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Fort Kent State College of the University of Maine
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Lincoln Jandreau. The couple also has a grandson, Isaiah Berry. Lincoln and Betty reside in Wallagrass, Maine with their two dogs,a Bichon Frise and a Havanese. Lincoln and Betty spend their leisure time at their camp located on Cross Lake.
1980s
Karen (Poirier) Gervais (’82) and husband, Larry Gervais (’82), were college sweethearts. They just renewed their marriage vows of 30 years. Karen and Larry have two sons, Miles (25), a graduate of the University of Southern Maine, and Kavan (22), who will finish a certificate for welding and blacksmithing this spring. Karen is retired and enjoys volunteer work and spending six weeks in Florida with her mom for the last few years. Larry is in
his 29th year of teaching and coaching three sports.
Dr. Doris (Vosine) Metz (’83) and her fam- ily had the opportunity to spend some much needed vacation time in Florida this past summer. Among the many sites they visited were Walt Disney World in Orlando, where daughter Tiffany Curry (‘10) works. The family also traveled to Miami and Key West. What a wonderful trip. Doris and husband, John, adopted their son, Damion, in August. Daughter Jaclyn Johnson (‘09) still teaches eighth-grade science in Georgia. They were happy that Jaclyn and her husband, Josh, were able to join them on their trip. They are look- ing forward to their next vacation.
The Metz family
Lisa (Starks) Rubin (’84) has worked in the field of behavioral health since her gradu- ation. She moved to Connecticut in 1989 and moved back to Maine in 1990. Lisa has worked for Aroostook Mental Health Center and the Limestone School department until the closure of Loring Air Force Base. After its closure, she worked in social services for 14 years in Connecticut. In 2005, Lisa returned to Maine to raise her daughter in the more “gentle” atmosphere in Portage Lake. She is happy to announce, her daughter graduated in 2013 and is attending college at Northern Maine Community College in Presque Isle. Lisa also works for Northern Maine General as a residential manager for people with trau- matic brain injury. Lisa looks forward to a midlife crisis, so she can finally buy that red Corvette.
Dr. Craig King (’87) currently is serving as superintendent of schools in Maine Regional School Union No. 10, comprising twelve communities in western Maine. Previously, he had served as a high school principal at Mt. Ararat High School in Topsham, Maine and Woodland High School in Baileyville, Maine. Craig also served as an assistant principal
in rural Mississippi, a high school teacher
in Jackson Mississippi, and an elementary teacher at an international school in central Africa. Directly after graduating, he served
as a Peace Corps volunteer. He spent five years studying at the University of Southern Mississippi, received a M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction, and a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership. Craig always travels in his spare time. He has visited more than forty countries on five continents. He always enjoys run- ning into people from UMFK and Fort Kent. UMFK alum, friends, professors, and others are welcome to contact him on Facebook.
2000s
Miles Clouston (’00) “DUCK! No, I didn’t mean that as a warning,” said Miles. This photo shows his family as they attended a showing of the “Rubber Duck” sculptures by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman. It was one
of the exhibits at the “ Taoyuan Land and Open Air Art Festival.” The trip took place in November 2013 and it was an early birthday present for my son, Denley.
Miles Clouston and family
In the picture: (back) Tiffany Curry, Doris and John Metz; (front) son Damion, grand- daughter Ainsley, Josh and Jackie Johnson, grandson Aidan
Simon Beeching
Simon Beeching (’85) received a Bachelor
of Arts in Biology from UMFK and earned
a Ph.D. in Zoology from Indiana University. Simon is a vertebrate zoologist at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania, where
his research concerns the structure and behavior of animals, particularly fish of the Family Cichlidae. He is a native of central Connecticut, but has lived in northern and coastal Maine, southern Indiana, and the eastern shore of Virginia, as well as western Pennsylvania. Simon is married with three children. He is a working musician, and still is an avid Nordic skier. Simon placed first
in the UMFK Presidential Lecture Series, sponsored writing contest, “Rivers, Lands, and Forests.” Simon’s essay,“To the Edge of the Forest Kingdom,” will appear in this year’s “Potato Chips Chapbook,” which will be dis- tributed in April.
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