Imagine my surprise when I was watching the evening news on Channel 8 (NBC) The other night when I looked up and saw my friend's "mug shot" on the local news. I have known Rick since I started at the mine. He was one of the teacher's who had an idea about teaching kids about mining and thus started the McCaw School of
Mines. At the time Rick was a 4th grade teacher at McCaw, later he followed Janet over to Taylor and has since gone on to become a science teacher at a middle school in Boulder City. I have known Rick all these years, have met at many social events in the past and even spent a few very cold evenings on an island in
the middle of Lake Mead, watching the Christmas Boat Parade. I have accompanied him on field trips as a
chaperone and watched him interact with his students. They all loved him. Why was he o n the news? No, he
didn't die, altho several years ago, he almost did and had to have a kidney transplant, then later had a malignant tumor removed. No, he is alive and well---well maybe not, you see Rick was arrested on Thursday
on 64 counts of Pornography. I am sick. I would have entrusted my children to him. Rick took in foster children who had difficult home situations. He was a soccor coach! It was not revealed if his students were
involved in this, only that he had his home, his car and his classroom searched. the Henderson police had
received an anonymous tip.
A million thoughts run thru your mind. "how can I trust anyone ever again" and then "how can I not" I cannot
s pend the rest of my life reading between the lines, looking behind closed doors, wondering this and that.
I guess I will think twice tho about my most prescious possessions "the children" after all the rest can be
replaced or done without.
Please pray for God to enter Rick's heart. His life as he knows it is over. 17 years he was at the CCSD-gone
I love you all !
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
TOUCHED BY AN......................
Angel, I'm not sure--what do you think?
Yesterday, St Patrick's Day and I was invited to go over to a friend's house for corned beef and cabbage. I don't know why I agree because we all know I HATE driving where I don't know exactly where I am going
and it would be dark when I came home.
Be that as it may, I agreed. I had been over to Clark and Jeannine's house once before, about 3 years ago
and I remembered how hard it was to find. they do not live far from me but in a community where there is
only one way in and one way out, but once you are in that little circled, the streets are windy and curvey and
also you are on one street and suddenly the name changes and you are on the same street, but it has a different name. Well, Naturally this will not be my favorite drive.
Of course, I did my homework (mapquest) and started on my way. Shouldn't take me ten minutes and dinner
is at 6, so it is still light out. I found the main street in and then the second. A car had followed me into the
second street, so I pulled off to the curb wanting him to pass as I would be looking for street names. He
passed me and as he passed, he turned around and waved and motioned for me to follow him The windows
were tinted (and I don't see that well at a distance) but I thought it might be Clark and thought he might be
in his wife's car. So, I followed him we twisted and turned and in about a minute we were going right past
Clark's house. He turned the corner and I followed ( i was doing the u-thing turn around so I could park in
front of the house. When he saw me still following me he stopped but when he saw me turn he went on,
going back out the same way we came in. My thought it was someone both Clark and I knew (clark works
\at the mine). I mentioned it to Clark and he said "but how did he know you were coming here?" I didn't
think much about it.
After dinner a nd visiting a little I left, able to find my way out of the maze with no trouble.
this mornin g after my devotions the incident came into my mind and I just wondered if God had realized
how panicky i was and sent one of His angels to guide me.
I helped out at the church office today and told Pastor David about it and he said "how interesting" He got
you there, didn't He. WOW what do you think. I think THANK YOU GOD!
Yesterday, St Patrick's Day and I was invited to go over to a friend's house for corned beef and cabbage. I don't know why I agree because we all know I HATE driving where I don't know exactly where I am going
and it would be dark when I came home.
Be that as it may, I agreed. I had been over to Clark and Jeannine's house once before, about 3 years ago
and I remembered how hard it was to find. they do not live far from me but in a community where there is
only one way in and one way out, but once you are in that little circled, the streets are windy and curvey and
also you are on one street and suddenly the name changes and you are on the same street, but it has a different name. Well, Naturally this will not be my favorite drive.
Of course, I did my homework (mapquest) and started on my way. Shouldn't take me ten minutes and dinner
is at 6, so it is still light out. I found the main street in and then the second. A car had followed me into the
second street, so I pulled off to the curb wanting him to pass as I would be looking for street names. He
passed me and as he passed, he turned around and waved and motioned for me to follow him The windows
were tinted (and I don't see that well at a distance) but I thought it might be Clark and thought he might be
in his wife's car. So, I followed him we twisted and turned and in about a minute we were going right past
Clark's house. He turned the corner and I followed ( i was doing the u-thing turn around so I could park in
front of the house. When he saw me still following me he stopped but when he saw me turn he went on,
going back out the same way we came in. My thought it was someone both Clark and I knew (clark works
\at the mine). I mentioned it to Clark and he said "but how did he know you were coming here?" I didn't
think much about it.
After dinner a nd visiting a little I left, able to find my way out of the maze with no trouble.
this mornin g after my devotions the incident came into my mind and I just wondered if God had realized
how panicky i was and sent one of His angels to guide me.
