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Dear Friends and Schoolmates,

   This is another look at a theme first used four years ago today:

http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/01-20-06-NNHS-The-Tracks-of-My-Tears.html

BONUS #1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNS6D4hSQdA&NR=1 - Tracks of My Tears - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

BONUS #2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuDIiw2CLS4 - Tracks of My Tears - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - (acapella)

  THIS WEEK'S BIRTHDAYS:

   Happy Birthday tomorrow to   Carol Collier Sparrow ('63) of VA!

   Happy Birthday this week to:
22 -   Bruce Sims ('56) of VA AND Carolyn Clark Wilt ('57) AND Sandra Sherman Filippo ('57) AND     Rochelle Spooner ('63) of NY;
23 -     Chandler Nelms (Hampton HS - '63) of MD AND My Daughter-in-Law,   Diana Lyons Harty (Portsmouth HS, NH / Eastlake HS, CA - '05) of MA;
25 -     Jeannie Collier Fitzgerald ('65) of VA;

26 -      Charis Bean Duke (Governor Thomas Johnson HS, MD - '85) of NC!

   Many Happy Returns to you all!

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THIS DAY IN WWII:

January 20, 1887 - The U.S. Senate approved an agreement to lease Pearl Harbor in Hawaii as a naval base.

January 20, 1942 - Senior Nazi German officials held the Wannsee Conference in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee, during which they arrived at their "Final Solution to the Jewish Question", accelerating The Holocaust.

January 20, 1944 - The British RAF dropped 2,300 tons of bombs on Berlin.

January 20, 1945 - Hungary agreed to an armistice with the Allies.

 

TODAY IN 1965:

Wednesday, January 20, 1965 - Footballer Colin Calderwood was born in Stranraer, Scotland.

Wednesday, January 20, 1965 - Bassist Greg Kriesel (The Offspring) was born in Glendale, California.

Wednesday, January 20, 1965 - Sophie, The Countess of Wessex, wife of Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, was born Sophie Helen Rhys-Jones in Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, England.

Wednesday, January 20, 1965 - Country singer John Michael Montgomery was born in Danville, Kentucky.

Wednesday, January 20, 1965 - Footballer Anton Weissenbacher was born in Baia Mare, Maramureş County, Romania.

Wednesday, January 20, 1965 - Disc jockey Alan Freed ("Moondog") (b. 15 Dec 1921 in Windber, Pennsylvania) died from uremia and liver cirrhosis brought on by alcoholism in Palm Springs, California at the age of 43.

     From Hunter Todd ('57) of TX - 01/18/10 - "We wish you a Very Bountiful New Year in 2010!":

January 2010
	The 43rd Annual WorldFest-Houston Intl Film Festival Sends you this Very Special Final Deadline Extension...

Howdy from Houston! In response to literally hundreds of emails and phone calls, we are delighted to announce our traditional Final "Brick Wall" Deadline for the 43rd Annual WorldFest-Houston Film & Video Remi Awards Competition. Be part of the 3rd oldest International Film Festival in North America. Enter the festival that gave first awards to Spielberg, Lucas, David Lynch, Ang Lee, Ridley Scott and The Coen Brothers! Be Part of the 43rd Annual WorldFest! April 9-18, 2010 We have extended our final Entry Deadline to January 31, 2010. Your entry must reach us by then. We offer competition for the coveted Remi award in 12 major categories; Features, Shorts, Docs, TV Production, Music Videos, Student, Screenplays, TV Commercials, Business Films, Experimental, Film & Video Production, & New Media.     It is quick and easy to enter WorldFest... The Wonderful City of Houston, 3rd largest city in America! Described as "quite possibly the best organized film festival in the World" - Before there was Sundance or SXSW, before there was Toronto or Tribeca, there was WorldFest! We screen our Shorts and Features in Big AMC Theaters and are the only Film Festival in the World offering a VIP Tour of NASA and a Sailboat Regatta on Beautiful Galveston Bay at the Houston Yacht Club!     To Enter, Click on FAQ, Categories, & Entry Form... All Aboard with Amtrak!           WorldFest Welcomes Amtrak as a VIP Sponsor! WorldFest is "All Aboard" with Amtrak for the 43rd Annual Film Festival. Amtrak is offering special WorldFest rates to Houston for the event. Enjoy the wonderful luxury of the Sunset Limited to arrive at WorldFest rested, relaxed and in style! Save 20% off the regular fare with code V522 (restrictions apply). For more info visit www.amtrak.com or call 1-800-USA-RAIL   "All Aboard!" The coveted WorldFest-Houston Remi Award is the symbol of Creative Excellence and is inspired by the creative genius of Frederic Remington, the brilliant Artist that captured the spirit of Texas and The West with his paintings and sculptures. Enter the 43rd Annual WorldFest-Houston International Film & Video Festival! Team WorldFest WorldFest-Houston Intl Film & Video Festival email: entry@worldfest.org voice: 713-965-9955 Fax: 713-965-9960 web: http://www.worldfest.org

   WOWZERONI! How exciting! Thanks, Hunter!

