Alice Look McGill Book Tour
Alice Look, Sandy McGill's wife, now widow, has co-written "Remarkable Women: Reclaiming their Stories". She will be at the Darien Library on Monday, March 24 from 3 - 4:30 to talk about her book.
Background: Women’s History Month, celebrated around the world in March, is a time to recognize the vital contributions made by women throughout history despite societal, gender, and racial barriers. Remarkable Women: Reclaiming their Stories shares true stories about women whose achievements made an indelible mark on society and culture, and whose impacts are still felt today.
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Top seed New Canaan heads to the State finals, this after defeating Team Darien 6-1 in the semi-finals. The Rams have not been CIAC Champs since 1972, although they did play semi-final games the last two years.
Dariens last appearance in a final was in 2022, when the Wave lost to Notre Dame-West Haven.
The team had back-to-back championship wins in 2015 and 2016.
A Wrap-Up of the Winter Sports Season
FCIAC Winners
Girls Basketball: St. Joseph over New Canaan 43-31
Girls Ice Hockey: Darien over New Canaan 3-2
Boys Basketball: Turmbull over Staples 70 – 67
Boys Ice Hockey: New Canaan over Ridgefield 3 – 2
Boys Swimming: Greenwich No. 1, New Canaan No. 2
Wrestling: Fairfield Warde
The Work continues in Darien.
Corbin Drive on the left-side is nearly finished with numerous shops.
On the right, the Noroton Heights development next to Palmers is starting to show progress
Update of the Doubletree Hotel
The work is slow, but the hotel is being demolished to put up a parking lot (see Joni Mitchell). Here are the latest pictures.
Classmate Gary Swartz (far right) and wife Sally send greetings from Oman. The couple have their daughter's family staying there for the US State Department. The UN considers Oman the most improved country in terms of development in the last 40 years and is the oldest independent Arab state.
Memorial Service
A Memorial Service will be held for Carolyn Schreiner Calder on May 7, 2024 in the Chapel of the Noroton Presbyterian Church at 2:00 pm.
Carolyn passed after a lingering illness on January 25, 2024. Please see the Memorials page of the website for a tribute to Carolyn by Penny Fox Parkin.
Do A 55th Reunion?
Lots of classmates are talking about holding a 55th reunion of the DHS Class of 1969. Probably something on the lighter-side, a casual Friday get-together and then a restaurant dinner Saturday night.
If this sounds good, you can contact classmate Jeff Myers, someone brave enough to put his name out-there.
Jeff can be reached at myerspercussion@gmail.com . Could be fun!
The CIAC State Open Indoor T&F was held on Saturday, Feb 17.
For the girls, the best CT team was Glastonbury HS. For 15 scored events, they finished with 52 points. EO Smith HS in Storrs was second (36) and Conard and Hall high schools, both in W. Hartford, tied for third with 32 points.
Darien tied with a number of schools at 26 with 4 points. The Wave's Julia Blake finished 4th in the 600m at 1:38.37.
For 2024, Blake's time of 1:37.76 at the FCIAC Indoor Championship is the fourth best recorded this season. Senior Cam Meyer's time of 5:01.58 in the 1500m at the North Shore Invitational is the ninth best time overall this season in CT. Darien girl's 4X400 relay time of 4:11.42 at the Yale Track Classic is the tenth best in the state this year.
In the State's Open boys events, Darien failed to score. The event was won by Windsor HS (45), Lyman Hall (38.33) and Danbury was third (36).
For the 2024 season, Darien did have a top ten finish. Senior Lucas Meier cleared 12'6" in the pole vault at the Class L Championships for tenth place.
A new restaurant has opened in downtown Darien. Called Green & Tonic, it is located in the town's Corbin District, a development still in the works, including stores, restaurants and luxury apartments. The restaurant is a juice bar, coffee shop and plant-based restaurant that also serves smoothie bowls, salads and kelp noodle dishes.
On 7 acres within the heart of Darien, Baywater Properties is re-imagining downtown Darien — at The Corbin District — resetting the landscape of shopping, dining, lifestyle and entertainment. Baywater began this exciting transformation in 2019 with extreme attention to detail and a sharp focus on creating one of the most enjoyable and walkable downtown environments in the region
We know things are rough right now. So who better than some cheerleaders to keep up our spirits to finish the fight!
Front row left to right:
Anahid Kavookjian, Josie Mullen, Joni Dobson
Back row left to right:
Sue Geiger, Sharon Denunzio, Cinny Cobb, Sue Perschino, Peggy McNeil, Sue Venarde
Sandy Young, Carol Ann Augustus
Pete White | Dave Terry |
Claudia Smith Davenport | Kathy DelleFontane Goossen |
Dennis Gavin | Pete Johnson |
Rick Poccia | Janet Martin Fisher |
Mark Beckwith | Anita Conway |
Bruce Frail | Paul Dominis |
Patty Mazza Sturges | Sue Dickman Klein |
Sally Armus | Christy Rodgers |
Mardi Porter | Ed Tyler |
Bill Guptill | Mark Blackman |
Georgiana Smith Bloom | Kate Mason Gredinger |
Pete Franklin | Gary Gibbs |
Tom Lane | Billy Harper |
Anahid Kavoojian Vrana | Dave Lynch |
Lauren Fair | Jimmy Valente |
Tim Potts | Casey Nickerson |
Suzanne Nikola Baldino | John van den Heuvel |
Jim Morrison | Chris Bischof |
Josie Mullen | Paul Buckley |
Johnny Maul | Skip Kennedy |
Bev Bonfoey | Barb Thorne |
Marni Kent Hansell | Bob Mercer |
Bob Ierardi | Eric Joosten |
Dennis Sullivan | Tom Milek |
Gary Swartz | Dave Miller |
Steve Verses | Jay Baker |
Cliff Powell | Ann Back Price |
Steve and Patti Craig | Anne Marie McGarry |
Vandy Van Wagener | Bill Schade |
George Farrington | Todd and Martha Robbins |
Rick Weber | Jane Seyferth |
Sue Venarde Mahoney | Mark Tinker |
Joan Dobson Glazebrook | Paul Hendrickson |
Sandy McGill | Ted Vanech |
Jim Tully | Stu Traver |
Dick Costello | Mike Lopriore |
Charlie Smith | Chris Eng Leventhal |
Jane Genster | John Wuerthner |
Carol Ann Augustus Summers | Anne Irvine |
Ken Broska | Paul Hepp |
Dave Jefferson | Sue Geiger |
Allison Poccia | Joanne Schoepf Reisser |
Benny Bruno | Kyle Hepp |
Kathy Strachan | Pam Burkhardt Mele |
Peter Scholtz |
Great shot of classmates Kenny Peliksza, Mike 'Lope' Lopriore, Dick Costello, and Ben Bruno in Jacksonville. Nobody mentioned any golf scores but all were sad to see former Jax resident Paul Hepp leave for Texas.
Choir
Steve and Patti Craig squishing apples from their apple trees. One year they report harvesting over 20 bushels of apples. (Note: 1 bushel = 48 pounds). The Craigbo Cider Co. made 16 gallons of unadulterated apple cider, while also donating apples to a local farmer and food pantry.
Terry Cummings, Tim Maul, Cliff Powell
Shot of trip out west during summer of '69 when we hitchhiked to California. Mark Tinker's dad bought us the car to roam around California and back to CT. Thought I lost this. Great memories from that trip. Those were the days! -George Wehmann