From: Jane fromherz
Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 4:57 PM
Subject: FW: Announcing Little Natalie
From: "Ortiz Annella M SSgt 55 MXS/MXMRSE" 
Subject: Announcing Little Natalie
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 14:28:38 -0500
Hello – Thought
you might like this so you could send it out to some of your friends. It is
a scanned version of Natalie’s birth announcements. Love you and I will
talk with you later…
From: Jane fromherz
Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 5:57 PM
Subject: RE: NewsletterFromTheHeart #10 Reminder Postcard
Hi Connie and the Family
newsletter, Things are fine with me, I am working at the new Flexible Foam
production plant in Longview, Washington. We make foam rubber and sell to
Serta, Spring Air and King Koil. It is a steady job and I do enjoy it. I
am in the wrapping section, filling orders for the three companies. We also
have a warehouse in Utah and we sell to Spring Air, so we are constantly
selling products to that section of the Flexible Foam company. I am also
working at JoAnn Fabrics and doing a few Demo's at the grocery stores, I am
caught up with all my bills and hope to start putting a little away for a
rainy day...which isn't so far off!!! In my spare time I sew and mend for
people, and do some crafts for sale.
I recently got a new Grandaughter, I would
suppose that Annella has sent a letter for the family newsletter. Little
Natalie Marie was born 3 weeks early and weighed 11 pounds 2 ounces at
birth. She is so beautiful...of course that is a Grandmother talking...and
I'm not a bit partial! (Hopefully Connie will have a picture of her that
she can put in this letter.) Annella and Jeremy got out of their apartment
and are now renting a nice house in the Omaha area. Little Nathan who
turned 1 in April, is adapting well to having a new little sister...he pats
her on the head and gives her kisses and loves.
Adam has been re-stationed to a Coast Guard
station in Seattle where he is doing some work on the boat that my brother's
son, Kevin, is on. Adam recently went to Florida to do some study on Diesel
engines and right now he is on a temporary duty repairing the boat, The Alex
Hailey, which is in Alaska. Adam and Bekah's three beautiful little boys,
if you want to describe little boys as beautiful, are all doing so great.
Little Adam just turned 4, and the twins, Ean and Eathan turned 2 in June.
I was up to their home on the 4th of July and got to go up again for Adam's
birthday. I have such fun with those little boys, they are just great to be
around. Adam and Bekah just bought a home in Port Orchards, it is big
enough for the whole family...as it was they had a one bedroom house and the
boys took the bedroom while Adam and Bekah slept on the floor in the living
room...they needed a bigger home.
I haven't done much recently on my home but I
have the urge lately to finish a few things I began...like my front fence,
made from headboards I retrieved from the motel where I worked, and the
wallpaper in my kitchen, taking off the wallpaper in the family room and
painting it, and cleaning up my backyard.
I am working on children's quilts now, I
have 4 to make for the grandchildren, I enjoy making them so much. I must
go now, have much to do.
My Love to all, Jane
Charlie and Marilyn send their warmest Holiday Greetings to all
our family. We have had a busy time this year and can’t believe the holidays
are upon us again.
Charlie is working almost full-time now
with his pilot/escort service. He loves that truck and has it completely
equipped to be the best pilot out there. In addition to the computer,
printer, GPS, hands-free phone, scanner and refrigerator he is thinking of
adding a Snug-top to the truck so he can sleep comfortably when he is on
overnight trips.
With Charlie working so much, Marilyn
continues to sew and create for many contests upcoming this next year. She
won a 1st place award this year with Bernina/Benartex “Travels in
Time Challenge” with an embroidered quilt entitled “Adventure in My
Garden”. This prize was a brand new Bernina Sewing/Embroidery machine. So
now, we have 3 machines going at one time!
Travels this year have really been lots of
fun. In June we took the trailer on our yearly June trek to Oregon, but
went up to Prince George, Canada first to visit Charlie’s son Chuck and wife
Deb. Got in a little sailing with them while we were there. We then came
south again stopping in Salem, for Charlie to get in some riding with
brother Don and attend the family reunion. Charlie rode in Cycle Oregon
again this year – enjoyable and fun for him, as always. Marilyn had an
opportunity to travel with several girls to Scotland and Ireland for three
weeks in August – what an experience – especially the highlands of
Scotland! Weather was beautiful with only a couple of days of light rain
and the flowers were in bloom profusely. The hills of Inverness and Ireland
were covered in purple heather. A great time and took over a 1000 pictures
on the digital camera. I made a movie on the computer with all the photos
for all of us to enjoy.
We hope all of you will have a wonderful
holiday and look forward to seeing many of you again next summer. Hugs,
Charlie and Marilyn
From: Gale,
James B NWW [mailto:James.B.Gale@nww01.usace.army.mil]
Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 6:35 PM
Subject: RE: greetings from Mississippi
Mom,
Thanks for the pictures. Everything
here in the text is fine.
