Giannino/Spinney Wedding Kristin Giannino Spinney ’01 and Michael Spinney ’00 on their August 17, 2003, wedding day.
is to head to law school. I’m applying right now to start in the fall of 2004.” Colleen McInnis Roaf graduated with her master’s in education in counselor education from Rivier College in Nashua, NH, this past May. She then accepted a full-time position as a family therapist at the special needs school where she had been working in Chelmsford, MA, for the past 3 years. Colleen got married Aug. 9, 2003. CSC friends Alison Calvarese Lopes, Ronald “Ron” Lopes, Cristy Vallee, Heather Gardiner ’99, Angela Cloutier ’99, and Rebecca “Becky” Parsons were there to share that wonderful day with her. Colleen’s husband, Jason, is a special education teacher. She says, “We live in a condo we purchased in Nashua, NH, and it’s a great place to live, although we weren’t sure we wanted to come back after the 2-week honeymoon in HI!” Congratulations on all the recent weddings and the future ones. Keep the updates coming!
It seems like everyone has been really busy, including myself. I am still teaching child abuse and violence prevention with Advocates For Children here in ME. Things are going great, as usual! I have actually seen many of our fellow CSC alums over the past few months. This Oct., Heather Billings ’02, Nicole “Nikki” Fowler ’02 and I took a little vacation to the Adirondacks to visit with Melissa “Missy” Brown at her summer home. We had a blast; it was so great to get together with the girls. It did not take long for us to get back to our old antics. We had a little mountain day revival, and although the mountain was in a different state, it reminded us of Colby-Sawyer. Missy is teaching in APW Middle School in Central New York, teaching English in grades 6-8. Speaking of teaching, Sean Peschel is still teaching in Somersworth, NH. We spend many weekends together, so I see him often; he is doing awesome. I have also gotten together with Allison “Ali” Wamboldt. She is still working for Frozen Ropes and living on Cape Cod. I also see Sarah Labrie, who is working for the Maine Department of Human Services. Sarah is dong well. We seem to run into each other every so often. Lewiston, ME, is such a little city. I never realized how many of us are teaching. Kristin Ozana has moved to Manchester, NH, and is still teaching. Kristin is also
coaching middle school and high school varsity volleyball. Jennie Cocchiaro LaBranche and her new husband are enjoying the fun that comes along with being newlyweds. She recently left the states to join her husband in Seoul, South Korea. He got transferred overseas, to work in military intelligence, an aviation brigade. They live in the heart of Seoul, where the shopping is like nothing she has ever seen before. She will be teaching at the Department of Defense International Elementary School. A trip to Australia is in the works for the first wedding anniversary. Speaking of weddings, Tracey Guarda Perkins is still working in the CSC Admissions Office as assistant director of admissions. She is also the assistant coach of the CSC equestrian team. Keith Perkins ’99 and Tracey were married on Nov. 15, 2003. She says it was a sunny, but typically windy, New London day. They are on the house hunt but have not yet found “the one.” Taber Lightfoot is still working at the Yale School of Management doing Web development. She recently saw Tracey Guarda Perkins, Amanda “Mandy” Eaton, Christopher “Chris” House ’97, and Keith Perkins ’99. They all went to the CSC alumni hockey game in Jan., which was a great time. She has also heard from Brock Williams ’00, who just got back from Brazil. He said he
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Kristy Meisner 86 North Mountain Road Greene, ME 04236 (207) 946-7653 e-mail: Glitzyklm@aol.com Editor’s Note: Special thanks to Jennifer “Jen” Pesare, who served as 2001 class correspondent from 2001– Feb. 2004. Hello everyone! I am glad to hear that everything is going well!
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Alumni Hittin’ the Trail! (l to r) Julie Murray ’04, Jeffrey “Jeff” Haspray ’01, Dimitri Tsihlis ’01, Dimitri Dimakis ’03, Michael “Mike” Spinney ’00, and Kristin Giannino Spinney ’01 pose for a group shot at the Long Trail Brewery alumni gathering.
missed his CSC friends dearly, especially Michele “Mimi” Daly ’99. Mandy Eaton writes, “Tracey Perkins and I went to visit Lisa Killam in Boston, where she is going to graduate school at Northeastern. Last month Tracey and I had a girls’ night at Taber Lightfoot’s apartment in CT with Bailey Thompson ’03, Elizabeth “Beth” Ashley, and Bonnie Belmont ’00. We all had a great time.” Another new bride is Kristin Giannino Spinney. She writes, “Well, married life is wonderful! Mike and I had an amazing wedding in Aug. The day was picture perfect. The honeymoon at Sandals St. Lucia was a blast! We are living in Tewksbury and I am currently working as a K/1 teacher at a private school in Amesbury, MA. I will be graduating with my master’s in education in June from Lesley University. We enjoyed our vacations to AZ in Feb. and on a Royal Caribbean Cruise in April. Hope all is well with everyone.” Jennifer “Jen” Caron-Small recently tied the knot as well. She and her husband, Mark Small, were married in June. Jen is still working at Malone Commercial Brokers. She received the 2nd level of her real estate license and is still enjoying her job! Jen is living in ME (Freeport) and also managing a 21-unit apartment building with Mark. Jen had a chance to catch up with Jennifer “Jen” Prudden ’00, Kathleen “Kate” Lovell ’00, Zanna Campbell ’00, Sera Parent ’99 and Jessica Dannecker ’00 at a “girls’ weekend” in Boston. She says it was just like the old days! She is looking forward to Michelle Opisinski’s wedding. Jen also stays in touch with Maranda Egerdahl Crockett (another beautiful bride), Katarzyna “Kasia” Fadrowski (busy in school) and Kimberly “Kim” Morrison (doing lots of traveling). Speaking of Maranda Egerdal Crockett, she writes, “Heath and I didn’t want to wait until June where we originally planned on getting married in NH. Instead we headed to sunny St. Lucia to tie the knot, just the two of us! We were married Dec. 27, 2003. I am currently working at Maine Maritime Academy in the Career Services Department while Heath gets his B.S. in