Saturday, December 31, 2011

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The wife of my youth.
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The back of our new home.


 
A last look at Lucy Circle


 
Annette directing Jimmy in placing some of her "pretties"


 
Boys playing ball on Christmas day.


 
The view out our front door.
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I like bridges.


 
And Fall Colors


 
And Grandkids


 
And Pets


 
And Family
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One final look at my trains.


 
"Uncle Bob's Bridge"


 
Zac's Baptism in Lake Calion


 
Another Josiah Self Portrait


 
Dorcheat
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Dustin at Civil Air Patrol


 
One of the oil wells drilled by my dad in the early '50s


 
Ethan Shows off his sun glasses.


 
Josiah Reflected.


 
Josiah Self Portrait
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Volume 13, Issue 52 Friday, December 30, 2011

Hello All,

Happy New Year Y’all.
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We’re settling into our new home with only about 20 boxes still to unpack. Hopefully my laptop and the missing chamber pot is in one of them.

Though only 300 ft2 larger than our old home, we have tons more closet and cabinet space. However the “open” concept has robbed us of some walls that would have been used to display photos and such so we’ll probably have to rotate them every few months.

Annette has “given” me the top of the chest of drawers in the bedroom to display my things (such as old cameras, train souvenirs, etc.)

Strangely, this home has far fewer windows than our old home but, due to the placement of the ones we have, the house is brighter and airier. Annette commented that we are closer to the out doors than before. This is probably due to the large french doors leading onto the patio that gives us ready outside access. Our previous home required a trip down stairs to get into the outdoors.

Our neighbors are great and, so far, my only problem is the weekly race to get to my trash can before my neighbor brings it back to our garage after it’s emptied.

If you have time, feel free to stop by. We’d really like the opportunity to show you our new home. We’re normally open from 9 am to 9 pm each day.
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It’s been a sobering year for the class of ‘69 as we’ve begun to lose members from heart disease and other causes. I was thinking about the folks no longer with us when a documentary about the National Film Registry showed on PBS. It got me thinking about other folks that affected our lives such as W.P. Florence. Working for him taught me the importance of quality and dependability as well as much about entertainment and it’s meaning.

When Mr. Florence built the Cameo Theater, the new trend was to have glass doors, like the newly rebuilt Chatterbox did. But he opted to stay with the “old fashioned” solid wood doors. Because he wanted people to leave the world behind when they entered the theater.

And I still think that the best movies take us out of our lives and put us into another world. I guess that’s why I don’t like sad or depressing movies. There’s enough of that in the world we live in. I like movies that lift me up, show me the beauty of the world and the possibility of good in our lives.

But not everyone agrees with me and that’s o.k. In the end, it’s the way a movie affects you that draws you to it. Whether it’s an action thriller or a “chick flick.”

Each year since 1989, the Librarian of Congress has named 25 films to the National Film Registry that are "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant. "These films are selected because of their enduring significance to American culture."
[http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2011/11-240.html]
Films Selected to the 2011 National Film Registry include:

Allures (1961)
Bambi (1942)
The Big Heat (1953)
A Computer Animated Hand (1972)
Crisis: Behind A Presidential Commitment (1963)
The Cry of the Children (1912)
A Cure for Pokeritis (1912)
El Mariachi (1992)
Faces (1968)
Fake Fruit Factory (1986)
Forrest Gump (1994)
Growing Up Female (1971)
Hester Street (1975)
I, an Actress (1977)
The Iron Horse (1924)
The Kid (1921)
The Lost Weekend (1945)
The Negro Soldier (1944)
Nicholas Brothers Family Home Movies (1930s-40s)
Norma Rae (1979)
Porgy and Bess (1959)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Stand and Deliver (1988)
Twentieth Century (1934)
War of the Worlds (1953)
The list of Films Selected to The National Film Registry, 1989-2010 (550 films) can be viewed at: [http://www.loc.gov/film/titles.html]
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Some of you know our Friends Brandt and Pam Prince, missionaries to the Congo. They have three sons and have just adopted a baby girl. Unlike me, they love living in primitive conditions, in Africa. Their love and dedication never cease to amaze me. I'm sharing some of Pam's posts about their struggle to adopt this child.
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Pamela Prince - A few days ago, I asked for prayer regarding a big decision we had to make. Yesterday we took in a little 3 month old baby girl whose mother died of Aids and her father abandoned her. She is precious to us and we are trusting God for all the steps ahead of us in this new venture. Thanks for your prayers.

Pamela Prince - Have you ever seen the movie Spy Kids? Where the parents use their daughter's extremely long name as their password- Austin says that's what our baby will be like. We have a name finally: Shukuru Juliana Marie Prince! That's not too long is it?

Pamela Prince - I received a wonderful package today from some awesome missionary ladies in Kigoma, Tanzania full of fun things for Juliana! Thanks to Karen Rasmussen, Nicola Evans, Gina Johnson, Ruth Johnson, Tim Barb Kelly, and I don't know who else was in on that but we appreciate it very much!!!! Love you all!

Pamela Prince - I think I'm going to have to learn to drink coffee if baby Juliana doesn't let me sleep more! I can barely make it through the day I'm so tired!

Pamela Prince - The DNA test I need for Juliana is not available in this country so now I have to get special court permission to take her out of the country so we can test her in Kigoma. Praying for favor and for QUICK action in a SLOW- MOVING country!

Pamela Prince - Have gone to court the last two days to be told, Come back tomorrow! It's interesting to me that the court reporter writes everything down (no computer or typewriter to help him keep up) and he's completely the worst cross-eyed man I've ever seen. I have no idea how he can see to read or write and he's the court reporter!

Pamela Prince - After 15 days of going back and forth to government offices and countless hours of waiting and pushing and fighting, I have the last document that is required for our court session tomorrow morning at 9. I am expecting the adoption to be finalized tomorrow. I need to be able to travel with Juliana to a doctor in Tanzania, that's why everything has been so rushed. But we're close to the end now! Prayers please!

Pamela Prince - Pray. Push. Fight. Pull. Pray harder. Threaten. Beg. Smile. Plead. Scream. Cry. Wait. Pray some more. Stand. And then it happened! Today in court, the judges declared Juliana to be ours! That may actually be a record: 16 days from start to finish for an adoption to take place. Of course that's only on the Congo side. I think I'm gonna rest awhile before I even start the American side of things. But she's ours! Praise God!

Pamela Prince - I hate traveling in Congo. We get all ready and packed up and then they say, "oh it will be tomorrow" I HATE BOATS AND CARGO SHIPS for a million reasons but especially when they don't stick to a schedule.

(NOTE: She made it across the lake to have the baby tested. Now she's trying to get back home.)

Pamela Prince - Still stuck in Kigoma, waiting on a ship to take me home. So today I took Juliana swimming for the first time! She liked it and so did I. It was very refreshing in this intense heat.
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The ship she's talking about is to take her from Tanzania, back across Lake Tangayika to their home in the Congo.
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Good, Easy New Year's Resolutions

Just for today, I will not sit in my living room all day in my nightdress. Instead, I will move my computer into the bedroom.

I will not bore my boss by with the same excuse for taking leaves. I will think of some more excuses.

I will do less laundry and use more deodorant.

I will avoid taking a bath whenever possible and conserve more water.

I will give up chocolates totally. 100%. Completely. Honestly....

I will try to figure out why I *really* need nine e-mail addresses.

I will stop sending e-mails to my wife (husband).

I resolve to work with neglected children -- my own.

I will stop sending e-mail, ICQ, and Instant Messages while on the phone at the same time with the same person.

I will spend less than one hour a day on the Internet. This, of course, will be hard to estimate since I'm not a clock watcher.

I will read the manual ... just as soon as I can find it.

I will think of a password other than "password."

I will not tell the same story at every get together.

I won't worry so much.

I will cut my hair.

I will grow my hair.

I will be more imaginative.

I will not ring the stewardess button on airplanes just to get her phone number.
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"We may not be able to cure the world, but we don't have to make it sicker." __ "Bug"
"There just ain't enough fingers for all the holes in the dike." _ _ "Bug"
"It's no big deal doing what God tells you to do. A big deal would be NOT doing what God tells you to do. Just ask Jonah." _ _ Paul Troquille
“Nam et ipsa scientia potestas est.” Knowledge is power. _ Francis Bacon
"The problem is here and now. The time for talk is past. The time for action is now."
Comments on the first Earth Day _ James F. McClellan via John "Fuzzy" Thurman
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Hope you enjoy the newsletter.
Again, thanks to all our contributors this week.
"Remember Pearl Harbor? Remember 9/11!" __"Bug"
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Sunday, September 4, 2011

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The NASA Astronaut Memorial Patch I bought recently from an estate sale. It’s 12" in diameter.


 
Another “Katrina Cottage” moving into Magnolia to serve as rental property. These cottages were built for the less than the cost of the famous Katrina Trailers. They are really pretty nice.
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“Da Boys” playing with the pens, pads and stencils MaMaw got them. Eat your heart out Nintindo!


 
The “Gang” at a recent Albemarle Steak and Bingo Supper


 
The street view of our (soon to be) new home.
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Da Boys visiting the local National Guard.


 
They were all over these Humvees.


 
Da Boys “Swangin” behind our new home.
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The "Wife Of My Youth" on "Western Day" at Magnolia Christian Center


 
Our new patio.


 
Looking out on the patio and the front door in our new home.
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Volume 13, Issue 34 Friday, September 02, 2011

