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LAURA PAULICK '96 and Jim Moody were married an August 12, 2006, in Pittsburgh, PA . Trinity alumni/ae in attendance were: (I. to r.) Bryan 1-luie '95, Jessica Davidson '96, bride , groom , and Dawn (Jacob) Laney '96.

of my long, lost friends whom I haven't heard from in years! Thank you to those who have written me on your whereabouts, goings-on, etc.

So we had a very successful IO-year Reunion in June. I still can't get over that IO years have past and we're all in our 3o's, some of us married and some with kids. Regardless of our newfound responsibilities, Reunion played out just like a typical weekend back when we were m sch?ol.

Naturally, the BBQ__on Friday night ended at JUSt the right hour so that people had enough left m them to head over to The Tap, where there was plenty of pool and darts to be played and beer to be had. Saturday was gloomy, but spirits were high as we celebrated our class dinner in none other than the very classy Mather Hall. It was definitely a success as we reminisced abou t our college years way back when. Though everyone had a good time, the Reunion was overshadowed by the loss of a very good friend. Jennifer Guy lost her battle with cancer last January. Our thoughts and prayers are with her family, and she is deeply missed. A moment of silence was held in her memory.

As this is my first submission as class secretary; I was both impressed and relieved by the number of your e-mails, so I personally thank you for not making my debut a total bust! I . recently heard from Melissa Prober, who is ltvmg m NYC, working as an attorney. She writes, "In June, I was married in Marihattan and my husband and I are very excited about our upcoming closing on an apartment in Brooklyn Heights. It .was great seeing everyone at the Reumon - I cant believe it has been IO years and I'm already looking forward to our 15th. I regularly see Elizabeth Eakeley Arnall and Amy Kostek Garcia. Elizabeth recently had a beautiful daughter, Katherine, a tiny and prec10us baby with beautiful light brown hair and blond highlights. Amy and Rick Garcia '94, have a sweet and adorable son, Oliver, who is probably the best-dressed toddler in all of New York. Laura McGough Paige is living in WI with her husband and daughter, Madeleine, with baby number two expected in late December. She promises that she'll be moving back to the East Coast soon. I was recently in touch with Christina Lee Langone '98, who also lives in New York, and learned that she 1s expecting a baby boy in October." , .

Now that I have access to everyones mformation, I was able to track down Kim Roberts in Alaska! Since 2005 she's been spending her 66

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BRAD WORTl-llNGTON '97 and Kari J .

E:ngland were married on June 3, 2006, in Laguna Beach, CA . Trinity alumni from the Class of 1997 in attendance were: (I. to r.) Michael Poremba , Ryan Saulnier, Curt Worthington , bride, groom, Tyler Blackwell , and Chris Slawsky.

summers working in guest services and sales for Favorite Bay Lodge. She said she couldn't pass up the opportunity when it arose and absolutely loves it. During the off-season, she lives in Pacific Grove, CA. Kim writes, "I have three lovely children- all boys- granted they are all four legged, but that suits me just fine."

I recently heard from Laura Rigolosi who says, 'Tm living in Philadelphia with my husband Dieg~ and my little man Javier, who is almost two. Javi is a big curie and we are smitten. We're having another baby this fall (we are destined to not sleep for the next few years) and moving back to NYC. I've been doing part-time consul ting work at schools in the Bronx for the past few years, and am a doctoral student in English education at Teachers College. If I finish my doctorate before we turn 40, it will be a small miracle!" Liz Donahue (Pflug) is currently living overseas. She writes, "I mov~d to Hong Kong in September with husband Tim and baby daughter, Riley. We were transferre~ there for Tim's job in banking. So far we love it!

Also overseas is Kasia Dybowska, who had some exciting news to share. ''I've never written in to the Reporter before, but have decided to do so now as my husband and I are expecting our first baby A~g ? We are having a baby boy and we are ecstatic.

