Hebron Academy Semester | Spring 2006

Semester H E B R O N

SPRING 2006

A C A D E M Y

Brewing Up Business in Maine Nurturing Creativity • Seniors Square Up

Tell a Friend Dmytro “Dima” Naida ’07 Kieve, Ukraine Current Classes: Literature and Composition, PreCalculus I, Anatomy and Physiology, Physics, U.S. History Hebron Activities: Soccer, ice hockey

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ebron is a great school with many years of experience working with international students.

The teachers work hard to teach and explain everything. I have made many good friends. Everyone is willing to talk with you and that is what helps me to better understand the American life and culture. I am very happy to be here.

Allison Coombs ’06 Livermore, Maine Current Classes: AP English IV, Physics, PreCalculus II, AP Chemistry, International Relations/Economics, Spanish IV/V Hebron Activities: Drama, personal fitness, lacrosse, Green Key, proctor, class officer Awards: Cum Laude Society, Willard Prize in English, Smith Book Award, National Merit Scholarship Program Commended Student, participant in Bentley College Wallstreet 101 summer program

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chose Hebron Academy because I wanted to be challenged academically, yet the people here have been equally important. Our different backgrounds foster new outlooks and teach us all an extra lesson or two. My Honors English teacher, Dr. Fidler, wanted us to exceed what we thought were our personal limits, and helped us to read and understand Shakespeare.

William “Will” Sandkuhler, IV ’08 Kailua, Hawaii Current Classes: Honors English II, Geometry, Chemistry, Modern World History, Spanish I, Design Hebron Activities: football, basketball manager, personal fitness, lacrosse, Green Key, Hurricane Katrina “Read for Relief” volunteer

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oming to school in New England has been one of my life’s dreams. I looked at several schools, and chose Hebron Academy because of the family-oriented feeling I got when I visited. Plus, the sports at Hebron looked really promising. My teacher, advisor, and coach, Mr. Moose Curtis has had such a strong influence on me. Beyond providing extra help in Chemistry, he has given me valuable information on New England living and pushed me to new limits in football. People who look at Hebron should know that this is a place where you can be yourself and know that people will like you for you are.

Hebron Academy is filled with diverse, interesting people: a soccer player from Massachusetts, a violinist from Korea, a National Merit scholar from Maine. At Hebron, we inspire our students to accept new challenges, to take risks, and to succeed in personal growth. Do you know a student who would be a good fit for Hebron Academy? Call or e-mail the Admissions Office today: 888-432-7664, admissions@hebronacademy.org.

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departments The Academy news, athletics, events, and more

Alumni et Alumnae notes, unions, new arrivals, obituaries

Hebroniana from bowling green to small screen

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Nurturing the Creative Spirit a portfolio of student artists and their work

The Return of the Publican take a seat at the bar with a master brewer

by David Inglehart

Play Together, Stay Together the senior class plays foursquare

by Molly Curtis ’06

The Class of 2006.

the academy Editor’s Thank You Note

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e all lead busy lives. We are caught up in the minutia of our daily routines, running children to school and activities, managing jobs, meeting deadlines, simply keeping up. It is all too easy to lose track of old friends; to forget the details of past jobs, schools, experiences; to push aside the past while we race along in the present and do our best to plan for the future.

Today, try something new. Stop. Stop for a minute and think about the people who made a difference in your life. The person who gave you your first job. The person who introduced you to the love of your life. The friend who just listened. The teacher who showed you how beautiful science or language or music could be. The sibling you fought with who is now your best friend.

Now find a notecard or a piece of paper and write that person a thank you note. It doesn’t have to be fancy or long—just say thank you. Say the things you’ll regret not having said when it’s too late. Put your note in an envelope and mail it. You’ll make someone’s day.

I’ll start. Thank you, Ann, for putting my feet on this career path thirty years ago.

Thank you, Bev Leyden, for finding me a place at Hebron. Thank you, colleagues, for your support when deadlines loom. And, most of all, thank you for supporting Hebron Academy and for reading.

Jennifer F. Adams, Editor jadams@hebronacademy.org

homecoming 2006 Come Home to Hebron

Homecoming 2006 Friday, October 6 • Saturday, October 7

Reunions for “Ones” and “Sixes” 1956 • 1961 • 1966 • 1971 • 1976 1981 • 1986 • 1991 • 1996 • 2001

Full Schedule of Events Road Race, Senior Class Car Wash, Rainbow Reunion, Campus Tours, Art Exhibit, Alumni Convocation, Homecoming Luncheon, Music by Bellamy Jazz, Athletic Competitions, Kids’ Activities, Cider Pressing, Harvest Dinner For more information, please call or email Beverly Roy, Director of Alumni and Parent Relations, at 207-966-5266, broy@hebronacademy.org

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ON THE COVER

Ed Stebbins ’81, brewmaster and coowner of Gritty McDuff’s Brew Pub. Photograph by Dennis Griggs, Tannery Hill Studios, Inc. The Semester is published twice each year by Hebron Academy, PO Box 309, Hebron ME 04238. 207-966-2100.

Issue No. 197 MISSION

The Semester magazine’s mission is to continue the Hebron family’s intellectual and emotional engagement with the Academy by conveying news, preserving the heritage and memories of the school and chronicling the accomplishments of its alumni/ae, faculty and students.

EDITOR

Jennifer F. Adams S TA F F W R I T E R S

Kristin Cheek Susan R. Geismar ’02P, ’04P, ’10P E D I T O R I A L A S S I S TA N C E

Penny S. Braley Robert M. Caldwell J. Craig Clark ’70 Leslie A. Guenther Donna Inglehart John J. King Jack Leyden Beverly J. Roy PHOTOGRAPHY

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Hebron Academy reaffirms its longstanding policy of nondiscriminatory admission of students on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, age, ancestry, national origin, physical or mental disability, or sexual orientation. We do not discriminate in the administration of our educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship programs and athletic or other school-administered programs. Hebron Academy is an equal opportunity employer. © 2006 by Hebron Academy.

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Putting the “I” in Hebron Academy

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always struggle with the brief remarks that I will offer to the graduating class at Commencement. Some may charge that the challenge I face is that brevity, because it is a rightful tradition that the Head’s remarks should be to the point and not take any light from the Commencement Address, given this year by class president, Molly Curtis ’06. I needn’t have been concerned about that, because Molly’s talk about the meaning of a Hebron education in metaphor as the child’s game foursquare was a sensational depiction of the growth and independence we aspire to inspire.

I did struggle to encapsulate a message from a remarkable year at Hebron Academy. 2006 was certainly a year of the victory bell, with many celebrated team triumphs at the state and New England level, in football, field hockey, boys’ and girls’ ice hockey, mathematics, softball, tennis, baseball, and lacrosse.

Take special note of that mention of mathematics: the Hebron Math Team achieved significant recognition at the Maine and New England level in team competition.

But more importantly for Hebron this was the Year of Community Life, thanks to a focused initiative to expand the life and activities of the residential school community. Teachers Jennifer Agnew ’99, Jake Leyden ’99 and Heather Ferrenbach worked with deans Andy Stephenson ’96 and Jeanine Eschenbach to put the balance back in “mind, body, and spirit” at Hebron. They guided the students, and faculty to participate.

The competitive team accomplishments certainly provided a context for the spirit of the school and gave everyone a sense of pride as Hebron’s name was championed regionally, but that spirit was equally inspired by individual activity and involvement.

After the victories have become memories, it’s the growth that endures. And that’s what inspired the words I gave at graduation: There is no “I” in Hebron Academy—or is there?

For Hebron Academy this year of 2006 has been a celebration of teams. The Class of 2006 has already shared a remarkable number of memorable moments cheering team triumphs, ringing the old bell, and having pictures taken with hands on trophies.

What’s particularly heartwarming is that so many students shared those moments—as participants or supporters—from mathematics to dance, theater, concert or sports.

One of the ageless aphorisms of sport is “There is no I in TEAM!” At Hebron we devote much of our coaching and teaching of values to the primacy of team and community. In fact, there is no “I” in orchestra, or cast, or ensemble, or even class, all venues of success for our students.

But is there no “I” in Hebron Academy? Today I contend there is definitely an “I” in Hebron and the proof is about to be presented before us, the Class of 2006. Because there is an “I” in Individual—and today we celebrate each individual, unique member of the graduating class of 2006. There is an “I” in Potential, and certainly in Independence, and most significantly of all, in Confidence. Hebron’s mission is to inspire and guide each student to his or her highest potential in mind, body, and spirit. We are proud that Hebron puts the “I” in independent school and we are proud of each of you. Today is about you graduates, about what you

Head of School John King and the faculty follow piper Chris Pinchbeck ’87 as they pass through the senior class.

have done, and what you are now ready to do. My only exhortation to you is to follow the advice of the little card I keep in my office: Make a difference, not an impression.

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any individuals make a difference in the lives of our students and our Academy. In this Semester readers will learn how entrepreneurs Ed Stebbins ’81, Michael Zane ’66, John Schiavi ’58 and Bert Babcock ’61 showed students how invention, initiative and investment in risk bring fulfillment, as the Entrepreneurship and Leadership program challenged students to form their own businesses.

Baccalaureate speaker Matt Arsenault ’92 described a life of science and exploration that is changing the world. Retiring trustee, the Reverend Michael Corrigan ’00P, graced the graduating class with invocations and benedictions, taking time from his new difference-making career as chaplain at Northfield-Mount Hermon School, working on a school campus after long service as a parish minister.

Hebron students can find clear examples of difference makers close at hand in our remarkable faculty. Just a few

examples: Science teacher Janet Littlefield started an orphanage in Malawi during her Peace Corps service. She organized campus fund raisers and will take students to the African orphanage this summer. Abby Koenig ’00 leaves Hebron to work with inner city children, directing recreation at a neighborhood center in Boston. Jenny Agnew ’99 heads to graduate school after three years in Middle School, four in Upper School, and another three as a teacher and every-season varsity coach, a role model as student and athlete, lifelong competitor and learner. Gordon Gillies ’62 retires from Hebron after 15 years (a chapter in his eventual memoir) as English teacher, Outdoor Skills instructor and the only man who can inspire assurance in a headmaster as he walks to class with an ax over his shoulder. Gordon simply taught a generation of students how to write, how to read aggressively, and how to survive life’s challenges. What more inspiration and guidance can Hebron offer?

John J. King Head of School

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Wiz Bang!

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or two marvelous February nights, the Androscoggin Theater was transformed into a magical land complete with munchkins, winged monkeys, a wizard and even a couple of wicked witches. This year’s hit musical, The Wiz, played to full houses both nights. Congratulations to cast and crew for warming up our winter once again.

Keep your eyes on The Road (right): Je Won Hong ’07, Algerson Andre ’06, Emeka Uwasomba ’06 and Charlie Cummings ’07.

Below, left: Noah Love ’07 as The Wiz. Below, center: The poppies try their magic on the “Fab Four”: Emma Janeczko ’08, Julian Flint ’06, KJ Forand ’08, Rachael Cooper ’08 and Rosa Van Wie ’08.

Below, right: Kathleen Collins ’08 as Addaperle.

Left, the “Fab Four”: Sunny Jiles ’06 as the Tinman, Jen Duguay ’08 as Dorothy, Julian Flint ’06 as the Scarecrow and Dave Delgado ’07 as the Lion.

Center: Sam Chandler ’06 as Evillene.

Above: Gatekeeper Brooks Schandelmeier ’07.

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the academy Senior Class Officers: It’s a Girl Thing

Hebron Students Selected for All-State This fall, Hebron Academy students Mary Randall and Je Won Hong auditioned for and were selected to participate in the 2006 Maine All-State Music Festival at the University of Maine Orono campus in May. Freshman Mary Randall has played the cello since she first heard the instrument at age four. Her string instructor suggested that she audition for the all-state competition and scored “extremely well as a freshman,” according to Fine Arts department chair Forest Perkins. A member of the Hebron orchestra and string trio, Mary has participated in the school’s theater productions, this year as a chorus singer in “The Wiz.” Je Won Hong ’07 began studying the violin at age seven. Je Won came to the United States in 2003 as an exchange student in Ohio, and entered Hebron as a sophomore. He is a member of the school orchestra and the football team, co-captain of the junior varsity basketball team, and plays baseball. He has acted in the school musicals as a brother in “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” and the Road in “The Wiz,” and maintains a full academic schedule with three Advanced Placement courses.

Over 80 students from around the state played in the All-State Orchestra. The All-State Music Festival is an annual collaborative program sponsored by the University of Maine, UMaine School of Performing Arts and the Maine Music Educators Association. The three-day event ends with two major public concerts at the Maine Center for the Arts in Orono.

Je Won Hong ’07 and Mary Randall ’09.

Hebron Academy senior class officers this year are (from left) president Molly Curtis of Turner, vice-president Daniella Lyons of Greene, treasurer Allison Coombs of Livermore, and secretary Samantha Baril of Hebron.

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n an interesting twist at a school known for diversity in its student body, this year’s senior class officers have a lot in common: they are all from Maine, all four-year students, and all girls.

Molly Curtis of Turner served as president of the 59-member class, with vice president Daniella Lyons of Greene, secretary Samantha Baril of Hebron, and treasurer Allison Coombs of Livermore.

Class officers are elected by their peers and work closely with faculty advisors to organize and manage special events and projects. Hebron tradition calls for the senior class president to deliver the commencement address. This year, Molly had the honor of speaking to parents, faculty, trustees, friends and fellow students. In addition to carrying a full academic load that includes three Advanced Placement classes, she was a member of the Math Team, Community Service Club, swim team, and the Green Key admissions tour guide group, and created costumes and makeup for the school production of “The Wiz.” Daniella Lyons earned AllMAISAD league recognition for her soccer team contributions this year, was assistant captain of the girls’ hockey team, receiving Most Valuable Player honors at the winter tournament, and played softball. She appeared in the school musical “The Wiz,” was a member of the Community Service Club, and

participated in the Entrepreneurship and Leadership Program this spring.

She plans to attend St. Anselm’s College in the fall.

Sam Baril was a four-year member of the soccer, basketball, and softball teams, a member of the Green Key admissions tour guide group, and a dormitory proctor, a position awarded to students who demonstrate leadership, communication skills, and the ability to work well with their peers. She has attended Hebron since kindergarten, and served as secretary of her class for 4 years. Sam plans to double major in marketing and advertising at college.

Allison Coombs was also selected by residential faculty at Hebron to be a student proctor this year. She was named a Commended Student in the 2006 National Merit Scholarship Program, placing among the top five percent of more than one million students who took the 2004 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.

Allison was a member of the Green Key admissions tour guide group, and performed in the all-school musical production of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” last year. She was a member of the lacrosse team. Last summer, she attended Bentley College’s business camp Wall Street 101, a one-week residential program that

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the academy sentatives do. Tae Hoh found it Learning Leadership to be a very valuable experience in the art of democracy; he was interested in the way Hebron student attends especially Congress works in this country.

Another exercise in democnational conference racy was the preparation of a debate regarding whether or not historical figures are necessarily good leaders. Students were prompted to question the qualities of a good leader. Tae Hoh did not think that historical figures were de facto outstanding leaders, he could think of outstanding leaders who did not make it into posterity and famous historical figures propped up to the front by circumstances or ambition. Tae Hoh enjoyed listening to what

the other young leaders had to say on the topic.

While in Washington, Tae Hoh had an opportunity to visit major monuments as well as a few museums. He was positively impressed by the grandeur of the Mall.

Overall, Tae Hoh was very happy to have been given the opportunity to attend the Young Leaders Conference in such a prestigious setting. The experience heightened his understanding and refined his perception of American institutions, the Constitution and the way Congress works.

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Matt Arsenault ’92 Speaks at Cum Laude Induction

Maine Senator Susan Collins with Hebron Academy student Tae Hoh Park ’08.

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his winter, sophomore Tae Hoh Park attended the annual National Young Leaders Conference, held in Washington D.C. in early February. He was recommended by his teachers for the excellence of his academic work as well as outstanding qualities of intellectual curiosity, spirit and leadership. Tae Hoh represented our school well and he learned a lot about America.

Tae Hoh enjoyed the simulations and the debates that young leaders were asked to prepare. He especially appreciated the fact that students from all fifty states were with him in the program. He was impressed by the level of political involvement that they displayed as well as their deep knowledge of

and love for the American institutions.

Inasmuch as he set a good example, he found a lot to learn with the teenagers that he met there. For example, one of the simulations had him take part in a Democrat attempt to pass a law to Congress that would prohibit people from carrying guns without a license. His group tried to impose a regulation on the subject. As they worked to “pass a law in Congress” they were defeated by the fact that the Republican group passed a large number of other laws which ended up drowning their particular Democrat law. These high school students went through much the same arguing and debating as their elected repre-

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Currently a marine database specialist for the U.S. Geological Survey at Woods Hole, Matt Arsenault has also worked at high altitudes in Nepal and Tibet and on the ice in Greenland. He graduated from Bates College and is working towards a master’s degree in earth sciences at the University of New Hampshire.

Front: Kelley Hilton ’06, Katherine Cole ’07 and Kelsey Jordan ’07.

Second row: Molly Curtis ’06, Matt LaPierre ’06, Je Won Hong ’07 and Sara Powers ’07.

Third row: Mike Turk ’06, Allison Coombs ’06, Brent Miller ’06, Bert Marston ’06 and Daniella Lyons ’06.

Back: Matt Arsenault ’92.

Not pictured: Sam Chandler ’06, Jon Phillips ’06 and Kirk Turner ’06.

