Camilla sent me these pictures of her speaking with Mrs. Clinton after the town hall gathering at Columbus State Community College in Ohio.
Friday, February 29, 2008
North Carolina TO and From
Have been gone for the past week dealing with my mother's house. John and I rented a U-Haul truck and loaded it with furniture and other family things we wanted to keep. I drove the Ford Explorer and he drove the truck. A 16 hour drive back to St. Louis. We left Wed afternoon at 3pm and made it through the Smokey Mountains in a snow storm. We stayed in the valley in Gatlinburg, TN where there was no snow. The rest of the drive started at 6am on Thursday. We made it back home at 3pm with an hour time change to CST.
Now we're unpacking.
I thought I'd post a couple of items I was sent from classmates that are very interesting.
Now we're unpacking.
I thought I'd post a couple of items I was sent from classmates that are very interesting.
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Freezing Rain and Ice
Missouri and the midwest are being pelted with freezing rain and ice today. The ground is white with ice, not snow. And it's cold. Only 21 degrees. I'm currently marooned in the house, high on our hill not daring to travel out. It's actually too slick to walk, so the dogs will just have to forgo their daily consitutional for now.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Baby Boomers Owe Young People an Apology
Baby Boomers Owe Young People an Apology
By Dennis PragerFrontPageMagazine.com Tuesday, December 04, 2007
We live in the age of group apologies. I would like to add one. The baby boomer generation needs to apologize to America, especially its young generation, for many sins. Here is a partial list:First and perhaps foremost, we apologize for robbing many of you of a childhood.We baby boomers were allowed perhaps the most innocent childhoods known to history. We grew up without material want, in one of the most decent places in world history, with media that preserved our sexual and other innocence, in schools that generally taught us well, and we were allowed childhood play from boy-girl play to rough and tumble boy-boy play to monkey bars and ringalievio. Our generation has deprived you of all these things. And while we were aware of the threat of a nuclear war with the Soviet Union, few of us believed that we were threatened with death anywhere near the amount we have scared you about death from secondhand smoke, global warming and heterosexual AIDS, to mention just a few of the exaggerated death scares we have inflicted on you.Our generation came up with two truly foolish slogans that also ended up robbing you of childhood.One was, "Never trust anyone over 30." Our infantile attitude toward adult authority has inflicted great harm on you. Because of it, many baby boomers decided not to become adults, and this has had disastrous consequences in your lives. It deprived you of one of the greatest needs in your life -- adults. That in turn deprived you of something as important as love -- parental and other adult authority. With little parental authority, you were left with little personal security, few guardrails and a diminished sense of order in life. And we transferred this denial of authority to virtually all authority figures, from teachers to police.The other slogan whose awful consequences we baby boomers bequeathed to you was, "Make love, not war." Our parents had liberated the world from immeasurably cruel and murderous regimes in Germany and Japan -- solely thanks to waging war. But instead of concluding that war could do great moral good, we sang ourselves silly with such inane lyrics as "Give peace a chance," as if that deals in any way with the world's most monstrous evils. So we taught you to make love and not war. And we succeeded.We made you anti-war and almost completely sexualized your lives. We told you that having sex was terrific or at least to be expected, even in early teens, and that your only concerns should be avoiding sexually transmitted diseases and getting pregnant. And if you did get pregnant, we made sure that you could extinguish the life you were carrying as effortlessly and guiltlessly as possible.We started teaching you about sexuality and homosexuality in early grade school and we taught you how to put condoms on bananas. It is true that we did not grow up learning about these things at such young ages -- certainly our schools never taught us about these things -- but we chalked that up to the preposterous, if not reactionary, values of the 1950s and early 1960s. We had contempt for our parents believing that "Father Knows Best" and "Leave It to Beaver" and "Superman" -- with the show's motto of "truth, justice, and the American way" -- were good things for young people to be exposed to. So we replaced these shows with MTV's mind-numbing parade of three-second images and sex-drenched shows for teenagers. Sorry.We also made you weak. We did everything possible to ensure that you suffered no pain. Sometimes we changed game scores if a team was winning by too large a margin; we abolished dodgeball lest anyone suffer early removal from the game; and we gave trophies to all of you who played on baseball teams, no matter how awfully you or your team played so that none of you missed getting a trophy while members of another team did. Much of this was thanks to the self-esteem-without-having-to-earn-it movement, which in our generation's almost infinite lack of wisdom we inflicted upon you. Sorry for that, too.We also apologize for coming close to ruining so many of your schools