Hello All,

Well gang, believe it or not, we’ve decided to purchase a new "Garden Home" here in Magnolia. This small (though it is 200 ft2 larger than our present domicile), detached residence will meet our need to get out of our split level that has eight steps to get into the house and up from the living room and to the bedroom / kitchen area. Folks our age don't really need to have to constantly go up and down stairs.
This home has an enclosed garage with only one step up into the back door. I should be able to navigate this without much problem and, as I told Annette, now I'll have a "shop" to putter around in.
Of course Annette's mumbling something about setting up times when I'm allowed to "mess up" the garage and she's adamant that I have it cleaned up and put away before supper each evening. :0)
The garage discussion came about because this home is much nicer than where we presently live. I like that because it meets my desire to give Annette something she can be proud of and enjoy decorating, etc. In fact, she's already told me that our clothes aren't nice enough to live there much less some of our furniture. :0|
Another feature of the new home is that it has three bathrooms and two bedrooms. Sort of a challenge at my age to have to decide which toilet to use. :0)
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Our youngest grandson has started kindergarten. It’s a slippery slope from here till he’s grown.
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When David came home from his first day at Kindergarten, Annette asked him; "How did you like it?" He replied; "Well ... they won't let me talk and I can't write or read. Seems like a waste of time." LOL :0)
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When we were young, our families had “accounts” at the grocery store. If mom needed flour or sugar or bread, she’d just send us to the store with a list and the grocer would “charge it” to our family. Then, at the end of the month, mom would get the bill from the grocer and pay him. Sort of like a credit card except you didn’t need the card. But the ability to charge stuff at the store could also complicate things when parents tried to keep us from things that were available at local stores. As a very young child, my mother decided to "wean" me off the bottle by throwing it away and telling me it was lost. When I couldn’t find my bottle, I just walked down to the grocery store, charged a new bottle, brought it home and surprised her when she found out that I wasn't bottle "weaned." She finally sent me to the country for a couple of weeks to stay with my Aunt and Uncle. When I got there, my bottle was again "lost" and I couldn't figure out how to get into town nor which store in that town I could charge at.
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Check out MCC’s new website [http://magnoliachristiancenter.org/] Stephen Burton is an awesome web designer.
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Herschel Baker was one of our heroes when we were young marrieds. A quick Herschel story: When they first came out with "Police" Radio Scanners, Herschel came in the Chatterbox talking about all the things he could hear on the new one he had purchased. My mother, who wasn't nosey but hated the thought of ANYTHING happening in Columbia County that she didn't know of, told Herschel that she wished she had one. He thought for a few seconds and then told her; "Iris, I'll put it in my will that if I die, you'll get my scanner." She told him that was GREAT!. From then on, whenever he came in the Chatterbox, she asked; "Herschel, how are you feeling?" It only took two weeks and he purchased another one and brought it to her with the explanation; "I don't want anyone looking forward to my death." :0)
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They recently demolished the last structure on the old 66 Kitchen property here in Magnolia. A lot of us have fond memories of that “truck stop” diner. My favorite 66 Kitchen story involves the "Wife Of My Youth" and some Onion Rings. Annette has never had a problem saying what she thinks. One evening, we were driving by and saw some friends in "The Kitchen" so we stopped to visit. As we came in the door, there was a truck driver sitting at the first booth and the waitress had just set a HUGE platter of onion rings in front of him. As I headed back to see our friends (thinking Annette was still with me) Annette stopped and exclaimed; "Those are the best looking onion rings I've ever seen." The truck driver (foolish man that he was) said; "Would you like to share them?" "Why Yes!" announced Annette and sat down across from him. When I got down to our friends' booth, I couldn't find Annette and then saw her, sitting with this stranger, eating onion rings. I went back to get her but it was in vain. She told me she' be back to see us after "they" finished the onion rings. :0)
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McClellan's three or four rules: 1. Rejoice in that this is the will of the Lord concerning you. If that doesn't seem to be working, remember; 2. All things work together for the good of them who love the Lord. If that doesn't seem to be working, remember; 3. All things are subject to change. And finally; 4. Don't let the son of a guns get you down!
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Car Talks Tom and Ray - "I get by with a little help from my Depends"
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A friend failed his certification test this week. I should have given him my GUARANTEED NOT TO FAIL test taking method (only works on multiple choice.) First - of course, make sure your study plan leaves your properly prepared to challenge the test. Second - get plenty of rest the night before. Third - wear a watch with a sweep second hand. Fourth - Once the test begins, carefully read each question and ALL the answers provided. Sixth - Give yourself a moment or two to consider the question and the answers. Fifth - If after reading the question and ALL the answers, you still have absolutely no idea what the answer is, look at your watch. If the second hand is between 12 and 3, the answer is "A". If it's between 3 and 6, the answer is "B". If it's between 6 and 9, it's "C". If it's between 9 and 12, the answer is "D". This method has successfully taken me to certification as a Boiler Operator, An EMT and a Certified Safety Professional. :0)
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I don't believe in the "Illuminati" because, if they existed, they should do a better job of running the world. But I do believe in human nature and it's not as espoused by Lt. Cable in "South Pacific": "You've got to be taught to hate and fear,, etc." Without the restriction of definite moral boundaries, everything becomes a judgment call and in most folk’s judgment, "#1 comes first." So those who are benefitting from the wars will fight Ron Paul with all their might (and they have a lot.) Just as those who are pandering to the "masses" and buying their votes with the taxpayer's money will continue to do so until physically forced to stop. But we CAN make a difference by actively supporting the "Don Quixote’s" of our age. They may not win often, but if we do what is right (and trust God to do the rest), we'll be able to sleep at night.
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Rosemary Cragan Dolliver - - The economy is so bad that: I received a pre-declined credit card in the mail. CEO's are now playing miniature golf. Exxon-Mobil laid off 25 Congressmen. Angelina Jolie adopted a child from America. Motel 6 won't leave the light on anymore. A picture is now only worth 200 words. They renamed Wall Street " Wal-Mart Street". Finally, I called the Suicide Hotline. I got a call center in Pakistan and when I told them I was suicidal, they got all excited, and asked if I could drive a truck.
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I hate to see our railroads go away (like the Arkansas Louisiana up through Taylor.) The railroads are much more efficient and, eventually, we're probably going to turn back to them for human travel. My mother used to ride the "doodlebug" (a passenger car with its own gasoline engine) from Taylor to Shreveport, catch the trolley at the train station, go shopping and then catch the "doodlebug" back to Taylor. Switch Taylor for any large city suburb and switch "doodlebug" for "mass transit rail" and you've got a good plan for massive fuel savings. I envision in our lifetimes catching High Speed Rail at Prescott, traveling to Little Rock, transferring to the Little Rock area Trolley (or equivalent) and shopping or going to the doctor and then returning to Prescott where we'd use our auto to get home.
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I'm surprised that face book still allows the quotation of bible verses. Don't they know that's very politically incorrect. They should automatically replace bible verses with a quote from the Koran or Budda, Confucius, Taoism, etc. Just to keep from offending any minority.
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I invite my more liberal readers to peruse the following article with an open mind. [http://www.fieldandstream.com/blogs/gun-nuts/2011/08/tales-told-fools-why-media-cant-get-anything-right-about-guns]
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Many fortune 500 companies encourage "high energy" management. At many locations, that means that employees are lambasted and belittled no matter what the outcome of their work. Competent, intelligent employees are gradually reduced to quivering in the presence of management. Or, conversely, they copy the management and began attacking their co-workers. At my on employer, my last meeting with management was to review an extensive audit that resulted in nine "findings" (items that we could improve on.) Even though the auditors told management that they rated us "World Class" and that all similar audits at other locations had resulted in excess of forty findings, our management kept us all after the review and through much shouting and screaming told us that we all should be fired as there was NO EXCUSE for having any "findings" on an audit.
Shortly after that I "moved on to another company" where I was surprised to find management that was able to run a very profitable operation without bulling and verbal abuse.
Will wonders never cease?
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Some memories of our youth and local history:
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The Chatterbox Café was named after a night spot in New York City that sponsored a radio show that Tamey listened to when young. He started selling burgers in a stand next to the current location of Wilson Bearden Drugs when he was 10 years old. The Chatterbox was his third or fourth café as he worked his way up the business ladder. When constructed, the Chatterbox was the FIRST restaurant west of the Mississippi River with a stainless steel kitchen (it was featured in the National Restaurant Magazine). It was also one of the first restaurants in Arkansas to be air conditioned. Over the years, as we traveled, we almost always ran into someone who had eaten in the Chatterbox since it was located at the intersection of two US highways (79 and 82). In the days before Interstates, Magnolia was a major east west and north south highway intersection. Many of these folks mentioned that "It was the first place we could sit in the air conditioning while traveling on vacation." If I get time, I'll share some of our favorite Chatterbox stories, such as; "Lena was a fantastic example of the "typical" waitress, Flaming Red hair, gravelly voice and not much patience with idiots. One evening a customer of Lena's complained about the quality of the food she'd been served. Tamey apologized and refunded the ladies money. Lena, seeing this commented; "I can't figure out what she was dissatisfied about. She ate everything except the design on the plate.""
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My mother also related that, as kids, she and her siblings didn't know they were "poor." My grandfather slowly sold off his assets to keep the family fed. They didn't have a lot of material things but they did have a home and food on the table (much of which came from their own garden.) But, as a result of that experience, my uncles refused to ever borrow money. They had seen too many families lose all that they had when the banks foreclosed. Instead, they saved and paid cash for cars, homes, land, etc. Of course, this meant that they never had a good credit rating, but, who needs that when you have all the money you would have paid out in interest, sitting in your bank account.
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"Small World" incidents - - I ran into Daryl Cox in Dallas around 1971. I was getting out of my car behind our Studio (where the current Dallas Museum of Art is located.) Daryl was fast walking down the alley beside our building, between St Paul and Harwood streets. I don't remember whither he saw me first or what but we stopped for a moment and, I believe, he told me he was in school there. Then he was gone on to his car and I headed into HalMar to finish setting up a shoot for Borden's we had scheduled that day. Wow! I'm getting flashbacks thinking about that time. Daryl, feel free to correct my recollection.
Daryl Cox Good recall James... I was living in Dallas attending computer programming school, and I was walking fast when we met, headed to a part-time job downtown. I ran (figuratively) into Bud Russell outside the tag agency in Tulsa, about 2 years ago.
James F. McClellan Thanks for helping prove I'm not totally senile (unless we both had the same dream:0) I looked up the Dallas Museum and the lab where I processed Ectacrome Film was just about where the current Stake Hitch Sculpture by Claes Thure Oldenburg sits. By the way, Bud's mom told me that he's getting hitched.
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Bradford and Son's BBQ.
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I loved to be there when someone ordered more than one sandwich (say 4 or 5 for a work lunch order.) Mrs. Bradford would go to the left side of the kitchen and open the bread bag and get out two slices of bread, then she would walk across the room and get a piece of wax paper to put the bread on, then back to the stove to take the lid off the pot of BBQ, then back across the room to the cabinet to lay the lid down, then back to the stove to spoon the BBQ on the bread, then back across the room to pick up the lid and put it back on the pot, then back to the counter to wrap the sandwich and put a tooth pick through the wax paper, then back across the room to put the sandwich in a sac. Repeat however many times equals the number of sandwiches you ordered. :0)
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Ge Johnson Sounds like you have a photographic memory!
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You have to know two things; 1. I'm an old crabby guy and my "memories" may or may not be associated with reality. and 2. I never let the truth stand in the way of a good story. But, in this case, that's how I remember her serving us. If you got one sandwich, she prepared it that way. If you ordered 10 sandwiches, she prepared them all the same way, one at a time. Oh Yeah I forgot the step where she came back to the bread bag and replaced the twist tie before she went to the pot to take the lid off.
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Mr. Florence - - Graduated with an MBA from Harvard. He also was a navigator on C-46s flying "The Hump" in Burma during WWII. This was one of the most dangerous air missions of the war, losing an average of 20 planes a month. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T?he_Hump]
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Mike Dunn posted "James, Mr. Florence was the only Harvard MBA in Magnolia at the time. Brilliant man."
Mr. Florence was very very generous but didn't want anyone to know. He would do things for people "on the sly." But often my mother would find out (she always seemed to know everything) and when she did, she often tried to thank him for his kindness to whomever. She'd bake a cake or pie and send me to the theater with it. I absolutely HATED this task because Mr. Florence would never accept free gifts. He'd always send me back, then my mother would send me back to him with a note insisting that she wanted to do this for him. Then he'd send me back to her insisting that someone else was more deserving of the gift. etc. etc. etc. After a while I learned to just take the gift to someone else on the square. My mother was always confused when someone would thank her for a gift she didn't remember giving them.
A while before he Passed away, Mr. Florence learned that Annette was going on a mission trip to Romania and he donated some money to her. While in Romania, Annette bought small gifts for everyone that had sponsored her. When she returned, she handed me a small chess set she had bought in Romania (it cost a dollar or so if I remember correctly) and told me to take it to Mr. Florence as a thank you gift. I begged and pleaded with her to not do this. I'd already been down that road. But she insisted so I delivered the chess set. And ran before Mr. Florence could give it back.
Betty Anderson Haisten Posted "I remember being told that he and his mother bought identical cars so no one would think they were extravagant for each having a car. I also understand that he had another person contribute to the First Presbyterian collection plate for him, once a year, in cash, so his contribution, which was significant, could not be tracked."
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Many of us delivered "show calendars" (a thick paper sheet like a calendar page that showed which movies were showing At the Cameo each day of the month) each month for Mr. Florence? I remember we went all over Magnolia and nearby towns including Stephens. We got paid with passes to the theaters. Door to door delivery.
Yep and part of the pay was in movie passes! LOL had to love Mr. Florence. - Darrell Walker
All my pay was in movie passes. He'd be jailed today for filling the back of that stake side pickup with kids and driving them all over a several county area.
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“Old Mike” the petrified man...... Old Mike is the name given to a traveling salesman who died in 1911 in Prescott (Nevada County). The people of Prescott only knew him by his first name, Mike. Apparently no one claimed the body when he died. He was subsequently embalmed and the embalmers did a really, really good job. After embalming him (and giving him his creepy trademark wooden eyes) they propped him up in a window hoping a family member or friend would recognize him. Nobody ever did. The funeral home kept the body publicly displayed for over sixty years and he became somewhat of a minor tourist attraction. His face adorned the front page of one of the Halloween editions of the SSC student newspaper (74 - 76?).
"Mike" was an "Unadvertised" tourist attraction in Prescott, Arkansas. The last time I saw him (yes, my family stopped there more than once) was probably the summer of '69. Annette was in one of the first Upward Bound classes at SSC (now SAU) and they took a field trip to Mena and I tagged along part of the way. Coming through Prescott they stopped to see "Mike." He was in a white wooden box in the funeral home hallway. It was actually Hillary (HRC) who had him buried. After she and Bill gained the governorship, she was HORRIFIED to learn of Prescott's "claim to fame" and had the state Health Department issue orders for his interment.
[http://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=4924]
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Olive's! On North Vine - - That was the first permanent building of the AoG church....it actually started in a tent revival up by Lawhons, and then moved "temp" wize into a building where the hayride bldg is.....and then over on Washington...
Annette attended church there at the Assembly of God on North Vine. It kind of bothered her when we'd go into Olives and they had minnows in the former baptismal tank. By the way, the Assemblies are starting a New Assembly of God church on West Main in the old Captain Video building. Right next door to the original tent revival spot and not too far from their first building on North Vine.
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Remember your smallpox vaccination? And the little plastic bubble they taped over it so you wouldn't scratch it (like those cone shaped dog collars for your pet?) How about your Polio vaccine? Did you get yours in a sugar cube?
Dr. Knighton (of Willis Knighton in Shreveport) removed my aunt Margaret's Appendix on their kitchen table one evening while visiting Magnolia (she was a teenager at the time). My mother hated calling Dr. Sizemore at night. He was always rude and belittling for you not bringing in your child during office hours. But what really made her mad is that he would often meet her at the clinic and was nice as could be when she got there, denying her the opportunity to gripe back at him.
Dr. Wilson was also my Doc. That gives me the chance to totally embarrass myself. I was 8 or 9 years old, playing with my cousins when a discussion of "the birds and the bees" started. Both my cousins were astounded at my ignorance but declined to enlighten me. Dinah Sue told me to go ask my mother. So I did. She seemed sort of "nonplussed" and sent me to Tamey to get the question answered. Tamey listened to me, then picked up the phone and called the Magnolia Clinic. When he got off the phone, he sent me to see Dr. Wilson. I was ushered into his office with the giant modern leather and chrome couch and he shut the door and asked me what my question was. After I asked him, he sat there for a minute and then asked me ... "Do you know to keep your pants zipped?" "Yes Sir." I replied. "Good." he said. Then he let me get an ice cold 6 oz. bottle of coke out of the Coke cooler he kept in his office and sent me back to the Chatterbox. If it hadn't been for the boy scouts, I'd have entered my teen years totally ignorant of reproduction.
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Buzz Sawyer was the local Civil Air Patrol cadet commander when he was in high school. He joined the air force and graduated from the Air Force Academy in 1968 [http://www.usafa68.org/photos/ph20.htm]. He then flew in the Vietnam war theater (you can read about the war he fought there in "The RAVENS" by Christopher Robbins). He married a lovely woman "Kasanee" from Thailand. After leaving the US Air Force, Buzz went on to join the CIA's "front" airline, Southern Air Transport (as did a few other Magnolia folks. {NOTE: My research indicates that the CIA actively recruited Air Force Personnel for Southern Air Transport and Buzz was probably recruited while still serving.} I have some souvenirs of SAT that came from another Magnolian that worked for enterprise.) On October 3, 1986, while co-piloting a SAT C-123K, N4410F, formerly USAF 54-679 (c/n 20128), cargo plane supporting US covert activities in Nicaragua, Buzz was shot down and killed along with the pilot. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Air_Transport] Kasanee still lives in Magnolia. She and Buzz had a son, who has since passed away.
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How to succeed in this life.

