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From: Jerry Mason
jerbob@ncplus.netSubject: Address Change
Date: Tue 10/12/2004 6:44 PM
Hi Ace,
Hey, you're doing a great job in running/maintaining the Class of '60 website. Thanks much for your labor of love. I noticed when perusing the site today that my email address needs to be updated. If you have the means to do it, please delete the jmason37@netzero.net address and replace it with jerbob@ncplus.net.
Thanks much,
Jerry Mason
From:Ina Thompson
InaJoThomp@aol.comSubject: Navy pics
Date: 10.11.04
Here are all the pictures I have from the Class of '60 mini-reunion.If the 2 group pictures come through OK, you might check with Rosie.Our computers are having a hard time communicating.(I have tried it a couple of other ways and haven't heard yet if they worked.)
Ina Thompson
PS - Let me know if you get these OK..........
From: Ken Alnwick
kjalnwick@cox.netSubject: Navy pics & Killer's visit to Destin
Date: 10/11/04
Ace,
In response to Rosie's instructions here are three photos from our last USAFA mini-reunion. The local gang did a great job that even the last two minutes of the Navy game could not diminish.
On a personal note, the third member of the Happy Hill Farm gang, Wayne Kendall, will be at SeaSpray on 12 October along with Barbara. We'll be gathering with available classmates at the Lucky Snapper in Destin at 1830. Love to see you and Weesie there along with any other classmates and loved ones who can join us.
Cheers,
Ken
From: Molly Lombardi
mlombar@earthlink.netSubject: Gene Taylor whereabouts??
Date: 10/10/04
Hi-
A friend of mine asked me to help her find Gene Paul Taylor who entered the Air Force Academy in the fall of 1956. I figure he graduated with your class in 1960. I've sent a copy of her e-mail in case you know of his whereabouts. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. If I have contacted the wrong person, could you let me know where to go next? I look forward to hearing from you.
Thanks much, Molly
Molly Lombardi
mlombar@earthlink.net
Hi Molly,
I wonder if you could do me a favor? (My nearest contact hasn't responded after several requests!) I had a dear friend who attended the Air Force Academy, entering in the Fall of 1956. His name is Gene Paul Taylor. I'm curious to know if he's still living and, if so, where. Could you look him up for me?
Peggy McCalley
From: Frank Gorham
frankgorham@comcast.netSubject: IVAN
Date: Thu 9/30/2004 12:09 AM
Aaron,
I see you survived Ivan via Crestview. Have you heard anything from Ace? His USAFA 1960 website is down so I assume he is still w/o power in Mobile? We had some tornado scares over here in PC, as in VERY close. Other than that, all is fine. Well, actually our lot over in Palm Bay got battered several times. Maybe I'll keep it as our permanent hurricane magnet.
Cheers, Frank
From: Aaron Thrush
Amthrush@aol.comSubject: USAFA/USNA
Date: Wed 9/29/2004 11:53 PM
As I'm sure all of you already know, the Falcon/Goat game will be the featured ESPN Thursday night game tomorrow night. Since I have been busy cleaning up the yard from Ivan's visit and also have an elective hernia surgery scheduled for early tomorrow morning, this will really be a short message. The game is scheduled to start at 6:45 p.m. CDT Thursday night after the ESPN program starts at 6:30 p.m. CDT. For those Falcon fans in the local Emerald Coast area, Angler's will be happy to welcome you to watch the game and provide you with your favorite beverages and food. Since everyone can watch at home (if you have electricity, as most do) I doubt that there will be a large crowd at Angler's Sports Bar on Okaloosa Island. They survived Ivan with little to no damage even though they are on the Gulf.
We had about ten fans that watched Utah beat the Falcons 49-35 last Saturday at Angler's. Sorry, that I missed a preview of that game, but it was just as well as I expected Utah to win by a 31-14 score or close to that. I was pleasantly surprised along with I assume were many of you by the fact that the Falcons were able to score 35 points against a very good Utah squad in Salt Lake. Shaun Carney is beginning to make believers out of a lot of fans. This young man can pass and currently has a 70% completion rate. He is also a pretty good runner. One important outcome of the Utah game is that Darnell Stephens was injured and may not play against Navy. Anthony Butler (a C1C) and Edward Moss (a C3C) should pick up any slack at halfback (or WB as Stephens is designated). Matt Ward was found not guilty of the steroid charge, but so far I haven't seen that he has been put back on the football squad.
We all know that Navy defeated the Falcons last year by a 25-28 as Kyle Eckel rambled for 176 yards from his fullback position in the Middie option attack. He is a senior and at 240 pounds he is a stud who will get his yards again this year, but one would hope that the Falcon defense might hold him to around 100 yards. If they key too much on Eckel, the Middies will go to their QB, Aaron Polanco, a senior who at 6'0" and 208 pounds can run impressively as well. The Middies do have a weakness in their kicking game so look for some breaks there--with perhaps a blocked kick or so. It's time for bedtime, so I'll end this by suggesting that it will be a close, hard-fought game that will end up as an Air Force victory by a score of 28-20. This morning's line had Navy favored by 1 and 1/2 points.
One final tidbit is that next week's game on Saturday, 10/9, with New Mexico at USAFA will be televised by Sports West at around 5:00 p.m. CDT. Angler's should be able to pick up that game with their satellite capability. New Mexico plays Utah this Saturday, 10/2. More on that after the Navy game.
Aaron
From: Greg Boyington
boyingtong@sbcglobal.netSubject: Change of email address
Date: 9/14/2004
Please note that I have finally upgraded my email to DSL with the following email address (boyingtong@sbcglobal.net). I will maintain the aol.com for another month in case you miss this change.
Cheers, Greg
From: Howard Whitfield
hwhitfield@earthlink.netSubject: IVAN
Date: 9/16/2004
Ace,
I hope you all and your house came through Ivan OK.
