Happy Halloween!

Canton Political Update

I have been rather silent about the zoning issue. Believe it or not, the issue is still being debated. At present, the "other" side is suing the city. One of the parties in the law suit is running for city council. We're not sure what it means if he wins. We are backing another candidate.

The mayor did not run for re-election. We think his decision was a result of all the negative publicity from this and other zoning battles. It's pretty powerful stuff when an 80 year old woman stands up at a council meeting, points her finger at the Mayor and says, "you promised us in 1998 that commercial would stop at Roy street and now you are going back on that. We expect you to honor your commitment." We love Mary Sparks.

Our candidate, Gene Hobgood, is running unopposed. He is a member of our association. We know he will at least be sympathetic to keeping E Main St residential. Although, he is not rabid anti-growth. It will be interesting.

One more thing. Here is the Canton City Attorney's new car. A Bentley. Bentley! A bit over the top for Canton. Being the city attorney must pay well! Or, perhaps it's the land deals he has put together over the years.

Check it out

Monna's new venture.

I will add it to the links on the right.

Rodney Dewain Keeler 6/4/24 - 10/24/07

I attended the memorial service for Rodney Keeler. He had spent the last 5 years in a nursing home. Marilyn & Carolyn gave a very nice memory tribute to their father. Georgean had some stories of the farm in Minnesota. Edi & Vicki (Eunice's) were there. I can see back 40+ years to playing with them at Earl & Ellas and then at Eunice and Lloyds in Everett. We used to make the long drive to Everett on Sundays to spend with family. Either Jean & George or Earl & Ella. How time flies. Rodney always made it to any family event at our house. He will be missed.

LUCINDA WILLIAMS

Okay, I have raved about Lucinda in the past. Someone just posted this on youtube so I am embedding it. I believe her music is on par with Bob Dylan as true poetry. She is very raw, and may be an acquired taste. So, here is a nibble...

October 28?

It was a beautiful day here. High in the 70s. It is supposed to drop into the 40s tonight.

I went to Aiken Friday and came back yesterday. Dad looks great. Elsie is still limping a little from her knee surgery. Saturday morning we went to the pancake breakfast at the masonic lodge. Dad was working. Elsie and I went to a couple of nurseries. I bought a pot at one of them (see above). I also put a little slide show on our garden blog.

Sad news about Rodney Keeler. How old was he? Monna told me the service was today.

oh, no

oh, yes

Name 2010

ok, we need to name the reunion blog - all you clever people give me some blog names.

minnesota to vancouver 2010
MN BC 2010
From Squaw Valley to Vancouver
1960 - 2010 - Celebrate 50 Years of Gold
get your butt to vancouver in 2010

Better suggest or we'll get one like the above!

37 Weeks

Here is a picture at 37 weeks. Baby has definetly dropped, feeling some contractions but not the "real thing".

Vancouver 2010

Just as an additional incentive to the fence sitters on the whole reunion in Vancouver...this will be the 50th Anniversary of the first Gold Medal in Hockey for the 1960 Gold Medal team. I'd think that USA Hockey would recognize this so all the more reason we should be there to be part of the celebration!!

California Fires

I looked at the map of the fires in So Cal. It looked like there was one close to Effie and Jim. I would assume we would hear if they were going to be effected. I know they live in the desert but I seem to remember some hills around that had brush. Let us know.

500,000 people evacuating. That's very scary.

Fall Color

I found some nice color today. A few trees in downtown Canton.

I dreamed about our house and neighborhood in Kent last night. I never dream about it. What, pray tell, can it mean?

Bill requested more detail. There isn't much except I remember Mr. Stegmeister who was one of the first people in america to buy a toyota. And then, here was our neigbor's basement. That's about it.

Fall in Georgia

I keep thinking the leaves are very late in turning. I think it is because of the drought. Here are a couple picks of yard. I also posted a few pictures on our garden blog.

