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[ Tuesday, July 08, 2008 09:05 ]

Legacy Journal: 50th Malin High School Reunion

Section:
Events & Meetings

Summary:
I will miss my 50th high school reunion this month. Some of the hearty remaining Malin Mustang Class of 1958 will be gathering for the event in the California border ag, railroading, lumber and Kingsley AF Base region of Klamath Country, Oregon.

Main:

Some of us left, others left and returned, others stayed, more than a few have passed on, or simply vanished. What endures is the power of place and the experience of coming of age in a “Heartland” community of significance and substance. Malin is a continuing presence inscribed in memory and recorded in fact. For me, the frozen memories have become even sweeter and more meaningful with the mellow passage of the years.

My first message to my classmates was a short and long forgotten high school graduation ceremony farewell address in the Mustang’s small gym in 1958. The second was a note send from Viet Nam in 1968 for the 10th anniversary gathering. The Fisk family with four kids made the Malin Community Park gathering in 1978. Now, in 2008, it is time for an update.

After four years in Eugene, four years in Portland, a year in Los Angeles two years in the U.S.Army, four years at UCSF, thirty years in Santa Rosa, CA, and four years in Davis, CA, I am retired and now live in Brighton, NY near Rochester in the western Lake Ontario region of the Empire State and near the best of attractions ---- two young bright, beautiful, active, healthy and loving granddaughters.

The Eire Canal, Eastman Kodak, Xerox, the University of Rochester, and the Eastman School of Music are still past of the fabric of Monroe County. Biking the canal towpath, touring the old Eastman Home and Gallery, attending concerts and recitals, participating in Rochester Institute of Technology- Athenium-Osher Lifelong Learning Institute classes and daily workouts with a lap swimming emphasis are currently part of the routine.

Internet, Information and Instructional Technology are at the core of my weekly volunteer contributions at several local senior activity services including a health and exercise emphasis . And, what is not to like about Digital Photography, image editing, and Web Publishing. It is a great way to keep up with friends and family. The latter group includes sisters Mary Jayne in Talent, and Kathy in Eugene; kids include Erika Lindsey at the URSM medical center, Tanya Ashley of Cottage Grove, Tiffany Danielle of Hawaii, and Damon Marshall of San Francisco.

Meanwhile, Malin memories, friends, mentors, and rites of passage continue to sustain, refresh, and inspire me daily.

Fondly.

Doug Fisk

BTW, my tough and trusty Orange and Black Mustang jacket bite the dust just two years ago.

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[ Monday, June 09, 2008 08:18 ]

Legacy Journal: The U.S. Senate: Paying Attention to the Details with Dianne Feinstein.

Section:
Politics

Summary:
Kennedy is on Medical Leave, Clinton is managing the mess of a missed opportunity, Obama is voting “Present”, Byrd is recovering, and Harry Read is not taken seriously. Meanwhile, the Senior Senator from California is doing by default what other will not or can not do---- mind the store. The washingtonpost reports what has long been known— the Senate dining room needs attention if not the reform of a major menu makeover.

Main:
The Senator, seems to have the grace to take on tasks begging to be done. One was hosting the recent one on one quiet and constructive conversation between fellow Senators Clinton and Obama at her home in Washington . It seems to be in her nature, yes, her DNA, to do and say the right thing at the right time. Her surgeon father, Leon Goldman, had the same skill set. Calm demeanor, Character, Wisdom from Experience, Grace under pressure, Common Sense, Clarity of Purpose, Action Oriented have long been among Dr. Goldman’s daughter’s sterling qualities. Goldman was known as “the Coach” among his peers and students at UCSF. He was observant, a gentleman, and a skilled Surgical Department Chairman.

Now, if the Senator could have just found a way to have justified her voting in favor of the current Chief Justice Roberts. But that is another story more important than minding after proper lunches for aging Senators and the jobs of Senate food service employee who seem to have entitlements, if not true academic tenure.

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[ Friday, April 11, 2008 12:25 ]

Legacy Journal: Mustang- Myths, Mascots and Machines

Section:
Essays

Summary:

“The air of heaven is that which blows between a horse’s ears.” --- An Arab Proverb.

