Class Notes

It was good to hear from many of you and the lively discussion concerning the name change of the newspaper from The Bullet. After all these years, we still care.

There is sad news from two of our classmates. In 2014, Susan Jacobius Davis lost her daughter, and Bambi Creighton Willis lost her husband. Those who kept up with Susan or chatted at reunions know that Amy was a very special person and their relationship a strong one. Those who knew A.G. may share Bambi’s special memory of him engineering the fall of the balloons at our ring dance to the beat of “Aquarius.” Our thoughts are with them both.

I’m now the interim organist at my church and have dusted off my oboe to join a local community band. My honey bees did not fare well in the frigid February temperatures. I’m learning constantly and have a new colony started. In May we visited Kauai, a beautiful island but a very long trip from the east coast.

Janet Hedrick is Director of Development at the School Nutrition Foundation, a national organization of 55,000 members who work in school nutrition. Her job takes her throughout the country as she plans and delivers conferences. She enjoys time with her lilac-crowned Amazon parrot, Cody, who can say “I love you” and “give me a kiss.” She is active in her church, where she volunteers as the editor of the church newsletter. Janet obviously has plenty of energy.

Janet continues the traditional Thanksgiving visit with Sharon Richmond Janis. Sharon is living in a retirement community in Greensboro, and would love to hear from classmates. Her address is 4100 Well Spring Drive, Apt. 2120, Greensboro, NC, 27410. She does not use email.

Virginia Addison and Will welcomed their fourth grandchild in May.

Karen Parker is the Executive Director of Advantage Wellness & Recovery, providing individual whole health management, advocacy on disabilities and different distinctions, information, and possibilities to enhance overall well-being. She helps individuals create mind, feelings, body, and goal action strategies wherever they are in their life’s journeys.
Karen is feeling excited at this “second act” stage. She is also an independent contractor and volunteer in the field of behavioral health, and she advocates for rights and services to support persons with various challenges, providing comfort, encouragement, and ongoing mentoring to foster independence.

Karen reports that as she reinvents herself, she calls on her MWC foundations in liberal sciences, humanities and foreign languages, writing, public speaking, music, sports, spiritual growth, and teaching. She hopes that 2015 brought successes in everyone’s endeavors to “Be all they can be!”

Please continue to write and thanks to those who contributed to this article.