Best wishes,
Howie
From:
Amthrush@aol.comSubject: UNLV
Date: 9/20/2004
This is going to be really short, gang, as everyone along the Gulf Coast is already too aware, we have Hurricane Ivan looking at us head on with 160+ mph winds currently. The forecasters say that it should drop in intensity a bit as it hits some dry air soon. Let's hope so. I'm likely out of Dodge tomorrow afternoon for who knows how long.
The Falcons scored some points Saturday as they defeated the Eastern Washington Eagles by a 42-20 score. Shaun Carney looked pretty good as he was 10 for 15 with 2 TD's and 139 yards passing. He also had 62 yards rushing. Dan Shaffer had 131 yards rushing and Darnell Stephens chipped in 41 yards rushing. Stephens had one rushing TD and also a TD from a pass reception. Thus, the above trio easily made my 200+ prediction of rushing yards for the three of them look good as they totaled 234 yards rushing. Adam Fitch got some playing time at QB and led the Falcons on a long drive and TD in the first quarter to go up 21-0. His second attempted drive was not as successful and Fitch had some fumbles in the fourth quarter. Still, he got some actual game time as Coach DeBerry works to have an alternative to Carney in case the latter falters. The Falcon defense left a lot to be desired as they gave up 20 points and 293 passing yards to the Eagles. The defense will have to do much better to keep the team in contention in games this week with UNLV and next week with Utah.
UNLV is 0-2 so far, but they are a much better team than that record indicates as they have lost to two Top 25 teams in the form of Tennessee (17-42) who was #14 last week and to Wisconsin (3-18) who was #21 last week. Both games were on the road for UNLV. We play them in Las Vegas this Saturday at 7:00 p.m.PDT (5:00 p.m. CDT). The game will not be on TV! ESPN in their wisdom took down the UNLV/AFA game that they had listed under Game Plan last week. No explanation and none expected. UNLV has a very good defensive team and can score. I hope I'm wrong, but I expect a Falcon loss to UNLV in the area of 14-24.
Aaron
From: Kenneth J. Alnwick
kjalnwick@cox.netSubject: Triple R
Date: Sep 1, 2004
Ace,
Sorry to be so slow wirh the mini-reunion in the sand pics. As usual it was great fun and good to see Pete King after many years--yea decades--have passed. Will you make the USAFA show in September?
Cheers,
Ken
Aaron Thrush, Pete King, Ken Alnwick, Bill Gillis, Ace Holman
From: Aaron Thrush
Amthrush@aol.comSubject: USAFA/Eastern Washington, 9/11
To be blunt, the Falcons were creamed, canned and sent back to the practice field last Saturday by the Cal Bears in a 56-14 Cal victory. This Saturday should provide a more pleasant outcome as the Eastern Washington Eagles from the Big Sky Conference (a Division 1AA League) come to Colorado Springs to test the Falcons. The game will not be on TV, but you can follow the game on the Internet if you choose by going to the Air Force Sports Website at 1:05 p.m. CDT. The week after the loss to California saw several news items of interest. C4/C Shaun Carney was reaffirmed as the starting QB for this next game. C/2C Adam Fitch who just returned to full time practice mode a bit over two weeks ago is now listed as the number 2 QB and Andy Gray is now number 3. It was also announced this week that Coach DeBerry now has a five year extension to his coaching contract that will keep him as the Falcon coach through 2009. Meanwhile, Linebacker Overton Spence was found innocent of abusing steroids by a court-martial and has been reinstated to the Falcon football squad. RB Matthew Ward who was impressive last year as a punt and kickoff returner has pled innocent to similar steroid charges and faced a court-martial this week, the result of which have yet to be announced.
Returning to this Saturday's game against Eastern Washington, we should be aware that the Eagles also lost their first game of the 2004 season. They were beaten by Nicholls State by a score of 37-14 on the latter's home field in Thibodauz, Louisiana, on 9/4. The game started shortly after torrential rains at the playing field, and the Eagles had 6 turnovers (four TO's in the first half). Nicholls State is also a I AA school and runs the option offense. They rolled up 246 rushing yards and 113 passing yards in defeating the Eagles. Eastern Washington's QB is Meyer and he completed 16 of 27 for 122 yards in the game. Two RB's, Witherspoon and Washington, rushed for 88 yards with 19 carries between them. The top Eagle receiver was Kimble who had 9 receptions for 66 yards.
Against Cal, the Falcons gave up a total of 573 yards while gaining only 271 total yards for their offensive total. QB Carney had 18 carries for 75 rushing yards and 89 yards passing with 9 of 15 passing; he passed for 1 TD and suffered 1 interception (on the Cal 9 yard line in the first half). The Falcons had only 56 total offense in the second half against Cal, and Carney had -5 yards rushing in the second half. Air Force went into half-time behind Cal by only 14-21. Cal outscored Air Force 35-0 in the second half; obviously the Cal coaching staff adjusted their defense for the unbalanced line the Air Force used with some success in the first half. Injuries were several from the Cal game. Starting RG Curtis Grantham has likely been lost for the season due to a fractured leg (left fibula). Other injuries included WR Alec Messerall - elbow strain, WR Greg Kirkwood - hip pointer, FB Adam Cole, torn knee ligament, NG Russ Mitscherling - groin strain, and CB David Conley - neck strain. All injured players except RG Grantham are listed as possible but questionable for this Saturday's game.
Given all the above discussion, I'll make the prediction that the Falcons will roll over Eastern Washington by a score of 38-7 on Saturday. Look for QB Carney, FB Dan Shaffer and RB Darnell Stephens to pile up over 200 rushing yards among the three of them against the Eagles. A victory should reinvigorate the Falcons and prepare them for a trip to Las Vegas to play the UNLV Rebels on September 18 at 9:00 p.m. CDT. The USAFA/UNLV game is currently listed to be on the ESPN Game Plan shekel and will be available for viewing at Angler's Sports Bar on Okaloosa Island for Ft. Walton Beach area fans. I apologize for any confusion caused for those on the East Coast that attempted to watch the Cal game on ESPN 2 last Saturday. I left on vacation on August 26 and didn't return until September 4 after the game ended. While I was gone, ESPN evidently decided to put the Virginia/Temple game on ESPN 2 in the East rather than show the USAFA/Cal game. Sometimes these TV schedules can be frustrating. With that in mind, we'll check and double-check that 9:00 p.m. CDT for the Las Vegas game on 9/18 and will keep you updated. The 9:00 p.m. time came from the Air Force Sports Website, but ESPN is currently showing what appears to be a 6:00 p.m. CDT starting time for the very same game.
