Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Tuesday, August 7, 2007
25th Reunion Class Photo
Back row: John Simmons, Skip Chase, Wayne Howard
Second row: Todd Lyford, Laurie Tuxford Harmon, Brenda Hughes, Valerie Stone Curry, Linda Blais, Scott Arno, Michelle Vigue, Tammy Raymond Robinson, Shelley Strout Brasslett, Bonnie Hall
Front row: Laurie Johnson Muzzy, Julie Weston Drisko, Tammi Nelson Macomber, Kim Speed Surrette, Chris Ryder Hall, Ann Kendall Erickson
Sunday, August 5, 2007
Thank you so much to everyone that helped with the planning and execution of this wonderful day.
Here's a list of folks that committed their time:
Organization And Committee Heads:
President - Chris Ryder chris@lumbra.net
Website - Skip Chase pastor@mnvbc.org
Website - Tammi-Jo Macomber tammi_jo@bellsouth.net
Float - Scott Arno sarno@foxcroftacademy.org
Contacting Classmates - Joyce Koenig Perry japerry3@adelphia.net
Afternoon Reunion - Lauri Tuxford Harmon Harmonssc@aol.com
Evening Reunion - Joyce Koenig Perry japerry3@adelphia.net
Evening Reunion - Mara Lary Scott mara_scott@hotmail.com
Contacting Class Mates For Current Information:
Joyce Koenig Perry, Chris Ryder, Scott Arno
Float:
Scott Arno, Kim Speed Surette {Carmel, ME} 207-848-5289, Chris Ryder, Skip Chase, Shelley Strout Brasslett {Bradford, ME} sbraslett@midmaine.com
Afternoon Reunion With Children:
Lauri Tuxford Harmon, Skip Chase, Shelley Strout Brasslett
Friday, August 3, 2007
FA Alumni Banquet
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
From Tom True
Thursday, June 21, 2007
From Chris Ryder
I am currently living in Dexter with my friend Mike Blake. I travel to work in the office at Lumbra Hardwoods Inc. in
Here is a picture of me and my girls. Whitney (21), myself, Heather (22), Jami (16), and Brooke (18).
I am looking forward to our 25th class reunion. Skip and Tammi-Jo have done a great job keeping the web page going. It is amazing how people have changed over the years!
Please try and get in contact with someone on the list if you are planning on attending the reunion. Let us know which events you would like to attend. This will give us an idea of how much food we need, how many shirts, and etc. to plan on...
Hope that you can make it-if you can't, send pictures!
From Susan Bishop
Hello to the class of 1982,
Where has the time gone? 25 years??? It seems like it was yesterday that I was sneaking out of Ms. Burrow's study hall to walk to Butterfields for one of my favorite peanut butter ice cream cones. I can’t believe how easy and simple life was then.
Well I’m no longer living in
I went back to school in 2002 at a community college near our home. I graduated with my associate’s degree in 05 and now I am starting my senior year in a bachelor degree program at Charter Oak State College in human services/psychology. I am actually considering working on my masters after I graduate…..
I work fulltime for a non profit social service agency located here in Thompson. My title is Community Advocate which means I help people from birth to death. My favorite part of my job or my passion is empowering parents to become their child’s advocate. I work as a parent coach helping parents to understand their child’s special needs and assisting them with the public school system. www.teegonline.org
I was surprised to see the picture on the blog of myself and four of my close friends from school Vicki, Joanna, Lisa and Wendy. I can’t begin to tell you how much fun the five of us had together. One of my fondest memories was the day we all skipped school and went to
I am hoping to be at the reunion in August. I would love to reconnect with some of my friends I already made an email connection with Vicki Yakulevich after about 23 years. So if anyone else wants to reconnect my email address is susannewit@peoplepc.com I’d love to hear from you.
Monday, June 18, 2007
Help us locate these classmates:
Star Ethier - Debra (Smith) Ireland - Tracie Pemble
Tom Anderson - David Cummings - David Farris
Lisa Dutton - John Evans - David Sylvain - Michael Schaff
*If you have ANY information on these people,
PLEASE email one of our contacts, Thanks!