“Far back, far back in our dark soul the horse prances ... The horse, the horse! The symbol of surging potency and power of movement, of action ...” ----- D.H. Lawrence

“There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man.”
------ Winston Churchill

: “The most beautiful, the most spirited and the most inspiring creature ever to print foot on the grasses of America.”
------- J.Frank Dobie- Texan Folklorist, of the Mustangs

Main:
: The mustang is a feral horse with Spanish roots that has ranged the western part of the North American continent for more than 500 years. In the north western Spanish empire in the New World, Native American tribes valued the trained “Big Dogs” and acquired them as the opportunity presented itself. Failing that, they did domesticate the feral fall out and leavings. The horse has evolved and adapted to the conditions of the west: dry deserts, rocky and steep terrain, harsh winters, and scant grass and browse.
Today, BML land in Harney County and the Steens Mountain south east of Burns, Oregon is the home of the Kiger Mustang, the model for the animated movie Spirit of Cimarron.

:: The mustang is the mascot of SMU, UCDavis, Cal State at SLO, and the former Malin, H.S. , Oregon state “B” champions in football and basketball.

::: Ford Mustang automobile, the Mustang fighter aircraft, and various power speed boats are example of compact high performance machines.

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[ Sunday, March 16, 2008 11:56 ]

Legacy Journal: Sunday Shoot Out

Section:
Almanac

Summary:
Early Indian Affairs in the Far West: California Missions, Exploration of the Oregon Territory, Fremont and Carson, the California Connection, and the Klamath Basin Tribes.

Main:
The Hudson Bay Company, Coastal Exploration, Astoria, and the War of 1812

Junipero Serra: Spain, Mexico and the Californios of Monterey

* Peter Ogden and the fur traders

** The Bear Flag Rebellion

* Dr. John Marsh and General Marianna Vallejo of Sonoma

Captain Jack and the Modoc Indian War http://www.klamathtribes.org/

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[ Friday, February 22, 2008 10:28 ]

Legacy Journal: Fisk Family Friday

Section:
Events & Meetings

Summary:
On the move and on the go.

* Toronto, Canada

* Park City, Utah

* Hawaii

Main:

: The Littles of Rochester are off in the snow for a well earned weekend in Toronto. Emma and Tess are on “winter break”, have done their bit by saving the Brighton school district some money, contributed to energy conservation bu reducing fuel space heating bills, and aided in saving the planet from carbon dioxide pollution and the fear of AGW.

:: Damon and Rebecca are back home in The City’s Marina District following their adventure in Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah.

::: Tiffany has recently celebrated her birthday Hawaiian style in Kailua- Kona on the west coast of the Big Island

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[ Tuesday, January 08, 2008 07:29 ]

Legacy Journal: Number Two as Winners: The Rest of the Story.

Section:
Sports

Summary:
We all like to see underdogs win. Avis vs Hertz. The latest example is an impressive performance by the LSU Tigers of Baton Rouge, LA in the BCS Championship win over number one ranked Ohio State University. One unsung hero of the win is first year LSU Offensive Coordinator, 50 year old, father of seven, Gary Crowton from the state of Utah. He was calling plays for the SuperDome sky box and was seldom seen on the TV screen. Mavericks make headlines. Good Mormons quietly do their jobs. That is all you need to know except that he enjoys biking with his family.

Main:
Crowton has lived, played and coached around the country. Orem, Provo, Snow JC, Idaho State, BYU, Oregon, Lousiana Tech, Chicago, Georgia, Boston College, Western Illinois, Colarado State. He is a student of BYU Coach, Dr. LaVell Edwards , the “spread offense”, and he is part of a quarterback tradition that includes former Forty Niner Steve Young and Kellen Clemens, currently with the NY Jets.

He is but one example among many of quiet, competent, and capable team players making a difference over time. Some times that difference is on Mission, sometimes in the class room or on the field, sometimes at home, at church or in the community. Dr. Edwards and his wife did a Mission in NYC after he retired from coaching in 2000 after eighteen years at BYU. Gary Crowton was his replacement.

Meanwhile in New Hampshire, the nytimes video reporters visits the bars and discovers the natives heat their homes with $3 a gallon fuel oil and use wood burning stores. The same voters have yet to hear of an energy plan from the candidates. Perhaps the recent warm weather has influenced the messages and the turnout.

Revkin of GoEarth blog at the nytimes is still hot on melting ice in Greenland. In January yet? So, who has the most compelling worry? BTW, the really good news weather story today is that a a lost snowmobile family was found in the snow blizzard National Forest areas out of Durango, CO. The predicted summer water shortage crisis predicted by earlier Revkin sources for the southern Rockies region seems to be rapidly fading.

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[ Saturday, December 29, 2007 07:58 ]

Legacy Journal: Year End Clear Winners.

Section:
Almanac

Summary:
* In Random Order, here is a personal Thank Your list of 2007 winners.

