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09/17/16 - NNHS Newsletter - Wind Beneath My Wings
“A hero is somebody who is selfless, who is generous in spirit, who just
tries
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Debi
Mazar |
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Dear Friends and Schoolmates,
We all need heroes in our lives.....
BONUS - http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1xks3_bette-midler-wind-beneath-my-wings_music - Wind Beneath My Wings - Bette Midler
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_Beneath_My_Wings:
| "Wind Beneath My Wings" (sometimes titled "The Wind
Beneath My Wings" and "Hero") is the title of a song written
in 1982 by Jeff Silbar and
Larry Henley.[1]
They recorded a demo of the song, which they gave to musician
Bob Montgomery. Montgomery then recorded his own demo version of the
song, changing it from the mid-tempo version he was given to a ballad.
Silbar and Henley then shopped the song to many artists, eventually
resulting in
Roger Whittaker becoming the first to release the song commercially.
It appeared on his 1982 studio album, also titled Wind Beneath My
Wings. Following Whittaker's recording, many other artists recorded the song, including Sheena Easton (who also recorded it in 1982). Easton's version appeared on her 1982 studio album Madness, Money & Music, though it was not released as a single by her record company. She did, however, perform it on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Merv Griffin Show, her HBO live concert special, as well as her NBC television special. 1983 was the first year "Wind Beneath My Wings" appeared on music industry trade publication charts in the United States. Singer Lou Rawls was the first to score a major hit with the song, as his version peaked at #10 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, as well as #60 on the Billboard Hot Black Singles chart and #65 on the main Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.[2] Gladys Knight & The Pips also released a recording of the song in 1983 under the title "Hero", and their version peaked at #64 on Billboard' Hot Black Singles chart[3] while also reaching #23 on Billboard' Adult Contemporary chart. Singer Gary Morris released a country version of the song in 1983 that charted highest on any of the Billboard music charts that year. Morris's version of the song peaked at #4 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart, and also later won both the Academy of Country Music and the Country Music Association awards for Song Of The Year. But the highest-charting version of the song to date was recorded in 1988 by singer and actress Bette Midler for the soundtrack to the film Beaches. This version of "Wind Beneath My Wings" was released as a single in early 1989, spent one week at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in June 1989, and won Grammy Awards for both Record of the Year and Song of the Year in February 1990. On October 24, 1991, Midler's single was also certitifed Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipment of one million copies in the United States... |
REUNION ALERT:
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The NNHS Class of 1966 is holding their 50-Year Reunion this weekend,
Friday and Saturday, September 16 and 17, 2016,!
Saturday Night: Marriott Hotel, City Center, 740 Town City Drive, NN from 7:00 PM - midnight in the Pearl Room.
Y'all have fun!
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THIS WEEK'S BIRTHDAYS:
Happy
Birthday today to The
late
Mr. George McIntosh
(deceased - 05/04/05)
AND Hugh McLawhorne ('57) AND
 Ed Nichols ('62) of Northern VA!
Happy
Birthday tomorrow to
Bobby Bell ('57)
AND
September 18, 1947 - The United States Air Force became an independent branch of the United States armed forces. Happy Birthday this week to: 20 - Barry Stutt ('57); 21 - Maxine Petty Ramey ('57); 22 -
23 -
Fred Fox ('63) AND
24 -
Many Happy
Returns, One and All!
300 YEARS AGO TODAY:
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100 YEARS AGO TODAY:
| September 17, 1716 - World War I: Manfred von Richthofen ("The Red Baron"), a flying ace of the German Luftstreitkräfte, won his first aerial combat near Cambrai, France. |
THIS DAY IN WWII:
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September 17, 1939 - The Soviet Union joined Nazi Germany's invasion of Poland during the Polish Defensive War of 1939. Germany had invaded Poland on September 1. September 17, 1939 - A German U-boat U 29 sank the British aircraft carrier HMS Courageous. September 17, 1940 - Following the German defeat in the Battle of Britain, Hitler postponed Operation Sea Lion indefinitely. September 17, 1941 - A decree of the Soviet State Committee of Defense, restoring Vsevobuch in the face of the Great Patriotic War, was issued. September 17, 1941 - Soviet forces entered Teheran marking the end of the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran.
September 17, 1943 -
The Russian
city of Bryansk
was liberated from
Nazis. September 17, 1944 - Soviet troops launched the Tallinn Offensive against Germany and pro-independence Estonian units. September 17, 1944 - German forces were attacked by the Allies in the Battle of San Marino. |
THIS DAY IN 1966:
| Saturday, September 17, 1966 - Rapper and producer
Doug E. Fresh was born Douglas E. Davis in
Christ Church, Barbados[1]. Saturday, September 17, 1966 - Tenor and actor Fritz Wunderlich (b. Friedrich Karl Otto Wunderlich on 26 Sept 1930 in Kusel in the Palatinate in Southwestern Germany) fell from a stairway[3] in a friend's country house in Oberderdingen near Maulbronn, and died in the University Clinic of Heidelberg just nine days before his 36th birthday. |
From My Friend, Susan, of NC - 09/16/15:
| “If you don't want
temptation to follow you, don't act as if you are interested.”
-
Richard L.
Evans |
Thanks so much, Susan!
From My Daughter-in-Law, Diana Lyons Harty (Portsmouth
HS, NH / Eastlake
HS, CA - '05)
of CA -
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Ok baby. Get out.
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From My Cousin,
Jean Atkinson Mallory (Warsaw
HS / Rappahannock HS / John Marshall HS - '65)
of VA - 09/16/16:
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SO TRUE!