From Troy Hartley
Hi all,
My apologies for coming so late to this party. I've been waiting for my summer work travel plans to settle a bit so that I would know whether we can make it to the reunion or not. Unfortunately it is not looking too good right now. I am a research faculty and administrator at the
I glanced over Skip's blog briefly tonight. That was fun and I'm glad to see so many people interested and posting materials. It looks like there will be a lot of class activities and participation over the homecoming weekend. Great job!
I guess I win the class "Guess your classmate's future pool"¦ and you all laughed at me when I said Skip would be a pastor, Dale would have long beard & ride a Harley in S-F, and I would have more gray hair than the both of them.
I've attached a photo from last fall. My wife, Diane, and I have been married for 15yrs, we won the price for more recent newlyweds at the10th reunion. We waited eight years before having children. So our kids are still little. Emma just finished 1st grade and
We've been in NH for 5.5 yrs now. I am a research faculty in natural resource and environmental policy. Most of my work lately has been on marine and fisheries policy and management. I also am an administrator of a research funding organization at UNH that funds a wide range of biological, oceanographic, fishing gear design engineering, and socio-economic studies on the
Prior to NH, we were in the
I look forward to keeping track of the reunion planning and if my research travel plans change, we will try to make it.
Associate Director, Northeast Consortium
Research Asst Prof of Natural Resource & Environmental Policy
Dept Resource Econ & Development
From Bill Savage
We live about 45 miles south of
Bill
Monday, May 21, 2007
Robyn (Rudgers) Crewdson writes:
It really is hard to believe that it has been an additional 15 years since our last reunion. I had a lot of fun at our 10th, especially at the golf scramble.
What’s new, well I got married this past January and honeymooned in the
I am going to try to come to our 25th, WOW, year reunion. I am studying for a big test, for work, and i have three days to sit the test...you guessed them, July 30th, 31st, and August 1st. So I won't know until I sit the test if I can get out to Maine but I am really going to try.
Robyn (Rudgers) Crewdson
Saturday, May 12, 2007
From Shelley (Strout) Brasslett
Adrian also has a son who will be 28 this summer. He and his fiance are building a new home and Adrian is helping out with that. They plan to be married next year.
I am currently working for a retina-ophthalmologist and have been there for 8 years. I am the mean one (according to the patients) I am the accounts representative and take care of all the patient & insurance billing. (I'm only mean when they don't pay). I still live in Maine and actually only moved about 5 miles from my childhood home. I am also very involved with my church. I am currently the Superintendent of Sunday School and have been for years.
I am looking forward to the reunion. The pictures on the website are quite amazing. If any of them had shown up to the reunion prior to their pictures being displayed I don't think I would have known them. (especially Dale Wherle!) I can't wait to see the rest!!!
Shelley
From Joe Knapp
Thursday, May 3, 2007
Wednesday, May 2, 2007
From Tammi-Jo (Nelson) Macomber
I honestly can’t believe that 25 years has gone by, the memories are still so clear and can still make me smile. (I have many memories from
I moved to
I work for the local recreation department as a preschool teacher and program coordinator. I enjoy the many activities that I am involved in and work with some wonderful people from all over the country. Bob travels quite often for his job with the healthcare alliance.
We keep busy with Katie’s basketball. (Watch for her in the WNBA one day) We have acquired 2 little dogs (Lucy & Sophie) that I have a daily love/hate relationship with. We enjoy exploring the many parks and natural preserves that
I think that the website holds endless possibilities for making connections and reuniting friends. I look forward to our time together this summer. I really hope that this event is not about a day, or a meal, or a new outfit; but rather about our sharing memories of our past and of what we have done with our lives (and how much we have learned along the way) since we went our separate ways so many years ago…
Never forget that “Life is good!”
Monday, April 30, 2007
From George Bishop
I'm not sure that my yr to graduate was 82! I do believe that I was to graduate in 83. I did graduate at another school after dropping out for about 7 yrs but, I still feel FA will always be my home school since ALL my friends are there.
I had a trucking accident that left me unable to walk for 6 months and a loss of memory and 2 yrs after that happend I was in Florida with a group of my friends and I brought my Jet-ski's down and I got hit in the sholder by lightning which also had some memory loss from that.