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Book-in-Common

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his spring, Head of School John King asked English department chair Donna Inglehart and a committee of volunteers to choose next year’s book-in-common. Mrs. Inglehart and her committee solicited recommendations from faculty, staff and parents and then sat down to choose a book. “The process for our selection involved the kind of cramming we haven’t done since college,” Mrs. Inglehart said. “The discussions were intense—about language, graphic violence, who we are as a school, what we value as readers, parents and teachers. We hope that our choice generates the intensity of discussion that we have had in coming to a decision. A ‘community read’ is less valuable than a community that values reading, and this, more than a particular text, is what we have intended to promote.”

The committee’s selection, Mark Haddon’s the curious incident of the dog in the night-time, is taught in a number of schools. A review in The Daily Telegraph says, “beautifully written…heart-in-the-mouth stuff, terrifying and moving. Haddon is to be congratulated for for imagining a new kind of hero, for the humbling instruction this warm and often funny novel offers and for showing that the best lives are lived where differences are cherished.”

Below is the list of recommendations by teachers, staff and parents from which the 2006 book was selected.

Mitch Albom—The Five People You Meet in Heaven Sherman Alexi—The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven Julia Alvarez—In The Time of Butterflies Marion Dane Bauer—Am I Blue? Coming out from the Silence

David Breashears—High Exposure: An Enduring Passion for Everest and Unforgiving Places Bradford Brown, D.V.M.— While You’re Here, Doc. Antoine de Saint-Exupery—The Little Prince Brian Doyle—Leaping: Revelations and Epiphanies

Thomas Friedman—The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century Linda Greenlaw—The Hungry Ocean, All Fishermen are Liars, The Lobster Chronicles John Grogan—Marley and Me Julia Butterfly Hill—The Legacy Of Luna

Spencer Johnson—Who Moved My Cheese?

Tracy Kidder—Among Schoolchildren Chang Rae Lee—Native Speaker David Malouf—Fly Away Peter Yann Martel—The Life of Pi Daniel Mason—The Piano Tuner Ken McGoogan—Ancient Mariner Tim O’Brien—The Things They Carried Gary Paulsen—Winterdance: The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod Nathaniel Philbrick—Into the Heart of the Sea Gary D. Schmidt—Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy Peter Stevens—The Voyage of the Catalapa Gail Tsukiyama—The Samurai’s Garden Ezell Ware—By Duty Bound E. B. White Simon Winchester—The Professor and the Madman

Below: Seniors Kelley Hilton, Dave Patriquin and Allison Coombs checking out some recommended books.

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the academy Reaching Out, Making a Difference

Hebron Students Volunteer at Elementary School

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his year, the Community Service Program at Hebron Academy has been involved with the Hebron Station School after-school program, the Depot. There, we work with children ranging from kindergarteners to sixth graders. Each Tuesday, six to ten of us take a short bus trip to the school where we are met with familiar faces and smiles. We usually catch the children just as they are zipping up their jackets and heading out the door to the playground. Our community service begins with such activities as a game of Jolly Green Giant, tetherball, swinging, or climbing the monkey bars. This winter, sledding proved to be one of the favorite activities with everyone. On a small hill, there would be eight children sledding at once, some aiming toward the makeshift jump, some tipping

over halfway down, packed three to a sled.

After expending a great deal of energy outside, we are ready to settle down with a few snacks and to get started on schoolwork.

Oftentimes we high school students will work one-on-one with students, listening to them read or quizzing them on spelling words. Occasionally during this time, there will be activities such as coloring, craft making, or scrap booking. When it’s time to go, we say our goodbyes and promise to return the following week.

Noah Love ’07 reading with an elementary student.

English teacher Donna Inglehart, coordinator of Hebron Academy’s Community Service Program, says that she is very pleased with the growing relationship between the two schools. “Our students love going to the Depot. They are

already very busy with other commitments—sports, theater, academics—but they look forward to the time they spend each week with the children. Since we began working at the Depot, our pool of volunteers has grown from five to sixteen.” The feeling is mutual.

Ms. Cushman, activities coordinator at the Depot, says, “I think [the relationship] is the best in the world! Wonderful mentoring— good for the kids and the Academy’s kids.” Nancy Lee Piper, director, agrees. “I feel it is a reflection to my students that older students, too, need to follow directions and rules, as well as act on a schedule. Hebron Academy students also demonstrate that all ages can work together and support one another. Friendships have flour-

Taylor Fey ’07 and friend.

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ished among everyone, and Hebron Academy has been a true asset to the [Depot] program.”

For what remains of the school year, the Community Service Program will continue to visit the Hebron Station School, but we are also involved with other projects. The entire school community, for example, is invited to participate in a walk-a-thon to raise money for Littlefield Orphanage in Malawi, Africa, named in honor of Janet Littlefield, a Hebron teacher who founded it after her work with the Peace Corps (see next page). Hebron students believe that our program continues to play an important role in the lives of others. Most of us volunteer students just enjoy the chance to make a difference.

Daniella Lyons ’06

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Walk-A-Thon Supports Malawi Orphanage

“The ultimate goal of the walk-athon is to give the children and the caretakers of the orphanage the tools to help themselves improve their own lives and in turn develop their community,” she said. “Those most debilitated by poverty are the country’s youth, yet Malawi’s only hope for a bright future rests in the success of their children, which is contingent on proper health care and education.”

Ms. Littlefield, who is also a resident advisor in Halford dormitory, has begun to involve the school community in the orphanage.

Earlier this year, students sewed personalized blankets for each child, volunteering hours of their time in this small gesture to keep the children warm during the cool months. Students also sent gifts for each child.

Juniors Dave Delgado, Cameron Thompson and Hunter Lowell joined community members in the walk-a-thon.

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even years ago, Hebron Academy science teacher Janet Littlefield was a Peace Corps volunteer in Malawi.

She returned to the United States to teach, but continued to correspond with a Malawian friend, Shaibu Kaliati. Listening to stories of homeless, impoverished children, Ms. Littlefield decided that she needed to do something that would make a lasting difference.

Three years ago, she established the Littlefield Orphanage. Since then, she has been responsible for supporting the orphanage, which now shelters and educates 50 children. Her friend Kaliati helped build the orphanage and runs it today with Ms. Littlefield’s financial support. The orphanage provides the opportunity for children to gain an education, receive proper health care, and avoid hunger and disease.

The children at the Littlefield Orphanage are among the more than one million orphans in the country of Malawi, many of them orphaned due to HIV-related deaths. The country is facing crippling poverty and lacks adequate resources for healthcare and education.

age become self-sufficient. She hoped to raise $5,000 so the orphanage caretakers can purchase a mini-bus and establish a local taxi service that will provide a steady income for food, supplies, medicine, and additional teachers.

This summer, Hebron Academy students will have the opportunity to go to Malawi. “As teachers, we work to instill confidence in our students,” Ms. Littlefield said. “Visiting Malawi will give students perspective, allow them to see the positive impact that our community has made, and to understand that no matter how small the task, we can each make a difference in the world.”

Ms. Littlefield recently established the non-profit Friends of Littlefield Orphanage to facilitate fundraising for the orphanage.

She has found sponsoring the orphanage personally rewarding and recognizes that, with the involvement of others, much more can be done to benefit the children. In May, she organized a walk-a-thon at Hebron Academy, to raise funds to help the orphanTeachers Sara Armstrong and Peter Crumlish did a push-a-thon with their sons Finn, Sam and Caleb.

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the academy Leadership and Entrepreneurship Program

Taking Care of Business

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n Thursday, May 11, in a ceremony in the Treat Science Building, Hebron students who took part in the school’s first Leadership and Entrepreneurship Program met to celebrate the successful conclusion of the program’s first year and learn the results of the Entrepreneurship Challenge. Hebron trustee R. Eugene Whitman ’54 provided the inspiration for the program and underwrote its successful first year. The program was designed and led by Annual Fund Director Brian Cheek and Babson College professor Michael Gordon.

A graduate of St. George’s School, Wesleyan and Oregon State, Mr. Cheek brought experience as an IBM management consultant to the program, whose purpose he described as “encouraging students to have a plan for their lives and to ask ‘Am I on a path to realize my goals?’”

Following leadership training at Camp Kieve in early fall, the remainder of the term featured a series of guest appearances by successful Hebron alumni, including brew pub proprietor Ed Stebbins ‘81 (see page 22), local businessman John Schiavi ‘58, inventor Michael Zane ‘66 and financial manager Bert Babcock ‘61.

Entrepreneurship Challenge Armed with good advice and examples from Dr. Gordon and Mr. Cheek, students formed teams which competed with each other for a total of $2500 in scholarship money. The experience was a resounding success for the students, regardless of how their businesses actually fared.

Jon Jessome ’07 of video team Ko-Nada learned the importance of teamwork: “Coming together as a team won us the Potential contest and made us even closer as friends.

Thank you for this experience.”

Teamwork was also important to senior Liane Quenneville, of H-Bean coffee. “ I had a great experience working with my teammates and helping other teams,” Liane said.

“We all connected and became much closer by the end of the program. Dr. Gordon, Mr. Cheek and Mrs. Stephenson were extremely helpful with advice, as well as helping us with tasks.”

Daniella Lyons ’06, also of HBean, appreciated the “real-world” nature of the challenge. “The Entrepreneurship Challenge proved to be nothing like an academic course,” she said. “Instead of grades, we anxiously awaited sales and profits. Every dollar we earned or lost was a direct result of our decisions and our actions. It was a situation where our success relied heavily on our ability to handle responsibility, to manage our time, to stay committed.”

Although his team didn’t win a big award, David Gormley ’08, of team GG&K dance and event management felt that experience was worthwhile: “It taught us skills that will be directly applicable to the outside world. I would strongly encourage everyone to participate next year.”

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Entrepreneurship Challenge Results

Entrepreneurship Challenge participants. Kneeling: Liane Quenneville ’06 and H.K. Kim ’07. Standing: Dave Patriquin ’06, Sam Baril ’06, TJ Thayer ’06, Jon Jessome ’07, Halsey Keiler ’07, Monét Brazier ’06, Jason Goodman ’08, Austin Grande ’08, Je Won Hong ’07, David Gormley ’08, Daniella Lyons ’06, Dr. Gordon and Mr. Cheek.

Profits Award The $1000 grand prize in the profits category was awarded to Sam Baril ’06 and Monét Brazier ’06 of Team Mimosa. Sam and Monét organized a fashion show and prom dress sale, the proceeds of which were then donated to the Cinderella Project, a Los Angelesbased organization dedicated to providing formal dresses for needy girls.

Potential Award Another $1000 scholarship award in the category of potential went to Team Ko-Nada—H.K. Kim ’07, Je Won Hong ’07 and Jon Jessome ’07—which produced a series of “Life at Hebron” DVDs for sale to the community at large as well as for use by the Admissions Office.

Honorable Mention A $500 honorable mention award went to Daniella Lyons ’06, David Patriquin ’06, TJ Thayer ’06 and Liane Quenneville ’06 whose com-

pany, H-Bean, offered coffee for sale twice daily (as well as iced coffee during the final week of the contest) under the marketing slogan “Hebron deserves good coffee.”

Seed Prizes An ancillary contest involved the cultivation and care of plant seedlings symbolic of the work of starting a new business. A “Seed” prize of $100 went to team GG&K, comprised of David Gormley ’08, Jason Goodman ’08 and Halsey Keiler ’07, who organized and ran a school dance that included students from Gould Academy.

Honorable Mention, worth $10, went to Austin Grande ’08, sole proprietor of Hebron Charge, who enlisted the aid of MBNA to offer Hebron credit cards to members of the community.

Many thanks to Anthony Geraci ’90 who provided the seed money for each team’s startup costs and the scholarship awards for which they competed.

the academy Hebron Academy Advisory Council Annual Meeting

Coming This Summer After a school year’s worth of hard work, Hebron’s new web site is slated to launch this summer. New features include a user-customizable calendar, streamlined navigation and a section on volunteer opportunities. Many thanks to outgoing Communications Coordinator Kristin Cheek for overseeing this large undertaking.

Cro-Middlers Paint a Cave

In this cross-curricular exercise, the sixth graders combined history and art as they emulated Cro-Magnon cave paintings.

Art teacher Mary Anderson explained: “We first made a large sheet of paper resemble a cave surface, then suspended it on the art room ceiling, turned off the lights, blocked the windows and created animal pictures inspired by those on the Lascaux caves using only candle light, much as how the cave men created it.”

“Scientists think that Cro-Magnon Man painted the animals he wanted to hunt and if the hunt was successful he would paint again in the same spot,” said history teacher Steve Middleton. “The animals we depicted were those alive 20,000 years ago like woolly mammoths and wooly rhinos. Somehow Mr. Potato Head got on there, but that’s another story.”

Art Cooper ’49 and Tom McNichols ’06 chat at the Alumni Welcoming Dinner.

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he Hebron Academy Advisory Council sponsored its first annual “Alumni Welcoming Dinner” for Hebron seniors on Thursday, April 27. The purpose of the dinner was to help seniors make the transition from students to alumni as they reach the end of their academic careers at Hebron. Dinner was served family style and each table had Advisory Council and alumni faculty members sitting with the seniors. Discussions were lively with students asking about Hebron’s past and Advisory Council members asking about the future.

After dinner, Council chairman Bob Rich ’49 started with a welcome and introduction to the night’s events. He was followed by presentations by John Donahue ’84, Jane Harris Ash ’79 and Craig Clark ’70 that focused on fellowship, reunions and participation in the Hebron community after graduation.

John, Jane and Craig emphasized continued connection to the school through participation in alumni events, homecoming and volunteering for Hebron.

Each senior received a specially-designed ceramic mug with a Hebron logo and their

initials as a graduation gift from the Council and the school.

On Friday the Advisory Council met for its spring meeting and began work on several important projects for the school. During the day, council members met with a number of school administrators for briefings. Several areas for special projects were identified and work has begun by sub-committees. Additionally, the Council is looking for new members and anyone interested, parents, alumni or friends are urge to contact Beverly Roy in the Alumni Office.

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White-Hot Winter A lthough it was a winter that didn’t seem very wintry, the lack of snow did not keep the skiers and snowboarders from the slopes, nor did the weather wreak havoc on other teams’ schedules and travel plans.

Individual and team successes abounded. The boys’ varsity basketball team finished the season +.500 and earned their third maisad championship in a row, while two Hebron swimmers (Brandon Rolfe ’07 and Tim Smith ’09) qualified for the MPA state meet. Outside, Hebron snowboarders made some noise on the maisad circuit as well. Junior Katherine Cole earned the gold medal for her first place finish among the girls in overall points, while four other Hebron riders finished in the top ten in the overall maisad standings. The alpine ski team also had four skiers finish in the top ten in overall points, and the ski team had an excellent individual and team showing at the New England Championship. The boys’ and girls’ teams finished second and fourth respectively, and Jamie Tyler ’07, TJ Thayer ’06, Isabel Kannegieser ’12 and Kelly Phillips ’09 earned “All New England” distinction for their top ten finishes at the championship.

The girls’ varsity hockey team found themselves back in the New England Tournament again this year, advancing to the semifinal round after an excellent season. Also back in the tournament again, the boys’ varsity hockey team advanced to the final game and earned their first New England championship since 1995. Jordan Krusch ’06 and Sasha Romanenko ’07 were named to the AllNew England team.

Hebron’s scores are listed first.

Boys’ Varsity Basketball 11/30 12/3 12/7 12/9 12/10 12/16 1/6 1/11 1/13 1/16 1/18 1/21 1/23

Tilton Nbls & Grngh Pingree Gould Lee Academy Kingswood Trn. St. Mark’s New Hampton Lee Academy Gould Brewster Hyde Kents Hill

55 21 57 56 57 45 42 59 73 75 79 54 76

66 81 55 26 64 58 65 51 121 52 64 42 62

1/25 1/27 1/28 2/1 2/8 2/11 2/17 2/18 2/20 2/22 2/25

Exeter Berwick Winchendon Brewster (2 OT) Hyde KUA @Exeter BBN Middlesex Kents Hill Holderness (OT) Tilton

72 64 89 86 59 70 37 48 66 77 50

The boys finished +.500 for the season and earned their third consecutive MAISAD title.

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89 47 60 70 49 59 38 50 60 80 79

Girls’ Varsity Basketball 12/10 1/6 1/7 1/9 1/13 1/14 1/17 1/21 1/24 1/26 1/28 1/31 2/2 2/8 2/10

G. P. Christian Kents Hill Gould Gould Elan Proctor Seacoast Hyde Buckfield Elan Highview Chrst.

Seacoast Hyde Kents Hill Richmond

20 17 21 22 57 15 18 24 8 44 24 21 23 23 16

29 63 46 41 9 55 40 54 48 14 12 31 42 66 40

This season was one of steady improvement both individually and as a team.

Boys’ JV Basketball 12/10 1/7 1/10 1/13 1/16 1/19 1/21 1/25 1/26 1/27 2/2 2/8 2/9

Gould Kents Hill NYA Elan Gould Buckfield Hyde Kents Hill Elan Berwick Buckfield Hyde Buckfield

36 30 24 17 35 33 19 34 26 32 42 19 41

37 48 63 50 37 69 50 51 73 39 43 48 38

Boys’ Varsity Hockey 11/16 11/26 11/27 11/30 12/3 12/9 12/10 12/16 12/17 12/30 12/31 1/4 1/7 1/11 1/13 1/14 1/18 1/20 1/21 1/27 1/28 1/30 2/1 2/10 2/11 2/15 2/17

Exeter 1 Tilton Tourney Tilton Tourney Holderness 2 Worcester 7 Acad. St. Louis 7 NYA 11 St. Mark’s Tourn.

