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W W W.HOOD.EDU of St. Mary’s River and Florida on the other and husband David were there too. Now Ginside. She claims the only downside of living ny is trying to ﬁnish the renovation and exon the marsh is the occasional visit from a pansion that Rob worked on for three years. snake or alligator. She and husband Jeff celeThe house is huge but may be ﬁnished by the brated their 43rd anniversary in June. Jeff still time this is published. Ginny would love to works in group beneﬁts but they both play have company. She’s still director of ﬁnance at golf two to three times a week. Last fall they The George Washington Univ. and loves her were on a Greek Isles cruise that Marty orgajob. Daughter Hilary (Yale ’04) will go to Univ. nized for 10 couples. She raves about Ephesus, of Washington School of Law on a Gates FelMykonos, Pompeii, etc., and wishes she relowship for Public Interest, which is not only membered more from mythology class. Barb offers a full ride but a travel grant, living exCummings Stacks reports that all is about penses, etc. She is home for the summer and the same in her life with the exception of a doing some editorial work in the Business fabulous cycling trip in the Loire Valley, France, School at GWU. Son Davis is also home from with an extended excursion to Paris. “Cycling Yale for the summer and looking for work. through French villages was great,” she wrote. Having them at home is a mixed blessing! Pat “Sailing season has now commenced and so Rosner Kearns celebrated her youngest son’s we will be out on the water quite a bit until graduation from the Univ. of Georgia in May October. I try hard to keep this ‘aging body’ and the birth of grandson Lazlo in February, going and spend most of my life patching the born to son Josh and wife Lisa. Pat is director knees, back and shoulders so that I can conof corporate development at the Prevent Cantinue to enjoy golf, swimming and walking. cer Foundation, trying to raise funds in this Added yoga this year and love it! We have very difﬁcult economy. Debbie Smith Aldrich also added a darling Shih Tzu Dexter to our says that she loves to hear about everyone household. Our only daughter Courtney is not else but hasn’t much to report herself. She’s married yet and so the grandchildren stories fully retired, having sold her husband’s busiamong friends get a bit much. Now I brag ness last year. She loves living in Newburyport about Dexter. He’s a cutie and very lovable. and would love to see anyone who gets out Regarding Hood contacts, I have had wonderthat way. Debbie had knee replacement surful visits since our 40th with Linda Carlson, gery last fall and is now enjoying walking and Beth Wilby Dempsey ’66 and Terri Petrillo getting everywhere without pain. She’s lookConnolly ’66. Time doesn’t pass with longing forward to summer activities and getting time friends and experiences!” Mary Eberback to kayaking. Spending time with her kids line is happy to be where her heart is—back and grandkids—ages 28, 16, 14, 12, and 10— in Richmond after years in Michigan caring for and great-grands—ages 9, 5 and 3—makes her ailing father and then closing his estate. her feel very old. And she loves her two de“How many others have suffered personal cost lightful cats. Suzanne Turner Haniﬂ writes, in moving out of state to care for a parent?,” “Life is good for us.” She and husband Paul she asked. In the end dementia was a gift that split their time between their house in Barallowed her father to enjoy her presence. rington, Ill., where he works, and a condo in There was nothing left but love. Now job Naples, Fla., where they enjoy golﬁng, swimhunting near her adoptive daughter she asks ming, walking the beach and entertaining if anyone with Virginia contacts could help an their ﬁve grandchildren who visit from Minneex-banker/administrator ﬁnd work? Carol sota. They are also remodeling both homes. Miller Hnath’s latest news is that her 91-yearSuzanne guesses she will always live in chaos. old mother moved in with them last SeptemOn top of that she travels—back to India to ber, had a massive stroke Dec. 18 and is now revisit her high school in the foothills of the in a nearby nursing home. Carol visits her daiHimalayas and sightsee in Delhi and Agra; to ly so that doesn’t leave much time for anyvarious places to