Kindergarten	Mrs. West 1965 Kindergarten	First Grade	1967 Mrs. Baughman 1st grade	Mrs. Gridley's 1966 class	Sophmore	Sophmore
Sophmore
					Senior Class Trip	Senior Class
Left before graduation	7th Graders who left area	1976 Sophmore's that left area	1976 Sophmores that left area	8th graders who left area	8th Graders who left area	These are 2nd grade pictures of the class of 1978 of those who did not stay through the senior year
Chris Denman	10th Reunion	Clayton Starkweather	Eighmey & Children	Bob Johnson's Band in 2002	Jeff Brown the Dartmouth Staff Picture	John Kocijanski & Family
It's the Joyce (Hall) Rice family on vacation (7/2004) last month in Europe: Joyce, husband: Ron, kids: Erin and Brock.	Keith Carlsen's Son's Wedding	Laurie Erath Mansfield Dinner	Leesa self portrait	Mark Spina	Phil Galvano	Rebecca White at Frost Valley
Richard Kovacs & family in Budapest	26th Reunion First Picture	26th Reunion Second Picture	Alice Owens, left in the 3rd grade and moved to Albuquerque, NM. This is her senior picture.	2004 Picture of Linda Smith & Son Luca	Rebecca White Bordonado, Husband Bernard and Rebecca's son John	Doug Baloy Doug on a float that his company makes for Mardi Gras

The collection of these pictures was by Keith Carlsen. Many pictures were provided by others; And some 1st grade and K pictures with name lists provided by Alice Owens Wisniewski, plus senior trip sent by Joyce Hall Rice. In the compiled name list, there are names not just for Mrs. Gridley and Mrs. West's classes, but also updated lists for senior class picture,  Joyce supplied the senior trip photo, and Alice provided Mrs. West and Mrs. Gridley's class photo's?

To accommodate all the pictures I have put them in a slide show format. Using the arrows to either the right or lift of the top row you can scroll across to view all the pictures.  If you want to enlarge a picture and to see the description, click on that picture.
 

To get a better view of the picture click on it.  Also if you would like to have a JPEG copy of the picture send an email to Keith.  Also, if you know of any of the missing names, send me an email.  Keith lost his year book and if you have an extra copy, let him know.

Tri-Valley Class of 1978 Alumni Newsletter

Tri-Valley Class of 1978 Alumni Newsletter

September 21, 2004

I think we've arrived at last to the final version of this newsletter.  Thanks to John K, Alice, Lynn, and Dorothy McGuire Conklin for the additional classmate information, they have their own sections in this message.  And to Donna, Lisa, and Phil G for the sustained enthusiasm.  As well as to Sylvia and Debra Terbush, Joan Hall, Joyce Hall Rice, Linda Smith, Carol Dexheimer, Eileen Doherty, Clayton Starkweather, Alice Owens Wisniewski, Rich Kovacs,  Keith Eighmey,  Chris Denman, Dorothy McGuire Conklin, Pete Hepburn, and Peggy Bingham McCormick for the information and help they provided.  And special thanks to Bob Finch for creating the alumni website www.tvcsalum.org, if not for this site, this newsletter would never have happened.  Look at the 1978 photo section for some some pictures of our class (old and new).   You’ll find pictures for nearly all other prior years (back to 1950) on the site as well, mainly from yearbooks (thank you Alton Hall for access to your massive TVCS yearbook collection).  Additional yearbooks were also provided by my parents, Chris Denman, and Keith Eighmey.  In particular I would suggest that you look at the mid 70’s, see how many older kids you forgot completely about.  Also for a little fun take a look at the names of all the people we have compiled that were in our class, but  left our class before graduation, see if you can come up with any more, I’m sure some of you were friends with some of the people we’ve missed and would remember them.  You know I’ll do anything to get you people to “jump in”.  This has been such a blast!!!

Alice Dexheimer Karsko - Occupational Therapist near Wilkes Barre, PA., she's also  involved with Vacation Bible Studies, married to Michael, has a 7 year old daughter, 3 year old son.

Phil Galvano - Runs the Galvano Golf Academy in FL.  married with two children. refer to www.galvanogolf.com, 

Clayton Starkweather - System Specialist, Micros Systems, in Dallas/FortWorth area, married to Katrina, has one son, one daughter,  The Clayton family website: http://www.starkweather.ws, just created so it's a little sparse at the moment.  Clayton’s e-mail address is posted on the alumni website.

Joyce Hall Rice - From a message sent by Joyce:

“Hi Keith, My mom told me she had been helping you to locate people around the area and has been passing the newsletters on to me. I've been meaning to email you with my address and just haven't gotten to it. You've done a great job getting this email newsletter started and keeping us updated. It sure has been great to hear what so many of the class of '78 gang have been up to. I've been up to

pretty much the same stuff as everyone else; husband, kids, work, homework, activities with a little time left for travel and fun. My daughter Erin is 15 and goes to John Jay HS with 2000 kids, which is so hard to adjust to after TVCS and our huge class of 60. My son Brock the "Lego King" is 11 and in 5th grade. They both keep us busy with sports, scouts and friends. We've lived in Hopewell Jct near Poughkeepsie for about 12 years now and before that Putnam and Westchester counties. I have worked for a few local hospitals and am now at Danbury Hospital where I manage the Health Information Services Dept (Medical Records). I really enjoy my work implementing software, managing projects, keeping up with state and federal regulation and convincing the administrators that I need a bigger budget, but never a dull moment for the most part. My husband Ron works mostly in CT as a carpenter with a small company and does a lot with the cub scouts. We make it back to Grahamsville a few times a year to visit the folks and soak up the sights of Sullivan County. For those who haven't been back, TVCS sure looks different than it did when we were there with all kinds of new additions and construction. I would love to see everyone at some point, if you have ideas about a reunion please let me know I would be glad to help. I did reconnect with Linda Smith about 2 years ago and we managed to get together last Thanksgiving, it was so good to catch up on all the years we had missed. She has lived in the Boston area since college and really likes it there. Well thanks for all your efforts in tracking us all down. I hope you have a great holiday season. 

The class that's great is '78!   (Am I the only one who'd forgotten that expression? - keith)

Joyce”

Gary Terbush - Lives in Grahamsville, he handles grievances at Otisville Correctional Facility, married, three children

Donna Coleman Berardicurti - Works in a nursing home with her husband near Rochester, they're also involved with youth ministries, 

Keith Carlsen – For the past 5 years, UNIX system administrator near Washington DC, spent the 80's in Syracuse and Connecticut.  Also worked as long distance operator, office machine field tech, data communications tech, application support tech for UNIX based office automation, telemarketing, and medical decision support software.  Have chipped away at CS degree during the past 10 years, finished the vast majority, not sure I’ll be be getting back to it though.  Have one 24 year old son (Brian, married to Danielle, they live in Livingston Manor).

