1976

Our class has seen a lot of ink lately. Peter Stark's latest article in Outside Magazine described his "extreme skiing" adventures in the Rockies. Extreme skiing is defined as "when you fall, you die." Starkie took a fall or two, but cheated death yet again and wrote all about it. At last report, Peter and spouse Amy Ragsdale were living in Missoula, Mont. Louise Erdrich's editing of the 1993 Best American Short Stories collection received tumultuous critical acclaim. A revised collection of Louise's own short stories was recently published in paperback. But all is not roses in the publishing world. MichaelShnayerson's Vanity ..Fair magazine was downgraded to "moderately cool" by the Seattle Weekly, one notch below last year's "real cool" rating.

In other news, several missing persons have been located by the College. According to the list of "living former alumni councilors," Kat Clute is living in Milwaukee, Wise., Jody Karp is in Corrales, N.M., Karen Turner is in Trenton, N.J., and Sean Stitham is in the cold confines of Fairbanks, Alaska. No other details are available at press time. If anyone has any news of these former alumni councilors, please send it in. There is still no sign of PeterFeakins.

Our legal beagles continue to thrive. TimCaldwell lives in Lyme Center and practices law in Lebanon. Tim is rumored to ski to work. Ken Norman has left the public defender's office and, according to our always informed class vice president, Ken Monteiro, was appointed "a judge of some kind" in Oakland, Calif. Bill Keefe is practicing in Wilton, N.H., at the aptly named firm Keefe & Keefe.

Many of our classmates made generous contributions to the College's Campaign to Excel. Among the notables are Maris Viedemanis,Merrill Kraines, Melanie FisherMatte, Tony Magro, Fraser Marcus, BillSaubert, and the peripatetic Nancy KepesJeton and Peter Jeton. Thanks to these individuals and to the many others who contributed. The Office of Alumni Affairs sincerely hopes more of us will follow their example in the next fund drive.

Finally, Amy Gillenson is contemplating a move from Syracuse to Baltimore. The press of work and the usual chaos of an impending move convinced her to give up the reins as our class secretary. I was asked by our other class officers to fill the job until the next reunion, and I'll give it my best shot. Thanks to Amy for a job well done.

Please mail me news or, better yet, by phone or fax. I live in Alaska and, while the Postal Service claims not to use dog teams any longer, the mail takes a long time to get here. Any news is welcome—remember, 87.2 percent of your classmates turn to this column before reading anything else in the magazine. Drop a note and give them something to read about.

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Peter Stark's latest article in Outside Magazine described his "extreme skiing" adventures in the Rockies. -DICK MONKMAN '76