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1979 Classmates Nadia Belash McKay Wendi Daniels, Lalla Carothers, and
Madeline Rains
In honor of their 30th Reunion, the Class of 1979 wrote many
haikus, remembering their days at Park. Here is just a sampling of
their creativity:
Children on an old porch
Dark wooden churns
Cream to butter, dreams to life
Kindergarten fingers
Smoothing the secret stone
Conjuring a life
Our gymnastics show
Young girls yank on leotards
Flipping over bars
Sicky sweets slide on
Lip Smackers circle classrooms
Sharing smiles and germs
Project R.E.A.S.O.N. tales
Everyone’s back from hiking
Where are those three boys
Whisper, titter, blush.
Monsieur Planchon hears it all
Chalk flies out. Busted!
Winter at Park School
We trudge our feet on carpet
Look; our hair stands up!
Grape yellow sunset
Red so bright it stings
Her Marimeko outfit
Tepid milk at lunch
Watching the cartons perspire
Why can’t we get juice
Reading, writing, math
Fluorescent lights blaze downward
Our little eyes strain
Gallantly in snow
Bill Satterthwaite bikes to school
Steady as he goes
Dance in the small gym
Air guitars reverberate
“More Than A Feeling”
Snickers rise and fall
Spears launch from a thousand stares
I’m on the Black Bench
Deep stairwell beckons
Loose dimes clatter down
The noise of swift expulsion
Metal spoon scrapes bowl
Today, vanilla pudding
The top part is gross
tremendous —it’s a wonderful place!
I urge Park alumni to check it
out” www.thehighline.org
1979
Class Representatives:
Lalla Carothers
207-829-2283
lacaro@maine.rr.com
Sally Solomon
617-354-5951
sallysolomon@alumni.neu.edu
“We had a fab reunion!” says Wendi
Daniels. “Thank you Kevin
McCarthy and Amy Lloyd
McCarthy ’86 for hosting us—it
rocked! Some memorable moments:
Margie Talcott remembered the
entire May Pole dance and brought
music to show her prowess; Cary
Godbey Turner shared her diary and
opened up her historic love life from
the 70’s! Sally Solomon, Madeline
Rains (nee Barbara Roberts) and
others showed us they are still the
Haiku queens! (left) Hilary Hart,
we read a few of yours too! There is
truly something magical about the
friendships we have created at Park —
it was great to see all of you!” Nina
Frusztajer reports that she is enjoying
practicing medicine again, and that
the 30th Reunion was a blast. “I’m so
glad I went (what fun reminiscing
about spin the bottle at Nadia’s
house!)” Nina recently returned from
visiting Linda Runyon Mutschler at
her lake house in Milwaukee. “Our
kids all had fun together and, of
course, I always love spending time
with Linda. She is training for a
marathon and so our 6.3 mile run
was at a pace I’m not sure I’ve ever
run!” Linda is also the author of Fast
Track to Fine Dining: A Step-By-Step
Guide to Planning a Dinner Party. Cary
Godbey Turner also shared her
thoughts about the 30th Reunion celebration
at Park. “Our 30th Reunion,
hosted by Kevin and Amy McCarthy
in their spectacular home around the
corner from Park, was an evening full
of sharing old photos, diaries, yearbooks
and some hilarious stories. We
didn’t realize until now how much
our Park years were a “coming of
age” period in all our lives that
involved our parents and our siblings.
The highlight for me was reconnecting
with Barbara Roberts (Madeline
Rains, now) after 30 years of losing
touch—we couldn’t stop smiling and
staring at each other. I did remember
the camera and have included some
fun shots of the evening. Everyone
looked exactly the same, actually better!
Glad we had a few patient husbands
along (mine and Nadia
Belash’s) to help with the lack of
male turnout. The next day was
Mother’s Day, and for a treat to ourselves,
Barbara and I found the
courage to visit our old apartments in
Back Bay, and the current owners
were nice enough to let us in for a
nostalgic tour!” Cary also updated us
on what she is up to in Vermont. “My
husband Jeff and I still live on Nantucket
year-round with our two kids,
Alden and Jackson, ages 5 and 6, but
we own and operate McAdoo Rugs in
North Bennington, Vermont. With
the help of our operations manager
and a devoted and talented staff of
ladies, our travels back and forth are
more of a vacation than a necessity! I
did take an order online the other day
from the Park librarian —what a small
world! McAdoo Rugs makes the
finest hand hooked wool rugs in the
world and has existed to help local
artisans since 1972. In this recent economic
downturn, it’s been a challenging
few years, but we hope to hang on
and keep this cottage industry alive
for years to come.” Sally Solomon
writes, “We really did have a great
class!” Sally’s work is a lot of fun
these days, more academic advising
for college students. “I am enjoying
the fruits of our technology revolution
by keeping in touch with Park classmates
on Facebook. Nothing else
new. Looking forward to reading the
Bulletin to learn what’s up with more
Park folks.”
1980 30th Reunion
Class Representative:
Andrew Hurwitz
323-468-9276
andreshurwitz@yahoo.com
In March, Sloan Wagstaff-Calahan
Gallipeo and her husband traveled to
Antarctica with Marathon Tours and
Travel, a trip about two years in the
making. Sloan writes, “We had a great
time—my husband ran the full
marathon and I ended up running the
half marathon. It was a brutal course,
having only trained on the flat lands
in Huntington Beach—lots of mud,
rocks, hills, some ice. . . but an amazing
and fun experience. People on the
trip running were anywhere from in
their 20’s to 75-years-old. So I figure I
have a few more years of running in
me! Since I didn’t run the full
marathon I had to make up for it by
running the Eugene Oregon
marathon in early May. I lined up at
the start with one of the “Marathon
Maniacs” who was working his way
up to his 100th marathon. He was
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