My Rocky..... gone

The Rocky Mountain News, less than two months away from its 150th anniversary, will be closed after a search for a buyer proved unsuccessful. The final edition will print Friday, Feb. 27, 2009.


ROCKY KEPT SWINGING UNTIL THE VERY END

"It came into being on a dark night two years before the Civil War's first gunshots, survived a flood that washed away its press and countless threats to its very existence, then enjoyed, in the twilight of it's life, recognition as one of the best newspapers in the country."
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Gov. Bill Ritter called it "a very, very sad day."
Ritter was speaking to newspaper executives at a luncheon today at the Governor's Mansion when the news came. Someone in the audience stood and said it was official: The Rocky Mountain News was closing.
"We're losing a Colorado icon," Ritter said of the nearly 150-year-old newspaper. "We're losing a newspaper that has helped create history."
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The first owner and publisher of the Rocky Mountain News, William Byers, who founded the paper on the second floor of a saloon, decided early on that Eastern moneyed investors would want Denver to have good steamboat access — a profoundly unrealistic prospect on the High Plains. So he simply invented it. Shipping news, complete with the made-up names of arriving and departing vessels, heading out on the South Platte River, bound east with made-up loads of freight, became a fictional staple.
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http://www.nebraskahistory.org/publish/publicat/timeline/byers_william_n.htm

http://www.denvergov.org/AboutDenver/history_char_byers.asp

Scholarships for Seguin students

Pictured are Darren Dunn (KWED announcer who emceed the "Smokey" Joe Williams Scholarship Banquet Fundraiser) and Jack Hamlett, former Seguin City Manager. Jack was instrumental in initiating this fundraiser.

An education is so very important and it is gratifying to see that various organizations in Seguin see the importance and give scholarships to deserving students.

Nancy L. Brown, PhD. writes that "when you think about it, after unconditional love and attention, there may be nothing more powerful a parent can give a child than education."

Not only are scholarships available for Seguin students, there are many in the community who mentor students, helping them achieve and instilling a desire for further education.

The "Smokey" Joe Williams scholarship fundraiser will give one or two Seguin students the opportunity to go college.

http://cyclonejoe.blogspot.com/

Last night was the tenth annual "Smokey" Joe Williams Scholarship Fundraiser. Scholarships will be given to deserving Seguin athletes through this fund and the banquet is an important fundraiser toward this purpose. The featured speaker was World Series MVP Dave Stewart.

78155 Athletic Club & Nutrition Center

http://www.club78155.com/about.htm

Club78155 features private areas for men and women, and unisex areas as well. There is an enclosed free weight room, a studio wooded floor enclosure for dance exercise groups and classes. Plus a City Blends Smoothie Cafe & Coffee Center with a wide selection of healthy foods and beverages.

Granddaughters' tribute to their grandmother

I've always admired Jeff and Beau Bridges as actors. Actually, I didn't see many of their father Lloyd Bridges' movies (nor his television films), but have always read that the Bridges family was a 'real' family. Jeff Bridges' daughters' wrote a very moving tribute about their grandmother Dorothy that Jeff shares on his website.

http://www.jeffbridges.com/hayem.html

Dorothy Louise Simpson Bridges

September 19, 1915 - February 16, 2009

"She was such a creative person and inspired us all to be creative," said Jeff, recalling that while he and his brother and sister were growing up, their mother devoted an hour a day to each of them to do whatever each child wanted to do — from "making each other up like clowns" to "playing spaceships."

Praying for Carolyn

Our God, our help in ages past,

Our hope for years to come,

Our shelter from the stormy blast,

And our eternal Home!

Beneath the shadow of thy throne

Still may we dwell secure;

Sufficient is thine arm alone,

And our defense is sure.

God be with our friend Carolyn - and her family

Husband is a GOOD Cook!

He IS seasoned just right!