The Berea College Alumni Association enjoys hearing from Bereans all over the U.S. and the world. The “About Berea People” section of the Berea College Magazine reports news that has been sent to the Association by alums, as well as news we find in various local and regional media. Please let us know what’s going on with you! You may use the form on p. 33, call 1.800.457.9846, or e-mail . Please include the class year, and name used while at Berea.

_______1930________

Irene Parker Wymer’s husband, Fayne, died June 3, 2001. Mrs. Wymer enjoys Berea news and has a treasured photograph of Berea President William J. Hutchins in her nursing home room. Some of those she has influenced to attend Berea College include: Betty Parker, ’50, a niece; the late Blanche Pitt Holt, ’38; and two nephews, Drs. Kermit Pitt, ’36, and Leldon Pitt, Cx’43.

________1936_______

Alice Lowe White celebrated her 91st birthday in August 2001 and would love to hear from other Bereans. She resides in Bybee, Tenn.

_______1937________

Maurice Ball will observe his 90th birthday on Aug. 10, 2002. He has moved to Edmonds, Wash.
Margaret Brannan Judy and her husband, Carl, are living in a United Methodist Retirement Community in Winston-Salem, N.C.

_______1938________

Lt. Col. Charles Lloyd Williams, Sr., retired from the Air Force (20 years), is a volunteer in a computer club helping seniors learn about computers.

________1942_______

Hobert Branscum, A’42, served three years in WWII, possesses three college degrees, and served in education for 40 years. He is active in church work and the Masonic Lodge. He and his wife, Virginia Bullen Branscum, ’51, live in Brodhead, Ky.
Ralph Hammond had his tenth published collection of poems, Personal Encounters, published by Livingston Press, the University of West Alabama, Livingston, Ala. Four of his books were recognized as Alabama Poetry Books of the Year by the Alabama State Poetry Society. He got his start in writing when he was a member of The 20 Writers Club at Berea College.
Mary Casey Zeller has moved to Albers, Ill. where she has several family members close by.

________1943_______

Ruth Steinberg Geis is a retired high school English teacher and lives in Laguna Beach, Calif.

_______1945________

The Class of ’45 Fund has surpassed the $10,000 mark! Earnings from the Fund, established in 2001 at the class’s 55th reunion, help underwrite the cost of education for a needy student from Berea’s Appalachian territory. For more information, or to donate to the Class of ’45 Fund, contact the Alumni Association.
Eilene Sherman Lyttle and her husband, David, traveled to Alaska in the spring of 2000 and on the way visited Sally Shimanaka Kazama, Cx’47, in Seattle, Wash. In 2001, they traveled to Honolulu and visited Rev. Thomas, ’43, and Naomi Chafin Okuma.
Virgie Mahaffey McIntyre, a retired teacher, is enjoying traveling, oil painting, writing, and working with her church choir. She has visited India, China, Australia, New Zealand, Alaska, Mexico, the British Isles, Eastern Europe, Canada and cruised the Caribbean and the Mediterranean Seas. She lives in Columbus, N.C.

_______1946________

Raymond, A’46, and Claranelle Blackburn Bradbury, ’52, have moved to Lexington, Ky. They observed their 50th Wedding Anniversary on Nov. 28. The Bradburys married when she was a senior at Berea College, and he was a 2nd Lieutenant and aerial navigator in the U.S. Air Force.

_______1947________

Lillie Pressley Lazaruk’s husband, Bill, died Sept. 11. She resides in Fairfield, Conn.

_______1949________

Janice Pigmon Maggard, a homemaker, lives with her husband, Edward, in Lexington, Ky.

_______1950________

Grover Miller, A’43, ’50, professor emeritus at North Carolina State University, is enjoying retirement. He volunteers at the library, county industries, and serves as chaplain at the American Legion.
James Miller is retired and lives with his wife, Aileen, in Owenton, Ky.

Flora Cofield Sabatino’s son, John, died June 21, 2001 at the age of 44. She is a retired accountant.

_______1951________

Mary Corsi Kelley’s book, Catfish and Calliopes, has been published by Xlibris. The book, for ages nine through fifteen, is a story about a fifteen-year-old boy growing up in a small town near the Ohio River in 1916-17. The story is fictitious but the surroundings and the descriptions of boats and of historic happenings are real. Books can be ordered by contacting Xlibris Book Orders, 436 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 19106 or at orders@xlibris.com. Mary and her husband, Dr. Doug Kelley, live in Ann Arbor, Mich.