and universities. Despite the unprecedented sums of money we had America spend on education, most of you got an education quite inferior to the one we got at a fraction of the cost. But we thought of our teachers as fools (they were, after all, over 30) who just concentrated on reading, writing and arithmetic (and history, music and art). We were sure we knew better and we therefore concentrated on sexual issues, and teaching you about peace, global warming and the horrors of smoking. The fact that few high school graduates can identify Mozart, let alone were ever exposed to his music, is far less significant to many baby boomers than your knowledge of the alleged perils of secondhand smoke. Most of you cannot identify Stalin either, and we are sorry for that, too. But, hey, we did make sure you saw Al Gore's film.And a real apology to those of you hooked on drugs. While your choice to do drugs is your responsibility, it was our generation that romanticized them and made them cool. "Mind expanding" we called them. But it turns out that they don't expand minds, they destroy them. Sorry.And, young women, we apologize especially to you. Many of us baby boomers bought into the feminist idea that getting married and making a family with a man were far less fulfilling than career success and that marriage itself is "sexist" and "patriarchal." So, to those of you women who have career success and didn't get married, we sincerely apologize. Turns out that most careers aren't as fulfilling as we promised.So we really blew it, and what's really amazing is that few of us have changed our minds. Most people get wiser as they get older. But not those of us baby boomers who still believe these things. Of course, many of us never bought into these awful ideas that have so hurt you and our country, and some of us have grown up. But many of us still talk, think, dress and curse the same as we did in the '60s and '70s. And we're still fighting what we consider the real Axis of Evil: American racism, sexism and imperialism.But for those of us who know the damage baby boomers as a whole did to you, a heartfelt apology.
Dennis Prager hosts a nationally syndicated radio talk show based in Los Angeles. He is the author of four books, most recently "Happiness is a Serious Problem" (HarperCollins). His website is www.dennisprager.com. To find out more about Dennis Prager, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com.
By Dennis PragerFrontPageMagazine.com Tuesday, December 04, 2007
We live in the age of group apologies. I would like to add one. The baby boomer generation needs to apologize to America, especially its young generation, for many sins. Here is a partial list:First and perhaps foremost, we apologize for robbing many of you of a childhood.We baby boomers were allowed perhaps the most innocent childhoods known to history. We grew up without material want, in one of the most decent places in world history, with media that preserved our sexual and other innocence, in schools that generally taught us well, and we were allowed childhood play from boy-girl play to rough and tumble boy-boy play to monkey bars and ringalievio. Our generation has deprived you of all these things. And while we were aware of the threat of a nuclear war with the Soviet Union, few of us believed that we were threatened with death anywhere near the amount we have scared you about death from secondhand smoke, global warming and heterosexual AIDS, to mention just a few of the exaggerated death scares we have inflicted on you.Our generation came up with two truly foolish slogans that also ended up robbing you of childhood.One was, "Never trust anyone over 30." Our infantile attitude toward adult authority has inflicted great harm on you. Because of it, many baby boomers decided not to become adults, and this has had disastrous consequences in your lives. It deprived you of one of the greatest needs in your life -- adults. That in turn deprived you of something as important as love -- parental and other adult authority. With little parental authority, you were left with little personal security, few guardrails and a diminished sense of order in life. And we transferred this denial of authority to virtually all authority figures, from teachers to police.The other slogan whose awful consequences we baby boomers bequeathed to you was, "Make love, not war." Our parents had liberated the world from immeasurably cruel and murderous regimes in Germany and Japan -- solely thanks to waging war. But instead of concluding that war could do great moral good, we sang ourselves silly with such inane lyrics as "Give peace a chance," as if that deals in any way with the world's most monstrous evils. So we taught you to make love and not war. And we succeeded.We made you anti-war and almost completely sexualized your lives. We told you that having sex was terrific or at least to be expected, even in early teens, and that your only concerns should be avoiding sexually transmitted diseases and getting pregnant. And if you did get pregnant, we made sure that you could extinguish the life you were carrying as effortlessly and guiltlessly as possible.We started teaching you about sexuality and homosexuality in early grade school and we taught you how to put condoms on bananas. It is true that we did not grow up learning about these things at such young ages -- certainly our schools never taught us about these things -- but we chalked that up to the preposterous, if not reactionary, values of the 1950s and early 1960s. We had contempt for our parents believing that "Father Knows