Aaron
From:
bfuruta396@earthlink.netSubject: LA Chapter
Date: 9/1/04
Ace:
FYI grads in the Los Angeles area: J Facenda of the class of '75 is spearheading an effort to start a Los Angeles Chapter of the USAFA AOG. The initial meeting is set for Saturday, 9/11!!! At 1 pm at the Four Points Sheraton LAX, 9750 Airport Blvd, LA.
--
Ben Furuta
bfuruta396@earthlink.net
From: Aaron Thrush
Amthrush@aol.comSubject: Update from our Sports Editor
Date: 8/27/04
This will be short, but the news from Colorado today was too shocking to not pass it along. The news about the starting QB on 9/4 may just be enough to persuade you to show up at Angler's at 11:00 a.m. CDT to watch the game rather than watch it at home on ESPN 2. Anyone curious yet? Coach DeBerry announced yesterday (Tuesday) that he will be starting a freshman by the name of Shaun Carney of North Olmstead, Ohio, at QB. This will be the first time a freshman has started an AFA game since Dee Dowis did so against BYU in 1986 and that was not the opening game of the season, nor do I recall that BYU was ranked in the top 15 football teams in the nation at that time. Perhaps there are some that might see Coach DeBerry's decision as tantamount to a move made out of desperation. I would beg to differ. If there is one characteristic of DeBerry we can count on, it is that he does not make moves out of desperation at the beginning of the season.
Young Cadet Carney does not come without a resume. He played at the Prep School last year against some tough junior college teams. He was a three year letterman at St. Edwards High School in suburban Cleveland prior to that. As a starter in high school he was 24-2 and was the starter ahead of Troy Smith who is expected to be the backup QB at Ohio State this fall. Carney can run and he can pass. He had 3,849 yards and 30 TD's passing while a starter in high school. Carney is 5' 9" and 190 pounds which probably explains why he didn't end up at a Big Ten school. His brother, Mark, is the QB coach at the Univ. of Richmond (VA).
A quote by Coach DeBerry in today's Denver Post is instructive: "Certainly, we realize that he will probably make some mistakes in the game. But I'm confident that he has the ability and the confidence to overcome any mistakes." DeBerry was also quoted as saying: "Shaun brings a great deal of poise and confidence, and he really makes plays." Carney beat out C2C Andy Gray during a three hour scrimmage last Saturday when he threw 2 TD's during four possessions and had one interception that went through the receiver's arms. Andy Gray also threw 2 TD's during the scrimmage and had only one turnover when he fumbled during a red zone drill. Gray accepted his position as backup QB. He said that he still wants to start and that he'll work to be the best backup QB in the nation. He plans to continue to prepare himself to play games. Meanwhile, C2C Adam Fitch, who helped defeat Northwestern last year when Chance Harridge was thrown out of the game, started his participation in full contact practice with the team this past Monday. Fitch had been the projected starting QB this fall before he rupturing an Achilles tendon during spring practice.
Let's discuss the opposing team a bit. They return seven starters on the offensive side to include QB Aaron Rodgers and three senior receivers in the form of Geoff McArthur, Jonathan Giesel and Burl Toler. Rodgers had 215 completions in 349 attempts (61.6%) for 2,903 yards, 19 TD's and 5 Interceptions. McArthur caught 85 passes for 1,504 yards and 10 TD's to rank second nationally last year. Giesel was the team's leading receiver in 2002 and caught seven passes in the Cal defeat of Southern Cal by a 34-31 score in 3 OT's for Southern Cal's only defeat of the 2003 season. Giesel suffered a stress fracture of his foot in that game and did not play in the remaining 8 games on Cal's schedule. He was replaced by Burl Toler who ended with 48 receptions for 609 yards and 3 TD's. Cal even has a senior backup QB (Reggie Robertson) who passed for 62 completions of 99 attempts (62.6%) and 9 TD's with 3 interceptions.
If that were not enough to cause concern, Cal led the Pac 10 last year in rushing. Their starting tailback this year, J.J.Arrington, was a backup last year; but he led the league with a 5.7 per carry average as he had a total of 607 yards in 107 rushes. The Cal defense returns nine starters from last year to include everyone but one defensive end and the nose tackle. Thus, C4C Carney will face a veteran and talented secondary to counter any passing attack that the Falcons might attempt.
It could be a long morning/afternoon for the Falcons unless they luck out and find a California team that is overconfident and plays below their potential. I wouldn't count on it. Expect a Cal victory on the order of 35-14 over the Falcons.
I'll be out of town for the next ten days so there will be no more updates from this source until after the Cal game. The following week on September 11, Eastern Washington visits Falcon Country and should provide a typical Divison 1A battle that the Falcons will win rather handily. After that, it is UNLV in Las Vegas on 9/18 and Utah in Salt Lake City on 9/25 for Utah's Homecoming Game. Those games will tell the tale as to how competitive the Falcons will be in the MWC in 2004. One or both games may be available by satellite TV, but nothing is definite as yet. We'll let you know as soon as anything is announced.
Aaron
From: Bill Hales
whales1@charter.netSubject: Change of address
Date: Fri 7/23/2004 4:48 PM
Hi Ace,
Its been awhile since I last contacted you re. changes in my life, so thought I should let you and the class know.
