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Each morning she awakens smiling and
with so much enthusiasm for life! I learn
from my nine-week-old daughter everyday.
Since leaving Prescott College my
life has been centered on guiding children
to understand the interconnection
of life through exploring our natural
world. I attended graduate school in
Maine for education and have been a
science and social studies teacher for six
years already. I met my soul mate in
Maine in 2001 and we moved to his
home state of Virginia shortly thereafter.
We married on a remote sea cliff in
Phippsburg in 2002 and renewed our
vows on our one-year anniversary with
friends and family in Bar Harbor,
Maine. My husband works for a small
nonprofit at the James River
Association as the Director of
Education and Outreach. I hope to
secure my certification as a Montessori
teacher and begin working at a new
school opening in Hanover in 2005.
Meanwhile, I will continue working as
a public school teacher. Life is grand!
amwv@hotmail.com.
Jan Clutter ’96. Greetings from the
gorgeous Pacific Northwest (Portland,
Ore., to be exact). While no one will recognize
my name (I attended PC for just
one year) and I don’t recognize anyone
Jamie Schantz
’77, traveled this
spring to
Guatemala with Flying
Doctors of America—an
Atlanta-based nonprofit.
This was his second
medical mission with the
organization, which has a
goal of providing primary
care for men, women,
and children in the El
Peten region of
Guatemala.
The team was comprised
of healthcare officials
from Oregon,
Colorado, Utah,
California, Maine, and
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else’s either(?), I would like everyone to
know that I still have a very proud sense
of kinship to all of you. And it is with
great interest and curiosity that I eagerly
read the quarterly newsletters and online
alumni news. There’s something
about this business of camaraderie even
though we don’t necessarily personally
know one another! I moved to the northwest
seven years ago to be able to relish
the incomparable beauty and serenity
and to be near my two adult sons. Have
lived in three different cities and four
residences (I now finally OWN!), and I
have been unemployed for the past year
and a half; but starting in November, I
will officially be “retired” as I begin to
collect early Social Security benefits
(besides, it sounds better to my psyche
and to the ‘world’)! I will continue with
my side business and passion of being a
personal holistic health coach, which was
my major at Prescott College. I am wishing
you all much joy, success, optimum
health, and great passion in your lives.
healthcoach@myway.com.
Sandra Haggard *96. I will be moving
from Winslow, Ariz., in June to
teach at Morrison Academy in
Kaohsiung, Taiwan. I will be teaching
middle school language arts, social
studies, and Bible classes. My husband
Chiropractor participates in
Flying Doctors of America
Georgia. The group
received ground support
from Maya Expeditions
International, a
Guatemalan-based outfitter.
Schantz graduated from
the National College of
Chiropractic in 1986 and
practices in Roswell,
Georgia. He has received
the Chiropractic Award of
Excellence from community
service from Prevention
Magazine and the Coalition
for Chiropractic Progress
and the Humanitarian of the
Year award from the
Georgia Chiropractic
Association.
and I will be helping Hope for a Hakka
Harvest Christian mission during our
time there. sandyh@cybertrails.com.
Ed Kohinke ’96. I have settled outside
of Tallahassee, Fla., married Rene
Cline and we are raising two incredible
children (Everett, 5, and Samantha, 2).
I started organic farming in Moab,
Utah, after getting disenchanted with
outdoor guiding jobs, and relocated to
Tallahassee to be close to my wife’s family.
Everett Farm supplies my innovative
hot-weather salad mix and arugula to
fine local restaurants and natural food
stores when other growers say it can’t be
done. I also dabble with other produce,
including shiitake mushrooms. I’ve also
begun making custom wood furniture;
that business is called Cricket Woods,
borrowing from our daughter’s nickname.
It would be a kick in the pants to
hear from old friends...e-mail is best!
everettfarms@tds.net.
Matt Menard ’96. Hello Everyone!
Hope that you all are doing well. If you
ever come to Lake Tahoe, drop me a
line and we’ll go skiing.
menard@ltol.com.
Joy Walden ’96. If only I had known
when I attended Prescott College that I
would end up teaching on the Rez, I
would have taken the Indian Education
classes! I love it here, and have great
students and support. jwalden@kayenta.k12.az.us.
Watts Barden ’97. Hello PC faculty,
friends and family. Checkin’ in from
the Tetons and Snake River, which I
continue to call home. It’s great to hear
and see all the great things happening
at the college and in your lives. If anyone
is in my neck of the woods, please
look me up; always happy to share my
fire and swill a pint with an old friend!
Contact me online at
whiskyfish@tetontel.com, and as Spock
would say, live long and prosper. Peace!
Eric Billingsley ’97. As a wise person
once said, “The only thing constant is
change.” After graduating from
Prescott College in 1997, I traveled in
Europe for a few months. Upon returning,
I met Rebekah Johnston — also a
former PC student. Within a year-anda-half
we were married. Our first child,
Gabriel, was born on winter solstice
(Dec. 22) 1999. We moved to
Albuquerque, in 2000, where we built a
modern, totally solar-powered home.