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The new year is just days away and I know that many of us hope that 2009 will bring change, renewed pride and prosperity for our country and world.

Katie Stearns Friday is, in fact, advancing our global environment. She reports from Hawaii that she is establishing internships for Micronesian and American Samoan foresters to study forest conservation and watershed management for one semester at the University of Hawaii. The course will be followed by intensive mentoring on a yearlong forest restoration project back on each of their home islands. Katie also hopes to spend a semester in Vermont with her family now that her husband, J.B. Friday, a forester at the University of Hawaii, has been awarded tenure and is eligible for sabbatical. While most of us in the Northeast can only scratch our heads in disbelief that she wishes to leave Hawaii for New England, Scrib Fauver probably understands. He writes from New Hampshire that he is in his 17th year teaching at Kimball Union Academy, a private high school just down the road from Dartmouth. He heads the world languages department, teaching French and Spanish. He also serves as the director of the KUA/ Rassias Summer Language Institute. He, wife Susan—who teaches yoga and runs a horticulture business—and their daughters Olivia (18) and Meg (14) share their home with 18 chickens, three cats and a dog.

Ed Frechette writes that he has raised his family in a more urban setting, Bostons Dorchester neighborhood. His three children are all in college: Maggie attends the University of Richmond, Jack attends Carleton College (which is 10 minutes away from Fairbault, Minnesota, where Todd Markman lives) and Anna attends George Washington University. Ed still works happily across the city as senior vice president of marketing/owner at Au Bon Pain. I believe his note to me invites all classmates to join him at any time for great coffee and a delicious croissant.

John Faucher left his position at the IRS in early December to start a new bankruptcy law partnership in Santa Barbara, California. And Kathy Briscoe, visiting from Hermosa Beach, California, served up her favorite recipes—including the seared tuna of restaurateur Jimmy Ulcickas '83—at my home to Beth Haffenreffer Scholle, Mary Thomson Renner, Amy Warner, Sherri Carroll Oberg and me. I also had the chance to meet up with Rick Monteith at the New York City Marathon. Sidelined with an injury, Rick helped my son David and me cheer on my husband, who turned 50 that day. Rick will be running the Boston Marathon in April to support multiple sclerosis research.

Our classmates in Minnesota are a social crowd. Steve Faber writes that he and Paul Habbeger had dinner with Charlie Winslow, who was visiting Minnesota from the East. Steve shared the news that Charlie was facing likely hip surgery—but not a complete hip replacement. If that is the case, we wish Charlie a speedy recovery!

I think it's important to note, in closing, that this is a great time for our class to serve as a supportive network to classmates who have lost their jobs or who are facing other challenges during these volatile times. Charlie shared the following advice in our 25th reunion book that seems perfectly fitting for today: "To those who face discouragement— press on, for you have all that it takes to make your way. Call on one of your old friends from Dartmouth when the road becomes difficult. We have all been there." Best wishes for 2009.

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