REGRETS 2014 MEETING

Anna, unfortunately I will not be able to attend this year's meeting due to a scheduling conflict. Kelly Bailey

Hi Anna, I think that I already sent in my regrets, but in case I didn't, I'm doing so now.  I will not be able to attend the meeting in January, but I will be thinking of all of you.  Please give my regards to all and have a great meeting! Merry Christmas to you and have a safe new year. Don Hart

Anna:  Once again I must apologize for being unable to participate in the annual meeting.   This time it is mostly because of age and infirmity.  Doris and I regret not being with y'all, but rest assured we will be there in spirit.   2013 has not been kind, but we look forward to better times in 2014.  Emil Christofano

My regrets. Will not be able to attend. Regards and happy holiday wishes to all. Howard Spielman

Anna:  looks like Carol and I will not be able to attend this year.  We will miss the camaraderie and the content.  Please express our sincere regrets to all of the wonderful folks who do attend. …and a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all!!!   No Christmas cards this year.  In lieu of the cards we are making a donation to the Anderson Ferry Food Bank where Rick volunteers. Carol & Rick Fulwiler

I cannot attend this year. Larry Whitehead

Anna: I’m sure it won’t be a surprise to let you know that Cec and I won’t be able to make it to the meeting.  I certainly regret this and Cec

would, too, if she could remember any of the members!  If I can recall how to do it, I will attach a copy of my annual Christmas letter to this

to  bring you more or less up to date (see his letter on the next page). Jack Peterson

Hi Anna – I will not be able to attend the 2014 meeting. Lynn O’Donnell

My regrets, Anna.  I will not be attending the meeting this year.  Best wishes for a happy holiday. Elizabeth Pullen

Yet again my beginning of term business means that I cannot attend the annual meeting. Sorry. Peter Bellin

Hi Anna, It seems as though my litigation business keeps getting in the way of my attending our annual meeting every year.  I am so sorry that I continue to miss this wonderful event and all of my colleagues.  You will have to accept my tentative decline in reserving my spot at the January 2014 meeting as well.  I have a trial obligation currently that is scheduled.  However, as trial schedules are often subject to continuances, I may be able to have a change in plans.  If so, I will be back in touch ASAP. I am also sending along to you and yours my sincere best wishes for a Blessed Christmas and a Wonderful New Year. As always, Dave Dahlstrom

Dear Anna: I regret to tell you that I will not be able to attend this year as I have a conflict with another activity.  My warmest regards to everyone and wishing you great weather at your usual excellent venue and meeting.  Zack Mansdorf

Hi Anna, My sincere regrets that I won' t be able to attend what is expected to bet yet another great meeting.  My best to all and happy holidays! Kind regards, Martin Barrie

My regrets that I will not be able to attend the upcoming meeting.  However, I wish everyone all the best for the holidays and the new year!  Regards, D. Wayne Berman

Regrets, Anna. Sorry,  Jim Thornton

Hi Anna, I unfortunately cannot come to the meeting this year. I am traveling to Peru at that time for a client. Have a great holiday and meeting! Hopefully I will be able to attend next year!  Lisa Barnes

Anna, Unfortunately I will not be able to attend this year.  I know you will all have a wonderful time! Natalie Fox

Anna: I will not be able to attend due to personal and work commitments. Happy Holidays. Donna Doganiero

Hello Anna, I hope you are doing well, it was great to see you at the 2013 YPSW meeting.  It is very unlikely that I will be able to attend the 2014 meeting given that Carleen is due on January 9th.  Carleen is doing well other than the typical discomfort that comes with being pregnant.  We know the baby is a boy but haven't settled out on names yet.  I'll be sure to pass along more details when I get them. Best regards, Perry Logan

Hi Anna, You have been so wonderful the past few years sending me updates on what has been happening with the Yuma Pacific Local Section. I could not make the Conference last year and it is not looking too good for this year. I am sorry I am so late in getting back to you but I was hoping that I might be able to come up for at least one day. I realized I have not paid my dues and would like to send them to you now if that is okay? This past year my husband was pretty sick so 2013 was a little rocky year and glad to have a new year ahead of us. I hope life is treating you well with all those wonderful grandkids…can’t believe it will be two years this July since Doug’s passing. Wishing you only the best! Sincerely, Sylvia Shattuck

I will not be coming to the meeting.  The tours sound like fun. Evelyn Campbell

Dear All: I regret to inform you that we won’t be able to attend the meeting this year.  I had so looked forward to seeing you all as well as visiting my sister in Huntington Beach.  Unfortunately, I have to be in Missouri instead.  No offense to Mizzou folks, but would prefer to be in southern California. Best wishes, Gayla McCluskey

Anna, I just found out I can't come next week due to important issues at work that need my immediate and undivided attention.  I'll miss you and my colleagues though. Susan Ripple

Anna, unfortunately, due to some recent events, I am unable to attend this year.  Thank you for all of your hard work and I look forward to seeing you next year. Bob, please let me know if there is any meeting which requires my participation via phone. Marc E Kolanz, CIH

Hi Anna. Unfortunately I will not be able to make it this year. Have fun. Willie Gruenwald

Anna, I had hoped to find a way to sneak down to San Diego for the meeting next week, but I just can't swing it. We have a Board meeting with some key issues on the agenda and a rare Ad Law Judge training session that I need to attend.  Sounds like there will be a robust attendance and lots of good cheer.  Here's hoping all of you have a really good time and share some good information.  Best wishes for 2014. Judi Freyman

Note from Ed Baier’s daughter: Dad is doing well and is in good health.  His memory is gone but he finds happiness and joy in the moment which is where we focus.  Thank you for your continued interest and care.  Grace Baier Green

Dear Anna: I regret that I will not be attending the meeting this year. Travel is just too difficult and recent experiences have convinced me that travel to places as close as Dallas are too much. After John Pendergrass stopped coming to the meetings I had he dubious honor of being the oldest member in attendance. This honor now falls to Howard Kuznitz. Tell Howard, if he is there, that I  pass the baton to someone more youthful. May he carry it with pride.  All the best to my friends at YPSW and my wish for a very successful meeting.  You will be in my thoughts.   George Cvejanovich

“Christmas 2013 with the Jack Petersons:

This month I saw my cardiologist and my internist, passing both examinations.  Cecelia is under constant observation and has done very well.  To speak with her for a few minutes gives no clue regarding her dementia – she sounds and acts as she did 10 or 20 years ago.  Of course, now and then she has the idea that I’m her father so I can see that change.

My most aggravating problem is caused by poor blood circulation to my pelvis.  This problem manifests itself by pain in my hip area after walking for 100 feet or so, then must stop, rest a minute and then I van keep going.   My pelvis got a rather thorough exam in University Hospital Chapel Hill when we lived in Fearrington Village and they found essentially no arthritis in my hips so that is not the problem.  Further, at one time I had a couple of arteries near my heart treated with a “roto-rooter” to clean them out.  Six months later they were clogged again so that potential treatment would probably not last long enough for me to recover completely from the procedure.  Frustrating.  I have decided to just live with the pain.

As any fool can plainly see, things are going pretty well with us these days except that the weather has been so cold that I am unable to go outside and smoke a cigar or so.  I still see Cec twice a day and once or twice a week we are able to spend almost two hours together (every Sunday and, on occasion when Linden Ridge is visited by a group of 4th grade students who briefly inhabit the room where and when I lead exercises for a small group of residents). We hope that you have the best Christmas ever and that next year turns out much better than 2013.”