RVRHS Alumni June 00 Newsletter

Ken Greenhalgh (Class of 1970) kengreenhalgh AT canada.com 

Robert Earley (Class of 70) rearley AT cable-lynx.net 
Living in Camrose Alberta since 1981.

Sheryl Blackie (Class of 7?)
Sheryl married Terry Maassen (don't know the year they both graduated)
and lives in Montreal. 

Ken Sorenson (Class of ??) ken_sorensen AT telus.net 
Hi fellow grads!! Moved to B.C. in 1989, and have been here ever since. Happily married with two kids and work as a technician for a concrete company, and enjoy investing on-line. Like keeping active, I play hockey & run (mostly after my three year old!). Hope all is well, good luck!

R Szalich (Class of 71) audacious2 AT hotmail.com 

Lynne Atkinson (Class of 72) lynneatkinson AT home.com 
I'm have my own business in Toronto... live in an English Cottage with 2 cats and a Collie dog... find myself quite busy between walking King Arthur (the collie), skiing, gardening, juggling clients and enjoying the best cultural events Canada has to offer...Every once in awhile I have dinner parties with other old souls from RVRHS... if you'd like to be a mystery guest, we'd love to have you join us. I can be reached at 416-699-3773.

Glenn T. Bint (Class of 72) glenn_bint AT hotmail.com 
Hi all, please write me if you know me, would love to here from you.

Debbie Buchanan (Class of 73) drb AT idirect.ca 
I was living in Vancouver up to December 99 but now I'm in Toronto.

Nancy Whittaker (Class of 1973) nancsmith AT hotmail.com 
I have been married for 25 years this March to David Smith. We have 3 boys aged 19,17 and 11.We live in Calgary. I work as an RN and Dave works as a manager of a printing co.

Debbie Auclair (Class of 73) drb AT idirect.ca . 
I was living in Vancouver up to December 99 but now I'm in Toronto.

Sandra Blackie (Class of 73) sblackie AT juno.com 
Currently, I am living in San Diego, California. I own a small personal training and nutrition counseling business called Fitness Concepts, San Diego. Up until 1995, I competed professionally in Woman's Bodybuilding. Pictures are still posted on the web. It was a rewarding career that has given me the reputation that has allowed me to build a successful business. I am single but have been in a relationship for the last 3 years to a Quebec Bodybuilder that I met in S.D. Life is great in the sunshine! Can't complain. You can contact me at sblackie AT juno.com  or sandrabfit AT home .

Jim Brace (Class of 74) jim.brace AT icn.siemens.com 
Living in S. Florida since 1990; married; two boys. Left Montreal in 1983 for S. California.
Finance Manager - Siemens. I'll be in Montreal August 11 through August 18 if any friends around that want to get together. (Not you, Gary.)

Ed Stover (Class of 74) universityguy60 AT excite.com
Now living in NS, working and going to university. Married for 23 years, with 4 children (only 3 at home now!). Would LOVE to hear from anyone who remembers me...

Tim Sokolyk (Class of 76) sokolyk AT home.com
 
Ian Pennell (Class of 1975) ipennell AT cisco.com  Ian lives in San Jose CA with his wife and two daughters where he is an executive with Cisco Systems.

George Wood (Class of 76) spoiler AT home.com 
I have been married for 20yrs this year and have an 18year old son Jason.We moved to Mississauga 4years ago and I am now a assistant manager of a large gift and dinnerware company in Toronto. I would like to hear from any of my old school friends.

RaeJensen (teacher'72-76) jjense AT po-box.mcgill.com 
I taught Phys. Ed from 1972 - 76 and loved every minute of it. Here is my info.

Still living in St. Lambert - still teaching at Champlain College - still married to Brian also at Champlain and have three great girls, Jana (23), a McGill grad in Education and looking to teach overseas, Kelly (21), currently at McGill in Education (she likes the little ones) and Cathy (19) about to enter university. All are avid sport enthusiasts, especially in Figure skating and Volleyball and Jay and Cathy play(ed) on the Que. Field Hockey Team. Brian and I enjoy XC and DH skiing in the winter and Mtn biking in the summer at Bromont and in the Rockies. I even have the scars and bruises to prove it!! e-mail
address: jjense AT po-box.mcgill.ca (I couldn't get this box to work so anyone who finds a new address for Rae let me know

Donna Summerton (Class of 76) momdasilva AT yahoo.com 
After living in Connecticut and Calgary for the last 6 years, my husband (Peter Da Silva, grad of McDonald Cartier '76),our 3 children (Steven, Amy, Katie) and I have returned to "La Belle Province". We are living in St. Bruno, our old stomping grounds, once again. The town hasn't changed much. We have just registered Amy at RVR for next year. What a strange feeling touring the old school with her. It feels the same and the school still looks great. Steven attends McDonald Cartier. He seems to like the larger school. (The Zoo, as Peter calls it.) Katie, our youngest is at Courtland Park School. My email address is momdasilva AT yahoo.com . I would love to hear from any of the old gang.

