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09/07/08 - NNHS Newsletter - Grandparents' Day
“Our grandchildren accept us for ourselves, without rebuke
or effort - Ruth Goode |
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Dear Friends and Schoolmates,
This is another
of those holidays that we may or may not all be personally observing, but as the
big Typhoon Family we have become, we try to celebrate everything together here
- especially when we remember it:
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/09-10-06-NNHS-Grandparents-Day.html
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/09-09-07-NNHS-Grandparents-Day.html
BONUS - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmqVN1CBN9o - Silver Threads Among the Gold - Foster & Allen
HOMEWORK:
http://www.grandparents-day.com/
http://www.grandparents-day.com/short_ver.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Grandparents_Day
http://akidsheart.com/holidays/grand/grand.htm
NEWS FLASH #1:
The NNHS Class of 1963
Please provide your current email and mailing address to
Barbara Fritsche Barnes at
barbaralbarnes@verizon.net
to receive YOUR reunion registration info. The reunion committee has
prepared a reunion registration brochure,
which we hope to have available here for you soon.
CALLING ALL
FORMER NNHS STUDENTS
We’re Going Back!!!!
The NNHS Class of 1963 invites all former
NNHS students and their guests to join them
at an upcoming class reunion event:
A 60’s Sock Hop in the NNHS High School Gym!!!
What: Sock Hop with DJ in the Newport News High School
Gymnasium
When: Friday night, October 17th, 2008
Time: 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Cost: $15 per person
Event Details
ADVANCED TICKET SALES ONLY
Capacity is Limited. Tickets will be sold on a first come, first served basis. No sales at door.
Names of all members in your party must be provided with payment.
Send check or money order payable to: Barbara Barnes, 4891 Parthenon Drive, Virginia Beach, VA 23462
TRANSPORTATION DEPARTS OMNI HOTEL
All participants must travel
to/from NNHS via shuttle bus from Newport News Omni Hotel
and sign a release of liability form enroute to the event.
Shuttle bus will depart every
half hour from The Newport News Omni Hotel, 1000 Omni
Boulevard
(off Diligence/J. Clyde Morris Boulevard) starting at 6:30
PM.
Last bus will depart the school enroute to The Omni at 10:30
PM.
Hand stamps issued on shuttle bus will be required for entry.
SOCKS REQUIRED
Soft drinks & snacks will be sold
at the event.
No alcoholic beverages allowed on the premises, (some things
never change).
CHECK THIS WEB PAGE FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION -
08/29/08:
nnhs65.00freehost.com/reunion-class-of-1963.html
NEWS FLASH #2:
All events of the
40-Year Reunion of the Class of 1968 are open to everyone.
It will be held
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, September 26 - 28, 2008.
For further information, call Elizabeth Tedder Nunnally at
(757) 874-1666 or e-mail her at
enunnally@cox.net.
nnhs65.00freehost.com/reunion-class-of-1968.html
NEWS FLASH #3:
THIS WEEK'S BIRTHDAYS:
Happy Birthday today
to
the late Kathy Pilgrim Clark
('63) (deceased 03/08/06).
Happy Birthday tomorrow
to our Four-Fer:
Carroll Elliot ('57)
AND
Gary Fitzgerald ('61) of VA
AND
Patti Johnson Stowe ('62) of FL
AND
Cheryl Pless Ramsey ('64) of VA!
Happy Birthday this week to:
9 -
Wayne DeBerry ('65) of VA;
10 -
Mr. Pete Robinson - 1921
- (deceased - 12/23/03);
11 -
My Grandson, Jimmy Harty of OR;
14 - Billy Brewer ('57)
AND 
Jeanette Parrish Houston ('64) of VA!
Many Happy Returns to One and All!
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/Happy-Birthday.html
From Larry Moran ('65) of ID - 09/06/08 - "New Address":
You
left the sacred soil of Virginia to live in Idaho?!?
Well, it is lovely out there in the Rockies, to be sure!
Thanks, Larry! Y'all enjoy your new home!
