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Sandra Buckley (Matthews)

Hope you are all well and staying ahead of the virus. Just finished my second shot process and am looking forward to meeting and greeting my family again.

Jean and I have kept away from family during this time. Thought it was best for them and us.

curious about the shot effects you have experienced, On the first shot I had minor headaches and slept a lot. On the second shot I slept 10 to 20 hrs a day. I'm feeling great now

Bill

03/18/21 08:11 PM

#1345

Sheila Bailey (Lamphier)

Also have both shots nothing from 1st and a bit of sore arm from 2nd along with about 4 hours of feeling really crappy the next day. Really no more than a regular flu shot for me. Hope everyone gets theirs and start to live normal again.

03/19/21 11:00 PM

#1346

Joyce Casady (Sheumaker)

I had my 2nd shot on March 11, 2021. Since I had the virus last Oct and was in hospital for 1 week and on Oxygen and had it bad---I had a terrible result both times--Started chilling and high fever 100.7 begining at 9:30 evening of shot that happen till 1:30 am in the morning of 12th---then fever of 100.7 all day of the 12th till 1:00 am on Sat th 13th--then all day low grade fever in the 99.7 to 99.3. Every bone, muscle and joint hurt---Pain in arm and reddness and swollen size of an orange. Tired and slept most of those days--Finally felt better on Sunday. Still tired alot. I had this same result both times. They say that I would probably have it bad if I get the other virus that is goung around. Still wearing mask and trying not to be around people---will get tested for antibodies after 14 days or so.

Joyce

03/20/21 06:43 AM

#1347

Joyce, We are so sorry to hear that you had such a horrible reaction to the COVID Vaccine - especially after actually having the virus last year and being so sick as to require a hospital stay !!!! I had nothing after the first Moderna shot but a sore arm, but then had reactions for the second one - but only lasted about 24 hours - fever of 100.4, terrible head ache and body aches, chills, and a rash from my elbow to my shoulder. Our daughter-in-law in Florida and our 15 year old granddaughter contracted the virus in late January - Tamrah (D-I-L) was sick for about 10 days, granddaughter had a fairly mild case, but due to school policies, she missed 2 weeks of classes. Our son and our 12 year old granddaughter didn't get it at all - go figure !!! Here's hoping you are able to avoid the other new mutated strains of the virus - TAKE CARE !!!!

03/21/21 09:11 AM

#1348

well we really broke out from our year at home. just bought a 2021 Winnebago Minnie and headed to Cannon Beach Oregon. Should be quite a trip and am looking forward to seeing the USA.

We will take a couple of trial trips first. To our cabin at Lake Poinsett SD and to our son's home in Jefferson SD.

Hope you are all well and enjoying life.

Bill and Jean

03/22/21 10:49 AM

#1349

Good luck on your trip Bill and congratulations on your mini Winnebago! Have fun and be safe!

03/25/21 10:57 AM

#1350

Second Moderna vax two weeks ago. Zero side effects for me. Still alive and masking. Love Bill's Winnebago idea.

Hope everyone is well.

Cheers to all

03/26/21 11:02 AM

#1351

Joyce Casady (Sheumaker)

I want to thank you for all of the birthday wishes! They made my day!

Joyce

03/27/21 09:38 AM

#1352

Jerry Rees

Bill, Sallie and I visited Canon Beach in Feb 2006. We have a large pictcure over our fireplace of Canon Beach, the ocean, and Haystack Rock taken from Ecola State Park on the headland north of the town. Enjoy, but beware of sneaker waves and avoid the tsusami zones! Are you coming to the reunion?

04/04/21 06:50 AM

#1353

Been out of network for the past week. Had to replace sump pump and water soffner so am late in responding to your cmts.

yes the Cannon Beach area is a great place to visit. Seems like big waves come in all the time and got caught once. Always face the ocean and you will be OK. Biggest wave in local memory is a 30 footer resulting from the Alaska earth quake.

Still waiting for our camper. Most of the workers were off for the holiday so hope to get it this week.

Jean wanted a back up camera and electronic brakes so hopefully they will get done this week.

Plans are to run a trial run to our cabin first and then something bigger. Had Honda install trailer hitch and transmission cooler to give the necessary oomph to get the job done.

For the first time in a year visited with my daughter and her family. All have had shots so went great.

Wishing you all the best!

Bill

04/07/21 11:26 AM

#1354

Judi Perry

Thanks for the Birthday wishes! Still alive and kicking at 78. Can you believe it???

We are currently in Tucson, AZ and heading for Sedona for a week. From there we will go to St. George, UT and use that as a base to go the wonderful National Parks in UT. Hope to see them all in 10 days we will be there. From there we will be heading back home to Ohio. I am looking forward to see everyone at our Class Reunion in May. Hope you all can make it!!!

JT and I both had our covid shots. I had both of mine before we left home March 19. I had the Pfizer with no problems. JT had one shot of the Moderna before we left and was able to get the second one in Tucson a couple of weeks ago. He had a reaction, got sick and disoriented for about 15 hours. He is doing fine, now.

Hopefully by Sep, this will all be in our back mirror!!

