RVRHS Alumni January 00 Newsletter

Welcome to the new millennium. I have been watching the around the clock coverage of New Years Eve around the planet it has been kind of fun. Right this moment they are playing Also Spake Zarathrustra in Bethlehem and setting off fire works. Hope the New Year brings health and happiness to all of you.

This is one of the shortest newsletters in recent memory. People must have been laying in supplies and battening down the hatches in preparation for the coming apocalypse <grin>. You will notice that this month the grad years are in order rather than organized along the lines of who sent their information in first. That should make it easier to read what you want to and skip what you don't.

Well that's it for now; see you in the new millennium.

Valerie Verkaik (nee Mayne) (Class of 73) jjnicol AT cow-net.com  I really want to find where Brenda Cleland is. Alias Nerb.. She and her husband moved to Alberta in 1981 and I don't know where they went since. 

Terry Massen (Class of 74) tsmaass AT aei.ca 

Gary Honegger (Class of 74) honeggeg AT cadvision.com 
Hello all former friends and acquaintances!

Danny Menigoz (Class of 74) dmenigoz AT home.com 
I'm currently living in Fort McMurray, Alberta which is about 450km north of Edmonton. I've been in the Carpenter Union for 20 years, but I went back to school and completed a University degree with a major in Psychology and a minor in Computer Science. I enjoyed the computer sciences so much that I went on to complete a two year business diploma in Computer Information Systems. I have been doing work in both fields (Carpentry and Information Technology) but I will moving this year to Ottawa and hopefully will establish a full time career in Information Technology. Anyone wanting to get in touch please email me.

Rob Edlefsen (Class of 75) northern.ice AT sympatico.ca  Am looking to contact any survivors of the graduating year 1975.

Dorothy Jeffrey (Class of 76) philly AT direct.ca
I am currently living in Victoria B.C. and have been her since 1980. I have been in the foodservice industry also since 1980 as a foodservice consultant .

John Bennett (Class of 76) jdbennet AT julian.uwo.ca
Now living in London (Ontario). In my 10th year as a radiologist at St. Joseph's Hospital here (Associate Prof. at UWO). Mostly I do interventional radiology (i.e. angioplasties, biopsies etc.) I've been married for almost 17 years to a terrific woman, Heather and we have 3 wonderful children: Emily (14), Eric (11) and Jill (7). Since moving to one of the flattest areas of Canada we have all become enthusiastic skiers (downhill) and crave our trips out east (and west). Have many fond memories of RVR, especially the band and would love to hear from any of the old guard.

Frank Zalewski (Class of 76) gzalewsk AT mgmt.ucalgary.ca 
I've been living in Calgary for ???? years. I've been employed with the City of Calgary for the last 18 years, first 8 years in the Streets Department and the last 10 with Calgary Transit. I am married (14 years) to Gwen (who is writing this, since I do not have my own e-mail address) and have a son Justin who is 12 years old. We had a stepson, Jason, 20, who was tragically killed in an automobile accident, April 20, 1999. We also have a chocolate lab named Thunder. Recently we moved to a new area and home in Calgary, so I am busy renovating the basement. (Keeps me out of Gwen's way).

I would love to hear from some old grads (class of 76). Drop me a line

Daniel Maynard (Class of 76) maynard AT portalnet.com 
I have been living in Vaudreuil-Dorion for the past 12 years with my lovely wife. Have been married for 13 years with no children. After working for the Federal Government for many years I returned to school full time and graduated in 1998 with a Bachelor of Commerce in Marketing from McGill University and I am presently working in marketing for an Internet company in Montreal.
Would love to hear from some of you from the class of '76

Scott Maynard (Class of 76)
Scott is a civil engineer with the Federal Government in B.C. He is married with 3 girls.

Antonia Sloan (Class of 76) won AT direct.ca  
Antonia Sloan (now Won) I've been in North Vancouver since 1992 with my daughter ('89) and son ('91) and husband ('84) after living in Toronto for 14 years. Tat (the husband) and I met studying Landscape architecture at UofT and later worked as theme park planners (no kidding). After full-time mom-ing for a few years, I've shifted focus and am part-time at theology school (no kidding). Cheers to you all.

Heidi Becker (Class of 78) beckerfarm AT sprint.ca
Our website address is http://members.theglobe.com/mapleman1  or http://members.theglobe.com/terreneuve/  the latter is my kennel website I raise Newfoundland breed dogs. I am Married to Greg Jones, with one 8 mth old girl Jasper Fox Jones , I am no longer working as a systems specialist and am now a happy mother and Farmer.
We live on the west side of Mount Rigaud, on a little farm where we are establishing an organic apple orchard (we make the best apple cider here). PLUS we have our own SUGAR SHACK where we also make great syrup! (PS: we ARE taking spring orders for gift sets).

Paul O'Connor (Class of 79) poconnor AT mobility.com 
I have two beautiful children Crista age 6 and Shelby age 8 1/2. Crista is in grade 1 while Shelby is in grade 3. I am still living in Waterdown (between Burlington and Hamilton), now into my 6th year there. I was working with Bell Mobility for 10 1/2 years before our entire IT department was outsourced to CGI in May 1999. So now, I work for CGI and Bell Mobility is my client. I am the SAP Support and Development Manager here and have been working with SAP for 3 years. My hobbies include running and triathlons.

