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CLASS NEWS
CLASS OF 1980
CLASS OF 1980 ENDOWMENT
TOTAL AS AT MAY 31, 2017
$
14,612
CLASS REPS: Carolyn Nesbitt and Janet Reid
Thank you so much to
Sandra (Sandi) Meyrick
and
Pamela (Pam) Grogan Taylor
for being the Class Reps
for the next four years…woo-hoo!
Martha Heighington
sent in a quote that captures
the essence of her life – three kids, all born in different
countries in which she was also able to continue her
career, have great jobs and even better friends: “Humor
is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.” (James
Thurber)
From
Susan (Sue) Gibson
: “Life is busy and happy
in our 16th year in London. We had hoped to move to
D.C. in June with Hillary Clinton as president, but it sadly
was not to be – so we will stay here for the foreseeable
future. In my spare time, I organize events to raise money
for human rights, girls’ education and women’s causes
internationally. The highlight: I hosted three events for
General Romeo Dallaire last year to raise funds for his
initiative to stop the recruitment of child soldiers ‒ what
an inspiring person!”
Pam Grogan Taylor
, who is recovering from knee
surgery, writes: “In my spare time right now I’m
rehabilitating my knee, seeing my physiotherapist twice
weekly and biking to nowhere on a stationary bike. My
goal is to get back on the courts by May.”
From
Heather Ritchie Walton
in Texas: ”Actively
involved in the community of Frisco, volunteering at
Frisco Family Services at the food pantry where those in
need are eligible to shop in a store-like environment for
their family.”
Sandi Meyrick
went diving in the Galapagos with her
husband and children; she says that the animal life in
those waters is unbelievable. Outside of work life,
Karen
Johnson
has lots of fun coaching the young kids in her
ski club, so she can be on the mountain while her children
are race training and on the water while her children sail.
Kids’ sailing actually brought her to Toronto last August,
allowing for a wonderful, but too short, visit with
Jennifer
(Jenny) Normand Wilmer
, who can be found helping
animals in Hong Kong.
Janet Beale
does lots of volunteering with Scouts
and “recently became the 19th Baroness of Redcastle
(nope, not kidding)! Redcastle is a Scottish feudal Barony
related to my genealogy work – no money or land – just
a title.”
Janet Reid
writes: “On call now, slogging X-rays.”
From
Carol Nesbitt
: “My favourite sermon of Brenda
Robson’s was the serenity prayer. I used it my whole life,
but now that I am no longer patient enough, I prefer the
thoughts of Angela Davis: ‘I’m no longer accepting the
things I cannot change… I’m changing the things I cannot
accept.’ I know that now I am in exactly the right place,
doing exactly what I’m meant to be doing.”
All the best to each of you! Do you remember that
song, “40 years on when afar and asunder”? We will be
40 years on at our next reunion in 2020. See you then!