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WHO’S WHO AND WHAT ARE THEY
DOING?
Pine Brook Scat, or The Straight Poop
(OOPS!) Scoop
by Anne Singh
Summer 2002
Long time PBH residents Larry and Nancy Tamura and Jack and
Marsha Walker are planning to move away. Larry and Nancy are moving to Ft.
Collins in July where Larry has taken a job at Atrix. They plan to return to
PBH when Larry retires. Hurray! Their daughter and son-in-law, Tracey and
Tom Murray willhold down the fort for the duration. Jack and Marsha have
bought a house on Old Tale Road in Boulder, which they will remodel during
the summer before moving. We are sad to see you go, Marsha and Jack, and
hope to see you up here often.
Kathleen Larkin, a recent
CU graduate majoring in creative writing, has written a film script, her
second, based on her own experiences in a Catholic boarding school in
Ireland. The plot involves a young girl, her long dead mother, tales of
magical ponies and riding championships, nuns (of course) and a long lost
father. A novel and her first film script are also in the works, now being
revised. We wish you good luck in your endeavors, Kathleen, and look forward
to seeing them realized.
Elisabeth Hyde gave a reading of her third novel,
Crazy as Chocolate, at the
Boulder Book Store in May. Isabel is preparing to come to come to terms with
her 41st birthday, at which age her own, fey mother had killed herself. Then
her father, sister and niece decide to come for the weekend to help her
celebrate, making for a complicated and emotionally charged weekend. John
Irving has praised Hyde, saying she ".....is a remarkably lucid and
authoritative novelist."
Marc Silverman has developed a
computerized rehabilitation device for shoulder injuries called the
Sports Rac, which is being used
by major league baseball teams, particularly pitchers. Therapy can begin
just days after surgery and healing is speeded up dramatically when it is
used. The company, Sports Trac, was founded by Marc and Michael Mellman, a
former team physician for major league baseball teams, to make and market
the Sports Rac. The company is also in the process of developing physical
rehab gear for other joints. The first clinic to use the Sports Rac is the
Boulder Center for Sports Medicine.
Spring 2002
Congratulations to
Pine Brooker Harriet Edelstein, who is a winner of this year’s Boulder Valley
School District’s “Impact on Learning” award. Although anyone associated
with the school district (teachers, administrators, support staff,
volunteers) can be nominated for the award, Harriet is the first social
worker to win the $1500 award for her school plus a $500 personal use award.
Her innovative work with the students in conflict resolution, anti-bullying
tactics and development of social skills led teachers at Crestview
Elementary and Centennial Middle
Schools to suggest and support
Harriet’s nomination for the award.
Eleanor Patten and
her son traveled to Morocco in December. They toured the major cities,
including Fez and Marrakech, and found the people friendly, the food good
though unusual, saw beautiful mosaics and were impressed by the ancientness
of the place. They spent time in souks and found out where Timbuktu is, in
Mali!
Karen Peperzak
celebrated her 50th birthday in January, at a birthday bash at the Boulder
Theatre, all arranged by her husband, Marc. She said she was in shock by it
even though she knew about it. It was a wonderful extravaganza which
included a delicious buffet dinner, a band with dancing, much talking and a
video produced by Patrica Belanger.
Jo Noble spent three
weeks in Mexico recently, two 0f them in a Spanish language school and one
week dancing with Dance Universal. Soon she will leave Pine Brook for a year
in Africa, traveling as ambassador for FINCA (Foundation for International
Community Assistance) which provides small loans of working capital to the
self-employed poor and particularly to women (94%). Good luck, Jo, and we
will miss you.
Charlie and Debbie
Springer and Tom and Cherilynn Cathey recently returned from a six week
adventure in New Zealand. They combined sailing with traveling around in a
camper van and also touring in a car while staying nights in interesting
inns. In that way, Debbie said they experienced the flavor of life there and
they had a wonderful trip.
