Philip 'Woody' Dike

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Philip 'Woody' Dike

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Residing In: Laguna Niguel, CA USA
Spouse/Partner: Judie
Occupation: Landscape Architect, Urban Planner, Planner
Children: Judie and I have been married for 15 years and through this union have accumulated 4 boys. My sons are More…David and Sam. David is 45 and has one son Austin who has been teaching English in Korea for the past 2 years and is now applying to Graduate School for a Masters Degree. David is living in Laguna Beach. Son Sam is 43 and lives with his partner Ted in St. Crox where they have been in the art industry and are now preparing to move to San Miguel de Allende where they just bought a lot and will build.
Judie's son Kevin is 43 and lives with his wife Nia in Newport Beach where he is Vice President of Lee and Associates Commercial Real estate. Her son Bryan is 40 and is married to Sue...they live in San Francisco with two boys Riggs 3 and Cole 1. Bryan is involved with International Marketing in the Bay area and Sue is heading up Marketing for Charles Schuab in SF.
That is it and three Grand Children so far.

Animal wise we have been raising Winston our cool dude Goldendoodle.
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o Started a landscape design office in Claremont in 1962 to suppliment College.
o Gradiated from Cal Poly Pomona 1964.
o Married in 1967 and resided in Claremont until moving to Laguna Beach in 1968.
o Graduated from Claremont Graduate School with a MFA in environmental design and minor in ceramics and drawing 1968.
o Opened POD Landscape Architecture in 1968 on the Circle in Orange CA with 3 past school chums from Cal Poly Pomona.
o Opened my own firm Woodward Dike Associates in Laguna in 1973.
o Merged frim with another and formed Dike/Runa in Newport Beach in 1987.
o Moved firm to Irvine Spectrum in 1990 just before the big recession and had my partner skip out and leave me with disolving the deal...lots of life lessions.
o Opened Ivy Landscape Architecture in 1993 in San Diego with another partner.
o Opened Ivy in Laguna Beach in late 1993 and Ivy in Long Beach in 1994.
o Divorced in 1995.
o Maried in 1998 to Judie on a beautiful ranch property in Cayucos where we were in the process of building a high tech home.
o Moved to Central Coast and Cottontail Creek Vineyard 2000 where I taught 5th year landscape design at Cal Poly SLO and had another branch of Ivy in the barn.
o Started Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning Division for Wallace Group Civil Enineers in San Luis Obispo in 2002.
o Sold the ranch in 2007 and moved to San Clemente.
o Sold in 2013 and moved to Laguna Niguel where I practice landscape architecture and town planning out of the "bonus room"
School Story:

Always remember Nick Polos going down to the teachers lounge to have a smoke when he gave out the tests for the class to so we could cheat and he could hear us thru the register in the wall heater...

Also Nick giving us hall passes to go down town and run errands for him...

And the day I was taking him home from school in the old red MG and he thought I was going too fast and turned off the ignition on Indian Hill and threw the keys into the gutter and I just kept on coasting along...the two of us had to walk back a couple of blocks with all the students laughing and find them...

Also the cherry bomb incidents...one over the math classroom and the flood and the other in the boys locker room where pieces of white porcilain went clear to the coache's office...wonder no one was killed...

And of course Adams and the Circus Mobile 55 Buick with the moons and flames one month and scallops the next by Van Dutch...WOW...

Roger P. and his great voice and guitar and his and my consistent side kick Moye S. and his ability to drive a car much faster than it was designed to go...

And the football games and the dances and so much spirit and fun...great group of kids...

Ms. Turner our art instructor and a person who sent many of us on to greater things...

GOOD TIMES AT CHS...

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Jan 25, 2020 at 7:58 AM

WOW!
Hope all is well with you and that you are getting some traveling into your schedule. All Well around here...Jennifer lost her puppy Star and Boyfriend broke his hip and family moved him East.
Have a great Birthday...Woody

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Posted on: Sep 16, 2019 at 4:11 PM

Good afternoon Jennifer...sure does not seem like 60 years ago we graduated and yet here we still are moving through life. Do hope you and Dennis are well and still getting out to Paso area. We still have 4.5 acres in Templeton on the market and not moving. Enjoying Laguna Niguel and the 4 boys between us keep us busy with their travels and antics. Have a wonderful celebration...love, Woodyu

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Posted on: Jun 06, 2019 at 11:18 AM

Well my first flash back was of being in your parents wonderful home during the elections and Moye and all the other workers making creative banners for the hall at CHS and having such a fun time...great memories...Do hope you are doing great and miss not seeing you. We are off to San Miguel de Allende Monday for a week of my birthday and fathers day with son Sam and his partner Ted which is always a blast...love, Woody
OH...AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

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May 16, 2019 at 8:26 AM

Good morning John...drove by the old house you lived in on 10th st in Claremont the other day and looks the same and that whole area like stepping back in time. Durant and the pick up with the twin tall pipes and shooting pipe cannons and trouble. All well here and do hope you and Miriam are well and having a spirited time together...as always and Happy Birthday...Woody

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Jan 26, 2019 at 10:56 AM

Hi Tina...so good to hear your birthday is coming up and always jogs my memory of your home in Claremont so elegant and you stunning! Do hope you are enjoying life and these great years we are having and lots of it inspired from our days at CHS...love, Woody

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Jan 26, 2019 at 10:53 AM

Good day to ya Betty...so nice you are having a birthday before mine in June so you must be older than me...do hope you are having a blast traveling the world and seeing new places and meeting new folk...we have been trying to follow your footsteps this year and have logged some great worldly miles. Love, Woody

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Jun 15, 2018 at 11:31 AM

Thanks Lee for thinking of me and your good wishes...had a great birthday with Judie overnight in Newport Beach...any chance we could get a few together in Claremont for lunch...love, Woody

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Good morning Beth...so fun to celebrate your birthday as a Gemini twin as my birthday the next day...always knew you were a kindred spirit and so happy to have had you in my life.
Do hope you are doing something special and possibly traveling to some enchanting place.
All well here and will be keeping a low key this year for my celebration as Judie has her 75th next month and so doing a big get together of the family on the Russian River. Love, Woody

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May 14, 2018 at 11:58 AM

Happy Birthday to you old coot and many more!
Hope all is well with you both and you are still kicking ass in Oregon.
We seem to be super busy and getting to San Miguel de Allende to see Sam and Ted and the construction projects fairly often.
Have a fantastic week...Woody

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Posted on: Jan 25, 2017 at 8:01 AM

Good morning Betty...have been missing you so we need to lunch and catch up...
Have a wonderful birthday week and I am sure will be enjoying your family. My son David is turning 50 this week so that does begin to set history in place and he has a 29 year old and a new 6 month old daughter. Love, Woody

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