75		CLASS CORRESPONDENT Bruce Young 20 Applewood Avenue Billerica, MA 01821 978-443-6417 classnews1975@alum.colby.edu
	Didn't we just graduate from Colby a couple of years ago? Well, you wouldn't know it to hear from David White, who reports that his daughter, Cathy, is now on Mayflower Hill as a member of the Class of 2006. . . . Howie and Brenda Lincoln Lake's son, Dan, is also a member of the Class of 2006, and Dan has already joined the Colby Eight. . . . And Charley Bolger says that his daughter, a senior in high school, is interested in applying to Colby. Whew! In other news, Dave's younger daughter, Nicole, is a sophomore at Buckingham, Browne & Nichols. Dave and his wife, Sharon, are both corporate lawyers for White & McNamara, the firm that Dave started 17 years ago. Charley and his family visited Colby this summer during a vacation trip to Acadia National Park, and by the time you read this Charley will have participated in his first rollerblade marathon along the north shore of Lake Superior. . . . Karen Chadbourne Miller lost her job this summer with the demise of Arthur Andersen. After some soul searching, Karen has decided to start a consulting business to help small businesses with financial projections. She also has sideline businesses of making dolls based on the spirit of the recipient and on Reiki healing. . . . Doug Schwarz is about to publish his second book from Plaidswede Press in Concord, N.H. This one, Wild River Memories, is a memoir concerning his family and their 30-year relationship with the Wild River on the Maine-N.H. border. . . . Libby Piper Deschenes traveled to China last year with her husband and a group of friends to run the Great Wall half marathon and to tour the country. Libby also swims competitively and has won several races, including the 800-meter freestyle at the Long Course Swim Meet at UC-Irvine. This year she was appointed editor of Crime and Delinquency, one of the top-ranked journals in the field of criminology, while continuing her position as professor in the department of criminal justice at Cal State Long Beach. . . . The Green Mountain Council of the Boy Scouts honored Tom Huebner at its annual Distinguished Citizen Award Dinner. Tom was recognized as a role model who best exemplifies character and citizenship traits fostered by Scouting. He is the president of the Rutland Regional Medical Center and has helped to establish assisted-living centers in the Rutland area. . . . While I was in Truro and Provincetown this summer, I stopped in to visit Steve Tait at the Aerie House & Beach Club. The place is beautiful and offers great views of the water and Provincetown. Steve and Dave Cook have put a lot of work into it and are looking forward to some down time this winter. They have also started a modest vineyard and will be able to offer their own wine within a couple of years. If you are planning a trip to Cape Cod, I recommend a stay at the Aerie House. --Bruce Young previous  |   top  |   next

 

	76		CLASS CORRESPONDENT Jane Souza Dingman 805 River Road Leeds, Maine 04263-3115 classnews1976@alum.colby.edu
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	77		CLASS CORRESPONDENT Mark Lyons 66 Edgewood Drive Hampton, New Hampshire 03842-3923 603-929-7378 mlyons@wm.com classnews1977@alum.colby.edu
	Greetings from your new class correspondent! I was "elected" as your correspondent in the wee hours of the morning at our 25th reunion dinner and dance in June after a flawed nomination procedure (thanks, Whitey). My election confirms the seriously impaired judgment of my classmates who were still present at the dinner. For those of you who couldn't attend the reunion, an excellent time was had by all. . . . Rick Healey was a co-conspirator in the rigged class correspondent election process. His daughter, Caitlin, is a freshman at Colby and is living in the Leonard dormitory just a stone's throw away from Rick's residence at school, the former KDR fraternity house. Caitlin is on the ski team, and she tells Rick that classes are getting in the way of her college experience. Rick is president of Foster-Healey Real Estate in Fitchburg, Mass., where he lives with his wife, Nancy, and his other two children, Taylor and Joseph. His real estate business keeps him busy, but he still finds the time to hike and ski with his family and also send me humorous e-mail messages of questionable taste. . . . Jeff Olmstead writes that his son, Todd, is also a freshman at Colby, which comes as a complete surprise to his father. Jeff says that Todd was looking at other schools and had never expressed an interest in Colby until a friend of Todd's older brother convinced him to consider attending college in Waterville. Todd visited the campus in February (apparently winters in central Maine were not an issue) and Colby shot to the top of his list. Todd submitted his application at the deadline and was thrilled when he was accepted. Early reports indicate that all his expectations, and those of his parents, are being met. . . . Janet Peel Thompson, who has unwisely agreed to be my unofficial class co-correspondent from Middle America, is living in Hitterdal, Minn., with her husband, Bill, and daughter, Kate. Her son, Ben, is a freshman at the University of Minnesota. Janet manages the reference department at the Concordia College library. She sees a lot of Genevieve Smith Thompson, who lives nearby in Lake Park, Minn., with her husband, Dan (and who spookily has the