Saturday, June 19, 2010

Duane Clark Memorial Show

"Cheryl and Stan Page are to be congratulated for putting on a first class car show in Windham today for the Duane Clark Memorial fund. Classes were well organized with no class jumping allowed (one was actually asked to move to their correct class.)

"Judging was as fair as I have ever seen by amateur judges. Trophies were presented on time without any mix up. A super job from start to finish.Duane Clark graduated with the Windham High School class of 1963 and tragically lost his life in a motorcycle accident several years later. A scholarship in his name is presented annually to a deserving Windham graduate.

"Personally, Duane was an employee of mine and a dear friend. Many of his classmates, including his sister Ginger from Arizona, were present today to remember and honor his memory.

"I was honored and humbled receiving the Duane Clark Memorial Cup. A sincere thank you to Cheryl and Stan and all the volunteers for a day that I will cherish for ever."

Bob Norwood

Worth Repeating

At a time when our president and other politicians tend to apologize for our country's prior actions, here's a refresher on how some of our former patriots handled negative comments about our country.

JFK'S Secretary of State, Dean Rusk, was in France in the early 60's when DeGaulle decided to pull out of NATO. DeGaulle said he wanted all US military out of France as soon as possible

Rusk responded, "Does that include those who are buried here?"
DeGaulle did not respond.

You could have heard a pin drop.

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When in England, at a fairly large conference, Colin Powell was asked by the Archbishop of Canterbury if our plans for Iraq were just an example of 'empire building' by George Bush.
He answered by saying, "Over the years, the United States has sent many of its fine young men and women into great peril to fight for freedom beyond our borders. The only amount of land we have ever asked for in return is enough to bury those that did not return."

You could have heard a pin drop.
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There was a conference in France where a number of international engineers were taking part, including French and American. During a break, one of the French engineers came back into the room saying, "Have you heard the latest dumb stunt Bush has done? He has sent an aircraft carrier to Indonesia to help the tsunami victims. What does he intend to do, bomb them?"

A Boeing engineer stood up and replied quietly: "Our carriers have three hospitals on board that can treat several hundred people; they are nuclear powered and can supply emergency electrical power to shore facilities; they have three cafeterias with the capacity to feed 3,000 people three meals a day, they can produce several thousand gallons of fresh water from sea water each day, and they carry half a dozen helicopters for use in transporting victims and injured to and from their flight deck. We have eleven such ships; how many does France have?"

You could have heard a pin drop.
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A U.S. Navy Admiral was attending a naval conference that included Admirals from the U.S. , English, Canadian, Australian and French Navies. At a cocktail reception, he found himself standing with a large group of officers that included personnel from most of those countries. Everyone was chatting away in English as they sipped their drinks, but a French admiral suddenly complained that, whereas Europeans learn many languages, Americans learn only English. He then asked, "Why is it that we always have to speak English in these conferences rather than speaking French?"

Without hesitating, the American Admiral replied, "Maybe it's because the Brits, Canadians, Aussies and Americans arranged it so you wouldn't have to speak German."

You could have heard a pin drop.

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AND
THIS STORY FITS RIGHT IN WITH THE ABOVE ...

Robert Whiting, an elderly gentleman of 83, arrived in Paris by plane. At French Customs, he took a few minutes to locate his passport in his carry-on. "You have been to France before, monsieur?" the customs officer asked sarcastically.

Mr. Whiting admitted that he had been to France previously.

"Then you should know enough to have your passport ready." The American said, "The last time I was here, I didn't have to show it." "Impossible. Americans always have to show their passports on arrival in France !"

The American senior gave the Frenchman a long hard look. Then he quietly explained, ''Well, when I came ashore at Omaha Beach on D-Day in 1944 to help liberate this country, I couldn't find a single Frenchmen to show a passport to."

You could have heard a pin drop.

Mr. Obama and the rest of you liberals, please stop apologizing for America. We have nothing to apologize for. We may not be perfect, but we come closer than any other nation in the history of the world.

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Sunday, June 13, 2010

Bayley's Campground Car Show

UPDATE:

Just an update on the Father's Day Weekend Car show at Bayley's Campground & Resort in Scarborough. They always put on a nice family event.

1. Registration: Free for 2 people with each Show Car
2. Registration time:11:00am - Noon
3. Show Hours: 11am - 4:00pm
4. Awards at 3:00pm (Time approximate)
5. Cruise through Old Orchard Beach: 3:30pm
6. General Public Admission for People not camping: Adults $5/Kids 3-17 $3
7. 12 Classes plus Campers Choice.
8. Best of Class Trophies and Cash prizes in all Classes.
9. Dash Plaques for 1st 125 cars.
10. Evening entertainment, pools, hot tubs.

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