I was married to Barbara on Nov. 1, 2003 and this past June we sold our home in Pittsford, NY (suburb of Rochester, NY) and are relocating in Greenville, SC. We're renting an apartment while waiting for our house to be completed sometime this Fall. With this move, we have "new everything", including e-mail. Its now whales1@charter.net .
We've already had a nice visit with Jim & Martha Alexander who are in Seneca, SC (just a short drive west of here). Its great to be in a area where we can link up with others in our class--and hope to be doing more eventually.
Hope all goes well for you. Thanks for your faithful service to all of us in '60 over the years.
All my best wishes to you and the rest of '60!
Bill
From:
Aboutz@aol.comSubject: Yearbook pictures
Date: Fri 7/9/2004 3:51 PM
-----Original Message-----
From: Aboutz@aol.com [mailto:Aboutz@aol.com]
Sent: Friday, July 09, 2004 12:56 PM
To: cholman@atn.org
Subject: Class Pictures
Hi,
Do you have any info on the studio who took yearbook pictures for your senior year pictures? I assume those are the pictures you use on the web site. If you could help I would appreciate it. As you can tell by the name, Fred (John F.) was my brother. Our brother Gary graduated from USMA in '64.
Regards,
Allen Boutz
USNA '70
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Wow, your family had all the academies covered (at least the ones that count).
I have no knowledge of who took the yearbook pictures. The ones I use, I scanned in manually from the yearbook itself. You may want to try the AOG. They can sometimes do wonders. If anybody out there has some ideas, let Allen know.
Fred was a great guy. He was nulli secundus.
Regards,
Charlie Holman
USAFA 60
From: Kenneth J. Alnwick
kjalnwick@cox.netSubject: Triple R
Date: Wed 6/23/2004 10:21 PM
Dear Friends and Classmates,
The time has come again for me to invite you and loved ones/pals to the sand and surf version of the mini-ski, the "Triple R" -- also known as the Redneck Riveria Reunion -- to be held on Friday, 23 July in the party room at the SeaSpray Gondoiniums on HY 98 between Ft. Walton Beach and Destin adjacent to Beasley Park, site of the FWB welcome center. My family gathers at SeaSpray about this time every year, and this is the best way I know to get together with some of my old Air Commando buddies and '60 classmates. We'll start at about 1830 and start winding things down about 2030. Come early if you like for a swim in the pool or the delightful waters of the Gulf (assuming the sharks are looking the other way).
If you think you can attend, please let me know as soon as possible so that I can make the necessary arrangements. E-mail is good but you can call as well at (703) 768-8280. When you do respond, either yea or nay, please include your phone number as well so that I can add it to my address list--and pass it along to Ace.
Don Stevens, I know that you will be up North, but I want you to know that you are not forgotten. If anyone has Tom Sebode's info, I'd like that also--or forward this to him.--or anyone else within striking distance, for that matter.
Looking forward to hearing from you all.
Cheers,
Ken
From: Bill Leninger
wlenin@qwest.netSubject: Ellen Leninger
Date: Thu 6/17/2004 5:28 PM
My wife, Ellen, passed away on June 13, 2004. She had a massive heart attack. We were 5 days away from our 44th anniversary.
If you desire, please send a donation in her name to :
the American Heart Association
PO Box 90790
ABQ, NM 87199
I also have a new e-mail address: wlenin@qwest.net
Bill Leninger
From: Aaron Thrush
Amthrush@aol.comSubject: It's time to TALK SOME FOOTBALL
Date: Wed 6/16/2004 2:10 AM
There are only 14 days left until the June 30 transfer of sovereignty in Iraq, we are less than five months from a presidential election, and the start of summer is only five days away. Yes, it must be time to look for a diversion from really serious things. After all, the NBA playoffs have ended with a surprise new champion in the Detroit Pistons, Tampa Bay is the current winner of the NHL's Stanley Cup after their series win just over a week ago, and the baseball season is about 40% complete. Obviously, it's time to TALK SOME FOOTBALL!
For those of you that have had other things on your mind, let me bring you up to date. The Falcon footballers open their 2004 season on Saturday, September 4, by hosting the California Golden Bears before a national ESPN 2 TV audience at 10:00 a.m. MST. It ain't going to be an easy game, gang. The Cal Bears are ranked 11th nationally by The Sporting News Preseason Football Magazine and 17th nationally by the Street & Smith's Preseason Football Magazine. The Bears return 7 starters on offense to include QB Aaron Rodgers (215 of 349 for 61.6%, 2,903 yards, 19 Td's and 5 interceptions) and 9 starters on defense. Meanwhile, the Falcons return only 3 starters each on both offense and defense for a total of 6. In addition, the expected starting QB, C2C Adam Fitch ruptured his Achilles tendon on his right leg and had surgery at the Academy on April 2nd; his recovery is expected to take 4 to 6 months.
C2C Andy Gray moved up to become the expected starting QB, and he had very little game time other than a few plays against Army in 2003 where he did not complete a pass. He returned in 2003 from a 2 year Mormon Mission, so he does have some maturity and does have passing ability along with running ability. C3C Luke Ewing is the backup QB currently. Coach DeBerry did not have the traditional Blue and Silver Spring Scrimmage this spring, probably due to his not wanting to risk any more QB injuries. More on all this later in August.
Be aware that the AFA/Navy game this fall in Colorado Springs was moved from a Saturday game to a Thursday night game on September 30 which will be televised nationally on ESPN. Also, be aware that the AFA/Wake Forest game planned for September 11 at USAFA was switched to later this decade (2009) when it will be played at Wake Forest. Eastern Washington, of the 1-AA Big Sky Conference will provide the opposition on September 11 at USAFA. Also, be aware that TCU will not join the Mountain West Conference until 2005; in fact, the Horned Frogs will play no MWC teams at all in 2004 as they finish out their last year in Conference USA.
This is probably enough for one night/early morning. Stand by for more later this summer.
Aaron
From: Jack Schira
http://www.schiraformedina.org.JACK,
LEW PRICE POINTED US TO YOUR SITE FROM THE CLASS WEB SITE. GOOD LUCK IN YOUR BID FOR ELECTION.
