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anyone is ever up at River, give me a shout—would love to make some ‘terns.’” He’s hoping to make it back for our 30th in June. Robin Hirshberg Jobe is looking forward to reunion. Her daughters are busy with school and soccer. They will spend time on the Cape this summer. She writes: “Skiing in Steamboat this past winter was horrible. We love staying with Rick Dowden ’59 and spending time with his family in Steamboat.” John Hanzl is the aquarium dive safety officer for the New England Aquarium and competed with Team Tiburon in the Tough Mudder event (an extreme obstacle course) at Mt. Snow in May to raise money for an upcoming giant ocean tank renovation project that is dear to John’s heart. He and his team competed against fur seals in water challenges and other great things. Check out his blog: http:// news/neaq.org/search/label/Tough%20Mudder. Sarah Redfield DelVecchio was sorry to miss reunion but it’s always the same weekend as graduation at the Thacher School in Ojai, Calif., where she teaches history. Sarah lives on campus and coaches cross-country and track. She and husband Greg have three kids ages 13, 11, and 8. All play soccer and run cross-country and track as well. “We live up against the Los Padres Mountains and have regular contact with rattlesnakes, bears, coyotes, bobcats, tarantulas, black widow spiders, owls, hawks, and the occasional mountain lion. For three years the older two kids slept in a tent (every night) in the backyard, but they are now in the house. If NMHers are in the area, please drop by.” Katie McLane went to her 25th reunion at Smith and looks forward to our 30th at NMH. “I’m enjoying the 20th anniversary of my tutoring business—proud that we’ve survived the economic downturn. I continue to spend summers in Vermont. My siblings and I recently leased the maple trees on our property (12,000 taps) to a neighbor who produces commercial maple syrup. We’ve spent the last few years preparing to rent the house on Mt. Mansfield as well—both efforts in an attempt to hold onto it long enough to pass the property to the third generation. Perhaps the biggest news is the wonderful discovery of a half-sibling. My mother gave Susan up for adoption in ’55, a time when unwed mothers suffered unimaginable shame. Susan’s research led her to me a few years ago, and we’ve been fortunate enough to visit for a
Kirsta Schmidt Davey ’83 and Thekla Smith Alcocer ’84 won a local women’s hockey tournament called April Showers.
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week or more at least once a year.” Daniel Bellow has realized his dream of becoming a studio potter. His work has appeared in Anthropologie stores from Los Angeles to London and in finer galleries nationwide. In April, he exhibited at the Pottery Invitational show at the Worcester Center for Crafts with his NMH teacher Tom White and 20 of the best potters in New England. See it all at danielbellow.com. George Miller writes in on the ’83 Facebook page (with a great photo) about a reunion within a reunion at Oberlin. He writes, “The NMH-toOberlin pipeline has remained a healthy connection through the years. Nine or so from our class of 400-plus ventured to the plains of northern Ohio back when, and three of those nine were on hand this past June for our 25th reunion—Mark Rigdon, Mary Mengel, and me. Great times. We expect more of the same just over a year from now on the NMH campus.” Claire Johnson-Hurry writes: “Having just celebrated my 25th Mt. Holyoke college reunion, 30 doesn’t sound so bad now. Minireunions pop up with cheering on Vera Heidolph running in the Jamaica marathon in December and relaxing with Bill Schubart when he visits our house in Columbia County, N.Y. It’s also fun reconnecting with friends (Audrey Hanson Davis, John Linfoot, Lilian Blacken Hannapel ’81, and Mickey Gill ’82) on Facebook.” Claire has a granddaughter, Sophie (1), who lives in the Czech Republic, and also has a new border collie mix, Chumley. Last winter Claire drove son Mac through the NMH campus between ski races in the Deerfield area. “I always rang my cowbell for the NMH racers.” Dave Hiler purchased the former Riverview Restaurant in Brattleboro and is turning it into a new restaurant and brewery called the Whetstone Station. Check out his plans and get more info at Whetstonestation.com (a Facebook page for now). He hopes to see many of us there this year and during reunion next year. Leila Abu-Gheida writes: “I will be leaving Jakarta in July after four great years. (I may be writing to you from a van down by the river in the next update. Place your bets on which river now.) My son Pasi graduated from high school in May. I’m grateful that I managed to get him through all four years of high school in one place, something that
Chris Nagle ’84 and Olga Beach Lassalle ’84
seems simple for most people but in my profession is definitely not a given. Indonesia has been fantastic, and we will be sad to leave here.” Lulu Lason Cannon writes on Facebook: “I can’t wait until our 30th. Maybe Pete Leinbach can get the band back together and play some tunes for us.” Carrie Roantree Ahlborn ’75, one of our class teachers, writes: “Seth and I are making a huge move to Henderson, Nev. He will be head of school at Henderson International School, and I will be director of annual giving at the Univ. of Nevada-Las Vegas Foundation. We just bought a four-bedroom house with a great pool out back—lots of space for visitors from my favorite NMH class. Come on out.” Angela Lambert has opened another practice, Ancient Traditions Natural Medicine, in Portsmouth, N.H., and loves being back in New England. She travels to Oregon monthly but is filling her life in New Hampshire Jordan Short ’12, son of Allyson Goodwin and Mark Short, will attend RIT in the fall to study engineering. Daughter Haley is NMH class of ’14.
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Thanks for your news. Some common themes are “life is good” and an appreciation for all that NMH gave us. From the West Coast contingent: Kim Kirby Matthews lives in San Clemente, Calif., with husband Colby and two Maltese dogs at the edge of a nature preserve. She is still vice president and general counsel for Jenny Craig, which is owned by Nestlé, so she travels to Vevey, Switzerland, for meetings. “I know I haven’t spoken to any of you in years, but NMH is still very dear to me. I think the life lessons I learned at NMH are what have helped me succeed today. So I still think of all of you and the role you played in my prep school days and am very appreciative that I had such an opportunity (although I didn’t realize it then).” On a trip west last winter, I was pleased to catch up with Ron Randall and son Tristan at an NMH event at the L.A. Athletic Club. From Ron: “Just
Marggie Slichter ’84 and son Mike VanCott ’10 in N.Y.C.