Bernard Denis (Class of 80) bdenis AT dowco.com  http://www.geocities.com/pipeline/valley/9775/index.html 
After RVR I went to Dawson and then to Concordia where I graduated with a B.A. The day after I moved to Vancouver B.C. I am Now a Sales Supervisor for London Drugs and am Married with two kids (Kyle5 and Kyana 3) I now live in Chilliwack, B.C. and love it here. I am also a member of the Chilliwack Search and Rescue team trained in rope rescue (climbing), swift water rescue and deep water recovery diving. I do miss the East from time to time and really miss my sister who lives in Toronto (Cathy Denis also graduated from RVR with her husband Bob Flander.....you guessed it......RVR). I moved to B.C. in '86 and was a store manager for 'Footlocker' where I received many awards for top sales and was rookie manager of the year. 8 years was enough and with my son on the way it was time for something a little more stable. London Drugs has 55 stores in B.C. and Alberta and they add 3-4 every year. These are 30,000 Sq. foot stores with everything from computers, to Cameras, cosmetics, food and Pharmacy. 

Joanne Hardy (Class of 80) giles AT netcom.ca
I currently live in the outskirts of Ottawa and work for the Feds - Canada Customs and Revenue Agency formerly Revenue Canada. My present position is a project officer in the Major Projects and Design Directorate of the Customs Trade Administration Branch. Our area is responsible for facilitating trade for commercial activity and expediting passenger clearance at border crossings while ensuring the safety of Canadians. Quite challenging. 

I've been happily married for 6 years to a wonderful man who most may remember as night news man on FM96 - Rod Giles. Rod works in Corporate Communications at the Export Developments Corporation and has been questioned for inside information by our friend Andrew McIntosh (reporter for the National Post). We also, from time to time have dinner or a drink or two or 10 with another good friend Danny Smith. RVR is EVERYWHERE.

Rod and I have two beautiful daughters - Sarah 21/2 and Alexandra 4 who continue to keep us young and very happy.

Kevin Carpenter kcarpenter AT bellhelicopter.textron.com
I am married to an Italian beauty named Beatrice for 13 years. we have been together for 18 years!! We have 3 children (all boys in the carpenter tradition) Sean 10. Michael 8 & Thomas 6. We are homeowners and all live in Pincourt since 1992. Since graduating from RVR I worked at various companies working with computers.. No CEGEP for this boy!! Some of the more notable company's I have for are: Reader's Digest, Equifax, Spar Aerospace & Standard Life. I am presently working for Bell Helicopter in the flight test department. It is very interesting work as we test the experimental helicopters before the go into production. sometimes I get to fly. We have a great deal of different tests to certify a helicopter. This sometimes involves off-site testing. I recently spent 4 weeks in Colorado for high-altitude testing. Some other places we frequently go are: Arizona (hot weather), thermal California (cooling & hot weather), LG2 or like this year Yellowknife (cold weather), Albuquerque New Mexico(mid altitude& oil rigs). Lots of fun. My current hobbies are: playing hockey, playing guitar, restoring & working on "muscle cars"!! My collection stands at 3 right now!! Recently I have been bitten with the fitness bug!! My wife & friends were saying I should lose a few!!! They are right so I have undertaken a regular exercise routine. So far so good!! Maybe I can regain my youthful physique again!! We will see come reunion time eh??

Monty Hayter (Class of 87) mhayter AT mon-cher.com 
Moved out to the west coast in 89, started programming for a living. Eventually got to co-host a radio program about computers, where I met my wife-to-be. We married, had a son...and then had my life totally derailed as my wife battled metastatic breast cancer for a year. She passed away in April 99. (see http://abreast2000.net for a website we created - although it is in need of an update, which I'm hoping to get to over the holidays...) Since then I've been just trying to put my life back together, holding down a full time job and doing the single parent thing for a smart, but rambunctious, two -year-old.

Gail Prosser (Class of 88) pawprint17 AT hotmail.com 
Well... a helluva lot has happened since '88! Although most of it would be rather insignificant to most of my old schoolmates! I still live in the "wonderful" province of Quebec, pretty close to downtown Montreal. I have a BA in Early Childhood Education, and am currently back in school studying advertising. At present I work in an Ad agency in Old Montreal, and I also put in a few extra hours at the greatest bookstore in town. Not married, no kids, and pretty recently single, so... that just about sums it up! I still talk to and see those from my old "gang", as well as a few others. Would love to hear from you guys I went to elementary school with though! Get in touch...

Tracy Ann Payne (Class of 89) tramarc AT idirect.com 
After RVR, I did CEGEP at Champlain (RVR II I think they called it). I did my B.A. at York University, took a year off, and did my Dip.Ed. at Bishop's. I have been teaching French for three years, and was the head of the French Immersion department at my last school, until I changed boards. I live with my husband, Marc, in Brampton and we try to return to "La Belle Province" whenever we can!

Brian Monaghan (Class of 91) cb.monaghan AT ns.sympatico.ca
I'm working as a Buyer for Valhalla-Pure Outfitter. I have been married for over a year, spending my free time kayaking around Nova Scotia.

Christina Taylor (Class of 91) christina_t AT hotmail.com 
I graduated from Concordia in Psych and I am currently working as an account representative for a software company in Montreal. Look forward to hearing from some of you RVR grads.