I changed your information on these pages:
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/SITE-MAP.html
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/alumni-list.html
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/alumni-1963-to-1965.html
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/contact-ALL.html
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/contact-B.html
From Joyce Lawrence Cahoon ('65) of
VA - 09/06/08 - "Blonde Joke":
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Note....... Not intended to insult any of my friends with blonde hair. I
just thought everyone has felt like this during a very stressful week at
some point in time. Enjoy!!!
I urgently needed a few
days off work, but I
knew the Boss would not allow me to take a leave. I thought
that maybe if I acted "CRAZY" then he would tell me
to take a few days off. So I hung upside down from
the ceiling and made funny noises.
I jumped down and walked
out of the office. When my co-worker (the blonde) followed me, the Boss said
to her, "And where do you think you're going?" |
Thanks, Joyce!
From
Jerry ('65) and
Judy Phillips ('66) Allen of VA - 09/06/08 - "Three Bullets":
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Thank you so much,
Sweetie-Pies!
From http://www.philiphumbert.com - 09/07/08 - "Notes on the Good Life":
Notes on the Good Life
- Philip E. Humbert, PhD
I'm convinced that Thoreau was at least partially right when he noted that "most
people live lives of quiet desperation." Personally, I'm amazed at how many
people fail to enjoy life as much as they easily could.
For me the key to that sentence is "easily could." The "Good Life" is personal
and different for each of us. For some it's great wealth and private jets, while
for others it's art and poetry, and few need acres of Montana solitude. For me,
a dog takes care of maybe 30% of the problem just by laying at my feet. Your
"Good Life" is a very personal thing and it's up to you to figure out what it
looks like, and how to achieve it.
Having said that, I'm convinced that most of us could live much richer, more
satisfying and more fulfilling lives than we do. Fortunately, it's not
difficult.
Sure, achieving many of our "big goals" is hard. Some goals require years of
effort, superior organization and an element of luck, but most goals are not
nearly so hard. In fact, many of the desires and longings my clients and friends
talk about could easily be achieved in a few weeks, or sooner. Many could be
achieved before you go to bed tonight. Let's think about this.
If you want more "peace of mind," a basic question is, Do you meditate, pray or
journal every day? If you want more time as a family, or more time for yourself,
how will you adjust your schedule? Want more money in the bank? What are you
doing to make that happen? If you want to be healthier, thinner or have more
energy, what time are you going to the gym and what's on the menu for dinner?
These are not trick questions! Huge elements of the "Good Life" are within your
reach!
Here are some of my thoughts on the "Good Life" and enriching our daily
experience:
1. Clarity and Choice. Some of us are running faster in hopes
of slowing down. To me, that makes no sense. Let's face it, some things in life
come at a price. You can have just about anything you want in life, but you
probably cannot have everything you want. We must choose! Time as a family may
"cost" us time at work. Savings will "cost" you some pleasures or purchases.
What does your Good Life look like? Think about it. Ponder. Take notes. Make
choices.
2. Simple Strategies and Easy Discipline. Saving money requires
discipline. Closeness as a couple requires time and communication and a host of
other skills. It doesn't "just happen." Building a business means doing many
things when they need to be done, not "when we feel like it." Whatever your Good
Life looks like, design a strategy or plan, then work your plan. There's no
other way.
Here's a simple example. We have a nine week-old puppy in the house. He's cute
and cuddly and wonderful. The temptation is to let him play and romp and "just
be a puppy." But if we do that he will never be able to travel or to meet our
friends. We won't even be able to trust him at the beach. Unless we limit his
choices and teach him to get along in this world, his life will be a series of
annoyed jerks on his leash and someday, something bad will happen. I don't
intend to let that happen. So we discipline him.
Hopefully, I learn from that and also discipline myself, make smart choices and
follow reasonable plans to create the life I want.
