ALUMNI PROFILES
William '51 and Ellen Kenerson Gelotte '50
Star Gazing

Susan Monk Pacheco '67
Doctor in the House

Allen Throop '66

Nancy Heiser '75

Don McMillan '84

Thomas Warren '82
Something Fishery

Brian Post '97
A Natural Observer

Clay Surovek '98

CLASS CORRESPONDENT
Jane Holden Huerta
2955 Whitehead Street
Miami, FL 33133
305-446-5082
classnews1960@alum.colby.edu

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At this writing, Joe Grimm is running for commissioner in Haddonfield, N.J. In that capacity, Joe would introduce some new ideas and end some older ones. Budget and property tax cuts are on his agenda as well as eliminating some questionable practices in local government. Hope you're elected, Joe! . . . Retired Northeastern University professor Dick Morrison continues as a consultant doing market research. Though they'll keep their condo in Chelsea on Boston Harbor, he and Vera have finished renovations on their cottage in Northport, Maine, turning it into a real year-round home. Dick has gotten together with Bob Keltie and Trish and Mike Farren recently. . . . On a personal note, I've been guest speaker at two kick-off events for the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk in October-one at Newark's Performing Arts Center and the other at Unilever in Bergen County-in an effort to encourage corporate employees to form fund-raising teams to participate in the walk. . . . Haven't heard from many of you lately. How about some e-mails or letters? I miss you!

-Ann Segrave Lieber

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Save these dates for our 40th reunion: June 6-8, 2003! Do make plans with friends to come and join in a good time. Not a few of us, who thoroughly enjoyed our 35th, are hoping that Penn Williamson has more events to keep us merry. . . . Please, please, please update your e-mail address with Colby, as the College and all of us are relying more and more on e-mail. In the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks, I am sure many of us reached out to old Colby friends in our need to touch base with all the special people in our lives. I sent e-mails to the addresses on a year-old list of our class, wishing it were updated. Responses included one from Dee Dee Wilson Perry, who had just heard from Jo-Ann Wincze French with the proposal of declaring September 11 as "American Heroes Day." Good idea. . . . Jeanette Fannin Regetz remarked how quiet Arlington, Va., had become without the planes at Reagan Airport. . . . Thomas Thomas, in the travel business, could feel the real shift in our desire to travel, especially by air. . . . Responding to my reminiscences of anxiety during the Cuban missile crisis, Coral Crosman wrote that we are experiencing an "incredible era." She said, "As for the Cuban missile crisis, I was probably in the 17th century (or maybe even in the 19th) that year-maybe just as well. By the time President Kennedy was shot, I was working for a daily newspaper and had started to pay some attention to current events." . . . Ed Winkler e-mailed that though he was depressed with regard to the attacks on New York City and Washington, he was encouraged by his cancer treatment and was glad to have caught up with George Swasey. . . . The most touching news came from Pam (Plumb '65) and Charley Carey, who were fortunate to have two sons and a daughter-in-law come through the World Trade Center attacks unscathed despite the fact that all three worked there. Their oldest son, Todd, was on the 26th floor of the Financial Center building, across from the towers, at the time of the first plane crash. He led a charge of his group of 40 down the 26 flights of stairs and out into the street and beyond to safety. Unbeknown to him for a time, his wife, Trish, had been called to not report for work that day and was safely out of danger. Charley and Pam's youngest son, Tim, works for the U.S. Customs Agency, which was headquartered on the sixth floor of one of the World Trade Center's towers and also in Newark, N.J. He, fortunately, was in Newark on that eventful day. . . . On a more normal note . . . Mary Dexter Wagner writes that she and her husband, Wayne, have a small business, Depression Obsession, in which they sell antiques and collectibles such as Depression glass at art shows and on eBay. Mary is also busy with two young granddaughters but still finds time for volunteering with DAR and church. Wayne is a volunteer tour guide at Sagamore Hill, Theodore Roosevelt's home. . . . Jane Melanson Dahmen had a successful show, "Maine on Canvas and Clay," at the Firehouse Gallery in Damariscotta, Maine, last May 29-June 22. The show included a collection of decorative and functional plates, bowls, pitchers and other vessels made in collaboration with the ceramist Alison Lauriat and decorated by Jane with her characteristic colorful style inspired by visits to her family in Damariscotta. . . . Lillian Waugh planned a visit to the Boston area in September to be with her sister Lucille at the wedding of their niece, Ann Harris, daughter of Lorene Waugh Harris '60, and to visit her daughter, Andromeda, who has also just married and is getting a master's in classics at Tufts University. We plan to get together, something we haven't done for 16 years.