John Kocijanski - Lives in Monticello, he teaches 9th grade earth science and 12th grade astronomy/oceanography at Monroe-Woodbury, takes some nice pictures of planets and stuff, helps run the Catskill Astronomer's Club in Liberty, refer to:  http://www.catskillsastro.org ,  married to Theresa, has two daughters: age 9 (Meghan) and 13 (Katie). 

Keith Eighmey - Lives in Ellenville, he's a manager at Kohl's Distribution Center, has three children.  

Chris Denman (Thanks to Clayton for e-mail address)- From a message from Chris:  “I got a big kick out of reading about everyone. Here's some bio information; feel free to share my e-mail address. I've been in the computer field for twenty years now (sob!). The last seven have been at Standish Mellon Asset Management in Boston (previously Standish, Ayer & Wood), where I recently became a vice president. I live in Revere Massachusetts and just celebrated 13 years with my wonderful wife Regina (nee O'Connor of West Haven CT). After many years I graduated summa cum laude from Northeastern University here in Boston.”  Chris spent the 80’s in Westchester and Dutchess counties, then three years in Naugatuck, CT before moving to Boston area. 

Mark Spina - Lives in Liberty, he's a chiropractor, married to Verna, one son.   

Mike Burnich – From a message sent by Mike: “I've been meaning to get back with you since the beginning of all this correspondence to give a little update, and say thanks for the effort on your part.  I guess your final note/this being Christmas season was finally enough to get me off my butt.  I've really enjoyed the postings from everyone,  and hearing that all is mostly well.   As for me, I graduated Syracuse Univ. in '82 in Geology and ended up in Houston in '83 just in time for the oil bust down here. (No harm though, I hear it's a pretty cutthroat biz anyway).  I spent the next few years in the restaurant industry,  and enjoyed that part  of my life very much.  I ended up leaving that to take a job with the U.S.  Geol. Survey.    We do surface and ground water studies in Houston and SE Texas, so on good days we get paid to drive a boat around all day...someone has to do it!   Actually, the work's interesting and varied,  and I like it here very much.   Except for a very short stint in PA, I've been here the whole time.  I get up to N.Y occasionally to visit the siblings.   I was last up there in '98 and saw Lynn while visiting my brother Steve in G-ville.  I haven't kept in touch with many since back in the 80's,  I do speak with Leesa K. every once in a while and we try to keep up with things as much as possible. I recently earned  my real estate license and am planning on doing some of that too, but in the meantime I've met the fabulous Lindy, who is a realtor here, and has agreed to marry me in April.   I've been married once before: no kids, one dog.  So......life has been busy lately, but very exciting, with lots to look forward to.   I run a little off and on.....mostly off lately, but plan on getting back to it soon.......after the holidays....sure I do......   I have another e-mail I can be reached at: mburnich@yahoo.com that might be better for the newsletter, but if you get back to me, this address is fine.  Take care Keith, and thanks again for bringing us all a little closer.  

-Mike Burnich

Anrew Jones - Works in construction, he lives on Thunder Hill Road, lived in the mid-west, among other places in the 80's.

Jeff Brown - Currently Director of Educational Programs, Yellowstone Association.  From a message sent by Jeff:  "Much has happened in the past 25 years. Here's a quick review: I graduated from the University of Vermont and the University of Idaho with degrees related to outdoor recreation management. I worked for the Adirondack Mountain Club in New York, Denali National Park Wilderness Centers in Alaska, the Appalachian Mountain Club in New Hampshire,  and Dartmouth College in New Hampshire. I survived a grizzly bear attack and cancer. I married a great woman named Wendy Zug and we have three young girls, including one from India and one from Kazakhstan. It's been a fun ride."  

Doug Baloy - Co-owner of Mystic Couturier (costumers), lives in Alabama, associated with the Alabama Shakespeare Festival  

Tom Chase - In the Air Force, has been stationed in New Hampshire, Korea, Langley (1985 - 1997), Azores, currently in Wyoming.

 Robin Beach Evans – Lives in Neversink, husband Brian, one son Brian Jr.

Lisa Edison Rogero - From a message sent by Lisa.  "I couldn't believe it when I opened your letter and saw all those names from the past!!  How did you get my address?  I haven't been in touch with anyone from Grahamsville since 1989.   I worked as a nurse from 1982 until 1998. I went into Deaf Education, and have been working for Cobb County Schools for the past 5 years. I am married to a great guy, Rob, he's a geologist.  We have a small farm about 50 miles outside of Atlanta.  We have horses, dogs, cats, chickens, etc.  We have chosen not to have children. My Mom and brother Steve live in the neighboring county.  My sister Cindy lives in Birmingham, my brother Jeff is in Memphis, and brother Bill is in New Paltz. I'm really into the horses, training and riding.  I was into showing for 5 or 6 years, but that got to be stressful. I spend most of my spare time with them. We also like to go to the north Ga. mountains periodically.   Rob's parents live in Jacksonville, Fla, so we visit there also. Thanks for sending the letter!  Will stay in touch!  Lisa Edison Rogero"

 Bob Johnson - Lives in Brewerton (near Syracuse) From a message sent by Bob.  "Hey Keith,  glad to hear from you...I just came across photo from 10th year reunion and got me thinking about everybody..I haven't seen or spoken to anyone for quite awhile.   As for myself, I am married 20 yrs. with 2 daughters 12 & 10// after working in graphic arts field, printing presses, paper, business products for many years I recently finished a 6 month full time culinary arts course and am now in the field.  www. kettlelakes.com and really enjoying going to work for the first time ever... I am still playing drums, have been in a few bands over the years, but for the past 12 with the same band; Reckless Drivin'......www.recklessonline.com////  have won 5 Sammy's  (syracuse area music award), have 2 cd's, it's kind of a power twang thing, roots rock with a little kick ie; john hyatt, bonnie raite, backsliders, beat farmers////anyway we have opened for billy ray cyrus, mark collie, and a host of other lesser knowns///after taking a couple of years off, we are now rehearsing again  to go out and play a bunch of original songs somewhere...see what happens.. If I can be of any help with anything, let me know. It will be cool to get in touch with some people and catch up.   Bob”

Ed Bonnell – Married to Christine, lives in Neversink, he works at TVCS.

