West Windsor-Plainsboro High School, Class Of 1989, is celebrating its 20-Year Reunion. The big party is Saturday, August 15, at Mercer Oaks Golf Club, from 7 to 11 p.m. The ticket price of $85 includes an open bar, passed hors d’oeuvres and stations, dinner, and dancing. The band, Hyperactive, will play tunes from circa 1980s.##M:[more]##
The organizer, Cathy Clancy Kavanaugh, who lives in Pennington, is currently a stay-at-home mom to two children, Charlotte, 4, and Declan, 2. Her husband, Mark, is a CPA in New York City. After graduating from Rutgers College, she worked for close to 10 years in her father’s business, the NJ Legislative Journal, where she became the executive director.
“Some of the class went to Washington seminar in 1987 and stayed at the dorms at the 4-H club in DC. We all have great memories of that trip,” says Kavanaugh. “And the snow that fell at Mount Vernon when we were visiting made the estate look even more beautiful.” She also enjoyed a trip to New York City to see the “The Phantom of the Opera” and have lunch at Mamma Leone’s.
“The biggest celebrity around here is one of my co-committee members, Jim Barbour,” says Kavanaugh. “He is truly an American dream, success story — his barbecue sauce is now sold at Wegmans, Whole Foods, Pennington Market, McCaffreys, among many, many other places!” (The News, March 20). Another semi-celeb is Shawn Pierson, a pediatrician at Princeton Nassau Pediatrics.
“One of my favorite high school memories is from swim team, and the way that we used to take bottles of water from the ‘bubble’ to pour into the pools of our opponents when we were the away team,” says another classmate, Kristin Appelget. “The magic of ‘bubble water’ seemed to work since we won far more meets than we lost in my four years at WW-P.” (The WW-P (South) pool used to be enclosed under a bubble, hence the term “the bubble”.)
Meg McQuarrie is the chief executive officer and chair of the board of the Elixir Fund, inspired by her late brother, Kevin McQuarrie, who had a unique approach to cancer treatment. Meg was with him throughout his two-year treatment. The organization is dedicated to improving the comfort and care of cancer patients and their families by providing information, resources, ideas, and services for managing both physical and emotional healing. They provide amenities including DVD players, movies, music, massage, yoga, and beauty days.
Her other brother, Christopher McQuarrie, is best known for receiving the Oscar for writing “The Usual Suspects.” With a bachelor’s degree from the University of Rhode Island and a master’s degree from Duke University in coastal geology, Meg has worked in the nonprofit sector, in scientific research, and as a community college instructor. The organization, founded on the West Coast, is now based in West Windsor (www.elixirfund.org.
Bart Schoudel is the bass player in The Churchills, an indie, pop rock foursome. In Spin City’s third season they appeared in the episode “Internal Affairs” where they performed their song “Everybody Gets What They Deserve” in front of the Flat Iron Building in New York City. The song was also performed for “Scrubs” in “My Lips Are Sealed.”
Gady Harel has been a private eye detective, a reporter for the New York Observer, and a magazine designer. He has also been a design director, an actor, and an assistant director with Troma Entertainment. His film, “Operation Midnight Climax” earned awards at the Brooklyn International Film Festival and premiered “Nights Like These” at the Tribeca Film Festival. Co-founder of Hollywoodmade, the production company for “Deadgirl” (2008).
Joe Ryan, a freelance photographer, is known for photographs of the Grateful Dead in concert. His photographs have been featured in books, magazines, brochures, and television include the A&E biography of Debbie Harry. (www.gratefuljoe.com).
“Spouses, significant others, teachers, and administration are also invited,” says Kavanaugh. “All tickets should be purchased in advance via the website, www.wwphs1989.com, which allows for online payments if desired.” — Lynn Miller
Class of 1989 Reunion, West Windsor-Plainsboro School District, Mercer Oaks Golf Club, 725 Village Road West, West Windsor. Saturday, August 15, 7 p.m. 20-year reunion. Open bar, hors d’oeuvres, and dancing. Music by Hyperactive. $85. Spouses and significant others are welcome. E-mail wwphs1989@comcast.net for information. 609-275-9260. www.wwphs1989.com.
Class of 1989 Reunion, West Windsor-Plainsboro School District, Rosedale Park, Federal City Road, Pennington. Sunday, August 16, Noon. 20-year reunion. Family picnic with subs, hot dogs, hamburgers, and soft drinks. BYO wine or beer. FunniBonz barbecue sauce courtesy of classmate Jim Barbour. E-mail wwphs1989@comcast.net for information. 609-275-9260. www.wwphs1989.com.
West Windsor and Plainsboro readers are asked to contact anyone on the list below to tell them about the August events. Missing classmates include:
Bershad Ahnkami, Sherif Ammar, Ahmad-Ali Arabshahi, Eva Banzhaf, Alexandru Barba, Wayne Bennett, Karen Berardinelli, Charles Bowman, Andy Brennan, Donald Brown, Deborah Butler, Richard Cassone, Bobby Charpentier, Darren Cifelli, Adam Clark, David Clark, Begona Collada, Jennifer Currie, Christopher Daniels, Indranil Das, Angela Davis, Michael Donovan, Robert Dore, Megan Dyal, Cynthia Edwards, Jennifer Endsley, Theresa Everett, Bobby Fears, Katherine Fine, Rebecca Fink, Bonita Freeman, Ta-Tanisha Frost, Lizel Galipot, Michael Gallo, Theresa Garnes, Alicia Greene, Ann Marie Guidotti, and Renuka Gupta.
Also, Dawn Harker, Scott Hencken, Rochele Henry, David Hicks, Wifred Hitschman, Sarah Hogan, Barbara Holmes, Tammy Holmes, Anthony Insalaco, Michael Lenny James, Mark Javick, Robert Jodha, Karen Jureidini, Dan Kahn, Gene Katz, Miryon Kim, Steve Kou, Julia Krisa, Rajan Kundra, Stephanie Lai, Jay Landers, Sean Lavin, David Lee, Mayli Lee, Frank Lin, Mark Lin, Susan Lodge, Paula Loh, Frank Lopez, Mike (John) Loving, Stephanie Marano, Jason March, Glenn Marks, Erik Martin, Akil Matthews, Michael McClammy, Thomas McConnell, Reginald McGhee, Jeffrey Mendelsohn, Alan Mount, Jennifer Mueller, Jennifer Neeff, Patricia Nohe, and Robert Orr.
Also, Stephen Palizzi, Gregory Papciak, Blake Parker, Max Parron, Purva Patel, Samir Patel, Rachel Peck, Spencer Peir, Suzi Pennington, Christian Plunkett, Michelle Powers, Jon Raphael, Kimberly Reynolds, Virginia Rich, Ericka Robbins, Judith Robin, Betsy Rogerson, Sean Ryan, Juliette Saltz, Harleen Sandhu, Donald Sanusi, Patrick Satkowski, Deseret Saugero, Werner Scherer, Gregory Schott, Daryl Schrock, John Schultz, Arnaz Shaikh, Elizabeth Shih, Ted Slanker, Rosemary Slovinsky, Scott Smith, Karl Snyder, Sherin Soliman, Gurdeep Somal, Jennifer Specht, Dana Stedman, John Steed, Todd Stuller, Keita Sullivan, Roshni Suresh, Aaron Tai, Ken Takano, Cedar Thompson, Allison Trimarco, Stephen Tu, Leigh Ann Vogel, David Wang, Thomas Wang, Brendan Webb, Amy Wright, David Wright Jr., Pei-Jean Wu, and DuBois Wynn.
