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 Carolyn Niebruegge May                      Michael L. May

Vol. 3, Is. 32                                                                                      Feb. 21, 2014

 

 

From the Editor

 

Well, it is Wednesday afternoon and Mike hasn’t had time to write an editorial.  We have been very busy this week.  The bathroom renovations continue.  The “missing in action” tub for the master bathroom finally showed up this afternoon.  It is upstairs but I am not sure it is in place yet.  Mike says the framework built earlier for the tub doesn’t fit so now the frame is being “renovated” to fit the tub.  The tub still has to be plumbed and electrical run for the whirlpool function.  Then the tile will have to be laid and grouted around the tub.  The hall bath has come along this week.  The vanity is in with the granite top installed and the water lines plumbed.  The tub is in and as well as the tile.  I think they will complete the grout on the tile today.  I believe that bath will definitely be completed by Friday and maybe with luck the master bath might be.

 

We had to totally empty our office so that meant files, bookcases, desks, etc., had to be packed up.  The computers had to be disassembled while keeping the network working so our laptops, alarm system, security cameras, etc., would continue to work.  That office had been in place without changes for 10 years and unfortunately, we had accumulated more stuff that we should have.  We certainly filled up lots of trash bags and kept the shredder going until it required maintenance (oil).  We also had to move out of the master bedroom so the furniture could be moved to the center of the room for the wall paper to be removed and the walls painted.  The painters did arrive on time Monday morning and will finish on time tomorrow.  We received notice that the new office furniture has shipped so looks like we planned this part about right.  The new window coverings are also ready to be installed.  So if all continues to go as planned this whole project should be done in the next 10 days to 2 weeks—that is if we get everything moved back into the rooms where it belongs.  I never remember our house being in such a state of disarray.

 

Now if all of this wasn’t enough, Mike decided the “deals” on cell phones over President’s Day were too good to pass up given that his phone wasn’t working very good.  So we both got new phones and we thought the associate at Verizon did a good job transferring all of our information from the old phones to the new phones.  All was good until I started getting text messages from some of our son-in-law’s friends.  Upon checking, I discovered that he had loaded my phone with Mark’s contact list.  We took it back, got his contacts removed and mine loaded.  Then we discovered that I had all his favorites on my phone as well and they couldn’t be removed since his contacts were no longer on the phone.  Long story short, the phone had to be “wiped” and rebuilt.  That time Mike had to do the rebuild.  He has the phone working great now.  Through that process he made the mistake of telling me what a good deal Verizon had on an Android Tablet and I had been wanting one so he brought me one home.  Now he has spent today building that for me. 

 

I will admit that during all of this confusion, I still have found time to watch the Olympics.  I really enjoy the winter Olympics as I like most all of the events.  Right now Curling is on and I really don’t understand that but still listen.  Guess that is just the sports fan I am.

 

So now you know why Mike hasn’t had time to write an editorial this week.  I hope we have all of this done in time to go to Marietta, GA, to celebrate Parker’s 2nd birthday March 24.  Then we leave about April 4 for Indiana to go to the factory to have some repairs made to the RV.  And hopefully spring is just around the corner so outside work will start up again.  We are definitely ready to be done with this very cold and snowy weather.

 

cnm

 

 

 

Content Contributors for the Week

 

Clyde and Mabel Blackwood, Classes of 1943 and 1946

Gaynelle Gray

Lloyd Newton

 

All those who sent messages to the Email “Bag”

 

Thank you all!

 

 

 

Remembering…

 

Memories of Way Back, When It Was Fun

 

Listen to the music as you read.  You will definitely remember both the music and what you read.  Enjoy!!

 

http://www.downvids.net/memories-of-way-back-when-it-was-fun-526541.html

 

 

 

Thoughts from the Squirrel Lair

 

God Whispers

 

This is awesome.  Turn on your sound and enjoy the music as you read.

 

http://www.youtube.com/embed/zf_0jzPQ8lo?rel=0

 

 

 

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 “Cooperton Valley” Picture Trail site has been renewed for all to enjoy.  Thanks to Karen (Johnson) Mason for funding this site for the coming year.  This site has many pictures from past Cooperton School reunions.  We hope that you will find these photos interesting if you haven’t visited this site in the past (or if you have and wondered where it went).  Go to http://www.picturetrail.com/coopertonvalley to visit the site.

 

 

 

Interesting Tidbits

 

Middle East Memorial, A Keeper!!

