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12/06/08 - NNHS Newsletter Happy St. Nicholas Day! “I think we have to believe in things we
don't see. That's really important
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James Caan |
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Dear Friends and Schoolmates,
Guess what?!? It's St. Nicholas Day! That's right! We celebrate this day together every year (even if we don't personally celebrate it, and personally, I don't know anyone who DOES celebrate it). But, HEY! It's December, and surely there's something to celebrate - or remember - every day this month!
This particular Holiday Edition repeats each year:
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/12-06-04-NNHS-Happy-St-Nicholas-Day.html - Jolly Old Saint Nicholas
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/12-06-05-NNHS-Happy-St-Nicholas-Day.html - Up On the Housetop
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/12-06-06-NNHS-Happy-St-Nicholas-Day.html - Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/12-06-07-NNHS-Happy-St-Nicholas-Day-B.html - Up On the Housetop
BONUS #1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5-OC_5rksk - Here Comes Santa Claus - Gene Autry - with outdoor Christmas lights synchronized to the music!
BONUS #2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66MeELjLmw0 - Here Comes Santa Claus - Elvis Presley, September 6, 1957
BONUS #3 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtL-UIa_CZo - Here Comes Santa Claus - Doris Day
BONUS #4 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IW8tHwxmk0 - Here Comes Santa Claus - Alvin and the Chipmunks - with a bonus Christmas story attached - so that's a double bonus!
HOMEWORK:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Nicholas
http://www.stnicholascenter.org/Brix?pageID=38
http://www.wf-f.org/st.nicholas.html
http://holidays.kaboose.com/christmas/traditions/st-nicholas/xmas-around-stnicholas.html
http://www.ehow.com/how_8243_celebrate-saint-nicholas.html
HEALTH UPDATES:
From My Friend, Judy of IL - 12/05/08 - "My shoulder":
Hi All
I don't know for sure how many of you already know this so if I told you
already just hit delete!
I saw Dr. Wottowa (ortho surgeon) on Wednesday and after he saw the artho-gram
I had done in November, he told me I have 2 torn tendons. On Jan 9 I will
have ANOTHER surgery to try to repair them. He will use a camera first to
check the muscles to see if they are still good enough to reattach the
tendons and have them hold. It will out patient as the procedure isn't that
invasive.
I have no idea how long I will be down this time, but I'm sure it will
require another round of physical therapy.
That's all from here.
Judy
YIKESARONI!
Judy-Judy-Judy, be
careful, Lady!
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NEWS FLASH #1:
Navy beat Army 34-0 in
the 109th Football Classic today in Philadelphia -
the first time Army has been
shut out in a number of years!
GO NAVY!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army-Navy_Game
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/F/FBC_ARMY_NAVY?SITE=INLAF&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
NEWS FLASH #2:
Our Midwestern
Children seem to missing us as much as we are them, so they're arranging for
us to come spend the holidays with them!
WHOO-HOO!
Thanks, Chickadees!
THIS WEEK'S BIRTHDAYS:
Happy Birthday today to
Frances Scheinman
Berkman ('57)!
Happy Birthday tomorrow to
Jay Styles ('68) of VA AND
Janice Pratt McGrew (Hampton HS - '67)
of VA AND
Tim Parsons ('73) of VA!
Happy Birthday this week to:
09 - Shirley Smith Langston ('57);
10 -
John Murden ('60) of VA AND
Glen Davenport ('63) of VA;
12 -
Mary Massey Lyle ('61) of NJ AND
Marcus C. Higgins ('65) of AZ AND
Tom Norris (Hampton HS - '73) AND
My #2 Daughter-in-Law,
Bethany Winona Harty
(Siuslaw HS, OR - '94) of OR;
13 - Kay Davis Smith ('57)!
Many Happy Returns to You All!
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From Joyce Lawrence Cahoon ('65) of VA
- 12/05/08 - "From me to you":
After serious & cautious consideration...your contract of friendship has been renewed for the New Year 2009!
It was a very hard decision to make, so try not to screw it up!!!
Thanks, Joyce!
I do
so enjoy your emails, so I'll try not to screw it up!
From Jerry Blanchard ('62) of VA - 12/05/08 - "Here She Is":
Carol,
Here is the latest news release
about the USS New York. For those that interested. She will be turned over to
the NAVY on 9/11/2009. Buz (Blanchard - Kecoughtan HS - '68 -of LA) sent
me this to be forwarded.
Jerry Blanchard (Class of 62) of Va.
Scroll down – check out where the steel was melted!
Here 'SHE' is!!!!
Here SHE is, the USS New York, made from the World Trade Center!
USS New York
It was built with 24 tons of scrap steel from the World Trade Center.
It is the fifth in a new class of warship - designed for missions that include
special operations against terrorists.