ONE. Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully.
TWO. Marry a man/woman you love to talk to. As you get older, their conversational skills will be as important as any other.
THREE. Don't believe all you hear, spend all you have or sleep all you want.
FOUR When you say, 'I love you,' mean it.
FIVE.. When you say, 'I'm sorry,' look the person in the eye.
SIX. Be engaged at least six months before you get married.
SEVEN. Believe in love at first sight.
EIGHT. Never laugh at anyone's dreams. People who don't have dreams don't have much.
NINE..... Love deeply and passionately. You might get hurt but it's the only way to live life completely.
TEN.. In disagreements, fight fairly. No name calling.
ELEVEN. Don't judge people by their relatives.
TWELVE. Talk slowly but think quickly.
THIRTEEN. When someone asks you a question you don't want to answer, smile and ask, 'Why do you want to know?'
FOURTEEN. Remember that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
FIFTEEN. Say 'bless you' when you hear someone sneeze.
SIXTEEN. When you lose, don't lose the lesson.
SEVENTEEN. Remember the three R's: Respect for self; Respect for others; and Responsibility for all your actions.
EIGHTEEN. Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship.
NINETEEN. When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
TWENTY. Smile when picking up the phone. The caller will hear it in your voice
TWENTY- ONE. Spend some time alone.

Thanks to Daphne Roberts
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So some of our leaders were quick to run out and blame the TEA Party and other anti-tax groups for the down rating or our nation’s credit. But I didn't hear S&P say that our credit was down rated because we didn't raise taxes. What I heard them say was they didn’t believe that our government could work together to approve a budget (much less balance our budget) and address our debt addiction.
Don’t misunderstand me. I don’t think this is a Democrat nor a Republican problem. This is OUR problem. Both parties have continued to vote for spending beyond our means for years. And pointing fingers at each other never solved any problems. But it’s hard to come to an agreement when it seems that everywhere there are “experts” telling us that there is only one solution (theirs) to our problems. And all the “experts” disagree.
If we (you, me, congress and the President) are serious about facing this problem, then we need to get serious about standardizing the message we are sending.
How about we look at it this way? If we really have to tax ourselves more to get out of the hole that we and our government have gotten into (and I list both of us since we elected the idiots) then let's be specific about the taxes, their life span and what we expect them to do. Here in "normal" America we've voted to tax ourselves a couple of times to pay for needed public works projects. Two out of three times, we put a time limit on the tax (the other one is expected to continue paying for the required service for perpetuity.) In the '70s we voted in a sales tax to build a lake as a drinking water source. Once the lake and associated hardware was built and installed, we rescinded the tax. Later, we decided to enact a sales tax to pay for home garbage and lawn debris pickup county wide. This was considered to be a more healthful solution than having folks dump their garbage all over the county or (as previously tried) having piles of garbage at various "pick up points" throughout the county. The home pickup works and our populace is probably more healthful as a result. This tax will stay on the books as long as the service is provided. Recently we enacted another tax to build a new Hospital. The hospital is finished and, once the bills are paid, the citizens expect this tax to be rescinded.
Given those examples, I'd be willing to consider a new tax to say, support the James Webb telescope or to provide for construction of new veterans hospitals. But I won't support adding to the money pouring into Washington for them to flitter away as THEY see fit.
Crabby Old Guy
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Here are a few “Words of Wisdom” from my friends, relatives and neighbors:
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Jimmy Baugh - And just how does "the cow eat the cabbage"?
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Jessica Bomar - What makes loneliness an anguish is not that I have no one to share my burden, but this: I have only my own burden to bear.
Dag Hammarskjold
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Mary Louise Brownlee Alexis - There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you that it's going to be a butterfly." William Danforth
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JoAnn Dempsey Best - Military retirement is not a Entitlement, it was earned! Our benefits aren't some kind of charity or handout! Congressional benefits = free health care, outrageous retirement packages, 67 paid holidays, three weeks paid vacation, unlimited paid sick days - now THAT'S welfare. And Congress has the nerve to call a Military retirement an Entitlement?
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Ricci Leever Black - I met a fairy today who said she would grant me one wish.
"I want to live forever," I said.
"Sorry," said the fairy, "I'm not allowed to grant wishes like that!"
"Fine," I said, "then I want to die when Congress adheres to the ultimate rule of law, the U.S. Constitution."
"You crafty devil, you!" said the fairy.
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John Britton - I find many people trying to build a hospital for well people.

I know this is old , but true: going to church makes you a Christian is equal to going to Mcd's makes you a hamburger
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J.r. Bunner - why do politicians say, "make the hard decisions to cut spending"? I bet in their personal finances they don't borrow 42 cents of every dollar they spend and give their money to neighbors who would like to burn their houses down.
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Michael Burdine - - (Speaking of Spudnuts) It is an interesting concept isn’t it. Most folks are like 'Doughnuts that are made from potatoes?"," That doesn’t sound very good" I tell them that those things are so good that if you sat one on top of your head your tongue would beat your brains out trying to get to it
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Shelly Marks Burgess - "Wisdom always chooses to do now, what it will be satisfied with later on." - Joyce Meyers
Every action and word plants a seed, whether good or bad. Can you live with the results of your actions or words.
PRAY now or Act now it is your choice.
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Michael E. Dunn - posted to “You know you from Magnolia if.....”
If you have never met a stranger, and some people think you are strange because you talk to EVERYONE!
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Paul N Deborah Dodson-Ebarb - When I woke up this morning, I asked myself, ''What is life about?'' I found the answer in my room.... the fan said '' be cool.'' The roof said, ''Aim high'' The window said, '' See the world! '' The clock said, ''Every minute is precious.'' The mirror said, '' Reflect before you act. '' The door said, '' Push hard for your goal ''The floor said, '' Kneel down and pray''

What I was taught as a child:
Religion - "You better pray that comes out of the carpet"
Logic - "Because I said so, that's why."
Irony - "Keep crying and I'll give you something to cry about."
Wisdom - "When you get to my age you'll understand."
Justice - "One day you'll have kids, I hope they turn out just like you!!"
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Kristy McWilliams Ellington - Don't let the wrongful actions of others ruin your day...if you do then you both lose.
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Steve Ford - I think it was Churchill who said if you weren't a liberal when you were 21, you had no heart; if you weren't a conservative by the time you were 40 you had no brain. Something like that. I personally am going to vote what I call the Schwarzenegger plan--you know, TOTAL RECALL, buddy! Bring 'em all home, put in some term limits on the new ones, and make them have the same retirement and health insurance plans WE have. They'll be a little more careful with Social Security if that's where they draw their retirements. Oh, and add a balanced budget amendment--if outgo exceeds income, there would be jail terms for the ones who vote that sort of budget. THAT would bring about change we could count on in D.C., don't you think?
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Gena Risher Hammock - Never criticize your wife's faults.
It might have been those faults that kept her from getting a better husband.
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Emily Harris - "Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow." Albert Einstein
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Thought for the day: There are those, I know, who will say that the liberation of humanity, the freedom of man and mind, is nothing but a dream. They are right. It is the American dream. ~ Archibald MacLeish via Ron Hazelton
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David Lamb - True Love.... Lock your spouse and your dog in the trunk of your car....wait an hour and see which one is happy that you let them out!!
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Kit Lange - Democracy will soon degenerate into an anarchy, such an anarchy that every man will do what is right in his own eyes and no man's life or property or reputation or liberty will be secure, and everyone of these will soon mold itself into a system of subordination of all the moral virtues and intellectual abilities, all the powers of wealth, beauty, wit, and science, to the wanton pleasures, the capricious will, and the execrable cruelty of one or a very few." - John Adams
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Nancee Davis Law - If you always look at negative things, you will never see how blessed you are.

We had social networking when we were kids .. it was called "outside" back then

I can't wait to get old so I can move in with my kids, pay no bills and throw my clothes on the floor and say.... I didn't do it!