I spent today in Walthall County getting ready to
set up 2 debris reduction station. The County seat is Tylertown. Tylertown
is the home town of Brittany Spears. The estimates on vegetative debris are
200,000 cubic yards. They are talking about giving us the demolition debris
mission. We would than go in and remove structures that were damaged by the
storm.
Yesterday, we were under a severe tornado
warning. We were pulled from the field and hung out in the hotel until
1200. The storms let up and a group of us went over to Natchez (start of
the Natchez trail or Trace) it is a small town on the Mississippi River.
The town was built in the late 1700’s. We found a little BBQ place for
dinner. It was great! The plantation buildings and other structures were
great too. I have not down loaded any pictures yet. I will send some.
Love you lots
From: Connie
Gale [mailto:congale@ispwest.com]
Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 11:28 AM
Subject: RE: greetings from Mississippi
Jay, May I put some of this in the
newsletter? Let me know what you do NOT want printed. Thx, Mom
I attached a couple of pictures of Tami that I
took at Di & Kennedy’s luncheon . . .
From: Gale,
James B NWW [mailto:James.B.Gale@nww01.usace.army.mil]
Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 6:24 PM
Subject: RE: greetings from Mississippi
Greetings,
Today in Brookhaven, the outer rings of Rita were present in the
sky. The winds were about 10-15 miles per hour. We are to get about 6
inches of rain tomorrow and the next few days. I am here for the duration
of the storm. If Rita hooks north east, I could be in the path. We will
see how it moves. There is not a hotel for 300-400 miles north of here.
The evacuees of
Texas and
Louisiana are here. The
Wal-Mart is a zoo the town is flooded with people fleeing.
I-55 is plugged with the evacuees.
The trucks moving debris for us are now being slowed by the masses
of people.
Tuesday, the debris site that I was at took in 28,000 cubic yards of
vegetative
debris. We started two new sites today. The
vegetative
debris sites are set up with a large tub grinder and several
loaders on about 100 acres. The site can only take in debris when the Corps
reps are onsite. However, the grinding goes on 24 hours a day, or as needed
to keep up. If Rita does not delay us too much, I will be running 6 sites
in three counties of Mississippi. I am managing a group of 20 individuals
and report totals up daily. In conjunction with the site work, there is a
team of Corps
personnel that are following the contractors around to make
sure that they only pick up the debris that FEMA has designated for us to
handle.
There is talk that the team will be split after Rita. 50% to stay
here and finish the mission and back fill the vacancies. The other 50%
would be the initial attack on the damage to Texas and
Louisiana. I will keep you up to date on my location as the comm’s allow.
I will send some pictures in a couple of days.
Later from MS
James
Subject:
greetings from Mississippi
Greetings Friends and
Family.
I departed Walla Walla on
Tuesday morning. I in processed in Vicksburg and was sent down range
today. I am in Hattiesburg and will be further deployed tomorrow morning.
I will be stationed in Brookhaven, which is about 2 hours west of my present
location.
This area is not that bad.
The gulf region is BAD. We are bracing for some of the side affects of
Rita.
I will write as I get
time.
Take Care,
James
(Jim’s Connie’s Jay)
From: Fromherz Family
[mailto:rkmfromkofc@juno.com]
Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 11:43 AM
Subject: RE: RETIREMENT This was worth passing
on......................
As
some of us who aren't retired yet, look forward to that day, I need to find
out if this is one of those possible activities that keep you busy??? If
you don't like the bumper sticker used, you can edit it to our own political
character. Rocket
Russ in Reno
Subject: RETIREMENT
PEOPLE FREQUENTLY ASK RETIRED PEOPLE WHAT THEY DO TO MAKE THEIR DAYS
INTERESTING. I WENT TO THE STORE THE OTHER DAY. I WAS ONLY IN THERE FOR
ABOUT 5 MINUTES. WHEN I CAME OUT THERE WAS A CITY COP WRITING OUT A PARKING
TICKET. I WENT UP TO HIM AND SAID, "COME ON, BUDDY, HOW ABOUT GIVING A
SENIOR A BREAK?" HE IGNORED ME AND CONTINUED WRITING THE TICKET. I CALLED
HIM A NAME. HE GLARED AT ME AND STARTED WRITING ANOTHER TICKET FOR HAVING
WORN TIRES. SO I CALLED HIM A WORSE NAME. HE FINISHED THE SECOND TICKET AND
PUT IT ON THE WINDSHIELD WITH THE FIRST. THEN HE STARTED WRITING A THIRD
TICKET. THIS WENT ON FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES. THE MORE I ABUSED HIM THE MORE
TICKETS HE WROTE. I DIDN'T CARE. MY CAR WAS PARKED AROUND THE CORNER AND
THIS ONE HAD A "HILLARY IN '08" BUMPER STICKER ON IT. I TRY TO HAVE A LITTLE
FUN EACH DAY NOW THAT I'M RETIRED. IT'S IMPORTANT AT OUR AGE.