 

Until I saw this, I had no Idea it even existed.  Please pass this on, if just to prove America does care.  And veterans do matter!

 

Why on earth haven't we heard of this memorial???  Shame on all the news outlets, including Fox News!  And kudos to the bikers and the cellular company!!   

                                                       

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=WEPBQGu74oo&feature=player_embedded

 

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Boy Makes Judges Cry

 

This is great.  The ten year old blind boy’s performance brings tears to the eyes of the judges in a Romanian Talent Show.

 

http://www.flixxy.com/10-year-old-alex-pirvu-makes-jury-cry-at-romanian-talent-show.htm

 

 

 

News

 

Roosevelt Senior Citizens

 

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. 25:  Hamburger Steak, Mashed Potatoes/Gravy, Green Beans, Rolls, Salad Bar, Dessert

 

Thursday, Feb. 27:  Baked Chicken, Macaroni & Cheese, English Peas, Rolls, Salad Bar, Dessert

 

 

 

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 21 – Gayleen Stroud
February 22 – Darlene Barnes

February 22 – Don Lester

February 23 – DeRoy Rickerd, Class of 1953  
February 24 – Mac Raasch, Class of 1992
February 24 – Faith Shockley
February 24 – Rod Raasch, Class of 1968
February 24 – Lindsey Drywater
February 24 – Cobe Ross Horton
February 25 – Renny Jackson, Class of 1969
February 25 – Byrd Curtis
February 25 – Brandy (Files) Saville, Class of 1993
February 25 – Ned Callen
February 27 – Joe Rutledge, Class of 1972
February 27 – Kyson Rayce Lile

Happy Anniversary To:

 

February 22 – Jim & Alice Law

 

 

 

Humor

 

My Favorite Animal

 

Our teacher asked what my favorite animal was and I said, “Fried chicken.”

 

She said I wasn’t funny, but she couldn’t have been right, because everyone else laughed.

 

My parents told me to always tell the truth.  I did.  Fried chicken is my favorite animal.

 

I told my dad what happened, and he said my teacher was probably a member of PETA.  He said they love animals very much.

 

I do, too.  Especially chicken, pork and beef.  Anyway, my teacher sent me to the principal’s office.  I told him what happened, and he laughed, too.  Then he told me not to do it again.

 

The next day in class my teacher asked me what my favorite live animal was.  I told her it was chicken.  She asked me why, so I told her it was because you could make them into fried chicken.

 

She sent me back to the principal’s office.  He laughed and told me not to do it again.  I don’t understand.  My parents taught me to be honest, but my teacher doesn’t like it when I am.

 

Today, my teacher asked me to tell her what famous person I admired most.

 

I told her, “Colonel Sanders.”  Guess where I am now.

 

 

 

From the Email “Bag”

 

February 14, 2014

 

Mike, I was amused at your comments about the Weathermen as that

was my job for 35 years.  I was only on TV when they wanted some

background about some big storm as I worked for the National Weather

Service.  I tell people that I told lies for a living, it keeps them from

asking stupid questions about why we couldn’t do better.  I must have

told good enough lies that they gave me my own station.  When I ran

out of lies I had to retire and I am still getting paid.  One of the best TV

weathermen I have seen was Willard Scott.  He was a graduate of the

Barnum & Bailey clown school and could read a forecast as well as

any of  them and didn’t confuse people with all kind of charts and graphs. 

He held that job on National TV for years.

 

Clyde Blackwood, Class of 1943

 

 

 

Food for Thought

 

Places Not to Go

 

If you don't read all, at least go to the bottom and see info on Switzerland.

Please go all the way down the list for the "bottom line.”  This is FASCINATING !!
WORLD MURDER STATISTICS from the World Health Organization.  The latest Murder Statistics for the world:  Murders per 100,000 citizens per year.


