four weeks. For those of you considering retirement, I highly recommend it.” Deborah E. Garand: “David and I are doing well in Pittsford (Rochester) New York, and spend summer weekends at our shabby chic cottage, fishing, sculling, relaxing, etc. We are quite excited about our new grandbaby expected in January! Time with Bill (Skaff) who has become quite the chef, mixologist aficionado and music buff, has been one of the great gifts this year. (Hard to believe, we’ve known each other since kindergarten!)” Tom Moseley: “It is hard to believe we are all turning 60! I am still working in environmental health for the local health department, protecting public health (and to think I studied Forest Management in Montana—thankfully, the sciences overlapped quite a bit). My wife, Cindy, and I just celebrated our 35th wedding anniversary, so it has been a year of rejoicing and thanking God for so many blessings. My son, Thomas, and his wife, Mandy, are currently down at the Cleveland Cavalier game and are hoping for their first child in the near future. He has begun his own landscaping business, and his wife is teaching at Father Marquette Schools.” Steven S. Epstein: “Jane and I celebrated our baby’s graduation from UNH with honors, my 60th Birthday, and our 31st Anniversary within a month last May-June. The baby is still living at home, frustrated at her first 40-hour-aweek job; still doesn’t understand why it is called work. Our oldest and her husband welcomed our first grandchild, Benjamin Elliot, on 9-16-16 at Bryn Mawr Hospital, which means monthly road trips to Philadelphia area to see them and my father-in-law.” David Schumann: “My husband, Michael, and I moved from Killingworth, Connecticut, to New Hope, Pennsylvania, last October. I suffered a heart attack in March after my 60th and had triple bypass surgery. Doing well now, back in the gym three times a week. Regular trips to New York City to see Broadway shows, etc. Planning a major European tour next summer.” Rick Atwood: “Been a good year, still in real estate. In a small bike accident, a trash truck backed into me. Killed my bike, but picked up a new one and still riding strong. Drove down to Nashville and the Smoky Mountains. Great time. Celebrated my 60th in Boston at the country street concert. Life is good, I’ve grown old, but haven’t grown up yet . . . looking to ride out to the West Coast next year, take three months off, maybe ride up to Alaska.”
1975 PAM PANDAPAS 202 Central Street Rockland, MA 02370-2470 pamrobfine@msn.com I, Pam Pandapas, class secretary, spent a great spring planting my vegetable garden and flowers and grooming my yard in anticipation of a spectacular summer. As you all probably know, we here in Massachusetts have suffered a dismal drought. My 70
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usually lush green lawn turned to a field of brown straw and my garden produced next to nothing! But the summer wasn’t a total bust. I spent my birthday on Block Island, Rhode Island. And I enjoyed many days basking on the beaches of Newport. I also had the pleasure of spending several days in Maine with Brit Babcock, Andy Woodcock, Starr Gilmartin, and other friends. We enjoyed many cruises on the water, great meals, and lots of laughs. We missed Sam Gilliland and Mike Ponce, who were unable to make it, either due to other commitments or last minute circumstances. It has finally begun to rain, so I’m hoping the grass will turn green again. And, of course, there are the lovely fall colors and all those leaves to rake! The Greg Pope family is “all over the place, so Elizabeth and I are empty nesters and loving hanging out and traveling together. I bought the company I have been working for for thirty-six years, The Righter Group. I am starting to understand the burdens and joys of ownership. My lovely wife is working at Corliss Brothers in Ipswich, pursuing her passion for gardening. She’s not sure if this is a profitable venture, as more plants come home than pay checks, but she loves it, so it’s all good. My oldest child, Dr. Joshua Keais Pope, began his residency at Yale University Hospital, specializing in emergency medicine. He is loving “Gun Slinging New Haven,” as he will be seeing a lot of “real emergency” medicine. His observations on our country’s opioid addiction is daily and constant with a lot of young people dying. We are very proud of his achievement, and it speaks to his dedication and his intelligence. That obviously came from his mother’s side! Our middle child, Liza, fell in love with naval aviator Nathan Fultz, got married last year, moved to Japan, and is pregnant with their first child, due in February 2017. Life is good in Japan, as Nathan’s deployment on the Ronald Reagan Carrier makes life full and ever-changing with the Navy, so it will keep Liza on her toes. Our youngest, Charlotte, graduated from College of Charleston, South Carolina. She is on her way to teach English in Thailand, and is traveling around Southeast Asia with friends from her Semester at Sea in 2015. I am doing fine. Doctors found a brain tumor two years ago, but is was benign so life is good every day. I am very lucky to have a wonderful wife and healthy kids.” Dave Bohman writes, “I am still working in TV news in Scranton-Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania. I took some time off this fall to watch my daughters play on their tennis and field hockey teams. I have done a bit of charity work for the local chapter of the American Heart Association by emceeing a couple of fun events and hosting golf tournaments for a chapter of the Boy Scouts and for The Little Sisters of the Poor. I had a couple of great investigative stories as well, including one where we exposed how a lawmaker not only got free luxury box tickets for himself and his family at a Penn State football game, but he also charged taxpayers $200 for gas and mileage to and from the game, claiming it was a business expense. That lawmaker lost his party’s primary!” Lisa Johnson writes, “There is really nothing new to report. I’m taking trips with my 90-year-old father.