Main:
: David Brooks, Op-Ed Columnist for the nytimes. Best Advice: “Interview three people every day.” Solid writing, grounded, funny, and smart. A pleasure to read and watch as a regular panelist participant on the Friday edition of the PBS Lehrer News Hour and even ABC News on Sunday mornings..

: The August 7th picture perfect Carmel, CA wedding of Damon Fisk and Rebecca Welch at the Mission Ranch. Great timing. Good going. An outstanding all family happening. Thanks for the memory treasure chest photo album.

: The summer relocation of the California Littles to The City of Rochester,NY and the town of Brighton. Jon, Erika, Emma and Tessa have been the perfect host and hostesses for a parade of visitors from across the U.S. MCC and URMC have also benefited from their work. Christmas in western upstate New York has been part of a special holiday season.

: A cross country road trip thru the Heartland of the Country was a 2007 highlight. the Ruby Mountains of NE Nevada, the upper Salmon River of Idaho, the Grande Teton and Yellowstone NPs of Wyoming, Paradise Valley and Cisco in Montana, the Bad Lands Lakota Buffalo Grass Lands country out of Rapid City, Sturgis, and Wells South Dakota, Egan, MN Park and Skating Rink, the Minnesota-Wisconsin Interstate Park along the St. Croix River Dalles , the DePaul University district of Chicago and Niagara Falls were all new territory for this traveler.

More than three “locals” were interviewed a each stop. Their stories added rich context to the experience. I thank them all from the local journalist, historian, and fellow hospital breakfast clubber in St Croix, Wisconsin along the National Ice Age Trail to the weather aged and well preserved ranch woman, Mrs Cuny at the end of dusty road in one the most remote table islands in of the Bad Lands Lakata Sioux Reservation of Pine Ridge, the former home of Chief Red Cloud and U.S.M.C.Olympian, Billy Mills.

: Thanks to the great community of Davis, CA , the Davis Senior Center Staff, DAM swimming club, and UCDavis for first rate programs that support senior fitness. The Aggies MBB vs UCLA at Pauley/Wooden Arena this weekend. You must be kidding.

: Thanks to the Raleigh Bike Company of England and the UCDavis Aggie Bike Barn for my restored machine. It is fast, light, safe, comfortable, fun and even tracks well in the new snow. It is also fuel efficient and relatively nonpolluting. BTW, wow many of 15,000 in the Climate Brigade who jetted to and from Bali, Indonesia for the recent UN IPCC tribal gathering and pep rally use a bike daily for personal transportation or pleasure?

: Thanks for JCC. It is a welcoming and healthy bit of Brighton and Rochester Jewish life and culture.

: Thanks to George Eastman and the Kodak Company. Rochester institutions and Hollywood are not their only legacies.

: Thanks to Wegman’s. A great place to refuel. Supermarkets will never the same.

: Thanks to all that made holiday music. The Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra with Sissel on PBS was especially fine.

: Thanks to many friends, family and neighbors along the trail. 2007 has been a memorable ride. BTW, the Internet techies at Sonic, Expression Engine, URMC , JCC, and the Brighton Senior Center continue to impress. Apple, Google, and open source applications continue to Rock and Rule as part of the exclusive PMASS Club .

Finally, one has the sense that the anti-natalist views of the eco Malthusians fear promoters are wearing thin. Prof David Pimental, a bug guy who bio morphed into a global guru at Cornell Ag, the politically active Directors and executives of the Sierra Club, and the carbon climate crowd have tried to temper their message. But, bottom line, it is still old wine, new label. “More people means Disaster” is the staple standard; “Carbon is Poison” is on the label, even the Champagne. So, the sober message for the Holidays if you must drink to enjoy yourself, be responsible and please, do not drive. Brake for Bikers. To have a really Happy 2008, make a baby, but do not mix up the bottles.

Q: What is more dangerous, birthing a baby, performing your own appendectomy, believing that mankind can override Nature and control the enormous forces that drive what we call Climate, serving with the military in Iraq, living in Richmond, California, or driving a vehicle under the influence of drug or alcohol several times a month? Think about it.

BTW, some are still worried because during the summer of 2005 , the Arctic Ocean ice pack was down to a meager 1,500,000 square miles, ten times the area of California. The good new for the concerned is that as of 29 December, 2007, it is really cold and really dark in that Polar region as ice is rapidly being reformed. Because of the polar winter blackout, photos are not available. But, alcohol abuse remains real, reoccurring , and year around problem among the native population.

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