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Carolyn Niebruegge May Michael L. May 
Vol. 3, Is. 31 Feb.
14, 2014
From the
Editor
Well, here we go again. Snow or ice?
I’d put money on snow. How
much? Only God knows. For sure the weather forecasters don’t. I just wish they didn’t feel that it was
their job to suggest that all storms are going to be the worst possible. I think they are “preaching” to the children looking
for ratings. Amazing how they recover
(or don’t even attempt to) when they miss the forecast totally. I should have grown up to be a
weatherman--don’t have to be very good at your craft, just look good on
TV. Oh, wait, I couldn’t pull that off either. Wonder how many of you ever think, “If I had
this life to do over again, what would I do differently? I have no question that you, like me, would
change a lot--some things might turn out better, but unfortunately, many things
wouldn’t.
Now back to the storm. I’m sure we’ll have issues and most certainly
some power outages. We always fear and
try to plan for that. Fortunately, we have
almost a full propane tank for the gas logs should we lose power and a full
small tank for a “make shift” propane heater.
Just have to give it a “cracked” door or window to let the fumes
escape. The tractor with snow blower
attached is “in waiting” at the front of the garage--as it has been ALL
winter. That equipment is such
“insurance” for an old man who knows that shoveling snow is not something that
my heart should take on in such cold weather.
I like to think that I’m not a pansy, but a fairly smart “old coot” who
knows and respects my limitations.
Carolyn is getting ready to go over to Karen’s and take her to the
grocery store to stock up on a few staples--also plans to get some stuff for us
also.
As Grandparents, our
greatest concern is what will happen down south in
We pray that all in the path
of this storm will be prudent and stay safe.
mlm
Content
Contributors for the Week
Charles
Curtis, Class of 1965
Geary
McDowell
Linda
Melton
Gary
Wax
All
those who sent messages to the Email “Bag”
Thank
you all!
Thoughts from
the Squirrel Lair
Living
A few gems of homespun
wisdom!
Do not regret growing
older. It is a privilege denied to many.
****
I’ve seen better days,
But I’ve also seen worse.
I don’t have everything that
I want,
But I do have all I need.
I woke up with some aches
and pains,
But I woke up.
My life may not be perfect,
But I am blessed.
--Lessons Learned in Life
****
Live your life and forget
your age.
--What Makes My Heart Sing
****
Spending time with children
is more important than spending money on children.
--Anthony Douglas Williams
****
Putting your phone away and
paying attention to those talking to you?
There’s an App for that. It’s
called “Respect.”
****
If you are depressed, you
are living in the past.
If you are anxious, you are
living in the future.
If you are at peace, you are
living in the present.
--Lao Tzu
****
Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to
climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.
--Albert Einstein
****
Two things to remember in
life: Take care of your thoughts when
you are along and Take care of your words when you are with people.
--Inspiring and Positive
Quotes
****
Whoever said that diamonds
are a girls best friend, never owned a dog.
****
Nature. Cheaper than therapy.
****
Education is not the
learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think.
--Albert Einstein
****
I don’t have time to worry
about who doesn’t like me. I’m too busy
loving the people you love me.
****
Buddha was asked, “What have
you gained from meditation?” He replied,
“Nothing!”
However, Buddha said, “Let
me tell you about what I lost: Anger,
Anxiety, Depression, Insecurity, Fear of Old Age, and Death.”
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
Discounts for Seniors
It doesn’t matter if you are
working or retired, you are always looking for ways to save a little. The following link lists retailers and
restaurant who offer discounts to seniors.
It is well worth your time to read and then be sure to ask for the
discount when you visit one of these establishments.
http://www.bradsdeals.com/blog/senior-discounts/
News
The
Roosevelt Senior Citizens has reopened from the summer break. Lunch is served from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00
p.m. Lunch for Seniors is $4 and for the
younger generation is $5.
