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Email from John Ross, Sep 17:

Subject: This Saturday !!!!
SOOOOOO What's the count for Saturday night ?? Going to have good music ?? De Pizza Joint Saturday afternoon ??? John Ross and a few clips from our sponsor...........
Amboy Dukes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UN2VNFpiGWo
Max Frost... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aj43fWBr9TY&feature=related
Mountain..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bwcBakIBaA
Mustangs for Breakfast... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWkJ7PnnufI

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Email from Mrs. Vaughn's Husband, July 25, 2008:

Mary Karen Verse Vaughn left the loving arms of her family in the early morning hours on February 3, 2005, for her journey home. As Karen traveled through life, she truly never met a stranger – everyone she met soon became a friend, all of whom remember her fondly. She is loved and cherished by her family and her many friends. We all miss her greatly, but know she is going to a better place where she will find true peace.
A memorial service was held on Saturday, February 12 at 1:30, at Good Shepherd Catholic Church in King followed by a celebration of Karen’s life. In lieu of flowers, please make a generous donation to the charity of your choice in her memory. If you don’t have a favorite charity, one of Karen’s was the Rescue Mission of Winston-Salem, where she was known as Mary, but she would love for you to make a contribution to any of the many human service organizations in our area.

 Donations toThe Rescue Mission of Winston Salem
717 Oak Street
Winston-Salem NC 27101
336-723-1848

For those of you who don't know me, I'm Will, one of Karen's two sons. If we look familiar but hard to place, you might remember us from our days in the church choir, playing Abba Father or Stairway to Heaven... When Eleanor was planning the memorial service, she asked if we'd like to play something for old time’s sake, but ever since they started doing Cadillac commercials, Zeppelin just didn't seem like church music anymore. ...So I decided to just get up and say something about Mom instead.
Mom's profession was that of a teacher, and while that doesn't seem to scratch the surface of all the jobs she tackled over the years, and all the roles she filled in them, on deeper reflection it actually sums them up nicely. Mom was a teacher of something more than math, or science, or English, or even (much to my personal embarrassment) “personal health” and sex education, she was a teacher of life, respect, and love. Over the past week, I've gotten emails and phone calls from dozens of people calling to send their condolences, but also to share their stories of how Mom touched them with that life, respect, and love.
I won't - actually can't - even begin to share with you how deeply she affected the people I heard from. However, I can share with you something she told Ben and I early on, that was reflected again and again in the stories I heard. I remember when we were little kids, before we would go to church, or have company over, or before some other event that required us to be on our very best behavior, mom would pull us aside. She would sit us down, and say to us: "Don't be good". Now, there was more to what she had to say, but for a kid that sort of grabs your attention. "Don't be good..." Then the kicker - "Be BETTER." Mom taught that simple lesson to everyone she met, either directly, where she would often "tell it like it is" and would just call you out with it, or by example, where she would go above and beyond what any sane person would consider "enough" to help someone out. If I had to boil down mom's lesson plan for life, it would definitely feature the "Don't be good, be better" lesson.
The other lesson Mom taught and practiced was to go outside your comfort zone - or maybe that was just a result of pursuing lesson number one. Regardless, it was a common theme in our lives growing up. We spent time helping at migrant camps in rural North Carolina, stumbling awkwardly through our broken collection of grade school Spanish phrases. We spent time at old folks homes, playing guitar, or holding hands with old people who smelled funny, or didn't seem to know we were there. We spent time at the homeless shelter, playing ping pong with the guests, spending the night manning the front desk. We spent time in dumpsters, in ghettos, in prisons, in front of hundreds of strangers, and in uncomfortable one on one conversations. We learned that the "right way" is usually not the easy way, and to overcome our discomfort to charge ahead.
This going outside the comfort zone thing is being practiced even today, as I uncomfortably stand before you here in church. Mom used to give Ben and me things to pray for during the petitions at church, KNOWING that neither one of us really wanted to say things out loud. We could say "we are praying for them in our hearts" or that "God can hear our prayers just fine even in silence." No, that wasn't good enough - they needed to be said out loud, for everyone to hear.
When Eleanor asked if I wanted to say something today, my gut reaction was "no No NO", but somewhere I could feel Mom, turning the screws, saying to me that some things need to be said out loud. Well, here it is - I've said it in my heart, and I know she heard it, but it needs to be said out loud, for all of us to hear. "Good bye Mom, we will all miss you. I’m not doing too good here, but I, we, will get better."
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April 24, 2008:
Buzz McClain spends the day with the Washington Nationals franchise player Ryan Zimmerman
for an article in Northern Virginia Magazine.

