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CLASS CORRESPONDENT
Nancy Neckes Dumart
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Macy Delong was recognized in People magazine in the fall of 2002 and was celebrated as an unsung hero at a Knicks-Celtics game in December 2002 for her relentless efforts to enhance the quality of life for homeless individuals. Her nonprofit agency, Solutions at Work, in Cambridge, Mass., provides a variety of forms of aid to homeless people, including a clothing exchange and a moving service. Macy provides lodging to a number of people in her own home to help them get on their feet again. . . . Robert Ewell is a career support specialist at the Huot Technical Center, Elm Street School, Concord, N.H. . . . Joe Greenman was named a member of the Bond, Schoeneck & King law firm. . . . Bill Simons, an American historian who teaches at SUNY-Oneonta, has studied and written about most sports, but his favorite is baseball. Bill is a long-time member of SABR, the Society of American Baseball Research. . . . I was delighted to see Cheryl Booker Gorman '74 of Brookline Bancorp featured in the Boston Globe in December 2002. Cheryl, one of a number of successful businesswomen whose careers have been influenced by the teamwork they experienced as student athletes, played field hockey at Colby.
-Nancy Neckes Dumart
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Jackie Nienaber Appeldorn
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This quarter's mail is much lighter than last time, so my information comes from articles in local newspapers. Last fall, Alan Blanker joined Greenfield Savings Bank as a senior vice president and general counsel. After graduating from Colby, Alan obtained his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center. He and his wife, Joyce, reside in Greenfield, Mass., and have two children. . . . Known as a "Down East fiddler," Greg Boardman has earned a reputation as an accomplished fiddler in Maine and has participated in numerous events dedicated to the promotion and preservation of regional fiddle styles. His résumé includes performances with the Maine Country Dance Orchestra, The Northern Valley Boys, the Kennebec Valley Boys, The Moosetones--the list goes on and on. He has won every major fiddle contest in Maine. A part-time music teacher in the Lewiston schools, Greg also teaches fiddle as a private instructor and organized the Maine Fiddle Camp. He recently released the CD Century Reel, a collection of 15 New England pieces representing several generations of Down East musicians. The CD, put out by Outer Green Records, is available through Bow & String Enterprises of Auburn, Maine. . . . Don't wait for me to read about you in the newspaper. You can e-mail or snail-mail information to me about what's going on in your lives: vacations, celebrations, jobs, family, Colby classmates you have heard from. It's all interesting reading to the rest of us.
--Jackie Nienaber Appeldorn
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Robin Sweeney Peabody
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My ornery computer refused to open several e-mails, citing a virus as its excuse. Therefore, if your news is not included here, please resend it, and please accept my apologies. . . . Bruce Carmichael is living in Park City, Utah, with his wife, Jennifer, and two children, Gavin, 10, and Erin, 8. Bruce works in Salt Lake City as director of Air Force C31SR systems. The family enjoyed all the activities and excitement surrounding the Winter Olympics. . . . Mike McNamara writes that after a 19-year hiatus he returned to teaching at the Marine Academy of Technology and Environment in Toms River, N.J. He continues his law practice part time, having given up litigation entirely and restricting his practice to real estate and estate planning. His older son just completed his freshman year at Loyola College, and his younger son finished his first year at Monsignor Donovan High School. . . . Jeff Seip writes from Mexico City, where he spent the last year directing power plant project finance/accounting for Siemens Westinghouse. His career has taken him to Peru, Puerto Rico, Saudi Arabia and China. Cape Canaveral is home when he's in the U.S. Jeff married a year ago and has a 17-year-old from a previous marriage. . . . Harriet Hults King has been working at the State Attorney's Office in Vermont as the domestic violence prosecutor. Harriet's husband is also an attorney, and the two try hard to balance their busy work schedules with their children's activities and skiing and snowshoeing. . . . Tom Bolmer responded to my request for stories of 50th celebrations by saying that he and his wife, Ellyn Montgomery '81, decided to take the day off for a hike. Ellyn surprised Tom with champagne (in real flutes) and hors d'oeuvres (on real plates) at the top of Mount Monadnock in New Hampshire despite a blanket of late May snow. Dinner was a large ice cream sundae at a big stand in the next town. Tom says he finally got a set of meals that were a real celebration! . . . Tim Glidden, director of Maine's Future Program, was written up in several Maine newspapers for his determination to protect special places, such as working farms and forests, from urban sprawl. . . . The Waterville Business & Professional Women's Association named Karen Heck Woman of the Year. She is a founder of a Maine conference focused on helping girls understand what it is to be female in today's world. . . . Joanne Tankard Smith was one of seven finalists for Massachusetts Teacher of the Year. She teaches at Norfolk Agricultural School, where she has been for three years. . . . A newsclip describes Kenneth Melvin, who is in his 17th year as a delegate in the Virginia Assembly, as able to "make an analogy like no one in this room." After Colby, Kenny went to Georgetown for a law degree, set up practice and helped others run for office before running himself in 1985. . . . Keep those e-mails flying!
Robin Sweeney Peabody
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