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Martha Russell Gervais, owner, closed
the City Park Grill on Main Street in Old Town.
Richard Kimball ’97G was named Maine
Sportscaster of the Year for the fourth time. He
will host a new drive time sports talk show that
will air on Bangor radio station Fox Sports New
AM 910 WAEI.
Michael S. Riley works for the new James
W. Sewall Company, which is a multidisciplinary
environmental science group offering innovative
solutions to their clients. He is the company’s
senior project manager.
Pat Cummings ’44H was inducted as
an honorary engineer into the University of
Maine College of Engineering’s Francis Crowe
Society. She is currently the vice president for
development and alumni relations at UMaine.
Michele W. Albion published The Florida
Life of Thomas Edison and The Quotable
Edison. Her most recent work is The Quotable
Henry Ford and she is working on a fourth book
as well.
Eric Redard was appointed executive
director of Hospice of York.
Carolyn Neighoff ’96G was recognized for
her service to the Bread of Life Ministries and
other organizations by the Kennebec Valley
Chamber of Commerce. She received the
Community Service Award.
Christopher Smith released a new enovel
on the Kindle and Nook titled From Manhattan
with Love.
Peter Crichton (G) was elected to a
two-year term as president of the National
Association of County Administrators. Peter
Hallowell ’91G was elected to a four-year
term on the city council of Presque Isle. Janet
Trombley Hughes ’92G won reelection to the
town council of Hampden.
Susan Vento Griffis ’92G joined the
teaching staff at Scarborough Middle School as
a resource room teacher.
Bob Corkum, who assists UMaine hockey
coach Tim Whitehead ’92G, had a successful
first stint as the national hockey team head
coach last summer. He coached the U.S. team
to the gold medal in the Under-17 Five Nations
Tournament in Ann Arbor, MI.
Walter McKee set up his own law firm called
McKee Law in Augusta.
We have certainly been a busy class. Have a
great season, all.
1990
Melissa L. Brancely Burns
63 Rocky Hill Road
Saco, ME 04072
(207) 283-1860
mlburns@maine.rr.com
I would like to share with you that unfortunately
one of our classmates, Timothy “Hales” Haley
passed away. Steve Tragakis ‘89 sent in the
following about “Hales’s” passing:
“At the age of 44, Timothy ‘Hales’ Haley
’90, passed away on Feb. 27, 2012, following a
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Steve Thomas ’92 ,’94G is now the commercial
regional manager for Camden
National Bank in Penobscot and Piscataquis
counties. Steve also serves as the
president of the Bangor Humane Society.
He lives in Hermon with his wife, Deborah,
and their three children.
three-year battle with cancer. Tim was a devoted
father, husband, son, friend, and brother to not
only his sisters, but to his brothers at Delta Tau
Delta fraternity. Tim’s favorite motto toward the
end was ‘It doesn’t matter how many times
you get knocked down, it only matters that
you get back up.’ Tim demonstrated pride,
courage, grit, and humor throughout his battle
with cancer and he never complained. Tim is
survived by his wife, Kimberly; daughter, Mia;
parents, Frederick J. and MaryEileen Haley; and
sisters Robin and Karen Haley. The world was a
better place with Tim in it, and he will be greatly
missed!”
Peter Chase ’92G wrote that he and
his wife, Jenny, adopted a son, Brandon, in
September 2011. Brandon, age two, joins his
almost seven-year-old brother Nikolas. The
family traveled to Aruba last Thanksgiving and
to Germany in March with 14 of Peter’s students.
Peter is a teacher at The Pennington School, a
coeducational school serving day and boarding
students in grades six through 12 located in
Pennington, NJ.
R. Todd Walker took over the Farm
Family Insurance Agency of Cumberland and
Sagadahoc counties. Previously he was at
UNUM/Colonial Life as a regional manager.
In fall 2011 Laurie Miller was hired as a
third grade teacher at Bangor Christian Schools
located in Bangor, ME. She has 19 years of
experience in education and previously worked
at Frankfort Elementary School, Penobscot
Christian School, and Calvary Chapel Christian
School. She lives with her husband and two
children in Old Town, ME.
In fall 2011 Donna Warren Chale (G) was
elected to Pittsfield’s town council. Andrew
Neff now covers greater Bangor news instead
of sports for the Bangor Daily News. David
Austin was selected as the deputy chairman of
the Brewer school board in fall 2011.
William Keleher is the CEO and president
of Kennebec River Biosciences located in
Richmond, ME. Kennebec River Biosciences
has national and international clientele and
is known for their customer service. The
biosciences company initially focused on the
needs of the salmon aquaculture industry, but
has since diversified their services to areas such
as veterinary services, bivalve shellfish testing,
and contract research.
1991
Lori Schlenker
229 Deerfield Lane
Lawrence, KS 66049
(785) 312-7384
lorischlenker@yahoo.com
I haven’t heard from anyone who went to the
20-year class Reunion. I’m still waiting for your
stories of a wild or perhaps sentimental weekend
in Orono. What left the biggest impression?
Kathleen Reddy Montejo was recently
surprised by colleagues and friends when
presented with a Maine Town and City Clerks’
Association Ethelyn Stuart Marthia Memorial
Award. The award honors a previous fellow
clerk whom she’d greatly admired. Kathleen
has served as city clerk and registrar of voters
for Lewiston since 1999. She previously served
as Bath city clerk and Woolwich town clerk.
Rachel Patterson Bailey has been promoted
to director of finance at Hollywood Slots Hotel
and Raceway in Bangor. In her new position,
Rachel will oversee all accounting operations
at the facility as well as information technology,
compliance, player services, and purchasing.
She began working with the company in 2005
on a team that was responsible for opening the
very first gaming operation in Maine.
Maureen Healy Rothbacher, her husband,
Rick, and their three children, Rose, Luke, and
Anna, moved from Maine to Bartlett, IL, in
August 2010. Maureen is employed as a school
nurse for School District U-46.
The recipient of the Class of 1991 Scholarship
for the 2011-2012 academic year at UMaine
is Alexis Scott, the daughter of Roger Scott.
Alexis received $169 in scholarship assistance
from this fund. Alexis is a freshman majoring in
biology and honors and is from Mount Vernon,
ME. Funds for the Class of 1991 Scholarship
come from contributions that classmates make
and earmark for the class scholarship. So keep
that in mind next time you make a donation to
UMaine!
Another proud father is Leon “Cyd” Dyjak
(G), who coaches his daughter Analies Ross-
Dyjak on the Orono High School girls’ soccer
team where Analies is the leading scorer. Cyd
is continuing a family tradition. His father was
his soccer coach. Cyd has been coaching the
Orono girls for 29 years.