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RVRHS Alumni February 00 Newsletter
Well better late than never. At the request of a few William McMaster grads I will now be including William McMaster HS as part of the RVRHS site. Anyone who had sibs who went to RVR before it was called RVR are asked to get their brothers or sisters to submit info for the Willam McMaster section.
I am still looking for grad lists from the Class of 71 and the Classes of 92-99 and soon 2000 as well. Anyone who can provide a list in text, MS Word, Excel or CSV file it would be appreciated.
PICTURES ----- I want pictures. Lots of them. As many as you can send. Ron Osbourne had a good idea for putting up grad photos but that didn't quite pan out as a result of the layout of some of the year books. Nevertheless send me your current photos and let me put them up you can mail the photos to:
Denis Bernicky
552 Prince Charles
Dorval, Qc, H9P-1Z3
Please put your name, the name of your spouse and children if they are in the photo, and your graduating year on the back of the photos.
Updates anyone? If you want to update your information send me what you want to change and I will take care of it as soon as I can. If you have siblings or friends whom you are in touch with and who haven't yet contacted the site please ask them to join. The more people who participate in the site the better it will be.
Regulars to the site will notice the addition of two small banners on the site one for Hooked on Phonics and the other for Amazon.com if you plan on buying Hooked on Phonics or buying CD, Books or Videos online do me a favour and click through from the RVRHS site to make the purchase and support the site at the same time
Now on to the updates for February:
Judy Harper married Geoffrey Kelly (the MNA for Jacques Cartier - Dorval etcetera). They have five children and I have heard that Judy teaches on the west island somewhere.
Barbara Shaw Lavoie (Class of 68 William Mc Master HS.)
rlavoie AT intranet.ca
I am currently living in Ottawa with my husband Bob "Fang" Lavoie and daughter Alana. We will be moving to Washington DC in the next few months on a posting.
Sheena Simons (Class of 71) martin.simons AT utoronto.ca
April Towell (Class of 72)
Works for Tribute magazine in Toronto where she has lived for many years.
Patricia Towell (Class of 72)
Resides in Montreal.
Redmond Erskine (Class of 73)
red.one AT sympatico.ca
Ricky Blackburn (Class of 74) Pam.Palestini AT bmo.com
I currently live in Burlington On. and am married to Barb Nicholson (since 86) with 2 daughters (Vanessa 8 & Michelle 5). I work as a Senior Project Manager for a small software company (Wealth Management Solutions Inc.) located in downtown Toronto that provides industry leading solution to the Canadian financial services sector. Although work and family take up a large part of my time, I still find time to participate in many sports activities, of which any form of hockey remains my first sports love. I still have the mind set which is to go out and do rather than sit back and watch. Hopefully that mind set prevails for years to come and that "the age factor" does not become a FACTOR!!!!!!
Laurie McFall (Class of 74) twg AT silk.net
George Robinson (Class of 74) grobinso AT rci.rogers.com
Have been living in Toronto since 1975. Graduated in 1982 from York University (BFA, Theatre). After spending TOO LONG a time working for Film & Video at York, I am now Production Coordinator for "What's on Rogers?," a series of commercial spots promoting network programs on Rogers Cable.
Terry Erskine (Class of 74) erskine AT tciway.tc
Kevin Sullivan (Class of 74) kevytoonz AT sympatico.ca I currently live in Sherbrooke, Qc, and scratch out a meager existence as an arranger and High School music teacher(the modern day Mr. Henke, yes, that's me), performer and bandleader.
Sally Feast (Class of 75) hennessi AT oberon.ark.com
Still alive living on the B.C. coast. Married, stepdaughter, dog, employed (printer/fitness instructor) and old enough to do what I want and get away with it. Would love to hear from any of my old friends.
Bruce (Gordie) Fulcher (Class of 75) gordeye AT gordeye.com
Come see me at www.gordeye.com, links to the rest of my family etc... Carol-Ann if you were on-line I would have written back.
Graham W.D. Fulcher gwdf AT v-wave.com
I now find myself in Taiwan....... long way from home...... but I like it!
