Bettie Powell went to see Hayden Russell at Southland Nursing Home and his family had moved him to Castle Pines on Frank Street. She had a good visit with Hayden who she remembered at Central when she was playing ball with Janis Tucker.
Hazel Main has been in the hospital in Illinois. You might want to drop her a card: 54D Rolling Oaks Road, Sugar Grove, IL, 60554. Get well soon Hazel!!!!
Congratulations on the birth of Amelia Jewel Haney born July 24th to Ron and Michelle Haney. Amelia weighed 6 lbs. 12 oz. and was 18 inches long. Proud two and a half-year-old big sister is Alex Haney. Proud grandparents are Jim and Ann Caskey, Max and Betty Haney. Great-grandparents are Charles and Mary Caskey of Beaumont, and Ann Sherrill of Austin. Her middle name is for Ron's grandfather Jewel Meadow Haney.
L'Ida Lee Zeleskey was flying for six days as a Continental flight attendant to Washington D. C., New York City, Puerto Vallerta and Cozumel, Mexico. On the New York flight, she saw Robin Mercer's name and asked her if she lived on the fourth green at Crown Colony? L'Ida Lee told her that she played golf and went by her house all the time. L'Ida Lee has played with Hannah Arnold and said that she is a top golfer.
Georgia Zeleskey's niece and also Syll Holt's niece, Neeraja Lockart, daughter of Amy Spencer Lockart, is one of the contestants on the "Design Star Show" on Sunday nights on HGTV. L'Ida Lee watched last Sunday, and she made the cut of 10 people. They live in Palm Springs. We will have to watch on Sunday and see if she is still in the competition. Jean Dillahunty saw the show too.
The Pilot Club of Lufkin is selling discount cards to get Project Lifesaver started in Angelina County. Project Lifesaver is a partnership between the Pilot Club of Lufkin and local law enforcement to help find wandering Alzheimer, dementia and related brain disorder people. Proceeds from the cards also support the scholarship fund for scholarships for a nursing student at Angelina College and Lufkin High School Anchor Club scholarships. The cards feature special offers and discounts at 22 different local merchants. The cards are good for one year beginning August 1 and going through July 31, 2008. The cost of the card is $10.00. Merchants featured on the card are: Brandy's, Manhattan Fine Dining Restaurant, Diamond Photo, Logan's Roadhouse, The Lunch Box & Lunch Box 2, Popeye's, Ralph & Kacoo's, Kwik Kar, Maricelia's Day Spa, Texas Baking Company, Grannie's Greenhouse, The Play Zone, Huntington Meat Market & Deli, Java Junction, Gourmet Potato, CiCi's Pizza, The Very Thing, Bryan's Smokehouse, Minirama Go Kart Track, The Choice Cut Meat Market, Lufkin Jewelry on the Square, and the Skateranch. The discount cards may be purchased at Charlotte Newman State Farm Insurance office, 1406 West Frank, suite C; Texas State Optical, 905 S. John Redditt; Grannie's Greenhouse near Huntington; and from any Pilot Club member or by sending a self addressed, stamped envelope with $10 to the Pilot Club of Lufkin, P.O. Box 150614, Lufkin, TX 75915.
Woodie Hicks went with Edward and Sissy Hicks and their daughters Lindsey and Courtney to Playa del Carmen, Mexico on vacation. They were at the Rui Palace on the beautiful white sand beach. Woodie's pictures of the blue water looked like post cards.
Prevent Blindness Texas is hosting their 1st Annual Rib Eye Round Up on Thursday, August 23 at the Red Barn. Officers are: President - Tom Duncan; Secretary - Carol Moore; Vice Chairman -Programs - Robert Anderson; Vice Chairman-Development - Richard Ruckman; Vice Chairman-Public Relations - John Stover.
Spending a week at Camp Cho-Yeh in Livingston were: Amy and Abby Yates, Anna Perkins and Rachel Inselmann. School will be starting and parents are getting uniforms for those in elementary school. I learned that they can not wear "logo" polo type shirts or red or black shirts. Amy Yates said that this year in the 9 th grade will be her first year to not have to wear uniforms, and she wants to wear "sweats and flip flops". Rumor is next year high school will require uniforms.