Ken Punter - Lives in Ravenna, MI.  Still runs, mainly 15K's.  He's no slouch neither, placed 41st out of over 5000 runners in a Chicago half marathon three years ago.  One of Michigan’s top 100 marathoners: 2:56 in Chicago. http://www.runningnetworkarchives.com/caa/results/chgohalf00all.html

Becky White Petrutiu - From a message sent by Becky: “It is OK to publish my home email address to others. I am currently writing this while on vacation and visiting relatives in Wyoming. Had hoped to see Jeff Brown in Yellowstone, but he moved 1 month before I arrived! After deciding not to pursue ballet professionally, I moved out west. I graduated from University of Wyoming in 1986 with a degree in Electrical Engineering. After working 5 years with TI in Dallas and 5 years with Zilog in Boise Idaho where my son was born, I moved to Tempe AZ and worked for Motorola for 7 years. All were great places to live, and I was able to continue dancing ballet for pleasure and fitness both during University, and later performing with Ballet Dallas. I have been able to take classes regularly wherever I have lived and enjoy helping young dancers through scholarships and encouragement. For the last 3 years I have been working as an engineering manager for Motorola in Toulouse, France. Toulouse is in the south of France near the Pyrenees Mountains, just a little over an hours drive from the Mediterranean. It is so lovely here that I might stay forever. I have been divorced 10 years, but for the last 1.5 years have been with a wonderful man (French) and am thinking of marrying again. I have been fortunate enough to get back to Frost Valley on occasion and have seen Margie Turner and Jeff Brown now and then, but not often enough. My Dad is now living on Anna Maria Island off the coast of Tampa, Florida and I take a lot of vacation time there now. We'll see. Maybe next year I can visit Grahamsville again and look up some old friends from the class. Best wishes, Becky”

Recent update is that she’s buying a house, looks like she’s going to be staying a while longer!! 

Alice Owens Wisniewski - From a message sent by Alice:  “Gosh, I'm surprised you found me. Great job. You'll have to let me know how you did it. I'm guessing through Classmates? I had Mrs. West for Kindergarten.
Mrs. Gridley for 1st. Mrs. Ferand for 2nd. (my mind is blank...Is that one right?)  Mrs. Conroy for 3rd. I remember some classmates and in fact found my Kindergarten picture not too long ago, too bad I can't remember where it is now. Wow, there were only 66 in the graduating class? We were over 400. Just think, If I'd stayed at Tri Valley, I might have been somebody.  We moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1969. Married in 1980 to Robert Wisniewski. 1 stepson, 1 daughter 18 years and 1 son, 7 years. I have worked for the State of New Mexico child care bureau for almost 25 years, getting ready to retire. My husband passed away almost 2 years ago. Please include my email address in the newsletter, I'd love to hear from my old friends and would be pleasantly surprised if anyone remembered me. Thanks for the great surprise, It was very nice.  Alice (Owens) Wisniewski”

Linda Smith - (Thanks to Joyce for getting her in contact)  From a message sent by Linda: “Hi, Keith: Joyce Hall and I resumed contact about 2 years ago and she sent out your recent message with all the updates on our class. So, I thought I might join in. Would love to be in touch with some of the old group! So, here's the brief update: After TVCS, went to college at Marymount College in Tarrytown, NY. Did the 4-year thing there double-majoring in Studio Art and Psychology. Did an exchange student program during college in Florence, Italy and fell in love with the city. Left half of my heart there, but came back, finished college and moved to Boston to attend graduate school in 1983 at Lesley College. Got my MA in Expressive Therapies and became an Art Therapist. Been living and working in and around Boston since. Also was a professor in the Expressive Therapies Graduate School at Lesley College for 5 years part-time. Focus of my work has been with children and families experiencing poverty, trauma,etc. Went back and forth to Italy and moved there for a bit in 1990. (Had to come back because I was an "illegal alien"! oh, well, what can you do?) Back to Boston after that move. Had a beautiful little boy named Luca in 2000 who is now 3. He is the joy of my life. Working at Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program doing child and family therapy with families experiencing homelessness in the greater Boston area. Love my job, love my son, and love my life - wouldn't change a thing...

So, that's it in short! Hope you are well and thanks so much for being the conduit in reconnecting everyone! I really appreciate the effort and hope that even though we've missed our 25th Reunion opportunity, we can pull something off for 2008! WOW - there's a shocker!  Anyway, be well and enjoy your holidays. Thanks again and Happy New Year! Feel free to publish my e-mail address and home address below:  Take care,  Linda”
 

Peggy Bingham McCormick - I was recently in the hospital and met Ed Bonnell’s wife, she works there and she told me about this web site........  I have seen Melinda Coddington around, still in the area she married a muslim and practices the faith, I, myself manage the dunkin donuts in liberty, well I will continue to manage it once I am over my broken knee.  I am remarried, my last name is McCormick.  I have three children by my first marriage and they are almost totally grown.  My daughter, Laurie, named for Laurie Erath is a beautiful 22 yr old woman who works at the diagonistic center.  My son Joe, is 20 and in the army serving in Korea. And my son Scott is a jr. in Liberty School System.  It is so nice to see everyone is doing well....my regards, Peggy

Lou Schwartz – Married with kids, in Bedford NH.

Ed Abplanalp – Union carpenter for past 15 years, lived in Monticello for 10 years, now back in his parents house in Devine Corners.  Married to Kelly, 3 children and 2 grandchildren.

Phil Petersen – Married to Kristine.  Lives in Poughkeepsie.  Working in a bank.

Ed Gruner - Hey Keith, I wanted to go to the reunion, but I was short on funds. I lived in San Diego for the past nine years. I'm rebuilding my house right now. I lost my house in the Cedar Fire that hit San Diego County back in October. I will try to make the next get together. Are you going to post pictures from the event? This is what been going on with me since High School. I joined the Navy in December of '78. I went to Advanced Electronics and Communications School in Vallejo Ca. and Cheltenham Maryland. During that timeframe I got married and was stationed on the USS Nimitz in Norfolk Va. till December of '84. After I got out of the Navy in '84 I moved to Vacaville Ca. There I got a job with SAIC contracted to NAVELEX Vallejo. There I worked in Naval Satellite Communications to support the Navy as a civilian. I lived there till the BRAC in '95 and was moved to San Diego. I switched companies to RCI then back to SAIC to follow the contracts that I was attached to. I'm now working for SAIC contracted to SPAWAR here in San Diego. I'm now working more in the Systems and Network Engineering side of the house. I guess this is kind of a brief status of things.  Last time I was back in the Grahamsville area was in '88. I want to visit back there to see how things have changed. I really wanted to go back for this event to see everyone. Maybe the next time will be better for me and I will make it. You keep in touch and tell everyone I said hi. Now that you sent the email address list maybe we all could drop a line now and then. Ed