Susan Haydock (Class of 76) TimberjackFP AT aol.com
I live in the tiny Laurentian town of Ste Lucie with Hubby and 3 kids on "Le Ranch" Animals seem to come and go around here! I graduated in Nursing and worked in that field for 16yrs. I quit to work full time with Hubby at our sawmill located in Val David. Not only am I the girl Friday but the "guy" Friday as well. I'm on the other side of the saw hauling the boards off and rotating the beams, shoveling saw dust and nursing splinters! Winter months make work kinda miserable so we slow down to a standstill. Life and been very kind and very generous...a few wrinkles, a few added pounds a few kids BUT no gray hair!
Karen Asquith (Class of 76)
Married to an OPP officer and lives in Perth has twin boys and one girl. Graduated in nursing but no longer works in that field
Paul Kelly (Class of 76)
Lives on the Gold Coast of Australia with wife Tracey and 4 children.
Gina Jarosz (Class of 77)
raptor AT wcl.on.ca
I am residing in Fordwich, Ontario with my husband of 18 years and our three boys aged 12, 10 and 6. I have been home teaching my children for 7 years and recently became certified as a reflexologist. Graduated from Ryerson in 82 in the Restaurant and Hospitality Management and resided in TO for several years. We have moved around a little, living in several different provinces and overseas in the UK, where my husband is originally from. Eventually deciding to move out to the country and here we are!! Would like to hear from other grads!! Looking for info on Joanne Chevrette and Susan O'Conner.
Jennifer Towell (Class of 77) jennifertowell AT hotmail.com
It's humbling to think I am almost 23 years out of RVR! After graduating from Carleton in Ottawa with a Bachelor of Journalism, I returned to Montreal where I have worked as a journalist, a publicist and, for the last 8+ years, an administrator at McGill. I currently manage a development project with Indonesia. And I am raising my two beautiful daughters, Norah, who'll soon be 14, and Maddy, who is 11.
Garth Prosser,(Class of 77), lives in Calgary Alberta.
Danny Talbot Class of 78
Dan died in October 1988 in an explosion at CIL where he was employed. He was married to Lynn Coward( class of '78) and was expecting their first child. He died shortly after their wedding anniversary.
Mathew Standish (Class of 78) Alive and well and living in Toronto. Mathew is married and works as a head hunter.
Donna Harper (Class of 78) donden AT total.net
I've been married for 13 years and have 2 boys, Matthew age 11 and Alexander age 9. We have been living in Brossard for 10 years and I've been working at a pharmacy in Greenfield Park for 8 years as an Assistant Manager. I go back to Otterburn at least once a year on our way to climb the mountain-a family tradition.
Neil Haworth (Class of 78)
Designs golf courses for a living and is a millionaire. Spends most of his time in Japan and Toronto
Andreas Stenzel (Class of 78)
Lives in Toronto and was married last year. He is an Environmental Biologist
Nancy Gagne (Class of 78)
Lives in St. Julie with husband and 2 children, a boy and a girl.
Terry Bulmer (Class of 78)
Married to Mark Waldvogel ( class of '78 ) and living in Brossard
Mark Waldvogel (Class of 78)
Married to Terry Bulmer ( class of '78 ) and living in Brossard
Pascale Vitalis (Class of 78) pvitalis AT vaxxine.com
In case anyone is interested in my whereabouts, I now live in St. Catharines, Ontario with my husband & 2 daughters. I work for the Canada Customs & Revenue Agency (formerly Revenue Canada) as an International Tax specialist with the audit department. My brother Perry Vitalis lives in Tokyo and is studying Japanese & teaching English. He has been very happy living abroad for the past 10 years or so, and I'm sure he'd love to hear from former classmates. My sister Chantal is a member of a really cool band named Maud and lives in Calgary Alberta.
Ron Gurr (Class of 79)
Ron married Jackie Macdonald (Class of 82) in 1986 and moved to Ontario in 1987. He currently works for Fabris in Stoney Creek, Ontario. They now lives in St Catharines and have three children
Russ Towell (Class of 79)
He got degrees from Concordia (exercise science) and Western (physiotherapy). He has been working as a physio in Tampa, Florida, since 1993.
Danny Smith (Class of 80) das AT cyberus.ca
I'm alive and well living in Ottawa. Currently working for Compaq Corp. supporting SAP. No wife or kids.
