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CLASS CORRESPONDENT
Jane Souza Dingman
805 River Road
Leeds, Maine 04263-3115
classnews1976@alum.colby.edu
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CLASS CORRESPONDENT
Todd Heisler
09 West Koch Street
Bozeman, Montana 59715-4477
Mark Lyons
66 Edgewood Drive
Hampton, New Hampshire 03842-3923
603-929-7378
mlyons@wm.com
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I am writing this column as I take a break from cramming for my marketing management final in my never-ending M.B.A. program. My study habits have not changed much in 25 years, although my grades have improved (I suspect grade inflation). . . . I talked to Steve White, to whom I am "indebted" for nominating me for class correspondent. He is living in Brooklin, Maine, and running the Brooklin Boat Yard, where he builds some of the finest wooden sailing boats on the planet. I think everyone reading this column should call him and order one. He did admit to me, however, that he has gone over to the dark side and purchased a fiberglass center-console fishing boat with twin 225 h.p. outboards. He and his wife, Laurie, will use the boat to motor between the Bahamas and their winter home in West Palm Beach, Fla. Whitey assures me that he filled out his ballot correctly in the 2000 election while in Palm Beach--says he really did intend to vote for Pat Buchanan. Jay McSweeney visited Steve in Brooklin last summer for a week. Jay, who is living in Sherborn, Mass., with his wife, Cheryl, and family, is a vice president with a Massachusetts engineering and construction company. He is putting his environmental studies degree to good use by outsmarting the local conservation commission and obtaining the permits he needs to make some really nice improvements to his home. Keep up the good work, Jay. . . . Speaking of putting his environmental studies degree to good use, Kent Wommack continues to amaze as executive director of the Nature Conservancy in Maine. Last summer he helped piece together an unprecedented deal with Great Northern Paper that will protect almost 400 square miles of northern Maine forest near Mount Katahdin. The newly protected area contains the highest concentration of remote ponds in the entire state and has thousands of acres that have no roads and are still pristine wilderness. In exchange for the protection of this wilderness area, the Nature Conservancy is retiring $14 million of loans to Great Northern and is refinancing another $36 million in loans at competitive rates. Kent just keeps getting it done. . . . Carl Witthoft electronically writes that he chases his kids on a daily basis so they will do their homework. He says that his daughter may very well apply to Colby next year, so let's hope Carl has been sending in his contribution checks almost as often as he's been chasing her to get her homework done. He also is learning the cello, which comes as a surprise to those of us who remember him as a clarinetist. . . . Jane Hoffman is living in Larchmont, N.Y., with her husband, Kevin, and their two talented and self-directed children, Rachel, 15, and Daniel, 11. Kevin is in construction, and Jane does extensive volunteer work in her community, primarily focusing her efforts on closing the rickety old Indian Point nuclear power plant. Jane earned her M.B.A. and worked in higher education administration until the birth of her second child. Since Jane is not officially using her M.B.A. right now, maybe she would consider loaning it to me. . . . Finally, P. Lynn Stuart is teaching microeconomic theory at the Colorado School of Mines, which is in Golden. Lynn writes that the college is a small school of about 3,000 students, but at that size it's still bigger than Colby. . . . That is all, since only a handful of you contacted me. I am told that our class has a reputation for being a little sparse with the news, so please start contacting me to brag about (or embellish) your accomplishments.