NULLI SECUNDUS, ACE
From: Jack Schira Jasj60@aol.com
Date: 6/4/04
Yo Ace:
Thanks for the good wishes. At 66, I'm enjoying life more than ever and getting a little smarter about how I do things all the time. Hope all is going well with you.
Nulli Secundus.
Jack
From: Lew Price
lewprice@softcom.netSubject: Jack Schira
Date: 6/2/04
Hi Ace,
George Lester was wanting some biographies and some of the other guys might be interested too.
Some of Jack Schira's bio is on his website which was created to help him win in the next election for County Commissioner. It is a great website even if Jack is a card-carrying Democrat (some of them are OK).
His site is http://www.schiraformedina.org .
Happy viewing.
Lew
From: Aaron Thrush
Amthrush@aol.comSubject: Joke
Date: Mon 5/17/2004 11:26 PM
I don't usually make a practice of forwarding jokes, etc.; but, the following is just too hilarious to not share. Hope that all of you enjoy it as much as I did.
Aaron
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HOW DO YOU DECIDE WHOM TO MARRY?
( 1 ) You got to find somebody who likes the same stuff. Like, if you like sports, she should like it that you like sports, and she should keep the chips and dip coming. -- Alan, age 10
( 2 ) No person really decides before they grow up who they're going to marry. God decides it all way before, and you get to find out later who you're stuck with. -- Kirsten, age 10
WHAT IS THE RIGHT AGE TO GET MARRIED?
( 1 ) Twenty-three is the best age because you know the person FOREVER by then. -- Camille, age 10
( 2 ) No age is good to get married at. You got to be a fool to get married. -- Freddie, age 6
HOW CAN A STRANGER TELL IF TWO PEOPLE ARE MARRIED?
( 1 ) You might have to guess, based on whether they seem to be yelling at the same kids. -- Derrick, age 8
WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR MOM AND DAD HAVE IN COMMON?
( 1 ) Both don't want any more kids. -- Lori, age 8
WHAT DO MOST PEOPLE DO ON A DATE?
( 1 ) Dates are for having fun, and people should use them to get to know each other. Even boys have something to say if you listen long enough. -- Lynnette, age 8
( 2 ) On the first date, they just tell each other lies and that usually gets them interested enough to go for a second date. -- Martin, age 10
WHAT WOULD YOU DO ON A FIRST DATE THAT WAS TURNING SOUR?
( 1 ) I'd run home and play dead. The next day I would call all the newspapers and make sure they wrote about me in all the dead columns. -- Craig, age 9
WHEN IS IT OKAY TO KISS SOMEONE?
( 1 ) When they're rich. -- Pam, age 7
( 2 ) The law says you have to be eighteen, so I wouldn't want to mess with that. -- Curt, age 7
( 3 ) The rule goes like this: If you kiss someone, then you should marry them and have kids with them. It's the right thing to do. -- Howard, age 8
IS IT BETTER TO BE SINGLE OR MARRIED?
( 1 ) I don't know which is better, but I'll tell you one thing. I'm never going to have sex with my wife. I don't want to be all grossed out. -- Theodore, age 8
( 2 ) It's better for girls to be single but not for boys. Boys need someone to clean up after them. -- Anita, age 9 (bless you child)
HOW WOULD THE WORLD BE DIFFERENT IF PEOPLE DIDN'T GET MARRIED?
(1 ) There sure would be a lot of kids to explain, wouldn't there? -- Kelvin, age 8
And the #1 Favorite is........
HOW WOULD YOU MAKE A MARRIAGE WORK?
( 1 ) Tell your wife that she looks pretty, even if she looks like a truck. -- Ricky, age 10
From: Andi Biancur
2biancurs@adelphia.netSubject: Open Ltr to Class II
Date: Wed 5/12/2004 10:20 PM
Charlie,
I am attaching a second letter to the class. With all that is going on around here, I see a responsibility to do what I can to keep the classmates informed and in-touch.
Andi
[WEBMASTERS NOTE: ANDI'S LETTER #2 IS POSTED UNDER "CHANGES @ USAFA... What do you think?" ON THE HOME PAGE OF THE CLASS OF '60 WEB SITE.]
From: Lew Price
lewprice@softcom.netSubject: Physics
Date: Mon 5/10/2004 8:27 PM
Hi Ace,
Have recently completed (after three months work) an html version of the entire Behind Light's Illusion series on CD, along with the updated website. All the books were revised and Book Four - Light is a new edition. Book Three - Electromagnetism has a major overhaul. Am sending a CD to you. It is packaged and will be mailed tomorrow.
Have had a lot of insight on the nature of light and was able to verify most of it. This changed some of what I had in books three and four and caused me to write a lot more on the new things that resulted. Consequently, light is more easily explained now and makes more sense than it did. Please post this whole e-mail on the class website (when and if you have time) so the guys know. Thanks.
"If any of you classmates or wives are interested in satisfying your curiosity on the new things, please let me know via e-mail and I will send you a CD. I already know that some of you want it and have packaged a CD for each of you which will be mailed tomorrow. You can read it like you would a website (but no pop-up ads - sorry about that - if you want some, maybe I can add them later)."
Sherry is still talking to me after this last all-out effort, and she even applauds the results - so when my sitting end heals up from the long hours at the computer, all will be OK again. It feels so GOOD to STOP!!!
Hallelujah! and all that stuff,
Lew
From: Andi Biancur
2Biancurs@adelphia.net.Subject: E-mail Change
Date: Mon 4/19/2004
Ace,
Finally I am getting into the modern age with a bit of internet speed. The new e-mail address is: 2Biancurs@adelphia.net.
Thanks,
Andi
From: Earl Van Inwegen
evani@pacbell.netSubject: AFA-Navy
Date: 4/16/2004
In a message dated 4/15/04 12:06:43 PM Mountain Daylight Time, evani@pacbell.net writes:
Just saw that the Navy game was rescheduled for Sep 30 (Thursday). Will there still be a '60 shidig &on what dates?
