1963 Rogers’ graduate, J. Arvid Anderson, is currently a partner in the Gig Harbor law firm of Anderson, Burns and Hostnik. Recognized as one of the top 1% of attorneys in the United States by the 1987 Harvard Graduate Survey, Anderson has also served as President of the Pierce County American Cancer Society and Chairman of the Pierce County Boundary Review Board

While at Rogers, Anderson excelled in leadership, academics and athletics. He served as president of Boy’s Federation, lettered in track and cross country and received an Owl American History Award. Anderson then went on to graduate with honors from University of Puget Sound, where he again lettered in both track and cross country. After graduating cum laude from Gonzaga University School of Law in 1971, he worked briefly as a clerk for the Washington State Court of Appeals before entering private practice and establishing his own law firm.

In the more than 30 years since Bell graduated in 1962, he has been an integral part of the Roger’s family. Bell’s two children also attended Rogers and he and his wife, Nancy, a 1964 Rogers’ graduate, still live in the Rogers neighborhood. However, Bell’s connection to Rogers actually goes back to when his father hauled the bricks with which the building was constructed.

Over the past 18 years, as a contractor and the owner of Northern Construction, Bell has strengthened the Rogers’ family bond by often hiring and teaching construction skills to Rogers’ student.

In high school Bell managed both the baseball and football teams, participated in drama, and maintained four year of perfect attendance. Since then, he has served as vice president and president and worked tirelessly at fund-raisers for the Booster Club. Bell was also instrumental in the creation of the Tracy Walters Scholarship.

Randal Cloke is a renowned Spokane teacher, coach and community volunteer. With degrees from Eastern Washington University in special education and reading. Cloke began his teaching career at Sacajawea Jr. High in 1984. While there, he created the first Development Impaired Program at the middle school level. Since 1985, he has been at North Central High School, where he serves as Special Education Coordinator and teacher, as well as head wrestling coach. During the 1991 school year, Cloke was named Renaissance Program “Teacher of the Month” and Greater Spokane League wrestling coach of the year. In 1992, he acted as the head coach for the Washington State Cultural Exchange Program. Cloke’s involvement in wrestling began at Rogers High School. The 1979 graduate not only lettered in the sport, but was voted “most inspirational” and served as team captain. In addition, he lettered in cross-country and track, participated in student government, and was a KJRB radio “student of the month.”

Cloke is also active in the Spokane community. He serves as a youth group coordinator at his church and as the start/finish and results director of the Bloomsday wheelchair division.

Harlan Douglass, a 1956 Rogers High School graduate, has built over 1000 homes in the Spokane area. Although he never finished college, Douglass is a 1993 entry in “Who’s Who in Spokane,” and is recognized as a leader in the building industry and in the community. He was honored as “Builder of the Year” in 1963, 1964 and 1965 and has served as president of Spokane Home Builders and as a commissioner on the Washington State Housing Board.

Douglass now owns over 296 pieces of property in Spokane County alone. With 53, he is the largest private owner of post offices in the nation. He also has built and owns over 30 apartment buildings. In addition, Douglass is a co-founder of Eagle Hardware and Garden and owns five Eagle stores.

Douglass was instrumental in the founding of several Spokane businesses, including Bank of Spokane, Inland Northwest Bank and First American Title. He also serves as a director on several notable corporate boards in the western United States. 1995-96 Walk of Fame.

In the 12 years since graduation from Rogers, Jamie Dupree has earned two degrees and worked as a law clerk to a judge and as a attorney. The 1983 Rogers High School graduate is currently an associate at Marron, Reid and Sheehy, a San Francisco law firm with offices in Northern California. Prior to joining her present firm, she was an associate at Morrison and Foerster, a San Francisco law firm with offices in Tokyo, Hong Kong, London, Brussels and several U.S. cities. She has also been active in community organizations such as Battered Women’s Project, Juvenile Justice Program and Unemployment Law Center. Dupree completed an undergraduate degree at Stanford University in 1987 and then attended New York University, receiving a cum laude law degree in 1990. Prior to joining Morrison and Foerster in 1991, Dupree served as clerk for a New Jersey U.S. District Court judge who was also the Acting Chief Judge for the district of the Virgin islands.

While at Rogers, Dupree’s extensive extra-curricular pursuits included debate team, student government, Spanish Club, Leadership Camp and National Honors Society. In addition, Dupree acted as yearbook editor, played varsity volleyball and was Junior Class President

Etta Ferguson has spent a lifetime helping kids. With her late husband, Cecil, the 77-year old has raised four of her own and cared for nearly 500 foster children. For their efforts, the Fergusons were named “Foster Parents of the Month” in October, 1984, and received a plaque for 10 years of service in the Foster Parenting Program.