Five hundred
thousand, yes, half a million bikers attended the Daytona Beach Motorcycle
Rally recently and Marc Peperzak was one of them! He said it was the
ultimate social leveling experience and people-watching opportunity. Doctors
mixed with “dirt bags” and everyone looked the same. Bikers spent the days
parading up and down the streets, going to the many biker specialty shops,
looking at the fancy showbikes and drinking motorcycle lattes even. You
could go to motorcycle races at the Speedway. Nobody seemed to be under 50
years of age and it was mostly a male event, although there were some
couples and motorcycle “babes”, dressed in leather chaps and jackets only.
As Marc said, it was a SCENE and he had a blast, driving around on his bike,
blowing his air horn bought at one of the shops.
Winter 2002
On October 7 CU Asst.
Prof. of Piano and PBH resident David Korevaar gave a piano concert at the
historic Ryssby Church
in Longmont, as part of the annual
Boulder Bach Festival fall concerts. He played in their entirety the
preludes and fugues of J.S Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier. It was a perfect
concert on a perfect evening and enjoyed by all.
Rumor has it that a
certain lovelorn PBH resident was intending to put a certain ad in the
current newsletter stating his desire to find a girlfriend/wife. Well,
another resident just might be able to help! We (the Press) heard that this
potentially helpful resident recently drove up to Eldora for a day of
skiing, only to be BOLDLY approached and CLOSELY questioned by a widowed
Russian woman while riding together on the chairlift (fortuitously, it was
windy and no one was allowed to ride alone!). On the way up, after
ascertaining he did indeed own a car, among other things, she was
disappointed to find that he was married, and then asked him to find her a
husband. After all she had been a widow for a year! Although the cowardly
resident managed to sneak away, we feel that the lovelorn resident surely
will be able to find her as she is a VERY regular patron of the Eldora Ski
Area!
Pine Brookers
Laura-Lea Cannon and David Tresemer wrote and produced The Vow,
the third play of a trilogy, at Nomad Theatre last fall. This latest play,
which (like the earlier two) earned and received rave reviews, involved a
contemporary married couple whose delving in technology forces a
confrontation with the mystery of their lives and lives past. Watch for
further productions from these interesting neighbors.
Autumn 2001
Tricia Eyster,
daughter of Jim and Kathy Eyster, and David Lacy were married on Saturday,
August 25, 2001 in Door County, Wisconsin. Father Bill Pauly, David’s uncle,
married them in St. Mary of the Lake Church in Bailey’s Harbor, on the shores of Lake Michigan. They honeymooned at
Princeville, Kauai, and reside in San Francisco where Tricia works for the Leukemia Society and David is with DIVA
Systems. They had dated for 8 years, since they were seniors in high school.
Although they attended different universities, David at Wisconsin and Tricia at Stanford, love
prevailed and both Kathy and Jim are very happy for them, and so are we! We
wish them a long and happy life together.
Steve Grad gave a
zestful performance as the libidinous Norman in Part 2 of Alan Ayckbourn’s
trilogy The Norman Conquests. If you missed the delightful
show, plan to catch it next summer at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary
Art, where the entire trilogy is planned for performance in repertory.
We are happy to report
that a baby boy, Carson Michael, was born on September 13, 2001 to Karen and
Joe Johns. Weighing in at 8 lbs. 8 oz., he joins his two and a half year old
sister, McKenzie. The whole family is doing well and we welcome Carson
Michael!
While on her way home
one night recently, Cyndy Brooks was startled to see something rather large
lumbering across the road in front of her as she rounded the curve close to
the firehouse. As she drove closer she saw that it was, indeed, a big, fat
black bear and she was able to catch a glimpse of its yellow eyes shining in
her headlights.
You just never know
whom you’ll meet when out for a walk in Pine Brook Hills. Kathy Eyster was
taking a stroll around Pine Brook Loop one Sunday morning at about 6:30.
Rounding a curve (beware of curves!), she came to a full stop when the road
was occupied by the very largest male deer she’d ever seen. VERY big deer.
Big horns. Not moving. Prudently, Kathy withdrew, but returned a few minutes
later to see if the way was clear. It wasn’t. OK, new plan: Kathy went home
to read in the Sunday Camera that an ELK, of all things, had been wandering
around the Wonderland Lake area. If Kathy’s deer was
an elk, it was a rare bird indeed for Pine Brook Hills!
