At the recent WMSC
Annual Meeting we recognized retiring Board member Marcia
Foster-Austin. Marcia served on the WMSC Board for the past six
years, as co-chair of the Board, and more recently as co-chair of the
Program Committee.
We then voted in our
new Board members Jim Bebko, Irene Kuchta and Diane McMahon.
Jim came to Bethel in
2011 to set up a base camp from which to climb toward new challenges
in his senior years. He has a degree in Mechanical Engineering, a New
York State Professional Engineering license, a pilot’s license, an
EMT license, and certification as a Challenge Course facilitator. He
enjoys hiking in the summer and downhill skiing in the winter. He and
his wife, Ruth, enjoy partaking in the area’s classical music
performances, art museums, and occasional travel outside the area.
Jim hopes that WMSC will afford him opportunities to share some of
his energies and experience for the betterment of the community he
now calls home.
Irene
says that she and her husband, Jack started skiing at Sunday River in
1989. They liked it so much that they bought a timeshare at the
Summit in 1992. They found they liked that so much they bought an old
dump in Hanover in 2001. They spent the next twelve years skiing,
kayaking and trying to make the house livable. Last year Irene
retired from her job as an academic librarian (and local union
president) and moved to Hanover full time. Now she and Jack ski,
kayak and do yardwork!
Diane lived
in Peabody and Danvers, Massachusetts before moving to Maine. She
taught math in Peabody for thirty-four years, mostly at the middle
school level. She and her husband, Tim, became weekend residents of
Bethel in 1985, and it became their permanent home three years ago
when they both retired. Diane enjoys cooking, kayaking, snowshoeing,
spending time with her children and four granddaughters, and taking
advantage of the many courses and programs that WMSC has to offer.
For more
information about Western Mountains Senior College visit our website
at http://sad44.maineadulted.org/western_mountains_senior_college