I do miss all my friends even though most prople remember me as " A bad ass". Some look at me now and question is that George? I found the Lord back in 1981 and sooo thankful that I did. I wouldnt be here today if I would have stayed on that road I was. After I left school, I got involved with a rock group as lead singer. Time changes people some for good and then others for bad.
From Bill Babash
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Many Hands Make Light Work!!!
We had a great 25th year reunion!
Thank you so much to everyone that helped with the planning and execution of this wonderful day.
Here's a list of folks that committed their time:
Organization And Committee Heads:
President - Chris Ryder chris@lumbra.net
Website - Skip Chase pastor@mnvbc.org
Website - Tammi-Jo Macomber tammi_jo@bellsouth.net
Float - Scott Arno sarno@foxcroftacademy.org
Contacting Classmates - Joyce Koenig Perry japerry3@adelphia.net
Afternoon Reunion - Lauri Tuxford Harmon Harmonssc@aol.com
Evening Reunion - Joyce Koenig Perry japerry3@adelphia.net
Evening Reunion - Mara Lary Scott mara_scott@hotmail.com
Contacting Class Mates For Current Information:
Joyce Koenig Perry {D-F, ME} japerry3@adelphia.net
Chris Ryder {Dexter, ME} chris@lumbra.net
Scott Arno {D-F, ME} sarno@foxcroftacademy.org
Float:
Scott Arno {D-F, ME} sarno@foxcroftacademy.org
Kim Speed Surette {Carmel, ME} 207-848-5289
Chris Ryder {Dexter, ME} chris@lumbra.net
Skip Chase {Chaska, MN} pastor@mnvbc.org
Shelley Strout Brasslett {Bradford, ME} sbraslett@midmaine.com
Brenda LaPointe Marshall, {D-F, ME}
Afternoon Reunion With Children:
Lauri Tuxford Harmon {Spartanburg, SC} Harmonssc@aol.com
Skip Chase {Chaska, MN} pastor@mnvbc.org
Shelley Strout Brasslett {Bradford, ME} sbraslett@midmaine.com
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Info On Dave Locke
His email is matthias_locke@yahoo.com
From Aime (Shenton) McGraham
I am married to a great guy, Rollie, who is originally from Boston. He's a personal trainer. We are both passionate about fitness. He competes in bicycle races throughout the west; I am an distance runner. I've run numerous half-marathons around the US, six marathons, including the Boston Marathon, and two ultramarathons, a 50K trail run and a 44-miler in and out of the Grand Canyon last year (photo below).
Amie (Shenton) McGraham
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Info On Mark Schwarz
From Skip Chase
Here's my family: my wife Letha (from Georgia); and our children, Isaac, 17; Sam 16; and Tim 15.
All three of our boys love to play rugby and are on the same team. It certainly helps our prayer life! Our oldest son Isaac will be returning to Maine this fall to attend Maine Maritime Academy in Castine on a full Navy scholarship. We have mixed emotions over all of this, strongly desiring him to go forward in life but selfishly hating to see him leave us for adulthood.
What happened to me? I thought the best way to describe this was by audio. Please click this link and press "play." http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?currSection=sermonssource&sermonID=42007113636
I am looking forward to seeing everyone this summer for our 25th reunion and could use anyone and everyone's help in some way to host a great reunion. I look forward to hearing from you soon.
From Dale Wherle
I really would like to see everyone, but I'm afraid I can't make it out this time - it overlaps with the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. I'll be on the road for a couple of weeks, one of several runs and rallies I try to do each year.
What happened to me?
I left Bangor, Maine in 1994 for Massachusetts - first Boston, then Fitchburg. In 2004 I moved to Sunnyvale CA, then up to San Francisco - commuting in wonderful Bay Area traffic down to Cupertino each day, where I work as an embedded systems engineer for Apple Inc. Everyone, take lots of pictures, look forward to hearing all about the journeys we've all taken through life post-FA.
What have 25 years done to me? Have a look - it's me from last Sunday. My mom still threatens to cut my long hair and beard with scissors in my sleep when I visit.
Be well,
Dale