Labor Day: When we celebrate having a job by getting paid to not go to that Job

New York City Policemen and Firefighters "NOT INVITED" to the 10th anniversary of 9/11 at Ground Zero. The Mayor claims "there isn't enough room for them"....Funny enough, they weren't "invited" on that fateful day in 2001 either....THEY JUST SHOWED UP AND DID THEIR JOB!

When I look into my children's eyes, I can see God looking back at me with a smile saying "You're welcome!"
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Robert Lyons - I would love to say my mind is empty, but it is full of nothing.

Will Rogers was funny and he never mentioned Wal-Mart.

Religion: the things we do to avoid a relationship with God. Jesus was the first to say "no rules, just right."
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The Mission - - Today, everyone of us is either a missionary or a mission field.
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Norma Kay Rowe - Enjoy all the little things in life; you'll look back one day and realize those were the big things.

The attitude we have while we're in the wilderness determines how long we're going to stay there. COMPLAIN & REMAIN or PRAISE & BE RAISED.

HOW TO TREAT A WOMAN: Wine her. Dine her. Call her. Hold her. Surprise her. Compliment her. Give her a wink;). Smile at her. Listen to her. Laugh with her. Cry with her. Romance her. Encourage her. Believe in her. Cuddle with her. Shop with her. Give her jewelry. Buy her flowers. Hold her hand. Write love letters to her. Go to the ends of the earth and back again for her.
HOW TO TREAT A MAN: Show up naked. Bring chicken wings & beer. Don't block the TV please...lol
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Dee Dee Fitzhugh Snyder
Salary of retired US Presidents .............$180,000 FOR LIFE
Salary of House/Senate .......................$174,00?0 FOR LIFE
Salary of Speaker of the House ............$223,500 FOR LIFE
Salary of Majority/Minority Leaders ...... $193,400 FOR LIFE
Average Salary of a teacher ................ $40,065
...Average Salary of Soldier DEPLOYED IN AFGHANISTAN $38,000
I think we found where the cuts should be made.
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Tawana Robertson Staten - A friend posted this today and I love it, so I am re-posting -(kind of sums up my feelings right now)- words to live by: If you are honest, people may cheat you. Be honest anyway. If you find happiness, people may be jealous. Be happy anyway. The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway. Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough. Give your best anyway. For you see, in the end, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway!
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Mary Ruth Stockwell - A town builds a bypass to route traffic around the town. Then the town moves to the bypass, installs traffic lights. reduces speed limit!!!!! ??????????
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Nancy Burnett Watson - "If you can't be generous when it is hard, you won't be when it's easy". Zig Ziglar/Confessions of a Happy Christian
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America is not at war. The military is at war. - - America is at the mall, or watching the movie stars. [http://icasualties.org/]
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31 lost, 31 unwanted visits, 31 doors receive that dreaded knock, 31 families with shattered hearts, 31 pairs of boots lined up with rifles, dog tags and helmets, 31 comrades remembered and grieved for, 31 funeral services, 31 names on newly made grave markers, 31 empty places at the table, 31 souls who gave all and whose lives leave a void.... [http://www.godvine.com/Rhema-Marvanne-Sings-a-Tribute-for-Soldiers-238.html]
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The latest from Michael Yon, the foremost “milnews” blogger on the web.
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Greetings,

An Army officer came to my tent and delivered a message today. He later showed me an email. A certain US Army General wants me to unpublish a dispatch. The dispatch violates no rules, and there are no security considerations. Just censorship.

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If you would like to encourage US Troops overseas, but are not sure just how to begin, visit www.anysoldier.com for ideas.
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My favorite Diabetes Nurse (that's you Sandy) turned me on to this information. Diabetics, sit up, read and heed. - - Fast-Acting Carbohydrate

A form of carbohydrate that will raise blood glucose levels relatively quickly when ingested. The term “fast-acting carbohydrate” is generally used in discussions of treating hypoglycemia, or low blood sugar. However, as research accumulates on the subject of carbohydrates and how quickly they are absorbed, some diabetes experts say the term has become outdated.

What defines hypoglycemia varies from source to source, but it generally refers to a blood glucose level below 70 mg/dl. In many cases, this will produce the typical symptoms of low blood sugar, which include trembling, sweating, heart palpitations, butterflies in the stomach, irritability, hunger, or fatigue. Severe hypoglycemia can cause drowsiness, poor concentration, confusion, and even unconsciousness. Diabetes care experts generally recommend checking one’s blood sugar level whenever possible to confirm hypoglycemia before treating it.

To treat hypoglycemia, the standard advice is to consume 10-15 grams of “fast-acting” carbohydrate. Each of the following items provides roughly 10-15 grams of carbohydrate:

5-6 LifeSaver candies
4-6 ounces regular (non-diet) soda
4-6 ounces of orange juice
2 tablespoons of raisins
8 ounces of nonfat or low-fat milk
One tube (0.68 ounces) of Cake Mate decorator gel.

There are also a number of commercially available glucose tablets and gels. Benefits to using commercial products include the following:

They aren’t as tempting to snack on as candy is.
They contain no fat, which can slow down digestion, or fructose, which has a smaller and slower effect on blood glucose.
The commercial products are standardized, so it’s easy to measure out a dose of 10-15 grams of carbohydrate.

If someone is unconscious from low blood sugar, don’t attempt to give him anything to eat or drink. Rather, take him to the nearest emergency room, or inject glucagon if you have been instructed how to do it. If you can’t get emergency help fast enough and can’t inject glucagon, it may help to rub a little glucose gel between the person’s gums and cheek.
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Special Fork - - Mediterranean Barley-Almond Salad - - Prep Time - 5 min - - Cook Time - 15 min - - Servings - 4

Healthy salad that is portable, good for picnics, potlucks - - Nationality - Mediterranean

Ingredients

2 cups low-sodium vegetable broth
1 cup quick-cooking pearl barley
1 (15-ounce) can kidney beans, drained and rinsed
1 large red bell pepper, diced
3/4 cup diced zucchini
½ cup slivered almonds, roasted
1/3 cup diced scallions
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
salt and pepper, to taste

Method

Bring vegetable broth to a boil in a medium pot. Stir in barley. Cover and reduce heat; simmer 10 to 12 minutes or until tender. Meanwhile, place kidney beans, bell pepper, zucchini, almonds and scallions in a large salad bowl. Transfer cooked barley to colander and rinse with cold water (both to cool it down and keep it from getting sticky). Transfer cooled, drained barley to salad bowl. Add oil, vinegar, and salt and pepper to taste; toss and serve.
Cooking Tips

To roast slivered, chopped or sliced almonds : Spread in an ungreased baking pan. Place in 350ºF oven and bake 5 to 6 minutes or until golden brown and fragrant; stir once or twice to assure even browning. Note that almonds will continue to roast slightly after removing from oven.
© 2011 Special Fork Inc.
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Photos on the front of this week’s “Bleat” include - - The NASA Memorial Patch I bought recently from an estate sale. It’s 12" in diameter, another “Katrina Cottage” moving into Magnolia to serve as rental property, the “Gang” at a recent Albemarle Steak and Bingo Supper, our new house, “Da Boys” playing with the pens, pads and stencils MaMaw got them. Eat your heart out Nintindo!
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BreakPoint - - Welcome Aboard - - BreakPoint's First Broadcast
Published: September 1, 2011 8:00 AM
Topics: Apologetics, Arts & Media, Chuck Colson
Note: This commentary first aired on September 2, 1991. In light of the twentieth anniversary of "BreakPoint," we're reairing it today.

Chuck Colson

Welcome to "BreakPoint." Since this is our first broadcast, I'd like to begin by telling you what I hope to accomplish in the five minutes I'll be spending with you on the air each day.

I can do that best with a story.

When my work keeps me holed up in my study all day, my wife, Patty, is my eyes and ears to the outside world. She monitors what's on news and television, and then she fills me in at the end of the day.

One day she simply couldn't wait till the end of the day. She saw a program so jarring that she burst through the door of my study.

"Come on," she said. "You've got to see this."

She had been watching the "Phil Donahue Show." The guests that day were mothers talking about their children's sex lives. How did they know about their children's sex lives, you may ask. It turned out they were allowing their kids to engage in sexual activity right in their home, under the watchful parental eye.

These families had told their kids that sex was not something done in the back seat of cars. It was safer and cleaner in one's own bedroom. One family even came up with a special code: When the daughter stuck a piece of green tape to the bedroom door, that was the signal for "Keep Out--Intercourse in Progress."

Okay, you say, what do we expect from Donahue? Donahue, Oprah, Geraldo--they scour the earth for the most bizarre people to put on display. The programs are modern-day freak shows, just like the kinds of things I used to pay a nickel to go see when I was a kid.

But what struck me most about the program was the audience reaction. While the mothers were explaining the modus operandi of parent-supervised sex, the audience was nodding sympathetically! It's the attitude so common on [all of] these programs: If this is what you feel is right for you, who are we to judge?

No one stands up and challenges it all.

Oh sure, people in the audience will sometimes say, "I don't feel comfortable about that." But it's phrased only in terms of what offends me personally.

They simply aren't asking the right questions.

What are the right questions? Simple. Things like, What is truth? What is ultimately real? What are we living for?

Unless we realize that there are such questions--that all through history the great pursuit of humanity has been for answers to these questions--then we simply flounder along, drifting with popular trends.

As Christians we are often offended by the immorality portrayed on television, in films, and in tabloids. And rightly so. But I suggest that we should also be disturbed by something much deeper: that our culture has stopped asking the big questions about the meaning and purpose of life.

Remember the bumper sticker a few years ago that said, "Jesus Is the Answer"? Well some wise guy shot back, "What's the Question?" That was intended as a put down, of course. But it is precisely the point today. People no longer know what the great questions of life are.

So this is what I hope to accomplish on Break Point: to ask those questions, to take the issues of the day and hold them up to examination in the light of God's truth. To show that each issue reflects some facet of the big truths, the ultimate truths, that should guide our lives.

Big answers for the big questions.

I hope you'll join us.

Further Reading and Information

How Now Shall We Live? [http://www.colsoncenterstore.org/product.asp?sku=0842318089&affiliate=8774780100B]
Charles W. Colson & Nancy Pearcey | Tyndale | 1999

The Faith [http://www.colsoncenterstore.org/product.asp?sku=2191_BKTFA&affiliate=8774780100B]
Charles W. Colson & Harold Fickett | Zondervan | 2008
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Residents of Columbia County, Arkansas are represented in Congress by:
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Senator John Boozman (R_ AR)
1 Russell Courtyard
Washington DC, 20510
Phone: 202-224-4843
http://boozman.senate.gov/
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Senator Mark Pryor (D_ AR)
Phone 202_224_2353
FAX 202_228_0908
http://pryor.senate.gov/
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Representative Michael A. Ross (D _ 04)
Phone 202_225_3772
FAX 202_225_1314
http://ross.house.gov/
Other states congresspersons can be found at: [http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/]
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BREAKING CHRISTIAN NEWS
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Stand proud you noble swingers of clubs and losers of golf balls ...

A recent study found the average golfer walks about 900 miles a year. Another study found golfers drink, on average, 22 gallons of alcohol a year. That means, on average, golfers get about 41 miles to the gallon.

Kind of makes you proud.

I Almost feel like a hybrid.
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GCF: Missing Homework

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A fifth grader looked downcast, so her teacher decided to investigate.

"What's the problem, Carol? I hope it's not homework again."

"Well... yes, it is." replied Carol, reluctantly. "I was stupid and made my homework paper into a paper airplane."

"Carol, you're right, that wasn't a very bright thing to do," said the teacher, "but this once I'll let you just unfold the paper and hand it in."

