Jess arrived in midafternoon, fresh from the AHL Hockey Booster Club convention in Providence, RI, in time to at least say Hi to everyone. Jess had a great time in Providence, had fun meeting old hockey pals and making new ones, and got to tour the Newport mansions. Now it's back to her freshman year at U of L's Speed School, which she is enjoying immensely. On the day before, Ginny, Tom and Mario enjoyed another visit to cousin Barb Vogler's home outside Frankfort to welcome her sister Evelyn on her annual trip home from Houston. Evelyn's life has been complicated this summer by the effects of the great Houston flood and she is in temporary quarters while her house is being renovated, but things are slowly getting back to normal.
Free gerbils are still available here.
This was to have been the weekend of the Annual Guy Camping Trip, but it was abruptly cancelled due to the press of current events. Our family did get to enjoy our annual week at Lost Lodge Resort in August, where everyone including the dog got to boat around our favorite sites at Lake Cumberland. Brian Rowe's EMT service has launched a website , find out here what occupies his off-base hours. Christopher Bettler recently auditioned for the Savannah Orchestra and has an audition upcoming for the tuba position open in the Louisville Orchestra. Ginny is relieved that the L.O. recently settled on a new four-year contract with a short and cordial round of negotiations, and her employer, the Louisville Federation of Musicians, can move ahead with other business.