3 St. Mark’s Tourney BBN Tourney BBN Tourney 0 Boston Bulldogs 2 Proctor 4 Middlesex 3 Stanstead 7 Brewster 5 Pingree 5 Acad. St. Louis 7 New Hampton 7 Berwick 3 Kents Hill 7 Bridgton 4 Kents Hill 11 NYA 4 Brewster 6 New Hampton 4 Brunswick 3

5 A A 3 2 4 2 4

3 6 5 3 1 2 0 4 3 2 2 5 0 2 2 2 7

2/18 2/19 2/22 2/25 3/1 3/4 3/5

Proctor Hoosac Bridgton (OT) Pingree NEPSAC Q-finals vs. Brewster NEPSAC semi-finals vs. Vermont NEPSAC finals vs. Proctor

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Girls’ Varsity Hockey 11/30 12/2 12/3 12/7 12/10 12/16 12/17 12/31 1/1 1/6 1/11 1/14 1/21 1/22 1/25 1/28 2/1 2/3 2/11 2/13 2/15 2/20 2/22 2/25 3/1 3/4

Exeter NYA Pingree Gov. Dummer Gunnery St. George’s Trn. St. George’s Trn. Northwood Tourn.

Northwood Tourn.

St. Mark’s Kents Hill Brewster Proctor NAHA New Hampton Maine Selects Holderness Middlesex Brewster Kents Hill Proctor NYA Exeter Kngswd Oxfrd NEPSAC Q-finals vs. K-O (OT) NEPSAC semi-finals vs. Brewster

The girls’ excellent prep record earned them a New England tourney berth, their fifth appearance in the eight years of Hebron’s program.

Boys’ JV Hockey 12/3 12/9 12/10 1/11 1/13 1/14 1/16 1/18 1/20 1/21 1/25 1/28 1/31 2/2 2/8 2/15

Kents Hill Acad. St. Louis Acad. St. Louis St. Dom’s Oxford Hills Tilton Patriotic Knights Berwick Acad. St. Louis Acad. St. Louis Berwick Brewster St. Dom’s Cheverus Brewster Kents Hill

5 4 3 4 5 3 7 9 4 2 8 9 7 5 6 6

3 6 1 1 2 5 1 3 3 8 2 1 4 6 0 6

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Alpine Skiing 1/11 1/18 1/20 2/1 2/8 2/10 2/15 2/17

GS @Sugarloaf 2:00 SL @Kents Hill 2:30 GS @Sunday Riv. 2:00 SL @Kents Hill 2:00 GS @Shawnee Pk. 2:30 SL @Sunday Riv. 2:00 New England C’ship Championship @Shawnee Peak 1:00

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Jamie Tyler ’07, TJ Thayer ’06, Vika Planson ’07 and Kelly Phillips ’09 finished in the top ten in overall MAISAD league points.

Middle School Alpine 1/6 1/11 1/17 1/25 1/31 2/10 2/16

SL @Lost Valley GS @Sunday Riv. GS @Black Mt. GS @Sunday Riv. GS @Black Mt. SL @Lost Valley Championship @Shawnee Peak

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Isabel Kannegieser ’12 and Lucas Schandelmeier ’10 earned top ten finishes at the state meet.

Snowboarding 1/18 1/25 2/1 2/8 2/10 2/15

SS @Sunday Riv. BA @Kents Hill SS @Sunday Riv. BA @Sugarloaf HP @Sunday Riv. HP @Sugarloaf

2:00 2:00 2:00 2:00 2:00 2:00

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Katherine Cole ’07, Marley Lumbard ’08, Gabe Rubinstein ’08 and Miriam Scarpino ’07 finished in the top ten in overall MAISAD league points.

Swimming 12/2 1/6 1/11 1/20 1/27 2/1 2/10 2/11 2/20 2/21

EL/LHS Relays 7:00 A Lewiston 7:00 H Hyde 7:00 H NYA 7:00 A Edward Little 7:00 A Exeter 3:30 A KVACs/Boys @ Bates KVACs/Girls @ Bates MPA State Meet @Bowdoin MPA State Meet @Bowdoin

Brandon Rolfe ’07 and Tim Smith ’09 qualified for the MPA state meet.

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he Hebron Academy boys’ hockey team won the New England Prep School Ice Hockey Association Division II championship on Sunday, March 5, with a 5-3 win over Proctor Academy, their first title since back-to-back championships in 1994 and 1995.

Jordan Krusch ‘06, who led the league in scoring with 86 points in the regular season, scored a hat trick with three unassisted goals, including the game winner.

Jon Glant ‘06 had 28 saves in net.

Krusch opened the scoring 2:55 into the first period with a wraparound goal and Hebron took a 1-0 lead into the second.

Matt Pedemonti ‘07 put Hebron up 2-0 at 3:27 of the second, assisted by Krusch and Jason Butler ‘06.

Proctor’s Matt Robertson scored on the power play at 4:55, assisted by Al Milley and Chris Leach, cutting Hebron’s lead to 2-1. Krusch answered at 7:10 by carrying the puck endto-end and scoring on a wrist shot. Proctor closed the gap to one goal again when Neil Ruffini scored at 11:46, assisted by Ian Flanagan and Matt Robinson.

Proctor came out skating hard in the third period and tied the game on a power play goal by Ruffini at 3:06, assisted by Robertson and Milley.

Krusch answered yet again, this time with the game-winning goal with 4:16 left to go. Pedemonti, assisted by Sasha Romanenko ‘07 and Butler, scored an empty netter in the last second of the game. Defenseman Romanenko

was a stand-out player throughout the tournament.

“It’s a pleasure to coach a hockey team with good kids who care about what we’re trying to accomplish as a team, and that’s what we had at Hebron Academy this year,” said Head Coach Robert Gagnon. “I’m very proud of our team.”

This is Coach Gagnon’s first season at Hebron Academy. He is a graduate of Avon Old Farms and University of New Hampshire, and competed in the Division I Frozen Four in his senior year. He coached previously for Connecticut high school and Junior/Midget teams.

Krusch and Romanenko earned All-New England honors, and Coach Gagnon was named coach of the year.

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April Flowers, May Showers W

e returned from spring break to warm weather and dry conditions—the first time in recent memory that Hebron’s spring teams could be out on the fields from the very first day of practice. A wonderful April turned into a cool and soggy May, but the weather did little to dampen our teams’ successes.

We had remarkable success at the maisad level this spring. Lauren Tardif won the maisad singles tennis title, and the track team finished second at the maisad championship meet. The boys’ baseball team won their second maisad championship in three years, while the boys’ varsity lacrosse team won their first maisad championship in more than 25 years! Not to be outdone, the girls’ softball and lacrosse teams repeated as maisad champions for the third year in a row.

The boys’ varsity lacrosse team received a second bid to the New England small schools lacrosse tournament, and advanced all the way to the championship game. The track team was heard at the New England level too, as Algerson Andre earned a first place finish in the 300 meter.

Out of 205 students, 182 were members of sports teams this spring. Among the 18 four-year-plus seniors, nine were involved with sports teams for 12 full seasons: Amy Shackford, Daniella Lyons, Sam Baril, Kelley Hilton, Molly Curtis, Jon Phillips, Josh Taylor, TJ Thayer and Mike Turk.

Baseball

What a Year!

Nine(!)

MAISAD

Championships

Girls: • Field hockey • JV soccer • Softball • Varsity lacrosse • Singles tennis

Boys: • JV soccer • Varsity basketball • Varsity baseball • Varsity lacrosse

And then . . .

• Evergreen League football champions; New England Bowl appearance • Excellent showing at alpine ski New Englands: boys finish second of 20 teams; girls are fourth of 15 teams; four skiers earn All-New England honors • Boys’ hockey earns New England title; girls make fifth tournament appearance in eight years • Boys' varsity lacrosse advances to finals in New England small schools lax tourney • Cross-country and track and field participate at New England level as well.

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4/8 4/12 4/13 4/15 4/24 4/26 5/4 5/6 5/10 5/15 5/17 5/20

Telstar Winthrop Bridgton Proctor Pine Tree Gould Bridgton Kents Hill Gould Pine Tree MAISAD semis vs. Gould MAISAD finals vs. Kents Hill

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After losing twice to Kents Hill in regular season play, the team rallied in the top of the seventh inning to win the MAISAD championship.

JV Baseball 4/17 4/19 4/26 4/29 5/4 5/9 5/15 5/19

NYA Kents Hill Gould Kents Hill Buckfield Buckfield Gould Kents Hill

18 19 8 13 11 17

4 5 7 11 3 8

Boys’ Varsity Lacrosse 4/2 4/8 4/10 4/12 4/15 4/17 4/21 4/22 4/26 4/28 4/29 5/2 5/3 5/6 5/10 5/17 5/20 5/24 5/26 5/27

playdate/Nashua HS Winchendon 4 NYA 3 Oak Hill 11 Proctor 7 Scarborough HS 14 Gould 12 Kents Hill 9 New Hampton 15 Kents Hill 14 Worcester 13 Hyde 13 Tilton 8 Gould 13 Hyde 3 MAISAD semis vs. Gould 21 MAISAD finals vs. Hyde 7 NE quarters vs. Bancroft 12 NE semis vs. Berwick 10 NE finals vs. Pingree 5

7 6 1 5 5 6 0 2 1 3 11 5 3 8 3 3 3 4 10

Boys’ JV Lacrosse 4/10 4/15 4/17 4/19 4/21 4/22 4/26 4/29 5/6 5/10 5/17 5/20

NYA 3 Proctor 0 Scarborough (OT) 6 Berwick (OT) 7 Hyde 6 Kents Hill 3 Gould 13 Kents Hill 2 Gould 10 Hyde 4 Berwick 7 MAISAD Round Robin

6 6 7 8 1 5 4 4 4 8 9

Girls’ Lacrosse 4/10 4/10 4/12 4/15 4/17 4/19 4/19 4/24 4/26 4/26 4/29 5/3 5/6 5/10 5/15 5/17 5/20 MAISAD

a row!

OHCHS JV OHCHS Fryeburg Hyde NYA Proctor Proctor JV Fryeburg Gould Gould JV Kents Hill Tilton Gould Hyde OHCHS JV MAISAD semis vs. Hyde MAISAD finals vs. Gould

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New Hampton 4 6 Winthrop 14 7 Lewiston Round Robin NYA 9 2 Kents Hill 18 15 Proctor 19 5 Exeter 10 17 Kents Hill JV 23 8 Buckfield JV 12 12 Gould 11 3 Buckfield JV 13 6 Kents Hill 7 1 Buckfield JV 12 10 Gould 13 1 MAISAD semis bye MAISAD finals vs. Kents Hill 6 0

Three-peat MAISAD champs!

Boys’ Varsity Tennis 4/17 4/21 4/24 4/26 4/29 5/3 5/6 5/10 5/17 5/20

Bridgton NYA Bridgton Kents Hill Gould Kents Hill Gould Hyde MAISAD Singles MAISAD Doubles

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Boys’ JV Tennis 4/19 4/26 4/29 5/8

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Girls’ Varsity Tennis 4/12 4/21 4/29 5/5 5/12 5/17 5/20

Gould NYA Gould Kents Hill Kents Hill MAISAD Singles MAISAD Doubles

Track and Field 4/15 4/28 5/6 5/13 5/20

Hebron Hyde Exeter MAISAD meet New England meet

New England results: Algerson Andre ’06—first place in 300 intermediate hurdles; Terrence Chatmon ’06—second place in discus; Jasmine Webber ’07—second in 300 hurdles; Monét Fourner-Brazier ’06—third place in pole vault; Boys’ 4x100 relay (Ben Jessome ’06, Sunny Jiles ’06, Algerson Andre ’06, DJ Hoyt ’07)—third place

Boys’ Lacrosse Team Garners League, New England Honors The boys’ varsity lacrosse team broke a 15-year reign by rival Hyde School when it outscored the Bath school 7–3 to claim the MAISAD league championship.

Up 3-1 at the half, Hebron watched as Hyde leveled the score at three apiece after three quarters. Hebron then scored four unanswered goals in the final period to earn the championship victory. Greg Harrington ’06 and Austin Grande ’08 led the Hebron scoring effort with 2 goals each, while Charlie Cummings ’07, Brent Miller ’06 and Carmine Zegarelli ’07 each chipped in one. Roman Gosney ’07 had three assists, and Cameron Gosney ’07, Zegarelli, and Harrington each added one. Shane Gray ’06 of North Yarmouth recorded eight saves in goal.

With a season record of 15–4, the team was selected by the NEPSAC committee as the top seed for the 2006 New England Lacrosse Tournament. After decisive wins over the Bancroft School and Berwick Academy, Hebron fell to the Pingree School in the final game.

All-MAISAD honors went to TJ Thayer ’06, Cameron Gosney, Roman Gosney and Greg Harrington, who set a new Hebron Academy single-season scoring record with 100 points. Greg Harrington, TJ Thaye, and Brent Miller represented Hebron at the annual Prep School East/West All-Star game. Thayer, a threeyear starter for the Lumberjacks, was also selected to compete in the Maine High School All Star Game on June 21. Harrington, Roman Gosney, and Cameron Gosney received All-Northern New England Conference team honors.

“Their hard work and dedication to this program are two of the key reasons Hebron lacrosse is where it is today,” said Hebron Coach Jason Keough of his team. “The future looks bright for this growing program with the talent of the underclassmen and their commitment to become better players.”

Coach Keough was also honored for his contributions, and was selected to coach the All-Star game at Buckingham Browne and Nichols School in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Lauren Tardif ’07 Wins Tennis Title Congratulations to Lauren Tardif, who won the MAISAD girls’ singles tennis championship, besting her opponents in all three of her matches to take the title. After a first round bye, Tardif, the #1 seed in the tournament, defeated Kents Hill’s Kate Sawicz in an 8-2 pro-set. Tardif then faced Kents Hill’s Susie Ma in the semifinal match and defeated her in two sets (6-2; 6-1). In the championship match, Tardif faced off against yet another Kents Hill Husky, Caroline Drewes, and again, needed only two sets to defeat her opponent (6-3; 6-3) and earn the MAISAD title.

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Portfolio Nurturing the creative spirit

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ake a walk through the Fine Arts Center the next time you visit Hebron Academy. You will be amazed at the variety and quality of work you will see. From tables full of pots to large Jackson Pollockesque spatter paintings to careful still lifes in pencil and pastels, watercolors and oils, to two- and three-dimensional architectural renderings to photographs to color studies to wire sculptures on the walls, the place fairly hums with creativity. The artists spill out of the studios into the hallways, making art at drawing tables set up in a row or moving outside to draw inspiration from our beautiful campus.

At the center of the buzz are Hebron’s art teachers, Mary Anderson, Jeanine Eschenbach and Chris Reid. Talented artists in their own right, all three nurture their students’ creative spirits while grounding them in the underlying principles of art.

Featured here are five of Hebron’s student artists. Although all are very different, they each light up when they talk about their art. All five are energetic and enthusiastic, and find the best of themselves through their medium of choice.

Art teacher Chris Reid works with student artist Tiffany Bichrest ’07.

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Lauren Tardif ’07

Although she’s been drawing for several years, Lauren started painting just this year. She loves the vibrant colors and being able to actually push the paint around on the canvas.

Next year she will be working on a portfolio for Advanced Placement art, and plans to major or minor in art in college.

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Ku Young Jeong ’08 Like Lauren, Ku has been drawing since he was in elementary school.

He likes putting his feelings into his drawings and prefers to work in pencil because “Painting takes too long.” Landscapes are a favorite subject, but he will try almost anything. Ku plans to continue drawing and painting not for money, but for fun.

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Amy Shackford ’06 “I take pictures because I can’t draw at all!” Amy says. She finds the darkroom a calming retreat from academic pressures and loves to capture her subjects’ personalities and faces.

Although she will be studying nursing at St. Joseph’s next year, she plans to continue taking pictures, but will leave the developing to someone else.

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Amanda Robinson ’06

The ninth grade art course introduces students to various mediums.

Clay spoke to Amanda, fascinating her by its unpredictability. “A great pot can be ruined by the glaze, or glaze can save an awful pot,” she says. Amanda’s future plans include college and the Peace Corps, but she will also find time for clay.

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Kirk Turner ’07 An outstanding mountain biker, Kirk also enjoys drawing and painting. He recently switched from watercolors to pastels.

He finds inspiration in the world around him, but is not afraid of abstract art. As he looks to the future, Kirk is considering a double major in biomedical engineering and art.

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The Return of the Publican According to an anonymous business-school wag, “entrepreneur” is a French word for unemployed, but don’t try using the line on brew pub impresario Ed Stebbins ’81. Having founded a highly successful business virtually straight out of college, the co-owner and brewmaster of Gritty McDuff’s has little experience of unemployment, and the tribulations of entrepreneurship in general have doubtless been eased by recourse to the fruits of his labors. In any case, Ed makes it all look and sound like a lot of fun.

by David Inglehart Photographs by Dennis Griggs

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The Old Port location’s sign shows a cheerful—and familiar—publican.

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ake Orson Welles’ performance in the classic film “Citizen Kane,” subtract any hint of malevolence or megalomania, and you have some idea of what Ed Stebbins is like in person.