_______1952________

Dr. Dave Auxier, a veterinarian, completed and published the second edition of his genealogy of the Auxier family in 2000, a massive volume containing 39,058 of his relatives dating back to the seventeenth century. In May 2002, Eileen Gunter Auxier, ’54, retired as director of the University of Memphis’ Kindermusik program, which she founded in 1996. She will continue to serve on Kindermusik International’s Board for teacher certification.
Carol Henderson Pardue retired after 27 years of teaching and as a special reading teacher. She is president of a square dance club and chairman of her church council. She and her husband, Don Pardue, ’54, live in Wilkesboro, N.C.
John Rogers served in the U.S. Army until his retirement in 1986. He and his wife, Norma, live in Evans, Ga.
Gladys Osborne Smith retired from Lexington Community College after teaching data processing for seven years. She is now living next door to her daughter in Sevierville, Tenn. Dr. O. Byrne and Wilma Howell Tinney, ’53, reside in Bakersville, N.C. and would love to hear from former classmates.

_______1953________

Dr. Witold and Ulrike Gaebler Hoja, A’50, have moved to Poplar Bluff, Mo.
Dorothy Scmidt Obi is a retired librarian and lives in Nigeria. She spent part of 2000-01 in the United States taking care of medical problems and spending time with family and friends.

_______1954________

Dr. Joe Morgan, a Kentucky Colonel, received his second doctorate in theology on Dec. 27, from American College in Minneapolis, Minn. His thesis was “Salvation Comes Only Through Christ.”

Beth Meyer Perry is a retired church secretary and lives in Creston, Iowa.
Arthur Shipe has been a federal administrative law judge for 27 years and recently completed the largest case of his career. The trial, held in Houston, Texas, lasted 119 days and 54 witnesses testified. The trial testimony covered 29,000 pages, 2,400 exhibits were admitted, and 17 counsels from five law firms appeared. The amount in dispute exceeded $800 million. Mr. Shipe and his wife made a three-week visit to family and friends in Germany. They have made more than nine such trips since 1966.

________1956________

Dr. Thelma Hess Foley practices psychology in Nashville, Tenn. She is a widow.

________1957________

Paul and Eloine Sutton Moores, ’56, have been competing in the Senior Games in Florida and North Carolina. He participates in the shot put, discus, and javelin. She competes in the dashes and shot put. Both have over 50 medals and have qualified for nationals.
Colleen Snapp Redman spent some time in September 2001 with former Berea friend, Juanita Littleton McDonald, ’58, when Mrs. McDonald visited her in Fairbanks, Alaska. The two worked together at Mt. McKinley Park Hotel the summers of 1956 and 1957, and both worked at Boone Tavern Hotel while students, but had not seen each other in 43 years.
Ellen “Penny” Harvey Showell’s play about the death penalty, The Executioner, was featured on Arlington, Virginia’s cable TV channel 33 during the month of March. It was a video produced by the Unitarian-Universalist Church of Arlington. Scripts and the video are available by contacting Mrs. Showell at eshowell@erols.com.

Roy Morrison retired after 40 years with the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, with the last 15 years serving as special projects coordinator of agricultural research at the University of Kentucky Robinson Station in Quicksand, Ky. His wife, Margaret, also retired.

________1959________

Dr. Bill Best and his son Dr. Michael Best, ’88, were featured in the March issue of Food and Wine magazine. The article, titled "On the Appalachian Trail," was about their seed bank of over 80 types of heirloom beans.

________1960________

John Evans retired after 34 years of teaching mathematics in Iowa City, Iowa.

________1961________

Eloise Painter Plavney retired in 1999 after 30 years as a secondary teacher in Parma City, Ohio schools. One of her goals is to do a Volks march (a 6 mile hike) in each of the state capitals, which she hopes to complete in 2002. She has learned to play the hammer dulcimer.
Sylvia Minnix Shepherd, a retired social worker and extension agent, traveled to Sweden during June 10-24, 2001 to tour and to attend the wedding of an exchange student who lived with her family in 1991-92.

