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Special correspondent Jim Noyes posted this account of the recent class ski trip: "Despite whatever dis-information you might get from His Largeness Gerry Bell, the following is the truth and nothing but. Peter Fahey does have a Peter-Meter inscribed on his Volkls. Larry Griffiths can go an entire week without doing or saying anything stupid. Yours truly cannot. Paul Fitzgerald, M.D., singeth literally when he croons "take me to the river and wash me down." When they penned "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" they clearly had Dennis Donohue in mind. Jim Lawrie, M.D., insists fat/wide skis demand fat/wide turns, much to the dismay of his charming daughter Dawn '96. Clark Wadlow MIA; bless his sorry #$%. His Largeness Gerry Bell (a.k.a. "Gerald McScrooge") does, in fact, look like the flying nun on steroids/skis. Does, in fact, stop talking when he's eating and drinking (momentarily), can, in fact, say something nice if given an appropriate setup and, in fact, organizes a helluva ski trip. You come, too—March 1-8,2008, at Whistler, BC. By the way, Mammoth is awesome for the uninitiated—well-kept secret, especially on the East Coast." Thanks Jim. We welcome your future postings! And from a couple of recent phone calls: Nick Dawson has been teaching art and architecture at Exeter ever since he finished architecture school at the University of Pennsylvania. He bikes to work (not many of us can say that!) and recently moved into a house he designed a while back for a doctor. One recent high was a trip to France during the summer of 2005 to teach. Jeff Freirich has been in the family meat business, J. Freirich Co., since his M.B.A. in business from Columbia. An 85-year-old company, it is now into its fourth generation, taking into account his stepson now being part of the company. Originally a New York-area company, they moved about 20 years ago to Salisbury, North Carolina, where Jim now lives. From his first marriage, his son is a rabbi in Lake Tahoe, California, and his daughter is in rabbinical school. By the time you read this we'll know how Chris Hjermstad did in his candidacy for a seat on the executive committee of the Association of Alumni. The College did a nice job with the Internet bio and I liked his blog. After Dartmouth Chris spent time in the Marines, went to San Diego State for his M.B.A. and has lived in San Diego since with DiAnn, whom he married in 1972. Very active in Dartmouth alumni activity, both there and recently in Alumni Council. Daughter Megan is a '99. By the way, if you haven't already,be sure to check out the Colleges Web site. They really do a nice job (but skip going to the '68 Web site—a tad dated but we are working on it). Looking ahead July 14 will be the next executive committee meeting, in Hanover. Please join us for both the morning meeting and the afternoon golf at the Hanover Country Club. It is a lot of fun! And send news,

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