RESPONSE FROM ROSIE
Van:
Yes. Plan to arrive early on Wednesday, 29 September:
Wednesday, 29 September:
2:30PM: "No-Host" Cash Bar at the Radisson. Kick-off event. Hors d'oeuvres. $3. In the Academy Room.
6PM: Pep Rally (same location). USAFA cheerleaders.
6:30PM: Fisher DeBerry talks to our group.
(dress for dinner).
8:30PM: Banquet at the Radisson. $26.
(afterwards, some will repair to the Broadmoor's Golden Bee for some revelry and singing).
Thursday, 30 September:
8:30AM--Breakfast at the USAFA O-Club. $10.
9AM: Senior Academy official addresses us on the new ODS(Officer Development System). I think it'll be BGen Weida, Commandant.
10M--Ron Yates takes us to Doolittle Hall, gives us a tour of the new Heritage Trail. Later--shows us parcel of land donated by our class, Andi discusses any class news.
--Lunch on your own.
4PM: GlazaGate. $10.
7PM: AFA-Navy football game. $30.
Friday, October 1:
7-8AM: getaway breakfast.
(all times/$ provisional, at this point).
HQ hotel is, once again, the Radisson Inn- North. Call (719) 278-7016 for reservations, ask for the "Class of 1960's " party rate of $74/night for a double...only got 20 rooms reserved, so do it early. Also, there will be an e-mailer out soon on the entire event, with all payment details, and a request form for ordering football game tickets.
See you and Pat there, Van.
Rosie
From: Howie Whitfield
hwhitfield@earthlink.netSubject: USAFA Celebrates Diamond Anniversary
Date: 4/6/04
Rosie, Ace,
I'm sure you guys are way ahead of me on this, but I just read where a commemorative 37 cent stamp honoring the Air Force Academy's 50 years of service to the nation was unveiled at a ceremony on 1 April ( I don't think it was an April fool joke!). I plan on buying a few tomorrow. We sure are getting old...
Nulli secundus,
Howie
From: Gerard de la Cruz
gdelacruz10@comcast.netSubject: Pics from Miniski XIV
Date: 3/11/2004 8:40:02 AM
From: Ben Furuta
bfuruta396@earthlink.netSubject: Checkpoints
Date: 3/11/2004
Ace and Andi: An FYI for you. Sent this to the AOG.
Thanks,
Ben F
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From: Ben Furuta
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 04:49:28 -0800
To: aog@aog-usafa.org
Subject: Checkpoints, etc.
Editors of Checkpoints:
Just received my Winter 2004 copy of Checkpoints and have enjoyed the articles and especially the class news. As a member of the Class of 1960, this is one of the few ways of keeping up with my classmates and the latest at the Academy and AOG, USAFAtoday notwithstanding.
A comment:
I note the article in this issue on the first African American graduates of the Academy in 1963. The Class of '60 was the group that ran the summer training for that class and I do remember at least one of the cadets profiled in the article as he was in my summer training squadron. There is no question they were unique individuals deserving of their recognition as Pathfinders. They are entirely deserving of this recognition.
However, I would suggest you also profile the "roles" of other ethnic minorities at the Academy. Perhaps I have a self serving interest in this as I believe I am the first non-white to graduate (unless there is a member of the Class of '59 who can claim this dubious title). I am Asian American, specifically of Japanese descent. In my class there were two others by surname that could also be recognized in this sense as well: Don Almanzar and Gerald DeLaCruz. I do know that in the class of '61 we have Hector Negroni and I also believe there was at least one cadet of Chinese ancestry as well as another Japanese American from Hawaii. And in that same class of '63 was a cadet by the name of Warren Nogaki who was from New Jersey. I think there was a Japanese American from Hawaii in the Class of '59 but he was gone by the time I entered at Lowry AFB in 1956.
I do need to comment that during my four years at USAFA, I encountered no particular issues of racism and felt completely accepted within the USAFA community of cadets and officers. I suffered the same hazards of Doolie summer and academic stress as all the others of my class. While on active duty I again did not encounter overt examples of racism or bias, at least within the ranks of junior officers, etc, that I served with.
I do believe that while gender issues have consumed most of the press during the most recent times, specific commentary about ethnic groups can be very illuminating as well. While the ideal would be that race/ethnicity at the Academy be a non issue, the reality is that in our society at large, race and gender matter. As leaders in the USAF, the graduates need to be totally aware of these matters.
Ben Furuta, USAFA, 1960
Voice and FAX: 626 403-7706
bfuruta@earthlink.net
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From: Greg Boyington
boyingtong@aol.comSubject: Ten Commandments
Date: 3/11/2004
Despite how you may have personally felt about the issue, there was a good logical reason for removing the Ten Commandments monument from the Alabama Supreme Court building.
You cannot post things like "Thou Shalt Not Steal," "Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery", and "Thou Shall Not Lie" in a building full of lawyers, judges and politicians. It creates a hostile work environment.
From: Roger Lent
ro7ger@comcast.netSubject: Change email address
Date: 3/9/2004
Please change Class of 60 email address for Roger and Carol Lent: ro7ger@comcast.net
Thanks, Ace.
From: Jon McClure
mcclurelaw@bellsouth.netSubject: Change email
Date: 3/8/2004
Please change email to mcclurelaw@bellsouth.net
From: Ben Furuta
bfuruta@earthlink.netSubject: A forum for Grads
Date: 3/3/04
Ace and the rest of the Class of '60:
There is a USAFA grads site devoted to boards where all grads can comment, discuss and talk about current issues, etc concerning the Academy. It is not officially connected with the AOG or the Academy but is being run by graduates and has membership of a wide span of graduates ranging from our class to the class of 2002. The membership has been rapidly growing in the past couple of days although it remains to be seen how many will eventually register. I have found it to be interesting and informative. The web address is www.usafatoday.com
You might be interested!