Although the editors
of The Pine Brook Press had requested contributions for the
“Scat” column, they were nonetheless surprised to discover a very large
contribution, full of chokecherry seeds and left by a black bear (Cyndy’s?).
The bear had raided a neighbor’s can of sunflower seeds and dragged the can
to “Press” headquarters on Alpine Way, there to picnic and make a deposit.
Other less literal contributions are still being solicited.
Summer 2001
Long-time residents
and community leaders Sandy and Jim Hembd are moving soon to Broomfield,
where they are building a new home. Sandy was the founder and first editor
of The Pine Brook Press and “anchored” the video “Remembrance
of Pine Brook Past,” while Jim served on the PBH Fire Protection
District Board of Directors. “I think we will miss PBH a great deal. It’s
the kind of people who live up here – the interesting people we know. But
we’re not that far away so we expect people to come to visit,” said Sandy.
Motivation for the move is the increased potential for independence for sons
Mark and Mike. Mike’s job at Hunter-Douglas in Broomfield is another
inducement – no more need to get up at 5 a.m. for work! The family will be
missed by their friends and neighbors in PBH.
Jo Noble recently
returned from her first trip to The Republic of Malawi, in Africa, where she served as ambassador for FINCA (Foundation for International
Community Assistance). On the trip Jo met a woman who had been living in a
shack with five children and sold second hand clothing on the street. A $140
loan from FINCA two years ago allowed her to buy some chickens. Now she has
7,000 chickens, employs 17 families, and is sending her eldest son to hotel
management school in England. Back
in PBH, Jo is looking forward to a visit from daughter Kara, son-in-law Sean
and grandchildren Alec (11 months.), and Andrew (5 years). In addition to
enjoying being together they plan to bike, play T-ball and go to a Rockies
game.
Artist Donna Johnson
was recently invited to show her paintings in a one person exhibit at the A. R. Mitchell Museum, 150 E. Main
Street, in Trinidad, CO. It was sponsored by the
Trinidad Arts Council and is Donna’s first museum show.
Beth McKnight,
director of Greenwood Wildlife Rehabilitation Sanctuary in Boulder, is
looking for volunteers interested in both home care for small mammals such
as raccoons, beavers, squirrels and foxes and also in working shifts at the
Sanctuary itself, helping with the feeding and care of birds and mammals. If
you are interested, call Beth at 303-823-8455.
Param and Anne Singh
had a handsome black bear visit them recently one morning on their deck and
patio. He (?) appeared to be looking for something to eat, but, being
disappointed in that endeavor, took off up the mountain posthaste, but not
before we succeeded in taking several photographs.
At Eleanor Patten’s
Mexican Fiesta “DineAround” when the guests were feeling quite mellow, John
Ashby told us about his encounter with three bears in the middle of the
night. At about 2 a.m. he was awakened by a racket downstairs. Thinking that
it must be raccoons investigating his trash cans, he immediately jumped up
and ran downstairs just as he was – that is, in his boxer shorts, period. He
ran into the carport only to come face to face with a big black mama bear
and her two hungry cubs. John said it was hard to tell who was more
surprised. But fortunately, after staring each other in the eye for a bit,
The Three Bears and John took off in opposite directions, never to see each
other again.
Susan and Tom Washing
and five year old daughter Taylor have recently returned from six weeks in
Italy. On the trip Tom celebrated his 60th birthday, joined by Tom’s sister,
his older son Witt and younger son Jason, who celebrated his 30th birthday
at the same time.
Shanly Weber, a Chi
Kung Healing Touch Practitioner and mother of Chloe, now five, is interested
in get-togethers for mothers with babies and young children and babysitters
at the PBH Community Center. She would
like those interested to contact her at 303-938-1763.
Jill and John Turner
were married this past fall, first in October in a private ceremony with
their combined children, Stuart, Celia, Michael and Julia, and then in
November in a public wedding. John is a business manager while Jill is a
child and adolescent psychiatrist. We wish all of them a very happy life
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