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RED & WHITE
STANSTEAD COLLEGE
FALL 2013
Inside:
• Considering the school uniform
• One Patrick brother or two?
• Baccalaureate 2013
Features
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THE UNIFORM
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FALL SPORTS
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THE PATRICK BROTHERS
4 BACCALAUREATE 2013
JUNE 22, 2013
CONTENTS
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LETTER FROM THE HEADMASTER
SCHOOL NEWS
SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS
CLASS NOTES
FROM THE ARCHIVES
HOMECOMING 2013
ADVANCEMENT NEWS
ALUMNI NEWS
SUMMER PROGRAMS
ENVIRONMENT
REUNIONS
IN MEMORIAM
CALENDAR
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EDITOR
Ross Murray
DESIGN & LAYOUT
Karen Cushing
PHOTOGRAPHY
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Alumni = credibility
S
tanstead College’s Annual General Meeting always coincides with
Homecoming. It’s kind of a twofor-one deal since a majority of our trustees and board members are also alumni, happy to do their bit to help run the
school.
As former board chairman Joseph
Levy (1971) used to tell our graduating
students, no one owns Stanstead College, but if someone did, it would be the
alumni. And our alumni lay claim to that
ownership by being actively involved
and working for their school.
(Incidentally, Joseph happens to be
one of those active alumni, and you can
read all about his involvement on page
23 of this issue.)
FRONT COVER
Senior girls soccer MVP Asia
Wisco in the league championship win against Alexander
Galt
BACK COVER
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MESSAGE FROM THE HEADMASTER
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is published by the Advancement Office twice a year for
alumni, parents, students, staff
and friends of the school.
Here are just a few examples of alumni
working on the College’s behalf:
Akiko Fujimoto Watanabe (1993) is
a trustee and spoke at our Baccalaureate
service two years ago. Most recently she
has been working with one of our Japanese students to help her apply to nursing
schools in Canada.
Michael Peirce (1973) is an alumnus,
a former teacher, retired head of Appleby College, a trustee and always ready to
lend us a hand. Most recently, he’s been
showing us ways our University Guidance office can function better globally.
Napat Phisanbut (1998) has been
our ambassador in Thailand for several
years, manning booths at school fairs
and liaising with Thai families. This
past fall, she lent her support here in
Stanstead during the golf tournament.
Rebecca
Nienkamperr
d
(1983) served on the board
and remains a trustee. Thiss
past October, she and her hus-band Blaise Hayward opened
d
their home in New York to
o
host an Admissions event forr
friends and parents interested
d
in Stanstead College.
Paul Chiu (2006) is a brand
d
new trustee and has been
n
working with Admissions and
d
actively promoting the schooll
in Taipei.
George
Diamandopou-los (1994) has been a trusteee
for several years and helpss
organize our annual Mexico
o
Reunion – our best-attended
d
gathering of the year.
Young Joon Oh (2000) has been assisting our Admissions Department in
South Korea.
Charles Seagram (1992) is a new
board member and a Young Alumni
Award recipient for his active involvement in all matters Stanstead, in particular the annual Golf Tournament.
I could go on. It’s great to see our former students giving so readily to their
school. What’s more, this kind of support is incredibly invaluable in terms
of providing us credibility in the very
tough global marketplace. Our alumni
become our school’s spokespeople –
sometimes quite literally, especially in
non-English-speaking countries. And we
couldn’t ask for better representatives.
I urge you, as members of the Stanstead
College community, to preach the benefits of Stanstead College to your peers.
Get involved. After all, it’s your school.
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Baccalaureate 2013
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SCHOOL NEWS
r. Pierre Geoffroy, Class of
1977, was the guest speaker at
this year’s Baccalaureate and
Prize-Giving Service. Dr. Geoffroy
drew on his medical background to
talk about modifiable risk behaviours
– in other words, keeping the body
and mind healthy. Stanstead College
has provided students with a good
start in this regard, he said. The trick
is to maintain those good habits.
“Despite your best intentions,
though, things go wrong,” he said.
“And when that happens, don’t be too
proud to ask for help. This is where
Stanstead remains invaluable for you.
You’ve laughed together, shared good
times, unhappy times. But the fact is
you are in a community and will remain so.”
Dr. Geoffroy concluded by asking
the graduates to stand and take an
“oath” that they would take care of
their “temple” and that they would ask
for help when needed.
Dr. Geoffroy spent five years at
Stanstead College (Class of 1977).
He continued his education at Mariaanopolis College, McGill and
tthe University of Toronto. He
ccompleted his medical training
aat McGill with a residency in
ffamily medicine. After comppleting a master’s degree in
Epidemiology at McGill, Dr.
E
Geoffroy worked for 15 years
G
iin research and development
iin pharmaceutical companies
iin Japan and North America.
Currently, Pierre is a family
C
pphysician in Toronto. He also
hhas a childhood obesity clinic
aand teaches with the Ontario
College of Family Physicians.
C
IIn addition to this, he is mediical director at Lambda Therappeutic Research Inc. where he
cconducts clinical research. He
aand his wife Catherine have
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two children, Sandrine
and Alexandre.
At Baccalaureate, Dr.
Geoffroy was introduced
by his brother Michel
(Class of 1973).
Forty-five Grade 11 students received their Quebec Secondary School
Diploma in addition to 39
students receiving Grade
12 diplomas.
Head prefect and sixyear “lifer” Liam Gribbon
was this year’s recipient
of the Pitcher Memorial Headmaster’s Award recipients Kyle Hume and
Prize, presented to the Dian Yu
Stanstead College as his second home.
student who has exerted
I look forward to Liam’s involvethe greatest influence for good.
“Liam has had an outstanding im- ment in our school as an alumnus and
pact on our school, and his presence perhaps in future governance of the
helped to make Stanstead College a school.”
The Wilder Shield, presented to the
better place,” said Headmaster Michael Wolfe. “Liam’s willingness to junior student with the most positive
challenge himself in a broad array of influence, went to Natalia Flores Brinactivities, especially student leader- gas of Mexico City. Active in sports,
ship, was greatly appreciated by all. multiple clubs and extracurricular acI hope that Liam will always think of tivities and a top academic student,
Natalia was a mature, friendly and
ggiving presence on campus all year
llong.
The top Grade 12 student was TzuTing “Tiffany” Hsu of Taipei, Taiwan
T
who received the Birks Silver Medw
aal for the highest overall average in
Grade 12; the Biology, Chemistry,
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Mathematics and Physics Prizes; the
M
Spofforth Trophy for Excellence in
S
Science and Mathematics; and the ArS
tthur E. Curtis Jr. Award presented to
tthe top student entering an engineeriing program, in Tiffany’s case, mecchanical engineering at the Rochester
IInstitute of Technology. Tiffany also
won the Trueman-McFadyen Award
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Liam Gribbon receives the Pitcher
Prize from Pierre Geoffroy.
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as the top athlete with the highest
overall average.
The top Grade 11 student was Asia
Wisco of Peterborough, Ont., who
earned the Governor General’s Medal
for the highest average along with the
English Prize, the Economics Prize,
the French Prize (co-winner) and the
Physics Prize. Asia also won the Thespian Shield for Acting.
Students receiving honours for the
highest averages in other grades were
Geneviève Quirion of Lac-Mégantic,
Que. (Grade 10), Benjamin Clermont
of Ogden, Que. (Grade 9), Samuel De
Grace of Magog, Que. (Grade 8) and
John Wood-Downey of Magog, Que.
(Grade 7).
Catherine Quirion of Lac-Mégantic, Que. was named the senior female
athlete of the year, winning the Shirley
Wolter Trophy. Catherine was a threesport Major S winner in 2012-13, in
addition to winning the Girls Hockey
MVP, Roger Marino Cup for Senior
Girls Rugby. She also won the Comparative Politics and English Prizes.
Andrew Norris of Ogden, Que. was
the Thomas Johnson Memorial senior male athlete of the year – another
three-sport Major S winner in soccer,
basketball (his first year playing!) and
rugby. Andrew also co-won the Bobby
Moore Trophy for Senior Boys Soccer and the Donald Ross Trophy for
Senior Boys Rugby. Conor Rankin of
Kanata, Ont. and Nicolas Beaudin of
St-Bruno, Que. shared the senior athlete-scholar award. Conor also won
the Grade 12 Psychology Prize.
The junior female athlete of the year
was Estefania Colas Baeza of Huixquilucan, Mexico, while the junior
male athlete of the year was Emiliano
de la Fuentes Eslava of Mexico City.
2013 Lifers: Spencer Martin, Liam
Gribbon and Andrew Norris
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Students earn AP accolades
E
ach year, many Grade 12 students write the Advanced
Placement (AP) exams in different subjects. This year, three students did exceptionally well.
