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The Havenite
March 6, 2005
Hart Transplant: RhyDin?s Newest Addition to the Upper Echelon
BYLINE: By Vanessa Dupres
FORMAT: Magazine
SECTION: Society Spotlight, pg. 26
For a city whose population consists mainly of refugees, outcasts and the occasional fugitive, one never has to travel too far to uncover a tale of tragedy and woe. Many new immigrants to RhyDin quickly find themselves dragged down by the seedier elements our sprawling city has to offer.
Of course fair readers we don?t actually need to worry about getting that dredge on our designer shoes safe in our Sweet Haven. But, I digress.
Keeping that dredge out makes it hard for anyone to cause us to open our gates but there?s one couple who?ve made their way into our warm embrace. Considering the turnover time in our mercurial community these two are on the fast track to planting deep enough roots to make the leap from the New Money to Old Money label.
If you haven?t guessed it by now this month?s spotlight belongs to New Haven?s own golden couple, Samuel and Helene Hart.
Both natives of that little blue planet Earth, Samuel and Helene were painfully poor and penniless when they emigrated from their home country (or is it state? I never can keep track of all that earthen geography), Switzerland. Samuel claims it was fate that had him working late as a technical engineer at the Billeter Theater on February 3, 1984, the night that he heard a loud banging coming from underneath the stage. When Samuel opened the locked trap door it was not a ghost but an elderly mage named Zion looking to sightsee during his vacation from RhyDin. In exchange for a walking tour of the area and a place to stay during his trip, Zion shared stories of his home with Samuel and his young bride Helene over a bowl of cheese fondue. By the end of Zion?s vacation Helene and Samuel packed up their few belongings and believed a new world of opportunity waited for them at the other end of the trap door working overtime as a portal to RhyDin.
Yes faithful readers, nine times out of ten at this point of the story we would fast forward six months to find our hero belly-up at the Red Dragon bar and his young bride pulling in wages at a West End brothel somewhere. However, fate, luck or Fortune's wheel landed in the Hart's favor. With Zion's help Samuel turned his knowledge of stage props into his own horse carriage and cart construction business. Helene landed a job as executive assistant to Ross Sterning, CEO of the formerly named Sterning Lyons creditor firm.
From such charmingly humble beginnings Samuel and Helene Hart would put their complimentary energies to use in pursuit of the RhyDinian dream. Samuel's ability to build would lead him to expand his business into the conglomerate Fallen Sparrow Transports covering the wide range of vehicles and ships for military, business and even personal use for those with big enough checkbooks. On the other end of the spectrum, Helene rocketed up through the Sterning Lyons ranks for her skill in disassembling the largest of corporations for liquidation. Her work on the Tayaki Cuomo takeover soon earned her the nickname 'Linchpin' for her unnerving knack to quickly pinpoint and dismantle the linchpin holding any company together. Most recently Helene was made partner and the firm renamed from Sterning Lyons to Sterning Lyons Hart.
As if we weren't already impressed by this power couple's dominant rise in the RhyDin business sphere, their expansive waterfront New Haven estate or their charitable work with the local orphanages, they also have experienced considerable success raising a family. Again the word 'golden' comes to mind when seeing their four children together - blond and blue-eyed, the second generation of Harts have inherited their parents' inability to be anything short of spectacular. Jennifer, 21, is currently finishing her studies at Kingston University with the intent to follow her mother's footsteps at Sterning Lyons Hart. Fluent in several languages including Elvish, French, Drow, and Arabic, Jennifer plans to focus on the legal department and on her upcoming marriage to New Haven's own William Dresden, son of mogul Stefan Dresden and his wife Elsie. Karolina, 15, has made a name for herself at St. Augustine's Prep Academy as a star athlete and drama queen. Captain of the field hockey and soccer teams, Karolina also has won back-to-back All-RhyDin Figure Skating championships and played Mercutio in the school's production of Romeo and Juliet. Not to be outdone by their older siblings, Jillian, 11, has been accepted into the exclusive Jacoby Music Conservatory program for musical prodigies. Although she excels in playing multiple instruments Jillian's main training at the Conservatory centers around her vocal skills. Young Kyle, 7, seems to be developing his father's love of invention: his robotic dog took first place in Lundstrom's Children's Science Fair last month.
Golden indeed.
NOTE: For copies of photographs accompanying this article please ask a librarian at the Circulation Desk for further assistance.