Malibu Fire

Oh no, ONJ has been evacuated!

http://cwww.tmz.com/2007/10/21/olivia-newton-john-evacuated/

My sister-in-law obviously won't be taking her midterms at Pepperdine tomorrow.

Friday Night - New Music

Ok, I am trying to get more current with music. So, here is someone I have just discovered. Eric Hutchinson. What do you think? Perez Hilton is listening to him. And, Perez seems to be able to make or break people these days.

Morning Music

Here's a nice little blast from the past. How 70's is the keyboard player?



I loved Kiki

Betty Grant

It was a very sad weekend for us. Bill's mother, Betty Grant, passed away today around noon. She was at home surrounded by her children, grand children and great-grand child. Betty was a pistol until the very end. We all will miss her very much. Arrangements have not been finalized.

She loved Elvis. This is for you, Betty.

Oh, Stevie

2010 Olympic Tickets

We might want to use our "connections" to get tickets to the 2010 Hockey Gold Medal game...they will cost us a mere $775 per seat.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/olympics/335234_oly12.html

Congratulations to Al Gore

Statement of Al Gore on Winning Nobel Prize

I am deeply honored to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. This award is even more meaningful because I have the honor of sharing it with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change--the world’s pre-eminent scientific body devoted to improving our understanding of the climate crisis--a group whose members have worked tirelessly and selflessly for many years. We face a true planetary emergency. The climate crisis is not a political issue, it is a moral and spiritual challenge to all of humanity. It is also our greatest opportunity to lift global consciousness to a higher level.

My wife, Tipper, and I will donate 100 percent of the proceeds of the award to the Alliance for Climate Protection, a bipartisan non-profit organization that is devoted to changing public opinion in the U.S. and around the world about the urgency of solving the climate crisis.

Good Night Music

Eva Cassidy died in 1996. She was one of those great talents that flew under the radar. Here is a particularly moving performance. It's from a performance at Blues Alley.

A Fall Day at the Farm

This past Saturday we (Tim, the in-laws & my neice Eliot) went up to Ted & Georgean's coffee farm. We had a good time exploring the farm, checking out the chickens and chasing the kitties. We also made home made apple cider from apples picked right from the tree on the farm. Here are a few pictures of the day.

North GA Mountains

We went to our friend Steve's birthday party last night in the North Georgia Mountains. It's about an hour north of us Blue Ridge, GA. Here are just a few shots from Steve and Amado's deck.

Early Christmas Gift

A little something to put you in the holiday mood:
Check out this song from Olivia Newton-John's upcoming holiday CD for Target! She wrote the lyrics and music as well. Pretty darn sweet if you ask me...

Article on Ely, MN & Boundary Waters

I saw this interesting article on Ely, MN. Why does Ely sounds familiar, do we have family from there or is it just because it's near International falls?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21150922/site/newsweek/page/0/

October Birthdays and Anniversary

Lots of these...

Oct 4 - Amanda Welle
Oct 6 - Jordy Christian
Oct 7 - Roger Allen Christian III
Oct 12 - Tyler Arrington
oct 15 - Brock Nelson
Oct 20 - Gordy Christian
Hans Bernard
October 21 - Kenny Arrington
October 22 - Jim Blubaugh
October 23 - Barbara Bernard

Anniversary:
Oct. 24 - Bill and Carol Christian

And one of the many spinoffs!

I Loved This Show

Never missed it!

Exciting Day in Fargo

Today was an exciting day in Fargo. Microsoft broke ground for a 3rd building on the Microsoft Fargo campus. This building will add more than 150,000 square feet to the campus, and will be heated by geothermal wells (as our other buildings are as well). This is very exciting for us and keeps us in line as the third largest Microsoft campus in North American after Redmond and Silicon Valley. Yeah, sure, you betcha!!

They must have decided to expand based on our new city slogan "Always Warm!"...

Good Night Music

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