Thank you, Jean!
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From
Bill Hobbs ('66) of Northern VA -
09/16/16 - "The Gift of Time":
| The Gift of Time The last wishes of Alexander the Great. On his death bed, Alexander summoned his army generals and told them his three ultimate wishes: 1. The best doctors should carry his coffin. 2. The wealth he has accumulated (money, gold, precious stones) should be scattered along the procession to the cemetery. 3. His hands should be let loose, so they hang outside the coffin for all to see. One of his generals who was surprised by these unusual requests asked Alexander to explain. Here is what Alexander the Great had to say: 1. "I want the best doctors to carry my coffin to demonstrate that in the face of death, even the best doctors in the world have no power to heal." 2. "I want the road to be covered with my treasure so that everybody sees that material wealth acquired on earth, will stay on earth." 3. I want my hands to swing in the wind, so that people understand that we come to this world empty handed and we leave this world empty handed after the most precious treasure of all is exhausted, and that is: TIME. We do not take to our grave any material wealth. TIME is our most precious treasure because it is LIMITED. We can produce more wealth, but we cannot produce more time. When we give someone our time, we actually give a portion of our life that we will never take back. Our time is our life! The best present that you can give
to your family and friends is your TIME. May you be granted plenty of
TIME, to share with all. |
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“She wasn’t much for words, but she told me she loved me in other ways,
like showing me her main superpower—invisibility. I often wouldn’t see
her for weeks straight, and for her to show me the unshowable showed a
lot of trust in our relationship.” - Jarod Kintz(b. 05 Mar 1982) |
BONUS ANGEL WINGS CROCHET PATTERNS:
http://www.allfreecrochet.com/Angel-Crochet-Patterns/8-Free-Crochet-Angel-Patterns - Crochet Angel Wings Patterns
BONUS WINGS RECIPE:
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/187822/baked-chicken-wings/ - Baked Chicken Wings
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FINALLY: |
From www.ajokeaday.com - 09/16/16:
| A teacher said to her student,
"Billy, if both of your parents were born in 1967, how old are they
now?" After a few moments, Billy answered, "It depends." "It depends on what?" she asked. "It depends on whether you ask my father or my mother." |
DATES TO REMEMBER:
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PRAYER ROLL: http://www.nnhs65.com/requests-prayers.html - updated 09/02/16 |
BLOG: http://nnhs.wordpress.com/ - updated 03/13/11 |
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Wind Beneath My Wings
Written by
Jeff Silbar and
Larry
Henley (b.
30 June 1941), 1982
Recorded by Bette Midler (b. 01 Dec 1945), 1988
It must have been cold there in my shadow,
to never have sunlight on your face.
You were content to let me shine, that's your way,
you always walked a step behind.
So I was the one with all the glory,
while you were the one with all the strength.
A beautiful face without a name -- for so long,
a beautiful smile to hide the pain.
CHORUS:
Did you ever know that you're my hero,
and ev'rything I would like to be?
I can fly higher than an eagle,
'cause you are the wind beneath my wings.
It might have appeared to go unnoticed,
but I've got it all here in my heart.
I want you to know I know the truth, of course I know it,
I would be nothing with out you.
(CHORUS)
Fly, fly, fly away,
you let me fly so high.
Oh, fly, fly,
so high against the sky, so high I almost touch the sky.
Thank you, thank you, thank God for you,
the wind beneath my wings.
"Wind Beneath My Wings" midi courtesy of http://www.sequinsbyeileen.com/midi.htm - 09/19/11 (sic)
"Wind Beneath My Wings" lyrics courtesy of http://www.romantic-lyrics.com/lw9.shtml - 09/19/11 (sic)
"You're My Hero" clip art courtesy of http://faithgraceandjoy.blogspot.com/2011/02/wonderful-wednesday.html - 09/19/11 (sic)
Divider Line 256 courtesy of http://www.angelfire.com/tx5/tx5280/lines6.html - 09/19/11 (sic)
Animated Cheering Smiley clip art courtesy of Al Farber ('64) of GA - 08/18/05
(re-saved 02/27/09)
Thanks, Al!
Animated Tiny
Birthday Cake clip art courtesy of
Sarah Puckett Kressaty ('65) of
VA - 08/31/05
Thanks, Sarah Sugah!
Animated Air Force, Army, and Navy Flags clip art courtesy of
http://www.angelfire.com/ny4/KevsGifsGalore/Patriotic.html - 06/18/03
Eastlake High School Logo courtesy
of
http://www.geocities.com/ehslearningcenter/ - 10/17/07 Animated
Laughing Jerry courtesy of Cookie Phillips Tyndall ('64) of VA - 06/14/06
John Marshall High School's Justice Scale clip art courtesy of
Cheryl White Wilson (JMHS - '64) of VA - 10/13/05 (replaced 02/23/09)
Navy Seal
clip art courtesy of
http://www.onemileup.com/miniSeals.asp - 05/29/06
Hampton High School's Crab clip art courtesy of
http://www.geocities.com/agent99bm/ - 10/02/05
Replaced courtesy of
http://www.hamptonhigh1964.com - 02/17/09
Air Force Seal clip art courtesy of
http://www1.va.gov/opa/feature/celebrate/milsongs.htm - 07/07/06
Thanks, Cookie!
Thanks, Cheryl!
Jeffrey Holman's Image "A Drop in the Bucket" courtesy of
https://tearsfromalonelygod.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/a-drop-in-the-bucket/
- 05/23/16