    From Frances Goodson Wang ('65) of MD - 01/18/10 - "Heart Attack in Women - VERY IMPORTANT":

I am an ER nurse and this is the best description of this event that I have ever heard. Please read, pay attention, and send it on!

FEMALE HEART ATTACKS

I was aware that female heart attacks are different, but this is the best description I've ever read..


Women and heart attacks (Myocardial infarction). Did you know that women rarely have the same dramatic symptoms that men have when experiencing heart attacks.. you know, the sudden stabbing pain in the chest, the cold sweat, grabbing the chest and dropping to the floor that we see in the movies? Here is the story of one woman's experience with a heart attack.

'I had a heart attack at about 10:30 PM with NO prior exertion, NO prior emotional trauma that one would suspect might have brought it on. I was sitting all snugly and warm on a cold evening, with my purring cat in my lap, reading an interesting story my friend had sent me, and actually thinking, 'A-A-h, this is the life, all cozy and warm in my soft, cushy Lazy Boy with my feet propped up.

A moment later, I felt that awful sensation of indigestion, when you've been in a hurry and grabbed a bite of sandwich and washed it down with a dash of water, and that hurried bite seems to feel like you've swallowed a golf ball going down the esophagus in slow motion and it is most uncomfortable. You realize you shouldn't have gulped it down so fast and needed to chew it more thoroughly and this time drink a glass of water to hasten its progress down to the stomach. This was my initial sensation--the only trouble was that I hadn't taken a bite of anything since about 5:00 PM.

After it seemed to subside, the next sensation was like little squeezing motions that seemed to be racing up my SPINE (hind-sight, it was probably my aorta spasms), gaining speed as they continued racing up and under my sternum (breast bone, where one presses rhythmically when administering CPR).

This fascinating process continued on into my throat and branched out into both jaws. 'AHA!! NOW I stopped puzzling about what was happening -- we all have read and/or heard about pain in the jaws being one of the signals of an MI happening, haven't we? I said aloud to myself and the cat, 'Dear God, I think I'm having a heart attack!'

I lowered the foot rest dumping the cat from my lap, started to take a step and fell on the floor instead. I thought to myself, If this is a heart attack, I shouldn't be walking into the next room where the phone is or anywhere else... but, on the other hand, if I don't, nobody will know that I need help, and if I wait any longer I may not be able to get up in a moment.

I pulled myself up with the arms of the chair, walked slowly into the next room and dialed the paramedics... I told her I thought I was having a heart attack due to the pressure building under the sternum and radiating into my jaws. I didn't feel hysterical or afraid, just stating the facts. She said she was sending the paramedics over immediately, asked if the front door was near to me, and if so, to un-bolt the door and then lie down on the floor where they could see me when they came in.

I unlocked the door and then laid down on the floor as instructed and lost consciousness, as I don't remember the medics coming in, their examination, lifting me onto a gurney or getting me into their ambulance, or hearing the call they made to St. Jude ER on the way, but I did briefly awaken when we arrived and saw that the radiologist was already there in his surgical blues and cap, helping the medics pull my stretcher out of the ambulance. He was bending over me asking questions (probably something like 'Have you taken any medications?') but I couldn't make my mind interpret what he was saying, or form an answer, and nodded off again, not waking up until the cardiologist and partner had already threaded the teeny angiogram balloon up my femoral artery into the aorta and into my heart where they installed 2 side by side stints to hold open my right coronary artery.

I know it sounds like all my thinking and actions at home must have taken at least 20-30 minutes before calling the paramedics, but actually it took perhaps 4-5 minutes before the call, and both the fire station and St. Jude are only minutes away from my home, and my cardiologist was all ready to go to the OR in his scrubs and get going on restarting my heart (which had stopped somewhere between my arrival and the procedure) and installing the stints.
Why have I written all of this to you with so much detail? Because I want all of you who are so important in my life to know what I learned first hand.

1. Be aware that something very different is happening in your body, not the usual men's symptoms but inexplicable things happening (until my sternum and jaws got into the act). It is said that many more women than men die of their first (and last) MI because they didn't know they were having one and commonly mistake it as indigestion, take some Maalox or other anti-heartburn preparation and go to bed, hoping they'll feel better in the morning when they wake up... which doesn't happen. My female friends, your symptoms might not be exactly like mine, so I advise you to call the paramedics if ANYTHING is unpleasantly happening that you've not felt before. It is better to have a 'false alarm' visitation than to risk your life guessing what it might be!

2. Note that I said 'Call the paramedics.' And if you can take an aspirin. Ladies, TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE!
Do NOT try to drive yourself to the ER - you are a hazard to others on the road.
Do NOT have your panicked husband who will be speeding and looking anxiously at what's happening with you instead of the road.
Do NOT call your doctor -- he doesn't know where you live and if it's at night you won't reach him anyway, and if it's daytime, his assistants (or answering service) will tell you to call the paramedics. He doesn't carry the equipment in his car that you need to be saved! The paramedics do, principally OXYGEN that you need ASAP. Your doctor will be notified later.