The
menu for next week is as follows:
Tuesday,
Feb. 18: Sloppy Joe
Thursday,
Feb. 13: Soft Tacos, Chili Beans,
Mexican Corn, Salad Bar, Dessert
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FBC Community
Meal
The
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Memorials Made
to the
The
following memorials have been made to the
David
Lester
Stephen
& Debbie Boyd
David,
Galeen, & Krista Chain
Mary
Beth Buchanan
Carolyn
Montgomery
Cleta Chain
John
& Linda Williams
Reta Mickle
Johnny
&
Victor
& Vickie Woods
John
Swihart
Roberta
Duff
Nona
Belle Funkhouser
Rusty,
Dawnite, & Roberta Allard
Joe
Hebensperger
Cleta Chain
Gertie Dugan
Cleta Chain
Roy
Groth
Cleta Chain
H.
E. Everhart
Cleta Chain
Tink Moran
David,
Galeen, & Krista Chain
Junior
& Donna Alderman
James
& Lena Harris
Jerry
Lester
David,
Galeen, & Krista Chain
Junior
& Donna Alderman
Victor
& Vickie Woods
James
& Lena Harris
John
Holt
David,
Galeen, & Krista Chain
Darrell
McCurdy Family
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National
Weather Service Website
This is the web
page link for the National Weather Service where they put all their information
they have posted with social media. You may customize it for YOUR local
NWS office or another you want to view. They make this available for
those who do not use Twitter, Facebook, or YouTube, so you can still see all
the information they put out for the public. Go to this link/web page and
you can see all the social media they use.
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/CmsSrAdditions/smpanel/?sid=oun&embed
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:
February 15 – Jack Smith
February 16 – Bobby Miller,
Class of 1965
February 18 – Haiden Gibbs
February 20 – Margie (Alonzo)
February 20 – Rita Mayfield
February 20 – Marla Neuwirth
Happy Anniversary To:
February 14 – Sammye Jo & Robert Beeson
February 17 – Mickey
& Samantha Reeves
Humor
Is There Golf in Heaven
Two old men had been friends
all of their lives. When it was clear
that Frank was dying, Joe visited him every day.
One day Joe said,
"Frank, we both loved playing golf all our lives, and we started playing
soon after high school. Please do me one
favor: when you get to heaven, somehow you must let me know if there's golf there.”
Frank looked up at Joe from
his deathbed and said, "Joe, you've been my best friend for many
years. If it's at all possible, I'll do
this favor for you.”
Shortly after that, Frank
died.
A few weeks later, Joe was
awakened from a sound sleep by a blinding flash of white light and a voice
calling out to him, "Joe, Joe."
"Who is it," asked
Joe, sitting up suddenly. "Who is
it?"
"Joe -- it's me,
Frank."
"You're not Frank. Frank just died."
"I'm telling you, it's
me, Frank," insisted the voice.
"Frank, Where are
you?"
"In heaven,"
replied Frank. "I have some really
good news and a little bad news."
"Tell me the good news
first," said Joe.
"The good news,"
Frank said with joy and enthusiasm, "is that there is golf in
heaven. Better yet, all of our old
buddies who died before me are here, too.
Even better than that, we're all young again. Better still, it's always summertime and it
never rains. And best of all, we can
play golf all we want, and we never get tired. And we get to play with all the Greats of the
past.”
"That's
fantastic," said Joe. "It's
beyond my wildest dreams! So what's the
bad news?"
"You're in my foursome
this Saturday."
Life is uncertain --
Eat dessert first!
From the Email
“Bag”
February
5, 2014
Hello little
snow birds that did not go south. Just
think of you two so often and am so happy that you write the e-mails of the
classmates and your thoughts about your life and just wanted to let you know it
just makes my day. This morning the sun
is out and it is cold-- 9 degrees this beautiful day. Had about two more inches of snow while we
snoozed. God is good to us. He gave us almost 6 inches of wet snow a week
ago and no wind. So we thank him for all
the moisture we received from it and we pray for more moisture.
South Western
I want to thank
you for writing as you two do and I look forward to the emails each time. Take care stay warm and be good to each other.
