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The Bulletin The Bulletin © 2006 The Ithaca High School Class of 1986 Table of Contents Intro from John Wolff .....................ii Denley (Hillman) Hubbard............33 Karen (Flumerfelt) Sanchez..........68 Robin (Campbell) Tilton ...............90 Note from Kerry .............................ii Diab (Diablo) Hitti........................21 Karin (Schwartz) Bowie ................84 Roxane (Aguilar) Roberts .............36 Full Questions...............................iii Diane Chiesa ...............................82 Kate (Katie Henderson) Helber.....40 Sandra (Lisseck) Fenn .................26 Aaron Caruso...............................39 Don Tompkins ..............................41 Katharine Emlen ..........................86 Sandra (Riley) Slade......................7 Adam Hoffman.............................47 Donna (Hamilton) Kellermann........8 Kelleena (Kelly) Richards .............63 Sarah Smithson-Compton............42 Agnes (Sagan) Howard ................44 Donna Hinman.............................45 Ken Campbell ..............................87 Scott Jones....................................5 Alex Greenwood...........................38 Donnalee L. (Lucenti) Parkin ........78 Kerry Bassett ...............................74 Sean McDuffy ..............................13 Amy (Martin) Leonard ..................13 Douglas (Doug) Benjamin ............61 Kevin Lilly ....................................92 Shannon Dodge...........................54 Amy (Mooney) Picture..................52 Duane Milton...............................69 Kieth Austin .................................85 Shaun Cobb.................................24 Amy Geller ...................................46 Ed Dormady.................................79 Kit Sturgeon.................................43 Sheridan Rawlins.........................25 Amy Wang Manning .....................65 Edward Kim ...................................4 Kristy Colbert...............................70 Sheryl (Kumpf) Martinez ..............65 Andrew Gersh ..............................23 Elisa (Arroyo) Heras .....................24 Lance Fahrney .............................20 Sheryl Ridenour ...........................64 Anna (Wheelis) Maranto ..............83 Elisabeth (Lisa Patton) Freeland.....6 Larry Berger .................................71 Stacey Egan.................................19 Anne (Udall) Bates.......................46 Elizabeth (Beth Cohen) Hoskins ...58 Lee Haller ....................................78 Stacey Wells ................................57 Anne Wilkinson............................75 Evan Siemann..............................90 Leslie Deming..............................89 Stephanie M. L. (Levatich) Kelly ...55 Anthony Green...............................5 Gabe Borden ...............................23 Lisa A. (Bower) Wesche................45 Steve Levitsky ..............................92 April (Dougherty) Denman ...........86 Gene (Carlisle) Cochrane .............48 Lisa Lilenfeld................................10 Steve Loomis ...............................16 Barbara (Ouellette) Rigatti ...........58 George E. English Sr.....................30 Manek Mistry.................................2 Taliah Lempert.............................28 Bart Auble....................................71 Heather M. Cooper.......................91 Martha (Sievers) Rodgers ............77 Tamar Finley.................................31 Becky (Jacobson) Dunlap.............66 Ian McCary ..................................12 Mary (Dunbar) Woodford..............57 Tamara Lange ..............................88 Ben Kahn.....................................11 James Wyatt ................................29 Mary Ann (Woolley) Packard.........41 Tammy (Jobe) Muncy ...................88 Beth Rosen Sheidley....................82 Jan (Buettner) Mermin .................53 Mary Matyas................................67 Tara Bricker..................................50 Bill Romani ..................................31 Jason Bohm.................................32 Matthew McGee...........................52 Thomas Yan ...................................9 Bonnie (BJ Taber) Amato..............33 Jeff Baker.....................................51 Maury Brown ...............................69 Thwen Chaloemtiarana ................44 Bonnie (Bordenet) Hockenberry ...37 Jeff George...................................51 Michelle (Bamforth) King .............60 Tim Delgado.................................27 Boris Lieberman...........................42 Jeff Vangeli ..................................29 Michelle (Kordziel) Webb..............17 Tina (Wilbur) Jacintho ..................20 Brian Lucey..................................48 Jennifer (Wakula) Seeley..............38 Molly Thomas McKinney...............22 