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women). I am currently taking an
online writing course in feature writing.
I have some ideas of where I want this
to go but will save that for the next
installment. I would so enjoy hearing
from my fellow MAP alumni of 1998!
To all who read this: Being a member
of the Prescott College family is a matter
of enormous pride for me. Thanks
one and all. Go and find your dream.
rubysroadhouse@msn.com.
F. Ken Freedman *98. Six years since
the Xers trusted the process. And it is
still happening. Can’t count too many
days I don’t think of, use, talk about, or
somehow connect with Prescott and
what has become, in my mind, a legendary
and transformational time (class
of ’98, Master of Arts Program). My
practice is reaching its limit (restricted
by health and energy) and, while I work
with all stripe of client, my current
demand leans toward transgender people.
Way fascinating. Also, I’m discovering
deeper uses of anxiety and differentiation
to augment therapy; very helpful in
exploring issues of splitting, projection,
and denial, among so many others. Big
hug to Carol A. (thanks for urging
responses), and to Prescott Xers, and
Frankie and Joan, and Stacey and Doug.
Anyone ever hear about or from Cheri?
fken@alaska.net.
Carianne Funicelli ’98. Hi everyone! I
am currently working as a vegetation
ecologist in Tucson. Some of my work
was just published in the June 2004 issue
of Desert Plants (check it out if you are
Christopher Glade ’99
and Miriam Reuss ’03
were joined in a civil
union amongst a
small gathering of
family and friends just
north of
Johannesburg, South
Africa, on July 3, 2004.
We plan to have a
REAL wedding in
Alaska sometime in
2005. We shall keep
you updated. Just
wanted to share to
good news! Chris:
glade@blackwaterout
door-ahc.com
48 TransitionsFall 2004
Jeremy ’99 and Karen Lyness
LeBlanc ’00. We have had quite
an amazing year. On Oct. 27, 2003,
we welcomed our son Isaac
Lyness LeBlanc into the world. He
is such a wonderful little boy; he
keeps us laughing constantly. A
year and a half ago we purchased
a house in Hillsdale, New York,
and we really enjoy homeownership.
Jeremy and I work
together at a residential drug and
alcohol treatment center in
Canaan, Conn. I am admissions coordinator and Jeremy directs the
Therapeutic Challenge Program. We are very happy to be able to bring
Isaac and Vesba (some of you may remember our dog) to work with us
everyday. The residents adore them both. We feel blessed to have an
employer who is so supportive of families. So, life in the Berkshires is
good. Jeremy: jeremy@mountainside.org or Karen:
vesba@hotmail.com
interested in saguaros!). My most exciting
news item to report is that I have
decided to go back to school. I hope to
be accepted to the Master of Arts
Program this spring to pursue my master’s
degree in studio art. I have always
been fascinated by the relationship
between science and art, and so I am
very excited about this new opportunity.
Peace and love to the Prescott community!
csfuncicelli@yahoo.com.
Eric Remza ’98. I have been based
out of Seattle for the last five years
working as a mountain guide. The cool
news is that I no longer live out of my
truck. I bought a condo last January, and
now I have a bed and all the other stuff,
too. I still call the NorthFace VE-25 my
office/home though. I guide domestically
here in the North Cascades and Alaska
during the summer. I usually have the
fall off to road trip and visit with friends,
then dodge the Seattle rainfest for international
work in Mexico and Argentina.
It is a lifestyle, and sure beats the 9 to 5
grind...the grass is always greener
though. I cross paths with a lot of
Prescott College folk in the mountains—
Joey Elton, Andy Rich, and Rob Gowler
to name a few—all doing really well.
Heading down to Southern California
this fall to learn how to surf and get
some climbing in along the way. Fire me
off an e-mail if you are ever in the
Northwest. Would love to have ya!
eremza@hotmail.com.
Jen Steitz ’98. For the past six years I
have been living a semisubsistence
lifestyle in Alaska: growing vegetables,
fishing, selling baskets, and doing a
couple wilderness trips every year. In
August, Larry Landry and I are getting
married on a river trip. I am also starting
a practice as a clinical herbalist and
acupressurist. I have sporadic internet
access. E-mail: mtavens@hotmail.com.
Sherry Barnes ’99 and Mark White
’99. Mark and I are going on our threeyear
wedding anniversary this July! We
are living at almost 9,000 feet in the
Central Rockies of Colorado in a little
old town called Crested Butte. We had
an amazing winter with three snow-filled
valleys minutes from town to explore on
skis. Please contact us if we’ve lost
touch with you: sherry_l_barnes@
yahoo.com, or Mark White, rivergrizzly@hotmail.com.
Amos Whiting ’99, who graduated
with a degree in wilderness leadership
and human development, recently
passed his ski mountaineering exam
near Valdez, Alaska, with the American
Mountain Guides Association. This was
his third and final exam making him one
of 21 Americans to be certified with the
IFMGA (International Federation of
Mountain Guides Association). Amos has
been working toward this goal since
1997. It is the equivalent to attaining a
Ph.D. in mountain guiding. Amos currently
lives in Aspen, Colo., where he is