Susan Marshall (Class of 76) sooziem AT home.com 
After being practically dragged from the South Shore, landed here in Toronto in 1995. Work at a bank in Human Resources doing compensation design (pay and all that stuff). Been married, not any longer. No kids (but I have two cats). Been living with the really perfect guy since 1996. Life has been great! Would love to hear from all my good friends from RVR.( I hope teachers don't have access to this...lol.) 

Thomas Bissegger (Class of 77) tom_bissegger AT hotmail.com

Debbie Howe (Class of 77) deb.howe AT sympatico.ca

Sandra Sergeant (Class of 1979) Biloba_Gingki AT hotmail.com 
I am still married to Guy and have two daughters, 11 and almost 4 years old. I am still living in St.Basile and run a daycare with a friend of mine. 

Cheryl Taylor Moore (Class of 80) would love to hear from former grads.
684 Village Place, Sherwood Park, AB T8A 4K4. My phone number is 780-417-0126. 

Robert Chenier (Class of 80) robert.chenier AT 3web.net 
Here's some information to amend and complete my personal info. My
Engineering degree is in Civil Engineering and I did some M.Eng courses but not an MBA. I worked briefly for CN Rail in the engineering planning department while in school, but was a victim of the scourge of contemporary corporate culture, the downsize, and I was unable to renew my contract after leaving school. I worked for HMV to earn the money to move out to Vancouver, and after some initial health problems (very polluted out here), I got a job with CCRA (formerly Revenue Canada). That pretty well brings you up to date.

Hilde K. Johannessen (Class of 80) hildek AT home.com 
My parents divorced in 1980 and my mom and younger brother moved back to Norway. I relocated to Toronto in 1983, took marketing at Ryerson and worked with the Norwegian Trade Council. At 25, I got homesick and I also felt it was time to get some higher education, so I left Canada and went back to Norway. In Norway I studied at the Norwegian School of Economics as well as working part time for an offshore oil company (even got to visit some of the oilrigs in the North Sea). I lived there for 2 1/2 years, did some traveling and skiing in Europe until I felt it was time to return back to Toronto. Worked for 7 years on Bay Street for a reinsurance brokerage firm until they downsized and I was laid off. My father had in the meantime moved from Otterburn to Halifax and since I received a nice severance package, I decided to pack up my car and try Halifax out. Lived in Halifax for a year and worked on the Sable Offshore Project (implementation of their Management System). I also did a lot of scuba diving as well as helping a family friend in her catering business (Scanway Catering). I really loved living in Halifax, however, since I had left my future husband (tying the knot in July - oh no does this mean I am tied down???) behind in Toronto, I was once again drawn back to TO. I presently live in the upper beaches area and work from home with my future hubby in developing our Reinsurance Consulting business. I have no children.....yet

Lorna Snell (Class of 80)
I left RVR in 1978 one year prior to graduation bound for Toronto. After graduating from high school in Georgetown, I studied accounting and received my securities license. I worked in the financial industry for 10 years mostly with RBC/Dominion Securities in Toronto. I met my husband, an investment banker in 1990 and we now have 2 children (girl
4, boy 2), and live on 400 acres northwest of Toronto. We now own a 1500-sow unit and farm 400 acres. I still play a lot of soccer and squash. My e-mail address is las_20032 AT yahoo.com. 

Wayne Sykes (Class of 80) wsykes AT mcdonnellhaynes.com 
I managed to survive the trauma of moving to the suburban waists of Toronto, in 1980, by moving down town a year or two latter. I like urban blight! I've pretty much stayed focused on being an advertising type Art Director, but I really prefer the odd jobs I get as an illustrator. Maybe I'll do that full time, when I grow up. I have one wife and one
kid. I don't listen to Boston, don't drink 50 and have nothing important to offer on the subject of disco.

