Joan Heuter, SCCD trustee

    I remember Joan Heuter as a very kind and decent person. She did what she could when the bastards took over the district late in '96. She was a member of what we called the "Board Minority." But the Majority was ruthless, so she became an observer of disaster and misdeed. But we were glad to have her in our corner anyway.

    I came across this old article (from 1986, about a month or two after I was hired at IVC) about Joan's medical battle. Thought I'd post it.

    Some context: the district had gone through 2 or 3 years of turmoil with Chancellor Larry Stevens, who, after some changes to the board, was persuaded to resign in January of '86. The excellent Richard Sneed had just been hired to replace Stevens (he started in July).

    I remember Joan fondly.

From Tustin News, 7-24-86

Music for a rainy day

...Your name and mine inside a heart
upon a wall
Still finds a way to haunt me,
though they're so small

Just walk away Renee,
You won't see me follow you back home
Now as the rain beats down
upon my weary eyes
For me it cries



drink up, baby, look at the stars
I'll kiss you again between the bars where I'm seeing you
there with your hands in the air, waiting to finally be caught

drink up one more time and I'll make you mine
keep you apart deep in my heart separate from the rest
where I like you the best and keep the things you forgot



Heavenly wine and roses seem to whisper to me
When you smile
Heavenly wine and roses seem to whisper to me
When you smile
La la la la la la la



Blue moon,
You saw me standing alone,
Without a dream in my heart,
Without a love of my own.

Oooooo, oooooo, ooooooo
Without a love of my own