Chronicle 2020

CLASS NEWS

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CLASS REPS: Pamela (Pam) Grogan Taylor and Sandra (Sandi) Meyrick

Carolina with interests in the medical field. Sally Moreland Sainsbury is semi-retired from the horse industry but still teaches in the winter and designs courses in the summer. She and her husband Dave have an Airstream and plan to explore Canada with their two dogs. This glamping is perfect! She is sorry to miss the reunion. For Karen Johnson ’s family, winter stretches from October to May. Both kids ski race all over B.C. Her husband time-keeps while she coaches kids under 8, a way to decompress and escape from work. Her Mom, who skied until her mid-80s, passed away in 2019. Janet Beale pursues competitive shooting in full and small bore in her hometown of Sydney, Australia (see photo). Her 19-year-old son also competes, and she was proud when the Australian U21 team came home with a silver medal. She is a board

“Forty years on, growing older and wiser, Memories float on the wings of a song, Times with our friends, standing shoulder to shoulder, Hearkening back to the days we were young.” Doesn’t it feel like yesterday that we were singing that song together and thinking that’s a long way off? Well, we’ve arrived, and Sandi and I are hoping we get a great turnout at our Reunion to celebrate! This year, we asked how you relax, find fulfillment or decompress. Thank you for sharing. Dini Byers Coen enjoys life with her husband Mike and their daughters, Gillian in Halifax and Alex in Mississauga. Dini celebrated 35 years working at Canada Life in Toronto. She enjoys playing piano and singing and had fun travelling down memory lane with the Old Girls choir at the celebration of life for Marcelle De Freitas. Giselle Cole visited family and friends in Ireland, the U.S., Mexico, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Quebec and Trinidad. She planned to meet friends from the Netherlands in Vegas this summer and then to Victoria to catch up with more friends. Next spring, she plans to play “mas” for the Trinidad and Tobago Carnival. Her Mom has been battling cancer with unwavering spirits. Sadly, Adrian Elliott succumbed to cancer on May 14. Adrian never missed an opportunity to create a fun and cheerful environment for those around her, Adrian’s annual street tea party being just one of many examples. Her life’s work was to create happiness for her two daughters. Jennifer (Jenny) Normand Wilmer and her husband Fergus are spending more time in Thailand and less in Hong Kong as they ease into semi-retirement. She plays tennis, sails, swims and hikes to relax. Her daughter Morgan works in H.K., and her son Cam is completing his engineering degree in San Diego. When Morgan visits, the highlight is riding on the beach, followed by a swim. She is back in Canada each summer to see family and her Mom, who is 96 now! Heather Ritchie Walton is moving home after 20 years in Dallas, TX. She has volunteered with the community food bank for 20 years and hopes to continue this work in Toronto. She loves golfing and skiing. Her eldest daughter Courtney is a doctor, her son Connor will graduate from law school in May, and her youngest is at the University of South

member for the Council on Ageing in N.S.W. She is an Australian Global Ambassador for the University of Waterloo. This year she has endured the drought, Sydney bush fires, a mini tornado and a dust storm! Thankfully her house was missed by the fires. Tey Cottingham & Serena Keshavjee had a great visit last summer in

Montreal. Jane Greey Evans ’s third child is getting married, and her first grandson is arriving in April. Janet Reid took up spinning to increase her aerobic fitness. Her daughter Jill and her husband Andrew also spin. It has been two years since she lost her vibrant, athletic and wicked-smart Mom. Her family, with a team of dynamos, have submitted a funding proposal to Trillium to create a patient advocate program for people facing life-limiting illnesses. Sandra (Sandi) Meyrick and her husband Mike’s eldest son lives in L.A., developing a career in music. Their middle son graduated from Ivey at Western and works in Toronto. Their youngest is completing his first year at Western. Sandi practises law in Toronto. They spend winter weekends at Craigleith in Collingwood and summer weekends on Lake Simcoe. Sandi has enjoyed reconnecting with many Old

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