SUMMER NEWSLETTER 09

JULY 14, 2008

From Barb Goff A26, I returned from my MN and Omaha trip on July 4th. Had a wonderful vacation and enjoyed the sites in both places. The highlight for me in Omaha was the tour of Boy's Town and the Boy's Town History Museum and Fr. Flanagan's Home. Shirley Kemp, W191, volunteers at the Home and gives a great tour and commentary. She really knows her "stuff." We also went to the Zoo, Museum, and The Mormon Trail plus too many other places to write about.
When I arrived in Omaha, there was a city wide power outage for 100,000 homes and businesses from a straight wind storm of up to 120 MPH. Lots of trees uprooted and branches down. We enjoyed playing cards by candlelight. Fortunately Shirley's home got power back by 6 the next morning but a lot of folks didn't get it for a couple of days.
Carl Ryan,(W231, OK,) had a bad fall down the stairs after he got home this spring. He suffered a severe concussion along with shoulder injuries. He is still recuperating from that accident but while x-raying his injuries, it was discovered that he had asbestos damage to his lungs. Fortunately the lung biopsies turned up negative. We're all so happy for the good outcome, Carl, and are looking forward to seeing you in the fall.
Keep the news coming. It's always good to hear what family and friends are doing.
Don't forget about the Herbert's get together – wish I could be there.
Maybe some of you noticed that there was no Newsletter numbered "07". That was my goof. Sorry about that.
Have a good one!
From Pat and Bill Craig W33, Thanks for taking care of this newsletter. We all enjoy all the news. We are planning to go to Mich to see my kids on the 15th of July. A daughter and son live in Kalamazoo and a son and his son, and a daughter are coming from the west coast. First time that we all have been together since Dutch died. I'm really looking forward to this visit. Norma Brackett is going to ride up there with us and she will visit her family too.
Talked to Marge Westover and she said that Jerry fell and broke his leg. He's doing ok, but he's in rehab now. Then she fell and sprained her wrist and had some bruises. We'll try to see them when we get to Kalamazoo.
We're coming back to the valley on the 31st. Then on the 13th of Aug.we will fly to Calgary for Bill' granddaughter's wedding, returning on the 20th Lucky us, we got a little rain yesterday and today. We are really in a drought situation. It's still hot but it's hot all over. I guess that's all for now.
Pat and Bill Craig
From John and Barb Riley D1, We enjoy the newsletter to see what other folks are doing. We are having a good summer also. Lots of rain here in Missouri like several others. Tough on the farmers to ever get work done. Still lots of planting needs and getting late for that.
We came home April 1st. Then on the 12th we left for a Panama Canal Cruise, for 19 days. It was great. We got home from that on May 2nd our 49th wedding anniversary. Then on May 14th we left in our vehicle and drove to Panarama, British Columbia and spent a week. On the way to and from we spent 8 days in Montana. Then on the way home we spent a few days in MN fishing with Emmett and Jeanette Sweezey, and visited with Ken and Marg Waldhauser from D2, and John and Kay Raskob, all winter Texans from Bentsen Grove. All great trips. Ken caught and fixed us up a big bunch of
fish. Were they ever good. Now we are stay at home folks for a while, as Barb had her right knee total replaced on June 24th. We are back at home and doing ok. She is having a slow recovery but every day gets better.
We are anxiously waiting for the winter season at Bentsen Grove again.
From Tom and Barb Nichols Lot 737, Just wanted to thank you for your effort in doing the news letter for Bentsen Grove. It sure is nice to follow the happenings at Bentsen Grove as well as from parts all over the country. Our summer has been busier than usual in that we have had Two Grandchildren graduate from High School and a Daughter in law get her teaching degree. In addition to that, our Daughter and Son both celebrate their 25th anniversaries. We (Barbara & Tom) celebrated our 50th anniversary.
We decided to have the entire family take a cruise for 7 days from Miami. There were 10 of us total with the 4 grandchildren age 18--21. We all had a great time including the kids as there were many on board their ages. It was sure nice being together.
We are looking forward to returning to the valley in the fall, but will wait until it cools down some. We will be meeting Barb & Jim Elliott and Barb & Ron Cramer next week for a camp out here in Michigan. We meet every year for a few days of camping. Thanks Again, Tom and Barb MN 
From Betty Skillings A 28, 2008 MN. Golf get together Aug.11 thru. Aug 14. There has been some mix-up at the hotel registration desk. Some have been told the rooms are all gone. Wrong!!!!!! Some help is not looking for "golf 08" I guess all you can do is call back and hope you get someone else to take your reservation. I've called and I hope the situation is all taken care of. I've had several calls from people coming, I'm hoping we have a good turn out. Those that want to come, call the casino and get a room reserved. 1-800-468-3517 then press 1. The room price is the best I have ever gotten. $42.71 inc. Tax . If you didn't get a letter, you are sure welcome to come and join us. Betty Skillings [A-28] 1-320-692-4693.


From Bill and Dottie F30, Went to MI for 14 days June 17 – July 1. Al and Judy Alexander picked us up at the airport. We had lunch with Jerry and Bev Geddings while we were in Kazoo along with Al and Judy.
We attended Bill's Grandson Andy's graduation open house. We saw a lot of old friends there.
We had a small family get together with Dottie's family. We got to meet the two newest Great grandsons – Gabriel 6 months old and John, 5 months. They are both adorable.
Aug. 9th we will be flying to Orlando, FL to visit Dottie's three children and grandkids for 5 days.
Things are pretty quiet here in the park right now. We do enjoy our Tues. morning get together for coffee and donuts. There are usually between 30-40 people attending.


From June Stocks 654, We received a call concerning the death of Ray Ford(W15). Ray passed away Friday,July 11th in Iowa. He was very active in table tennis and the Melody Theater. He will be missed by all and our thoughts and prayers go with his wife, Betty.
We also got a call from Pat and Pam Gallagher(A36) in New York. Pat had hip replacement done a couple weeks ago and is doing great. He has very little pain and said he wishes he'd done it a year ago.
Thanks for all your effort in the newsletter, we all appreciate it very much.
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