathering for Lunch on June 25th. Many of my classmates are making comments similar to yours about Mr Poletti. :) Denise Hembree denise@inreach.com 209-835-1119.denisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16170252157674026209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1720476815578419451.post-77622863494023759032011-02-04T08:51:03.893-08:002011-02-04T08:51:03.893-08:00What to say except...You inspire so many and you m...What to say except...You inspire so many and you my WONDERFUL friend radiate HIS grace.Whats Cooking at Our House!https://www.blogger.com/profile/03399639716561788286noreply@blogger.com