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Univ. of Vt. in August and another (14) who is headed to high school. Candace is on the school board for her urban school district and is becoming more enraged at what is going on with public education. She is happy to be in touch with many from NMH through Facebook and is sad that the Northfield campus was sold for a pittance and that its future is uncertain. Bill Heidbreder finished his degree in philosophy at the Sorbonne in Paris and is starting the master’s program in the humanities at Univ. of Chicago, where he plans to study philosophy and literature. He still runs Academic English Editing, which edits papers for students, scholars, and foreign professors. Any alums interested in doing editing work on a part-time basis should send him a note at editor@ academicenglishediting.com. Jonathan Miller-Lane (since marrying Karen Miller in ’93) earned tenure at Middlebury this year and was promoted to associate professor of education. He also earned a promotion to third degree black belt in Aikido and is the chief instructor of Blue Heron Aikido in Middlebury. He often sees Tom Caliandro, who also lives in Middlebury. Sharon Ultsch is in Ecuador with the Peace Corps, working at a university and helping them redesign the teacher training program. “The work is great and this country is spectacular.” Mike Wise had a chance to connect with James Philcox and see his really nice B&B—Old City House—in St. Augustine, Fla. He gave Mike a tour of the oldest town in the U.S. See all the pictures at http://mikewise07.smugmug.com/NMH/Reunions. While mastering social media (aren’t we all?), Dwayne Jones notes that old high school friends and “glory days” connections still matter after 32-plus years. “Friendships from NMH I think run a little deeper and obviously travel farther across the globe than most high school friendships.” Dwayne and his family were planning a side trip to France and planned to catch up with Ivanka Maglich Hahnenberger “who, even after not having seen or communicated with me since we graduated, still thinks enough of the NMH connection to extend hospitality to my family by helping get a place in her apartment building in Paris, and all because of a Facebook connection.” Debbie Tompkins Sheehan says the news here is always fun to read. Son Ryan graduated cum laude from UMass–Amherst with an accounting degree and is now in grad school there. Daughter Tracy is in the middle of her undergraduate work at Univ. of Maine in Orono, and daughter Andrea is headed for UNH this fall. Debbie, who lives near Boston, plans to be back on campus this year as two nieces from Bozeman, Mont., will attend NMH. She hopes to reconnect at the next reunion.
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JACK FARRELL 22314 Cairnloch St Calabasas CA 91302-5873 jack@jackfarrell.org ANTONY PANG 33 Club St 08-14 Singapore 069415 aa1105@yahoo.com LYNELLE KUCHARSKI 94 Cambridge Dr Glastonbury CT 06033-1379 lynelle@lynellekucharski.com
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FRANK CHANDLER 20 Overlook Park Newton MA 02459-1344 frankchandler1@verizon.net class of ’81 website: www.nmh81.us
MARINA COLMAN PO Box 3555 Taos NM 87571 marinacolman727@yahoo.com LILIAN BLACKEN HANNAPEL 2809 Parkers Landing Rd Mount Pleasant SC 29466-6743 lxhannapel@aol.com
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SALLY WILLIS PO Box 1456 Frisco CO 80443-1456 willissally@hotmail.com
MICHAEL RICKARD 1470 N Grand St W Suffield CT 06093-2521 mrickard330@cox.net
From Sally: I am writing this just days after our 30th reunion. It was a wonderful couple of days, catching up with classmates, spouses, and children. Those in attendance were David Whitman, Claire Rodman, Tarik Sivonen, Jenny Anderson, Amy Price Lutz, Juan Conde, Katrina Harriman Conde, Andy Hewitt, Andrea Sferes, Nancy Whitney– Carroll, Martha Holbrow Sandler, Oliver Brown, Peter Stull, Ann Burlingham, Mike Rickard, Izzy Ramirez, Tami Martin, Brett Jacobs Axelberg, Alison Mandaville, Sarah Meyer Stevens, Christoph “CJ” Hermjakob, and me. Reunion chair David Whitman thanks everyone
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had a great time. The award for the longest distance traveled went to Christoph “CJ” Hermjakob, who came from Germany. The campus looks great. If you haven’t been back in a while, you must go and check it out. The Rhodes Arts Center is the standout new addition to the campus. Between the theatre, concert hall, dance studio, and the classrooms, the arts center is truly an amazing addition to our school. It was my pleasure to serve as reunion chair. We will soon be looking for chairs for our next reunion. If you are interested, please let the class secretaries or me know.” I (Sally) had fun helping David, including a planning excursion with him to campus on Homecoming, which turned out to be Snowtober. I volunteered to plan the memorial service and would like to thank Rosemary O’Neill, Kate Green Pichard, Mickey Gill, and Tod Dimmick for their writings on the lives of our friends who passed, and Katrina Harriman Conde, Andy Hewitt, Ann Burlingham, and Amy Price Lutz for doing the
readings. We had the service at Round Top on Saturday, and the sun came out just beforehand. It was wonderful to be able to visit the restored Sage Chapel and to have a little jaunt around the other half of home. It was great to see folks, and see the kids growing up, and to hang out sending harassing texts to those who couldn’t come. We got to have the Schwingels with us for the class picture, the Kelloms for Saturday lunch, and Chris Shepard and David Rowland for Saturday dinner. Reunion always has some memorable moments and quotes, hanging out on fouth Crossley wondering what happened to Siv’s other two cousins and whether our class picture really will be in focus. Check out reunion photos on NMH Class of ’82 on Facebook. Don’t make our 50th reunion your first time back on campus. Join us in ’17 for our 35th. If you are interested in being involved in some way, please contact David, Mike Rickard, or me. Shelagh Connelly writes: “I have been on campus many times this year, as my daughter Molly Riehs ’14 has just become a junior and my son Liam Riehs ’16 will be a freshman in the fall. I taught a few classes during the first NMH Farmer’s Market with Becca Leslie. I love visiting campus and watching the activities, especially Vespers. Being on one campus is great, and the new facilities are amazing.” Alison Mandaville touched down briefly at reunion en route to a sweltering month in Azerbaijan. She wrote from the café at Baku Roasting Company, “where the coffee is passable, the a/c breezy, and the Wi-Fi superb. My third time in Azerbaijan—the first for a year on a Fulbright and the last two visits to give creative writing workshops to women and explore the literary and cultural scene here. After four years with Pacific Lutheran Univ. in Tacoma, Wash., in August I head to Luther College in Iowa for yet another stint as