FB BACKUP July 16 - 31, 2012

Bureau of Reclamation photo

$1.6 Million Contract Awarded for a New Laser Light Show at Grand Coulee Dam - Grand Coulee Dam's unique visitor's experience is about to get a major overhaul with a $1.6 million contract. The contract was awarded by the Bureau of Reclamation to LumaLaser of Eugene, Ore., with funding from the Bonneville Power Administration. The money will be used to improve the overall show including replacement of the outdated laser light show and an upgrade of all equipment associated with the show, including its sound system. The modernized system will consume less electricity - realizing an energy savings of more than 75 percent.

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Legends of the Ice Cave
posted in the blog, "The Long Hunt," on 7-29,
shared by "Big Bend Railroad History."

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First official train to Grand Coulee, 29 July 1935
posted by Dan Bolyard on July 24

From left, Richard Evans and Colleen Tanneberg Long (class of '67);
Joe Olin, Loreen Cox Irving, Kathy Davis Dormaier, and Carol
Edgemon Hipperson (class of '68); at Coulee City Presbyterian
Church on July 1, 2012; posted by Colleen Long on July 20.

Unique way to view Main Street (Coulee City)
posted by Dan Bolyard, 7-17

Birch Mountain fire started at 9:12:53pm
posted 7-17 by McGlinn's Public House
Wenatchee World and NCWTV.com

Roping Arena in Soap Lake where elementary school is now.
Manning the chute is Stony Saddlery.
Taken in 1983, posted by Soap Lake, WA on 7-18

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Carol Joplin Clapshaw:  Little woman in middle back is Lizzie Walker Lewualt Willis.  Her step sons were in front, Berkley Willis in striped socks and Bert Willis first man on grass to right of porch.

Virginia Carey:  . . . "Lizzie's family" was my husband's family.  My mother-in-law is on the right side of Lizzy and the old couple to left is my husband's grandparents.  Lizzy was a cousin to my mother-in-law.People teased Rod and I about being kissing cousins.

Virginia Carey:  Evelyn is the young girl to the far right on the porch.

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Carol Joplin Clapshaw:  Berkley Willis with Hazel Hannon,
Gladys Joplin by post and Paul Wilcox far right.

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The following was shared by Judy P. Paap on 7-21 (from Just for laughs):

When an old man died in the geriatric ward of a nursing home in an Australian country town, it was believed that he had nothing left of any value.

Later, when the nurses were going through his meagre possessions, They found this poem. Its quality and content so impressed the staff that copies were made and distributed to every nurse in the hospital.

One nurse took her copy to Melbourne. The old m...an's sole bequest to posterity has since appeared in the Christmas editions of magazines around the country and appearing in mags for Mental Health. A slide presentation has also been made based on his simple, but eloquent, poem.

And this old man, with nothing left to give to the world, is now the author of this 'anonymous' poem winging across the Internet.

Cranky Old Man

What do you see nurses? . . .. . .What do you see?
What are you thinking .. . when you're looking at me?
A cranky old man, . . . . . .not very wise,
Uncertain of habit .. . . . . . . .. with faraway eyes?
Who dribbles his food .. . ... . . and makes no reply.
When you say in a loud voice . .'I do wish you'd try!'
Who seems not to notice . . .the things that you do.
And forever is losing . . . . . .. . . A sock or shoe?
Who, resisting or not . . . ... lets you do as you will,
With bathing and feeding . . . .The long day to fill?
Is that what you're thinking?. .Is that what you see?
Then open your eyes, nurse .you're not looking at me.
I'll tell you who I am . . . . .. As I sit here so still,
As I do at your bidding, .. . . . as I eat at your will.
I'm a small child of Ten . .with a father and mother,
Brothers and sisters .. . . .. . who love one another
A young boy of Sixteen . . . .. with wings on his feet
Dreaming that soon now . . .. . . a lover he'll meet.
A groom soon at Twenty . . . ..my heart gives a leap.
Remembering, the vows .. .. .that I promised to keep.
At Twenty-Five, now . . . . .I have young of my own.
Who need me to guide . . . And a secure happy home.
A man of Thirty . .. . . . . My young now grown fast,
Bound to each other . . .. With ties that should last.
At Forty, my young sons .. .have grown and are gone,

But my woman is beside me . . to see I don't mourn.
At Fifty, once more, .. ...Babies play 'round my knee,
Again, we know children . . . . My loved one and me.
Dark days are upon me . . . . My wife is now dead.
I look at the future ... . . . . I shudder with dread.
For my young are all rearing .. . . young of their own.
And I think of the years . . . And the love that I've known.
I'm now an old man . . . . . . .. and nature is cruel.
It's jest to make old age . . . . . . . look like a fool.
The body, it crumbles .. .. . grace and vigour, depart.
There is now a stone . . . where I once had a heart.
But inside this old carcass . A young man still dwells,
And now and again . . . . . my battered heart swells
I remember the joys . . . . .. . I remember the pain.
And I'm loving and living . . . . . . . life over again.
I think of the years, all too few . . .. gone too fast.
And accept the stark fact . . . that nothing can last.
So open your eyes, people .. . . . .. . . open and see.
Not a cranky old man .
Look closer . . . . see .. .. . .. .... . ME!!

Remember this poem when you next meet an older person who you might brush aside without looking at the young soul within. We will all, one day, be there, too!

PLEASE SHARE THIS POEM!
The best and most beautiful things of this world can't be seen or touched. They must be felt by the heart!

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The following was shared by Carol Joplin Clapshaw on 7-21 (from Words of Wisdom)

A 50- something year old white woman arrived at her seat on a crowded flight and immediately didn't want the seat. The seat was next to a black man. Disgusted, the woman immediately summoned the flight attendant and demanded a new seat. The
woman said "I cannot sit here next to this black man." The fight attendant said "Let me see if I can find another seat." After checking, the flight attendant returned and stated "Ma'am, there are no more seats in economy, but I will check with the captain and see if there is something in first class." About 10 minutes went by and the flight attendant returned and stated "The captain has confirmed that there are no more seats in economy, but there is one in first class. It is our company policy to never move a person from economy to first class, but being that it would be some sort of scandal to force a person to sit next to an UNPLEASANT person, the captain agreed to make the switch to first class." Before the woman could say anything, the attendant gestured to the black man and said, "Therefore sir, if you would so kindly retrieve your personal items, we would like to move you to the comfort of first class as the captain doesn't want you to sit next to an unpleasant person." Passengers in the seats nearby began to applause while some gave a standing ovation.

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Storm above East Wenatchee, posted by McGlinn's Public House 7-20

Sisters, standing from left: June Scheibner West, Janet R. Evans, Carolyn Welk,
Marilyn Tanneberg, Nancy Smith. Their mom, seated: Mildred Scheibner (102).
posted by Marilyn Tanneberg, Sat., July 21.

From left: Janet Scheibner Evans, Kathy Jordan, Marilyn Tanneberg,
Carolyn Welk, Jacqui Randolph, June Scheibner West, Nancy Smith,
Karla Beardsley, Karen Vaughn O'Neel
posted 7-23 by Jacqui Randolph

Another picture of the water tower. Notice the bricks - lower right.  There
was a brick yard in Oroville, some of the brick molds are at the museum.
posted by Similkameen Trail, 7-29

Sugarloaf Peak Fire Lookout and the Milky Way.
posted at Everything Washington, 7-30. 

posted by Conor Jorgensen, 7-31.