Woodstock School Alumni Magazine Vol CIV, 2011

82 - Quadrangle
trips in Jul to MI & Toronto! Wonderful
to see friends & family & escape the heat
& humidity of FL summers. I’m planning
long-overdue trip to India. NATHAN
TAYLOR celebrated his 50th in style
with a surprise Indian theme party. Maya
even managed to bring in a professional
Indian singer who sang him Sheila ki
jiwani among other songs! They have
now finished the house in Lebanon &
stayed there for the 1st time this summer.
N & M also managed a 1 wk cruise of
the Norwegian Fjords, absolutely breathtaking!
BB RANA is in Jakarta, now for
7 yrs working with WHO. I’ve not met
anyone from WS, wonder if anyone is
here in Jakarta? My daughter has finished
HS & will be going to AUS for
college. After that we will be free to
travel & maybe meet some of the classmates
or attend reunions. While waiting
for visas for the UK HUGH KEMP &
Karen were in Christchurch NZ in the
earthquakes of Feb. They now live in
Gloucester UK where he is Head of Missions
at Redcliffe College. Culture shock
plus: Hugh says that it was the British
who taught India about red tape! HUGH
STODDARD at the U NE College of
Medicine is the Asst. Dean for Medical
Educ. He spends most of his time contemplating
how he will be able to afford
college tuition next yr & looking longingly
at planes flying overhead that are
taking other people to wonderful &
fascinating places. The day after his
note, as if on cue to make his life exciting,
Warren Buffett was outside his office
window handing out Dilly bars!
JANE NICHOLLS FOOTE enjoyed the
pictures from our collective 50th birthday.
She works for the NZ Ministry of
Agricul & Forestry as Border Training
& Quality Mgr & when not at work does
yoga & zumba & dreams about working
in Italy. Robin contracts as a sr business
analyst & has just done up 2 vintage
motor bikes & remembers in his dreams
the Tiger Moth flight he went on for his
birthday. Kids x2 both grown, Rebekah
in Toronto coming home at Christmas,
Nicholas going to London. KHOOROSH
KHOSRAVI has been busy with kids
going back to school & getting ready for
winter in VT, thinking to visit WS
maybe in Mar depending on how things
go. He splits his time between VT &
CAN. CAROL DODGSON KLOOSTER
is a hospice social worker serving the
rural counties SW of St. Louis. Alison
(21) is in her final yr at the U Chicago
& Anya (19) in her 2nd yr at the U MO-
Columbia. Now that there are no more
sporting events to attend both she & Dale
use their free time running. Carol ran in
her 1st half marathon in Apr & again in
Nov. Perhaps a marathon is next! BO-
NITA JANZEN works with an agency
that provides residential services for
developmentally disabled adults who
live in community homes; encouraging
staff to understand how to support vulnerable
people make the best choices in
their daily lives. I still live in the heart
of Winnipeg & have enjoyed the co of
son Anand (23), for several mo this yr.
He continues to focus on developing
artistic skills. Anisha (16) entered gr11.
She spends a lot of time with 2 new
miniature horses, one that will foal next
yr. I enjoyed driving to MI with Anisha
to see some of you for our collective
50th birthday celebration. Extended
family here in Winnipeg & Steinbach is
also a regular draw as our clan gathers
for birthdays, graduations & to see off
the older cousins as they launch into
their young adult lives. MERTI DJLAN-
TIK RITTGERS has been busy. Son
Tobie is now in Iraq, I took some classes,
renewed my OT career, went to Belgium
& Holland for a mo as my
Honorary Dad passed away from skin
cancer. But I also got a chance to visit
with DEANNE LEHMAN for a weekend
in Brussels! KIRAN CUNNINGHAM’s
son Kyle is a sr at Wooster & Brian a sr
in HS; she was the one who hosted our
birthday celebration at their cottage the
Pebble, on the shores of Lake MI. We
enjoyed the beach & sun, bonfires, stories,
sailing, paddling, good khanna,
some deadly jungle-rules croquet, not
being connected to any grid excepting
electric, sunsets to die for & stars not
seen since Mussoorie! A good crowd
stayed on to attend Blissfest music festival
nearby complete with Irish-listing
bhangra! JOIE MORRIS DEWOLF ’72
& Dave also joined us at Bliss where we
also met up with DAVID BUNCE ’67.
We had a good crowd at the Pebble,
Kiran, Russ & family, Carol, Dale, Allison
& Anya, Sharon, Steve, Dorien &
Robin. KEVIN SCOTT, Martha & GA-
RETH ’12 sandwiched us between 2
music festivals & a visit to nearby
friends, Anita S, Shobhana. MONUJ
BOSE made time for us after a recent
trip to India, Bonita & Anisha came
down from Winnipeg & JAMES HACK-
NEY was there to make sure everyone
was overfed! I have had a busy WS-addled
yr with a concert visit from STAN
LEHMAN (S) & Kevin, a visit from a
few Canadian friends, an impromptu trip
to Toronto where I connected with ARIF
MAHMUD & family, CARLA REIMER,
HEATHER HILLIARD, SARAH HUNT-
ER ’78, Jane’s daughter Rebekah,
BRIGID WARWICK VAN DER BORGH
’80, NICOLE GARGA O’HARA ’80,
HEIDI FURCHA ’81 & my new brother
CHRIS HALE ’85. The Toronto trip was
followed by a visit from Joie & Dave &
then Chris brought his band Aradhna
down for a concert in the Asheville area;
a short visit from DAPHNE WYSHAM
(ask her about her life-threatening river
rescue & arrest in front of the White
House). A family reunion in Jun followed
by the 50th gathering in Jul.
Throw in some camping & biking & life
is good. Come visit & stay in touch!—
James