Bruce Turner:  

ng, until 7,8 months ago I can't remember even eating a wheat thin. Never gave them a thought. Now I can't get enough of them. There are days I can go through an entire box (the 10.5 oz. not the 16 oz.) Bev thinks I need help but I believe I can kick this on my own. We'll see. Fond Memory Fragments: Seems we always had snow at Xmas, Irving School fall carnival (what a blast), Swimming at Douglas Park, Trying to sneak into the pool at Koczu? Kosckie? Kucsh? oh, that park in E.C., I.C.E. dances at Irving, Acappella singing with the guys in the park (I'm sure we were great), Wolf Lake, Fire works at Whiting Beach, The Roller Dome, Those sappy blue paper coupons for even sappier circus at the Civic Center, B.A.B., Bobby Beach, Hill 99, The Cudahay Ghost, That old dirty gray bearded guy under the E.C. Bridge, Bus trips (Riverview, Dunes), The #2 Bus, Summer carnival by Koshusko, Kuscushio, Kuskiesc? oh, that park in E.C., DeLocks, Edmar, The Igloo, Goldblatt's, Minas', Millikins, The Pathenon, Paramount and Caramel Corn place next to it, Woodmar, Gentry's, The Kettle (not my hangout), Chat & Chew (There neither), Sledding down Irving Park side of Toll Road, Drinking beer and watching Noll football in tall grass on other side of Toll Road, Riding in trunk to get in 41 drive-in, Dear lost friends (Ma, Dennis, Ray), Mr. Welty Day, More later. Sadly, must add Kenny Anderson to lost Dear Friends list...bummer. Outside of adding Ken it has been some time since I've updated things a bit. For one thing we now are the proud grandparents of 4. Three boys and one girl. Sophie and Liam are our son's children in Chicago and Our daughter Vicki had another boy Noah reside in Hessville. The prospects of further additions are slim at best. Last Saturday Bev and I met an old fellow regionite for lunch at Tommy Bahama's in Scottsdale. It was none other than Christina Derejko! We spent a pleasant couple hours over wine (Chris had diet coke?) bringing one another up to date. I must admit I was surprised at Christina's family history. It is quite an amazing story. Last spring I met a former coworker and some Hessville friends of his at a golf course here in Chandler. To my surprise two of the members of their group were Wayne Hargrove and Jerry Strempka. Can you believe it? Fellow region rats, right here in Arizona. If I was a typical Arizona gun toting idiot I would have emptied my chamber in celebration (in self-defense mind you). The last two summers Bev and I have been renting a house on Cedar Lake. Yes, that Cedar Lake. This coming August we will be there for 3 weeks. The house is located right on the lake with a 40' pier. At night, after several white russians and the moon shining brightly it could be Tahoe as far as we are concerned. Keep your comments to yourself if you will, we love it. It is perfectly located so we can visit family and friends, dine at the Light House, play golf and retire for the night at our own place. Have I mentioned that I kinda like retirement? Other than Cedar Lake, Bev and I have taken a few other trips. For our 25th we went back to Hawaii. This time Maui. I played the Plantation Course and had a cheesburger in Paradise. Also we spent 8 days in Bermuda. A dream vacation. But beware, riding a jet ski on the ocean is like riding a mechanical bull, beats the crap out of you. This past September we went to Mrytle Beach for a week. We had a condo right on the beach. I must confess. I am not much of an ocean person. Too many creatures beneath the surface. I love being by the water but don't wish to become shark bait. I spent most days golfing and sucking down alcohol from the shore. More later.