Katherine Duff Rines reports that she spends a great deal of time in Hanover since she has been going out with resident Ben Schore for the past five years. Ben is on The Hood Art Museum board and also regularly attends events at The Hop.  She said that the number of cultural offerings in Hanover it is amazing - beside the Dartmouth Film Society, The Hop has several outstanding performances each week.  The Hood is a nationally recognized college art museum, with rotating exhibits in addition to its permanent collection.  She never thought she would be back in Hanover and surrounded by such excellent cultural offerings. 

Greg Fell was driving out of Hanover after the Class Officer’s Weekend when he stopped at the world famous "Polka Dot Diner" in White River Junction for breakfast and noticed a sign prominently displayed on the outside----a "For Sale" sign.  He learned that the lady who has been running it for decades was retiring, and "The Dot" is being sold as a going concern!!  For those of you looking for a new opportunity, and fed up with the state of the US and global economy----here's your chance.  Not many places on earth you can still get two eggs, bacon, toast, coffee, etc. for $3.85. 

Nelson Armstrong has taken the position of the new Special Assistant to the Vice President for Institutional Diversity & Equity with an office in McNutt Hall.  This gives Nels the opportunity to spend much more time in Hanover and be more involved with the Class again.

John Lippman went to his first event at Dartmouth since graduation - a reunion of the staff of WDCR, celebrating the station's 50th anniversary. Among the attendees:  Dave Graves '70, Stu ("Gary Stuart") Zuckerman '70, Paul Gambaccini '70, Bob Shellard '69, Bill Aydelott '72, Lyle Nyberg '69, John Rockwell '72, Bill Sigmar '72, John Marshall '71, Steve Zrike '71, Bill Downall '73, Chris Brewster '72, Mark ("Mark Dillon") Stitham '72, John Shapleigh '71, Bob Kirkpatrick '72, and 35 others who spent much of their college years on what was the only student-run commercial radio station in the U-S.  John also visited AD, which was little changed except that the gutter and jukebox are gone and that the offensive basement cartoons have been replaced by graffiti that serves the same purpose.

Keep the news coming.

Bob