June 29,2000
Pictures of Angelyne Loiselle’s Christening:
Denise (godmother) and Angelyne
June 26, 2000
David Herrick writes: “Our beautiful grandaughter Katy:
June 23, 2000
Thanks for the messages:
David Herrick wrote:
John,
What better way to add to the Herrick homepage than news about the patriarch.
Dad arrived in Princeton, Maine on the 20th and has been keeping himself busy working on the house and gardens and trees. He as been regaling us with stories from the “good old days” much to the delight of our 11 and 12 year old boys, and tomorrow we are going to an antique transportation museum to see farm, railroad, and automobile/truck equipment from days gone by. From their brochure, all of the equipment has come from Maine farms and garages and barns, ben restored and put on display. If anyone has news for Dad, he will be here for a couple more weeks and would appreciate hearing from any of you.
David
David, what is that you sent along with your note? A moose and her calf on the lake by your property? What a wonderful use of your new camera!!!
Red Loiselle wrote:
Hi John,
Thanks for keeping everyone posted on family affairs. We tune in every day to the Herrick Home Page. We think it’s a great resource as well as extremely well constructed. Becky and I are very impressed that you and Denise are in the Guardian ad Litem program . No one knows better than a teacher how desperate a child can become when things fall apart at home. We could tell you stories that would curl your hair. The kinds of scenarios you will be getting involved with require a great deal of patience and courage as well as a kind heart. We know you will both do well, actually more than well, you are just the kind of folks this program was designed for.
We have a coincidence regarding Commander Joe’s next vessel. Last week-end I and my fellow coaches manned a sausage and beer booth at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard to raise funds for our program during the Bicentennial Celebration of the shipyard. About ten thousand people passed by our little booth on their way to stand in line up to six hours for a tour of the USS Maine! Although we couldn’t break away to join the tour, I have confidence that their could be a more private showing in the future. Congratulations to Commander Tofalo and family. We are all very proud of you.
Happy Summer Everyone
……Rod
June 22, 2000
Note from Carol, Nate’s mother-in-law in California:
Hi John!
The weather here has been beautiful. I hope it stays that way when
Christine and Little Nate are here. We’re expecting them Sunday morning… I
can’t wait!
We will send pictures for the web site. If we do anything really
exciting, we’ll let you know that too.
Say “hi” to Denise for me.
Regards,
Carol
Note from Martine in Montreal, Canada:
John,
I am planning to go to the change
of command (July 14), so far so good I think I will be able
to make it. I have just received news from Charles and Thérese
and I will spend a few days with them after that.
I hope we will be able to see each other
Martine
June 18, 2000
And a Happy one to all you father’s out there!
I updated Corbin’s pictures on the Baby Page with his first birthday pictures two weeks ago, sorry I did not mention it on this page.
We have been working too hard! We have been going to craft fairs, orchestra’s, an intense class in becoming a Guardian ad Litem (http://www.guardianadlitem.org/) ,etc., etc. We have been out almost every weekend day and every evening after work!
The Guardian ad Litem program seems to be an incredible program. You become the eyes and ears for the court (you are appointed by the judge) as well as an advocate for the child (or children). Being a volunteer leaves one free to “tell it like it is”, not beholden to any of the parties; being appointed by the judge you are a party to anything that happens, your word is relied on by the judge more than any other! We are just training right now (and filling out many forms). But hope to get approved and have our first case in August.
Next weekend we most likely will be in Jacksonville, then on the 14th of July we will be there again for the great event – the change of command. It will be fun checking out a submarine! Then in August will be our vacation trip to Montreal, Canada!
We need to sell the dingy now, the marina has given us until July 1 to move it. Denise wants to buy us a new bed with the money, our bed is 10 years old and kind of broken down. Yesterday our neighbor in #9 said he would like to buy the dingy, but we will see.
We finally are getting rain, it rains every other evening now, I have to shut the computers off and disconnect them from the phone lines when those big thunderstorms come through. They only last for a few hours, the days have been beautiful, Denise has been out sailing a lot!
Happy Father’s Day again, Dad Herrick, and Dad Loiselle, love you both.
June 1, 2000 (addendum)
Denise just got home from sailing and did she have stories to tell!!!!!
First, as they were getting underway with 20 people on board, they turned into the wind (the wind was pretty strong about then) and her partner Preston started to winch up the sail with the halyard. Preston crossed the line and it fouled. The sail could not go up or down! The sail was full and they could not return to port! The captain (CT) sent Preston to the helm, but Preston was new and did not know where to steer, he pointed the ship in the wrong direction, so Denise gave him directions and then she went to aid the captain in trying to untangle the mess.
The captain was very intently struggling trying to undo the very tight crossed lines but was not making any headway. Denise asked him if he had a fid (she had learned what a fid was in Coast Guard class two days ago!). CT did have one and got it out. Then Denise suggested that she could relieve the tension on the line by tying a knot in the halyard, placing her foot in the loop, and put her weight on the line. The captain looked at her in recognition of her astute idea, then the two of them went to work. Denise had learned how to tie a bowline in the Coast Guard Class, so she was able to tie one in the halyard. After about five minutes of her holding off the tension of the full sail and the captain working away with the fid they finally cleared the line, thus saving the day!! They never would have been able to have returned to port safely with the sail up and would have been forced to cut the line, which is no fun, as you then have to thread another line up inside the mast, and the customers would have been quite taken aback at the ineptitude of the crew — Denise SAVED THE DAY!! The customers were so impressed that they gave a big tip at the end of the ride.
The second thing that happened was they all saw the GREEN FLASH!!! When the sun sets, once in a thousand times, the final sight is of a green light on the horizon. It was really cool Denise said! I have always watched for it but I have never seen it, they were lucky!
June 1, 2000
OK, I need some help here….anyone have any ideas for this month?? I hope that you all can send me something, anything!!!! Pictures, funny things you find on the net (just right click on anything you find on the web, save it, then e-mail it to me!). Backgrounds are welcome (same as above – right click, etc.).
Thanks to Jim Herrick, I have some pictures, and a neat video I put on the interesting things to download icon (left) as well as HERE.
