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Carolyn Niebruegge May Michael L. May 
Vol. 2, Is. 14 Oct.
19, 2012
From the
Editor
Maybe it’s time to clear my
conscience and divulge to the readers what Carolyn’s biggest complaint about me
has been over the 42 plus years of our marriage. No it’s not my political views or the way I
squeeze the toothpaste tube (actually we each have our own tube of
toothpaste). It’s the fact that I do not
share the love of sports that she does.
She likes most of ’em--pro football, hockey, and baseball followed by
(and not necessarily in this order) college football and basketball. Oh yes, she LOVES the Olympics—up until they
go off almost every night. The only
sport that we truly share an interest in is NASCAR Racing. I must admit that I try to watch with her,
but it’s difficult since with the vast variety of channels we get, there’s a
sporting event on some channel EVERY night leaving no room for the few series
that I’d like to watch (let alone Bill O’Reilly or Hannity). However, we do have a viable option for both
of us. When we decided that we could “go
bigger” downstairs in the family room and buy a 55 inch flat screen, we moved
the “perfectly good” 46 inch up to the sitting room off of our guest
bedroom. Most nights when I just can’t
handle the sports any more, I “escape” to the sitting room. It’s really not a bad gig. However, I must say that I don’t enjoy not
sharing the evening with her and I attempt many times to endure when I’d really
rather not be there and most times she’d say that she’d just as soon that I
moved on as before the evening is over I usually slip in to my moderately loud
snore. I must admit that she does
sometimes move upstairs and leave me to the larger TV. Now I do need to point out that should I slip
into that snore watching “one of my favorite programs,” she has been known to
snatch the remote and move on to the sport of her choosing. Actually, she doesn’t have to steal my remote
as she has her own.
In my defense, I commonly do
watch “the boys of October” with her as the baseball playoffs fire up. I did think that this might be my year as the
Nationals finished the season with the best record in baseball. As it turns out, their playoffs were VERY
painful. Between facing a scrappy
Cardinals team in game 5 of their first playoff series and pathetic management
of their pitchers it all slipped away in the top of the 9th. Oh well, I just don’t think they were really
up to the task.
I only have one comment to
make on pro football—RG III and the Washington Redskins. Are we finally going to get a team to be
proud of? He is an amazing addition and
I truly believe an amazing young man.
Only time will tell. Oh BTW, (and
comment #2 and #3) Carolyn still can’t give up on the Dallas Cowboys (too many
years in Oklahoma) and she’ll always be a fan of Peyton Manning—whether he’s in
a Broncos or Colts uniform. In all
honesty, she’s in general quite high on the entire Manning family.
As far as collegiate
football, it’s fun to follow my two alma maters (
Now for a little on
basketball. Carolyn LIVES for “March Madness.” I’m not sure which I hate the most about that
time of the year—the constant basketball or Dick Vitale. I’d probably rather listen to someone scratch
their fingernails on a blackboard than listen to “Dickie V.” Carolyn is a Duke and
mlm
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I
had to add a footnote to Mike’s editorial.
Yes, I just don’t understand how he couldn’t enjoy all of the sports I
do. I can only guess he didn’t grow up
watching these events with his parents as I did. My Mom and Dad always preferred a sporting
event to almost any other show on TV and attended all of the high school
sporting events. Thus, I came by my love
for the all the sports. Oh, one more
point. I need my own remote so I can
“flip” between the several games on at the same time especially this time of
the year—football, baseball, NASCAR and even a bit of Dancing with the Stars. It is really hard to decide what to watch so
must try to get a little bit of all of them.
cnm
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Yahoo Issues
Many “moons” ago we
mentioned issues that we were having with mail going through to Yahoo email
accounts. We continue to get the same
error message each week indicating that we are sending the newsletter to too
many Yahoo accounts and that they are being deferred. That said, we have been assuming that
eventually they all got through.
