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CLASS CORRESPONDENT
Bruce Young
20 Applewood Avenue
Billerica, MA 01821
978-443-6417
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Doug Schwarz continues to do interesting things. After years of work involving many aspects of theater production for the Community Players of Concord, N.H., he embarked on his first directorial effort. Under his guidance, Murder for Rent was staged the first weekend in May. By the time you read this, however, the opportunity to catch the play will have passed. I hope word of mouth gets to you first. Doug describes the play as a "full-length romantic comedy/mystery/thriller." . . . Tom and Jean Crowley Huebner celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary last August. Congratulations! It sounds like their entire family has had great successes lately. Their son, Ben, graduated with honors from Haverford College. He is a Truman Fellow and is now working in Washington, D.C. Daughter Emily is a sophomore at the University of New Hampshire. Tom is president of the Rutland, Vt., Regional Medical Center, and Jean continues her work with the local public library. Best news of all, Jean has managed to beat breast cancer. . . . Ellen McGuire Nannig lives in Rhode Island with husband Doug '77 and their three children, Chris, 19, Gregory, 16, and Bridget, 10. In addition to working and generally chasing their kids around, Ellen and Doug do a lot of boating, fishing and swimming. Living near the ocean is handy. Skiing, camping and hiking the 5,000-foot peaks of New Hampshire take up what is left of their free time. . . . Bob Duchesne continues to be one of the most-heard DJ's in Maine. He is the voice of Today's Country Music on Q106.5 out of Bangor. But Bob has also been very successful in other avocations. Along with his wife, Sandi, Bob plays an important role in the Penobscot Valley Audubon Society. They have been involved in extensive fund-raising and conservation efforts for several wildlife projects in the area as well as leading trips to places as far-flung as the Everglades and Manitoba. Bob is also president of the Big Brothers Big Sisters program in Bangor.
Bruce Young
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CLASS CORRESPONDENT
Ann Dunlap LeBourdais
183 High Head Road
Harpswell, ME 04079
207-725-6883
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We've received news from both coasts this winter and look forward to hearing from more of you this summer. . . . Dan Dittman, who attended Colby from Sept. '72 to June '73 stays in contact with Wally Gorman, Bill Campbell and Joth Davis. Dan plays harmonica in a blues band out of Seattle called Stickshift Annie and the Overdrive. His wife is lead singer and songwriter on a recently released CD called "Out of Her Mind." Dan recommends playing in a blues band to keep you young. . . . Janet Wray Gorman just published the third book in her Wandering Vine trilogy. Once Again, we're told, follows "Elizabeth Randoph's extraordinary journey through life, from antebellum Virginia to Edwardian Boston." . . . Charlie Fitts is an associate professor in the geology department at the University of Southern Maine, where he's taught for 11 years. Happily married and the father of five boys ages 4-16, he lives in Scarborough and enjoys hiking, canoeing and cross-country skiing. . . . In Connecticut, Betsy Bowen is associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Fairfield University. . . . Peter Labombarde was recently named VP and client relationship manager for the Nashua, N.H., region of Citizens Investment Management Services. He's also serving as treasurer of the NE division board of directors of the American Cancer Society. . . . Back in Maine, Ray Vensel has been hired by Maine Public Radio as music producer and host of the Saturday and Sunday morning classical music programs. He also works for Jackson Labs in Bar Harbor as a systems analyst and programmer. . . . Lynn Leavitt Marrison wrote that she'd just returned from the NE Regional Youth Hockey Tournament, where her daughter's team upset the favored Connecticut team and was to travel to Alaska for the Nationals! . . . Pam Came Barker and her husband, Ed, recently had a baby boy, Jack. . . . Last month, Peter and I were guests of Paul Boghossian at a wonderful performance of the ballet Giselle at the Wang Theater in Boston. . . . By the time you read this, we'll have had a mini Class of '76 family reunion with Jenny Frutchy Ford's crew at Sunday River in late March. . . . Still looking for a venue for a summer event for '76ers--and suggestions are welcome. The Cape and coastal Maine have been mentioned, but we're sure you all have your favorite places. Also, the Alumni Office wants to remind you that the reunion Web site,
www.colby.edu/alumni/reunion/2001, contains reunion photos, and www.colby.edu/alumni/reunion/2001/classphotos.shtml has a copy of each class photo. You can contact the office at alumni@colby.edu to purchase one.
