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News in many forms this month. By phone: Exchanged notes on being a parent of a '10 with Dave Bustard, now in law practice in Sarasota, Florida. After law school at George Washington he practiced in D.C. and New York City, moving to Florida in 1991. Wife Elaine and he shared a passion for flying, both having their own pilots,licenses, but have given up that hobby after a close call or two with thunderstorms. I asked if they've had any hits from hurricanes and he said, thankfully, no. Their house is a bit inland, which is good news/bad news: not on the water (bad news) but lower insurance rates (good news). Son Chris is into crew at Dartmouth, on the lightweight team. Dave did have a chance to visit with Peter O'Keefe on the Cape when he dropped off Chris for freshman week. E-mail and press release on Dan Hedges, who has commissioned the design of a completely self-sufficient, sustainable residence in Houston, Texas. The house features photovoltaic panels, geothermal heat pumps and rainwater harvesting. Architect is Joe Adams '70, a fellow Aire and architect (fellow to me, not Dan). Handwritten letter (rare these days) from John Mrozak. He shared that he's recently married to a pianist from Kiev, Russia, and working on a book. He's battling some tough health issues, but would love to hear from classmates John can be reached at the River Valley Care Center, 140 Main St., Poughkeepsie, NY 12601. Got a nice long e-mail from Pete Emmel (written at 3:43 a.m., egads). He had just arrived home from a high school graduation of grandchild No. 2 of five. Peter and Sally are "blending" into retirement Peter had 35 years in optical engineering with Corning and still does part-time consulting. A few years ago Sally sold her consignment clothing store, owned for 25 years, and now enjoys classes at the Athenaeum, a lifelong learning center at Rochester Institute of Technology. Summers are in Canada at Sallys family cottage in Picton, Ontario, or at Pete's family island at Georgian Bay (Martha and Jim Hoffman have visited there in the past, and may remember the mosquitoes) or sailing in Rochester. Peter is still skiing, but not racing and Sally had to move to cross-country skiing due to some bum knees. Lots of nature-oriented travel, including the Galapagos, Belize, the Danube, Santa Fe/Taos and Costa Rica, with New Zealand, Venice and many others in sight. He just bought a hybrid car and is so far getting just under 50 mpg (with no headwinds). In snail mail two pieces of sad news: Mike Machan and Scott Wadler have both passed away. Look for obituaries in this or a future magazine.

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