Steve
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Here It Is
My scanner went toes up, and I had to wait to get a new one. New scanner installed, and here is the bit from Discover Magazine, Setptember 2007. Click on the picture to see it full-size.
Steve
Steve
Sunday, August 19, 2007
Discover Magazine
The September 2007 edition of Discover has an article titled Homeland Insecurity. As an example of "homeland," I guess, it includes a photo of "Fourth of July festivities in Ridgefield Park, NJ."
It's on page 62, in a group of three photos that also includes a senior citizen patrol in Florida and the "Citizen Corps," a program in Pennsylvania. How RP fits in there, I don't know.
I would include the photo, but my scanner just went on the blink. It shows the Baby Parade, a group of face-painted kids on their decorated bikes rounding an island on Euclid Ave.
This issue is not online yet; when it is I'll see if the photo is there, and post a link.
It's on page 62, in a group of three photos that also includes a senior citizen patrol in Florida and the "Citizen Corps," a program in Pennsylvania. How RP fits in there, I don't know.
I would include the photo, but my scanner just went on the blink. It shows the Baby Parade, a group of face-painted kids on their decorated bikes rounding an island on Euclid Ave.
This issue is not online yet; when it is I'll see if the photo is there, and post a link.
Sunday, July 8, 2007
Independence Day Parade, 2007
It was overcast, with a sprinkle or two passing by, as we waited for the parade. I was with Dewey "Dean" Beddow (Darline's brother) and family; I brought my niece and her two toddlers for their first RP Parade experience.
The Baby Parade, earlier in the day, was rather brief; my wife Sue and I had left Connecticut at 7:00 AM to get there on time. We stood with Mrs. Beddow, Darline's mother, and Mrs. Huyler, Jeff's mother (Jeff and Dean are RP '83). The theme had to do with Hershey's Kisses, I think. Only a few divisions, but a lot of enthusiasm.
After picking up my niece, off to the main parade. The bomb blasts startled the toddlers: we were near the Post Office, Cedar and Main, so the blasts were loud. The parade was great, as usual; lots of bands, floats, politicians and candy, and the VFW jeep towing the little cannon and firing regularly. There were bagpipe bands, one playing "The Sloop John B.", which was a new one on me. There were fife-and-drum corps. The Caballeros did their bang-up job. And we were joined by Ed Newmark and Butch Elicona, who enthused over the RPHS band, guitars, bass, chorus, and all.
The tail of the parade was the traditional fire and ambulance vehicles, all blaring away on their sirens. I had thought they stopped that at some point,
out of consideration of the kid's ears, but this year they were blasting away. I like it-- it is the tradition-- and if you were concerned, well, it's the end of the parade and Dean for one took his kids away. My grand-nieces just covered their ears. I got a few pictures that don't do it justice: there are fire engines as far up the road as you can see.
The weather wasn't too hot: overcast and a bit muggy. The fireworks were rained out, alas; I had taken the 5th off in anticipation of staying in town to see them. I have traveled a bit, and seen a lot of different shows, and in my opinion the RP fireworks are right up there with the best. I prefer them to the Grucci fireworks-to-music.
The Baby Parade, earlier in the day, was rather brief; my wife Sue and I had left Connecticut at 7:00 AM to get there on time. We stood with Mrs. Beddow, Darline's mother, and Mrs. Huyler, Jeff's mother (Jeff and Dean are RP '83). The theme had to do with Hershey's Kisses, I think. Only a few divisions, but a lot of enthusiasm.
After picking up my niece, off to the main parade. The bomb blasts startled the toddlers: we were near the Post Office, Cedar and Main, so the blasts were loud. The parade was great, as usual; lots of bands, floats, politicians and candy, and the VFW jeep towing the little cannon and firing regularly. There were bagpipe bands, one playing "The Sloop John B.", which was a new one on me. There were fife-and-drum corps. The Caballeros did their bang-up job. And we were joined by Ed Newmark and Butch Elicona, who enthused over the RPHS band, guitars, bass, chorus, and all.
