1989

Thousands of people crowded the streets of Santa Fe, N.M., in late August for the 78th annual Indian Market. Strolling past the booths of pottery and jewelry, I spotted several large yellow acrylic paintings, and moved in for a closer look.

They were the work of painter Mateo Romero, an award-winning artist who has exhibited around the United States and in Canada. Mateo has an M.F.A. in printmaking from the University of New Mexico and is an instructor at the Institute of American Indian Arts, a training ground for many well-known artists. He paints full time in his studio at Pojaque Pueblo, just north of Santa Fe, where he lives with his wife, Melissa, and their children Erik and Jo Povi. He gave me a card picturing one of his paintings called Teiva, Tiwa, Towa, part of a series of his recent works called Divergent Worlds. The paintings explore the idea that that Native and non-Native communities exist separately, without a connection.

David Hammond, last seen in this column hiking up Moosilauke, is the new Voice of the Orangemen. He'll host pre and postgame shows for Syracuse football and men's basketball, and serve as "colorman" for the games. You'll be able to hear him on a radio network that's expected to include 25 stations across New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Vermont. He'll give up his current responsibilities broadcasting Michigan football and basketball but will continue as managing editor of the Great Lakes Radio Consortium, which he founded four years ago. The consortium produces a weekly news feed of regional environmental news for PBS. The stories are passed on to 140 public radio stations in ten states.

Dawn Green MacLaren writes from New Jersey, where she helped start up a consulting firm to the Communications, Financial Services and Energy Industries. She had a great time at reunion, which she says felt almost like returning from a typical D-plan term away, except for all the babies and children. She says she was sorry Dave Gluck did not attend. Dawn also reports she attended Sarah Nilsen's wedding to Mike Ashook, where she caught up with Julie Minkow Forstner, husband Jay, and son Sam.

Lisa Tucker McElroy delivered a baby and a book on the same day! She and husband Steve welcomed their first child Zoe Tucker McElroy on Aug. 3, just as Lisa's first book was being published for schools and libraries. It's called Meet My Grandmother: She's a Supreme Court Justice, a children's book about Sandra Day O'Connor, told from the perspective of her grandaughter. Upcoming Meet My Grandmother books will feature U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein and deep-sea explorer Sylvia Earle. They should be available in bookstores by the spring. In all her free time Lisa practices law at a Boston law firm and lives in Somerville, Mass., with Zoe, Steve, two dogs, and four cats.

Andrew Pulrang writes to clarify his work, which was described here in September. He is the executive director of the North Country Center for Independence in Plattsburgh, N.Y., which is not a group home, but a program that works with disabled people to help them live independently. He says his organization is actually somewhat opposed to traditional group homes, but instead provides counselors and advocates to help disabled people reach their goals and be contributing, productive members of society. One of his organization's many objectives is to eliminate the stereotypes many of us hold that prevent people with disabilities from achieving their full potential.

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Lisa Tucker McElroy delivered a baby and a children's book on the same day. JENNIFER AVELLINO '89

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