Light

When John was home a couple of weeks ago, he installed the light fixture in the front hall. It looks perfect. Note, for some reason the light fixture photographs as shiny brass, the brass actually has a lovely patina.


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Happy Birthday Rachel

Polly went to Rachel's Birthday Party last Saturday night. Rachel is now 9 years old.

Margaret sent me these pictures. Polly is holding Rachel's new sister Alayna.


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I love this picture Rachel did last summer. The caption reads Rachel O'Brien Summer 2005 7/10.


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Engaged & Married

Ran into our engagment and wedding announcements in the New York Times. Amazing what is online.

Nancy O'Connor Fiancee of John Evans 4th
Published: March 29, 1981

The engagement of Nancy O'Connor to John Joseph Evans 4th has been announced by Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Joseph O'Connor of Glenmont, N.Y., parents of the bride-to-be. Her fiance is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Evans 3d of Cold Spring Harbor, L.I., and Center Harbor, N.H.

A June 6 wedding is planned in Albany.

Miss O'Connor, a civil engineer with the Stone & Webster Engineering Corporation in Boston, was graduated from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Her father is a civil engineer with the New York State Thruway Authority.

Mr. Evans is a leasing officer for the Baybanks Finance and Leasing Company in Burlington, Mass. He was graduated from the East Woods and Lawrenceville Schools and from Syracuse University. His father is an executive vice president and a director of the Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company. His late great-grandfather, the original John J. Evans, was chairman and president of the Armstrong Cork Company.

Nancy O'Connor, Engineer, Married
Published: June 7, 1981

The marriage of Nancy O'Connor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Joseph O'Connor of Glenmont, N.Y., to John Joseph Evans 4th, son of Mr. and Mrs. Evans 3d of Cold Spring Harbor, L.I., and Center Harbor, N.H., took place in Albany yesterday. The Rev. Richard Hamlin performed the ceremony in St. Peter's Episcopal Church.

Meridee Smith and Charles A. Smith attended the couple as maid of honor and best man. The bride, a civil engineer with the Stone & Webster Engineering Corporation in Boston, was graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Her father is chief engineer of the New York State Thruway Authority.

Mr. Evans, an alumnus of the Lawrenceville School and Syracuse University, is a leasing representative with the Baybanks Finance and Leasing Company in Burlington, Mass. His father is an executive vice president and a director of the Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company. His great-grandfather, the original John J. Evans, was chairman and president of the Armstrong Cork Company.

Carrie's Junior Year

Some pictures from Carrie's Junior Year at Colorado College.

On Carrie's left is Kristen, one of her freshman roommates and on the right is Kelly one of Carrie's current roommates. Kelly spent Thanksgiving with us at Breckenridge this year and spent a weekend in San Francisco with Carrie last fall.

I'm pretty sure they were on their way to a "preppy" party in this picture. This picture was taken in Carrie's apartment.


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I think the skiing picture here was from a "retro" day at Copper Mountain.





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I think this picture is actually from the spring of Carrie's Sophomore Year.


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Honors

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Polly's academic acheivements this year are outstanding. Polly made the first quarter Honor Roll and received four excellent efforts grades from her teachers.

Holderness describes the effort grades as follows "Effort Grades are awarded to students independent of their average. These indicators are related to motivation and the time and energy a student puts into a course, be it inside or outside of the classroom."

Here is what one of Polly's teachers said about Polly in her comments.

Polly was a dynamo. Her enthusiasm was contagious, sparked the curiosity of everyone around her and yet you could always tell she worked hard for the pure passion of her ideas and not for a grade or to be praised by others. She always made me smile when I came into the studio and I would see her covered in charcoal and a big grin on her face. She truly made each day that I taught her a joy to be a teacher. Polly will receive an A+ and an excellent effort.

Polly received High Honors for the second quarter with three excellent efforts. I'll mention here that Polly has taken a challenging course load for a Sophomore. She took the Junior Year math course over the summer and is taking the Senior level precalculus this year. She is taking two Junior level courses this year, Honors Chemistry and Spanish 3. Her schedule also included Human Developement, Drawing 1, and English.

Polly has missed 21 days of school with 29 days of racing in the third quarter, January 3rd through March 4th. She managed to keep up with her school work while she was racing and traveling and received Honors for the third quarter.

We are incredibly proud of Polly for all her hard work.

Squam

Here's a picture of the plot plan at Squam. The house is on the point and the boathouse is also shown. This image was found on the Township website.






