2004 News
Llyn Peabody (1980) writes, "I now have my own business as a professional organizer. I've been traveling for about a year and helping people clear clutter and set up systems to make their lives work better and help them reach their dreams and goals."

Stacy (Chanin) Butler (1980) gave us lots of wonderful news about her life in Banning, California. She teaches students with varying degrees of medical conditions and disabilities. Working in a high school gives her ample time to think about her Somerset experiences, "I am reminded of the contrast to my high school days and treasure them. I am so grateful for my experience at Somerset. Despite what wasn't perfect, I really don't know where I would be without it. The encouragement to learn who I am gave me the courage to pursue what I have and experience many things in my life. Stacy is "currently in my second marriage with a wonderful man I met while hiking in the Sierra Club." They have hiked, camped, climbed, kayaked, canoed and taken advantage of the numerous opportunities near CA, including Death Valley, the Grand Canyon, Joshua Tree, Sequoia National Forest, the Channel Islands, the Redwoods, Yosemite, and Newport Bay.  

Laurie Anderson (1984) ia a professor of plant ecology at Ohio Wesleyan University.

Jenny (Cataldo) Gentry (1990) would love to get back in touch with a number of classmates and teachers from her era. She is living in Chincoteague, Virginia. Her email address is jennygentry@hotmail.com .

In the fall, Erik Patterson (1991) wrote to us his news since leaving Parkmont. "I left the Metro area in '94, moved to Prescott, AZ and thought that I would become a professional rock climber. After realizing that I am scared of heights and nobody pays anyone to hang out in the desert climbing rocks, I moved. It took me five years and the incidental acquisition of a college degree to wake up to these facts. After my epiphany I roasted coffee for a while then made my way to Portland, OR, coffee Mecca of the western hemisphere. The beer is good too. I found a job working with the homeless, mentally ill in a downtown housing facility. Actually, the job found me, and thank god it did because it kindled an interest in psychiatry/social work that has kept me humble ever since.   I now work for a mobile crisis team, as a social worker, responding to various mental health crises throughout our county. I still enjoy the occasional rock climb and various other forms of entertainment (writing short stories, playing Rock Paper Scissors, sky diving). I just returned from Europe and am planning a trip to Sri Lanka."