watch her race horses run; thing else. Her mom still owns a house in and to Canada for ﬁshing. Suzanne sure Naples, Fla., but Carol and husband John makes chaos sound good! Johanna VanWert haven’t been down there in more than a year. Thompson wrote of living in Williamsburg as They get together with three of their four chilretirees and grandparents with three children dren and their families monthly and are lookand seven grandchildren nearby. She and husing forward to a visit from son and family band Michael saw Sally Raube Chandler and from Texas this summer. She recently opened Gretchen Hahn Anderson with their spouses a Facebook account. Angela Milea Mogin reon a trip north. She also reports seeing Sally, ported on youngest daughter Lauren’s wedGretchen, Marty Hoffert Burns, Joan Peding to a nice man who will become the schel Young, Ginny Munson Hammell, Marty second “Mike” in the family, competing with Williams Harvey, Ann Goodhart and MariAngela’s husband Mike. Ginny Munson Hamanne Kearney last September for a mini-remell had bad news this time. Her husband union in Rehoboth Beach, Del. Johanna invites Rob died suddenly at home Dec. 11. At his fuanyone in the Williamsburg area to call. neral the church was packed with architects They’re in the phone book. Kathy Turner from up and down the East Coast. “It was a Wickman is our other bionic woman. She had lovely tribute to his contributions and his repknee replacement surgery in February but lautation. Our two kids made very moving ments that she didn’t come out of it looking statements about him.” Susan Lepley Flynn like Lindsay Wagner. She’s back to cycling 10 miles a day and is no longer in any pain. She’s still working for IBM, although she’s worked from home for the past nine years. Marilu Wood wrote that her news is all “in process.” Maybe she will have something—like a book—to report for the next issue. We’ll have to keep posted. In April Judy Lehman Ballinger visited Cheryl Wray Kirk at her lovely new home in Ocean Pines, on the Eastern Shore. Cheryl and husband Gene, now both fully retired, took Judy and her ﬁancé Blair on a picnic surprise. They ended up on nearby Assateague with the wild ponies. Cheryl says she loves jumping into waves with grandson Lucas and canoeing with her husband. She also visits her mother diligently at a nearby nursing home and shares Mary Eberline’s observation that dementia can be a gift, easing anxiety and allowing one to be happy. Cheryl’s younger son Phil and family have just moved from Michigan to take a job at the Univ. of Delaware, bringing her youngest grandson close enough for frequent visits. On New Year’s Eve she met up with Margo Emrich Trexler. Judy Lehman Ballinger has been playing phone tag with Pam Higginbottom Carey to get advice about a gift bucket of oysters from the Delaware Bay. Judy has also experienced some shifts in her life. Last November her mother moved into an assisted living complex and she began to split her time between Cape May and Millville, N.J., where her ﬁancé lives. She has a private studio there that she uses for silk painting and bookmaking. Her daughters and grandkids are on each coast. She has the pleasure of monthly visits with grandson David of Philadelphia but seeing granddaughter Ayla of San Francisco is a semi-annual treat. She looks forward to having everyone together on the beach in August. Barbara Morgan Herron is ﬁnally getting back to “normal” after a surprisingly debilitating encounter with Lyme Disease in 2006-07. Barb is still working at the Baltimore Metropolitan Council and helps husband Craig with ﬁlm and video projects. She’s made Regencyperiod costumes for one project and recently helped with 1950s costumes, hair, props and sets for a soon-to-be-funded (she hopes) feature ﬁlm. Her mom recently turned 87 and is living in a retirement community just a few minutes away. Barb enjoys keeping up with Angela Milea Mogin and Laurie Seymour Carlson on Facebook and would love to connect with other classmates. Participation: 19.75% Total Class Dollars: $15,395 Linda Search Atack 2339 Brandt Village Greensboro, NC 27455 ladyship@bellsouth.net It is hard to believe a year has already passed since the Class of ’68 celebrated its 40th reunion during a wonderful weekend in Frederick. It was an exciting time to reﬂect on

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