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CLASS CORRESPONDENT
Ann Dunlap LeBourdais
183 High Head Road
Harpswell, ME 04079
207-725-6883
classnews1976@alum.colby.edu
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Hello, everyone! I am happy to tell you that I am recovered from my accident. (I completely tore the hamstring muscle from its upper attachment point. I was totally unable to use the leg, and it severely limited my activities.) Thanks to a wonderful surgeon and to unbelievable assistance from our church and community, my leg is as functional as before this untoward event. . . . I have a little bit of news to share; I'd love to have more. Paul Kueffner said he was teaching French to fifth graders but expected to include fourth graders this fall. He speaks only French when "on the job," and says, "It is amazing how many teachers, staff, parents and students who all 'know nothing but English' can understand persistent French." . . . Henry T. Osborn is in Florida, where he is communications director at Sabine, Inc. He planned to come north to celebrate his dad's 80th birthday but otherwise finds life busy with his job and family. He still enjoys music and will make or has already made a limited-edition CD. . . . Kate Cone knows about being busy. She has a soccer-playing son and two awesome, active daughters, and she's working on a master's degree herself. . . . Sim (Chan '75) and Robert Gregory sent a brief note saying that their four children are doing well and the parents are adapting to a semi-empty nest. . . . Carl Witthoft sent a brief note to say that he considers himself a '76er, although he finished with '77. He says he enjoyed the 25th reunion yearbook and will "definitely plan to show up for the 50th . . . heh." My husband enjoyed his Web page immensely. Have a look. . . . Richard Clark beats my 11 years as a vegetarian by seven years. He has been studying the Beat Generation authors. . . . Rebecca Hushing McCole shared news of her activities. She has traveled to several U.S. destinations recently, teaches aquacise, is a school volunteer and runs an advertising business. She has put music on hold to avoid over-extending herself but says she has a newly adopted cat that plays guitar! Becca has heard from John Mulcahey, who is a musician in New York City and was (still is?) music director for Annie, Get Your Gun. She also had word from Phil Freund, who has a family and a software company to keep him busy. Becca's family had a visit from Peter Labombarde and family. The Labombardes and the McColes have age-mate daughters, so it was an outing enjoyed by all. . . . Our class newsmakers include Maureen Kelliher, who is now senior vice president and manager of Citizens investment services at Citizens Bank in New Hampshire, well-known musician and folklorist Jeffrey M. McKeen and Wendy Swallow, Ph.D., who has published a book about divorce and life after one. . . . Please send more news to classnews1976@alum.colby.edu.
--Jane Souza Dingman
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CLASS CORRESPONDENT
Robert S. Woodbury
484 Bridge Street
Hamilton, MA 01982
978-468-3805
fax: 617-951-9919
classnews1978@alum.colby.edu
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<Hi everybody! Great quality but weak quantity on the news front so it's time to get out those laptops and pens. Let's gear up the information flow in anticipation of our 25th reunion in June 2003! Speaking of our reunion, I had breakfast with Sandy Buck a couple of months ago. I won't spoil any of the surprises, but he has some terrific ideas. Sandy has already started the planning process with a core of classmates, but I'm sure he could use some more help, so give him a call if you're so inclined . . . or even if you're not. . . . John and Pam Cleaves Devine write that their daughter Kimberly Cleaves Devine was accepted early decision by Colby and is a member of the Class of 2006. And in June 2002 during Reunion Weekend, John was the first recipient of the Edson Mitchell Award for distinguished service to the College. The award is presented to alumni who have been out of college less than 25 years. Congratulations on both counts to John and Pam! By the way, John also participated in the reunion planning on a conference call with Roebuck and Jeff Wheeler. . . . Nick Levintow sent a fascinating e-mail announcing that the Levintows are back, in one piece, from Nigeria. Their travels included trips to Benin, Togo and Ghana (floating villages, slave forests, old Portuguese castles from the 16th century and aerial walks through the rain forest on suspended "bridges"). He says the Kodak moment was when the family helped a small village in Ghana's Cape Coast pull in their fishing nets. The Levintows also realized a childhood dream of Nick's by going on safari in South Africa. The Nigeria tour highlights? Getting attacked by goons armed with hyenas and baboons in Abuja as Nick was departing a political rally turned riot. An aerial tour of the oil-rich Niger Delta by floatplane and finding someone selling Osama bin Laden posters deep in the ancient bazaar of Kano. Handling Madeleine Albright's visit to the palace of the emir of Kano and getting a grip-and-grin during a visit by Bill Clinton. Reminding his youngest son