Perfectly at ease in his flagship establishment in Portland’s Old Port, he conveys an irrepressible enthusiasm recognizable as both cause and effect of his success.

Authentic in every detail, the pub itself provides a stage upon which he plays the American incarnation of that time-honored exemplar of fellowship and good cheer, the traditional British publican.

It is a role he comes by honestly. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where his father worked for the Bank of Boston, he moved to London in 1975 and spent the next five years observing British culture with the receptive eyes of a teenager, returning to this country in response to parental wishes that he finish his education in the United States.

In consideration of his years of schooling overseas this ambition called for the good influences of preparatory school, and with roots in Auburn, where his mother was born and continued to have close ties, he embarked upon a postgraduate year at Hebron.

“It was the perfect place for me,” says Ed, citing the school’s committed faculty and diverse student body. “I didn’t feel at all out of place, and the education gave me a leg up when I got to college.” Among his mentors at Hebron he makes special mention of his advisor, Ned Willard, “a legendary figure who really listened to what students had to say,” and David Stonebraker, whose AP English course was a source of enduring inspiration.

“You learn a lot from your fellow students, too, and the school has a great sense of history.” Indeed, Ed credits both the school’s training and iconography (Benjamin Franklin, whom he characterizes as “the prototypical American entrepre-

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neur” long appeared on the school seal) with his subsequent success as a businessman. Not that he acquired his taste for beer during his Hebron days, he is quick to add, a trace of mischief in his smile.

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n fact, his career path started to come into focus during his undergraduate days at Hartwick College in upstate New York, where, while making the rounds of the local bars, he met fellow Mainer Richard Pfeffer, then a student at the University of Rochester. Discovering that they both had connections in the Auburn area, the two struck up a friendship that would eventually lead to an exceptionally long-lived and successful business partnership.

After graduating from college, Ed tried his hand at teaching for a year before returning to Maine, looking up his friend, and acting upon his dream of opening a pub in Portland.

On Tap at Gritty’s

Although the idea of brewing and serving your own beer was an old one, to me it seemed revolutionary.

“I had always been intrigued with the idea of brew pubs ever since I had ventured into a few of them in London in the 80’s,” he explains. “Although the idea of brewing and serving your own beer was an old one, to me it seemed revolutionary.”

Meanwhile, events were taking place in Maine that would give the idea new currency. Ever since Prohibition, small, independent breweries had been expressly forbidden by Maine law, but all that would change in the spring of 1985 when Henry Cabot of Waldoboro marshaled “An Act Concerning the Licensing of Small Maine Breweries” through the legislature in Augusta. While not directly involved in the passage of the new law, Ed and Richard would become its chief beneficiaries when, in 1988, they launched Gritty McDuff’s, one of only three brew pubs in all of New England. The name of the new business derived from that of a mutual friend and legendary beer-drinker whose nickname, Sandy, was converted to “Gritty” and last name modified for trade purposes. Under the tutelage of local brew master Allan Pugsley, Ed was soon on the way to creating a brewing legend of his own.

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he rest, as they say, is history, but it is a history worth reciting as an example of apt decision-making and sure-footed strategic planning, albeit with a few unanticipated detours.

When the partners decided to take the plunge and open their first pub, they started where any good entrepreneur starts.

They spent months doing research and developing a solid business plan before approaching banks for financing what they thought was a sure thing. “No one would touch us,” Ed said. “They thought we were crazy. So we got our financing the old-fashioned way—we asked our grandparents.”

For starters, the choice of Portland’s Old Port for the site of the new business was inspired. With its brick buildings, cobblestone streets and working waterfront, the neighborhood provided an atmosphere steeped in authenticity, and to ensure that the new pub was entirely in keeping with its surroundings the two partners attended an auction in Boston and purchased many of the fittings of an actual—purportedly British—pub of long standing. The results were (and remain) wonderfully effective: from the post-and-beam construction to the mural designs (one of which reads, “Blessed be the Mother Who Gives Birth to a Brewer”), the place boasts a distinctly Anglo-Saxon feel.

And if Portland proved the perfect locale, Ed would prove the perfect proprietor, bringing to the job an energy and dedication that would see him through a routine of 16-hour days, in which he brewed in the mornings and manned the bar into the evenings. Eventually receiving a masters degree in brewing from the Siebel Institute in Chicago, he continued to refine his craft and before long various awards began to accumulate for his distinctive offerings.

But being on the front of the craft brewing revolution didn’t mean that everyone understood the brew pub concept. “I enjoyed bartending because I could interact with customers and talk about my beers,” Ed said. “One weekend an older fellow came in and sat at the bar. He asked me for a Budweiser. I explained to him that we only served beer that we brewed ourselves.

‘OK, son,’ he said. ‘Then brew me a Budweiser.’”

Original Pub Style harkens back to the very first brews Gritty’s produced. “We wanted to make a beer that captures what made people fall in love with craft brewing in the first place; a fresh, classic pale ale with plenty of hop character.” says Brewmaster Ed Stebbins. Original Pub Style is a light copper-colored mediumbodied ale with a nice dry bite at the finish.

A subtle combination of Cascade and Willamette hops give this ale a fine floral aroma and a slightly fruity aftertaste.

Best Bitter was the first beer Gritty’s brewed, way back in 1988 at their Portland Brew Pub. This true English classic has been the anchor of their draft selection ever since. Best Bitter is a copper-hued and well-balanced ale with real old world integrity. They use fine Yakima Golding hop flowers in the brewing of this beer for a fine dry finish that complements the malty palate and captures the freshness of a hand-drawn ale.

Gritty McDuff‘s Best Brown Ale is what the Brits call a fine session beer: a smooth ale, not too strong and full of flavor. Best Brown has a dark red-amber color; a full, round malt palate; nutty and roasted accents, and a delicate hop flavor that whispers with just a hint of floral finish.

The perfect ale for a long afternoon in the pub with good friends and traditional fare.

Black Fly Stout is a dry, all-malt stout packed with roasted flavor. Gritty’s uses six different grains in the brewing of this dark masterpiece and balances the full palate with Oregon Willamette and Yakima Clusters hops. Like the legendary Irish stouts that inspired it, Black Fly Stout is rich, robust and a touch mysterious. The finest stout west of Galway Bay! Seasonal Brews Halloween Ale Christmas Ale Scottish Ale Vacationland Summer Ale Adapted from www.grittys.com. Used with permission.

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Blessed be the mother Gritty Bits 100 The number of employees at the height of summer.

50 The number of yards your beer travelled from grain to glass.

12 The number of kiddie seats at the Auburn pub.

11 The number of kiddie seats at the Auburn McDonald’s.

2000 The number of brews made by the Freeport brewery since they opened in 1995.

6,000,000 The number of pints in the 2000 brews.

60 The number of taps pouring Gritty’s beers in Maine.

475 The number of mug club members at the Portland pub.

9 The number of years Jack Leyden has been a mug club member.

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ot content to establish a reputation for excellent beer alone, the two partners set about developing a restaurant service specializing in traditional pub fare, an effort that ran into regulatory hurdles harking back to the old prejudices of Prohibition. By this time, however, the brew pub idea had established a momentum of its own, the hurdles were surmounted, and with the addition of the restaurant business Gritty McDuff’s began to truly take off.

The next step was to include large-scale brewing and distribution as part of the Gritty’s repertoire, and here again the partners found themselves up against regulatory holdovers from an earlier era, in which brewing, distributing, and retailing represented distinct parts of an industry legally constrained from assimilating all three functions in any one enterprise. And here again the Portland locale proved fortunate, the presence of existing, large-scale breweries providing the means and methodology to brew and bottle Gritty’s unique ales only a few blocks from the pub itself. With a bit of creative thinking and the help of brewing mentor Allan Pugsley the new brand would be produced under a licensing arrangement with The Shipyard.

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ith a growing distribution network that would eventually extend throughout New England and a Brewtique retail store of its own, Gritty’s was decidedly on a roll, and in 1995, seven years after the launch of their original establishment in Portland, the partners announced the opening of a new pub 20 miles up the coast in Freeport.

Situated in a prime location in one of the busiest retail centers in the region, the new Gritty’s would become the largest producing brew pub east of the Mississippi.

who gives birth to a brewer.

While the success of the new pub presented the opportunity to go public and develop a corporate franchise, such a model held little appeal for two Mainers who had long remained true to the idea of a brew pub as a uniquely local phenomenon.

“Pubs are an important part of the community,” Ed explains, “and the sense of identity they create doesn’t happen overnight.”

In keeping with this philosophy, it would be another ten years before the next outlet in the chain was opened, this one in Auburn. For years the two partners had hoped to open in the Bates Mill, where both Ed’s grandfather and Richard’s mother had worked, but when the last block of Court Street immediately west of the Longley Bridge became available, the location was too good to pass up. Launched in August 2005, the new pub proved an immediate success, fulfilling the promise of a chance meeting more than twenty years earlier in a saloon in upstate New York.

Meanwhile, Gritty McDuff’s continues to express the philosophy of its founders, whose dedication to the idea of the brew pub as a center of community spirit and culture has long included a commitment to bringing the best live music to the area. In addition, the pub offers such exotic experiences as a travel venture to Ireland for an authentic pub crawl, a grilling and barbecue challenge, and front row seats for the Great Falls Balloon Festival, all of which help generate an atmosphere of abundant good cheer that has become a Gritty’s trademark.

Gritty’s sense of community has manifested itself in ways the partners didn’t necessarily anticipate. In addition to host-

Ed Stebbins ’81 takes a break at the original Gritty McDuff’s.

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Pubs are an important part of the community, and the sense of identity they create doesn’t happen overnight. ing all kinds of events—birthday parties, retirements, even Hebron Academy gatherings—the pubs have been the location of choice for a few weddings. “Several couples who met here have decided they’d like to get married here,” Ed said. “Most couples bring their own official, but in one case one of our bartenders, who is a notary, performed the ceremony.”

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he biggest challenge the partners face is maintaining consistency.

They are guardians of the Gritty’s brand, and work hard to maintain the taste, the look and the experience from pub to pub and brew to brew. “Overall, Maine

has great water for making beer,” Ed said.

“But each one of our breweries gets its water from a different source, and every grain crop is different, so we are constantly tinkering with our beer recipes.”

This summer, Gritty’s began offering L’il Gritty’s root beer for their younger customers.

They are also introducing Black Fly BBQ sauce, based on their stout, and Original Pub Style Mustard, “with a taste all its own.”

They are refining the menus in each pub and are focusing more on foods that go well with beer. Ed is particularly interested in beer-food pairings, and recommended beers are now listed with many of the menu offerings.

What’s with all those mugs?

First-time visitors are often curious about the hundreds of mugs that hang over and behind the bar. The mugs are another example of creative entrepreneurial problem-solving. Faced with a large tax bill and no ready cash, Ed and Richard borrowed an idea from a brew pub in Florida and started a mug club. The club was more successful than they anticipated. The three Gritty’s pubs have more than 1500 mug club members among them, and some Portland members have had mugs for over 15 years. “I told them when they got to 20 years, we’d buy them a new liver,” Ed joked.

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And after 18 years in the business, Ed still begins each day in the brewery, checking the mash and touching base with his brewers and bottlers. “Afternoons are for taking care of business, and later I taste the beer,” he said. “I want Gritty’s beer to be known throughout New England. My ultimate goal is to provide my customers with a unique taste of Maine and the opportunity to sample handcrafted beer that has travelled less than fifty yards from grain to glass.”

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eddings, pub crawls and barbecue sauce aside, Gritty McDuff’s always comes back to the beer. And at the center of it all is Ed himself, whose staple products may be fine English ales and traditional pub fare, but whose stock in trade in the end is his own infectious enthusiasm. A committed family man who makes his home in Cumberland with wife, Nicole, and son, James, his busy life as husband, father, businessman and brewer includes such personal rewards as a recent return to London for an Eric Clapton concert at the Royal Albert Hall: three hours of legendary acoustic and electric music which he described as “awesome” and “definitely worth the trip and the jet lag.”

Did he ever imagine that he would be so successful? “Never in a million years,” he said. “And my relatives are still pinching themselves. They can’t believe it either.”

For this Hebron alumnus with local roots the rewards of entrepreneurship never looked so good.

The original Gritty McDuff’s on Fore Street in Portland.

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Class of 2006

Play Together, Stay Together

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magine a game of boundaries. To even learn the boundaries takes trial and error. A game where the rules change depending on where you play it and who you are playing it with. A game that is constantly in motion and yet you must stay inside the box while everyone else is determined to kick you out. It is every man for themselves.

It sounds frightening but you love it. It is a game of hierarchy, where you start at the very bottom and earn your way to the top. The climb is not an easy one, but once you have made it, it feels good to have the privileges associated with the universally accepted title of “king.” It gives you a rush as you bounce and dive. Per round, your only goal is to protect and remain in your box. However your long-term goal is to one day leave your box and go on to a box that holds much more splendor; to break the boundaries that were once the center of your very own four-sided universe. Everyone here knows what game I am talking about because we have all played it at one time or another, even though that time might be a lot longer ago for some than others: foursquare.

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Baccalaureate Awards

igh school is really just an intense game of foursquare. You enter having been king of the Middle School. You have been waiting in that seemingly endless line for your turn to shine. Just like the human you are, you have been watching from afar and learning by example without ever feeling that nubbly ball or covered your hands with the aroma of pure rubber fun. You have only heard the rhythmic empty slaps of others, never had the feeling of creating your own.

You think you know what to expect, who you will be up against. The idea of one day being king is very far off and abstract. It is too overwhelming to think about all of the trickery and deception you must overcome to get to that point. But for now, you are at square one, or the first square, depending on what you like to call it.

Freshman year begins your career. You don’t know what to expect, who you are up against. You don’t know if you are in it with a bunch of “spikers” or if everyone plays by the rules. Not to mention estab-

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lishing and learning the “house rules” that end up being a medley of everybody’s particular style. Everyone experiences this same kind of anxiety when they enter a foreign territory. You start from scratch with the first year of a language, Algebra I, or Freshman Science. You put yourself out there with class elections, performances, or taking a shot at net. The other players try to catch you up. They know you are new and they begin to cull the weak with tricky spins or false scoops. But, with any luck, you are agile and can rally back whatever comes your way. What you do not know is that in testing you and pushing your personal limits, they are preparing you for the next round, the next square, the next part of your life. And just when you think that you are on thin ice and might not make the cut, that round is over: you made it.

After a short respite between rounds, you are at it again. This time the stakes are a little higher, you have more to lose and you are in square two. Sophomore year does not possess the same frightening newness, and you are no longer naïve. You know this.

You are focused in and the prize is that much closer. There may be some new players, but that doesn’t faze you; not even a cherry bomb could deter you now. All sorts of crazy curve balls are thrown at you and yet you concentrate, remain in the moment, and stay calm. The new concepts of Biology almost set you off your groove. It is nerveracking, but it is fun. You feel proud and lucky when you instinctively execute the moves that keep you in the game.

The third square is where you get a new boost of energy. You can see land on the horizon; your goal is almost met; you are almost there. But still you know the task at hand; what you have to do to get you where you want to be. You know that the only way to get there is with your agility and determination. But you stick with it; do what you have to do. Junior year you withstand tedious trials and tribulations such as four-hour-long standardized tests.

National Society of Women Engineers Sara Joan Powers ’07 The MelMac Education Foundation of Maine (Maine Principals’ Association Award) Molly Gail Curtis ’06 Entrepreneurial Program Challenge Honorable Mention Team H-bean: Daniella Lyons ’06, David Patriquin ’06, Liane Quenneville ’06 and Tyler Thayer ’06 Entrepreneurial Program Challenge “Most Promising Business Model” Team Ko-Nada: Je Won Hong ’07, Jonathan Jessome ’07 and Hwi Kyeong Kim ’07 Entrepreneurial Program Challenge “Most Profitable Business” Team Mimosa: Samantha Baril ’06 and Monét Fournier-Brazier ’06 Hebron Academy Parents’ Association Artist Recognition Lauren Webb Tardif ’07 Charlotte R. Stonebraker Community Scholarship Tiffany Jean Bichrest ’07 Latoya Lorraine Wright ’07 L. Edward Willard Prize in English Katherine Winslow Cole ’07 Compton Prize in Languages Allison Michelle Maidman ’07 Cum Laude Geometry Prize Nien-Chia Hsu ’09 Calvin Tweedie ’09 Dr. Louis Friedman Mathematics Prize Je Won Hong ’07 Renssaeler Polytechnic Institute Medal Je Won Hong ’07 Middlebury Book Award Noah Samuel Taylor Love ’07 Smith Book Award Laurel Kelsey Jordan ’07 Dartmouth Book Award Kirk William Turner ’07 Williams Book Award Je Won Hong ’07 Harvard Book Prizes Katherine Winslow Cole ’07 Sara Joan Powers ’07

Left: Algerson Andre hugs English teacher Carnie Burns.

Right: Thirteen-year seniors Kelley Hilton and Sam Baril.