--
Ben Furuta
Voice and FAX: 626 403-7706
bfuruta@earthlink.net
THANKS FOR THE HEADS UP BEN! LOOKS VERY INTERESTING. IF ANY OF YOU HAVE EXPERIENCES PRO OR CON, PLEASE LET YOUR VOICES BE HEARD FOR THE REST OF US...
From: Greg Boyington
boyingtong@aol.comSubject: Man of the Year Awards
Date: 3/2/04
Only in America. Don't you wish.
Man of the year Awards
3rd Place goes to,
2nd Place goes to,
and the winner of the man of the year goes to
Greg
From: Aaron Thrush
Amthrush@aol.comSubject: New USAFA Athletic Director?
Date: 3/2/04
In case some of you haven't heard from other sources, it appears a new Athletic Director is about to be named. As regards the Falcon basketball team the remaining two regular season games are San Diego State at USAFA tonight and at Wyoming this coming Saturday. No one really knows exactly what it will take for the Falcons to be invited to the NCAA Tournament beyond their winning the MWC Tournament in Denver on March 11-13. If they can win one of their two remaining games this week they would wrap up the MWC Season Championship and that would certainly help vis-a-vis the NCAA. They are currently 20-5; it's safe to say that if they can finish with 23 wins or more the NCAA Tournament will be cinched. The Athletic Director story follows:
The Air Force Academy will hold a press conference in the next day or so to announce the selection of a new athletic director. Col Michael Bloomfield is a graduate of the class of 1981 and a former astronaut.
Also, the Falcons basketball team secured at least a share of the regular season conference championship with their win over UNLV on Saturday. If they beat San Diego State tonight, they will win the conference outright. Everything indicates they will have the #1 seed for the Mountain West Conference Tournament next week. Go Falcons!
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Air Force picks astronaut as new AD
Bloomfield may be named today
By TODD JACOBSON THE GAZETTE
1 MAR 04
Former academy football player and astronaut Michael Bloomfield will be named Air Force's athletic director as early as today, sources said Sunday.
Bloomfield, 44, reached at his home in Houston on Sunday, declined comment, but academy spokesman Johnny Whitaker said a news conference is tentatively scheduled for this afternoon at the new Falcon athletic complex.
Whitaker declined to discuss the topic of the news conference, but sources confirmed Bloomfield, a colonel, will be named by Superintendent Lt. Gen. John W. Rosa to succeed Col. Randy Spetman.
The announcement is likely to come today, but Whitaker said there is the possibility the news conference could be postponed a day or two because of Rosa's schedule.
Spetman announced his retirement in October after eight years, citing a change in the academy's chain of command as part of the reason.
Spetman left his position Jan. 2, and vice athletic director Brad DeAustin has served as the acting athletic director the past two months. It is unclear when Bloomfield will take over as athletic director.
Like Spetman, Bloomfield played football at the academy before a career in the Air Force. Bloomfield was a two-year letterman at linebacker, and captain of the Falcons' 1980 squad.
He was named to the Western Athletic Conference all-academic football team that sea- son, which was current Air Force football coach Fisher DeBerry's first year as an assistant at the academy.
After graduating from the academy in 1981, Bloomfield completed pilot training, and flew F-15s and F-16s until he reported to the Johnson Space Center in Houston in 1995.
Bloomfield has logged more than 753 hours in space as the pilot of three missions, twice on the shuttle Atlantis and once on the shuttle Endeavour.
As recently as April of 2002, Bloomfield piloted the shuttle Atlantis on a mission to the International Space Station.
Bloomfield was in Colorado Springs last month when he spoke at a banquet for Air Force's football team Feb. 13 at the Broadmoor International Center. At the banquet, he explained how his experiences as an athlete at the academy helped him in his career as an Air Force officer.
Bloomfield, who was born in Flint, Mich., is married, and has two children. TAKING CHARGE:
Col. Michael Bloomfield is a former Falcon football player.
Jennifer M. Bateman
Senior Development Officer
United States Air Force Academy
Association of Graduates
(719) 472-0300
(719) 232-3486 cell
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Aaron
From: Aaron Thrush
Amthrush@aol.comSubject: USAFA/UTAH, Saturday at 2:00 p.m. CST
Date: Wed 2/18/2004
I'm sure that almost everyone saw the score of the 35-37 loss to Texas-Pan American last night in Edinburgh, Texas. This was a game where the normally outrebounded Falcons had a rebounding advantage of 27 to 21 which included 12 offensive rebounds to only 3 offensive rebounds for Texas-P.A. The problem was that the Falcons couldn't hit the broad side of an aircraft hanger if it had been 10 feet away. They were 4 of 24 for three point shots and only 9 of 19 for the closer variety. Overall, that adds up to 13 of 43 for 30.2%. The Falcons did hit 5 of 6 free throws. Moving on, let's talk about the next game which is against Utah in Salt Lake City at 2:00 p.m. CST this Saturday, February 21.
The game is being telecast by ESPN Plus, so we here on the Emerald Coast will be watching it at Anglers' Sports Bar. Utah lost to Wyoming in Laramie Monday night, and they are now 6-3 and in second place in the MWC whereas the Falcons are at 7-1. The Falcons won 62-49 on January 26 at USAFA, but I would expect the Utes to be favored by at least 4-5 points at home. If Air Force can make a few buckets to start and not have an extended cold spell, this could be a Falcon win. Next Saturday on February 28, at 5:05 p.m. CST, the Air Force/UNLV game will also be telecast. That game will be telecast by Sports West which Anglers can pick up via satellite.
Even after losing to Texas-Pan American, the Falcons are still 18-4 on the season. How many of you thought they would have that good a record this year? After this last loss the Falcons probably will need to win the MWC Tournament in Denver starting March 11 or win 4 of their last 5 games in the regular season to have a decent chance of making the NCAA Tournament. The NIT should be within the realm of possibility so long as they win 22 games or so (including MWC Tournament games).
