Beth Watson Calhoun
13 Panacea Lane
Otisfield, ME 04270
Stacey Stump
5408 31st Street N
Arlington, VA 22207
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Hello, classmates,
We are sure you were as shocked as we were to realize it has been 25 years since THAT hockey season. It just doesn’t seem possible, but math backs it up. There’s even a commemorative documentary being released on April 3. If you’re up for a trip down memory lane, check out www.hockey25.com (we have no affiliation with the site). At least now we can all blame any hazy memories on the passage of time. That same math informs us that next year is significant for the Class of 1994. That’s right, it’s the big TWO – FIVE. Consider this an official reminder that you have plans to attend Homecoming next year. Don’t worry — we won’t let you forget.
Speaking of that hockey team, former UMaine goaltender Mike Dunham has joined the staff of the Providence Bruins, the American Hockey League affiliate of the Boston Bruins. Mike will be Providence’s goaltender development coach. Prior to Providence, Mike was with the New York Islander’s organization. Col. Robert Kinney was named commander of the Arkansas Air National Guard’s 188th Wing in Fort Smith. Col. Kinney is a career intelligence officer and is only the second non-flying wing commander in the U.S. Air Force. He enlisted with the Maine Air National Guard in Bangor in 1990 and has had a distinguished career including chief of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance integration and plans at Andrews Air Force Base, MD, and director of operations of the 102nd Intelligence Wing at Otis Air National Guard Base in Massachusetts. Matt Watkins was promoted to mortgage development officer at Bangor Savings Bank. Matt is a vice president at Bangor Savings and has worked for them since 2007.
Sean P. Campbell is the new Collyer Vice President for Advancement at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, NY. Sean leads 55 employees within the office of advancement, which includes development, alumni relations, and college events. Sean previously worked for the University of Chicago and, before that, Bates College. Mari McLaughlin Glatter ’95 has been named a 4-H youth development professional with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Aroostook County team. Mari will coordinate and manage Aroostook’s 4-H youth education program with an emphasis on STEM programming. Ever since Laurence “Skip” Lisle received his graduate degree in wildlife management, he has been working to solve the problem of beavers damning culverts and flooding rural roads. Skip has developed a “beaver deceiver,” which includes a 15-inch pipe connecting two mesh enclosures. This device allows water to flow through a culvert despite beavers following their instinct to block the flow of water. Skip’s work has taken him all over the country and overseas, where he helps others to protect culverts without killing the beavers.
Andrea Carver, a behavioral health case manager, recently had a position riding with Bangor police officers as part of a Maine Substance Abuse Assistant grant from the Department of Public Safety. The pilot program allowed Andrea to work with the police to help people in crisis who have mental and/or substance abuse issues. Despite its success, the Maine Legislature did not fund the program for 2018.