On Saturday, March 28, 2026, the Kemptville College Alumni welcomed twenty Year Representatives and guests to an information session that was held at the Historical Building at Lombardy fairgrounds and the Hawk’s Nest at the Lombard Glen golf course.
L to R Back Row: Mike Smith ’83, Joe Krol ’80, Cindy Dawson ’83, David Bobier ’87, Ruth Anne Hawley ’75, Kim Link ’69, Don Good ’66
Front Row: Gordon French ’69, Ronald Burgess ’68, Sharon Blanchard ‘69
Year Representatives and guests were treated to information presented on the history, why Lombardy fairgrounds was chosen to house the Historical building, fundraising and information on the upcoming reunion which is being held Saturday, June 13, 2026 at the Lombardy fairgrounds.
Presentations were given by Gordon French, year ’69 grad, who was also our host and MC, Kim Link (Keene), year ’69, Don Good, year ’66, Cindy Dawson (Bradley), year ’83, Ron Burgess, year ’68 and Joe Krol, year ’80.
At the Historical Building Ron and Joe were supported by Joyce Burgess and Sharon Blanchard (Lane) year ’69 who were able to relate their experiences while getting the building established.
The greeters at the building, in the morning, were Mike Smith year ’83 and RuthAnn Hawley year ’75, who gave out name tags and information packages.
At the Hawk’s Nest, Jennifer Chaplin year ’76 and David Bobier year ’87 made the guests feel welcome and assisted where needed.
John Faulkner, Peggy Faulkner (Gordon) ’62, John Ferguson ’76, Mary Gifford, Catherine McKeough (Lapointe)72, Allan Stanley ’71, Laura Fanasch (Pratt)’61, Ian Payne ’91, Sandy Bullock (Duncan) 71, Trudy (Hughes) MacIntosh ’91, Ken Hunter ’82, Graham Link ’69, Jim Ireton ’76, Don Forbes ’69, Deb Ireton (Cameron) ’76, Ellen Mooney (Webb) ’67 Sharon Bjergsoe (Robinson) ’77, Bruce Mooney ’69
Our goal for this get together was to provide information, a tour of the Historical building with time permitted to view our displays in the Historical building and to hear from the year reps their concerns and ideas to assist in organizing our reunions.
The Alumni would like to thank everyone for participating in our event and look forward to seeing you at Reunion.
Submitted by Cindy Dawson