From:
michael.e.holt@att.net [mailto:michael.e.holt@att.net]
Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 2:54 PM
Subject: FW: Commo check (UNCLASSIFIED)
-------------- Forwarded
Message: --------------
From: "Fromherz, Judy L MAJ HQDA DCS G-8" <Judy.Fromherz@hqda.army.mil>
Subject: Commo check (UNCLASSIFIED)
Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 19:53:41 +0000
Murph
Hello from the
pentagon. I am here at work and wired!
Please pass my new email
address to Marty, Art, Russ, & Connie.
Love ya
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: NONE
From: Charlie
Fromherz [mailto:charlesf@verizon.net]
Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 7:46 PM
To: Editor - ERRC Laurie 'Wo' Smith
Subject: FIRE IN CALIMESA
For all our friends and family who have or have not contacted
us about our fire in Calimesa. Marilyn and I were both gone for a couple of
days and also heard of the fire on the TV. Our neighbors assured us all was
ok at the Plantation - wind was blowing away from us, but everything was
dark and smoky. It was very close on the ridge behind us - but our area is
very cleared of brush because of so much building going on around us.
Thanks for all your emails and calls of concern. Charlie and Marilyn
From:
michael.e.holt@att.net [mailto:michael.e.holt@att.net]
Sent: Friday, October 07, 2005 10:49 AM
Subject: New E-mail address
Hi everyone we have a new e-mail address it is
michaelmary50@msn.com
Mike, Mary, Brian & Travis
From: Fromherz,
Judy L MAJ HQDA DCS G-8 [mailto:Judy.Fromherz@hqda.army.mil]
Sent: Friday, October 07, 2005 11:32 AM
Subject: Commo check (UNCLASSIFIED)
Hello
all
This is my new work email address. I have reported into the Pentagon and
am looking forward to starting my new job. I will be in school for about a
month beginning 17 October which will help me do my job!
Taz and
I have moved into our new apartment. The address is: Judy Fromherz, 5044
Eisenhower Ave # 405, Alexandria, VA 22304.
We have
already had our first medical emergency.....Taz got her tail caught in the
door last evening and has an inch-long gash that was bleeding. I am taking
her to the vet this afternoon to make sure that it does not get infected.
Darn those automatically closing doors!
I have a
special request...please take this to heart if it applies to you......please
do not forward jokes or funny anecdotes to this email since it is my
official work email. I would, however, love to hear from you so don't
hesitate to drop me a note. :)
Take care and wish me luck
Judy (Art’s Judy)
From:
Fromherz Family [mailto:rkmfromkofc@juno.com]
Sent: Friday, October 07, 2005 12:42 PM
Subject: Fw: Kevin's Rank Promotion
Dad,
Here is the advancement message that was sent out. I was promoted to
Operations Spe-cialist Second Class, which is the same as Petty Officer
Second Class, which is the same as an E-5. Kevin
##########################
7. THE FOLLOWING
MEMBERS MAY BE ADVANCED TO THE RATING/PAYGRADE
INDICATED.
BORJA 000740 OS2
J PANKEY 000085 OS2
T WERNER 000289 OS2
K FROMHERZ 000508 OS2
8. ADVANCEMENTS OCCUR
BASED ON ACTUAL VACANCIES IRRESPECTIVE OF THE CUTOFF. ENLISTED CUTOFFS ARE
DESIGNED FOR PLANNING AND GUARANTEE ADVANCEMENTS TO THOSE PERSONNEL AT/ABOVE
THE CUTOFF, BASED ON PROJECTED VACANCIES DURING A SPECIFIC PERIOD OF
ELIGIBILITY. AS NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE, THE NEED TO PUBLISH
MODIFIED CUTOFF NBRS IS EXAMINED.
9. PERSONNEL ARE
REMINDED THAT IN KEEPING WITH THE INTENT OF THE POLICY, PERSONNEL WHO APPEAR
ON TWO SWE ADVANCEMENT LISTS AND ARE EITHER OFFERED ADVANCEMENT OR
IDENTIFIED FOR ADVANCEMENT FROM THE EARLIER SWE ELIGIBILITY LIST AS A RESULT
OF A REVISION TO THE CUTOFFS, ARE REMOVED FROM THE LATER SWE ELIGIBILITY
LIST IN WHICH
THEY COMPETED.
