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1975
ful, while at the same time my daughter graduated from high school and is startIn August, Bar- ing at Green Mountain College. Most bara Dole Acos- importantly, I continue to dance, play ta (’75) was on and meditate as much as possible.” Mount Desert Island and offered COA a New Eng- 1988 land premiere of Kim (Robertson) Guazapa: Yesterday’s Enemies, a film Chater illusabout the change in El Salvador, where trated A World a member of the revolutionary party, Without Ice, Nothe Farabundo Martí National Liberabel Peace Prize tion Front, or FMLN, is now president. winner Henry Acosta’s husband, Francisco Acosta, Pollock’s latest book, introduced by Al a native of Guazapa, which suffered Gore. The book is published by Penheavy bombings during the civil war guin Group. against the FMLN, is featured in the film. Their children helped with trans1989 lations. Valerie Giles had a gallery showing this fall of drawings at Danese on West 1977 24th Street in New York City. Hugh MacArthur returned to campus in June to celebrate 1990 the graduation of his This June, Peter Moon daughter Maggie Macreturned to campus to Arthur-McKay ’09. celebrate the graduation of stepdaughter Lauren Broomall ’09. 1985
old New Zealand peace activists. Film rights to her book, A Bonfire in My Mouth, were bought by an American producer. She is active in local politics and serves on the board of trustees of a local high school, the board of the Coconut Free Press Trust, and as a director of the Awaawaroa Bay Eco-Village. She says, “My greatest joy still is to walk on our local palm beach with my children and my Swedish vallhund and give thanks that we live in such a beautiful part of the world. Kia ora!”
Susi Newborn is currently working as Climate Change Campaign coordinator in New Zealand with Oxfam. This past year she produced and directed Kit & Maynie: Tea, Scones & Nuclear Disarmament (www.kitandmaynie.com), a documentary about two ninety-year-
In July, Josh Winer was awarded a Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist Fellowship. Examples of his photographic work and current projects are available at www.joshwiner.com. On August 6, he and Dawn Lamendola (’92) had their first child, Griffin Maxwell Winer. Weighing in at 6 pounds, 12 ounces and 21 inches long, Griffin is happy, healthy and growing like a weed!
“I dropped out of the nine-to-five work world five years ago to figure out how to live in a different way. Still working on it!” writes Peter Heller. “This has been a very busy year as my non-profit consulting and film producing businesses have grown a bit more success-
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1991 Louise Tremblay and Neil Anderson welcomed Karl Embden AndersonTremblay, born on February 25. They soon hope to have him accompanying them on their North Carolina country bike rambles. Wherever he treks, Karl carries a bit of Maine because his middle name is that of the pond where his family has a cottage. Louise has started a new job at the art center in Carrboro, North Carolina, coordinating programs for children and families. She would enjoy hearing from COA types who are visiting or wishing to perform in the area.
1992 Mark Tully has joined a Playback Theatre troupe in Providence, Rhode Island. Playback Theatre is a global network of troupes that use improvisational forms to “play back” stories told from the audience, depicting the salient psychic and emotional content of the tales. It is employed to help seniors, immigrants, prisoners, youth and the general public explore deeply personal and social dynamics. Mark thanks all of his human ecologist peers COA | 37