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September 11 2011 Just Another Work Day

September 11 2001 was just like all of the other days that had came before . I got up , made the coffee , got my lunch and my wife’s lunch together getting ready for another day at work . My wife always turned the TV on to listen to the...

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Red Alert the Month Before 9/11

Karen Jenkins

But I was not surprised.

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Working with Juanita

Susan Darbro

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Last week’s story prompt was something along the lines of “What proud accomplishment did you share together with a friend, colleague or family member.” I had to think a long time about that question, but finally I figured out the answer. It’s been...

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9-11 Reflections

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Where were you when the terrorists attacked on 9-11 and how did you learn about it? It's the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attack on the United States. Your feelings and personal perspective will be important to future generations. Politics aside, it's more about how you and your family were affected...

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My Great-Grandmother: Willemke de Jong

Golden V. Adams Jr.

Willemke de Jong, the subject of this sketch, was born Willemke Steenblok to Tallegien (Talligje) Steenblok on November 21, 1844 in Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands. She was Tallegien's second daughter, according to records found in Groningen. Willemke Steenblok de Jong, about 1927 Willemke must have had a very hard life. Her...

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My introduction into the world of Rally Racing at 12 years old, unofficially.

Tyler Cormier

World Rally Championships, Rally Cross, or just Rally Racing in general just oozes skill and determination when you start talking about motorsports. At 12 years old I was introduced, unofficially, into this world of on the edge of your seat racing. Now some people might think that's pretty impressive to be...

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In My Dreams

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It was about 3 years ago in 2008 that I had a dream that my mother was dying. I don't know what put it into my head but it was as clear as day. Thankfully, she is alive and well today at 83 and I couldn't be more fortunate to have...

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My Great-Grandfather: Antoon Thiessens

Golden V. Adams Jr.

Antoon Thiessens, ca 1927 (age 79 years) Antoon Thiessens, the subject of this sketch, was born January 28, 1848 the fourth child by the second marriage of Hendrik Thiessen or Thiessens. Hendrik was a tailor by trade. His mother was Grietje Bulthuis, and he was born in the norther Dutch city...

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The Perfect Love Song

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After the demise of our sign business in 1989 Christine, the boys and I were taken in by one of our clients and good friends, Robert Cyr, who was about to restore a 240 year old condemned farmhouse into a fabulous Victorian gingerbread Inn. It was just what we needed after...

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Grandfather Loy

Susan Darbro

My grandfather Loy was born September 16, 1884, the same year as future President Harry S. Truman and "modern" Italian artist Modigliani came along. It was the year Mark Twain wrote Huckleberry Finn , a well-loved and hilarious American classic now under fire due to our national romance with...

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My beginning

Deborah Annette Bertelsmann - Spratt

I grew up in rural Belleville in St. Clair County Illinois in an area known as Dutch Hollow. The kids were relatively safe and could go anywhere in the area and they knew if they misbehaved it would be dealt with then and there. We had a neighborhood tavern...

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The Creek

Deborah Annette Bertelsmann - Spratt

When I was small I would go outside and play like any other kid so mom would tell me don’t go out of the yard. Now you have to understand that I lived on a little hill and there was a field that my dad would put a garden in...

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It Was All New and Improved

Millard Don Carriker

When “The War” ended in 1945 we had lived with shortages for four long years. We were ripe and ready for new things. Our factories had learned to mass-produce guns, planes, tanks, and trucks. Now with the war over they were “all dressed up with no place to go.” They needed...

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Jimmy Found His Place

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With 10 kids it was impossible for my parents to give any of us much one on one personal time. Although many of could argue that there was definitely a "favorite" and also the "baby" and of course, the last little girl, all of whom received maybe just a "little" more...

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Just Boil It Down

Millard Don Carriker

I was much too young to be personally involved in this escapade but it is a story that was told and re-told many times around the table in later years at family get-togethers. Knowing my older brothers as I did I am convinced it is a true story. ******* ...

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Back to the Future – With Dad

Annie Payne

Normal 0 false false false EN-AU X-NONE X-NONE Often I have been asked about which person in my life, now dead, would I like to spend an extra 24 hours with, and my answer is always the same – my Dad, Ken Wallace. I have always been told that I...

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Beginnings: Growing Up in Miss Annie's Household

Susan Darbro

My father was born February 8, 1913, the same year as future President Richard M. Nixon, French philosopher Albert Camus and English composer Benjamin Britten. Abolitionist Harriet Tubman died that year. Woodrow Wilson was inaugurated President of the United States. War was raging in the Balkans, and in the exotic, far-away...

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Every kid has a dream, mine was to own a dirtbike!

Tyler Cormier

It's funny how kids grow up. Some realize their potential and become President, others wind up in Jail. For some reason or another I fall just short of realizing my potential and thankfully I've never wound up in jail (and maybe sometime I'll divulge a few of my stories of "almost"...

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Bald Mountain

Rick Reed

Many summers while I was growing up, we took a summer vacation to the Adirondack mountains in New York to visit my grandparents (Grandpa and Grandma Reed). One of my favorite places to visit was Bald Mountain. It was always a great outing. The first part of the trail was mostly...

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The Reason Behind My Mother's Name That She Hated

Charles William Spratt

My mother was the tenth child and she too young to argue about her name that she grew up hating all of her life . When she introduced herself at school functions she used her middle name Ruth and all of the family used her nickname “ Sis “. It was...

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