Class Knox selected for the G.S. Shara Chandra Book Prize.
Susie Stone ’03 and Jake Wright ’03—August 11, 2006
Annie Vernon ’07 and Will Cwik ’07—May 21, 2016
Happy 10th anniversary to Susie and Jake, who forgot to submit their wedding photo before now!
LEFT TO RIGHT: Evan Sawdey ’07, Gabrielle Genevich Muldoon ’05, Erica Jessen Skog ’06, Sara Eldridge ’07, Dr. Valerie Cwik ’77, Tanya Frank Jones ’05, Mandy Bernstrauch ’07, Shirlene Love ’05, Dr. Cory Wilczynski Straub ’06, Will Cwik ’07, and Annie Vernon-Cwik ’07.
FRONT ROW (LEFT TO RIGHT): Chris Etheridge ’05, Jon Gripshover ’06, Tim Peterson ’06, Carl Lehnen, Dan Chibnall ’03, Brent Aronowitz ’06, Micah Riecker ’06. BACK ROW: Evie Peterson ’99, Ana Peterson ’03, Anjali Krishan ’05, Shalini Krishan ’03, Sarah Schantz ’05, Rose Courtney ’03, Kelsey Keyes ’03, Susie Stone ’03, Jake Wright ’03, Alison Looney ’03, Amy Lammers ’03, Helen Scharber ’03, Hillary Loomis ’06, Jenny Logan ’05, Norma Gutierrez ’02, Juana Tiscareño ’04, Rosie Tiscareño ’04. NOT PICTURED: Andy Stone ’01, Brian Beeman ’04.
was installed in Harbach at the end of February, along with a plaque sharing information about Aimee. (The old light board was installed in Studio Theatre.) Aimee’s former husband, Greg Wilson, daughter Elaine Wilson Stern ’09, and son John Wilson were present and shared memories of Aimee and her love of Knox theatre. Thanks to all of you who contributed to this project. Be sure to stop in CFA and read the plaque next time you are on campus. And, of course, remember Aimee and her light. ❯ The Wolf is back! The Rev. Dr. Sterrett “Wolf” Collins was ordained as a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA) last January and accepted a call to Central Congregational Church in Galesburg in February. He’s excited to be back in the ’Burg with a new job, a new house, and his lovely wife. Congratulations, Rev. Dr. Collins! ❯ Rachel Hall writes, “My collection of linked stories, Heirlooms, was selected by Marge Piercy for the G. S. Sharat Chandra Book Prize. BkMk Press will publish the collection in September. I still teach English at SUNY Geneseo and still live in Rochester, New York, with my husband and daughter. I’m grateful that I get to see Mary Cantrell, Sarah Smith Maxwell, and Anna Leahy ’88 fairly regularly.” ❯ And as for me— I’ve accepted a new call to be the director of spiritual care (read: chaplain) at Lutheran Living, a continuity-of-care senior living facility, so I have moved back to Muscatine, Iowa, where I previously lived for eight years. My phone number and e-mail will stay the same, but I have a new address (see below). My parents, who are in ill health, will move in with me, so I will be, like so many of us in the sandwich generation, juggling the responsibilities of parenthood with a full-time job and caregiving for elderly parents. ❯ Life is a challenge for us all. As we celebrate 30 years since our graduation from Knox, what challenges have you faced? What rewards have you experienced? Share them here—your classmates would love to hear from you!
Class Correspondent: Susan Bantz 2012 Shady Lane, Muscatine, IA, 52761, 563-554-9213, bibliophile@knoxalumni.org
1987 Class Correspondent: Lisabeth Simms Belman 12701 York Mill Lane, Clarksburg, MD 20871-4034, 301-972-3751, lisabeth1208@verizon.net
1988 Anna Leahy has published a poem, “Google Moon (2)” in the spring issue of Bellevue Literary Review. Class Correspondent: Gayle Pikrone Richardson 1220 Crestview Drive, Batavia, IL 60510-1180, gayle.richardson35@gmail.com
1989 Class Correspondent: Mia Jiganti 1850 W. Cortland, Chicago, IL 60622-1035, 773-278-0814, mjiganti@prodigy.net
1990 Vegetables are geat in relationships! If you ever mess up (i.e., break a promise or hurt someone), go to the freezer or the pantry and take out the peas. Walk up to that person and say, “I apologize. ‘Peas’ forgive me!” Or, let’s say you’ve met someone special, but you’re not sure how that person feels. Use the beets and the carrots, saying, “Do you ‘carrot’ all for me? My heart ‘beets’ for you!” Still yet, if you’ve met the person of your dreams, use the olives and say, “‘Olive’ you!” ❯ As a middle school counselor, that’s what I’d share when I introduced myself. Only once has a student said, “In your own words, ‘peas’ stop.” I tell you this now because, when I first started
writing these notes, I did threaten to tell jokes if no one wrote. Why should you ‘carrot’ all? Reading about each other can’t be ‘beet’ (plus you’ll bypass my humor). So, ‘peas’ write! ‘Olive’ sharing! Class Correspondent: Darcy Turner 520 Colony Woods Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27517, bonetbien1@nc.rr.com
1991 Kellie Monroe Lane writes, “I have started my fifth year as a school social worker for the HenryStark County special ed district and am still partners with my mom at our art gallery, Gallery on Second, here in Kewanee. Doing stained glass serves as my therapy! Daughter Katie is a senior in high school this fall, and son AJ is an electrician and will be getting married in two years. I will also get married to Jeff Wilke next September and move to Oak Run. I really look forward to seeing whomever can make the trip for Homecoming this fall.” ❯ Julie Scannell writes: “We’ve come a long way since Knox. We found jobs. We built relationships. We made humans. We’ve suffered insufferable bosses, survived catastrophic losses, and sat on grade-school bleachers until our derrieres deflated. To that fresh, doeeyed senior in a black cap and gown sitting on the lawn that Saturday not so long ago, you’ve performed miracles. You have answers to all of their questions; you know which ambitions are worth pursuing. You even know how those loans actually got paid. So much of the time, we all just pretend to be adults. Deep down we’re still that clueless kid shuffling between Seymour and SMC, referencing nature vs. nurture for the umpteenth time, worrying about how to finish that term paper *and* study for two finals, thinking we were stressed out. Bring your stress and your stories to Galesburg the weekend of October 14-16 and spend a little quality time with
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