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06/25/09
- NNHS Newsletter
“This is love: to fly
toward a secret sky, |
Dear Friends and Schoolmates,
This is another of our "rerun" Newsletter themes - first seen exactly three years ago today, and each year thereafter:
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/06-25-06-NNHS-The-Lady-in-Red.html
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/06-25-07-NNHS-The-Lady-in-Red.html
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/06-25-08-NNHS-The-Lady-in-Red.html
BONUS - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcWspfgk9c8 - The Lady in Red - Chris De Burgh
THIS WEEK'S BIRTHDAYS:
Happy Birthday
today to
David Lundquist ('57)
AND
Glenn Dye
('60) of TX
AND
Jean Poole Burton ('64) of RI!
Happy Birthday
tomorrow to
Fred
Eubank ('64) of TX!
Happy Birthday this week to:
27 -
Jimmy Dick ('65) of FL
AND
My #1 Daughter-in-Law, Mary Bennett Harty (Litchfield HS,
IL - '89) of IL;
28 - Andrew Puckett ('57)
AND
Henry Hoyle ('65) of Northern VA;
29 -
Carolyn Frizzelle Hogge ('61) of VA
AND
30 - Blaine Crum ('57);
01 -
the late
Julius Benton ('58)
(deceased 20 Nov 2008)
AND
Linda Ray Letchworth Enochs ('60) of TX;
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/Happy-Birthday.html
Many Happy
Returns, One and All!
From Mark Hutcherson ('66) of VA - 06/23/09 - "This should be posted in every
school.":
This should be posted in every school!!!
This is an excerpt from the book "Dumbing Down our Kids" by educator Charles Sykes about 11 things they did not and will not learn in school. He writes about how feel-good, politically correct teachings created a generation of kids with no concept of reality and how this concept set them up for failure in the real world.
Rule 1
: Life is not fair - get used to it!
Rule 2
: The world doesn't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to
accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.
Rule 3
: You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school. You won't be a
vice-president with a car phone until you earn both.
Rule 4
: If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.
Rule 5
: Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your Grandparents had a
different word for burger flipping: they called it opportunity.
Rule 6
: If you mess up,
it's
not your parents' fault
,
so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.
Rule 7
: Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They
got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to
you talk about how cool you thought you were. So before you save the rain
forest from the parasites of your parent's generation, try delousing the
closet in your own room.
Rule 8
: Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life HAS NOT. In
some schools, they have abolished failing grades and they'll give you as MANY
TIMES as you want to get the right answer. This doesn't bear the slightest
resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.
Rule 9
: Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few
employers are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF. Do that on your own
time.
Rule 10
: Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the
coffee shop and go to jobs.
Rule 11
: Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.
If you agree, pass it on..
If you don't agree stick your head in the sand and take a deep breath!
If you can read this -Thank a teacher!
Thanks so
much, Mark!
http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/b/billgatesspeech.htm
From Adrian Whitcomb ('67) of VA - 06/23/09 - "Save Buckroe Petition
- Please read, check website, forward!":
Even if you aren't a registered voter
in Hampton, you can still help by telling other people about this petition and
e-mailing this message to as many people as you can.
The Hampton City Council has voted to rezone property at Buckroe that has been
used as park land and for off street parking for more than 20 years. If this
land is sold, it will diminish public access to the largest public beach on the
Peninsula. Parking is already tight and will get much worse if development
proceeds on this land.
I'm sharing this message with people who I think are interested in maintaining
public access to the water. More park land is needed for additional picnic
shelters and other activities that people enjoy on a trip to the beach. Without
adequate space for parking, many people will simply have to turn around and
drive back home.
Thank You,
Adrian Whitcomb, NNHS '67
Thanks
again, Adrian - and again we wish you much success!
From Joyce Lawrence Cahoon ('65) of
VA - 06/24/09 - "Was It You???":
I am sending this to everyone who sends me e-mail.
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Love your e-mails! Just thought this was cute and you might want to send it on to others.
Thanks, Joyce!
From Ruth Ann Reece Horace ('67) of FL - 06/24/09 - "AMISH VIRUS":
AMISH VIRUS
Thanks,
Ruthie! It's quite a day for viruses!
From http://www.selfgrowthtest.com - 06/222/09 - " Reclaim Your Creative Courage":
Self-Esteem and
Self Confidence - Reclaiming Your Creative
Courage
By Gail McMeekin, M.S.W., L.I.C.S.W., Apr. 21, 2009
Are you haunted by unfinished creative projects
or dreams? Make a list of the major ones. Are you still interested in pursuing
one or more of them? Note which projects/pathways, if any, are still compelling
to you. Creativity is about magnetism and commitment.
