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by Meg Bernier '81

Upcoming: Alumni in cities throughout the country are set to kick off the 2000-2001 year with annual "Welcome to the City" club events scheduled for Sept. 20. . . . Last fall local club volunteers gathered to greet the Class of 1999 and alumni in 13 cities: Portland (Maine), Boston, Providence, Hartford, New York, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle. This year Charlotte joins the list.

On May 25, Colby alumni, parents and friends bade farewell to Bill and Linda Cotter in Portland, Maine. This rounded out a tour during which the Cotters accepted invitations to 15 regional locations. The most daunting trip was in March: Chicago, Denver and Seattle on three consecutive nights. As usual, the Cotters didn't miss a beat.

The Colby clubs of Boston, New York and Washington, D.C., played host to mystery writer and Colby magazine editor Gerry Boyle'78. . . . Art enthusiasts enjoyed tours of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco and a lecture at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Portland, Maine. . . . Music enticed alumni to attend the Boston Pops, the New Jersey Symphony and a dinner theater in Boulder, Colo. . . . Alumni bird watchers joined biologists Bets Brown (development) and Herb Wilson (biology) for an early-morning walk through the Perkins Arboretum. . . . Theater, sports events and purely social gatherings rounded out the season. And Colby's volunteer spirit is thriving as club volunteers pick up their hammers and help build homes for Habitat for Humanity.