say, we are way outnumbered, but so happy!” Dawna Cobb works in the MD Attorney General’s office as a lawyer for the U of MD. She is the mother of 2 teenage boys. They visit NH every summer, and Dawna has taken them to see the ColbySawyer campus. This year they will be staying at Twin Lake Villa on Little Lake Sunapee. Dawna’s sister has a place in Eastman in Grantham, NH, which is where they have stayed the past 2 summers. While there in 2003, Dawna ran into Patty Collins Duffey and says she looks great. They were at a 5K/10K race, in which both of their sons were participating. When in New London, Dawna enjoys going to shows at the Barn Playhouse, which brings back good memories for her. In 2004, Dawna traveled to West Africa with her 13-year-old son along with a small group of other moms and their sons. She writes, “It was an eye-opening experience for all of us. We went to remote villages in The Gambia and Senegal and saw children who had very little. We gave away all of our pens and pencils on one outing, and the children jumped for joy just to have their own writing instrument.” Dawna misses her friends from Colby-Sawyer and wishes everyone well. Please See In Fond Memory
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Patricia “Pat” Ryan Eline 30 Melanie Circle Seekonk, MA 02771-3712 (401) 254-2162 e-mail: elineryan@aol.com Bruce Parsons had his 1st book, Star Light: 30 Years of Photos of Star Island, published in Nov. He will be exhibiting his work in the Mugar Gallery at Colby-Sawyer during Reunion Weekend, June 3-5. To learn more about the book, visit www.brucejparsonsdesign.com . Susan Sommer Ballou is enjoying her visits to Colby-Sawyer to watch her daughter, Shannon Lange ’07, play rugby. Susan will graduate in May with her master’s in education from Rivier College, where she has also worked in the biology department for the past 12 years.
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Jody Hambley Cooper Post Office Box 333 New London, NH 03257-0333 (603) 526-4667 e-mail: jcooper323@aol.com
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Debra Taubert Morris 30572 La Vue Laguna Niguel, CA 92677 (949) 481-0122 e-mail: rdmorris1@cox.net Gail Hayes Priest 1321 Dexter Place Escondido, CA 92029 (760) 480-1914 e-mail: gailpriest@cox.net Well, hello to everyone! Deb Taubert Morris and I, Gail Hayes Priest, are more than excited this time, as we actually have plenty of news to tell everyone. We used the Colby-Sawyer online alumni directory, which is www.netdirectories.com/~csc, to send out an e-mail, soliciting anyone and everyone to jot us a note. And I’m thankful to say that some of you actually helped us out. Deb and I continue to enjoy CA life. Although we had a great deal of rain this year, it is starting to get back to normal now. This has been the 3rd rainiest year in history in San Diego. Deb moved to southern CA in 1981 and has enjoyed a fast paced career with high growth companies on the West Coast. She is currently the CFO
of a Bay area based healthcare company, so she travels from southern CA to northern CA quite often. She has been married for 23 years and has 13-year-old boy/girl twins, who are her pride and joy. Deb’s old roommate, Barbara Groff ’78 spent several years in Phoenix, but has been back in VT for several years. Groff (as we always called her) has a 14-year-old son and a daughter who started college this year. Alyson Priddy ’81 married Deb’s brother shortly after graduating Colby-Sawyer and has 4 sons between the ages of 3-12. They live on Cape Cod. Even though they live on opposite coasts, Deb and Alyson and their families go skiing annually and try to spend a few vacations a year together as well. I, Gail Hayes Priest, live in Escondido, CA, which is about 30 minutes north of downtown San Diego. My husband, Jim, my 3 children and I have lived here for 7 years. My daughter, Bre, is 19 years old and goes to college at Chapman U. in Orange, CA. She transferred to Chapman after her 1st year at CA State University— San Marcos, and has loved every minute of her new school. She is trying to enter their film school. Chapman is about 5 miles from Disneyland, so she and her friends have their season passes, and when studying gets monotonous they run over for a quick ride on Splash Mountain or the famous Haunted House. My oldest son, 17-year-old Ryan, is a senior in high school. He plans
You asked for it . . . a toll-free phone number! Add (800) 266-8253 to your speed dial! to attend Santa Barbara City College next fall, and I think he is excited to be moving out of his hometown. Nathan (the baby of the family) is a sophomore in high school. He has a love for the guitar and I’m just ready for him to get over that 15 year old age. I have been working parttime out of my home for the past 5 years. Most mornings, however, you can find me on the tennis court playing doubles tennis. Besides skiing, this has become one of my favorite sports. So there you go, a little info into our world and what has been happening to us. Please share some of your thoughts with us so we can remain connected. We would really appreciate it. Marion Chadwick Hafner and her husband, Charlie, own and operate Chadwick Funeral Service in New London. They enjoy being able to watch ColbySawyer grow and improve on a regular basis. Marion says it’s a wonderful spot and continues to be an asset to the town. Charlie
Shepard Get-Away Weekend. These former Shepard dormmates gathered for a get-away weekend recently. (L to r) Whitney Crowell Cardew ’77, Charlotte Houck Crowley ’79, Kathy Kiely ’79, Susan Jacoby Marks ’78, Elizabeth “Elz” Spofford ’78, Anne Venie Fitzgerald ’79, Leslie Brown Cochrane ’79 and Linda Botti ’80. Present, but not pictured, was Mary O’Neil ’80. SPRING/SUMMER 2005
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