Best" and "Leave It to Beaver" and "Superman" -- with the show's motto of "truth, justice, and the American way" -- were good things for young people to be exposed to. So we replaced these shows with MTV's mind-numbing parade of three-second images and sex-drenched shows for teenagers. Sorry.We also made you weak. We did everything possible to ensure that you suffered no pain. Sometimes we changed game scores if a team was winning by too large a margin; we abolished dodgeball lest anyone suffer early removal from the game; and we gave trophies to all of you who played on baseball teams, no matter how awfully you or your team played so that none of you missed getting a trophy while members of another team did. Much of this was thanks to the self-esteem-without-having-to-earn-it movement, which in our generation's almost infinite lack of wisdom we inflicted upon you. Sorry for that, too.We also apologize for coming close to ruining so many of your schools and universities. Despite the unprecedented sums of money we had America spend on education, most of you got an education quite inferior to the one we got at a fraction of the cost. But we thought of our teachers as fools (they were, after all, over 30) who just concentrated on reading, writing and arithmetic (and history, music and art). We were sure we knew better and we therefore concentrated on sexual issues, and teaching you about peace, global warming and the horrors of smoking. The fact that few high school graduates can identify Mozart, let alone were ever exposed to his music, is far less significant to many baby boomers than your knowledge of the alleged perils of secondhand smoke. Most of you cannot identify Stalin either, and we are sorry for that, too. But, hey, we did make sure you saw Al Gore's film.And a real apology to those of you hooked on drugs. While your choice to do drugs is your responsibility, it was our generation that romanticized them and made them cool. "Mind expanding" we called them. But it turns out that they don't expand minds, they destroy them. Sorry.And, young women, we apologize especially to you. Many of us baby boomers bought into the feminist idea that getting married and making a family with a man were far less fulfilling than career success and that marriage itself is "sexist" and "patriarchal." So, to those of you women who have career success and didn't get married, we sincerely apologize. Turns out that most careers aren't as fulfilling as we promised.So we really blew it, and what's really amazing is that few of us have changed our minds. Most people get wiser as they get older. But not those of us baby boomers who still believe these things. Of course, many of us never bought into these awful ideas that have so hurt you and our country, and some of us have grown up. But many of us still talk, think, dress and curse the same as we did in the '60s and '70s. And we're still fighting what we consider the real Axis of Evil: American racism, sexism and imperialism.But for those of us who know the damage baby boomers as a whole did to you, a heartfelt apology.
Dennis Prager hosts a nationally syndicated radio talk show based in Los Angeles. He is the author of four books, most recently "Happiness is a Serious Problem" (HarperCollins). His website is www.dennisprager.com. To find out more about Dennis Prager, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com.
Boomer Baby -- That's US
http://www.octanecreative.com/boomerbaby/ Click on this link for everything baby boomer.
If you were born between 1946 and 1964, you’re a Baby Boomer
If you were born between 1946 and 1964, you’re a Baby Boomer
WHAT HAPPENED THE YEAR YOU WERE BORN?
http://www.babyboomers.com/yrindex.htm Click on this link to find out what was happening in the world the year you were born.
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Duke Leonard
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1966
Just wanted to say a few words about Duke. He sat behind me in homeroom senior year. Don't remember anything else except that smile and grin and he used to tease me to death.
Anyway, Duke is in Iraq. He's a former Navy Seal and he and a couple of buddies formed a security company to escort people across borders. He is married and has grown kids. His home is in Scottsdale, AZ. If anyone has any memories of Duke and would care to share them, I would love to see them.
"Myself and three other guys (all retired US Navy SEALs) have started up a security company that is presently working in Northern Iraq. I am currently working and managing escort services between the Turkish boarder and Diyala Province. It is pretty lively and therefore, no internet."
" I do it more for the challenge and creativity now. I retired from the US Navy SEALs in 1990 after 24 years of service. I immediately went into this line of work and have been doing it steadily for the last 17 years. It is not boring work, trust me!"
"Unfortunately, I sometimes go for weeks without internet services. I have yet to sleep more than three straight nights in the same bed for the last month, so I have been turning and burning."
Quotes from emails dated 10/07
Back Up for the Blog
Good news. I successfully was able to "mirror" the blog onto my computer and then save it to a flash drive and also to a cd. And as soon as I can figure it out, I may have it in book form in a pdf transfer. At any rate, there is a preserved copy in case the computer or the site crashes.
1964 JV and Varsity Soccer Teams
Check out these photos. You'll see a lot of familiar faces and names. Click on the photo and it will get larger.
