| 1998
Many
apologies, but I must own up to a HUGE mea culpa. I am
usually extremely organized
but, alas, I have just bought a new computer (yay!) because
Rockstar, my trusty laptop, had an unfortunate accident
and lost
its “8” key (making sending notes to the Class of ‘98 quite
tricky). However, in transferring my files over to its yet unnamed replacement,
I have somehow lost track of all the lovely emails that you sent me in late January,
as the evil powers at AOL have eaten them. Hence this edition of Class Notes
is a bit slim on the news. My sincerest apologies to those who sent me notes
that did not get published. It was not personal at all. If you resend them
for the next issue, I promise you I will submit them for publication. For general
information, there was a lot of good stuff that got lost, so please, please,
please do not hold it against me and promise to resend it to me!
Anyway, on to the news that I
have salvaged.
Matt Cole writes: “I
guess it has been a while since I sent in an update. Lisa,
Nathan (5), Annalise (3), and I are still in Nashville, and I am definitely enjoying my job at Hennessy Industries,
a division of Danaher. In keeping with MMM tradition, we
manufacture really sexy things like tire changers and wheel
balancers. When you see the tricked-out ‘Slades with
the 28 spinnin’ dubs’ (highly customized Cadillac
Escalade with 28-inch wheels and chrome hubcaps that spin),
chances are they used our equipment. Cheers to y’all,
and we have plenty of room here in Nashville.”
Michael and Kristina
(Cho) Frank report that they had their second baby,
Charlotte, in Connecticut on Nov. 18.
Ken Kaufman and
his wife Lara just had their first child: “Zoe Hannah
Kaufmann was born Nov. 4 in Chicago. Zoe and Mom are doing great, while daddy is learning to
adjust to the fact that he is no longer the center of attention.
Visitors are welcome, especially to conduct 3 a.m. feedings.
Jon and Lisa Haas write: “Just thought I’d give you some news
... not really gossip because Lisa and I are too old and
lame to have gossip anymore. Lisa gave birth to our second
son, Kyle Dean Haas, on Jan. 19. The little guy weighed
in at a svelte 6 pounds, 11 ounces. He and Lisa are both
doing fine. His brother Ethan has been distracted by an
influx of new toys, but did suggest his new brother sleep
in the hamper on his first night home. (He really meant
the Moses basket, but it was too funny considering the
size of our NYC apartment!)”
Jeff Kinsey and
his family had a roller coaster of a year: “In March,
I took a job with Mercury Marine, a division of Brunswick
Corp., as vice president of strategy and business development.
I moved the whole family from Cincinnati to the small town of Fond du Lac, Wis., about an hour north of Milwaukee. Our fourth child, Hope Elizabeth, was born in June. Unfortunately,
she was only with us for four and a half months, as she
died unexpectedly from SIDs. Heather and I and our other
children, Rose, Grace and Colin, were obviously devastated,
but are working through the challenges with the help of
close friends old and new, each other and our faith.”
Just a quick update from Robert
Kennedy. “We moved from Richmond, Va., back to Atlanta in July, and welcomed our third child, Carter Ellis, the
day after Christmas. He joins his older brother, Bentley
(born while we were at Kellogg), and his older sister,
Lacy, 3. I continue to keep in touch with David Contract and Jen
Ryan a good bit, and see Chris Lee (and his
family) fairly frequently. All my best to our classmates.”
That’s it for this issue.
Happy belated Valentine’s Day and happy early springtime.
Love to you all! Melanie |