________1962________

Randal Almarode retired from Dupont in March 1999. He enjoys volunteering with the Stuarts Draft Volunteer Fire Company, developing web sites, and spending time with his grandchildren.
Shirley Ann Fink Catron retired from teaching in June 2001. She and her husband, Clell, enjoy traveling, church work, reading, gardening, and visiting with friends.
Forest Lee Greenawalt retired after more than 30 years as a civil engineer in the Chicago, Ill. area for the Illinois Department of Transportation; he served as traffic engineer for Will County Illinois Department of Highways. He was employed for three years as a traffic engineer with the Kentucky Department of Transportation. He volunteers with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources to reforest parcels of the Illinois plains cleared by early settlers for intensive farming operations.
Irene Lamb Meadows, Cx’62, has spent 30 years doing clinical research, primarily at the University of Southern California and the Stanford University Schools of Medicine. While at Stanford she co-authored 30+ scientific publications in cardiovascular research. She is listed in numerous “Who’s Who” publications including, Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in the World, and Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare.
Kathryn Ball Ross continues substituting at Mason High School in Mason, Ohio, where she taught language arts for 31 years. She also enjoys working to raise money for the Vince Ross Memorial Scholarship Fund.

________1963________

Larry Greathouse was named commissioner of the Kentucky Department of Worker’s Claims by Governor Paul Patton, with his appointment taking effect on March 16. Greathouse has served as deputy secretary of the Justice Cabinet since Aug. 1, 2000. Before that, he served on the state Worker’s Compensation Board.
Beverly Pruett Hamill is now Beverly Pruett Van Valer.
Bill Montgomery has made a remarkable recovery after open heart surgery where he had a triple bypass, two valves replaced and a pacemaker installed.

________1964________

Dr. Bob Howell, director of Central Michigan University’s Center of Applications in Polymer Science, is involved in research to make plastics more flame-retardant. His work was featured in an article in Discovery magazine.

________1965________

Married: Collene Gibson Jones to William Russell Griffin on Nov. 10, in Frankfort, Ky. She is employed by the University of Kentucky.
Stephen Edward Wilson is studying Vietnamese language and teaching classes in U.S. culture and current events with the English Department of Hung Vuong University in Ho Chi Minh City.

________1966________

Dr. Shirley Ann Holt-Hale, elementary physical education teacher at Linden Elementary School, was inducted into the National Association for Sport and Physical Education’s prestigious Hall of Fame on April 12, in San Diego, Calif. She was honored for making significant contributions to maintaining physical activity as an integral part of the total education program and symbolizing the educational and development potential of sport and physical activity. She is the first public school teacher to be honored with the award. The NASPE Hall of Fame honors outstanding individuals who have achieved new levels of excellence in sport and physical education and inspired others by their example of what quality physical activity and sport programs can do to make a better world.

________1967________

Mary Caponite Hurley is a scientist with Genomic Solutions, Inc.

________1968________

Sandy Reedy Boone and her husband, John, are both retired and living in Carlisle, Penn.
Dr. Roger Jenkins, who held a named professorship at Wake Forest University’s business school, has been named dean of the Richard T. Farmer School of Business Administration at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. He has served as president and CEO of a Knoxville, Tennessee-based management and marketing consulting firm and from 1993-95 served as director, president and chief operating officer of Goody’s Family Clothing, Inc.
Betty Dotson Lewis has developed an educational, non-profit web site filled with beautiful, rich cultural Appalachian heritage, “Promoting a Cultural Odyssey of the Appalachian Mountains,” at www.appalachianpower.com. It contains a detailed outline developed to include all components of a region: the geography, history, economy, significant individuals native to the region, higher educational institutions, and the arts. The site is sponsored by the Nicholas County Board of Education in Summersville, W.Va.

Freida Hopkins Outlaw, an advanced practice psychiatric nurse specialist, was awarded the Nursing Practice Award in 2000 from the Pennsylvania State Nurses Association “for the difference she has made in the lives of children and families in crisis.” She completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania and accepted a position as a research fellow at the W.E.B. DuBois Institute at Harvard. She plans to focus on educational issues, such as looking at children’s resilience and coping strategies.

