Reunion Update-05.10.2016

Hello Wingers,

As I stated in the blog, reunion information as available would be sent out.

Well the reunion will be held on October 14th, 15th and 16th in Granbury, Texas.

The La Quinta Inn & Suites is my hotel of choice:

La Quinta Inn & Suites

880 Harbor Lakes Drive

Granbury, Texas

Telephone Number 817-573-2007

Fax Number - 817-573-2310

web: - LQ.com

Room Size - 1 King

Tell the front desk clerk that you want the Clinton-Sherman Wings Room Rate.

Room Rate - $85.88 - (including all taxes) per night - 2 nights x $85.88 = $171.76T

Two handicapped rooms have been reserved at the same rates.

Note* You must have your reservation made by October 1st. If you do not have your reservation made by October 1st, you will not get the Clinton - Sherman rate and your room rate will be at least $110.00 (plus taxes) for each night.

Special Note* The hotel manager has agreed to give us the meeting room for free, for Friday night, Saturday night and Sunday morning, if we have at least 10 reservations. If we don't have at least 10 reservations, the meeting room will cost $75.00 a day. The hotel also provides a very nice breakfast.

Friday -

The Friday night Meet & Greet will either be at the newly built Ci Ci's Pizza Restaurant or in the hotel meeting room. Pizza and drinks with be provided by the association.

Saturday -

We will meet in the hotel lobby at 8:30 for breakfast, after which we can car pool to downtown Granbury. There are a lot of shops, historic places and other things to do. You will be able to buy your lunch at one of the many restaurants downtown.

Special note:

At approximately 1:30, we will all meet at the newly renovated Opera House on the south side of the square to see a Broadway-quality performance of a play called Oliver, as in Oliver Twist. Mary and I have been season ticket holders for the last two years and have yet to see a poor performance. We think that you will really enjoy this live production.

The cost of the tickets for this play is $20.00 a person. This is a reduced group rate. If you plan on attending this play, I must have your money by October 1st at the latest. If I don't have your money in hand by that date, I will have to release your seats. If you decide to attend the play after the ticket cut-off date, you may or may not be able to get a seat. Plus your ticket will be at the regular rate.

After the play, we will return to the hotel to freshen up, before going to the local American Legion for a ribeye steak dinner with all the fixings. The cost of this dinner with be absorbed by the association. We will need to leave the hotel at 5pm, as dinner will be served at 5:30.

Following our dinner, we will return to the hotel meeting room for our business meeting and auction.

Sunday -

At approximately 8 a/m we will meet for breakfast and say our good byes.

If you have any questions, send me an email.

Paul

Prayer Request

Hello Wingers,

Don Warhurst is requesting prayers for his wife Mary Ella. She will be having a very important and much desired procedure on her back, this Friday at 12:30.

Please keep her and Don in your thoughts and prayers.

Paul

With Deepest Sympathy

Our hearts and prayers go out tonight to fellow Winger Eugene Austin and the family of Carole Sciotto as she passed away early on Monday morning, February 22, 2016.

Carol Christine Sciotto

Manteo-  Carole Christine Sciotto or Carole Scott as she was best know by friends and family, joined her Savior Monday February 22, 2016 in Virginia Beach, VA. Carole was the daughter of the late Henry and Regina Kulwicki.  She was born in Baltimore, MD November 26, 1948.

Carole was a long time Manteo citizen.  She earned a degree in youth ministry from Liberty University and applied her learning to working with the youth and elderly of our local communities.  Carole also had a life-long fascination with history. She was instrumental in securing historic designation status for several local landmarks important in the Underground Railroad system.  
   
A woman of God, Carole was a faithful member of Corinth Missionary Baptist Church in Jarvisburg, NC.  She attended bible study regularly  and could always be counted on to assist with numerous religious and other publications through the years.  Carole's spirit of love and friendship will live on through the family and friends she cherished.
  
Surviving Carole is her loyal long-time friend, soul-mate, and companion Eugene Austin of the Manteo residence; her daughter, Monika Beckler Casale of Muncy, PA; her son, Charles Beckler (Isolde) of Ramspau, Germany; her two, sisters MaryJeanne Botteon of Maryland, Diane Kemler (David) of Florida; her brother, Walt Kulwicki (Jill) also of Florida, three grandchildren, numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, and extended family members as well as her Corinth Church Family.

The funeral and committal ceremony will held at Corinth Missionary Baptist Church in Jarvisburg, NC Saturday February 27, 2016 at 11 am. The burial will be private. Reverend Curtis M. Brinkley, Jr. will be the eulogist.

Condolences to the family may be expressed via the online register at www.gallopfuneralservices.com.  Gallop Funeral Services, Inc. was entrusted with arrangements.

Prayer Request

Please add Mary Ella Warhurst to your prayers.  She is going in for the first of a series of 4 tests and procedures (non surgical) that is hoped to be the end of her pain issues. Scheduled for 1015AM.

Urgent Prayer Request

Please remember Carole Sciotto in your prayers.

History

They carried P-38 can openers and heat tabs,
watches and dog tags, insect repellent, gum,
cigarettes, Zippo lighters, salt tablets,
compress bandages, ponchos, Kool-Aid,
two or three canteens of water, iodine tablets,
sterno, LRRP-rations, and C-rations stuffed in socks.

They carried standard fatigues, jungle fatigues,
jungle boots, bush hats, flak jackets and steel pots.

 

They carried the M-16, trip flares and Claymore mines,
M-60 machine guns, the M-79 grenade launcher, M-14's,
CAR-15's, Stoners, Swedish K's, 66mm LAWS,
shotguns, .45 caliber pistols, silencers,
the sound of bullets, rockets, and choppers,
and sometimes the sound of silence.

 

They carried C-4 plastic explosives,
an assortment of hand grenades,
PRC-25 radios with 25 foot whip antennas
and their heavy batteries, knives and machetes.

Some carried napalm, CBU's and large bombs;
some risked their lives to rescue others.

Some escaped the fear,
but dealt with the death and damage.

Some made very hard decisions,
and some just tried to survive.

 

They carried malaria, dysentery,
ringworms and leeches.

They carried the land itself
as it hardened on their boots.

They carried stationery, pencils,
and pictures of their loved ones -
real and imagined.

 

They carried love for people in the real world
and love for one another.

And sometimes they disguised that love:
"Don't mean nothin'!"

They carried memories for the most part,
they carried themselves with poise
and a kind of dignity.

 

Now and then,
there were times when panic set in,
and people squealed or wanted to, but couldn't;
when they twitched and made moaning sounds
and covered their heads and said "Dear God"
and hugged the earth and fired their weapons blindly
and cringed and begged for the noise to stop
and went wild and made promises to themselves
and God and their parents, hoping not to die.

 

They carried the traditions
of the United States military,
and memories and images of those
who served before them.

They carried grief, terror, longing
and their reputations.

 

They carried the soldier's greatest fear:
the embarrassment of dishonor.

 

They crawled into tunnels, walked point,
and advanced under fire,
so as not to die of embarrassment.

 

They were afraid of dying, but
too afraid to show it.

They carried the emotional baggage
of men and women who might die at any moment.

 

They carried the weight of the world.
and the weight of every free citizen of America .

 

And they carried each other.

From the first chapter of the book
with the same name by Tim O'Brien © 1990

 

Loring Air Force Base