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I had the pleasure of meeting Kai Fun Yu's niece, Christine Yu '05, at a December holiday reception hosted by the Dartmouth Club of Eastern NewYork. Kai and wife Eunices son, Jarvis, is a member of the class of 2006. Kai is a Ph.D. on the staff of the National Institute of Health in Bethesda, Maryland.

John Grossmann's oldest son, Jeff, is also a member of the class of 2006. John is an author and freelance writer whose work has appeared in a wide range of magazines, includingAudubon, Cigar Aficionado, Gourmet, Esquire, Inc., The New YorkTimes Magazine and Sports Illustrated.Trsvelmg from home in Mountain Lakes, New Jersey, to visit Jeff in Hanover will be a snap for John, whose assignments take him coast-to-coast and overseas. Last year he went "on business" to Bordeaux, France, where his research included eating fois gras and drinking wine. Johns latest book is a centennial history of one of Americas oldest and most successful summer camps, YMCA Camp Belknap in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, where he was a camper and later a leader with future New Hamp roommate Bob Stevens.

Jack Dovidio and his wife, Linda, a '73 graduate of Mary Hitchcock, are delighted that their son, Mike, will be entering the class of 2007. Jack, a sociologist, is currently provost and dean of faculty at Colgate University, where he's been teaching for 25 years.

Daniel S. Clark is a special education teacher at Gorham High School in Gorham, Maine. Dan has master's degrees from the University of Maine in English and special education. Since 1980 he has taught in several Maine high schools, including Bangor, Corinth, Harrington, Blue Hill and Biddeford.

This just in from the Scottsdale RepublicNorth. Put your shot where your mouth is (actually, just to the right of it): the Come Back Story of the Month. Thirty years ago Mike Shiaras, the 1973 Ivy League shot put champion, put away his shot (pun intended) and headed off to Arizona Law School. Five years ago, inspired by a story about the Grand Canyon State Games (GCSG), he told wife Kathryn (reaction not recorded): "You've never seen me throw the shot, so let's go." He won at the Tucson and Phoenix GCSG. But it wasn't pretty. Resuming a regimen of throwing or lifting weights six or seven days a week, Mike reported that, in the beginning, he was sore everywhere and walking like Frankenstein. Since then, though, he has risen to No. 1 ranking in the world in his age group with the longest throw (52 feet, 61/2 inches). He's a three-time national champion and is the Arizona age-group record holder. Next challenge: Mike will try to break the world indoor record of 53 feet, 41/2 inches, a distance he missed by an inch in practice. Coaching point: You're never too old to take a shot at achieving your dream.

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