Jim Smith

I’ve been married to Ginny (‘Fagan’ class of ’67) for 40 years. We live in Dutchess County where I have been retired from Verizon for 6 years. We have three lovely grandchildren ages 1, 6 and 9 that live nearby and keep us very active RV’ing with them. I also enjoy golf, NASCAR, and Amateur Radio and still very active as a Volunteer Fireman.

Best wishes to all.

Great job with the web site Belle, or ‘Pook’!

- Jim Smith

Kathy Hassett Duran

An October Hawaiian vacation will keep me from the reunion, so I’ve tried to formulate thoughts to share. My life has been full, sometimes difficult, always with laughter. I am grateful. I’ve had the opportunity to complete an MS, teach, enjoy a business career, & have wonderful friends & family. Work transferred me often: NY, FL, CA, and Las Vegas. I contently enjoy my fourth marriage, to Tony Duran, a retired submarine chief who tracked foreign subs & dropped Navy Seals into Asia while I marched in DC. What a wonderful era we live in; Cold War to space travel, telescope to microscope. My Taoist, Buddhist, Native American beliefs convince me that science & philosophy converge in the 21st C. Particles & people vibrate; change the vibration, alter reality.

I’ve traveled through most of North America, + parts of Central America, & Europe. No biological children, but I enjoy my step kids. Tony & I plan to visit Katie as she works on her Master’s in France. David attends community college, uncertain about career plans. Jeff is well established in San Diego & is fluent in multiple languages. As I remember, it took me three tries to pass Olive Evans’ French I class! They amaze me!

I love to travel, to read, to practice & teach tai chi. I serve on the Board of Directors for the Lohan Spiritual Cultural Center, & volunteer for a local hospice. In January 2010, I will retire but work per diem as a Spiritual Counselor for hospice patients & families. As an ordained Buddhist priest, work with the dying has become my service.

I would love to hear from any OHS alumni. I’d love to show you my Vegas – red rocks, hiking trails, and beautiful vistas! I can be reached at kahassett@aol.com.

- Kathy Hassett Duran

Phil Hubbard

I am well and living in central MA near the Quabbin reservoir. My love - Iva - and I were married (second time for both) a year ago. Iva has two daughters, early 30s. I am retired from the public and non-profit housing sectors after working in the Chicago, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and Boston areas. We have a 1855 house off beautiful Barre common. I am chairman of the Barre Planning Board, an actor with the Barre Players (presently in "Translations" as Jimmy Jack Cassie) and a volunteer with the East Quabbin Land Trust Iva is originally from the Czech Republic and we enjoy traveling there and elsewhere in Europe.

I have fond memories of growing up in Torbank (and later Chilmark), attending Brookside School (pushing the piano around to various classrooms with Ray Tuttle), playing in Little League and earning badges with the Boy Scouts. Back then OHS was the "Indians" and had a wonderful mix of societal groups, with great academics, athletics and extra-curricular activities. I can still remember the smelly fruit from the ginkgo trees in the fall, the Key Club convention in the Catskills, trying to figure my way through PSSC physics and enjoying performances by the OHS band. Enough for now. Hoping to see many of you at the reunion.
Best wishes,
Phil Hubbard