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adorable! Keith’s posts are truly inspiring with how-to’s regarding many fitness needs from stretches to yoga to kettle balls etc. Think you should teach us all a class at our big 30 reunion, Keith! When Jason Stone was in town earlier this year, I was able to spend some quality time catching up with him. He said, “I am still living in San Francisco with my husband, Eric, and our two kids Stella (5) and Xavier (2). I am sending my kids to French school and know that Mrs. Clegg would be proud.” Jason and Colclough Sanders-Gomez see each other fairly often and love having their kids grow up knowing each other. They recently went on a skiing trip to Tahoe together with both families. Kimberly Shavender is enjoying life and is a physical therapist. Kim takes the most gorgeous photos and recently went on a trip to Cuba. Edwin Bryson, I tried to pull from your FB, but people post on your wall more than you post! But, to answer your question, I think it is perfectly find to pass a bison on a double yellow! Jennifer LaForce is living in Northern California and her daughter, Haley, is a spitting image of her! Kim Singletary and Samirra Wise, I loved seeing you at the Farm in Chapel Hill this year. Kim in an ER doc in Raleigh. Sam lives in Durham. And Arline Edwards-Joseph always inspires me. Arline received her doctorate so she is now Dr. Arline Edwards-Joseph. Ben Kalayjian is a massage therapist in Post Ranch Inn and a practitioner at Esalen Institute. He is blissfully married and I admire the work he does with children with HIV. Regarding me … my son, Hayden, just completed his freshman year at Virginia Tech and loved it. My daughter, LewLew, will be going
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to East CHHS next year and is a born leader. She has been so inspired by Chris Rosati for the last few years and is happy to be a part of the BIGG Little Butterfly Grant club that Chris and his Inspire Media Network set up at Culbreth Middle School this year. Her BIGG event is May 14 at Southern Village in Chapel Hill to help spread kindness. I continue to work like crazy as a real estate broker at RE/ Max Winning Edge in Chapel Hill. Life is good. Hugs and smiles to all.
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Les Evans les.evans@gmail.com The Class of ’90 had its 25th reunion this past October, and I was fortunate enough to attend. I’d say about 15 to 20 of our classmates were in attendance and most of us looked pretty great! Us Evanses are still in Raleigh, still bouncing around this great state often, visiting grandparents and friends. Our 11-year-old’s gymnastics has taken us out of state recently, and thankfully our 7-year-old’s soccer has not. I feel like I write this every year, but we just saw Leigh Kramer LaFalce’s niece and nephews’ band, Delta Rae, a couple weekends ago downtown. Leigh writes in, “Just wrapped up my 10th year as a preschool teacher. Love my work. Really love my family. And LOVE the job you did as class reporter, Les, all these years. Thank you so much! I’m sure it was something like pulling 66 individual, stubborn teeth every year, but I also know I hungrily flip right to your notes when the mag comes in the mail. #deltarae” Mark Simpson has had a baby boy (well, his lovely
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wife, Jess, did all the hard work). He’s written a haiku about it — “First I got married, Then we had a baby boy, In San Diego!” Nice. “Life is still great!” writes Angela Dowdy Sarvis. “Our eldest graduates from Trinity School this year and will be heading off to Gardner-Webb University this fall on an academic and swimming scholarship. It will be strange with only four men in the house on a regular basis. Changes are difficult and exciting for the Sarvis Crew.” “John McLeod and I,” says John Crumbliss, “relived elements of our lives circa ‘90 last weekend in D.C. while our wives were elsewhere. The fishing, yukking it up and a cold drink were from the past. Having our own towheads tagging along was from the present. I ran the Boston Marathon where I saw Andrew Simpson (’88) from a distance in the holding pen in Hopkinton.” John is fired up about heading to Marseille to watch the UEFA European championships this June. Keri Ehle Nasenbeny has been in Seattle “now for 20 years which just blows my mind, and means I’m getting old! I’m now the director of critical care at the University of Washington Medical Center and love what I do! When I’m not working, I’m hanging out with my family. My husband and I have 9-year-old twins that keep us super busy and my folks are out in Seattle now, too. Seattle is a great place to visit — tons to do, great hiking/outdoor activities and lots of amazing food.” Juan Fontán Membrives is alive and well in southern Spain. Hope Boykin isn’t standing still — far from it. “Lots of new projects in the works, and I can’t wait to share, but the one I can chat about now is @MomentsByHope. A
new expression of my movement and my thoughts in collaboration! Follow @MomentsByHope on Instagram and Tumblr and see where it leads.” Eppie Grandis Miller has great news! “I have just graduated from John Carroll University with an M.Ed. Professional Teacher with Initial Early Childhood Teaching Licensure. I will be working as a full time kindergarten teacher at the Mandel School, a private Jewish Day School, in the fall.” “I was so disappointed to miss the 25th reunion last fall!” says Leigh Taylor Koch. “My husband left that weekend on his seventh deployment. He just returned and we are moving to Newport, Rhode Island, next month where he will attend the Naval War College for a year. In the fall we will have two middle schoolers (fifth and seventh) and a first grader. All three play several sports so we seem to be constantly racing around to practices and games.” As many of you many know, Katie Moylan Little will be graciously taking over my duties as class recorder starting with the next edition. Thank you all for putting up with me these last years, and thank you, Katie, for taking over! Please treat her nicely!
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Torsie Judkins torsiejudkins@gmail.com Torsie Judkins reports that he is about to start his eighth year in the Tri-State area and excited about his twin daughters beginning their independent school journey this fall. After a stressful process, they will start kindergarten this fall. Torsie still gets together in the NYC area with Doug Dicconson ’91, Charlie