If you are not going to move ahead with any of these projects, you need to
release them to make space for your new attractions. Are there lessons to be
learned from letting go of these abandoned dreams? Rudy acknowledged that he
hadn’t really been ready until now to write his screenplay. His vision just
recently crystallized into the story we wants to tell.
Melissa, on the other hand, has always wanted to become an environmental lawyer.
Now at age fifty, she fears she is too old. This is a creative choice point for
her. She can either live the rest of her life with the sorrow of not having
become a lawyer or she can go to law school. Or alternately, she could leverage
her skills by becoming a lobbyist, a political activist, or a paralegal. Melissa
is now taking one course at a law school to help her to make the right choice.
One of the greatest blocks to creativity is fear. Fear keeps you from exploring
your goals in depth and strategizing successful action steps to achieve them.
Fear of failure keeps you from enjoying an experimental mind set where
roadblocks and re-routing are expected and, even welcomed as new information.
Focusing on the fear of being wrong or criticized clips your creative wings.
Almost everyone can remember trying something new and being chided. Therefore we
learned to play it safe, cease taking risks, and stop the flow of creative
solutions.
What Frightens You Most About Expressing Your Creativity?
What is your fear about specifically? What creative traumas from the past still
hold power over you? What do you fear from your internal critic or people from
your past who criticized your ideas and actions? Write this all down so you can
see it and begin resolution. Don’t let fear keep you from being your true self.
Identify and leverage solutions that will help your fear to stay out of the way.
Write down all the things, people, places, activities, or thoughts that diminish
your creative energy. Subtract from your life what clogs the clarity of your
creative channel. Your creativity is a valuable asset; you can’t afford to have
it compromised by clutter, other people’s needs, or busyness. Even if you only
find the time to write in your creative journal or sit quietly for fifteen
minutes a day, you are connecting with your original voice. Preserve the
messages and insights. What life choices support your ingenious energy? Honor
your individual cravings and notions. Diligently restructure your lifestyle and
commit to a current creative project that nurtures you. Embrace the dreams of
today and enjoy your new creative power.
Author's Bio
Gail McMeekin, MSW, LICSW, is a nationally known
career/creativity/life choices coach and consultant and the author of the highly
acclaimed books, The 12 Secrets of Highly Creative Women and The Power of
Positive Choices. Her work has been featured in many periodicals such as Boston
Magazine, Investor's Business Daily, Redbook, and Health, as well as on radio
and TV. She has a new e-book called Boost Your Creativity, Productivity, and
Profits in 21 Steps available at her website:
www.creativesuccess.com as well as
a free newsletter called Creative Success. You may contact her at gmcmeekin@comcast.net
© Copyright by SelfGrowth.com, Self Improvement Online, Inc.
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DATES TO REMEMBER:
1. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, September 4, 5 and 6 (Labor Day Weekend), 2009 - The Class of 1969 will hold its 40-Year Reunion at the Point Plaza Hotel, Newport News, VA. For details, see: http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/reunion2009-69.html and contact Jean Baker Howell at hokie13mom@cox.net
- OPEN TO ALL NNHS ALUMNI2. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, September 18, 19, and 20, 2009
- The Warwick High School Class of 1959 will hold its 50-Year Reunion at the Marriott Newport News at City Center, Newport News, VA. For details, contact WHSREUNION1959@aol.com - WHS CLASS OF 19594. Friday and Saturday, August 6 and 7, 2010 - The NNHS Class of 1970 will hold its 40-Year Reunion. Friday night they will all meet at RJ's; Saturday night will be at the Kiln Creek Golf & Country Club. For details, contact Carol Comer Cutler at ca23comerww@aol.com. - CLASS OF 1970
PRAYER ROLL: http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/requests-prayers.html - updated 06/24/09 |
BLOG: http://nnhs.wordpress.com - updated 01/09/09 |
Love to all, Carol
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Carol Buckley
Harty
618-530-9092
Words and Music by Chris de Burgh, 1986
"The Lady in Red" midi courtesy of http://www.jadierose.com/midicollection.html
Animated Tiny
Birthday Cake clip art courtesy of
Sarah Puckett Kressaty ('65) of
VA - 08/31/05
Thanks, Sarah Sugah!
Litchfield High School's Purple Panther Paw Print courtesy of http://www.litchfield.k12.il.us/ - 06/23/07
Page Hit Counter clip art courtesy of http://www.bravenet.com - 03/07/06
Animated Laughing Jerry courtesy
of Cookie Phillips Tyndall ('64) of VA - 06/14/06
Thanks, Cookie!
Animated Laughing Cat courtesy
of Joyce Lawrence Cahoon of VA - 07/29/08
Thanks, Joyce!
Animated
Laughing Kitty courtesy of Tom Flax ('64) of VA - 06/03/06
Thanks, Tommy!
Animated Rolling on the Floor Laughing Boy courtesy of http://www.animationfactory.com - 04/06/05
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