Hey Dan - I graduated from college in 1977 with a guy name of Ken Dodge who went to work in Chiloquin with the FS. I don't know for how long, but that was the word on the streets in '77.
That's impressive Andy. At 11 years old I was still a red shirt 3rd grader. Not the sharpest spoon in the drawer.
Kindergarten
I'll just say I was 4 years old. ?????ÿ
I can more likely recall the Challenger incident and of course 9/11.
Junior year in Sumner, Washington. A little immature in that I really enjoyed being able to witness the spectacle and not have to suffer any of the consequences since the prevailing wind prevented ash fall in our area.
You were just hoping someone might need to run into town so you could beg the whole way there how necessary it would be to stop at Chancy's for a big ol' swirly ice cream cone.
Late '78 to early '80 was 12 miles east, a mile SSW of the "U".
Couldn't remember what year that changed for sure.?ÿ Heck I remember a tiny diner with only a few seats about where city hall is today across the street from the Do Drop Inn.?ÿ Close to Miner's Theater and John Deere.?ÿ Not the Cherry Blossom.?ÿ Could buy a Sunday issue of The Kansas City Star from a rack in front of the theater.
Learned from Mr. Lamb that your dad used to work for my uncle's cousin who ran the Western Auto.
One thing I recall from that little diner was they had a fair-sized framed photo of the Kansas City Monarchs with several autographs signed on it.?ÿ That was my introduction to the concept of segregated sports.
I was on a little army airfield in central Germany while my dad did his part to keep the red menace at bay.?ÿ Being from Portland and the fact that my grandparents were friends with Harry Truman (the lodge owner not the president) we watched the build up quite closely.?ÿ But sadly, we did not see the blast from the Rhine.?ÿ When we returned to Ft Lewis later that year, I went with my dad to visit some of his Cav buddies that had spent the summer recovering bodies.?ÿ It did not sound very pleasant.
Here is a picture of the new Spirit Lake from a job I did for the USACE in 2010.
