While Jane has been taking care of Aunt Cora and providing us with updates on her condition, she and her 4 sisters ran as a relay team in the Lehigh Valley Marathon for Via on September 13, 2009.

The five sisters have been in training since early spring of this year. Ruthann ran the first leg, 5.6 miles, Melissa ran the second leg of 6.2, Ellen ran third at 4.8 miles, Jane ran the fourth leg of 5.8 miles and Liz was our anchor at 3.8 miles.

We traveled in Ruthann's van, as we dropped off team members at the designated start/end points, so as one member came in from their run, we all cheered them on as the next team member took off on their leg.

Teams started at the Lehigh Valley Hospital on Cedar Crest Boulevard in Allentown then made their way with checkpoints along the city streets of Allentown. Then down to a scenic run along the towpath between the Lehigh River and Lehigh Canal. The race ended in downtown Easton near Centre Square, where, as a team, we followed our sister, Elizabeth, across the finish line.

We raised a total of $500 for VIA of the Lehigh Valley to help physically and mentally challenged children and adults.

Al & Pauline's son Joe turned 50 in August and his wife Christy threw a party in his honor. Joe & Christy live near Lake Norman in the Charlotte area of North Carolina. The photos show Joe with their dogs Sandy and Max playing in the lake, and Joe at various stages of celebrating his birthday. Christy is in the last picture on the right with one of their neighbors.

In early June, Tom and Claire stopped in Denver, on their way to California, to visit Al, Pauline and daughter MR. While there they visited the "Garden of the Gods", an impressive rock formation, and then traveled to Pike's Peak. At the summit they encountered 7 feet of snow on the ground and several snow squalls while they were at the summit.

Karin and Rob's son Ryan is practicing his Italian cooking skills so can help the Fetter's at the next reunion.

Trip to the San Francisco Bay Area

Vince, Eva, and daughters Karin and Elizabeth, had an enjoyable trip to California. We attended the wedding of our Godson, Matt. Matt is the youngest son of friends of ours whom we met 35 years ago when we were neighbors in the Philadelphia area.


A trip to the Bay Area is not complete without a visit to the "Bridge". As expected, fog was covering some of the view. San Francisco is on the other side of the bridge.








A view of fog shrouded Alcatraz from the northern end of the Goden Gate Bridge.




We managed to do some cost cutting by renting an economy car. While it was fuel efficient, it was also quite exciting driving it on the freeways.



The Godparents



Eva, Karin and Elizabeth




Mt Diablo served as the background view from the main reception area.

My husband Jason and I have been pretty busy these past few months. Jason has returned to college to complete his Bachelors degree in addition to continuing to work full-time as an electrician. He is pursuing an online degree program in the business/management field and hopes to complete sometime next summer. I'm still working as an Intensive Case Manager for the Cumberland-Perry Drug & Alcohol Commission (love my job, believe it or not), and outside of work, I spend a lot of time riding and teaching riding lessons at a barn in Newville, PA. I adopted a 5-year old off-track thoroughbred last fall (Charlie); we've recently been competing in some local horse shows and doing pretty well (see attached photo). When we both find some free time together, Jason and I enjoy going tubing and kayaking with our friends and our dog, Callie.

Unfortunately, with Jason's very busy school schedule, we're cancelling our annual Labor Day party this year, but we hope to have it again next year. We ARE taking a long weekend mini-vacation in October, however, to celebrate our fifth wedding anniversary. (Hard to believe it's been 5 years already!)

We hope all is well with everyone and send along our best wishes. Take care and enjoy your summer!

---Corinna

Claire & Tom's granddaughter, Bekah, graduated from high school this past June. Bekah is the daughter of Terry and Tim. During their visit to attend the graduation ceremonies, Claire & Tom also saw Bekah play in the All Star lacross game.

While in high school Bekah was in the marching band for 4 years and was also a 4 year starter on the varsity lacrosse team. In addition, she found time to be a member of the National Honor Society and also earned a black belt in Tae Kwon Doe. (Her Italian heritage is obvious).

She will be leaving sunny Southern California to attend college in Indiana on an academic scholarship. She will also play on the lacrosse team. Since Bekah has never lived in a cold climate she will need to stock up on winter clothes, boots, gloves and all the other stuff us Northeasterners have in our closets.