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Commencement Awards Awards for Academic Excellence Art........................Amanda Ruth Robinson English....................Allison Marie Coombs French ..................Matthew Scott Lapierre History....................Allison Marie Coombs Latin ................................Molly Gail Curtis Mathematics..Jonathan Freestone Phillips Music .............Jonathan Freestone Phillips Religion & Ethics...Emeka Eze Uwasomba Sciences ..........................Molly Gail Curtis Spanish ....................Fiona Jane McTeigue Morton Prize Samuel Kirk Chandler Outdoor Leadership Prize Timothy Rolfe Leness Reed Awards Samantha Alice Baril Tyler James Thayer Bessie Fenn Award Daniella Katelyn Lyons Athletic Award Joshua Allen Taylor Bernat Memorial Award Samuel Kirk Chandler Senior Scholarship Prize Molly Gail Curtis Louise Lorimer Scholarship Prize Amanda Ruth Robinson Regis R. Lepage Scholarship Prize Allison Marie Coombs Edward Tate II Green Key Award Kelley Frances Hilton Ernest Sherman Award Erik William Rousseau Charles and Amy Dwyer Memorial Award Daniella Katelyn Lyons Milton G. Wheeler Good Fellowship Award Algerson Addison Andre Phemister Award Michael Andrew Turk Risman Honor Award Molly Gail Curtis Hebron Academy Cup Gregory Fernando Gumbs

There are periods of boredom thrown in with stints where you are in the limelight and it is time to perform. Serve after serve you watch and learn so that when it is your turn to strike, your muscles know what to do before you do. Soon it is over and you have made it another round.

The fourth square brings up mixed feelings. You are psyched that you made it this far, proud of all that you made it through, and anxious for the game to start. However, you are reluctant to go back to square one; afraid of that lack of familiarity. You wish secretly that you could stay king forever. To be king is a moment in time when all seems to be in order. You always make the first play. You can anticipate the classic tricks of the rookies and yet you cherish the power, hoping that it will always be yours but knowing for certain that change is in the near future. You are able to predict the movement of the ball with the new tricks placed in your hands with Calculus or Physics. You know that this feeling of invincibility will one day pass and you will have to start this game from scratch very soon. And the game will inevitably be different then when you were king. You will be faced with new rules, new players and a new king and will have to reconsider the ways in which you previously stayed afloat. did not randomly choose the game of foursquare to exemplify our high school experience. It is a game that will always remind me of a time when I believe our class had the most fun together.

Last spring we went with less-than-lofty expectations for the three day getaway.

Most of us had heard from the previous class that the trip consisted of ridiculous

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The faculty’s colorful robes recall the monastic hoods of an earlier time. In modern tradition, the lining of the academic hood displays the colors of the wearer’s college or university while the velvet border signifies the academic discipline of the wearer’s degree.

Colors worn by Hebron faculty in 2006 include: white (arts and letters), light blue (education), golden yellow (science) and purple (law).

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rules, baby games and forced unity. I know I thought of it as simply a break from classes. But as soon as we got there, within minutes we knew that it was going to be a blast. We were inundated with the positive energy that tends to circulate through the life blood of Camp Kieve.

Even so, I believe that if it had not been for the playful attitude that is embodied by everyone graduating right now, the experience would not have been as powerful and certainly not as fun. Everyone knows the saying, “you can lead a horse to water but you can’t make him drink.” Well I think it should be, “you can lead a class to Kieve, but you can’t make them play ‘zip, zap, zoey.’” Everyone fed off of each other’s enthusiasm and that made for a truly great bonding experience. I know that I would pay money to once more see Jordan Krusch begging for his life not more than 15 feet above the ground on the vertical playground or Andre screeching from atop a telephone pole. We were forced to confide in each other on more than one level. When someone is solely responsible for suspending you 60 feet in the air, trusting them with your thoughts seems trivial after.

The same thing holds true for the rafting trip that most of us just came back from. It was great to get one more chance to play together before we depart after today. We laughed together, swam together, we tried to conquer a waterfall together, we paddled together, froze together, we were eaten alive by black flies together, but most of all we were happy together. That is what I will look back on and remember about my class: we certainly know how to have a good time.

oursquare was one of the games that we instigated ourselves during free time and ended up playing for a total of probably eight hours while we were there. In those eight hours or so, our class went from a group of people who had common teachers, dorms, coaches, and lunch tables to a group of people who were so much more: we became friends. The game forced us to laugh at ourselves, laugh at each other, and embrace the childish flame that continues to burn inside of us. It provided a relaxed atmosphere where we could get to know each other. It exposed all of us as the type of people we are: the line cutters; the cheerers; the booers; the natural born kings; the hyperactive; the non-conformers who question every call; those who feel the need to coat their hands with fresh saliva before the start of every round.

This game worked on us rather paradoxically. It made us think for a while that the chalk lines on the pavement were at the pinnacle of importance. Everyone’s attention was focused towards monitoring the borders to make sure no lines were breeched. We the people made call after call based on the boundaries that we set up for ourselves. However, in playing this game, it gave us a shove across our own boundaries. It made us open up to each other in ways we never had before. It broke

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Senior members of the championship boys’ hockey team: Greg Harrington, Jordan Krusch, Ben Jessome, Josh Taylor, Jason Butler, Erik Rousseau, Ben Hall, Mike McDougal, Jon Glant, Kyle Tobin and Jay Sabo.

the barriers that were erected with stereotypes, rumors, and ignorance and replaced them with a connection that is only found through sacred play.

I remember one of the counselors saying something that really stuck in my head.

He said that a family can learn more about each other playing a game than sitting down and having a conversation. A family who plays together, stays together. Now I know that we are not related by blood. But we do have a special connection that only we possess and because of this we are (whether you like it or not) a family. Each one of us is a part of the same game. We will always have Hebron Academy. We will always have our memories. We will always have foursquare. We are and always will be the Class of 2006.

Molly Gail Curtis President, Class of 2006

Counterclockwise from left: Hebron Cup winner Gregory Gumbs; piper Chris Pinchbeck ’87 leads the commencement procession across campus; class president Molly Curtis.

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alumni et alumnae

Mark Your Calendar Homecoming 2006 Class Reunions

Friday, October 6 Registration open Informal activities

for “Ones” and “Sixes”

Saturday, October 7 Morning Registration open Art Show Campus Tours Rainbow Reunion Road Race

1956 Fiftieth Reunion

1961 Forty-Fifth Reunion

Senior Class Car Wash Alumni Convocation Afternoon Homecoming Luncheon Music by Bellamy Jazz Athletics Activities for children Mums sale Cider Pressing Evening Harvest Dinner

1966 Fortieth Reunion

1971 Thirty-Fifth Reunion

1976 Thirtieth Reunion

1981 Twenty-fifth Reunion

1986 Twentieth Reunion

1991 Fifteenth Reunion

1996 Tenth Reunion

2001 Fifth Reunion

Friday, October 6 Saturday, October 7

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Class Notes 1938 Lester Forbes reports, “We’ve completed 10 years at Highland Farms retirement community in Black Mountain, NC, and loved every minute of it.”

1939 Richard Field writes, “Lost my wife, Jean, in 2003. I see my son Roger and family once or twice a week, and subsidize his daughter Brittany in gymnastics (level 8 at present).”

■ Bill Hagblom celebrated his 90th birthday with a party in his honor. Bill retired from the Walpole Police department in 1974. ■ Paul Kerr writes, “I am enjoying retirement. Still doing a lot of cruises. Still able to golf daily and am enjoying life. Thanks to Hebron.”

1941 S I X T Y- F I F T H

REUNION

Class Agent: John MacDonald judymacd@aol.com Richard Nickerson says he always enjoys hearing from John MacDonald, but has lost touch with other classmates.

1942 Class Agent: Norm Cole ncolseba@aol.com Proc Jones writes, “How regretful that our teen connections tend increasingly to

require such effor to maintain in the din of life’s accruing demands. It seems easier each passing year to relegate times distant to our living archives, enjoyed at wider intervals until brought forth fondly in the summation eventually marks our passing. Though now 64 years out, I remember those golden times at Hebron along with most all my treasured classmates of then as if it were yesterday. For me, Hebron was the key to the door that opened to my life since. Later there were greater influences maybe, and over longer periods, but the Hebron experience and people made my ensuing years, however modest, possible and richer. Because spring reunions once conflicted with those of my college, influencing my absence, now they do not, with Hebron’s sage switch to fall. My first return was for our 60th in 2002. Three of us were there. In 1941–1942 we knew others better than each other, but our bonding was effortless and natural. It was an entirely friendly, sincere and respectful reacquaintance, and we lingered together, resumes pocketed.

We didn’t dwell on it, but we surely missed and reminisced over all the old names and faces and events; we missed being able to greet them and shake their hands once again. I don’t know when or if I’ll get back again, though I am well, but I’d travel sooner had I the chance to see more of my special friends from those dear times.” ■ Bob Preti reports that his grandson, Adam Bryan, graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in May 2005 and is now completing flight training as a naval aviator (jets) at Kingsville (TX) Naval Air

Station. Bob was a Navy pilot during WWII and hopes to “pin” his grandson’s wings upon graduation. Bob is now retired from his law firm—Preti, Flaherty, Beliveau & Pachios—which has offices in Portland, Bath and Augusta, as well as Concord (NH) and Boston. With nine grandchildren in or having graduated from college, and number 10 entering a year from now, Bob and his wife Betty find life to be very fulfilling and exciting.

1943 Class Agent: Gene Smith zachplum@aol.com Lester Bradford writes, “I appreciate the freedom to volunteer with good friends at Habitat for Humanity two days a week— and also I help build and maintain trails for an interstate east-west trail system. And I teach algebra (learned at HA) to adults trying to pass GED tests. Still enjoying summer hikes in the North Cascades and winter skiing at Mt. Baker and Stevens Pass.”

■ David Cates writes, “In the fall of 2005, Jan and I attended an Elderhostel program in association with Explore New York, a university-initiated educational travel group founde din the heart of midtown Manhattan in 1997. It was an excellent program.” ■ Chuck D’Ewart reports that he is in an adult home—”mind in good condition, body poor. Two boys, Peter and Doug, running D’Ewart Representatives LLC. D.J. (wife) OK!” ■ Manny Plavin writes, “Enjoying the good life, living in Florida for the winter and in Maine for the summer. I will be continuing to teach classes in understanding and appreciating classic jazz at Palm Beach Community College as I have done for 10 years.” ■ Robert Speirs cherishes his memories of Hebron and is sorry miss the reunions.

1947 Class Agent: Ernest Rodrigues marod@attglobal.net

1948 Class Agent Needed!

1949 Class Agent: Bob Rich rprich@erlanger-inc.com Richard Levinson writes, “I continue to practice law as a senior partner (due to age) at Levinson Axelrod and all aspects of my life, fortunately, continue as usual. My wife, Susan, just published her 14th book (McGraw Hill, The Book of NO) and my son will be receiving his master’s degree in foreign affairs from NYU in May.”

1950 Class Agent Needed!

William Fisher writes, “I retired in December 2002, but remain healthy and active at age 73. Having been an orthopedic surgeon for 44 years, I am now into woodworking and carving birds of prey. I also fish in Lake Champlain and golf. I do a great deal of repair and upgrading of our two homes.

Reading, other than medical information, has become an area that is is interesting, informative and enjoyable, and something I had little time for during my medical career.”

■ Ralph Wells writes, “On July 23, 2005, we sold our home of 43 years and purchased a 16x80 mobile home. It has 11-foot cathedral ceilings front to rear and is warm and cozy. It is in a seniors community; just our speed.”

Advancement Team Have you ever wondered just what the folks in Hebron’s Advancement and External Relations Department do?

Among us we raise funds to support Hebron Academy’s faculty, students and programs; manage our constituent database; organize events such as receptions and reunions; oversee the web site and produce this magazine.

Our Hebron tenures range from 17plus years to brand new, so we thought we’d take a moment to introduce the team. From the left: Beverly Roy, Director of Alumni and Parent Relations; Dave Inglehart, Communications Coordinator; Susan Stephenson, Individual Giving; Penny Braley, Executive Assistant; Pat Layman, Annual Fund Director; Robert Caldwell, Assistant Head of School for Advancement and External Relations; Jenny Adams, Publications Director; Beth Garza, Research; and Judy Bessey, Database Manager.

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alumni et alumnae 1951 F I F T Y- F I F T H

REUNION

Class Agent: Ted Ruegg rueggnh@midcoast.com Fred French reports, “I continue to recover from my acute cardiac arrest of February 2005. Although I have been cleared to resume domestic travel, I was unable to attend the third U.K./European Symposium on Addictive Disorders (UKESAD) held last month in London. I am now active in planning the 19th Cape Cod Symposium on Addictive Disorders (CCSAD) to be held in September in Hyannis. As founder of CCSAD in 1986, and co-founder of UKESAD, I consider these events as my legacy to the addiction community.” ■ Jay Johnson writes, “Those around me identify me as ‘an artist’ and I receive cash for my renditions of what emerges on paper so it must be true. At the age of 72 you can say I am an artist. Ten pieces were on display this December in the Epiphany Library in Manhattan for one month.” ■ Norm St. Hilaire will begin working at Busch Gardens in September, most likely in the welcoming center. He says to stop in and chat over a beer or two.

1952 Class Agent: Ken Boyle revken60@aol.com Rusty Brace was named Townsperson of the Year by the Camden-Rockport-Lincoln Chamber of Commerce.

1953 Class Agent: Dean Ridlon

1954 Class Agent Needed!

1955 Class Agent: Richard Parker rparker@promedicacrc.com Mo Balboni writes, “Very pleased at attending 50th reunion. Happy to re-meet classmates after so many years. Especially glad to spend some time with my college classmate, Bill Dockser.”

1956 FIFTIETH

REUNION

Class Agent: Kenneth Mortimer 360-527-3584 kmortimer5@comcast.net Joseph Federico writes, “Retired to Oregon—foothills of Umpqua National Forest—fishing, gardening, writing poetry.

Won prize in fall 2005 poetry contest of Oregon State Poetry Assn. Poems published in state and national poetry journals. Hi to Hebron classmates.” ■ Ken Mortimer writes, “I hope you all are planning to attend our 50th reunion! Dave Hambleton, Dave Martin and I have talked and we will be urging everybody to show up. We will be there.” ■ Chris Righter says, “Living well and enjoying it!” ■ Although Lonnie Rogers is “theoretically retired” he wanted to do something with his graduate degrees and experience, so began doing some guardianship work for the courts. He reports that he’s now overwhelmed with 15 wards. ■ Richard Weisman writes, “Retired in 2001. We live 6 months in Mass and 6 months in Florida.

Two grandsons, one 15 and one will be a year old in July. Enjoy travel, reading, sports and boating.”

1957 Class Agent Needed!

Alex Kant writes, “After a brief period of unemployment, I have a new job, one for which three years of Hebron prepared me well. I am teaching at Metro Secure in Dorchester, MA. I am in the revocation unit for boys who have violated parole.”

Mark Your Calendar

Homecoming 2006 Friday, October 6 • Saturday, October 7

1958 Class Agent: Leonard Lee lclee@earthlink.net Fil Lewitt writes, “I am announcing the delight of my recent marriage to the lovely 28-year-old Miss Tomomi Maeda. Those who remember me and actually knew me will not be surprised. We were consecrating the fact of our lives together after five years of being partners/lovers.” ■ Bob McCoy was featured in a recent issue of North Shore Golf Magazine in a story about his quest to play 100 golf courses in 100 days—all over the world. ■ David Vinal writes, “I can still do a 200 but it takes all day. I thought if I could sell my business I would retire, but God seems to have different plans for me. I’m doing well, still married to my wife of 40+ years, 3 kids, 7 grandkids.”

1959 Class Agent: Bernard Helm hebron59@aol.com James Harberson writes, “I am finishing my 20 years as a New York state judge, looking to run for another term. I have had dozens of cases selected for publication in The New York Law Journal and the state’s Trial Reporter due to writing skills learned from Mr. Williams and Mr. Keller—and research skills from Mr. West. Maggie fine.

Jim is a lawyer in Arizona. Justin a doctor at Temple Hospital in Pennsylvania.”

1960 Class Agent: Dave Williams david_williams@ustrust.com

F O R T Y- F I F T H

Tell them you’re from Hebron Academy!

Are you…

• Writing your professional biography?

• Being interviewed by your local paper?

• Sending out a press release about your business?

Don't forget to mention Hebron Academy!

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Class Agent Needed!

As Gordon Gillies retires from his Hebron teaching career, he is also retiring from his duties as class agent. Many thanks to Gordon for his years of service, and best wishes as he moves into his fourth career, Gillies & Fallon Guide Service.

1963 Class Agent: Will Harding Alex Dean writes, “I am a new grandfather—Julia C. Casper was born on September 27, 2004. I spend most of my time on my investment—my boat—at the beach, at board meetings, or playing golf.”

1964 Class Agent: John Giger john@cybergiger.com John Thibodeau writes, “Continue as associate professor of psychiatry at Albany (NY) Medical College. Recently invited to present on theories of advanced child psychodiagnostics at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality Assessment in San Diego, CA. (Very much grieved to hear of death of Homer “Skip” Cilley.)”

1965 Class Agent: Greg Boardman

1966 FORTIETH

1961 Be a Proud Hebronian!

1962

REUNION

Acting Class Agent: Bernard Helm ‘59 hebron59@aol.com Plan to come back to campus for Reunion on October 7. If you would like to take over as class agent, please e-mail acting agent Bernard Helm ’59. Interested in planning reunion activities? Please call or e-mail Beverly Roy at Hebron Academy’s Alumni Office: 207-966-5266, broy@ hebronacademy.org.

REUNION

Class Agent: Harvey Lowd hlowd@ksallc.com Harvey Lowd writes, “Fellow classmates of ’66 I hope this notes finds you all doing well. Most of us are well into the empty nest cycle and some are probably grandparents once or twice by now. Here in the Lowd household my wife Jan and I have been enjoying having both of our kids off to college for the past couple of years.

