Reflections Magazine Issue #57 - Spring 2002 | Page 22

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Inc. and lives in Ann Arbor. He
says: “I have spent the last four
years within the Winston Cup
ranks as a chassis consultant.
I worked very closely with the
most famous drivers and teams
in the industry. I enjoyed much
success in the racing biz. Also, I
am playing in some rock’ n roll
bands as a singer, drummer and
guitarist.”
Julie Tortora Baechler ‘98 and
her husband Tim recently celebrated their 10th wedding anniversary. They have two sons,
Brocton (June 2001) and Lou
(February 2000). Julie runs a
motorcycle dealership, and her
husband teaches and coaches
football at Plymouth-Canton
High School.
Melissa Bone ‘98 is a care manager at Region II Area Agency
on aging in Adrian.
Genet Cherkez ‘98 is currently
employed with Mount Clemens
Community Schools at Martin

Luther King Academy.

is a police officer for the city of
Pontiac.

Nicole Rogowski ‘98
is currently working
at Hutzel Hospital in
Detroit.

Richard Stein ‘99 is the editor
of U.S. Foreign Policy Since the
Cold War, published recently by
H.W. Wilson Publishing Company, a publisher of academic
and reference books. He works
for Wilson and lives in Brooklyn, NY.

Wade Writer ‘98 is employed
as a network administrator at
Merillat Industries where his
wife, Elizabeth, is an interior/
showroom designer. The couple
were wed November 3, 2001, in
Adrian.
Darcy Fitchko ‘99 is supervisor of the Digital Photography

Denise Clark ‘00 was featured
in the Jonesville Independent on
Nov. 23, 2001. She is a first grade

Alumni News from

SHU in Metro Detroit
Siena Heights Metropolitan Detroit Program (since 1977)

Jesse Astalos ‘80 is an infrastructure manager at Pfizer. He
works in the Shinjuku Nomura Building in Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo,
Japan.

Department at Park West Gallery.
Amy Gillin ‘99 and Charles
Janczarek ‘98 were married Oct.
6, 2001, in Waterford. Amy is an
art teacher at the Pontiac Academy for Excellence and Charles

“Brunch and Broadway” in Chicago
Eric Parker ‘92 enjoyed a successful run this winter starring as
Che in “Evita” at the Drury Lane Theatre in Oakbrook, IL. He also
“starred” in a Siena Heights alumni event that gathered 45 alumni
and friends for Drury Lane’s famous Sunday brunch, insights from
the Theatre Siena faculty, and a performance of “Evita.” Eric joined
the group after the final curtain to talk about the production. As
a result of
his success
in “Evita,”
Eric was
invited to
stay on for
the Drury
Lane production of
“Anything
Goes.”

teacher at Williams Elementary
in Jonesville. The reporter wrote,
“The staff and students have welcomed Clark into the Williams
family; her enthusiasm and sparkling personality have brightened
the hallways at the school.”

Robert Czeiszperger ‘00 and
his wife Angela celebrated the
birth of their first child, Amber
Joan, on Jan. 22, 2002.
Erin Nimitz ‘00 teaches art K-12
for Breckenridge Community
Schools.
Karla Pennington ‘00 received
the employee of the month award
from Lenawee Bancorp, Inc. in
July 2001. She was chosen for
this award because of “her many
contributions to the corporation
and its community activities.