Tim Bardwell - Hi Keith. Tim moved from down there in 1982, he came to Scotia and has been here since. He's worked as a press operator for 13 years at Capital Printing (where we met). He has 3 sons and a stepson. Tim Jr. 22 Mike 20 Cody 5 and my son Chris 16. He still big into basketball, he plays on a team every Thurday night despite a knee injury that occured while playing. Most of what free time he has is spent playing with Cody or working in the yard. Thats about all I've got... if you can think of anything else you'd like to know just email me. Kerry Bardwell

Information below provided by John Kocijanski

Rich Kovacs - He came back to the area in 1991 to visit.  He is married and they had two daughters.  As of a couple years ago, he was working for Engineered Valves as Chief Product Engineer in Lancaster, PA.  From a message sent by Rich (thanks to John K for getting me his work address, would never have found him without that): “I was very pleased to receive the Class of 78 Newsletter. Thank you for taking the initiative. It's great to look up old friends and family. I'm embarrassed to say I haven't kept up with TVCS people very much. I went to the reunion in 88 and corresponded with John Kocijanski a little bit after that.  Some bio information: I graduated from Univ of N. Carolina - Charlotte in 1982 with mechanical engineering degree. I worked for the local Charlotte electric utility, Duke Power, from 1982 to 1990. I took a job with ITT Engineered Valves in Lancaster, PA in 1990, and I have been there ever since. The name of the factory has changed, but we're still part of ITT Industries. My wife Cindy and I were married in 1988, and she came with me to the reunion that year. We have two daughters, Katie age 12, and Abby age 9.  Like I mentioned, it's great you are taking time to bring old friends together. It's a lot of work but it can be very rewarding. I think as we get older, we increase our appreciation of our old friends and family. Perhaps you or some of our classmates remember my younger brother Jim. For the last few years, he has been doing genealogy research. In this process he managed to locate some of our paternal relatives in Hungary. I never knew my father. I knew little about him, and nothing of his parents or siblings. I frankly never expected to learn more. To make a long story short, Jim took the initiative to close the gaps. He contacted our relatives in Hungary, who were surprised and delighted to hear from their U.S. relatives after 42 years of no contact. In May of this year, I joined all four of my brothers, our wives, and all of our kids, on a trip to Hungary to re-connect with our relatives there. It was a fantastic experience - once in a lifetime. Our relatives were great; welcoming, hospitable and loving. We look forward to building on these new relationships. I have attached a couple of photos from this trip. One shows me with my brothers and some of my Hungarian cousins posing in front of the house of my grandfather. This is in the town of Varoslöd where my grandfather is buried, along with my grandmother and my aunt. The other photo is me with my wife and kids, in Budapest overlooking the Danube. (you can view cropped version of 2nd photo on www.tvcsalum.org - Keith)  I hope this is not too much information. Again, thanks for making the contact. You may share all of the above in the newsletter or as you like with other classmates. Best Regards, Rich "Ernie" Kovacs”

Leesa Kurtz Stolbach - I got an email from her a couple of years ago.  She lives in Boston and works in Art Education.  Refer to www.newartcenter.org, and http://www.newartcenter.org/forms/Fall2003.pdf  From a message sent by Leesa: “Thanks for hunting me down. I enjoyed the photos and hearing about the class of 78. I am tempted to begin my story by coining a popular reality TV phrase "it has been an incredible journey". Yes it's embarrassing but I love those shows. They crack me up. Anyhow here it is. After school I hung out in PA, then NY before moving to Boston. I moved to Boston to work with abused children from the inner city. I did that for 7 years. That was hard and rewarding work. I still can't believe I had it in me. I met my ex husband and moved to Boulder Colorado. I taught art and did a lot of painting in Boulder, which is the good part. I hated being there and missed Boston. This resulted in divorce. I then moved back to Boston, met my saucy English man and moved to London. I loved being in London. We traveled to Paris, Ireland, and Wales. We moved back to Boston and I began teaching at various Art Centers. I became the director of education at the Kendall Center for the Arts. A job I loved. The center had a fire and burned to the ground. We lost the center for good and I decided to continue teaching in Belmont. I opened up my art school for children 4 years ago. It's a blast and I am doing well. I am working on a web page and will keep you posted. Stephen and I have been together for 12 years. We have a dog named Jack and a cat named Arthur.  We continue to travel to England to see our friends. I still travel to Paris when I need a major art fix. So that is the short version of my life story so far. cheers, leesa"

Tim Sosnowski - (from a message sent to John) "After working for International Paper (over thirteen years) I went to education. I was employed at the "Cooper Union For The Advancement Of Science And Art" in the Analytical Instrument Laboratory for about five years in lower Manhattan (chiefly teaching, research, and working with instrumentation). Presently I am working for an international medical diagnostics company based out of Italy. My position involves automated robotics and infectious disease testing throughout North America and internationally. I have been on the road for a while with a very hectic travel schedule."  He currently lives on the south side of Long Island and is remarried.  

Rick Fairbairn - He's an OR nurse in Horton Hospital.  He has been in the nursing field for a while and has been at Horton for 3 years.  He said it was the first time since he had been there that he met up with anyone from TVCS.

Joe Flynn - Last I heard he was married and working in Monticello at security alarm business.

Kevin Thomas - Last I heard he was married with children and was an X-Ray tech in Kingston.

I've also seen Christine Diana Sarosy around.  She is married and has children.  I've seen her at the sunday school in Monticello my children go to.  Per Dorothy McGuire Conklin, Christine lives in White Lake

Information below was provided by Alice Dexheimer Karsko

I saw Lynn Krom Byrne-Moore at the Fair today .  She has 3 boys from her first marriage.  Her first husband passed away.  She has remarried to Joe Moore (Lived in Neversink when we were kids ) with his 2 boys. She is a substitute teacher, soccer coach at TVCS.  She wanted to have a reunion but couldn't do it alone and I guess others were busy. I know I couldn't offer much help at this time. I saw Ruthie Cypert Dixon in July.  She and Eric(class of 76) have lived all over U.S. and abroad.  They have 3 children.   Eric is still running.  I usually see Ruthie 1X a year when she comes to visit her family and we call or write a few times during the year.  

