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Class of 2005 Newsletter

Sonya Betz Horton	Sonya is working for the Cincinnati Public School System. Her son, Nolan Dennis was born on May 11th. He weighed 7 pounds 10 oz and is doing great! "He is now 6 weeks old and getting bigger by the day!"
Amber Carpenter	Update on 1-21-08: "I'm still living in Greenville at the moment and bought a house last March. I have recently decided to take a traveling position with HGI Healthcare and will start early March. I'm keeping my house, but it will be empty a lot of the time, so if anyone is interested in visiting Greenville (which is a lovely town I must say) let me know, because you'll have a place to stay. The best part about the new job is the girls (Stella and Luna) will get to go too (like I would go anywhere without them). Soon it will be my 2 year anniversary as a real OT. Crazy isn't it. I feel like I've already wiped my fair share of bottoms, but it's been worth every second. I've got a long list of places to visit with my new job, so hopefully I will see some of you around soon!"
Jennifer Doughman Thompson	Here is a pix from the wedding! Jennifer is working at Children's Hospital in Cincinnati. Her husband Drew has started working on his masters in OT degree and is on target to graduate in 2010. TWO OTs in the same household!
Beth Endres	Update on 08-25-09: Beth works for the Hamilton City School District, treating preschool through 6th grade. Beth married Rich Oloffson on July 25, 2009 and now lives in Maineville...just a few streets away from Sara Strain! Here is a picture of Beth and Rich's wedding.
Russ Garrison	Update on 11-11-09 Lindsay and I were married 10/28/06. I work for CCHMC at the Drake satellite. My caseload is outpatient rehab - some of the OT, PT and Speech at our satellite have created a niche known as the Outpatient Neuro Rehabilitation Team. I work along side Jen Thompson and we share Becky Rogers as our boss. Wesley Reed Garrison was born 10/2/09 and is absolutely amazing. We're living in Pleasant Ridge.
Scott Gould	update on 2-23-09: "I've moved to San Diego...... couldn't take the midwest winters anymore I guess. Anyways, I'm working inpatient/outpatient at a hospital called Kaiser Permanente. Its an HMO here in California and the #2 employer in the state behind government jobs. Hope all you guys are doing well. Take care."
Sara Highfield Strain	"I just wanted to let everyone know that I'm changing my email address because I have a new name Sara Strain (Highfield). For anyone that did not know, Ray and I got married on Sept.10th. update on 11-14-06: I am still at Bethesda North (probably will be for a while). I am really liking it there. I am on a rotation between 3 mo acute med-surg, 3 mo orthopedic, and 6 mo on long term rehab. I am finishing up my rebab rotation now, and that's definitely been my favorite. Ray and I just finished building a new Ryan home in Maineville, which we are very excited about.
Erin Hill	update on 8-31-09: I'm getting married! Mike and I got engaged in May and we are getting married in May 2010. Update on 2-8-08: "I am still working full-time at University Hospital and addicted to every chaotic and challenging minute of it. I do some prn nursing home work (which is very different), but I enjoy it. This past spring I got a Harley, but with summer right around the corner - I wonder if I'd rather have a boat. Afterall, I love the sun. We'll just have to wait and see what the warm weather brings... (is it possible to have too many toys?) Anyway, I hope all is well and would love more updates:)
Amy Langhorn	works for Hamilton City School District.
Linda Martin	is working in a school system near Dayton.
Betsy Maly	update on 11-14-05: "Hi everyone, I wanted to update on my big news. First, I accepted a job with Good Sam. From working there in the past, I know it's a great place to be and I'm soo ready to be finished with fieldwork and moving on to the real thing! Second, Keith and i got engaged this weekend! I'm soo happy and I can't stop looking at my ring! He's in law school, so we won't have the wedding until he finishes and takes the bar which will be summer/fall of 2007. So, I'll have time to get adjusted to my new job and we'll have plenty of time to plan, but I'm sure it will be here before we know it.
Katie Mattingly	update on 12-10-07: "I have recently learned a new thing about the OT world...it is easy to find another job quickly if you need one. In my last update, I told you about my wonderful new job in pediatrics. Well, Nov. 9th they decided to close the pediatric division of the company because it was not profitable. So I was on the search for another job, and I have found a new home at Green Hill Therapy. www.greenhilltherapy.org. Next week will be the start of my third week there. I don't know if you have heard of Green Hill before, but they have PT, OT, and ST and all three disciplines do Hippotherapy. I am learning tons of new things and it is a lot of fun. In other news, I bought a house when I moved back to Louisville and I am loving being a home owner. It is right around the corner from my sister's house which is very fun and convenient. Ben has also moved to Louisville, but no other updates to report there ;) I also have my two dogs (Oscar and Chloe) who are pretty much perfect. Well, that's about it for me...I hope you are all healthy and happy. Send updates...I miss you guys!"
Mara Miller	is now in Romania working for the Peace Corps. She has a website where you can read her daily journal about life in Romania. Visit it at www.xanga.com/romanianfun .
Jane Oliver	sent this picture of her "little" girls on 10-15-07. update on 12-10-07: Jane is changing jobs and will be working for Warren County ESC.
Kim Sanders	Works at Denver Children's Hospital. She also is taking hours working at a multidisciplinary feeding evaluation clinic. "We have a pediatrician, diatician, SLP, OT and a nurse at the evaluation and we all collaborate to figure out what is the root problem for the feeding difficulties with the kiddos. It has been a really great learning process for me and really has expanded my feeding skills,as well as my evaluation skills and abilities to communicate with the families in a short amount of time. I never thought I would like feeding and that feeding would be the area that really seems to draw me and challenge me, but it has. And I really enjoy it :) " Update 6-30-08: Kim is planning a May 2009 wedding. "My finace's name is Josh and he is originally from Wisconsin (I managed to land a midwestern boy after all). We met here in Denver playing softball. Currently he is living in Knoxville, TN as he recently acepted a new job and is having to train there for 6 months to 1 year. He works for a company which sells the software that is put onto the smoke stacks of larger copporations to monitor the emissons they are putting out into the environment. It is keeping him busy (as he is doing lots of traveling), but I am looking forward to getting him back here to Denver, hopefully by the holidays. I miss him a lot, but now I am planning a wedding so that is keeping me busy as well :) "