AP exams are scored on a 5-point
scale, with a 3 meaning “qualified,”
or that the student has proven himself
capable of doing the work of an introductory-level course in that particular
subject at college. A 4 is a rating of
“well qualified” and a 5 is “extremely
well qualified).
In 2013, Stanstead College students
wrote 77 AP exams in 11 subjects. Of
these, 46 exams scored 3 or higher –
20 with a 3; 15 exams with a 4; and 11
exams with a 5.
The College Board, which oversees
the exams also awards AP Scholar
Award certificates to recognize students who have demonstrated significant achievement on AP exams.
AP Scholar certificates are granted to
students who receive scores of 3 or
higher on three or more exams, while
AP Scholar with Honor certificates are
granted to students who receive an average score of at least 3.25 on all AP
exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher
on four or more of these exams.
Among the recent graduates, Catherine Quirion of Lac-Mégantic, Que.
and Tzu-Ting “Tiffany” Hsu of Taipei,
Taiwan were named AP Scholars with
Honor, while Pisit Wetchayanwiwat of
Bangkok, Tahiland was named an AP
Scholar.
Congratulations to all.
Tiffany Hsu took in a Raiders hockey game to cheer on former classmate Catherine Quirion. Catherine is enrolled in the pre-med program at
Colgate University in Hamilton, NY and Tiffany is studying mechanical
engineering at the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, NY.
Student travels to India for Earth Science Olympiad
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SCHOOL NEWS
n September, Jacob Hochstrasser-Borsari (pictured below centre),
a Grade 11 student from Holland,
Vt., attended the 7th International
Earth Science Olympiad in Mysore,
India as part of Team USA.
Jacob qualified for the event
after attending the Governor
Institutes of Vermont engineering weekend, where students
from across the state and the
U.S. sought to create engineering solutions to societal problems. Jacob and his partner
devised a deadbolt lock driven
by a Servo motor powered by
an Arduino programmable microcontroller.
In India, the students were
evaluated for their knowledge
of the Earth sciences, then
broken up into international
teams and taken into the field
to evaluate a current issue facing a community in India. The
group of international students
then conducted field research
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regarding the science involved, and
presented their findings and recommendations to a group of local scientists and political leaders.
During his travels to and during the
conference, Jacob was overwhelmed
by the poverty in the surrounding
communities and in the countryside.
“A citizen of a first world nation
who complains about the small discomforts in life, I could not have felt
more helpless and hypocritical than
right then, seeing the people that I
could not help but,
through the actions of
my nations, had time
to hurt,” wrote Jacob
in his account of the
trip (available on our
website at SC Blog).
Jacob’s team travelled to the Talur
mines, where the
main mineral mined
is magnesite, and visited students at a local school.
“It was another awesome experience
to see just how talented they were and
that there were still some people there
that could have hope for the future,”
said Jacob, who came away from the
experience with a renewed conviction
in the power of individuals to effect
change in the world.
The 8th Annual IESO will be held in
Burlington, Vermont in 2014, and Jacob plans to act as a volunteer to assist
“the next group of passionate students
looking to heal the planet.”
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What’s in a
uniform?
B
efore you came to Stanstead,
you probably thought, “Uniforms? Yuck!” In the preStanstead world, uniforms brought
to mind conformity, “Another Brick
in the Wall” by Pink Floyd. But after
the initial shock – not to mention getting over the tie-tying learning curve
– Stanstead students come to accept,
even love the school uniform. In an
entirely unscientific survey, we asked
alumni what they thought of the uniform, either as students or now as
adults.
“I loved not having to think about
what I was going to wear every day.” Claire Watson (1994)
“Call me old-fashioned but there’s
plenty of time for individuality after
school is out.” – Joel Pearce (1974)
“Thought it would be horrible before but ended up loving it. I actually
think that the stricter rules didn’t hurt
at all!” – Gustl Eder (2001)
“All for the uniforms, though at my
time they could have used a little modernizing. If nothing else, though, I still
know how to quickly and properly tie
a tie because of them.” – Chris Yates
(1992)
“I’m all for the uniform, made you
feel a part of something special, especially when you were off campus or
at a sporting event. Keep the uniform
and the respect for the great College!”
– Doug Unsworth (1977)
“I still have my blazer and tie hanging in my dresser. Funny thing though
it must have shrunk over the years;
just doesn’t fit any more.” – Gary Bakelmun (1982)
The school uniform has evolved over
time. Gone, for example, is the “Captain
Kangaroo” piping on the girls’ blazers
of the early eighties. But school dress
is still required every day, and students
The various combinations of school uniforms and school dress now
includes UGG-style boots for girls in winter.
wear the formal uniforms not only on ferent tie if you became a prefect or
campus for special events but also for you could add a “C” or an “A” to your
travel. Strangers notice Stanstead Col- sports uniform if you earned it. There
lege students in their uniforms, and in- were always ways to distinguish yourself even if you all looked the same.”
variably they are impressed.
Students continue to add their sports
Board chairman Jonathan Cowen
(1972) notes that the uniform puts all or academic pins to their blazers to
students on the same footing, no mat- signify their contributions and sucter what their national or economic cesses. Ultimately, though, the goal
background. However, the uniform of the uniform is to create a sense of
self-respect in appearance, a sense of
could also be a starting point:
“It made you work harder to stand self-discipline in maintaining that apout,” he said. “With hard work and pearance, and a sense of pride in bedetermination you could modify your longing to a school community. The
uniform a little. You could get a dif- uniform gets the job done.
Corrections from previous issue: Regarding “Academic Honours: More names behind the prizes” (Spring 2013), Alan MacMillan
(1955) points out that David Wilder (as in the Wilder Shield) was a student not in the late fifties but the early fifties, 1948 to 1951 to
be precise. The Wilders were a successful Montreal business family. In fact, the Wilder Building on Bleury above Ste-Catherine into
a provincially funded centre for dance companies as well as government office space In describing the Ralph V. Merry Scholarship, we described the wrong Merry. Ralph V. Merry (1809-1887) was the grandson of Ralph Merry III, who we attributed to the
scholarship. The younger Merry was likewise a prominent Magog businessman and politician.
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Fall Sports
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SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS
tanstead
College’s
senior
soccer squads captured the ETIAC championship trophies this
fall, capping a season that saw both
the boys and girls teams win their respective league titles as well.
After defeating fourth-place
BCS 4-1 in the semi-final, the
senior boys faced off against
Alexander Galt in the final.
The third-place Pipers had upset second-place Massey-Vanier in their semi-final game but
were outmatched in the final
by the Spartans, who managed
a 5-1 win on their home field.
Four of those goals were scored
by cannon-footed Grade 10
student Jeremy Descheneaux,
with the fifth by the relentless
Tristan Ovesson.
It was a satisfying win for the
senior boys, as the league had
been close for much of the season after a sluggish start by the
Spartans. Indeed, the ETIAC
regular-season title was decid-
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ed in the Spartans’ favour thanks to a
tie in the final regular-season game between MVR and last-place Richmond
Regional.
On the girls’ side, Stanstead made
it to the final by defeating a tough
Massey-Vanier team 2-1. That score
would repeat itself in the final against
Alexander Galt, the only team that
had managed to defeat the senior girls
during the regular ETIAC season. Off
a pass from Asia Wisco, Gemma MacDonald scored the first goal for the
Spartans in the first half. A Stanstead
handball set up a Galt penalty kick
early on, but a diving save by rookie
keeper Samantha Rhainds thwarted
the Pipers’ hopes. However, late in the
second half, a looper over the keepers’
head tied it up for Galt.
In the dying minutes of the game, a
corner kick from Asia Wisco caromed
off a Galt defender into her own net,
giving Stanstead a 2-1 lead and eventual win.
It was a great end to the season,
which included a third-place finish
at the national CAIS Tournament in
Pointe-Claire, Que., the girls losing
in the semi to eventual tournament
champions Holy Trinity School.
This is the second time in three years
and only the second time in school
history that both the senior boys and
girls teams have brought home both
the ETIAC regular season titles and
playoff championships.
In junior soccer, the boys had an
overall record of 3-7-2 and finished
in third place in the league, while the
girls went 4-3-2, finishing second in
the league. At the bantam level, the
girls finished in a respectable second
place with a regular-season record of
4-4-1, while the boys had a tougher
time, ending 2-5-3 in fifth place.