________1969________

Michael Mallicoat is information technology director for Boone County government in Columbia, Mo.
Mary Ann Little O’Neil has been teaching in the vocational business department at Garrard County (Ky.) High School for 21 years. She and her husband, Gayle, live in Lancaster, Ky.

________1970________

Judy Horne Hicks, a technical writer for Palmer Engineering, was appointed to the Clark County (Ky.) Board of Education by Kentucky Commissioner of Education, Gene Wilhoit. Frank Hicks, ’69, is the Clark County extension agent for agriculture and natural resources.

Annette Hobbs graduated from the DoD Information Resources Management College Chief Information Officer Certificate Program. She has been accepted into the University of Maryland’s Department of Information and Telecommunications Studies to pursue her masters in computer systems management.
Jenny Lovedahl Johnson is director of Swain County (N.C.) Center for the Arts in Bryson City, N.C. which opened in September 2000. The Center is a performing arts center with a large gallery space for visual arts.
Sister Wind AKA Brenda Thomas completed a CD of music, “One of the Seven,” on Dec. 15. Her music is a fusion of modern genres with traditional Appalachian folk music and is meant to increase awareness of women’s issues as well as environmental concerns. On Oct. 3, KET’s “Kentucky Life” filmed a segment about her upcoming CD, followed by her opening for James Gordon and Sandy Horne at a live house concert recording on Oct. 9. The CD was funded by GO Women. GO Women, whose executive director is Frances Ellard Figart, ’91, is a program to expose economically disadvantaged women of Kentucky to new ideas and experiences that allow them to gain greater self-confidence and better job opportunities. Participants, from eastern and central Kentucky, attend free workshops twice a week for ten weeks. For more information see www.sisterwind.com.

________1971________

Dennis Strickler is on the research staff and Candice Shelton Strickler is a computer analyst with Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

________1972________

Earlene Hawks Prokopec has been a social worker with Hospice of the Bluegrass for 16 years.

________1974________

William Davis is pursuing a master’s degree in world mission and evangelism at Asbury Theological Seminary.
Cathy Lochner Qualls is pursuing a doctor of ministry degree from Barry University in Florida.

________1977________

The Class of 1977 will have its 25th Class Reunion during Homecoming 2002, scheduled for Nov. 22-24. The reunion chairperson is Jewrette "J. J." Johnson. She can be reached at 4237 5th Ave. S, Birmingham, AL 35222.

________1978________

Lynn Blankenship Caldwell was appointed by Bishop Charlene Payne Kammerer as the district superintendent of the High Point District of the Western North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church, effective June 25. She oversees 80 churches, 54 charges, 69 pastors, and around 20,000 United Methodist laity. She has served as the associate at First United Methodist Church (UMC) in Brevard, N.C., pastor of the Linwood-Cotton Grove Charge, pastor of Linwood UMC, senior pastor of First UMC in Forest City, N.C. and is currently pastor of Boger City UMC in Lincolnton, N.C.
Paula Lominac Watson has been owner of Paula’s Jewelers since 1987. She was recently awarded the Walton Small Business Leadership Award and was elected to the Cherokee County (N.C.) Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors.

________1979________

Dr. Elaine Hatton Correnti was promoted to the rank of colonel in the U.S. Army at Fort Benning in June 2001.
Andrew Fulton is a district school psychologist with the Franklin Northeast Supervisory Union in Franklin County, Vt. He and his wife, India Tresselt, ’78, live with their two sons in the Westford, Vt. area.
Billy McCoy is a customer design engineering supervisor with American Electric Power. He resides in Columbus, Ohio.
Rocky Wallace is a consultant in the highly skilled educator program with the Kentucky Department of Education Office of Leadership and School Improvement. His position involves providing support and leadership training for first and second year principals in eastern Kentucky as part of the Kentucky Principal Network. During his tenure as principal of Catlettsburg Elementary, it was named a Kentucky and U.S. Blue Ribbon School in 1996-97.