--Todd Heisler
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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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As I write this, I am fresh from a Christmas party at Ben Thorndike's house. All best wishes for a happy and healthy 2003, full of love, laughter--and attendance at your 25th college reunion. Captain Sandy Buck has lots and lots of surprises in store, so don't miss out on the fun. Sandy promises a touch of the old days, complete with some good music and dancing, silly games, the Bassett and Maisel show at dinner and general fun. Sandy wants to set the bar a little higher for future 25th reunions and prove that though we are in our mid 40's, we can still behave like children. We're getting a great response rate already. As you read this, it isn't too late to get involved, so give Sandy a call or e-mail. He was looking for volunteers to help organize a tremendous turnout, make calls, welcome arrivals Friday night and generate lots of enthusiasm for this milestone in our young lives! Also, there may still be time to become the class scribe for the next five years. Please give me a call today! . . . Susan Gernert Adams says "Hi" from Chappaqua, N.Y., home of the Clintons! She hit the 10-year mark in 2002 as national producer with Dateline NBC and still loves working there. Her beautiful twin girls, Molly and Hannah, were 5 years old in December 2002. She, understandably, says she loves them more than life itself. While chronically exhausted, Susan is quite content and hopes to make the 25th reunion. . . . Ronni-Jo Posner Carpenter sends greetings from North Yarmouth, Maine, where she's lived with her husband, John '80, for 19 years. They lead a life full of activities that are typical for families with children. Scott and Rob are freshman at North Yarmouth Academy, and Alison is a sixth grader at the same ("wonderful") local day school. All play soccer, with spring lacrosse, running, tennis, golf and skiing tied for close seconds. Their Colby connection is strong and serendipitous. At Sugarloaf they see Len Saulter '77, Kevin Carley '76, Jay Moody '80, Mike Boyson '76, Ellen Grant '79, Rick Tonge '80, Scott '76 and Janet Santry Houser, Sue (Raymond '79) and John Geismar and Henry Kennedy '80. Their highlight, however, was witnessing Jack Deering '55 exercising in a pool last summer with the otherwise all-female athletes at a water aerobics class at the Portland Country Club! . . . Michele Rolfson Steer was promoted to assistant vice president at the Bangor Savings Bank office in Castine, Maine. Michele has a varied background consisting of marketing and public relations, hospitality management, language instruction, concert promotions and commercial acting and modeling. She joined Bangor Savings in the spring of 1999. . . . Abi Rome wrote that she was working on her page for our 25th anniversary reunion. She is continuing to work as an independent consultant in conservation and ecotourism, with a focus on Latin America. She works with different organizations in project planning and management, training, research and writing and also offers occasional ecotours. Abi would be happy to design and lead a customized tour to South or Central America. . . . Jacie (Corders '79) and Charlie Hurd (a.k.a. Churd) send news from Minnesota that they celebrated their 18th wedding anniversary with style. The college search has begun for their son, Max, although Colby is not high on the list. Their daughter, Lydia, is doing well as a high school freshman. Colby people they see include Brad '79 and Lisa Turner Warner '80, Chris Bradley, Sean Smith '79 and Debbie Perkins-Smith '77, Paul Wolf, Fred Madeira '80, Weld Butler '80 and Geoff Emanuel '79, a.k.a. Rubberman. . . . Rick Jacques wrote for the first time. He's living in Auburn, Maine, with his girlfriend, Cathy Stairs, and her daughter, Katie. Rick's daughter, Tisha, is now 14 and lives in Lake Forest, Ill., with her mom, Amy Schuetz '77. Rick, a licensed Maine social worker, is the director of supportive care at Androscoggin Home Care and Hospice, the largest nonprofit home health agency in Maine. His division is responsible for long-term home care for the elderly and disabled. He and Cathy just bought a house in Auburn and are beginning to come to a consensus on decorating. In his spare time he raises two miniature dachshunds. . . . Beth and Craig Snider have four children in suburban Philly. Jacob, 12, Cary, 10, and Lily, 5, are the big kids taking care of the newest arrival, Jackson, 1. Craig has divided his career between Hollywood, where he worked in film and television, and Philly/Boston, where he managed marketing and sales for arenas and stadiums. He is currently getting back to the arts and hopes to produce his first film in 2003, though not necessarily the screenplay he's writing. . . . Rachel (Dawn) Langhorne Grogan went by Dawn in 1974 but started using Rachel when she started grad school in 1996. More recently, she eloped to Edinburgh for her wedding in September 2002. She has relocated further south on the seacoast of N.H. into a wonderful Federal house. Her new husband shares the same career in real estate although it is a second career for him--he retired from city planning four years ago. She says she's very happy and keeps up with Colby news. . . . We'll probably see each other at the 25th before you hear from me again. Who's the next scribe?
--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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