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n football, the Spartans joined the
Independent Football League of
New England this year. The team
was helmed by quarterback Drew
Packman, who was very proficient at
throwing the football, escaping the
pass rush and demonstrating leader-
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ship on and off the field. The Spartans
were always a threat when using their
spread offence, which included the
sure hands of Roydell Clarke, Josh
Stacey and Christopher Smith. While
these players excelled when playing in
the skilled positions, the hard and dirty
work done by linemen such as Grant
Baird, Jacob Hochstrasser and Grenville Lines cannot be ignored. The
team traveled to locations throughout
southern New Hampshire, playing a
number of formidable opponents. At
season’s end, the Stanstead College
football squad had recorded a record
of four wins and two losses.
“The coaching staff is very proud of
these young men, who managed to
play some great football while taking to the field with a relatively small
number of players every week,” said
Sparhead coach Kevin Philip.
Philip “The Spar
tans will strive to build on this year’s
success as our planning process starts
in preparation for next seasea
son.”
Olympian Sarah Vaillancourt joins Athletics staff
A
mong the new faces on staff
this fall is one that might be
familiar to Canadians across
the country. Two-time Olympic gold
medalist Sarah Vaillancourt joined the
school’s athletic department this past
summer.
A native of nearby Sherbrooke, Que.
Vaillancourt is the new assistant coach
of the Girls Hockey Spartans and
spent the fall athletic season running
intensive speed-and-strength training
sessions with the various sports teams.
In addition, she is providing academic
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support in the
Learning Resource Centre
and performing residential
duties.
Vaillancourt
was a longtime member
of the Canadian women’s
national team,
with whom she won gold medals at
the 2006 Olympics in Torino and 2010
Olympics in Vancouver. A graduate of
psychology at Harvard University, she
was named the Ivy League Player of
the Year in 2008 and ECAC Hockey
Player of the Year in 2009. In 2011,
she was named MVP at the Clarkson
Cup as a member of the Montreal
Stars. She retired from the national
team this past April.
“One of the goals when I was finished with hockey was to go back to
the U.S. and coach,” said Vaillancourt.
“But this summer, I decided to build a
house in Sherbrooke, so that kind of
put that out of the question. Then I got
aan offer to work
ffor Stanstead, so
it was a perfect
ttiming and a perffect fit for me.”
“Perfect” beVaillanccause
ccourt spent her
llast two years of
hhigh school at
Pomfret School
P
in Connecticut
where she improved her English and
her hockey skills.
“I knew nothing about prep school
when I went there but it was one of the
best experiences of my life, so it’s fun
now to be on the other side,” she said.
In fact, Vaillancourt received an
offer to coach the boys team back at
Pomfret around the same time she was
considering the Stanstead offer but felt
she wasn’t quite ready. As it turns out,
she has been enjoying the training she
has been doing here and is thinking of
continuing her studies to specialize in
the field.
“I’m really quite content at
Stanstead,” she said.
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Class Notes
1942
C. Gordon Lindsay, who currently
lives in Vancouver, BC, was in Montreal earlier this year to receive the Engineering Institute of Canada’s senior
award, the CPR Medal, for his work
with Engineering Societies in advancing the engineering profession with
newly graduated engineers and arranging monthly luncheons for senior
or retired engineers in Vancouver for
the past 31 years.
ALUMNI NEWS
1956
Robert Lemay (above) visited
Stanstead College on October 22,
2013. Robert lives in St-Sauveur, Quebec and was in the
hotel and restaurant business
for many years. He is now
the president of an investment
company. He wonders what
Teddy “Butch” Theodore is up
to and has fond memories of
his time and of his teachers at
Stanstead College.
1960
While en route to the CAIS
Tournament in Nova Scotia,
the varsity boys soccer team
had a guest pop in on them on
the Stanstead College cruiser
at a pit stop in Moncton, NB.
Gordon Webster (right)
jumped on the cruiser and said
with a big smile, “Advertising
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pays!” Gordon remembers being able to cross
over to Derby Line, Vermont with just a casual
wave of the hand to the
border people, of which
he writes, “Probably not
as easy today.”
1969
Robert McDowell has
been an ordained minister since 1982 and is
ppresently the minister at the Oromoctto United Church in New Brunswick.
He is also a part-time chaplain at CFB
H
Gagetown and works with the combat
G
ttraining centre and PTSD counselling.
Robert has two sons, Adam,31, and
R
Sean,30.
S
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1973
Long-serving Ottawa-area Scout leadL
eer Rodney Wilson (above right) was
hhonoured with the Queen Elizabeth II
Diamond Jubilee Medal at a ceremony on Parliament Hill. Rod was recognized for lifelong community volunteerism and for his many significant
contributions to Scouting in Canada. In
a separate ceremony Rod was awarded
the Silver Acorn Medal for especially
distinguished service to Scouting. For
over 30 years he has dedicated much
of his time to furthering the Scouting
movement in Canada, bringing out-
door adventure, personal development
and the joys of Scouting to thousands
of Canadian children and youth. When
not volunteering, Rod is an executive
with a telecommunications equipment
manufacturer specializing in highspeed fibre optic technology design.
1973
Michel Geoffroy (above centre) recently celebrated his 10th year of publishing THE PLANNER, a monthly
digest for meeting and event planners.
M
Michel was back on campus this past
JJune for Baccalaureate (see page 4)
w
with his brother Pierre Geoffroy
11977 (above left), who was the guest
sspeaker, and his nephew Alexandre.
11974
Mike Remedios (right) had lunch
M
with Headmaster Michael Wolfe
w
aand Director of Advancement Dugie
Ross (1970) when they were in Hong
R
K
Kong in April. They resuscitated his
llong-dormant but very fond memo-
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24 Stanstead alumni gathered in Cancun, Mexico to witness the marriage of alumnus James “JD” Ross 2000 and
Christine Crowe on August 13, 2013. Alumni guests included father of the groom Dugie Ross 1970, Jonathan
Cowen 1972, Yann Root 1998, Vanessa Kurtz 2003, Lesley Cameron 2000, Gabrielle Archer 2009, Jesse McRae 2002,
David Marosi 2004, Simon Petraki 1999, Lucia Arroyo 2000, Julio Mena Brito 2003, Jimena Lasa Aguilar 2001, Ethan
Henry 1999, Rob Perretta 2004, Jason Cowan 2004, Michael Wolfe (Headmaster), Al Anderson 2001, Tom Perretta 2006,
Peter Ross 2003, Jonathan Archer 2010, John Perretta 2013, Adam Spirk 1999, Jared Givarz 2000, Tom Spirk 2001
ries of life at Stanstead. Mike studied 1990
at Acadia University, graduating with Trevor Denney now works for the
degrees in Math and Engineering. He Colorado State Department of Public
joined his family in Seattle where he Safety’s Division of Homeland Secuworked as an engineer for Boeing for rity and Emergency Management. In
several years, later moving to the Sili- the spring of 2013 he was promoted to
con Valley. Mike was married in 1991 the position of Regional Field Manager
and in 1994 returned to Hong Kong, and currently has 11 counties in southwest Colorado and the San Luis Valley
where he remains today.
under his jurisdiction. As part of his
promotion he and his family will be
1978
Alec Rutgers, a graphic designer moving to Durango, Colorado. Trevor
(pixelsleadandlens.com), currently re- and his wife Dana have two children,
son Gunnar, 6, and daughter Hadley, 5.
sides in Toronto.
11994
George Diamandopoulos (above
G
rright) and his wife Karla were back in
tthe Townships in October. He made a
ppoint to visit the Pat Burns Arena and
hhad the opportunity to see his name
eetched on the donor wall. George currrently lives in Mexico and assists the
Advancement team in setting up their
A
aannual reunions in Mexico City.
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Fred Scalabrini
1993 visited
Stanstead in August with his two
daughters, Emma (left) and Makayla (right), and niece, Mya.
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Class Notes
1995
Rosalind Telling (below) is happy to
announce the birth of her son, Oliver
James,
on March
J
4,
4 2013 in Exeter,
UK.
The young
U
man
has already
m
visited
Canada, the
v
U.S.,
Scotland and
U
is
i planning a trip to
Cyprus
in the near
C
future.
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1997
Nathalie Rheault (top right), Chef
Rémi and big sister Charlize welcomed Caleb on April 21, 2013, just
a month after moving into their new
home in the country charms of Cantley, Que. Nathalie has been working
for 10 years for the Canadian Museum
of Civilization in project management
but is currently enjoying her year off
at home with baby.
Guillaume McDowell (above)
G
aand Samantha Gold were
jjoined in marriage on October
226, 2013, at Christ Memorial
C
Church, Williston, Vt. They
m
met while he was attending
tthe University of Vermont,
hhoneymooned in Costa Rica
aand have settled into their new
llives in the village of Essex
JJunction, Vt.
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1998
Peter Atkin (bottom right) and wife
Carrie are the proud parents of a baby
boy. Jackson “Jack” Lee Atkin was
born July 23, 2013. He weighed in at
7 lbs. 11 oz. and measured 20.5 inches
long.
