“Lies! Lies! All of It, Lies!” Winter–Spring 2009 Issue No. 21 JHS Classes of ‘71, ‘72, ‘73 Legal at Last! Thirderly On-Line Newsletter Welcome to this, the 21th news- letter of the JHS classes of ‘71, Official Propaganda Tool of ‘71, ‘72, ‘73 Jericho High Alumni ‘72, and ‘73, and friends. ReunionIn this Update issue: 1 Sixth Annual Valentine’s Issue Begins on page 5 Nooz About Yooz: Benita 12 Zahn Stulmaker (’72), Sandy Sylvan (’72), Kevin Falco 2 (’71), Caren Kushner Gottes- man (’72), more The Not-So-Newlywed Game Lynn Balaban Chapkin (‘73) 35 Jill Greenberg (‘72) 7 Bill Reif (‘71) 12 Laurie Ross (‘73) and Fred Schneider (‘73 144 Carole Etkin Sincic (’71) 18 Maureen Alles Bifulco (‘73) 21 Amy Harmon Snodgrass (‘72) 236 Joan Beer Damask (‘71) 25 The Dating Game 2.0 8 By Cathy Morway (‘73) 11 And Now for the Youngsters 1211 Progeny of Mark Richardson (‘71): Elizabeth, Spencer, Will, and Graham 16 Takin’ Care of Bidness — Jerichonians at Work: 15 Wendy Keavey Beck (‘73) Cartoons by Dan Clurman 20 (‘72) Mark Your Calendar: Everything You Ever Wanted 1727 Reunion in 2010 to Know about: artist April 19 Katz (‘73) 25 Just a reminder that the next reunion of the Jericho High School classes of 1971, 1972, and 1973 — Faculty Lounge: 31 Math teacher (and April’s 28 an Intergalactic Space Party — will be held on Sat- father) Mr. Stanley Katz urday, October 9, 2010, at Milleridge Cottage in Jericho from 1. p.m. to 6 p.m. Plus there’ll be Your Back Pages: 41 plenty of activities the entire weekend. Invitations Primetime: TV listings from 34 will be mailed out on January 1, but you’ll be able the days of your disaffected to purchase advance discount tickets for just $100 youth per person beginning this summer. For more infor- mation, visit our website’s “Senior Lounge.” ■ JHS Classes of 1971-1972-1973 Thirderly On-Line Newsletter • Winter-Spring 2009 Page 2 Here’s a fascinating postscript:, Sanford Sylvan Nominated Benita’s name was thrown in the ring For Fourth Grammy Award as a possible successor to Kirsten Gillibrand, the upstate congress- Sanford Sylvan, Jericho’s celebrated woman appointed to Hillary Rodham operatic baritone, was nominated for Clinton’s vacated U.S. Senate seat. a Grammy Award for Best Classical The Saratogian reported that the Vocal Perform- Democratic Party was considering ance for his offering Benita the 20th Congres- recording as a sional District position. According to soloist in com- Do the clean-cut young folks above look familiar? They should. Their images graced the paper: “Reached by telephone at poser Charles the Jericho School News newsletter that WNYT Friday afternoon, Zahn was Fussell’s was mailed to your parents to let them surprised her name was mentioned. Wilde, an oper- know just what it was you were supposedly ‘I’m flattered,’ Zahn said. Asked atic biography doing on weekdays. about her interest in the position, of Oscar Wilde. she added, ‘I’m at work. I’m inter- It was Sandy’s Benita Zahn Stulmaker: ested in my job.’” ■ fourth nomina- Anchor Aweigh! tion in the JHS Ranks High Again in same category. Just in time for Sandy, who 2009, longtime U.S. News & World Report first became TV news anchor Once again Jericho High School entranced by Benita Zahn placed in the Top 100 of U.S. News opera at age Stulmaker (‘72) & World Report’s annual list of the twelve after was rewarded country’s best high schools. This year hearing Aida, with the coveted JHS came in at No. 62, making it one was accepted 6:00 p.m. eve- of only four schools on Long Island to the following ning newscast make the grade. year to Julliard Prep, the precollege on WNYT in Al- While mighty impressive, local conservatory for the renowned per- bany, New York. citizens are said to be concerned forming-arts school. “It's delightful to have this gig,” that JHS ranked as high as No. 4 After years of incessant touring says Benita, adding, “and these only a few years ago. Rumors pin the around the world, Sandy is now in his days, having a job you like is an ac- steep drop on one unidentified sen- second year on the music faculty at complishment in itself!” She and ior who received a 3.9 in advanced- Toronto’s McGill University. He still coanchor Jim Kambrich also handle placement art (class project: con- performs, though, about once a the 5:00 p.m. broadcast. structing a fully functional biosphere month; most recently in Australia. In “Thankfully, we worked it out so I out of toothpicks and Elmer’s Glue), addition to his four Grammy nomina- did not have to take the 11:00 