It will carry a crew of 360 sailors and 700 combat-ready Marines to be delivered
ashore by helicopters and assault craft.
Steel from the World Trade Center was melted down in a foundry
in Amite,
LA to cast the
ship's bow section.
When it was poured into the molds on Sept 9, 2003, 'those big rough steelworkers
treated it with total reverence,'
recalled Navy Capt. Kevin Wensing, who was there. 'It was a spiritual moment for
everybody there.'
Junior
Chavers, foundry operations manager, said that when the trade
center steel first arrived,
he touched it with his hand and the 'hair on my neck stood up.'
'It had a big meaning to it for all of us,' he said. 'They
knocked us down. They can't keep us down.. We're going to be back.'
The ship's motto? 'Never Forget'
The five
images didn't make it through, Sweetie,
but we enjoyed the update!
Thanks, Jerry - and Buzzy!
From Joyce Lawrence Cahoon ('65) of VA
- 12/05/08 - "Bread":
Tis the season for cooking up good comfort food and what's more
comforting than to come home to the smell of fresh baked bread.
No-Knead Multigrain Bread Yield- 1 loaf Preparation time: 5 minutes Cooking and resting time: 2 Hours and 15 minutes
1 package active dry yeast 1-1/2 cups warm water 100-110o 2 cups all-purpose flour 2 tablespoons honey 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted 1 teaspoon salt 1 cup whole wheat flour ½ cup uncooked mixed-grain cereal or old fashioned rolled oats Nonstick pan spray
In a liquid measuring cup, whisk the yeast into the warm water until it dissolves. Cover with plastic wrap and set aside for about 15 minutes (the mixture should become slightly foamy on top and cloudy throughout.)
Pour the yeast mixture into a large bowl and stir in the all-purpose flour, honey, melted butter and salt until well incorporated. Mix in the whole wheat flour and cereal, place a clean kitchen towel over the top of the bowl and place the bowl in a warm place away from any drafts to double in size, about 1 hour.
Fold the dough with a spatula to deflate it. Grease a 9 by 5 inch loaf pan with the pan spray and transfer the dough to the pan. Cover with the kitchen towel and set aside until the dough has doubled in size, about 25 minutes.
Preheat oven to 375o. Bake until browned and until the loaf sounds hollow when the top is tapped, about 35 minutes. Remove from the oven and the pan and cool on a wire rack before slicing and serving.
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Oh,
YUMMY! I just so happen
to have all the ingredients to make this right now! I might just go do
that! Thanks again,
Joyce!
From http://www.selfgrowthtest.com - 12/05/08 - "Self-Limiting Beliefs":
Positive Thinking
- How Negative Thinking Can Stop You Getting
What You Want
By Paul Alexander Wood, Dec. 1, 2008
Negative and self limiting beliefs can and
very often do hold us back in life. These beliefs can stop us from achieving
what we most want and need in our lives.
Our limiting beliefs more often than not have been learned as we have gone
through life and very often we have bought them with us from childhood. While
they don’t serve us well, they are still very personal to each of us. Many
people form strong identities from their beliefs, limiting or not and so any
negative beliefs can become a deeply ingrained part of their personality one
that they carry around with them for years.
Beliefs are personal; they are important and have the ability to define our
entire lives. Our beliefs have governed how we have lived in the past, they
govern how we are living now and they will govern how we will live our life in
the future.
Examples of some negative and limiting beliefs:
I’m useless, I always have been
I am an idiot
I’ll never be a success
Everyone hates me at work
I won’t become rich
My business will fail
I’m not clever enough
I’ll never be able to learn Japanese
I’ll never get promoted at work
I’m too fat
These negative and limiting beliefs ultimately serve no real purpose apart from
to stop us from having what we want in our lives. They become so entrenched in
our minds that we just accept them as normal, never really believing we can do
anything about them.
Just one negative belief about yourself, your situation or
anything else related to your life can dictate to you the action you take, the
behavior you exhibit and the environment where you find yourself.
A negative belief can really make it difficult if you are looking to make a
change in your life or accomplish some goal. It becomes your own personal
roadblock that stops you dead in your tracks.
You accept it and it becomes the way your life is.
Of course everyone is entitled to believe what they want. We have a choice, and
we can choose to not accept our limiting beliefs any time we wish. Do you really
want to continue creating mind made barriers for yourself?
You may want certain things in your life, you may want more for yourself, your
family and even for the world around you, but yet your limiting beliefs never
seem to go away, they have always been there and they will always be there in
the future. They will remain a fundamental part of who you are unless you do
something about it.
Remember that beliefs can be changed, and this is great news when we know we
have beliefs that limit us. You probably used to believe in Santa Claus but I
bet you don’t anymore. Rest assured that if you want to really change a negative
belief you have, it can be done.
One useful strategy to use is to step forward into the future and envisage what
will transpire (or not) as a result of the belief you hold.
