If there ever was a year full of sports, any year with both the Olympics and World Cup would have to rank high in the standings. And you often hear folks debate the best time of year for sports. But they’re mostly vague and unscientific, so I say it’s time to get serious. As I write in the month of June, my vote is that this past June pretty much takes the cake for all time sports heaven. In summary, there was the Stanley Cup, the NBA championship, the biggest sporting event on the planet every four years (in Brazil), Roland Garros, the All England Lawn Tennis Club, a legitimate contender for the Triple Crown, the maverick American golf tournament, baseball! You’re insane, June. You’re beautiful. Stay crazy!


Speaking of June, mark your calendars for June 18-21, 2015, for our 30th reunion in Hanover. There’s no limit to the fun activities that will be planned because we have hit the jackpot with our reunion tri-chair class volunteers Todd Cranford, Becky Blake Osborne and Joe Riley! Score—or, as they say in Brazil, “Goooaaal.” Start making your plans to join the celebration with old classmates and meeting new ones. Contact them if you’d like to be a part of our reunion committee efforts in any capacity: tcranford@cfpboard.org, rebecca.osborne@sylvania.com, jriley@willkie.com. 


We may not know which sports will be offered in Hanover for reunion, but perhaps we can entice Marcy Sitnik Reed to keep her arm loose for a game at Biondi field. The rumor is that our classmate threw out a first pitch at a recent Red Sox game at Fenway Park in her capacity as president of National Grid-Massachusetts. Actually, it’s a fact: Marcy’s a regular ace and her husband, Steve, posted the video on Facebook. 


Becky Osborne (source of the scouting news on Marcy) and Donna Fraser Gourdeau have crossed paths frequently courtesy of “b-ice,” a.k.a. boys on ice, as each has a son perfecting his slap shot, power play and toe drag. Word has it Linda Cooper Marshall’s second son, Henry, is equally immersed in this sport. Our hope is that NHL scouts hold off until after June 2015 to draft these kids so that their moms will most definitely make it to our 30th!


David Etz offered this update from the city of windy and weird weather: “After a long, dreary winter, spring flew by in about eight minutes and summer is in full swing. In 2005 I left marketing and advertising and the many good friends made there to enter semi-retirement. I consulted for agencies now and again, opened Crown Cleaning (‘Treat yourself like a queen—we do!’) and tried my best to enjoy the early onset of my golden years—in my case, being prematurely gray, probably more aptly named my silver years. I am now certified as an alcohol and other substances counselor here in Illinois and entered Loyola of Chicago’s social work master’s program in January of this year. I have to say I love, love, love it. Being 31 years older than most of my classmates makes me feel 28 again—not that I ever really grew up. I am now hoping to do policy and administration work in the field with an emphasis on the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, queer community here in Chicago. I am planning to spend next winter in Denver interning for Ted Pascoe, who runs an agency focused on homeless elderly. And I will definitely be back on the Green for our 30th. Hope to see you there!”


We do, too! All the best to all of you!


—Leslie A. Davis Dahl, 83 Pecksland Road Greenwich, CT 06831; (203) 552-0070; dahlleslie@yahoo.com; John MacManus, 188 Ringwood Road, Rosemont, PA 19010; (610) 525-4541; slampong@aol.com