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Terry Infantine Doe
I’m glad to see your name pop up on my email and happy to know that Dick has help. I last saw him at a baptism about 16 yrs. ago at St. Ann ’s. I’m still working as a high school resource room teacher and busy and tired…. We’re leaving today to go to Sacramento for a daughter’s wedding, if the weather allows.
Terry
Terry
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Mark Hooper
Debby,
Good to hear from you, it must be tough to tough to deal with your Mom's house and possessions, my folks live nearby, they are in great shape, but getting up there in years. Not much happening here, I am getting ready to soft-shell crab, we usually start in March, but winter has been getting shorter, I did a lot of good work on my boat and it is running well. I upgraded my shedding operation and I am quite excited about the upcoming season. I am hard crabbing now, our market this time of year is very good, so things are going well, take care of yourself, Mark.
Guy Beck in India
Hi Debby,
I lived in India for 5 years in the 70s, but nothing could prepare me for the changes that have developed since then--laptops, cellphones, Japanese cars everywhere. But there is still some of the old culture if you look hard enough. I came on a 4 month Performing Arts Fellowship offered by the American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS) for more training in Hindustani vocal classical music. I studied this before but now is on a more advanced level.
India is wonderful, especially the people and the culture.
Thanks.
All the best,
Guy
I lived in India for 5 years in the 70s, but nothing could prepare me for the changes that have developed since then--laptops, cellphones, Japanese cars everywhere. But there is still some of the old culture if you look hard enough. I came on a 4 month Performing Arts Fellowship offered by the American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS) for more training in Hindustani vocal classical music. I studied this before but now is on a more advanced level.
India is wonderful, especially the people and the culture.
Thanks.
All the best,
Guy
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Wayne Trivelpiece
Heard from Pamela Lipe Revercomb that Wayne is in Antartica doing his thing right now. His house that was burned to the ground in CA, will be rebuilt.
Ann Whitney Breihan
The last one is off to college, but that's hardly news for our "age bracket." Hope all is going well with you, Debby.
Ann
Kathleen Wilber Cohn
Kathleen Wilber
Ph.D.Mary Pickford Foundation
Professor of Gerontology,
Professor of Health Services Administration.
Research focus: Health Services (Long-term care, managed care), elder abuse, conservatorship/ guardianship.
Kathleen Wilber is the University of Southern California Mary Pickford Foundation Professor of Gerontology and holds a joint appointment in Health Services Administration in the School of Planning, Policy, and Development. Her research has focused on improving the quality of life of people with chronic physical and mental health conditions, by improving the formal health and long term care delivery system. Her work on collaborative relationships among providers has examined cost effectiveness and health outcomes of different service delivery structures. Her research interests include outcomes research for older adults in managed care, the development and evaluation of chronic care models that link acute and long-term care, and the translation of evidence-based long-term care interventions. In addition to health care, Dr. Wilber's research has focused on protective services including guardianship and conservatorship as well as financial management services for older persons. As a subset of this research her research and writing have explored the problem of elder abuse, specifically focusing on financial elder abuse. She has published over 60 articles, books, and book chapters including, A Secure Old Age: Approaches to Long-Term Care Financing with Edward L. Schneider and Donna Polisar published by Springer Publishing Company in 1997. Dr. Wilber regularly teaches courses in public policy, administration, systems management, managed care, and long-term care.
As a trainer and consultant, she has worked with a number of organizations including, AARP; the Administration on Aging; the California Office of the Attorney General; California Department on Aging; Los Angeles County Departments of Mental Health and Community and Senior Services; Los Angeles City Area Agency on Aging; Bet Tzedek Legal Services; City of Santa Monica Adult Services; and William M. Mercer, Inc. She is a fellow of the Gerontological Society of America and the recipient of a faculty fellowship from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation. She was awarded the Excellence in Teaching award from her department in 1992 and in 2000. She is on the editorial boards of Aging & Mental Health and Home Health Care Services Quarterly. In addition she serves on the California Olmstead Advisory Committee, the Medical and Scientific Advisory Council of the Alzheimer’s Association, the USC Health Collaborative, the board of Directors of St. Barnabas Senior Services, and is the Chair of the Los Angeles County Long-Term Care Coordinating Council. From 2000 to 2004, she served as the Director of the Center for Long Term Care Integration funded by the California Department of Health Services.
