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Lise Bang-Jensen
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Bonnie Bedzin’s business card might read “Have Binoculars, Will Travel.” She works for a Silicon Valley high-tech firm. When on assignment in Germany and Japan, she joins local bird watchers on walks. This spring, she flew to NYC to observe a bird migration over Central Park; then on to Albany, where a flock of classmates, Ellen Tanner, Alysan Slighter, Leslie Nover, Katharine Kreisher, and I helped celebrate her birthday.

Jackie Jerry is an attorney for the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority and a world traveler. Her many destinations, which include 167 of the 315 countries on the Travelers’ Century Club list, may have you checking an atlas. Among her jaunts in 2005: St. Pierre and Michelon, Yemen, Rwanda (where she took the silverback gorilla tour in the jungle), Kenya, Burundi, Ethiopia, and Egypt. A sampling of Jackie’s bests: “Number one destination remains the Taj Mahal, followed by King Tut’s tomb, then Ankhor Wat. The most beautiful places I’ve seen include Santorini Island in Greece; Madeira, Spain; Bali; and, believe it or not, Rwanda. Among the things I am glad I did not miss are seeing England’s crown jewels, panning for gold in New Zealand, swimming on the side south of Puerto Rico, and riding an ostrich in South Africa.”

After more than 30 years of teaching, Barbara Scott is out of the classroom, working as a math coach and teacher-support provider. She lives in Foster City, CA, and would love to hear from old friends at bes412@comcast.net.

Joan Kohout, Lynn Marks, and I gathered in NYC for a mini-reunion in September. Joan traveled from Rochester, NY, and Lynn arrived from Philadelphia, PA. One of the highlights was seeing the names of Joan’s Czech grandparents on a wall at Ellis Island. Another was visiting Maggy Ames at her pottery studio (www.mahandmade.com). Check out Living Beyond Breast Cancer (www.lbbc.org)—Lynn chairs the board of that organization.

Class historians Julie Johnston and Linda Zieper plotted strategy over dinner in Antonio’s (“wonderful,” reports Linda), a Portuguese restaurant in New Bedford, MA. Julie and husband Garry MacLean were visiting from West Palm Beach, FL. Julie and Linda welcome ideas for our reunion class history.

Vini Norris Exton was named instructor of the year by Utah State University in 2005. In addition to her full course load on campus, she volunteers to teach off-campus at local high schools and the Ute Tribe Education Center. She established the university’s Uintah Basin Writing Center and functions as its secondary-education coordinator. She concurrently completed her doctorate in education and is a frequent presenter of national conferences on distance education.