Class Note 2011
Issue
July-August 2022
No one sent in any updates for this column, so I’ll mention some class news from February: Rosie Brennan competed in cross country skiing at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. Rosie skied in the women’s sprint free (where she came in fourth), women’s team sprint classic (fifth), women’s 4-by-5 relay (sixth), women’s 30K free mass start (sixth), women’s 10K classic (13th), and women’s skiathlon (14th). Rosie was one of eight Dartmouth alums who participated in the most recent Olympics; the others were Susan Dunklee ’08 (biathlon), Tommy Ford ’12 (alpine skiing), A.J. Hurt ’23 (alpine skiing), Julia Kern ’19 (cross-country skiing), Tricia Mangan ’19 (alpine skiing), Nina O’Brien ’20 (alpine skiing), and Laura Stacey ’16 (ice hockey—Canada). Congrats to all!
As for me and Thomas Lane, we wrapped up fostering five surprise Asian spitz puppies in mid-March and were quite relieved to see them adopted out. Five puppies are a nightmare; I don’t know how breeders do it! And I thought we were saving one dog off a shelter euthanasia list, but I guess we saved six. Anyway, we are getting the puppies’ mom, Yuki—our original foster!—spayed in May and then we will adopt her. (“Yuki” means “snow” in Japanese. Xiaolu Li ’12 says every white dog is named Yuki or Mochi, and she’s right, haha. So I decided Yuki’s full name is Yuki Doggu, inspired by our vet’s Korean grandparents living in Japan who called all their dogs Doggu, but we still just call her Yuki.)
Yuki is getting along superbly with our two resident Shorkie-poo mixes Kuro (girl) and Goma (boy). (Their names mean “black” and “sesame” in Japanese—for “black sesame.”) Kuro and Goma are rescues themselves that are on their third home after they were adopted from a shelter as 9-week-old puppies, surrendered at 2 years old, adopted by a second family, surrendered again at 3 years old, and adopted by us in October 2020 after they spent 24 hours in foster. We’re taking all three to Pismo Beach, California, next week where they’ll see the beach and ocean for the first time!
Please write in with your updates! We love hearing from y’all!
—Hillary S. Cheng, 26611 La Roda, Mission Viejo, CA 92691; (603) 546-8452; hillary.s.cheng@dartmouth.edu
As for me and Thomas Lane, we wrapped up fostering five surprise Asian spitz puppies in mid-March and were quite relieved to see them adopted out. Five puppies are a nightmare; I don’t know how breeders do it! And I thought we were saving one dog off a shelter euthanasia list, but I guess we saved six. Anyway, we are getting the puppies’ mom, Yuki—our original foster!—spayed in May and then we will adopt her. (“Yuki” means “snow” in Japanese. Xiaolu Li ’12 says every white dog is named Yuki or Mochi, and she’s right, haha. So I decided Yuki’s full name is Yuki Doggu, inspired by our vet’s Korean grandparents living in Japan who called all their dogs Doggu, but we still just call her Yuki.)
Yuki is getting along superbly with our two resident Shorkie-poo mixes Kuro (girl) and Goma (boy). (Their names mean “black” and “sesame” in Japanese—for “black sesame.”) Kuro and Goma are rescues themselves that are on their third home after they were adopted from a shelter as 9-week-old puppies, surrendered at 2 years old, adopted by a second family, surrendered again at 3 years old, and adopted by us in October 2020 after they spent 24 hours in foster. We’re taking all three to Pismo Beach, California, next week where they’ll see the beach and ocean for the first time!
Please write in with your updates! We love hearing from y’all!
—Hillary S. Cheng, 26611 La Roda, Mission Viejo, CA 92691; (603) 546-8452; hillary.s.cheng@dartmouth.edu