"Oh, but that won't work," said Carol, looking even sadder. "You see, the plane was hijacked."
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GCF: Hard Times

Faced with hard times, the company offered a bonus of one thousand dollars to any employee who could come up with a way of saving money.

The bonus went to a young woman in accounting who suggested limiting future bonuses to ten dollars.
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From the collection of Flem Winders.
Shared with to me by a friend (Thanks, Martha) -Tom
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GCF: At the Doctor's Office

The doctor's office was crowded as usual, but the doctor was moving at his usual snail's pace. After waiting two hours, an old man slowly stood up and started walking toward the door.

"Where are you going?" the receptionist called out.

"Well," he said, "I figured I'd go home and die a natural death."

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GCF: Electrical Officer

My daughter is in the Navy and is assigned as an electrical officer on a carrier. Recently I asked her what her duties were. She answered, "To fix electrical problems."

When I asked what was considered an electrical problem on a carrier, she replied, "Anything you can't fix with a hammer."

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GCF: Toothpaste

Our local paper runs a popular column called "10 Questions" that spotlights people who live in our community.

In addition to the usual inquiries about occupation and age, people are asked questions that give a snapshot of their personalities.

Recently one woman was asked, "What's the strangest thing you ever bought?"

She answered, "Dog toothpaste."

Next question: "What is the most common thing people say to you?"

Her answer: "Where did you get such white teeth?"
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GCF: Fly Problem

A doctor received an emergency call from a patient.

She had a fly in her ear. He suggested an old home remedy. "Pour warm olive oil into your ear and lie down for a few minutes," he said. "When you lift your head the fly should emerge with the liquid."

The patient thought that sounded like a good idea, but she still asked, "Into which ear should I pour the oil?"
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GCF: Comatose

After a long and serious operation, Lena ended up in a coma. Try as they might, the doctors just couldn't bring her out of it. When her husband Ralph came into the intensive care unit to see her, the doctors gave him the bad news.

"We just can't wake her. It doesn't look good I'm afraid," the doctor told Ralph in a quiet somber voice.

Ralph looked at Lena and with a soft trembling voice said, "But doctor, she's so young. She's only 45."

"37," came the weak reply from Lena.
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From the collection of Flem Winders.
Shared with to me by a friend (Thanks, Martha) -Tom
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GCF: Unclear on the Concept

Voice mail was the man's sworn enemy. He never really understood how it worked. Finally he broke down and called the office operator to get instructions.

"I can send you an instruction sheet," the operator offered.

"Great, fax it right over."

"Sure thing," the operator replied, "but fax it right back. It's my only copy."
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From the collection of Flem Winders.
Shared with to me by a friend (Thanks, Martha) -Tom
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GCF: High Cost of Free

Outraged by the high charges that the computer service wanted for repair work, one employee asked her co-worker which service she used.

"My sons," was the reply. "They both have degrees in Computer science."

"So you get that kind of work done for nothing," the friend marveled.

The co-worker smiled. "Actually, I figured that it cost me about $140,000 for my kids to fix my computer for free."
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GCF: At the Doctor

I went to my doctor yesterday. After a long wait in the outer office, my name was finally called. When I got into the examining room, the nurse pointed to the scale and said, "I need to get your weight today."

I immediately replied, "One hour and 5 minutes."
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GCF: Do Not Touch!

Our supply clerk at the factory was in a dither. A box had been left on the loading dock with this warning printed on it: "Danger! Do Not Touch!"

Management was called, and we were told to stay clear of the box until it could be analyzed. When the foreman arrived, he donned safety goggles and gloves, and then he carefully opened the box.

Inside were 25 signs that read: Danger! Do Not Touch!
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GCF: Where?

A torrential rainstorm was knocking down power lines all over town. That meant, as a customer service rep for the electric company, I was dispatching repairmen right and left.

When one lineman called a customer to get her exact address, he was told, "I'm at Post Office Box 99."

The weary lineman replied, "Ma'am, I'll be coming to you in a truck, not an envelope."
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GCF: Doctors vs Lawyers

The doctors may have won the annual softball game between themselves and their lawyer opponents, but they lost the public relations war. Here's how the lawyers reported the game: "The lawyers powered their way to a second place finish, while the doctors managed to finish next to last."
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GCF: Workaholic

As an attorney in a major New Mexico law firm, I have many colleagues who work long hours.

However, the reputation of one of my partners' workaholic ways even extended beyond the office. He not only had to leave work early one day because of a medical problem, but was also told by his doctor to stay home until the end of the week.

My colleague grudgingly agreed to comply. In the middle of the week, our receptionist received a call for him.

She announced that the partner was out of the office until Friday.

"Good," the caller said. "That's all I wanted to know." It was my partner's doctor.
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GCF: Speeding Ticket

A West Virginia state trooper, stopped a woman for going 15 miles over the speed limit. After he handed her a ticket, she asked him, "Don't you give out warnings?"

"Yes, ma'am," he replied. "They're all up and down the road. They say, 'Speed Limit 55.'"
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GCF: Secret Party

The workers in a large office were making secret plans to stage a big office party for the 70-year old cleaning woman who had spent the better part of her life with the company.

Somehow the secret leaked out and the woman got wind of it.

Much perturbed, she rushed to the office manager. "Please sir," she cried, "Do not let them do it! Do not let them do it!"

"Oh, come now, Mrs. Smith, you must not be so modest. After all, they simply want to show how much you are appreciated."

"Appreciated, my foot," exclaimed the woman. "I am not going to clean up after a mess like that!"

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GCF: Never Represent Yourself

A man was on trial for robbing a convenience store. He didn't like the job his attorney was doing, so he fired him and represented himself. He was doing a fine job until the manager of the store got to the stand. When she identified him as the robber, he jumped up and yelled, "You're lying! I should have shot you!!!"

He paused, wide-eyed, then added, "Uh, if I had been the one that was there."

It took the jury only twenty minutes to find him guilty.
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GCF: Knock on the Door

The fist knocking on the door belonged to a cop. Bracing for the worst, my husband, who was working on a job site, opened up. "Is that yours?" asked the officer, pointing to a company van that was jutting out into the narrow street.

"Uh, yes, it is," said my husband.

"Would you mind moving it?" asked the officer. "We've set up a speed trap and the van's causing everyone to slow down."

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GCF: Display

I do in-store demonstrations, and I had my table set up, my product was on display and I was ready to start my day.

A woman came down the aisle towards me, and I said, "Good morning, have you tried..."

But before I could finish, she hurried by and said, "My husband can't eat that, so I never buy it!"

I was displaying facial tissue.
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GCF: Seen This?

I had trouble with the idea of turning 30 and was oversensitive to any signs of advancing age. When I found a prominent gray hair in my bangs, I pointed to my forehead and asked my husband, "Oh no, have you seen this?"

"What?" he asked. "The wrinkles?"
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GCF: Short and Stout

I am a prosecuting attorney in a small Mississippi town and will admit to having a few extra pounds on me. Not long ago, I was questioning a witness in an armed robbery case. I asked, "Would you describe the person you saw?"

The witness replied, "He was kind of short and stout."

"You mean short and stout like me?" I asked.

"Oh, no," the witness said. "He wasn't that fat."
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(((\ \>|_/ )____________________( \_|\\\\ \_/ / \ \_/ ////
\ / Ambivalence may or \ /
\ _/ may not be my problem. \_ /
/ / \ \
(((\ \>|_/ )____________________( \_|\\\\ \_/ / I wish the chemists who \ \_/ ////
\ / successfully removed the lead \ /
\ _/ from gasoline would try the \_ /
/ / same with our congressmen. \ \
(((\ \>|_/ )____________________( \_|\\\\ \_/ / If you become dissatisfied \ \_/ ////
\ / and want to go back \ /
\ _/ to your youth, \_ /
/ / just think of Algebra. \ \
(((\ \>|_/ )____________________( \_|\\\\ \_/ / "Government is like a baby: \ \_/ ////
\ / An alimentary canal with a big \ /
\ _/ appetite at one end and no sense \_ /
/ / of responsibility at the other." \ \
- Ronald Reagan
(((\ \>|_/ )____________________( \_|\\\\ \_/ / \ \_/ ////
\ / I hate mornings. \ /
\ _/ They're so early. \_ /
/ / \ \
(((\ \>|_/ )____________________( \_|\\\\ \_/ / \ \_/ ////
\ / Too many couples marry for \ /
\ _/ better or for worse, \_ /
/ / but not for good. \ \
(((\ \>|_/ )____________________( \_|\\\\ \_/ / \ \_/ ////
\ / How do those dead bugs get \ /
\ _/ into those closed light fixtures? \_ /
(((\ \>|_/ )____________________( \_|\\\\ \_/ / \ \_/ ////
\ / "People will believe anything \ /
\ _/ that is whispered." \_ /
(((\ \>|_/ )____________________( \_|\\\\ \_/ / Some people try to turn back \ \_/ ////
\ / their odometers. Not me, \ /
\ _/ I want people to know "why" I look\_ /
/ / this way. I've traveled a long way \ \
and some of the roads weren't paved.
(((\ \>|_/ )____________________( \_|\\\\ \_/ / Some people try to turn back \ \_/ ////
\ / their odometers. Not me, \ /
\ _/ I want people to know "why" I look\_ /
/ / this way. I've traveled a long way \ \
and some of the roads weren't paved.
(((\ \>|_/ )____________________( \_|\\\\ \_/ / Imagine what the world would \ \_/ ////
\ / sound like if the inventor of \ /
\ _/ the telephone had been \_ /
/ / Alexander Graham Siren. \ \
(((\ \>|_/ )____________________( \_|\\\\ \_/ / "How long have you \ \_/ ////
\ / been working here?" \ /
\ _/ \_ /
/ / "Since they threatened to fire me." \ \
(((\ \>|_/ )____________________( \_|\\\\ \_/ / "The most terrifying words in \ \_/ ////
\ / the English language are: \ /
\ _/ I'm from the government and \_ /
/ / I'm here to help." \ \
-Ronald Reagan
(((\ \>|_/ )____________________( \_|\\\\ \_/ / \ \_/ ////
\ / Why does the sun on the \ /
\ _/ Raisin Bran cereal box \_ /
/ / wear sunglasses? \ \
(((\ \>|_/ )____________________( \_|\\\\ \_/ / \ \_/ ////
\ / I ordered a pizza online. \ /
\ _/ How do I download it? \_ /
/ / \ \
(((\ \>|_/ )____________________( \_|\\\\ \_/ / Eventually you will reach \ \_/ ////
\ / a point when you stop lying \ /
\ _/ about your age and start \_ /
/ / bragging about it. \ \
(((\ \>|_/ )____________________( \_|\\\\ \_/ / Alarm Clock: \ \_/ ////
\ / A small mechanical device \ /
\ _/ used to wake up people who \_ /
/ / don't have children. \ \
(((\ \>|_/ )____________________( \_|\\\\ \_/ / \ \_/ ////
\ / \ /
\ _/ I have an exceptionally high Q.I. \_ /
(((\ \>|_/ )____________________( \_|\\\\ \_/ / \ \_/ ////
\ / If you have everything, \ /
\ _/ you value nothing. \_ /
(((\ \>|_/ )____________________( \_|\\\\ \_/ / I've gotten to the age where \ \_/ ////
\ / I need my false teeth and \ /
\ _/ hearing aid before I can \_ /
/ / ask where I left my glasses. \ \
(((\ \>|_/ )____________________( \_|\\\\ \_/ / \ \_/ ////
\ / The difference between gossip \ /
\ _/ and news is whether you \_ /
/ / hear it or tell it. \ \
(((\ \>|_/ )____________________( \_|\\\\ \_/ / \ \_/ ////
\ / The most efficient labor-saving \ /
\ _/ device is still money. \_ /
/ / \ \
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/ )| Thomas S. Ellsworth |( \
/ / | tellswor@kcbx.net | \ \
_( (_ | http://www.kcbx.net/~tellswor | _) )_
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A guy goes to the post office to apply for a job.