Tolak Besman ..............................47 Bridget (Keller) Berger..................53 Jennifer Irwin................................16 Monny Cochran............................66 Tom Tilton ....................................91 Brigetta (Britt) Abel......................49 Jennifer Lee ...................................3 Nelson Mix...................................81 Will Carpenter ..............................27 Brigit Dermott ..............................50 Jennifer S. Beer............................35 Nick Gubbins ...............................84 Willson Cummer...........................80 Cara Campbell.............................56 Jennifer Shultis ............................68 Nicole Koschmann.........................9 Wilson Cheng...............................72 Carla Thomas-Buffin ....................21 Jeremy Vignaux ............................56 Paul Daigle ..................................34 In Memorium...............................93 Carmen Amici ..............................66 Jim Dunlap...................................67 Paul Gries....................................72 Autogr aphs .................................94 Carol Baetz..................................89 Jim Napier .....................................1 Paul Rossi....................................76 Chris Harrison..............................88 John Arsenault.............................80 Peter Berkelman ..........................22 Chris Houck .................................18 John Brecht .................................28 Peter Shoemaker .........................37 Christine (Clapp) Portnoy.............80 John Donohue..............................18 Rain Rider....................................70 Chuck Cooley...............................30 John Shipe...................................12 Randy Faigin David.......................17 Cory Smith...................................62 John Wolff....................................14 Rebecca (Becca) Mosher .............73 Darnell P. Cain .............................61 Jonathan Arbel.............................81 Renell (Welch) Carpenter .............26 Darren Kennedy...........................62 Joseph De Sena...........................85 Richard Herring............................83 Dave Glazier.................................25 Judith Dieckmann ........................60 Richard Loh .................................73 Denise (Malone) Stevenson .........32 Justine Cooper.............................59 Rob Doner ...................................34 Intro from John Wolff Didn’t “1986” once seem like such an impossibly futuristic artists, cooks, vegetarians, and all manner of ilk we are a year? microcosm of America with all its contradictions. The bulletin reconnects us to who we are, who we were, and who we will Now, it recedes into history like the tide. It has been 20 sum- always be. The Ithaca High School class of 1986. And it roots mers since that Barton Hall graduation ceremony where we in us back to a very special place. Ithaca. red gowns were told we were the future. How strange to find ourselves having arrived there. We were mere children. The seven nations of the Iroquois who once inhabited the sur- rounding areas were said to have a creation myth centered on In hindsight even 20 years feels encapsulated, like a little pill Ithaca. When the Great Creator created Earth, she picked up we once swallowed that can be summarized in a single sen- Earth in a ball and hurled it into space. Where her hand tence. And for a moment we’re defeated by the illusion that gripped the Earth, the Finger Lakes were formed. And as she life has sped by too quickly. threw, the last point of release was the tip of a sacred lake, But it’s an illusion, I promise. Cayuga Lake. And so the Iroquois revered that place as holy, it was the last point touched by God. Browsing through this bulletin restores that imbalance. It reminds us that we have lived thousands of lives in a mere 20 See? Even then people knew Ithaca was special. years; that every moment mattered, every moment was worth — John its price. It tells us that as parents, teachers, builders, writers, businessmen, students, musicians, comedians, wage slaves, Note from Kerry I made mistakes. I don’t know where they are right now, but Photos: I’m sure I will by the time you’re reading this. And I will be full I tried to include a photo of each classmate and each mem- of fretfullness (is that a word — or is that a mistake?). ber of their family, if it was provided. If you see an extra photo, it probably means that I needed something to fill the This has been a completely satisfying, frustrating, reminis- space.Click on a photo to get to the color version on our Flickr cent, occasionally depressing, sometimes uplifting experi-
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