I helped out at the church office today and told Pastor David about it and he said "how interesting" He got
you there, didn't He. WOW what do you think. I think THANK YOU GOD!
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Continued from last blog
I don't know what happened, but it wouldn't let me post any more.
ANYHOW ........................ We had kind of a routine when the kids were older. We would arrive at the park and go directly to Tomorrowland and ride the peoplemover. After that we would split up, meeting the kids everyhour at the entrance to tomorrowland by the clock. this was perfectly safe. At the end of the day we would take the train ride once around the park and then go home. I remember driving home one night and Eileen was in her car seat so worn out but having had so much fun and saying i saw Mickey Mouse, I saw Snow white, and I saw Stin k e r Be l l and then she was sound asleep!
M I C (SEE YOU REAL SOON) K E Y (WHY BECAUSE I LIKE YOU) M O U S E
ANYHOW ........................ We had kind of a routine when the kids were older. We would arrive at the park and go directly to Tomorrowland and ride the peoplemover. After that we would split up, meeting the kids everyhour at the entrance to tomorrowland by the clock. this was perfectly safe. At the end of the day we would take the train ride once around the park and then go home. I remember driving home one night and Eileen was in her car seat so worn out but having had so much fun and saying i saw Mickey Mouse, I saw Snow white, and I saw Stin k e r Be l l and then she was sound asleep!
M I C (SEE YOU REAL SOON) K E Y (WHY BECAUSE I LIKE YOU) M O U S E
OH LORD........................
Bless Mommy and Daddy and Grandma and Crappaw comes we go to Disneyland........a little boy's prayer because he knew that when Grandma and Crappaw come we always go to Disneyland. I heard a lot this past week from my
California family who spent some positive time bonding with family and friends at the most magical place in the world.
Nostalgia, siiiiggghhh! So many memories. We made it to Disneyland at least once each year. There was no such
things as yearly passes and even tho the entrance price was probably around $18 at the time, that was a whole lot of
money, so we saved up for it and got there when the gates opened and stayed until it closed. I guess after going so
many times, the visits kind of melt into one. Oh sure, I remember Snippets, like when Rohnny and Darlene were here
and we took them there and we couldn't get them to leave the souvenier stands so when we got to the parking lot our
camper was the only vehicle left and the security guard came over and said you can't camp here overnight. Then there was the time when Auntie Bev, Grandma Webb and Laurie and Brian went, and we took two cars. Somehow I
managed to drive the car with the kids in it (and I believe I was pg with Eil at the time). When exiting the park I followed dad's car and he jumped from the extreme left lane into the right lane and turned right. I was unable to do
that and then somehow got completely turned around and ended up almost in Costa Mesa. I managed to find my
way back to La Habra, just before going thru the pass on Fullerton road when I spotted the adult car. Auntie Bev
thought I would be mad, but tru ly it was just another adventure.
California family who spent some positive time bonding with family and friends at the most magical place in the world.
Nostalgia, siiiiggghhh! So many memories. We made it to Disneyland at least once each year. There was no such
things as yearly passes and even tho the entrance price was probably around $18 at the time, that was a whole lot of
money, so we saved up for it and got there when the gates opened and stayed until it closed. I guess after going so
many times, the visits kind of melt into one. Oh sure, I remember Snippets, like when Rohnny and Darlene were here
and we took them there and we couldn't get them to leave the souvenier stands so when we got to the parking lot our
camper was the only vehicle left and the security guard came over and said you can't camp here overnight. Then there was the time when Auntie Bev, Grandma Webb and Laurie and Brian went, and we took two cars. Somehow I
managed to drive the car with the kids in it (and I believe I was pg with Eil at the time). When exiting the park I followed dad's car and he jumped from the extreme left lane into the right lane and turned right. I was unable to do
that and then somehow got completely turned around and ended up almost in Costa Mesa. I managed to find my
way back to La Habra, just before going thru the pass on Fullerton road when I spotted the adult car. Auntie Bev
thought I would be mad, but tru ly it was just another adventure.
Mostly tho, I clearly remember my very first visit and my most recent visit. My first visit was in Dec of 1956.
We had just moved to So Cal and joined the church in Beverly Hills and I joined the choir and we were invited to sing
Christmas carols. It was a brand new park and brand new in the concept of being a theme park. Being late on a
Sunday afternoon and the park closed at 7 we didn't get to see much, but enough so we couldn't wait to go back. My last visit was when Shannon and Alyson were in girl scouts and it was girlscout day, which meant we had free parking. the Murphy boys got us in for free, girl scouts were free and we got to park right by the gate because we had the camper. This was a good thing, because for supper we had a tailgate party of cold chicken and potato salad as we knew if we didn't leave the park to eat it would be hard to get the kids to stop long enough for dinner. Dad and I took off on our own, On our way from adventureland to frontierland dad found a $10 bill laying on the walkway. I can only safely assume that we probably the only people in the world who ever went to Disneyland and cam e home withmore mon ey than we left with. DisneyLand was such a different place then. We had A B C D and E tickets. A tickets were like the merry-go-round ride with the E tickets for the most exotic ride.
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