The tail of the parade was the traditional fire and ambulance vehicles, all blaring away on their sirens. I had thought they stopped that at some point,
out of consideration of the kid's ears, but this year they were blasting away. I like it-- it is the tradition-- and if you were concerned, well, it's the end of the parade and Dean for one took his kids away. My grand-nieces just covered their ears. I got a few pictures that don't do it justice: there are fire engines as far up the road as you can see.The weather wasn't too hot: overcast and a bit muggy. The fireworks were rained out, alas; I had taken the 5th off in anticipation of staying in town to see them. I have traveled a bit, and seen a lot of different shows, and in my opinion the RP fireworks are right up there with the best. I prefer them to the Grucci fireworks-to-music.
Friday, March 9, 2007
Waiting On Replies
Getting kind of lonely over here-- I emailed everyone an invite to gmail: you need a gmail account to post here. Let's get back to me before I have to go hang myself for a little attention, thanks.
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Steve E
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Steve E
Monday, February 26, 2007
Well, Here We Are
A bit of snow, today. While shoveling my walk, I was remembering my youth: I lived on East Grand Ave., the main drag to the school, and had to hustle to get the walk shoveled before it got trampled, or someone slipped and sued us. I also did old Miss Davis's walk and driveway down at the end of the block.
Today I was wondering where all the neighborhood kids were, as I shoveled at 7:00 am-- later than usual: the joys of my job allow me to telecommute on occasion, and this seemed like a good occasion-- not only am I fat and out of shape, the one neighbor has a heart condition, and an enterprising youth would find plenty of opportunities to earn a few bucks. There are piles of kids around here, and they all came out to play after I was done.
I played "mean old man" and told them to quit playing on my freshly cleared walk: they had the whole block at their disposal, and they chose to run and kick snow where they had just watched me shovel. Grump, grump, grump. Here's an old picture of my wife doing some shoveling (she volunteered!).
So I sent out the gmail invites, and I hope you will sign up (did I mention it's free?) and join me-- it gets kinda lonely here by myself. Tell us what you're up to. And invite some more grads. The more the merrier.
Steve E
Today I was wondering where all the neighborhood kids were, as I shoveled at 7:00 am-- later than usual: the joys of my job allow me to telecommute on occasion, and this seemed like a good occasion-- not only am I fat and out of shape, the one neighbor has a heart condition, and an enterprising youth would find plenty of opportunities to earn a few bucks. There are piles of kids around here, and they all came out to play after I was done.
I played "mean old man" and told them to quit playing on my freshly cleared walk: they had the whole block at their disposal, and they chose to run and kick snow where they had just watched me shovel. Grump, grump, grump. Here's an old picture of my wife doing some shoveling (she volunteered!).So I sent out the gmail invites, and I hope you will sign up (did I mention it's free?) and join me-- it gets kinda lonely here by myself. Tell us what you're up to. And invite some more grads. The more the merrier.
Steve E
Sunday, February 4, 2007
Welcome To The Blog!
I thought it would be fun to keep in touch using a blog-- we all will be able to post, and then to add comments to the post. This will be a little easier than Classmates, perhaps (which always seems to jam my browser), and limited to just us and the friends we invite (although anyone can comment).
Why a blog? Well, who doesn't want to say they have a blog? Welcome to the 21st century. It lets you carry on a "conversation" with a group of people without having to CC: a bunch of addresses in an email. You can put links to other pages, and (I think) add pictures-- although you may just want to link to pictures to make the page quicker to view. And you can come and view it whenever you want, and add comments to anyone else's post.
You have to have a gmail account (Google mail); email me and I will send you an invitation. I have an account, of course; I use it only to access the blog and for testing for work; but it is not a bad system and a lot of people use it for their personal email.
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I want to put a "Fighting Scarlet" logo in the upper corner, but I can't find one: not even in the yearbook. If anyone has one they can scan and send to me I'd appreciate it.
-- Steve E
Why a blog? Well, who doesn't want to say they have a blog? Welcome to the 21st century. It lets you carry on a "conversation" with a group of people without having to CC: a bunch of addresses in an email. You can put links to other pages, and (I think) add pictures-- although you may just want to link to pictures to make the page quicker to view. And you can come and view it whenever you want, and add comments to anyone else's post.
You have to have a gmail account (Google mail); email me and I will send you an invitation. I have an account, of course; I use it only to access the blog and for testing for work; but it is not a bad system and a lot of people use it for their personal email.
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I want to put a "Fighting Scarlet" logo in the upper corner, but I can't find one: not even in the yearbook. If anyone has one they can scan and send to me I'd appreciate it.
-- Steve E
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