Bob Poland called me for his daughter Joy Dell Prendergast's DAR number, and then I had a good visit with Joy Dell. She and Don's three are now students at Texas A&M. Natalie, 21, has been appointed to an internship in the Department of Defense at the Pentagon for this coming fall semester. She will take her LSAT in September, and then graduate in May and continue on to law school somewhere next fall. She is a first-degree black belt and has taken the gold medal for the last two years at Collegiate Nationals for Taekwondo, so they will not worry too much about her well being! She and Kelly are both on the Honors Student Council there too. When Joy Dell worked for Lufkin Industries, she worked out of the Denver office in the early 1980's, and during that time, her mom, Adelle Poland, bought quite a few business suits for her from LaNita's in Lufkin. These suits were very tailored, professional, and timeless. When she traded in her briefcase for a diaper bag in the late 1980's, she packed away the wool suits. Last week when Natalie mentioned that she needed some suits for Washington, Joy Dell immediately thought about those 25 year-old-suits that were packed away. The look on her face when Joy Dell mentioned them was priceless. You could tell she wanted to be polite, but at the same time you could see the "uh-oh" in her eyes! She tried them on, and they fit perfectly, and they are truly tailored and timeless! She was so excited about the money she is saving by not having to buy a whole new wardrobe. Thanks to LaNita's and Adelle. Kelly, 19, will be starting her sophomore year at A&M this fall. She plays the trumpet in the Hullabaloo Band and traveled with the basketball team all over the nation during the March Madness Playoffs. In January, she ran the Houston Marathon, and in February she ran the Austin Marathon, then cut 24" of her hair for Locks of Love (a program which makes hairpieces for cancer patients). She is a biomedical science major, and she does research for the food toxicology department at A&M. She has also ridden in the MS-150 for the past seven years, and she plans on making this next spring her eighth year. Then she plans on riding from New York to Seattle on her bicycle next summer with the Habitat for Humanity Organization. She studied in Spain on a scholarship and is fluent in Spanish. She never sleeps, so if she decides to go to medical school along the way, this would be a great "talent" to have! She finds her parents' life VERY boring when she comes home! Robert, 18, will be starting his freshman year at A&M this fall. Since he was 12 years old, he buys, rebuilds, and trades cars and motorcycles for a hobby. He bought a blue 1979 Corvette last fall, and after rebuilding it, he didn't quite get the response he expected. When asked what he meant, he said "I thought it would turn some girls' heads, but the only heads it turns are 50-year-old men!" His plans were to go to summer school immediately after high school graduation in May. However, after one week of summer school in Aggieland, he had a collapsed lung and ended up in the hospital there for two weeks! He has fully recovered, thank goodness, and is packed and ready to go to fish camp next week! He sold his vet for a nice profit and bought a maroon pickup for college. He is a 1st degree black belt also in Taekwondo and has ridden the MS-150 for 5 years. He plans on joining the A&M cycling team, and his major is engineering so he will have his nose to the grind stone! Joy Dell said that "She and Don are doing great. Thank you again for all of the prayers you sent our way when I was battling cancer. All's well in that department, a true miracle. When I went back for my checkup, my doctor said she couldn't explain my outstanding recovery, and I told her I could enlighten her. It was called faith and support from family, friends, and people I didn't even know from all over the world!"
Happy Birthday: Evie Smith will be 102 on August 8, Michael Stevens, Bonnie Killam, J. R. Cox, Jr., Julie Rhodes, LaNell Johnson, Jimmy Tinkle, Polly Young, Susan Latham, Norma Pearson, Orell Kinnaird, Bertha Miranda, Ila Heermans, Eron Horton, Louise Lindsey, Debbie Brandenburg, Jonna Jones, Bill Brandenburg, Jr., Jenna Quarles, and Samantha Hanks.
Happy Anniversary: Ernest and Janice Ann Rowe, Sharon and Jim Wark, Opal and Pete Sumners, Kittie and Mike Davis, Tamesha and Paul Root, Brigettee and Trey Henderson, Joy and Joe Rich, Tony and Bob Brown.
Carolyn and Stanley New attended the graduation of son Eliot New from Baylor Law School in Waco on July 28. Others attending were: Hilary and Jason Howard with Cora, and Tamesha Jumper. He has taken the bar and will learn the results in November. Eliot has a job with the law firm of Germer Gertz in Beaumont. They enjoyed an after graduation celebration for lunch at Yannie's Restaurant, which serves Greek food family style. Carolyn and Stanley have granddaughter Cora and the Howard's dogs Maddie and Coco while they are on vacation in the Napa Valley. Cora enjoyed the ocean water at Pirates Beach with her grandparents and parents, Hilary and Jason, for three days.
Also graduating from Baylor Law School was Eric Studer, son of Dr. John and Bridget Studer. His sisters Eva and Hana and grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Studer also attended. Dr. John Studer bought the orthodontist practice from Dr. Charles Kent in April of 2002. Some of you with children know him, and I guess I am going to have to find an opportunity to meet him too.
There were two students that graduated from Baylor Law School from Huntington on Saturday. Keith Gee, son of Charyse and Gary Gee, has his masters in business and will be interviewing with law firms. Loren Reynolds, daughter of Bruce and Janet Reynolds, received her law degree and will be marrying Joshua Lowe on August 11. He is in SMU Law School and Loren has a job working in Dallas. Dr. Studer said that from the class of 38 in the law school, Angelina County had four to graduate. I feel that is a big compliment to our schools. We are proud of these students.
Patsy Hines celebrated her birthday on July 30 at Applebee's with Tamesha Jumper, Carolyn New and me. She started the celebrations on Thursday.
Charlotte Warren had Debbie Wilson do her nails and they went to the movies last weekend.
The news anchor at KTRE, Taylor Hemness, is the son of Ted Hemness who is sales manager at Mercer Honda. Taylor graduated from Abilene College and worked at the TV station there and was in San Angelo at the TV station. He is doing a good job with the news at 6 o'clock and 10 o'clock.
Bob and Tony Brown met Tana and Greg Weiss and Grayson, who is 10, and Griffin, who is 7, in Gatlinburg, Tennessee and stayed at a cabin on a creek. Martha Bates had been their "chamber of commerce info center" and told them where to eat and shop and the tourist things to do. They drove to Cades Cove, Greg played golf and "Bob Bob" and the boys hiked and played in the cold water. On the way up, the Weisses toured Graceland in Memphis and stayed at the Peabody Hotel to see the ducks come down from their penthouse to swim in the fountain. Bob and Tony made the trip over to Asheville, North Carolina to see the Biltmore Estate.
Dee Thompson McDaniel worked with help from her 1972 reunion committee and mailed invitations to her class about their reunion on October 20.
Claire Holmes said that I wore her out with our vacation and I have six more days to go. I'll spare you this week and finish next week.
Season ticket holders can pick up your Panther football tickets this week. Don't forget.
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