When we do this we can see just exactly where our negative belief will lead us.
Types of question to ask yourself when taking the negative belief into the
future include:
What will happen later on in the future if you persist with this belief?
What consequences will occur as a result of this belief?
What results will or could arise from the initial set of results?
For example:
I’ll never be able to learn Portuguese.
With a belief like this, where will you be in 2 years time? Imagine instead if
you start learning Portuguese now, how much of it would you be able to speak in
2 years time?
Do you realize the more you believe this the more this will prevent you from
actually learning Portuguese. So eventually over time you will not be able to
learn any new languages with a belief like this.
So I guess you can forget about conversing with any Brazilians in their own
language when you visit Brazil then?
You could carry on asking similar questions based on what you will be able or
not be able to do as a result. Try it with your own negative beliefs and see if
your perspective changes.
Author's Bio
Paul Alexander Wood is a personal development
and self-help writer, he is also the author and creator of
www.createchangeinyourlife.com, a website dedicated to helping people who
are looking to make changes in their life.
© Copyright by SelfGrowth.com, Self Improvement Online, Inc.
From Joyce Lawrence Cahoon ('65) of VA
- 12/05/08 - "Letter to Santa":
Dear Santa, Please send me a baby brother.
Santa
wrote back:
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Joyce, you are sooo baaad!!!
Thanks again, Lady!
From My Niece, Shari, of VA - 11/17/08 - "TWELVE WONDERFUL COMMANDMENTS" (#11 in
a Series of 12):
HOLIDAY REUNION NEWS:
The NNHS
Class of 1958 Gathering and Dinner
will be held Wednesday, December 17, 2008 at 6:00 PM
at Al Fresco Ristorante, 11710 Jefferson Avenue, Newport News, VA 23606.
CONTACT: Joe Drewry
(jwdvt@aol.com,
757-244-4443, ext 4)
DATES TO REMEMBER:
1
. Thursday, January 1, 2009, 11:00 AM - Class of 1955 Lunch Bunch - Steve & John's Steak House on Jefferson Avenue just above Denbigh Boulevard in Newport News, VA - OPEN TO ALL WITH FRIENDS IN CLASS OF 19552. April 23, 24, & 25, 2009 - Class of 1954 will hold their 55th-Year Reunion. For details contact Dr. Harry Simpson at 804-694-0346 or email him at hdsdds@aol.com - CLASS OF 1954
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Here Comes Santa Claus Written by Gene Autry (29 Sept 1907 - 02 Oct 1998) and Oakley Haldeman, 1947 Here comes Santa Claus! Here comes Santa Claus! Right down Santa Claus Lane! Vixen and Blitzen and all his reindeer are pulling on the reins. Bells are ringing, children singing; All is merry and bright. Hang your stockings and say your prayers, 'Cause Santa Claus comes tonight. Here comes Santa Claus! Here comes Santa Claus! Right down Santa Claus Lane! He's got a bag that is filled with toys for the boys and girls again. Hear those sleigh bells jingle jangle, What a beautiful sight. Jump in bed, cover up your head, 'Cause Santa Claus comes tonight
"Here Comes Santa Claus" midi courtesy of http://www.classicalmidiconnection.com/cmc/christmas.html - 12/06/08
"Here Comes Santa Claus" lyrics courtesy of http://www.nevada.edu/~blake/Christmas.songs.html - 12/06/08
Image of Santa Claus courtesy of http://planetsave.com/blog/2007/12/12/podcast-interview-with-an-eco-stressed-santa-claus/ - 12/05/08
Animated Santa Heads Divider Line clip art courtesy of http://www.hellasmultimedia.com/webimages/christ-htm/lines-christ.htm - 12/05/08
Animated Tiny
Birthday Cake clip art courtesy of
Sarah Puckett Kressaty ('65) of
VA - 08/31/05
Thanks, Sarah Sugah!
Animated Kissing Smiley clip art
courtesy of my friend, Judy, of IL - 09/19/08
Thanks, Judy!
Army Seal clip art courtesy of Al Farber ('64) of GA - 05/24/06
Thanks, Al!
Hampton High School's Crab clip art courtesy of http://www.geocities.com/agent99bm/ - 10/02/05
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!!
Air Force Seal clip art courtesy of http://www1.va.gov/opa/feature/celebrate/milsongs.htm - 07/07/06
Siuslaw High School's Viking Logo clip art courtesy of http://www.answers.com/topic/minnesotavikings-1000-png - 12/27/07
Navy Seal clip art courtesy of http://www.onemileup.com/miniSeals.asp - 05/29/06
Animated Ringing Christmas Bell clip art (designed by Art Holden) courtesy of http://www.animationfactory.com - 12/08/05
Animated "NEW" clip art courtesy of http://gifsnow.com/ - 03/07/06