How about you? What simple steps would make your life dramatically better this
week? Most of us are sleep-deprived. If that's a problem in your world, what
time do you go to bed? Many of us are not achieving the financial results we
would like. If that's true for you, who could teach you to make more? Many of us
are not as happy or having as much fun as we would like. If that's a problem in
your world, take steps to fix it! You deserve the Good Life. Make it happen.
From Joyce Lawrence Cahoon ('65) of
VA - 09/06/08 - "Sending you a smile":
Did you ever wonder what's on the back of a smiley face?
Click
on this; you will enjoy!
http://d21c.com/terri1/flash/smile.swf
Thanks
again, Joyce!
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/requests-prayers.html - updated 09/02/08
Hopefully, this will help
address the problem in a number of ways. Just don't forget to click on it
each time!
http://nnhs.wordpress.com/ - updated 09/07/08
DATES TO REMEMBER:
1. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, September 26 - 28, 2008 - NNHS CLASS OF 1968 - OPEN TO ALL TYPHOONS:
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/reunion-class-of-1968.html
- 03/31/082. Saturday, September 27, 2008 - EVERYONE:
Evelyn Fryer Fish's Birthday Party for All of Us
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/09-30-06-EVELYNS-PARTY.html
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/09-29-07-EVELYNS-PARTY.htm
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/09-27-08-EVELYNS-PARTY.html
3. Saturday, September 27, 2008 -
SUPERKIDS THIRD ANNUAL CAR SHOW - OPEN TO THE PUBLIC:4.
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, October 17 - 19, 2008 - NNHS CLASS OF 1963 - AND ALL TYPHOONS ON FRIDAY NIGHT (if pre-registered):http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/reunion-class-of-1963.html
- 07/23/08
Y'all take good care of each other! TYPHOONS FOREVER! We'll Always Have Buckroe!
Love to all, Carol
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PERSONAL WEB SITE:
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Silver Threads Among the Gold
Words by Eben E. Rexford
(1848-1916);
Music by Hart Pease Danks (1834-1903), 1873
Darling, I am growing old,
Silver threads among the gold
Shine upon my brow today;
Life is fading fast away;
But, my darling, you will be, will be,
Always young and fair to me,
Yes, my darling, you will be,
Always young and fair to me.
Chorus:
When your hair is silver white,
And your cheeks no longer bright,
With the roses of the May;
I will kiss your lips and say-
Oh! my darling, mine alone, alone,
You have never older grown,
Yes, my darling, mine alone,
You have never older grown.
Chorus:
Love can never more grow old,
Locks may lose their brown and gold,
Cheeks may fade and hollow grow,
But the hearts that love will know
Never, never, winter's frost and chill:
Summer warmth is in them still-
Never winter's frost and chill,
Summer warmth is in them still.
Chorus:
Love is always young and fair,-
What to us is silver hair,
Faded cheeks or steps grown slow,
To the heart that beats below?
Since I kissed you, mine alone, alone,
You have never older grown-
Since I kissed you, mine alone,
You have never older grown.
Chorus:
Chorus:
Darling, I am growing old,
Silver threads among the gold,
Shine upon my brow today;
Life is fading fast away.
Grandparents clip art courtesy of http://www.leehansen.com/clipart/Holidays/GrandparentsDay/pages/grandparents-couple.htm - 09/07/08
Pink Rose Divider Line clip art courtesy of http://www.wtv-zone.com/nevr2l82/bars3.html - 04/05/06
Animated Tiny
Birthday Cake clip art courtesy of Sarah Puckett Kressaty ('65) of VA - 08/31/05
Thanks, Sarah Sugah!
Marine Corps Seal clip art
courtesy of the late
Herbert Hice of MI
- one of my
Famous Marines who served in the South
Pacific during WWII.
Thanks again, Herbie!
Animated Laughing Kitten courtesy
of Joyce Lawrence Cahoon of VA - 07/29/08
Thanks, Joyce!
Animated Laughing Smiley
courtesy of
Janice
McCain Rose ('65) of VA - 02/07/05
Thanks, Janice!
Animated "NEW" clip art courtesy of http://gifsnow.com/ - 03/07/06