Fall - Stanstead College

With Kal Weller (second from right) andformer faculty Peter Ashworth (far right) aredaughter Carole, brother John, father George,son Christopher and wife Jane.1983George “Kal” Weller visited StansteadCollege this summer from Lusby, Marylandwhere he works as an aeronautical engineerfor the U.S. Navy. After Stanstead, he spentthree semesters at Champlain Collegebefore attending Embry-RiddleAeronautical University in Florida. Withhim was his wife Jane, as well as childrenChristopher and Carole, brother John anddad George. During their visit, they met upwith former teacher Peter Ashworth. “I’mthankful for Stanstead for giving me a topnotcheducation that prepared me well forcollege and my career,” he wrote to us followinghis visit. “I have to say thatStanstead had many of the best and mostmotivational teachers in my education. Ilearned a lot, even in the subjects I didn’tlike, such as English, French and History. Iremember Mr. Walker who taught theRenaissance and Reformation. In that classwe had to do a paper on one of the reformers;I picked John Calvin. As it turns out, Iam now a deacon in the PresbyterianChurch in America. I don’t think it is anyaccident. I thank God for Stanstead.”Aninformal80sgatheringtook placeat TaiBistro inToronto,July 17. Onhand were (left to right) Jackson Stafford 1981,Nadia Bakir 1982, Steve Doyle 1982, OttilieNienkamper Councill 1984, Chris Clegg 1980and Rebecca Nienkamper 1983.1990Scherri (Kharusi) Olivella and her husbandMark welcomed their third son,Harrison Henri Ayham, on November11, 2009. Scherri has lived in Lunenburg,Nova Scotia since 2001. Scherri andMark celebrated 11 years of marriagethis July. Her sister Lubi (1992) visitedthis summer with her baby girl, Aya,Lubi's first.1992Charles Seagram is now working in thesales office of Excel Honda in Montreal.1994Neil Hepworth and his wife JuliePoston had their first child, Georgia EllaHepworth, on June 26, 2009. “We’reboth veryhappy andenjoyingparenthoodso far!” Neilwrites. Heand Juliewere marriedlast August.Mélanie Aubut gave birth to her thirdchild, Benoit, on April 13, weighing in at10 pounds, 6 ounces.1996Shoshanah Jacobs is still living her bi-polarlife, working in both the Arctic andAntarctica. Having recently finished her finaldegree, she isnow in the jobmarket lookingfor a teaching andresearch position.Last yearShoshanah marriedSebastianArrebola, andthey have startedtheir own adventuretravel company (Haka Expeditions andLast Border Marine Consulting Services)and just finished a book on Antarctica witha collection of their many photographs and11alumni newsdrawings. Shoshanah and Sebastian live inUshuaia, Argentina with their two wild dogsin an off-grid cabin. They would love to seeany of you down there at the bottom of theplanet!1997Melisa Jimenez’s flower shop in downtownChicago, Sweet Petal, was featuredthis past July in Chicago Journal, an urbanweekly newspaper. The article, “Floweringthrough the recession” can be found athttp://www.chicagojournal.com/News/Miranda Lightstone married ColinStalker on May 12 in Melia CayoGuillermo, Cuba, with 17 close friendsand family in attendance, including parentsCatherine (former faculty) andStephenLightstone(former rugbycoach). “It wasan incrediblesetting and anall-aroundamazing vacation/weddingcelebration!”Miranda writes.1999Catherine Viellette dropped by theschool this summer. She lives in Trois-Rivières working as a notary.2001Gwenaelle Journet visited the school thispast summer as well. She recently earnedher master’s degree in Anthropology fromUniversité de Montrèal.Lindi Campbell began a graduate programin Prosthetics and Orthotics inAugust. She is attending The NewingtonCertificate Program in Prosthetics andOrthotics in Newington, Conneticut.Sister Kara (2002) graduated August 22from University of New Hampshire witha master’s degree in Marriage and FamilyTherapy. She plans on relocating toBurlington, VT as soon as she finds a job.