R Connections

JONDI GUMZ ’75 class agent chats with well-wishers at her goodbye gathering after 26 years on the news staff at the Santa Cruz (California) Sentinel. Jondi won regional, state and national awards during her career as a reporter, the latest from the San Francisco Press Club, first place for a series of stories observing law enforcement training on how to respond to people in crisis due to mental illness and/or drug use. The training came in the wake of two fatal shootings by officers but since then, no officer-involved fatal shootings have taken place locally.

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The Wardens and Vestry of the Church of the Advent are pleased to announce the call of our new Rector, The Reverend HENRY ALAN LEONARD ’86. He will officiate at services beginning on Sunday, February 3, 2019

November, 2018 at Thrasher Opera House before the the Judy Collins concert. L to R: CHRIS OVERLY WALLACE ’74, her Green Lake neighbor, JAN PETROVSKI MACLEOD ’74, and DEBRA HORN-PROCHNO ’74.

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DAVID MINOR ’68  runs into Hon. JON WILCOX ’58, of all places, a grocery store in Ft. Myers, Florida.

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RANDY KAWAMOTO ’69, taken in Oslo, Norway in October 2018.

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ALICE HALL HAYES ’69, taken in Mountain View, California with JANE CREWS CONWAY ’69 and her family.

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Kennedy Space Center-Four brothers of Beta Sigma Pi: L to R, SCOTT NYQUIST ’69, FRANK ANDERS ’69, ART SCARLETT ’69, ROB HANDEYSIDE ’69, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida in October 2018.

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BILL MIKOLYZK ’68,  DIANE KING MIKOLYZK ’68, NANCY OLIVER LEIFHEIT ’69, DAVE LEIFHEIT ’67 taken in January 2019 in Green Valley, Arizona, where Bill and Diane live.

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VINCE AYE ’69 and DAVID CHIONG ’69 taken at the Louvre in Paris, France.

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The Ripon 50’s Reunion Group at their reunion last fall who return to Ripon every year for the past 60 years. L to R: BILL DONALDSON ’54, BOB WITT ’55, NED LUFRANO ’54 and VERNE CHURCHILL ’54.

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NED LUFRANO ’54 and his very own bobblehead that was a gift from his son, Michael, when he heard Ned was the oldest living member of the Ripon College Athletic Hall of Fame. My son had this made for me when he heard that I am now.

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NAOMI JAHN SKULAN ’14 and NICK SKULAN ’14 with new baby Charles Xavier who was born on July 21, 2018.

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L-R: KRISTINE SCHULTZ IIDA ’86 (Glenview, IL), AMY GEROSO ’86 (Salt Lake City, UT), TANYA BENNETT ’86 (Matthews, NC) and LOIS BRENNAN ’86 (Hingham, MA) got together for our annual junket. This time we met in Charleston, South Carolina. We try to meet up every few years as a group. We all met freshman year and were roommates in Wright Hall. 30+ years our friendship is still going strong!

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ASHLEY SKOCZYNSKI ’09 and ABBY KORB ’20 on January 20, 2019 at the first Emerge Training in Madison, Wisconsin. Emerge is a national program that teaches Democratic women the skills needed to run for office over the span of 6 months!

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Some of the Smith Indees ’86 met at Dave and Martha Forgione’s in Woodstock, Vermont for a weekend that included a lobster feast after a day of fishing – and whale sightings – off Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Front row: LARS GREINER ’86, CHANDLER BATHRICK ’86 , PAUL WENNER ’86, JON KOSTELIC ’86. Back row: JOHN MORTON ’86, JOHN FISHER ’86, JIM YOUNG ’86, STEVE GANEY ’86, DAVE FORGIONE ’86.

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Jacob Sumner ’01 at Stamford Bridge (home of Chelsea FC) in the English Premier League with Tom Becker ’05 this winter for the Chelsea vs Newcastle match.

AMY SONIER FOELSKE ’12 and Robert Foelske with their first child, Leah Marie Foelske, born on December 18, 2018. She was born premature at 35.5 weeks, weighing 5 lbs 15 oz. and was 18 inches. We are all doing very well!

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MEGAN MCGEE NORRIS ’12‘s son, Colton.

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Charles Merwin ’91, Luke Huston ’91 and Esa Kiirikki ’91 at Esa’s wedding last fall in Massachusetts.

KRISTIN DODDS ’98 at the US Army Reserves reenlistment ceremony. Pictured with her children.

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