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Reg Davis, an assistant managing editor at the American Bar Association Journal, has joined the ranks of the empty-nesters. Reg writes: "My youngest child just began his freshman year at Purdue University (yes, we know the rivalry, but with five other direct relatives with Purdue credentials, he had no choice). The others are a daughter at Illinois State and an older son starting his working career."

A note from Abhijit Nimgaonkar: "I am writing this from Pune, India, where I've spent most of my time since January 2005. I opened an office for my company here at that time. I would love to hear from anyone in the Mumbai-Pune area."

Art Handman wrote in September, "John is three weeks into first grade, and five days of full-time school is certainly an adjustment for a 6-year-old. He's doing well, but is certainly more tired these days! We hit Boston for the Labor Day weekend, saw a Red Sox game at Fenway, and then went to 'all relatives all the time' for the rest of our visit."

"As to news on classmates, I got to see Jerry Edwards here in St. Louis as he visited on his way from Boston to Omaha. He and Samantha are enjoying life in the Boston area. I've also been trading voicemails with Tim Stevens, but we haven't actually connected live yet — hopefully soon."

Bob Weeks EMP-37 and Prof. Leigh Thompson compete in their first tandem citerium race in Eugene, Ore.

Your humble class rep Bob Weeks writes: "Last summer, Leigh and I and the kids had another great trip to the Pacific Northwest. We did a lot of fun family bike rides and Leigh and I even entered our first stage race! We rode our tandem in the Co-Motion Classic Tandem Stage Race in Eugene, Ore. It included a prologue hill climb race, a time trial, a criterium race and two road races over a four-day period. We were in 13th place after the first race, but eventually worked our way to 9th place in the general classification by the end of the last race. Leigh and I have never experienced racing first hand, so it was a memorable trip. Temperatures ranged from the high 90s to 105 degrees!

"The kids are all doing well. Sam (11) is in 6th grade at Skokie School in Winnetka. Ray (9) is in 4th grade and Anna (7) is 2nd grade (both at Greeley School in Winnetka). Sam and Ray are really into basketball. Anna is currently taking tap dance lessons and plans to play a part in the Lake Forest Children's Theatre Company version of 'Guys and Dolls.'"