at the airport as they were preparing to return to the U.S. to remove his bulletproof vest and leave it in the bulletproof embassy car. Nick called the experience "the most rewarding and challenging job" he's ever had. He's now back living in suburban Washington and, at the Labor Department, trying to get out of the legal biz. He hopes to get picked up by the State Department in either the international labor field or in a multi-functional job in the Africa bureau. It turns out that the former boss of Liz Dugan is heading up one of the bureaus with which he is seeking employment. Nick would love to be in touch with you, Liz, so he can "grovel appropriately." . . . I received a news clipping from the Manchester, N.H. Union Leader with more details on Ellen Geaney Scarponi's new job. She joined Eastlantic Advertising as director of strategic business development. She will partner with businesses throughout the region to develop marketing, advertising and public relations solutions for their business needs. Prior to Eastlantic, Ellen was with AT&T for 15 years. She's very active in her community (president of the Manchester Boys & Girls Club) and lives with her husband in Canterbury, N.H. . . . On the topic of new jobs, I recently joined Boston Private Bank on their investment management and trust team working for Jay Henderson '64. Boston Private provides many financial services for individuals and their companies, including investment management, commercial lending, mortgage lending and deposit services. If any of you (especially Chris Pesek, wife of co-worker David Glen) have any such needs, please call me first. . . . That's it for now. Please keep those letters and e-mails coming.
--Robert S. Woodbury
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CLASS CORRESPONDENT
Cheri Bailey Powers
6027 Scout Drive
Colorado Springs, CO 80918
719-532-9285
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Hello from dry, fire-ravaged Colorado Springs, Colo. As I look out my office window, I see the smoke coming from the Hayman fire just 20-25 miles away. It is a pretty scary time here, what with all of the evacuations occurring so close to home. We could use some of the rain pounding other parts of the country. . . . On February 2, 2002, the ordination ceremony of bishop-elect Savas Zembillas was held at the Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in New York City. All of Sav's family was in attendance for the occasion. Sav was the first Greek Orthodox bishop ordained in America since 1999. He will serve as an auxiliary bishop to Archbishop Demetrios and continue as chancellor of the archdiocese. He will also help place priests and assist with the transfer of priests. To get to this point in his life, Sav spent time after Colby among various monastic communities in Greece and England and furthered his education by pursuing a master's of divinity at Holy Cross School of Theology in Brookline, Mass., graduating with highest honors in May 1985. After serving as pastoral assistant in Cincinnati, Ohio, Sav began a program of doctoral studies at Pembroke College at Oxford University in England. In 1992 Sav returned briefly to his home parish of Sts. Constantine and Helen Cathedral in Merrillville, Ind., where he was ordained to the holy diaconate. He returned to England to serve as deacon until his return to the States at the end of 1996. Father Savas was elevated to the rank of archimandrite of the monastery of St. Gregory Palamas in Hayesville, Ohio. In 1997 he was assigned to St. Demetrios Church in Merrick, Long Island. In December 1999 Archimandrite Savas was appointed chancellor of the archdiocese. . . . Diane Palombo can be found nowadays providing expressive therapy at the Tabernacle of Hope in Country Junction Plaza on South Main Street in Carver, Mass. Diane is a certified expressive therapist with a bachelor's from Colby and a master's degree in expressive therapy from Lesley College. She worked in hospitals and outpatient programs as a physical therapist for years and in schools as a teacher, therapist and counselor for 20 years in the Boston and Bridgewater school systems. HMO managed care forced Diane to redirect, and she returned to teaching language at Bridgewater/Raynham and moved to Carver. Diane felt that she could offer people more as a therapist and teacher. Her sessions at the tabernacle involve art, motion, music and acting to create a new vehicle of expression and to help ease patients into new understandings and even epiphanies about themselves and others. . . . Once again, this is a short column. I just haven't been hearing from you all. Guess we are all just too busy with our schedules. I am going to try something different to get some news from you, so if you receive an e-mail or letter from me, please respond. Reunion is in two years and the time between now and then will fly by quickly. Please take a few minutes to e-mail me at classnews1979@alum.colby.edu to let me know what is new in your life and also to update your information with Colby so that we can see you at the 25th. Or use the traditional mail (6027 Scout Drive, Colorado Springs, CO 80918). Heck, drop on in the next time you are in Colorado!
--Cheri Bailey Powers
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