Dr. Wilber has a PhD in Public Administration, a Masters in Social Work and a certificate in gerontology from the University of Southern California and is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. She earned her BA degree in American Social History from Manhattanville College.
As a trainer and consultant, she has worked with a number of organizations including, AARP; the Administration on Aging; the California Office of the Attorney General; California Department on Aging; Los Angeles County Departments of Mental Health and Community and Senior Services; Los Angeles City Area Agency on Aging; Bet Tzedek Legal Services; City of Santa Monica Adult Services; and William M. Mercer, Inc. She is a fellow of the Gerontological Society of America and the recipient of a faculty fellowship from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation. She was awarded the Excellence in Teaching award from her department in 1992 and in 2000. She is on the editorial boards of Aging & Mental Health and Home Health Care Services Quarterly. In addition she serves on the California Olmstead Advisory Committee, the Medical and Scientific Advisory Council of the Alzheimer’s Association, the USC Health Collaborative, the board of Directors of St. Barnabas Senior Services, and is the Chair of the Los Angeles County Long-Term Care Coordinating Council. From 2000 to 2004, she served as the Director of the Center for Long Term Care Integration funded by the California Department of Health Services.
Dr. Wilber has a PhD in Public Administration, a Masters in Social Work and a certificate in gerontology from the University of Southern California and is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. She earned her BA degree in American Social History from Manhattanville College.
Vivian Bender Senungetuk Munson
I finally found out why Vivian's picture is not in the senior class yearbook. She didn't graduate with us in 1966. She was in such a hurry to get to college that she doubled up on classes with Mrs. Stevens and Miss Conklin, and graduated in 1965. I didn't now that. Did you?
Kathleen Wilber Cohn
Hi Debby,
I have good intentions and then get buried in work. I am doing a lot of really interesting research on our aging society which it turns out is becoming about us. I will try to give a better update in a few weeks. Thanks for not giving up on me and thanks for your terrific efforts to to keep us all connected.
Kate
Kate Wilber
Mary Pickford Foundation
Professor of Gerontology
Andrus Gerontology Center,
MC 0191 University of Southern California University Park
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0191
Monday, February 11, 2008
Vivian Bender Senungetuk Munson
This is the cover of the book that Vivian wrote with her bio listed below it.
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Dick Shanahan
If you missed any of my emails on Dick, this is what it's all about. Dick needs a lung transplant. In 2002 Dick had experimental surgery and had part of his lung removed. Prior to that he had to use a respirator for oxygen to get around and function. After the lung reduction he did not need the respirator. As many of you saw at the 40th reunion, Dick looked great. Well, as things go, in order to continue to survive, Dick needs to replace his lung in the next 6 to 9 months as one hopefully becomes available. The operation will be performed in Cleveland, Ohio. Dick will need to fly there on a moments notice. He will have expenses for getting back regularly for check ups. That's it in a nut shell as I know it. .... I have emailed many of you directly asking for pledges of money. Here is what you need to do.
Make checks out to: FM Class of 1966
with a notation or memo for Dick Shanahan
Mail to: Pamela Revercomb
2822 Back Acres
Cazenovia, NY 13035
The money will be deposited in the Alliance Bank in Manlius. Dick and his wife will be able to draw on the account as the need arises. If you have any questions about Dick, please contact me at debbydoolittle@yahoo.com.
Make checks out to: FM Class of 1966
with a notation or memo for Dick Shanahan
Mail to: Pamela Revercomb
2822 Back Acres
Cazenovia, NY 13035
The money will be deposited in the Alliance Bank in Manlius. Dick and his wife will be able to draw on the account as the need arises. If you have any questions about Dick, please contact me at debbydoolittle@yahoo.com.
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Vivian Bender Senungetuk Munson
I am just blown away learning about our classmate Vivian Bender. Vivian graduated from Boston University Law School in 1984 and practiced law in Alaska for more than 7 years. She is also a published author. Her book is A Place for Winter -- Paul Tiulana's Story. Paul Tiulana is the recognized tradtional leader of the King Island Eskimo people.
Vivian emailed me and she said she is going back to work and is in the process of setting up a website. I just orderd her book from Amazon. Can't wait to read it. Will keep you posted.
Vivian emailed me and she said she is going back to work and is in the process of setting up a website. I just orderd her book from Amazon. Can't wait to read it. Will keep you posted.
Saturday, February 2, 2008
Suzanne Connor Myers
Finally received a very brief note from Sue. She says she's had a lot of family visiting. Hope to hear more from her.