Napat Phisanbut (centre right) visited Stanstead this September
aand was able to attend Homeccoming and reconnect with
hher advisor and former faculty
m
member Dorothy Duncan. Nappat lives in Thailand and is of
ggreat assistance to our Admisssions team there. She was also
a great help at our Alumni &
Friends Fundraising Golf TourF
nnament. Thanks, Napat!
inations and 22 awards. Laura just
found out that the Bavarian Film and
Television Fund will be funding her
second feature film Woods of Words,
her first German movie (for which she
received 30,000 Euros at the beginning of 2013 via crowdfunding) with
230,000 Euros. “I would like to thank
every one of my Stanstead family who
11999
Marc Hetu married Faith Rhodes
M
on October 13, 2013. In attendance
from Stanstead College were former
1999 classmates Matt Watt, Winston
Cuenant and Adam Spirk as well as
1993 graduate Ryan Ludlow.
2002
Surviving Family, a US independent
family drama and the debut feature
film of Laura Thies, has successfully finished its 14-month festival run
that included 19 festivals, 40 nom-
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2007
Sumiho Nakatsu (seen below left with
Rita Chen 2008) is currently earning
her master’s degree at the University
of Tokyo and plans to pursue her PhD.
She is in the division of virology, and
her current research thesis is focused
on influenza viruses. Sumiho hopes
to come back to North America again
as a postdoctoral fellow once she receives her PhD.
Yann Root 1998, Yann’s sister and
Matt Watt 1999 stopped in for a
visit in August.
supported me over the past couple of
months! Without the crowdfunding,
we would have never received the
state funding!” Shooting will start in
January 2014 in Laura’s home village
by the Bavarian Sea.
2003
Brandon Forino and Danielle Comeau 2002 recently purchased a home
in Exeter, NH.
2005
Congratulations to Tahsha Williams
and her husband of almost four years
on the birth of their son, Malaika Juma,
on August 28, 2013. Tahsha also has
a three-year-old daughter, Malik. She
recently graduated from the University of Hertfordshire, UK with a degree
in law.
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2008
Juan Jose Parcero Quinones (top
right) spent the summer in Washington, D.C. where he attended the Summer Honors Institute at Georgetown
University.
2009
Olivia DeMerchant was recently selected to play for the Canadian senior
national rugby team. Olivia played
for the U23 team a few years ago and,
if all goes as planned, she will stay on
the team through the World Cup in
2014. Olivia has relocated to London
so she can compete with competitive
international teams in preparation for
the World Cup.
This past spring, Drew Lippi (pictured below with Headmaster Michael
Wolfe) served as valedictorian for the
2013 graduating class of Lynn University in Boca
Raton, Florida.
While pursuing his BA in
American Studies at Lynn,
Drew helped
found a Knights
of the Round
Table organization, served
as a student
ambassador for
the Office of Admissions,
was involved in athletics
as a trainer for women’s
varsity basketball and as a
member of the men’s soccer
club and was named to the
Dean’s List. He also worked
on campus as a residence assistant. In 2012, Drew was
the first recipient of the Snyder Scholar Award, which
is given to a “rising senior
who made significant contributions to
Lynn University in the form of leadership and community engagement.” In
addition to being selected as valedictorian, Drew also won the President’s
Award for extraordinary service and
commitment to the university. He will
be staying on at Lynn, working for the
College of Liberal Education while
earning his MA in Criminology.
Yeji Lee (below) visited Stanstead
College in June 2013 with her
family and was able to catch
up with her advisor Joanne
Ross.
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How many Patrick brothers attended SC?
By Ross Murray
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FROM THE ARCHIVES
t’s tricky to prove a negative,
to say definitely that something
didn’t happen, especially when
legend says it did.
At Stanstead College, legend has it
that hockey’s famous Patrick brothers
– Lester and younger brother Frank –
both attended the school at the turn of
the last century.
Consider the evidence
for:
There was the Patrick Trophy for House
League Hockey, first
presented in 1933. According to the College
Annual of that year,
“The donors were none
other than the reputed
Frank and Lester Patrick
who at one time were
students at S.W. C.”
From The Stanstead
Journal of February 9,
1933: “When Mr. Amaron showed the New
Cup,
presented by Mr. Lester Patrick for
the house league hockey, to
“Swede” Farley, he said that
no one would get it but himself and that no one else had a
chance.”
There is this article printed in
The Stanstead Journal in 1973,
entitled “The origin of Hockey in this community” by Joseph Maheux, who wrote, “In
the early 1900s, an event took
place which helped the local
young men decide to do something about forming a team to
play this new game. This was
the coming to Stanstead College of two men who in later
years would become famous as
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National League figures: they were the
Patrick brothers, Frank and Lester.”
The 1943 yearbook reports on the
Alumni Banquet of May 29, 1943
with guest speaker Mr. Frank Patrick,
who “recalled his own days at the College, with a brother and two sisters in
Dr. Flanders’ time [1893-1908].”
The obituary for Mrs. Pearl Hunt
(1885-1980) states that she attended
Stanstead College
where, “she played
hockey on a team
with Frank and Lester Patrick.”
Legends can grow,
however, on wishful
thinking,
assumptions and mistaken
identity, and there
are plenty of reasons
to wish to be associated with the Patrick brothers. Born
in Drummondville,
Quebec (Lester, December 31, 1883;
Frank, December 21,
1885), the two grew
up to be pioneers of
the National Hockey League. Lester was a member of
the Stanley Cup champion Montreal
Wanderers of 1906, founded the Pacific Coast Hockey Association with
brother Frank and coached the New
York Rangers. Frank was no slouch
himself: a player, a Stanley Cup winner with the Vancouver Millionaires
in 1915, and head coach of the Boston
Bruins.
Frank Patrick also instituted the blue
line, the penalty shot and the boarding
penalty.
Both brothers are members of the
Hockey Hall of Fame with Eastern
Townships roots.
We know for sure that Frank Patrick
attended Stanstead College for one
year. But there is no solid evidence
that Lester Patrick ever attended
Stanstead College as a student.
Frank’s year at Stanstead
rank Patrick enrolled at
Stanstead in the fall of 1904
after graduating from the High
School of Montreal the previous
spring. (Stanstead was associated with
McGill University at the time and offered some first-year credits.)
“Although I spent only one year at
Stanstead… the days were some of
the happiest in my life,” Frank wrote
in a Boston Globe piece in 1933. “I
met many splendid people whose acquaintance I have kept through many
years.”
The “College Column” in a November 1904 issue of The Stanstead
Journal reports that Franklin Patrick
“made a capital speech” in a debate
in favour of the Liberals returning to
power because of “1) its Railway Policy, 2) its
Immigration Policy, 3) its
purity of
administration.”
By then,
Frank had
already
made his
name as
an athlete,
serving
as
halfback and
captain of
the football team,
leading the home squad to an undefeated 6-0 record. The final game of
the year was an exhibition contest
during Thanksgiving against a Montreal team that included another future
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The evidence against
o Lester Patrick did visit
Stanstead College at least one
time and perhaps other times as
well that school year – maybe even
playing pick-up hockey with the future Mrs. Hunt. But there is no concrete evidence that he ever studied at
Stanstead, and the evidence against
such a possibility is strong:
Lester enrolled at McGill University
in 1900, so he would have had to have
been at Stanstead prior. However, a
photo posted on the website Hockey
Gods (hockeygods.com) shows Lester posing with the 1899-1900 senior
championship hockey team from
the High School of Montreal. The
chronology precludes a “post-grad”
year at Stanstead.
Eric Whitehead in his book The
Patricks: Hockey’s Royal Family
(Doubleday Canada 1980) refers to
Frank attending Stanstead College but
makes no mention of Lester doing so.
He mentions that Lester, at age 10, enrolled at Loren Public School in Point
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St-Charles, moving to Westmount in
1895. Lester’s reminiscences of the
intervening years before 1900, collected in the book, are all
oof Montreal.
The alumni notes in
th
the College magazines
oof 1909 and 1910 menttion Frank Patrick living
in BC. The issue of Febrruary 1910, in fact says,
““Some of our old hockey
pplayers are prominent this
sseason. Frank Patrick,
aas everybody knows,
iis playing for Renfrew.
‘‘Pete’ Payan, Harold and
Lee Hyndman are with
L
Sherbrooke.” There is no
S
mention of Lester, who was also playing for Renfrew in 1910.
We have found no mentions (to date)
of Lester in The Stanstead Journal or
on any College artifacts from that era.
As for why the House
League Hockey Cup (now
missing) would be attributed
to both brothers, it may have
been as a courtesy and tribute to two boys with roots in
the region who had changed
the face of sport in Canada.
