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Messsage from Art Hayes, Vice President

 

Looking Forward to 2008 and Making Reservations

Leaving Port Angeles, Washington, on September 27, Mary and I traveled from
Seattle to Oakland, California, on Amtrak's Coast Starlight train.  At 3:30
p.m., I went downstairs in our coach and met Jeff, who was playing a
portable organ in an area thae has been used by senior/handicapped
passengers, or even smokers.  No smoking was allowed on any Amtrak trains we
used.  So, as I questioned Jeff, I thought I might have our entertainment
for Savannah.  He has played after a tennis tournament in Atlanta,
Georgia(compensation: a meal) and has been  to Savannah; however, no such
luck.  He is an amateur.

As I returned to my seat, Rosalee[name I give because of her rosy
personality] was leaning between our seats and seats in front of us saying,
"I hear music, I hear Indian music."  I told her that I had engaged Jeff and
the music was probably coming through the coach vents.  The sound persisted,
so Rosalee called the Coach Steward and the Train Conductor and both said
they heard the "music."  I repeated my story about Jeff playing his organ
downstairs and that it was his "music."  The Train Conductor  and Coach
Steward asked Jeff to keep his "music" softer.  So we thought that was it. 
Rosalee, however, still heard the Indian "music" and asked the steward to
return.  This time, he searched closer and discovered that the "music" was
coming from my bag.  "Please turn it off," he said.  I looked in my bag and
my alarm clock was going "cock-a-doodle-doo, cock-a-doodle-doo, ..."  I
turned it off and it replied, "Good Morning."  The steward told me to go
tell Jeff that he was not the culprit.  I did ... we had arisen at 3:30 a.m.
at Port Angeles to drive to Seattle to catch our train, and during our
packing, my alarm clock had inadvertently been turned on again.

John Vaughan, Charter Member, worked 35 years, and now he has been retired
35 years.  Way to go!  Thanks, John, for every thing you have been and whae
you mean to our organization.

We are looking forward to seeing you in Savannah and there are some things
worth repeating:

You may reserve your rooms now, and we hope you reserve early so we can get
a feel for possible attendance.  You may cancel 24 hours before your
scheduled arrival without penalty.

October 2007

Art Hayes, Vice President
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Alzheimer's Information

Dear Webmaster,

My husband Ken Hunt, a member, was diagnosed with early Alzheimer's Disease in May 2006. We had planned a cross country trip from California to Georgia, in our 5th wheel to visit his family and per our Doctor's advice, started Ken on a regimen of Aricept, followed by adding Namenda. This was supposed to turn back the clock on the Alzheimer's and then block the build-up of plaque to the brain, thereby slowing the progress of the disease. By June of that year, Ken had ALL the advertised side effects of Aricept, and had lost about 40 pounds in the first month, as he had no appetite. Physically he was beyond a walker and into a wheel chair. This is what happened to a seemingly healthy 75 year old man, with memory issues. The Alzheimer's had quickly become very advanced, and I was preparing for his impending death. Still on the trip in mid June I called the doctor in California and told him that Ken was doing terrible and I was at wits end. He suggested reducing the dosage to half to see how that worked. It reduced the side effects by half, but he was still nearly non compos mentis, so when we returned in mid July, the doctor and I talked and took Ken off of everything. It was nearly a month and a half before we had him mentally back to where he had started, with early Alzheimer's in May. Then after throwing groceries his way and quite a lot of physical therapy, we have him where he can walk unassisted once again and have built up his stamina to a reasonable level.

Ken's doctor had another patient who could not tolerate Aricept and took her off of it before she lost a great deal of weight and suffered the lasting damage Ken has suffered. Not only did he suffer the advertised side effects, he had hallucinations, and lost most of his life skills, such as using the phone, and just comprehending. All of this has returned except for the damage to his muscles, which his body consumed when it thought it was starving. It takes a long time to recover from that if one ever does. You might want to alert the FSR who is in the later stages of Alzheimer's and other members to just be on the alert for fast moving Alzheimer's disease, after initial diagnosis and the prescription of Aricept. If one is very far gone, it really doesn't matter if they are removed from Aricept, and it could make all the difference in the world. I have my husband back, and we are now enjoying a slow decline instead of immediately buying a box to put his remains in. Most of our friends think that he is as mentally as sharp as he ever was, but living with him 24/7 indicates otherwise.

October 2007

    Barbara Ady

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Other Stuff

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Donald W. Thomas

Some old timers that worked in Alaska  may remember him.

Donald W. Thomas died at Olympic Medical Center in Port Angeles of natural causes.  He was 92.  Mr. Thomas was born in Ketchikan, Alaska.  He attended Port Angeles High School and received a football scholarship to the University of Washington, where he was a member of the first Civil Aeronautics Administration communications class.  He married Evelyn Foss on March 28, 1941, she passed away November 2002.  He and his wife teamed to do air traffic control in Alaska in 1941.  They were air traffic controllers in Talkeetna, Fairwell & Gulkana and managed stations at Sitka, Kodiak, Big Delta & Northway.  They also managed the regional office in Anchorage as well as served in the inspection and planning divisions for the Federal Aviation Administration.  Mr. Thomas lived and worked in Alaska until his retirement in 1970 when he returned to Port Angeles.  He was an avid outdoorsman, hunter and fisherman in Alaska, skilled woodworker, amateur butcher and enjoyed golfing.  He was a Mason, avid Seattle Mariners & Seahawks fan and was active in the FAA Alaska Alumni Annual Fish Fry.  He is survived by three sons and one daughter.  No service were held by his request.  Memorials to the Charity of your choice

 

 

Robert Joe Palmer

 

On July 16, 2006, 2 days before his 73rd birthday, Bob passed away from complications due to a fall 19 months ago. We have lost a loving husband, a father, a grandfather, a best friend, a mentor

and a truly honorable human being. He will be missed on a daily basis to say the least.