________1980________

Sherry Brown Fields and her 16-year-old daughter, Tracy, shared the honor of carrying the Olympic Torch in the Olympic Torch Relay. Sherry carried the torch for .2 miles in Uniontown, Penn. on Dec. 20, after being nominated by her daughter. Tracy was a support runner for a disabled torchbearer in a wheelchair in Morgantown on Dec. 19. Mrs Fields, a kindergarten teacher at Terra Alta Elementary, is a member of a local motorcycle club, which holds an annual “Toys for Tots Run,” collecting toys to provide low-income children with Christmas gifts. Mrs. Fields and her husband Scott Fields serve as reunion chairpersons for their Berea class.
Sandra Smith Moore has been named special assistant to the provost for university diversity at Eastern Kentucky University. She will work directly on issues involving recruitment and retention of minority students, faculty and staff, to help foster and support an open, inclusive campus climate. She and her husband, Tim Moore, ‘77, live in Richmond, Ky.

________1981________

Priscilla Ngiraingas Soalablai attended an Asia Pacific Telecommunication conference in March at Kathmandu, Nepal. She and former classmate, Panden Wangchuk Norkyel, were able to get together while she was there. She is the assistant general manager and chief financial officer of Palau National Communication Corporation.

________1982________

The Class of 1982 will have its 20th Class Reunion during Homecoming 2002, scheduled for November 22-24. The reunion chairpersons are Tom and Zonya Brock Battershell and Carole Hillard Schenkenfelder. The Brock Battershells can be reached at 212 N Main St., Hicksville, Ohio 43526 or at tbattershell@hotmail.com. Mrs. Schenkenfelder can be reached at 730 Middleground Way, London, Ky. 40744-8170 or at s@thinksis.com.

David Atkisson received his M.Div. from Reformed Theological Seminary in Jackson, Miss. in May 1999. He was ordained as a teaching elder in the Presbyterian Church in America in May 2001. Lynn Wheeler Atkisson, ’80, has been home-schooling their three children for nine years. In January 2002 they moved to Campinas SP Brazil where they will serve as church planters and mercy ministers with Mission to the World, working with the urban poor and particularly with street children.

________1983________

Stanley Flomo has moved back to the United States as a permanent resident, after surviving the brutal civil war in his native Liberia since 1989.
Jim Matney is vice president and chief financial officer for Twin County Regional Hospital. He resides with his wife and their three children in Galax, Va.
Paul Pearson is a disability determiner with the Kentucky Cabinet for Families and Children in Frankfort, Ky. Julia Burns Pearson is a staff attorney in the Death Penalty Post-Conviction Branch of the Kentucky Public Defender’s Office.

________1984________

Birth: A daughter, Isabella Shelby, born Jan. 4, to Teresa Kash-Davis and her husband, Roxy.
Billy Yarnell is a network analyst with the Department of Corrections at the Frankfort (Ky.) Career Development Center, a minimum security correctional facility. He maintains the computer networks, security camera network, telephone system, and the two-way radios. He also has a small computer business. He and his wife, Diana, have been married for four years and enjoy traveling, camping, and motorcycle riding.

________1985________

Ty Holder was transferred to Kodak United Methodist Church in Tennessee. Kim Holder Harrision, ’83, home-schools their children.
John Paris has been named president of Western Kentucky Gas Company. He, Delynn Roark Paris, and their three children have relocated to Owensboro, Ky.
Birth: A daughter, Stella Katherine, born Dec. 27, 2001, to Jennifer Poynter Sexton, and her husband, Doug.

________1986________

Randy Hays has been named vice president of Student Life at Centre College in Danville, Ky.

________1987________

The Class of 1987 will have its 15th Class Reunion during Homecoming 2002, scheduled for Nov. 22-24. The reunion chairperson is LaRue Rogers Neilson. She can be reached at 106 Challedon Dr., Candler, N.C. 28715 or at larue.neilson@wachovia.com.
John and Julie Casada Lowder, ’88, are serving as missionaries in Corbin, Ky.
Rev. Curtis Wheeler is senior minister at Winchester Avenue Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Martinsburg, W.Va.

________1988________

Dr. Michael Best and his father, Dr. Bill Best, ’59, were featured in the article, “On the Appalachian Trail,” in the March issue of Food and Wine magazine about their seed bank where they have 80 varieties of heirloom beans.
Lance Livesay is a candidate for ordination at Unity School for Religious Studies in Missouri. He received his M.S. in 1995 from the University of Tennessee in holistic teaching and learning.
Tony Wright administers the HOME Investment Partnerships Program in the community planning and development department of the Kentucky Housing Corporation. HOME is an $18 million annual allocation to the state of Kentucky from HUD to provide safe, decent and affordable housing to Kentucky’s low-and very low-income residents.

