Chronicle 2017

Tatiana Jaciw Kowryga and I got together for dinner and a chin-wag. Smithyes – our real estate guru – helped me sell my cottage last summer. Vicki Brophy Clarke is cycling in The Enbridge Ride to Conquer Cancer for the eighth time in June. It is a major two-day cycling event to benefit Princess Margaret Cancer Centre…230 km from Niagara Falls to Hamilton and back. Toni Addison Dixon continues her Western riding competitions and leadership on the Calgary Stampede board. I have been pleased to connect with Susan Reid, Benita Tafel, Jennifer MacLeod, Brenda Barry and Ann Moffatt . Please save fall 2018 for our next Big Reunion ‒ I always wondered what “40 Years On” would feel like and I am OK with it! Please plan to come!! Details to follow.

Four 1978 classmates got together on Grand Cayman Island this year.

CLASS OF 1979

$ 27,352

CLASS OF 1979 ENDOWMENT TOTAL AS AT MAY 31, 2017

CLASS REPS: Jane Cardarelli Devine and Sarah Sedgwick Parry Thirty-eight years on and we are watching our children move out, while taking care of our aging parents. Barb Blair Mason volunteers at Wellspring Westerkirk in peer support. Janet Currie MacPhail is very involved with children’s mental health ‒ her passion ‒ at Sunnybrook Hospital and with Havergal, where she is on the board of directors. Anne DesBrisay has just published Ottawa Cooks ; she is in her 25th year of writing restaurant reviews. Barbara (Barb Callander) continues to add destinations to her wildlife photography wish list. Jane Southey , like many of us, spends time visiting her offspring in various parts of the world. Dale O’Flynn has moved back from Turkey and is living in Kelowna, B.C. Kathryn Sherwood Sinclair still lives in Australia, but will be in Toronto from April to October. Let’s give a shout out to Jane Wansbrough Philp ’s “crazy Canucks.” Both of her boys are representing Canada in skiing. Janet Andrews has found her “Sir Galahad” and is pleased to announce her engagement. Leslee Johnston Thompson is now travelling the world striving to bring high-quality health services to all in her role as CEO of Health Standards Organization &

Accreditation Canada. Jane Ross has added “Finding your Love” to her coaching portfolio!

MARRIAGES Jane Ross

At Jane Ross’s wedding: Benita Tafel, Allyson Payne Mestre, Barb Callander, the bride!, Beth Crosbie, Susan Eplett, Lisa McAlpine and Kim Allaby.

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