p.m. making him/her the only child in the tions, Sandy played Chou En-Lai in show. I'm the health reporter, and I district to not score a perfect 4.0 the 1987 opera Nixon in China, wanted to keep that beat. Since doc- grade point average. which won not only a Grammy but an tors generally don't work after 4:00 For reasons of personal safety, Emmy too. p.m., well, that settled that. the student was spirited out of town At this year’s painful-to-watch In addition, Benita hosts a pro- in the middle of the night — in case Grammy ceremony, held on February gram called Health Link on Albany’s angry villagers descended on the 8 in Los Angeles, the award in PBS affiliate, WMHT. One of her up- family’s splanch with pitchforks and Sandy’s category went to Hila Pit- coming guests will be none other flaming torches — and dispatched by mann for Corigliano: Mr. Tambourine than psychologist and author underground railroad to Hicksville, or Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan. Michael Osit, also from the class of Westbury, or one of those towns that Still, what a tremendous accom- ’72. She has some serious prepara- are rumored to exist outside of Jeri- plishment! Besides, we hear that tion to do before the interview, cho’s heavily patrolled borders. those Grammy statues collect dust Benita says, explaining, “I’ve got to Nevertheless, congratulations like you wouldn’t believe. ■ stop calling him Mickey.” are in order! ■ Continued on page 3 JHS Classes of 1971-1972-1973 Thirderly On-Line Newsletter • Winter-Spring 2009 Page 3 Nooz About Yooz Kevin Falco’s Still Got It Continued from page 2 School spirit, that is. Only these days, Kevin, voted the class of 1971’s Grandparents Watch: “Most Spirited” (along with Lorraine Caren Kushner Gottesman Triggiani), roots for a different school: his stepdaughter Dana’s “Just wanted to share the wonderful McHenry High School in their home news,” writes Caren Kusner Gottes- town of McHenry, Illinois. Dana, a man of Cooper City, Florida. On Feb- freshman, is on the varsity cheer- ruary 5, she and husband Allan be- leading team. came first-time grandparents when “Dana asked me to participate in their son, Jared, and daughter-in-law, this year’s homecoming parade by Vivian, had a daughter. “Her name,” pulling the freshman and sophomore Caren reports, “is Mischa Tzipporah student councils in the family pickup Gottesman.” And there’s more good truck,” he writes. “As you can see, I Gottesman news: “Our daughter, really got involved.” Um … yup. Amy, got engaged, and a wedding is planned for May 23, 2010. Her fi- At left is Dana, a member of the class of ance's name is Jared Lipton, and they 2012. And below, Kevin and wife live in Toronto, Canada. The wedding Tammy show their school spirit. Kevin, will be in Aventura, Florida.” ■ one word: sunscreen. Actually, the orange complexion is in honor of the school’s colors. (Fringe benefit: If Blue Man Group ever goes orange, Kev, you’ve got the gig.) Honorary junior Jayhawk Mischa Gottesman while still in the hospital. Better Than the Super Bowl: Turkey Bowl XXXIII Sure, Super Bowl XLIII had its mo- ments, but for real excitement, show If you read the spring ‘07 issue feature up at the Robert Seaman School on about Kevin, you know that he’s been a Thanksgiving mornings to watch a flight attendant for American Airlines bunch of JHS alumni (mainly the since 1976. He’s flown, well, every- class of 1976) gather to play touch where. Here he is last October on his football, a tradition that goes back to first trip to Moscow. “In my wildest Turkey Bowl I in November 1976. dreams,” he writes, “I never thought I would be standing here. The Rus- “It’s become quite the scene,” sians are our mirror image. Sadly, it was their politics and Communist says Jess Rudolph, “with our children economy that were the barriers. Today the politics are the same, but the now playing alongside us — and prop- new capitalists have made this the most expensive place in the world! Continued on page 4 Comrade, can you spare a shot of Stoly?!?” ■ JHS Classes of 1971-1972-1973 Thirderly On-Line Newsletter • Winter-Spring 2009 Page 4 Nooz About Yooz Distinguished Educator Award Dinner In Tribute honoring two well-respected princi- Mr. Robert Perna Continued from page 3 pals. “Plans for future fund-raising in- We’re sad to ping us up, too!” Jess, who grew up clude building a health and fitness report the in Princeton Park, moved back to center near the Sam Springer Gym, passing of Mr. Jericho with his own family in 1988.