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Jeff tackled the most difficult cycling challenge of his life in 2024, taking on the 1,600-km, nine-day Ride Across Britain event. The event saw 800 people start in Land's End, Cornwall, and just over 500 finish. Each day was 180 kilometres, with several days of 3,000-metre climbs and cold, wet, British weather. For Jeff, it was like nine consecutive marathons. The ride was at times gruelling, but the scenery was often spectacular, particularly for the last four days in Scotland. Jeff did this to raise money for breast cancer research in honour of his sister Betsy Bascom (Artsci’77). He raised more than $40,000 for the Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation and other charities.

David is pleased to announce that the second Dugan Heywood mystery was published in September by Indent Publishing. Mugshot is a murder mystery and a sequel to Hedshot (Indent, 2023). Indent also published another of David's books in September, Bach, Beethoven and the Grrrls, a sequel to his bestseller Bach, Beethoven and the Boys. Since 1983, David has been the author or editor of more than a dozen published books; many have become international bestsellers and have been published in languages other than English (including Farsi editions pirated in Iran, for which, alas, David has not received any royalties, only bragging rights!).

Terry recently published his first book, My Invisible Locket. It’s an illustrated children's book designed to support kids, as well as adults, coping with loss. The book is intended to help kids discuss feelings about the death of a loved one, the loss of a pet, a best friend moving away, or a military family member on deployment. It’s available on Amazon.