Andrew (age 22) is going to be a senior at Les McRae College here in North Carolina while Kristin (age 20) is moving into her junior year at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. So far neither one is talking about coming back home so I think that is a good sign. As for me I am thinking about retirement or more accurately— career change —some time in the next few

alumni et alumnae years. I have been a company president for a midsized chemical manufacturer for the last 15 years and it is time to let someone else sit in that seat for a while. I am still trying to figure out what I want to do for the next “hitch” but I am certain things will turn out just fine. I would like to encourage all of you to consider coming back for our 40th reunion, which is scheduled for the weekend of October 7th. My wife and I are hoping to make the trip up from North Carolina which is nearly 1,000 miles, I think.

It would be wonderful if we could have a good turnout and do some reminiscing about the days when we were all a whole lot younger. Give the reunion (can you believe it is 40 years) some consideration and I hope to see you in Hebron in the fall.

If you have a few free minutes send me an email I would love to hear from you. My address is hlowd@ksallc.com.” ■ Chris Buschmann is looking forward to the 40th reunion and hopes the Class of 1966 has as much fun as the class of 1955 did last year, when he helped them celebrate their 50th.

1967 Class Agent Needed!

1968 Class Agent: Robert Lowenthal rlowenth@rochester.rr.com Bob Lowenthal writes, “My wife, our two children (26 and 21) and I are in good health and enjoyed a beautiful summer in upstate New York. I underwent meniscus removal surgery in my right knee in October 2005 and am recovering well. I think it comes from playing soccer, hockey and tennis at Hebron. In December, I was promoted to senior vice president at Canandaigua National Bank where I have been working for the past 11-plus years.

2006 will be another busy year with family, work and friends.”

1969 Class Agent: Jonathan Moll caribjon@aol.com

1970 Class Agent: Craig Clark jcclark@wildblue.net Paul Bartlett is promoting environmentally aware seafood husbandry through Wye Oak Oyster Knife project in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Paul is corporate executive chef at Phillips Seafood Restaurants. ■ Our sympathies go to Ed Bell on the death of his mother in January.

■ Henry Harding writes, My wife, Mary, guest curator at the York Historical Society’s George Marshall Store Gallery, and I visited with Tom Curry ‘76 and his wife, Kim, in Blue Hill. Tom exhibited at

Two Guys and a Football Game O n Friday, February 3, 2006, Jake, the sports nut and football authority, almost 14, accompanied by his grandfather Bill, somewhat over 40, and somewhat of a sports historian, went to the NFL Alumni Awards Dinner and the Superbowl in Detroit. At the dinner were about 25 Hall of Famers and the top 10 current players who were receiving awards, including Seahawks running back Shaun Alexander, ex-Redskin Champ Bailey of Denver and Walter Jones of Seattle. Among those whom we talked to were Troy Aikman, Anthony Munez, Don Shula, Tony Dungee, Jim Brown, Larry Brown, Mike Ditka and Jim Kelly. While Jake did get Troy Aikman’s autograph, he refused to take a picture with him since he was a Cowboy.

When I sat down at our assigned table, a very large man gave a very man-like grumpy greeting and introduced himself as Willie Lanier, Kansas City Chiefs, Hall of Fame linebacker of the century. The conversation wasn’t particularly exciting until he asked me what I did and more specifically, what was the name of my company. When I said CRI, he lit up like a Christmas tree and said “I’m in a whole bunch of CRI deals and I sold CRI deals when I was with Wachovia Securities.” We proceeded to talk about affordable housing, lowincome housing credits, VA housing, tax credit deals non-stop for about 35 minutes. Jake was in awe. Willie in turn introduced us to six or eight of his buddies and both of us kids were in football heaven.

By now, Jake’s football was full of signatures, so we bought another small football. We were near the elevator and heard someone say “There’s Joe.” Jake ran over to congratulate Joe for being such a great Redskin and came back to me and said “I just got Joe Theisman’s autograph!” I said “Jake, you just got Joe Namath’s

autograph!” That particular ball is in my den, not Jake’s. Joe Namath means more to my generation.

Saturday was the NFL Experience at Cobo Hall in Detroit and was a funfilled interactive, exhausting, but outstanding event. Jake and I did a voice-over tape for one of the greatest moments in NFL history—the last five minutes of the Redskins’ victory over Dallas this year on Monday Night Football. When I say voiceover, it’s 90% Jake calling the plays like a pro and Grampy trying to sound like John Madden. We will rent the tape out for die-hard fans and use it for auditioning for jobs on NFL Sports.

Sunday—THE GAME. It was snowing as we left Novi; there were 5–6 inches on the ground and more coming. We got to the Detroit Athletic Club for our pre-game party about noon and it was a lot of fun— lots of food and drink. But Jake and I were really anxious to get into Ford Field. We saw the warm-ups and found our seats which were in the fifth row on the 50 yard line, right behind the Seahawks bench. We could almost touch the Gatorade barrels. I was looking particularly for a young man who graduated from Hebron Academy: Sean Morey ’95, the Special Teams Captain for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Sean and I had never been particularly close since we graduated 40 years apart, but I still wanted to cheer him on.

The pre-game show was awesome and the half-time show was not to be believed; between Stevie Wonder and Mick Jagger, it doesn’t get any better. Our seats were so good that we really did feel like we were in the middle of the game. We decided to root for the Seattle Seahawks for two reasons: they were an NFC team and almost no one else in the stands was rooting for them. It was, 10–1, a Pittsburgh crowd.

The Seahawks clearly outplayed Pittsburgh in the first half, but the officiating was quite bizarre and the score remained pretty close. In the second half, Pittsburgh got lucky, but was clearly helped by the officials, which probably did affect the outcome of the game. None of this deterred the Pittsburgh fans in the least, all of whom were ecstatic about winning the Superbowl after 26 years.

I probably will have to get fitted for a hearing aid since I think my hearing has been negatively affected by the crowd noise, but it was something I will never forget, and sharing it with a grandson who was four days away from his 14th birthday was very special indeed.

We hung around after the game for the awards and confetti showers and then returned to the Detroit Athletic Club for the after-game party. We were exhausted, but still very excited. Jake could barely sleep. I went out like a light.

Monday was easy—up late, town car to the airport, flight back to Washington, DC. Jake slept through the entire flight. Two very happy guys coming home from a great sports trip to Detroit.

Bill Dockser ’55

Future sportscasters Bill Dockser ’55 and his grandson, Jake.

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alumni et alumnae 2006 Hebron Academy Distinguished Service Award

Call for Nominations Established in 1984, The Distinguished Service Award is the Academy’s highest award given out each year to honor a person whose contributions to the Academy and/or society in general are felt to be exemplary. Among those who have been honored are:

the George Marshall Store Gallery from July 23 to September 11, 2005. This visit followed the annual Wooden Boat Regatta, where Ted Warner also was racing.” ■ Kim Kenway reports, “I enjoyed playing in the Hebron alumni hockey game with class agent Craig Clark this year. We stayed upright for two periods and an overtime.”

1971 T H I R T Y- F I F T H

1984 1985 1987 1988 1989

Albert L. Maguire ’36 Arthur W. Sherwood ’47 Stephen W. Lane ’62 Dean E. Ridlon ’53 L. Edward Willard, Jr.* Benjamin Thompson ’39* 1991 Nellie Pottle Hankins ’21 1992 Edith Chase Damon* W. Cotton Damon*

1993 Mary Cary Rea 1994 Albert R. Lepage ‘65 1995 Marjorie Powell* John W. Powell ’35* 1996 Jay L. Woolsey 1997 Harvey A. Lipman ’71 1998 Edward D. Noyes, III ’58 1999 David Rice 2000 Saul B. Cohen ’51

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Beverly Bolton Leyden Robert A. McCormack ‘62 Judith S. Ryan Eleanor Davy Allen Clement S. Dwyer, Jr. ’66

*Co-recipients

The Distinguished Service Award for 2006 will be awarded at Alumni Convocation during Reunion and Homecoming Weekend on Saturday, October 7, 2006.

Deadline for Nominations: Friday August 25, 2006 Distinguished Service Award Nomination Form Name of nominee_________________________________________________________________ Home address __________________________

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Email address____________________________________________________________________ Why are you nominating this person for the Hebron Academy Distinguished Service Award? ______ ______________________________________________________________________________ Please describe how this nominee meets the criteria listed above, include the specific ..... __________

REUNION

Class Agent: Harvey Lipman harveylipman@hotmail.com Arthur Pease writes, “Thanks to the good offices of Harvey Lipman, I was recently able to get in touch with my old friend and classmate, Bill Bacon. Bill and I were best of friends throughout our time at Hebron.

We shared many a wild weekend in Boston back then, not to mention some pretty crazy experiences at Hebron as well. But we had lost touch with each other about 20 years ago when I moved to Germany.

Though it may be very difficult for us to see each other again, it is great for me to know where he is and to be able to stay in touch through emails. When I wrote to Harvey to thank him for having put us in touch, I wrote the following, which I would like to share with you: ‘You spend years with a group of guys and each of them leaves an impression of himself and takes away impressions of others. Those impressions are squirreled away in each person’s memories and may seem to be forgotten.

But a chance reunion can bring the impressions back—this time seen through the lens of time. We then, of course, are confronted with the huge difference between what we were and what we have become. In some cases, that may be too much for even the best of friendships to take; but, on the other hand, it holds the potential for rekindling old friendships and even creating new, deeper ones. Anyway, it is quite something to have known any person outside of your own family for well over thirty years and to still be able to call him a friend!’”

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1972

Is there anything else about this nominee we should know? ________________________________

Class Agent: Steve Gates stephenrgates@msn.com

______________________________________________________________________________ How have you come to know the nominee? _____________________________________________

1973

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Class Agent: Gregory Burns gregmburns@aol.com

Your name ____________________________

Class year _______________________________

Address ________________________________________________________________________ Home telephone ________________________

Business telephone ________________________

Email address____________________________________________________________________ Send completed nomination forms to:Robert M. Caldwell, Assistant Head of School for Advancement & External Relations, Hebron Academy, P.O. Box 309, Hebron, ME 04238. Fax: 207-966-2004. Email: rcaldwell@hebronacademy.org

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1974 Class Agent Needed!

Leo Hill writes, “Retired as chief engineer after 23 years in merchant marine. Now director of facilities for Brunswick Housing Authority. Wife Lisa has over 20 years with American Airlines. Two daughters,

alumni et alumnae Mark Your Calendar

Homecoming 2006 Friday, October 6 • Saturday, October 7 Stephanie, 13, and Allison, 11. Have seen classmates John Collier, Bud Willey, Roger Clark, Peter Simmons, Mike Feldman, Mark Wonsor (Wombat) and Mark Jorgensen this year and everyone seems to be doing really well.”

1975 Class Agent: Ellen Augusta eaugusta@msn.com Patrick Lyness writes, “Retired from the Navy. Now working in sales and marketing in the defense electronics industry for Curtiss-Wright. Moved around a lot but have been living in Massachusetts for the last 4 years. Married, 2 children (girls) ages 10 and 12 (in March 2006). Still swim once or twice a week; probably a lot faster than Steve Rote or Paul Leger ’76 now.” ■ Our sympathies go to Susan Rice on the death of her husband in April.

1976 THIRTIETH

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Class Agent: Reed Chapman

1977 Class Agent: Carolyn Adams cadams@hargray.com Jim Tweedie writes, “Dear ’77 mates, since I saw you last I guess it’s been, let’s say, interesting! Waiter, cook, chef, carpenter, ocean-front motel owner, sexton and now a general contractor! I am happy to report that my oldest son has graduated from USM as a music major and my son Calvin is currently enrolled at Hebron.That makes three generations of Tweedies living the Hebron way. I am sure you remember my father’s (James Sr. ’37) visits to the Academy. Now I know why I could never get him to leave—Calvin is going through the same thing with me.

The 20th reunion was excellent; what happened at the 25th? Come to Bar Harbor!”

1978 Class Agent Needed!

John Benbow writes, “I have been enjoying my life in southeastern CT, conducting research towards new therapies for diabetes care as a member of Pfizer Inc.’s scientific staff. Holding on to some of my academic passion, I also am actively involved in diversity recruiting efforts as well as specific initiatives trying to address attrition of women and minorities in graduate-level programs, particularly chemistry. As of November 11, 2005, and thanks to the legislature in CT, my partner of 9+ years and I were able to enter into a civil union. We happily reside in Norwich, with our four cats and many gardens.”

1979 Class Agent: Brian Cloherty mnclohertys@earthlink.net Brian Cloherty reports, “Greetings from Northfield MN. We have been here four years now. The kids, Daniel, 10; Elizabeth, 8; and Kate, 5; enjoy hockey, skiing and other winter activities. Northfield is home to Carleton College and St. Olaf. Anyone visiting the colleges or in the area should look us up.” ■ John Zarchen writes, “I hope all of you are doing great—my family is terrific and I swear I’ll get to Homecoming one of these years!”

1980

1982

Class Agent Needed!

Class Agent: Joy Dubin Grossman

Todd Danforth writes, “Thanks to all of you who made contributions to the class report that Andrew Smith engineered. It was a wonderful addition to the reunion festivities. As class agent, reconnecting with many of you around the reunion planning and following-up afterwards has been gratifying and a wicked lot of fun, but after three years I need to pass the baton and am hoping one of you might be willing to take over. If interested, call Beverly Roy in Hebron’s Alumni Office (207-966-5266).

Best wishes for a great summer.”

Michelle Lenoue writes, “I recently returned from Chiapas, Mexico, where I was doing field work and research for my masters in Latin American studies. I’m in San Diego finishing my thesis and doing solidarity work with the Zapatistas (a Mexican indigenous rights movement).

1981

Deb Beacham Bloomingdale writes, “Wow, I cannot believe it has been 23 years since we graduated; I certainly hope

T W E N T Y- F I F T H

REUNION

Class Agents: Robert Morrissey rmorrissey1@nyc.rr.com Jim Skiff skiff@lincoln.midcoast.com Mike Britt writes, “Congratulations to the Lumberjacks on their Evergreen League championship!” ■ Jane Hepburn Fiore writes, “This is a big one—25 years! I know that life and schedules are more complicated now, but SAVE THE DATE! We’ve had a great turnout every 5 years. This one could be the best yet! I am looking forward to working with Jim Skiff and Bob Morrissey to recruit attendees; we don’t care how far away you live—you need to find your way to Maine again. Girls: Sarah, Sally, Eileen, Laura, Jennifer, Nancy, Annie, Beth, Ruthanne, Darlene, Carolyn, Mary and Pam—I know we don’t have the most regular communication, but you know when we get together it’s like being 18 again. Go get your Botox and be there!” ■ Kate Perkins reports, “Still busy raising our boys—Jake, 6, and Nate, 4—and working at a wonderful non-profit. Twenty-five years after Hebron, 10 years with Margie.

‘What a long, strange trip it’s been.’”

1983 Class Agent: Deb Beacham Bloomingdale debbiedale@adelphia.net

Unions 1956 Annette Luther and John Sherden, in 2003.

1958 Tomomi Maeda and Fil Lewitt, on May 24, 2006, in Kyoto, Japan.

1978 John Benbow and Ernest Green, on November 11, 2005.

1987 Garrett Cobb and Steve Gentile, in December 2005.

1990 Jessica Laitres and Tim Deschaines, in October 2004.

1996 Susan Price and Andy Stephenson, on December 31, 2005, in Portland.

New Arrivals 1987 To Bob and Kate Thoman Crowley, a son, Charles Lawrence Crowley, on January 2, 2006.

1995 To Cara and Sean Morey, a daughter, Katheryn, on December 12, 2005.

To Tracey and Leigh Stevens, twins Luke Gabriel and Abigail Rose, on August 2, 2005.

From left: Jack Iveson ’87, Susan Taylor Lekborg ’87 and Michael Lekborg were among the guests at classmate Garrett Cobb’s December 2005 wedding in Newport, Rhode Island.

1997 To Robert and Barbara Zewe Weaver, a daughter, Sophia Elisabeth, on December 21, 2005.

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alumni et alumnae MacMahon has four children: Isabelle, Madeline, Malcolm and Holden; and Nala, a 2-year-old lab.

Note from New Brunswick: Reed Claiborne ’89 The World Pond Hockey Championship tournament was a fundraiser for a local rink in Plaster Rock, New Brunswick, Canada. It was 120 teams from 12 countries playing 4-on-4, no boards, no goalies, five games, 30 minutes each, no subs, and dear God, was it fun. We played against four teams from Canada and a team from Switzerland (a night game, a rain game and three games in sub-freezing temperatures.) The game it rained we won, but we were soaked to the core. The next day, the temperature reached a balmy 4 degrees (at 9:00 a.m.). The morning game was great: fun and frozen, and we we were just glad to be on the ice. When the game ended it took us 10 minutes to get our skates off because the laces were frozen to our boots. When they finally came off there was ice on my socks. And at that moment I could not think of a place I would have rather been. I hope to go back next year, and if I do maybe I should have a Hebron logo on my jersey and a heater to keep my drinks from freezing. The games and the experience reminded me of playing at Hebron on the outdoor rink.

The new rink at Hebron is great, but there was something special about playing an entire season outdoors.

1990 Class Agent: Jim Hill james.hill@hillmech.com Tim Bell writes, “Doing design work and stalking Christina Bournakel ’89.” ■ Tim Deschaines writes, “Currently teaching at Middlebury College in Vermont. Started here in August, 2005. Finished up at University of New Hampshire about 2 weeks before starting at Middlebury, so there was a lot of fierce packing, moving, unpacking and settling in those 2 weeks.

