Lisa Busche Welch recently visited with Lena Myers Lini on her way to her yearly summer vacation at Kiawah Island, South Carolina. “We had a wonderful evening at Lena’s house with our families and she made an awesome meal. It was truly great to catch up and reconnect. Lisa’s son Zack (12) and Lena’s two boys Charlie and Sammy had a great time hanging out, too. Lena’s mom, Betty Lou, had dinner with them, and she looked just as great as ever and even made fresh peach pie.” Lisa was also fortunate to reconnect with Jayn Moore-Warner before vacation to celebrate her husband’s birthday with some friends. They enjoyed listening to Chris Logsdon, going down memory lane and made a pack to spend more time together over the summer. Robin Ives Canowitz was inducted into the Columbus School for Girls Athletic Hall of Fame on April 25, 2014. Robin was surrounded by family and friends as she was presented with her certificate from Head of School, Liza Lee, and Director of Athletics, Megan Henry.
1986 Louise Davidson-Schmich Davidson@miami.edu Stephanie Kakos Kraft is still living outside of Denver, Colorado with her sister, Kristin Kakos Leclaire ’96 and her family only half a mile away. She is still practicing general internal medicine, but this year she took a big leap and started her own solo direct primary care practice. Although learning to run her own practice has been a steep learning curve, she’s enjoying the additional time she gets to spend with patients. Stephanie’s husband and two sons are great. Her older son will be a senior in high school this year, so they’ve started the college visiting process.
1987 Susan Robinson Austin robinsonsm@yahoo.com April Zimmerman Katz writes, “This last year has been very busy in our home! Daughter, Audra York ’12 finished her sophomore year at Duke and spent six weeks studying in
Madrid, Spain this summer. Spencer graduated from Columbus Academy on a spectacular June day and will be headed off to Harvard in the fall. Mitchell will be starting his senior year at Columbus Academy and planning lots of weekend visits to be with his siblings at college! Sasha and Scarlett are headed into Form III and I at CSG and are having a wonderful experience. Kyle, Columbus Academy ’80, started a new salon business this year called The Collection in Gahanna and I am continuing to run and expand the family apartment and tennis business! No complaints! Everyone is happy and healthy!” It is with great sadness that we learned of the passing of Jo Ellen Cline’s father, Jerald Cline, who died on June 11, 2014. Dara Pizzuiti reports that she is still living in London, England with her husband and two daughters Anna, age six, and Stella, age four. She just joined the Board of Governors of the English National Ballet School and serves on the House Committee at Bute House Preparatory School for Girls (London’s version of CSG where her daughters attend school). Two CSG alumnae, Jenny Corotis Barnes ’81 and Wendy Campbell Mangeant ’81 recently visited and brought their daughters over for tea. Dara and her husband also took a trip to Berlin, Germany with Marla Krupman ’81 and her husband Dan. Dara was in Columbus, Ohio for several weeks this summer and her two daughters even attended camp at CSG! Congratulations to Erin McConaha who had another baby, a boy named Dillan. After enjoying the World Cup opening game in Brazil, Erin reports that she is on her way back to Washington, D.C. to earn another Master’s degree at the National Defense University where she will study how to harness natural and other economic resources to support national security. Much luck, and sleep, to Erin on her latest adventures.
Kristin Kirk Florey ’84 with just a few of the creatures she’s looking after.
Lisa Busche Welch and Lena Myers Lini, both from the class of 1985.
Beth Offenberg Sauer reports that her daughter, Sally, will be starting CSG this fall with the class of 2022. Although Sally will be on the Red Team, we’ve decided that her status as a Gold Team legacy will trump that circumstance. Rachel Cashdollar Bennett reports that she is currently on a “trip of a lifetime” in Iceland. Finally, Susan Robinson Austin, your class rep, was so pleased to see Christina Pisanelli Jones ’88, who baked a fabulous cake for her parents’ 50th wedding anniversary.
1988 Shari McCaskill LaMar ’85 and Melanie Battle Kinchen ’86 in Punta Cana, Mexico.
Robin Ives Canowitz ’85 was inducted into CSG’s Athletic Hall of Fame in April. Read more about Robin’s accomplishments on page 28.
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