10. RELEASED BY CAPT
M. D. BLIVEN, CHIEF, ENLISTED PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT DIVISION.
11. INTERNET RELEASE
AUTHORIZED.
BT NNNN
From: Daniel David
Lewis Frommherz [mailto:mckenzie_market@mckenzievalleymarket.com]
Sent: Friday, October 07, 2005 6:55 PM
Subject: KEEPERS
Their marriage was good, their dreams
focused. Their best friends lived barely a wave away. I can see them now,
Dad in trousers, tee shirt and a hat and Mom in a house dress, lawn mower in
one hand, and dish-towel in the other. It was the time for fixing things. A
curtain rod, the kitchen radio, screen door, the oven door, the hem in a
dress.
Things we keep. It was a way of life, and
sometimes it made me crazy. All that re-fixing, eating, renewing, I wanted
just once to be wasteful. Waste meant affluence. Throwing things away meant
you knew there'd always be more.
But then my father died, and on that clear
summer's night just before dawn, in the warmth of the hospital room, I was
struck with the pain of learning that sometimes there isn't any more.
Sometimes, what we care about most gets all used up and goes away... never
to return.
So... while we have it... it's best we love
it... and care for it... and fix it when it's broken... and heal it when
it's sick.
This is true... for marriage... and old
cars... and children with bad report cards... and dogs with bad hips... and
aging parents... and grandparents
We keep them because they are worth it,
because we are worth it. Some things we keep. Like a best friend that moved
away or a classmate we grew up with.
There are just some things that make life
important, like people we know who are special... and so, we keep them
close! I received this from someone who thinks I am a keeper, so I'm sending
it to the people I think of in the same way. Now it's your turn to send this
to those people that are "keepers" in your life Good friends are like
stars... You don't always see them, but you know they are always there. Keep
them close!
TEN THINGS GOD WON'T
ASK ON THAT DAY
1. God won't ask what kind of car you drove.
He'll ask how many people you drove who didn't have transportation.
2. God won't ask the square footage of your
house, He'll ask how many people you welcomed into your home.
3. God won't ask about the clothes you had in
your closet, He'll ask how many you helped to clothe.
4. God won't ask what your highest salary
was. He'll ask if you compromised your character to obtain it.
5. God won't ask what your job title was.
He'll ask if you performed your job to the best of your ability.
6. God won't ask how many friends you had.
He'll ask how many people to whom you were a friend.
7. God won't ask in what neighborhood you
lived, He'll ask how you treated your neighbors.
8. God won't ask about the color of your
skin, He'll ask about the content of your character.
9. God won't ask why it took you so long to
seek Salvation. He'll lovingly take you to your mansion in heaven, and not
to the gates of Hell.
10. God won't have to
ask how many people you forwarded this to. He already knows your decision.
From:
Fr. Gerard Gross [mailto:gerard@trappist.net]
Sent: Monday, October 10, 2005 6:16 PM
Subject: RE: NewsletterFromTheHeart #10 Reminder Postcard
Dear Family, Peace be
with you.
Our news of
the year is long and involved. We had a huge fire that demolished the old
monastery started by three by lightning strikes in a row says an observer.
Fr. Charles, Br. Placid and Fr. Lawrence died this year after two years with
no deaths. Plenty of other could die any time though no one seems to be
dying at this moment! After a long vocation drought we have two Postulants.
One research scientist from Nigeria and the other an LPN. Our Nigerian
brother Emeka will return to his monastery in Nigeria soon, but he hopes to
return to join us. His mother died recently at age 108! I now am not only
still Guestmaster and Cantor-Director of music—but also learning the baking
operation by working there three mornings a week making fruitcake. This is
preparing me to take over the job of chief baker someday perhaps! At least
they want someone else to know all the ins and outs of the operation besides
Br. Basil who has resigned the job but helps keep it going for the moment.
One of the office ladies resigned last Thursday, so we are look for a new
registrar to hire. We are well covered for the moment. We have had perhaps
the rainiest summer on record followed by 0 rain in September. October has
already produced 6.3 inches so the drought is over again!
Other news is we
are buying through ecologically minded donors (including hopefully the State
of Georgia, which pays for development rights on land to guarantee a green
space) the Susong property that dwells in the center of our property to
prevent it from being developed. Meanwhile, our Abbot Dom Francis Michael is
in Rome for our General Chapter of Abbots and Abbesses.
God bless you all. Please
pray for us and we surely keep you all in our prayers.
Shalom
Br.
Gerard-David
Please keep in your prayer Jim Fromherz. Jim was
transferred from Newberg Hospital to the Chehalem Care Center,
Room 11,1900 E Fulton Street, Newberg, Oregon 97132, 503-538-2108