Yet only one, Frank Patrick, a hockey pioneer,
has his name permanently
etched on that championship cup of 1905, the third
of three in a row that the
College won, along with
Harkness, Flanders, Hebert,
Price, Hyndman and Payan.
We are proud to call Frank
Patrick an early legend of
Stanstead College hockey.
FROM THE ARCHIVES
NHL pioneer, Art Ross, and Frank’s
older brother Lester. And the visiting
team was big!
“What’s the idea, do
you want to murder us?”
Frank recalled asking his
old friend Art, as recounted in the Globe article.
Don’t worry, Art said.
They would take it easy
on the little Stanstead
team if Frank could arrange to get them into the
Chicken Pie Social to be
held that evening – with
the lady students present.
“So we had the football
game, Lester refereed,
and I guess the ‘varsity’
did take it easy, because the contest
ended in a 7-7 tie,” Frank recalled.
Archival photos courtesy Archives Canada
Eastern Townships champs
Perhaps it was confusion over the
brothers’ names that resulted in the
conviction that they both attended
Stanstead. Frank definitely did and
certainly helped stir up excitement for
hockey in the border region. Just read
this account from The Journal of the
final game against Lennoxville for the
Eastern Townships Hockey League
championship in March 1905:
“Patrick made several brilliant rushes during the game, taking the puck
from the vicinity of the College goal,
outskating the Lennoxville forward
line, jumping their defence and then
gently tossing it into the net. The strategy of the wary rover was too much
for the opponents. In a melee he could
invariably be seen lying in wait outside the struggling mass and if anything came his way it would be sure to
meet with the reception it deserved.”
The College won that game 9-4.
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Class Notes
continued from page 13
2011
Jonas Fredriksson has committed
to Saint Olafs College in Northfield
Minnesota for four years. Jonas was
approached by the head coach of Saint
Olafs because of his hockey skills.
Classmates Blanche
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du Sault (Stanford)
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aand Vanessa Champagne
(Norwich)
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met head-to-head in
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moved on to the
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Champigny finals on May 4,
2013, where they
were defeated by Penn State. Congratulations to both girls on making it to the final four.
a scrapbook depicting his teaching
years (1962-1983 at Stanstead). He
has so many happy memories and says
“Hello” to all those students he taught
and coached so many years ago.
Faculty & Staff
Logan Robert Anthony May was born
July 12, 2013 at 10:24 a.m. to proud
parents Rob and Stephanie May.
union, and Peter was still able to fit
into his lettermen’s jacket (above).
Peter is currently putting together
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ALUMNI NEWS
Colby-Sawyer
College
named Hailey Nadeau
from Newport, Vt. to the
Dean’s List for academic
achievement during the
2013 spring semester. Hailey is majoring in nursing.
Former Faculty & Staff
Peter Boyd, now retired,
lives in Lansdowne, Ontario with his wife of 51
years, Roberta. On October 12 of this year, Peter
and the rest of the 1959
cross-country
running
team from Dubuque were
inducted into the Alumni
Athletic Hall of Fame at
Dubuque’s Homecoming
in Iowa. That weekend
also marked his 50th re-
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Homecoming 2013
A quick look at giving big
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t’s a snapshot world. Information comes at us in flashes and bursts. That’s why we wanted to give you a quick glimpse
– an Instaglimpse, if you will – of this year’s Stanstead College Annual Fund.
The Annual Fund provides much-needed support for students in the form of scholarships and bursaries. Did you
know that Stanstead College now provides approximately $1 million in financial aid every year? This assists students
who might otherwise not be able to attend the school and benefit from the rigorous, structured education that quite simply
opens life’s doors.
The Annual Fund also helps provide improvements to programming, upgrades to facilities, sports uniforms and equipment, new musical instruments, and on and on.
To give you an idea of some of those needs, we’ve included on these pages some Instagive shots of initiatives the
school is hoping to fund. You can direct your support to any of these projects or the “greatest need” by filling out the
enclosed donation form or by donating online at www.stansteadcollege.com. You can also contact us at (819) 876-7891,
ext. 225 or [email protected].
And finally, THANK
YOU to everyone listed on
these pages who helped fill
last year’s needs, donating an
impressive $260,000 to the
2012-13 Stanstead College
Annual Fund. More alumni
than ever contributed to last
year’s campaign, which is
a great show of support for
your school and for current
and future students. We hope
this commitment to Stanstead
College and its mission will
continue this year and for
many years to come.
So, to make it
short and sweet:
ADVANCEMENT
Please give!
And thank you so
very much!
Founders’ Club
($10,000+)
Jonathan and Judith Cowen 1972
Stephen Carden 1977
Peter and Sue Ashworth
Eric Fafard
Liangxi Huang and Xiaoping Zuo
Lai Duo Liu and Xiao Ying Zuo
Li Lu and Wang Peng
Trustees’ Club
($5,000 - $9,999)
Joyce (Thomas) Halpin 1938
Mary Lillian Elliot Trust
Roger and Louise Hamel
Andrew and Deborah Lippi
Catherine Van der Linden
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Philip Webster
The Zeller Family Foundation
Headmaster’s Club
($2,500 - $4,999)
Susan Fitzpatrick
Top Marks / 172643 Canada Inc.
R. Howard Webster Foundation
Michael T. Wolfe
Jun Yu and Aihua Tan
Tallman Pitcher Club
($1,000 - $2,499)
Peter Daniel 1954 and Sylvie Benoit
Joseph Levy 1969
J. Dugald Ross 1970
Hugh Gurd 1971
Joel Segal 1975
Thierry Duguay 1979
Ian Jackson 1982
Nessim Cesar Azar
Gonzalo Barrutieta and Karla Palafox
Sylvain Bleau and Marie Chantal
Lemonnier
Ching Chan and Hui Yu Chou
William Cooper and Ethel Taylor
Jesus Granados Campus
Charles Huang and Lydia Jan
Ming Fang Liu
Rob May
Yvan Ronsse
Zhenhua Tang and Yinging Shen
Chia-Chiang Teng and Yi-Shun Lin
Adolfo Tolentino Lopez and Miriam
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Major S Club
($500 - $999)
Sheila (Ferguson) Marquis 1950
Brian Fluhmann 1951
Meredith Hayes 1964
John Walker 1965
A. Bruce McKelvey 1967
Robert Alexander Ho 1969
Geoffrey Wagner 1971
Michael Peirce 1973
Douglas McEwen 1976
Pierre Geoffroy 1977
John E. Nadeau 1977
Christopher Clegg 1980
Robert Scobie 1994
Matthew Watt 1999
Robert Archambault
Denis Clermont and Nathalie Brazeau
Andrew Davies
Rémi Dumont and Michèle Richard
Paul and Dorothy Duncan
David Gray
Marie-Noelle Koyara
Elvis Langevin and Audrey Martel
Audrey Langlois
Sylvie MacIsaac
Pravin and Vandana Mittal
Gordon Plotkin and Anna Di Stavolo
Arnaldo and Claudia Politanski
John Rau
Stuart Roberton
Joanne Ross
Hope Ross Papezik
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Luis Rubio and Gabriela Doring
Lester Semon
Nicholas Sorella and Marie-Josée Salette
Yang-Chao Wang
Judith Webster
Stuart Webster
Christian Wells
Qing He Yang and Chao Yang Zhang
Nabil Zeineddin and Jomana Hamadeh
College Club
($250 - $499)
Eleanor Stalker 1934
Andrew Martin 1944
Harry Walker 1947
Gerald T. Hogan 1948
Bertram Titcomb 1951
W. John Mackay 1952
William Fluhmann 1953
Stanley and Joanne Holmes 1953
Merlyn Royea 1954
James Houghton 1958
David Béasse 1959
David Birch 1959
Frederick Veit 1961
Georges Beaubien 1968