Honduras 91.6 (WOW!!)
El Salvador 69.2
Cote d'lvoire 56.9
Jamaica 52.2
Venezuela 45.1
Belize 41.4
US Virgin Islands 39.2
Guatemala 38.5
Saint Kitts and Nevis 38.2
Zambia 38.0
Uganda 36.3
Malawi 36.0
Lesotho 35.2
Trinidad and Tobago 35.2
Colombia 33.4
South Africa 31.8
Congo 30.8
Central African Republic 29.3
Bahamas 27.4
Puerto Rico 26.2
Saint Lucia 25.2
Dominican Republic 25.0
Tanzania 24.5
Sudan 24.2
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 22.9
Ethiopia 22.5
Guinea 22.5
Dominica 22.1
Burundi 21.7
Democratic Republic of the Congo 21.7
Panama 21.6
Brazil 21.0
Equatorial Guinea 20.7
Guinea-Bissau 20.2
Kenya 20.1
Kyrgyzstan 20.1
Cameroon 19.7
Montserrat 19.7
Greenland 19.2
Angola 19.0
Guyana 18.6
Burkina Faso 18.0
Eritrea 17.8
Namibia 17.2
Rwanda 17.1
Mexico 16.9
Chad 15.8
Ghana 15.7
Ecuador 15.2
North Korea 15.2
Benin 15.1
Sierra Leone 14.9
Mauritania 14.7
Botswana 14.5
Zimbabwe 14.3
Gabon 13.8
Nicaragua 13.6
French Guiana 13.3
Papua New Guinea 13.0
Swaziland 12.9
Bermuda 12.3
Comoros 12.2
Nigeria 12.2
Cape Verde 11.6
Grenada 11.5
Paraguay 11.5
Barbados 11.3
Togo 10.9
Gambia 10.8
Peru 10.8
Myanmar 10.2
Russia 10.2
Liberia 10.1
Costa Rica 10.0
Nauru 9.8
Bolivia 8.9
Mozambique 8.8
Kazakhstan 8.8
Senegal 8.7
Turks and Caicos Islands 8.7
Mongolia 8.7
British Virgin Islands 8.6
Cayman Islands 8.4
Seychelles 8.3
Madagascar 8.1
Indonesia 8.1
Mali 8.0
Pakistan 7.8
Moldova 7.5
Kiribati 7.3
Guadeloupe 7.0
Haiti 6.9
Timor-Leste 6.9
Anguilla 6.8
Antigua and Barbuda 6.8
Lithuania 6.6
Uruguay 5.9
Philippines 5.4
Ukraine 5.2
Estonia 5.2
Cuba 5.0
Belarus 4.9
Thailand 4.8
Suriname 4.6
Laos 4.6
Georgia 4.3
Martinique 4.2
And ............................................
The United States 4.2 !!!!!!!!!!!!


ALL (109) of the countries above America have 100% gun bans.  It might be of interest to note that SWITZERLAND is not shown on this list because it has
NO MURDER OCCURRENCE!


However, SWITZERLAND'S law requires that EVERYONE:
1. Own a gun.
2. Maintain Marksman qualifications .... regularly .
Did you learn anything from this??

The message is - loud and clear - that gun bans and restrictions DO NOT work!

 

 

 

Obituaries

 

Useful Links:

 

Becker Funeral Home of Snyder, OK

http://www.beckerfuneral.com/?page=snyder

 

Peoples Cooperative Funeral Home of Lone Wolf, OK

http://www.peoplescooperativefuneralhome.com/who-we-are/history

 

Ray and Martha’s Funeral Home of Hobart, Mt. View, and Carnegie, OK

http://rayandmarthas.com/

 

Roosevelt Cemetery Layout

http://www.234enterprises.com/Roosevelt%20Cemetery%20Layout.htm

 

Roosevelt Cemetery Markers (Picture Trail)

http://www.picturetrail.com/sfx/album/listing/user/rooseveltcemetery

 

Centerville Cemetery (west of Mt. Park) on Find A Grave

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2176228

 

Cooperton Green Valley Cemetery on Find A Grave

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=98552&CScn=Green+Valley+Cemetery&CScntry=4&CSst=38&CScnty=2165&

 

Cooperton Spring Hill Cemetery on Find A Grave

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?=cr&CRid=99577&CScn=Springhill+Cemetery&CScntry=4&CSst=38&

 

Gotebo Cemetery on Find A Grave

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=98525

 

Hobart Rose Cemetery on Find A Grave

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=99399&CScn=Hobart+Rose&CScntry=4&CSst=38

 

Hobart Resurrection (Catholic) Cemetery on Find A Grave

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2246374&CScn=Resurrection&CScntry=4&CSst=38

 

Mountain Park Cemetery on Find A Grave

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=99042&CScn=Mountain+Park&CScntry=4&CSst=38

 

Roosevelt Cemetery on Find A Grave

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=99397&CScn=roosevelt&CScntry=4&CSst=38

 

Saddle Mountain KCA Intertribal Cemetery on Find A Grave

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=99439

 

Snyder Fairlawn Cemetery on Find A Grave

 

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