recently returned from a Nordic cruise. Her mother still lives in Riga, Latvia. Richard Berkeley wrote, “Craig, so glad you are going to be keeping up with our class. I look forward to a full report on adventures in the Stewart family. Life and major events are flying by. Our older daughter, Jane Brandon, got married on June 16 to Mark Middaugh from Seattle. The newlyweds met while working in Washington and now are interning for the summer in San Francisco area until daughter Brandon returns to Stanford for the second year of the M.B.A. program and Mark returns as second year law student. Our younger daughter, Allison Stuart, is interning in Washington, D.C., before she returns to her second year at U.Va.’s Darden School. To combat empty-nest syndrome, Brandon Sr. and I recently adopted a yellow lab puppy, who is also now in need of some serious schooling because our dog parenting skills are not up to par. Nevertheless, it is great fun! I am certainly enjoying reconnecting with EHS and all the terrific activities underway at The High School through participating on the Board. The students and faculty are very impressive, and I thank my lucky stars that I don’t have to try to get in now.” Jim Farmer sent this report, “As I live in Charlottesville, I run into quite a few alumni. I hosted a 60.5 party back in the fall of 2011. Lots of Woodberry boys were there, but EHS attendees included Doug Romaine, whose stepdaughter attends U.Va., Sandy Stuart ’69, David Clarke, Mark Varner ’68, Charlie Frazier ’68, and Rob Farmer ’74. Soul Band played old tunes for us Old Boys. Just recently this spring I dined with Wade Massie, Sandy Stuart ’69, and Greg Cruze ’69 at the Boar’s Head. Greg has retired from the Navy as a commodore. Wade is still practicing law in Abingdon, Va., and Sandy wants you all to buy a retirement place from his real estate firm Stuart Land. I am working as a caregiver for my special needs son.” Vic Grainger writes, “I am retired from Wells Fargo after 32 years in banking. In many ways, this turned out for the good. I have had a couple of heart surgeries over past few years, which
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came unexpectedly, given no history of heart disease in my family. My issues are ‘electrical’ rather than ‘plumbing’. I am now the proud owner of my second pacemaker/defibrillator. You would have appreciated the tease of my surgeon who purposely wore his Duke Blue Devil scrubs when he met me in pre-op. “Jennifer and I were in Utah in October. We spent most amount of time in Moab, which is a terrific base for the active vacationer. It is astounding what you can see and do within a 100-mile radius of that town. Mountain biking on slick rock, float trips on the Green and Colorado rivers, day hiking, backpacking, scenic drives, prehistoric native art, dinosaur tracks, etc. Arches National Park and Canyonlands National Park are close by. Highly recommended trip for adults or families. I think we picked an optimal time of year. Days were warm, mid to upper 80s, evenings cooling into the mid-50s. I don’t think I would like it in July. From Moab we moved down to Bluff (population 380) for a few nights. This is a good base from which to visit Monument Valley, which straddles the Utah-Arizona line, as well as other attractions, such as Natural Bridges National Monument and the Annasazi Ruins at Hovenweep. We hired a Navajo guide for a personal tour, which was great because he handled driving on some rough terrain and took us places where we could not go on our own. “I don’t miss the bureaucracy, stress, etc. I have been reading a lot (for pleasure, not work) and traveling. I
have time for coffee or lunch with some friends I probably neglected while working. I am spending a lot of time exercising daily. I think my blood pressure, which was running about 140/100 while at the bank now reads about 100/70. I feel better now than I have in quite some time. Have been lucky to have really fine medical care here in Charlotte, but also an incredibly supportive wife in Jennifer, not to mention spiritual leadership at church. One of our priests (happens to be brother-inlaw of Nick Conner) advised under no circumstances to volunteer for anything or say yes to any solicitation of my time for at least six months. I am looking at options on what to do next, maybe something with a non-profit. “My son, John, is a sophomore at Chapel Hill, for which my wallet is grateful. He is majoring in PWAD (“pee-wad”), Peace, War, and Defense. He was lucky to land an internship with something called the Air Force Association in Arlington this summer. I did stop by The High School on a visit with him in early August. It was a Sunday afternoon, but happened to run into Rick Wilcox, who kindly gave me a tour of the athletics facilities. Unbelievable. You know, with that kind of equipment to train with back in the 60s, I might have been able to play baseball at a higher level than Greenway!” Jenner Wood reports, “Not much juicy news from the Wood front in Atlanta – I am still cashing checks at SunTrust and hosted the EHS Atlanta
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