Thought you would all like to know that I received more responses via e- mail than via the U.S. Postal Service. Keep it up. . . . Olen Kalkus e- mailed from the Czech Republic. Still the head of the upper school at the International School of Prague, he reported that he soon will be working at a new $12-million school campus housing 750 students from pre- K through grade 12. He said he was sorry to miss our 20th but had to preside at ISP graduation ceremonies (only the second ever!). Olen's wife, Kimberly, chairs the ISP modern language department; sons Jan, 7, and Evan, 6, enjoy life in Prague but miss Colorado. . . . I also heard from Becca Hushing McCole via the Internet. In addition to "regular jobs" as ad agency owner and computer programmer, she teaches computer graphics and Web page design while husband John teaches programming at New Hampshire Community Technical College. Despite their work commitments, they're not too busy for daughter Shaylagh. . . . The entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well! By day, Karen Ogulnick is director of business planning at New York Mercantile Exchange; by night she runs The Educated Guess, Inc., bakers of Colby's Favorites premium dog biscuits. (See profile, page 44). The biscuits, made without chemicals or preservatives, are named for Colby, the dog Karen adopted from an animal shelter. Dog lovers should order (dial 1- 888- 9COLBYS; e- mail http:lwww.coopers town.com/colbys/colbys.html). . . . For those with offspring, nieces, nephews and/or young friends in the 10- 14 year old range, you will want to read The Kids College Almanac, co- authored by Bob Weinstein. Apparently Bob's publication is a unique new guide, filled with Colby photos, references and memories. Be sure to pick up a copy at your local bookstore! . . . Shelby Moravec wrote from Chicago. She and husband Mark Kurth were to take a 10th anniversary trip to southern France and northern Italy for three weeks. Shelby is interested in hearing from "long-lost chums" Paige Tyson, Karen Blough Hamilton, Tom Silverman and Dennis May. . . . Still working as VP/trust officer at the Bank of New Hampshire in Manchester, Peter Labombarde responded that he is having a "wonderful but exhausting time" raising Katherine, 5, and twins Evan and Jocelyn, 2. . . . Roland and Adele D'Amico Martel live in Farmington, Conn., where she is a child and adolescent psychiatrist in private practice and he works as VP/GM of the drawn metals components group of ITW. Their oldest, Andrew, 15, is in high school; they have two other sons, Greg, 12, and Joey, 10. . . . It is great to hear from everyone. Please write or e-mail so I can share your news!
Class Correspondent: Valerie Jones Roy

Deborah Buccina Rogers and husband Ed have a new son, Benjamin Christian, born April 25, 1996, weighing in at 9 lbs., 8 oz. Big brother E.J is 5. Deb is only about an hour from Waterville and practices law in Portland, Maine. . . . The William Morris Agency in Nashville, Tenn., has exclusive world-wide representation in all media of Jeff Gottesfeld, writer and producer. Jeff's and Cherie Bennett's Anne Frank & Me opened last fall Off-Broadway (and you know the rest of the story from the November '96 column). . . . Jay Hotchkiss writes that he built a summer home on Nantucket. Naturally, he and family can afford to stay only off-season. A plus. And high rents pay the mortgage. A plus. His construction challenge was fun in that he had to build from afar, and on an island! . . . Alexandra Levintow Howell's Caroline turned 1 last November 12. Among the categories of pets she and her two elder siblings have are three anoles. I haven't have a chance to look that up in the dictionary yet. . . . Lisa Hurley and Joe Grillo are in the professions of law and construction, respectively. Lisa laments that a busy professional life doesn't leave time to "smell the roses." They would have loved to smell the roses outside Grandparents' House near Mashpee, Mass., depicted on a postcard I received from Carol Hurtig Kratzman. . . . Nick Jans won an International Regional Magazine Association (IRMA) gold medal for his column in Alaska magazine. His second book, A Place Beyond, a collection of personal essays and photos of his arctic home, will be in the Colby bookstore at our 20th reunion. . . . Vicki Johnson is a C.P.A. and director of finance and accounting at Harvard University. She has a large house (to make her job worth the challenge) in Ashland, Mass. Perhaps she took advantage of the Colby Boston Club event on October 6 last year, hiking the Wapack Trail in Ashburnham, Mass. . . . And thank you, Janet Eve Josselyn, for the picture of your new son, Ian Wadsworth, born on March 9, 1996, weighing 10 lbs., 3 oz. That's wonderful. He's really cute. Do you get to take him into the office? Does he make the other City of Boston corporate counselors smile? . . . Laurel Van Stone-Lewis loves to run on Ragged Hill, Milford, Mass., with her 12-year-old hound, Baskerville. . . . Linda Malcolm has a very Sunset magazine career, somatic education and bodywork. Her mechanical designer/inventor of a soul-mate must keep her counterbalanced, with their son, Golan, 6, and his pet white rabbit, Meadow, their unit's self-adjusting tensioning device. . . . Priscilla Martin has three children, Christopher, 5-1/2, Kate, 2-1/2 and stepdaughter Erin, 17. . . . John Mason's writing looks tired. He, his wife, Barbara, and Johnny and Steve say hello from Needham, Mass. . . . Kim Ayer McVeigh convinces me that Pig is the greatest movie going. Akin to going to The Butterfly Place in Westford, Mass. Kim just bought a new cottage in Hersey, Mo. (Is the kennel in your new cottage where your new Brittany and old Tiger Cat can go to sleep to the deer, turkey, fox, blue heros, raccoons, turtles, kingfish, coyotes, etc.?) . . . If you didn't go to the dedication of the F.W. Olin Science Center or hike the Wapack Trail in Ashburnham last year, I hope you all had a great time at Homecoming. More to come.