Older news, got married in October of 2004 to Jessica Laitres.” ■ Luke Hanbury is living in Portland and working for Verizon. He was recently voted Portland’s Funniest Professional and reports that he is avoiding Tim Bell. ■ Tony Mottola was recently appointed new head coach of the Ridge High School (NJ) football team.

1991 FIFTEENTH

REUNION

Class Agent Needed!

I don't look as old as that should feel. My ties to school continue to grow as my son AJ will hopefully be attending Hebron in the fall of 2008 as a freshman. He decided that Hebron is where he wants to be which makes us very happy and a little sad at the same time. We weren't planning on doing the boarding school thing with him but he really wants it for all of the right reasons.

Molly will be entering middle school next year so we will still have her at home for a while longer, thank God! Andy is doing great and I am still playing a ton of tennis and would love to hear from any of you.

The campus looks fantastic and the school is doing great, let's try to get a good turnout for our 25th in the fall of 2008, I know I will be there and I hope to see a lot of you there as well.” ■ Lesli Hinman Brisson reports, “I had a great month in Maine last summer. I spent a week in Rangeley with our family and ironically our cabin was next to Bill Hiss’s. We met his kids and enjoyed some Hebron conversation. I then ran into Bruce and Betsy Found in L.L. Bean and they got the chance to meet my kids and while talking to them I was introduced to Ellen Augusta ’75.”

1984 Class Agent: Deb Schiavi Cote debscote@yahoo.com Tanya Harden Berry writes, “I am living back downeast in Harrington, raising a family. I am the program director for a day program for people with Alzheimer’s/ dementia/memory loss. I have three kids.

My oldest turns 21 this year (he came with the marriage as a two-year-old), my daughter is in the eighth grade, my

youngest is in the fourth grade. We have a ‘farmette’-dogs, cats, ducks, fish, an iguana, horse and a foal coming in the spring. Needless to say, I stay busy!”

1985 Class Agent: Eric Shediac

1986 TWENTIETH

REUNION

Class Agent: Carl Engel carlengel85@msn.com Jon Crane writes, “Erica and I are raising 3 kids and beef cattle on our spread in Warren, ME.” ■ “Doc” Murnane writes, “All is well here in Marblehead with my wife Maura and son Conor. Still working as director of government relations and attorney for Comcast Corporation. Hope all is well with the Class of 1986!”

1987

laugh!) and working in mid-town Manhattan as corporate communication manager for Verizon Business northeast sales. Just finished my MS in organizational psychology (this past month)…so basically all is well!” ■ Hannah Turlish just finished her first year as history department chair at the Spence School in Manhattan. ■ Derf Williams writes, “I’ve spent all of 2006 battling and recovering from a high grade bone cancer. The fight is ongoing, but it looks like I have it beat (knock knock). I would love to hear from anyone. I’m living in Charleston, SC, now and going through the day to day. Cancer can be beat, you just have to believe.

Through all of this I do think of my days at Hebron and my lessons learned and it has helped me through this fight. Hope all is well with everyone else. I’d like to shout out to Kristi, Maggie, Hillary, Diller, Rico and Tyler—I hope to hear from you all.

Please call any time. 843-766-5503 or Derf315@yahoo.com.”

1988 Class Agent Needed!

Class Agent: Kate Thoman Crowley Paul Emerson is working for a software company in Nashua, NH. He and his wife live in Massachusetts with their children Rosie and Ryan. ■ Garrett Cobb Gentile writes, “Got married last December 2005 (finally!) to the “love of my life” in a beautiful winter wedding in Newport RI! Was graced by some Hebron alumni presence in the form of Jack Iveson, Susan Taylor and Kristin Bulman ’88 and a great time was had by all—perfect venue for a mini reunion! Living in the suburbs (don’t

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1989 Class Agent: Hayes McCarthy hayes@bonvisagegroup.com Christina Bournakel writes, “Living in Portland area and loving it. Enjoyed seeing old and new faces at Gritty’s. Fostering Tim Bell ’90’s children.” ■ Amy Clark is busy with graduate school, teaching adapted physical education and teaching and coaching swimming. ■ Mark

Plan to come back to campus for Reunion on October 7. If you would like to take over as class agent or help plan reunion activities, please call or e-mail Beverly Roy at Hebron Academy’s Alumni Office: 207966-5266, broy@hebronacademy.org. ■ Sarah MacMahon writes, “Had my midlife crisis early, and am now a nurse! Working at Maine Med.”

1992 Class Agent Needed!

1993 Class Agent: Marko Radosavljevic mradosav@alumni.bates.edu

1994 Class Agent Needed!

After a year in Paraguay on a Fulbright Scholarship, Emily Harvey is now doing a six-month internship with the United Nations Educational Scientific Cultural Organization in France.

1995 Class Agent: Jessie Maher haclassof95@yahoo.com Class Agent Jessie Maher writes, “Since I’ve asked all of you to update me on your lives, I thought it only right that I update you on mine. I still live in Northern Virginia.

I’ve even bought a house here so I’m pretty settled (for a while at least). I’ve recently

alumni et alumnae Mark Your Calendar

Homecoming 2006 Friday, October 6 • Saturday, October 7 changed jobs within my company and I’m now consulting for the State Department, both in the Iraq Policy and Operations Group and on another project helping to research and design a Civilian Reserve for the government. It’s a long commute into DC everyday but it’s worth it! I try to keep in touch with a few friends here and there.

I do stay in pretty close contact with Ellen St. Cyr May. She and her husband Sam moved back to Virginia Beach just in time to have their second child. Baby Maggie joins her brother Henry in rounding out the May crew! I also wanted to thank everyone who attended reunion this past year. It was a small showing but a great chance to catch up!” ■ Congratulations to Sean Morey and his Pittsburgh Steelers teammates on their Superbowl win in February! ■ With new twins and a two-year-old, Leigh Stevens and his wife have moved back home. Leigh has a new job as herdsman at Ferland Dairy Farm in Poland and says that although they are very busy people, he wouldn’t trade this for anything.

1996 TENTH

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Class Agent: Devon Biondi dmbiondi@yahoo.com Class Agent Devon Biondi writes, “It's hard to believe that it’s been 10 years since we walked across the Bowl for graduation, but our tenth reunion is fast approaching. While many of us have stayed in touch with their close friends, our class has not had the opportunity to gather and catch up on all we have done since graduation (i.e. marriages, children, new jobs, old jobs, presidencies...who knows?). I will be putting together a site where you can receive updates for reunion—different events at local watering holes (the ones we weren't supposed to be old enough to go to) as well as events sponsored by Hebron. Please drop me a line at dmbiondi@yahoo.com so I can update contacts and keep everyone posted on reunion.

I look forward to seeing you all! Take care.”

■ From Ronaldo De Capua ’97 we hear that Eid Mansur is in Sao Paulo where his family owns 11 gas stations.

1997 Class Agent: Matt Fournier mfournie@bowdoin.edu Ronaldo De Capua and Carlos Lorca ’96 got together in Sao Paulo to watch Sean Morey ‘95 play in the Superbowl. Carlos has a Spanish restaurant in Sao Paulo and Ronaldo is working in real estate. He also tells us that Virginie Dubrule is married and has two chil-

dren. She works with her mother in the family’s chain of furniture stores. ■ Felipe Lorca is living in Madrid and working in a bank. He runs into Yas Yaseyama ’96 fairly often.

1998 Class Agent: Janna Rearick jannarearick@gmail.com Kirsten Ness writes, “I have just finished my first year as a teaching assistant in the biology department at Colby College. I also finished my master’s degree in ecology and environmental science at UMaine.” ■ Janna Rearick writes, “I’ve taken over for Brian Toole as the Class Agent for the class of ’98...I hope you’ll write and let me know what you're doing! I’m teaching kindergarten in Korea for a few months and then will be moving to the University of Michigan for law school, so I should be settled in Ann Arbor for at least the next three years. At the moment, I don’t have a consistent mailing address, so send me an email at jannarearick@ gmail.com. I’m also looking into setting up a listserv for the class, but most of the email addresses that the alumni office has sent me are out of date. Let me know if you'd be interested in being on a class email list—something like a Yahoo group—I think it would be good to have an informal way to keep in touch and exchange info. Meanwhile, hope everyone is having a great summer! Drop me an email when you can.”

1999 Class Agent: Joe Patry joseph.patry@gmail.com Ryan Curley is living in Miami and working in sales for Royal Caribbean. ■ Joe Patry graduated from law school in May and will be an associate for a law firm in Washington.

2000 Class Agent: Cori Hartman-Frey corinnahf@gmail.com Diana MacMahon is working on a graduate program in speech pathology.

2001 FIFTH

REUNION

Class Agent: Nick Leyden nick_leyden@hotmail.com

College. He received a bachelor’s degree in graphic design. He plans to work for a year, save money and move to Park City, UT, to train for the World Cup snowboarding circuit. ■ Emily Garbarini will be entering the masters of nursing program next spring and is currently working at the Medical University of South Carolina. ■ Stu Hedstrom is working for a small newspaper in Dover-Foxcroft, covering local news and sports. ■ Congratulations to Andria Helm, who received an encouragement award in her district in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions in January. She was also accepted into both the Manhattan School of Music in New York and the College Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati for their master's programs.

CCM offered her a full scholarship to attend, so she will be pursuing her master's in voice there. “I’m excited that I get to stay in Cincinnati,” she reports. “New York was fantastic when I visited, and I want to end up there eventually, but I want to be set up solidly before I go.” ■ David Lisnik is working for a surveying company in Colorado and takes in Colorado Rockies games in his free time. ■ Shep Stephenson graduated from UNCChapel Hill in May and is in graduate school at William & Mary, studying school psychology. ■ Cathie Quinlan is coaching JV girls’ hockey at Pomfret Academy, where she also works in the Admissions Office.

2002 Class Agents: Katie Curtis, Chris Dyer, Emily Geismar and James LeBlanc Seth Conger graduated from Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Seth majored in economics and was president of Delta Chi for two years. He will be working for the Rochester Rhinos and Rattlers in sales and marketing and coaching a local lacrosse team. ■ Congratulations to Katie Curtis who was named to the Division III Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association All-America First Team. Katie is a member of Colby’s varsity crew team. ■ Chris Dyer writes, “One semester left—making my own graduation party in the winter of 2006. Come visit me in Portland.” ■ Matt Hitchcock worked and lived in Australia for about 4 months, then decided to go to Guatemala. “It’s beautiful and the people are great, Matt reports. “I teach a class of fourth, fifth and sixth graders. It is an English-speaking school which makes life a little easier. It’s a great place and I love the kids and the school. Maybe could set up some sort of pen pal thing with some kids at Hebron. The kids down here love to hear about the States, especially people who have seen snow!” ■ James LeBlanc graduated from USM with a major in recreation and leisure and a minor in French. He played hockey all four years.

2003 Class Agent: Sara Marquis sarainathens@hotmail.com Stephen Lurvey reports that he’s getting As and Bs at Unity College, where he’s majoring in conservation law enforcement.

He’s working in Maine fisheries this summer. ■ Sara Marquis writes, “Back from Greece—had an amazing time! I was promoted to an assistant manager at Vector Marketing and I’m still selling knives!

Heading into my senior year at MHC without any concrete idea of what I’ll do come May. We’ve been away from Hebron long enough to begin reflecting back on the ways Hebron impacted and shaped our lives to where we are now. I know I would love to hear what has been happening in your lives and I think I can say your classmates would as well! Giving to Hebron is also another great way to express your gratitude for how it helped you be who you have become!” ■ Rachel Sukeforth writes, “After a semester in Ireland, I will be staying in Geneva (NY) again this summer to conduct research in limnology on the Finger Lakes.”

2004 Cindy Lebel was named the Female Athlete of the Year for St. Anselm College.

Cindy led the team with 17 goals and 21 assists and was previously named the ECAC Player of the Year. She was also named a co-captain for next year's team.

■ Christine Little was named to the dean’s list at Boston University. ■ Lisa Lundstrom was named to the fall dean’s list at the University of New England. ■ Heidi Lurvey is transferring to Boston and plans to major in pre-veterinary medicine.

2005 Class Agent: Tina Voigt tinafish33@aol.com Mike Sedgewick was named to the dean’s list at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. ■ Tina Voigt was named to the dean’s list at Clark University.

Former Faculty Betsy Loyd is enjoying Iowa but missing Maine and Hebron. ■ Frank Pergolizzi is a finalist for athletic director at the University of Maine. ■ From Jay Woolsey’s brother, Tom: “Jay was looking forward to attending his 50th reunion at The Pingry School this year. Unfortunately, he was struck by a pickup truck on January 21, 2006, while bicycling near his winter home in Tucson. Although he was wearing a helmet, MRI and CAT scans showed severe brain damage and there is little chance of his ever regaining conciousness.”

Steve Fleck graduated magna cum laude and second in his class from Becker

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Obituaries 1932 Elliott A. Sturgis died April 8, 2006, in Auburn. He was born in Portland, the son of Adelaid Sweeny and Guy Hayden Sturgis. He attended the University of Maine. He was a manager of the men’s department at the former Rines Brothers clothing store in Portland. He operated a cleaning business in Kittery. During the war, Mr. Sturgis worked as a welder at the Portland Shipyard. In 1945 he opened the country store at Upper Gloucester, which he owned and operated for 32 years, retiring in 1977. While he ran the store he began a deer hunting contest and was one of the organizers of the local Rod and Gun Club. He was also a member of the Redmen. He was a member of the parish of the First Congregational Church of New Gloucester, where he served as trustee.

He also served on the New Gloucester Cemetery Association for 22 years. After retiring, Mr. Sturgis and his wife spent winters in Florida where they indulged their love of golf all winter long. Mr. Sturgis is survived by his wife, Orlean; children Guy and Katherine; one granddaughter; three grandsons; five great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by a sister, Eleanor, and three brothers, Guy, John and Fred.

1935 William John Plikaitis died March 20, 2006, in Connecticut. He was born in Naugatuck, the son of the Vincent John and Catherine Poscavage Plikaitis. He was a retired foreman for the Farrel Corporation of Ansonia, where he had been employed for 33 years, and where he was a member of their Old-Timer’s Club. He was a communicant of St. Anthony’s Church. He was a member and past president of the Eagles of Naugatuck, a member of the Elks Club of Naugatuck, a member of the Knights of Columbus of Naugatuck, and a cofounder of the Golden Gloves of Naugatuck and Seymour. Mr. Plikaitis is survived by his wife of 64 years, Nell Vaitkus Plikaitis; children William and Jane; a sister, Ann; four grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

1937 Delmar D. Shaw, Jr. died on April 6, 2006, in Portland. He was born in Scarborough, the only son of Dorothy and Delmar Shaw.

He attended the University of Maine before going to California in 1940 to work at Consolidated Aircraft Co. in San Diego.

He and his wife later returned to Maine where Mr. Shaw worked at the South Portland Shipyard, first as a welder, then on the installation of the main engines for the Liberty Ships being built there. He was drafted into military service with the Navy

in 1944, where he studied electronics and learned to repair and maintain aircraft communications and radar equipment. He was discharged in 1946 and went to work for New England Telephone Co. He retired in 1977 after almost 31 years with the company. Mr. Shaw enjoyed golf, woodworking and impeccably maintaining his home and yard. He was an avid reader of Civil War history books and thriller novels, and enjoyed dancing. In later years, he became interested in genealogy. Mr. Shaw is survived by his wife of 65 years, Frances; three children, Susan, Brian and Daryl; three grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Rachael and Marguerite.

His twin sister Jocelyn predeceased him.

Henry A. Shorey, III died April 30, 2006, in Bridgton. He was born in 1918, son of Henry and Helen March Shorey. Mr. Shorey graduated from Bowdoin College in 1941 and enlisted in the U.S. Army as a private.

He graduated from Officer Training School and became an artillery air observer. He was injured when his plane was hit by German fighters and received the Air Medal and Purple Heart. He retired as a first lieutenant of the Field Artillery in 1945. He married Eula Enochs in 1945. In 1952, after the death of his father, he returned to Bridgton to take over the Bridgton News, which was founded by his grandfather in 1870. Mr. Shorey was an organizing member of the Bridgton Industrial Commission. With two cousins, he established a family scholarship at Bowdoin College. He was a former King Lion of the Bridgton Lions Club, Bridgton Public Library trustee and president of the board, president of the Maine Press Association, a trustee of Bridgton Academy and treasurer for 10 years, president of the Bridgton High School Scholarship Foundation, former Bowdoin College council member, charter member of the Bridgton Historical Society, served as president of the Bridgton Chamber of Commerce and was a trustee of the Bridgton Water District. He was a member of the Ambassadors’ Club and the Retired Officers’ Club, Military Officers of America, Sun City, Florida. He was a member of the First Congregational Church in Bridgton, where for many years he was a member of the choir. Mr. Shorey is survived by his wife; a daughter, Mary Shorey; a son, Stephen Shorey; two granddaughters; and several second cousins. He was predeceased by his sister, Elizabeth Shorey.

1939 George Floyd White died March 5, 2006, in Wakefield, Rhode Island. He was born in 1922, son of George and Edith Clark White. Mr. White graduated from Penn State with a degree in forestry. He served as skipper of a crash boat in the Navy’s Air

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Sea Rescue service during World War II. Following the war, he worked as the southern New England regional sales representative for Weyrhaeuser Corporation, retiring after 35 years. Following his retirement he worked in real estate in Charlestown. Mr. White’s passions were his family, vegetable gardening, and raising and showing pedigree dogs. Through the years he raised basset hounds, Scottish terriers and champion Labrador retrievers. He was past president of the St. Hubert Kennel Club and was a member of the Labrador Retriever Club, Inc. and the Pawcatuck River Labrador Retriever Club.

