Classmate facts

 

 How Well Do You Know Your Classmates?

    1.   I jumped off a cliff and hang glided over the Rio de Janeiro!
Cheryl Stogowski Nicholas
    2. I was part owner of a NYC nightclub for 5 years. Scott Cross
    3. In 2001, I spent $20 million on pens, pads and various giveaway 
         items for Pfizer on the Celebrex brand.  Andrew Watson
    4. I went to Rome on my honeymoon and was blessed by Pope 
        John Paul II; then went on to the Adriatic Sea (Lido Beach) and 
         managed to lose my wedding ring! Tim Coleman
    5. I know the words to more 50’s and 60’s songs than anyone who 
         grew up in those decades (thanks to my Dad). Jenn Pryslak Young
    6. I named my daughter after the oldest Roman family (Sabina)
         and my son after my favorite Steinbeck character (Caleb).  Suzanne Nobles
    7. I was baptized in Babylon while serving in Iraq during '03-'04. Jason Duffany
    8. I taught in a mental institution while working at a gas station at 
         night. Jana Tidwell Wanser
    9. I went to the French Culinary Institute in NYC after graduating  
         from college.  Jennifer Norkus Maroni
  10. My grandfather lived to 103! Dorothea Schlosser
  11. We have travelled to 11 countries since graduating from Ridge. Jessica Fisher Goldstein and Linda Allen Overbay (they didn't travel together, they just submitted the same fact!)
  12. I appeared on the Today Show to mix drinks for Matt, Meredith,
         Al and Ann. Shawn Fuschetto
  13. I qualified and ran the Boston Marathon in 2008 with a time of
         3:35 and will run the NYC marathon for the 4th time on Nov. 1st.
 Kerry Dunn
  14. I recently broke both of my elbows and sprained my ankle while
         running. Linda Allen Overbay
  15. I was the first female ever to sit behind the wheel of a Porche  
         Carrera GT. Melinda DiMauro Culp
  16. My spouse and I have the same birthday! (5/21/71) David Main
  17. In college I auditioned for a part in Robert De Niro’s “A Bronx Tale.” Needless to say, I didn’t get the part but that might be a good thing because Lillo Brancato did and he was later convicted of burglary and is serving a 10 year prison sentence! Matt Stefani
  18. I’ve had a “carrier arrested landing” on the deck of the USS Carl
         Vinson in the Pacific Ocean. Kristina Larsen Samonte
  19. I met my spouse and got married within a year. Michael Peri
  20. I just opened a new shop in Bernardsville – come check it out! James Baus
  21. I was born a month late – I was due to arrive on Thanksgiving but my birthday is Christmas Day! Christine Horning Flack
  22. I am the proud owner of 6 backyard chickens. (I built their coop too!) Amy Welch Baisley
  23. I took my first trip to Europe in 2000 to Norway and Amsterdam.
         My 2nd trip was to Italy and Amsterdam again. I hope to take my
          3rd trip soon! Erik Hillestad
  24.  In 2009, I was named as one of the Top 10 Young Trainers (just made the cut off!) by Training Magazine. Terilyn Bradshaw Green
  25.  I sailed to Dubai and Hong Kong twice each. John DeHart
  26.  I spent a month in Central America (Belize) studying for my Masters. Liz Kaminski
  27.  I actively volunteered with the DEPE (Dept. of Environmental Protection & Energy) Fish, Game and Wildlife Division in Trenton, NJ and got to tag Osprey at Island Beach. As a practical joke, another coworker and I were sent to ask people to stay off the dunes as endangered sea birds were hatching their eggs there – only to find out that NJ has a nudist beach in that area! Nell Medway McBride
  28.  I caught a 150 lb Yellowfin tuna 90 miles off the Jersey shore. Doug Carroll
  29.  I have been paid to work as a journalist, ocean rescue, river guide, professional triathlete, molecular biologist and molecular  immunologist. Stephen Judice


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