Bruce Walker 1971
John Saputo 1973
Joe Vaitekunas 1976
Kevin Philip 1980
Rosalie (Kasowski) Wilson 1990
Sylvain Goyette 1991
Carol Lin 1991
François Paradis 1992
Charles Seagram 1992
Peter Atkin 1998
Paul Li 1998
Darren Gray 2000
Claudine Landry 2000
Robert Lenz 2003
Juan Alberto Aloi Timeus and
Monica Hernandez
Fabian Bifaretti and Liliana
Suarez
Caisse Desjardins de Stanstead
Louise and André Charron
Karen Cushing-MacPherson
Airy de Anzorena
Sophia Economides
Andrew and Barbara Elliot
Ney Gonzalez Sanchez and
Mejia Del Rosario
Lucy Grossmann-Hensel
Judith Laflamme
Alfred and Barbara Lenarciak
Pierre Martin and Allison
Matthews
Ali Martin-Mayer
John Moses
Marc Nadeau and Linda Morin
Kyoto Orth-Shoji
Angelo Perrotta and Antonietta
Altieri
Eleanor Mary Rankin
Danik Routhier and Caroline
Dumais
Peter and Maria Savory
Alta Sheldon
Victoria Webster
Peter and Irmgard Wenzel
Red & White Club
(<$250)
Edgar Clark 1938
Robert MacIntosh 1940
Peter Allan Poapst 1940
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ADVANCEMENT
Enriquez Solis
Chang-Cheng Wang and Hsiang-Hua Tan
Guowu Yin and Hongmei Wang
Jian Zhang and Zhaorun Guo
ADVANCEMENT
C. Gordon Lindsay 1942
Ross E. Hunting 1943
Kathleen (McIntyre) Smith 1943
Eleanor (Duffy) Campbell 1944
Margaret (Mitchell) Krug 1944
Mary (Cowan) Bailey 1946
Gertrude Ketcham 1946
Ardyth (Bishop) Nicholls 1947
Garth Jackson 1947
Marion (Kelly) Dodd 1947
Jean (Wharry) Martin 1947
Gerald F. Wilson 1947
Gwen Berry 1948
Joan (Codere) Martin 1948
Janet (Gatehouse) Kavanagh
1949
David Gross 1949
Beverly (MacKinnon) May 1949
Gordon McGilton 1949
Merna (Ticehurst) Dutil 1949
Millicent (Struthers) Pratt 1950
Philippa (Wiser) Lynn 1950
Clarence Copp 1951
Lawrence and Della (Rediker)
Goodsell 1951
John F. Philip 1951
Shirley (Davidson) Bonic 1953
Faith (Gaffield) Grady 1953
Irene (Kerr) Corbiere 1953
Robert B. Laberee 1954
Steuart Levell 1954
Nancy (Pugh) Graham 1954
Betty Boyd 1955
Patricia (Gerrie) Ackman 1955
John W. Nichol 1955
Peter Farwell 1956
Peter Rowley 1956
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Martin Gerrard 1957
Sandra (Moore) Van der Meulen 1957
Alexander J. Philip 1957
Anthony Rotherham 1957
Gordon Brooks 1958
Janet Cass 1958
C. Gordon Edgar 1958
Howard Smith 1959
Robert Gasco 1960
Daniel Houghton 1960
Richard St. Dizier 1960
Ian Starrak 1960
Kenneth Matheson 1961
Brian Denney 1964
James B. Gordon 1965
Harold Potter 1965
William K.G. Palmer 1967
Nigel Lester 1968
Peter Lukeris 1968
Thomas Andrews 1969
Paul Quattrocchi 1969
John Bochene 1970
Bruce Cappell 1970
Gordon Lee 1970
John MacKenzie 1970
Jim Ogden 1970
Scott Waugh 1970
Bradley Wright 1971
Steven Hiscock 1976
Jacques Picard 1978
Tracey Emms 1982
Ian Jackson 1982
Rebecca Nienkamper 1983
Isabelle Paradis-Gatcliffe 1989
Bartholomew Kasowski 1989
Annie Chen 1990
Betsy Clark Hubbard 1990
Christian Lemay 1990
Keri Reynolds 1990
Sophie Robitaille 1990
Jacky Tsao 1990
Ansa Akyea 1991
Theodore Brus 1991
Quoc Bui 1991
Margaret Chase 1991
Jacobus Gaarkeuken 1991
Bruno Girard 1991
Akiko Katsumata 1991
Daisuke Kondo 1991
Shu-Hao “Howard” Liu 1991
Chi Kit Mo 1991
Jennifer Pan 1991
Byung-kyu Park 1991
Frederic Phaneuf 1991
Philippe Beauregard 1992
Corinne Cadou 1992
Nicolas Namy 1992
Johnny Perron 1992
Philippe Sarrazin 1993
Vijayant Bala 1994
Jessica Burk-Ballier 1994
Cheng-Yi Lu 1994
Camille Zaroubi 1994
Suzy McDonald 1995
Veronica Ng 1995
Eric Gaeckel 1997
Amelie Delisle 1998
Louis Tremblay-Noel 1998
Keely Mundle 1999
Adam Spirk 1999
JD Ross 2000
Marie Pier Germain 2001
Mohamed Mahayni 2001
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Louis Bergeron
Sylvain Bergeron
Andrew Blair and Barbara Wilkinson
Claude Bourgouin
Scott Bridgeman
Geraldine Brown
Teresa Burleson
Farrah Cabana
Sophie Call
Joanne Carruthers
Jill R. Cobbett
Marina Collier
Bernadette Cooper
Jason and Meghan Corcoran
Betsey Cowen
Robert Cowling
Maud Curtis
Dawn Dauphinée
Howard Davidson
Jacques de Billy
Lucio and Gabriela del Toro Reyes
Stéphanie Delorme
Fatou Diagana
Brigitte Dion
Stephane Dozois
Christina Duncan
Bridget Fetterly
Alfonso Fierro
Bryan and Carol Finlay
Murray Fitzpatrick
Andre Fluet
Patrick Fraser
Mario Frechette
Kevin Fuoco
Marie-Josée Gaboriault
Nicholas Galambos
Barry Gallant
Amy Gallant
Serge Gamache and Sonia
Laplante
Cynthia Gordon
Martin Goyette
Beverly Grace
Eric Grenier
Hélène Hamel
Dave and Kathleen Hamilton
Scott and Elizabeth
Heatherington
Alison Hennequart
Eryn Hessian
Michael Huckins
Clément Jacques
Philip and Judith Johnston
Alicia Jones
Elizabeth Landry
Carol Leblanc
Danielle Leblanc
Renée Leblanc
Claude and Micheline Lemay
Linda and Peter Leus
Ann Macaulay
Teresa MacIsaac
George MacLaren
Kathy Maher
Suzanne Marrotte
Stephanie May
Charles McIntyre
Michael and Inger McNamara
Andrew McNeil
Paul McNeil
Robin and Andrea McNeil
Janice McNeil
Danielle McNeil Hessian
Dian Middleton
Silvia Millet
Kaye Moffat
J. Harrison and Margot Monane
Joyce Montgomery
Ann Montgomery
Bruce Mooney
Elizabeth and Daniel Mooney
Guy Moore and Diane Dufour
Holly Moore
Judy Mosher
Nelson Murphy
Ross Murray
Michel Noel
Pierre Noel and Francine Tremblay
Nancy Pacaud
Bridget Perry-Gore
Judy Philip
Christopher Planetta
Tania Portelli
Jean-Jacques Prévost
Marie Priolo
Luc Quirion and Christiane Miller
Sandra Rau
Mary W. Raymont
Donna Richter
James Rioux
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ADVANCEMENT
Paul Sawaya 2001
Dominic Besner 2002
Paul-Thomas Lacroix 2002
Jesse McRae 2002
Alexander Wagner 2002
Andrew Copestake 2003
Brandon Forino 2003
Martin Lemyre 2003
Martin Siemsen 2003
Francis Veillette 2003
Jason Cowan 2004
Ricardo Gallo Perez 2004
Jeff Gray 2004
Mathieu Lemyre 2005
Nicolas MacIsaac 2005
Ulrich Scheurlen 2005
Julien Boutet 2006
Sean Ingutia 2006
Julien Hebert 2007
William Murphy 2007
Pierre-Olivier Jean 2008
Victoria MacIsaac 2008
Jean-Philippe Vinet 2008
Olivier Charette 2009
Anthony Fyfe-Miller 2009
Logan Vanasse 2009
Daniel Escaravage 2010
Olivier Letourneau 2010
David Zal 2012
Nancy Amos
Ryan Andres
Marilee Andres
Patrick Beaupré
Todd Bedard and Julia Thompson
Mark Bembenek
Louise Benoit
Maida Benoit
Christian and Bisia Williams
Spencer Wong and Sherry Huff
Brooke Wright
Ken and Sharon Yates
Anthony Zitzmann
LABEL
Mathias Robichaud
Gavin Robinson
Gabriela Ron
Gérard Roy
Lucie Roy
Richard Roy
Lucie Royer
Joey Sabo
Joseph P. Schell
Hugh Scott
Mike Seguin
Christopher and Hilary Shannon
Thomas Sharman and Laurie
Schoolcraft
André Simard
Marie-Eve Simard
Christopher Skelton
Julie Smith
Lisa Smith
Peter and LeeAnne Smith
Richard and Tina Marie Soufi
Penny St-Amand
Jeff Standage
Yuka Takaoka
Andrea Temple and family
Jean-Marie Thériault and Line
Vallière
Matt Thompson
Paul S. Thompson and Sheila
Buck
Dan and Sally Tingley
Margaret Tirrell
Kendra Toby
Erik Van Dyke
Thomas and Shirley Vandor
Jennifer Waterhouse
Emily Webster
Mary Webster
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Gifts in Kind
Keri Reynolds 1990
Victoria MacIsaac 2008
Chao-Te “Bob” Chen 2011
Jacob William Hochstrasser-Borsari
(Grade 10)
Dinah-Marie Sam (Grade 10)
Charly Natalya Gilpin (Grade 11)
Andrew Blair and Barbara Wilkinson
Joanne Carruthers
Denis Clermont and Nathalie Brazeau
Andrew Davies
Terry Davies and Laura Franks
Marie-Josée Gaboriault
Eryn Hessian
Clement Jacques
Stephanie May
Ross Murray
Sharon Prince
Valerie Scraire
Lisa Smith
Peter and LeeAnne Smith
Christian Wells
Christian and Bisia Williams
Michael T. Wolfe
Pat Burns Arena
Stanley and Joanne Holmes 1953
Richard St. Dizier 1960
Joseph Levy 1969
J. Dugald Ross 1970
Jonathan and Judith Cowen 1972
William and Gail Moffatt 1972
François Paradis 1992
George Diamandopoulos 1994
Carl Remillard-Fontaine 1997
Robert Archambault
J. Brian Aune
Autobus G. Ashby Inc.
