RVRHS Alumni April Newsletter
Well we are well into May,
and by the feel of it into Summer as well. This time next year there will be
a reunion at RVRHS. So just as I have in the past I encourage all of you who
have not been in touch with Frances Howe McKechnie to contact her with your
address and phone at AMckech563 AT aol.com
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There is a pleasant synchronicity with the timing of the reunion for anyone
who is a bird watcher. The City of Montreal just appointed Dr. David Bird of
McGill University to head up a bird festival on Victoria Day weekend (La fete
Dollard Des Ormeaux) next year. Bird watchers can catch the reunion and add
to their life list at the same time.
As always I am on the look out for class lists for 1984 and all classes from
1991 to present. Lists can be mailed to me:
Denis Bernicky
552 Prince Charles
Dorval, Qc, H9P-1Z3
They can also be e-mailed in standard TXT or CSV format (please no XLS, MDB
or DOC files). I can also be reached by fax at 514-631-9950 or by phone at 514-952-7231.
Thanks to everyone who sent in information this month it is appreciated. We
are now on the lookout for more information on former and current staff of RVRHS
as well as additions to the staff list. Additions should also include support
staff in Admin and Building Maintenance.
Ken Sullivan (class of '76) is living in Toronto and is the head instructor
of the Karate program at the downtown YMCA. Ken is also a teacher, facilitator
and psychotherapist.
Kevin Sullivan (class of '74) lives in Sherbrooke Quebec with his wife and two
children. Kevin is a professional musician.
Maureen Kelly (nee Sullivan) (class of '79) lives in Barrie, Ontario. Maureen
married Phil Kelly (also class of '79) in 1988. They have two children, Kyle
(7yrs) and Katie (4 yrs). Phil is a sales representative for Moen Canada and
Maureen is a homemaker.
Mike Sullivan (Class of 83) - (reebus AT home.com
) Married Julie Davidson in 1989. Two kids, Cameron (6 yrs) and Jane (9 months).
Lives in Calgary, Alberta. Occupation - Inspector, Pipeline Construction and
Damage Prevention.
Nathan Ward (Class of 83) Deceased
Steve Upton (Class of 83) Lives in Otterburn. Occupation - Fireman
Dave Wood (Class of 83) Lives in Otterburn
Donato Spallone (Class of 83) - Drummer for the Band "Pushy Pushy"
Julie Davidson (Class of 83) reebus AT home.com
Married Mike Sullivan in 1989 (his idea for "reebus"). Two kids, Cameron (6
yrs) and Jane (9 months), lives in Calgary
Todd Derry (Class of 83) Deceased
April 2nd '99 saw a small reunion of an old RVR gang. Richard Howe (79) rkh
AT hnc.com and his wife, Nancy Langevin (78) nrh AT abac.com , hosted a surprise
dinner at their home in San Diego just to see the look on Danny McCarthy's face
after about 17 years! With the help of Michael McCarthy (81), who told Danny
that he had to come all the way from Phoenix to play in a golf tournament, the
evening was a "Do you remember when... ?" Also in town for the fun was Francis
Tarbox, of Calgary (President of CTH Systems ftarbox AT cthsystems.com ) who
left RVR in '77, with his two girls and Peter Carleton (78) of San Diego with
his wife and two kids. We missed Steve Dubuc (79), but will catch up with him
before he heads off to work across Europe for a couple of months in May. And
yes, the competition still lives on... Danny beat Richard by one stroke in a
golf game the next day!
Also: Bruce Langevin (76) is married with 2 girls and lives outside of Ottawa.
He works in various churches throughout Ontario as a lay minister.
Suzanne Laurin (78) and her sister Yvonne (80) both live in Ottawa. Both are
married with children.
Special thanks to Mike Sullivan (Class of 83) for providing the 1983 class list
and an update on numerous 1983 grads.
Thanks also go out to Lynn Downer (Class of 90) for the excellent job she did
in compiling the 1990 list into alphabetical CSV files -- man I love it when
someone else does all the work for me J
Dave Wood wooddavid AT videotron.ca
(Class of 76) forwarded this info: Married since 1980 and have 2 children Stephen
age 16 and Isabelle age 15. I currently live in Pierrefonds.
You can also fill out the information about my brother George Wood graduating
class of 76. He lives in Mississauga, married since 1981 and has 1 son, Jason
age 16.
Allen Hamilton (Class of 76) writes: . I am presently separated, living in Ottawa,
and working throughout Canada as a management consultant and liaison for non-profits
and Value Village Stores( that's Village de Valeurs for you
guys in Quebec). I would love to hear from some people from both years that
I graduated as well as some that didn't. alham
AT cyberus.ca or phone-(613)237-0887
Shirley Jarvo (Class of 81) writes: Living on Nun's Island, working as a paralegal
with one son, Nicolas, age 7. sjarvo AT total.net
Shirley also passed along the following:
Christina Doucet - Living in Lachute Quebec, owns and operates recreational
center with Kitchen on her property, two sons age 3 1/2 and 7.
Renee Lepage - Living in Montreal, Quebec with no children
Mimica Vasalos (Class of 83) 450 447-2451 nikolaous AT sprint.ca I've been married
for almost 12 yrs and have 2 beautiful kids. My son is 8 and my daughter 5.
I work as a color technician in downtown Montreal and I still live in Chambly.
Andrea Critchlow (Class of 83) lives in Toronto but as I understand she will
be living in Hong Kong for the next little while.
Rhonda Fox (Class of 80) rrandd AT sprint.ca I am married with 2 children, living
in Ile Perrot, Que. currently working at Toy's R Us in Pt, Claire. I married
Ron Hamilton whom also graduated in 1974 from RVR.