The interviewer asks him, "Are you allergic to anything?"

He replies, "Yes, caffeine. I can't drink coffee."

"Ok, Have you ever been in the military service?"

"Yes," he says, "I was in Iraq for one tour."

The interviewer says, "That will give you 5 extra points toward
employment." Then he asks, "Are you disabled in any way?"

The guy says, "Yes. A bomb exploded near me and I lost hearing in my right ear."

The interviewer grimaces and then says, "Okay. You've got enough points for me to hire you right now. Our normal hours are from 8:00 am to 4:00 p.m. You can start tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., and plan on starting at 10:00 a.m. every day."

The guy is puzzled and asks, "If the work hours are from 8:00 am to 4:00 p.m., why don't you want me here until 10:00 a.m.?"

"This is a government job," the interviewer says. "For the first two hours, we just stand around drinking coffee. No point in you coming in for that."

Thanks to Jeanette Ford
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Madeleine Begun Kane Latest Column - - http://www.madkane.com/speech_humor.html - -

In a moment of weakness you agreed to give a speech. What are you in for? If you're lucky, it won't be any worse than this:

1. Receive invitation to speak because of your expertise in tapestry, arachnids, the World Wide Web. Succumb to flattery and say yes.

2. Spend the next week scheming to extricate yourself from your commitment. Suffer from nightmares featuring you, your microphone, and three angry apes.

3. Rehearse potential excuses. Try to talk your spouse into phoning your regrets. Wonder if your doctor would give you a note diagnosing laryngitis of indeterminate duration.

4. Decide you should really give speech because it will enhance your reputation, be educational, build character. And because it's too late to pull your name from the publicity.

5. Talk about writing speech. Read about writing speech. Obsess about writing speech. Notice an entire month has passed and you haven't started writing speech.

6. Sit down in front of computer and stare at screen. Vow to start writing this very minute and not leave room until you've finished first draft. Leave room to fetch snacks.

7. Enjoy leisurely coffee break, basking in your new found discipline. Start laundry, read mail, make several phone calls. Check e-mail for the fourth time today. Decide it's too late to start speech, but you'll definitely write it tomorrow.

8. Spend the next few days studying books on "writer's block." Decide all you need is a really good title. Once that's in place, your speech will surely write itself.

9. Wake up in cold sweat, overwhelmed by realization that you're giving the speech in fewer than 48 hours and all you've written is title. Wonder whether Toastmasters operates a crisis hot-line.

10. Write feverishly, without taking time to think, proof-read, or visit the john. Read speech many times to spouse, parents, children, pets. Watch spouse vacuum house for first time in recorded history --- anything to avoid another encore.

11. Attempt to memorize speech. Practice eye contact techniques in front of mirror. Practice reading speech while appearing not to be reading speech. Practice presenting speech to bellowing vacuum cleaner. Pretend it's an unruly audience.

12. Ransack closet searching for appropriate speech-giving garb. Something dignified, yet not stuffy. Stylish and attractive, but not sexy. Comfortable and easy to move around in. Something you don't own, so your stodgy, confining, dark navy suit will have to do.

13. Travel to speech venue by train, car, plane. Arrive late and/or in the wrong city because of breakdowns, traffic jams, canceled flight. Unclench your fingers just long enough to shake hands with fellow speakers. Realize you're the only one who doesn't have an Ivy League degree.

14. Politely listen as presenters ahead of you speak eloquently about their areas of expertise. Make noble efforts not to hate them. Fail.

15. Hear your name called and struggle out of seat. Panic. You've lost your speech. No, it's merely squashed into a ball in your fist. Attempt to smooth wrinkles as you stagger up aisle.

16. Disappear behind podium. Discover the mike's been set for someone twice your height. Enter a trance-like state during which you presumably gave speech. Awaken to enthusiastic applause.

17. Bow and skip off stage, fantasizing about new career earning hefty speaker's fees.

© Madeleine Begun Kane. All Rights Reserved.
http://www.madkane.com/
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NEVER FORGET! We're listing the names of our soldiers (114) killed since our last Bleat was published (July 01). These records can be found at http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/

The Department of Defense announced the deaths of two soldiers who were supporting Operation New Dawn. They died June 29 in Badrah, Iraq, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their unit with indirect fire. They were assigned to 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Hood, Texas. Killed were:
01. Capt. David E. Van Camp, 29, of Wheeling, W.Va.; and
02. Spc. Robert G. Tenney Jr., 29, Warner Robins, Ga.

03. Sgt. Chad D. Frokjer, 27, of Maplewood, Minn., died June 30 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.

04. Spc. James A. Waters, 21, of Cloverdale, Ind., died July 1 at Kandahar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.

05. Capt. Matthew G. Nielson, 27, of Jefferson, Iowa, died June 29, in Badrah, Iraq, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with indirect fire. He was assigned to 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Hood, Texas.

06. Staff Sgt. Michael J. Garcia, 27, of Bossier City, La., died July 4 in Logar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 63rd Ordnance Battalion, 52nd Ordnance Group (Explosive Ordnance Disposal), 20th Support Command (CBRNE), Fort Polk, La.

The Department of Defense announced the deaths of three soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died July 5 in Paktia province, Afghanistan of injuries suffered when enemy forces attacked their unit with an improvised explosive device. The soldiers were assigned to the 709th Military Police Battalion, 18th Military Police Brigade, 21st Theater Sustainment Command, Hohenfels, Germany. Killed were:
07. Staff Sgt. Joshua A. Throckmorton, 28, of Battle Creek Mich.;
08. Spc. Jordan C. Schumann, 24, Port Saint Lucie, Fla.; and
09. Spc. Preston J. Suter, 22, Sandy, Utah.

10. Sgt. Nicanor Amper IV, 36, of San Jose, Calif., died July 5 in Khowst, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with a rocket propelled grenade. He was assigned to the 6th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Knox, Ky.

11. Staff Sgt. Thomas J. Dodds Dudley, 29, of Tega Cay, S.C., died July 7 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to Marine Air Group 26, 2nd Marine Air Wing, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Air Station New River, Jacksonville, N.C.

The Department of Defense announced the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation New Dawn. They died July 7 in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries suffered when insurgents attacked their convoy using an improvised explosive device. They were assigned to 145th Brigade Support Battalion, 116th Cavalry Heavy Brigade Combat Team, Post Falls, Idaho.
Killed were:
12. Spc. Nathan R. Beyers, 24, of Littleton, Colo. and
13. Spc. Nicholas W. Newby, 20, of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.

14. Sgt. 1st Class Terryl L. Pasker, 39, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died July 9 in Panjshir province, Afghanistan, when enemy forces attacked his unit with small arms fire. He was assigned to the 334th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

15. Sgt. Steven L. Talamantez, 34, of Laredo, Texas, died July 10, in Al Amarah, Iraq, of injuries suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with indirect fire. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.

16. Spc. Rafael A. Nieves Jr., 22, of Albany, N.Y., died July 10 in Paktika province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his vehicle with small-arms and rocket-propelled grenade fires. He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.

17. Sgt. Christopher P. Soderlund, 23, of Pineville, La., died July 9 in Logar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his vehicle with rocket-propelled grenade fire. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Polk, La.

18. Lance Cpl. Norberto Mendez Hernandez, 22, of Logan, Utah, died July 10 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, Calif.

19. Lance Cpl. Robert S. Greniger, 21, of Greenfield, Minn., died July 12 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

20. Seaman Aaron D. Ullom, 20, of Midland, Mich., died while conducting a dismounted patrol in the Now Zad district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, on July 12. He was assigned as a hospitalman to 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 8, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Lejeune, N.C.

21. Sgt. Jeremy R. Summers, 27, of Mount Olivet, Ky., died July 14 in Paktika province, Afghanistan, after enemy forces attacked his unit with small arms fire on July 13. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Ky.

22. Staff Sgt. Wyatt A. Goldsmith, 28, of Colville, Wash., died July 15 at Camp Bastion Hospital, Afghanistan of injuries suffered July 15 when insurgents attacked his unit with rocket-propelled grenade fire in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.

23. Staff Sgt. Lex L. Lewis, 40, of Rapid City, S.D., died July 15 after injuries suffered July 15 when insurgents attacked his unit with small arms fire in Farah province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.

24. Cpl. Frank R. Gross, 25, of Oldsmar, Fla., died July 16 at Kandahar province, Afghanistan of wounds sustained at Khowst province, Afghanistan when an improvised explosive device caused a military vehicle roll-over. He was assigned to the 2nd Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 504th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, Fort Hood, Texas.

25. Spc. Daniel L. Elliott, 21, of Youngsville, N.C., died July 15 in Basra, Iraq, when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 290th Military Police Brigade, 200th Military Police Command, Cary, N.C.

The Department of Defense announced the deaths of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died July 17, in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their unit with an improvised explosive device. They were assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Wainwright, Alaska. Killed were:
26. Master Sgt. Kenneth B. Elwell, 33, of Holland, Pa.; and
27. Pfc. Tyler M. Springmann, 19, of Hartland, Maine.

28. Lance Cpl. Jabari N. Thompson, 22, of Brooklyn, N.Y., died July 17 of wounds sustained July 13 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

29. Sgt. Mark A. Cofield, 25, of Colorado Springs, Colo., died July 17 in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries sustained from a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, N.C.

30. Lance Cpl. Christopher L. Camero, 19, of Kailua Kona, Hawaii, died July 15 of wounds suffered July 6 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif.

The Department of Defense announced the deaths of three soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died July 18 in Ghazni province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their convoy with an improvised explosive device. They were assigned to the 131st Transportation Company, 213th Area Support Group, Williamstown, Pa. Killed were:
31. Staff Sgt. Kenneth R. Vangiesen, 30, of Erie, Pa.
32. Sgt. Edward W. Koehler, 47, of Lebanon, Pa.
33. Staff Sgt. Brian K. Mowery, 49, of Halifax, Pa.

34. Cpl. Raphael R. Arruda, 21, of Ogden, Utah, died July 16 in Kunar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 416th Theater Engineer Command, Ogden, Utah.

The Department of Defense announced the deaths of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died July 19 in Kunar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their vehicle with an improvised explosive device. They were assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. Killed were:
35. Staff Sgt. James M. Christen, 29, of Loomis, Calif.
36. Sgt. Jacob Molina, 27, of Houston, Texas.

37. Sgt. Omar A. Jones, 28, of Crook, Colo., died July 18, in Balkh province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 126th Chemical Battalion, 92nd Troop Command, Nebraska Army National Guard, Wahoo, Neb.

38. Master Sgt. Benjamin A. Stevenson, 36, of Canyon Lake, Texas, died July 21 in Paktika province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using small arms fire. He was assigned to the U.S. Army Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, N.C.

The Department of Defense announced the deaths of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died July 29 at Paktia, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked their unit with an improvised explosive device. They were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 279th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Oklahoma Army National Guard, Tulsa, Okla. Killed were:
39. 2nd Lt. Jered W. Ewy, 33, of Edmond, Okla., and
40. Spc. Augustus J. Vicari, 22, of Broken Arrow, Okla.

41. Sgt. William B. GrossPaniagua, 28, of Daly City, Calif., died July 31 in Kunar province, Afghanistan, of injuries suffered when enemy forces attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 3rd Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.

42. Pfc. Brice M. Scott, 22, of Columbus, Ga., died July 31 in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, of injuries suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using small arms fire. He was assigned to the 4th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.

43. Staff Sgt. Leon H. Lucas Jr., 32, of Wilson, N.C., died Aug. 1 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif.