Patrick Beaupré
Caisse Desjardins
La Municipalité Canton de Stanstead
The Chawkers Foundation
Cherbourg Inc.
C.O.M. GRANITE
William Cooper and Ethel Taylor
Karen Cushing-MacPherson
Derusha Supply Inc.
Luc Désjardins
Domaine les Boisés Lee Farm
Genivar
GlobalExcel
Municipalité d’Ogden
Paul Pellerin
Angelo Perrotta and Antonietta Altieri
Gordon Plotkin and Anna Di Stavolo
Power Corporation of Canada
Luc Quirion and Christiane Miller
R.H. Rediker Transport Ltd.
Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton
Administration
Neil Riddell
Joanne Ross
Russell Investments Canada Limited
C. Ronald and Beth Spaulding
Top Marks / 172643 Canada Inc.
Ville de Stanstead
Eric T. Webster Foundation
R. Howard Webster Foundation
Christian and Bisia Williams
Michael T. Wolfe
Campaign Stanstead
W. John Mackay 1952
Geoffrey Wagner 1971
John E. Nadeau 1977
Tracey Emms 1982
Zubin Panthaki 1985
Robert Scobie 1994
Suzy McDonald 1995
Estate of George F. Carter
Karen Cushing-MacPherson
Andrew Davies
Susan Fitzpatrick
Barry Gallant
Groupe Germain
John Moses
Roasters Foundation
Amani Sawaya
Hugh and Jean Thomson
Emily Webster
Mary Webster
Philip Webster
Stuart Webster
Eric T. Webster Foundation
R. Howard Webster Foundation
www.stansteadcollege.com
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ALUMNI
Joseph Levy: A question of paying back
yyears. Beginning as a
member of the Montrem
aal Alumni Association,
Levy joined the Board
L
oof Directors in 1995. In
aaddition to chairing seveeral committees, Joseph
was the chairman of the
w
Board of Directors from
B
22002 to 2006 and served
aas president of the Counccil of Trustees from 2004
teachers who wouldn’t accept students
until 2012. He remains a
not doing well, teachers like Mrs. Mc- trustee of the school and is a
Clary for Math, Mr. McConnachie, director of the Red & White
Mr. Williams the house master. Plus, Educational Foundation, the
while he was at Stanstead, Joseph school’s fundraising entity.
began dating his future wife, Susan
Among these fundraising
Caulfield, who was a student down at initiatives was the campaign
Sacred Heart in Newport, Vt. They’ve to build the Pat Burns Arebeen married for 39 years.
na in partnership with the Town of
“School engaged me and challenged Stanstead, a campaign in which Joseph
me,” he says. “I’ve often said that at played a key role and is especially
Stanstead, we don’t make lawyers, proud. For his work in this campaign
doctors and accountants. Stanstead and in recognition of his many years
College puts out entrepreneurs. The of contribution to the school, Joseph
school is about surviving and leader- was awarded the Stanstead College
ship. It’s about teaching you self-es- Trustees’ Award of Merit in 2013. He
teem – winning at football, succeeding and arena campaign chair Chris Wood
at math. Whatever time I’ve put in to were also recently presented with
help the school, I will never be able to paintings to thank them for their work
make up what it’s done for me.”
on making the Pat Burns Arena camLevy has certainly tried over the paign a success.
Levy is proud of the work
hhe has done for Stanstead
College, including overseeC
ing changes to governance
in
Mike Bonaro
Class of 2005, River Vale, NJ
Hilda Lui
Class of 2005, New York, NY
aand the hiring of two headTerry Kell
Friend of the school, Ogden, Que.
masters, including current
m
Paul Chiu
Class of 1996, Taipei, Taiwan
hheadmaster Michael Wolfe,
Jane Zhuang
Current parent, Shanghai, China
aand encouraging the current
Peter Ashworth
Former faculty, Newport, Vt.
bboard chairman, Jonathan
Jocelyne St. Pierre nee Colby Friend of the school, Russell Township, Ont.
Cowen, to join the board in
C
Sean Ingutia
Class of 2006, Gatineau, Que.
the first place.
th
Stephen Carden
Class of 1977, Chavannes-des-Bois,Switzerland
“I’m proud of everybody
Scott Waugh
Class of 1970, Pointe-Claire, Que.
working
for and with the
w
Susan Fitzpatrick
Friend of the school, current grandparent, Hatley, Que.
sschool, and I feel it’s in good
Jane Livingston
Friend of the school, Brome Lake, Que.
Judith Webster
Friend of the school, Hatley, Que.
hhands. I’m looking forward
Joyce Halpin nee Thomas
Class of 1938, Kanata, Ont.
tto staying involved.”
Monty Allan*
Class of 1978, current parent, Burlington, Ont.
on’t talk to Joseph
Levy about how
much time he’s
given to Stanstead College.
“It’s not about how much
time I’ve given to the
school,” says Levy, Class
of 1969. “It’s about me
paying back. If it wasn’t
for Stanstead College, I
wouldn’t be doing what I’m
doing now.”
That’s a fairly big statement from a man who owns his own
specialty advertising company, Montreal’s Mediavation, a company that
has worked with clients ranging from
Formula 1 Racing to Coca-Cola and is
recognized as one of the top 100 agencies in the country. But Levy is adamant that Stanstead College changed
his life.
“I was in Grade 8 in Montreal, and I
was flunking. The police were bringing
me home at night. I went to Stanstead
because my brother Victor wanted to
go, so I went too,” he recalls. “My first
year, I was ‘What am I doing here?’
The second year, I knew what to expect. By the third year, I was there before the school even opened.”
As is often the case, Levy attributes
his success at Stanstead to teachers,
New Trustees and Directors*
Red & White Fall 2013
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Stanstead College
Summer Camps 2014
Register today!
Contact Stéphanie Delorme,
Summer Program Coordinator
Tel: (819) 876-7891, ext. 246
Fax: (819) 876-5891
[email protected]
Stanstead College Language Adventure
Come for four weeks of
Français, Español or English
and leave with tons of memories!
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For boys and girls ages 11 to 16
From July 6 to August 2, 2014
More than 20 hours of classes per week
Groups of 9 to 15 students at beginner,
intermediate and advanced levels
Outdoor activities, sports, arts, camping
Discover Quebec’s diverse culture through
cultural day trips.
Meet friends from around the world for
memories that will last a lifetime!
www.stansteadcollege.com/SCLA.php
FORCE
BASKETBALL
STANSTEAD
INTERNATIONAL
GIRLS HOCKEY HOCKEY CAMP & TOURNAMENT
TRAINING CAMP
Pat Burns Arena, Stanstead College
August 3 - 10, 2014, Ages 12 - 18 years
@ STANSTEAD COLLEGE
PREMIERE
BASKETBALL
INSTRUCTION FOR
BOYS AND GIRLS
10-18 YEARS
AUGUST 3-9, 2014
Two divisions
• Learn skills and techniques
based on age and
• Improve your game
skill:
• Reach the next level of
performance
1. Basketball
• Top-level instructors
Fundamentals
• Full-day schedule
2. Elite
9:00 a.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Development
• Tournament play
Training
• Meal and boarding options
available
www.stansteadcollege.com/basketball_camp.php
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Training in skills development and team play
Two divisions by age and ability
All participants play in a three-day tournament
Prep school and university hockey recruiters from
Canada and the U.S.
www.stansteadcollege.com/girls_hockey_camp.php
Summit Hockey School Summer Camp
Experience international hockey and improve your skills
with players from Russia, Europe, U.S. and Canada!
