Category: General

Start date and time
5/29/2004 10:00AM

End date and time
5/29/2004 10:00PM

Agenda
A opening ceremony at the beginning of the event with the survivor lap immediately following. Luminaria ceremony is at dusk and then the closing ceremony is about 10 pm that night.

Additional Information
A luminaria is a sand-filled bag with a lighted candle which is placed around the track in honor of someone who has or has had cancer or in memory of someone who has died of cancer. They can be purchased before or during the event for $10.00 each.

Appropriate attire
Casual

Location and Contact Information

Location
Pine Crest High School
HWY 15/501
Southern Pines, NC 28388

Contact
Amy Millard

Phone
(910) 949-2599

Email
ahmmeow@mindspring.com

I adopted a dog named Buddy a few months ago, and he is a wonderful dog. He’s 5 years old, and full of energy. Over the weekennd, he stole a stick of butter from the counter top, so I’ve started calling him “Budder.” I’m assuming he ate the butter and paper, because there’s no evidence of it anywhere. He and I have been going to obedience class the last 3 weeks. He’s doing pretty well. He’s a smart dog, and is older than the rest of the dogs in the class.

A while back I posted a URL for a site we created and hosted for a young lady named Amber, who was suffering from osteosarcoma. Amber succumbed to her disease a few days ago, after a long struggle and much suffering. Her family asked that donations be made to the Make-A-Wish Foundation in her name.

Now that there are blog spammers, all comments submitted will have to be approved by me before they’ll appear. I’m pretty quick at approving during waking hours.

I’ve been very disturbed by our treatment of the Iraqi POWs. I grew up in a time where there were lots of WWII vets in the community and the Viet Nam war was dragging on, and there were reminders about how terrible war can be. We had men who had lost limbs in Europe or the Pacific, and girls who were a little older than I was wore POW bracelets to support the soldiers who were captured in Viet Nam. I have always been very proud of anyone who served in the military. It’s not something I could have done, and I admired their courage and commitment.

I know that the events at the Iraqi prison were carried out by a few, but I am ashamed none-the-less. Those people have tainted all of us, I believe. I think they should be harshly dealt with. We’re Americans, and we have to be better than the others.

I’m not comforted by the interviews I saw on TV with other soldiers who seemed not to care that this happened. Being that we’re near Fort Bragg, where one of the soldiers involved (the woman in the pictures) is being detained, there’s been a lot of local coverage. Some of the Ft. Bragg soldiers who were interviewed said that they don’t see anything wrong with what happened!

A Korean War POW and a WWII POW were interviewed to get their thoughts on the matter. The Korean War vet was tortured himself. Both men were heartbroken that this would happen. Are Americans different now? More cruel? More violent?

This was from someone on the list. I just extracted this small part:

“I am 40 myself and have been told by a lot of folks that if I can make it 5 years and stay reasonably healthy, the MM world will look far different than today, just as today it is far different than 1999.”

I have had this notion myself. I believe it!

Buddy & I went to obedience training yesterday. He did quite well! I’m the one who forgets what to do. There are only 2 other dogs in the class. They’re his main distraction. Eventually, he’ll learn to ignore them. We see other dogs when we walk, and he sometimes ends up in a tangle with them, so that’s a very important thing to work on. It scares me!

I tried taking my dex at night to see if it would help me to be asleep when the jitters & sweats started. That part was ok. But when I woke up (too early) and tested my blood glucose, it was 199 mg/dL! I think I have to take it during the day when I’m active. That will all be resolved on in a few weeks when I see the Endo. It’s possible I may need to take some kind of diabetes med a few days a week. Others have had to do that while they’re taking dex.