Also included, an old family picture from Squam. I can't remember the name of that boat, but as I recall most simply refered to it as the bathtub.


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Evan's Family Pictures

When I was up in Maine in February, I scanned and uploaded a few family pictures from John's parents collection as a test of the scanner and photo program. The plan is to scan quite a few of the old photos and get them uploaded so everyone will be able to download the pictures and save then on a CD or have their own prints made.

As you can see some of the pictures will need to be photoshopped. I don't know the years these pictures were taken, but I hope Noreen will be able to tell me.




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Eastern Alpine Championships

Polly made the Eastern Championships this year. Here is a partial description of the event from the entertaining Sugarloaf Press Release, I liked the hallowed ground bit.

Sugarloaf / USA hosts nation’s best junior racers


CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Maine - Some of the nation’s top junior ski racers will converge at Sugarloaf/USA next week in their quest at making it to the U.S. Alpine Championships next month and possibly earning a spot on the U.S. Ski Team.

Sugarloaf is host to two competitions that will showcase the talents of what is sure to be the next generation of U.S. Ski Team members. On Feb. 27-Mar. 5, Sugarloaf will host the Banknorth Eastern Alpine Championships. The top 120 junior racers (J1) from New England will converge on the fabled Narrow Gauge trail in hopes of earning a bid to race at the national championships. Success at nationals is essential to getting to the top in ski racing for these 15-19 year old men and women, which is a spot on the U.S. Ski Team and the chance to compete on the FIS World Cup circuit.

Speed and some technical events will be held on Sugarloaf’s Narrow Gauge trail, which is hallowed ground in ski racing. It was host to the 1971 World Cup downhill and, nearly 30 years later, is where Bode Miller developed his passion for speed as a student at Carrabassett Valley Academy. It is the only trail in the East that is sanctioned to host all four disciplines of alpine ski racing at the international level. “Not many mountains can host an event of this caliber,” said Jim McCormack, Sugarloaf’s competition manager. “With the terrain and the jumps, the Narrow Gauge will be all they can handle.” With speeds expected to approach 80 miles per hour, the downhill will be a spectacular display of speed and power while the technical events will showcase poise and skill on skis.

I've been hoping Polly would get a chance to race up at Sugarloaf. Anne and Corky are renting a house up there this year and Liz and Jack have had a place for the last few years. Unfortunately, we didn't get to see Jack.


I hadn't reached Anne yet to tell her we would at Sugarloaf, so both she and Polly were surprised to see each other in the lodge on Monday morning. The kids were supposed to be doing training runs for the Downhill, but apparently it was 2 degrees out and some of the lifts were closed due to high winds.

Polly and I had a great time. Polly arrived at Sugarloaf on Sunday 2/26/05 and I made it up on Wednesday night in time to see the Super-G the next day. It was great to know Anne was on the hill for Downhill training runs and race on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Anne and Corky kindly put me up... makes a very nice change from the Drive-in Motel. Polly stayed in another condo with the team.

Jack and Noreen arrived Friday afternoon and Liz brought dinner for everyone on Friday evening. Corkey arrived too late for dinner, but Polly and her friend Victoria came over for the evening. Anne fixed another great dinner on Saturday night.

Polly was so pleased that Anne, Liz and Corkey came over and watched her race. Unfortunately the finish was too high up the mountain for John's parents to see the races. I think Anne saw every race and knew half the kids racing from KC's days on the race curcuit.



Polly had a fabulous week, she scored FIS points in all Downhill, Super-G, Giant slalom, and slalom; and USSA points everything but Giant Slalom. Polly finished 1st for the J2's (the 15 and 16 year olds) in the combined, 2nd in the Downhill, 3rd in the Super-G, and 7th in the GS and SL. Her overall standings were great as well.

I didn't get a picture of Liz or Corkey, but I have the rest of the group.




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Carrie at Jackson Hole

Jim and Maragret sent along some pictures from Carrie's Jackson Hole trip that she had emailed to them. I'm feeling a little left out Carrie. Oh and where did you get the pink and blue number?




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Carrie's email

Hey Jimmy and Tutu,

I was just writing to say hi and see how you are! Life here is really good, I got back from Jackson hole a few weeks ago and it was amazing! I attached some pictures of my trip too so you can see them. Right now I am wrapping up a class and getting ready to head back to Jackson with some friends for spring break. I am really excited. How is everything on the farm? I hope all is well, and tell Rachael I say Hi!

Love
Carrie