From a message sent by Ruth: "I don't know where or if you would want to include my information other than what Alice provided. She did a good job with the summary.  Eric and I have 3 children, My son, Alex, just turned 18 years old and it brings back such memories of that stage in life of graduating from high school and heading off on a new adventure to college. My daughter, Erin, will be 16 in March. Rachel is 6 yrs. old. We left New York State after he graduated form Cornell and I from SUNY in Cobleskill. We have lived in many states - OK,MS,LA,TX. Then went overseas to Aberdeen, Scotland and England. Came back to the States. TX for a 2nd time, then to Alaska. From there we went back overseas to Kuwait and England (again). Now we are living outside Houston, TX. I have been a fulltime mother for the past 18 years. Eric works for BP Oil Company.  Take Care,  Ruth Dixon"

Carol Denman - Owns/operates the Hillside Greenhouse in Liberty with her husband Dale Vandenberg. They have 3 boys.  

Laurie Erath Mansfield - Lives in the Syracuse area  She is still acting in Dinner theater (per Laurie "doesn't do this much anymore" - keith) (refer to http://www.homestead.com/prosites-janrod/CTCproductionpix16.html and http://www.homestead.com/prosites-janrod/CTCproductionpix13.html , she is Laurie Bridges in the second link) and manages the cosmetics dept in a Department store (Carousel Mall).  I don't see her as much because her Mom moved up near her brother in Sherburne NY due to failing health.   In the mid to late 80’s Laurie lived in the Utica area.

The following provided by Lynn Krom Byrne-Moore

Keith here's what I have:  

Patrick McNamara - From message sent by his wife, Laura: "Patrick wanted me to give you an update after getting your e-mail on many of his former classmates. One daughter Courtney age 11. Still living in Grahamsville.  He's Golf Superintendent /Ski Director at Kutsher's Country Club, and Golf Superintendent at The Pines Hotel. Stay in touch.  Laura"

Tom Barkley - Living in Hasbrouck with wife Amy and son Tom Jr and working in maintenance at the prison  

Faith Brooks - Living in Grahamsville with fiancé Bob Botsford and has 2 Children  

Rich Schmitz - Lives in Kansas and has 2 daughters and 1 grandson!  From a message sent by Rich:  "I got your package about the class "reunion" stuff and it was great to hear what you have going on. I will get you a more detailed letter in the near future to pass on to the rest of the class.   I think remarried to Regina.  Retired from military, now has position with the Union at Raytheon.  Has also lived in Hawaii and Germany.    cheers, Rich Schmitz

Gary Bowers - Living in Woodbourne with his wife Heidi (Geiger, class of 82) and daughter Allison. He has his own construction company  

Marianna Boncek Sanborn - Living in Grahamsville and has 2 daughters. From a message sent by Marianna:  “I am divorced, I have two wonderful daughters.  I'm currently buying some land up here in Neversink and hope to put a home on it soon.  I have been teaching at Monticello High School for five years.  I'm working on a Ph.D.  I also practice astrology.  (yes, I was always a bit odd)”  

Cindy Dymond Mickelson- Living in Woodbourne with husband Scott Mickelson (class of 74)  

Tim Manell - Living in Livingston Manor, remarried, and has 2 daughters  

Ron Misner - Living in Grahamsville  

Dorothy McGuire Conklin - Living in Neversink with husband Paul Conklin I'm not sure how many children they have.  

Ken Atkins - Living in Neversink with his wife and 3 sons

Mike Whipple - Living in Neversink with his wife and 4 children

Ed Hufnagel - Living in Napanoch with wife Pat he has 1 son

Margie Turner Coehle- Living with her Dad again on Ulster Heights road. Her mom passed away a year or so ago and she moved in to take care of things.  Her son goes to Tri-Valley.  She is divorced. She is still as funny as ever and still to the point when she's got something to say.  I also heard lived near York, PA for a while - Keith

                                                 Information below from Dorothy McGuire Conklin

(Thanks to Linda Smith for getting her in touch)

Janet Dimilia Milner – Living in Olyphant, PA.  Has twin boys.  Dietitian/Nutritionist.

Penny Miller Ackerley – Living in Woodbourne.

Terry Chase – Lives in Virginia.  (only listing in country shows a Terry Chase in Lynchburg, VA – Keith).

Mary Weiss – Last I knew was in Ellenville.

Just the locations of some people

Deborah Turk BeChuck - near Houston, Jeff Greaves - FL, Pete Stenros - MN,  Jeff Dubois - Fallsburg, Mike Wright - Woodbourne, Ramona Curry Howe – Neversink, Terri Greer (Wilson?) – Wallkill, Joe Garcia – Coal Township, PA, Paul Bender – Hershey, PA

A little from Lynn about the remaining faculty

The only faculty left that we would remember are Neil Bright, Joe Ronkese, Sheila Benton, Joyce Jordan Hartman, and Mary Feusner.   (and Joe Iatauro? - Keith)  Mr Quick retired last year.  Mr Michaels, Mr Sanford, Mr Karabak retired two years ago.  I think that's it.

Lynn

Here is a listing of nearly the remainder of our class, sorry for any misspellings:

Jackie Fleischer               Caren Richards                Paula Lavino

Wes DeWitt                     Kathleen Miranda             Brian Hinkledire

Susan Conrad                  Yvonne Hinkledire            JoAnn Bowers

This is a listing of a few people who were in our class who left our class prior to graduation.  Thanks much to Chris Denman, John Kocijanski, and Chris Denman for all the help coming up with this list of names.  Can anyone come up with any others? I’m sure there are quite a few from elementary school that have slipped by.