04/14/21 03:00 PM

#1355

Attached is a photo taken at the Fort Madison High School with me giving the principal the checks that I have recieved for the new COURTYARD that is being proposed at the school. Thanks to many of you who donated in the last 10 days I was able to give Greg Smith checks totaling $2,100. WAY TO GO CLASS OF 1961. If any of you would be so inclined to donate just send the check to me at 828 Denmark Hilltop, Fort Madison, Iowa 52627 made out to the FORT MADISON HIGH SCHOOL and I will see that the school gets the checks. This courtyard will be completed by the time of our 60th Reunion so we can get a tour on Saturday afternoon after our picnic in Central Park.

04/19/21 09:56 AM

#1356

Brad Wiedmann

Thanl you to all who sent me Happy Birthday greetings. Had both kids home for my birthday.

04/24/21 07:56 AM

#1357

Anyone who knows!

Each time I returned to the High School I would check out the trophy case. On the last visit all the trophys from our time and before were missing. I asked why? the answer I got was they needed the space and most of the students listed on the trophys were dead. Then a classmate told me they were sold for repurposing.Needless to say I was tapped off.

this is the reason why I cannot support the current effort!

Just saying,

Bill

04/25/21 09:17 AM

#1358

Trophy Case Visit by Bill Orr experience: not good! I do not have a trophy, but, for those who have their name on a trophy I am feeling bad. Trophy's only purpose is to honor the people ewho arned them and history should be respected.

04/25/21 11:18 AM

#1359

William (Bill) Patrigo

I was extremely disappointed to read Bill Orr's revelation regarding the high school's handling of trophies earned by our class and those before. While I recognize that a finite amount of display space would suggest a crowding of trophies, it seems that additional space could be easily provided. This, I feel, is particulary true since our class was the first Junior class in the current high school. What especially annoys me is the cavalier abandonment of historic memorabilia from a class whose status is apparently meaningless to the school unless it relates to a current contribution to the school's courtyard project. While I didn't have an affected trophy, I was considering making a personal donation to the courtyard project . . . but not now!

04/25/21 04:14 PM

#1360

Give FMHS a break Bill O., Jack S., and Bill P. after all 60 years have passed and how many times have any of you or any of us frankly been to FMHS to check out if the trophies that we all won in l960-61 are still there. I can't fathom the amount of room that 60 years of trophies would take up but the fact that they are repurposing the trophies gives me comfort. The kids going to FMHS now and in the future years had nothing to do with removing the old tarnished trophies. We all enjoyed our Courtyard tremendously and I love the idea of being able to bring back the Courtyard to FMHS. Please try to rethink your position. So far I have received $2,750 from the Class of 1961 toward the new Courtyard. A great big thank you to all who have donated and are yet to donate. It will be really special to have the Class of 1961 on the placque that will be positioned in the Courtyard when it is completed. We will get a chance to see it completed at our 60th Class Reunion. A local nursery is donating trees, a local hardware store is donating all the new benches and some of the concrete and contracting work is being donated. Anyway I'm so grateful for the Classmates that are helping out with this very special project for FMHS I thank you one and all.

04/27/21 09:34 AM

#1361

Hi Sharon, FMHS is fine. Happy they are getting a new courtyard.

The trophy situation could have been handled better imo. I probably visited the trophy case as often as I used the courtyard. Zero. But now that I am a moldy old curmudgeonly senior citizen with way too much time on my hands it is easy for me to get fired up about a lot of things that would have only attracted passing interest 20 years ago.

Thus my sudden interest in FMHS trophies. My reaction was to the apparent indifference by somebody at FMHS to those FMHS students who received a trophy because they worked so hard to achieve something that was celebrated in its day. Now, they are just old, dead, forgotten. So, who cares? Sorta sad. Ashes to ashes. dust to dust.

I am sure FMHS is not the first or last to do something like this. Clean out the old. Make way for the new. Even the ancient Romans did this. They repurposed a lot of stuff, like statues, archways, buildings. Bits of history that is now lost.

I take solace in the fact that my immortality is secured by my assorted body part implants with serial numbers, searchable no doubt, probably stored on some digital archive.

Sooner or later we are all repurposed. For now, life is too short. Be well. Be happy.

04/28/21 08:29 PM

#1362

Thanks Jack! I hope to see you at our 60th Reunion and bring all your registered parts! Ha!Ha!

04/29/21 12:23 PM

#1363

Sharon, I have an idea.

Can we buy a plastic brick or something we can place in the FHMS Courtyard. If so, I will imbed in that brick a scannable RFID location chip and small USB memory stick. In the memory stick will be an internet link to a perpetually endowed website where all names, photos, and reports of individual achievements of FMHS'ers will be maintained. A virtual trophy case. It will be every graduating class' responsibility to upload its constribution. Nobody can repurpose it.

Cost should be small.

04/29/21 09:02 PM

#1364

Jack: I like your idea! Is it feasible? If so I will talk to the principal! I look to you for your expertise!

04/30/21 08:08 AM

#1365

Hi Sharon, here are two services we can look at. There are probably more. A lot of schools running out of space.

To keep it low cost and simple it could be as easy as creating a website, or, it could be a kiosk located in a common area of the school.

https://digitaltrophycase.com

https://nanonation.net/digital-trophy-case/

05/04/21 07:55 AM

#1366