Happy Summer 2013!  Hopefully everybody is surviving the heat (or not) depending on where you live.  FL has been cooler than normal this Summer due to ALOT of rain.  I am writing this from TX where they are setting records once again.  We have had our Granddaughter with us now for almost  two months now and I have gotta say if I would have known how much fun grandkids were, we would have had them FIRST!  On a positive note, our class seems to be doing a lot better health-wise.  I have not heard of anyone with severe issues recently.   Sadly though, we mourn the loss of two class members:  Jim Mosier and Rosalie Faith who passed away previously this year.  Please pray for their families and friends.  So its Fair time!  I need someone to send me a picture of the Class Breakfast at the Morgan Co. Fair this year.  I hear we had a great turnout!  Also I missed another Artie Fest.  If anyone went and took pictures, send me a copy!  August birthdays are as follows:  DENNIS BOWMAN(our newest member) , STEVE STEVENS, and JEFF THOMAS.  If I missed you in between the Winter post and this one HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY! That's about all I can think of at the moment.  In closing, I'd like to pass on part of an email I got from Jeff Thomas.  The following quotes from a famous statesman are food for thought in these troubled times:

"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not."

-- Thomas Jefferson

"It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world."

-- Thomas Jefferson

"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them." -- Thomas Jefferson

"My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government." -- Thomas Jefferson

Take Care All!

Jim