 Joe Bronic             Priscilla Brown                 Karen Bertrem

Diana Duncan        Dale Sheilds                     Jesse Mobley

Jeffrey Bivens       Robert Colotta                 Bobby Sherman

Jane Tilley             Lyle Burns                       Eileen Rashevich

Billy Bevier            Gary Bell                          Harold Turk

Perry Hyzer            Brenda Dailey                  John Jones

Lenny McIntosh     Dorothy Garone               Robert Santori

Karen Buley           Theresea Murray             Debbie Coddington

Herbie Dymond      Melinda Coddington         Martha Dymond

Sharon Dymond     Ruth Ann Carpenter         Robert Beatty

Rich Brown            Joe Murphy                     Frances Lowe

Tim McIntosh         D. Regina                         Jimmy Smith

Joe Weiss              Randy Richard                 R. Vaneuven

C. Wells                 Joy Gable                        Hiram Hulse          

Billy Huebsch         Phil Davis                         Paul Davis

John Vernooy        Harry Weinand                 Judy Marshalek

Dale Degraw          Dave Cypert                     Jimmy Hunter

Brian Evans           Glen Osterhout                Robin Phelps

Margaret Phelps    Robert Beatty                  Carla Mickelson

Peter Miles             Kevin Curry                     Roberta Schmidt

January 12^th, 2004

I think we've arrived at last to the final version of this newsletter.  Thanks to John K, Alice, and Lynn for the additional classmate information, they have their own sections in this message.  And to Donna, Lisa, and Phil G for the sustained enthusiasm.  As well as to Sylvia and Debra Terbush, Joan Hall, Joyce Hall (Rice), Carol Dexheimer, Eileen Doherty, Clayton, Rich K and Keith E for the information and help they provided.  And special thanks to Bob Finch for creating the alumni website, if not for this site, this newsletter may well never have happened or be not nearly as complete if it did.  We have bio information for 49 people and just location information for a dozen more, not half bad for a graduating class of 66 people.  And have a direct and indirect e-mail distribution of over 30 people.  Take a look at the photo section for the 1950's on www.tvcsalum.org, you'll find many scans there from 5 of my Mom and Dad's yearbooks, including individual pictures of each of the seniors for the years 1952, 53, 54, 55, and 59.  And check out the 1978 photo section for some contemporary (or nearly so) pictures of a few classmates.  Also on the very last page of this newsletter, you’ll see a message from me on how this newsletter came to fruition.  So put on your Big Chill CD, here’s our class:

My Stuff

 Alice Dexheimer Karsko - Occupational Therapist near Wilkes Barre, PA., she's also  involved with Vacation Bible Studies, has a 7 year old daughter, 3 year old son.

 Phil Galvano - Runs the Galvano Golf Academy in FL.  married with two children. refer to www.galvanogolf.com,  Phil’s e-mail address is posted on the alumni website.

 Clayton Starkweather - System Specialist, Micros Systems, in Dallas/FortWorth area, married to Katrina, has one son, one daughter,  The Clayton family website: http://www.starkweather.ws, just created so it's a little sparse at the moment.  Clayton’s e-mail address is posted on the alumni website.

 Joyce Hall Rice - From a message sent by Joyce:

“Hi Keith, My mom told me she had been helping you to locate people around the area and has been passing the newsletters on to me. I've been meaning to email you with my address and just haven't gotten to it. You've done a great job getting this email newsletter started and keeping us updated. It sure has been great to hear what so many of the class of '78 gang have been up to. I've been up to

pretty much the same stuff as everyone else; husband, kids, work, homework, activities with a little time left for travel and fun. My daughter Erin is 15 and goes to John Jay HS with 2000 kids, which is so hard to adjust to after TVCS and our huge class of 60. My son Brock the "Lego King" is 11 and in 5th grade. They both keep us busy with sports, scouts and friends. We've lived in Hopewell Jct near Poughkeepsie for about 12 years now and before that Putnam and Westchester counties. I have worked for a few local hospitals and am now at Danbury Hospital where I manage the Health Information Services Dept (Medical Records). I really enjoy my work implementing software, managing projects, keeping up with state and federal regulation and convincing the administrators that I need a bigger budget, but never a dull moment for the most part. My husband Ron works mostly in CT as a carpenter with a small company and does a lot with the cub scouts. We make it back to Grahamsville a few times a year to visit the folks and soak up the sights of Sullivan County. For those who haven't been back, TVCS sure looks different than it did when we were there with all kinds of new additions and construction. I would love to see everyone at some point, if you have ideas about a reunion please let me know I would be glad to help. I did reconnect with Linda Smith about 2 years ago and we managed to get together last Thanksgiving, it was so good to catch up on all the years we had missed. She has lived in the Boston area since college and really likes it there. Well thanks for all your efforts in tracking us all down. I hope you have a great holiday season. 

The class that's great is '78!   (Am I the only one who'd forgotten that expression? - keith)

Joyce”

Joyce’s e-mail address is posted on the alumni website.

 Gary Terbush - Lives in Grahamsville, he handles grievances at Otisville Correctional Facility, married, three children

 Donna Coleman Berardicurti - Works in a nursing home with her husband near Rochester, they're also involved with youth ministries,  Donna’s e-mail address is posted on the alumni website.

 Me – For the past 5 years, UNIX system administrator near Washington DC, spent the 80's in Syracuse and Connecticut.  Also worked as long distance operator, office machine field tech, data communications tech, application support tech for UNIX based office automation, telemarketing, and medical decision support software.  Have chipped away at CS degree during the past 10 years, finished the vast majority, not sure I’ll be be getting back to it though.  Have one 24 year old son (Brian, married to Danielle, they live in Livingston Manor) keith.a.carlsen@boeing.com

 John Kocijanski - Lives in Monticello, he teaches 9th grade earth science and 12th grade astronomy/oceanography at Monroe-Woodbury, takes some nice pictures of planets and stuff, helps run the Catskill Astronomer's Club in Liberty, refer to:  http://www.catskillsastro.org ,  married to Theresa, has two daughters: age 9 (Meghan) and 13 (Katie).

 Keith Eighmey - Lives in Ellenville, he's a manager at Kohl's Distribution Center, has three children.   Keith’s e-mail address is posted on the TV alumni website.

 Chris Denman (Thanks to Clayton for e-mail address)- Does IBM AS/400 related work for an investment company in Boston, married to Regina.

 Mark Spina - Lives in or near Grahamsville, he's a chiropractor, married, one son.  http://www.sc-democrat.com/archives/2002/sports/07July/09/walkers.htm .  If you'd like to say "Hi" to Mark, I found this:  http://myreligion.scientologist.net/markspina/contact.htm. 

 Mike Burnich – From a message sent by Mike:

“I've been meaning to get back with you since the beginning of all this correspondence to give a little update, and say thanks for the effort on your part.  I guess your final note/this being Christmas season was finally enough to get me off my butt.  I've really enjoyed the postings from everyone,  and hearing that all is mostly well.  As for me, I graduated Syracuse Univ. in '82 in Geology and ended up in Houston in '83 just in time for the oil bust down here. (No harm though, I hear it's a pretty cutthroat biz anyway).  I spent the next few years in the restaurant industry,  and enjoyed that part  of my life very much.  I ended up leaving that to take a job with the U.S.  Geol. Survey.    We do surface and ground water studies in Houston and SE Texas, so on good days we get paid to drive a boat around all day...someone has to do it!   Actually, the work's interesting and varied,  and I like it here very much.   Except for a very short stint in PA, I've been here the whole time.  I get up to N.Y occasionally to visit the siblings.   I was last up there in '98 and saw Lynn while visiting my brother Steve in G-ville.  I haven't kept in touch with many since back in the 80's,  I do speak with Leesa K. every once in a while and we try to keep up with things as much as possible.  I recently earned  my real estate license and am planning on doing some of that too, but in the meantime I've met the fabulous Lindy, who is a realtor here, and has agreed to marry me in April.   I've been married once before: no kids, one dog.  So......life has been busy lately, but very exciting, with lots to look forward to.   I run a little off and on.....mostly off lately, but plan on getting back to it soon.......after the holidays....sure I do......   I have another e-mail I can be reached at: mburnich@yahoo.com That might be better for the newsletter, but if you get back to me, this address is fine.  Take care Keith, and thanks again for bringing us all a little closer.    
-Mike Burnich p.s.--Feel free to share any of this as you please, including e-mail”  Mike’s e-mail address published on the alumni website.