________1989________

Jeanette Humphrey Bird teaches first-grade in the Alief Independent School District in Houston, Texas. She and her husband, Alexander, had their first child on July 30, 2000.
Rob Stafford was awarded the Principal of the Year Award by the Kentucky Association of School Counselors. Jennifer Hale Stafford, ’92, was named principal at Carroll County Area Technology Center.
Birth: A daughter, Chloe McKenzie, born June 21, 2000, to James Wellman and his wife, Kimberly. He is an auditor with the Department of Treasury.

________1990________

Birth: A daughter, born Dec. 24, 2000 to Tore and Leslie Parker Borhaug. Mrs. Borhaug teaches in an alternative school and Mr. Borhaug has two family care homes for the elderly.
Tammy Brown Studebaker is a veterinarian. She and her husband, Joseph, have built their dream house in Union, Ohio.

________1991________

Elizabeth Renaker Dalzell has begun writing an advice column under the pseudonym “Dr. D” for the Grant County (Ky.) News. She earned her master’s degree in counseling from Eastern Kentucky University, and is a National Certified Counselor. Her private practice counseling center, the 21st Century Counseling Service, opened in September 2000 in Williamstown. She, her husband Jamey, a teacher and football coach at Grant County Middle School, and children Maddie and Ethan live in Williamstown.
Married: Amy Elswick to David Cross on Oct. 28, 2000 at the Water Tower in Louisville, Ky. Alumni and friends at the wedding included: Royce Bailey, ’60, Tara Bellando, ’90, Fred, ’60, and Jonnie Webb Elswick, Cx’63, Dan and Anita Wheeler Hall, ’59, Leslie Isaacs, Cx’93, Walter, ’68, and Geraldine Webb Olin, ’67, Terre Pope, ’93, Keith Sokol, ’91, Betty Long Whisman, ’64, and Alesia Williams, ’91.
Frances Ellard Figart is executive director of GO Women. GO Women is a free program for women in eastern and central Kentucky to expose economically disadvantaged women of Kentucky to new ideas and experiences that allow them to gain greater self-confidence and better job opportunities. Participants attend workshops twice a week for ten weeks. They are linked with professional women in the community who help them shape career oriented goals. For more information go to www.gowomenky.org.
Birth: A son, Noah Elias, born Dec 7, 2000 to Jeff, ’92, and Auretta Travis Hensley. They are both English teachers with the Carter County (Ohio) Board of Education.

Leeann Isaacs appeared in the January/February 2002 issue of Biblical Archaeological Review (BAR) magazine.
Married: Deron Runyon to Gina Campbell on Nov. 18, 2000. He is a financial analyst with Bank One.
Birth: A daughter, Judiana Hope, to Luis and Deonna Dee Patterson Serrano. The family resides in Harrodsburg, Ky.

________1992________

The Class of 1992 will have its 10th Class Reunion during Homecoming 2002, scheduled for Nov. 22-24. The reunion chairperson is Hasan Davis. He can be reached at 210 Boone St., Berea, Ky. 40403 or at hasandavis@hotmail.com.
Lisa Begley is an inventory analyst for Galls, Inc. in Lexington, Ky.
Birth: A daughter, Brenna Victoria, born Dec. 6, 2001, to Jeffrey and Amy Ellis Hammond. Mrs. Hammond is employed with Barr Laboratories in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Ricky Reynolds has been named vice president of investments for A.G. Edwards & Sons located in Lexington, Ky.

________1993________

Births: Twin girls, Ashley and Alexis, born Feb. 7, to Barry Brock and his wife, Michele.
Carlotta Simmons, a trained chef, is production manager for Sodexho Campus Services at Wingate University.

Birth: A daughter, Gabriella Nicole, born Jan. 12, 2000, to Joseph, ’92, and Cathleen Ferrell Spires. He is an attorney with the Department of Treasury’s Office of Chief Counsel in Washington, D.C. She is a homemaker.

