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Taylor Run
Thursday, June 04, 2009
GRANDMA HITS
Darlene Johnson has had a new experience; at the urging of grandson Sebastien, age 5, she managed to hit a softball with the bat.
"I can't tell where the ball is," she explains, and stays out of the lineup.
Sebastien, however, felt that grandma should have a turn, so she stood there and swung the bat about 25 times until it connected with the ball pitched by husband Dick.
MEMORIAL TREE
That patriotic display of red, white, and blue lights on the Japanese maple at 311 Park Road is Mickey Campagna's Memorial Day tribute to Ross McGinnis, last Medal of Honor recipient and to Alexandria's own hero, Rocky Versace.
FORT WARD FRIENDS
Officers Wm. Schriener, president, Thurman Roberts, vice-president, George Mueller, secretary, and Russell Vermillion, treasurer, were elected at the annual meeting of the Friends of Fort Ward.
Glenn Eugster and Tom Fulton were appointed to a new Observation Committee on Park management.
We voted to replace the Fort Williams plaque, knocked down by a car. We plan to dedicate it on May 24, 2010 to mark the anniversary of Col. Elmer Ellswort's murder as he pulled down the Confederate flag from the Marshall House Hotel.
MOLL DONATION
Marilyn Moll, longtime member, presented Vols. I and II of "The War Between the States," by A.H. Stephens, vice-president of the Confederacy. The books are in excellent condition and will be added to the Dorothy C.S. Starr library.
MISSIONERS RETURN
Our neighbor Kevin Sherlock has returned from a hard-working visit to Cedar Falls, Iowa, where he and three other parishioners of Grace Episcopal Church helped to rescue a motel occupied as single-room long-term residences by low-income people.
The flood had made it uninhabitable.
The missioners scrubbed, tore out walls, and removed tons of trash and grease.
"We had fun!" said Kevin, who installed drywall.
<1b>— Lois Kelso Hunt
Taylor Run
Thursday, June 04, 2009
GRANDMA HITS
Darlene Johnson has had a new experience; at the urging of grandson Sebastien, age 5, she managed to hit a softball with the bat.
"I can't tell where the ball is," she explains, and stays out of the lineup.
Sebastien, however, felt that grandma should have a turn, so she stood there and swung the bat about 25 times until it connected with the ball pitched by husband Dick.
MEMORIAL TREE
That patriotic display of red, white, and blue lights on the Japanese maple at 311 Park Road is Mickey Campagna's Memorial Day tribute to Ross McGinnis, last Medal of Honor recipient and to Alexandria's own hero, Rocky Versace.
FORT WARD FRIENDS
Officers Wm. Schriener, president, Thurman Roberts, vice-president, George Mueller, secretary, and Russell Vermillion, treasurer, were elected at the annual meeting of the Friends of Fort Ward.
Glenn Eugster and Tom Fulton were appointed to a new Observation Committee on Park management.
We voted to replace the Fort Williams plaque, knocked down by a car. We plan to dedicate it on May 24, 2010 to mark the anniversary of Col. Elmer Ellswort's murder as he pulled down the Confederate flag from the Marshall House Hotel.
MOLL DONATION
Marilyn Moll, longtime member, presented Vols. I and II of "The War Between the States," by A.H. Stephens, vice-president of the Confederacy. The books are in excellent condition and will be added to the Dorothy C.S. Starr library.
MISSIONERS RETURN
Our neighbor Kevin Sherlock has returned from a hard-working visit to Cedar Falls, Iowa, where he and three other parishioners of Grace Episcopal Church helped to rescue a motel occupied as single-room long-term residences by low-income people.
The flood had made it uninhabitable.
The missioners scrubbed, tore out walls, and removed tons of trash and grease.
"We had fun!" said Kevin, who installed drywall.
<1b>— Lois Kelso Hunt
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