Suzanne R Kwiaton (Class of 84) I've been busy doing computer stuff for the
past 10+ years and now am presently working at IBM as a Network Designer. I've
been sooooo busy working, travelling, living in Hong Kong for a bit that I haven't
had time to think of getting married, having kids, etc. But I'm still in Quebec
(Hudson area) so send me an email at suzanne1 AT total.net if you live in this
area - or even if you don't it would be nice hearing from you all!
Susan MacDonald (Class of 80)
sm44 AT Tizard.ukc.ac.uk I
am an academic teaching applied psychology at the University of Kent at Canterbury.
I specialise and do research into working with people with autism. I am a workaholic,
shopaholic and international travel companion of Cindy Russell. Cindy and I
get up to the same old things and in 1998 managed to meet up in London twice,
we hung out together in India and Nepal for 6 weeks last spring and met up again
at Christmas this year in St.Bruno . Keep in touch and I hope to get to the
reunion
Dean Cox (Class of 80) Married living in Toronto with one child.
Wayne Sykes (Class of 80) is a graphic artist living in Toronto.
Lorette Migaud (Class of 82) Life is great for me these days. Just bought myself
a house and I have a great job. No kids and no pets. Take care. lmigaud AT ftltr.fruit.com
Margaret Riebe 21/08/?? (Class of 80) m.riebebutt
AT ns.sympatico.ca sent this along:
I was trying to sum up the last 19 years in my head, and frankly I have a hard
enough time remembering what happened 19 days ago. After graduating RVR my father
was transferred back to NS. (I didn't want to move back because I had made new
friends and was looking forward to going on to Cegep). Anyway I had to go back
to high school here and do grade 12.
After graduating again, I found a job in a restaurant and moved into my own
pad at the age of 18. That was fun. I hopped from restaurants to the bar scene,
finally gathering enough experience to move up to the management level. That's
when I decided I hated working weekends and needed to get a formal education.
So I bit the bullet and got a part time job bar tending at a busy club downtown
and I went back to university at age 29. I took a Bachelor of Science degree
majoring in Applied Human Nutrition, minor in Chemistry ( I remember sucking
at Chemistry in high school but graduated with honours this time!). I went on
to get an internship at the QEII in Halifax and at long last became a Registered
Dietitian this past September. I recently have started my own consulting business
where I give educational seminars, do one on one counseling and am getting ready
to teach some continuing Ed classes in the evenings. From a personal perspective
I got married on my 30th birthday. An act of desperation you ask? Well I never
really had a 30th birthday, I only have anniversaries from now on. Plus it gives
my husband a shot at remembering the date. For hobbies, I love to create with
food and am working at developing a cookbook which will be ready before I die,.....
Hopefully.
My husband and I both own and ride Harley Davidsons and get mistaken for mean
people on a regular basis. We have a cottage about 2 hours from here that is
very rustic but is right on the ocean. We have great weekends there with friends
and family, lobster bakes, corn boils the whole shabu. We built a house in Bedford
which is right outside of Halifax, about a year and a half ago. We did all the
research ourselves and became our own contractor, it saved us about $35,000.00
no kidding!!! We have no kids at present and are uncertain whether we will venture
there or not in the near future. We love animals and they are so much easier
to look after. Well that's it in a nutshell. I'm hoping to get to the reunion
in May of 2000.
Kevin Rochford (Class of 80) krochford
AT dawsoncollege.qc.ca Sent this along:
I hung out on the benches playing hearts for a semester at Champlain/St-Lambert,
and I remember going back to RVR to see Scott Murphy as *Jesus* in JC Superstar.
Jesus Murphy. I then spent the next three semesters at Champlain/Lennoxville.
While there, I was lucky enough to be chosen as a participant in the inaugural
exchange program with Knox Community College in Spauldings, Jamaica.
It was then time for a road trip, so I packed my car with my skis and some sandwiches
and ended up in Florida. My one week stay with friends became a three month
adventure in *the sunshine state*. And I never did make it to
Colorado to see Michele Chiasson.
While I was away, my folks sold their house and I was effectively homeless upon
my return. I ended up staying with a relative in Laval and commuting to McGill
the first semester. I found a sublet in the *McGill Ghetto* for
the second semester and I still dream about the critters...
I met my wife at a Management Bash ($0.50 beer!). She wasn't a student at the
time and I wasn't in Management. Go figure. While at McGill, I rowed with the
Novice Men's Eights and lived with Andrew Moore ('81) in a couple
of different apartments in NDG. After graduating in '86 with a B.Ed. (Early
Childhood), I promptly left town.
Since entering the *real* world, I've had all sorts of jobs. I worked in my
dad's sign shop. I did computer graphics and slide presentations way before
the era of PowerPoint. I was an optical camera operator. And I've worked at
Dawson College on a part-time replacement occasional contractual basis for a
bunch of years. I was in the Computer Assisted Learning lab for a couple of
years. I was in the AV department for a while. I worked in the Library, and
I'm now in the Bookstore as the Merchandise Control freak, uhhh, clerk.
I got married to Marilyn in 1990 and our daughter, Kathleen, turned five this
past March. I was a stay-at-home dad for her first ten months before coming
back to Dawson. And I've managed to spend every June to September with Katie.
It's been so great. And, no, I never actually have taught since graduating.
I'd love to hear from people. Even if you hated my guts in high school.
Cindy Carswell (Class of 82) has left McGill to work at Pfiser - I found this
out through a contact at McGill. Unfortunately she forgot to update her e-mail
since then. Anyone in contact with her please remind her to send her new e-mail
address to me.
Well that's if for now - with any luck next months release will be as good as
this one. Thanks again to everyone who contacted me in the past month.