Class Correspondent: Leslie A. Ramsay

Rachel Dawn Langhorne is pursuing a master's in psych at Antioch New England. She lives in Portsmouth, N.H., with son Christopher and is active in her church. Rachel "lost touch with everyone--but often wonder[s] how Chris (Carey) and Fred Daniels are, as well as Gus Townsley, aka `Gusman'." . . . Doug Maffucci is president of Atlantic Brewing Co. in Bar Harbor, where he lives with wife Barbara and two daughters. In response to the survey question about what recent changes have occurred, Doug responded "Ha!", which I take to mean that he's working on the book. Doug did offer a bit of Yankee wisdom, though: "I am hoping my children pursue a career in commercial refrigeration. The opportunities are endless." Certainly something to ponder. . . . Cathy Kindquist recently received her Ph.D. from the University of British Columbia. Her dissertation addresses the expropriation of natural resources, specifically water rights, from rural ranchlands to distant municipalities and the resulting destruction of the agricultural economy and lifestyle in parts of Colorado. The subject continues to create controversy in the fast-growing West, and Cathy's thesis attracted favorable and detailed press coverage. Cathy is now assistant professor of geography at Radford University in Virginia and living on a rustic farm in the Blue Ridge mountains with "my old hound-dog Zeke." She will be teaching environmental studies and continuing to research water resource issues in the West. . . . Tom Suddath continues to move up the legal ladder and has now joined the Philadelphia law firm of Montgomery McCracken in its white collar crime unit. Tom formerly was with the U.S. Attorney's Office, where he worked on tax and bank fraud and political corruption and money laundering cases. (Talk about a boom industry!) I got in touch with him to see if he'd be toeing the starting line for the Philadelphia marathon, but no dice. . . . Dian Weisman Miller writes from Panama City, Fla., that she was recently promoted to sales training manager for Century 21 Realty. She also was elected to a term as secretary of the local board of realtors and conducts computer training in software applications as well. Dian claims that she intends to retire from real estate in five years "to run a country inn in western North Carolina." . . . Elna Joseph Bijhouwer attended Colby for two years but still has fond memories of the friendships she made. She would love to get in touch with old friends, especially any passing through Maine. Elna is a social worker working with children at a mental health agency. Husband Jim is a carpenter and musician in a local contradance band. They live in Phippsburg. . . . In Waterville, Wanda Wright L'Heureux is a nurse in a unit housing Alzheimer's patients and has been on several medical missions to South and Central America to deliver free care. She hopes to be able to attend the upcoming reunion, but "it depends if I have the weekend off--I work nights!" . . . Harry Martens and wife Randy are in Lawrenceville, Ga. Harry is an advanced systems engineer for EDS, and in his "spare time" operates a service supplying cruise ships with sports directors. They have two boys, born 10 years apart. After five years of being out of touch with Colbyites, Harry was cruising the Web one day and through America Online caught up with old friend Carl Mahoney, who reportedly is doing well and has a new baby girl. HSMartens@AOL.COM will reach Harry. . . . Dave Kayatta moved to Cape Elizabeth, Maine, in search of new business ventures. Dave is a real estate developer and recently completed two housing subdivisions in New Jersey. He and Renee have four children, 4 to 11. Still playing tennis, Dave? . . . Alix Land still lives in Portland, Ore. She used to work in advertising and marketing and is happy with her change to social work with the Shriner's Children's Hospital, especially the opportunity to participate in the miraculous things that can be accomplished these days in the medical field. She also volunteers as a recreation counselor taking physically challenged kids horseback riding and kayaking. . . . Chuck and Judy Cue Lukasik acquired an old Victorian in Wakefield to renovate, having just finished renovating their last home. Judy describes their 3 year old, Kealy, as "beautiful, bright, articulate and athletic." Probably handles a mean screw gun at this point, I bet.
Class Correspondent: Nicholas Levintow