in occupational therapy. She attends Lewiston-Auburn College, which is a campus of the U of Southern ME. She loves school but is not thrilled to return to New England weather! Last Thanksgiving she visited Madrid, Spain, and had a wonderful time. She spent New Year’s in VA with fellow CSC grad Cara Tremblay ’00. Now that she is back in the area she is able to spend more time with friends, including Andrea Lemire St. Onge and Eric St. Onge. Grad school is pretty rigorous and takes up a lot of her time but she still makes time for old friends. Kevin Pickering is living in Fall River, MA, and working as an athletic trainer at Framingham State College. He tries to stay in touch with as many friends as possible. He and Charles “Chuck” Morrison have hung out often in Boston, MA, and he’s still close friends with Paul LaClair. Adrienne Shrekgast is teaching first grade in Arlington, MA. She and fellow CSC friends Kara Crane and Katie Reagan are living together in Brighton, MA. Adrienne took a fun trip to Italy with Katie and her sister, Suzanne in Feb. Kelly Thorson writes that she is working in the ICU at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and loves it! She is learning a lot at DHMC and is having fun, too. Kelly lives in an apartment in Sutton, NH, and is enjoying the single life. Katie Merrihew Ouelette got married in Quechee, VT, in Sept. 2003 to her husband, Jason Ouelette. Laura Johnson was maid of honor. The newlyweds honeymooned in HI and had a great time. Alison “Ali” Gulubicki reports she is still working for the Greater Haverhill Chamber of Commerce and recently bought a condo in Haverhill, MA. Brian Frenkiewich and his wife, Michele Grodzicki Frenkiewich celebrated the birth of their daughter, Ayla Marie, in Nov. 2003. This fall Brian was accepted to medical school at the U of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine. He will be teaching a few classes in the spring and spending most of his time staying home with his daughter. Brian will start medical school in July. Michele is enjoying being a mother and returned
Donnelly/Hydock Wedding
Ann Page Stecker, professor of humanities, officiated Megan “Meg” Donnelly Hydock’s ’99 wedding to Luke Hydock.
to Concord Hospital Pediatrics as a nurse at the end of her maternity leave. Congrats, Brian and Michele! Heather Gardiner is back in grad school, where she is earning her degree as an RN and will graduate in Dec. 2004. She reports that it is a lot of hard work, but she absolutely loves it! The clinical settings and patients she has had are fascinating. Heather lives in Charlestown, MA, with her boyfriend, Craig. She enjoys seeing her old roomies Adrienne Shrekgast, Kara Crane, and Katie Reagan frequently. Cara Falconi has been busy finishing up grad school, one more year left! She has also been busy taking great care of 4-year-old foster son, Ian. “He has been wonderful addition to our family, but came to us with a lot of emotional and behavioral problems, which can be difficult at times.” Lisa McNamara ’01 and Cara are planning their commitment ceremony for June 2005 and are very excited about it! Megan “Meg” Donnelly Hydock reports that she proposed to and married Luke Hydock. They celebrated their wedding in Aug. 2003 and were married by Meg’s mentor, Colby-Sawyer Professor of Humanities Ann Page Stecker. Ann became a Justice of the Peace to marry them! Meg had 3 Colby-Sawyer Charger teammates, Melissa Eckman Binette, Amy Callahan ’02 and Sara Hammond ’01, as bridesmaids. Following the wedding festivities,
(L to r) Martin Binette ’98, Melissa “Missy” Eckman Binette ’99, Julie Sheehan ’02, President Anne Ponder, Luke Hydock, George Martin (head coach of women’s basketball), Marc Ferlo ’99, Kristen “Krissi” Diachisin Ferlo ’99, Sara Hammond ’01, and Amy Callahan ’02. Seated: Megan “Meg” Donnelly Hydock ’99 and Professor Ann Page Stecker.
she and her husband went to Banff and Jasper in the Western Rockies of Canada for a honeymoon filled with hiking. Meg is enjoying life as a newlywed and is working like crazy as a healthcare representative selling neuron-science drugs for Pfizer Pharmaceuticals. Congrats, Meg! David “Dave” Bourassa continues to make his home in CO. He writes that married life is going well. Dave is working at Regis Univ. in Denver as the assistant director of student activities and director of the outdoor adventure program. He’s been enjoying the excellent benefits of his job: spring break in Kauai, HI, with students, taking students on weekend ski hut trips in the CO back country, traveling across the US, and more. Just this year he skied three 14,000 ft. peaks in CO and would eventually like to ski all 55! Andrea Goupil continues to enjoy working for Biovail Pharmaceuticals. Andrea is busy planning her wedding for Nov. 2004. CSC friends Alexandra “Alex” Peak and Jennifer “Jenn” Wallerstein ’01 will be bridesmaids and have been a huge help in planning for the big day. Kimberly “Kim” Kogut had a scare on Christmas Eve. Her apartment building had a bad fire in the attic late at night; thankfully everyone got out and no one was hurt. Kim reports that her apartment and cat escaped damage. On a brighter note, she looks forward to taking on the role of godmother to her
best friend Rene’s baby boy, Michael. Amy Hall has been staying busy with her job at Fox Sports Net and part-time work at Fitcorp. She is looking forward to a trip to St. John in May. Amy had a chance to hang out with old CSC friends Jeremy Casson ’97 and David “Dino” Martinelli ’97 at a Celtics game this winter. She’s also taking a weeklong sailing trip around the British Virgin Islands in June, which should be fun! Nicholas Bertsimas is working in sales at Port City Nissan in Portsmouth, NH. He is engaged and planning a Sept. 2004 wedding. Congrats, Nick! Jennifer Blais Cousins married Christopher “Chris” Cousins ’98 in 2002. Jen is currently working with pre-school children. Damon Grant is currently teaching art in MA. William Machon writes that he is living in OR and doing personal training. Mary Grace Nash is living just outside of London in the UK. She is married and has one daughter, Grace
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