Carole LaMonica Clark
P.O. Box 3136
Boone, NC 28607
clarktjcj@apptech
Barbara Forgione Tansey and husband Bruce are owners of a 23-foot deck boat,
which they named Lady of the Lake. They enjoy many hours on Lake Tellico.
Their travels last year included an anniversary weekend in Asheville, N.C.,
a visit with daughter Lisa and her husband at Virginia Beach’s Neptune
Festival, and a fall foliage cruise along the Chattanooga River with their
community’s Retired Military Club.
Sue Keblusek put her home in the San Francisco Bay area on the market and
is enjoying life on Whidbey Island in Washington State.
Ellen Grace Jaronczyk has enjoyed some traveling with her husband, Bob, on
his business trips to Charlottesville, Va., and Washington, D.C., where she
toured the National Gallery. Last March, they visited friends from Minnesota
who had recently moved to Williamsburg, Va., and then spent a few days in
Richmond. They stayed at the Jefferson Hotel to celebrate Ellen’s birthday.
Bob surprised her by having her parents and son Morgan and his wife meet them
there. Ellen and Bob became grandparents again last January when son Forrest
and his wife had a baby boy.
Martha Veasey Sawyer and husband Roger have enjoyed traveling, too. They spent
a week in Las Vegas last fall and then journeyed to Nashville with friends
last winter. Martha continues to care for her many feathered friends; she
has 10 feeding stations. She and Roger own two cats, one of which is now 20
years old. They enjoyed visiting with their five grandchildren for the holidays
last winter. During one of the many snowstorms last January, Martha and Roger
did something they haven’t done in 38 years: went sledding!
Mary “Kathy” Hichak Sikes and husband Randy spent a lot of time
last fall cleaning up debris from Hurricane Isabel. Last November, they traveled
to Atlanta to celebrate Randy’s mother’s 80th birthday. Kathy
gets a Christmas card every year from Gretchen Gregory Davis, who was her
roommate the last two years at Mary Washington. Kathy had lots of family visit
last Christmas and revealed that on Christmas Eve, their family tradition
is to have peppermint ice cream with hot fudge and cookies. Sounds good to
me! Kathy’s son Scott was married last January.
Kathy Thiel’s husband died unexpectedly in January. We offer our deepest
condolences.
Our third grandchild, a boy, was born last October to Ted’s eldest son,
Greg, and his wife, Denise. I had surgery last December to remove my gall
bladder, and my overall health has significantly improved. We continue to
enjoy our home in the mountains, and we visit the children and grandchildren
as often as we can.