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Rich
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I was pleasantly surprised when I discovered
the Group 23 web site!
I really enjoyed reading all the volunteer
updates from our group, but, of course, was saddened to read about the
deaths of our friends.
After our training in St. Croix and Mobile, I
taught math from 1971 through 1972 at the high school in Greenville,
Sinoe County. I have such fond and vivid memories of times with my
students and with the other volunteers: learning from each other and
enjoying close friendships, walking about town, going to the beach,
canoeing on the Sinoe River, riding the Vespa to the air strip to pick
up the mail on Saturdays, hikes in the bush, Charlies, ...
I also have good memories of an impromptu
trip that Earl, Greg, and I took through the Ivory Coast, Upper Volta,
and Mali, as we traveled to Timbuktu and back. This was during the
period when the schools were closed after President Tubman died.
During the remainder of the 70's, I taught high
school equivalency classes and then high school math in New Jersey.
I started and ran evening high school equivalency classes for working
adults and helped to start the Morris County Literacy Volunteers and
tutored within that program.
In 1980, while continuing my evening volunteer
work, I began my current career in systems software support.
In 1992, I married Amy and moved to
Pennsylvania. I opened a nature gift shop and cafe near Mt. Snow,
in Wilmington, Vermont, and enjoyed running it for eight years.
Recently, we moved to Washington Crossing,
Pennsylvania, where our daughter, Emily, is in third grade.
When we can, we visit Vermont, New Hampshire,
or the Jersey Shore.
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