However, this week we got a response from one Yahoo user indicating that
he didn’t get his issue last week. We
also got a response from a sbcglobal reader who didn’t receive the
newsletter. On checking further, we
found that sbcglobal had also deferred sending the newsletter. We’d love to know if this is wide spread and
we’re just not aware of it. The only
“real” fix is to give us an email account other than a Yahoo or sbcglobal account
to send to. We would HIGHLY suggest a
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newsletter is available for reading on the web.
Content
Contributors for the Week
Jerry
Alford, Class of 1959
Charles
Curtis, Class of 1965
Wayne
Rickerd, Class of 1945
Jim
Whitson, Class of 1957
All
those who sent messages to the Email “Bag”
Thank
you all!
Thoughts from the
Squirrel Lair
Green Side of the Grass
This says it all.
http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/6dbBfXCMbH4?rel=0
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Hug Your Family Today
http://www.wimp.com/huggedfamily/
Alumni Website
We have renewed the account that Wanda
Jackson had set up at the photo sharing website, picturetrail.com for the
Roosevelt Alumni: http://www.picturetrail.com/rooseveltalumni. She had posted many pictures from past
reunions, class panels, and old schools buildings along with write ups about
them. We thought you might find these
interesting if you haven’t visited this site in the past.
Cooperton Valley Picture Trail
The “
Interesting
Tidbits
Longevity
Calendar
This
is cool—longevity calendar. Watch your
age in the upper right corner! Kinda fun
to watch your age go up and down as you answer the questions. Give it a try and see how the calculator
estimates your life expectancy. It was
developed by Northwestern Mutual Life.
There are only 13 questions but they can predict how long you are likely
to live.
News
It’s
that time of the year again. The
Roosevelt Haunted House will open for its 40th year. The House will be open on Oct. 19, 20, 26,
27, and 31. The cost is $5 per
person. The Captain’s Side Show will be
on Oct. 26. Plan to attend and have a
great time. The proceeds are always for
a great local cause.
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A Southern Kiowa Christmas
The Southern Kiowa Chamber
will be hosting A Southern Kiowa Christmas in Snyder on December 15, 2012. The Chamber is in the planning stage for the
event. So far they expect to have
Breakfast with Santa, a Parade, a Drawing for Giveaways, and Vendor booths with
crafts, etc. for sale. As the plans are
finalized, we will more detailed information and times for the various events.
At this time the Chamber is
looking for vendors for this event. If
you would like to have a booth at the Southern Kiowa Christmas, please email candace.thurmond@gmail.com for
more information.
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The
Roosevelt Senior Citizen Center serves lunch on Tuesday and Thursday from 11:30
a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The cost is $4 for
those 60 and over and $5 for the younger generation. Stop in and enjoy a good meal while visiting
with your friends.
The
menu for next week is as follows:
Tuesday,
October 23: Pulled Pork, Cole Slaw,
French Fries, Relish Bar, Pies
Thursday,
October 25: Enchiladas, Refried Beans,
Spanish Rice, Relish Bar, Cookies
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The Kiowa County Historical
Society is having its Annual Members Meeting and Dinner Monday, November 12 at
6:00 pm at the
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The Kiowa County Historical
Society is holding a bake sale during Moonlight Madness, Thursday, November 15
at 5:30 pm at the Hobart Chamber of Commerce Office,
Birthdays and
Anniversaries
We
have compiled all of the birthday and anniversary information we could from
Wanda’s files. We are sure we are
missing some. Please send us the
birthdays and anniversaries for your family and friends so that we can have as
complete as list as possible. We are
going to start with what we have from Wanda’s files so if we miss you, please
send us the information so we have it for the news next year. In addition, should any of the birthdays we
list be wrong, also please let us know.
