Lonzie Jackson:
CLASS OF 1967
Castlemont High SchoolClass of 1967
Oakland, CA
Seaside High SchoolClass of 1967
Seaside, CA
Garfield High SchoolClass of 1966
Seattle, WA
Lonzie's Story
CLASSMATES ; ) LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY..... LISTEN TO THIS... IT WAS EARLY TUESDAY MORNING AND MYSELF AND A BROTHER FROM SOUTHERN CALI. THOUGHT WE WOULD DO A LITTLE FISHING BEFORE THE RAINY SEASON SET IN, AND WE WOULD NEED TO WAIT TILL NEXT YEAR TO GO OUT.(RIGHT) SO WE PACKED OUR LUNCH AND SOME ZOO-ZOOS, AND WHAM-WHAMS, AND SET OFF TO KILL EM (THE FISH ) THAT IS .WE DROVE FOR ABOUT 2.5 HRS. FOUND OUR SPOT TO WHERE WE WERE GOING TO BE PULLING THE FISH IN ALL DAY LONG. THE WEATHER WAS IN OUR FAVOR, WE PUT RODS TOGETHER AND BAITED UP, AND IT WAS ON, (YOU HEAR ME) IT WAS ON, AS YOU MAY GUEST I LANDED THE FIRST FISH A SMALL 4.5 LB. BLUE GILL ON A 6.5' POLE WITH 6LB. TEST LINE. A GOOD FIGHT, THE BLUE GILL PUT UP, BUT TO AN ANGLER SUCH AS ME (LOL) THE FIGHT WAS NOT UP TO PAR. I'VE HAD TROUT TO PUT UP A BETTER FIGHT. BUT YET AND STILL I LANDED THE FIRST FISH. THAT WAS WORTH A $20.00 BILL, AND THE FIGHT WAS ONCE AGAIN ON, THIS TIME A MUCH BETTER FISH AND FIGHT. AFTER ABOUT TWENTY MIN. I WAS GETTING TIRED OF PLAYING AND WANTED SOMETHING BIGGER. WITH MY SECOND FISH LANDED I THOUGHT I WOULD HAVE A BITE TO EAT, WHILE MY PARTNER IN THE FISHING SPIRIT OF CATCHING, DID HIS THING AND DID LAND A NICE 3LB. BLUE-GILL. AS YOU MAY KNOW MY PARTNER STARTED TO SHOOT OFF HIS MOUTH ABOUT WHAT I COULD LOOK FORWARD TO THE REST OF THE MORNING. AS TIME WENT ON I THOUGHT I WOULD ALLOW HIM TO LISTEN TO SOME GOOD INSIGHT :) NOW YOU MAY HAVE ALREADY GUESSED, MY PARTNER IS A FEW YEARS IN LIFE BEHIND ME, ALONG WITH HIS FISHING SKILLS... NOW THIS IS A THINKER : ) IF PEOPLES THINKING IS CONTROLLED BY THE SINFUL SELF ( WE ALL HAVE THAT SIDE) THERE IS DEATH. BUT CHECK THIS OUT; ) BUT IF THEIR THINKING IS CONTROLLED BY THE SPIRIT THERE IS LIFE AND PEACE)....(H...Expand for more
OW ABOUT THAT)..... AS I SAT ON THE BANK OF THE LAKE I WAS TAKEN BACK TO MY YOUNGER DAYS WHEN A OLDER BROTHER ( LARRY JACKSON) WAS TEACHING ME SOME SKILLS AT FISHING. LARRY WAS SOME YEARS OLDER AND A GREAT ROLL MODEL, ( MILLIE LOVED LARRY) HE WAS AN OUTSTANDING PLAY GROUND DIRECTOR ( AT BROOKFIELD REC ) AFTER A FEW YEARS OF TRAINING I BECAME REAL GOOD AT FISHING FOR MOST ANY FISH, MANY TIMES ROBERT JACKSON (THE BISHOP) JIMMY JACKSON AND OF COURSE ME WOULD COMING HOME AFTER FISHING ON MORE THAN ONE OR TWO OCCASIONS, LARRY AND I PUT ON A FEW GREAT FISH FRY'S, WITH GREAT MUSIC AND CARD PLAYING, DOMINO'S AND POKER GAMES FOR THE BIG BOY'S. AS I CONTINUED TO SCHOOL MY BROTHER IN THE ART OF SKILLED FISHING WE HAD TIME TO SET AND TALK ABOUT WORLDLY THINGS, THAT WE HAD NOT THOUGHT WE WOULD EVER GET INTO, IT CROSSED MY MINE TO TO PUT A LITTLE MORE ON MY BROTHER. I THOUGHT I WOULD GIVE HIM SOME MORE OF MY INSIGHT AND IT WENT LIKE THIS :) " BROTHER AS YOU RUMBLE ON THROUGH LIFE WHAT EVER BE YOUR GOAL, KEEP YOUR EYE UPON THE DO-NUT AND NOT UPON THE HOLE " YEP I COULD SEE THE YOUNG BROTHER WAS HAVING A TIME WITH UNDERSTANDING, THE MEANING SO AGAIN I LAID MORE IN SIGHT ON HIM.. " THERE ARE MANY THINGS IN LIFE THAT WILL CATCH YOUR EYE, BUT ONLY A FEW WILL CATCH YOUR HEART--- PURSUE THOSE THINGS THAT CATCH YOUR HEART." AS THE MORNING CAME TO A CLOSE, WE HAD ENOUGH FISH TO FEED MANY OF OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY 2Xs OVER. I WILL END THIS TAIL WITH TELLING YOU OF A PROMISES.....SOOOOOOO I TELL YOU TO BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVE RECEIVED THE THINGS YOU HAVE ASK FOR IN PRAYER, AND GOD WILL GIVE THEM TO YOU......... ALL YOU NEED TO DO Is BELIEVE !!! JUST BELIEVE
The one person from my past who I'd most like to see again is MY EX WIFE JACKIE, because I NEED TO SAY??????.
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