Subject Search: Hart, Samuel
Showing Result 3 out of 57
The Havenite
March 6, 2005
Hart Transplant: RhyDin?s Newest Addition to the Upper Echelon
BYLINE: By Vanessa Dupres
FORMAT: Magazine
SECTION: Society Spotlight, pg. 26
For a city whose population consists mainly of refugees, outcasts and the occasional fugitive, one never has to travel too far to uncover a tale of tragedy and woe. Many new immigrants to RhyDin quickly find themselves dragged down by the seedier elements our sprawling city has to offer.
Of course fair readers we don?t actually need to worry about getting that dredge on our designer shoes safe in our Sweet Haven. But, I digress.
Keeping that dredge out makes it hard for anyone to cause us to open our gates but there?s one couple who?ve made their way into our warm embrace. Considering the turnover time in our mercurial community these two are on the fast track to planting deep enough roots to make the leap from the New Money to Old Money label.
If you haven?t guessed it by now this month?s spotlight belongs to New Haven?s own golden couple, Samuel and Helene Hart.
Both natives of that little blue planet Earth, Samuel and Helene were painfully poor and penniless when they emigrated from their home country (or is it state? I never can keep track of all that earthen geography), Switzerland. Samuel claims it was fate that had him working late as a technical engineer at the Billeter Theater on February 3, 1984, the night that he heard a loud banging coming from underneath the stage. When Samuel opened the locked trap door it was not a ghost but an elderly mage named Zion looking to sightsee during his vacation from RhyDin. In exchange for a walking tour of the area and a place to stay during his trip, Zion shared stories of his home with Samuel and his young bride Helene over a bowl of cheese fondue. By the end of Zion?s vacation Helene and Samuel packed up their few belongings and believed a new world of opportunity waited for them at the other end of the trap door working overtime as a portal to RhyDin.
Yes faithful readers, nine times out of ten at this point of the story we would fast forward six months to find our hero belly-up at the Red Dragon bar and his young bride pulling in wages at a West End brothel somewhere. However, fate, luck or Fortune's wheel landed in the Hart's favor. With Zion's help Samuel turned his knowledge of stage props into his own horse carriage and cart construction business. Helene landed a job as executive assistant to Ross Sterning, CEO of the formerly named Sterning Lyons creditor firm.
From such charmingly humble beginnings Samuel and Helene Hart would put their complimentary energies to use in pursuit of the RhyDinian dream. Samuel's ability to build would lead him to expand his business into the conglomerate Fallen Sparrow Transports covering the wide range of vehicles and ships for military, business and even personal use for those with big enough checkbooks. On the other end of the spectrum, Helene rocketed up through the Sterning Lyons ranks for her skill in disassembling the largest of corporations for liquidation. Her work on the Tayaki Cuomo takeover soon earned her the nickname 'Linchpin' for her unnerving knack to quickly pinpoint and dismantle the linchpin holding any company together. Most recently Helene was made partner and the firm renamed from Sterning Lyons to Sterning Lyons Hart.
As if we weren't already impressed by this power couple's dominant rise in the RhyDin business sphere, their expansive waterfront New Haven estate or their charitable work with the local orphanages, they also have experienced considerable success raising a family. Again the word 'golden' comes to mind when seeing their four children together - blond and blue-eyed, the second generation of Harts have inherited their parents' inability to be anything short of spectacular. Jennifer, 21, is currently finishing her studies at Kingston University with the intent to follow her mother's footsteps at Sterning Lyons Hart. Fluent in several languages including Elvish, French, Drow, and Arabic, Jennifer plans to focus on the legal department and on her upcoming marriage to New Haven's own William Dresden, son of mogul Stefan Dresden and his wife Elsie. Karolina, 15, has made a name for herself at St. Augustine's Prep Academy as a star athlete and drama queen. Captain of the field hockey and soccer teams, Karolina also has won back-to-back All-RhyDin Figure Skating championships and played Mercutio in the school's production of Romeo and Juliet. Not to be outdone by their older siblings, Jillian, 11, has been accepted into the exclusive Jacoby Music Conservatory program for musical prodigies. Although she excels in playing multiple instruments Jillian's main training at the Conservatory centers around her vocal skills. Young Kyle, 7, seems to be developing his father's love of invention: his robotic dog took first place in Lundstrom's Children's Science Fair last month.
Golden indeed.
NOTE: For copies of photographs accompanying this article please ask a librarian at the Circulation Desk for further assistance.