Stuart Smith (Class of 80)
Married and living in Otterburn Park.
Gail Harper (Class of 80) rob.gail AT sympatico.ca
I would have graduated with the class of 1980, but my parents moved me into Montreal at the end of grade 9 (1978). After graduating from high school in NDG I went to Marianopolis and then to Concordia where I got a BA in geography and education. As I had been working as a pastry chef I had to decide if I was going to cook for a living or continue in school. I decided to do a Master's degree as I would have to cook everyday anyway. So I moved to Toronto in 1985 and received a Master's degree in education and public information in 1987. I have worked for both the private and public sectors, mostly with hazardous and medical wastes in a regulatory and training capacity. Currently I am with the Ontario Ministry of the Environment undertaking risk management on new air standards. Personally, since leaving RVRHS I have traveled to over 20 countries including Russia and Australia (twice) as I love to see things for myself and I learn so much from the people. I had a bout with cancer in my late 20's to early 30's which changed my perspective quite a bit. I took more time to travel and about 6 years ago I began quilting and now make quilts for sick children as well as on commission. I have been teaching quilting for four years in my spare time. Another of my hobbies is curling, which is where I met my husband Rob. We were married New Years Eve 1998 and now live in Richmond Hill, Ontario just north of Toronto.
Nancy McHarg (Class of 80) nmcharg AT orcabay.com
I live in West Vancouver with my husband, Hugh Wilson; daughter, Hannah (5); and son, Gabriel (1 ½). For the past three years, I have been working in communications for Orca Bay Sports & Entertainment, owners of the Vancouver Canucks (NHL team) and Vancouver Grizzlies (NBA). Before Orca Bay, I was the Director of Communications at WIC, a large, Vancouver-based broadcasting company. After RVR, I went to Champlain where I vacillated between creative arts and health sciences, and ended up with a DEC in commerce (basically, social sciences with math). I then spent four months backpacking through Europe and returned to do a BA in Journalism at Concordia. Internships and freelance work with Maclean's magazine and a PBS current affairs show helped me land a staff reporter's position with a Montreal weekly business newspaper (This Week in Business). After a couple of years reporting, I left my job to travel to Japan with Cheryl Carruthers (Class '81). Upon my return to Montreal I worked again on a PBS current affairs show, and then took a job at McGill University in public relations. Amidst all this, I met my husband, Hugh, through a Masters swim team at the Downtown Montreal YMCA, lived with Elizabeth Hardy (Class '81) in the McGill ghetto for a couple of years, and just thoroughly enjoyed being 20-something living in Montreal. Now, I love life in Vancouver and think parenthood and having kids is the greatest. I still keep in touch with Elizabeth as well as Joanne Hardy (' 80), Sandra Carruthers ('80), and various others through my siblings who are also all living in the Vancouver area. I hope to get to the reunion (in May '00??). Best wishes to all.
Louise Roy (Class of 80) roylo AT sprint.ca
Ellen Fuller (Class of 80)
Lives in Kirkland, QC, she has 3 children.
Monica and Valerie Roy (Class of 80) are living in the Kingston area. Both are married. Monica has 2 children.
Ricole Elce Class of 80
French immersion at RVR finally paid off, since I am now married to a French man (from France) & raising a bilingual family! We are living on a large dairy farm on the Ottawa River, half way between Montreal & Ottawa. (We have a great view of the Laurentians out the back window.) ...After having the experience of working in the shrinking healthcare industry in Montreal & Ottawa, I set my mind to studying Services de réadaptation and became a Developmental Social Worker. I am now studying Social Work at Carleton University. This summer I should be traveling to Ireland where my mom now lives. Life is good. You just have to take the time to appreciate it! I check into my email occasionally & can be reached at relce AT chat.carleton.ca
Pat Wright (Class of 80) PWright AT thegazette.southam.ca
Since high school I have been working at The Gazette (presently working part time (3 days a week) doing non-profit organization listings and the movie page layout in Editorial) and am the proud mom of Carey, 8 and Mitchell, 4. I have been happily married to Garry West (from the Gaspé coast) for 10 years and we recently built a house and moved to Ste. Anne de Bellevue which I love.