 

Bob was a retired Air Force KC-135 tanker pilot, worked for the Veterans Administration in Sacramento and came to the San Francisco Flight Standards in 1980. He worked on several certificates, as both Assistant Principal and then the Principal Operations Inspector. In 1987, he moved to Los Angeles as the Operations Unit Chief and then in 1990 to the San Diego Flight Standards as the Manager. In 2000, he retired and moved to Maple Valley, Washington with his wife Darlene.

 

He left behind a beautiful wife, Darlene, 2 sons Dave and Shaun, 7 Grandchildren, Taylor, Griffin, Nicholas, Breanne, Traianna, Lance, Alyssa and a multitude of dear friends.

 

On August 11^th, 2006, he will have a military service at the Tahoma National Cemetery, 18600 South East 204^th Street, Kent, Washington at 11:00am.

 

 

 

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A note from our Sect-Treasurer

 

 

I received a dues check and a note today from Mary M. Jones. She is the widow of William D Jones. She said she is slowing down a little and will be celebrating her 100th birthday on 10/31/06. I think we should put this on the web site. She said her husband was one of the original members of FSR and the last reunion they attended was in Portland in 1989, which incidentally, was the second  one that Gloria and I attended. Maybe you can get a little more info on them from Johnny Vaughn. Her note is well written and a lot easier to read than some of the ones I am getting from some of the other members who I am sure are no where near 100.

             Frank

            6-2-06

 

 

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Congratulations to Lauren Basham, he retired from Flight

Standards December 31, 2004 after 42 years and 9 months

of service. On February 10, 2005, he received the FAA

 Wright Brothers “ Master Pilots Award” having more than 50

consecutive years of safe  operation. He sends best wishes

to the Guys.

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IN MEMORIAM

George Stedman

                                                                I have been advised that , who was Chief of Rochester

                                                        GADO/FSDO has passed away, no further information available.

                                       

Charles C. "Charlie" SCHROEDER Beloved husband of Ann Marie Donigan and endearing father of Charles E. Schroeder and Patricia A. Henry, also survived by daughter in-law, Dorothy Hays and son in-law, Paul Henry; 5 grandchildren, Max, Maggie, and Sasha Schroeder, Megan and Allison Henry; two sisters, Iris Pieper and Ollie Johnson. Charlie was born August 27, 1923 in Morgan, Wisconsin. His profession was in engineering and his last position held was with the FAA as an Aeronautical Engineer. Charlie was probably best known for his story telling and sense of humor and wisdom. Charles left his earthly existence to the better side, December 30, 2006 at age 83. Funeral Services will be held 11:30 a.m., Thursday, January 4th at Nativity Lutheran Church, located at 17707 140th Ave SE, Renton, with Burial, 1:30 p.m. at Tahoma National Cemetery in Kent. Memorials may be made to Nativity Lutheran Church Memorial Fund. Arrangements with Faull-Stokes Mortuary in Renton.

Published in print on 1/4/2007.

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John Emery

John Emery Born was born October22, 1921, in Pine Lake, Minnesota, to John W. and Ethel Emery Born and died at home on December 3, 2005. He served in the United States Navy, Pacific Theatre, from 1941 to 1945, as an aviation machinist mate and flight engineer on PB2Y aircraft, subsequently working for American Airlines and Alaska Airlines to Anchorage, Alaska, and Near East Air Transport in Tel Aviv, Israel, bringing Jewish refugees back to the newly established State of Israel. In 1951 he became an air carrier maintenance inspector for the Federal Aviation Administration, serving in Anchorage, Huron (SD), Kansas City, Chicago, Minneapolis and back to Kansas City in 1967 until his retirement in 1978 when he went to work for the International Civil Aeronautics Administration, a United Nations Agency, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and later for Saudi Arabian Airlines in Kansas City as well as doing consulting work for FAA related to aviation safety.

 

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EDWARD  DEAN   EISELE,  SR.

 

Edward Dean Eisele, Sr., 79, of Overland Park, KS passed away Tuesday, July 12, 2005. Ed was the former Deputy Chief of the Federal Aviation Administration's, General Aviation Division in Washington, DC, until his retirement in 1983. Ed worked for the FAA for 32 years, serving as an Operations Inspector at Little Rock, AR, and New Orleans, LA, and as Chief of the Columbus, OH  District Office. He was a member of the Quiet Birdmen. Ed was a Navy veteran of WWII and an Air Force Veteran of the Korean War. Survivors include his wife, Goldie B. Eisele ; sons Edward D. Eisele, Jr. of Alexandria, VA, Elton L Eisele of Strearnwood, IL, Daniel C. Eisele of Overland Park, KS, and 12 grandchildren.

 

               

 

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George  Stedman

 

George  Stedman was the Chief of the Rochester GADO/FSDO for several

 years, don't think he was a member of FSR Retirees Inc,

But thought you might like to know of his passing, I'm sure he had

many old FAA friends that probably don't know of his passing.

If you have a spare line or so in the Letter to members I would appreciate it.

 

BJ Wilkes, FAA GADO retired.