The Department of Defense announced the death of three Marines who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
44. Staff Sgt. Patrick R. Dolphin, 29, of Moscow, Pa.,
45. Sgt. Dennis E. Kancler, 26, of Brecksville, Ohio, and
46. Sgt. Christopher M. Wrinkle, 29, of Dallastown, Pa.,
died July 31 while supporting combat operations in Herat province, Afghanistan. Dolphin, Kancler and Wrinkle were assigned to 2nd Marine Special Operations Battalion, Marine Special Operations Regiment, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

47. Staff Sgt. Kirk A. Owen, 37, of Sapulpa, Okla., died Aug. 2 in Paktia province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 279th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Oklahoma National Guard.

48. Spc. Barun Rai, 24, of Silver Spring, Md., died Aug. 3 in Logar province, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained during a vehicle rollover. He was assigned to the 54th Engineer Battalion, 18th Engineer Brigade, 21st Theater Sustainment Command, Warner Barracks, Bamberg, Germany.

The Department of Defense announced the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died Aug. 3 in Wardak province, Afghanistan, of injuries suffered when enemy forces attacked their vehicle with an improvised explosive device. They were assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Polk, La. Killed were:
49. Pfc. Cody G. Baker, 19, of Holton, Kan.
50. Pfc. Gil I. Morales Del Valle, 21, of Jacksonville, Fla.

51. Capt. Waid C. Ramsey, 41, of Red Bay, Ala., died Aug. 4 in Paktika province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when his unit was attacked with small arms fire. He was assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 20th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Birmingham, Ala.

52. Sgt. Anthony Del Mar Peterson, 24, of Chelsea, Okla., died Aug. 4 in Paktia province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with small arms fire. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 279th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Oklahoma National Guard, Tulsa, Okla.

53. Sgt. Daniel D. Gurr, 21, of Vernal, Utah, died Aug. 5 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), Okinawa, Japan.

54. Spc. Jinsu Lee, 34, of Chatsworth, Calif. died Aug. 5, in Kunar province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.


55. Spc. Mark J. Downer, 23, of Warner Robins, Ga. died Aug. 5, in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained when enemy forces attacked his unit with a rocket propelled grenade. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.

56. Sgt. Daniel J. Patron, 26, of Canton, Ohio, died Aug. 6 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

The Department of Defense announced the deaths of two Marines who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died Aug. 7 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. The Marines were assigned to 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif. Killed were:
57. Sgt. Adan Gonzales Jr., 28, of Bakersfield, Calif.; and
58. Sgt. Joshua J. Robinson, 29, of Omaha, Neb.

59. Sgt. Alessandro L. Plutino, 28, of Pitman, N.J., died Aug. 8 in Paktia province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using small arms fire. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Hunter Army Airfield, Ga.

The Department of Defense announced the deaths of 30 servicemembers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died Aug. 6 in Wardak province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when their CH-47 Chinook helicopter crashed.
The following sailors assigned to an East Coast-based Naval Special Warfare unit were killed:
60. Lt. Cmdr. (SEAL) Jonas B. Kelsall, 32, of Shreveport, La.,
61. Special Warfare Operator Master Chief Petty Officer (SEAL) Louis J. Langlais, 44, of Santa Barbara, Calif.,
62. Special Warfare Operator Senior Chief Petty Officer (SEAL) Thomas A. Ratzlaff, 34, of Green Forest, Ark.,
63. Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician Senior Chief Petty Officer (Expeditionary Warfare Specialist/Freefall Parachutist) Kraig M. Vickers 36, of Kokomo, Hawaii,
64. Special Warfare Operator Chief Petty Officer (SEAL) Brian R. Bill, 31, of Stamford, Conn.,
65. Special Warfare Operator Chief Petty Officer (SEAL) John W. Faas, 31, of Minneapolis, Minn.,
66. Special Warfare Operator Chief Petty Officer (SEAL) Kevin A. Houston, 35, of West Hyannisport, Mass.,
67. Special Warfare Operator Chief Petty Officer (SEAL) Matthew D. Mason, 37, of Kansas City, Mo.,
68. Special Warfare Operator Chief Petty Officer (SEAL) Stephen M. Mills, 35, of Fort Worth, Texas,
69. Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician Chief Petty Officer (Expeditionary Warfare Specialist/Freefall Parachutist/Diver) Nicholas H. Null, 30, of Washington, W.Va.,
70. Special Warfare Operator Chief Petty Officer (SEAL) Robert J. Reeves, 32, of Shreveport, La.,
71. Special Warfare Operator Chief Petty Officer (SEAL) Heath M. Robinson, 34, of Detroit, Mich.,
72. Special Warfare Operator Petty Officer 1st Class (SEAL) Darrik C. Benson, 28, of Angwin, Calif.
73. Special Warfare Operator Petty Officer 1st Class (SEAL/Parachutist) Christopher G. Campbell, 36, of Jacksonville, N.C.,

74. Information Systems Technician Petty Officer 1st Class (Expeditionary Warfare Specialist/Freefall Parachutist) Jared W. Day, 28, of Taylorsville, Utah,
75. Master-at-Arms Petty Officer 1st Class (Expeditionary Warfare Specialist) John Douangdara, 26, of South Sioux City, Neb.,
76. Cryptologist Technician (Collection) Petty Officer 1st Class (Expeditionary Warfare Specialist) Michael J. Strange, 25, of Philadelphia, Pa.,
77. Special Warfare Operator Petty Officer 1st Class (SEAL/Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist) Jon T. Tumilson, 35, of Rockford, Iowa,
78. Special Warfare Operator Petty Officer 1st Class (SEAL) Aaron C. Vaughn, 30, of Stuart, Fla., and
79. Special Warfare Operator Petty Officer 1st Class (SEAL) Jason R. Workman, 32, of Blanding, Utah.
The following sailors assigned to a West Coast-based Naval Special Warfare unit were killed:
80. Special Warfare Operator Petty Officer 1st Class (SEAL) Jesse D. Pittman, 27, of Ukiah, Calif., and
81. Special Warfare Operator Petty Officer 2nd Class (SEAL) Nicholas P. Spehar, 24, ofSaint Paul, Minn.
The soldiers killed were:
82. Chief Warrant Officer David R. Carter, 47, of Centennial, Colo. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 135th Aviation Regiment (General Support Aviation Battalion), Aurora, Colo.;
83. Chief Warrant Officer Bryan J. Nichols, 31, of Hays, Kan. He was assigned to the 7th Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment (General Support Aviation Battalion), New Century, Kan.;
84. Staff Sgt. Patrick D. Hamburger, 30, of Lincoln, Neb. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 135th Aviation Regiment (General Support Aviation Battalion), Grand Island, Neb.;
85. Sgt. Alexander J. Bennett, 24, of Tacoma, Wash. He was assigned to the 7th Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment (General Support Aviation Battalion), New Century, Kan.; and
86. Spc. Spencer C. Duncan, 21, of Olathe, Kan. He was assigned to the 7th Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment (General Support Aviation Battalion), New Century, Kan.
The airmen killed were:
87. Tech. Sgt. John W. Brown, 33, of Tallahassee, Fla.;
88. Staff Sgt. Andrew W. Harvell, 26, of Long Beach, Calif.; and
89. Tech. Sgt. Daniel L. Zerbe, 28, of York, Pa.
All three airmen were assigned to the 24th Special Tactics Squadron, Pope Field, N.C.

90. Cpl. Nicholas S. Ott, 23, of Manchester, N.J., died Aug. 10 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii.

91. Hospitalman Riley Gallinger-Long, 19, of Cornelius, Ore., died Aug. 11 while conducting a dismounted patrol in the Marjah district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. Gallinger-Long was assigned to 1st Battalion, 6th Marines, Regimental Combat Team 1, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Lejeune, N.C.

The Department of Defense announced the deaths of five soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died Aug. 11 in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near their vehicle. They were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y. Killed were:
92. Sgt. Edward J. Frank II, 26, of Yonkers, N.Y.
93. Sgt. Jameel T. Freeman, 26, of Baltimore, Md.
94. Spc. Patrick L. Lay II, 21, of Fletcher, N.C.
95. Spc. Jordan M. Morris, 23, of Stillwater, Okla.
96. Pfc. Rueben J. Lopez, 27, of Williams, Calif.

97. 2nd Lt. Joe L. Cunningham, 27, of Kingston, Okla., died Aug. 13 at Laghman province, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained in a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 179th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Oklahoma Army National Guard, Stillwater, Okla.

98. Master Sgt. Charles L. Price III, 40, of Milam, Texas, died Aug. 12 in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.

The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died Aug. 14 in Paktika province, Afghanistan, while conducting vehicle recovery operations, and encountered a secondary explosion while dismounted. They were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 172nd Infantry Brigade Grafenwoehr, Germany. Killed were:
99. Sgt. Matthew A. Harmon, 29, of Bagley, Minn.; and
100. Cpl. Joseph A. VanDreumel, 32, of Grand Rapids, Mich.

101. 1st Lt. Damon T. Leehan, 30, of Edmond, Okla., died Aug. 14 in Laghman province, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 179th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Oklahoma National Guard, Stillwater, Okla.

102. Spc. Dennis G. Jensen, 21, of Vermillion, S.D., died Aug. 16 in Helmand province, Afghanistan, from a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to the 153rd Engineer Battalion, 196th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, Sioux Falls, S.D.

103. Spc. Joshua M. Seals, 21, of Porter, Okla., died Aug. 16 in Paktia province, Afghanistan, from a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 279th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Oklahoma National Guard, Tulsa, Okla.

104. Lance Cpl. Travis M. Nelson, 19, of Pace, Fla., died Aug. 18 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

105. 1st Lt. Timothy J. Steele, 25, of Duxbury, Mass., died Aug. 23 in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.

106. Sgt. Andrew R. Tobin, 24, of Jacksonville, Ill., died Aug. 24 in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit using small arms fire. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.

107. Pfc. Brandon S. Mullins, 21, of Owensboro, Ky., died Aug. 25 in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Wainwright, Alaska.

108. Pfc. Jesse W. Dietrich, 20, of Venus, Texas, died Aug. 25 in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained when insurgents attacked his unit using small arms fire. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.

109. Spc. Michael C. Roberts, 23, of Watauga, Texas, died Aug. 27 in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, of injuries suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 561st Military Police Company, 716th Military Police Battalion, 101st Sustainment Brigade, Fort Campbell, Ky.

110. Spc. Douglas J. Green, 23, of Sterling, Va., died Aug. 28 in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, of injuries suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using an improvised explosive device and small arms fire. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Wainwright, Alaska.

The Department of Defense announced today the death of two Soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died Aug. 25 in Helmand province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their vehicle using an improvised explosive device. The soldiers were assigned to the 546th Transportation Company, 82nd Sustainment Brigade, XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, N.C. Killed were:
111. Sgt. Devin J. Daniels, 22, of Kuna, Idaho; and
112. Sgt. Colby L. Richmond, 28, of Providence, N.C.

113. Pfc. Alberto L. Obod Jr., 26, of Orlando, Fla., died Aug. 28 in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered during a vehicle roll-over. He was assigned to the 391st Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 16th Sustainment Brigade, 21st Theater Sustainment Command, Bamberg, Germany.

114. Spc. Dennis James Jr., 21 of Deltona, Fla., died Aug. 31 from wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device in Wardak province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Polk, La.
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Air Force Pilot Missing From Vietnam War Identified

The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a serviceman, missing in action from the Vietnam War, have been identified and returned to his family for burial with full military honors.