Smith, Lynda (Class of 81) PWLSeattle AT aol.com
After being transferred from Montreal to Vancouver, I met and married my husband, Steve, in 1986 and moved to Seattle. Other than a 3-year stint in Southern California, we've been here ever since. We have terrific three kids, Brianna (11), Shayna (9), and Michael (6) - all redheads!! I have a small freight-forwarding business, PacWest Logistics, that I do from a home-office, so I can be home with the kids. I'd love to hear from any 1981 grads, or anyone else!! (By the way, anyone who remembers my Mom - Helen Smith - who was a secretary in the V.P. office - she just retired last summer, and is still living in Beloeil with my Dad.)
Moore, Andy (Class of 81) amoore AT sympatico.ca
I'm in Chelsea, QC, where I live with my two kids (AJ is 8 and Amanda is 4) and wife, Sue. I work for the Geological Survey of Canada as a geoscientist / computer nerd...
Comte, Nicole (Class of 81) tonic1 AT total.net
I presently live in Pierrefonds, have two sons and work as a physiotherapist.
Jackie MacDonald (Class of 82)
Jackie married Ron Gurr(1980) in 1986 and moved to Ontario in 1987. They currently live in St. Catharines and have three children, Samantha (11), Logan (8) and Jared (2). If anyone would like to contact either my sister or brother-in-law please forward your address or phone number to Susie Macdonald mark.feider AT sympatico.ca
Mary Dunlop (Class of 82) mcm.donovan AT sympatico.ca
http://www.geocities.com/fijer I work as a Programmer/Analyst
Chantal Vitalis (Class of 82) chantal_vitalis AT hotmail.com
Hi everyone! I spent my first 3 years of high school at RVR so I recognize almost all your names! I currently live in Calgary where I've been making music for film and video, as well have released two CD's, one solo and one as part of Maud (a trio of weird women!). In my travels I ran into Karen McHarg in 1996, then the program director for (I think) the University of Ottawa radio station, and also ran into Shannon Ross quite a few years ago as I was backing out of a parking stall. She had just come back from living in Australia and was relocating to Calgary. I have 3 great cats, a big mortgage, and a great relationship. Ciao!
Corman, Natalie (Class of 82)
I got my B.Sc. from McGill, got a job in Switzerland and I met this guy with a really nice butt... So I married him and I've been there ever since. Two boys, '89 and '92. I have a small business recycling furniture. Email me at corman AT freesurf.ch
Bob Turnbull (Class of 82) bobt AT ca.ibm.com
Graduated from McGill in 1988 with an Electrical Engineering degree and moved to Toronto later that year to start work for IBM. Been here ever since and have come to love the city (hey, it's a pretty hopping 'burg!). I now work at the IBM Toronto Laboratory as the Team Lead for one of the Information Technology groups. Essentially that means we get to design, build and support the computing infrastructure for the different Development teams here. Fun stuff for the most part. I met my wife Anumpa on the Ultimate Frisbee field back in 1990 (one of the many IBM Social Clubs). We eventually tied the knot on May 21st 1995 and it was the best day of my life...She also works at the IBM Lab and is part of the Database Technology group (they develop IBM's DB2 products). We bought a house in Toronto in July of 1998 and absolutely love our neighbourhood in the city. No children yet, but we're both pretty busy with various activities and hobbies (the CD collection has become a living breathing entity of its own at this point...).
Janet Macdonald (Class of 82) robjan AT centra.ca
What I've been up to since I graduated from school: At first I worked for the Bank of Montreal, then on to an Advertising agency from there I went to work for the big Engineering firm SNC/Lavalin. I slowly worked my way up to being a Supervisor of Document Control. From there I went to work on the Hibernia Project (you must of heard of it). I finally settled down with an Engineering Company in Montreal (ABGS Inc.) and have been with them for 5 years now, been in engineering for the last 10, it's not as bad as all that, (working for engineers that is). I'm a Supervisor with my company and I also prepare documents for presentations to bid on Projects (meaning I do all the overheads and charts for them). In between all of that, I got married to Rob Sears (Class of '83) we've been together for 10 years married for 8. Rob also works for the same company as I do, but he is into computers, and doing very well. We have two beautiful children, our daughter Jennifer Rose is 8 years old and our son Benjamin is 7. They both go to Mountainview School in Otterburn and I must say they are our pride and joy. I'm also a leader with the Girl Guides of Canada (going on 4 years now). I opened a Brownie Unit in Beloeil and am Brown Owl, the girls and I have a blast, and I wouldn't change a thing. As you can pretty much figure out Rob and I have a house in Beloeil, right around the corner from RVR, have been there for 4 years now. Anyway, that pretty much puts you up to date with me. Please get in contact with me, my e-mail at work is macdonaldj AT abgs.com or my home e-mail is robjan AT centra.ca.
