Dale, apparently the cold weather gives you ample time to "think"!  Do you try these out on Yuvonne first or has she told you, "Go to the GB and leave me alone, I don't want to hear it".     BTW, I loved the story abt Mr. Pitts!!  That's got to be a once-in-a-lifetime moment!!

As we have learned, many of our impressions and opinions of the people we knew in the Sixties was flawed. Of course, during the years we have all changed somewhat too. I thought Mr Artman was a great guy and was disappointed when he was not made principal at SOC. Having Mr. Kelsey at Zumwalt I was not pleased when he came to SOC. I always felt he and Mr Pitts were angry at the whole student body. I refered to them as Grumpy and Grumpy II.  Other than deleting a couple of un-deserved detentions, my only real dealing with Mr. Pitts was because of the Bobby Egan show. I was "out of class" (study hall) on a ROTC pass and "unaccounted for" when the boom went off. Mr. Pitts on again off again interrogations really irritated me. Oh, when I quit Concert Choir, he called me in to inquire as to why.  He didn't seem to care that I thought Mr Watkins (who I had had for an English class) couldn't teach a dog to lay down or a canary to sing, much less run a choir. Well, he asked me! 

Smiley-My youngest daughter just received the apple award for teachers from the Mesquite ISD last month.  We went to the presentation.  It was absolutely great along with her speech thanking us and her friends for standing behind her all these years.  Of course, you don't realize how many years your children have been teaching until they are given some kind of an award like this.   

SNL, thanks for the update on Don Gaines.  Our prayers continue for Don Gaines and the Fugates...

JS/DL/Happy Jack, scouting does build character no matter what the nay-sayers spout.  I was in the Brownies and Girl Scouts.  I was a cub-scout den leader, an adult Boy Scout leader, and Circle Ten Council's first female Assistant Scoutmaster (and no, they don't call it Scoutmistress!)....and I'm still a character...uh, I mean of character!!  My son became an Eagle Scout and he has proudly posted that achievement on his resume as an adult, and he's convinced that helped him come as far as he has in the legal field and in the oil and gas business.   No doubt, there are countless upstanding men and women who had scouting in their lives.  Unforturnately, according to my son, scouting might be on the down-slide because the leaders don't have time to lead.  How sad!   JS, loved the picture!!

I still have my Cub Scout uniform with all the patches on it. Mom got tired of saving it and gave it to me to keep safe. Needless to say it no longer fits but my Army uniform does, it's just a little bit tight around the middle.

Is there an address where we can send get well wishes to Don?

Update on Don Gaines - - Charles s/w Virginia this morning & they are going to move Don to a different rm for the rest of the week.  Next wk they will move him from the hospital to a facility with 24 hr care.  He still can't eat & has a feeding tube, but there is a little improvement & he is now recognizing people.  We need to continue to pray for his recovery!