Oct 23, 2007:
Mike Miller -  Fantastic work in recording the
history of the individual Soldier. 
To the organizers for the next reunion...will there be one in 2008? 
If you need assistance just let me know.  
--Dick Peppe

An email to various alumni from Pearl Watts, July 6, 2007:
Calling all codgers. I found out Edison's homecoming football game will be on Friday, October 19th at 7:30 p.m. versus Falls Church. Was hoping for a Saturday afternoon game like they had two years ago, so we could have a longer pre-game at Glory Days in Springfield Friday evening. Now the game will interfere with that, but remember, it's not ALL about us.
--Pearl Watts ' 71

July 3, 2007
My email is: jhensley [at] russellreynolds.com Thanks!
Are we having another reunion at some point? I'll help if you need it.
 Jenny [Futch] Hensley
 

Apr.24, 2007
 Hi! I haven't been to a reunion since 1993. I was Vicky Iten; now it's Vicky Allen. vlallen [at] gorge.net

Apr.20, 2007:

The weekend of April 20 Tim and I went to Elizabethton, TN to fly fish the Watauga River.
We had a great time.
Della
 

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Bernadette Abbou Jacobson
*Scott Albright scott_albright  lfishman.com
Warren Aldrich
Debra Alewine sidsnail  hotmail.com
*Pam Allen Lindholm Isabeth44  yahoo.com
Cynthia Amos
Walt Appel
Sally Andrews Brenzel SalBrenzel  aol.com
Michelle Ash
Bruce Atkinson
Chris Austin cckaustin  netlink.net
Isabel Bayes Moon
Robert Beatty rdbeatty  cox.net
Lynn Beck Pink
*Bill Benavitz  bill.benavitz  arthrex.com
Joy Bevis Gilstrap jbgjoy  aol.com
Shelia Beckman Massey Sheliakaye  msn.com
Dot Blakeley Carver dcarver  mccmail.com
Dave Boaz
Carol Brackens Houchins
Colleen Brennan McQuillen
*Ann M. Comer darcomer  aol.com
Judi Brenner Coyne
Tricia Brogan Francis
Irene Burke Winoker
Steve Burns
George Butler gbutler2  gte.net
Leslie Campbell
Keverne (KC) Carlson Spicer
Phyllis Carlson pcarlson  chartermi.net
*Linda Cassada Smith l_smith07  comcast.net
Cathi Chamberlain
Lori Chamberlain Reaves
Phil Chumley wotan  cinci.rr.com
Holly Cole Keating
Bob Connolly
Linda Cornell Deane
Phyllis Cottrill Ditmore phylwv  yahoo.com
Joel Cowan
Teresa Crowdus Lloyd
Kathleen Curley Spadaro
Tom Darone TDarone  aol.com
Debbie Davis Miller letsctide  msn.com
Steve Davis lstevedavis  knology.net
Ann-Marie Deely Carver
Denise Dawson Miller Necilove  aol.com
Jim Dietrich
Chris Dixon Kwiecien ck4199  yahoo.com
Ken Ehrhart SummitVid  aol.com
Al Ellis
Diane Erickson Reedy
Sharon Evans Robinson
David Farmer
Kathy Fitts
*Mark Fontes markfontes  yahoo.com
Janet Ford cantabile47  yahoo.com
Debra Fotakis Guiot guiotdh  earthlink.net
* Craig Furneisen  cfurneisen   hotmail.com
*Jenny Futch Hensley jhensley russellreynolds.com