Marianne Hu (Class of 84) marianne AT aang.com I married my sweetheart of 8 years, Alex Ang, this Oct 30 and moved to TO over the holidays, to start my new life in a new city for the "new" millennium!
Philip Viger (Class of 84) vigswan AT bellsouth.net
I moved to Vancouver in 1990 and worked for Scott Paper limited. I married in 1995. In February of 1999, I was transferred down to Memphis, TN where I now work for Global Tissue as a Technical Services Manager. No sightings of Elvis yet.
Rob Prosser (Class of 85)
Lives in Calgary with his fiancé. He has an eight year old daughter from a
previous relationship.
Marny James (Class of 85) shamar AT total.net
Happily married to Shawn McGaw Class of 1985; living in St. Constant, Quebec with our two sons Bryan 4 and Kevin 2.
Russell White (Class of 88) guppy AT golden.net
Lives in Waterloo
Lisa Archambault (Class of 89)
Is a nurse, married, has three kids (two girls and a boy) and lives in Calgary.
Susie Macdonald (Class of 89) mark.feider AT sympatico.ca
I got married in the summer of '96 and my husband and I now live in Baie D'Urfe on the west island. Mark and I just had our second child Jack Dylan four months ago. Our first son's name was Zachary and he would have been 16 months. I am currently on maternity leave, but I work for a Volvo dealership here on the west island. I hope to hear from anyone who is out there.
Nathalie Lynn Brown (Class of 89) ssargent AT sprint.ca
Teaches Figure Skating in St. Catharines Ontario. Graduated from Brock University with degree in psychology and has two daughters, Samantha and Kathleen.
Betty Lobo (Class of 90) blobo AT sprint.ca
Unfortunately or fortunately (depending on the day!!!) I'm still in school. I've taken two years off at different times - one between CEGEP and undergrad and another between undergrad and law school. I studied Criminology in undergrad and am presently finishing up my Common Law degree at Ottawa U. I will graduate in April 2000, but I will then do an extra year to get my Civil Law degree in case I ever want to practice in Quebec. I plan to practice in Ontario for a few years, but after that, who knows...! I'm still with the same guy - Rob Mesher - who I met in the summer of 1989 and who was my date for my prom... We live in Hull and have two dogs - Mikah (a 6 year old Husky) and Baloo (a 6 month old pitbull).
Rick Le Grand (Class of 91) legranr AT mcmaster.ca
I'm currently working on my Ph.D. in developmental
neuropsychology at McMaster University. This summer I'll be getting married to the gal I've been with for the past 6 years. Drop me a line I'd love to hear from you guys.
Marina Michaud (Class of 95)
Moved to PEI after graduation, add to do grade 12, moved to NS worked for a year, went to the Nova Scotia Community College and took the cooking course. Got married july 3 1999 in New Glasgow, NS to Lucas MacKay, we now live in Charlottetown PEI, were my family still lives, and were I work for a call center (customer service rep). My brother Christopher(92) got married July 31 in Charlottetown and is now in his last year of University. Graduated in 97 with a BA and is now going to graduate in 2000 with a BE (bachelor of education).
My sister Cara(94) attended UPEI for a couple years and is now working for Shoppers Drug Mart and is hoping to return to university come Sept, but back in Montreal.
Hope to hear from some of my fellow classmates of 95.
Sofie Huet (Class of 95) sofa AT yahoo.com
Andrea Snizynsky (Class of 95) andrea.caroline AT sympatico.ca