He went to Alaska, and we head to Iceland next. I’m also trying to get the old family house back in prime form. Who knew there were so many windows to be repaired in an old house! All is well in the Johnson household and hope the same is true for my classmates.” Dian Entekhabi said, “I took Mr. Harlow’s American History during the 1972 presidential race. I would take it again if he offered it during this election season!” Secretary’s note: This must be Dian’s commentary on this presidential election! Bud Rice is “now working three days a week—baby steps to retirement. It’s amazing how I still seem to have no time available. I guess I just filled it in with more kayaking, tennis, sailing, biking and catching up with long neglected items around the house. I do not think I will have any problems filling my time once I do retire. I am heading out to Seattle this week to visit the kids and grandkids. They all seem to have found their way back to Seattle. Perhaps we will move back out there in a while. Brit Babcock writes that she is heading to Alaska to go fishing in King Salmon for her September birthday. We had a nice time this summer on MDI, seeing Pam, Andy Woodcock, and Starr Cutler Gilmartin. Ponce missed the Labor Day festivities, but I saw him earlier in the summer with his wife, Jen, on backside for drinks. As always, Mike keeps us laughing. So fun to see everyone. The Gillilands were missed. Next summer we’ll try to get together a larger crowd.” Starr Gilmartin tells us, “My big accomplishment this year was becoming a sexagenarian, and to celebrate that auspicious occasion we traveled to Ireland for a six-day hike of the Dingle Peninsula, followed by exploring the rest of Ireland’s warm and welcoming culture and a brief tour of the loch-lovely Scotland. During the summer we had enjoyable and entertaining get-togethers with fellow GDA’rs, Brit Babcock, Pam Pandapas and Andy Woodcock and looking forward to a re-do next summer. I am just returning from a 400-mile bicycle trip through the forgotten coastal communities of Maine, which took up just a little too much time for training to allow time for other favorite summertime pursuits. Other than the above, I continue my lazy, preretirement work schedule, my disaster deployments for the Red Cross, and volunteering for our non-profit community radio station, WERU. org, and, as always, I am looking for the next adventure. Derek Bergmann wrote, “All is well. Staci and I are adjusting to becoming ‘empty nesters’, having just delivered our youngest, Elise ’16, to CU Boulder. As I write this, I am en route to her first parents’ weekend. Earlier this week, it was my pleasure to join classmates Spencer Purinton and Rich O’Leary, and Ralph O’Leary ’69 for a sensational day at Turner Hill golf course in Ipswich to participate in the Moonves Invitational golf tourney. In addition to being the best-dressed foursome (thanks to the sartorial smarts of those O’Leary boys), I don’t think any group had more fun! It was great to see the Moon and catch up with Jim Pierce ’72, Steve Shapiro ’74, and a wrecking crew from ’76, including Mssrs. Higgins, Phippen, and O’Brien. Thanks to all of the folks whose efforts made for a perfect day. I know there are some