September 2006
NEVER
FORGET!!
Chilling
AUDIO and transcripts of N.O.R.A.D.’s Northeast Air Defense Sector’s tapes on
the
morning of Sept.11. CLICK
a thought from Sandra
Dodson
On Monday, September 11th,
2006, an American flag should be
displayed outside every home, apartment, office, and store in the
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THE COMPLETE LIST OF MISSING WARRIORS CAN BE VIEWED BY CLICKING MISSING
A SPECIAL THANX TO MOLLY CHAMBERS NELSON FOR ADVISING
SMOKE SIGNALS OF
THE UNTIMELY DEATH OF RHON PARRIS. NOTIFICATION SUCH AS THIS ALLOWS US TO
INFORM THE ENTIRE WARRIOR TRIBE WHEN ONE OF OUR MEMBERS NEEDS OUR
SUPPORT. SEND NOTIFICATIONS TO SMOKE SIGNALS
To our Jewish Warriors
L'Shanah Tovah
We wish you a happy and
sweet ROSH HASHANAH !
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Send 2 or 3 pics to SMOKE SIGNALS for publishing.
Notes
from across the pond From
Kit Rushing
My dear wife and I spent three and a half weeks in June traveling with more
than a dozen college
students to significant young adult literature sites in
a course titled "From Beatrix Potter to Harry Potter," and we
traveled to
Missenden,
The students explored museums, libraries, and other sites significant in the
lives of a number of
British authors including Beatrix Potter, Road Dahl, C. S. Lewis, J. R. R.
Tolkein, J. K. Rowland,
Robert Lewis Stevenson, Robert Burns, Sir Walter Scott, and a number of other
contemporary
as well as 19th century authors. COURSE DESCRIPTION
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Solomon
does the Redneck Riviera
Larry
Solomon's family
always takes their vacation the 2nd week of July to
usually includes a group of family and friends. This year there were 22 people
representing 7
families. The week is spent fishing, shrimping and
eating out. Lulu's and The Original Oyster
House seem to be our favorite restaurants. CLICK AND SCROLL DWN.
According
to the CNN Money Calculator, if you earned $100,000 in
earn approximately $106,438 as an equivalent salary in
Three
bites out of the Big Apple
In May Donna
Ervin Tisdale, Jeanne Rostaing, and Sarah Kirchen had their
third "girlfriend"
reunion at Jeanne's house in the Park Slope neighborhood of
Donna
recently retired after a lifetime of teaching high school history, so she
insisted on seeing
the NYC sights of American Revolution times. This included a visit to the
hillside in
Jeanne's husband, Eric, a native of NYC and also a history buff, was a
wonderful tour guide.
Despite all the focus on history, we took time out to view the rooftops of
Park from the top of
salon in
together!) CLICK FOR PIC
According
to the CNN Money Calculator, if you earned $100,000 in
earn $149,744 as an equivalent salary in
VACATIONING,
remember, you can find Warriors by state on our website. CLICK
CLASSMATES BY
STATE
There’s
still time to play WHO DAT WARRIOR? Just CLICK and add
your guesses, along with the ID number. We’ve done so poorly identifying these
Warriors
that we’ve posted the previous entries. Here’s a hint, Molly Chambers Nelson appears
to
have pulled slightly ahead of Carol Black Gandy. Send us a previously unpublished
photo,
i.e. not appearing in a Central yearbook, for the next episode of WHO
DAT WARRIOR.
MEMORIES
Send your Central Memory
to PAULA
SAY WHAT?!!
“Had we
been more vigilant, Sept. 11th would only be remembered as Bear Bryant’s
birthday”
DA Arthur Branch from NBC’s Law and Order
Warnings to Warriors – From Smoke
A
Population Reference Bureau study shows that the suicide rate for older (65+)
white males is
almost triple the national average. That’s almost 8 times the rate for women.
Speculation is that
white males “lack the resilience and coping mechanisms that women and other
ethic groups
have” and “they are less apt to seek help for depression.” TAKE THE TEST ,
TAKE ACTION
FROM THE LAUGH TRACK from Karen Paine New re: Her drug problem
I had a
drug problem when I was young; I was drug to church on Sunday morning. I
was drug to
church for weddings and funerals. I was drug to family reunions and
community socials no matter
the weather. I was drug by my ears when I was disrespectful to
adults. I was also drug to the
woodshed when I disobeyed my parents, told a lie, brought home a bad report
card, did not
speak with respect, spoke ill of the teacher or the preacher, or if I didn't
put forth my best effort
in everything that was asked of me. I was drug to the kitchen sink if I
uttered a profane four-letter
word. (I know what Lye soap tastes like). I was drug out to pull weeds in
mom's garden and
flowerbeds and cockleburs out of dad's fields. I was drug to the homes of
family, friends, and
neighbors to help out some poor soul, who had no one to mow the yard, repair
the clothesline, or
chop some firewood. If my mother had ever known that I took a single dime
as a tip for this
kindness, she would have drug me back to the woodshed. Those drugs are
still in my veins and
they affect my behavior in everything I do, say, and think. They are stronger
than cocaine, crack,
or heroin, and if today's children had this kind of drug problem,
today."
CAKE or …..from Larry
Solomon
A husband is at home watching a football game when his wife
interrupts.