3. Don't assume it couldn't be a heart attack because you have a normal cholesterol count. Research has discovered that a cholesterol elevated reading is rarely the cause of an MI (unless it's unbelievably high and/or accompanied by high blood pressure). MIs are usually caused by long-term stress and inflammation in the body, which dumps all sorts of deadly hormones into your system to sludge things up in there. Pain in the jaw can wake you from a sound sleep. Let's be careful and be aware. The more we know the better chance we could survive.

A cardiologist says if everyone who gets this mail sends it to 10 people, you can be sure that we'll save at least one life.
*Please be a true friend and send this article to all your friends (male & female) who you care about!*

   Thank you so much, Frances! I keep little bottles of aspirin all over the house for this very reason!

  From Steve Pullen ('65) of VA - 01/19/10 - "NN Courthouse":

			The courthouse in the postcard is still standing. The public safety building was torn down in the early 80s I believe and a new enlarged jail was built on 26th Street behind the courthouse shown in the picture. The courthouse houses the Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court. The Circuit Court building is on Washington Avenue and takes up the block between 25th and 26th streets backing up to the jail.   Rex Davis (NNHS66) is the Clerk of Courts in the Circuit Court.
Courthouse and Public Safety Building, Newport News, VA

A new Police Headquarters has just been built on Jefferson Avenue, near North Avenue.

   Thanks so very much, Steve! I was 97.4 % certain that I had seen the courthouse on my last trip to downtown Newport News in October of 2008, but then I have learned not to put too much stock in what I either see or remember.....

  From Carol Moell Marcella ('56) and       Mickey Marcella ('54) of VA - 01/18/10:

   But of course! Thank you - it sounds delightful! I'll carry the message both on the Newsletters and on the main page from now until then.

  From Betty Brockwell McClure ('58) of VA - 01/19/10 - "SAFETY NOTICE!":

Folks are becoming more and more cruel daily. But this is just the beginning of pangs of distress. With the decline in economy and job losses, we can expect anything. Just can't be too careful these days. 

If you are driving at night and eggs are thrown at your windshield, do not operate the wiper and spray any water because eggs mixed with water become milky and block your vision up to 92.5% so you are forced to stop at the roadside and become a victim of robbers.

This is a new technique used by robbers.

Please inform your friends and relatives.

VDOT-Lynchburg District

   YOWZERONI! Thanks so much, Betty!

      From My Niece, Shari, of VA - 01/15/10 and 01/19/10:

		Her voice is freaking amazing! I didn't realize how theatrical and entertaining my two favorite songs were by them. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MH3hLRUyLMc&NR=1 Eurythmics - No More I love Yous http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y25stK5ymlA Eurythmics - Walking On Broken Glass

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVcKj1rF0PI&feature=related
Billy Joel - Captain Jack

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=beatles+blackbird&search_type=&aq=9&oq=Beatles
Beatles-Blackbird

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbdGK5HWa64
Alice Cooper-"I'm Eighteen"

   Thanks, Shari!

       From My Husband, Paul Harty (Bardolph HS, IL - '61) of IL - 01/19/09 - "Trace Adkins and the West Point Cadet Glee Club, USMA, ACM 2009":

This is a very touching video.  Have some Kleenex handy.  You'll need them.

Paul

Well worth watching!! Please watch to the end to be counted.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0mm4u2VzDs

   Thanks, Paul!

ABBREVIATED ALERT:

  From Jane Chambers of VA - 07/01/09 - "CNC BOOK BROCHURE & AD":

http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/CNC-CNU/brochure(2).pdf

http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/CNC-CNU/CNC-Memories-Book-219390602.pdf

   Contact Dr. Chambers at cncmemories61_71@yahoo.com.

   Thanks, Jane!

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FINALLY:

From ArcaMax Jokes - 01/19/09:

Forgetful

William's wife started noticing how forgetful he was becoming. Being the concerned wife, she convinced him to see a doctor. William was a little worried when the doctor came in. Sensing his patient's nervousness, the first thing the doctor did was to ask what was troubling him.

"Well," William answered. "I seem to be getting forgetful. I'm never sure I can remember where I put the car, or whether I answered a letter, or where I'm going, or what it is I'm going to do once I get there, if I get there. So, I really need your help. What can I do?"

The doctor thought for a moment, then answered in his kindest tone, "Please pay me in advance."

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Confusing

Little Mary was at her first wedding and gaped at the entire ceremony. When it was over, she asked her mother, "Why did the lady change her mind?"

Her mother asked, "What do you mean?"

"Well, she went down the aisle with one man, and came back with another one."

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DATES TO REMEMBER:

1. Friday, February 12, 2010, 6:00 PM - The NN/Hampton Breakfast Bunch will hold their Annual Valentine's Dinner at the Hampton Yacht Club. Those interested can call Mickey Marcella at (757) 249-3800.

2. Friday and Saturday, August 6 and 7, 2010 - The NNHS Class of 1970 will hold its 40-Year Reunion. Saturday night will be at the Kiln Creek Golf & Country Club. For details, contact Carol Comer Cutler at ca23comerww@aol.com or visit the reunion website at NNHS1970Reunion.myevent.com - CLASS OF 1970

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