• For boys age 10 to 17
• Players & Goalies
• June 22 to July 26, 2014
• 1-5 week stays
• 15 hours of on-ice practice
• 10 hours of off-ice training
• Full hockey games in the
presence of scouts and
hockey agents
http://summit-hockey.com/en/
Note: Summit Hockey Summer Camp
is a private enterprise and is not
affiliated with Stanstead College
Stanstead Soccer Skills Day Camp
Check online soon for 2014 dates!
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Training in skills development and team play
Two groups separated by age and ability
Cardio and conditioning
Skills training including agility, control, field and play
awareness, shooting, finishing and more!
www.stansteadcollege.com/local-soccer-camp.php
T
he sun that poured down on
Homecoming 2013 is also now
powering the Eric T. Webster
Student Centre. The most recent
achievement of the Stanstead College
Environmental Committee, a new 5
kW roof-mounted solar panel array,
was installed on the Student Centre
in August and was officially unveiled
on the afternoon of Homecoming by
committee chairman VJ Bala (Class of
1994).
The 5kW Solar System can generate
10,000 kWh per year, enough electricity to power up to 50% of the needs
of the Student Centre. Students will
monitor and record the system’s performance on the school website and
report its output to faculty and students at assembly. The school’s Art
Department will work with students
to visually depict the panels’ positive
environmental impact, through pieces
on display in the Student Centre and
around campus.
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VJ met with a number of College
prefects on the Friday before Homecoming to discuss these and other environmental initiatives.
“I was curious to see how the students would respond,” said VJ. “It
turned out to be such a pleasure to
have that dialogue. There were ideas
that came out of it that the committee
hadn’t even thought of, things like
starting a Facebook page for these
types of environmental initiatives.
It shows that the College cares
about the future.”
In 2007 Stanstead College announced a Declaration of Environmental Principles. It resulted in
the creation of an Environmental
Committee that in turn developed
a Green Manifesto which targets
that, “Stanstead College in its functioning will, at a minimum, have
no net impact on the earth or any of
the future generations of the earth.”
SCHOOL NEWS
Stanstead College takes solar step to
sustainability
The College has
em
embarked
on several
initiatives
towards
in
th end, including a
this
n
new
heating system
w
with
a compact gas
co
condensing
boiler
ca
capable
of achieving
u
ultra-high
efficiency
levels
of 96%, zoned
le
heating,
and an elech
tric-powered ice resurfacer
for the Pat Burns Arena. The
Environmental Committee,
however, wanted to further
raise the visibility of its efforts and pursue a project
that could be integrated into the educational curriculum. It explored several projects before deciding on “going solar.”
Other changes on campus
•
Bugbee House heating and hot
water system now independent
of the main boiler
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Windows in Davis annex replaced
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Stripping and painting of front of
Alumni House (Butters) as well
as repairs to front porch
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Renovations coming soon to
washrooms in LeBaron, Davis
first floor and main floor of Colby
•
New computers equipped with
webcams in Colby lab and TOD
offices
•
Overhaul of campus wireless
network, with increase in access
points from 25 to 100 and stronger security
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New York City
Trustees Jane Zhuang (parent & trustee),
Rebecca Nienkamper 1983 and Hilda Lui
2005
Alumni gathered at the Old Town Bar in NYC on October 2.
Vancouver
Wolf Schmitz 1977, John
Nadeau 1977, Dugie Ross
1970 and former faculty
David Williams
Emilie Gamache 2011 and Mike
Bonaro 2005
Joanne Carruthers
in Germany
with
Sophie Merz 2012 in Heidelberg
REUNIONS
Lissi Conradt 2011 in
Dusseldorf
Thomas Wenzel 2012, Celia Bormuth 2011
and Valentin Pfnuer 2010 at the Hofbrauhaus
in Munich
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Laura Thies 2002 in Munich
www.stansteadcollege.com
Jane DONNELLY nee FRANCIS
Class of 1937
October 5, 2013
At Stanstead College, Jane and her
new friend Margo Jobin of Quebec
City developed a strong friendship
that lasted 78 years. Her zest for life
carried her through various experiences. In her late sixties, her fearlessness
took her hiking in the Andes and snorkeling in the ocean off the Galapagos
Islands. As a life-long learner, in her
seventies, she sometimes could be
found having lunch with her grandson,
Graham, when they were both attending Ryerson. Married in 1943 to Gordon Donnelly, Jane had four daughters
and still found time to volunteer for
Girl Guides, sing in the church choir
and various other clubs and societies.
Eileen TAYLOR nee MCCOY
Class of 1943
August 30, 2013
Eileen was a teacher,
wife, mother and dear
friend to many. She will
always be remembered
for being smart, stylish,
witty, good-natured and spirited.
Valdor MONGEAU
Class of 1947
April 29, 2013
Passed away at the palliative centre
in Magog due to cancer
at the age of 82. Beloved
husband of Denise Sirois
and cherished father of
Nicole, Joanne (Normand
Lachance), also Michel
Gaulin (Ghislaine Trahan).
Raymond SMITH
Class of 1950
March 9, 2013
Passed away peacefully in his sleep at
the Jewish General Hospital. Beloved
Red & White Fall 2013
husband of Patricia for 60 years and
loving father of David.
John PITT
Class of 1952
March 24, 2013
At the age of 75 in Lorraine, Quebec.
Betty BOYD
Class of 1955
March 12, 2013
Unexpectedly in Ottawa. Cherished
wife of Bill McColm.
Faith GRADY nee GAFFIELD
Class of 1953
July 26, 2013
Faith passed away peacefully at her
home in the care of her family following a period of declining health. She
was 77. An accomplished musician,
she played the piano and organ. Music was a part of her life starting at the
young age of six and she continued
to serve wherever music was needed.
She was the recipient of First Place
Female Solo at the 1953 Vermont All
State Musical Festival. Her gift of music brought joy to many.
Beverley BOSWELL
nee MACALISTER
Class of 1955
April 4, 2013
Beverly passed away peacefully at
the Palliative Care Unit of the Prince
Edward Home at the age 74. Born in
Montreal in 1938, Beverley lived a
life full of accomplishment and adventure. After graduating from Stanstead,
she married Dr. David M. Boswell in
Montreal in 1956. Beverley was well
travelled and spent time living in Massachusetts, Ottawa, Utah and Japan,
but her “home” was in P.E.I. She spent
the last 10 years in Charlottetown
with her new life partner Ray Fralick.
While busy raising her young family
of four children, she found time to take
numerous university courses
and later returned to university
to earn her BSc. Her work included real estate and teaching.
A lifelong volunteer, she generously dedicated her time to
many worthwhile organizations. Beverley was a skilled
seamstress and quilt maker
who loved to dance and play
bridge. Those who knew her,
however, knew that her true
passion was golf.
ALUMNI NEWS
In Memoriam
Janet STEVENSON
nee REEVES
Class of 1956
June 28, 2013
Passed away surrounded by
family at CHUS Hotel Dieu.
George H. BISHOP
Class of 1957
November 12, 2012
George passed away peacefully at the CHUS Fleurimont with
family and friends by his side.
George was a devoted and respected
career funeral director and co-owner of
R.L. Bishop and Son Funeral Homes
and Cass Funeral Homes. An alumni
of Stanstead College, George was a
member of the Sherbrooke Ride and
Drive Club, Compton County Fish &
Game Club, Sherbrooke Curling Club,
Life member of Victoria Lodge 16 and
Past President of the Sherbrooke Y’s
Men’s Club.
Mary MARTIN nee PEARSON
Former Faculty
July 7, 2013
Passed away, at the age of 81, surrounded by loved ones, after a long
and courageous battle with cancer.
Mary was the mother of former staff
member Isabel Marcotte and grandmother to Ann (Class of 1999) and
Alex Marcotte (Class of 2004).
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Mexico City Reunion
Ottawa Reunion
Toronto Reunion
Montreal Reu
union
Baccalaureatte & Prize- Giving
Summitt Hockey School Summer Camp
Summer Language Adventure Camp
FORCE Basketball Training Camp
Stanstead Inter national Girls Hockey Camp
Alumni & Friends Fundraising Golf Tour nament
Homecoming 2014
Febr uar y 6, 2014
April 30, 2014
May 1, 2014
May 8, 2014
June 21, 2014
June 22 - July 26, 2014
July 6 - August 2, 2014
August 3 - 9, 2014
August 3 - 10, 2013
September 26, 2014
September 27, 2014
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