Wednesday, April 8, 2020

1988, Retirement from NRC

March 23, 1988 was the date we had been looking for. It was the beginning of the time we could enjoy the farm without a "Steady Job". We had gone to an NARD meeting in Little Rock, AK earlier where Gene Sullivan's invited us to their house for a "Super Bowl"  party. Elaine and I met Norris Alfred and Lee Morris for a "Birding" expedition. We conducted a "c" factor workshop at the office. I was appointed to fill Frank Lavicky's position on the UBB NRD when he resigned. Aunt Dorothy showed me the Fred Turner "card file". On 4/7/88 Elaine and I left in the pickup on our southern trip. We visited Tom Shiflet's, Bill Lingle's, Callaway Gardens, the "Little White House" where FDR died, saw Nolan Ryan pitch, Stone Mountain, visited Jon and Mary, Verlon and Kli in Richmond, VA., Mel & Marilyn Davis, blew out a tire leaving 3-Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh, and Tim's in Columbus, IN. I seeded Switchgrass for Ted Flowerday soon after getting home. Julie did real well at Shelly's Dance Recital. We enjoyed a flock of Canada geese that hatched out at our pond. Don and Gladys were up for Memorial Day and we all ate at Souceks. Seward County was listed in the Drought Disaster Area. We took the Folks to Ruth and Elmer Geiger's 50th Wedding Anniversary at Superior. Carolyn started scraping and painting her house. Willard got a 3-pound bass out of our pond. We went to "Camp Creek Thrashers" and with the Grange to Milt Fricke's. We visited Andy Kmetz's and Tim's on our way to the SWCS meeting in Columbus, OH with Jon's. He is being promoted to a GS-12 position at Syracuse, NY.`We took Julie to the State Fair and the Kerry-Karnes debate. We took Kilzers to the Int. Plowing contest at the Amana Colonies and visited the Dick Thompson farm at Boone, IA. I flew to a Sustainable Ag Meeting in Columbus, OH with Rodale's. We set a price of $129,500 or $89,950 for just the west 40 acres. Elaine & I drove both pickups with 2,360 lbs of Switchgrass seed to Holly Miller in York for processing. I taught Bob Kuzelka'z UN-L class. Anthony James was born to Laura & Tim on 11/1/88.We had 300 customers at the Ikes Soup Supper. George Bush was elected President and Bob Kerry defeated Karns. We went to see "baby Tony" in Columbus, IN. We hosted the Vrana Family Thanksgiving Dinner at the Boy Scout Bldg. I started installing storm windows on Carolyn's house. NRC Staff party at Hidden Valley. Took Dingleberrry wine to Ike's Party. I accepted the Lobbying Job from the State Grange. Clayton Yuetter announced as Sec'y of Agriculture. We visited with Ted & Muffy at the folks where Muffy told of Mrs. Trump's kiss of Ted after his ability to visit with her in Czech at Norman Vincent Peale's 90th birthday party.

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