--Ann Dunlap LeBourdais
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CLASS CORRESPONDENT
Robert S. Woodbury
484 Bridge Street
Hamilton, MA 01982
978-468-3805
fax: 617-951-9919
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Steve Sparkes got my attention by initially accusing me of "fratotry," or whatever the right term would be for being prejudiced against those not in your own fraternity and excluding their news from the class letter. I hope I'm not continuing that suspected trend, as it turns out that both of Steve's parents were Colby '50 and his father was a . . . DU! Steve, of course, was a ZP. He credits Bob Seeger in saying, "I wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then." Steve has eschewed his New England roots and consciously ("for a change," his words) settled as far away from the Curse of the Bambino as he could and still remain in the lower 48. His first stint in Oregon featured a mountain exploding and the riotous companionship of one Anne Marie Hobson Pesarik. He returned to Oregon after a whirlwind tour of the homespun Midwest. Seventeen years later Steve is now involved in the baseball world. Three of his sons play, from Little League to the high school level. His daughter prefers soccer, tap dancing and singing. Steve mentions that the key to her chastity belt is safely in the family deposit box. His wife of 20 years has returned to college, allowing him the pleasure of assisting five people with homework each night. Steve claims he does more studying now than he did on Mayflower Hill. He expects many to be surprised. For Steve (and the rest of us), Colby is long ago and far away. However, he fondly remembers one FM radio station, tinfoil rabbit ears for the TV, motokegs, jitneys and Sammy man. It would be great to see you, Steve, at the 25th in June 2003! . . . Peter Secor has been with the State Department Foreign Service since 1983, splitting his time between Washington and overseas postings (Paris, Adana, Turkey, Ottawa and Port-au-Prince in reverse order). He's been doing mainly trade policy for the past 10 years. In his current position, Peter covers Asian economic issues as well as multilateral trade. Peter and his wife, Mildred, have three kids and are living (since 2000) in Vienna, Va., just outside D.C. He's been able to coach or referee his kids' soccer teams most years recently. His photography is mostly limited to shots of the kids these days. Last summer his family nearly made it to Colby but stuck to the Maine coast instead. . . . Charles Jarden "finally" bought his first home, a condo in Brooklyn near Brooklyn Academy of Music and N.Y.C.'s cutting-edge performing arts center, in trendy Ft. Greene. Charles is executive director of American Opera Projects, also in Brooklyn, and he can walk to the office. He has been running this company, which works only with new operas, for eight years, and it seems to be thriving--projects getting funded and produced in the N.Y.C. area and nationally. He would love to hear from any Colby grads interested in interning with a producing opera company. Charles mentions that he received news from Eric Schultz last winter. Eric works for the PBS station in N.J. . . . Sue Areson is newly appointed as the city editor at The Providence Journal. Sue has been with the Journal for 15 years. She edited the wire report during the gulf war and has been page one news editor, Sunday editor, West Bay manager and, most recently, deputy managing editor for news and sports copy desks. Prior to the Journal, Sue was with the Haverhill, Mass., Gazette, where she was managing editor. . . . Two of our class authors, Jane Brox and Gerry Boyle, continue to do us proud. Jane opened Bowdoin's 2001-02 visiting writers series with a reading back in October 2001 from her Five Thousand Days Like This One (1999) and Here and Nowhere Else (1995), both award winners. Jane is the recipient of grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Massachusetts Cultural Council. Gerry (a DU, but don't tell Sparky) spoke at the annual meeting of the Rockport, Maine, Public Library. Gerry began a career in crime fiction in 1993 with the publication of his first novel, Deadline. Since then, Gerry has published five more novels featuring former N.Y. reporter Jack McMorrow. These books are set in rural Maine and are terrific reads! Gerry expects his next book, set in the mid-coast of Maine and Boston, to be released this year by Putnam/Berkley. I'm waiting! . . . Keep those letters and cards 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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Once again, this will be a short column. I just haven't been hearing from you all. 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. Take the time to let me know what is new in your life and to update your information with Colby so that we can see you at the 25th. . . . I did get to have lunch in October with Janet Deering Bruen, Martha Soucy and Kathy Bleakney Pawley while I was back East visiting friends and family. We had quite a lively conversation (the rest of the restaurant got to listen in, too). We all agreed that our hair was a bit grayer than the last time we met (10th reunion) but that we had all held up pretty well. Janet regaled us with the trials and tribulations of a mother of four daughters and all the boys and activities that come with them. Janet, like me, is a soccer parent who spends considerable time in the car and on the field, so we had much to discuss. Kathy was my host for part of my trip, and she was listening to the dealings with daughters, as her Melissa, 4 1/2 (Melissa was very adamant about the 1/2), is a very active little girl. It is only a matter of time before Melissa joins her brother, Sean, on the soccer field and joins Scouts. Martha was up to visit her folks in Kittery, Maine. She works for Fleet Bank and was assigned to convert Quick and Reilly in N.Y.C. over to Fleet's general ledger software. On September 11, she was working out of the Providence office for the day and was not with her staff when the towers fell. Fortunately all of her staff were safe but were unable to go to their housing in the Battery Park complex. The week before we met, Columbus Day weekend, she was finally able to get into her apartment and retrieve clothing and personal items. She brought a sober moment to our lunch as we all remarked how lucky we were not to have lost family and friends that day. After lunch, we all posed for pictures and promised to meet up at the 25th reunion. . . . Sara Burns presented a lecture on September 24 on the topic "Just What Is Going On in the Energy Industry Today?" Sara is president of Central Maine Power Company, after serving as director of risk management, manager of financial services, manager of human resources and chief operating officer. She was elected president in September 1998. . . . Well, guys, that is about it. Sure would love to fill up a whole page in the magazine with class information. Please take a few minutes to e-mail me at cpowers@entfederal.com or classnews1979@alum.colby.edu, or use the traditional mail (6027 Scout Drive, Colorado Springs, CO 80918). Heck, drop on in the next time you are in Colorado!
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