Ann Gailliot Comer
Mary Galpin Ford
Anthony Gentry
Jeff Genzler
Mark George
Gail Gessert
Art Giles asg55  cox.net
Patricia Gorham Odom Podom46506  aol.com
Roxanne Groff Giovannini soldbyrox  coldwellbankerelite.com
William Hall bhall  americleaniaq.com
Angie Harris Holling amhsholling  aol.com
Karen Harrison Austin ckaustin  netlink.net
Cindy Hart Rogers chart6255  hotmail.com
 Caroline Hatch Deaderick cdeaderick  fs.fed.us
David Hatfield hatfield  zoominternet.net
Diana Haugh Greenhalgh diana.greenhalgh  hq.doe.gov
Kathy Henson Rose manassasmama  erols.com
Steve Hoagland
Ann Hodges Lynn
Elaine Horak-Johnson
Janie Hutchinson Tucci
*  Victoria Iten Allen vlallen  gorge.net
Roger Jacobsen
Kathi Jansen kathijan  aol.com
Pam Jones Thomas Pam.Thomas  itt.com
Tom Justice tomjustice  justicelawfirm.com
Charles Keller
Jimmy Kelly
Tim Kent
Richard Langford
Greg Lanier
Jeannie Lefler
Karen Lewis Kaftol kkaftol comcast.net
Scott Logan
Barbara Lyles Head Babs0627  aol.com
Gary Lynn GaryL  esi.net
John Margosian
Mike "Buzz" McClain
Evelyn McLane Blackslacs  aol.com
Steve Messinger
Barbara Mickey Oldfield
Mike Miller letsctide  msn.com
* Pam Miller Todd pamelatt  cox.net
Tom Minehart
John Mock johney5 cox.net
Peter Moore
* Sandy Moore trayls  comcast.net
Patti Moreland O'Malley
Gail Morris Bolt gail.bolt  rkeng.com
Karen Morris Shannon
Sharon Morris Dross
Cynthia O'Connor-Harrell CHarrell mofo.com
Diane Ostergren Miller
Mary Nalls Lum
John Peter
Mike Peter
Richard Peppe pepperwjr  aol.com
Charlene Pine Osman charlene  oz7.net
Bill Polen cherylpolen  bellsouth.net 
Carol Proctor Selenski
Lou Pugliese lou_pugliese  toyota.com
Cathy Ratcliff Moon cathy.moon  hq.doe.gov
Gary Reedy
Barbara Reese Myers
Alan Richardson
Dave Rizzo
Kim Roberts Messinger
Kevin Rogers  kevin.rogers  power.alstom.com
Janet Ross Harris
John Ross
Sue Rovitti Greco sgreco  radford.edu
Kurt Salziger   KLS   salzicom . com
Robert Sample
Pat Schardin pschardin  msn.com
Dawn Schmeckpeper Fend
Ellen Seibert
Walt Skirven gonnabe001  aol.com
Jan Smith Donaldson
Gary Smith
Kitty Smith Klakken kklakken  yahoo.com
Daryl Snyder McCulley Annastasis  Yahoo.com
Tonya Spicer Kinsel
Teresa Stallings Stratton
Vicki Stanfield Hammond svmhammond  yahoo.com
Karen Stevens
Mary Sutton Harper
Della Thomas Wortham keetie2005  aol.com
Allen Trigger
Janie Tucci
Roy Turner roydturner  elderadvocate.org
Michelle Van Note Bourne bourne  swfla.rr.com
Ed Wagenhals
David Andrew Walker
Bobbie Wallace Cook
Joe Welch
Donna Wheelock Riutzel DMWRMUSIC  aol.com
Carol Wickert Bashore
 Annemarie Whitestone Bourne
Terry Wilmoth
Susan Wise
Debbie Wynn Cavanaugh
Tate Young rtyoung  pdq.net
Mike Yount
Ellen Zink McCarthy mccarthyva aol.com