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Lorraine Rorke Bader
lorrainerb@sprynet.com

Margie Blackwell White has lived in the Bay Area of California since 1968. She stays in touch with Sally Huling Hilderbrand and occasionally sees Stephanie Close North, who lives in Palo Alto. After 23 years of marriage, she divorced in the 1980s. Margie took the plunge this May and married a high-school friend, Dick Sharp (whom Joan de Milt Boddie may remember from a trip to Venezuela). Margie has one daughter, who has given her a grandson, and one son. “Life is full of surprises, to say the least!” she says. Margie and Dick will be splitting their time between California and Texas.

Freelance writer and broadcaster Judith Ritter divides her time between Montreal and Boston. She reports for various publications and public-radio programs. She is most passionate about her work with the anti-child-labor nonprofit Rugmark, which gets kids in India and Nepal out of the carpet factories. Judith’s daughter Devorah, a former public defender in Washington, DC, now works in corporate communications for the Brunswick Group; Judith is very proud of her work serving the poor. Judith invites us to visit her Web site: www.judithritter.com.

Bev Harrison Miller had a wonderful time on the Skidmore alumni travel trip to China in May. Their group was given access to some special places usually not shown to tour groups. A highlight was a Chinese painting demonstration.

Mary Whitaker Taber loves her work at a local counseling center and in private practice. This year she visited son Benji in Phoenix and hiked in Sedona, and visited daughter Sarah in Charleston, SC. Mary also met friends in Hilton Head. Daughter Emily lives in a neighboring town, where she is doing social work with teens.

This June my husband, Lani, and I cruised on a small ship along the Inside Passage in Alaska. Remembering that Sue Spevack Carlson lives in Alaska, I phoned her when we docked in Sitka, where she has practiced medicine since the 1970s. We met and enjoyed a walk through a totem-pole park.

We extend condolences to the family of Janet Bowen Glass, whose December death was noted in the last Scope. It was a pleasure to work with Janet as house counselors in Skidmore Hall during our junior year. Her husband, Bruce, wrote that Janet “treasured her time at Skidmore” and regretted not being able to attend our 40th.