Your Okie
Classmate,
Mabel (Block)
Blackwood Class of 1946
********
February
9, 2014
I received this from my
father-in-law today.
Geary McDowell
Several people have said
they didn’t get any information concerning my last surgery on Jan 28. Don’t know how I missed some of you but I’ll
put this one out and hopefully I’ll never have to do another one.
I had surgery for 9 ½ hours
in
He said all the swelling was
gone but it looks and feels to me like I’ve still got some. I still have trouble forming words using my
lower lip but it is getting better all the time. My mouth still looks like it is a little
crooked (slants down on the right side) and my lower cheek is a little puffed
up, but time will tell for sure. I
slobber out that right side of my mouth a little when I try to talk. I don’t have a lot of discomfort but it hurts
to open my mouth wide enough to get a good bite of sandwich inside. That part still feels like someone slugged me.
He said in time that should all go away
but he couldn’t promise for sure.
All in all I’m not
disfigured as much as I might have been. The scar on my neck looks like someone tried
to decapitate me with a dull knife but he said he followed a crease line in my
neck and that scar will eventually become invisible. He was especially pleased that I could close
my eye using both top and bottom lids.
So, in spite of my crying
I’m in a lot better shape than I might have been and I am thankful for that. It still goes without saying, if you gotta have this serious a case of cancer this is the way to
do it. I don’t hurt, I have no limitations,
and everything of importance still works. I’m not sure I could get any more ugly than I
was when I started with this stuff and I don’t have to worry about them
making me any better looking either so I’m safe there. God has certainly been gracious to me. Every once in a while stick in an extra little
prayer for me that none of this comes back later on.
Hopefully this will be my
last cancer report from
Thank for all you prayers
and concerns.
Phil
Food for
Thought
A Liberal
"...A "Liberal
Paradise" would be a place where everybody has guaranteed employment, free
comprehensive health care, free education, free food, free housing, free
clothing, free utilities, and only Law Enforcement has guns. And believe it or
not, such a place does indeed exist...It's called prison."
Sheriff Joe Arpaio
********
GOVERNMENT THEORY AS OPPOSED TO INDIAN WISDOM
The tribal wisdom of the
Southwestern Indians, passed on from generation to generation, says that
"When you discover that you are riding a dead horse, the best strategy is
to dismount."
However, in government more advanced strategies are often employed, such as:
1. Buying a stronger whip.
2. Changing riders.
3. Appointing a committee to study the horse.
4. Arranging to visit other countries to see how other cultures ride dead horses.
5. Lowering the standards so that dead horses can be included.
6. Reclassifying the dead horse as living-impaired.
7. Hiring outside contractors to ride the dead horse.
8. Harnessing several dead horses together to increase speed.
9. Providing additional funding and/or training to increase the dead horse's
performance.
10. Doing a productivity study to see if lighter riders would improve the dead
horse's performance.
11. Declaring that as the dead horse does not have to be fed, it is less costly,
carries lower overhead and therefore contributes substantially more to the
bottom line of the economy than do some other horses.
12. Rewriting the expected performance requirements for all horses.
And, of course...
13. Promoting the dead horse to a supervisory position.
Obituaries
Useful
Links:
Becker
Funeral Home of Snyder, OK
http://www.beckerfuneral.com/?page=snyder
Peoples
Cooperative Funeral
http://www.peoplescooperativefuneralhome.com/who-we-are/history
Ray
and Martha’s Funeral Home of Hobart,
http://www.234enterprises.com/Roosevelt%20Cemetery%20Layout.htm
http://www.picturetrail.com/sfx/album/listing/user/rooseveltcemetery
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2176228
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?=cr&CRid=99577&CScn=Springhill+Cemetery&CScntry=4&CSst=38&
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=98525
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=99399&CScn=Hobart+Rose&CScntry=4&CSst=38
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2246374&CScn=Resurrection&CScntry=4&CSst=38
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=99042&CScn=Mountain+Park&CScntry=4&CSst=38
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=99397&CScn=roosevelt&CScntry=4&CSst=38
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=99439
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