In addition to her work with the Department of Health and Social Services, Ferguson teaches children at her church, where she was declared “Super Volunteer” in 1992. Currently living in Cheney, she volunteers her time at the D.A.R.E. Teen Center and at the Cheney Nursing Home. She has been a school cook and a day care provider for and for the past 15 years a 4-H leader.

Ferguson has lived in the Spokane area for all but eight years of her life. She attended Cooper elementary through the seventh grade and, after spending most of her high school year in Idaho, moved back to Spokane to graduate from Rogers in January 1934.

Jim Frye, who participated in student government and lettered in baseball, graduated from Rogers in 1952. After a three-year stint in the U.S. Marine Corps, Frye attended Eastern Washington University where he earned undergraduate and Masters Degree in Education. After nine years as principal at Whitman Elementary, Frye retired in 1993. Prior to his position at Whitman, he was a teacher for seven years at Bemis and principle for another seven years each at Madison and Mullan Road schools.

Frye spends the new luxury of time afforded by his retirement caring for his elderly parents, playing golf and volunteering for the Spokane Bloomsday Association.

Virginia Havelick has maintained a close relationship with Rogers High School, as a parent and booster, since her graduation in 1944. Havelick’s three children, Gregory D. Shannon, Jeffrey L. Shannon and Priscilla G. Shannon Stout graduated from Rogers in 1966, 1968 and 1971, respectively. In addition, Havelick has been active in Rogers’ Alumni Association, serving as secretary of her class’s 50-year-reunion committee and co-chair of Decade of the Forties. She is currently secretary of the association.

Havelick also holds two offices in the General Federation of Woman’s Clubs. She is President of the Spokane group and First Vice-President of the northwest district at the state level.

In the past Havelick assumed a leadership role in city and state PTA councils and was made an Honorary Life Member at the state level. She has also been a Cub Scout and Camp Fire leader and participated in the campaign to restore kindergarten classes to Spokane schools. Havelick worked as a receptionist/bookkeeper in local medical offices for 20 years and was principle owner of a Sandpoint, Idaho, wholesale company for 12 years before retiring in 1984.

While at Rogers, Havelick was a member of the National Honor Society and played in the orchestra all four years. She was on the yearbook and newspaper staffs and served as editor for the latter.

Retired Sheridan Elementary principal, Vern Hogberg, has been a Spokane School District employee since 1966. After his 1952 graduation from Rogers High School, where he was involved in sports and student government, Hogberg earned a degree in Business Administration from Eastern Washington University. He also holds a Masters in School Administration from Whitworth College. Hogberg has taught at Arlington, Garfield, and Franklin elementary schools and prior to assuming his position at Sheridan in 1989 served as principal at both Logan and Regal. Before entering the education field, Hogberg worked for Northern Pacific Railroad and Phillips Petroleum.

Hogberg’s community involvement includes a 27-year PTA membership and volunteer work at the Spokane Valley Food Bank. He has been on the boards of Spokane Teachers Credit Union and Valley Rotary Club and is a past president of the Spokane Softball Association. Hogberg currently sits on the local and state boards of Spokane Area Retired Educators Association and on the National Selective Service Board. He also is secretary of Spokane Valley Lions Club and is active in the Lutheran Church.

Currently a Walla Walla resident, Julie Selbo graduated from Rogers High School in 1972. As a student, Selbo participated in many extra-curricular activities and served on several school committees. She was also a member of the National Honor Society.

A social worker for the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services, Selbo has specialized in the area of Aging and Adult Services for the past 11 years. Prior to this, she worked with troubled teens in Spokane, including three years each at the Salvation Army’s Booth Care Center and DSHS.

Selbo is a member of the HIV/AIDS Resource Network of Walla Walla and represents that group on the Blue Mountain HIV Positive Care Consortium. Blue Mountain applies for grants to provide services to clients who are HIV positive or have AIDS. Selbo, who holds degrees in Sociology and in Counseling and Guidance from Whitworth College, is also a member of the American Counseling Association and has held various offices in the member of the American Counseling Association and has held various offices in the Washington Federation of State Employees. She has won seven “Brainstorm” awards for making suggestions which improved services and which saved the State of Washington over $15,000.

When the principle discovered that Bertha Slagg didn’t live in the Rogers district, her family moved to Hillyard so she could continue to attend. Slagg, whose father’s carpentry helped in the construction of Rogers, graduated in 1935. She was the first cheerleader at Rogers on the first cheerleading team in Spokane. Slagg remembers her first costume as a long-sleeved yellow blouse, red, below-the-knee skirt, black bolero jacket and cummerbund, and brass curtain ring earrings. It was two years before the other high schools formed their own teams.