-Karen Forslund Falb

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My pop quiz e-mail survey asking for your favorite holiday, other than December, brought a flurry of interesting answers. Several chose Thanksgiving. George Shur: It's a family time, unencumbered by gift giving and decorating overkill. For those of us on an academic calendar, it's also the end of the longest vacation-free stretch of the year. And I do like the turkey. . . . Gloria Shepherd: It is a time for the family to gather, enjoy a gourmet meal and be grateful for all that we have. . . .  Joan Phillipps Thompson: I love to cook and hate to shop. . . . Barbie Carr Howson: No gift hype, just family, friends and food. And I love fall colors and decorations, lots of leaves and turkeys! Smoke from chimneys drifting by is as good as cranberry sauce. . . . Steve Schoeman: Thanksgiving is a national celebration of the nation's good fortune. It is a time to reflect on all that is good and to redouble our efforts to help those in need-the hungry and the homeless of which there are so many; the American Indians who do not share in the prosperity other Americans enjoy. It is a national holiday. I also like July 4th because we celebrate our country's independence. . . . Several voted for Memorial Day. Martha Farrington Mayo: Memorial Day weekend because it is at the start of the summer, and most of the families on Squirrel Island gather in anticipation of the season. On top of that, it is simple: I do not have to get out the decorations, buy gifts or do the fancy meals of most of the other holidays. . . . . Shirley Tozier Huling: It signals the beginning of the summer; it's when we open up our camp on Highland Lake in Falmouth, Maine, and the start of many weekends, weeks, etc. of grandchildren visiting, great nieces and nephews visiting and a lot of family get-togethers. My retired sister, Nancy Tozier Knox '61, and brother-in-law live at our camp during the summer so we have many good times with her four children and 13 grandchildren. I have one granddaughter, Emily Jane Andersen, who is 3, and it's a chance to spend some good quality time with her and with my daughter Christy and Mark. . . . Betsy Crockett Tyson-Smith: Memorial Day 'cuz I love to look forward to summer; that holiday carries memories of getting the boat ready for weekend sailing long ago. . . . Bob Dyer: Memorial Day, as it is near the end of the school year, and vacation is almost a reality. There is the hope of spring with warm weather coming to Maine and tourists coming to share the beauty of the area. Also, there is the optimism of doing activities you have always wanted to do or maybe have put off. The beauty of the spring air and the flowers bring hope for many things, with more wildlife at the feeders and the eternal quest of the Red Sox. Even more is the meaning of the holiday for all those who sacrificed so much, including some of our classmates, as people today seem to be forgetting what those people have done to forge our future. It is one of the few times towns focus on themselves with parades or other events. . . . John Kreideweis: Holiday or Day Most Looked Forward To-Opening Day of Baseball Season! It's a new beginning-a chance to prove one's worth all over again-the flowers are blooming-the trees have those tender, new, light green leaves-the air is fresh and alive with anticipation-everyone is on equal footing-"wait till next year" (for you Dodgers and Red Sox fans) is here-preparation and training will now be tested by opportunity-and it's time to "Play Ball!" (Baseball really is life in microcosm.) The same scenario applies to any new project, challenge or adventure. After all these years, we're still most alive being on the field, playing the game-whatever the game is and however it's defined. . . . Jack Lockwood: Kamehameha Day, as it reminds me of how lucky I am to live in this idyllic archipelago! It also gives me a holiday in June, which makes for a nice break (if I don't go to the office). . . . Jon Allen: The spring break in April when our daughter has a week and a half off from school. We use that opportunity to take a trip together. Not only are we celebrating spring but, unless we go to the tropics, we enjoy the mild weather. And, of course, we appreciate the off-peak advantages in both prices and crowds. . . . Dick Larschan: As my daughters have long understood, the two holidays we celebrate most religiously are my birthday and Father's Day-though, thanks to Jack, I'm thinking of adding Kamehameha Day as an excuse to wear a grass skirt. . . . Ben Beaver: My favorite holiday is yet to come . . . retirement day. That will be the kick-off to a nice long holiday period. Trouble is, it's not a scheduled holiday, and I don't know when it's going to show up. . . . Jim Harris: My favorite holiday is any in which I bring my extended family together-son, wife, sisters-in-law, brother, nieces, nephews-to celebrate as one. It gets more difficult as the "young ones" flee to different parts of the world and bring into the circle their "in-laws." . . . And my favorite answer, Margaret Mattraw Dodge: I guess my favorite "holiday" is a snow day. An unexpected gift when I can sit snugly before the fire and enjoy that special silence that a deep snow creates. . . . Nancy Green King wrote that she's still doing folk music, trying to finish up the settlement of her mother's estate, tending her garden and being proud of her two sons. Ken's an actor and acting teacher/coach in New York City, and Dan is a Unitarian minister in New Hampshire. Both are also excellent folk musicians. Nancy still has a summer cottage on Sebago Lake and comes to Maine for visits each June and September, usually getting together with old buddies Lois Lyman, Ellie Moran Regan and Barbi McClarin Bing. . . . BJ Campbell recommends Final Gifts by Maggie Callanan and Patricia Kelley. 

-Sara Shaw Rhoades

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