He was also a longtime American Kennel Club licensed Labrador retriever show judge. Mr. White is survived by his wife, Louise; his children Claire White-Peterson, Lois White Gagne and George F. White, III; a niece; four grandchildren and a greatnephew. He was predeceased by a sister, Jean White Williams.

1940 Richard “Dick” Henry Fuller died peacefully at home in Cumberland on February 22, 2006, with his family at his side. He was born in 1919 to Maurice E. and Myrtle York Fuller. Mr. Fuller graduated from the University of Maine at Orono in 1944. He was an avid University of Maine football, ice hockey, track, and baseball fan. Mr. Fuller played football and was a track team member at Deering High School and the University of Maine. He skied at many Maine and New Hampshire ski areas. He enjoyed archery and was a member of the Sokokis Bow Hunters. He married Dorrice Helen Dow in 1945; she died in 1968. He married Marion Munsey Hays in 1969. For many years Mr. Fuller was a partner in a family owned automotive business, Fuller’s Inc. He later worked in sales at Official Fire Equipment, Eric Trailers, and the Deering Family Restaurants. He trained and showed boxers and was president of the All Maine Boxer Club in the 1950s. He was the assistant scout master of Troop 80 in Cape Elizabeth for many years. He was also a member of the Masons and Shriners. He had a passionate interest in researching family history. The Fullers traveled to many countries for Heifer Project International, an organization that took animals and agricultural supplies to third world countries.

Mr. Fuller was a member of the United Church of Christ on Meeting House Hill in South Portland and, most recently, a member of the Greater Grace Bible Church in Gorham. He was predeceased by a brother, Robert L. Fuller. He is survived by his wife, Marion; two sons, John Andrew ‘Drew’ Fuller and Donald Hugh Fuller; a daughter, Meredith Fuller-Young; a step-daughter, Patricia Gene Fischer; a step-son, James Munsey Hays; two granddaughters; four step-grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews.

1942 William Francis Carrigan, Jr. died peacefully at home, surrounded by his family, on February 27, 2006. He received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Maine

and was an Army veteran. He spent his professional life as a stockbroker and bank director in Lewiston. An animal lover, Mr. Carrigan spent his free time with his dogs and tending his beloved birds. He loved spending time at his camp on Lake Annabessacook, where he spent every summer watching the Red Sox and reminiscing with family and friends. Mr. Carrigan is survived by his wife of 50 years, Esther; three children, Sheila DePalman, Diana Carrigan and Bill Carrigan; three grandchildren and two sisters.

Robert Myles Ferrick died November 26, 2005 in Falmouth, Massachusetts. He was born in 1924 in Medford, Massachusetts.

He was a member of Corpus Christi Catholic Church and a veteran of World War II. Survivors include his wife, Jane P. Ferrick; daughters Christine Ferrick, Jane F. Ferrick and Marian Ferrick; son Myles R. Ferrick; brother Myles Joseph Ferrick; and sister Mary Lewis.

Domenic “Doc” Merloni died April 4, 2006, in Palm Desert, California. Dr. Merloni was the son of Luigi and Maria Bucchi Merloni.

In 1943 he enlisted in the Army Air Corps.

He was wounded and received an honorable discharge. He attended Tufts University and graduated from Tufts Dental School in 1950. Dr. Merloni practiced dentistry in Framingham for 48 years. He also served as president on the Ashland Board of Health.

Dr. Merloni specialized in endodontics. He was a member of the A.D.A., fellow of the International College of Dentists, Diplomate National Society of Endodontic and president of the Massachusetts Endodontic Study Group. He enjoyed teaching at the School of Endodontic at Tufts School of Dentistry. He held a private pilots license and instrument rating. He loved the outdoors and enjoyed hunting and fishing, especially on the Miramichi River in New Brunswick. Dr. Merloni is survived by his wife of 31 years, Gail Fript Merloni; four children, Peter, Dana, Jean and Joan; a brother, Alfred; 10 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and many special nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by four brothers, Peter, Louis, Benito and James.

1945 William “Bill” Moore died peacefully at his home on January 29, 2006, after a fight with cancer. He was born in Kittery, son of Henry S. and Olive Trefethen Moore. He earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Maine and a master’s from the University of New Hampshire. Mr. Moore enjoyed hunting, fishing and skiing, but his real love was theater. He was a lifetime emeritus board member of the Stowe (VT) Theater Guild and was involved in many productions. He was also a science teacher at Stowe Middle School.

He and his wife came to Stowe in 1978 as owners of the Buccaneer Motel. Mr. Moore is survived by Pat, his beloved wife of 57 years; daughters Katherine, Karen and Debra; sons Bill and Michael; and 12 grandchildren. His brother, Henry, predeceased him.

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John Joseph Godin died December 22, 2005, in Sherman Oaks, California. Mr. Godin was born in Lewiston, the son of Joseph and Lilliam Mae Bean Godin. He attended Bates College and the University of Maine before graduating from NYU in 1962. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War and was a member fo the First Army Honor Guard stationed at Governors Island, NY. Mr. Godin enjoyed a long and distinguished career in communications for IBM World Trade. Upon his retirement in 1988, he returned to his home in Scarborough, NY, and then moved to Portsmouth, NH. An avid golfer, he also enjoyed crossword puzzles and traveling with his wife of 50 years, Connie Gurney Godin. Mr. Godin is survived by his wife; his daughter Tawny Little Welch; and three grandsons.

Edward “Ned” Hall Sargent of Upper Lake, California, died on November 30, 2005 at age 56. Raised in Newbury, Massachusetts, Mr. Sargent attended American University and graduated from the University of Utah with a B.A. in Anthropology. He lived in California for many years where he pursued his passion for landscape and architecture photography, beginning first with a 35 mm camera and later working with the large format camera. In addition to travels throughout the eastern and western regions of the US, Mr. Sargent traveled to Egypt, Mexico and Central and South America with his camera. At his home in Upper Lake he raised Labradors and transformed an aging walnut orchard into a productive farm. Mr. Sargent was the son of E. Marshall and Dorothy Joy Sargent (both deceased). He is survived by his partner Karen Sandoval; brothers Thomas Sargent and Frederick Sargent; and sister Joy Sargent Pollock. A celebration of his life was held on December 7th at his farm in Upper Lake.

1956 Paul F. Drouin died unexpectedly on April 17, 2006, in Hyannis, Massachusetts. He was born in Concord and raised on Cape Cod. A graduate of the Realtor Institute, he worked in the real estate business for more than 40 years. Mr. Drouin was active in several local civic organizations including the Hyannis Civic Association, where he served as president, and the Cape Cod Historical Maritime Museum, where he was a founding director. He was a board member of the Hyannis Main Street Waterfront Historic Commission and a member of the Hyannis Revitalization Action Group, Hyannis Harbor Action Group, Hyannis Area Chamber of Commerce, the Cape Cod and Islands Board of Realtors and the Cape Cod and Islands Multiple Listing Service. He enjoyed his toy soldier collection, model cards and antiques. He also collected postcards, especially ones of Hyannis. He loved dogs and rescued several from local shelters. Mr. Drouin is survived by a son, Paul Drouin, Jr.; a sister, Janet Jansesn; a grandson; two nieces; a nephew; and his longtime companion Anne Sweeney.

1964 Peter Putnam James died March 29, 2006, at the Veterans’ Hospital at Togus after a long illness. He was born in Lewiston, a son of John A. and Barbara Moore James. He was a proud member of the U.S. Air Force, serving at bases in Minnesota and Maine. He also served as a helicopter pilot in the Maine Air National Guard. He had a lifelong love of flying, earning his pilots license from Twitchell’s Airport at the age of 16. Mr. James flew for Downeast Airlines and was a flight instructor at the Auburn-Lewiston, Rockland and Old Town airports. He was especially proud of his participation as an associate member of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War. He was a voracious reader and a kind friend to those who shared his surroundings at the Veterans’ Hospital. Mr. James is survived by his father, John; two brothers, Richard and Jonathan ‘75; three sisters, Judith Upham, Susan Dowe and Barbara Mora; seven nieces; seven nephews; one grandniece; and one grandnephew.

1970 Theodore Hayes Warner, Jr. died unexpectedly on May 4, 2006, in Ellsworth. He was born in 1951, a son of Theodore and Ann Fleming Warner. He attended the University of Maine. Owner of Warner Woodworking, Mr. Warner was a master craftsman who did traditional timber framing and fine joinery. His projects took him to various locations throughout New England and beyond. As a young man, Mr. Warner was instrumental in the formation of the Portland Men’s Soccer League. For over a decade, he was involved in various youth soccer teams, including elite travel teams, which won many state championships. Ted also volunteered in athletic activities such as little league, tennis and ski programs for children and young adults. He was a concerned citizen and a regular feature at town meetings. A talented athlete who excelled in a multitude of sports, Mr. Warner especially enjoyed playing competitive squash and rugby. His passion for wood led him to the restoration and racing of vintage sailboats. As an artist, he wrote poetry and was a selftaught musician, with a fondess for the banjo. He delighted friends and family with his mischievous sense of humor. Mr. Warner is survived by his wife, Sabrina; daughter Margaret; son Jake; his parents; his sister, Jane Warner Ditmars; and five nieces and nephews.

Former Trustee Mike Grossman died December 14, 2005.

Mr. Grossman was chairman and chief executive officer of Grossman’s Lumber, founded by his grandfather in the late 1800s. He retired in 1990. He was an avid skier and had a great deal of compassion for and curiosity about people. He served on the boards of several businesses and received the Silver Jubilee Prime Minister’s Award from Israel in 1972. Mr. Grossman helped found Congregation Shir Shalom, served as a director of Temple Emeth in

Gerald M. Tabenken ’40, Trustee Hebron Academy trustee Gerald M. Tabenken died on April 13, 2006 in Portland. He was born in Portland in 1922, a son of Harry and Leah (Maisel) Tabenken. His family moved to Bangor when he was eight years of age where he attended grade school.

He was a member of the Class of ‘44 at the University of Maine. Following graduation from the University Mr. Tabenken served in the U.S. Navy and was a member of the V12 program at Bates College. Following World War II, he did graduate study at Ohio State University and Northwestern University in Illinois. In 1954, he married Ruth Goldberg, who was a source of inspiration and support for him for the remainder of his life. Mr. Tabenken was a well-known and respected businessman in Bangor for many years. He was president of the Tabenken Corporation, a wholesale distributor and importer of wine and malt beverages; Tabenken Trading LTD; and Tablease, Inc., He was also chairman of Wine Marketing, International in San Mateo, California. In recent years he served as vice president for government affairs of Bio Defense Corporation of Lexington, Massachusetts. In 1977, Mr. Tabenken was elected president of the National Beer Wholesalers Association, then headquartered in Chicago. He was the moving force of a major reorganization and revitalization of NBWA, including its relocation to Washington, D.C., and the establishment of closer working relationships with the brewing industry, which honored him in 1980 as Man of the Year for his achievements in articulating and promoting the shared concerns of the beverage industry. In 1978, he was unanimously elected to a second term as president of NBWA, the only person in the history of the Association to serve two consecutive terms as president. He traveled extensively on behalf of the Association and worked tirelessly on industry issues and interests during his two years as president of NBWA, which recognized him for his dynamic and innovative leadership with a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2001. Mr. Tabenken’s interests were many and wide-ranging, including international trade, economics, world and national affairs, and the arts. He served as a member of the president’s advisory committee for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; the President’s Commission on Executive Exchange; the White House Task Force on Small Business; and in 1980 he was appointed by President Carter as the President’s Special Ambassador to Saint Lucia in the West Indies. His avocation was politics, and he served as Maine Campaign Chairman for President Jimmy Carter, Senator George Mitchell and his dear friend, Edmund S. Muskie. In Maine, Mr. Tabenken was a trustee of Hebron Academy, which recognized him as Volunteer of the Year in 2004. He was also a trustee of Unity College, and a member of the Board of Advisors of Husson College. He was a trustee of the Maine State Retirement System; member of the Blaine House Conference on Small Business; and a director of United Bank of Bangor. Mr. Tabenken’s philanthropy encompassed many different causes, especially airlifting Ethiopian Jews to Israel. He was an ardent supporter of the arts in Maine, serving as chairman of Maine Advocates of the Arts; as a member of the Maine Arts Commission; area chairman for the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, and was especially dedicated to the Susan M. Curtis Foundation, which he served as president. He was a Scottish Rite Mason and an Anah Temple Shriner. In recent years, while operating a successful import/export business in Ashland, Massachusetts, Mr. Tabenken also served as a U.S. Naval Academy Blue & Gold information and recruitment officer. Besides his wife, Ruth, he is survived by two sons, Matthew Tabenken, and his wife, Joyce and their daughter, Lily Ann of Milford, Mass., and New Harbor, and Captain Lee Tabenken, U.S.N.R., his wife Lisa, Commander, U.S.N.R., and their two children, Emma Rose and Aaron Richard of Falmouth. Mr. Tabenken’s grandchildren, who lovingly called him Ba, were a source of great joy and much happiness to him.

Brookline, and founded the Marilyn Grossman Caring Community at Temple Israel, Boston, in honor of his late wife who died in 1982. He was on the board of overseers at Hebrew Union College and the board of trustees of Combined Jewish Philanthropies. Mr. Grossman is survived

by Ellen Kaplan Shulkin, his companion of 21 years; three daughters, JoAnne Pearlman, Nancy Grossman and Joy Grossman ‘82; two sons, Robert Grossman ‘66 and James Grossman; three sisters, Anne Starr, Penny Soble and Shirley Brown; and 10 grandchildren.

Other Deaths Franklyn J. Jackson ‘30, in October 2005.

H. Peters Strong ‘47, in August 2005.

Robert Sherwood ‘48, on November 16, 2005.

Alfred I. Blender ‘53, on September 13, 2004.

Curtis F. Heath, Jr. ‘68, on June 1, 2005.

Gustav Heller ‘77, in 2000.

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hebroniana From Bowling Green to Small Screen

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ebronians are generally aware that the founder of the Academy, William Barrows, was a veteran of the American Revolution, but the details of his service tend to remain vague and somewhat impersonal. Or so it seemed until Robert Caldwell, Assistant Head of School for Advancement and External Relations, discovered a much-corroded bayonet in a box of assorted metal parts in the basement of the Barrows homestead, Old Brick.

Suddenly, a piece of the fabled past had found its way into the present and the question of the weapon’s authenticity quickly arose. Was this indeed a Revolutionary War bayonet and could it have belonged to Deacon Barrows? Several months later, after a series of inquiries, the answer on both counts appears to be a resounding “Yes,” and a more revealing artifact of both the man and his times could scarcely be imagined.

Known as a socket bayonet, the weapon was designed to fit over the muzzle of a musket and lock into place by means of a peg and bracket assembly, allowing the gun to be loaded and fired without removal of the bayonet.

Ever since the middle of the 17th century, when French soldiers fighting in the vicinity of Bayonne had modified the handles of their knives and shoved them into the barrels of their guns, the bayonet proved an important

advancement in battlefield tactics, enabling musketeers to convert quickly to pike-men for close action.

By the middle of 18th century, the improved socket bayonet had become a decisive factor, and would play a role in the

opening action of the Revolution, where it was used to rout the American militiamen on Lexington Green. Possessed of very few bayonets of their own, the colonials were at a serious disadvantage, and quickly set about to manufacture them in hundreds of small shops beyond the reach of British forces.

The recently discovered bayonet was in all likelihood one of these, identifiable by the lack of a manufacturer’s insignia (a precaution against British reprisal) and by certain primitive features of its design. That William Barrows acquired the weapon during the first year of the war is equally likely.

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orn and raised in what is now Carver, Massachusetts, Barrows enlisted in Washington’s army during the siege of Boston and would decamp with his commander to New York City in the spring of 1776. Here, following Washington’s public reading of the newly adopted Declaration of Independence, Barrows would participate in an act of vandalism upon the statue of King George III on Bowling Green.

Indeed, in the course of his researches in connection with the bayonet Mr. Caldwell would discover that not only did Barrows take part in the notorious nighttime prank, he was a key player in the incident, climbing the monument and attempting to severe the head with an axe. Though unsuccessful, his efforts would shortly be seconded by a squad of American soldiers who, in broad daylight and under orders from Washington himself, pulled down the

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statue and rendered it into musket balls for use against the redcoats.

After seeing action in the Battle of Long Island and the raids on Trenton and Princeton (during which the army famously crossed the Delaware in the winter of 1776), Barrows responded to Washington’s plea for reenlistments, signing on for another six weeks before hiking for home in March of 1777.

For his service he received a grant of land in the District of Maine, where he began the construction of his homestead in the summer of 1779. With him, it is entirely reasonable to assume, he brought what must have been a precious memento of the great deeds and events of his youth, a symbol of American determination to confront the bestequipped and best-trained soldiers in the world on their own terms: his Americanmade bayonet.

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ost recently the bayonet played a role in the taping of an HGTV television program featuring Old Brick and the efforts of Mr. Caldwell and his wife, Emily, to restore the home and highlight its long history. The segment is scheduled to be aired sometime in the fall as part of a series called “If Walls Could Talk.”

David Inglehart

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