________1994________

Mona Bayyuk is a co-VISTA supervisor at Panetta Institute. She finished her VISTA service with the Panetta Institute with America Reads and then taught for five months at Sherwood Elementary School in Salinas, Calif.
Birth: A son, Jacob Austin, born July 19, 1999 to Aimee Cornett Boggs.
Dr. Gregory Dye was named new family practitioner with Appalachian Regional Healthcare Medical Associates, in Harlan, Ky. Carla Ward Dye is pursuing her master’s degree in education at East Tennessee State University.

________1996________

Wendell Clark is a qualified shutdown reactor operator of D2W nuclear reactor and senior electrical technician and operator with the United States Navy.
Capt. Randy Hicks graduated cum laude from Mercer University School of Law in 1999, then was commissioned as a judge advocate general in the United States Air Force that same year. He is stationed at Moody Air Force Base in Valdosta, Ga.
Nikki Lewis, Cx’96, is employed at a law firm in Winston-Salem, N.C. and is finishing her bachelor’s degree.

Donald McNew is general manager with Lodgeworks.
Linda Boor Minney is a public affairs specialist with the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Birth: A son, Jonah Thomas, born Jan. 22 to John and Laura Harrison Wooten.

________1997________

The Class of 1997 will have its 5th Class Reunion during Homecoming 2002, scheduled for Nov. 22-24. The reunion chairperson is Jeff Hammond. He can be reached at 33 Coventry Dr., Chillicothe, Ohio 45601 or at champain@ohiohills.com.
Corey Craig is the Mt. Vernon Marketing President and CEO with Community Trust Bank.
Birth: A daughter, Lauren Brielle, born Mar. 28, 2001 to Jennifer James Donithan. Mrs. Donithan is a primary teacher at Bethel Christian Academy.
Married: Adam Gill and Candace McCool, ’96, on April 21, 2001.
Michael Oliver is a personal banker at Central Bank and Trust Company’s Nicholasville Road branch in Lexington, Ky.

________1998________

Birth: A daughter, Madalin Rose, born Nov. 2001 to Bethany Burkhardt Beam.
Paulette Lemaster Riddle is teaching family literacy and adult education at the Boyd County (Ky.) Even Start Program.

________1999________

Jennifer Sporre received her master’s in soil science from Penn State University in December 2001. She is employed with Penn State.
Vicky Bowyer Mason carried the Olympic torch on Dec. 16, when it went through Louisville, Ky. She teaches elementary school in the Jefferson County Public School system.

________2000________

Married: Rebecca Haynes to Duane Merricks on Jan. 2, in Cattlettsburg, Ky. Mrs. Merricks is pursuing a graduate degree in counseling psychology at Morehead State University.
Courtney Stonestreet is a volunteer natural resources management worker for the Peace Corps in Niger, West Africa, where she will be serving until April 2004. She lives in a little village in the bush called Loungou and focuses on ways to help and educate women.
Katrina Thacker received her master’s degree in English in May 2002. She has been accepted to the Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Ph.D. in English program.

________2001________

Shawn Adkins is employed part time with FOX 19 TV in Cincinnati and working full-time for Convergys Corporation. He graduated from the Ohio Center for Broadcasting on June 14 and plans to attend Xavier University to pursue his master’s degree.

________2002________

The Class of 2002 will have its 1st Class Reunion during Homecoming 2002, scheduled for Nov. 22-24. The reunion chairpersons are Luke Hodson and Kenny Tackett.
John Davis is a sales consultant with Don Jacobs Oldsmobile-Honda-BMW-Volkswagen-Used Cars in Lexington.
Birth: A son, Ruben Mathias, born Apr. 17, to Roy and Melissa Walton Jones, ‘03.

____Faculty/Staff____

Jlmars Birznieks, a retired Berea College professor, recently had his sixth book, The Forgotten Promise, published. He was in Berea on June 22 for a book signing. Orders can be placed by calling 1.888.280.7715 or visiting www.1stbooks.com.
Verlaine McDonald, associate professor of English and theatre, was awarded an Appalachian Colleges Association (ACA) fellowship to complete a book on the rhetorical strategies of the rural Communist Party in Montana from 1917 until WWII.
Susan Spalding, associate professor of physical education and health, was awarded an Appalachian Colleges Association (ACA) fellowship to complete research and preparation of a manuscript for a book on Appalachian traditional dance and its social and political context.