 Andrew Jones - Works in construction, he lives on Thunder Hill Road, lived in the mid-west, among other places in the 80's.

 Jeff Brown - Currently Director of Outdoor Programs, Dartmouth College.  From a message sent by Jeff:  "Much has happened in the past 25 years. Here's a quick review: I graduated from the University of Vermont and the University of Idaho with degrees related to outdoor recreation management. I worked for the Adirondack Mountain Club in New York, Denali National Park Wilderness Centers in Alaska, the Appalachian Mountain Club in New Hampshire, the Yellowstone Association in Wyoming, and now Dartmouth College in New Hampshire. I survived a grizzly bear attack and cancer. I married a great woman named Wendy Zug and we have three young girls, including one from India and one from Kazakhstan. It's been a fun ride."   (Good thing I always save jpeg when I find web pics, those pages seem to mysteriously disappear or change sometimes, funny how that happens – keith)

 Doug Baloy - Co-owner of Mystic Couturier (costumers), lives in Alabama, associated with the Alabama Shakespeare Festival.  Doug’s e-mail address is posted on the TV alumni website.

 Tom Chase - In the Air Force, has been stationed in New Hampshire, Korea, Langley (1985 - 1997), Azores, currently in Wyoming.

 Robin Beach Evans – Lives in Neversink, husband Brian, one son Brian Jr.

 Lisa Edison Rogero - From a message sent by Lisa.  "I couldn't believe it when I opened your letter and saw all those names from the past!!  How did you get my address?  I haven't been in touch with anyone from Grahamsville since 1989.  I worked as a nurse from 1982 until 1998. I went into Deaf Education, and have been working for Cobb County Schools for the past 5 years. I am married to a great guy, Rob, he's a geologist.  We have a small farm about 50 miles outside of Atlanta.  We have horses, dogs, cats, chickens, etc.  We have chosen not to have children. My Mom and brother Steve live in the neighboring county.  My sister Cindy lives in Birmingham, my brother Jeff is in Memphis, and brother Bill is in New Paltz. I'm really into the horses, training and riding.  I was into showing for 5 or 6 years, but that got to be stressful. I spend most of my spare time with them. We also like to go to the north Ga. mountains periodically.   Rob's parents live in Jacksonville, Fla, so we visit there also.  Thanks for sending the letter!  Will stay in touch!  Lisa Edison Rogero"  Lisa’s e-mail address is posted on the alumni website.

 Bob Johnson - Lives in Brewerton (near Syracuse) From a message sent by Bob.  "Hey Keith,  glad to hear from you... I just came across photo from 10th year reunion and got me thinking about everybody..I haven't seen or spoken to anyone for quite awhile.   As for myself, I am married 20 yrs. with 2 daughters 12 & 10// after working in graphic arts field, printing presses, paper, business products for many years I recently finished a 6 month full time culinary arts course and am now in the field. www. kettlelakes.com and really enjoying going to work for the first time ever... I am still playing drums, have been in a few bands over the years, but for the past 12 with the same band; Reckless Drivin'......www.recklessonline.com//// have won 5 Sammy's  (syracuse area music award), have 2 cd's, it's kind of a power twang thing, roots rock with a little kick ie; john hyatt, bonnie raite, backsliders, beat farmers////anyway we have opened for billy ray cyrus, mark collie, and a host of other lesser knowns///after taking a couple of years off, we are now rehearsing again  to go out and play a bunch of original songs somewhere...see what happens.. If I can be of any help with anything, let me know. It will be cool to get in touch with some people and catch up.   Bob” Bob’s e-mail address is listed on the alumni website.

 Ed Bonnel - Lives in Neversink, he works at TVCS.

 Ken Punter - Lives in Ravenna, MI.  Still runs, mainly 15K's.  He's no slouch neither, placed 41st out of over 5000 runners in a Chicago half marathon three years ago: http://www.runningnetworkarchives.com/caa/results/chgohalf00all.html

 Becky White Petrutiu - From a message sent by Becky: “It is OK to publish my home email address to others. I am currently writing this while on vacation and visiting relatives in Wyoming. Had hoped to see Jeff Brown in Yellowstone, but he moved 1 month before I arrived!  After deciding not to pursue ballet professionally, I moved out west. I graduated from University of Wyoming in 1986 with a degree in Electrical Engineering. After working 5 years with TI in Dallas and 5 years with Zilog in Boise Idaho where my son was born, I moved to Tempe AZ and worked for Motorola for 7 years. All were great places to live, and I was able to continue dancing ballet for pleasure and fitness both during University, and later performing with Ballet Dallas. I have been able to take classes regularly wherever I have lived and enjoy helping young dancers through scholarships and encouragement. For the last 3 years I have been working as an engineering manager for Motorola in Toulouse, France. Toulouse is in the south of France near the Pyrenees Mountains, just a little over an hours drive from the Mediterranean. It is so lovely here that I might stay forever. I have been divorced 10 years, but for the last 1.5 years have been with a wonderful man (French) and am thinking of marrying again. I have been fortunate enough to get back to Frost Valley on occasion and have seen Margie Turner and Jeff Brown now and then, but not often enough. My Dad is now living on Anna Maria Island off the coast of Tampa, Florida and I take a lot of vacation time there now.  We'll see. Maybe next year I can visit Grahamsville again and look up some old friends from the class. Best wishes, Becky”   Becky’s e-mail address is posted on the alumni website.

