SAVE THE DATE: All-school Reunion Friday evening, March 31, 2017 TVS Campus T V S A L U M N I outsourcing company, and is currently on an account at Origin Energy here in Sydney. Our picture was taken at the end of July with our two exchange students from Japan. Madelyne was chosen as one of 23 students from all over the Northern Beaches to represent Manly Council as an exchange student to Japan at the beginning of July but, due to an illness, was not able to make the trip. She will apply again next year in hopes of making the trip as she’s been studying the language for 3½ years.” Katherine VanAken Somich says hello and wants everyone to know that she is still in Plano and doing well. Charlie Tenney checked in to tell us that he retired from the Coast Guard, in part because he thought, “Commander, Retired,” sounded really cool. But, because he has four children and proclaims not to have any other marketable skills, he took a civilian job with the Coast Guard, which keeps him in Wisconsin. Charlie continually surprises himself by staying married to Julie, and tries to keep himself entertained by playing soccer with a geezer club in Milwaukee. Finally, Richard Wolfe is excited to report that his daughter, Audrey, entered kindergarten at TVS this year (Class of 2029!). He is even more excited that she has Mrs. Newton.
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Best wishes to Kathleen Barnard and Michael Visser, who married in June!
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Thomas Travis shares, “All is good in Kentucky. I’m in year 18 at Louisville Collegiate School. I’m still teaching U.S. History and coaching girls’ soccer. I still see Doc Shelton when grading AP Exams. We did add two bee hives to our farm inventory. I haven’t been stung yet and we’re hopeful they will survive the winter so we can get some honey next year. Otherwise, we’re ready for fall and some cooler weather.”
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Amber Hartley Battles and her husband, Kelley, have two kids, Hayden (11) and Chandler (8), and live in Southlake, Texas. They spend weekends out on the football and baseball field cheering on their son. Amber works for the American Heart Association’s Emergency Cardiovascular Care Department and works with hospitals throughout the state as a resuscitation improvement consultant. She was recently honored with the Employee of the Year award. D’Lane Dooley made some exciting changes this year. She got engaged to Mark Robinson in March, moved to Tomball, Texas in April, and started with a new school district in August. She teaches at Tomball Junior High School working with special-needs students. She hopes to finish her degree in Special Education with an emphasis in Autism in June. Mark and D’Lane will be getting married in Waxahachie on March 25, 2017. Meredith Ann Stepp McClay and her husband, Mike, own three vacation rentals in Wimberley, Texas, which you can see at StayInWimberley. com. Plan your next staycation, family reunion, or girls’ weekend in this scenic hill country town famous for its shopping and wine culture! Priya Chohan McMorrow is moving to Zurich, Switzerland at the end of 2016 with her husband, Josh, and two children, Ben (8) and Lily (6). They will be in Switzerland for three years. Holly Hill Wiley shares that she and Barney ’93 and their family are doing well in Fort Worth. They had a fun summer filled with camp, sports, and traveling. Harper (13), Hill (11), Holland (8) and Hunt (3 in December) are enjoying school and busy with sports. They are excited to be cheering on their favorite teams - Horned Frogs and Longhorns. Most important, they are grateful to be a part of a ministry called “All In,” spending time with and sharing the gospel with other children.
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Mary Ellen Murphy Becker’s son, William Becker, started Kindergarten at TVS this fall and is in Mrs. Newton’s class. Emily Peska Stearn and her husband Matt welcomed their third daughter, Briar Leigh Stearn, in July. Justin Toal is still boiling in the Miami Beach heat, and splitting time between avoiding Zika, chasing his 3-year old son Declan around the beach, and renovating a historic Miami home. Please reach out to him if you’re ever in Miami. Brandi Barrett Wubbena and her husband Chad welcomed their second child, Wren, in March. Their other daughter, Lark, started Kindergarten at TVS this fall and is in Mrs. Newton’s class. She is loving TVS. As for me (Markus), my daughter, Nikole Alexis Kypreos, also started Kindergarten at TVS this fall and is also in Mrs. Newton’s class. She demands to ride the bus every day and I am not allowed to take her to school.
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We have a couple new additions. Duff Blair and wife Rory welcomed Wesley MacDuff Blair in June 2016. Little Wes is already taking instruction from big sister Charley. Amy DeZern and husband Scott Stephens welcomed their third child – William Thomas Stephens – in February. Will is little brother to Caroline (5) and Charlotte (2). Amy is an assistant professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Kate Belfi Jackson works for the Brazos County Health Department as an Environmental Health Specialist. She lives in Bryan, Texas with husband Bob, son Allen (11), and daughters Emily (9) and Dora (5). Nina Saksena Asrani and family have settled in Southlake. Nina is a cardiologist with Consultants in Cardiology in Fort Worth and her husband Sumeet is a hepatologist at Baylor Dallas. Their twin girls Aditi and Anjali are in second grade at Johnson Elementary in Southlake, and their daughter Anya is in kindergarten there. Little brother Arjun is three and is in pre-K. Eloise Wiley Williams, husband Chris, and daughter Lindley (9) are also in the Fort Worth area. Eloise works in marketing and electricity brokerage for HF Custom Solutions and Quadrangle Energy. Courtney Pestarino Orrock and husband Chad are still living in Las Vegas. Chad works in US Bank’s gaming division and Courtney works for Wyndam in its Consumer Finance division. Courtney also serves as the Chair of Sunrise Children’s Foundation, which provides early childhood education and health services to at-risk youth in the community, as well as the Treasurer of the Las Vegas Business Academy, which tries to reduce the “brain drain” in the area by providing full scholarships to UNLV graduate students who want to stay in the Las Vegas area. Courtney and Chad love being close to their niece and nephew and enjoy getting up to Washington to visit her family and escape the desert heat. Erica Steele Adams is a writer and editor with HealthInsight Oregon. She lives in Beaverton, Oregon with husband Chris and daughter Penelope, who turned one this year. I, Nancy Park Minkler, am still living the small-town life in Arnold, California. My husband Michael was appointed the general manager of a water company last year, which has left me to run our little law firm. Our son Eliot turned one this year. We took him on some travels this summer, including to Boston where we had an amazing experience at Peter Ungar ’94’s new restaurant, Tasting Counter, which has made it onto numerous “best restaurant” lists. I hope all is well with everyone. For those of you who do not live in Fort Worth, start thinking about a trip back next year for your 20-year reunion!
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