Honey,
could you fix the light in the hallway? It’s been flickering for weeks
now.
He
looks at her and says angrily fix the lights now? Does it look like I have
“G.E.” written on my
forehead? I don't think so.
Fine, then
the wife asks, well then, could you fix the fridge door? It won't close
right.
To
which he replied, fix the fridge door? Does it look like I have “Westinghouse”
written on my
forehead? I don't think so.
Fine,
she says then you could at least fix the steps to the front door? They are
about to break.
I'm
not a carpenter and I don't want to fix steps. He says,
does it look like I have “Ace Hardware”
written on my forehead? I don't think so. I've had enough of you. I'm going to
the bar!!!!
So he
goes to the bar and drinks for a couple of hours. He starts to feel guilty
about how he
treated his wife, and decides to go home. As he walks into the house he
notices that the steps
are already fixed. As he enters the house, he sees the hall light is
working. As he goes to get a
beer, he notices the fridge door is fixed. Honey, he asks, how'd all this
get fixed?
She
said, well, when you left I sat outside and cried. Just then a nice young
man asked me what
was wrong, and I told him. He offered to do all the repairs, and all I
had to do was either go to bed
with him or bake a cake.
He said; so what kind of cake did you bake?
She
replied, hellooooo...do you see “Betty Crocker” written on my forehead? I don't think so!
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July
28 – from Brucia
Pearce Mory
I leave for
2 months in
teaching. I retired from Grace St. Luke's in May as Librarian. I had the honor
of working with
Christina Mueller Pinkham for one year.
Aug. 10 - A Child Is Born – 6 pound 15 ounce Jesse Thomas Pepper, AKA Scooter, became the
5 th grandson (vs. no grand daughters) of Lynn and Bob Pepper
today, in Benton Ark. Scooter will
live with his parents, Rob and Allison Pepper and 7 year old brother, Trey, in
Arkadelphia, Ark.
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Aug.22
- The pharmacy at the Piggly Wiggly was burglarized. The video tape of the
crime was
shown on local TV. The store was subsequently inundated by callers asking
"They didn't hurt the
old white guy, did they" The callers were assured that Leonard
Engelberg
was indeed safe.
SupperClub
SCHEDULED TO RETURN IN SEP/OCT Until then,
relive the glory of dinners
past by CLICKING HERE
Y'all
come - Kathy (Kate Yarbrough) Ketchum
has
invited us CLICK
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Appeal
In his
first year as the head coach of the Central High football team, Tom NeSmith
beat kidney
cancer and a heart attack. TEMP LINK
July 31 – Another Great Voice Falls Silent. Paul Eells, voice of the Arkansas
Razorbacks died in
an automobile accident on I-
40 in
Aug.17
– The state of education in
City Schools are on the state’s “target” or “high priority” list. Among the 8
on the latter, facing
state takeover, is the former Country Club school, East High. Also having made
the list for three
years in a row is Kingsbury High.
HERE’S A TEST – The
headline reads “
Humidity; C – Homicides; or D - All of the above? The answer is D. In July and
August,
broke the 100-degree mark 7 times and recorded daily highs in excess of 95
numerous additional
times. As of Aug. 31,
Aug. 25 –Warriors off to a bad start. In their season opener, Central lost
to the Collierville Dragons
27-21 at Collierville. According to the CA, the Dragons jumped out to a 3 TD
lead and held off a late
Warrior rally. The stats indicate that the game was not as close as the score
might indicate.
School days, Readin, and Riten, and Rioten. Last week, the
people arrested from just two of its schools. 24 from Craigmont after 3
separate melees Monday
and 4 from Treadwell.
Job security not withstanding. Juvenile Court Judge Kenneth Turner
hangs up his robe after 42
years on the bench, the longest of any
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June 18 – Fred Clark died today in an auto accident. We didn’t know
Fred, but he was one of us,
everyman’s friend. Here is the best obit ever written. Check out both the
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from here? Patches
What's in a name? In a year, we'll need this
info.
HENRY’S CORNER
Speaking of couples in bed together, we were weren’t we? The first
couple to be shown in bed together on prime time
TV was Fred and
Wilma Flintstone.
July 27 - Happy birthday to you…. The Egg
McMuffin is 35 years old.
Created by Herb Peterson in 1971 as
something to fill the morning
void between breakfast and lunch, it debuted at
McDonalds 4 years
later
“Soluble
fibre, vitamin B12, folic acid, niacin and antioxidants present in The Drink
That Built An
Empire. .The hard liquor component of beer has the
same magic artery-unblocking prowess as in
wine, too.” Thus, beer is a healthier choice than wine. CLICK FOR THE STORY
If
Shirley Potts saw this, she would hunt the author down and flog him like a
rented mule!
Below is a verbatim excerpt from a Classmates.com posting on the Central
High Message board.
The writer’s name has been changed to protect the uneducated.
From: An ’82 GRAD. Apr 25 2006 6:35:10AM To: ALL (1)
Congratulations Are in Order
On April 22, 2006 Mr. Harold Shaw Jr. and Ms. Rhonda
McKinney took there nuptials and tied the
note. They are now One. send
them an e-mail message and congratulate them on their future
endeavors. HAPPY UNION HAROLD AND RHONDA FOREVER!!!!! 
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