Happy Birthday
To:
October 19 – Alicia
Neyers
October 19 –
October 20 – Jeannie (
October 20 – Judy Stockton,
Class of 1966
October 20 – Ross Jackson, Class of 1967
October 21 – Wanda Simmons
October 21 – Danny Lou Cole
October 21 – Jonathan Reeves
October 21 – Denise Mahoney
October 22 – Cathy (Ragsdale) Vidalles, Class of 1977
October 22 – Terry Davis
October 23 – Katrina Richardson
October 23 – Chris Hayes
October 23 – Thesha (Callen) Anson, Class of 1993
October 23 – Cathy (Baden)
Berner, Class of 1968
October 24 – Paul Krehbiel
October 24 – Joey Thurmond
October 24 – Peggy (Watson) Wallis, Class of 1950
October 25 –
October 25 – Debbie (Cook) Hopkins, Class of 1980
October 25 – Donnie Peterson, Class of 1981
Happy Anniversary To:
October 20 – Stan &
Shirley Funkhouser
October 21 – Linda
(Phillips) & Andy Goodson, Class of 1966
Humor
Romantic
Story
I guess I’m just a softie—these romantic stories always get to me.
A couple was Christmas shopping at the mall on Christmas Eve and
the mall was packed.
As the wife walked through the mall she was surprised to look up
and see her husband was nowhere around.
She was quite upset because they had a lot to do.
Because she was so worried, she called him on her mobile phone to
ask him where he was.
In a calm voice the husband said, “Honey, you remember the jewelry
store we went into about 5 years ago where you fell in love with that diamond
necklace that we could not afford and I told you that I would get it for you
one day?”
The wife choked up and started to cry and said, “Yes, I remember
that jewelry store.”
He said, “Well, I’m in the bar right next to it.”
From the Email
“Bag”
October
10, 2012
I am stunned at the freedom
people have with their EBT cards!!!! I don't know too much about
this stuff and I don't know who makes the rules and the changes. What I
do know is before the EBT cards there were sort of coupon books and there was
no way you could purchase non-food items including soda with food stamps.
I stood behind many people while the non-food items were separated by
the computer and the customer was informed of the amount of cash they owed for
the non-food items.
I don't know who came up
with the EBT system and allowing cash to be given back on them should not
only be tarred and feathered but also removed from their position. Was it the government?
Linda (Elix) Newson
Class of 1968
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October
10, 2012
Happy News!!!
I am going to throw out some
good news regarding my family. My daughter who was injured in a car
accident when she was 8 months old is now 35 and developing other health
problems. It was very worrisome. She has osteoporosis which
depressed me severely. She has beautiful thick hair that began coming out
in spots. She started having dizzy spells. During
a CTscan on her lower back a small tumor about the size of a pencil eraser
was shown among the nerves in the lower spinal canal.
Now for the good news.
I noticed her hair started to grow back quickly so I decided to
discontinue putting perms in her hair and let all the perm grow. She
has too much hair for me to deal with so I take her to the African
Braiding Shop and have it braided. She loves it and so do I.
It is growing nicely and looks very nice. The braids last a good
month, and can be washed if you like to, which I don’t. I have to say a
bit pricey but worth it.
Her doctor wanted
to give her an infusion of some kind of medicine for the osteoporosis and
I said no. I didn't like the side effects. He wanted to give her a
monthly pill, I said no. I went on line investigating. Found a
lot of good information on supplements for various illnesses. I
decided to try a special blend strictly for osteoporosis, praying it would
help. Yesterday she had her yearly bone
scan and no longer has osteoporosis. I don't know what he called it
but what he said was whatever you are doing, keep doing it. She
is much better. Those supplements are also quite pricey but worth every
penny.
I took her off a medicine
that kept her hormones in check because active hormones caused her to have
seizures. When she was eleven years old, I would wake up at night
and she would be having a seizure. She was subject to have one anytime,
anywhere. I remember one in the grocery store--BAD. Anyway her
hormones are slowly waking up and she started having dizzy spells so her
neurologist put on 300mg of Dilantin and it is now at a therapeutic level
and the dizzy spells have gone away.