Pete Papadopoulos (Class of 80) avatar11 AT sympatico.ca 

Kim Blackie (Class of 81?) akgibbons AT sprint.ca 
I live in Greenfield Park and recently had a home built (outgrew our current house) and will be moving in two weeks (therefore, I can't make it to the reunion...packing is a drag!). I travel quite a bit these days for P&WC, attend Concordia at night, and try to find some time to be a mom and wife in between!!! I married a terrific guy (met at P&WC) and our kids keep us hopping! My son Matthew started Kindergarten this year, and Lauren rules her daycare "le boss" and "la tournade" they call her! Both my parents are now deceased (Dad in 1986, Mom in 1995) and I understand that they've named a street after my father in Otterburn, somewhere near Ozias Leduc and Connaught. He would be so proud. Life has been absolutely great and with the kids and Andy, it's only getting better!
I've totally lost touch with my friends from school and would love to hear
from them. My mailing address is:

Kim Blackie-Gibbons
589 Louis Lamarre
Greenfield Park, QC
J4V 3N3

Sue Maheu (Class of 81) halsue AT freeuk.com 

Karalyn A. Knight (Class of 1988) chef AT islandnet.com 
Hi, had to believe its been 12 years. I went to one year at Champlain, one year at Dawson (didn't graduate!) took some time off to work. In Jan 1992 I moved to Nanaimo B.C.
to study Cooking at Malaspina College, graduated with Honors from that and even better met my husband Mike Dunlop. We married in 1995 and had our first child, Daniel in 1998 and I am currently Pregnant with # 2 , due in Oct.
Have seen Gitanjali Mohit, Karen Flaxington, Sharon Kosturik, Christine Mackay, talked to Valerie Stansfield All from 1988 and Carol Ann Brewster from 1989

Julie Maurice (Class of 93) michellarose AT hotmail.com 
I graduated from the University of Ottawa, and married Michel Larose in the spring of 1998. We had a daughter in February 1999. We are temporarily living in Edmonton while Mike finishes his M.Sc. as a therapist. I am currently working at a fitness club.

Nancy Luttrell (class of 1981) is married with two children (boy and a girl)
in the West Island.

Sandra Deakin (class of 1982) is married and living in St. Lazare surrounded
by nature, 3 dogs, and 4 horses.

Kyle Walker (class of 1982) is newly married and living in Brossard and
works as a Graphic Artist at Pratt & Whitney.

Shirley Ann Mosher (Class of 82) ireland AT netcom.ca 
I am presently living in Chateauguay, Quebec.

Ian Blackie (class of 1983) married Allison Kidd (class of 1982) and are
living in DDO; they just celebrated the first birthday of their son.

Kevin Chiasson (Class of 83) Kchiasson AT hotmail.com 
I would have graduated in 83' but we moved to Colorado Springs in grade 10, I am currently in Boulder CO., but live in Vancouver\Victoria, BC.

Robert Wright (Class of 85) bernadettewright AT sprint.ca 
Am alive and well, living in Toronto. Happily married to Bernadette and we have a beautiful 1 1/2 year old daughter named Stephanie and are expecting our second in November. I work as a Supervisor for a Mutual Fund co. Would love to hear from the old Chambly crowd. It's been a while...

Laurie Johnson (Class of 85) peanutbutter_diva AT hotmail.com
I am currently working as a Unit Coordinator in the ER and Oncology department at a hospital downtown. I am finishing my BA at Concordia this year and am a part-time artist (hoping to organize a show soon). Am having a great time living the single life as a ..."diva...!" Fav expression: "YEAH, Ba-by!"

Marianne Dodds (Class of 85) marianne_dodds AT turpin.on.ca 
I moved to Ottawa about 8 years ago and am a working mother of a very wild 4-year-old son. I am amazed at how many familiar faces that I bump into here from Montreal - I guess that Ottawa was a popular spot to escape too that's not too far from home. 
I am still in touch with Heidi Shannon on a regular basis who lives down the street from my Mum and Dad in Guelph, Ontario with her husband Craig and her son Jack. 

Robert Corriveau (Class of 85) rcorriveau AT cinemedia.ca 
I'm married, bought a house in McMasterville, and my boy Mathieu will be 1 in June. I work in Longueuil as a technician for an Audio/Visual company. We also install and service commercial cinemas and drive-in theaters. 

Ken Yee Yip (Class of 85)
Currently lives in Utah, working on his Thesis for his doctorate, giving lectures at conferences and riding his Honda motorcycle. 

Francois Beauregard (Class of 85)
Lives with his girlfriend and child in St.Madelaine both work for Beauregard Bus

Caroline Gagnon (Class of 85)
Lives in Australia with her husband and two sons. 

Maria Kostarides (Class of 85) maria_321 AT excite.com
Where does one start after 15 years? OK, first of all, I did not continue school after RVR. (I know you are all shocked)! I did work, very hard too, I now work at a shipping company as a manager for logistics, got married in '92 but caught that 7 year itch and am now divorced. I have a beautiful boy named Terry, his is 5 years old. I still hang out with Kim Laekas (21 years and now still counting). We are 32 now but still have the energy of 18-year olds- minds like ones too at times. I used to live in Brossard but moved back to Bruno. I really hope to hear from some of you. My email is maria_321 AT excite.com  or if you have ICQ 8333271.