Air Force Major Thomas E. Reitmann of Red Wing, Minn., will be buried on Sept. 8 in Arlington National Cemetery. In 1965, Reitmann was assigned to the 334th Tactical Fighter Squadron deployed out of Seymour-Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., to Takhli Air Base, Thailand. On Dec 1, 1965, he was flying a strike mission as the number three aircraft in a flight of four F-105D Thunderchiefs as part of Operation Rolling Thunder. His target was a railroad bridge located about 45 nautical miles northeast of Hanoi. As the aircrew approached the target area, they encountered extremely heavy and accurate anti-aircraft artillery (AAA). While attempting to acquire his target and release his ordnance, Reitmann received a direct AAA hit and crashed in Lang Son Province, North Vietnam. Other pilots in the flight observed no parachute, and no signals or emergency beepers were heard. Due to the intense enemy fire in the area a search-and-rescue team was not able to survey the site and a two-day electronic search found no sign of the aircraft or Reitmann.

In 1988, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (S.R.V.) repatriated remains to the United States believed to be those of Reitmann. The remains were later identified as those of another American pilot who went missing in the area on the same day as Reitmann.

Between 1991 and 2009, joint U.S.-S.R.V. teams, led by the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC), analyzed numerous leads, interviewed villagers, and attempted to locate the aircraft. Although no evidence of the crash site was found, in 2009 and 2011 a local farmer turned over remains and a metal button he claimed to have found in his corn field.

Among other forensic identification tools and circumstantial evidence, scientists from the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory also used mitochondrial DNA – which matched that of his brother -- in the identification of Reitmann’s remains.
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Soldier Missing in Action from WWII Identified

The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a serviceman, missing in action from World War II, have been identified and are being buried with full military honors.

Army Pfc. William F. Stehlin of Dayton, Ky., will be buried on Aug. 11 in Arlington National Cemetery. On Nov. 20, 1944, Stehlin, as part of the 333rd Infantry Regiment, 84th Infantry Division, went missing near Süggerath while his unit conducted a largely successful offensive to capture towns in Western Germany. In 1951, after an extensive search, his remains were determined unrecoverable by U.S. Army Graves Registration personnel.

In 2009, a German citizen digging in a wooded area near Süggerath, discovered a grave with the remains of two individuals, military-related equipment and identification tags.

Among other forensic identification tools and circumstantial evidence, scientists from the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command laboratory also used dental comparisons in the identification of the remains. The other individual, Pfc. Edward L. O’Toole, was identified and buried on July 15 in San Bruno, Calif.

Today, more than 73,000 are unaccounted-for from the conflict.
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Air Force Pilot Missing from Vietnam War Identified

The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a serviceman, missing in action from the Vietnam War, have been identified and returned to his family for burial with full military honors.

Air Force Maj. Richard G. Elzinga of Shedd, Ore., will be buried on July 8 in Arlington National Cemetery. On March 26, 1970, Elzinga and his co-pilot went missing when their O-1G Birddog aircraft failed to return to base from a familiarization flight over Laos. Fifteen minutes after the last radio contact, a communication and visual search showed no sign of the men or their aircraft. Search and rescue missions continued for two days with no results.

Between 1994 and 2009, joint U.S.-Lao People’s Democratic Republic teams led by Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command, analyzed leads, interviewed villagers and surveyed possible crash site locations. During several joint field surveys, teams recovered human remains, aircraft wreckage, and crew-related equipment.

Among other forensic identification tools and circumstantial evidence, scientists from the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory also used mitochondrial DNA -- which matched that of his aunt and cousin -- in the identification of Elzinga’s remains.
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Missing World War II Soldiers Identified

The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of three servicemen, missing in action from World War II, have been identified and are being returned to their families for burial with full military honors.

Army Pfc. Lawrence N. Harris, of Elkins, W.V., Cpl. Judge C. Hellums, of Paris, Miss., and Pvt. Donald D. Owens, of Cleveland, will be buried as a group, in a single casket, on July 20 in Arlington National Cemetery. In late September 1944, their unit, the 773rd Tank Battalion, was fighting its way east to France’s eastern border, clearing German forces out of the Parroy Forest near Lunéville. On Oct. 9, 1944, in the final battle for control of the region, Hellums, Harris, Owens and two other soldiers were attacked by enemy fire in their M-10 Tank Destroyer. Two men survived with serious injuries but Harris, Hellums and Owens were reported to have been killed. Evidence at the time indicated the remains of the men had been destroyed in the attack and were neither recovered nor buried near the location.

In November 1946, a French soldier working in the Parroy Forest found debris associated with an M-10 vehicle and human remains, which were turned over to the American Graves Registration Command. The remains were buried as unknowns in what is now known as the Ardennes American Cemetery in Belgium. A year later the AGRC returned to the Parroy Forest to conduct interviews and search for additional remains. Investigators noted at that time that all remains of U.S. soldiers had reportedly been removed in the last two years and that the crew was likely buried elsewhere as unknowns.

In 2003, a French citizen exploring the Parroy Forest discovered human remains and an identification bracelet engraved with Hellums’ name, from a site he had probed occasionally since 1998. The information was eventually sent to the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC). In April 2006, the man turned over the items to a JPAC team working in Europe. A few months later a second JPAC team returned to the site and recovered more human remains, personal effects and an identification tag for Owens.

Historians at DPMO and JPAC continued their research on the burials at the Ardennes Cemetery, and drew a correlation to those unknowns removed from the 1944 battle site. In early 2008 JPAC disinterred these remains and began their forensic review.

Among other forensic identification tools and circumstantial evidence, scientists from JPAC used dental comparisons for the men and the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory used mitochondrial DNA, which matched that of each soldier’s relatives in the identification of their remains.

At the end of the war, the U.S. government was unable to recover, identify and bury approximately 79,000 Americans. Today, more than 72,000 remain unaccounted-for from the conflict.
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Missing World War II Soldiers Identified

The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced Monday that the remains 12 U.S. servicemen, missing in action from World War II, have been identified and are being returned to their families for burial with full military honors.

They are Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Jack E. Volz, 21, of Indianapolis; 2nd Lt. Regis E. Dietz, 28, of Pittsburgh, Pa.; 2nd Lt. Edward J. Lake, 25, of Brooklyn, N.Y.; 2nd Lt. Martin P. Murray, 21, of Lowell, Mass.; 2nd Lt. William J. Shryock, 23, of Gary, Ind.; Tech. Sgt. Robert S. Wren, 25, of Seattle, Wash.; Tech. Sgt. Hollis R. Smith, 22, of Cove, Ark.; Staff Sgt. Berthold A. Chastain, 27, Dalton, Ga.; Staff Sgt. Clyde L. Green, 24, Erie, Pa.; Staff Sgt. Frederick E. Harris, 23, Medford, Mass.; Staff Sgt. Claude A. Ray, 24, Coffeyville, Kan.; and Staff Sgt. Claude G. Tyler, 24, Landover, Md. The remains representing the entire crew will be buried as a group, in a single casket, Aug. 4 in Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C. Eight of the airmen were identified and buried as individuals during previous ceremonies. Shryock, Green and Harris were also individually identified and will be interred individually at Arlington on the same day as the group interment.

These 12 airmen were ordered to carry out a reconnaissance mission in their B-24D Liberator, taking off from an airfield near Port Moresby, New Guinea, on Oct. 27, 1943. Allied plans were being formulated to mount an attack on the Japanese redoubt at Rabaul, New Britain. American strategists considered it critical to take Rabaul in order to support the eventual invasion of the Philippines. The crew’s assigned area of reconnaissance was the nearby shipping lanes in the Bismarck Sea. But during their mission, they were radioed to land at a friendly air strip nearby due to poor weather conditions. The last radio transmission from the crew did not indicate their location, and in the following weeks, multiple searches over land and sea areas did not locate the aircraft.

Following World War II, the Army Graves Registration Service conducted investigations and searches for 43 missing airmen, including these airmen, in the area but concluded in June 1949 that they were unrecoverable.

In August 2003, a team from the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) received information on a crash site from a citizen in Papua New Guinea while they were investigating another case. He also turned over an identification card from one of the crew members and reported that there were possible human remains at the site of the crash. Twice in 2004 other JPAC teams attempted to visit the site but were unable to do so due to poor weather and hazardous conditions at the helicopter landing site. Another team was able to successfully excavate the site from January to March 2007 where they found several identification tags from the B-24D crew as well as human remains.

Among other forensic identification tools and circumstantial evidence, scientists from JPAC and the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory used mitochondrial DNA—which matched that of some of the crewmembers’ families—in the identification of their remains

Of the 16 million Americans who served in World War II, more than 400,000 died. At the end of the war, the U.S. government was unable to recover and identify approximately 79,000 Americans. Today, more than 73,000 are unaccounted-for from the conflict.
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Soldier Missing from Vietnam War Identified

The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced today that the remains of a serviceman, missing in action from the Vietnam War, have been identified and will be returned to his family for burial with full military honors.

Army Chief Warrant Officer George A. Howes, of Knox, Ind., will be buried Aug. 5 in Arlington National Cemetery. On Jan. 10, 1970, Howes and three aircrew members were returning to their base at Chu Lai, South Vietnam aboard a UH-1C Huey helicopter. Due to bad weather, their helicopter went down over Quang Nam Province, Socialist Republic of Vietnam (S.R.V.). A search was initiated for the crew, but no sign of the helicopter or crew was spotted.

In 1989, the S.R.V. gave to U.S. specialists 25 boxes that reportedly contained the remains of U.S. servicemen related to this incident. Later that year, additional remains and a military identification tag from one of the other missing servicemen were obtained from a Vietnamese refugee.

Between 1993 and 1999, joint U.S./S.R.V. teams, led by the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC), conducted three investigations in Ho Chi Minh City and two investigations in Quang Nam-Da Nang Province (formerly Quang Nam Province). A Vietnamese citizen in Ho Chi Minh City turned over a military identification tag bearing Howes’ name and told the team he knew where the remains of as many as nine American servicemen were buried. He agreed to lead the team to the burial site. In 1994, the team excavated the site and recovered a metal box and several bags containing human remains. In 2006, the remains of three of the four men were identified and buried. No remains could be attributed to Howes given the technology of the time. In 2008, given advances in DNA technology, the remains were reanalyzed.

Among other forensic identification tools and circumstantial evidence, scientists from JPAC and the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory also used dental comparisons and mitochondrial DNA – which matched that of Howes’ sister and brother—in the identification of the remains.

For additional information on the Defense Department’s mission to account for missing Americans, visit the DPMO website at http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo or call 703-699-1169.
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Navy Names Littoral Combat Ship Little Rock

Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced today that the next freedom-class littoral combat ship (LCS) will be named the USS Little Rock (LCS 9).

Little Rock is the second ship to bear the name of the capital city in Arkansas. The USS Little Rock (CL-92/CLG-4/CG-4) was originally a Cleveland-class light cruiser that served after World War II, and was one of six to be converted to a Galveston-class guided missile cruiser. She was decommissioned in 1976 and now holds a place of honor as a museum ship in Buffalo, N.Y

Little Rock will be designed to defeat growing littoral threats and provide access and dominance in the coastal waters. A fast, agile surface combatant, the LCS provides the required war fighting capabilities and operational flexibility to execute focused missions close to the shore, such as mine warfare, anti-submarine warfare, and surface warfare.

The LCS Class consists of two different hull forms, the Freedom variant and Independence variant – a semi-planing monohull and an aluminum trimaran – designed and built by two industry teams; Lockheed Martin and Austel USA. These seaframes will be outfitted with reconfigurable payloads, called mission packages, which can be changed out quickly as combat needs demand. These mission packages are supported by special detachments that will deploy manned and unmanned vehicles and sensors in support of mine, undersea and surface warfare missions.

Little Rock will be 378 feet in length, have a waterline beam of 57 feet, displace approximately 3,000 tons, and make speed in excess of 40 knots. The construction will be led by a Lockheed Martin industry team in Marinette, Wis.

Additional information about Freedom class Littoral Combat Ships is available online at http://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact_display.asp?cid=4200&tid=1650&ct=4 .
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