I am determined to get off
of as much pharmaceutical medicines as I can. I will keep looking until I
find an alternative to (WHATEVER) might come our way. The good
thing I am finding is that Holistic and Medical doctors have input on these
supplements of all kinds.
The neurosurgeon did
another CTscan of her back 3 months after the first and it had not grown any so
he decided it had been there probably since birth. She also has
a small lump above her right eye on her forehead that has been there
since birth so he decided it was probably there since
birth. The news lately has been great! We both
take several more supplements and I think I might have to sell one of
my grandchildren to pay for them. As for me, I am the
healthiest sick person I know.
"Look! The tent
of God is with mankind and he will reside with them and they will be his
peoples. And God himself will be with them. And he will wipe out
every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning
nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The former things have passed away."
Revelation chapter 21, verses 3 and 4. I pray everyday for
the fulfillment of that prophecy.
I finally found me not one
baby but two!!! Found them on line, Jeff had to drive 2 hours but
it was worth it. These shelters are insane. They encourage you
to adopt not to frequent breeders and will turn down your application for
stupid reasons. I see why people go to other countries to adopt human
babies!!! One is white with a brown ring
around his left eye, so I call him Lefty and the other one is a little bratty
and has a brown circle on his back and I call him Bandit. I got them
Sunday, the vet came yesterday and they are in good health and very
smart. That's what I like about pit bulls. They are smart and easy
to train. Just what I needed. I am actually cheerful.
Would love to hear how
everyone else is doing and their family.
Linda (Elix) Newson
Class of 1968
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October
11, 2012
Mike,
You can please some of the
people some of the time but not all of the people all of the time. No two people are always going to agree on
everything. Can you imagine how boring
life would be if everyone believed the same thing. I do enjoy dialog.
You and your wife take time
out of your life to bring this newsletter to those of us who want it and I feel
you should print what you think.
Personally, if I see a subheading that I don't think would interest me,
I just don't read it.
Linda (Elix) Newson
Class of 1968
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October
14, 2012
I enjoy reading the
Gaynelle Carley Gray
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October 15,
2012
Belated Birthday Greetings to A.B. "Dobber Cook"
on his 90th birthday. The years really go fast.
Lois (LaFever) Cameron, Class of "53"
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October
17, 2012
Mike
Jimmy and Val Harvey were
here on Oct 5-7 for Hobart HS Reunion for 1950-59. We had a really good
time, had 150 in attendance. Then on Sun morning we had our last
get-together at
Lou Sims
Political
Fodder
Editor’s
Note: The following was written by General
Tommy R. Franks (Ret.).
Leading from the
Front
Don't know where it will run, but here is OPED #1
which I passed to the campaign this morning.....
Leadership is the glue that binds groups of people
together and helps us achieve common goals. In the military, where I served for nearly
forty years, leadership is more than just a means to an end. It is an ethos, a deeply respected way of life
that helps keep our soldiers safe and our nation secure. Leadership starts at the top. Leaders know that the mission and the welfare
of our soldiers fall squarely on their shoulders.
It is distressing when leaders do not take
responsibility, when they blame others for the challenges we face and their own
inability to solve those challenges.
With sad regret, this is the tone the current White House has set. In a recent address to the Veterans of
Foreign Wars, President Obama said this of the impending defense cuts known as
sequestration:
“Those big, across-the-board cuts, including defense
that Congress said would occur next year if they couldn't reach a deal to
reduce the deficit? Let's understand, first of all, there's no reason that
should happen, because people in Congress ought to be able to come together and
agree on a plan.”
Shifting the burden of defense cuts to Congress may
resonate inside the Beltway, but not with those who serve. Veterans and service members value leadership
as deeply as honor and integrity.
Loyalty is unconditional........and it works both up and down the chain
of command. Those who serve are
responsible to "support and defend the Constitution." The Commander in Chief is responsible to take
care of the security needs of our country, and the needs of the troops. That requires leadership. .... The kind of
leadership that brings people together.