same married name as Janet). Genevieve is putting her environmental studies degree to good use as the director of the Audubon Society in North Dakota, and she gets in as much sailing time as is possible that far from the ocean. . . . David Bogan has had some interesting experiences since leaving Colby. He spent some time in professional theater, made maple syrup in Vermont and then somehow wound up as a consultant in the IT industry. David also worked in Canada for two years as the acting CTO for Canadian Pacific Railway. He is currently CIO at CSC Consulting Group. Although CSC is based in Boston, David lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, with his wife, Ann, and has been commuting weekly for the past five years. David says consulting is about being on the road, and he certainly must be racking up the frequent flyer miles. I remember Dave as the sound guy for the legendary Colby house band of R. P. Higgins, Leslie Warren Van Berkham, Peggy Horstmann-Hodes and Sandy Pardee '78, who incidentally all reunited for a jam session on Sunday of Reunion Weekend. They sounded incredible, considering that the last time they played together Mick Jagger wasn't eligible for social security. R.P. also, by overwhelming popular demand, made an inspired guest appearance with the band at the reunion dance. . . . Russ Lowe writes that he wanted to go to our reunion, but his oldest son's high school graduation prevented him from attending. His son is at Williams College now, and Russ is wondering how he will be able to cheer for Williams and pay the bill. He has two other sons at home whose interests include fencing, which takes his family all over the country to tournaments. Russ is a software engineer on his third start-up venture in seven years (third time's the charm), and his wife teaches high school English. Russ recently moved to Acton, Mass., and keeps in touch with several alumni in the area. . . . Ehrhardt Groothoff has had an eventful year. His third child, and first girl, was born in February. He graduated in June with a master's degree in marriage and family therapy. Ehrhardt and his family are enjoying their first year in their new home in San Rafael, Calif. Ehrhardt and Vinnie and Liz Lawrence Martucci hosted their second benefit, the "Mid-Summer Night Jazz Concert" on Chebeague Island, Maine, during their joint vacation this past July. . . . Ken Colton sent a short note saying that he will be chairing the American Chemical Society's Chemical and Law Division in 2003. . . . Please help me out in my new job and send me news about yourselves by phone, fax or e-mail. Otherwise, I'll have to make stuff up. --Mark Lyons top  |   next

	78		CLASS CORRESPONDENT Robert S. Woodbury 484 Bridge Street Hamilton, MA 01982 978-468-3805 fax: 617-951-9919 classnews1978@alum.colby.edu
	The countdown's on for our 25th reunion, now only a few months away. And starting after the reunion in June 2003 it'll be time for the next class scribe to assume this column. First come, first served. It's a terrific way to reconnect with many old friends and only takes me about an hour every three months (a half hour for anyone else). Just do it by contacting either me or Colby. . . . Doug Maffucci and his wife, Barbara, own and operate the Atlantic Brewing Company in Bar Harbor, Maine. The brewery was moved from downtown Bar Harbor to a new state-of-the-art facility built on an abandoned farm. Atlantic Brewing Company, currently in its 10th year, has plans to enter the Boston market with their Bar Harbor Blueberry Ale. Fooch writes that running a brewery beats having a real job! "So much beer, so little time." . . . Theanna Pateropoulos (you may remember her as Theanna Poulos, but she took back the full Greek name that was shortened when her grandparents moved to America from Greece) is living in Portland, Maine, with her 15-year-old daughter, Sarah. She is finishing her master's degree from Lesley University in Cambridge, Mass., and starting a process therapy practice in Portland. She sends best wishes to all. . . . Steve '76 and Mary Shooshan Gasiorowski visited Colby this July with the Yankee Brass Band, a historic recreation of a 19th-century cornet band. The Boston Globe reported that Mary and Steve have been making a two-hour round-trip drive every week since 1981 from Berlin, N.H., to toot their horns with the Temple, N.H., Town Band. Mary, who plays French and baritone horns, admits that they don't make all the weekly rehearsals but that they try to get to all of the concerts. Steve plays baritone horn, trombone and tuba. The couple, who met while playing in the band at Colby, will continue to pack the tuba and trombone into the car and head north to play in New Hampshire and in community bands in Vermont and Maine. The band also includes a few parent-child tandems as well as husband-and-wife teams. . . . Rick Jacques joined Androscoggin Home Care & Hospice (AHCH) as its director of supportive care in March 2002. Rick previously worked as consumer services manager at Elder Independence of Maine. He is a licensed social worker. The AHCH private-duty supportive care program provides home-based care and assistance to help people of all ages live safely and independently in the comfortable surroundings of home. Services vary from help around the house to specialized nursing care, personal care assistance and certified nurses' aide level of care, transportation and respite and companion care. . . . Doug Light is