For those in the Fort Walton area, we'll see you Saturday at Anglers,
Aaron
From: Aaron Thrush
Amthrush@aol.comSubject: Big AFA Win Over BYU!
Date: Tue 1/27/2004
I didn't give everyone a heads up on the availability of the AFA/BYU Basketball game on satellite TV last Saturday, but for those who did get the word--you missed perhaps the best Falcon basketball victory in many, many years as the final score was 74-52 before the largest crowd ever at Clune Arena.
Tonight they followed up that win with another big victory by beating Utah 62-49 at another home game at Clune Arena. The Falcons have now won 12 straight (including 8-0 at Clune), the longest win streak in history and are now 4-0 and first in the MWC. Plan on staying up until 11:00 p.m. next Monday, February 2, and watch the Falcons play UNLV in Las Vegas in front of a national audience on ESPN's Big Monday lineup. The following is the Salt Lake City newspaper's take on the Falcons' win over BYU:
Hot Air Force destroys BYU By Dick Harmon
Deseret Morning News
AIR FORCE ACADEMY - Air Force bombed BYU almost at will Saturday in chasing the Cougars out of Clune Arena with a convincing 74-52 win before the largest crowd ever to witness a basketball game in that building.
BYU's Terry Nashif tries to drive past Air Force's Antoine Hood on Saturday.
David Bitton, Associated Press
The Falcons (13-2, 3-0) will face Utah on Monday while the Cougars (12-5, 2-2) head for Albuquerque today licking wounds.
The Falcons shot a blistering 72.5 percent. Neither BYU nor Air Force is shooting that well from the free-throw line with the clock stopped and opponents standing still. Scary.
"Credit Air Force," BYU coach Steve Cleveland said. "They beat us in every single category today and deserve the praise. We didn't play as well but even if we had, I'm not sure we would have beat them here today."
The 22-point loss was BYU's worst regular-season loss in Mountain West Conference history. The spirited crowd shouted "overrated, overrated" at the Cougars in the final minutes. One fan leaned over the rail and said: "You guys throw better blocks than your football team."
Another stat stood out: Air Force outscored the Cougars 36-8 in the paint.
Air Force coach Joe Scott, called it a "great win" and only "cemented" what people are starting to realize about his players and team.
"It was a huge win and I'm happy for our guys because they got a win over one of the best teams in the country," Scott said. "We did what we had to do. We came out and played physical. It was our building and we had to be more aggressive and we were and we needed to jump on them early."
Air Force did just that, making open 3-point shots.
"We made a mistake defensively by going under screens, which wasn't the game plan, and they got ahead," Cleveland said.
Falcon center Nick Welch made 9-of-10 shots, scoring a career-high 20 points. He had surpassed his all-time best of 15 points with more than eight minutes to play in the game. BYU had no answer for the shifty small center with 24-foot range and skills to put the ball on the floor and zip past the Cougars.
Air Force made 29-of-40 field goals to the Cougars' 16 of 37 for 43 percent. Air Force made 7-of-12 3-pointers.
Just like at BYU's embarrassing loss at North Carolina State, against a team that runs a back-cut oriented Princeton offense, the Cougars were "schooled," in Cleveland's words.
"It wasn't that we were lost out there, we were just a step slow and they took advantage of us," he said.
It was never more apparent than Welch's matchup with BYU's Rafael Araujo. Welch hit both 3-pointers he tried. He then set up at the top of the key and drove on the bigger Araujo for layups. His 90-percent shooting tied an AFA record.
"He causes us problems at center," Cleveland said.
"We try and create mismatches and take advantage," Welch said. "Araujo is a great player, big and strong, but when we got him away from the basket, it opened up our offense."
The Falcons made 18 layups against the Cougars. In the first half, Air Force converted 10 layups, four of them by Welch.
"When we got our outside shots going, it opens up things for our back cut," Tim Keller said.
As good as the Falcon offense was against BYU, the Air Force defense was just as pesky.
Mark Bigelow scored 10 of his team-high 19 points in the first 10 minutes of the second half when he put the ball on the floor and drove at the Falcon defense. But 9:20 into the second half, no other Cougar had made a field goal.
The Falcons opened the game hitting their first six shots to take a 14-4 lead. When A.J. Kuhle and Tim Keller buried a pair of 3-pointers on the Cougars a few minutes later, the Falcons held a commanding 20-7 lead.
Welch, the 6-foot-8 center, used BYU's size advantage against the Cougars in the first half, drawing both Araujo and Garner Meads away from the basket and then driving on them for layins. Both Araujo and Meads committed five fouls between them before intermission.
Offensively, the Cougars could not get the ball consistently into Araujo, who was sandwiched by defenders. When he did get touches, he had the ball knocked away or missed shots he'd normally make.
"We could have done better there. He got the ball put it on the floor and lost the handle. They got good pressure on him," Cleveland said.
The Cougars used a brief run on a free throws by Bigelow and Mike Hall and a bucket by Luiz Lemes to cut Air Force's early lead to 23-16. But just as quick, the Falcons shifted from a 3-point attack and killed the Cougar defense on drives closing the half on a 19-0 run.
The final two plays of the first half were exclamation points by the Falcons. With the clock ticking down, Bigelow took a long pass and immediately ran into an AFA defender. In regaining his position, Bigelow had the ball taken out of his hands by a flashing Antoine Hood who dunked on the other end. Folks at the Academy said the resulting crowd noise was the loudest they'd ever absorbed.
Then, after Cougar freshman Mike Rose missed a bomb on the other end, AFA got loose for a final shot and it ended up being a layup by Hood on a two-foot handoff from Kuhle in the paint.
The 23-point AFA lead was the biggest by a Cougar foe since North Carolina State led by 14 at 48-34. The 19 points by BYU in the first half marked the lowest offensive output in six years when the Cougars managed just 15 at Auburn on Nov. 27, 1998.