No doubt many members of the VFW were disappointed that the
Commander-in-Chief while eloquent in describing the log jam on Capital Hill has
done little to resolve it.
The President’s remarks saturated the audience with
all of the important things the government is doing for veterans. He spoke of increasing funding to the
Department of Veterans Affairs; he regaled the audience with tales of
government-centric initiatives. He took
credit for keeping faith with veterans and military families. To polite applause, the President approached
the VFW as a salesman would approach a prospective client.
In contrast, the following day Mitt Romney delivered
an honest "thank you" to these same patriots. He described his vision of our Armed Forces
and the role they play in
Put more plainly, Governor Romney talked like a
leader, and addressed veterans as if they were partners in a high and noble
mission. President Obama spoke as if
military service is an economic transaction.
It is neither unsurprising nor unexpected that recent polls reflect a
nearly twenty point advantage for Romney with the veteran community.
The military community does not measure itself by how
much money it can squeeze from the taxpayers. When they volunteer to serve, military members
enter into a sacred agreement with their fellow citizens. In return for their service, which guarantees
our freedom, we agree to respect them, fund their education and care for the
wounds they receive during their time in uniform. All they ask is that we hold up our end of the
bargain.
Our Veterans and members of our Armed Forces pride
themselves on their time in service, and the services they provide to their
communities. The major veterans’ service
organizations, like the Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion, and Iraq
& Afghanistan Veterans of America, do incredible work helping troops
transition back to civilian life. They
also volunteer to help keep parks clean and raise scholarship money for local
youth. They bring their communities
together with fundraising BBQs .....and they bear
Members of the military take great pride in the fact
that they stand in ranks with a rifle, or wrench, or stethoscope in their hands
and an American flag on their sleeve. Many
take offense when their Commander in Chief appeals to their pocketbooks rather
than their principles.
For veterans, watching the proud military they served
being reduced in size and under resourced in a time of war, and hearing their
Commander-in-Chief blame others can be intolerable. Avoiding responsibility, rather than working
to find common ground and positive solutions, is considered a terminal sin in a
community that reveres the virtues of leadership. Current and former service members bristle
when the President refuses to utter the word “victory” when he talks of ending
wars, and when he doesn't seem to have an understanding of the noble qualities
that guide their lives.
Our veterans and the serving members of our military
are deeply invested in
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Another
Unbelievable Story
This is a true story from Tom Selkis owner of Latham
Ford in the
I’ll try to make this as short and to the point as I
can. One of my salesmen here had a woman
in this office yesterday wanting to lease a brand new Focus. As he was reviewing her credit app with her
he noticed she was on Social Security disability. He said to her you don’t look like you’re
disabled and unable to work. She said,
“Well I’m really not. I could work if I
wanted to but I make more now than I did when I was working and got hurt”
(non-disabling injury). She said the
government sends her $1500 a month in one check; she gets $700 a month on an
EBT card (food stamps), and $800 a month for rent. On yeah and 250 minutes free on her
phone. That is just south of $3500 a
month. When she was working she was
taking home about $330 per week. Do the
math and then ask yourself: “Why the
hell should she go back to work?” If you
multiply that by millions of people you start to realize the scope of the
problem we face as a country. Once the
socialists have 51% of the population in that same scenario we are finished…and we are real, real close. The question is: when do we cross that threshold if we haven’t
already?
She didn’t lease the Focus here because the dealer
down the road beat our deal by $10 per month.
Glad to know she is so frugal
with her hard earned money!
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The 10 Commandments of the Presidential Election
Season
This is a good read for all
of us as we continue through to the election on Nov. 6.
Obituaries
Useful
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Becker
Funeral Home of Snyder, OK
http://www.beckerfuneral.com/?page=snyder
Peoples
Cooperative Funeral
http://www.peoplescooperativefuneralhome.com/
Ray
and Martha’s Funeral Home of Hobart,
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http://www.picturetrail.com/sfx/album/listing/user/rooseveltcemetery
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