Message from Mel Kuhn (70): St. John, ND
Howdy Gary,
Just letting you know that the KFOR-12 Troops are back on American soil from Kosovo. Our son Ricky is now at Camp Atterberry in Indiana along with many other peoples sons from the area. We are going to be going to our son Toby’s graduation from basic training in Fort Jackson, SC on the 29th of next week. We will be able to pick Ricky on Saturday the 24th in Indiana while we are going through. My oldest son Shannon lives in Indian Trail, NC and we will be stopping to see him and his family also. They are only a little over an hour from Fort Jackson. We will also be visiting with my wife Kathy’s family while we are in Indiana.
I want to put Larry Hackman’s mind at ease about my wife and I traveling this long distance together. I believe that I have packed enough mind relaxing drugs that I’ll be able to put up with button pushing and direction giving and other such things.I know that when I wrote about our other trip together [2 years ago] Larry was worried about my recovery. He also shows concern over my heart condition when I get into these high stress conditions:i.e. the buying of new dishes a couple of months age when I ran out while she was gone. He and Bill Grimme both showed concern when they were here for the reunion.
Leaving on July 23rd and hoping to be back and still as sane as normal is for me on August the 1st.
Mel Kuhn
Mel, I am glad to hear that Ricky is home. That sounds like quite a trip and a fast one at that, that you guys will be taking. That’s a lot of miles to travel in such a short time. Please keep us posted. Gary
|
Reply from Sharon Longie Dana (73): MIssoula, MT
Gary,
I was mostly raised by my granparents Pete and Rose Longie. My Mom was Amelia Longie Underwood.(she has been gone for 11 years.)
Sharon Longie Dana (73)
|
Happy Birthday Toni Morinville (68)
From Dick Johnson (68): Dunseith, ND.
Gary and Friends,
Today, July 21, happens to be Gary Stoke’s and Toni Morinville’s
birthdays! I hope you both have a great day with friends and family. It
doesn’t seem at all possible that the years have gone by this quickly.
They say time flies when you’re having fun—that must be it! Happy
Birthday Gary and Toni!
Dick
Thank you Dick. You are so right, today is my Birthday and I know it’s Toni’s too. It’s also Norris Knutson’s birthday. I just called him too, to wish him happy birthday. Norris said he has not been feeling too well. He has been battling some broken ribs. They can be painful.Happy birthday Toni. I believe you have now caught up to Dick, one day later, reaching a new milestone in life too.Bernadette actually had a big party for me this past Saturday at our house with about 40 of our friends. A dear friend of ours posted 55 pictures taken at my birthday party on facebook. For those of you with a facebook account, you should be able to view these pictures by going to my profile by clicking on this link http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1495682224#!/photo.php?pid=5917714&id=521519873 As you will see, these PI gals love to have fun all just in fun. These gals are very much attached to and are very true to their sole mates.