VOLUME 36
NO. 3
winter 2009–2010
Food
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A magazine for Mercersburg Academy family and friends
Mercersburg 1,036 Words
Serenity now. Page 8
Food + Family = Community
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Pull up a seat at the Mercersburg dinner table, and come hungry for knowledge and nourishment. Page 12
Mercersburg Profiles
Find some food for thought in these stories of alumni restaurateurs, entrepreneurs, and cholesterol fighters. Page 17
My Say
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You Should Know
Nick Thomson ’10 represented his home country of Bermuda in three events at the FINA World Swimming Championships in Rome this summer. Thomson swam the 100-meter freestyle in 52.47 seconds, breaking the Bermudan national age-group record previously held by former Olympian Geri Mewett ’92. Athletes from 185 countries participated in the World Championships; 14-time Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps was among the competitors. Photo courtesy Steve Thomson. Photo credits: p. 2 Chris Crisman; p. 3 Mercersburg Academy Archives; p. 4 (top left) courtesy Hagerstown Suns, (top right) Bill Green, (bottom right) Renee Hicks; p. 5 Stacey Talbot Grasa; p. 6 (Sancho) Green; p. 7 Grasa; p. 10 (top) Lee Owen, (bottom) John Hutchins; p. 11 (top) Dave Keeseman, (bottom) Ranee Cheung ’09; p. 14 Hicks; p. 16 Hicks; p. 18–19 courtesy Rip Esselstyn; p. 20–21 courtesy Biaggi’s Ristorante Italiano; p. 22 courtesy Amy Ahrensdorf; p. 24 courtesy Michelle Jenkins; p. 26–27 Hicks; p. 28 (left) courtesy Peggy Raley, (right) courtesy Dick Seibert; p. 30 courtesy Todd Hershey; p. 35 Natasha Brown; p. 41 (top) courtesy Alisa Springman, (headshot) Grasa; back cover (sign) Green. Illustrations: cover, p. 12: Susy Pilgrim Waters
Meet Alisa Springman: dorm dean, teacher, coach, and conqueror of the world’s toughest footrace. Page 41
From the Head of School Via Mercersburg Athletics Alumni Notes
Mercersburg magazine is published three times annually by the Office of Strategic Marketing and Communications. Mercersburg Academy 300 East Seminary Street Mercersburg, Pennsylvania 17236
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Editor: Lee Owen Alumni Notes Editor: Natasha Brown Contributors: Shelton Clark, Tom Coccagna, Susan Pasternack, Jay Quinn, Alisa Springman, Lindsay Tanton, Wallace Whitworth
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Director of Strategic Marketing and Communications: Wallace Whitworth
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