an associate professor of biology at Ripon College and recently received the James Underkofler Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching during the 2002 Ripon College awards convocation. The award recognizes the importance of excellence in undergraduate teaching by honoring one outstanding teacher from Ripon College each year. The award winner in 2001, also a professor of biology at Ripon, said, "Doug's passion for teaching, coupled with his infectious enthusiasm, inspires his students to go beyond levels that they ever thought possible." Students think highly of Doug as well. One is quoted as saying, "His teaching--whether in the classroom, traditional teaching laboratory or research laboratory--is second to none." Doug teaches courses that include human anatomy and physiology, comparative neural and endocrine biology, scientific writing and the teaching of biology. Congratulations, Doug! . . . Ellen Geaney Scarponi joined Eastlantic Advertising, Inc., as director of strategic business development. She will partner with businesses throughout the region to develop marketing, advertising and public relations solutions for their business needs. Prior to joining Eastlantic, Ellen spent more than 15 years at AT&T, where she served in several capacities, including large account manager and director of sales operation. Ellen serves her community through work with the Greater Manchester (N.H.) Chamber of Commerce, the Manchester School of Technology and the New Hampshire College Scholarship Committee. Ellen and her husband live in Canterbury, N.H. . . . Doug Giron's oldest daughter is a freshman at URI and starts on the women's varsity soccer team. She was recently injured, but Gyro expected her to be back on the field this season. His next daughter is a senior in high school and similarly talented at soccer. His two sons bring up the rear and are also big into baseball and other sports. . . . I was recently at the Rolling Stones concert at the New England Patriot's new facility, Gillette Stadium, in Foxborough, Mass., with Ben Thorndike. Other Colbyites were also rocking out--I ran into Doug and Marjorie Gonzalez Blackwell on the way out of the stadium. They were about to move to Hartford, Conn., because Doug has taken a job with CIGNA. Neither of them has changed a bit! . . . Who's the next scribe? --Robert S. Woodbury   top  |   next

	79		CLASS CORRESPONDENT Cheri Bailey Powers 6027 Scout Drive Colorado Springs, CO 80918 719-532-9285 classnews1979@alum.colby.edu
	Can't believe that it's another school year. We have already had a month of school go by for my girls, Kayleigh, a sophomore in high school, and Meredith, a fourth grader. I have already worked three fund raisers and attended several high school football games, with homecoming coming up. I am sure that there are many of you out there with the same hectic schedules--soccer games and practices, dances, late nights of homework, Scout meetings. I would love to hear how the school year started for you, whether elementary school, middle school, high school or college. . . . Megan Thorn ran for a seat on the School Administrative District 51 (SAD 51) for North Yarmouth and Cumberland, Maine, this past spring. Megan is married to Ned Smith '76 and has two children, 12 and 10. She is the director of publications and public information at The Waynflete School in Portland. This would be her first political experience, but she has 20 years' experience working in communications for various nonprofit organizations that would prove useful were she elected. I would love to hear from Megan about her campaign outcome. . . . This past spring Reid Cassidy was running for re-election to the Swampscott board of selectmen. Reid has served for three years as a selectman and is currently serving as vice chair. A life-long resident of Swampscott, Reid has worked as a Lynn District Court probation officer. He and his wife, Jane, have four children. In his spare time, Reid continues to get out on the football field as a high school and college football official. Reid, let me know the outcome of the election. . . . Thomas Riley was appointed this past spring to the board of trustees for St. John's Preparatory School in Danvers, Mass. Thomas is a '75 alumnus of St. John's, and his son, Jameson, is finishing his senior year there. Thomas comes to the position with experience in education. He is the retired chairman and chief executive officer of The Brown Schools, a specialized treatment and education company located in 10 states and Puerto Rico for at-risk youth. . . . Buckfield Junior and Senior High School has a new principal in Ralph Peterson. Ralph had been an assistant principal at Cony High School and was one of five candidates interviewed for the position at Buckfield. He was picked for the position partly on his strong academic background, including a master's degree in secondary education from the University of Maine in 1994. Good luck and congratulations, Ralph! . . . Start planning to attend our 25th class reunion in 2004. I am sure that Janet Deering Bruen and her team of organizers will be sending out information soon. I will send an e-mail to all of you soon and hope you will take the time to respond at classnews1979@alum.colby.edu or use the traditional mail: 6027 Scout Drive, Colorado Springs, CO 80918. Or drop in the next time you are in Colorado! We hope for loads of snow this year, so come skiing! --Cheri Bailey Powers top  |   next