I have been living in London for over three years now. I am taking some time off to have the baby, but will be back to work beginning of next year.

I work for RTW, a large fash ion manufacturing company where I head up the sales and design department. We supply up-to-the minute lad i.es fashion for brands like H&M, Zara, TopShop, Miss Selfridge, etc. I am looking forward to being back in NY over the Christmas holidays. I'm looking forward to seeing Laura Rigolosi, Jacqueline Lawrence, and Laura D'Anca when I am there."

Back to the East Coast, Jonathan Grady reports that he is living in Portland, ME, with his wife of one year and two dogs. He has been living in Maine for three to four years (says it's a blur) but lived in Stamford, CT, and NYC for the five years before that, working in corporate.

Sounds like Maine is treating him very well. Lynne Crawford is also living on this side of the country.

She continues to reside in Portsmouth, NH, and

will be starting her second year of graduate school this fall at UNH. She is happy to announce that she will be married in May 2008 to Brandon Mills Lemire from Kittery, ME. She has been in touch with Allison Lancor Gavaletz, who just had her first baby, and April Lionett, who is doing well and has moved back to the Worcester, MA area.

In other baby news, Sue Zibell (Church) writes that "Joe and I welcomed our daughter, Katherine Mary, to the world on April 18. Katie jo,'.ns her 3 1/ 2 year old big brother, John Pauick. From the Alumni Office, I heard that Laura Yaggy was recently married to Benjamin Paul Harris in Glyndon, MD. She is an interior designer and a furniture designer in New York.

Colin Woodward e-mailed me with an update.

In May of 2005 he received his doctoral degree in history from Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge.

He is now an associate project archivist at the Virginia Historical Society in Richmond, w~ere he has lived for the past two years. Robyn Schiffman writes, "I received my Ph.D. in comparative literature from the Univ. of Chicago in March of 2006 and am now in my second year as assistant professor of English at Fairleigh Dickinson Univ. in Madison, NJ." Damian Wilmot reports, "I left the United States Attorney's Office (District of Massachusetts) , where I was an assistant (handling civil and white collar criminal matters) , in August of '06 to join Goodwin Procter, LLP, in Boston.

My wife (Yndia '99) and I had our second child, Sydney, in September of 'o6. Sydney's big brother, Justin (4) . loves his baby sister."

On the West Coast, I was very excited to hear from Jill Pagliaro. Jill and I go way back. We first met in the very early '90s at a summer camp we attended in California. Little did we know we'd end up going to the same school on the opposite coast! Jill wrote with some exciting news. She reports that things are going well for her. She's getting married on August 4 in Lake Tahoe to _her fiance Shawn Stepper. Not surprisingly, she's m a band and has been for five years or so. For those of you who don't know, Jill is an excellent singer an? guitarist. If you'd like to check out her Web site, 1r.s www.shakenmusic.net. Also on the West Coast 1s Maia Starling (Fujisawa), who had some information to share since so many of us are now parents.

'Tm writing in because I am working for an amaz ing new company called The Savvy Source for Parents (www.savvysource.com ) . We are building a wonderful new resource for parents of preschoolers. We have a national database of preschools, children's classes (dance, art, gymnastics, music, etc.) , and summer camps. For those classmates who have children in preschool, we would love to hear from them!" She continues, "On a personal note, I've been married to Ron Starling for eight years and have two boys, Tobias, 5, and Gabriel, 2.5.

We are living in San Diego and love the amazmg sunshine and all the outdoor activities San Diego has to offer! I am in touch with Amy Ham, who is working on her Ph.D. in educational policy and administration with a concentration in higher educ. at Univ. of Minnesota, Twin Cities. She is doing amazingly well despite the bitterly cold winters!"

As for me, I was married last summer in Oregon to Scott Rousseau '99 and have been living in Boston since '98. I originally thought I'd return to my West Coast roots, but Boston has treated us well. I spent seven years working