 Alice Owens Wisniewski - From a message sent by Alice:  “Gosh, I'm surprised you found me. Great job. You'll have to let me know how you did it. I'm guessing through Classmates? I had Mrs. West for Kindergarten.
Mrs. Gridley for 1st. Mrs. Ferand for 2nd. (my mind is blank...Is that one right?)  Mrs. Conroy for 3rd. I remember some classmates and in fact found my Kindergarten picture not too long ago, too bad I can't remember where it is now. Wow, there were only 66 in the graduating class? We were over 400. Just think, If I'd stayed at Tri Valley, I might have been somebody.  We moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1969. Married in 1980 to Robert Wisniewski. 1 stepson, 1 daughter 18 years and 1 son, 7 years. I have worked for the State of New Mexico child care bureau for almost 25 years, getting ready to retire. My husband passed away almost 2 years ago. Please include my email address in the newsletter, I'd love to hear from my old friends and would be pleasantly surprised if anyone remembered me.  Thanks for the great surprise, It was very nice.
Alice (Owens) Wisniewski”  Alice’s e-mail address is posted on the alumni website

 Linda Smith - (Thanks to Joyce for getting her in contact)  From a message sent by Linda: “Hi, Keith: Joyce Hall and I resumed contact about 2 years ago and she sent out your recent message with all the updates on our class. So, I thought I might join in. Would love to be in touch with some of the old group! So, here's the brief update: After TVCS, went to college at Marymount College in Tarrytown, NY. Did the 4-year thing there double-majoring in Studio Art and Psychology. Did an exchange student program during college in Florence, Italy and fell in love with the city. Left half of my heart there, but came back, finished college and moved to Boston to attend graduate school in 1983 at Lesley College. Got my MA in Expressive Therapies and became an Art Therapist. Been living and working in and around Boston since. Also was a professor in the Expressive Therapies Graduate School at Lesley College for 5 years part-time. Focus of my work has been with children and families experiencing poverty, trauma,etc. Went back and forth to Italy and moved there for a bit in 1990. (Had to come back because I was an "illegal alien"! oh, well, what can you do?) Back to Boston after that move. Had a beautiful little boy named Luca in 2000 who is now 3. He is the joy of my life. Working at Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program doing child and family therapy with families experiencing homelessness in the greater Boston area. Love my job, love my son, and love my life - wouldn't change a thing... So, that's it in short! Hope you are well and thanks so much for being the conduit in reconnecting everyone! I really appreciate the effort and hope that even though we've missed our 25th Reunion opportunity, we can pull something off for 2008! WOW - there's a shocker!   Anyway, be well and enjoy your holidays. Thanks again and Happy New Year! Feel free to publish my e-mail address and home address below: Take care, Linda” Linda’s e-mail address is posted on the alumni website.

 Information below provided by John Kocijanski

 Rich Kovacs - He came back to the area in 1991 to visit.  He is married and they had two daughters.  As of a couple years ago, he was working for Engineered Valves as Chief Product Engineer in Lancaster, PA.

From a message sent by Rich (thanks to John K for getting me his work address, would never have found him without that): “I was very pleased to receive the Class of 78 Newsletter. Thank you for taking the initiative. It's great to look up old friends and family. I'm embarrassed to say I haven't kept up with TVCS people very much. I went to the reunion in 88 and corresponded with John Kocijanski a little bit after that.

Some bio information:

I graduated from Univ of N. Carolina - Charlotte in 1982 with mechanical engineering degree. I worked for the local Charlotte electric utility, Duke Power, from 1982 to 1990. I took a job with ITT Engineered Valves in Lancaster, PA in 1990, and I have been there ever since. The name of the factory has changed, but we're still part of ITT Industries. My wife Cindy and I were married in 1988, and she came with me to the reunion that year. We have two daughters, Katie age 12, and Abby age 9. Like I mentioned, it's great you are taking time to bring old friends together. It's a lot of work but it can be very rewarding. I think as we get older, we increase our appreciation of our old friends and family. Perhaps you or some of our classmates remember my younger brother Jim. For the last few years, he has been doing genealogy research. In this process he managed to locate some of our paternal relatives in Hungary. I never knew my father. I knew little about him, and nothing of his parents or siblings. I frankly never expected to learn more. To make a long story short, Jim took the initiative to close the gaps. He contacted our relatives in Hungary, who were surprised and delighted to hear from their U.S. relatives after 42 years of no contact. In May of this year, I joined all four of my brothers, our wives, and all of our kids, on a trip to Hungary to re-connect with our relatives there. It was a fantastic experience - once in a lifetime. Our relatives were great; welcoming, hospitable and loving. We look forward to building on these new relationships. I have attached a couple of photos from this trip. One shows me with my brothers and some of my Hungarian cousins posing in front of the house of my grandfather. This is in the town of Varoslöd where my grandfather is buried, along with my grandmother and my aunt. The other photo is me with my wife and kids, in Budapest overlooking the Danube. (you can view cropped version of 2nd photo on www.tvcsalum.org - Keith)

I hope this is not too much information. Again, thanks for making the contact. You may share all of the above in the newsletter or as you like with other classmates. Best Regards, Rich "Ernie" Kovacs” Rich’s e-mail address is posted on the alumni website.

 Leesa Kurtz Stolbach - I got an email from her a couple of years ago.  She lives in Boston and works in Art Education.  Refer to www.newartcenter.org, and http://www.newartcenter.org/forms/Fall2003.pdf  From a message sent by Leesa: “Thanks for hunting me down. I enjoyed the photos and hearing about the class of 78. I am tempted to begin my story by coining a popular reality TV phrase "it has been an incredible journey". Yes it's embarrassing but I love those shows. They crack me up.  Anyhow here it is. After school I hung out in PA, then NY before moving to Boston. I moved to Boston to work with abused children from the inner city. I did that for 7 years. That was hard and rewarding work. I still can't believe I had it in me. I met my ex husband and moved to Boulder Colorado. I taught art and did a lot of painting in Boulder, which is the good part. I hated being there and missed Boston. This resulted in divorce. I then moved back to Boston, met my saucy English man and moved to London. I loved being in London. We traveled to Paris, Ireland, and Wales. We moved back to Boston and I began teaching at various Art Centers. I became the director of education at the Kendall Center for the Arts. A job I loved. The center had a fire and burned to the ground. We lost the center for good and I decided to continue teaching in Belmont. I opened up my art school for children 4 years ago. It's a blast and I am doing well. I am working on a web page and will keep you posted. Stephen and I have been together for 12 years. We have a dog named Jack and a cat named Arthur.  We continue to travel to England to see our friends. I still travel to Paris when I need a major art fix. So that is the short version of my life story so far. cheers, leesa"  

Tim Sosnowski - (from a message sent to John) "After working for International Paper (over thirteen years) I went to education. I was employed at the "Cooper Union For The Advancement Of Science And Art" in the Analytical Instrument Laboratory for about five years in lower Manhattan (chiefly teaching, research, and working with instrumentation). Present