Laura Ponder ('93) is doing well, living in Apex, NC and going to nursing school.

David Ragan ('79) lives in Durham, NC.  davidrag@med.unc.edu

Kyle Ray ('76) lives in Fairfax, VA. kray@asaspmo.belvoir.army.mil

Eric Ries ('76) and wife Lynn Abbott spent a cool two weeks in Iceland, where they watched whales, rode Icelandic horses and ate puffins.  Angry PETA operatives may track him down in DC at epries@aol.com

Wendele Skee Mealey ('91) lives in Wabash, Indiana, where she moved in 1996 to work with disadvantaged teens at a juvenile placement facility. She has been taking master's courses at Grace College and Seminary and now works as a Mental Health Services Coordinator and weekend EMT at the same facility. She married Greg Mealey, who also works with the kids there, in August 1998.

Welcome back to the neighborhood, Mary Ellen Smith ('88)! Mary Ellen now lives in the shadow of Mary Foust on McIver Street and currently works for the City of Greensboro as the Catering Coordinator at the Greensboro Coliseum. Anyone looking for part-time catering work should E-mail her. Home: mesmith@asus.net Work: mary.smith@ci.greensboro.nc.us

Patience Stevens, MD, MPH ('78) lives in Cary with husband Jay Stevens, MD, and three sons between the ages of 2 and 6: Eric, James, and Timothy. She serves as a consultant for Copernicus group. jpejtstevens@mindspring.com

Jessica Stine ('92) lives in Annandale, Virginia (DC area) with Mona Hinds and a pair of pooches. Her job at the National Wildlife Federation involves campus greening issues (greenscaping, composting, recycling, socially responsible purchasing, green buying). jlstine@hotmail.com

Jennifer Taylor ('93) started a new job in December working with the Durham County Literacy Council as an Americorps ESL coordinator. The job involves training ESL volunteers, doing research, writing grants, finding corporate funding etc.  jentaylor23@hotmail.com

Congratulations to Dave Thornhill ('85) and his wife Kristi on the birth of a baby girl, Lily Grayson, born January 17, 1999. Dave works for Culp, Inc. in High Point. The couple are also youth group leaders at First Baptist in Lexington. wdthornhill@culpinc.com

Jennie Turnbull ('87) lives in Greensboro and wants to go to medical school.  jrturnbu@uncg.edu

Bert VanderVeen ('89) married Rebecca Jane Nicholas (UNCG `92 grad) in July. They live in Greensboro.

After earning a graduate degree in architecture from VA Tech in 1985, Mitzi Vernon ('80) taught at Arizona State for 5 years, then moved to L.A. and taught part-time at USC for 2 years. Then she earned a second master's in the product design program in engineering at Stanford and spent 3 years in the Bay Area. She has now returned to VA Tech to teach while working on her ideas for children's books.  vernon@vt.edu

Dana Walton ('93) is surprised yet happy to find herself in the construction industry. She has a contractor's license and is working on a real estate sales license. She lives in Hickory, NC.

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