Chris Darlington (Class of 85) chris.darlington AT sympatico.ca 
It's been a long time , I have a beautiful wife named Chantal and two happy young boys 1.5 and 4 years old. We live on a large piece of land in the Laurentians , I'm neck deep into a hybridization program of appendaged ( space age ) tall bearded irises and use the land to line out seedlings for possible introduction. I'm a process development technician at a large chemical development facility in Montreal by day and a dedicated parent/ husband/ cat owner and gardener the rest of the time. The pace of my life is frantic sometimes but things have never been better. 

Liese Averbach (Coroy)(Class of 85) aver AT sprint.ca 
I went to RVR during 82 and 83, and left because my Dad moved us to Ottawa. I certainly remember many of you. I would love to hear from some old RVRers and rekindle some old memories. 
I am currently working and living in Toronto. I went onto earn my B.A. at the university of waterloo in English. I went into publishing and then decided that that wasn't the life for me. So I packed my bags, sold all of my belongings and moved to the Canary Islands for a couple of years. 
After I got tired of the sun, and the limited technology, I decided to return to Canada, and have been living and working in the Information Technology field. (Funny things you do with your English degree!) 
Unfortunately, I am separated. On the bright side I have an 85-pound German Shepard, Chance. We travel and hike, through southwestern Ontario, and New York State. 
I'd love to hear from you guys! It has been too long.


Christopher Price (Class of 90) stone_soup AT hotmail.com 
After graduation from RVRHS I attended a private school on the French Riviera, then completed a degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Waterloo. After discovering what the profession was really like I retreated back to school and graduated as a computer-programming propeller head. After a brief stint in the USA, I now reside in Ottawa with my wife working in the local high-tech community. 

John Retsinas, (Class of 90) GreeceCan AT aol.com 
Currently married with two children living in Brossard. Manager at Billard Le Skratch in Brossard. 

Carrie Greenwood (Class of 91) cgreenwood AT saturndisc.ca 
I am working at Saturn Solutions in St. Laurent and live with my boyfriend of 3 years in Lachine and soon moving to Lasalle. 
I would love to hear from all of you that I haven't spoken to in a while, so write to me and I will be sure to reply. 

Francois Deleseleuc (Class of 92) fdeleseleuc AT mail.com
I now work at Microcell as an Internal Accounts Consultant. I got married, I have three beautiful kids (Kayla, Kyler and Jonah).

Jo Ann Da Silva (Class of 92) rvrhsreunion AT hotmail.com 
Jacques and I married in 1996 and moved to northern Ontario where Jacques works for a company that supplies explosives to the local mines. We had Joshua in November 1999 and are currently trying to track down any classmates from the class of 1992 for a class reunion. Please e-mail me with any information on the location of our classmates! 

Elias Retsinas (Class of 92) EliasRetsinas AT aol.com 
Currently studying Law at McGill University and living in downtown Montreal.

Loralie Olinyk (Class of 93) loralie_o AT yahoo.com 
Hi everyone! After completion of my Bachelor of Commerce degree at Concordia University (1998) I worked for a pharmaceutical company as a Cost Analyst for a year, and then decided to move to Toronto (August 1999), I am now working as an I.T. Recruiter and loving it. Hope to hear from you guys.

Anjana Srinivasan (Class of 93) anjana AT canada.com 
I'm in Montreal now, and will be for a while...just graduated from McGill Medicine.

Kristie Greenwood (Class of 93) ksacrebleu AT hotmail.com 
I am still the same crazy person everyone knows from school. I am presently working at the Royal Victoria Hospital as a Medical Secretary and spend my time on the weekends with my super friend Stacey (Kemp), who is getting married in the summer of 2001. 
I would love to hear from all of you former grads, to know how everybody is doing and what's new. 
Hope to hear from you soon. 

Michael Ranger (Class of 98) m.ranger AT videotron.ca 

Katie Leggitt (Class of 2000 Current Student) serenity AT istar.ca 
I'm student at RVR in grade 11. My brother let me know about your site so I had to check it out. I saw a few of your pictures of the school and noticed the one with the sign on it in A block. Just to let you know, A and E block now belong to the Patriotes school board. That's the sign you saw. That part of the school is Adult Ed. It's been like this for the past two years. Inside the school has changed a lot. The Adult Ed took over our former student lounge, so we had the lockers in the girls locker bay removed and placed in other parts of the school. That's our new student lounge. We did this renovation this year. The other locker bay no longer belongs to us either. We are a much smaller school now because the French side left last year. So we're a school of only 480 students. I'm on the student council, so if you have any questions about this "new version of RVR" feel free to email me. 

Melissa (Class of 2001) missyb1tch AT falla.videotron.net 
Just to tell you that Richelieu valley is closing its doors to the Students and now their turning the school into an adult learning center.